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Collection is made in extremely small single and double barrel batches and so is available only by allocation. Your allocation of this wine is based on prior purchase history with club members automatically receiving the highest level of allocation regardless of their purchase history.
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"For some, determining ones true purpose in life is accomplished thru following the path of least resistance, and thus relinquishing to passion"
Collection started when Winemaker Jason Moore was doing a tasting at a friend's winery and saw the most beautiful French barrels he'd ever seen. He asked what they were and was told "Those are Collection. Don't even try. Don't even think about it. We buy all the Collection barrels that come into America, which is only 7 per year."
For Jason, that was an irresistible challenge. While most high-quality barrels come from trees that are 150 – 175 years old, the trees from which Collection barrels are made are more than 300 years old. The longevity of these trees is owed to King Louis XIV of France who, in 1669, asked his prime minister, Colbert, to carry out a survey of the best oak trees in the kingdom. The most beautiful were marked and not felled in order to produce acorns that would pass those characteristics to the next generation, thereby ensuring a steady supply of high quality oak trees to provide wood for sailing ship masts. Dating back to the beginning of forestry in France, a few rare oaks from this period still survive in the state owned oak forest Futaie des Clos in the Bercé royal forests. Now more than 350 years old, these remarkable trees have become so precious to the French government that each has been given its own specific identify, like Chêne de Aberdeen or Futaie Des Clos, named for the forest itself. Only one of these trees is cut down a year, and only then because it's so old that it is likely to fall down and damage the branches of other trees around it. The trunks from these rare trees go to auction and are purchased by Jean-Luc Sylvain of Tonnellerie Sylvain (Sylvain Cooperage), who pays whatever it takes to acquire them (typically between 35 – 40,000 Euros each). He can make 35 – 65 barrels from each trunk and only 7 of those come to America.
So with all 7 US-bound Collection barrels committed to one winery, how did Jason get his first one? Persistence!
Pharmaceutical reps will take doctors out so they will prescribe more of their drugs. Well, cooper sales reps do the same for wine makers to get them to buy more barrels for their next harvest. In 2008 Jason was invited to a dinner with about 40 other winemakers and Jean-Luc Sylvain himself. He approached Jean Luc and said "I know about Collection. I'd like to purchase one a year and build my first Reserve Cab around your barrel." The reason Jason had never created a Reserve before was because he thought it needed to be special. And, unlike Italy or France where laws govern what wines get the Reserve designation, in America there are no rules to follow. With the discovery of Collection, he finally saw his way clear to making a wine that would deserve to be labeled "Reserve." Jean-Luc was sympathetic, but turned Jason down, telling him that he had to sell all 7 to the person who has been buying them for years. Undeterred, when the Winemakers Dinner came around the next year, Jason approached Jean-Luc again and asked, "Now may I buy one of your barrels?" And once again, Jean-Luc politely turned him down.
In 2010, for the third year in a row, Jason walked up to Jean Luc at the annual dinner and said, "You know why I'm here. Before you say no, hear me out. The guys you sell Collection to today aren't doing anything special with your barrels. Here's what I'd like to do with one. I want to build my Reserve Cab around it. I won't even make the blend for that barrel until after it's through its secondary fermentation, so it is truly a wine. I'll blend it so it is made for long term ageing, like classic collectable-style wines. It will never leave that barrel. It will never get racked out. When its bottled I'll put it in substantial, heavy glass with a gold wax dipped neck. The label will be screen printed in gold leaf, to set it apart from all my other wines, and that label will include the name of the tree, the year it was sprouted and the year it was cut down. And, finally instead of calling it my Reserve Cab. I'm going to call it Collection because that's what you call the barrels." Jean-Luc looked at Jason and without hesitation said "Jason, I love it. You must buy the barrel now." As Jason recalls, "I knew in that moment that he was a nerd for trees and wood like I'm a nerd for wine. When he realized I was going to build my best wine around his best barrel, it was just something we both had to do." Every year since, Jason has purchased a Collection barrel, and from each, he produces a mere 300 bottles of Cabernet – a wine as rare and special as the tree that inspired it.
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ASTANA. KAZINFORM H.E. Mr. Kairat Abdrakhmanov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, and Dr. Lassina Zerbo, Executive Secretary of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO), made the Joint Statement, the Kazakh MFA's press service reports.
1.On the occasion of the International Day against Nuclear Tests proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly at the initiative of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev, we reaffirm our commitment to realizing a world free of nuclear testing and renew our resolve to achieve the entry into force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT). It is a symbolic day for Kazakhstan because of the closure of the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site in 1991.
2.A historic decision to close the Semipalatinsk testing site, which was made by the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev on 29 August 1991, sent a strong political message and contributed to the international efforts that led to the adoption of the CTBT in 1996. Over the years, Kazakhstan has provided strong support for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) and demonstrated determination to achieve the elimination of nuclear weapons. In 2008, the CTBTO held the first large-scale on-site inspection (OSI) integrated field exercise in Semey. In 2015-2017 Kazakhstan, together with Japan, сo-chaired the CTBT Article XIV Process to facilitate speedy entry into force of the Treaty.
3.Kazakhstan, as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for 2017-2018, is tirelessly supporting international efforts aimed at strengthening the global nuclear non-proliferation regime, highlighting the danger that nuclear weapons pose to global peace and stability.
4.Kazakhstan and the CTBTO invite all States to take part in commemorating the International Day against Nuclear Tests and advance the much needed entry into force of the CTBT, which is considered to be a crucial instrument of nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation.
5.We believe that the International Conference of the CTBTO Youth Group and Group of Eminent Persons under the theme «Remembering the past, looking to the future» (the Astana Conference) will be helpful in raising public awareness of the dangerous consequences of the use of nuclear testing .
6.We dedicate ourselves individually and jointly to realizing this goal towards nuclear disarmament.
7.We call on all States Signatories to spare no effort to ensure that the nuclear test ban becomes legally binding by achieving the entry into force of the CTBT. We also call on all States to continue the moratoria on nuclear test explosions.
8.We urge those States that have not yet signed or ratified the Treaty to do so without delay.We especially call on the remaining eight CTBT Annex 2 States, whose ratifications are needed for the Treaty's entry into force, to demonstrate leadership by taking this important step.
9.It is high time to bring the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty into force. We owe it to ourselves, and to future generations.


