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Gage block length is defined as an interferometric measurement when the gage block is wrung to a flat platen. Gage block wring is incorporated into the lengths of the blocks themselves, and wringing film is included in the defined length of the gage block. When gage blocks are assembled in combinations, no additional correction factor for wringing films needs to be added to the length of the combination.
Wringability itself may be defined as the ability of two surfaces to adhere tightly to each other in the absence of external means--they are not magnetized or clamped together.
The source of the forces holding gage blocks together are thought to come from:
- Air pressure from the surrounding environment as the air is squeezed out when the blocks are slid together.
- Surface tension from oil that remains on the gage blocks or water vapor from the air that acts as an adhesive to hold them together.
- Molecular force caused by the interchange of electrons between the atoms of the separate blocks when two very flat surfaces are brought into such close contact with each other. This force will remain even in a vacuum or if no oil or water is present on the blocks.
Wringing requires two smooth, flat surfaces with surface finishes of 1 microinch AA or better. For gage blocks, it becomes difficult to wring surfaces once the flatness begins to exceed 5 microinches.
Remove all nicks and burrs before attempting to wring blocks together because a burr on one block may damage the surface of the other block. Blocks may be checked for burrs with a gage block stone before wringing. A gage block stone with serrated grooves is recommended because it gives a better "feel" for nicks and burrs that catch the edges of the serration. Badly nicked surfaces will click as a nick passes along the serration.
Foreign material em-bedded in the grain of the stone may scratch the blocks. Gage block stones should be conditioned before use. This may be done by lightly rubbing the surfaces of two stones together in a figure-eight pattern. Clean the stones with kerosene before use.
Will stoning a gage block change its size? It depends largely on the condition of a block. A block in good condition will not be affected by light stoning. Stoning removes portions of the block that have been raised above the true gage surface by nicks or scratches that can contribute to more variation or large readings during calibration. Stoning will remove this small amount of raised material. Repeatability of readings is improved, sizes appear to be truer to their original tolerances and blocks will wring together better.
- Stoning is to be performed only on used gage blocks where the surface finish may be degraded by scratches or small nicks.
- Make sure the stone is clean, dry and free from any dirt or abrasive compound. Abrasives on the stone may lap the block and significantly alter its size.
- With a light amount of pressure, stroke the block across the serration two or three times in a forward, back, forward motion. It is not recommended that anything more than light pressure be used unless necessary to remove nicks and burrs.
- Listen and feel for nicks and burrs. If the block glides easily across the stone without a scraping sound or clicking or jumping across the serration, then stop. Flip the block over, and repeat on the other side.
- If nicks and burrs are detected, repeat the procedure, but not more than twice. The pressure may be increased each time as needed to try to remove the nicks and burrs. Do not use more then seven strokes per session.
- If repeated attempts are unsuccessful at removing the burrs, examine the block for damage. In this condition it is not likely a block would be wringable.
Rusted gage blocks
Rusty blocks may be improved by stoning the blocks after the stone has been wetted with kerosene. While this may temporarily improve the utility of the block, it will not permanently remove corrosion or halt its advance.
- Dampen a cotton swab with kerosene.
- Wipe the stone with the dampened swab. A film of kerosene should be seen on the stone; the stone should not be dripping wet.
- Stone as before, using necessary pressure. It may be necessary to be aggressive to remove the corrosion.
- If the corrosion cannot be removed after repeated tries, then the block is considered damaged.
- Keep the stone dampened as the kerosene evaporates.
Recommended stoning pressures are: Light Stoning: 1 to 1.5 pounds pressure Medium Stoning: 2.5 to 3.5 pounds pressure Heavy Stoning: More than 6 pounds pressure
Wringing gage blocks
- Make sure that blocks are clean.
- Wipe the surfaces of the blocks to be wrung gently across the oiled wring pad.
- Wipe these surfaces on the dry pad, removing as much oil as possible.
- Slide the surfaces of the blocks together as shown in Figure 1. Apply pressure while sliding the blocks. The blocks should slide together without any feel of bumps or scratching and should adhere to each other after being rotated into place.
Wringability is an important property of gage blocks, and fortunately, it is a quality that can be controlled and monitored readily by the user of the blocks. With correct use and care, gage blocks will provide long, reliable and accurate service.
A wringability test may be done by the user of the blocks if a problem with a block is suspected.
To test gage blocks for wringability, a 2-inch diameter, Reference Grade (1 microinch flatness) quartz optical flat should be used. A double-sided flat is recommended if more than 40 blocks are to be tested. A double-sided flat does not add to the accuracy of measurement, but it provides a second wringing surface if the first surface becomes scratched during wringing.
As before, prepare the blocks for wringing.
- Wipe the surface of the optical flat gently across the oiled wring pad.
- Wipe the surface of the flat gently across the dry pad.
- Slide the test block onto the flat as shown in Figure 2. Apply pressure while sliding the block and flat together.
- Observe the surface of the gage block that is wrung to the optical flat from the opposite side of the flat. Repeat this step as necessary to ensure a valid result.
- Interpret results:For Federal Grades 0.5, 1 and 2, and ISO Grades K, 00 and 0, no color or oil should appear on the face of the flat. For Federal Grade 3 or ISO Grades 1 and 2, the surface shall not have less than 80% colorless wringing area.
- Repeat for the other surface of the test block.
The test may be difficult to apply to gage blocks that are not almost perfectly flat. This includes thinner gage blocks that are less than 0.1 inch (2.5 millimeters) thick, which are not usually flat in their free state, including most gage blocks in metric sets.


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I need to find if IF5 is polar or non-polar. Now if start with drawing lewis structure and calculating the partial charge to find the net dipole-moment, is that a good way to look at the problem. And even if I have to draw the lewis structure, do I have to know the bond shape (i.e. trigonal, tetrahedral, ect.). If no, then how im gonna calculate the magnitude of the vector??

