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Ben Stuckart allowed to assign Spokane City Council duties
Tue., Jan. 7, 2014
By Jonathan Brunt jonathanb@spokesman.com(509) 459-5442
Spokane City Council President Ben Stuckart will soon be handing out duties to the city's six other council members.
The Spokane City Council on Monday unanimously agreed to give Stuckart the power to chose which members serve on what boards.
Stuckart abandoned his proposal to require a supermajority vote to make future changes in the rules for how the council is governed.
Each January, council members are assigned to sit on a variety of boards, including those that govern the city park system, Spokane Transit Authority and Spokane International Airport.
The change returns the rules to how they worked until the council revoked that right from former council President Joe Shogan.
Even though Stuckart will select a slate of council members to fill positions, the council still must vote on his picks. He said the process won't change much.
"Either way, you're still going to need to have the four votes," Stuckart said.
The proposal caused some controversy after Stuckart last month threatened to alter the board assignments of council members Steve Salvatori and Mike Allen if they didn't support a plan to give council assistants full-time jobs. Both voted against the plan anyway. Stuckart initially planned to remove Allen from the Park Board in favor of Councilman Mike Fagan, who voted in favor of making council assistants full-time employees.
After Park Board members lobbied for Allen to remain on the Park Board, Stuckart relented. His proposed slate of positions keeps Allen on the Park Board. The council will consider Stuckart's picks to fill board seats next week.
Stuckart is part of a new, more liberal majority on the council. But others who are part of that majority, including Councilman Jon Snyder and Councilwoman Amber Waldref, said they likely would have voted against the creation of a supermajority rule.


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Methanol price rise is limited
Internal integration of soda ash industry takes shape in off season
Methanol futures rose sharply and fell sharply
Present situation analysis and Countermeasures of soda ash industry
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2D material controls light twice stronger
Since the invention of world's first laser - the ruby laser - in 1960, the human desire to control light has spread to various industries, including telecommunications, medicine, GPS, optical sensors and optical computers. Recently, a POSTECH research team has taken a step closer to its goal of controlling light by identifying nonlinear optical phenomena occurring in heterobilayers composed of two-dimensional materials Nano Letters, "Second-Harmonic Young's Interference in Atom-Thin Heterocrystals". The SH light produced in the MoS 2 double layer has the same phase as the MoS 2 layer so the overlaid secondary harmonic wave has linear polarization. However, in a heterobilayer with different stacked materials, the phase of the secondary harmonic waves produced by each material is different, so the superimposed secondary harmonic waves have elliptically polarized light. Image: POSTECH A nonlinear optical phenomenon refers to the occurrence of light whose intensity is not doubled when optical input intensity becomes doubled, in which the resulting output has different frequencies from original input. This phenomenon is easily understood if you think of electrons and nuclei as spring-connected oscillators. When the spring is moved at a constant cycle, light is generated by the oscillation of electrons and nuclei. If the spring-pulling force is small, only light with the same frequency as the applied external force is formed, but when a strong force is exerted, light with multiple frequency is produced. Among these, light with twice the input frequency is called second-harmonic generation SHG. The secondary harmonic wave phenomenon can occur in substances that are not point-symmetric, and it has recently been discovered that efficiency is high in 2D semiconductor crystals such as molybdenum disulfide MoS 2 and tungsten disulfide WS 2. A research team led by Professor Sunmin Ryu and Wontaek Kim in the MS/Ph.D integrated program in the Department of Chemistry at POSTECH noted that the secondary harmonic wave produced by a heterobilayer material MoS 2/WS 2 could not be explained by the existing model, and confirmed that it was caused by the SHG interference with different phases. The team anticipated the phase difference in SHG through the results of polarizing spectroscopy of heterolayers that showed the elliptically polarized SHG light. The phase difference directly measured through the secondary harmonic wave interferometer was quantitatively consistent with the results obtained from polarizing spectroscopy, proving their hypothesis. In addition, DFT calculations were able to support these results. So far SHG studies of 2D materials have mostly been limited to its intensity but this is the first time that the SHG phase was measured and it was shown that there is a difference in SHG phase between the two materials. The research showed the possibility of controlling SHG's phase. "The conventional research was biased toward identifying the orientation of 2D crystal samples using SHG intensity and controlling it through external stimuli," remarked Professor Sunmin Ryu who led the study. He added, "This study not only broadened our understanding of nonlinear optical phenomena of 2D materials, but also opened new possibilities for nonlinear spectroscopic control methods." He concluded, "The research results are expected to greatly contribute to the control of nonlinear optical phenomena by using 2D materials to produce new photons with twice the frequency of vibration and controlled phase."
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El Perxe de Cal Rei és una obra de Garcia (Ribera d'Ebre) inclosa a l'Inventari del Patrimoni Arquitectònic de Catalunya.

Descripció
Situat a la part alta del poble, entre el carrer de l'Església i el carrer Major.

Perxe situat a la planta baixa d'un cos que comunica la casa de Cal Rei amb la de davant. El cos està obert als dos costats, a l'alçada del pis superior, amb tres pòrtics d'arc de mig punt ceràmic. A la paret del perxe corresponent a Cal Rei s'hi oberva un gall forjat i la data 1603 amb rajola moderna. Està suportat per bigues de fusta col·locades de forma perpendicular al carrer.

Història
La vila de Garcia havia tingut tres portes d'entrada, malgrat no trobar-se emmurallada. Aquest perxe constituïa l'entrada de la part alta de la població.

