After what felt like so long, Bella Swan (Kirsten Stewart) finally has everything she's ever wanted: Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) and his existance.
She also has something she didn't count on; a beautiful half-vampire half-human child, Renesmee (Mackenzie Foy).
After a rough awakening and meeting her daughter for the first time, things are going absolutely wonderful for the Cullen Family except for the mystery of Renesmee. As they go on with their day to day life trying to figure out why she's growing so rapidly and what the outcome will be, they, along with family friend and werewolf Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner) just enjoy the magic and beauty Renesmee adds to their lives.
Until one day a terrible mistake is made that summons the corrupt lawmakers of the vampire world, The Volturi, to pay the Cullens an ominous visit.
Taking to far away friends and acquaintances to help prove their innocence while ultimately preparing for a battle that nobody wants to fight but unfortunately looks imminent, will all their effort prove futile?
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I don't normally throw out the big H word, but yes ladies and gentleman, I said hated this movie.
And if you've seen the movie already, not for the reasons you probably think!
The first movie was low budget and they knew that; they worked with that. This particular movie just seemed to try TOO hard to be a blockbusting hit and it was an epic fail in my opinion.
While the acting really isn't the best in the world, I've gotten used to that throughout the last four movies.
The graphics were completely fake looking throughout the whole film, which made the movie look totally unrealistic.
As for the storyline, while it followed the novel, it was very minimally. It felt like the story was too rushed and a lot that could have been added that would have built up the plot better and made things a little more clear for those who had not read the book were left out.
Ironically, I quite enjoyed the big 'twist' that was added even though it wasn't originally in the book. I think it added a depth to the story that the book couldn't have.
All in all, I was very disappointed with this final chapter in the Twilight Saga and probably will not be seeing this movie again anytime soon.
Your honesty is refreshing! I won't waste my time at all. Thanks!
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The law of similars was not originally conceived by Hahnemann; it predates him. It was mentioned by the early Greeks and Galen and used extensively by Paracelsus and the English physician Thomas Sydenham [1624-1689]. It is also seen in nature to some extent and made use of in folk medicine. In a crude form it also manifested in the vaccination experiments of Edward Jenner [1749-1823]. It is a remarkable fact of history that Jenner s first experiments with Cowpox in Dorset in the summer of 1796, coincide with Hahnemann s publication of his Essay On a New Principle, both concerning the law of similars.
"...pain relief from rubbing a bruise, applying snow to a frozen ear, or radiant heat to a burned finger; the instinctive actions of sick or injured animals, as when they eat grass or leaves to produce vomiting when they are nauseated, or lick the secretions from their own wounds or sores."
However, the law was elaborated in greater detail by Hahnemann; nor was it seen then as it is today. 'Similar' [homoeos] does not mean 'identical' [isos] and nor does it mean rote-prescribing or giving the same remedy for the same "disease/illness" [pathos]. The principle is neatly summed up in the Latin phrase 'similia similibus', which Hahnemann often used. But some homeopaths have tried to portray similars as a fundamental and universal law of healing in all therapies [eg. Leeser, 1978, pp.18-19].
A fuller understanding of the way in which homeopaths have developed the law of similars comes from their understanding of (a). the patient or ill person and (b). the provings of remedies. For example, they would claim that an illness crosses all the conventional boundaries of the body, and affects the whole person, body, mind, sleep, appetite, likes and dislikes, etc. Likewise with the provings. According to these principles, it is insufficient to limit the 'illness' to one particular set of symptoms and then go on to describe variants of it as 'sub-types' of the same 'disease'. This, it is argued, shows the 'classification of disease' to be somewhat arbitrary.
In provings, homeopaths claim that remedies are capable of producing diverse and multitudinous symptoms in every function of the human body and mind [Organon, vs.108-110] just as the diversity of human disease-states in countless individuals, display an immense array of symptoms. The law of similars is thus a method of comparing the symptoms of provings [artificial drug-induced illnesses] with the symptoms of real human illnesses. It is also a theory of therapeutics, practised mainly, though not exclusively, in homeopathy.
Provings are not individual, they are regarded by homeopaths as composite images of information. They represent a corporate bank of data compiled from many individuals. Within the corporate drug picture may "hide" many individual images of sickness.
Another important aspect of the provings was that any specific drug produced characteristic peculiar symptoms which could easily be matched to the peculiar symptoms of the person/disorder. Examples include the itchiness and offensiveness of Sulphur, the violent heat, redness and delirious fever of Belladonna, the chilliness and fastidiousness of Arsenicum and the weepy, moodiness of Pulsatilla.
These "keynotes" have become important in homeopathic prescribing as they give a condensed or abbreviated image of a remedy which is conveniently applicable in clinical practice. In practice homeopaths claim that a patient invariably presents one or more keynotes of the remedy they need, as well as their other main symptoms.
The law of similars was originally used in homeopathy almost exclusively for acute, specific disorders, like Belladonna for scarlet fever, Camphor for cholera, Arsenicum for diarrhoea and Nux vomica for nausea and vomiting. It was also in acute diseases that homeopathy claimed its first great successes. Later, it became clear that a perfect degree of similarity was not essential for success, and successive homeopaths have stressed that as long as the main symptom elements of the drug-picture and that of the patient are similar then, within their experience, homeopaths would assert that it should cure. Thus as they state, the drug should contain all the patient symptoms, but the patient will only bear a fraction of the total symptom picture of the remedy as a whole.
On occasions a homeopath will select the remedy by satisfying all the above conditions and yet obtain a therapeutic failure. This is one of a group of experiences that first led Hahnemann to postulate the existence of invisible taints within the organism [chronic miasms] which 'block' the action of the well-chosen similimum. Modern homeopaths claim to overcome this problem by administering certain nosodes derived either from syphilis, gonorrhoea or scabies or by use of the bowel nosodes [see Paterson, 1950]. Returning to the well-chosen remedy they claim it then works as it should, proving, as they would claim, that the invisible taint has been removed. Even if all that fails it may be that the person needs a remedy that has yet to be proved or that they are homeopathically incurable [see Tyler, When the Indicated Remedy Fails, 1936]. It could, of course, be argued that in this respect homeopathy is no longer truly holistic as it is denying the patient other treatments by focusing entirely upon the administration of potentised remedies. On this count alone, it appears to be almost as unholistic as allopathy is.
In particular, homeopaths regularly cite mental symptoms, temperament, disposition, peculiar and unusual symptoms and also modalities [i.e. what makes the patient or symptoms feel better or worse] as being the most important areas where similarity between patient and remedy must be high if the drug is to produce a beneficial response.
The similarity is often called the drug's "homeopathicity" and the most similar drug [the most homeopathic] is often termed the 'similimum' for the patient. The symptoms of provings represent to homeopaths a bank of information about artificial human illnesses that they claim to be fixed for all time, immutable and universally applicable. What this means as far as homeopaths are concerned, is that the symptoms produced by any single drug [i.e. its drug picture] will never vary, either now or in the future.
The law of similars is often stated as the principle that what will cause a set of symptoms in the healthy, when given in material dose, will cure the same set of symptoms in the sick, when given in minute dose. However, this is somewhat misleading, as it is not the symptoms that are treated [that would be allopathy] it is the whole person. Thus it is a matching up of the 'psychophysical totality' of the disease-state with the psychophysical totality of the drug-picture. Computers have begun to be used quite extensively in homeopathy in recent years for this complex matching-up process.


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As Sam Sees It
Originally Published: February 15, 2005 6:10 p.m.
This is a "proud grandpa" column and my chance to share a happy event with my readers.
On Sunday, Feb. 6, my wife, daughter and I got to see my granddaughter, Juliet Sullenberger, play her first regular season college softball game. On Tuesday, Feb. 8, my daughter and I got to see her play her second and third college games.
Juliet was the designated hitter for the first two games and the first baseman for the Scottsdale Community College Lady Artichokes in the third.
She had a single in two official trips to the plate in each of the three games. She also had a walk in each of the last two. She drove in two runs in the second game and scored one and drove in one in the third contest.
The Lady Artichokes lost their first game 5-0 to El Paso Community College, but bounced back to sweep a double-header from Gateway Community College 8-4 and 10-2. You could see the improvement in the team's play and in their growing confidence.
Almost all of the Scottsdale players are freshmen, which augurs well for continued improvement and success.
It was pleasing to see that the players relate well and support each other.
The college has a coach who is in his first year there, but has already proved to me that he knows how to coach and motivate his players. Bob Swan knows how to criticize a mistake without doing harm to the player's confidence and self-esteem.
The girls, obviously, have a great deal of respect for the old marine who is their mentor.
Knowing that Juliet is in the hands of people like Swan, Women's Athletic Director Darcel Coco and assistant coaches Chad Lucas, Matt Smith, Rick Beach and Nicki Lane is comforting for a loving grandpa. From what I have seen and heard, she likes all of them and they like her.
There are at least three other Winslow High School graduates currently participating in Scottsdale Community College athletics. Brandon Guzman was the starting offensive guard for the league champion Artichoke football team. He has another year at Scottsdale and has already attracted major college attention.
Donna Benally and Starla McCurtain are also Lady Artichokes on the SCC basketball team. All of these students are freshman at Scottsdale although Guzman graduated a year ahead of the girls from Winslow High School.
University of New Mexico wide receiver A. C. Carter is also a graduate of Scottsdale and Winslow High School.
Winslow graduates have done well at a number of different colleges and junior colleges. Sandra and Ricky Greer both played at Chandler-Gilbert Community College. Steve Garnett and Francine McCurtain are playing basketball for Northern Arizona University. Mike Beeson played baseball for Central Arizona Community College. Erica Armenta is a star player for Texas A and M at Corpus Christi. Adam Reeves played well for a good Mesa Community College football team. John Sullivan enjoyed a very good season at Haskell University in Kansas.
There is no doubt all of these athletes have parents and grandparents who are as proud of them as I am of my granddaughter and as pleased with their choices. I can't help but applaud the Scottsdale Community College coaches and staff for making her experience an enjoyable and rewarding one. She is proud to be a Lady Artichoke.

