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Critically speaking, movies based on video games always start on a disadvantageous position. Let's face it: when your best films for comparison are "Super Mario Bros.," "Street Fighter," and "Wing Commander," expectations are understandably lowered. Hell, even the first Resident Evil was a mixed bag. It had its moments, but most of them came after a solid 45 minutes of snooze, and what interesting scenes there were seemed inserted simply for the purpose of looking cool (the decapitating laser grid), rather than making any kind of narrative sense. In spite (or perhaps because) of this, the original enjoyed moderate box office success, but nobody figured "Resident Evil: Apocalypse" – second in what appears to be an ongoing series based on Capcom's popular zombie horror games – would break new cinematic ground. And it doesn't. "Apocalypse" is dumb, loud, and ludicrous in the extreme, and I actually enjoyed it.
As we're all well aware, Alice (Milla Jovovich) was one of only two people who survived the horrors of the original "Resident Evil." Her reward: a regimen of invasive T-virus probing, courtesy of the ruthless Umbrella Corporation, who end up making her into a better, stronger, and faster supermodel. This proves to be good timing, because those Umbrella guys are about as dumb as they are evil, and they end up releasing the virus from the confines of the Hive (the corporation's underground laboratory complex) into the pastoral environs of Raccoon City (up there with "Zardon" from the Atari 2600 version of Missile Command for dumbest video game location names ever). As the virus spreads, residents fall victim to its zombifying effects, the city is quarantined, and Alice is inexplicably woken up and released among the undead hordes wearing nothing but a lab coat and a grimace.
She's not the only one invited to this dead man's party. Remember Matt from the first movie? He survived too, but the T-virus mutated him into the frightful Nemesis, a 7-foot monstrosity armed with a mini gun and a rocket launcher. The company sets Nemesis loose for the noble purpose of testing its awesome destructive powers on as many ill-fated humans and plate glass windows as possible.
Of course, normal people have been trapped in Raccoon City as well. There's Jill Valentine – disgraced member of the Special Tactics and Rescue Services (S.T.A.R.S.) team; Terri Morales – intrepid local reporter; Carlos Olivera – corporate soldier; and L.J. – the jive-talking hustler (because where would a horror movie be without one?). Alice ends up joining the group (in a sequence that is simultaneously jaw-droppingly dumb and fantastically insane), who are tasked by Umbrella scientist Charles Ashford (Jared Harris) to find his missing daughter Angela. In return, he'll get them out of the city before Umbrella drops a nuke on it (which worked so well in Return of the Living Dead, after all).
It was during that previously mentioned scene, where Jovovich rides through a stained glass window on a motorcycle and lays waste to a couple of "lickers" (nasty mutations with elongated tongues and huge talons), that I realized writer Paul W.S. Anderson and director Alexander Witt had elected to forego anything resembling respectable filmmaking. Oh, I know, adding zombies to the mix always ratchets down the authenticity of your mise-en-scene, but "Resident Evil: Apocalypse" isn't really a zombie movie. There are undead flesh eaters in it, sure, but Anderson and Witt are obviously trying to develop a narrative spanning several films, no matter how flimsy the transitions. The character of Alice is meant for some great destiny, with all the video game trappings of the Resident Evil franchise merely offered as garnish for hardcore RE players.
Don't get me wrong, Sienna Guillory is note perfect as Jill Valentine, and fans of the game will recognize the locales, certain characters (Carlos and Nicholai), and other visual treats sprinkled throughout. Alice is the focus, however, and when you have a character who could take on Lara Croft and Chun-Li at the same time – and win – you quickly drop the lurking horror façade in favor of maximum badassitude
This is not to say that "Resident Evil: Apocalypse" isn't clichéd (elite S.T.A.R.S. operative Valentine insists they need to "split up" to search for Angela, effectively signing one of the character's death warrants), or laughable (yes, Alice does run down the side of a building, and she does pin a licker under a giant crucifix), or predictable (does anyone doubt that Alice and Nemesis enjoy a climactic face-off?), but no one seems to care. Put another way, "Resident Evil: Apocalypse" is sublimely ridiculous. For the first time in many a moon, I found myself taking the advice of the scores of moviegoers out there who've exhorted me to "turn my brain off" when watching a film. With my cerebral cortex happily idling in neutral, I found that I didn't mind the unerring aim of our heroes, or the unbelievably loud sound effects (every gunshot is like a howitzer), or the utter lack of government or media scrutiny (it would appear Raccoon City is the modern day equivalent of those turn-of-the-century Appalachian mining towns). I didn't wonder why Jill felt the best outfit for battling zombie armageddon was a tube top and miniskirt, nor did I question Dr. Ashford's hacking of Umbrella's mainframe with a web search. If I had, I believe my rectum would have spontaneously prolapsed.
As the movie ended, it became apparent that the minds behind the "Resident Evil" franchise have their sights set on an ongoing series of over-the-top action films. And given the relatively low cost required to crank these babies out, I think they're going to succeed. Just don't ask me to watch any more of them, as I'm pretty sure I've used up a decade's allotment of "popcorn movie" rationalization in giving this one a decent review.
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Opportunity in West Denver as area adapts to change
By CREJ January 4, 2019
Maxwell Marcum
Associate broker, Marcum Commercial Advisors
It's no secret that Colorado's landscape is drastically changing and it's providing new opportunities and challenges for the West Denver submarket. Municipalities all over the region are trying to strategically combat multiple aspects of its exponential growth. It's providing unique solutions for groups and individuals looking for owner/user, investor and development results.
What we've seen unfold in West Denver over the past few years has been overwhelming and has garnished support for development across the region. There is ongoing demand for a variety of different product types, and it's what's helping reshape the way we look at our community.
This includes Jefferson Parkway, one of the largest road projects in the western region, which still is under review. It is governed by the Jefferson Parkway Public Highway Authority and is hashing its way through several different review processes. The road will stretch from Highway 93 in Arvada and head northeast toward the Rocky Mountain International Airport. A projected completion date for the project has yet to be released, but has been moving forward, nonetheless.
Plans for the Jefferson Parkway, one of the largest road projects in the western region, which is under review.
This will provide a whole new way to access the West Denver and mountain regions up into the northwestern portion of the Denver metro area. The project will abut the Rocky Mountain wildlife refuge, right along the new Candelas master-planned community and continue up what is now Indiana Street. Some already have started to anticipate the change and are prepping the area with new access to specialty shops, housing and outdoor activities. It will complete a full-circle transit system that will allow the western section of the metro area to more efficiently access the Denver-Boulder Turnpike, Interstate 25 and south to Highway 93.