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Patrimoni monumental de Garcia
Edificis de Garcia
Perxes de la Ribera d'Ebre

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Historic Hudson Valley honors Elinor and Charles Urstadt with Founder's Award
Rob Schweitzer — January 21, 2011
Historic Hudson Valley recently honored Elinor and Charles Urstadt with the 2010 John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Founder's Award. Mark Rockefeller, chairman of the executive committee of Historic Hudson Valley's Board of Trustees, presented the award at a gala dinner dance at the St. Regis in New York City.
The event, attended by 200 guests, raised more than $400,000 for the nonprofit Historic Hudson Valley, an education and preservation organization which for 60 years has celebrated the region's history, architecture, landscape, and culture.
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. was the founder of Historic Hudson Valley, and the Urstadts' wide-ranging civic contributions embody both the principles and spirit of Rockefeller philanthropy.
Mrs. Urstadt, known as Ellie, has lent her talents close to home in Westchester County, especially in Bronxville, where she and Charlie raised their two children. Her record of community involvement includes serving as president of the Junior League, vice president of the Bronxville Board of Education, chair of the Board of Governors of Lawrence Hospital, Village Planning Board member, and board member of the Bronxville School Foundation and the Reformed Church of Bronxville.
Mr. Urstadt's distinguished public service career has stretched across New York and included leadership roles with scores of government agencies, commissions, and nonprofits. As an active trustee of Historic Hudson Valley, he has helped lead the organization's growth and development since 1998.
He was appointed Commissioner of Housing and Urban Development by Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller in 1967 and as First Chairman and CEO of Battery Park City Authority in 1968.
Mr. Urstadt is chairman and CEO of Urstadt Biddle Properties, a 40-year-old publicly traded real estate investment trust that owns and manages more than 50 shopping centers and other properties in the tri-state area, several near Historic Hudson Valley's sites.
Ten years ago, he took up competitive swimming again after retiring from it in 1957. He has won a dozen National and World Masters Championships and set five national records for the breaststroke, starting in the 70 to 74 age group. He presently holds the World Championship Record for the 50-meter breaststroke for his age group.
Through the Urstadt Conservation Foundation, the couple generously supports a variety of charitable causes in education, social service, and public policy.
A private, nonprofit organization, Historic Hudson Valley welcomes more than 200,000 visitors annually at six National Historic Landmarks: Philipsburg Manor in Sleepy Hollow, NY; Washington Irving's Sunnyside in Tarrytown, NY; Van Cortlandt Manor in Croton-on-Hudson, NY; The Union Church of Pocantico Hills in Pocantico Hills, NY; Montgomery Place in Annandale-on-Hudson, NY; and Kykuit, the Rockefeller estate, in Pocantico Hills, NY. As part of its mission, Historic Hudson Valley offers dynamic educational programs, bringing the past to life for visitors of all ages, including some 30,000 schoolchildren annually.
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Environmentally benign waterproof and breathable membranes with high-performance and photocatalytic self-cleaning properties were prepared by combining water-based hydrophobic materials and photo-sensitive inorganic nanoparticle coatings with electrospun nanofiber matrices. The membranes exhibited prominent water-resistant behavior, high breathability, superior mechanical strength as well as significant degradation capability to organic pollutants.
Wearable, environmentally benign smart membranes featuring high-performing waterproof breathable properties and self-cleaning performance are highly desirable but have not been reported yet. Herein, we present, for the first time, a feasible and efficient strategy to create a novel eco-friendly, high-performance and photocatalytic self-cleaning waterproof and breathable membrane by electrospinning polyacrylonitrile (PAN) nanofiber matrices followed by a stepwise impregnation route. The environmentally benign water-based coating with short fluorinated segments conferred good hydrophobic behavior to the fibers and at the same time obviously decreased pore size of the pristine membranes. The subsequent employment of a photofunctional zinc oxide nanoparticle (ZnO NPs) coating not only further enhanced the waterproof properties of the fibrous membranes but also endowed the membranes with desirable photodegradation activity. Consequently, the resulting fibrous membranes exhibited unprecedented integrated properties with prominent hydrostatic pressure of 98.7 kPa, high water vapor transmission rate of 12.0 kg m−2 d−1, excellent tensile strength of 17.9 MPa, along with significant chemical degradation capability. This facile and cost-effective fabrication of such materials would be valuable for the design of wearable textiles for various applications in protective garments, health care and military uniform systems.
As the largest organ in our bodies, human skin is the physical barrier through which we interact with our surroundings, allowing us to sweat and protecting us from external invasive substances.1,2 Working in the same manner as human skin, waterproof and breathable membranes (WBM) identified as "second skin" have gained much attention due to their widespread applications ranging from protective garments and medical instruments to sophisticated electronics.3,4 The existing commercial WBM mainly fall into two categories: hydrophilic nonporous membranes and hydrophobic microporous membranes. Owing to the higher level of comfort, microporous membranes have received considerable interest. Presently, a wide variety of strategies have been developed to fabricate microporous WBM, such as mechanical stretching, phase separation, and melt-blown techniques. Nonetheless, these methods are still subject to complex preparation processes, limited raw materials, and difficulty in coordinating the waterproof behavior and breathability simultaneously.
Electrospun membranes,5–8 which possess ultrathin diameters, high porosity, interconnected pores, and ease of scalable production, show promise as building blocks to construct WBM. Until now, different kinds of WBM have been investigated, such as polyurethane,9 polyacrylonitrile (PAN),10 polyvinylidene fluoride,11 and so forth. PAN nanofibers have attracted significant attention because of their good spinnability, small fiber diameter, as well as tunable porous structure.12 Bagherzadeh et al. first reported PAN nanofibrous membranes (NFM), but the hydrophilicity of the fibers resulted in low hydrostatic pressure (4 kPa).13 In order to improve the hydrophobicity, Sheng et al. introduced a polymer containing long perfluorooctyl (–C8F17) segments into PAN fibers: the resultant membranes exhibited high waterproof performance (114 kPa), and good water vapor transmission (WVT) rate.14 Although perfluorinated polymers impart surfaces with remarkable amphiphobic properties which are highly desirable for modern textiles, unfortunately the persistence and environmental hazards of long perfluoroalkyl (Rfn, n ≥ 8) chains are hampering their extensive applications.15,16 Thus, designing environmentally benign materials has become an inevitable trend of social and technological development. Recently, our group employed environmentally friendly fluorinated polymers with six fluorinated atoms (C6) to modify electrospun PAN fibers: the prepared membranes displayed good water resistance (83.4 kPa) and modest moisture permeability.17 It is certain that chemicals with shorter perfluoroalkyl chain would be less harmful and provide higher security.18 Currently, the most ecofriendly water and oil auxiliaries are waterborne fluorinated chemicals containing shorter chains of four fluorinated atoms (C4). At the cutting edge of advanced fluorochemical textile agents, they hold great promise as key building units for preparing environmentally benign and high performing WBM.