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Nicola Moore, 32, was working at ALM Garages in Macclesfield when she stole 11 times.
A woman has avoid jailed after admitting stealing more than £4,000 from her bosses at a car dealership.
Nicola Ann Moore, 32, stole cash on 11 occasions while working at ALM Garages, on Winterton Way, Macclesfield, over a 17 month period.
She started her thieving spree in January 2013 taking £500 but didn't steal again until the following July when she took £349.
Moore struck again in the August taking £227 and September, taking £349, before waiting until March the following year to hit three times, taking £649, £250 and £240.
She stole another £349 in May, £250 in June and her final acts of dishonesty were taking £500 twice in July, 2014.
The thefts, which totalled £4,163, were discovered and Moore was sacked.
At Macclesfield magistrates' court on February 25, Moore of Acacia Avenue, Cheadle Hulme, admitted 11 counts of theft.
She was sentenced to prison for six months suspended for 12 months and ordered to do 120 hour unpaid work.
She was ordered to pay every penny back in compensation.
ALM Garages declined to comment.


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Massive storm waves move boulders the size of houses
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The largest boulder moved by the Atlantic blast weighed 620 tonnes
Beware of standing on the coast watching storms — giant boulders may be on the loose. The winter of 2013-14 produced monstrous waves that tore slabs out of cliffs and shorelines, and tossed them inland.
Among them was a 620-tonne colossus that was shoved several feet, a record for the largest boulder moved by storm waves. A team of scientists from Williams College, Massachusetts, examined photos of shorelines on the west Irish coast before and after the storms.
"We had thousands of photos of the boulders after years of surveying," said Rónadh Cox at the college. "But when we returned in 2014, I was absolutely gobsmacked because the site was completely rearranged. House-sized boulders had moved."
Massive rocks had been shifted up to 220 metres…


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The Secrets of Marketing in a Web 2.0 World
January 6, 2009 October 12, 2009 Randy F Price	Leave a comment
Consumers are flocking to blogs, social-networking sites and virtual worlds. And they are leaving a lot of marketers behind.
By SALVATORE PARISE , PATRICIA J. GUINAN and BRUCE D. WEINBERG
For marketers, Web 2.0 offers a remarkable new opportunity to engage consumers.
If only they knew how to do it.
That's where this article aims to help. We interviewed more than 30 executives and managers in both large and small organizations that are at the forefront of experimenting with Web 2.0 tools. From those conversations and further research, we identified a set of emerging principles for marketing.
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What potential marketing opportunities do Web 2.0 applications and tools offer your company? Which Web 2.0 tools have worked well for your company, and which were less successful? Share your thoughts in an online forum with Bruce Weinberg and Salvatore Parise.
But first, a more basic question: What is Web 2.0, anyway? Essentially, it encompasses the set of tools that allow people to build social and business connections, share information and collaborate on projects online. That includes blogs, wikis, social-networking sites and other online communities, and virtual worlds.
Millions of people have become familiar with these tools through sites like Facebook, Wikipedia and Second Life, or by writing their own blogs. And a growing number of marketers are using Web 2.0 tools to collaborate with consumers on product development, service enhancement and promotion. But most companies still don't appear to be well versed in this area.
So here's a look at the principles we arrived at — and how marketers can use them to get the best results.
Don't just talk at consumers — work with them throughout the marketing process.
Recovering From Negative Reviews
A Web site can be a marketer's lifeline with its customers, but what happens when it's marred with negative reviews and comments? Bruce Weinberg, marketing professor at Bentley University, tells WSJ's Erin White how to address and recover from poor feedback.
Web 2.0 tools can be used to do what traditional advertising does: persuade consumers to buy a company's products or services. An executive can write a blog, for instance, that regularly talks up the company's goods. But that kind of approach misses the point of 2.0. Instead, companies should use these tools to get the consumers involved, inviting them to participate in marketing-related activities from product development to feedback to customer service.
How can you do that? A leading greeting-card and gift company that we spoke with is one of many that have set up an online community — a site where it can talk to consumers and the consumers can talk to each other. The company solicits opinions on various aspects of greeting-card design and on ideas for gifts and their pricing. It also asks the consumers to talk about their lifestyles and even upload photos of themselves, so that it can better understand its market.
A marketing manager at the company says that, as a way to obtain consumer feedback and ideas for product development, the online community is much faster and cheaper than the traditional focus groups and surveys used in the past. The conversations consumers have with each other, he adds, result in "some of the most interesting insights," including gift ideas for specific occasions, such as a college graduation, and the prices consumers are willing to pay for different gifts.
Similarly, a large technology company uses several Web 2.0 tools to improve collaboration with both its business partners and consumers. Among other things, company employees have created wikis — Web sites that allow users to add, delete and edit content — to list answers to frequently asked questions about each product, and consumers have added significant contributions. For instance, within days of the release of a new piece of software by the company, consumers spotted a problem with it and posted a way for users to deal with it. They later proposed a way to fix the problem, which the company adopted. Having those solutions available so quickly showed customers that the company was on top of problems with its products.
Peter & Maria Hoey
Give consumers a reason to participate.
Consumers have to have some incentive to share their thoughts, opinions and experiences on a company Web site.
One lure is to make sure consumers can use the online community to network among themselves on topics of their own choosing. That way the site isn't all about the company, it's also about them. For instance, a toy company that created a community of hundreds of mothers to solicit their opinions and ideas on toys also enables them to write their own blogs on the site, a feature that many use to discuss family issues.
Other companies provide more-direct incentives: cash rewards or products, some of which are available only to members of the online community. Still others offer consumers peer recognition by awarding points each time they post comments, answer questions or contribute to a wiki entry. Such recognition not only encourages participation, but also has the benefit of allowing both the company and the other members of the community to identify experts on various topics.
Many companies told us that a moderator plays a critical role in keeping conversations going, highlighting information that's important to a discussion and maintaining order. That's important because consumers are likely to drift away if conversations peter out or if they feel that their voices are lost in a chaotic flood of comments. The moderator can also see to it that consumer input is seen and responded to by the right people within the company.
Getting Sociable
A New Approach: Marketing these days is more about building a two-way relationship with consumers. Web 2.0 tools are a powerful way to do that.
The Pioneers: A growing number of companies are learning how to collaborate with consumers online on product development, service enhancement and promotion.
The Lessons: From these early efforts, a set of marketing principles have emerged. Among them: get consumers involved in all aspects of marketing, listen to and join the online conversation about your products outside your site, and give the consumers you work with plenty of leeway to express their opinions.
And, of course, it's important to make a site as easy to use as possible. For instance, there should be clear, simple instructions for consumers to set up a blog or contribute to a wiki.
Listen to — and join — the conversation outside your site.
Consumers tend to trust one another's opinions more than a company's marketing pitch. And there is no shortage of opinions online.
The managers we interviewed accept that this type of content is here to stay and are aware of its potential impact — positive or negative — on consumers' buying decisions. So they monitor relevant online conversations among consumers and, when appropriate, look for opportunities to inject themselves into a conversation or initiate a potential collaboration.
For example, a marketing manager of a leading consumer-electronics company monitors blogs immediately after a new-product launch in order to understand "how customers are actually reacting to the product." Other managers keep an eye on sites like Digg.com and Del.icio.us that track the most popular topics on the Web, to see if there's any buzz around their new products, and whether they should be adjusting, say, features or prices.
In one case, a company found a popular blogger who had spoken highly of the company's brand. Just prior to launching a new product, the company sent the blogger a free sample, inviting him to review it with no strings attached. The end result: The blogger wrote a favorable review and generated a flood of comments. So the company got nearly free publicity and feedback.
Resist the temptation to sell, sell, sell.
Many marketers have been trained to bludgeon consumers with advertising — to sell, sell, sell anytime and anywhere consumers can be found. In an online community, it pays to resist that temptation.
When consumers are invited to participate in online communities, they expect marketers to listen and to consider their ideas. They don't want to feel like they're simply a captive audience for advertising, and if they do they're likely to abandon the community.
The head of consumer research for a leading consumer-electronics organization created an online community of nearly 50,000 consumers to discuss product-development and marketing issues. One of the key principles of the community, she says, was "not to do anything about marketing, because we weren't about selling; we were about conversing."
In short order, community members not only identified what it was they were looking for in the company's products, but also suggested innovations to satisfy those needs. The company quickly developed prototypes based on those suggestions, and got an enthusiastic response: Community members asked when they would be able to buy the products and if they would get the first opportunity to buy them. They didn't have to be sold on anything.
Don't control, let it go.
In an online community, every company needs to find an effective balance between trying to steer the conversation about its products and allowing the conversation to flow freely. In general, though, the managers we interviewed believe that companies are better off giving consumers the opportunity to say whatever is on their minds, positive or negative. Moderators can keep things running smoothly and coherently, but they shouldn't always keep the conversation on a predetermined track. The more that consumers talk freely, the more a company can learn about how it can improve its products and its marketing.
For Further Reading
See these related articles from MIT Sloan Management Review.
Harnessing the Power of the Oh-So-Social Web
By Josh Bernoff and Charlene Li (Spring 2008)
The authors develop a strategic framework that businesses can use to implement social applications in a number of departments, including research and development, marketing, sales, customer support and operations.
http://sloanreview.mit.edu/smr/issue/2008/spring/01/
Enterprise 2.0: The Dawn of Emergent Collaboration
By Andrew P. McAfee (Spring 2006)
There is a new wave of business communication tools including blogs, wikis and group messaging software that allow for more spontaneous, knowledge-based collaboration.
Beyond Enterprise 2.0
By Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee (Spring 2007)
The authors explore the complementary relationship between traditional managerial tools and the evolving modes of collaboration and communication, such as wikis.
Systems Marketing for the Information Age
By John G. Singer (Fall 2006)
The authors suggest that companies must take a marketing ecosystems view, which shifts away from the logic of "brand" as the primary unit for business strategy.
http://sloanreview.mit.edu/smr/issue/2006/fall/18/
How to Market to Generation M(obile)
By Fareena Sultan and Andrew J. Rohm (Summer 2008)
The mobile platform provides the perfect mechanism for reaching young consumers.
http://sloanreview.mit.edu/smr/issue/2008/summer/12/
One marketing executive recalled the first time she let an online community created for a client interact with very little control or moderation, resulting in an animated discussion about the look of the company's product. The client, with great concern, asked. "Who told them [the consumers] they could do this, that they could go this far?" Of course, when this process resulted in totally new packaging that helped boost sales, the client was ecstatic.
As another executive of a company that creates online communities for clients told us: "You have to let the members drive. When community members feel controlled, told how to respond and how to act, the community shuts down."
Find a 'marketing technopologist.'
So who should direct a company's forays into Web 2.0 marketing? A number of managers identified an ideal set of skills for an executive that go beyond those of a typical M.B.A. holder or tech expert. We coined the term marketing technopologist for a person who brings together strengths in marketing, technology and social interaction. A manager said, "I'd want to see someone with the usual M.B.A. consultant's background, strong interest in psychology and sociology, and good social-networking skills throughout the organization."
Foot soldiers need to be carefully selected as well. One large technology company weighs employees' proven skills to choose writers for blogs that are read by consumers. The company has long used blogs internally to help employees discuss technical issues, products, and company and industry topics. When it decided to use blogs to raise its profile online, it recruited those who had shown the most skill at blogging within the company. The company currently has about 15 employees who blog publicly, mostly on technology trends, and is recruiting more the same way. Meanwhile, the bloggers plan to meet occasionally to share the lessons learned from their experiences.
Embrace experimentation.
One Web 2.0 strategy does not fit all, and sometimes the best way to find out what's best for a given company is to try some things out and see what happens.
Blogs, wikis and online communities are among the tools that companies are most commonly using for marketing, but there are other ways to reach consumers. Some of the companies we talked with have gotten their feet wet in the online virtual world Second Life, where millions of users interact with each other through avatars. Companies can sell their goods and services and sponsor events in Second Life just as they do in the real world; one sponsored a contest for the best avatar.
Others are considering new ways to use more-familiar tools. For instance, many companies have long used instant messaging on their Web sites to allow shoppers to chat with customer-service representatives. One executive we spoke with said he would like to experiment with allowing consumers to chat with each other as they shop on his company's site.
—Dr. Parise is an assistant professor of technology, operations and information management at Babson College in Wellesley, Mass. Dr. Guinan is an associate professor of technology, operations and information management at Babson College. Dr. Weinberg is chairman of the marketing department and an associate professor of marketing and e-commerce at Bentley University in Waltham, Mass. They can be reached at reports@wsj.com.