Another large transit project is also underway. The Regional Transportation District has been working with its light-rail contractor Denver Transit Partners and has received approval from the Federal Railroad Administration to start work on the next stage of finishing the G line. The 11.2-mile railway will run from Union Station into Wheat Ridge. An opening date for the G line has not been announced yet, which is primarily due to the issues with the gate-crossing technology. This will make several segments of West Denver more transit oriented and accessible to anyone traveling in and out of central Denver.
The Western submarket also has had a notable increase in its demand for Class A office space. Interlocken Business Park in Broomfield has added a few noteworthy corporate offices to its portfolio over the past few years including Viega and Partners Group. Other businesses such as Oracle, Ball Corp., Staples, SCL Health and Webroot have established themselves within the park. The 936-acre community is also supplemented with the Flatirons Crossing Shopping Center, Omni Interlocken Resort & Golf Club and a robust public transportation infrastructure in place. The area is providing employers with a competitive advantage with its unmatched quality of life, access to nationally recognized schools, proximity to the Western Slope and an amenity-rich work environment.
Lakewood has been improving its specialty retail options as the Colorado Mills Mall reopened a little over a year ago, after dealing with hail damage and flooding issues from a storm in mid-2017. The recent face-lift in the interior, along with the addition of retailers such as Coach, H&M and Sketchers, is meeting demands of consumers in the area. Clear Creek Crossing also is being added to the western portion of Wheat Ridge and will feature over 100 acres of retail/entertainment, multifamily and business development, which is directly located west of the Interstate 70 and Ward Road exit. High-end retail options have been lacking in recent years, and revitalization efforts such as these have met West Denver's yearning for a more amplified shopping experience.
Much like the rest of the metro region, West Denver's industrial market is moving steadily upward. Mountain Gateway is a 142,000-square-foot industrial development comprising two separate buildings currently being developed in South Arvada. It will feature 290 parking spaces, 24-foot clear heights, 20 dock-high doors and 11-drive in doors. It's just another step in the right direction for the West Denver market and hopefully will continue to create a more attractive environment. We've seen vacancy rates in West Denver have been consistently sitting below the metro average, which is providing developers and owner-users with a viable solution.
The way we've seen West Denver progress over the past few years has provided investors and owner-users with feasible opportunities regardless of the property type. It's clear that it will continue to grow, change and adapt to new opportunities and challenges. The area's mid- to low-density profile provides a landscape that is poised for expansion.
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The artist and President of the Royal Academy on its 250th anniversary year.
In an organisation entirely run by artists, he sees his job as 'trying to get consensus'. Contrary to the impression of a body of older men in tweeds sitting around a table smoking pipes (legacy of the RA's notoriously reactionary era), 'it's actually rather wild. Meetings are never, never dull, but very lively and almost impossible to control'.
As it approaches its 250th birthday, the RA is riding the crest of a wave, with the unveiling of a huge capital project imminent, a slew of outstanding exhibitions under its belt and a new generation of successful Academicians. Mr Le Brun, who was elected in 1996 and became the 26th President in 2011 (the youngest since Lord Leighton), admits that, 30 years ago, when his own work was reaching international acclaim, he wouldn't have accepted membership.
His experience as a trustee of several leading art museums altered his perception. He could see there was a danger of the big, taxpayer-funded institutions becoming the official established position of the art world, the sole preserve of curators and museum professionals.
How does the RA survive with so much less funding than the other main institutions? 'Don't worry me by reminding me,' he implores. 'We receive no government money. Zero. We're a charity; we depend on our friends, supporters, patrons and exhibitions. Most people regard us as an exhibition venue. What's missing from that view is that we're an Academy.
The first woman to be elected a full member of the Royal Academy lived at 16, Langford Place.


Our Healthier Environment Living Program addresses obstacles in industry that stem from the spread of disease and slice into profit margins. Our programs focus on modes of transmission, creating a healthier space – and a healthier bottom line. We take on these issues by bringing to the task products that create clean surfaces, clean air and clean water in addition to methods and technologies to ensure proper hand hygiene. Below is a brief overview of some of the top, proven technologies we employ to combat the spread of pathogens that become threats to our health.
BioProtect for surfaces: BioProtect, when applied to a surface, provides a long term biostatic layer of protection.
BioProtect for laundry: We can make antimicrobial clothing, sheets and blankets. And it can be done conveniently in a standard home laundry setting.
Sanders Filters: These filters are used in homes on the HVAC system, and they can be configured for point-of-use systems. They provide submicron filtration from .1 micron and higher, the size of known pathogens.
Pure Hand hand sanitizer: Pure Hand is safe, non-flammable and doesn't dry the skin.
Point-of-use water filters: These filters are for showers and sinks, filtering out as much as 99.99999% of all bacteria.
Seems every week you read about a disease outbreak on a cruise ship. The industry doesn't understand microbiology, and has done little to address modes of transmission. Persistently clean air, clean hands, clean water and clean surfaces are required to minimize the spread of disease.
With you in the room, bacteria counts spike: Human shedding exceeds 30 million bacteria per hour. With numbers like that, it is not difficult to understand why outbreaks occur in the tightly confined spaces of a floating city. The cruise ship industry has yet to move toward persistent cleaning technologies, and the negative results are consistently demonstrated.
Passenger behaviors during norovirus outbreaks on cruise ships: Prevention and control of norovirus gastrointestinal illness may be improved by routine screening of embarking passengers, education about gastrointestinal illness and its impact on public health, a focus on improving hand washing practices, and identification of public hand sanitizer dispensing locations.
Cruise ship travel: Cruise ships bring together large numbers of people from a variety of communities and backgrounds. Communicable diseases can be introduced onboard by embarking passengers and crew members or acquired during visits to seaports. The crowded, semi-enclosed environment of the cruise ship can facilitate transmission of infectious diseases from person to person or from contaminated food, water, air, or environmental surfaces. Crew members who remain onboard during successive sailings can sustain transmission of communicable diseases. Certain groups, such as pregnant women, the elderly, and those who are immune-compromised, might be more seriously affected by infectious diseases. In addition, the stress of travel can worsen chronic conditions in any population.
Acute Gastroenteritis on Cruise Ships: To determine recent rates of acute gastroenteritis on cruise ships, CDC analyzed combined data for the period 2008–2014 that were submitted by cruise ships sailing in U.S. jurisdiction (defined as passenger vessels carrying ≥13 passengers and within 15 days of arriving in the United States).