On the other hand, due to increasingly serious environmental pollution and energy shortages, energy conservation has become a worldwide issue.19 It is reported that large amounts of energy are consumed for cleaning surface contamination.20 Protective and self-cleaning garments are also in urgent demand for military, health and environmental applications. Thus, engineering self-cleaning fabrics which can remove or degrade pollutants without washing has become a research emphasis of material scientists. In general, there are two routes to realize self-cleaning: superhydrophobicity and superhydrophilicity.21,22 Typical superhydrophobic surfaces like butterfly wings and lotus leaves exhibit water contact angles greater than 150° and slide angles less than 5°, which can remove dust and particles physically.23 However, the superhydrophobic performance will gradually deteriorate because of the lowered surface roughness and adhesion of oily pollutants in practical use.24 For superhydrophilic surfaces, the adsorbed dirt, pollutants, and contaminants would chemically break down into small molecules on exposure to ultraviolet (UV) light with a photocatalyst. There are also limited examples of superhydrophobic and photocatalytic surfaces in the literature,25–27 however, without exception, these surfaces cannot possess waterproof behavior and breathability simultaneously. Thus, constructing photocatalytic self-cleaning and waterproof breathable materials, which to the best of our knowledge has not been reported, is of great significance and very imperative.
Herein, we report the synthesis of a novel membrane with environmentally benign, waterproof, breathable, and photocatalytic self-cleaning behavior. The ecofriendly water-based finishing agent (PM3635) was coated on the pristine PAN nanofiber substrate, conferring robust waterproof performance to the PAN fibrous membranes (Scheme 1a). Subsequently, zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) were introduced on the surface of the fibers, which not only decreased the maximum pore size (dmax) bringing about greatly improved hydrostatic pressure, but also resulted in fibrous membranes with significant photocatalytic self-cleaning performance. Moreover, the effects of PM3635 and ZnO NPs concentration on the surface chemical composition, wettability and porous structure of fibrous membranes were fully investigated. The fibrous membranes were able to provide good integrated properties, indicating promising applications in a variety of fields.
Scheme 1 (a) Schematic illustration of the preparation of PAN@PM3635/ZnO waterproof breathable and photocatalytic self-cleaning fibrous membranes, (b) waterproof and breathable mechanism of porous fibrous membranes, (c) waterproof mechanism based on the Young–Laplace equation, and (d) photocatalytic self-cleaning mechanism of PAN@PM3635/ZnO NFM.
We regulated the concentration of PM3635 from 0 to 4 wt%, and the influence of the PM3635 content on the morphology and surface wettability of PAN@PM3635 NFM was investigated. SEM images of PAN@PM3635 NFM with various PM3635 contents are depicted in Fig. 1a–d. It can be seen that all the fibrous membranes demonstrate a typical three-dimensional network structure with uniform diameter distribution. Nanofibers assemble into a mutually connected porous structure, which is quite favorable for vapor permeability, thus electrospun membranes usually exhibit good breathability. The pristine PAN nanofibers were smooth and stacked loosely, and after modification with water repellents the fibers demonstrated a closely packed arrangement. At high concentrations of PM3635, an adhesive structure appeared and gradually increased in some areas. With PM3635 concentration increased from 0 to 4 wt%, the fiber diameter increased slightly from 273 to 357 nm (Fig. 1e). As exhibited in Fig. 1f, the average pore size decreased from 1.20 to 0.61 μm, meanwhile the pore structure became more regular, the dmax also decreased from 1.55 to 0.87 μm (Fig. S1, ESI†), which could be attributed to the increased bonding points. Due to the close packed arrangement of fibers, the porosity of the fibrous membranes decreased from 85.4% to 55.8% (Fig. S2, ESI†).
Fig. 1 SEM images of (a) PAN, (b) PAN@PM3635-1, (c) PAN@PM3635-2, and (d) PAN@PM3635-3 NFM. (e) Average fiber diameter, (f) pore size distribution, (g) XPS spectra, and (h) WCA of PAN@PM3635 NFM with different PM3635 concentrations.
The wettability of fibrous membranes is dominated by their surface energy and their surface roughness. The chemical element composition of the surfaces of the fibers was confirmed by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analysis, as displayed in Fig. 1g. Compared with the pristine PAN membrane, the characteristic peak of F1s appeared at 689.1 ± 0.2 eV for PAN@PM3635 NFM, indicating that fluorine was distributed on the fiber surface. The bands located at 285.2 ± 0.2, 400.2 ± 0.3, and 532.7 ± 0.1 eV were assigned to C1s, N1s and O1s, respectively. As the PM3635 concentration increased from 1 to 2 wt%, the fluorine atom content among C, S, N, O and F increased from 22.7% to 28.1%, meanwhile F/C concurrently increased from 0.41 to 0.57 (Table S1, ESI†), signifying that more fluorine is present on the fiber surface. Nevertheless, upon successive increment of PM3635 to 4 wt%, the fluorine content reduced to 23.8%, and the F/C ratio synchronously declined to 0.46, indicating that excess PM3635 was not conducive to the surface migration of fluorine. Subsequently, the water contact angle (WCA) of PAN@PM3635 NFM with various PM3635 concentrations was characterized, as shown in Fig. 1h. Pristine PAN NFM showed hydrophilicity with WCA of 36°, then WCA increased with the introduction of PM3635, which could be ascribed to the increased amount of fluorine atoms, and it reached the maximum value of 126.8° when PM3635 was 2 wt%. Upon further increase of the PM3635 concentration, the WCA of PAN@PM3635-3 NFM decreased, which could be caused by the decreased surface roughness originating from the excess bonding structure, so we chose PAN@PM3635-2 for further investigation.
Morphologies and structures. For the sake of constructing waterproof breathable and photocatalytic self-cleaning fibrous membranes, ZnO NPs dispersion was adopted in the experiment to improve the uniformity of the nanoparticle distribution and the bonding strength with the fibrous membrane matrix. As displayed in Fig. 2a–d, the FE-SEM images indicate that fibers notably exhibited hierarchical structure on the surface. With the increment of ZnO NP contents, the nanoparticles on the fibers clearly increased and the pores among the nanofibers were gradually filled; further increase of the ZnO NPs led to the appearance of aggregates. Fig. 2e and Fig. S3 (ESI†) verified the relatively homogeneous distribution of Zn, C, S, O and F on the fibers of PAN@PM3635-2/ZnO-3 at the nanoscale. Additionally, based on the semiquantitative estimation of EDX (Fig. 2f and Table S2, ESI†), the calculated content of ZnO NPs in the membrane was 22.9 wt%, demonstrating that the PAN@PM3635-2/ZnO NFM with high ZnO NP content could be achieved in a facile and general process.