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We use this term to refer to parental practices that discourage children from interacting with people of other racial-ethnic groups or that foster a sense of distrust across racial-ethnic boundaries. In our view, it is distinct from preparation for bias in that it does not incorporate messages regarding strategies for coping with and overcoming prejudice and discrimination (e.g., you have to be better; you have to do more). Mistrust may be communicated in parents' warnings to children about other racial-ethnic groups or in their cautions about racial barriers to success.
Few empirical studies have distinguished promotion of mistrust from preparation for bias, perhaps because the distinction is so subtle. However, in available studies, the incidence of explicit cautions or warnings about other ethnic groups seems to be quite low. For instance, based on analysis of the National Survey of Black Americans, Thornton and colleagues' (Thornton et al., 1990) reported that in response to open ended questions about strategies parents use to teach children about race, only 2.7% of parents reported instructing their children to maintain social distance from Whites. Hughes and Chen (1997) found that about 18% of African American parents reported promotion of mistrust using survey items in which parents indicated whether or not they cautioned children about interactions with Whites or encouraged them to maintain social distance. Although these percentages are low, there are still a significant number of children receiving such messages.
Whereas preparing children for racial bias may have salutary consequences for development, socialization practices that foster intergroup mistrust and alienation from mainstream values may promote maladaptive behaviors. For example, in Ogbu's (1974) research among high school students in Stockton, California, parents' overemphasis on racial barriers and discrimination seemed to undermine children's sense of efficacy and promote distrust of and anger toward mainstream institutions. Further evidence that parental practices that promote intergroup mistrust may have negative consequences for youth comes from studies that have examined relationships between parents' attitudes (as opposed to their racial/ethnic socialization practices per se) and children's experiences, or between children's feelings of mistrust and their outcomes on a range of psychosocial indicators. Patchen (1982) found that negative parental attitudes toward other races were associated with children's increased avoid ance of cross-race peers and with their reports of negative intergroup social interactions. Others have found negative consequences as well (Biafora et al., 1993; Rumbaut, 1994; Smith, Atkins, & Connell, 2003). Thus, racial/ethnic socialization messages that promote racial mistrust may prompt youth to withdraw from activities that are essential for access to opportunity and reward structures of the dominant society (Biafora et al., 1993). Moreover, they may motivate youth to engage in activities that deviate from accepted norms.
Many parents encourage their children to appreciate the values and experiences of all racial-ethnic groups or, as Spencer (1983, 1985) noted, to rear racially neutral children who notice people's individual qualities rather than their racial group membership. Theoretically, socialization that emanates from such egalitarian values may manifest itself in two distinct forms: one in which parents expose their children to the history, traditions, and current experiences of many different groups, including their own, and the other in which parents avoid any mention of race during discussions with their children.
Researchers have consistently documented that many parents either focus on promoting egalitarian views or are completely silent about race. Spencer (1983) found that over half of the southern Black parents in her sample reported that they taught their children to believe that all people are equal. In Bowman and Howard's (1985) study, 38% of African American youth reported that their parents did not transmit any information to them about Blacks or Whites, and 12% reported that their parents had emphasized equality among all people. In a study of southern Black adults (Parham & Williams, 1993), 20% of respondents reported that their parents "rarely" or "never" discussed race, racial attitudes, or both, whereas 27.8% said that their parents had emphasized egalitarian views.
Few researchers have directly investigated the influences of messages focused on the equality of all races and/or silence about race in terms of their consequences for children's development. However, scholars have emphasized that children of color socialized from an egalitarian perspective may have unrealistic expectations concerning intergroup relations and, consequently, unable to comprehend and cope with experiences involving racial bias (Smith, Fogle, & Jacobs, in press; Spencer, 1983; Stevenson, 1995). Spencer (1983) also noted that lack of direct instruction and discussion about race among parents of color means that traditional views and prevalent stereotypes remain unchallenged. Supporting this perspective, Bowman and Howard (1985) found that Black youth who were not taught anything about race had lower self-efficacy scores than did recipients of proactive racial/ethnic socialization strategies. In addition, Kofkin and colleagues (Kofkin et al., 1995) found correspondence between parents' and children's racial attitudes for only those parents who reported having race-related discussions with their children. A remaining and interesting empirical question concerns the potentially distinct consequences that may result from egalitarianism and silence about race. That is, research needs to examine whether or not overt messages concerning equality have the same consequences for children that have been observed with silence concerning race.
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Electrochemical behavior of titanium implanted with nickel, tantalum or a combination of the two has been investigated in a sulfuric acid solution, as a fuction of fluences. The metallographically polished titanium surfaces were exposed to nickel or tantalum ion beam at fluences ranging between 1×1016 and 1×1017ions/cm2. The depth profiles of the implanted ion species in the near-surface regions were determined by Auger electron spectroscopy with sequential Ar bombardment. The structural change in the implanted layer was also examined by transmission electron microscopy. Polarization behavior for the implanted specimens was potentiodynamically measured in a boiling 10wt.% sulfuric acid solution.
Electrochemical measurements revealed that nickel implantation significantly promoted the passivation of titanium with an increase of fluences, and that the corrosion potentials resided in the passive region of titanium at fluences above 1×1018ions/cm2. The transmission electron diffraction patterns suggested that the precipitation of Ti2Ni occurred in the nickel implanted layer. Tantalum implantation, which caused the formation of β-phase titanium, was effective in reducing the critical current densities for passivation and passive current densities with an increase of fluences. These effects were not observed at fluences above 7×1016ions/cm2. At such fluences, the concentration of the implanted tantalum was decreased by the self-sputtering effect. On the other hand, the polarization curves for combined implantation with tantalum and nickel ions exhibited stable passivation behavior with low passive current densities. It was concluded that excellent corrosion resistance of titanium in a sulfuric acid solution can be achieved by the complementary effects of the co-implantation with tantalum and nickel ions.
