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Celebrating Caribbean culture at London's Notting Hill Carnival
Quinn Kelley 0 Comment World Caribbean, carnival, London, Notting Hill Carnival
Organizers expected nearly one million people in the streets of west London's Notting Hill on Sunday and Monday to celebrate Caribbean culture at a carnival considered the largest street demonstration in Europe.
Performers dance on the second day of the Notting Hill Carnival in west London on August 29, 2016. Nearly one million people are expected by the organizers Sunday and Monday in the streets of west London's Notting Hill to celebrate Caribbean culture at a carnival considered the largest street demonstration in Europe. (Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP/Getty Images)
Performers pose on the second day of the Notting Hill Carnival in west London on August 29, 2016. Nearly one million people are expected by the organizers Sunday and Monday in the streets of west London's Notting Hill to celebrate Caribbean culture at a carnival considered the largest street demonstration in Europe. (Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP/Getty Images)
Revellers eat on the second day of the Notting Hill Carnival in west London on August 29, 2016. Nearly one million people are expected by the organizers Sunday and Monday in the streets of west London's Notting Hill to celebrate Caribbean culture at a carnival considered the largest street demonstration in Europe. (Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP/Getty Images)
A man with a bloodied face speaks to police on the second day of the Notting Hill Carnival in west London on August 29, 2016. Nearly one million people are expected by the organizers Sunday and Monday in the streets of west London's Notting Hill to celebrate Caribbean culture at a carnival considered the largest street demonstration in Europe. (Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP/Getty Images)
Revellers dance on the second day of the Notting Hill Carnival in west London on August 29, 2016. Nearly one million people are expected by the organizers Sunday and Monday in the streets of west London's Notting Hill to celebrate Caribbean culture at a carnival considered the largest street demonstration in Europe. (Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP/Getty Images)
Performers march on the second day of the Notting Hill Carnival in west London on August 29, 2016. Nearly one million people are expected by the organizers Sunday and Monday in the streets of west London's Notting Hill to celebrate Caribbean culture at a carnival considered the largest street demonstration in Europe. (Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP/Getty Images)
Performers pose on the second day of the Notting Hill Carnival in west London on August 29, 2016. Nearly one million people are expected by the organizers Sunday and Monday in the streets of west London's Notting Hill to celebrate Caribbean culture at a carnival considered the largest street demonstration in Europe. Performers pose on the second day of the Notting Hill Carnival in west London on August 29, 2016. Nearly one million people are expected by the organizers Sunday and Monday in the streets of west London's Notting Hill to celebrate Caribbean culture at a carnival considered the largest street demonstration in Europe. (Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP/Getty Images)
A performer poses for a selfie with a policeman on the second day of the Notting Hill Carnival in west London on August 29, 2016. Nearly one million people are expected by the organizers Sunday and Monday in the streets of west London's Notting Hill to celebrate Caribbean culture at a carnival considered the largest street demonstration in Europe. (Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP/Getty Images)
A performer in costume poses on the second day of the Notting Hill Carnival in west London on August 29, 2016. Nearly one million people are expected by the organizers Sunday and Monday in the streets of west London's Notting Hill to celebrate Caribbean culture at a carnival considered the largest street demonstration in Europe. (Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP/Getty Images)
Performers in costume parade on the second day of the Notting Hill Carnival in west London on August 29, 2016. Nearly one million people are expected by the organizers Sunday and Monday in the streets of west London's Notting Hill to celebrate Caribbean culture at a carnival considered the largest street demonstration in Europe. (Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP/Getty Images)
Revellers pose on the first day of the Notting Hill Carnival in west London on August 28, 2016. Nearly one million people are expected by the organizers Sunday and Monday in the streets of west London's Notting Hill to celebrate Caribbean culture at a carnival considered the largest street demonstration in Europe. (Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP/Getty Images)
Performers in costume parade on the first day of the Notting Hill Carnival in west London on August 28, 2016. Nearly one million people are expected by the organizers Sunday and Monday in the streets of west London's Notting Hill to celebrate Caribbean culture at a carnival considered the largest street demonstration in Europe. (Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP/Getty Images)
Performers walk on the second day of the Notting Hill Carnival in west London on August 29, 2016. Nearly one million people are expected by the organizers Sunday and Monday in the streets of west London's Notting Hill to celebrate Caribbean culture at a carnival considered the largest street demonstration in Europe. (Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP/Getty Images)
A performer walks down a street on the second day of the Notting Hill Carnival in west London on August 29, 2016. Nearly one million people are expected by the organizers Sunday and Monday in the streets of west London's Notting Hill to celebrate Caribbean culture at a carnival considered the largest street demonstration in Europe. (Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP/Getty Images)
A performer sits on a wall at the end of the second day of the Notting Hill Carnival in west London on August 29, 2016. Nearly one million people are expected by the organizers Sunday and Monday in the streets of west London's Notting Hill to celebrate Caribbean culture at a carnival considered the largest street demonstration in Europe. (Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP/Getty Images)
Performers in costume pose on the second day of the Notting Hill Carnival in west London on August 29, 2016. Nearly one million people are expected by the organizers Sunday and Monday in the streets of west London's Notting Hill to celebrate Caribbean culture at a carnival considered the largest street demonstration in Europe. (Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP/Getty Images)
A reveler takes part in the Monday parade, during the second and final day of the Notting Hill Carnival, in London, Monday Aug. 29, 2016. (Jonathan Brady/PA via AP)
Dancers perform during the Children's Day parade at the Notting Hill Carnival in west London, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2016. (Isabel Infantes/PA via AP)
Dancers from the ELIMU float parade down Chepstow Road, during the second and final day of the Notting Hill Carnival, in London, Monday Aug. 29, 2016. (Jonathan Brady/PA via AP)
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Q: How to modify the pandas dataframe? date_part   spot    datetimes   bad_ticks   gap_count   bet_duration    wins    trend       std trend_old   fakei
1357113602  1357113602  344.25  2013-01-02  1   -9999   60  1   0   -9999   -9999   0
1357113603  1357113602  344.25  2013-01-02  0   -9999   60  1   0   -9999   -9999   1
1357113604  1357113604  348.53  2013-01-02  1   -9999   60  1   0   -9999   -9999   2

This is my simple dataframe which I try to modify using
und_data['trend'][und_data[und_data['fakei']==0].index]
1357113602    2
und_data['trend'][und_data[und_data['fakei']==0].index]=3

This doesn't work. I checked in Wes Mckinsey Book and my method seems to be correct. Not sure why it's not working. Strangely if I type
und_data['trend'][und_data[und_data['fakei']==0].index]

It gives the output as 3...but doesn't show in the below output. Something too confusing with copies etc? Can anyone explain this intuitively. These simply things seem way convoluted in pandas.
und_data.head()

date_part   spot    datetimes   bad_ticks   gap_count   bet_duration    wins    trend       std trend_old   fakei
1357113602  1357113602  344.25  2013-01-02  1   -9999   60  1   0   -9999   -9999   0
1357113603  1357113602  344.25  2013-01-02  0   -9999   60  1   0   -9999   -9999   1
1357113604  1357113604  348.53  2013-01-02  1   -9999   60  1   0   -9999   -9999   2

A: I'm not entirely sure if I'm copying your data in correctly, but I think you want:
und_data.loc[und_data['fakei'] == 0, 'trend'] = 3

und_data.head()
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                       date_part        spot  datetimes  bad_ticks  gap_count  1357113602 1357113602     344.25  2013-01-02          1      -9999         60
1357113603 1357113602     344.25  2013-01-02          0      -9999         60
1357113604 1357113604     348.53  2013-01-02          1      -9999         60

                       bet_duration  wins  trend  std trend_old  fakei
1357113602 1357113602             1     0      3          -9999      0
1357113603 1357113602             1     0  -9999          -9999      1
1357113604 1357113604             1     0  -9999          -9999      2