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Courting innovation: Australia's judicial system in the context of COVID-19 Webinar
8 April 2021
The Law Council of Australia hosted an online webinar titled 'Courting innovation: Australia's judicial system in the context of COVID-19' on 24 March 2021.
The webinar explored the greater reliance on technology by courts and tribunals during the pandemic and how it has assisted with access to justice issues. It also highlighted how this shift may also exacerbate accessibility concerns due to a digital divide in Australia and with varying levels of technological literacy and infrastructure.
- Chief Justice William Alstergren, Chief Justice of the Family Court and Chief Judge of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia
- Justice Berna Joan Collier, Judge of the Federal Court of Australia
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PigProgress - Lactating sows and heat stress
Lactating sows and heat stress
Dr Ioannis Mavromichalis
I believe it is now the right time to discuss ways to increase nutrient intake in lactating sows under heat stress. With summer approaching quickly, and a hot summer is predicted to be, changes and adjustments should start now to at least alleviate the negative effects of heat stress on feed intake.
It should be reminded that animals reduce feed intake under heat stress because digestion and metabolism of feed increases the internally produced heat (heat increment in energy metabolism terminology) making thus animals even more uncomfortable. It is also important to realise that heat stress combined with high humidity increases dramatically the level of discomfort compared with hot but dry environments. Below are a number of nutritional interventions to help lactating sows during the summer months.
Increase nutrient density
It is generally assumed that daily nutrient uptake can be maintained during the summer months if nutrient density increases proportionally to the expected reduction in feed intake. For example, if feed intake is expected to drop by 10%, then all nutrients (including vitamins, minerals, and trace minerals) should be increased by 10% to compensate for the reduction in feed intake.
For several nutrients, however, there are manufacturing limits that may restrict the application of this strategy. For example, it is not always practical to add more than 6-8% fat in commercial diets.
Also, the concentration of certain additives cannot be altered due to country-specific regulations. In many cases, the drop of feed intake is so severe that feed density cannot be increased enough to compensate for the loss.
Reduce excess protein
Excess protein is deaminated and excreted in the form of urea. This process generates substantial metabolic heat, and to this end, it is highly recommended to reduce dietary protein concentration by about 2% with the aid of crystalline amino acids. Further reductions in dietary protein are either economically unfeasible or result in diets limiting in valine and isoleucine.
Reduce fiber concentration
Fiber digestion and metabolism generates considerably more heat compared to carbohydrates, with fat and lipids generating the least amount of internal heat. Thus, one of the more common measures to combat heat stress is to reduce dietary fiber by 1-3% (depending on initial concentration). Care should be taken for sows to be supplemented with a strong laxative (usually in the form of a salt) to compensate for the reduction in dietary fibre.
Increase use of fat calories
Following from the above, it appears that fats and oils not only increase dietary density, but they also generate less heat during digestion and metabolism. Therefore, diets high(er) in lipids are almost invariably recommended for combating stress heat. However, it is always imperative to also increase (proportionally) the levels of all amino acids and other nutrients, to avoid unbalancing diets.
Add sodium bicarbonate
Research and practical experience has clearly demonstrated that adding 5-10 kg of sodium bicarbonate per metric tonne of complete feed, improves feed intake in lactating sows.
Pelleted diets
Pelleting diets increases physical density resulting in higher uptake of nutrients at a given volume of feed. Combined with increased nutrient density, these two strategies help markedly in sustaining daily nutrient intake during heat stress.
Extra vitamins
In other monogastric species, additional vitamins, and especially vitamin C have been shown to help animals under heat stress. Such effects are not so well documented with pigs, but they definitely merit further investigation.
Cool water
It has been shown that pigs provided with cool(er) water during periods of heat stress are able to sustain better performance. In addition, pigs offered cool(er) water consumed less water per day compared to control pigs, indicating that cool(er) water enabled pigs to quickly adjust their body temperature in response to heat stress.
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 It is now accepted that heat stress is one of the main factors that causes huge losses in swine production and profits in hot climate regions throughout the world. Heat stress occurs when a physiological strain is placed on the body due to overexertion and overexposure to any combination of excessive environmental factors such as temperature, humidity, radiation and wind-producing conditions that are higher than the animalâ€™s thermo-neutral zone.
 Dr. Mavromichalis is correct to mention that one of the main detrimental effects of heat stress on pigs is a reduction of feed intake, especially sows. Heat stress causes discomfort and negatively affects feed intake, growth and productivity. Economic losses due to heat stress are usually caused by lowered performance, decrease in reproductive function and increase in deaths.
 Natural, phytogenic feed additives such as oregano are now being used to combat the negative effects of heat stress. Orego-Stim is a feed additive containing oregano essential oil, extracted from a specific chemotype of Origanum heracleoticum L. This exquisite hybrid species of oregano is derived from a selective plant-breeding programme developed by the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and grown commercially under strictly-controlled plantation conditions in the mountainous slopes of Greece.
 Besides its antimicrobial and anti-diarrhoeal properties, Orego-Stim has appetising effects to help increase feed intake of pigs during heat stress periods while simultaneously boosting the immune system to help them cope with the physiological stress of high environmental temperatures.
 To have a look at various trials conducted in sows under conditions of heat stress and how oregano works, do write an e-mail to _EMAIL_.
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 Namusisi Agnes
 Please would you kindly give the actual fomula of what is required in mixing the feeds in summer compared to winter and other seasons.
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 What does the Sodium Bicarbonate do and how does it increase the sows intake of food? What does it do to the milk supply and does it affect the piglets that are feeding from her?
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 Heat and Abortions
 Any kind of stress can lead to abortions. I would not exclude heat as the cause of your troubles, but I would be also looking into other factors, especially mycotoxins in the feed.
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 Ioannis Mavromichalis
 I was not aware of the use of oregano in sow diets. Will you please email me details?
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 Ioannis Mavromichalis
 Agnes, due to company policy, I cannot provide formulas. But, I could provide you with what is required to change in the summer formula. Please email me.
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 Ioannis Mavromichalis
 Noni, bicarb is affecting the electrolyte balance in the blood. It does not affect milk production (at least, I don't have any information to such effect). If the sows eat more, they will milk more, so piglets will be heavier at weaning.
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 Excelent post. Congratulation.
 Please, what is your opinion about lysine level for lactating sows, it's change whith more born piglets?? and frecuency and feed bach have changes?? thousandth thanks.
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Beranger surname meaning, origin - french surname Beranger
The meaning of the surname Beranger is: From the given name BÉRENGER.
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Planet of the number 3: Jupiter.
Zodiac Sign of the number 3: Sagittarius.
Good years for the surname: 1902, 1911, 1920, 1929, 1938, 1947, 1956, 1965, 1974, 1983, 1992, 2001, 2010, 2019, 2028.
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HISTORICAL BOOK REVIEW SERIES: 'Prince Arthur – The King Who Never Was' by Sean Cunningham
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Henry VIII is far from the only man who took a throne and went mad. Some tend to be hard on him, as if he was the only angry ruler the world saw, making it easy to say 'what would have happened if Arthur had never died?'
Henry VIII was the king who shouldn't have been, making Prince Arthur the king who never was. Here is the book to answer all your questions had King Arthur I taken his place in history.
Arthur was born to role. The first child of his parents, Henry VII and Elizabeth of York. Much has been made of little Arthur; some claim him fragile since birth, others draw the opposite conclusion. From a young age, Prince Arthur was given a top education, given a reigning position as Prince of Wales, close to his father the king.
Arthur was treated like a precious jewel, the king who would reign after the bloody battles of the War of the Roses. Arthur was the blood of the house of Lancaster and York combined; his existence alone suggested constant unity and peace. Given an education both in practical subjects, plus religion and humanism, Arthur got involved in local matters as a child, at his father's side, completely prepared to take over England when the time came. Arthur had siblings, first a sister Margaret, then the spare heir Henry, and little Mary, to be followed by Elizabeth, Edmund and Katherine who all did not survive infancy. Henry and the girls were kept with their mother while Arthur was cradled for brilliance.
Officially married in 1501 after four years of being married by proxy, 15-year-old Arthur was to move to his castle in Ludlow, to rule over Wales, as his title suggested. Princess Katherine of Aragon was at his side, a Spanish princess there to ensure that Arthur's future children would be recognised as the sole rulers of England, to soothe Henry VII's constant fears of being usurped. Arthur boasted of bedding his new bride, words that would live for all time.
Only a few months into the marriage, Prince Arthur died at Ludlow Castle, of possible sweating sickness, leaving a widow not pregnant with the future heir. While spoiled little Henry would take the crown seven years later, along with the princess, England never got their perfect king. Queen Elizabeth died only a year after Arthur, and Henry kept his son hidden away, in the fear something might happen to his remaining son. Little Henry should have been given Arthur's education, yet received nothing.
It is easy to suggest that Arthur's reign would have been different. Naturally, there would have been differences. Henry broke from Catholicism in order to get rid of his wife of twenty years, on the grounds that Katherine had slept with Arthur, which she denied all her days. It is easy to say the Protestant Reformation would have never occurred in England without Henry's need for divorce. Reformation would have come to England without Henry's divorce, but simply would have taken a different route, as it did with other nations. Henry divorced to gain an heir with another woman, the exact same pressure Arthur would have faced if he couldn't produce a son to inherit. For all his kindness and intelligence, Arthur could have suffered the same infertility problems as his little brother.
Cunningham's book gives you an insight to the life of King Arthur I. It is impossible to tell for certain, but here is a good best-case scenario, with a fine leader on the throne, and a stable dynasty as a result.
HISTORICAL BOOK REVIEW SERIES: 'Edward IV: Glorious Son of York' by Jeffrey James
Few English monarchs had to fight harder for the right to rule than King Edward IV – Shakespeare's glorious son of York. Cast in the true Plantagenet mould, over six feet tall, he was a naturally charismatic leader. Edward had the knack of seizing the initiative and winning battles and is free from the unflattering characterisations that plagued his brother, Richard III, having been portrayed as a good-looking and formidable military tactician. Described sometimes as reckless and profligate, all sources remark on his personal bravery. In the eleven years between 1460 and 1471 he fought five major battles in the Wars of the Roses. Three of them – Towton, Barnet and Tewkesbury – rank among the most decisive of the medieval period. This book covers Edward's family background, the Yorkist takeover and the drift to war. It charts the tensions created by the controversial Woodville marriage and Edward's deposition by the Earl of Warwick and subsequent exile. The return of the king brought with it battles anew and Edward's decisive campaigns against Warwick and Margaret of Anjou. Finally, Edward's sudden death heralded the demise of the House of York and the triumph of the Tudors against Richard III. This is a history of Edward IV's struggle to gain and retain the kingship of England during a period of sustained dynastic turmoil during the Wars of the Roses.
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Edward IV had a great claim to be England's king, sadly, he was not the only one. The author starts easily, giving us the background of Edward's family claim to the throne. A monster of man in those days, at 6′ 4″, Edward took the throne in 1461, and reigned over nearly a decade which had some of the most bloody battles of the War of the Roses.
While Edward was in line to claim the throne, overthrowing a sitting monarch, betraying his greatest ally and marrying for love (lust?) instead of gain did Edward no favours. For a man with battlefield experience, and political knowledge, he made errors during these dangerous years, racking up local enemies like no one else.
Edward had no trouble winning battles; Towton, then Barnet and Tewkesbury are just some of the battles he needed to fight in order to hold the throne, and this book tells the tale more like a story rather than a military strategy. Included are illustrations of the locations pivotal in Edward's life.
One of Edward's largest mistakes was the marriage to Elizabeth Woodville. However, had Edward married as his allies wanted, things could have still fallen apart, but without the Woodville family, doubtless lives may have been saved.
The book flies though these troublesome years until Edward's overthrow in 1470, only to win his crown back again in six months, shortly before the death of Henry VI in prison. While the second half of Edward's reign was far quieter, having killed the vast majority of his enemies and relations, Edward still fought in France, killed one of his brothers and grew chubby and lazy. His death in 1483 was still a great loss; while the War of the Roses saw much blood under his rule, at least some peace had begun to settle in. It would be only two years before all Edward fought for would be erased, his two sons killed and his precious brother Richard deposed by the last remaining Lancastrian enemy, Henry Tudor. But not all was lost; Edward's daughter Elizabeth became queen, there as peace reigned in England (mostly), and their children became king of England, queen of Scotland, and (briefly) queen of France.
What I like about this book is that, while accurate, it doesn't flow like a non-fiction biography, rather more of a story of a man who thought he was the rightful king. Trouble was, everyone thought themselves the rightful king.