A study has been made of the electrochemical properties and of the microscopic characteristics such as surface composition and structure for oxygen-implanted iron surface layers. Oxygen implantation into pure iron was performed at fluences ranging from 1.4×10-2 to 2.2×10-1C·cm-2 and an accelelation voltage of 80kV, using non-massseparated ions. Electrochemical reaction was measured by multi-sweep cyclic voltammetry in an acetate buffer solution of pH=5.0. AES, RBS, XPS and XRD were used to analyze the depth dependence of atomic fractions and chemical bonding states, and the crystal structure of implanted layers. The atomic fraction of oxygen saturated at approximately 60% to form a trapezoidal distribution at high doses, and oxygen atoms combined with iron to form crystalline oxides. The peak anodic dissolution current density for iron subjected to high-dose oxygen implantation was approximately 1/20 that for pure iron, owing to the formation of surface layers with a trapezoidal oxygen distribution consisting of iron oxides.
The thermal oxidation properties of Al-ion-implanted Ni-based alloys used for thermocouples-such as Inconel 600, Alumel, Chromel and Constantan-were studied in humid O2 atmospheres at 970K for 180ks. Ion implantation was performed at doses ranging from 1×1016 to 1×1017ions/cm2 and an energy of 50keV. The depth profiles measured by AES showed that post-implantation concentrations of Al and O were higher near the surface. The implanted Alumel and Constantan showed no oxidation supperssing effect, but the implantation at 1×1017ions/cm2 caused significant slowing in the oxidation of Inconel 600 and Chromel, both alloys that contain Cr, oxidation behavior that was similar to that of Ni-Cr-Al alloys.
A typical heavy metal fluoride glass composed of 53ZrF4-20BaF2-4LaF3-3AlF3-20NaF in molar percentage was implanted with 15keV oxygen ions to the dose of 2×1017ions/cm2. The ion implantation did not affect the transmission spectra of the glass in the infrared or visible region in any detectable extent, although it did give rise to a slight drop at the ultraviolet edge. The surface layer fabricated by ion implantation exhibited excellent chemical durability which protected the glass from being corroded by water. Surface characterizations by RBS and XPS revealed that an oxyfluoride layer was formed on the glass surface and it is concluded that this compositional modification is responsible for the improvement in the water durability of the glass.
This paper describes the effects of nitrogen ion implantion on the hydrogen absorption of transition metals of the IVa- and Va groups such as Ti, Zr, V, Nb, and (α+β) type Ti-6Al-4V alloy. Hydrogen charging was carried out by cathodic electrolysis, and the distribution of hydrogen concentration was obtained by glow discharge spectroscopy (GDS). Changes in structure produced by hydrogen absorption were investigated using X-ray diffraction (XRD). Results are as follows.
(1) The hydrogen absorption behavior of Ti and Zr showed a gradual retardation effect as nitrogen ion dosage increased. Hydrogen absorption to V and Nb in the V-group transition metals having a large hydrogen solubility was markedly retarded even at low-dose implantation, and no hydride was formed.
(2) This retardation of hydrogen absorption suggests that hydrogen diffusion paths were blocked by fine layers of precipitated nitrides formed by the nitrogen implantation.
(3) Hydrogen absorption to Ti alloy was improved by implantation at dosages in excess of 3×1017ions cm-2. It is considered highly probable that V and Al bonded with the implanted nitrogen to form nitride, and that such nitrides contribute to the retardation of hydrogen absorption.
Monolayer TiN films often display poor corrosion resistance due to localized weak spots, and multilayer film composed of several TiN and thin Cr2N layers was therefore studied in an effort to improve pitting corrosion resistance. A thin Cr2N layer with a mixing layer formed with the underlying materials was produced by N++N2+ ion implantation into the Cr layer. The multilayer film showed a dense, homogeneous rupture face, unlike the columnar structure observed in the monolayer TiN film. In an anodic polarization test in 3.5wt.% NaCl solution, austenitic SUS 304 stainless steel coated with the multilayer film showed better pitting corrosion resistance than specimens coated with the monolayer TiN film. After this corrosion test, many shallow corrosion marks were observed in the surface of the multilayer film in contrast to the deep pits observed in the surface of the monolayer TiN film. It is thought that the improved pitting corrosion resistance of the multilayer film was due to its stronger inter-column characteristics obtained by the interposing of the multiple thin Cr2N layers.
Adhesion to the substrate is the most important property affecting the life of coating films. Means for improving adhesion in films formed by vacuum evaporation include heating or corona discharge treatment of the substrate, and heating is widely used because it effects dehydration and degassing as well as interfacial diffusion. Methods involving concurrent energetic particle irradiation during evaporation, on the other hand, can strongly modify the adhesive and chemical properties of the resulting thin film by the formation of a mixing layer.
This paper reports the properties of Ti-evaporation films assisted by Ar+ ion beam irradiation during the initial evaporation and of ordinary evaporation films. Adhesion of Ti films to stainless steel, glass and polyimide substrates was measured by the scratch test, and their chemical properties on Fe substrates were measured by the AC impedance method. The adhesive force of assisted evaporation films was 1.4∼4.7 times as large as that of the ordinary evaporation films, and the interfacial impedance of the assisted evaporation films was about 10 times as large as that of the ordinary evaporation films. These results suggest that it may be possible to improve film properties by Ar+ ion beam irradiation.
(1) The amorphous Ni-Ta-Pt films produced by ion beam sputtering were spontaneously passive and were immune to pitting corrosion.
(2) When previously immersed in 46wt.% HF for surface activation the films showed very high activity for the production of chlorine by the electrolysis of 0.5M NaCl solution at 303K.
(3) Film quality was improved by irradiation with nitrogen or oxygen ions during deposition.
(4) Ion-implantation of corrosion resistant elements to the substrate had the effect of supperssing substrate corrosion due to NaCl solution that had reached through the pin holes.
Ion beam mixing was used to coat a Ti-Ni alloy substrate with Ti+ implant and co-evaporated Ti metal to prevent Ni dissolution. The corrosion resistivity of the Ti-coated substrate was evaluated using an anodic polarization technique. The experimental results suggested that this coating could effectively improve the corrosion resistance of the Ti-Ni alloy even under severe conditions simulating an actual medical operation. The cytotoxity of Ti-coated Ti-Ni disks were evaluated using L-929 cells cultured on a millipore filter medium. The disks were found to be inert to the cells.
In order to investigate the mechanical properties of ion-implanted aluminum alloy, disk samples of AC8A were irradiated with 130keV Ar+, 100keVB+, 100keVN2+, or 200keV N2+ at doses of up to 3×1017, 1×1017, 1.5×1018, or 1.5×1018ions/cm2 respectively.
Knoop hardness (load: 98mN) increased with ion implantation, and in the case of N2+ ion implantation, hardness increased from 117 to 165. To measure the tribological property, pin-on-disk tests were performed using steel (SUJ2) balls of 5mm in diameter as pins. Sliding conditions were load: 460mN, speed: 25mm/s, oil lubrication (SAE 7.5W-30). The coefficient of friction for ion implanted AC8A disks was 0.1∼0.2, which was higher than the 0.07 obtained for unimplanted disks. Ion implantation improved the wear resistance of the disks, and in the case of N2+ ion-implanted disks, the wear volume was below the detection limit (<10-4mm3).