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Q: What page event can I pass values to user control? Which page life cycle event can I use to pass parameters to user controls that are embedded in the front-end markup? I don't want to load them programmatically, I just want to pass parameters to the ones I dragged on to the page.

A: The Page_Load event could be a good place to do that. Here's a nice article explaining in details the page lifecycle in ASP.NET and for what purposes you could use the various events and at what stage they are raised: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms178472.aspx

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Environmental group tests Erie Canal and Oswego River water for invasive species
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Gino Geruntino
The Nature Conservancy's Andrew Tucker empties water from a collection tube into a container held by Benjamin Wegleitener.
The Nature Conservancy and other environmental groups are making use of a recently developed DNA sampling technique to determine whether or not any invasive species might be swimming, living or growing in the Oswego River and Erie Canal. By taking hundreds of water samples, the group believes it can slow the growth of invasive species in the state.
Andrew Tucker leans over the front of a flat bottom boat, holding a two-liter container. The boat rocks gently as he collects surface water samples for analysis from the Oswego River in Fulton. It's the first of five days of collecting.
Credit Gino Geruntino / WRVO
Andrew Tucker grabs a collection bottle from a cooler while Benjamin Wegleitener writes down the water depth.
Tucker, an Aquatic Invasive Species Applied Ecologist with the Nature Conservancy's Great Lakes Project, says the water contains DNA from fish, plants and animals, basically anything that's been in the water recently.
"It's really about early detection of these invasive species, and we've got this really novel technique that allows us to do that," Tucker said. "It's more sensitive than some of the traditional fisheries' techniques."
He notes that right now there are more than 40 non-native species on the environmental group's watch list that they're looking for during the testing. But he admits there are probably more invasive species than that in these bodies of water that they don't know about yet. Among the invasives they are looking for are zebra mussels, water chestnuts, hydrilla, Asian carp and Asian clam, all of which either have or could hurt the ecosystem and make the canal unnavigable.
Robert Williams displays a water chestnut that was floating in the Oswego River.
Robert Williams, conservation practitioner with the Nature Conservancy. He also serves as coordinator for the St. Lawrence Eastern Lake Ontario Partnership for Regional Invasive Species Management, or SLELO PRISM. He says invaders are much easier to treat when there are a small number of them around.
"Once an invasive species finds its way into an area and becomes established and the population increases, so does the cost of controlling it," Williams explained.
Tucker says controlling an invasive's spread isn't the only cost. If left unchecked, invasive species can choke waterways and alter ecosystems. In total, invasive species cost the Great Lakes at least $100 million annually because of the havoc they can wreak.
"That's in direct costs to lost revenue to commercial fisheries or for recreational fisheries, or whatever," Tucker said. But it's also an indirect cost, in terms of management and control of these invasive species."
Williams added that nationwide, the costs amount to about $167 billion.
Andrew Tucker pulls up a water collection tube that was dropped into the middle of the Oswego River.
"I think you can bring it down to scale and bring it down to more regional impact, that's the impacts that you and I feel on a daily basis," Williams said. "Not being able to swim in a certain area, or canoe in a certain area."
The Nature Conservancy and PRISM are collecting water samples from various locations in New York this year. They will then be analyzed at Central Michigan University, which takes about six months.
Tucker says those results will be given to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and the Environmental Protection Agency, and used to craft a plan to battle those invasive species.
"Prevention is the key, that's sort of the gold standard," Tucker said. "But there are, I think, successful examples of control and management of invasive species. The sea lamprey in the Great Lakes is a good one. I mean, it takes a good deal of money to control and sort of keep them at bay, but we've successfully done that."
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Originario de Cd. Ixtepec, Oaxaca; cursó la carrera de Artes Visuales en la Escuela Nacional de Pintura Escultura y Grabado "La Esmeralda"; Es licenciado en Diseño de la Comunicación Grafica por la UAM. Creador visual, especializado en pintura.
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Graduate in Visual Arts at the National School of Painting Sculpture and Engraving "La Esmeralda"; He graduated in Graphic Communication DesignAutonomous Metropolitan University. Visual creator, specialized in painting.
During hiscareer he has received several awards and distinctions among which are: Member of the National System of Creators of Art from 2011 to 2013, in 2009 the prize acquisition in painting of the Fourth National Biennial Art Yucatan2008 third prize acquisition in the I Biennial Pedro Coronel, in2010 the honorable mention in the II biennial Pedro Coronel in 2006 was artist included in the Mart catalog, "Selectionof emerging artists to collectors," Murrieta Foundation and Fourth Magazine Wall in 2005 received themedal and prize Alfredo Zalce acquisition of the Fifth National Biennial of painting and engraving Alfre do Zalce; he was awarded the Young Creators of the FONCA scholarship in the period 2005-2006; It has 9individual exhibitions among which: "So close that has never returned, so far that again. 11 Fifties Art Gallery, DF 2015. "That which hath been it is now; and what must be, he was gone. 11 Gallery District 14, Monte rrey. 2013 "That always was, is and will forever live fire. 11 Gallery District 14, D. C, 2013. "Sudden collapse is" MUPO, Oaxaca, 2012, "Big wave short board" Manuel Garcia Gallery, Oaxaca, 2009, 'Heck, I'm a toy, Terribillis estlocus iste 11 Museum ofContemporary Art Alfredo Zalce, Morelia Michoacan, 2008, "Otherness, MAX" at the Cultural Center Juchitan A. C, 2003 and has participated in over 30 group exhibitions Mexico, London, Singapore, Korea, Indonesia, Canada and France.