Scientists freeze water with heat
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Now researcher Igor Lubomirsky at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel, and his colleagues have discovered another way to control the freezing point of water — via what are called quasi-amorphous pyroelectric thin films. These surfaces change their electrical charge depending on their temperature.
When pyroelectic surfaces are positively charged, water becomes easier to freeze, and when they have a negative charge, it becomes harder to freeze.
The researchers saw that supercooled water could freeze as it's being heated, as long as the temperature changes the surface charge as well. For instance, when supercooled water is on a negatively charged lithium tantalate surface, it will freeze solid immediately when the surface is heated to 17.6 degrees F (minus 8 degrees C) and its charge switches to positive.
Curiously, positively charged surfaces inspire supercooled water to freeze from the bottom up, while negatively charged surfaces cause it to freeze from the top down. This likely has to do with how water molecules orient themselves — the negatively charged oxygen atoms in water molecules naturally point toward positively charged surfaces, while the reverse is true with hydrogen atoms.
"The difference between the positive and negative charge was unexpected," Lubomirsky said.
The scientists detailed their findings in the Feb. 5 issue of the journal Science.


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Nondestructive evaluation (NDE) utilizes a number of techniques to determine the health of an engineering component or structure without affecting its usefulness. Much like a doctor may use ultrasound or radiography to assess the health of the body, engineers use these and other techniques to decide if material properties are within an acceptable range, if a component was well manufactured, or if damage has occurred in service that would warrant retirement. NDE professionals are active in all phases of engineering, from design to manufacturing to in-service use, and in all industry sectors including aviation, power generation, transportation, manufacturing, and many others.
How can undergraduates get involved in NDE?
The NDE Minor at Iowa State University is a unique opportunity to get a multi-disciplinary qualification in the rapidly evolving engineering discipline of Nondestructive Evaluation. There are also several summer internship opportunities accessible by students taking the NDE minor. Below is the current list of required and approved courses for the minor, for which 16 credits are required. Courses other than the two required courses can be selected from those listed below according to your interests; you can take courses in various NDE disciplines and at the same time qualify for this important minor.
* MatE/EM 362 Principles of Nondestructive Testing (Cr. 3. S.)
* MatE/EM 362L Nondestructive Testing Laboratory (Cr. 1. S.)
NDE Specific courses (2 needed for at least 6 credits)
* MSE/EM 550 Fundamentals of Nondestructive Evaluation (Cr. 4. F.)
* EM / AerE / MatE 490 + other departments Independent Study (Cr. 3. F.S.SS.)
* EM 350 Introduction to NDE Engineering (Cr. 3. S.)
* Mat E/EE 488 Eddy Current NDE (Cr. 3. F.)
Supporting Courses (2 needed for 6 credits)
* AerE 321 Flight Structures Analysis and Laboratory (Cr. 3. F.)
* AerE 421 Advanced Flight Structures (Cr. 3. S.)
* AerE 423 Composite Flight Structures (Cr. 3.)
* Stat 231 Probability and Statistical Inference for Engineers (Cr. 4. F.S.)
* Stat 305 Engineering Statistics (Cr. 3. F.S.SS.)
* Stat 322 Probabilistic Methods for Electrical Engineers (Cr. 3. F.S.)
* AerE 422 Aeroelasticity (Cr. 3. Alt. F.)
* AerE 426 Design of Aerospace Structures (Cr. 3.)
* EE 424 Introduction to Digital Signal Processing (Cr. 4.)
* EM 424 Intermediate Mechanics of Materials (Cr. 3. F.S.)
* EM 425 Introduction to the Finite Element Method (Cr. 3. S.)
* ME 417 Advanced Machine Design (Cr. 3. S.)
* ME 418 Mechanical Considerations in Robotics (Cr. 3. S.)
* MatE 418 Mechanical Behavior of Materials (Cr. 3. S.)
* MatE 443 Physical Metallurgy of Ferrous Alloys (Cr. 3. F.)
* MatE 444 Corrosion and Failure Analysis (Cr. 3. S.)
For more information including mentor opportunities for 490 projects, contact _EMAIL_ or Nicola Bowler or Lisa Brasche.