Fig. 2 FE-SEM images of (a) PAN@PM3635-2/ZnO-1, (b) PAN@PM3635-2/ZnO-2, (c) PAN@PM3635-2/ZnO-3 and (d) PAN@PM3635-2/ZnO-4. (e) Elemental mapping image of Zn on PAN@PM3635-2/ZnO-3, and (f) EDX spectrum of a selected area of PAN@PM3635-2/ZnO-3.
It is obvious that a smaller pore size contributes to higher hydrostatic pressure, so the effect of ZnO NP concentration on the pore structure of PAN@PM3635-2/ZnO NFM was investigated. As can be seen from Fig. 3a, the apertures of PAN@PM3635-2/ZnO-1 NFM varied from 0.20 to 1.04 μm, and they were distributed mainly at 0.68 μm. With the increase of ZnO NP contents, the pore diameter decreased gradually, primarily distributed at 0.49, 0.47 and 0.44 μm. In addition, because the nanoparticles filled in the pores between the stacked fibers, the dmax of the corresponding membranes was also reduced from 1.04 to 0.62 μm, as shown in Fig. 3b. On the other hand, owing to the hydrophilicity of the used ZnO NPs, as the concentration of ZnO NPs increased from 2 to 8 wt%, WCA of the prepared fibrous membranes decreased from 126.7° to 107.5°, which is consistent with the previous studies.27 As ZnO NP concentration was increased from 2 to 6 wt%, the hydrostatic pressure values of PAN@PM3635-2/ZnO NFM were 69.2, 77.4, and 98.7 kPa, which increased regularly with the gradually reduced dmax. However, the waterproof performance of PAN@PM3635-2/ZnO-4 NFM was reduced to 92.3 kPa, which was likely due to the aggregation of ZnO NPs resulting in enlarged dmax. Subsequently, we investigated the moisture and air permeability of PAN@PM3635-2/ZnO NFM, as exhibited in Fig. 3d. With ZnO NP concentration increased from 2 to 8 wt%, the WVT rate of PAN@PM3635-2/ZnO NFM reduced from 12.4 to 11.8 kg m−2 d−1, and the air permeability also reduced from 8.45 to 4.35 mm s−1, which could be ascribed to the decrease of porosity (Fig. S4, ESI†) impeding the freedom of transport of gaseous molecules. Taken together, PAN@PM3635-2/ZnO-3 NFM possessed the best waterproof and breathable properties. Afterwards, we performed a typical test to demonstrate the relevant performance of the membrane. As displayed in Fig. 3e, the self-standing PAN@PM3635-2/ZnO-3 NFM was fixed within an assembled container consisting of a lower closed chamber (with an air inlet pipe) and an upper open tube. Above the membrane, a certain volume of water was injected into the open tube: as can be seen from the photograph, the membrane could bear the weight of the water without any leakage, which clearly confirmed that the membrane exhibited good waterproof properties. Lots of air bubbles were generated in the upper container, revealing good breathability of the fibrous membrane. At the same time, the fibrous membranes also possessed good under-water stability (Fig. S5, ESI†). In addition, the resultant fibrous membrane exhibited satisfactory mechanical properties outperforming pristine PAN NFM, which is of great significance for practical applications. In terms of waterproof breathable and tensile strength properties, PAN@PM3635-2/ZnO-3 NFM exhibited comparable overall performances compared with the fibrous membranes containing long perfluoroalkyl chains (Fig. S6, ESI†).
Fig. 3 (a) Pore size distribution, (b) dmax and mean pore size, (c) WCA and hydrostatic pressure, (d) WVT rate and air permeability of PAN@PM3635-2/ZnO NFM with various ZnO concentrations. (e) Photograph demonstrating waterproof and breathable performance of PAN@PM3635-2/ZnO-3 NFM. (f) Stress–strain curves of PAN and PAN@PM3635-2/ZnO-3 NFM.
Fig. 4 (a) Absorption spectra of MB dye under UV irradiation of (a) PAN@PM3635-2/ZnO-1, (b) PAN@PM3635-2/ZnO-3, and (c) PAN@PM3635-2/ZnO-4. (d) Photocatalytic degradation properties of corresponding fibrous membranes. (e) The decoloration process of stains under UV irradiation of PAN@PM3635-2/ZnO-3 and PAN NFM; the images were collected after exposure for 0, 60 and 120 min.
In summary, we have demonstrated a cost-effective and feasible technique to fabricate waterproof breathable membranes with high-performance, eco-friendliness and self-cleaning behavior. An environmentally benign waterborne hydrophobic coating was introduced onto the surface of the nanofibers, endowing the fibrous membranes with good amphiphobic properties. In addition, the utilization of ZnO NPs not only obviously decreased the dmax of the fibrous membranes making for significantly enhanced hydrostatic pressure, but also imparted the membranes with significant chemical degradation behavior against pollutants. With the aid of the small pore size, good hydrophobicity and interconnected porous structure, the as-prepared fibrous membranes exhibited superior hydrostatic pressure of 98.7 kPa, high moisture permeability of 12.0 kg m−2 d−1, excellent mechanical strength of 17.9 MPa, along with desired photocatalytic self-cleaning performance, suggesting their promise for application in protective garments, medical and military uniform systems.
PAN NFM were prepared by electrospinning of PAN/DMAc solution, followed by removal of the DMAc solvent. Waterborne PM3635 emulsions with various concentrations (0, 1, 2 and 4 wt%) were obtained by diluting the emulsion with different amounts of deionized water. Pristine PAN NFM were fully immersed into 100 mL PM3635 emulsion for 30 min, then dried at room temperature and placed in a vacuum oven for 20 min with a temperature of 130 °C. The corresponding membranes were denoted as PAN, PAN@PM3635-1, PAN@PM3635-2, and PAN@PM3635-3 (see the ESI† for experimental details). In the following experiment, PAN@PM3635-2 membranes were coated with ethanol/deionized water containing a series of concentrations of ZnO NP suspensions (2, 4, 6, and 8 wt%) for 30 min. The coated membranes were desiccated in a vacuum drying chamber at 130 °C for 20 min. The prepared membranes were denoted as PAN@PM3635-2/ZnO-1, PAN@PM3635-2/ZnO-2, PAN@PM3635-2/ZnO-3, and PAN@PM3635-2/ZnO-4.
The waterproof properties were examined using a hydrostatic pressure tester (YG812C, Nantong Hongda Experiment Instruments Co., Ltd, China). The WVT rate was determined according to the method described in our previous work.9 The tensile strength of fibrous membranes was tested using an XQ-1C tensile strength tester (Shanghai New Fiber Instrument Co., Ltd, China). Photocatalytic properties of ZnO NPs coated fibrous membranes were measured by the degradation of methylene blue (MB) solution. The MB solution was placed on the surface of the fibrous membranes with direct contact at a determined volume (4 mL) with a concentration of 10 mg L−1.34 Afterwards, the photocatalytic degradation was triggered using a 24 W UV lamp with wavelength of 254 nm for a predetermined time, similar to our previous studies.35 After equilibration, the solution was tested using a UV-vis spectrophotometer (U-3900 Hitachi High-Tech Science Corporation, Japan).
This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51473030, 51503028 and 51673037), the Shanghai Rising-Star Program (16QA1400200), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (2232019G-01), the Program for Professor of Special Appointment (Eastern Scholar) at Shanghai Institutions of Higher Learning (TP2016019), the State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, Donghua University (KF1824).
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Efficiency is not just a good idea, it's the only ethical policy
By Scott Sumner
Here's Neil Irwin of the NYT, expressing some rather unoriginal views that you might see in 100 other media outlets:
What lesson should a card-carrying member of the economic elite take from the success of Donald J. Trump, and British voters' decision to leave the European Union?