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Only Oxbridge? Are you sure that it will suit you?
According to the English proverb, the tree is judged by its fruits, the person by its business, and by the school by the universities where its graduates enter.
The highest aerobatics in the world is considered to be the admission to Oxbridge. This is the most famous brand, formed by merging the names of two universities -Oxford and Cambridge .
Despite the famous joke that it's enough for an admission to catch a rugby ball for an interview, getting to Oxbridge is not so easy. Until recently, these universities accepted only selected young people from the upper strata of society. Now there can go not only a hereditary aristocrat, but also a representative of any social category.
The British authorities have done a great job of democratizing admission to Oxbridge, despite the resistance of the staff of these oldest universities. The introduced entry preparation system A-level played an important role, making the reception rules more simple and understandable. In addition, it is really effective: students gain confidence, they begin to speak freelyEnglish and show their abilities and skills in the best way by the time of passing the A-level exams.
Most students who successfully passed the A-level exams, fueled by parental ambitions, consider the universities of Oxford and Cambridge to be the only possible educational institutions that guarantee a brilliant career and high incomes.
This view is somewhat untrue. The fact is that some of Oxbridge's academic programs are academic and lagging behind the times, the criteria for selecting students are too strict, and the admission rules narrow the range of opportunities for admission.
In addition, no diploma in the world guarantees a successful career and wealth - it all depends on the graduate. Therefore, it is worthwhile to evaluate soberly your possibilities: the university duet is still intended only for the best.
The amount of work is simply huge.
If all this does not frighten the entrant, but only makes him happy, besides he has high school scores and solid academic knowledge, the chances of entering Oxbridge are great.
However, not all 18-year-olds have such a sense of purpose. Young people want not only "to study, learn and learn," but also to enjoy all the privileges of youth. Yes, and a clear understanding of their interests and goals at this age, the majority is not sufficiently formed. In this case, it is better to choose a university with more democratic admission rules and a greater degree of freedom, for example, Universities of the Russel group.
The best schools in Britain prepare students for admission in two ways: they form a portfolio of works and train in behavior at a university interview, organizing special role plays.
In many schools, preparation for Oxbridge and other HEIs has been introduced as a separate subject, and the curriculum takes into account the characteristics of each institution.
Guarantees of income none British school can not provide. But if you start training as early as possible in a school with a good academic reputation, the chance of entering Oxbridge increases significantly.


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Q: How can I make sure I'm in sync with the UI for style changes based on binding, before modifying the binded property in my C# WPF app? I'm making an MVVM app that shows a list that grows over time, and marks the new elements not listed when the list was previously updated. I'm trying to make sure I use async methods so the GUI feels responsive and doesn't lock.
I bind to the list item's ResultDate and the LastCheckedTime in the viewmodel, send those through a converter, style accordingly if ResultDate is newer then LastCheckedTime:
<DataGridTextColumn.ElementStyle>
    <Style TargetType="{x:Type TextBlock}">
        <Style.Triggers>
            <DataTrigger Value="True">
                <DataTrigger.Binding>
                    <MultiBinding Converter="{StaticResource CompareIfNewerConverter}">
                        <Binding Path="ResultDate" />
                        <Binding RelativeSource="{RelativeSource AncestorType=Window}" Path="DataContext.LastCheckedTime"/>
                    </MultiBinding>
                </DataTrigger.Binding>
                <Setter Property="Foreground" Value="#FFF90E0E"/>
            </DataTrigger>
        </Style.Triggers>
    </Style>
</DataGridTextColumn.ElementStyle>

In my ViewModel, I run an async SQL request, which manually fires PropertyChanged for LastCheckedTime after results come, so the UI marks the new items accordingly, and only then updates LastCheckedTime, and doesn't fire the PropertyChanged (which is to be fired only next time). However, if I don't add a delay, the styles are done after LastCheckedTime. I don't like to depend on timing, because one cannot know whether it will break on somebody else's computer. Here's my hack to fix the problem - this is working on my end:
private async Task DoTheFilter(CancellationToken token)
{
    MatchingResultList = await Connectivity.ReturnResultsForPanicViewAsync(token);

    DataGridHeader = (MatchingResultList != null) ? $"Records found: {MatchingResultList.Count}" : "Cancelled.";

    if(MatchingResultList != null && MatchingResultList.Any((r) => r.ResultDate > LastCheckedTime)) System.Media.SystemSounds.Exclamation.Play(); //If any result is newer then the last listing time, warn user with sound

    OnPropertyChanged("LastCheckedTime"); //update visual indicator for new results manually.
    await Task.Delay(133); //allow GUI redraw - Timing based and prone to error?
    LastCheckedTime = DateTime.Now; //update the last checked time only then.
}

If I don't add a delay, the styles are applied after the LastTimeChecked is updated in the ViewModel, which means no new item is shown as new. I've seen that even a delay of 1 milliseconds fixes the issue, but I made 133 just to pad it. However, I'd really like to know if there's a fully robust and dependable fix, or whether there's an entirely different approach that I may take.
Edit: I solved the problem using two ways - here's the first:
OnPropertyChanged("LastCheckedTime"); //update visual indicator for new results manually.

Application.Current.Dispatcher.Invoke(new Action(() => LastCheckedTime = DateTime.Now), DispatcherPriority.ContextIdle, null); //only update LastCheckedTime after context becomes idle.

After I manually notify the ui of the last change, I update the LastCheckedTime only after the context is idle. This seemed to be a more robust way compared to waiting an arbitrary amount of time.
However, the better solution seems to be 'buffering' the LastCheckedTime using a second DateTimeas suggested by Peter Duniho (solution #3). Here's the code...
The command is modified so LastCheckedTime is updated first before calling DoTheFilter()
FilterTestCommand = AsyncCommand.Create((token) => { LastCheckedTime = NewCheckedTime; return DoTheFilter(token); });

And I update NewCheckedTime inside DoTheFilter(). I turned on automatic notifications for the LastCheckedTime property change, btw. That said, this may force an unnecessary re-update of the current list before the new list arrives, but it doesn't pose a performance problem. The solution is effective yet simple, that it's somewhat embarrassing for me to not have thought of it, but I did learn some new tricks (dispatcher) that I may make use of elsewhere.

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I'd really like to know if there's a fully robust and dependable fix, or whether there's an entirely different approach that I may take

Yes, there is. You are correct to be suspicious of your current approach. It's inherently broken and will eventually produce incorrect results. Your implementation appears to rely on an assumption that WPF will never on its own recheck the LastCheckedTime value, and do so only when you call the OnPropertyChanged() method directly. It's true that it probably won't, but there's no contractual requirement for it to refrain from doing so, and I can easily imagine a scenario where WPF decides it needs to refresh all its bindings for some reason and winds up retrieving the latest value for the LastCheckedTime even though you didn't explicitly tell it to.
The only reliable way to do this is to ensure you have reliable input for the visual display in the first place. You can accomplish this in one of at least three ways I can think of:

*

*Add a bool property to the view model indicating whether the item is new. Before you retrieve the current data, clear the flag on all your items. When you retrieve the data, instead of rewriting the entire set of items, just add the new ones, setting the "is item new" flag on those new items. Instead of multi-binding with a comparison converter, just bind directly to this flag property.

*As a variation on the previous idea, you can still rewrite the entire set of items, but before you update the LastCheckedTime value, go through the list of items and set the flag appropriately according to whether that item's "result" time is more recent than the LastCheckedTime value or not. Again, bind to the flag property instead of using the comparison converter.

*In addition to the "last-checked" time, store also a "previous-checked" time. Use the "previous-checked" time for your comparison in the view. The only thing you'll use the "last-checked" time for is to update the "previous-checked" time each time you retrieve your data. In this case, you can still use the multi-binding with the comparison converter; it's just that you'll compare with the "previous-checked" time value instead of "last-checked".

I note that, based on your description, it sounds as though the LastCheckedTime property in your window object's model (i.e. the DataContext object) does not automatically raise a property-changed notification when the property value is changed. This is in and of itself suspect. If you use one of the techniques above, you will be able to go ahead and implement property-changed notifications on all model properties, in each property setter. And if you do that, you will ensure that all bindings will update immediately when any bound property changes, which will in turn ensure consistent and bug-free behavior from the code, without any timing-related problems for the user to witness.

If the above seems a bit vague, it's only because your question does not include a good Minimal, Complete, and Verifiable example that reliably reproduces the problem. If you'd like more specific advice, including a good code example showing exactly what the above options look like, please add a good code example to the question.