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College Kid Perfects the Pot Fridge
If you live in a primitive environment, like a desert, modern amenities aren't going to do you much good. A refrigerator would come in handy, but what are you going to do, plug it into your camel!
However, rural farmers in Nigeria, who don't have access to water, electricity or even transportation, have been refrigerating things for years.
They use a simple contraption. One big pot, with a small pot placed in the middle, wet sand goes in between the two and as the water evaporates it cools whatever's in the center pot.
And now, a British college student has modernized the contraption.
Unlike the third-world fridge, 21 year old, Emily Cummins's supped up version is made with metal cylinders, wire mesh and wood, but it works the same way. In between the cylinders is some sort of wet absorbent material, like soil, wool or sand, and evaporation does the rest.
The sustainable refrigerator requires no electricity and can keep foods, like meat and milk, cool for days, holding steady at about 43 degrees Fahrenheit; The Guardian reports.
I don't know how practical it is, especially since you have to keep rewetting the sand. Also, it kind of looks like a birdfeeder.
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Eastern Koel
Did you know?
The Common Koel is being surveyed for Birds in Backyards this spring. Visit the Koel survey page for details.
The male Common Koel advertises its presence by a loud ascending whistle or 'koo-el', monotonously repeated; the call of the female is a repetitive 'keek-keek-keek-keek'. Males often call throughout the day and well into the night.
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What does it look like?
When seen, the male Common Koel is easily identified by its entirely glossy black plumage, tinged with blue and green, and striking red eye. The female has glossed brown upperparts, heavily spotted with white, and a black crown. The underparts are generally buff-cream with numerous fine black bars. Young birds resemble the adult female, but have considerably more buff and a dark eye. The Common Koel is a member of the cuckoo family. Adults are rather shy and they are heard much more than seen. In contrast to the adults, fledglings can be very conspicuous as they beg loudly for food from their foster parents.
Similar species:
Long-tailed Cuckoos, Eudynamys taitensis, of New Zealand, Fiji and the Solomon Islands, resemble the female Common Koel in plumage.
Where does it live?
Most Koels migrate from Australia to New Guinea and probably eastern Indonesia and even further north, but some remain in northern Australia. During breeding season, they are found in northern and eastern Australia, south to about Nowra, New South Wales, although occasional birds are encountered further south.
Common Koels are found in tall forests and are common in suburban areas.
Seasonal movements:
In late September and early October each year, Common Koels arrive in Australia from their northern winter homes to breed. The Koels leave southern Australia in about March.
What does it do?
Common Koels feed almost entirely in the canopy of trees. Occasionally mixed flocks are formed with other species such as pigeons. Food consists of fruits, especially figs, taken directly from the tree.
The Common Koel is a brood parasite, that is, it lays its eggs in the nests of other bird species. Common hosts are the Red Wattlebird,Anthochaera carnunculata, friarbirds, the Magpie-lark, Grallina cyanoleuca, and figbirds. A single egg is laid in the host's nest and once hatched the chick forces the other eggs and hatchlings out of the nest. When the chick leaves the nest it roosts in the outer branches of a tree, cheeping incessantly while the significantly smaller parents desperately search for sufficient food to satisfy the nagging youngster. This is a full-time job, as the young Koel will grow to nearly twice their size. Eventually, it migrates northwards, usually later than the adults, to return as a breeding bird the following spring.
Living with us
Koels appear to be becoming more common in cities, such as Sydney and Brisbane, perhaps because of the abundance of ornamental plants and weeds that produce berries. However, another factor that probably contributes to their increasing abundance is the proliferation of some of their hosts, particularly the Red Wattlebird.
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Calculate the client's target heart rate using the Karvonen formula
Calculate the client's target heart rate using the Karvonen formula
Instructions:This section of your final exam provides you with an opportunity to apply all of the information you have learned throughout the course to the work that you will be doing as a certified professional.You will be presented with two client profiles, and will be asked to design a 12-week periodized program for each client. In addition to describing the logistics of the program, you will also be asked to explain why you have designed the program the way that you have.Approach these clients as you would approach a real-life situation. Your client should be able to take your program and put it into practice without having to contact you for explanation of what to do or why to do it.Before you finalize your submission, make sure your program passes the following tests:1. Is the training program that you are designing appropriate, safe, and effective for the client, given the client's physical abilities and primary goals?2. Could you defend your program from a legal standpoint? Who would be held liable if your client was injured during training because of either lifting too much weight or exceeding a certain heart rate?3. Is your program justifiable from a business standpoint? Are you professional with your current clients? Would they refer their friends, family, or colleagues to you based on the guidance that you provide in your program design?4. Imagine that YOU are the paying client. Would you feel that your money was well spent if you were handed the training program/dietary recommendations?Case Study 1Calculations: Calculate the client's target heart rate using the Karvonen formula.Training Program: Design full a 12-week periodized training program for the client described in the Client Profile. Be very specific as you design the training program. This is an opportunity for you to demonstrate your full comprehension of the information and concepts discussed throughout the course. List the types of exercise, duration, sets, reps, rest intervals, and so on.Include the following in your case study submission:A description of your professional responsibilities as discussed in the stages of the drawing-in process (Unit 12)Discussion of any fitness tests, methods of evaluation, and data collection used to assess and evaluate the client's needsSpecific conditions that you have identified in the client profileA fully detailed 12-week comprehensive and periodized training program including specific exercises, sets, repetitions, suggested rest times, etc. Use an integrated approach in your program recommendations.Specific and detailed nutritional strategies and an explanation as to how the strategies will assist the client in meeting energy needsExplanation for your chosen assessment, programming, and nutritional recommendations. (Be sure to reference course concepts when discussing rationale for your recommendations.Keep in mind that a client should be able to take your program and put it into practice without having to contact you to clarify what you intended by your recommendations or to explain parts of your program.Don't forget your explanation for WHY you listed and recommended what you did. Reference the concepts and theories covered in the course. Be sure to address why the program and exercises recommended are appropriate for the specific client given the clientÕs history, current abilities, and intended goal(s). For example: if you are developing a program for a beginner client without any resistance training experience, explain how your program addresses the lack of experience, initial need for foundational development, process by which you would safely progress the client, etc. Tying your program to course concepts is a critical component of your case study.Review the Client Profile below.Client Profile: Steve RogersAge: 27Gender: MaleResting Heart Rate: 60 bpmHeight: 6'0″Weight: 178 lbBody Fat Percentage: 11%Background and Goals: Steve is an avid runner and has been quite slim his whole life. He runs moderateto long-distances three or four days per week. Running is his only physical activity. Steve has never been interested in resistance training because it is not his strong suit. Steve recently decided that he is tired of being skinny. He would like to put on some size and muscle before he travels back to his hometown for a good friend's wedding in 12 weeks.
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For transferring existing knowledge into new projects, reuse has become an important factor in today's software industry. However, to set reuse into practice, reusable artifacts have to be stored somewhere, and must be offered to (re-)users on demand. For this purpose, advanced reuse repository systems like, for instance, instantiations of the Experience Base concept, are quite frequently used. Many people, from different projects, have to access such a repository at various phases of software development processes to retrieve or store reusable data. In order to fulfill the given tasks, each of these user has specific needs. Taking this into account, a reuse repository has to offer tailored user interfaces and functions for different user groups. Furthermore, since the contents of such a repository usually represent the state of the art of an organization's (core) competencies, not everyone should be allowed to freely access each and every repository entry. This isespecially true for persons that are not part of the organization. This report discusses role concepts that can be applied to reuse repository systems to overcome some of the stated access problems. Commonly used roles for software development and reuse repository management are listed. Based on these roles, a basic set of roles, as implemented in the SFB 501 Experience Base, is introduced.
In order to improve the quality of software systems and to set up a more effective process for their development, many attempts have been made in the field of software engineering. Reuse of existing knowledge is seen as a promising way to solve the outstanding problems in this field. In previous work we have integrated the design pattern concept with the formal design language SDL, resulting in a certain kind of pattern formalization. For the domain of communication systems we have also developed a pool of SDL patterns with an accompanying process model for pattern application. In this paper we present an extension that combines the SDL pattern approach with the experience base concept. This extension supports a systematic method for empirical evaluation and continuous improvement of the SDL pattern approach. Thereby the experience base serves as a repository necessary for effective reuse of the captured knowledge. A comprehensive usage scenario is described which shows the advantages of the combined approach. To demonstrate its feasibility, first results of a research case study are given.