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Published on: 04/30/11 6:43 PM
Minneapolis 80's indie rock sensations The Replacements (pictured) are the quintessential example of cult status. Amassing a rabid following which includes many famous actors and musicians, as well as journalists and regular folks like you and I, The Replacements ripped up the midwest music scene in the aftermath of the early punk movement of the late 70s. With brash and brazen songwriting, mangled guitars and snarling vocals, they have risen to fame as the best and most important band you've never heard, and without question, one of the most influential bands of the 1980's.
Coming this Wednesday May 4th at 7pm, you can catch the Minnesota premiere of Color Me Obsessed, the new documentary about The Replacements by director Gorman Bechard. Two additional screenings have been added due to the overwhelming response. This first screening will be at the Women's Club of Minneapolis in Loring Park. The other two screenings will be the following day, May 5th at the Trylon Microcinema at 3258 Minnehaha Ave S in Minneapolis. The 7pm showing on May 5th is already sold out, but the 9:30 show has available seats.
Color Me Obsessed is not your typical rockumentary, however. There is no live performance footage and not one note from any of The Replacements' songs. Director Gorman Bechard brings an extraordinary vision to a unique filmmaking challenge. Told through the eyes of fans, friends, and contemporaries, the film breaks from the traditional music documentary format of music and performances. The film compiles footage from 140 different interviews from rockers like Colin Meloy of The Decemberists, Craig Finn of The Hold Steady, Tommy Ramone, Grant Hart and Greg Norton of Husker Du, and all three members of Goo Goo Dolls, journalists Robert Christgau, Legs McNeil, Ira Robbins, Greg Kot, and Jim DeRogatis, and fans both famous (Tom Arnold, Dave Foley, George Wendt) and not.
Despite its unusual format, Color Me Obsessed is a documentary that really rocks.
After the screening on May 4th, head over to First Avenue for the Color Me Obsessed Afterparty and catch live sets from Chooglin', Story of The Sea, and Matthew Ryan.
The afterparty is $6 or just $2 with ticket stub from the screening.
There are no more advance tickets for the May 4th screening, but there will be a limited number of tickets available at the door that night. Call (612) 332-1775 for details and info. Act fast. This is expected to sell out completely. Also, remember that as of this writing, tickets are still available for the May 5th 9:30pm screening at Trylon Microcinema (info below). Tickets are $10.
Read more about the film and this screening at the event page on Sound Unseen.
Like Color Me Obsessed on Facebook.
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Panasonic Consmerism Issues
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3. Comprehensive Discussion on Consumerism Issues
Panasonic adopted Firefox OS on their TV Panasonic faced huge competition in distributing and promoting the smart TV with operating system among the competitors such as Sony with Android TV, LG with webOS and Samsung with Tizen. In order to stay stable among the competitors, Panasonic made a great effort in their Smart TV platforms. Hence, Panasonic united together with Mozilla and subsequently came out with Panasonic Smart TV powered by Firefox OS. (Hands on: Panasonic Firefox OS Smart TV, 2015). By launching Firefox OS in smart TV, it will definitely bring more choices to customers, hardware manufacturers, developers and community. Panasonic has used the Firefox OS since year 2014. This development of the Firefox OS enhances the accessibility of the smart TV by supporting the HTML5 and web technologies on desktop computer and smart phones or tablets. (Harris, 2014). Simultaneously, this platform also facilitates the consumers in the optimal access to web browsers as well as broadcasts the content and services through the Internet. With the introduction of new Mozilla-pioeered WebAPIs for hardware operation, next generation smart TVs are capable of monitoring and controlling the devices of the home appliances. (Harris, 2014). Other than that, the manufacturers can create innovative applications across the connected devices by leveraging the flexibility of the web. (First Panasonic Smart TVs powered by Firefox OS Debut Worldwide, 2015). When the users are away from home, they can record to USB and use TV anytime features to stream television to their mobile devices. Furthermore, Panasonic enables the streaming content across the home network from the phone to the television by using the DLNA and Miracast support. (Hands on: Panasonic Firefox OS Smart TV, 2015) As Panasonic Smart TV powered by Firefox OS is optimized for HTML5, it provides better performance to let the customers connected to Web Browser through smart TV. The examples of Smart TV powered by Firefox OS include CR850, CR730, CX800, CX750, CX700 and CX680. (First Panasonic Smart TVs powered by Firefox OS Debut Worldwide, 2015). Meanwhile, these devices also allow the customers to gain a quick access to their favorite contents as videos, photos and websites and pin the contents to their TV's home screen. The new Panasonic DX900 UHD TVs with the specification of "Ultra HD Premium" and Firefox OS 2.5 will be launched during the spring in 2016. (Stahie, 2016). The version of this operating system comes with official applications such as Vimeo, iHeartRadio and AOL. (Stahie, 2016). Additionally, a new trait called "send to TV" have been introduced to allow the users to transmit the contents from the web browser to a connected TV that runs either Android or Firefox OS. (Stahie, 2016).
Panasonic started focusing on business-to-business (B2B) instead of business-to-consumers (B2C). Panasonic has been announced to strengthen its B2B business at CommunicAsia2015 and BroadcastAsia2015. It has been launched seven new products and solutions in Asia Pacific markets such as Fully-rugged, 5-inch Handheld Tablet, High Definition Visual Communications (HDVC) System, Handheld 4K Camcorder, Wireless In-Vehicle Surveillance Solution, and Video Archive Solution Service. As an illustration, HDVC System allows the businesses to connect with each other and supports the operational efficiency for the mobile networks. Moreover, Wireless In-Vehicle Surveillance Solution provides a fully-automated for transport systems via WiFi in order to enable the fleet operators to improve the business operations and increase the cost efficiency. (Panasonic Strengthens its B2B Focus with Launch of New Business Technology Solutions in Asia Pacific, 2015). On the other hand, Panasonic India planed to shift the gear and started focusing on business instead of consumers due to the exchange rate of rupee. This is to prevent rupee depreciation as well as increase the profits. (Chatterjee, 2013). As there are no advertising and distribution expenses, the costs of the B2B segment are lower. Panasonic can directly deal with the end customers without the help of intermediaries. Hence, B2B segment is easier to expand and able to lead to a better profitability. (Chatterjee, 2013). Based on the research, 70 per cent of the company's revenue worldwide has come from selling the products to the business instead of the consumers. Panasonic has been manufacturing the battery technology used by a majority of the hybrid car and also huge-scale audio or video equipment for sports stadiums. Nevertheless, Panasonic stated that it does not mean by getting out of the consumer electronic business. (Rosoff, 2016). Panasonic will continue to stay in this market and sell the consumer electronics. At the same time, it tried to extend its business to automobiles and others. (Cherray, 2015). Truly, the profit of Panasonic has been increased by focusing on B2B business. It has been contributing 75 per cent of the group's total revenues. There is a 30 per cent growth in the revenues as it transforms itself from an electronics company into a more diversified group. (Cherray, 2015).
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Michail Leontevitj Magnitskij (ryska: Михаил Леонтьевич Магницкий), född 1778, död 1855, var en rysk statsman.

Matgnitskij fick sin politiska utbildning under den reformvänlige Michail Speranskij, men förvisades vid dennes störtande (1812) till Vologda. År 1816 återkom han och blev genom Aleksej Araktjejevs inflytande guvernör i Simbirsk (1819) och ledamot av överstyrelsen för de ryska skolorna. Som inspektör för universitetet i Kazan föreslog han, att det skulle upphävas på grund av "försnillningar och gudlös undervisning"; detta avböjdes visserligen, men universitetet förlorade all självstyrelse och vetenskaplig frihet. 11 professorer avsattes, och hela undervisningen fick en ortodox teologisk prägel. År 1823 upprättades en särskild professur för att bekämpa västerlandets "konstitutionella irrläror". Magnitskijs verksamhet upphörde 1826, då det visade sig, att han själv förskingrat statsmedel.

Magnitskij var även poet och filosofisk författare; som historiker prisade han Rysslands tatariska period som dess "räddning från Europa" och tsar Peter den stores reformperiod som gagnelig för - Europa, som "därigenom blev bekant med Ryssland".