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The Neuroscientists
Drs. Jim Robertson '53
Jon Robertson '68
Neurosurgeons and brothers Jim Robertson '53 and Jon Robertson '68, 15 years apart in age—and miles apart while growing up—finally found their lives aligned after Rhodes and medical school.
As a young boy Jim, who was born in McComb, MS, moved with his parents to Memphis, where he grew up and graduated from high school, Rhodes and the University of Tennessee College of Medicine. Jon took a reverse route. He was born in Memphis, but when his father retired, moved, as a child, with his parents to a farm outside his father's hometown of Independence, LA. Jon's first year of college was at a public university in Louisiana, but Jim, by then a practicing neurosurgeon, wasn't having any of that, so he persuaded his brother to come to Rhodes. Once here, Jon played football, majored in science and graduated from UT Memphis medical school, as Jim had. Their lives were finally coming together.
Rhodes didn't offer a major in Neuroscience in the 1950s, so Jim took the premed track—three years at Rhodes, then right into UT College of Medicine. It garnered him plenty of credits, but no official Rhodes degree. By the time Jon entered med school in the 1960s, he had earned a four-year degree, majoring in Biology with a minor in Chemistry. Jim decided on Neurosurgery during medical school, prompted by the untimely death of a younger brother from meningitis. Jon decided on Neurosurgery after a rotation in Pathology and a "fruitful" internship.
Both have practiced at Memphis' renowned Semmes-Murphey Neurologic & Spine Institute, which constitutes the Department of Neurosurgery at UT Memphis. Both Robertsons have served as department chair; in fact, Jon took over from Jim when Jim retired. The brothers have also served as president of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons. So close has been their association, says Jon, that "for years, at national professional meetings we attended together, people were always telling my brother how happy they were to meet his son."
The brothers are quick to credit Rhodes with the excellent preparation they received for medical school. Says Jon, "My favorite professor at Rhodes was Harold Lyons. That's who I did my Biochemistry under. That was one of the big courses in the first year of medical school, and I aced it. If I hadn't gone to Rhodes, I probably would have had trouble in medical school."
Jim recalls "Man" as his favorite course outside the sciences, especially his professors A.P. Kelso and John Osman. Jim and his wife have established the James T. and Valeria B. Robertson Chair in Biological Science at Rhodes, currently held by Biology professor Mary Miller. "It's given me great pleasure," he says. "I feel I've given back to Rhodes a little bit of what it gave me."
Singing in the Brain
Michael Long '97
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience
New York University Medical Center
Michael Long was one of those students who loved Neuroscience so much when it wasn't yet part of the Rhodes curriculum that he earned two degrees, a B.S. in Biology and B.A. in Psychology. After Rhodes, he got his Ph.D. at Brown and did a postdoctoral fellowship at MIT. For the past 2½ years, he has been an assistant professor of Neuroscience at the New York University Medical Center, where he directs a team of researchers in addition to teaching courses.
In his lab, Long and his research team study how groups of brain cells work together to produce skilled behaviors. They make many of their observations from an unlikely source—a tiny Australian songbird called a zebra finch. Long and colleagues use cutting-edge experimental techniques, many developed in Long's lab, in order to determine "how all the cells in the songbirds' brains work together to make that song happen."
Songbirds, like humans, have to learn their vocalizations, Long says. "A young songbird will listen to a tutor, often its father, early on. Even with limited exposure to that song, the bird will remember and start practicing it." After countless practice attempts over the first few months of its life, the bird will be able to sing. In the Long lab, while the bird is singing, scientists monitor and manipulate the activity of the bird's brain cells with small devices that can be harmlessly mounted to the bird's head in the forebrain area, Long explains.
"We can peer into the electrical activity of single neurons while this bird is singing." From these recordings, he gains insight into what underlies the production of the song and, more broadly, can begin to unravel how other skilled behaviors may be produced. To determine what brain regions are relevant for further study, Long and colleagues developed a simple method for pinpointing the areas responsible for creating these behaviors. "We can manipulate the temperature of the nucleus, drop the temperature by a few degrees in this area, but leave the rest of the brain completely unaltered. When we do this, the bird sings in slow motion."
The research has direct application for humans. Long has teamed up with a group of neurosurgeons at the University of Iowa, for whom he has built a similar device that is used in the operating room. "In surgery, the doctors want to find any area of the brain that is involved in higher level motor function, like speech, so as not to damage it during a procedure. The current methods of intraoperative brain mapping carry a certain degree of risk. I proposed using a cooling probe that a surgeon can march around different areas of the brain while the patient is awake and talking. If you're over a speech-related area you can hear a person's speech slow down. Now you can safely identify these areas and be careful to leave those alone. This technique has already been used in a cohort of patients with extremely encouraging results."
Long had mentors in the area of Neuroscience. At Rhodes, "Robert Strandburg in Psychology was a major mentor and inspiration, and he continues to be. He taught me everything I needed to know to fall in love with this field. Biology professor Jay Blundon, now at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, was another important mentor."
While at Rhodes, Long's love of research sparked an idea—a science symposium for students. With college and faculty support, especially from professors Strandburg and Natalie Person, Long founded URCAS—the annual Undergraduate Research and Creative Arts Symposium. The first year saw 30 student posters from science majors, but Long thought at the time it should include people in the arts and humanities. The next year, it did. Today, URCAS includes hundreds of student submissions from many fields.
The Interdisciplinary Approach
Robert Strandburg
Associate Professor of Psychology
Neuroscience Program Committee
"I don't like the term 'liberal arts and sciences.' It's redundant," declares Robert Strandburg, associate professor of Psychology and a member of Rhodes'Neuroscience Program Committee.
No wonder. At Rhodes, Neuroscience is a six-year-old interdisciplinary major designed to provide students "a nuanced understanding of the methodological challenges and conceptual issues that lie at the heart of efforts to understand the function of the nervous system and its role in behavior," according to the college catalogue. Thus, Neuroscience majors take courses in Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Philosophy, Physics, Psychology and Mathematics. The catalogue says it "makes it all the more apparent to students that the conventional boundaries that have often separated seemingly incompatible disciplines from one another evaporate when we are presented with new intellectual challenges."
Meeting those new intellectual challenges was Strandburg's mission, along with several other Rhodes faculty, in creating the Neuroscience program in 2006. "Before then, there were a number of students who put together bridge majors with courses principally from Psychology, Biology and Chemistry, in effect, creating their own Neuroscience major. Today, there are four neuroscientists on the faculty, many of our incoming students express an interest in the discipline and the number of Neuroscience majors has increased steadily," he says.
Strandburg, who has been at Rhodes for 24 years, came from UCLA, where he earned his M.A. and Ph.D. in Psychology.
In addition to Neuroscience majors' course work, Strandburg stresses that the students are expected to do research. It is in the laboratory where students learn the practice and discipline of scientific research. All of the Neuroscience faculty have several students working in their labs, and there are exciting opportunities off campus, he says. "A number of Neuroscience majors have participated in the Summer Plus program at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital," he explains. "This is an intensive research experience that pairs Rhodes students with St. Jude scientists, placing them in laboratories for two summers (full time) and the academic year between (part time), and there is now a similar program exclusively for Neuroscience majors at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, which Jim Robertson '53 initially established." Strandburg says he is pleased to report that this work frequently leads to authorship on papers submitted to scientific journals.
Yet Strandburg remains committed to the role of a program of liberal arts study in the education of scientists: "The critical thinking and communication skills, as well as the ability to stretch one's imagination beyond the boundaries of current scientific thinking, are at the core of being a great scientist. Science is not just data collection. You have to ask the right questions. These are the skills best fostered at a liberal arts college."
Figuring Out Things
Piper Carroll '13
Piper Carroll, from near Baltimore, decided to major in Neuroscience before coming to Rhodes. "In high school, I took a Biology class and a Psychology class. I couldn't decide which one I liked better, and then I realized there was a beautiful subject called Neuroscience."
Last semester, Carroll, one of 14 Neuro majors and the John Chester Frist '28 Scholarship recipient, worked in Biology professor David Kabelik's Behavioral Neuroendocrinology lab. "I'm working there now, and will do so in the spring semester," she says. "So far we have observed the social behavior of lizards—males with males, and males with females. We dissect their brains and record the activities of different areas of the brain, trying to determine which sections are active during social behavior so we can make a sort of map of the brain. We study the sections under a state-of-the-art microscope in the lab that takes pictures on its own of every single slice we have, and we can look at them on a computer."
"I think Neuro is the most interesting major. How little we really know about the field—you have to get used to the fact that the things you are learning in class might be completely different a year later. Nothing is definite. We'll be sitting in class and Dr. Kabelik will be going over the way hormones in the brain work and will say, 'We think it is this, but it could be this, or it could be that.' It's very different from some of the other sciences that have been studied for so long, where you know things as fact. You really have to question everything and keep wondering because we don't know everything about the brain. I love figuring all these new things out. Who knows—I could find out something amazing down in my lab in Frazier Jelke one day."
Besides Professor Kabelik, Carroll counts among her faculty mentors Psychology professor Robert Strandburg and her adviser, Psychology professor Kim Gerecke. She also admires professor Larryn Peterson, who teaches classes in Organic Chemistry, and is "glad that it's incorporated it into Neuroscience." Off campus, says Carroll, "I've had a Biology internship at Le Bonheur Children's Hospital, which gave me the opportunity to shadow doctors in many different areas."
But it's not all science for Carroll. "This fall I'm taking Genetics, Organic Chemistry and a History course, and doing research in Professor Kabelik's lab. I enjoy taking the requirements outside of my major. It's amazing how much my classes seem to have fit together. I'll be in one class that I think has nothing to do with my major and things will start popping up that I just learned about in my Neuro class. It's very surprising, but it's really great. That's the thing about Neuroscience too—there are subjects like Philosophy and Psychology in the curriculum. It's an interdisciplinary major—you get everything."
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M169 Havok - Multirole Turbine Madness.
Menacing in form with a radical forward swept wing design, SAB Avio wiped the slate clean, summoning forth one of the most revolutionary jet designs seen in the skies today.
Pulled from the saga of "Antartica," the M169 is envisioned as a multirole fighter - craving the opportunity to devastate the adversary in epic all out war. Featuring a weathered, pre-painted, high visibility paint scheme, the detail and design of the M169 is stunning in form, with incredible functionality that is visible all throughout this impressive machine.
Utilizing an aggressively forward swept wing layout 66.5" in span, this wing design draws from full scale aviation design, such as the X-29 & Sukhoi SU-47 Berkut. Far from an aesthetic stunt, the forward sweeping wing offers an increased level of maneuverability when compared to a traditional aft swept wing, maintaining critical airflow over control surfaces at higher angles of attack. This design delays the onset of stall, allowing superb levels of high alpha control at lower levels of speed.
Featuring thrust vectoring for unearthly levels of control, the M169 Havok offers a full 30 degrees of thrust vectoring deflection, opening up new realms of turbine powered maneuverability. Paired with the radical forward swept wing / canard layout, the M169 is a potent 3D machine that has been designed to push the boundaries of fixed wing flight.