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Chorba is a type of soup dish that is eaten in the Middle East, Eurasia, and Afro-Eurasia, since some countries in these regions have similar traditions, especially when it comes to food. Some people say that the dish resembles a minestrone soup, since both contain as their main ingredients meats, vegetables, and spices. The soup can be enjoyed on its own, or with a piece of bread on the side.
The Turkish language can be credited for giving the dish the name "chorba," but the soup is also called different, but similar names, such as "sorpa" for the Kazakhs, "shurpa" for the Russians, and "shorpo" for the Kyrgyz. The soup is also known as "ciorba" in Romania. The Turkish origin of the dish's name may have been a byproduct of the Ottoman Empire, when the Turks controlled many regions in Asia, Africa, and Europe and, as a result, influenced their culture and cuisine. It is probable that the Turks would cook the chorba during their stay in a particular area, and the locals who tasted the dish began to imitate it. It also helped that during these times, countries had less strict policies on geographical borders and migrants may have easily crossed the borders, bringing a new dish with them.
One of the preferred meat ingredients included in the chorba would be lamb as it gives the dish a very unique taste, but other meat like beef, pork, and chicken can be used as well, sometimes in combination. To make the soup more flavorful, some cooks boil a separate amount of meat in some water to make a stock; others boil the meat and vegetables together, along with some onion and garlic for flavor. Some cooks suggest not putting salt in while the meat is softening, as the salt can make the meat tough.
The vegetables in a chorba are very varied, but some ingredients like tomatoes, carrots, potatoes, and turnips are almost always included. Other vegetables that can be used are zucchini, parsley, and cilantro. To make the soup heartier and thicker, beans such as chickpeas, green peas, and red kidney beans can be put in the pot, though some Europeans use pasta to thicken the soup.
Aside from the usual garlic, onion, salt and pepper, an assortment of spices gives the chorba a very unique flavor. These spices can include ginger, turmeric, and saffron. Even mint and lime juice can also be used, as well as some cayenne pepper to give the dish more heat. A bowl of chorba can be enjoyed on normal days, but many Islamic regions eat the dish as part of celebrating Islam's holy month, Ramadan, probably at the end of the fasting time.


What are reserves?
An account reserve is an amount of money that is on hold in your PayPal account to cover potential financial risk such as payment reversals you may receive like chargebacks and claims. PayPal uses three types of reserves: rolling reserves, minimum reserves and jumpstart reserves.
 - A Rolling reserve is a reserve where a percentage of each transaction you receive each day is held and then released later on a scheduled basis. This is the most common type of reserve.
 - A minimum reserve is a specific minimum amount of money that's held in your reserve balance. The minimum reserve is either taken as a percentage of money held until a certain amount has been reached, or a one-time amount.
 - For example, 5% of your daily transaction volume is held until a balance of $5,000 is reached.
 - A Jumpstart reserve is when funds are held from your available balance immediately.
 - For example, if we make the determination to keep a $10K jumpstart reserve and there is $20K in the PayPal account balance, $10K is moved to reserves straight away.
We may also use a combination of a reserve types on your account.
Why does PayPal use reserves?
Reasons for placing reserves
Reserves are a common industry practice. They are used to minimize losses and to create a safer shopping experience. If you would go out of business or would be otherwise incapable of covering your financial obligations, we would still need to pay back the buyer. If a buyer contacts PayPal or their financial institution because they didn't receive what they ordered, we're responsible for making things right. A reserve can be placed on your account for a number of reasons and is set on a case-by-case basis. PayPal considers a list of factors to determine this including:
 - Your processing history with PayPal and other providers
 - Whether your industry has a higher likelihood of chargebacks or refunds
 - Whether your account has an elevated number of customer claims and disputes
 - Your business and/or personal credit history
 - Whether you are selling products or services in advance (preselling orders).
 - Your delivery time frames - whether there are extended delivery timeframes
PayPal will periodically review the account to determine whether the reserve placement and amount needs to be adjusted. Reserves may be eligible for the reduction or removal with positive changes to key areas such as performance, industry, claims reduction, etc.
When will I get my money?
Once a reserve is placed, you will receive communications outlining the terms of your reserve. Your terms are also outlined in your account. When your money will be released depends on what type of reserve you have.
If you have a rolling reserve, the funds will be released after a certain period of time. For example, if you have a 90 day rolling reserve, funds from Day 1 sales will be available on Day 91.
For minimum reserve, reserves are reviewed every 90 days. PayPal proactively reviews reserves and based on improvements to your business performance it is possible that your reserves could be adjusted or removed.
How to prevent reserves from being placed on an account
Reserves may be a necessity throughout your relationship with PayPal. Preventing reserves isn't always possible, and depending on your industry and your credit history, you might never be able to fully remove a reserve from your account.
Seller Best Practices
Some best practices to follow are:
 - Monitor your buyer complaint rates regularly and try to keep complaint rates below 1% of your sales.
You can also access additional information on account reserves by reviewing our Business Resource Center.


Will your kids inherit your debt?
Will your kids inherit your debts after you die?
The short answer is, not in most cases. But there are situations where someone could be legally responsible for paying off your bills after death. Plus, aggressive creditors have been known to coerce heirs into paying off debts for which they're not responsible, just to be left alone.
If you're afraid that your financial legacy will be a heap of unpaid bills, here's what you need to know and prepare for:
In general, children aren't responsible for paying off their parents' unsecured debts – things like credit cards, personal loans and medical bills, which aren't collateralized by physical property. If there's not enough money in the estate to pay off those bills, creditors will have to write them off.
There are several exceptions, however:
 2. If someone is a joint account holder – that is, their income and credit history were used to help obtain the loan or credit card – they're generally responsible to pay off the balance.
 3. Widows and widowers are responsible for their deceased spouse's debts if they live in a community property state.
Note that authorized users on your credit cards aren't liable for repayment since they didn't originally apply for the credit. Chances are they were simply "piggybacking" on your credit record to help build their own. However, to protect authorized users from being bothered by creditors after your death, you may want to remove them from your accounts.
If you have outstanding secured debts upon death, such as a mortgage or car loan, your estate must pay them off or the creditor can seize the underlying asset. For example, if you were planning to leave your house to your kids, they'll need to either pay off or continue making payments on any outstanding mortgage, property taxes and insurance, or risk foreclosure.
Depending on your state's laws, there are a few types of assets, like life insurance proceeds and retirement benefits, which you can pass along to beneficiaries that generally won't be subject to probate or taxation and thus may be safe from creditors.
Check with a probate attorney or legal clinic familiar with your state's inheritance and tax laws. Free or low-cost legal assistance is often available for lower-income people.
Bottom line: If you expect to leave unpaid debts after you die, alert your family now, so that together you can plan a course of action. You don't want to blindside your loved ones in the midst of their grief.
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Algebra II: Properties of Parabolas
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Students interpret the equation for a parabola in vertex form and gain a visual understanding of a parabola's focal width.
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 In the first problem, students are introduced to the terms focus and directrix. Through a graphing investigation, students will see that the distance from a point of the parabola to the focus is the same as the distance from the same point to the directrix.
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 In the second problem, students will use the Cabri™ Jr. app to reaffirm their conclusion from the first problem and then see how the shape of the parabola changes as the focus is moved closer and farther away from the vertex. Students will also determine an equation for the parabola through use of the measurement tool.