X-ray diffraction analysis for N2+ ion-implanted samples revealed that AlN formed beneath the sample surface. It is suggested that the formation of AlN improved the wear resistance of N2+ ion-implanted AC8A disks by surface hardening.
Surfaces of AlN ceramics were modified by Ar and N ion beams generated from a bucket-type ion gun, and the sliding wear characteristics in a vacuum were investigated.
According to SEM observation of machined AlN surface before and after wear tests, it was found that wear debris was formed by the breaking off of the plastic flow layer that was deformed around the depressions made by machining during machining and sliding.
The plastic flow layer on the machined AlN surface was removed by Ar ion beam sputtering at an energy of 10keV and an incident angle θ of 70°. After which, N ions were implanted at an incident angle θ of 0°.
In wear tests where the sliding distance was 10μm in a vacuum, the amount of wear debris from the AlN was markedly reduced by N ion implantation after sputtering with an Ar ion beam.
Cutting force and wear in continuous turning were measured for cutting tools made of high speed steel, high speed steel coated with TiN, SKS3 steel, S55C steel and pure titanium that had been subjected to nitrogen ion implantation. Auger electron spectroscopy was used to obtain depth profiles of the implanted nitrogen, and an ultra-micro hardness tester provided depth profiles of hardness. The results were as follows.
(1) Under specific conditions all cutting tools except those made of S55C steel showed lower cutting force after implantation than before.
(2) When cutting S45C steel, crater wear on the rake face of high speed steel were reduced by implantation.
(3) Nitrogen ion implantation to high speed steel showed a Gaussian distribution having peak intensity at 0.11μm depth and disappearing at 0.68μm or more.
(4) Ion implantation increased the hardness of SKS3 steel, but decreased that of high speed steel.
(5) In all materials tested, the rate of elastic deformation of the surface layer underwent a change with implantation.
Ion-beam machining has been investigated for its effect in decreasing surface roughness, and it has already been reported that low surface roughness can be obtained by low-energy argon ion-beam machining. In this study, low-mass helium ions were used to decrease the roughness of a mirror finished SKD 1 (high chromium-high carbon steel) surface. The results obtained were as follows: (1) A greater decrease in surface roughness was obtained with helium ion-beam machining than with low-energy argon ion-beam machining. (2) There is an optimum machining condition for decreasing the surface roughness, and the lowest surface roughness (6nm Rmax) obtained at a beam energy of 2keV, a beam current density of 4A/m2 and a beam angle of 70°. (3) The decrease in surface roughness is obtained within the oxide layer (about 0.03μm). (4) The mechanism of the decrease in the surface roughness is discussed in terms of the knock-on cascade model.
Polycrystalline chromium metal plates (purity>99.99%) were implanted with nitrogen ions (N2+) at energies of 500keV, 1MeV, 1.5MeV and 2MeV and the doses of from 3×1017 to 1×1018N atoms/cm2. Multiple implantation at beam energies of 2MeV-1.5MeV-1MeV was undertaken in an attempt to form a thick nitride layer. Substrate temperature was varied from ca, 40°C to 400°C to investigate the temperature dependence of the crystallinity of the modified layer. The depth profile of nitrogen concentration was investigated by Rutherford backscattering spectrometry (RBS) and the crystallinity of the nitride layer was studied by XRD. An amorphous nitride layer was formed when substrate temperature was kept down to 40°C-80°C. When substrate temperature was higher than 170°C, the nitride layer formed had relatively good crystallinity. At 400°C, a homogeneous layer of Cr2N was formed.
Polycrystalline chromium metal plates (purity>99.99%) were implanted with nitrogen ions (N2+) at energies of 500keV, 1MeV, 1.5MeV and 2MeV and the doses of from 3×1017 to 1×1018N atoms/cm2. The implanted chromium plates were annealed repeatedly at varying temperatures from 250°C to 800°C. The depth profiles of nitrogen concentration was investigated by Rutherford Backscattering Spectrometry (RBS) and the crystallinity of the nitride layer was studied by XRD. At temperatures up to 400-500°C, CrN converted to Cr2N and phase transition were observed. However, the amorphous nature of the nitride layer formed was kept after annealing. The maximum Cr2N layer thickness of obtained by multiple implantation (2MeV-1.5MeV-1MeV, total=2.1·1018) and subsequent annealing was 650nm (from 200nm to 850nm in depth scale).
Cubic BN films were deposited on Si substrates by ion beam enhanced deposition (IBED) method, in which boron films were deposited at 2000Å/h by ion beam sputtering of a boron target, and an ion beam of argon and nitrogen was bombarded concurrently onto the growing film at an ion energy of 500eV and a current density of 100μA/cm2. The effects of argon ion bombardment on the formation of c-BN were investigated by depositing BN films under several flow rate ratios of Ar to N2 gases fed into the bombarding ion source. Infrared absorption spectra of the films changed with increasing Ar vol% from those of only sp2 (region I: Ar 0-50vol%) to those of sp2 and sp3 (region II: Ar 50-75vol%), and finally to those of only sp2 again (region III: Ar 75-100vol%). Almost single phase film of c-BN was obtained at an Ar vol% of 75. XPS analyses showed that the nitrogen content in the BN film satisfied the stoichiometry of BN in regions I and II, but decreased in region III. Compressive stress in BN films was estimated by bending beam method. With increasing Ar vol%, compressive stress increased remarkably in region I and saturated at a high value of about -400kgf/mm2 in regions II and III. These results show that both nitrogen and argon ion bombardments are necessary for the formation of c-BN, but their roles are different. Nitrogen should be supplied as active ions to form stoichiometric BN, while argon should be supplied with sufficient kinetic energy to make high temperature and high pressure state in atomic-scale by a thermal spike effect.
To study the formation process and thermal stability of ZrN layers under nitrogen ion implantation, zirconium films have been implanted with 15N2 ions of 100keV at doses of from 1×1017 to 10×1017N/cm2, at room temperature and 500°C. Effects of post-implantation annealing were also investigated. The depth distribution of the implanted nitrogen was measured in detail by nuclear reaction analysis using the 15N (p, α γ)12C reaction at Ep=429keV. The structure of the implanted layers was measured by thin film XRD, and hardness was measured by a Knoop microhardness indenter. It was found that nitrogen concentration exceeded 50% in the layers that were just shallower and deeper than the mean projected range of nitrogen for a dose of 7×1017N/cm2. The overstoichiometric layers were eliminated by the subsequent ion implantation and a trapezoidal distribution was obtained at a dose of 10×1017N/cm2. The distribution of nitrogen implanted at 500°C can be explained by thermal diffusion, precipitation of nitrogen in the surface layer, and sputtering by ion bombardment. The structure of the ZrN layer produced by nitrogen implantation at room temperature was improved by 500°C annealing, but thermal diffusion of the implanted nitrogen became obvious at 700°C annealing.
Experiments were conducted on controlling the wettability the surface of a solid by nitrogen ion implantation, and it was demonstrated that wettability could be controlled.
Ion implantation increased the contact angle of glass relative to water while the contact angle of teflon decreased.