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8 Technologies that Will Rule in 2019
Some of the technologies that will rule the day in 2019, including blockchain, extended reality, drones, 5G, IoT, and AI.
We live in an era of constant change and ideas are advancing our world faster than ever before. Some of them are here for a long time already, while others are reasonably new. Due to constant development and a broad range they affect, it becomes increasingly harder to follow everything that can transform our world, especially when some concepts are harder to grasp.
Every discovery is not only a technological leap, it shapes the business world, people, and can lead to crucial changes in the day-to-day lives. We believe that the change is for the best, but nothing is a safe bet and you gotta "risk it for the biscuit." However, the list below is our fusion of the new and secure technology that recently emerged in the IT world.
So, let's unveil some of the picks that will rule the day in 2019. Some may call them gimmicks, but we believe next year is their prime time to shine and bring profit.
Nothing new here. You can hardly find anyone who doesn't know this magical word, even if they have no clue how it works—and rightfully so, since to the casual audience, it still looks like a puzzle. Although numerous projects feature ready-to-use products using it, the blockchain itself is not used widely. Some skeptics may deem it as "immature" and assume it will take years or even decades for the technology to come into effect.But the concept itself sounds too promising to ignore and makes organizations rethink their existing tech stack. Also, the media has been fairly loyal to this technology: many people have been brought here thanks to the constant coverage from major news outlets. If you want to learn more about whole blockchain thing, our technology enthusiast, Anastasiia Bobeshko, wrote an article explaining how the blockchain affects different industries.
Of course, there are some limitations that may impede certain companies from using it. For example, anonymity looks like an attractive shroud for all sorts of scammers, so no one can be a 100 percent safe. Also, due to its encrypted nature, blockchain transactions, especially the ones that imply big sums of money, can be slow compared to other modern alternatives. Moreover, the transactions are irreversible, so if you made a typo in a wallet number, say "bye-bye" to your money, since it is now lost in cyberspace. Finally, many people simply resist the new stuff, let alone government institutions that were and remain the last place that innovate something within their structure.
However, this is heavily countered by all the benefits it brings upon itself:
Unprecedented verification level;
Not tied to the national currency, crisis-free anytime;
No middlemen;
Free from regulations;
Irreversible transactions may also be viewed as a sizeable plus.
Moreover, many of its key principles are beneficial and applicable outside the financial sector: it's only a matter of time when more and more enterprises start using this technology in their day-to-day activities. As mentioned above, when it comes to cryptocurrency, the government feels hesitant to blockchain. However, some countries started to experiment with the technology; for example, Thailand used blockchain-powered election votes this year. A fraud-free platform is surely the way to go and will see great use in 2019.
Clean Energy Distribution
Humanity is in a timeless pursuit to replace fossil fuels. Clean energy is the most suitable option as it's collected from renewable sources which are naturally replenished. As it's steadily rising in popularity and will soon be the main type of "fuel," we need to know how to store and distribute it the right way around. Another great sign is that solar batteries getting more affordable over time, resulting in the global energy storage market gaining momentum in the years to come as reported by Prescient & Strategic Intelligence, and 2019 is not an exception.
There are a number of companies such as our clients Budget Energie that already provide green energy via highly mobile storages that don't require a massive grid. The whole management is moved towards mobile apps where you can adjust and track the consumption level.
EcoStruxure is an example of a power distribution platform that provides an IoT-based smart grid, which drastically reduces the expenses and connects plants, IT products, machines, and power stations to enable self-circulating energy economy.
But Tesla is arguably the most prominent case of a company sticking to its eco-principles: their green cars are at the forefront of combatting emissions thanks to clean energy usage and compact charging stations. Its success in countries like Norway, according to Business Insider Nordic, is what spurs companies to stray from oil usage in favor of clean energy and improve upon making its distribution simple.
Among the future challenges, wireless transfer is what stands out the most. If you've ever used an inductive charging pad for your smartphone, you know what we are talking about. Although it's a minor step in the right direction, we are on the way to seeing huge improvements in that department as companies like Ossia are ambitious enough to transfer energy like it's a Wi-Fi signal and the transfer capacity only gets bigger.
Self-Driving Cars and Drones
Don't be surprised to find yourself amid your favorite sci-fi movie or book soon (yes, we are that optimistic). Self-driving cars have the ability to function without your active involvement in the driving process and steadily become a part of our society. And the AI seems to be doing fine: despite the media highlighting its failures, the number of crashes is incredibly small. It's more about the mental factor: plane crashes are very painful to see, still it's much safer to fly by plane than to use a car driven by a human. Experiments of integrating these cars started long ago, and now these technologies transfer more from control tests to our everyday life. As a result, this year's Web Summit PITCH competition honored two of these projects (Wayve and lvl5) among the medalists. The advancements in this area are fantastic: cheap cameras instead of sensors and the self-learning map can make you start thinking about stopping to drive by yourself.
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Not only cars are subject of these experiments. "Drones" also are a very prospective field. Their range of use is very wide, so you can find successful use cases raging from autonomous military drones to commercial services. These gadgets are geared to using the software, which makes them a perfect match for scanning purposes: whether it's rain prediction or crop status analysis, good programming will make drones pay off big time.
Extended Reality (XR)
Depending on how far you want to move from real to a digital world, there is a whole set of tools that allows for an interactive experience. VR, MR, and AR are changing the way we perceive the world. XR is now a new window to a digital world and is made to change the way we interact with it and can help you build products depending on the needs.
In essence, XR is an umbrella term that features all the real or virtual environments generated by a computer. It's more of a general notion that often includes the "X" variables of computer-altered reality.
Virtual Reality (VR) is a completely simulated digital world and creates an environment that looks completely real. Taking its roots from computer games, it's more about being fully immersive, using both videos or computer-generated (CG) content.
It's both great for the cinema or gaming purposes, not to mention virtual tours. Pair this with the significant gadgets' price drop and you get a great tool for both marketing and entertainment.
Augmented Reality (AR) is all about usage of neat CG stuff. Although they can't respond to real-life objects, the interaction is achieved by projecting CG objects onto a static world. This is a choice for exploration purposes: visual art expos or architecture pros have already taken advantage of this convenient technique.
Mixed Reality (MR), on the other hand, is all about the CG and real-life interaction. This type of overlay is the best fit for education purposes: whether it's military training, factory instructions, or kids interacting with a virtual animal, this type of product has great potential in teaching people how to act in certain situations without any risk via a pleasing virtual interface.
Hardware has just recently become powerful enough to enable this type of experience. In addition to entertainment purposes, XR has shown its force in many industries, including healthcare and education. Some products, like Microsoft HoloLens, are no longer pricy and have gotten rid of the wires, which allows the whole field to grow rapidly and have a bright future ahead.
The fifth generation of connectivity will soon become a dominant one. It should be much faster than the already-existing standards and bring other notable advantages:
Increased capacity — more devices and applications could use the Internet connection simultaneously;
Decreased latency (how fast a network responds) leading to fewer lags and delays;
Improved reliability and automation of connection to facilitate IoT;
Energy saving: it's destined to increase the battery life, being a far superior option in terms of consumption.
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Compared to 4G, it has a much bigger potential.
Still, some challenges should be solved for its prevalence: usage of a millimeter wave band (higher frequency = tall order for manufacturers) as well as its deployment and optimization in the field. Also, the worldwide frequency mismatch (for instance, the US uses different frequencies than the rest of the world) may require additional standardization.
In spite of these challenges, LMT has already launched the first 5G station in Riga, Latvia and the other leading providers and telecommunication companies, such as Sprint, actively work to bring 5G to life.
Initially built to simulate physics, quantum computing (QC) has approached multiple areas where it could excel: cryptography, chemistry, and search algorithms. The idea is that the regular bit values (0 and 1) aren't fit for exploring advanced questions; meanwhile QC gives an edge with qubits (that can have both 0 and 1 values at the same time).
Although it seems complicated for smaller ventures (not everyone can afford chemistry QC research like IBM), but it's great for building security systems: both for privacy and authentication purposes. In other words, imagine when a system requires you to enter more values to your password to make it secure—at the same time, QC has it by default with each letter being a convoluted line of values.
With a number of ventures adopting QC, it has proved itself to be a reliable tool for Volkswagen, 1QBit, and NASA for their machine learning and simulations. It's just a matter of time when it becomes widely used by mid-tier and minor companies: the hardware is making huge strides and is becoming affordable very fast.
IoT is all about 2 things: tons of connected devices and technologies. Cooperation with fields like Cloud Services, Big Data, and Artificial Intelligence is also what gets this ball rolling. Although it's far from covering the whole globe, the IoT has given us enough examples of its effectiveness and proved that we can rely on that.
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At its core, IoT is a huge web of sensors that enables interaction between countless gadgets but still requires a bit of human presence to come into effect. We all love cool graphics from the fancy presentations, and IoT is the best pick for enjoying that: studies show a rapid growth of these gadgets being used all over the world, and you can only imagine their potential. 7 billion gadgets that will soon become 25bn are waiting to be filled with the software or ads, depending on their operators.
Being no longer a whim for the Silicon Valley residents, it's a now a whole market to be fought for.
Many get confused with Deep Learning, Machine Learning, and Artificial Intelligence, but it can be explained pretty simply, as they are basically a part of one another.
The best way to imagine AI is to recall the Terminator movies —a machine that is capable of doing human-like tasks and make its own decisions based on software's scripts, patterns, and logics. Deep learning, on the other hand, is what allows machines to learn and think just like a human being does. Machine learning is what helps AI-products vastly improve their performance and reduce the amount of hand-code to enable analyzing and diagnosis features.
But don't panic, it solely serves for the greater good of humanity and is now used in robotics, medicine, automation, customer service, and other countless areas. Whether it's spotting depression based on speech or studying genomes to prevent diseases, rest assured that these kinds of products will only make our lives better.
But like every promising area, it has notable limitations, some of which are:
It requires massive pieces of data and large processing power;
There's not enough versatility —usually what's made for a certain area can't be applied to another one;
It can't think for itself, so some supervision is still required.
Looking at how many AI products appear on the horizon, it's safe to say the following: AI is rapidly approaching our day-to-day lives and is starting taking care of things that humanity used to do. If you don't believe that, take a look at the recent Web Summit. The whole event was all about startups adopting this technology and self-learning algorithms, which resulted in a whole pedestal being taken by AI-based products, which is a clear signal about its potential in the upcoming year.
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Q: "I would like" or "I will like"? If I was to be asked a question like: "What will the witches look like?", how will I respond to it would I say The witches would look like... or The witches will look like....