How to Win Big with Sponsorship Naming Rights
Bank of America Stadium, Wells Fargo Center, Gillette Stadium. What do those three buildings have in common besides hosting sports games of huge proportions? That's right, it's that each arena is named after a company instead of a local landmark or a piece of historical relevancy. In this case, those companies are two banks and a shaving razor brand.
Naming rights in sports sponsorship can be very incentivizing. Still, it's an opportunity that sponsors may pass up if you don't frame it right. How do you successfully sell sponsorship naming rights?
Here's how to score a slam dunk with sponsorship naming rights:
 - Know your budget
 - Choose the building smartly
 - Recognize that a name is more than just that
 - Have the right contractual provisions
 - Understand how naming rights payments may work
Navigating naming rights can be a tricky topic, but not with the guidance I'm going to present in this article. I'll talk about naming rights in detail and delve into why sponsorship naming rights are so beneficial. I'll also circle back around to the above tips so you can score some major points in sponsorship naming rights!
What Are Naming Rights?
Naming rights are like a long-term advertisement. You sell a sponsor the right to their name being put on a building, often a sports arena. Then your sponsor's name could become the next Gillette Stadium or Wells Fargo Center.
For smaller, less instantly recognizable buildings, shorter-term naming rights deals are available, such as those that last three years. The bigger and more high-profile the building is, the longer-term the deals usually are. In those cases, a naming rights deal can last upwards of 20 years, sometimes longer.
In title-sponsored naming rights, whatever the original property's name was is completely erased in exchange for the new sponsored building title. With presenting-sponsored naming rights, you take a traditional arena name and add the brand to either the beginning or end of the name. For example, take the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome.
Although it doesn't exist anymore (it's been torn down), the Metrodome in Minneapolis had many names over the years. Back in 2009, it was called the Mall of America Field at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome when Mall of America bought the building's naming rights. Whew, that name sure was a mouthful! After Mall of America's naming rights term ended, the building went back to just being called the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome.
If you can't name a building, you can always claim naming rights for a sporting event. The Division 1 college football games used traditional names for a long time, but have since begun favoring sponsored naming rights such as The Rose Bowl Game presented by Northwestern Mutual or the Capital One Orange Bowl. Some college division games have embraced title-sponsored naming rights. As an example, the Camping World Bowl once was the Tangerine Bowl.
Naming rights deals, when done right, can be hugely, hugely valuable. I'm talking multi-million-dollar deals in some cases. So far, the most expensive naming rights deal in history was that between the Bank of Nova Scotia in Canada and the Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment company. In 2017, the two businesses penned a deal worth CAD $800 million that would last for 20 years. In American dollars, that's $635.84 million.
I do want to make it clear: not all naming right deals need to be so enormously expensive. Smaller deals for lesser-known stadiums can be just as mutually beneficial to the sponsor and your sports team or organization.
Non-Sports Naming Rights Examples
Although the focus of this article going forward will be on sports, I wanted to prove that other industries use naming rights as well.
Public transit stations are a big naming rights business, especially in major cities such as Philadelphia, New York, San Francisco, Las Vegas, or Boston. In these states, you might hop aboard public transport at the Penn Medicine Station or the NRG Station named after the energy company.
Tampa even allows you to name rolling stock and streetcar stations should you want to!
High-rise office towers, office complexes, major malls, hospital treatment centers or wards, college dining halls, libraries, performing arts centers, and museums are other areas where naming rights certainly come into play.
Oh, and a newly discovered monkey species was once in a bidding war for naming rights, with the winner paying $650,000 to name the simian. The name? The monkey. Yes, I'm serious!
How to Win Big with Sponsorship Naming Rights
You've discussed it amongst the members of your sports team or organization and you've decided that you want to proceed with sponsorship naming rights. You can win big, but like anything in sponsorship, that's not guaranteed. These tips will help you maximize your chances at success so your next sponsorship might be a grand slam!
Know Your Budget
Of all the assets you can offer a target sponsor, naming rights may be among the most appealing, but they're also one of the most expensive. Your sports team must have the budget for naming rights, and not just now, but in the future as well.
You'll be the one to present the terms of the sponsorship naming rights deal, so think about it for a while. If you can only afford three years of naming rights, that's okay, as it's better than nothing. Just be clear about that in your sponsorship package. It's also fine if you can't provide the target sponsor naming rights to an arena with a capacity of 65,000+ people like Gillette Stadium.
I can't stress enough how important it is to be realistic when budgeting for sponsorship naming rights. I say this on the blog a lot, but one of the worst things you can do in sponsorship is overpromise and underdeliver.
If you're honest about what you can offer a sponsor, sooner or later, someone will bite. Yet if you promise too much, get a big-name sponsor, and then fail to live up to the naming rights you said you'd provide, you lose out on that sponsor. You also could be in breach of contract with the sponsor. The financial repercussions, as well as the ding to your reputation, can spell the end of your sports team.
Choose the Building Smartly
In naming rights sponsorship, you have to look into the crystal ball often and predict what the future will hold. That especially comes into play when selecting which building will be the one that your sponsor will provide naming rights for. Sure, a prediction is just that and not a guarantee, but you must have at least a decent idea of what's coming down the pike.
If you promise your sponsor 10 years of naming rights and two years into the deal, you're approached by the building contractors and told that the arena is being torn down, you're now up the creek without a paddle. You promised the sponsor eight more years and they're not going to get it.
Unless you can come up with a similar building in a very short amount of time, then you again risk being in breach of contract.
When choosing a building for naming rights, you want to look at more than just the cost. How old is the building? Has it been recently renovated? Is it still a popular place? Are there plans to expand around the stadium, possibly adding a second arena? The answers to these questions will determine how viable a building you've selected.
Recognize That a Name Is More Than Just That
When you provide naming rights to a sponsor, you're selling them more than simply a title on a basketball stadium. The names of these buildings become interwoven into the fabric of the city or town in which the stadium resides. This provides ample opportunity for partnerships with local retailers and others within the community.
The sponsor won't mind this, as now they're opening up even more potential revenue streams, so make sure you anticipate these opportunities.
Have the Right Contractual Provisions
I have to talk about the legalities of sponsorship naming rights as well. In your contract, you should offer the sponsor exclusivity provisions to further sweeten the deal. These provisions prevent the local competition from sponsoring and/or advertising in a way that detracts from the sponsor's naming rights.
You'll need to provide prominence provisions as well, sometimes referred to as dominance provisions. As those names suggest, a prominence provision ensures that all advertising and signage for the sponsor is displayed more often than any other sponsors. Their digital displays will outsize all advertising and shine more brightly, quite literally in this instance. The placement of the signage will be recurring and highly visible as well per the prominence provisions.
Understand How Naming Rights Payments May Work
Naming rights sponsorship payments don't always occur upfront. Instead, if you score a high-dollar deal, the sponsor might make payment installments throughout the deal's term. So if the sponsor bought six-figure or even seven-figure naming rights, it can take upwards of 10, 20, sometimes even 30 years before all those zeros are in your sports team's bank account.
Talk to your sponsor about this, as many sponsors have found workarounds so more of the money is in the sports team's pocket faster. Maybe the sponsor pays through bonds if that's possible.
The Benefits of Sponsorship Naming Rights
Sponsorship naming rights, although not always the easiest to accrue, can really put stars in the eyes of your sponsor if you follow the above tips. Here are some of the perks of naming rights that the target sponsor reaps, as can your sports organization or team.
Free Advertising
The word "free" is so appealing, especially to sponsors.


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White Damavand currently offers two Polycarboxylate Superplasticizers: Glesen and Vertex.
Polycarboxylate superplasticizer (PCE) is a major raw material of 'concrete admixtures', which becomes critical element of concrete. PCE was firstly developed over 20 years ago in Japan. PCE can greatly reduce water demand and cement contents by both effects of electrostatic and steric repulsion. PCE also maintains the fluidity of concrete much longer than normally observed with Naphthalene based polymers and Melamine based polymers without excessive retardation.
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The main chain of PCE is polyethylene and its graft chain is composed of PEO (polyethylene Oxide) and carboxyl group. Cement particles go through physical adsorption process. At the same time, dispersion draws both electrostatic and steric repulsion and gives PCE high water reduction effect and workability.


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The Catalog Manager allows you to filter the data resources in a catalog and show only the selected resources to you.
To filter resources in a catalog:
- In the Catalog Manager, select Filter View on the toolbar. The Filter View dialog appears.
- Provide a filter condition in the Filter Expression text box. Use "*" to stand for any string, and use "?" to stand for any character. Also you can leave this text box blank.
- Select the Case Sensitive checkbox if you want Logi JReport to distinguish between uppercase and lowercase characters when filtering.
- In the Select the elements to include in the view box, check the resource types you want to remain in the catalog resource tree.
- If you want to select/deselect all the resource types under one certain data source, check/uncheck the checkbox of the data source node.
- If you want to select/deselect all the resource types in the box, select the Select All/Deselect All button.
- Select the OK button to filter the resources.
The filter result will be the union of the resources that match the filter condition and the selected resource types.