Norovirus Transmission on Cruise Ship: This investigation suggests that efforts to control gastroenteritis outbreaks on cruise ships should address all possible modes of NoV transmission, including foodborne, environmental persistence, and person-to-person spread. Such measures should include extensive disinfection, good food and water handling practices, isolating ill persons, providing paid sick leave for ill crew, and promoting hand-washing with soap and water among passengers and crew.
A large outbreak of influenza A and B on a cruise ship causing widespread morbidity: While influenza vaccination of passengers and crew may afford some protection, uptake and effectiveness may not be sufficient to prevent outbreaks. Surveillance systems and early intervention measures, such as antiviral therapies, should be considered to detect and control such outbreaks.
The pharmaceutical industry is heavily regulated to ensure safe products are delivered to its customers. The code requirements and hygiene procedures vary based on activity. Environmental excursions create significant down time, which means production stops. And when production stops, profits do, too. IDA Construction has a unique program to reduce risks in this environment. We filter with the best HEPA systems on the market, and our pre / post filter the HEPAs with submicron filtration. We account for the dirty little secret in the filter industry tied to the biology growing through the filter media. With air circulating through filters and pre-filters between 12 and 30-plus times per hour, we dramatically reduce the potential for air contamination with our product. We coat clean room surfaces with a biostatic coating that provides another layer of continuous cleaning. Finally, we introduce lighting that provides a third layer of persistent cleaning within the clean room. We work in conjunction with the pharmacy to write hygiene operating procedures that use best practices to limit risk to the business and their customers. The use of non-shedding microfiber, rotation of disinfectants and a full understanding of the dwell time required for the disinfectant to work deliver exceptional hygiene to the advantage of customers and pharmacies' bottom line.
Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Health-Care Settings: Recent developments in the field have stimulated a review of the scientific data regarding hand hygiene and the development of new guidelines designed to improve hand-hygiene practices in health-care facilities. This literature review and accompanying recommendations have been prepared by a Hand Hygiene Task Force, comprising representatives from HICPAC, the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), APIC, and the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA).
Good Hand Hygiene Includes More Than Hands: A quick way to save 90,000 lives annually would be to teach health care workers to wash their hands often. Each year, up to 10% of acute care admissions and 25% of intensive care patients acquire one or more nosocomial infections.
Measurement of Surface Contamination From Nucleoside Analogue Antineoplastic Drugs by High-Performance Liquid Chromatography in Occupational Hygiene Studies of Oncologic Hospital Departments: Within the frame of a continuing interest in occupational hygiene of hospitals as workplaces, we describe an automated analytical method by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography for the measurement of contamination from the three most important nucleoside analogue antineoplastic drugs (5-fluorouracil, 5FU; cytarabin, CYA; gemcytabin, GCA) on such surfaces as those of preparation hoods and work-benches in departmental pharmacies of oncologic departments.
Preventing exposure to hazardous drugs: This Alert is to increase awareness among healthcare workers and their employers about the health risks posed by working with hazardous drugs and to provide them with measures for protecting their health.
Antimicrobial resistance is prevalent in industrial animal husbandry. Market forces are shifting to stopping the use of antibiotics to support the rapid growth of animals in concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs). The U.S. government, food producers, restaurant chains and consumers are now looking to purchase meat raised without antibiotics. This change will require biosecurity measures to change inside the industry. Stopping the use of antibiotics will require higher levels of hygiene in all CAFO facilities. Solid biosecurity programs should model good hospital infection control programs.
Bio-aerosol in barn air impacts the health of people and animals: This study concludes that multiple exposures to endotoxin-containing swine barn air induce AHR, increase in mucus-containing airway epithelial cells and lung inflammation. The data also show that prolonged multiple exposures may also induce adaptation in AHR response in the exposed subjects.
Threat of campylobacter in poultry flocks: Travel-associated infections are an important factor to consider and together with the changing global food markets, such as increasing consumption of imported chicken, these will affect Campylobacter infections worldwide.
Multi-site study on handwashing after contact with animals: The goal of this study was to compare and contrast the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) and the practice of handwashing among participants of four studies assessing poultry and swine farms in the midwestern United States and in Thailand.
Aerosol transmission and disease: The results from this study indicate that the risk of the spread of PRRSV via aerosols is likely minimal and supports the observations and conclusions of several previous studies showing that aerosol spread of PRRSV is limited to a couple of meters. This is in contrast to recent reports indicating that isolates such as MN-184 can spread via aerosols over distances of several miles.
Hospital-acquired infections and antimicrobial resistance is being covered by every major news team, and for good reason. The Center for Medicaid and Medicare Service (CMS) is no longer footing the bill for many secondary infections, forcing hospitals to re-evaluate yet again their infection control procedures (Read details here…). One in twenty who enter the hospital end up with problems related to secondary infections. With bacteria becoming more and more resistant to antibiotics, it is clear we must reduce the spread of infections within our hospital systems. Learning how to deal with secondary infection will also help us with larger scale pandemic control.
Bio-aerosol in hospitals: Exposed-plate method was found to capture microorganisms efficiently with little variation in duplicate samples, suggesting its use in hospitals for preliminary assessment of indoor air quality and determine pathogenic microorganisms due to particle fallout.
Airborne bio loads in health care settings in South Africa: Results from this study indicate the importance of air quality monitoring in health-care settings to prevent possible hospital-acquired infections and contamination of hospital surfaces including food contact surfaces by airborne contaminants.
Evidence of hand hygiene to reduce transmission and infections by multidrug resistant organisms in healthcare settings: The emergence of resistance in these microorganisms has mainly been caused by an inappropriate use of antibiotics in general and use of broad spectrum antibiotics in particular.
Cleaning Hospital Room Surfaces to Prevent Health Care–Associated Infections: A Technical Brief: Emerging technologies have led to increased interest in evaluating environmental cleaning, disinfecting, and monitoring in the acute care hospital setting.
How sinks cause the spread of disease: In a devilish case of unintended consequences, sinks have been linked to a number of outbreaks of serious infections in hospitals from Baltimore to Shanghai and many places in between in recent years.