The example shows someone asking me how I will plan for something, so surely if your planning something you would be be doing it in the future (tense). However why does would sound right in my head?

A: How 'would' you respond?  You should use 'will'.  The question asked about the predicted actual future (the one that you will experience).  It did not ask about the future of some other (parallel or branching) universe in which something odd happens (or happened).  In that case the question would have used 'would' (as I just did, in positing a universe where the question was altered).

A: The proper answer is The witches will look like.... because you don't usually use "would" in this case unless there's a conditional. For example, if the witches suddenly gained thirty pounds, they would look like....
Since the question you're responding to does not mention some kind of condition that would cause the witches to look a certain way on a specific occasion, the best word to use here is will. I should also mention that the question uses will, so it is best to respond using will. Perhaps, if the question was reworded to be What would the witches look like if they wore different clothes? then would is a better choice when answering here than will.


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PIPER M-CLASS BUSINESS AIRCRAFT ON NBAA DISPLAY AT ORLANDO EXECUTIVE AIRPORT
VERO BEACH, Fla. – Oct. 14, 2014 – Piper Aircraft will concentrate its entire presence at Orlando Executive Airport for the 2014 National Business Aviation Association's Annual Meeting and Convention. On static display will be two signature, top-of-the-line Piper M-Class single-engine business aircraft, the Piper Meridian and Piper Mirage, and the Twin-Class Piper Seneca V.
"We decided to focus our presence at NBAA at Orlando Exec this year because that's where committed buyers go to examine available aircraft. As the business aviation economy picks up, we expect the NBAA airport to be a busy place," said Piper President and CEO Simon Caldecott.
"The aircraft we will have on display – the Piper Meridian, Mirage and Seneca V – are popular cabin-class business aircraft with relatively low acquisition and operation costs. The number of Piper airplanes being flown by Part 91 operators has increased as business flight departments are making decisions to move to more economical Pipers from aircraft that are more expensive to acquire and operate," Caldecott added.
About Piper M-Class
M-Class aircraft offer Piper performance and safety in a proven airframe that has been an industry standard for years. Three refined derivatives comprise the full line: the Meridian, the Mirage and the Matrix. Each product fits its own niche and price point, and each aircraft provides a seamless step-up to the next level. Created to maximize the private travel experience, the M-Class line balances performance, efficiency and simplicity.
About the Piper Meridian
The Piper Meridian is a single-engine turboprop that seats six with club seating. It is powered by the Pratt & Whitney PT6A-42A 500 hp engine, sports a 260 KTAS / 482 km/h max cruise speed and has a range of 1,000 nm / 1,852 km. Equipped with the Garmin G1000 avionics suite, the Meridian starts at $2,219,850.
About the Piper Mirage
The Piper Mirage is a single-engine pressurized piston that seats six with club seating. It is powered by the Lycoming TIO-540-AE2A 350 hp engine and has a 213 KTAS / 395 km/h max cruise speed and a range of 1,343 nm / 2,487 km. Equipped with the Garmin G1000 avionics suite, the Mirage starts at $1,100,450.
About the Piper Seneca V
The Twin-Class Seneca V is powered by two Continental Turbocharged TSIO-360-RB engines generating 220 hp each. The configuration of multiple entry and baggage doors, with the comfort of a cabin-class interior, makes the Piper Seneca V the perfect business tool. Equipped with the Garmin G1000, it starts at $1,011,300.
Piper Aircraft, Inc., headquartered in Vero Beach, Fla., offers aviators throughout the world efficient and reliable single-engine and twin-engine aircraft. The single-engine M-Class series–the Meridian, Mirage and Matrix– offers businesses and individuals elegant performance and value. The Twin Class Seneca V and Seminole balance proven performance, efficiency and simplicity in twin-engine aircraft. The Trainer Class Archer TX, Archer DX, Arrow, Seminole and Seneca V aircraft form the most complete technically-advanced line of pilot training aircraft in the world. All Piper airplanes feature advanced Garmin avionics in the cockpit. Piper is a member of the General Aviation Manufacturers Association.
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Galaxy Fold 2 will receive a large display and flexible glass
Phones with a folding screen - this is another new mainstream in the mobile world, which suddenly became
gain momentum. And despite the great manufacturing difficulties with the Galaxy Fold, Samsung nevertheless finalized it and is going to release it on September 18, when the new iPhone from Apple becomes available.
Next in line will be a radically updatedMate X, which will become one of the main competitors of the Galaxy Fold. He will get the latest processor and cool camera. Its launch is due to take place in October 2019. Technically, it will be one step higher than the Galaxy Fold, but at the same time more expensive.
From the middle segment, we expect Motorola to launchRAZR 2019. This phone will cost an order of magnitude lower than the Mate X. It has a unique clamshell design that folds along the horizontal rather than the vertical axis. However, Samsung, obviously, is already preparing its clamshell with a folding display, which should appear in 2020. You can see the patent for it below.
Galaxy Fold 2
Indeed, rumors around folding smartphonesgetting bigger and bigger. Meanwhile, Korean media are reporting some details about the new Galaxy Fold 2. It will be equipped with a larger 8-inch display compared to the first version with a 7.3-inch screen. The manufacturer is also forced to abandon some production issues. In particular, now on the Galaxy Fold 2 will be used an 8-inch sheet of glass from DoInsys. This company has developed a glass protective film for foldable displays and, obviously, has created an ultra-thin tempered glass that can be applied to flexible smartphones.
Needless to say, the so-called ultra-thinglass (UTG) is stronger than the "ordinary" polyimide protective film that Samsung now uses in Galaxy Fold. How can glass bend without breaking? Well, the key word here is "thin", this glass has been surprisingly durable.
Regarding the release date of the Galaxy Fold 2, the firstbatches of innovative DoInsys glass for the 8-inch Galaxy Fold 2 display should be by the end of the year. Therefore, we can assume that the Galaxy Fold 2 will be released around the spring of 2020.
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A fuel cell is a device that generates electricity by a chemical reaction. Every fuel cell has two electrodes, the anode (which is positively charged) and the cathode (which is negatively charged) Ryan O'Hayre, Suk-Won Cha, Whitney Colella, Fritz B. Prinz (2009) "Fuel Cell Fundamentals" , 2nd Edition, John Wiley and Sons. ISBN-13: 978-0470258439 Ryan O'Hayre, Suk-Won Cha, Whitney Colella, Fritz B. Prinz (2009) "Fuel Cell Fundamentals" , 2nd Edition, John Wiley and Sons. ISBN-13: 978-0470258439 Ryan O'Hayre, Suk-Won Cha, Whitney Colella, Fritz B. Prinz (2009) "Fuel Cell Fundamentals" , 2nd Edition, John Wiley and Sons. ISBN-13: 978-0470258439 . The reactions that produce electricity take place at the two electrodes. Every fuel cell also has an electrolyte, which carries electrically charged particles from one electrode to the other, and a catalyst, which speeds the reactions at the electrodes Xianguo Li, (2006) "Principles of Fuel Cells", Edition 1. Taylor & Francis Group, 2006, ISBN-13: 978-1591690221 Xianguo Li, (2006) "Principles of Fuel Cells", Edition 1. Taylor & Francis Group, 2006, ISBN-13: 978-1591690221 . Multiple fuel cells are usually assembled into a stack and generate direct current (DC).
Hydrogen is the basic fuel for fuel cells, but fuel cells also require oxygen Smithsonian Institution, (2008) "Fuel Cell Basics", http://americanhistory.si.edu/fuelcells/basics.htm Smithsonian Institution, (2008) "Fuel Cell Basics", http://americanhistory.si.edu/fuelcells/basics.htm .
There are several kinds of fuel cells, and each operates a bit differently. But, in general terms, hydrogen atoms enter a fuel cell at the anode where a chemical reaction strips them of their electrons. The hydrogen atoms are now "ionized," and carry a positive electrical charge. The negatively charged electrons provide the current through wires to do work. If alternating current (AC) is needed, the DC output of the fuel cell must be routed through a conversion device called an inverter.
Oxygen enters the fuel cell at the cathode and, in some cell types, it combines with electrons returning from the electrical circuit and hydrogen ions that have traveled through the electrolyte from the anode. In other cell types the oxygen picks up electrons and then travels through the electrolyte to the anode, where it combines with hydrogen ions.
The electrolyte plays a key role. It must permit only the appropriate ions to pass between the anode and cathode. If free electrons or other substances could travel through the electrolyte, they would disrupt the chemical reaction.
Whether they combine at anode or cathode, together hydrogen and oxygen form water, which drains from the cell. As long as a fuel cell is supplied with hydrogen and oxygen, it will generate electricity.
Alkali fuel cells operate on compressed hydrogen and oxygen. They generally use a solution of potassium hydroxide (chemically, KOH) in water as their electrolyte. Efficiency is about 70 percent, and operating temperature is 150 to 200 degrees C, (about 300 to 400 degrees F). Cell output ranges from 300 watts (W) to 5 kilowatts (kW). Alkali cells were used in Apollo spacecraft to provide both electricity and drinking water. They require pure hydrogen fuel, however, and their platinum electrode catalysts are expensive. And like any container filled with liquid, they can leak.
Molten Carbonate fuel cells (MCFC) use high-temperature compounds of salt (like sodium or magnesium) carbonates (chemically, CO3) as the electrolyte. Efficiency ranges from 60 to 80 percent, and operating temperature is about 650 degrees C (1,200 degrees F). Units with output up to 2 megawatts (MW) have been constructed, and designs exist for units up to 100 MW. The high temperature limits damage from carbon monoxide "poisoning" of the cell and waste heat can be recycled to make additional electricity. Their nickel electrode-catalysts are inexpensive compared to the platinum used in other cells. But the high temperature also limits the materials and safe uses of MCFCs - they would probably be too hot for home use. Moreover, carbonate ions from the electrolyte are used up in the reactions, making it necessary to inject carbon dioxide to compensate.
Phosphoric Acid fuel cells (PAFC) use phosphoric acid as the electrolyte. Efficiency ranges from 40 to 80 percent, and operating temperature is between 150 to 200 degrees C (about 300 to 400 degrees F). Existing phosphoric acid cells have outputs up to 200 kW, and 11 MW units have been tested. PAFCs tolerate a carbon monoxide concentration of about 1.5 percent, which broadens the choice of fuels they can use. If gasoline is used, the sulfur must be removed. Platinum electrode-catalysts are needed, and internal parts must be able to withstand the corrosive acid.
Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) fuel cells work with a polymer electrolyte in the form of a thin, permeable sheet. Efficiency is about 40 to 50 percent, and operating temperature is about 80 degrees C (about 175 degrees F). Cell outputs generally range from 50 to 250 kW. The solid, flexible electrolyte will not leak or crack, and these cells operate at a low enough temperature to make them suitable for homes and cars. But their fuels must be purified, and a platinum catalyst is used on both sides of the membrane, raising costs.
Solid Oxide fuel cells (SOFC) use a hard, ceramic compound of metal (like calcium or zirconium) oxides (chemically, O2) as electrolyte. Efficiency is about 60 percent, and operating temperatures are about 1,000 degrees C (about 1,800 degrees F). Cells output is up to 100 kW. At such high temperatures, a reformer is not required to extract hydrogen from the fuel, and waste heat can be recycled to make additional electricity. However, the high temperature limits applications of SOFC units and they tend to be rather large. While solid electrolytes cannot leak, they can crack.
Since fuel cells create electricity chemically, rather than by combustion, they are not subject to the thermodynamic laws that limit a conventional power plant (known as the Carnot Limit). Therefore, fuel cells are more efficient in extracting energy from a fuel. Waste heat from some cells can also be harnessed, boosting system efficiency still further.
Fuel cells are employed in stationary power generation, portable power supply and transportation. Small, stationary power generators provide 0.5 kW to 10 kW uninterrupted power supply to households, shopping malls and data centers. Grid-scale fuel cell generation is also in development. Portable fuel cells are best suited for auxiliary power units (APU), portable devices, PC, smart-phone etc.
The application of fuel cells in transportation represents the future for the automotive and computation industries. Buses, light vehicles (cars), UAVs and trains will soon be running on fuel cells.
Another great appeal of fuel cells is that they generate electricity with very little pollution–much of the hydrogen and oxygen used in generating electricity ultimately combine to form a harmless byproduct, namely water. However, obtaining hydrogen is a challenge and can be energy intensive.
Despite its many advantages, the commercialization of fuel cell technology faces many technical and economic challenges. The durability and cost of fuel cell systems represent the biggest barriers. Fuel cells are still in the 'technology development phase'. Efforts are being made to reduce the cost and improve durability of fuel cells.
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Hyperthyroidism is a disease resulting from excessive production of thyroid hormones. That's a HUGE increase and the majority of this increase occurs within the first 2 years of diagnosis When the thyroid gland is overactive (hyperthyroidism) the body's processes speed up and you may experience nervousness, anxiety, rapid heartbeat, hand tremor, excessive sweating, weight loss, and sleep problems, among other symptoms. One of the most common symptoms of hyperthyroidism in cats is fat loss diet planner weight loss due to the overactive metabolic response. Therefore, a serious case of hyperthyroidism increases the patient's BMR, which in turn leads to increased caloric requirements And THIS is how and why most people with hyperthyroidism start to gain weight - the treatment. The treatment of hyperthyroidism is to BLOCK thyroid hormone. This side effect, however, is a price worth paying.. 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Symptoms can include increased heart rate, weight loss, heart palpitations, frequent bowel movements, depression, fatigue, fine or brittle hair, sleep problems, thinning skin, and irregular vaginal bleeding Hyperthyroidism can present itself in your dog by him losing weight despite a healthy appetite. Thyroid disease ranges from mild cases to extremely severe cases. We know from studies such as this, Just realize that attempting to lose weight with hyperthyroidism can be very difficult. Because of weight loss hyperthyroidism treatment this, when you lose weight from hyperthyroidism, you might gain some weight back after you start treatment Losing weight can be a frustrating process for many people with an underactive thyroid. Like many people with untreated hypothyroidism, my symptoms included weight gain, high cholesterol, mild depression, blood pressure issues, feeling tired, cold hands and feet, brain fog, hair loss, dry skin, low energy, and so much more Thyroid hormones have been used as a weight loss tool in the past. People with hyperthyroidism are usually skinny, with high metabolism, increased appetite and overactive in general. 6% of women and 0. Getting the dose just right is critical, as is the timing of when you take it. Thyroid Gland (red) Hyperthyroidism has a number of causes and, fortunately, a number of treatment options Patients with hyperthyroidism have an elevated BMR, and many experience weight loss as a result, as noted by the American Thyroid Association. Weight loss is observed in roughly ninety-five to ninety-eight percent of cats suffering from hyperthyroidism.. However, making a few dietary changes may help boost. One of the most common concerns for people with hypothyroidism is maintaining proper body weight. The treatment options for hyperthyroidism caused by Graves' disease …. The key words are "after treatment. In fact, the severity of excess thyroid activity is directly related to the likelihood of weight loss as well as the amount of body mass lost. 14% of men suffer from it. Most people with hypothyroidism will need to take thyroid hormones for the rest of their lives If you have hypothyroidism, you may have found it difficult to lose weight loss system canada weight. 1. Wrapping it up The most important thing you can do — for weight loss and for your overall health — is to get proper treatment for your hypothyroidism. This can lead to the excessive intake of food and, in turn, cause weight gain Weight Gain and Hyperthyroidism Healthcare providers generally advise their patients to follow good dietary habits following treatment for hyperthyroidism. In fact, the severity of excess thyroid activity is directly related to the likelihood of weight loss as well as the amount of body mass lost Living with Undiagnosed Hypothyroidism. In addition to these symptoms, more common than not, owners discover a lump on their dog's neck around the same area of the thyroid glands Recognizing the common symptoms of hyperthyroidism is vital in order to seek treatment for your cat. You might think so, but if you look at studies they show that almost 50% of hyperthyroid patients become obese after treatment (1)! Weight …. Many hyperthyroid patients experience weight gain as their metabolism comes back in line, and treatment for hyperthyroidism can sometimes slow the metabolism to a lower than normal functioning rate, exacerbating weight gain. Subsequently, a person becomes nervous or irritable, experience increased perspiration and heart rate, have tremors, anxiety, difficulty sleeping, thinning of skin and hair and weakness. Aloe vera healing alternative treatments for. However, once the excess thyroid hormone is stopped, the excess weight loss is …. This is very confusing to me since everything I've read indicates weight loss (not gain) as a typical symptom of hyperthyroidism Weight gain from spontaneous, longstanding hypothyroidism may be very small compared to the weight gain sometimes seen after treatment of hyperthyroidism. Hyperthyroidism weight gain:4 probable causes of why you may gain weight instead of loosing it. With some fine-tuning of your treatment, your weight-loss efforts should begin to pay off About Hypothyroidism Treatment and Weight Loss. Symptoms of overactivity, such as nervousness, weight loss, palpitations or diarrhea, result from excessively stimulated metabolism Why then, does this article refer to hyperthyroidism and weight gain? Since the body uses energy too quickly, they become hungry faster. Is the uncontrollable weight loss. For the people here who are experiencing weight gain with hyperthyroidism, is the weight gain a result of your treatment for the condition weight loss hyperthyroidism treatment OR were you gaining weight without being treated for hyperthyroidism? Your sluggish thyroid keeps your body from burning fat at a good enough rate to reach your goal weight. " Yes, hyperthyroidism patients lose weight before being treated but afterwards, when treatment is successfully administered, it is noted that a significant amount of patients gain weight SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Hypothyroidism is commonly associated with weight gain, but contrary to popular belief, treatment of the condition does not result in weight loss in the majority of patients, according to new research presented at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the American Thyroid Association Estrogen Dominance and Hypothyroidism. Treatment brings your body back to its normal state. Treatment depends on the cause of the overactive thyroid. As your body is not processing fuel properly this may cause you to feel lethargic and depressive,. Hyperthyroidism is usually associated with weight loss, some people experience an increase in their appetite when they suffer from this condition. Whether you have hypothyroidism or no thyroid after surgery or radioactive iodine (RAI) treatment, there's no question that for many, the thyroid affects metabolism and can make weight loss an uphill battle Isn't hyperthyroidism supposed to cause weight LOSS?
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Thanks for the compliment, Aline!
Well, it sure has been busy around here with the second book rewrite and my full class schedule with all my awesome and hard-working students. But I'm steppin' out a few times this month and there is nothing I like better than hanging out with other writers when I do. In fact, there probably isn't a better time to catch me this month (cuz my plate is overflowing with good things!).
So, if you'd like to connect, please consider attending these awesome events!
Saturday, May 18th: The Northwest Author Series Presents Susan Fletcher, Author of Alphabet of Dreams, at the Wilsonville Public Library from 3-5 p.m. Cost: $5.00 at the door.
Marco, The Musical! Don't Miss It!
Jason and I dashed Samantha over to a friends and then zipped up into the city to see the fabulous Marc Acito perform Marco, The Musical!
Actually, we zipped a bit too much and overshot our turn. Someone who knows please tell me why men get so upset about getting lost?
Fortunately, I finally asked my (exhausted, so I cut him some slack) husband to please stop so I could ask a nice fellow who was loading his bike into his car (this is Portland after all) where we went wrong.
Anyway. We got there. And we were so glad we did. Even Jason has to admit that it was totally worth getting slightly lost for the pleasure of an evening of laughing uproariously.
OMG, hilarious! I was dying!
Cannot WAIT to read Attack of the Theater People. I will definitely post an Amazon review as soon as I do.
I hope you will read it and post a review too. And definitely see Marc, if you get a chance.
We all need to laugh uproariously sometimes.