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Q: Is there a way to visualise time series data in such a way that on x-axis i get ticks in year-month format in python? I am trying to plot a data of stock close price for each day but on the x-axis, i get no labels on xtick instead of year-month format
I tried to take the "Date" and "Close Price" column in a separate dataframe and then tried plotting them.
I have dataframe similar to this
Date        Close Price
2017-05-15  912.20
2017-05-16  894.70
2017-05-17  887.05
2017-05-18  871.35
2017-05-19  852.40

df_sorted.plot(x="Date", y="Close Price", figsize=(8, 5))
plt.title('Trend in last two years')
plt.ylabel('Close Price') # add y-label
plt.xlabel('Date') # add x-label

plt.show()

the output should have xtick in year-month format

A: Just covert it with pandas to_datetime() function
df_sorted['Date'] = pd.to_datetime(df_sorted['Date'])
df_sorted.plot(x="Date", y="Close Price", figsize=(8, 5))
plt.title('Trend in last two years')
plt.ylabel('Close Price') # add y-label
plt.xlabel('Date') # add x-label

plt.show()

A: If you want the ticks to be shown only once per month, try this:
    import matplotlib.dates as mdates

    df_sorted['Date'] = pd.to_datetime(df_sorted['Date'])

    ax = df_sorted.plot(x="Date", y="Close Price", figsize=(8, 5))
    plt.title('Trend in last two years')
    plt.ylabel('Close Price') # add y-label
    plt.xlabel('Date') # add x-label

    months = mdates.MonthLocator()
    ax.xaxis.set_major_locator(months)
    ax.xaxis.set_major_formatter(mdates.DateFormatter("%Y-%m"))

    plt.show()

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        plt.title('Trend in last two years')
        plt.ylabel('Close Price') # add y-label
        plt.xlabel('Date') # add x-label

        ax.set(xticks=df.Date.values)
        ax.xaxis.set_major_formatter(dates.DateFormatter("%Y-%m-%d"))
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SAN FRANCISCO WILL BE FIRST IN NATION TO MAKE CITY COLLEGE FREE
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SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- It's a historic first for higher education in San Francisco. Mayor Ed Lee announced on Monday that the city will be the first in the nation to make city college free for all students, regardless of their income.
Those who sell their homes valued at $5 million and up will have to pay more. But think of it this way -- people send their children to public schools and don't pay tuition. City Hall is arguing that community college students shouldn't have to either.
Months of putting pressure on City Hall to commit to making higher education free finally paid off. "To California residents who are living in San Francisco, your community college is now free," Lee said.
San Francisco will guarantee nearly $5.4 million a year to City College to pay for the tuition of students who reside in San Francisco. In order to qualify as a resident, a student must live in the city for at least a year and a day. They can either be part-time or full-time students.
The money will come from an increase in the real estate transfer tax for commercial and residential properties valued at more than $5 million.
About 30,000 local students are expected to benefit from the funds.
"Making City College free is going to provide greater opportunities for more San Franciscans to enter into the middle class and more San Franciscans to stay in the middle class if they currently are," San Francisco Supervisor Jane Kim said.
According to the student expense budget for City College, textbooks and supplies represent about $1,700 a year for a full-time students, that's not including transportation.
Some of the money announced Monday will go to help offset those costs. Full time students who receive financial aid will receive an extra $500.
The new funding will go into effect next fall.
http://abc7news.com/education/san-francisco-will-be-first-in-nation-to-make-city-college-free/1740415/
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Monday, 5th April (originally published Thursday, 20th July Two Thousand and Seventeen)
College Was Once Free and For the Public Good—What Happened?
by Thomas Adam
The promise of free college education helped propel Bernie Sanders' 2016 bid for the Democratic nomination to national prominence.
It reverberated during the confirmation hearings for Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education, and Sanders continues to push the issue.
In conversations among politicians, college administrators, educators, parents and students, college affordability seems to be seen as a purely financial issue—it's all about money.
My research into the historical cost of college shows that the roots of the current student debt crisis are neither economic nor financial in origin, but predominantly social.
Tuition fees and student loans became an essential part of the equation only as Americans came to believe in an entirely different purpose for higher education.
Cost Of A College Degree Today
For many students, graduation means debt.
In 2012, more than 44 million Americans (14 percent of the population) were still paying off student loans.
And the average graduate in 2016 left college with more than $37,000 in student loan debt.
Student loan debt has become the second-largest type of personal debt among Americans.
Besides leading to depression and anxiety, student loan debt slows economic growth: It prevents young Americans from buying houses and cars and starting families.
Economist Alvaro Mezza, among others, has shown a negative correlation between increasing student loan debt and homeownership.
The increase in student loan debt should come as no surprise given the increasing cost of college and the share that students are asked to shoulder.
Decreasing state support for colleges over the last two decades caused colleges to raise tuition fees significantly.
From 1995 to 2015, tuition and fees at 310 national universities ranked by U.S. News rose considerably, increasing by nearly 180 percent at private schools and more than 225 percent at public schools.
Whatever the reason, tuition has gone up. And students are paying that higher tuition with student loans.
These loans can influence students' decisions about which majors to pick and whether to pursue graduate studies.
Early Higher Education: A Public Good
During the 19th century, college education in the United States was offered largely for free.
Colleges trained students from middle-class backgrounds as high school teachers, ministers and community leaders who, after graduation, were to serve public needs.
This free tuition model had to do with perceptions about the role of higher education: College education was considered a public good.
Students who received such an education would put it to use in the betterment of society.
Everyone benefited when people chose to go to college.
And because it was considered a public good, society was willing to pay for it—either by offering college education free of charge or by providing tuition scholarships to individual students.
Stanford University, which was founded on the premise of offering college education free of charge to California residents, was an example of the former.
Stanford charged no tuition for almost three decades from its opening in 1891 until 1920.
Other colleges, such as the College of William and Mary, offered comprehensive tuition scholarship programs, which covered tuition in exchange for a pledge of the student to engage in some kind of service after graduation.
Beginning in 1888, William and Mary provided full tuition scholarships to about a third of its students.
In exchange, students receiving this scholarship pledged to teach for two years at a Virginia public school.
And even though the cost for educating students rose significantly in the second half of the 19th century, college administrators such as Harvard President Charles W. Eliot insisted that these costs should not be passed on to students.
In a letter to Charles Francis Adams dated June 9th, 1904, Eliot wrote, "I want to have the College open equally to men with much money, little money, or no money, provided they all have brains."
College Education Becomes A Private Pursuit
The perception of higher education changed dramatically around 1910.
Private colleges began to attract more students from upper-class families—students who went to college for the social experience and not necessarily for learning.
This social and cultural change led to a fundamental shift in the purpose of a college education.
What was once a public good designed to advance the welfare of society was becoming a private pursuit for self-aggrandizement.
Young people entering college were no longer seen as doing so for the betterment of society, but rather as pursuing personal goals: in particular, enjoying the social setting of private colleges and obtaining a respected professional position upon graduation.
In 1927, John D. Rockefeller began campaigning for charging students the full cost it took to educate them.
Further, he suggested that students could shoulder such costs through student loans.
Rockefeller and like-minded donors (in particular, William E. Harmon, a wealthy real estate magnate) were quite successful in their campaign.
They convinced donors, educators and college administrators that students should pay for their own education because going to college was considered a deeply personal affair.
Tuition—and student loans—thus became commonly accepted aspects of the economics of higher education.
The shift in attitude regarding college has also become commonly accepted.
Altruistic notions about the advancement of society have generally been pushed aside in favor of the image of college as a vehicle for individual enrichment.
If the United States is looking for alternatives to what some would call a failing funding model for college affordability, the solution may lie in looking further back than the current system, which has been in place since the 1930s.
In the 19th century, communities and the state would foot the bill for college tuition because students were contributing to society.
They served the common good by teaching high school for a certain number of years or by taking leadership positions within local communities.
A few marginal programs with similar missions (ROTC and Teach for America) still exist, but students participating in these programs are very much in the minority.
Instead, higher education today seems to be about what college can do for you.
It's not about what college students can do for society.
I believe that tuition-free education can only be realized if college education is again reframed as a public good.
For this, students, communities, donors and politicians would have to enter into a new social contract that exchanges tuition-free education for public services.
https://www.yesmagazine.org/economy/2017/07/20/college-was-once-free-and-for-the-public-good-what-happened