Poor expeditionary health negatively impacts a company's bottom line. The cost of an illness at a remote site can cost thousands of dollars to the business. An air evacuation from many of the remote sites we have visited can run your company more than 20K. Improving hygiene levels directly impacts productivity, absenteeism, presenteeism and energy costs. Using our program also lowers your cleaning costs. We build infection control programs for all environments to keep your employees healthy and productive. Our programs are scalable for every business budget. When using our hygiene program, cleaning moves from a cost to a significant return on investment. Happy, healthy employees positively impact your bottom line. Put your numbers through our Benefits Calculator to get a sense for your return on investment. This same program can be used in corporate goodwill programs focused on the schools your employees' kids attend. Virtually all companies in mining, and oil and gas, have significant corporate giveback programs. Focusing on hygiene in the local community will further keep healthy the children of your employees. It is time to start looking at an investment in hygiene as a revenue driver.
Universities are not immune to disease outbreaks in our communities. Schools are the epicenter of disease outbreaks in our communities. The Environmental Protection Agency lists poor indoor air quality as a top environmental threat in the United States (Creating Healthy Indoor Air Quality in Schools). Our HELP addresses surface hygiene, air quality and water hygiene within your facility. Our program addresses surface hygiene, air quality and water hygiene within your facility. Our measured, quantified system evaluates air, water and surface hygiene, and the information is used in an approach that combats the hidden cost of presenteeism and absenteeism. Productivity levels in schools drops when teachers and students are absent. Improved indoor air quality in schools is a program pushed by the EPA to enhance hygiene and air quality in school systems throughout the country. Outbreaks of various diseases are growing. Numerous schools are shut down annually for decontamination. This year we have had outbreaks linked to whooping cough, mumps and measles. These outbreaks impact both the school and community. We have point-of-use water filtration available.
Enhance air filtration with energy savings: Ventilation is associated with thermal comfort and students' learning outcomes. The ventilation system requires scheduled maintenance or replacement as well as ongoing ventilation adjustment to accommodate the number of students at any one time.
Hand hygiene program: Hand washing should become an educational priority.
Surface hygiene program: Cleaning Up: Battling Germs in School Facilities.
Our global transportation industry has the ability to move a sick person around the globe. The ability to move disease from continent to continent dramatically increases the spread of disease. Airplanes moved SARS, Ebola and the MERS throughout the world. Our mass transportation systems dramatically help spread disease. Large numbers of people packed into small places increase the bio-loading significantly. Bugs move in sewage, air and as fomites on the surfaces of these platforms. To combat the next pandemic, we need to change how we clean and design our transportation system.
Sewage and antimicrobial resistance: Global spread of antimicrobial resistance in bacterial pathogens is another major threat against human health, yet we don't know much about how these genes travel and spread worldwide.
Urban Transit systems and bacteria: Mass transit systems host large volumes of passengers and facilitate a constant stream of human/human and human/built environment microbial transmission. The largest urban mass transit system in the United States (that in New York) facilitates an average of 11 million trips per weekday.
Global transportation systems aid in the spread of disease: Future challenges must focus on incorporating information on temporal variations in passenger numbers, stopover risks, intra-species competition, human populations at risk, breeding site availability, possible climate change, disinsection and land transport, as well as quantifying the relative importance of all types of transport for vector and disease movement.
Mass transit and germs: Mass transit environments, specifically, urban subways, are distinct microbial environments with high occupant densities, diversities, and turnovers, and they are thus especially relevant to public health.
Air quality in mass transportation: The air quality in mass transport buses, especially air-conditioned buses may affect bus drivers who work full time.
Risk assessment for the spread of disease on planes: The resulting disease-specific operational documents provide a host of viable options for decision-makers, particularly when faced with the choice of whether to contact trace air travellers and crew that were potentially exposed to infectious diseases during a flight.
Our prison system are dealing with the rising cost of healthcare just like the rest of us. They also have unique cleaning challenges. Our mandate to care for all, including those locked up, leads to significant health costs. Our program saves significantly in the cost of chemicals. We treat all surfaces and clean with air filtration, microfiber and water. Additionally, we use an electronic surveillance system to monitor the temperature of inmates. If we identify a temperature rise, they can be isolated to limit additional exposure to fellow inmates. As the adage goes, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. It is time to attack healthcare costs with wellness.
Infectious diseases in prison: An effective infectious disease strategy is impossible without close collaboration between health care staff and custodial staff.
Legionella discovered at SCI-Pittsburgh: SCI-Pittsburgh at Woods Run discovered higher than acceptable levels of Legionella bacteria in its water cooling tower and its medical building Monday, state prison officials said.
Several San Quentin prison inmates have tested positive for Legionnaires' disease: Six San Quentin prison inmates have tested positive for Legionnaires' disease, and more than 50 others are showing early symptoms following an outbreak discovered at the Bay Area prison in August 2015, officials said.
Prisons around the world are reservoirs of infectious disease: Prisoners around the world and people who were formerly incarcerated have a higher burden of HIV and other infectious diseases than the general population, worsening the spread of diseases inside and outside of prison, according to research.
Fungal infection hit prison hard: In the past three years, more than 900 inmates at the prison have contracted the fever, a fungal infection that has been both widespread and lethal.
Skin infections in prison: Skin infections and infestations are common in prison. A change in living conditions and personal hygiene will definitely help in reducing these infections.
The manufacturing environment is very focused on health and safety. Most companies view cleaning as a cost, but we view cleaning as a revenue center. HELP impacts a company's bottom line. The cost of an illness in any industry costs the company a significant amount of money. Changing hygiene levels directly impacts productivity, absenteeism, presenteeism and energy cost. Using our program also lowers your cleaning costs. We build infection control programs for all environments to keep your employees healthy and productive. Our programs are scalable for every industry and budget. When using our hygiene program cleaning moves from a cost to a revenue generator. Happy, healthy employees impact your bottom line. Put your numbers through our Benefits Calculator to get a sense for your return on investment. This same program can be used in corporate goodwill programs. If you focused on the schools your employees' kids attend, it will keep them healthy, too, ensuring they remain in school, helping you to keep your business on schedule. Virtually all companies today have corporate giveback programs. Focusing on hygiene in the local community will further keep the children of your employees healthy. Additionally, you can focus outreach programs so they impact the families of your employees. It is time to start looking at hygiene as a revenue driver.
HELP addresses absenteeism, presenteeism and our hygiene program improves productivity. We can build our program into construction and build it into your cleaning program.
Mold impacts businesses in various ways. One of the most high profile cases happened in a compounding pharmacy in Massachusetts.
Mold impacts job performance and has been linked to sick building syndrome.