Voters in large numbers have been rejecting much of the underlying logic behind a dynamic globalized economy that on paper seems to make the world much richer. For the bankers, trade negotiators, international businesspeople and others who make up the economic elite (including journalists like me who are peripheral members of it), this is cause for introspection, at least among those who aren't too narcissistic to care what their countrymen think.
Here is an overarching theory of what we might have missed in the march toward a hyper-efficient global economy: Economic efficiency isn't all it's cracked up to be.
That's all rather vague, so let's look at one of his specific examples:
You can see versions of this play out in a wide range of areas. For example, economists almost uniformly argue that rent control laws are a terrible tool to try to make housing more affordable. As Paul Krugman once wrote, "the analysis of rent control is among the best-understood issues in all of economics, and — among economists, anyway — one of the least controversial."
Yet among people grappling with soaring rents, the policies are persistently popular — even, recently, in the free-market-oriented boomtowns of Silicon Valley.
It's easy for an economist to chalk up support for rent control as idiocy that depresses the home construction that might reduce housing prices for everyone. I have thought of it that way.
But maybe it is really important for people who live in a place to be able to stay there indefinitely. Maybe the idea that things should stay the way they are, without new people moving in and new buildings going up, is not as inherently irrational as Economics 101 would suggest. Yes, rent control is a bad idea if you're worried about the long-term prospects for economic efficiency. But maybe the people who advocate these policies know exactly what they're rooting for, and that's not it.
The rent control debate can be viewed as a microcosm of the debate about globalization and international trade.
I find this sort of analysis to be rather annoying. Let's start with his assumption that economists view rent control supporters as idiots. If you follow the link in this quote you find an article on the push for rent control in Silicon Valley:
"Rent control exists for a reason, and it's because someone gains from it," said Daniel Fetter, an economics professor at Wellesley College in Massachusetts. "The question is, 'Is that really the best policy for achieving those ends?'"
I suspect about 95% of economists would agree with Daniel Fetter. And now do you see how misleading the Neil Irwin's quote is? We don't view supporters of rent control as idiots; we view them as selfish. Irwin's entire piece is premised on the assumption that economists don't understand why people support policies (such as rent control, protectionism, and minimum wages) that reduce efficiency. But we do. (That's not to say that ignorance isn't also part of the story, it is, but it's not a necessary assumption.)
This is also a bit misleading:
Maybe the idea that things should stay the way they are, without new people moving in and new buildings going up, is not as inherently irrational as Economics 101 would suggest.
I'll wager that 90% of my readers didn't notice at first how he snuck that NIMBY defense into a paragraph defending supporters of rent control. I do understand why whites might not want poorer blacks moving into their neighborhoods. I do understand how Americans might oppose Hispanic immigrants moving into their neighborhoods. I do understand why environmentalists might oppose tall new building in their neighborhoods. But I don't like any of those attitudes.
It's highly misleading to sneak that sentence into a rent control paragraph, as new apartment building would help renters by increasing supply and lowering costs. Irwin is a bit coy about his own views on these issues, but he muddles the issue by including policies that directly conflict with one another. If we are to believe that low income renters having to move elsewhere is a horrible problem, then how can we defend NIMBYism?
It's also a bit dishonest to tie this in with Trumpism. Trump is all about "Making America Great Again" by going back to the 1960s, when there were lots of jobs for blue collar Americans building interstate highways and shopping centers and housing developments. He's the world's biggest fan of using eminent domain so that he can build as many Trump Towers as possible. So if people really are opposed to change, then Trump should be absolutely the last person they would want to support, he'd like to bulldoze right over their house. Just like omelets, Making America Great Again is impossible with breaking a few eggs.
Irwin continues:
Only two of 40 leading economists, surveyed by the University of Chicago Initiative on Global Markets, agreed with the statement that a country can improve citizens' well-being by increasing its trade surplus or cutting its trade deficit, an idea that is a hallmark of populist rhetoric.
I certainly agree with the 38 out of 40 economists who view anti-trade deficit arguments as reflecting ignorance of the most basic ideas in EC101. And yet, according to the Council on Foreign Relations, guess who else is ignorant of EC101?
Since April, Treasury has been applying a quantitative framework to determine if a country is managing its currency inappropriately for competitive advantage–that is, keeping it undervalued. Japan already meets two of the three criteria–a bilateral trade surplus with the U.S. over $20 billion, and a current account surplus greater than 3 percent of GDP–and will meet the third if intervention exceeds ¥10 trillion in a twelve-month period. This is not a high threshold historically–Japan sold ¥14 trillion in 2011 and ¥35 trillion in 2003-4.
So apparently those highly educated bureaucrats at the Treasury, with their 6 figure incomes and their posh DC lifestyles, are actually a part of the ignorant masses that are pushing Trump-style populism. And in fact they are pushing nonsense, the "quantitative framework" has no more support in economic theory than astrology has in high-level physics. So if the public has been reading articles for decades and decades about how our Treasury officials valiantly try to protect us from evil Asian exporters, is it any wonder that the now are susceptible to the arguments of right and left wing populists?
Irwin's article is no worse than 100 others. Lots of clichés that tell us little about why this is happening here and now. Is it the poor performance of the economy in recent decades? Then why is South America moving toward neoliberalism, and away from populism? And why is right wing populism on the rise in Australia, despite their economy performing brilliantly over the past quarter century? And why did Trump do so well in Massachusetts, which is booming? (There are poor people in Massachusetts, but they are mostly Democrats.) Would Trumpism go away if we enacted nationwide rent controls and trade protection and $15 hour minimum wages, and as a result went into a recession? And when discussing how neoliberalism did over the past several decades, how about a comparison with anti-neoliberal policies in Venezuela, Greece, Russia, Argentina, Burma, Cuba, Italy, Brazil, the Arab world, and many other places. How are those populist policies working out so far?
And how do we know it's not some factor other than neoliberalism, such as immigration and Islamic terrorism? After all, that would explain outliers like South America where (AFAIK) immigration is not a big issue, and Australia, where it is.
Is it stagnating real wages? Then why is nationalism on the rise in China, where real wages (even for the lower classes) have been soaring at double-digit rates in recent decades?
I don't claim to have any answers for the rise of nationalism, but I do think we need to try to avoid easy explanations that have little predictive power.