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Victorian racing industry participants will descend on The Park, in Albert Park, this Monday, 20 August for the Victorian Jockey and Trainer Awards.
The ceremony will celebrate the standout performers on Victorian racetracks during the 2017-18 racing season, which culminated on 31 July 2018.
The recipient of Victorian racing's most prestigious accolade, the Scobie Breasley Medal, will be unveiled, with the 2017 winner Craig Williams among the leading contenders again this year.
Emerging star Damian Lane, eight-time winner Damien Oliver, and leading apprentices Ethan Brown and Ben Allen are amongst the other jockeys expected to figure prominently in the voting.
Votes for the award, which is named in honour of the late Hall of Fame jockey Scobie Breasley, are polled on a 3-2-1 basis by Racing Victoria (RV) Stewards for the rides deemed to be the best at each metropolitan meeting during the season.
• One To Watch – another new category in which Victorian riders have elected their rising star of the jockeys' room.


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\section{Introduction}

Dense mixture of starch and water is an ideal material to demonstrate
the shear thickening property of the non-Newtonian fluid. It may behave
as liquid but is immediately solidified upon sudden application of
stress, thus one can even run over the pool filled with the fluid.  It
is amazing to see that it develops protrusions sticking out of the
surface when it is subject to strong vertical
vibration\cite{Swinney-2004,Ebata-2009}, and also intriguing that the
fluid vibrates spontaneously when one simply pours it out of a
container.
A source of these unusual behaviors is the severe shear thickening; the
viscosity increases almost discontinuously by orders of magnitude at
a certain critical shear rate\cite{Bonn-2008},
which makes the fluid behave like a solid upon abrupt deformation.
Such severe shear thickening is often found in dense colloid suspensions
and granule-fluid
mixtures\cite{Hoffman-1972,Barnes-1989,Jaeger-2009,Laun-1991}, and they
have been sometimes called ``dilatant fluid'' due to the apparent
analogy to Reynolds dilatancy of granular media\cite{Reynolds-1885}.

Despite its suggestive name, physicists have not reached the microscopic
understanding of this shear thickening property.  It was originally
proposed that the shear thickening is due to the order-disorder
transition of dispersed
particles\cite{Hoffman-1972,Hoffman-1974,Hoffman-1998,Barnes-1989}; the
viscosity increases when the fluid flow in high shear regime destroys
the layered structure that has appeared in lower shear rate regime.
Although there seem to be some situations where this mechanism was
believed to cause the shear thickening, there are other cases where
the layered structure is not observed prior to the shear
thickening\cite{Laun-1992} or no significant changes in the particle
ordering are found upon the discontinuous
thickening\cite{Wagner-2002,Wagner-2005}.  The cluster formation due to
hydrodynamic
interaction\cite{Brady-1985,Wagner-1996,Wagner-2001,MelroseBall-2004}
and the
jamming\cite{MelroseBall-2004-2,Ball-1997,Cates-1998,Bertrand-2002,
Lootens-2005,Bonn-2008,Jaeger-2009} have been proposed as plausible
mechanisms.

There are several peculiar features in the shear thickening shown by a
dilatant fluid:
(i) the thickening is so severe and instantaneous
that it might be used even to make a body armor to stop a
bullet\cite{Wagner-2009},
(ii) the relaxation after removal of the external stress occurs within a
few seconds, that is not very slow but not as instantaneous as in the
thickening process,
(iii) the thickened state is almost like a solid and does not allow much
elastic deformation unlike a visco-elastic material,
(iv) the viscosity shows hysteresis upon changing the shear rate\cite{Laun-1991},
(v) noisy fluctuations have been observed in response to an external
shear stress in the thickening regime\cite{Laun-1991,Lootens-2005}.

In this report, we construct a phenomenological model in the macroscopic
level and examine the fluid dynamical behavior of the
dilatant fluid.  We introduce a state variable that describes
phenomenologically an internal state of the fluid, and couple its
dynamics with the fluid dynamics.
We find that the following two aspects of the model are important: (1)
the fluid state changes in response to the shear stress, (2) the state
variable changes with the rate proportional to the shear rate.
We examine the model behavior in simple configurations and
demonstrate that the model is capable of describing the characteristic
features of hydrodynamic behavior and shows the oscillatory
instability.

\paragraph{Model:}
The model is based upon the incompressible Navier-Stokes equation with
the viscosity $\eta(\phi)$ that depends upon the state variable $\phi$.
The scaler field $\phi$, which takes a value in [0, 1], represents the
local state of the medium.  We assume two limiting states: the
low viscosity state ($\phi\sim 0$) and the high viscosity state
($\phi\sim 1$).  At $\phi=1$, the system is supposed to be jammed and
the viscosity diverges.

The state variable $\phi$ relaxes to a steady value $\phi_*$ determined
by the local shear stress $S$; $\phi_*$ is supposed to be a continuous
and monotonically increasing from 0 to $\phi_M$ as a function of $S$
with a characteristic stress $S_0$.  The limiting value $\phi_M$
represents the state of the medium in the high stress limit and should
depend upon the medium properties such as the packing fraction of the
dispersed granules.
In the following, we employ the forms
\begin{equation}
\eta(\phi) = \eta_0 \exp\left[ {A\,\phi\over 1-\phi}\right], \quad
\phi_*(S) = \phi_M {(S/S_0)^2\over 1+(S/S_0)^2}
\label{eta-Phi}
\end{equation}
with a dimensionless constant $A$.
We assume the Vogel-Fulcher type strong divergence in $\eta(\phi)$ in
oder to represent the severe thickening,
but a detailed functional form is rather arbitrary.

For the simple shear flow configuration as in Fig.\ref{Fig-1}(a) with
the flow field $\mib v$ given by $(u(z,t),0,0)$, the model is described
by the following set of equations,
\begin{eqnarray}
\rho{\partial u(z,t)\over\partial t} & = & {\partial\over\partial z} S(z,t),
\label{SF-eq-1}
\\
{\partial\phi(z,t)\over\partial t} & = &
-{1\over\tau} \Bigl(\phi(z,t) - \phi_*(S(z,t))\Bigr),
\label{SF-eq-2}
\end{eqnarray}
with $\rho$ and $\tau$ being the medium density and the relaxation time.
The shear stress $S(z,t)$ is given by
\begin{equation}
S(z,t) = \eta(\phi)\dot\gamma, \qquad
\dot\gamma\equiv {\partial u\over \partial z},
\label{ShearStress}
\end{equation}
where the shear rate is denoted by $\dot\gamma$.

Now, we suppose the relaxation of $\phi$ toward $\phi_*$ is driven by the
shear deformation, thus the relaxation rate $1/\tau$ is not constant
but proportional to the absolute value of the shear rate, i.e.
\begin{equation}
   {1/\tau} ={|\dot\gamma|/ r}
\label{tau}
\end{equation}
with a dimensionless parameter $r$.
{
Note that, with this form of relaxation, the state variable $\phi$ does
not exceed 1 even when $\phi_M> 1$ because
$\dot\gamma=0$ at $\phi=1$ due to the diverging viscosity.
}

This particular form of relaxation is employed in order to represent the
athermal relaxation driven by local deformation.  The system responds in
accordance with the deformation rate, and does not change the state when
it does not deform.  This is natural if we consider the state change is
caused by local configurational changes of the dispersed granules in
the situation where Brownian motion does not play an important role.

\begin{figure}
\centerline{\includegraphics[width=7cm]{./Fig-1.eps}}
\caption{Simple shear flow configurations with the coordinate system.
}
\label{Fig-1}
\end{figure}
\paragraph{Steady shear flow:}
First, we examine the model behavior in the steady shear flow
configuration with a fixed external stress $S_{\rm e}$.  The boundary
condition is then given by
\begin{equation}
S_{\rm e}  =   S(z,t)\Bigr|_{z=\pm h} .
\label{SF-BC}
\end{equation}
The steady state solution for Eqs.(\ref{SF-eq-1}) and (\ref{SF-eq-2})
with this boundary condition is obtained easily as
\begin{equation}
\phi = \phi_*(S_{\rm e}), \quad
\dot\gamma = {S_{\rm e}\over\eta(\phi_*)} \equiv \dot\gamma_*(S_{\rm e}).
\label{SF-SS}
\end{equation}
\begin{figure}
\centerline{\includegraphics[width=8cm]{./Fig-2.eps}}
\caption{
The stress-shear rate relation for the viscosity given by
Eq.(\ref{eta-Phi}) with  $A=1$.
The inset shows the same plots in the logarithmic scale.
We employ the unit system where $\eta_0=S_0=\rho=1$.
}
\label{SF-gamma-S}
\end{figure}

The stress-shear rate curves are plotted in Fig.\ref{SF-gamma-S} for
$\phi_*$ and $\eta(\phi)$ given by Eq.(\ref{eta-Phi}) with $A=1$ for
various values of $\phi_M$.
In the logarithmic scale, the straight line with the slope 1 corresponds
to the linear stress-shear rate relation with a constant viscosity.
In the curve for $\phi_M=0.8$, one can see the two regimes: the low
viscosity regime and the high viscosity regime.
Between the two regimes, there is an unstable region.
From this stress-shear rate curve, we expect there should be hysteresis
upon changing the shear rate $\dot\gamma$ with discontinuous jumps between
the two branches. The jumps correspond to the discontinuous
change of viscosity, i.e. the abrupt shear thickening.
For the case $\phi_M\ge 1$, the curves do not have an upper linear branch
because the viscosity diverges and the fluid is solidified.