Pro-active bio-security measures ensure that mold doesn't damage your facility or harm your employees and clients.
The HELP program allows for a new level of risk management in industries. Contact us to see how we can protect your business and industry from the scourge of mold.


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Agra dable es una especie de escarabajos carábidos. El holotipo fue recolectado en Costa Rica y descrito científicamente por primera vez en 2002.

Descripción
Agra dable mide entre 14,5 y 18,0 mm de longitud y entre 4,28 y 4,70 mm de ancho. Son de color negro y brillantes, con las puntas de las mandíbulas rojas. Son muy similares a Agra solisi.

Etimología
Terry L. Erwin, quién describió la especie, explicó que el epíteto específico de la nomenclatura binominal es dable porque "dable", es parte de la palabra en español agradable, que significa "complacencia".

Otras especies en el género Agra nombradas por Erwin incluyen Agra liv, que lleva el nombre de Liv Tyler, y Agra schwarzeneggeri, que lleva el nombre de Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Referencias

Carabidae
Insectos descritos en 2002

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A place where individuals may come to "buy" lightly used clothing at a very modest price. This store is open for everyone to shop and buy as they have need.
Store hours are 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM on Saturday mornings.
If you have specific questions or comments about the Clothing Bank, or if you wish to make a donation, please email Christ UMC with your comments and one of the Clothing Bank directors will respond to your inquiry.
The breakfast is open to everyone and runs in conjunction with the Clothing Bank and is held each Saturday morning from 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM. There are a variety of meals served, from pancakes and sausage to eggs and bacon. Each breakfast comes complete with juice, coffee, and milk, as desired. There is no cost to the diners for the breakfast - it is provided FREE to all who come. Following the food, there is a worship time where we pray, sing, and here a special message!
If you have specific questions or comments about the Saturday Morning Breakfast, please email the Outreach Committee Chair with your comments.


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Rock Creek Confluence Property
Photo by FVLT Staff
Looking south into the gateway of Rock Creek.
In the heart of one of the world's last intact ecosystems, and just minutes away from Missoula, the cold and clear waters of Montana's first blue ribbon trout fishery, Rock Creek, join the Clark Fork River. Here, open meadows and meandering rivers on the historic 300-acre Corra Ranch have served as a gateway to Rock Creek for over a century, welcoming visitors and residents to the renown valley that stretches south to the Pintler Wilderness and the Continental Divide.
In the mid 2000's a 36-unit subdivision was proposed for the site, which threatened to forever change the character of the valley and cut off public access to miles of rivers, streams, and adjoining National Forest. With financial help from a broad group of public and private partners, Five Valleys purchased the property in 2012, and began restoring the property and developing publicly accessible trails to the creek, river and forests.
In order to prepare the land for a large subdivision, bulldozers and backhoes had dug up much of the open meadow and created a gravel berm that blocked the view looking toward the canyon. The disturbed areas soon sprouted weeds and discharged sediment into the Clark Fork River.
The proposed 37-unit subdivision.
Since purchasing the property, Five Valleys has worked with many partners to restore it. Partnerships with Missoula College and the University of Montana have resulted in the removal of the berm, recontouring of the site, and development of a revegetation plan. Five Valleys staff and volunteers have native planted grass seed and installed a temporary irrigation system to support these grasses as they establish.
Volunteers helping with reseeding efforts.
In 2016, the developed pond was recontoured into a shallow groundwater wetland that can accommodate floodwaters from the Clark Fork River. Over 300 native shrubs were planted in this riparian area in 2017, augmenting the organic revegetation that is underway throughout the meadow and along the streams. Throughout the property, the never ending fight against weeds is underway.
A UM researcher at the Confluence's bird banding station.
Thanks to Five Valleys' many partnerships, thousands of visitors are enjoying trails along the rivers, abundant bird habitat, and outstanding fishing. Area school kids are using the property for natural history education, and the University of Montana continues to use the property as an outdoor classroom.
With help from the Montana Conservation Corps, Missoula Parks and Recreation and hundreds of volunteers, the east side of the property is now home to a public walking trail and parking area. In May 2013, Five Valleys acquired and added 2 ½ miles of Clark Fork River frontage on the east side, which includes beautiful cottonwood galleries and the bed of the old Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad.
On the west side of the property, though partnerships with the Missoula College Heavy Equipment Operation Program, a local Eagle Scout, volunteers from a church group, and Summit Independent Living, the property now boasts a parking area and 1/3rd mile wheelchair-accessible trail, a rarity in our rugged western Montana landscape. Interpretive signage for both sides of the property that gives information on the Confluence's history, ecology, and and conservation was installed in the spring of 2020.
View the Rock Creek Confluence access map
The west side's wheelchair-accessible trail.
We hope you'll drop by and enjoy the trails and ample room to roam. But we also ask that you help with restoration efforts by staying on trails, and are courteous to our neighbors by respecting their privacy and property.
Thank you to our project partners, including: The State of Montana, Missoula County, Westslope Chapter Trout Unlimited, Missoula College, University of Montana, Missoula County Weed District, Montana Fish and Wildlife Conservation Trust, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, Montana Natural History Center, Clark Fork Coalition, City of Missoula Parks and Recreation, Summit Independent Living, MPG Ranch, and Five Valleys Audubon.
What an amazing year. Read about our 196th conservation easement near Evaro, view our 50th anniversary celebration photo collage, learn about beaver dam analogs, and so much more in our Winter 2022 Landmarks newsletter.
Pete's Cabin Stabilization Underway
In partnership with Friends of Upper Rock Creek Historic District, we are working to ensure this piece of living history endures at the Rock Creek Confluence.
From a distance, you'd have no idea that this patch of sunflowers is the stage for a gripping insect drama. A guest article by naturalist Shane Sater.


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Stage-4 of Rebound Idaho is a Go, Barely
Benito Baeza Updated: June 11, 2020
Picture by Bill Colley.
BOISE, Idaho (KLIX)-Idaho will transition to the fourth and final stage of reopening the economy after being shutdown because of coronavirus (COVID-19), but only by a small margin based on virus cases.
"We almost didn't make it to stage-four this week." said Gov. Brad Little during a press conference at the Capitol Building Thursday morning as he announced the Gem State will move into the fourth-stage that allows all businesses to open up. That means nightclubs, larger sporting events, and senior care facilities will be able to open with specific health guidelines and social distancing protocols. However, the criteria to open came under a spike in virus cases which came close to preventing the state from transitioning to the final stage of Rebound Idaho.