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Inflammation is the root of all chronic illness and disease. How do I know this? Because of my left big toe. Yesterday, "The Blind Side" was on TV. I had seen this movie before and didn't need to watch it again. But it did compel me to look up Michael Oher and see what he's up to and where he is playing ball. He helped the Ravens for a couple of years including the big win in the Super Bowl in the Dome in New Orleans despite the black out in the stadium and everyone in the stands using their cell phones to try to light the place up. Life is weird.
Last evening I read about Michael Oher and the trade the Ravens made sending him to Tennessee. And then after a rather dismal injury laden season he was traded to the Carolina Panthers to help protect Cam Newton. His injury? His toe.
This morning I woke up with a big toe that felt like it was out of joint. I couldn't walk well. I had to hobble down the stairs. If I moved my big toe, it really hurt. So being in "pain avoidance" mode I limped and hobble on the way to the kitchen to get my morning coffee.
It's truly amazing how debilitated one becomes with a little toe joint pain. I figure this was a type of inflammation called Gout. My dad had it and I am aware that I can have a tendency to have inflamed joints if I don't watch what I eat. What did I eat this weekend? Lots of pasta. We had pasta dishes two nights in a row. It's delicious no doubt, but you there is a price to pay for every action. For every action there is an opposite reaction…. Or something like that.
I found a functional medicine doctor I like who has a pretty nice website. She mentions 4 supplements that will help to stave off inflammation. Three of these we carry in our store.
Vitamin D3, Omega-3, DHEA. The fourth is 5-loxin or Boswelia which I will have to research. In the meantime, I am wiggling my toe and getting the kinks out. I'll take N-Flam-Ease and see how much that can help.
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Getting read for Thanksgiving, this week's Link Love, and Menu Plan Monday!
Hope you all had a great weekend! It's hard to believe, but Thanksgiving is less than two weeks away – have you started your menu planning yet? Thanksgiving is by far my favorite holiday, but this year we won't be celebrating at home. I'm sad about it, but have been trying to make up for it by cooking some of the traditional dishes we love this time of year.
Over the past couple of weeks I've made my Roasted Butternut Squash and Sweet Potato Soup, Winter Root Vegetable Salad with Pomegranate Ginger Dressing, Cranberry Ginger Sorghum Salad, this past weekend I made my Spiced Pumpkin Bread, and this week I have another winter squash recipe on the menu. So I'm doing my best to get all the Thanksgiving flavors in before we leave for our trip.
To help you with your Thanksgiving preparations, stay tuned for my lightened up sweet potato casserole recipe coming Wednesday and my Thanksgiving survival tips this Thursday or Friday. For more recipe ideas check out my Thanksgiving Pinterest board. I also wanted to share a few articles I'm quoted in that may help you as you get ready for Turkey Day and the holiday season in general.
12 Ways To Stop Your Stress Eating, According To Nutritionists And Food Psychologists @ Prevention Magazine – The holidays are a stressful time for many. Hopefully these tips will help you get through without raiding the pantry.
5 Ways to Have a Healthy Thanksgiving @ Spa Week – Easy steps you can take to make sure you don't feel stuffed like a bird at the end of Thanksgiving day.
Since I won't be here next week, I want to wish you all in advance a very happy, fun, nutritious and delicious Thanksgiving! Gobble, gobble!
⇒ These tips are all spot on and especially helpful this time of year when the stores are busier than ever and we're eating more thanks to the holiday season.
⇒ A lot of moms in my daughters' preschool have been talking about replacing white cane sugar and other sweeteners with coconut sugar due to it's health benefits. While coconut sugar does have some nutrients not found in other sweeteners, the amount you would need to consume to reap those benefits is way more than I would ever recommend anyone have of any type of sugar. At the end of the day, sugar is sugar is sugar. Lindsey's post goes into more details with the truth about coconut sugar.
⇒ As a registered dietitian nutritionist (RDN), I get asked all the time what the difference is between an RDN and a nutritionist. If you've ever wondered the same thing, Sarah gives a detailed answere here.
⇒ Running a business is hard work. If you're an entrepreneur, I think you'll appreciate Alexis' honest post about how she feels day in and day out. I for one could relate.
⇒ This cake is absolutely gorgeous and I cannot get over how easy it actually is to make! Perfect for the upcoming holiday season!
⇒ You know I love my roasted veggies! Love the addition of the fruit for a sweet and savory combo!
⇒ EA has done it again with a recipe roundup jam-packed with nutritious and delicious recipes that are all freezer friendly. Perfect for serving your family a healthy meal on a night you don't have time to cook fresh.
⇒ Yet another delicious recipe from Jenny (two in one week!). I love roasted Brussels sprouts and this combination sounds fantastic!
⇒ These really are a "bite of health" – and deliciousness! Perfect for pre-Thanksgiving dinner snacking!
⇒ I love fish tacos and Kristina's recipe looks like such a fun twist on the classic battered tacos you find at restaurants. Love the addition of Greek yogurt and of course pomegranates! By the way, if you haven't checked out Kristina's YouTube channel, you need to now. She's killing it with amazing food videos!
Are you getting excited for Thanksgiving?
Thank you for including my roasted veggies, I seriously can't get enough roasted veggies or cranberries this fall! If given the choice I'd take those over pumpkin any day and that is a huge shock for me since I'm obsessed with pumpkin every other year. Have a great week Jessica!
Thanks so much Sarah, and I welcome you anytime!!! I'm totally with you on the roasted veggies and cranberries. I feel the same about pomegranates too. Love this time of year!! Keep on enjoying Sarah!
I'm sure you get the RD/Nutritionist question all the time! Thanks for including mine in your weekly links 🙂 Can't wait to check out the others!
I certainly do! You're most welcome Sarah! Hope you have a great week.
Thanks so much for sharing my freezer meals post Jessica! So many great articles & recipes here-I can't wait to make your mushroom frittata-yum! Where are you traveling over a Thanksgiving? Have fun!!
You're most welcome EA! Thanks for the love on my frittata – I just love easy and delicious recipes like that! We're going on a Disney cruise w my husband's family! Thanks!