\paragraph{Oscillation in the shear flow:}
If the external stress $S_{\rm e}$ is kept at a value in the unstable
branch, where
\begin{equation}
{\partial\dot\gamma_*\over\partial S_{\rm e}} < 0,
\label{unstable}
\end{equation}
i.e. the shear rate decreases as the stress increases, the steady flow
may become unstable.  The linear stability analysis within the solution
of the form $(u(z,t),0,0)$ shows that the mode whose wave number $k$ in
the $z$-axis satisfies
\begin{equation}
0 < k^2 < \rho {\dot\gamma_*\over r}\left[-{\partial\dot\gamma_*\over\partial
				 S_{\rm e}}\right] \equiv k_{\rm c}^2
\end{equation}
grows and the threshold mode $k_{\rm c}$ oscillates at
the finite frequency
\begin{equation}
\omega_{\rm c} = \sqrt{{S_{\rm e}\over\rho\, r}}\; k_{\rm c}.
\end{equation}
{
Since the smallest
possible wave number $k_{\rm min}$ is given by $k_{\rm min}=2\pi/4h$, we
expect the oscillatory flow appears for $k_{\rm min}<k_{\rm c}$ as the
system width increases if the external stress is in the unstable branch.}

\begin{figure}
\centerline{
\includegraphics[width=7cm]{./Fig-3.eps}
}
\caption{Oscillation of the average shear rate $u(h)/h$ in shear flow for
 $h=$1.3, 2, and 3 with $A=1$, $\phi_M=1$, $r=0.1$, and $S_{\rm e}=1.1$.
The initial state
is chosen as the steady solution (\ref{SF-SS}) with $S_{\rm
e}=1.0$ at $t=0$.}
\label{SF-SurfV}
\end{figure}

The oscillatory behavior of the shear flow in the unstable regime can be
seen by numerically integrating Eqs.(\ref{SF-eq-1}) and (\ref{SF-eq-2})
with (\ref{SF-BC}).
In Fig.\ref{SF-SurfV}, the average shear rate $u(h)/h$ is plotted as a
function of time for some values of the system width $2h$ for
$\phi_M=1$, $A=1$, and $r=0.1$ with the external shear stress $S_{\rm
e}=1.1$ in the unstable regime.  The initial state is chosen as the
steady solution (\ref{SF-SS}) with $S_{\rm e}=1$.
For the case of $h=1.3$, one can see the overdamped oscillation that
converges to the steady state, but for the larger values of $h$, the
system undergoes the oscillatory transition and the surface velocity
oscillates with an saw-tooth like wave profile, namely, the
gradual increase of velocity followed by a sudden drop.

The time development of the spatial variations for the state variable
$\phi$ and the velocity $u$ are plotted in Fig.\ref{SF-t-develop} for
$h=2$.  Only the positive halves ($z>0$) of the symmetric solutions are
shown.
One can see the high shear rate region gradually extends towards the
center as $\phi$ relaxes, then the velocity drops suddenly to a very
small value when the shear rate exceeds a certain value and $\phi$
increases rapidly.  This sudden drop of velocity is due to the abrupt
thickening of the fluid caused by the high shear stress.  The resulting
low shear rate eventually leads to the low shear stress, which in turn
leads to small $\phi$ with low viscosity, then the shear rate starts
increasing again.

\begin{figure}
\centerline{
\includegraphics[width=8cm]{./Fig-4.eps}
}
\caption{Spatial variation of shear flow oscillation
for $A=1$, $\phi_M=1$,  $r=0.1$, $S_{\rm e}=1.1$, and $h=2$.
}
\label{SF-t-develop}
\end{figure}

\paragraph{Response to impact:}
The athermal relaxation (\ref{tau}) gives the system an interesting
feature in responding to an external impact.  We consider the simple
shear flow but assume the fixed lower boundary at $z=0$ and the upper
boundary at $z=h$ is forced to move at the velocity $u_0$ at $t=0$ (Fig.\ref{Fig-1}(b)).
Then, the motion of the upper wall is given by the equation,
\begin{equation}
m{du(h,t)\over dt}
= -\eta(\phi)\left.{\partial u\over\partial z}\right|_{z=h},
\label{Imp-eq}
\end{equation}
where $m$ is the mass of the upper wall per unit length.

Fig.\ref{Impact} shows the displacement $X$ of the upper wall,
\begin{equation}
X(t)  = \int_0^t u(h,t') dt',
\end{equation}
for the three cases, $\phi_M=$ 0.8, 1, and 2, for various initial speeds.
The wall decelerates rapidly as the fluid thickens due to the
imposed stress, and eventually stops.  In the case of $\phi_M=0.8$, the
total distance that the wall moves before it stops increases as the
initial speed $u_0$.
On the other hand, in the case of $\phi_M=2$, the total displacement
does not depend on $u_0$.  This is because the fluid jammed at a certain
strain as it deforms, and cannot deform further.

\begin{figure}
\centerline{\includegraphics[width=8cm]{./Fig-5.eps}}
\caption{
The time dependence of the displacement $X$ after the impact with the
 initial speed $u_0=$40, 20, 10, and 5 for the system with $\phi_M=0.8$,
 1, and 2.
The other parameters are $h=2$, $A=1$, $r=0.1$, and $m=1$.
}
\label{Impact}
\end{figure}

\paragraph{Concluding remarks:}
There are a couple of related models: the soft glassy rheology(SGR)
model\cite{Head-2001} and the schematic mode coupling
theory(MCT)\cite{Holmes-2005}.  In the SGR model, SGR is extended to
describe the shear thickening by introducing the stress dependent
effective temperature, which may be compared with the inverse of the
state variable $\phi$ of our model.  In the schematic MCT, the jamming
transition has been examined by means of MCT incorporating the effects
of shear schematically. Both are semi-empirical but deal with
microscopic processes and produce the similar flow curves as
Fig.\ref{SF-gamma-S}. On the other hand, the present model is
phenomenological one only for macroscopic description to study the
interplay between the fluid dynamics and the shear thickening, which is
embedded in Eqs.(\ref{eta-Phi}).

Although our model is phenomenological, the microscopic picture we may
have for a dense mixture of granules and fluid is the following; in the
low stress regime ($\phi\sim 0$), the particles are dispersed thus the
medium can deform easily due to the lubrication, whereas, in the high
stress regime ($\phi\sim 1$), the particles form contacts and force
chains to support the stress, and eventually get jammed when the packing
fraction is large enough (Fig.\ref{State}).
With this picture, it is natural to assume that the time scale for the
state change is set by the shear rate in the case where the athermal
deformation drives the configurational changes,
and then the parameters $S_0$ and $r$ correspond to the stress and the
strain, respectively, around which the neighboring granules start
touching each other.
In the case where the thermal relaxation takes place, the time scale may
be given by
\begin{equation}
{1\over\tau} =
  {|\dot\gamma|\over r} + {1\over\tau_{\rm th}}\, ,
\end{equation}
where $\tau_{\rm th}$ is the time scale that the thermal agitation
dislocates the contacts.

\begin{figure}
\centerline{\includegraphics[width=6cm]{./Fig-6.eps}}
\caption{Schematic illustration of configurations for low stress (left)
 and high stress(right) regime.}
\label{State}
\end{figure}

We have assumed that the state is determined by the shear stress, but it is
instructive to consider what would happen if the state is determined by the
shear rate.  If $\phi_*$ is a function of $\dot\gamma$ instead
of Eq.(\ref{eta-Phi}), then the stress-shear rate curve becomes
monotonically increasing without an unstable branch, thus there should
be no discontinuity and hysteresis, thus no instability that leads to
the oscillation.
This suggests that experimentally observed discontinuous
transition\cite{Bonn-2008} and the hysteresis\cite{Laun-1991} can be
attributed to the ``shear-stress thickening'' property of the medium.
The direct consequence of the shear-stress thickening  may be
seen in the gravitational slope flow, where the flux does not increases
monotonically as the inclination angle because the fluid becomes more
viscous under larger shear stress, thus it may flow slower as the slope
is inclined steeper.

A peculiar result of the present model is the oscillatory instability in
the shear flow. Superficially, this might look like a stick-slip motion,
but the physical origin is different; the stick-slip motion is
caused by the slip weakening friction when the system is driven at a
constant speed through an elastic device.  If the present system is
driven at a constant velocity, the system settles in one of the stable
states for a given $\dot\gamma$.
The oscillatory behavior in the present system appears under the drive
with a constant shear stress, and it is a result of the coupling between
the internal dynamics and the fluid dynamics.  In this sense, it is also
different from the oscillation in the SGR model, where the fluid
dynamics is not considered.
We found that the oscillatory flow also appears in the
gravitational slope flow.

Regarding the oscillations in experiments, one can easily notice the
vibration around 10 Hz when pouring the cornstarch-water mixture out of
a cup.  In the literature, the pronounced fluctuations in the
deformation rate have been reported in the shear stress controlled
experiment near the critical shear rate\cite{Laun-1991,Lootens-2005}
and the pressure driven flow through microchannels\cite{Isa-2009}, but
not many experiments have been reported yet.

This work was supported by KAKENHI(21540418).