If you just can't make it to an appearance, you can always read Marc's hilarious blog or just check out his Hair Museum at his website.
Go, Marc! Hope to see you on the bestseller list soon.
Thanks to Sandy over at Coolstuff4writers.com for inviting me to do an interview for their newsletter/site.
And check out their "cool stuff" while you are over there.
Here's a cool women writers mug.
The women writers book bag is cool.
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Thanks to Allena Tapia. It's always a great feeling to know that your hard-wrought words are in the hands of conscientious and appreciative reader.
Which only fuels my fire to work twice as hard on my Get Known Before the Book Deal rewrites, which I have received back from my editor.
The best part of my editor's feedback on my forthcoming second book?
And a couple of new success stories (scroll down) from Joanna and Andrea on the Success Stories page of this blog.
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The area's most amazing church, carved out of sheer rock in 4th century AD.
The next morning, we traveled 300 km on gravel back roads to get to Lalibela, the country's best-known site for rock-hewn churches. Tamrat, our driver, managed to get us safely up and down a myriad of hair-raising switchback roads. Between hairpin turns I managed to enjoy stunning scenery, patchwork quilts of green and golden fields, forests and jutting rock. The sun had been down for more than an hour when we arrived and checked into our hotel.
Lalibela's churches were carved from massive rock formations around 4th century AD. Local legend has it that angels helped King Lalibela complete the task in record time. The churches are still used for services and we spotted many ancient men on pilgrimages, sitting outside the huge wooden doors. Unfortunately we didn't get a chance to see the churches up on the mountain, but the ones in town were spectacular.
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I personally don't know how it became as serious as it is, but my children LOVE Bob Marley's music. Before this phase started, he would barely be on our playlist if ever. Furthermore, you wouldn't really call my husband a fan of his either. As for me, I'd have my moments where I'd privately listen to the Babylon By Bus album for nostalgic reasons.
However it happened, Bob Marley became a fixture in our lives. I think it started the Winter of 2017...
We were testing the speakers for a space and Stefan decided to quickly play music randomly that would be "clean and universal", which ended up being Bob Marley. In the meantime Ji was running around and stopped when she heard the "woy, yoy, yoy" in Buffalo Soldier. I really believe that the moment she was captured. Since then we've been asked to play "woy yoy" constantly. Then, I guess by the blessing/ curse of YouTube, Alexa, and Spotify, she came across other Bob Marley songs that she loved like, Jammin, Stir it Up, Could you Be Loved, and most currently No Woman No Cry and Iron, Lion, Zion. Needless to say our playlist with her is basically a Bob Marley album. She really knows the songs and renditions. Just last night I thought I introduced her to Lively Up Yourself, via my favorite live version. To MY surprise in the middle of me rocking out, she says, "OKAY Mommy, can I hear my lively self now?". I told her this is it and she says ,"No MINE". And lo and behold she wanted to hear the plain album version of the song. I didn't even know she knew it, and if I'm honest I barely heard it myself! She didn't just like to hear these songs occassionally, she wanted to hear them on repeat at any given opportunity. Then there would be random moments where she would talk about him or think about his songs. I cant remember what we were doing when she randomly told me she just loves Bob Marley and after playing one of his songs she explained that he speaks to her. I tried to decode that and still haven't learned what exactly speaks to her at this point in her 2 year old life. It's almost like he's officially one of the family members. She often asks us to draw him when we do art time and draw the rest of the family. I mean one morning while having pancakes, I took out the syrup and she started singing "Syr -eee-up come on baybah".
He's approaching Voldemort status (he who shall not be named, for the non-Harry Potter folks) where we try not to say his name for fear of a session of No Woman No Cry. And yes, I'll admit I've even told her Alexa was asleep when she wanted her to play some Bob. I mean I know everything is gonna be alright, I just don't need Bob to tell me everyday. Seriously, I dont know what it is about him and his music that draws in the children. #mommychronicles
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Ransomware Attacks Spike Globally in November's 'Most Wanted' Malware List
Ransomware attacks continued to rise worldwide during November, according to the latest monthly Global Threat Index from Check Point's Threat Intelligence Research Team. Ransomware attacks using the Locky and Cryptowall variants both increased by 10% in November from the previous month.
The research team found that both the number of active malware families and number of attacks remained close to an all-time high, as the number of attacks on business networks continued to be relentless. For the first time, the Locky ransomware was the No.1 malware family in the largest amount of countries (34 worldwide) compared to Conficker, which was the top malware in 28 countries, and Cryptowall in 10 countries – highlighting the growing threat posed to corporate networks by ransomware.
Even so, Conficker retained its position as the world's most prevalent malware, responsible for 15% of recognized attacks because of its wide distribution. Second-placed Locky, which only started its distribution in February of this year, was responsible for 6% of all attacks and third-placed Sality was responsible for 5% of known attacks. Overall the top ten malware families were responsible for 45% of all known attacks.
The fastest-growing malware observed during November was the Ramnit banking trojan, which entered the top 10 ranking for the first time at No. 6. It more than doubled its infections, and was mainly seen in Turkey, Brazil, India, Indonesia and the U.S. Ramnit is used to steal banking credentials, FTP passwords, session cookies and personal data.
For the eighth consecutive month, HummingBad remained the most common malware used to attack mobile devices.
November 2016 World Cyber Threat Map – click image to view the live interactive map
The map displays the risk index globally. Green = Low Risk Beige = Medium Risk Pink = Higher Risk Red = High Risk White = Insufficient Data
November's Top 10 'Most Wanted' Malware
↔ Conficker – Worm that allows remote operations and malware download. The infected machine is controlled by a botnet, which contacts its Command & Control server to receive instructions.
↔ Locky – Ransomware which started its distribution in February 2016, and spreads mainly via spam emails containing a downloader disguised as an Word or Zip attachment, which then downloads and installs the malware that encrypts the user files.
↑ Sality – Virus that allows remote operations and downloads of additional malware to infected systems by its operator. Its main goal is to persist in a system and provide means for remote control and installing further malware.
↔ Cutwail – Botnet mostly involved in sending spam e-mails, as well as some DDOS attacks. Once installed, the bots connect directly to the command and control server, and receive instructions about the emails they should send. After they are done with their task, the bots report back to the spammer exact statistics regarding their operation.
↑ Cryptowall – Ransomware that started as a Cryptolocker doppelgänger, but eventually surpassed it. After the takedown of Cryptolocker, Cryptowall became one of the most prominent ransomwares to date. Cryptowall is known for its use of AES encryption and for conducting its C&C communications over the Tor anonymous network. It is widely distributed via exploit kits, malvertising and phishing campaigns.
↑ Ramnit – Banking Trojan that steals banking credentials, FTP passwords, session cookies and personal data.
↑ Parite – Virus which infects executable files (EXE and SCR) on the infected host and on network drive. It drops a malicious DLL file into the Windows temporary directory which is injected into the explorer.exe process when an infected file is executed.
↑ Virut – Botnet that is known to be used for cybercrime activities such as DDoS attacks, spam, fraud, data theft, and pay-per-install activities. It spreads through executable file infection (through infected USB sticks and other media), and more recently, through compromised HTML files (thus infecting vulnerable browsers visiting compromised websites)
↓ Tinba – Banking Trojan which steals the victim's credentials using web-injects, activated as the users try to login to their bank website.
↓ HackerDefender – User-mode Rootkit for Windows, can be used to hide files, processes and registry keys, and also implements a backdoor and port redirector that operates through TCP ports opened by existing services. This means it is not possible to find the hidden backdoor through traditional means.
November's Top 3 mobile malware
↔ Hummingbad – Android malware that establishes a persistent rootkit on the device, installs fraudulent applications, and with slight modifications could enable additional malicious activity such as installing a key-logger, stealing credentials and bypassing encrypted email containers used by enterprises.
↔ Triada – Modular Backdoor for Android which grants superuser privileges to downloaded malware, as helps it to get embedded into system processes. Triada has also been seen spoofing URLs loaded in the browser.
↑ Ztorg – Trojan that uses root privileges to download and install applications on the mobile phone without the user's knowledge.
Nathan Shuchami, Head of Threat Prevention at Check Point explained: "Ransomware attacks are still growing in volume for a simple reason – they work, and generate significant revenues for the attackers. Organizations are struggling to effectively counteract the threat posed by this insidious attack form: many simply don't have the right defenses in place, and may not have educated staff on how to recognize the signs of a potential ransomware attack in incoming emails. This of course only makes it even more attractive to criminals.
"Organizations must use advanced threat prevention measures on networks, endpoints and mobile devices to stop malware at the pre-infection stage, such as Check Point's SandBlast™ Zero-Day Protection, Threat Extraction, and Mobile Threat Prevention solutions, to ensure that they are adequately secured against the latest threats," added Shuchami.
About the Check Point Threat Index
Check Point's Threat Index is based on threat intelligence drawn from its ThreatCloud World Cyber Threat Map, which tracks how and where cyberattacks are taking place worldwide in real time. The Threat Map is powered by Check Point's ThreatCloudTM intelligence, the largest collaborative network to fight cybercrime, which delivers threat data and attack trends from a global network of threat sensors. The ThreatCloud database holds over 250 million addresses analyzed for bot discovery, over 11 million malware signatures and over 5.5 million infected websites, and identifies millions of malware types daily.