Dr. Christine Hahn, Idaho state epidemiologist, explained there had been a surge in early June of COVID-19 cases, but she said that may be due to increased testing across the state. Testing went from several thousand a week to 10,000 plus a week. Despite that, health officials and Gov. Little encouraged people to continue to wear face coverings, keep six-feet apart, and practice good hygiene. That isn't the only factor the state is using to advance to the next stage, officials are looking at the number of people on ventilators, Dr. Hahn said there are very few people being treated for COVID-19 in state hospitals.
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In the biogeochemical dynamics of marine ecosystems, silicon is a major element whose role has, for a long time, been underestimated. It is however indispensable to the activity of several biomineralizing marine organisms, some of which play an essential role in the biological pump of oceanic carbon. This book presents notions indispensable to the knowledge on the silicon biogeochemical cycle in ocean systems, first of all describing the main quantitative analysis techniques and examination of the major organisms involved in the cycle. The author then moves on to study the most up-to-date processes to control the use of silicon and its regeneration in natural conditions, before mentioning the central role played by this original element in the control of all the biogeochemical cycles in the global ocean. The available information finally enables the global biogeochemical budget of silicon in the marine environment to be quantified.
Earth is home to an estimated 8 million animal species, 600,000 fungi, 300,000 plants, and an undetermined number of microbial species. Of these animal, fungal, and plant species, an estimated 75% have yet to be identified. Moreover, the interactions between these species and their physical environment are known to an even lesser degree. At the same time, the earth's biota faces the prospect of climate change, which may manifest slowly or extremely rapidly, as well as a human population set to grow by two billion by 2045 from the current seven billion. Given these major ecological changes, we cannot wait for a complete biota data set before assessing, planning, and acting to preserve the ecological balance of the earth. This book provides comprehensive coverage of the scientific and engineering basis of the systems ecology of the earth in 15 detailed, peer-reviewed entries written for a broad audience of undergraduate and graduate students as well as practicing professionals in government, academia, and industry. The methodology presented aims at identifying key interactions and environmental effects, and enabling a systems-level understanding even with our present state of factual knowledge.
The Treatise on Geochemistry is the first work providing a comprehensive, integrated summary of the present state of geochemistry. It deals with all the major subjects in the field, ranging from the chemistry of the solar system to environmental geochemistry. The Treatise on Geochemistry has drawn on the expertise of outstanding scientists throughout the world, creating the reference work in geochemistry for the next decade. Each volume consists of fifteen to twenty-five chapters written by recognized authorities in their fields, and chosen by the Volume Editors in consultation with the Executive Editors. Particular emphasis has been placed on integrating the subject matter of the individual chapters and volumes. Elsevier also offers the Treatise on Geochemistry in electronic format via the online platform ScienceDirect, the most comprehensive database of academic research on the Internet today, enhanced by a suite of sophisticated linking, searching and retrieval tools.
Silicon is among the most abundant elements on earth. It plays a key but largely unappreciated role in many biogeochemical processes, including those that regulate climate and undergird marine food webs. The Silicon Cycle is the first book in more than 20 years to present a comprehensive overview of the silicon cycle and issues associated with it. The book summarizes the major outcomes of the project Land-Ocean Interactions: Silica Cycle, initiated by the Scientific Community on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE) of the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU). It tracks the pathway of silicon from land to sea and discusses its biotic and abiotic modifications in transit as well as its cycling in the coastal seas. Natural geological processes in combination with atmospheric and hydrological processes are discussed, as well as human perturbations of the natural controls of the silicon cycle.
Marine systems vary in their sensitivities to perturbation.Perturbation may be insidious – such as increasingeutrophication of coastal areas – or it may be dramatic– such as a response to an oil spillage or some otheraccident. Climate change may occur incrementally or it may beabrupt, and ecosystem resilience is likely to be a complex functionof the interactions of those assemblages or species mediating keybiogeochemical processes. Biogeochemistry of Marine Systems considers issues ofmarine system resilience, focusing on a range of marine systemsthat exemplify major global province types but are also interestingand topical in their own right, on account of their sensitivity tonatural or anthropogenic change or their importance as ecologicalservice providers. Authors concentrate on advances of the lastdecade.


Country music icon Garth Brooks is used to ruling the charts.
Now, as part of his worldwide comeback bid, Brooks is getting ready to rule Notre Dame Stadium for a much-anticipated concert slated to take place on October 20.
Here's everything you need to know about the country music legend, including his net worth, discography and upcoming concert at Notre Dame Stadium.
Garth Brooks is a country musician who's sold more than 170 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling musical artists of all time.
He was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma on February 7, 1962.
Interested in music and sports in his youth, he later attended Oklahoma State University on a track scholarship and graduated with a degree in advertising in 1984.
The following year, Brooks started his musical career by singing and playing guitar throughout various bars and clubs throughout his native Oklahoma. After relocating to Nashville to build contacts in the record industry and further his career, he achieved success after the release of his self-titled debut album in 1989.
The album's success catapulted Brooks into musical stardom seemingly overnight as his unique brand of country and rock found a mainstream audience eager for more. In the 1990s, he cemented his status as the king of country music, being inducted into the Grand Ole Opry in 1990 and releasing multiplatinum albums like No Fences in 1990, Ropin' in the Wind in 1991 and Seven in 1997.
In 1997, he also famously played at Central Park in New York City, reportedly drawing an unprecedented crowd of 980,000 attendees, making it the largest concert in the park's history.
Brooks also dabbled in rock music in 1999 after releasing an album as a fictional musician named Chris Gaines, an alter ego he created to explore his love of rock music and the influence it had on his career.
After releasing his Scarecrow album in 2001, Brooks retired from recording and performing to focus on his family, especially his young daughters. In 2005, he ended his hiatus after releasing two compilation albums and returning to the stage for select performances.
In 2009, he started a successful residency show at the Encore Theatre in Las Vegas, which ran from December 2009 until January 2014. Afterwards, he announced that he was signing with Sony Music Nashville in July 2014 and later launched a worldwide comeback tour that September with his wife and fellow country star Trisha Yearwood.
His most recent album, Gunslinger, was released in November 2016 to positive reviews.
In addition to being one of the best-selling musical artists of all time, Brooks has also amassed a large repertoire of prestigious award wins and nominations, including for the American Music Awards, Billboard Music Awards, Golden Globe Awards, Grammy Awards, People's Choice Awards, Emmy Awards and many others.