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The City of North Vancouver is requesting responses to a Request for Proposal for the acquisition, by way of a 90 or 75 year long term lease or a fee simple purchase of five City lots and two lane closures fronting Lonsdale Avenue and 23rd Street East (currently the location of the Harry Jerome Community Centre, Silver Harbour Seniors' Activity Centre and North Vancouver Lawn Bowling which are planned to be relocated in new facilities). The lands would be acquired for the purposes of multi-family residential and mixed development in the range of approximately 500,000 square feet.
Interested Proponents are invited to review the RFP that has been posted to BC Bid and to attend an Information Session on July 25, 2017.


Here's the thing about blogging: I find it I have to work up some motivation to do it. Why do something I don't really enjoy? Because I think it's necessary. Mr Salesman explains why in this post. The real question is why don't I enjoy blogging? I love writing. I'm opinionated (my husband would say too opinionated). I could stand on a soapbox for hours. I could (and do) spend hours and hours on the internet just talking about stuff. When thinking about this, I realised that most of those hours are spent on forums, with a few on Facebook and twitter. The key here is talking to people. I don't enjoy blogging because I don't know who I'm sharing my opinions with or what they think about the matter. I'm inspired to blog when I read someone else's thoughts on a matter and want to share my own.
1) They use concise, clear language to say something that many people nod their head at and share with others.
2) They comment on something that is currently at the forefront of people's minds and contribute to a global conversation.
You may notice that this particular blog does neither of those things, but I'm going to write it anyway. This is a plug for twitter.
I used to scoff at twitter. I thought it was for the kind of people who update their Facebook status every 20 minutes and piss off all their friends. Then I joined twitter and quickly came to realise that a tweet is not a status update. That "followers" are not "friends". Tweets are conversation and 99% of my followers are people I've never met in real life. I don't know the names of their kids. And they don't know the names of mine (because, privacy yo).
Twitter helps with successful blog reason #1 by providing an avenue for people who don't know you to share what you have to say. It helps with successful blog reason #2 by showing you what people are thinking about and where the global conversation is. So, really, today I should have been posting about feminism because this week Julien Blanc got kicked out of my country, some X Factor judge released a song with misogynistic lyrics and Time magazine suggested we ban the word feminism. Sorry about that.
Long story short: if you have a blog, get on twitter. They go hand in hand.


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Longtime Africa-based BBC correspondent Martin Plaut reflects on decades covering the continent, offering an encouraging outlook drawing from experiences during riots in Apartheid South Africa, with rebels in Eritrea pre-independence, and at a school in eastern Congo and a start-up bank in Ghana.
[A]s Richard M. Nixon did in opening ties to China or Ronald Reagan in embracing arms control, Mr. Obama could see the foreign policy arena as a place to achieve something more lasting in a second term than crisis management and more satisfying than the gridlock that has bedeviled his domestic initiatives.
The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum released this video of a conversation between U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice and director of the Committee on Conscience Michael Abramowitz about U.S. government efforts to prevent genocide and mass atrocities.
Writing for GeoPlace.com, Lt. Col. Michael Thomas describes how the use of geospatial analysis—combining mapping of past attacks, vegetation patterns, road networks—can help predict LRA attacks in central Africa.
After serving as division commander for the U.N. peacekeeping mission in eastern Congo, Major General (ret.) Patrick Cammaert developed a training course to teach peacekeepers how to intervene in cases of sexual violence—and that it is their job to do so. "When you have a mandate to protect civilians from the immediate threat of violence, then sexual violence is part of it," Cammaert told Michele Lent Hirsch, who wrote about the work for the Women Under Siege blog.


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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A woman convicted of murdering an expectant mother and kidnapping the baby from her womb received a federal death sentence.
Lisa Montgomery, convicted of killing a pregnant woman, joins two other women on federal death row.
U.S. District Judge Gary Fenner handed down the sentence in Kansas City, Missouri, on Friday. Lisa Montgomery becomes only the third woman on federal death row.
Montgomery was convicted in October of the gruesome 2004 killing of Bobbie Jo Stinnett. The 23-year-old woman was found strangled in her rural home in Skidmore, Missouri. Her womb was cut open and the unborn child was missing.
A nationwide search and intense media coverage followed. Montgomery was found in neighboring Kansas, where she had claimed the baby, which survived, as her own.
Prosecutors claimed at trial that Montgomery had first contacted Stinnett on the Internet, through their mutual interest in breeding rat terrier dogs, and later went to Stinnett's house.
A jury convicted the 39-year-old woman and recommended the death penalty, which the judge imposed Friday.
Angela Johnson, who was sentenced in 2005 along with a man for the murders of two girls in Iowa.
Valerie Friend, who was sentenced last year along with a man for the drug-related murder of a woman in West Virginia.
Neither Iowa nor West Virginia have the death penalty for state murder convictions.


I just saw that HT is offering it on their website and will only be selling it this way, not in stores and I also saw that it is on Amazon for 50 cents more, but if you are a Prime Member, you get free two day shipping.
I ordered from Amazon as they ship direct to the uk, postage and import tax is just over $5 which is really good.
Goofy_Guy wrote: I just saw that HT is offering it on their website and will only be selling it this way, not in stores and I also saw that it is on Amazon for 50 cents more, but if you are a Prime Member, you get free two day shipping.
Amazon says "Usually ships in 1-2 months"
Mine is due to be delivered today. Cant wait.
drachenfells wrote: Thanks for the links.
Oh really?? Wow that's actually amazing!
Totally agree with this, since I got an order cancellation email from HT. They made it seem like they over sold, but I think the truth is that they did not have them in stock and it was a pre-order, which they normally don't do.