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Sabre Education Ghana
Sabre Education is a multi-award winning charity that has forged a reputation as one of the leading early years education organisations in Ghana – a country often cited as a leader for good quality early education practice in Africa. Sabre's approach is built on a trusted implementing partner relationship with the Government of Ghana, and Sabre is committed to bringing innovations to the existing education system, to ensure all children can access quality kindergarten education.
Sabre Education is a partnership between two independent but linked charities, registered in the UK and in Ghana. We work in the Central, Western and Eastern Regions of Ghana to improve the futures of poor and marginalised children.
Through 12 years of grassroots work in rural schools and a long term relationship with the Ghana Education Service, the kindergarten sector emerged as our priority intervention area. Kindergarten represents the start of formal education for 4 and 5 year old children, and the sector faces a number of challenges including poor learning environments and weak teacher capacity. Our Brighter Futures Programme provides an innovative and carefully considered response to these challenges, delivered through Building Better Schools and providing Transformational Teacher Training.
This is a unique opportunity to join a growing organization as it moves out of an entrepreneurial phase. Sabre is the 2017-18 winner of the UNESCO-Hamdan bin Rashid Al-Maktoum Prize for Outstanding Practice and Performance in Enhancing the Effectiveness of Teachers and was featured on CNN Inside Africa. Its mission is to contribute to transforming the life chances of children in developing countries through the Brighter Futures programme, which builds sustainable kindergarten schools and trains kindergarten teachers to apply a play based learning methodology. For further information, please see: http://sabre.education/