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Nemrut Dağ VulkanThe caldera of Nemrut Dağ is one of the volcanoes near Van lake. It is one of the volcanoes that erupted in historic times.
Beschreibung:The diameter of the caldera is about 9 x 5 km and it is half filled by a crater lake. There happend post calderic volcanism, producing rhyolithic & basaltic material at the caldera rim and on its floor. Pyroclastic flows and the emission of glassy obsidian lava flows accompanied construction of lava domes within the caldera; later activity formed a series of cinder cones and lava domes erupted along N-S-trending fissures on the northern flank. The most recent activity has been concentrated along a NNW-trending fissure cutting the eastern caldera floor and extending beyond the north caldera rim; nearly two dozen cinder cones and lava domes were constructed on the caldera floor. Ash layers in Lake Van document numerous Holocene eruptions, and an historical eruption in 1441 AD from a north-flank fissure involved compositionally bimodal lava flows.


Determining surface orientations of transparent objects based on polarization degrees in visible and infrared wavelengths
Techniques for modeling an object through observation are very important in object recognition and virtual reality. A wide variety of techniques have been developed for modeling objects with opaque surfaces, whereas less attention has been paid to objects with transparent surfaces. A transparent surface has only surface reflection; it has little body reflection. We present a new method for obtaining surface orientations of transparent surfaces through analysis of the degree of polarization in surface reflection and emission in visible and far-infrared wavelengths, respectively. This parameter, the polarization degree of reflected light at the visible wavelengths, is used for determining the surface orientation at a surface point. The polarization degree at visible wavelengths provides two possible solutions, and the proposed method uses the polarization degree at far-infrared wavelengths to resolve this ambiguity.
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Maltreated animals have reduced fractional anisotropy (FA) in the corpus callosum. (A) Cluster of voxels (red) in right corpus callosum represents the region where maltreated animals had significantly lower FA than controls (p < 0.005, uncorrected, ≥ 10 μL volume). In insets, green represents the mean FA skeleton. (B) FA in the corpus callosum is negatively correlated with basal cortisol at one month of age (r = −0.512, P = 0.025).
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Fresh, local food common to Costa Rican natives
Workers sort coffee beans in Costa Rica. Photo courtesy of MCT Campus.
In the United States, food is equivalent to social time, cultural events and celebrations. In order to eat fresh, healthy foods in the United States, it costs significantly more. The overly processed, high sugar concentrations and levels of fat and sodium are cheap, easy to make and taste good. There is a desire for instant gratification and convenience that often outweighs common sense about eating healthy. Food is rarely viewed as fuel, and people would rather live to eat than eat to live. The themes of rising obesity rates and the popularity of crash dieting is quite concerning for this generation.
Coffee is essential to Costa Rican culture. The pure, perfected art of selecting, drying and assembling the beans is an incredible phenomenon to witness.
In Costa Rica, there are many cultural values that are different from those in the United States. It is common to eat fresh, healthy foods at a reasonable cost and is less popular and a lot more expensive to buy processed fast foods. It's also common to go to the supermarket every two or three days to get the food needed for a few meals. Food expires quickly because it is so fresh, so portion sizes tend to be much smaller. Places that sell things in bulk, like Sam's Club and BJ's, do not exist.
Most Costa Ricans eat both breakfast and dinner at home.
"It has only been the last few years that people have eaten lunch outside of (the) home," said Kathia Carmona, a host mom to an Elon student currently studying in San Jose.
People used to come home in the middle of the day to eat with their families. Costa Rica is much more of a collectivist culture than individualist. The values of families and the common community are often considered before promoting individual interests. People tend to value strong relationships above personal growth, wealth and success.
Elon students studying in Costa Rica have already been to both a coffee and banana plantation. Coffee and banana plantations are the most important. The bananas are hand-picked from the individual trees and begin the process they go through to reach the rest of the world.
"According to my host mom, (drinking) coffee for every meal is very Costa Rican," said Elon student, Anthony Phillips Spencer. "My host family drinks a cup of coffee for every meal, even if it is with a glass of juice."
Coffee is essential to Costa Rican culture. The pure, perfected art of selecting, drying and assembling the beans is an incredible phenomenon to witness. The roasting of coffee beans is what gives them flavor. It is common to ship their unroasted beans to companies like Starbucks and Dunkin' Donuts, who roast them to their desired style.
Fresh fruits are readily available and not too expensive. Some of the most common are pineapple, bananas, strawberries, guanabana, guava, papaya and watermelon. It is not uncommon to pay more at a store or vendor with whom one has established a personal relationship. It is not about quantity or maximizing profit as much as the enjoyment and perfection of the goods provided and the maintenance of a relationship between the consumer and vendor.
But there is also a desire to be more like the United States. Costa Rica is beginning to adopt American ways of life learned from television and film, and there are fast food influences on certain Costa Rican businesses. In a small section of San Jose, there is a McDonalds, Hooters, Taco Bell and Applebee's.
"In the United States, we are so busy that we don't have time to sit down and eat together," said Elon sophomore Erika West.
There is something to be said for taking the time to eat a meal with family members or friends. In an attempt to fit more things in the day, Americans skip out on quality time as well as quality food.
But globalization is occurring whether we like it or not. And before that happens, it seems there is a lot the United States can learn from Costa Rica.
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Extensive material library that cover the most International Codes
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New technique for determining the optical constants...
|Title||New technique for determining the optical constants of liquids|
|Author(s)||C. Keefe, J. Pearson|
|Abstract||The traditional techniques of transmission and attenuated total reflectance (ATR) spectroscopy for determining the optical constants of liquids are not practical or reliable for very strong absorption bands. Specular reflectance can be used in these cases, but for volatile liquids it is impossible to separate the reflectance spectrum of the liquid from the absorption spectrum of the vapor above the liquid. Methods using special cells have been described in the literature to prevent the liquid from evaporating. In this paper, a similar technique that makes use of traditional transmission cells is presented. It is shown that this new technique generates k(νtilde) spectra for strong absorption bands that are accurate to approximately 2%.|
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Richard Mosse and was struck dumb by the contrast of such a loud and festive color and the subject matter - wartorn Congo. Mosse used Aerochrome infrared film for these photos of rebels during wartime and the results of bright color (well, at least me personally) get you drawn into the photos first for their apparent beauty and then for their shocking imagery and subject matter.
"This Aerochrome infrared film
was developed by the US military in the 1940s to detect camouflage and
to reveal part of the spectrum of light the human eye cannot see. But
where this technology was invented to detect enemy positions in the
underbrush, Mosse uses it to make us call into question pictures we
thought we understood. These are the images we take for granted from
Congo: the ruthless militia commander, the rape victim, an unwitting
peasant. But in Mosse's pictures, Congo's photographic clichés are
represented in a counterpoint of electric pink, teal blue and lavender.
By representing the conflict with an invisible spectrum of infrared
light, he pushes us to see this tragedy in new ways."