When purchasing a handcrafted paint tool by Purdy, you're guaranteed quality, service and value brought to every single brush – stamped by the maker. The paints at Exeter Paint only reflect the best in the industry and its no different for our products as well. Purdy brings expert knowledge to the industry since 1925 when they started crafting their products in a garage in Portland, Oregon. Each tool is guaranteed made from "only the finest raw materials" which is why professional painters today seek out the Purdy name.
Take a look at some of their various How To videos to keep your brushes in pristine condition to getting a professional finish on a DIY home project.
Coming from a small business blog, it's not a surprise that we promote buying local. But, it's not just a good idea because we say so – it's helpful to the entire community and yourself in so many ways. Below are the top ____ reasons that you should not only buy local at your favorite paint store (cough cough), but you should seek out the weekly farmers markets, buy from the local corner store, or even find your next outfit from a smaller, local designer.
1) More money stays in the community.
There are various publications out there that state the details, but in layman terms, the more money you put into the community, the more it'll be reinvested in the same area creating a better economy for your small city or town.
2) You will be supporting local entrepreneurs.
Instead of throwing your money at big box companies, support locals who have fought from the ground up and establish their small business. We want to keep this unique and creative mentality booming, so why not support your local entrepreneur instead of all the copy + paste companies that start to make every city and town look the same.
3) You help build communities.
With local business supported by locals, there grows a larger sense of community. Be apart of that bond.
4) Keep our community unique.
We usually choose a place to live because of what each city or town brings to the state. So when we let big box companies come in and take over, we lose a bit of the originality of our community. When we support local business, we're giving the support to help maintain that unique personality we're often so proud of.
5) Create more good jobs.
According to the National Employment Report, small local businesses continue to create almost double the jobs than its big business counterparts.
With a smaller business, you're more likely to find friendlier, more knowledgeable faces behind the counter waiting to help you with your questions. Most small businesses also understand the importance of community and are willing to out the extra mile to help you out. You may also find that with more personalized service & sense of community, clients may benefit and receive a better deal – in form of informal discounts or getting an extra paint sample or brush tossed in the bag for being a regular customer.
7) Local business are more likely to give back to the community.
It all comes back to community. A local business understands this better than the big biz that come in to spread their clones and earn the big money. While a local business needs to thrive, they also understand the importance of other local organizations and non-profits.
What are some other reasons why you think it's important to support local business?
We're all guilty of scrolling through Pinterest and gawking over those DIY projects and thinking, "We can do that, too!" But sometimes it's more than just finding an unloved piece of furniture at a yard sale, bringing it home, sanding it down, and putting a fresh new coat of (cough, cough Exeter Paint paints) on that baby. Sometimes, we may need to seek out some professional help – but where's the line? To begin, it's important to ask your self these questions before you jump into any project: Do you have the time and patience to tackle these projects on your own? Are there building regulations or codes I need to seek out? Do I need to purchase a lot of tools in order to complete this project and will I ever use them again?
Whether it's a painting, mirrors or a gorgeous oriental cloth, we can definitely manage this on our own. However, "on our own" maybe means with an extra set of eyes to tell us if what we're hanging up is even. If you're really unsure about doing this there are lots of amazing tools online from step-by-step posts to YouTube tutorials to give yourself the confidence to start on your project.
If you have the time (and patience!) painting your own walls could save you money in the long run, plus allow for some serious bonding time with a loved one or a solo space for you to disconnect. Any doubts you have about paint colors or the exact process, your local paint store employees (Exeter Paint for those of you nearby!) should be able to guide you in the process.
This is something that your local provider should be able to give you some helpful advice on how to install a new light fixture on your own. It's not a very invasive project, nor should it take very long at all. Again, it's best to have a second pair of eyes there to help in the process. Also, don't forget to turn off the electricity before dealing with those wires!
Always a fantastic way to spice up your home and make it feel more like you. Whether it's an outdoor patio or full back yard with a green lawn, by adding just a touch of color with flowers or new textures with various bushes and trees, you'll notice the difference immediately. By doing a little research to see what plants and flowers will flourish in your type of garden (lots of light to no direct sunshine) you can find the perfect combinations to add to your home.
When it comes to big projects that require expensive tools, knocking down walls or taking up floors, seeking out building permits, it's best to hire a professional. They know exactly how to proceed with such a grand project from start to finish that it's worth paying those big bucks. Plus, who wants to live in a messy construction zone for months on end when the professionals can have it done in half the time?
Unfortunately, in a lot of older houses there are health hazards that linger in the paints, old pipes, and in old siding insulation. This is where you don't want to "play with fire" as taking on these projects could expose yourself and your family to dangerous chemicals. Hire a professional, they know how to complete these projects safely for themselves and everybody else.
With heights, tools, and long hours of work – it's important to leave these types of renovations in the hands of a professional. Plus, if you make a mistake in a roof renovation, imagine all the further possible damage it could lead to in the rest of the house.
The sun is shining, the kids are out of school, and their growing minds need constant stimulation. What better way to bond and be active than getting elbow deep in your next paint project (figuratively speaking, of course!) together.
We've found some fun projects that the whole family can enjoy and leave your children in awe for the rest of the summer (or at least a few hours)!
Chalkboard Paint: We've seen it before whether in real life or in the movies, the children that go a little "color-crazy" when their parents aren't looking. While your children's personalization of your favorite wall color may not be what you have in mind, why not give them their own space to let our their creative musings. Chalkboard Paint is one of our favorites at Exeter Paint. We use it on the walls, on furniture, and cutlery. Have your kids help you paint one wall in their bedroom or play room for some outside the box coloring fun this summer!
Painted Frames: Not in the mood to paint an entire wall? Just add a splash of color with frames! Have your child pick a favorite color and get to work. Once dried, hang these frames up and let your little ones decide what they want to show off! It's wonderful since they can swap out their masterpieces whenever they get bored. And you can always repaint the frames to keep up with their ever-changing favorite colors!
Stripes: Sometimes sharing a bedroom is the only option, but that doesn't mean both kids have to compromise their favorite colors! By painting walls with stripes, you're allowing each child to choose their own color while finding a mutual one that works with both. There are so many beautiful color combinations that will work well together — so don't fret in letting your little ones help you pick them out!
This fun little project can help create personal space for each child! They can each learn to care for their side of things without it getting too confusing.
Color Therapy: And then sometimes an entire makeover is the answer. If your little one is super keen on one color in particular, don't hold back! Learn from the best on how to get a smooth finish on your next wall project. To tie the roomtogether, bring in stripes and different shades of the chosen color to add depth to the room. White furniture is always a nice contrast and way to balance a room for a bold wall color.
What are your 2015 summer project plans with your kids?
We always focus on the kitchen, the living room, or bedroom spaces — but what about those forgotten hallways? We've brought together some of our favorite ideas to help spice up your hall walls.
string lights or some gorgeous metal light fixtures.
in the hallway to add a little extra pizzazz!
Mirror Looking to make that narrow hallway feel bigger?
Add some stylish mirrors to the walls and let the magic happen.
Bold Colors Afraid to add that bold color to the kitchen or living room?
Test it out in the hallway and see how it feels!
Book Shelves Display your life's collection of books in the hallway.
Add a little dreaming to your stroll from room to room.
Stripes Add texture to the walls by using stripes to design your hallway!
We want to know! What do your hallways look like?
As with fashion, food, and the weather – colors trend from season to season. Although we're already at the halfway mark of 2015, we'd like to revisit the Benjamin Moore Color Trends of the year. The good thing about being positive thinkers over at Exeter Paint, means that we STILL have six more months to give our home a fresh start whether it's new paint or adding a wall covering.
What's your favorite Benjamin Moore Color Trend 2015 color?


Most people think that mathematics is just about numbers, but that's not true at all.
Since 1995, Stanford mathematician Keith Devlin has intrigued (and occasionally baffled) listeners to NPR's popular Saturday morning magazine program 'Weekend Edition' with Scott Simon, with his discussions of mathematical topics that somehow manage to find their way into the news. It all started by chance (mostly).
As a young mathematics graduate student at the University of Bristol in my native England, back at the end of the 1960s, my role models were the mathematicians who had made major mathematical discoveries—mathematical giants such as Leonard Euler, Karl Friedrich Gauss, Pierre De Fermat, and Kurt Gödel. Like many young people starting out on a mathematical career, I dreamt of joining the ranks of the greatest—of proving a major theorem or solving a difficult problem that had baffled the best minds for decades.
Some of my contemporaries succeeded. In 1963, only a few years ahead of me, the young American mathematician Paul Cohen solved Cantor's Continuum Problem, a puzzle that had resisted all attempts at resolution for over sixty years. But as happens to the vast majority of mathematicians, eventually I had to settle for far less.
During the course of my career, like most of the world's 25,000 professional mathematicians listed in the International Directory of Mathematicians, I solved a number of minor problems and proved several respectable, but largely unremarkable theorems. I taught at various universities, in Scotland, Norway, Germany, Canada, and the United States (where I moved permanently in 1987), and I wrote a number of textbooks for mathematicians and students. Again, fairly typical career moves for many academic mathematicians, though perhaps I moved around more than many and ended up writing more books than most.
But along the way, almost by accident, I discovered another talent, perhaps my true calling: an ability to explain often obscure, advanced mathematical ideas to a general audience. I found that, through my words, I could make mathematics come alive for others not versed in the subject.
I found that, through my words, I could make mathematics come alive for others not versed in the subject.
It was an unplanned sequence of events that resulted in my pursuing a second career path as a public expositor of mathematics. In the early 1980s, I grew increasingly frustrated by the fact that magazines and newspapers often carried articles on science—biology, physics, chemistry, and so on—but hardly ever on mathematics. On the few occasions when they did cover mathematics, they did so badly, often getting the main idea entirely wrong. In March 1983, I decided to do something about the situation, and wrote a short piece and sent it in to the British national newspaper The Guardian.
A few days later, the science editor phoned and informed me that they could not publish it. "But," he said, "I like your style. You seem to have a real knack for explaining difficult ideas in a way ordinary people can understand." He encouraged me to try again, and my second attempt was published in The Guardian on May 12, 1983. Several more pieces also made it into print, eliciting some appreciative letters to the editor. As a result, when The Guardian launched a weekly, personal computing page later that year, it included my new, twice-monthly column Micromaths. The column ran without interruption until 1989, when my two-year visit to Stanford University in California turned into a permanent move to the US.
I soon discovered that I liked my new found role of "expositor". I have always been passionately interested in all aspects of mathematics, and never liked the fact that so many people have a completely false impression of this wonderful subject. Most people think that mathematics is just about numbers, but that's not true at all. Yes, numbers play an important role in the subject, but mathematics is not about counting. It's about pattern and structure. It's about the hidden beauty that lies just beneath the surface of the everyday world. I relished the challenge of constantly trying to find ways to explain new developments in advanced mathematics to the lay readers of my column. The frequent appreciative—and occasionally baffled—letters I received from readers fueled my commitment even more.
Encouraged by the success of my column, I began writing books and articles for a general readership, including some for the business world. I also gave lectures to lay audiences, and started to make occasional appearances on radio and television. From 1991 to 1997, after moving to the United States in 1987, I edited FOCUS, the monthly magazine of the Mathematical Association of America, and since January 1996 I have written a monthly column, Devlin's Angle, for the association.
Early in 1995, I got the break that led to my becoming a regular contributor to primetime national radio in the US, with the media identity "the Math Guy". I got a telephone call one day from National Public Radio's Saturday morning news magazine show Weekend Edition. The host, Scott Simon, wanted to interview me about the solution to the 350-year-old problem known as Fermat's Last Theorem, which became a major news story after the Princeton mathematician Andrew Wiles had solved it a few months earlier. Never one to say "no" to a new challenge, I trotted off to my local NPR affiliate studio to record the segment.
Although Scott and I would not meet for many months—then as now we record most of our interviews with me in a studio in California and Scott at the NPR studios in Washington D.C.—we hit it off immediately over the air. Listeners loved our intimate, humorous banter—which from the start has been completely unrehearsed and spontaneous. Many wrote in to the program to say so. Again, without any planning, I found I had another new role, this time a "radio personality," appearing on the show every few weeks. Eventually, I acquired my "stage name." The receptionist at the studio I used soon started to greet my arrival with "It's the math guy." I mentioned this to the Weekend Edition producer one day, and he replied, "Oh, that's what we put you down as on our scheduling board." And so the NPR Math Guy was born.
This post is adapted from the introduction of Keith Devlin's new book Finding Fibonacci: The Quest to Rediscover the Forgotten Mathematical Genius Who Changed the World, published this month by Princeton University Press. His Math Guy segments, 94 to date, are all available at The Math Guy Sound Archive.