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Derek Jeter's career with the New York Yankees started in style. In his first full season in Major League Baseball, Derek Jeter was named Rookie of the Year and helped his team win the World Series. Things only got better from there. From 1996 through 2008, he made nine All-Star Games, won a total of four World Series Championships, and received countless honors for both his offensive and defensive plays. He has also become one of the Big Apple's biggest celebrities, all while giving back to the community through his Take 2 Foundation. However, the road to baseball stardom wasn't always easy for a biracial man who was raised in Kalamazoo, Michigan. There were times he played poorly, times where he shouldered the blame for team failures, and even times when he struggled with sportsmanship. Through it all, though, Derek worked hard to improve, both on the field and off. His story is one that proves that dedication pays off, as he has met all of his challenges head on, emerging as one of the best ballplayers of his era.
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The Governor of the Central Bank and the Agency Ali Mohsen Keywords, this week conducted a series of visits included a number of private banks to determine the main obstacles and challenges faced by banks in order to reach one goal, a financial and economic stability.
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from fabric.contrib.files import *

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code_dir = '%s/django_app' % root_dir
virtualenv_name = 'django_venv'
virtualenv_dir = '%s/%s' % (root_dir, virtualenv_name)
newrelic_app_name = 'Census Reporter Django'

def install_newrelic(api_key):
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    with cd(code_dir):
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    sudo('chown www-data:www-data %s' % root_dir)

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        'django_static_path': '%s/censusreporter/apps/census/static' % code_dir,
        'django_venv_path': '%s/lib/python2.7/site-packages' % virtualenv_dir
    })
    sudo('a2ensite %s' % host)

    # Install up to virtualenv
    sudo('apt-get install -y python-setuptools')
    sudo('easy_install pip')
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    append('%s/bin/activate' % virtualenv_dir, 'export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE="config.prod.settings"', use_sudo=True)

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        if sudo('test -d %s' % code_dir).failed:
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        sudo('git pull origin %s' % branch)

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        sudo('chown www-data:www-data -R %s %s' % (code_dir, virtualenv_dir))