Garth Brooks is 56 years old.
What is Garth Brooks's net worth?
Garth Brooks's net worth is believed to be roughly 0 million (£256.1), per Celebrity Net Worth.
How does Garth Brooks make his money?
Brooks's massive financial success is the result of his successful career in country music.
He holds the record for best-selling solo album artist in the United States, selling a staggering 148 million albums over the course of his career, being surpassed only by The Beatles overall. In addition, Brooks has sold millions of albums outside the U.S., bringing his career total to about 170 million.
In addition, Brooks has also earned money from his extensive touring over the years.
The country star's net worth likely took a hit following his 2001 divorce from his ex-wife Sandy Mahl. Ranked as one of the most expensive divorces of all time, Brooks reportedly had to pay Mahl a 5 million (£97 million) settlement.
Who is Garth Brooks's wife?
Garth Brooks has been married to fellow country music star Trisha Yearwood since 2005.
Previously, Brooks was married to Sandy Mahl from 1986 to 2001.
He has three daughters from his prior marriage to Mahl: August, Allie and Taylor.
Over the course of his career, Brooks has produced an extensive discography of hit songs and albums.
Notably, Brooks is the only artist in music history to have released at least seven diamond-certified albums. His 1989 self-titled debut album sold ten million copies while his 1998 Double Live album sold 21 million copies since its release.
Other best-selling records from Brooks include 1990's No Fences, which sold 17 million copies worldwide, 1991's Ropin' in the Wind, which sold 14 million copies across the world and 2007's The Ultimate Hits, which also sold ten million copies throughout the world.
Overall, Brooks has released 21 records over the course of his career, including 12 studio albums, one live album and three compilation albums.
In addition, Brooks has released 77 singles over the course of his professional music career. Just a few of his top hits over the years include 1990's Friends in Low Places, 1991's The Thunder Rolls, 1993's American Honky-Tonk Bar Association, 1995's She's Every Woman, 1997's The Longneck Bottle and 2007's More Than a Memory.
One of Brooks's most famous hits, Shameless, released in 1991, is actually a cover of a Billy Joel song, whom Brooks has been a longtime fan of.
Brooks is gearing up to play at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Indiana on Saturday, October 20.
The show will start at 7pm local time while tickets will be on sale starting on Friday, September 14 at Ticketmaster. Prices will start at .95 (£61.99).


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On behalf of The Weaver Law Firm | Jun 8, 2012 | Wrongful Death |
The tragic plane crash that happened in Nigeria earlier this week has left a Houston-area family stricken with grief and begging for answers. Two sisters, who lived in a Houston suburb, were on board the doomed flight that has so far killed at least 150 people.
And a sister of the two victims has said that the crash was preventable, pointing the finger for the wrongful deaths at Dana Airlines, who owned the plane that crashed. She said that Nigeria has a ban on using planes that are more than 20 years old, and reports have surfaced that the crashed plane was 22 years old. She called the crash a case of "criminal negligence."
– Article By Richard Weaver
According to multiple reports, the flight crew reported a catastrophic engine failure before it crashed into a crowded residential neighborhood a few miles short of the runway.
The sisters, ages 23 and 28, were in Nigeria to attend the wedding of a friend. One owned several financial planning offices in the Houston area, and the other was an electrical engineer who previously worked for NASA, but was currently in graduate school to get a biomedical engineering degree.
And while the victims' sister may be pointing the finger at the airline, the Associated Press is reporting that others have already taken action in the United States to seek justice for the loss of loved ones. A lawsuit has been filed in U.S. District Court against jet manufacturer Boeing, which bought McDonnell-Douglas, the original manufacturer of the MD-83 jet. The lawsuit also names Pratt & Whitney, which makes jet engines.
The lawsuit claims the Pratt & Whitney engines "used a defective and unreasonably dangerous design." The attorney, who filed the suit on behalf of a man whose wife died in the crash, said that plane engines don't normally just fail, and that something terrible had to go wrong for it to happen.
Source: My Fox Houston, "Family speaks after sisters die in Nigerian plane crash," Damali Keith, June 5, 2012
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Date Posted: Friday, June 21, 01:08:29pm
Lloyd Robbins Knight
October 5, 1922 - June 9, 2019
PORTLAND - Lloyd Robbins Knight, known to many as "Cap'n Lloyd," died peacefully after a brief illness on June 9 surrounded by family. Knight was born to Everett S. Knight and Jessie R. Knight in Limerick, Maine, October 5, 1922 at the same farm where his father and grandfather were born.
He graduated from Sanford High School in 1941 and from Bowdoin College in 1945, where he was a member of the Glee Club and appeared as a soloist with the Boston Pops under the direction of Arthur Fiedler. Despite being recruited as a knuckleball pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies, Knight went on to attend the Curtis Institute of Music and the Academy of Vocal Arts both in Philadelphia where he met his wife, Ellen Kitty Johanna Carleen. They both studied opera and were married during a rehearsal break in December, 1946.
Knight went on to appear in musicals and plays on Broadway, in Chicago and Los Angeles, and in touring productions of Annie Get Your Gun and Texas Little Darlin'. He appeared in a Maine-filmed episode of the TV show Route 66 and in Hawkins Falls, one of the earliest soap operas on TV. He was also a winner of the Arthur Godfrey Talent Show in 1951. He appeared in the Lux Video Theatre, Armstrong Circle Theatre, Kraft Theatre, Goodyear Playhouse, and the U.S. Steel Hour.
In 1954, Knight returned to Maine to become part of the first CBS-affiliate in Maine WGAN TV, Channel 13. He had many jobs including directing the news and taking song requests for a live afternoon program. In his most famous role, Knight created the persona of "Cap'n Lloyd" in 1960. He is well known in the Portland area for his live daily show "Cap'n and the Kids." He interviewed children during breaks in the Monday through Friday movie format, which featured movie series such as Blondie and Tarzan. Friday night was science fiction night. When the show ended in 1974, Knight continued to work for WGAN, then WGME TV. as a sales and advertising executive. Knight was inducted into the Maine Broadcasting Hall of Fame in 2004.
Knight and his wife of 72 years, Ellen, sang for years in local productions of Broadway shows and made personal appearances together whenever the singing of show tunes was required. Knight was a past president of the South Portland Rotary as well as a Paul Harris Fellow. He was on the board of the local Red Cross and donated blood faithfully every few months for most of his life. He was a member of the Mayflower Society and a choir soloist at Woodford's Congregational Church and Williston-West Church in Portland.