The currency that you are purchasing is called quote currency. In forex trading, you sell one currency to purchase another. The exchange rate tells you how much you have to spend in quote currency to purchase base currency. A long position means that you want to buy the base currency and sell the quote currency. In our example above, you would want to sell U.
A short position means that you want to buy quote currency and sell base currency. In other words, you would sell British pounds and purchase U. The bid price is the price at which your broker is willing to buy base currency in exchange for quote currency. The bid is the best price at which you are willing to sell your quote currency on the market. The ask price, or the offer price, is the price at which your broker will sell base currency in exchange for quote currency. The ask price is the best available price at which you are willing to buy from the market.
This trading advantage will boost the country's economy, thus boosting the value of its currency. If a country is having an election, then the country's currency will appreciate if the winner of the election has a fiscally responsible agenda. Also, if the government of a country loosens regulations for economic growth, the currency is likely to increase in value. Reports on a country's GDP, for instance, or reports about other economic factors like employment and inflation, will have an effect on the value of the country's currency. A pip measures the change in value between two currencies.


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Connect the Drops
The Most Important New Water Bills Facing California Lawmakers
The Golden State can take a big leap toward water sustainability with a group of bills before lawmakers this legislative session that address conservation, reuse and equity, says Ceres' Kirsten James.
Written by Kirsten James Published on  Feb. 21, 2018 Read time Approx. 4 minutes
California Department of Water Resources senior engineer Glenn Moeller visits the site of a new water well being installed in Porterville, Calif., on Oct. 13, 2015. Florence Low / California Department of Water Resources
With the snowpack in California's Sierra Nevada now at 20 percent of average – lower than at the same time three years ago, the driest year on record – Californians are girding for a repeat of drought conditions. Water scarcity seems likely to be a recurring part of our future.
Legislators in Sacramento, therefore, would be remiss to delay the adoption of a group of bills that would place the state on a path to ensuring more sustainable water supplies. February 16 was the last day that new bills could be introduced for consideration during this legislative session, and among them are some extremely important water bills, including several that are carryovers from last year.
Importantly, voters also will have the opportunity to consider a new water funding mechanism this year: Proposition 68, the California Clean Water and Safe Parks Act, will be on the June ballot, stemming from the passage of Senate Bill 5 last year, to help ensure our water infrastructure is up to the task of delivering clean water. The proposition would allow the state to issue $4 billion in general obligation bonds to spend to help prepare for the next drought and increase local water supplies among a number of worthy priorities.
Water Efficiency and Drought Planning
Two water efficiency bills that have been taking shape for months are high on the priority list for consideration this year. Assembly Bill 1668 and Senate Bill 606, introduced by Assemblywoman Laura Friedman and Senators Robert Hertzberg and Nancy Skinner, aim to maximize the water supplies we have by developing efficiency goals based on local conditions and improving drought planning efforts, so that our communities – both urban and rural – are prepared for the next drought, which could be just around the corner.
Californians rose to the challenge of conservation during our epic five-year drought – with residents statewide cutting back 24 percent on water use during the year following Governor Jerry Brown's June 2015 declaration of a water emergency and conservation mandate. However, a new study published in Water Resources Research in December showed that when consumers and property managers thought a water crisis subsided, they relaxed their conservation efforts. The study, by two Stanford researchers, found that what's needed is sustained policy and media attention of water conservation in order for most people to continue with water saving behaviors.
Thus, smart policy that keeps us on a prudent path is necessary.
Assuring Safe, Clean, Affordable Drinking Water
Incredibly in this wealthy, high-tech state, more than 1 million people have been served water with health violations in the past year and 300 communities do not have access to safe, clean drinking water from their faucets on a regular basis. These 300 water districts are deemed chronically out of compliance with federal safe drinking water standards, and there are also more than 1 million domestic wells where little is known about the water quality. Mostly in rural, low-income areas, the water districts out of compliance in the state are typically strapped for funds to operate and maintain water treatment facilities. California decision-makers need to step up to the plate and get this done.
Last year, Senator Bill Monning introduced Senate Bill 623, the Safe and Affordable Drinking Water Fund, which was backed by a broad group of environmentalists, human rights advocates, farmers and businesses. The bill proposes raising funds to help ensure clean drinking water for all communities by collecting a nominal fee from the state's residential and business users of water and a fee from agricultural fertilizer distributors and dairy farmers. It was held over to this half of the session.
In January, Brown signaled his support of the Fund when he unveiled a budget that includes a funding mechanism for assuring safe and affordable drinking water for all Californians. So, one way or another, legislators will be asked to approve funding for safe and affordable drinking water, either through the budget deliberations or through passing SB 623.
If Rain Doesn't Come
Given California's dependence on rain and snow to fill the reservoirs and replenish the groundwater basins that serve as the water supply for cities and farms, it's become clear in recent years of scant precipitation that smart water policy must reach beyond conservation. We need a comprehensive water strategy that includes recycling water.
An onsite water recycling bill has been introduced by Senator Scott Wiener to encourage gray-water recycling in buildings.
Wiener's bill, Senate Bill 966, would help communities create water recycling programs for nonpotable uses of water by requiring the State Water Resources Board to issue regulations, including health and safety standards, that cities could then use in permitting.
In introducing the bill, Wiener said a lack of statewide permitting standards has kept cities and communities from encouraging water recycling. San Francisco, however, has its own gray-water recycling ordinance that requires developers of new commercial buildings of significant size to include installation of on-site gray-water recycling systems. In fact, San Francisco's new tallest building, Salesforce Tower, will include an advanced water recycling system, which recycles all the water used in the building and treats it for nonpotable uses.
Water flows in California dictate our state's water security, be it melting snow flowing from the mountains to the flatlands in streams and rivers or conveyances from Northern California to Southern California. But without knowing specific data about this water flow, it is more difficult to provide that security. A new bill, Senate Bill 919, would have the State Water Resource Control Board develop a plan to deploy a network of stream gages to better understand flows and better manage our water resources.
SB 919 will complement the Open and Transparent Water Data Act of 2016 (AB 1755), which we supported two years ago. The Department of Water Resources and other involved agencies recently released a draft progress report and strategic plan on implementation efforts to date and much has been done. These data collection and dissemination efforts will help California better plan and manage its increasingly valuable resource.
In sum, this year gives legislators and constituents alike the opportunity to make positive changes to our tight water situation in California. Together, new regulations, proposed legislation and voter choices about water resources stand a good chance of getting us back on track.
The views expressed in this article belong to the author and do not necessarily reflect the editorial policy of Water Deeply.
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Farms, Food Producers Taking Strides to Save Water – and the Climate
The Unanticipated Benefits of California's Water Policies
California's Can't-Miss Chance to Provide Safe Drinking Water for All
We Need to Fight Drought With Better Data
San Francisco's Tallest Building Makes Big Water Recycling Statement
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Overcoming the Challenges of Small-Scale Water Recycling
How California Legislators Can Create a Path to Water Sustainability
Bill Before California Legislature Could Help Supply Clean Water to All
Unlikely Allies Push Bill to Solve California Drinking Water Crisis
California's Proposed Budget Reveals Water, Climate Priorities
Four Water-Related Bills to Watch in California
California Considers Charge on Utility Bills to Create Safe Water Fund
Why California May Ban New Small Water Agencies
Meet the Minds: 10 Things Max Gomberg Wants For California Water
California Limits Daily Personal Water Use to 55 Gallons – Kind Of
The state's new per capita limit on indoor water use is groundbreaking, but there is no practical way to enforce it. Rather, it is intended to inspire more conservation and guide larger efforts by water utilities. June 20, 2018
New Tool Will Help Save Water By Measuring Plant Health From Space
On the Front Lines of Sea-Level Rise, Sewage Treatment Plants Adapt
Long Road Still Ahead to Fund New California Water Storage Projects
Why Southern Nevada Is Fighting to Build a 250-Mile Water Pipeline
Kirsten James
Oversees the California Policy Program, Ceres
Kirsten James oversees the California policy program at Ceres, a nonprofit sustainability advocacy organization. Ceres also directs Connect the Drops, a network of California businesses seeking smart policies and solutions to ensure a sustainable water future in California.
As Fire Risk Explodes Across the West, an Oregon City Finds a Solution
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The European Commission's Knowledge Centre on Migration and Demography (KCMD) and the IOM's Global Migration Data Analysis Centre (GMDAC) organise the workshop on Big Data and alternative data sources on migration: from case studies to policy support.
Suggest pragmatic follow-up steps to expand use of such data sources in support of migration policymaking.
For more information please check the agenda enclosed.