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Field experience has shown that inefficient transport of small cuttings is a main factor for excessive drag and torque during extended-reach drilling; however, very little is known about the transport behavior of small cuttings. In this study, extensive experiments with three sizes of cuttings (0.45 to 3.3 mm) were conducted in a field-scale flow loop (8 in.×4.5 in., 100-ft long) to identify the main factors affecting small cuttings transport. The effects of cuttings size, drillpipe rotation, fluid rheology, flow rate, and hole inclination were investigated.
The results show significant differences in cuttings transport based on cuttings size. Smaller cuttings result in a higher cuttings concentration than larger cuttings in a horizontal annulus when tested with water. However, a lower concentration was achieved for smaller cuttings when 0.25-ppb polyanionic cellulose (PAC) solutions were used. Unlike the transport of large cuttings, which is mainly dominated by fluid flow rate, the key factors controlling small cuttings transport were found to be pipe rotation and fluid rheology. Improvement by pipe rotation in the transport efficiency of small cuttings is up to twice as large as the improvement in large cuttings transport. Compared with water, PAC solutions significantly improve smaller cuttings transport, while the transport of larger cuttings is only slightly enhanced.
Mathematical modeling was performed to develop correlations for cuttings concentration and bed height in an annulus for field applications. Predictions from a three-layer model previously developed for larger cuttings were also compared with experimental results. Differences (up to 80%) indicate the need for improving the frequently used three-layer model by including correlations specifically developed for small cuttings to get a better design of extended-reach drilling. This study is also useful for horizontal or high-angle well drilling and completion through sand reservoirs.
Efficient cuttings transport is a major challenge when a long extended-reach well with a horizontal and highly inclined section of more than 20 thousand feet is drilled (Guild et al. 1995; Gao and Young 1995; Schamp et al. 2006). Cuttings can be ground to finer sand while being transported out of the hole, especially when rotary drilling is used. Drilling may not be able to proceed if cuttings transport remains a problem in such a hole. Because of excessive drag and torque caused by small cuttings settled at the lower side of the horizontal or inclined section, it may not be possible to run casing in place even if drilling to the target depth can be achieved. Similar problems exist in horizontal and highly inclined wells drilled through unconsolidated sand reservoirs.
Field practice and experimental observations (Parker 1987; Larsen 1990; Gavignet and Sobey 1989; Ahmed 2001; Bassal 1995) show that smaller cuttings are more difficult to transport under certain conditions. Moreover, smaller particles tend to more easily stick a drillpipe because of their cohesive effects (Ahmed 2001; Gailani et al. 2001). It is even more difficult to release the pipe once it is stuck by small, sand-sized cuttings.
An investigation into previous studies in the area of hole cleaning and sand transport shows that very limited information is available for small cuttings transport under drilling conditions. Though different cuttings have been tested by several investigators (Parker 1987; Larsen 1990; Ahmed 2001; Bassal 1995; Ford et al. 1990; Peden et al. 1990; Martins et al. 1996), no study has been conducted on small cuttings transport in horizontal or high-angle annuli involving drillpipe rotation. Previous conclusions about the cuttings size effects on cuttings transport are quite diverse, and even contradictory in some cases (Parker 1987; Larsen 1990; Gavignet and Sobey 1989; Ahmed 2001; Ford et al. 1990; Peden et al. 1990; Martins et al. 1996). Their experiments, upon which these conclusions are based, were conducted under incomparable conditions. It may not be correct, or at least not safe, to state explicitly that smaller cuttings are harder or easier to transport. The result may depend on various combinations of drilling parameters. This study was undertaken to understand why and under what conditions they are harder or easier to transport.


babies cryingFor years it has been rumored that "No tears" baby shampoos intended for babies contain novocaine as an anesthetic.
This theory is FALSE. Here are three reasons why:
 1. If these shampoos contained a numbing agent like nov0caine, then parents would feel a tingling or numbing sensation in their fingertips as they applied it to their child's hair.
 2. This would actually burn the child's skin and eyes during the washing process.
 3. This would put both babies and adults at extremely high risk for illness and even death due to the toxin exposure.
So what exactly is in our "no-tear" shampoos?
As you probably know, most shampoos contain sulfates in order to aid in the cleansing process. They're known to irritate skin and eyes. Over just the past few years, many companies have reformulated shampoos and products to be free of sulfates, but baby shampoos use long-chain surfactants (less emulsifying for cleansing the hair) or ionic polymers. These help prevent a stinging sensation for whenever the soap gets into child's eyes. This is why many shampoos marketed for infants and toddlers are labeled as "no-tear" shampoos.
In 2009 the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics researched the content of a number of baby shampoos and cosmetic products and found formaldehyde and 1,4 dioxane in Johnson & Johnson Baby Shampoo (as they had done since 1953). J&J was forced to reformulate their products and by May 2013 the company announced that all formaldehyde, parabens, triclosan and phthalates had been eliminated from all of their baby products.
Still uncertain about what to wash your little one's hair with?
Here's a safe, gentle shampoo recipe:
 - 1 oz liquid castile soap (unscented)
 - 4 oz filtered water
 - 3 drops lavender oil
 - 3 drops orange or lemon oil
Combine the ingredients into a foaming dispenser and use as needed. Your baby's hair will be left with clean, soft, and with a pleasing fresh scent.


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English → English (gcide) Definition: Aretology Aretology \Ar'e*tol"o*gy\, n. [Gr.?;? virtue +? discourse,? to speak: cf. F. ar['e]tologie.] That part of moral philosophy which treats of virtue, its nature, and the means of attaining to it. [1913 Webster]
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Despite maintaining his innocence for more than 50 years, a tried and convicted Commie spy has finally confessed his guilt at age 91!
In 1951, Martin Sobell was arrested along with Julius and Ethel Rosenberg on charges of espionage. The trio was charged with selling US atomic secrets to then USSR.
Sobell served more than 18 years on The Rock - Alcatrazand other federal pens and after his release in 1969 became a progressive cause advocate.
Now, Sobell, 91 told The New York Times that he was indeed a Soviet spy and so was co-defendant Julius Rosenberg who he implicated in a conspiracy to deliver to the Soviets highly classified military and industrial secrets in the manufacture of atomic weaponry.
Historians have long speculated on the involvement of Rosenberg's wife - Ethel - spy or not?
"She knew what he was doing but what was she guilty of?" Sobell said. "Of being Julius's wife."
After President Dwight D. Eisenhower denied a clemency plea, The Rosenbergs were executed in the electric chair at Sing Sing in 1953.
Sobell claimed what he leaked to the Soviets was nothing but low level documents not key atomic secrets.
"What I did was simply defensive, an aircraft gun," he said. "This was defensive."
One device, according to The Times, was the SCR 584 radar, believed by military experts to have been deployed against American airmen in both Korea and Vietnam.
Thanks a lot, Marty.
(pictured: Julius Rosenberg)


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The History of Lapland is the first anthropological publication from Oxford University Press. Written by a Swedish professor of law and rhetoric, it describes the beliefs, customs and artefacts of the Sámi people.
The study was commissioned by Sweden's chancellor in response to rumours that Sámi witchcraft was responsible for Gustavus Adolphus's victories in the Thirty Years War. Scheffer's account reflects an interest in Sámi magic by describing the prophesying of shamans and depicting the drums which induced their trance states. The book also contains detailed illustrations of Sámi crafts, modes of travel and sacred sites. However, Scheffer never conducted fieldwork in Lapland himself. Instead, he relied on the testimony of missionaries and public officials.
While Scheffer did not dispute their association with paganism and magic, his portrayal of the Sámi as charitable and peaceful people led to romanticised notions of their culture. This English translation was responsible for stimulating interest in Lapp love songs. Those published by Addison and Steele in the Spectator journal were indebted to Scheffer's translations. Their versions in turn found their ways into the writings of notable poets such as Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
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Sources and further reading:
- Catalogue record on SOLO
- Madan, Falconer, Oxford Books: A Bibliography of Printed Works relating to the University and City of Oxford, or Printed or Published There (Oxford: Clarendon Press, _PHONE_), Vol. 3, p. 300, no. 3023.
- Pentikäinen, Juha, 'Central Asian and Northern European Shamanism', in Patrick Curry (ed.) Divination: Perspectives for a New Millennium (Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate, 2010), pp. 47-68.
- Wright, Herbert, 'Lapp Songs in English Literature', Modern Language Review, 13 (4) 412-419, 1918.