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• Part of ASTM D6751, quality standard for biodiesel fuels. Measures the diesel's ability to clog fuel filters after being subjected to cold temperatures
• Performance based test, where results are reported in seconds (The lower the number, the faster the fuel flowed during the test)
• Every biodiesel producer and blender must pass this (and other) tests after October 1st, 2009
Test Overview - ASTM D 7501 - 09 Cold Soak
300mL of test fuel is chilled to 40F for 16hrs
• After 16hrs, it is allowed to come to room temperature on its own (no heat, no energy)
• Fuel is put into funnel and pulled through a 0.7μ (micron) glass fiber patch with stainless steel support pulled by a vacuum and the pressure shall be between71.1 and 84.7 kPa (21 and 25 in. of Hg) below atmospheric.
• The amount of time it takes to empty the funnel (in seconds) is recorded
• Currently, Less than 360 sec. is required to pass
• Less than 200 sec. is recommended for -10° C or less climates.
ASTM D 7501 - 09
Biodiesel Magazine April 2009
IRS Delays Biodiesel 'Cold Soak' Deadline for Tax Credit Eligibility
By Ron Kotrba
The Internal Revenue Service pushed back its deadline six months requiring biodiesel to meet the latest version of ASTM D 6751 to legitimately claim the dollar-per-gallon tax credit. The latest version of D 6751 includes a Cold Soak Filtration Test. As a result of IRS's extension, biodiesel meeting the previous version of D 6751 – the version without a CSFT – is still eligible until IRS's new enforcement date, Oct. 1
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Part III - Administrative, Procedural, and Miscellaneous
Modification of Notice 2008-110; ASTM standards for biodiesel
Notice 2009-34
SECTION 1. PURPOSE
This notice extends the transitional rule set forth in Section 2(c) of Notice 2008-
110, 2008-51 I.R.B. 1298, to September 30, 2009.
SECTION 2. BACKGROUND
(1) Sections 40A, 6426, and 6427(e) of the Internal Revenue Code (Code)
provide tax incentives for the production, sale, and use of biodiesel and biodiesel
mixtures. Section 40A(d)(1) of the Code defines biodiesel as monoalkyl esters of long
chain fatty acids derived from plant or animal matter which meet (i) the registration
requirements for fuels and fuel additives established by the Environmental Protection
Agency under section 211 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545), and (ii) the
requirements of ASTM D6751.
(2) Effective on October 13, 2008, the American Society of Testing and Materials
revised the requirements of ASTM D6751 by adding a cold soak filtration test for
biodiesel (the October 13, 2008 revision).
(3) Section 2(c) of Notice 2008-110 provides a transitional rule to address this
new ASTM D6751 requirement. Under the transitional rule, if a taxpayer's claim for
biodiesel incentives is related to the production, sale, or use of biodiesel or a biodiesel
mixture before April 1, 2009, a certification that the biodiesel covered by the claim
meets the requirements of ASTM 6751 is valid if the biodiesel meets the requirements
of ASTM 6751 as in effect either before or after the October 13, 2008, revision.
However, if the claim is related to the production, sale, or use on or after April 1, 2009,
the certification of the biodiesel covered by the claim is valid only if the biodiesel meets
the requirements of ASTM 6751 as in effect after the October 13, 2008 revision.
SECTION 3. EXTENSION OF TRANSITIONAL RULE
This guidance extends the transitional rule set forth in Section 2(c) of Notice
2008-110 through September 30, 2009. Therefore, if a taxpayer's claim for biodiesel
incentives relates to the production, sale, or use of biodiesel or a biodiesel mixture and
the production, sale, or use occurs before October 1, 2009, a certification that the
biodiesel covered by the claim meets the requirements of ASTM D6751 is valid if the
biodiesel meets the requirements of ASTM D6751 as in effect either before or after the
October 13, 2008 revision that added the cold soak filtration test for biodiesel. If a claim
relates to the production, sale, or use of biodiesel or a biodiesel mixture and the
production, sale, or use occurs on or after October 1, 2009, a certification that the
biodiesel covered by the claim meets the requirements of ASTM D6751 is valid only if
the biodiesel satisfies the requirements of ASTM D6751 as in effect after the October
13, 2008, revision that added the cold soak filtration test for biodiesel.
SECTION 4. EFFECT ON OTHER DOCUMENTS
Notice 2008-110 is modified.
SECTION 5. DRAFTING INFORMATION
The principal author of this notice is Charles J. Langley, Jr. of the Office of
Associate Chief Counsel (Passthroughs and Special Industries). For further information
regarding this notice contact Charles J. Langley, Jr. on (202) 622-3130 (not a toll-free
call).
Cold Soak Filtration Test Mandated For Biodiesel Testing
By Andrew Stratton
Enzine Articles
Cold Soak Filtration Test Mandated for Biodiesel Testing - Open Article
The newest testing requirement for biodiesel fuel testing is the cold soak filtration test. The procedure was added to the ASTM Method in October 2008. It is designed to improve purity standards in alternative fuels for consumers.
Biodiesel fuel is a non-petroleum based fuel that is made by the transesterification of vegetable oil or animal fat. It can be used to run unmodified diesel engine vehicles. It differs from straight vegetable oil or waste vegetable oil, which require the use of a converted engine.


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Tuesday's American session saw the euro bulls managing to shift the maximum to 1.1057 using support from the euro/pound cross. The euro/pound rose to 0.7792. The euro received support in the cross from the release of positive statistics in the Eurozone. Eurozone GDP for Q4 of 2015 and industrial production in Germany came out better than expected.
According to preliminary data, the Eurozone economy in Q4 grew by 0.3% QoQ and 1.6% YoY against an expected 0.3% QoQ and 1.5% YoY. The previous value was reassessed from -1.2% to -0.3%. .
By the close of the day, the euro had lost its gains and was at 1.10. Pressure on the currency came from risk fleeing and the approaching ECB meeting on Thursday.
The euro/dollar in Asia was down to 1.0968. The euro is still under pressure since market participants are expecting the ECB to undertake further stimulative measures. Taking the technical factors on the hourly into account, with trade opening in Europe we can expect a rise to 1.1020 and a close of the day around 1.0987.
The trend line was broken during the Asian session. The euro/dollar fell to 1.0968. The support runs through 1.0952. If the euro/pound cross continues to fall, it's likely a rebound will take place at 1.0952. Taking into account that bull divergence has formed, I expect to see a strengthening of the euro to 1.1020 in the first half of the day. Then we can ready ourselves for the ECB decision and Draghi's press conference.
Five days with the euro/pound trading sideways in a 70 point range have gone by. Yesterday's positive Eurozone and German data lifted the rate to 0.7792. From here the price returned to the LB. I reckon that the pair will stay trading 0.7720-0.7793 until Thursday. It's worth banking on a depart from the price range after the ECB makes clear its decision.
On Tuesday the day closed neutral. Yesterday's minimum was broken this morning. Euro buyers should be on the alert for bear signals on the stochastic. An inversion is in its development stage on the lesser timeframes. The euro will remain under pressure until the ECB convenes. I'll make my conclusions on Friday after I've heard what Draghi has to say.
I'm not going to bother making comment on the weekly graph until tomorrow. The resistance sits at 1.1075/80.