Kim Block, a local TV anchor for WGME, says of Knight, "Maine has lost a television legend. Lloyd was a treasure—a Broadway star with an incredible voice and a larger than life nurturing, exuberant personality. Thank you for all of the joy you brought into our lives."
Living in Cape Elizabeth since 1954, Knight is survived by his wife, Ellen (Carleen) Knight, his five children, Everett R. Knight of Palm Coast, Florida; Karla A. Knight and her husband Tom Murphy of Maynard, Massachusetts; Roy C. Knight and his wife, Liddy Berry of Holden, Massachusetts; Cornell F. Knight and his wife Kay Rand of Bar Harbor, Maine; and Eric I. Knight and his wife, Ellen of Cape Elizabeth.
He is also survived by many grandchildren and great-grandchildren: Jennifer Kiser and her husband, Derek and their children, Emily, Sarah, Mary, and Evan of Missouri City, Texas; David Brochu and his wife Michele and their children, Elizabeth Van Nostran and her husband, Matthew; and Jonathon Brochu and his wife, Jessica and their children, Everett and Heather of Strongsville, Ohio; Mikea Morin and his wife Maria and their children, Micah and Matthew of Houston, Texas; Erin Fields and her husband, Ray Fields and their children, Victoria, Brooke, and Luke of Dumfries, Virginia; Kyle Murphy and his wife, Annika of Boston, Massachusetts; Kelsey Murphy of Maynard, Massachusetts; Carleen Knight and partner Mark Bowman of Chebeague Island, Maine; Thomas Knight and his wife, Lynn and their sons, Samuel and Charles, of Millbury, Massachusetts; Benjamin Knight of Holden, Massachusetts; Jessie Gould and her husband, Lane and their daughters, Kaley, Maya, and Ellie of Augusta; Jillian Knight and her partner, Stephen Sterling of Jacksonville, Florida; Allie Salvo and her husband Dan, and their children, Finnegan and Grace of South Portland; Eric Knight and his wife, Kate-Lyn and their daughter, Ivy of Cape Elizabeth.
Knight, who was pre-deceased by his older brother, Lendall B. Knight, is also survived by his nephews and their families: Barton and his wife Stephanie of Cumberland; Daniel Knight and his wife, Beda of No. Yarmouth; and Lendall S. Knight of Arlington, Virginia.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made in Lloyd's memory to the Limerick Historical Society, P.O. Box 83, Limerick Maine 04048 or to Northern Light Mercy Hospital Foundation (for the Tyler Hospice Suite), PO Box 679, Portland, ME 04104-9804.
Visiting hours are Friday, June 14, at the Hobbs Funeral Home, 230 Cottage Road, South Portland, from 2 to 3pm, followed by a celebration of life from 3 to 4pm and a reception from 4 to 6pm at the Elizabeth Hobbs Hospitality Center next to the funeral home. Burial will be private at a later date.
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Knight hasn't had a scren credit in 66 years! (NT) -- Though apparently he was a local Maine personality., Friday, June 21, 01:15:17pm
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A system of equations is a collection of two or more equations with the same set of unknowns. In solving a system of equations, we try to find values for each of the unknowns that will satisfy every equation in the system.
The equations in the system can be linear or non-linear. This tutorial reviews systems of linear equations.
A problem can be expressed in narrative form or the problem can be expressed in algebraic form.
Let's start with an example stated in narrative form. We'll convert it to an equivalent equation in algebraic form, and then we will solve it.
Answer: The ground speed of the plane is 550 miles per hour and the wind speed is 50 miles per hour.
The relationship between distance, speed, and time is distance equals speed times time. Let the symbol d represent distance, the symbol r represent speed (or rate), and the symbol t represent the time. The relationship between the three can then be expressed algebraically.
The net speed has two components: ground speed of the plane and wind speed (velocity), where ground speed represents the speed of the plane without wind. When the plane is flying into a head wind (wind pushing against plane), the net speed of the plane is the ground speed of the plane minus the wind speed. When the plane is flying with a tail wind (wind pushing plane), the net speed of the plane is the ground speed of the plane plus the wind speed. For this problem, we will assume that the plane and the wind are in line. When you get into the wind pushing against the plane at, say a thirty-degree angle, you solve it with vectors.
When the plane's speed is helped by the wind, the net speed increases and the time to reach destination decreases. When the plane's is hindered by the wind, the net speed decreases and the time to reach destination increases. Therefore, we know that the plane had a tail wind when the time is 3 hours, and the plane had a head wind when the time is 3 hours and 36 minutes.
Let the symbol x represent the phrase plane ground speed and let the symbol y represent the phrase wind speed, convert 3 hours and 36 minutes to 3.6 hours, and rewrite the two equations in algebraic form.
We have converted a narrative statement of the problem to an equivalent algebraic statement of the problem. Let's solve this system of equations.
Solve for x in equation (1).
Substitute this value for x in equation (2). This will change equation (2) to an equation with just one variable, y.
Solve for y in the translated equation (2).
Substitute this value of y in equation (1) and solve for x.
The ground speed of the plane was 500 miles per hour and the wind speed was 50 miles per hour.
Check your answers by substituting the values of x and y in each of the original equations. If, after the substitution, the left side of the equation equals the right side of the equation, you know that your answers are correct.
In a two-variable problem rewrite the equations into equivalent forms so that when the equations are added, one of the variables is eliminated, and then solve for the remaining variable.
Multiply equation (1) by 3, multiply equation (2) by 3.6, and add the two equations to form equation (3) with just one variable.
Substitute x=550 in equation (1) and solve for y.
This method is essentially a shortcut for the method of elimination.
Rewrite equations (1) and (2) without the variables and operators. The left column contains the coefficients of the x's, the middle column contains the coefficients of the y's, and the right column contains the constants.
where a and b are the solutions to the system.
Manipulate the matrix so that the number in cell 11 (row 1-col 1) is 1. Multiply row 1 by to form a new row 1.
Manipulate the matrix so that the number is cell 21 (row 2-col 1) is 0. Do this by adding -3 times row 1 to row 2 to form a new row 2.
Manipulate the matrix so that the cell 22 is 1. Do this by multiplying row 2 by 1/6.
You can read the answers off the matrix as x=550, and y=50.
In this method solve for y in each equation and graph both. The point of intersection is the solution.
If you would like to go back to the problem page, click on Problem.
If you would like to return to the beginning of the two by two system of equations, click on Example.
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