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With Open Representative Voting (ORV) each account is free to choose a Representative at any time to vote on their behalf, even when the delegate account itself is offline. These delegate accounts are set up on nodes that remain online and vote for the validity of the transactions they see on the network. Their voting weight is the sum of the balances for the accounts delegating them to vote, and if they have sufficient voting weight, they become a Principal Representative.
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Stella Women's Academy, High School Division Class C3 – 13 (Fin)
Out of ammo after their last match, the C3 club enters in the 5th Annual "Field Queen Contest" with 16 other hopefuls, to win a year's supply of BBs. Daishichi gives the play-by-play while Sono gives color commentary. When matches last longer than ten minutes, the winner is chosen by the audience, hence the need for showmanship and flair. Karila makes it to the final after defeating Yura and Aira, while Honoka defeats Rin with psychological warfare. Honoka and Karila's match goes over ten, and Honoka wins the vote of the people.
With the main story arc all wrapped up last week, this was essentially a bonus episode, with little in the way of lasting impact, but was nevertheless a fun and entertaining end to the show, efficiently utilizing the skills, personalities, and yes, "assets" of both the main and supporting cast. Sure, things got a little corny at times, and we hasten to remark that Yura could easily win with her supernatural powers, but the mood was charmingly chipper and the pace was quick and confident, never bogging down as the pageant bracket filled out.
As an innocuous bonus episode, there was plenty of (very mild) fanservice, a product of the contest being more than just shooting your opponent, but also currying favor with the audience. Rin's self-introduction in sailor fuku was pretty amusing, as was her ultimate defeat to Honoka after hearing all burdens that will befall her should she win. We were glad Yura and Rin didn't progress that far, and the spotlight instead fell on her teammates. Honoka was the master strategist right up to the end, keeping Karila at bay while making sure she showed enough skin.
Rating: 6 (Good)
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Government would have us believing that in order to stimulate the economy, we need to buy more. Govt can, and is being bought, and therefore does not act on the interests of all the people. Only 1% of the people (less than that even). So govt cannot be trusted to mitigate the problem. So it falls on US.
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Diffusion models of environmental transport
Bruce Choy, Danny D. Reible
Civil Environ Construct Engineering
Fate and transport models are critical components in the determination of the exposure to and risk from hazardous contaminants. Analytical models are preferable because they are generally more accessible, more reliable, and require fewer computational resources. Surprisingly, until today, only a limited number of analytical models have been accessible in the literature. Now, there is Diffusion Models of Environmental Transport, which provides more than 40 analytical models of diffusion and advective-diffusion in one, two, and three layer systems, subject to a wide range of boundary and initial conditions. This text illustrates applications to contaminant transport in sediments and soils, including porewater and vapor transport, and also provides Mathcad spreadsheets to aid in the use of these models. The authors supply complete details of the solutions to the models for those who wish for a deeper understanding. For others, who do not have the time or the need, the solutions themselves are ready to be picked up and used. Reible and Choy use their 20-plus years of cumulative experience to create a thorough exploration of fate and transport models. This comprehensive text furnishes an invaluable reference for students and environmental professionals.
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Choy, B., & Reible, D. D. (2017). Diffusion models of environmental transport. CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781315141282
Choy, Bruce ; Reible, Danny D. / Diffusion models of environmental transport. CRC Press, 2017. 183 p.
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AU - Reible, Danny D.
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2000 by CRC Press LLC.
N2 - Fate and transport models are critical components in the determination of the exposure to and risk from hazardous contaminants. Analytical models are preferable because they are generally more accessible, more reliable, and require fewer computational resources. Surprisingly, until today, only a limited number of analytical models have been accessible in the literature. Now, there is Diffusion Models of Environmental Transport, which provides more than 40 analytical models of diffusion and advective-diffusion in one, two, and three layer systems, subject to a wide range of boundary and initial conditions. This text illustrates applications to contaminant transport in sediments and soils, including porewater and vapor transport, and also provides Mathcad spreadsheets to aid in the use of these models. The authors supply complete details of the solutions to the models for those who wish for a deeper understanding. For others, who do not have the time or the need, the solutions themselves are ready to be picked up and used. Reible and Choy use their 20-plus years of cumulative experience to create a thorough exploration of fate and transport models. This comprehensive text furnishes an invaluable reference for students and environmental professionals.
AB - Fate and transport models are critical components in the determination of the exposure to and risk from hazardous contaminants. Analytical models are preferable because they are generally more accessible, more reliable, and require fewer computational resources. Surprisingly, until today, only a limited number of analytical models have been accessible in the literature. Now, there is Diffusion Models of Environmental Transport, which provides more than 40 analytical models of diffusion and advective-diffusion in one, two, and three layer systems, subject to a wide range of boundary and initial conditions. This text illustrates applications to contaminant transport in sediments and soils, including porewater and vapor transport, and also provides Mathcad spreadsheets to aid in the use of these models. The authors supply complete details of the solutions to the models for those who wish for a deeper understanding. For others, who do not have the time or the need, the solutions themselves are ready to be picked up and used. Reible and Choy use their 20-plus years of cumulative experience to create a thorough exploration of fate and transport models. This comprehensive text furnishes an invaluable reference for students and environmental professionals.
BT - Diffusion models of environmental transport
Choy B, Reible DD. Diffusion models of environmental transport. CRC Press, 2017. 183 p. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781315141282


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