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What do we know about long-term outcomes of bone marrow transplantation for the cure of thalassemia?
- Dr. Lawrence Faulkner. Director Sankalp-People Tree Hospitals Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, Bangalore, India and Medical Coordinator Cure2Children Foundation Florence, Italy.
The first bone marrow transplantation (BMT) for thalassemia was performed in 1980, since than over 4.000 have been done, so what do we know about people who have undergone BMT many years back?
In a recent report in Blood [1], the official journal of the American Society of Hematology and one of the most reputed in the field, La Nasa and collaborators summarized the experience on 109 patients (44 females and 65 males) assessed over 20 years from transplant. The mean age at BMT was 12 year (range 1-36) and 34 years (21-48) at time of study. Long-term health-related quality of life (HRQoL), employment status and birth rates were similar to the general population. Relevant variables affecting HRQoL where the presence of extensive chronic Graft Versus Host Disease (cGVHD) (6% of cases), age at BMT (better if less than 15 years), and the presence of health problems related to iron overload at transplant. A matched group of 124 thalassemia patients receiving conventional treatment showed poorer HRQoL outcomes. The frequency of second malignancies, which might result from the use of chemotherapeutic agents such as busulfan and cyclophosphamide, did not seem to be increased unless cGVHD was present. The observation that birth rates where similar to the general population, however, does not necessarily imply that fertility is preserved in all transplanted patients, this because of the relatively low baseline birth rate of the study population (in Sardinia, a region of Italy), compared to that of many developing countries where thalassemia is most common. Nevertheless it is safe to assume that at least 50% of individuals who have undergone BMT (at least with the combination of busulfan and cyclophosphamide) may bear children, a figure most likely superior to the current birth rates for individuals with thalassemia undergoing long-term supportive care [2]. This may not apply to the use of different BMT preparative treatments using combinations possibly less fertility-spearing like thiotepa and treosulfan.
The impact on HRQoL might be even more evident in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) where often health issues are compounded by financial distress and social stigmata. In an analysis from the BMT unit of the Children's Hospital at the Pakistan Institue of Medical Sciences on 24 BMTs compared to 51 patients undergoing supportive care for severe thalassemia, Tariq S. points out how BMT, too often considered inaccessible or too expensive while in fact is highly cost-effective, not only can restore normal health and HRQoL but it's actually safer than most people and health care professionals dealing with thalassemia children are aware of. This study suggests that BMT can also have profound effects on the mental well-being of families particularly in a developing country setting like Pakistan [3].
Morbidity and mortality related to thalassemia have been reduced significantly with modern medical treatment, and HRQoL should be considered an integral part of any report on long-term results related to thalassemia care[4].
In conclusion, even if BMT in the best circumstances is still a procedure which carries a small but sizable risk of morbidity and mortality, probably in the 5-10% range, it can restore normal long-term HRQoL in the majority of transplanted children and relieve their families from major financial and psychological burden, particularly in LMICs.
[1] La Nasa G., Caocci G., Efficace F., et al. Long-Term Health-Related Quality of Life Evaluated More than 20 Years after Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for Thalassemia." Blood 122:2262–70, Sept. 2013.
[2] Zafari M. and Mehrnoush K. Marriage and Child Bearing in Patients with Transfusion-Dependent Thalassemia Major. The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research 40:1978–82. Aug 2014.
[3] Tariq S, Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) assessment of severe thalassemia after bone marrow transplantation and on conventional supportive care. Dissertation for Master of Science in Public Helath, Health Services Academy Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan, 2015
[4] Panepinto J.A. Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients with Hemoglobinopathies.Hematology / the Education Program of the American Society of Hematology. American Society of Hematology. Education Program 284–89, Dec 2012.
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March 2016, Volume 6 Issue 3
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If you aren't too worn out from the Oaks, then it's time to get ready for the Kentucky Derby, the "fastest two minutes in sports!" Always held the first weekend in May, it's the one day at Churchill Downs that is like no other you'll ever experience with 165,000 of your closest horse-loving aficionados. When we first moved to Louisville, it was at the top of my to-do list and although it's been checked off, it's an event that becomes a tradition. But the big question I had, was "what to wear to Kentucky Derby day?" I've realized the key to a great look at the Kentucky Derby is: comfort, comfort, cuteness. And yes, in that order. This is not a day that you actually want to sacrifice style for comfort (and it's rare that those words will pass my lips). The day starts before noon, parking is more than a stone's throw from the Twin Spires of Churchill Downs, socializing & fashion-scoping is high on the agenda so you'll be walking around most of the day, and somebody's drink somewhere on you is just part of the experience!
Comfort may be key, but nobody is foregoing fashion when deciding what to wear to Kentucky Derby. Cute comfortable shoes, like these with a cork wedge sole, and a printed dress to hide mint julep stains are ideal. Although big floppy hats are a Kentucky Derby tradition, they are a pain in the you-know-what. You bump everyone, you can't see, and by the end of the day, they are just plain uncomfortable. So, I prefer fascinators or small hats, but whatever you choose, whatever you wear, & wherever you are... Derby On!
Let us know - is the Kentucky Derby on your radar? Do you watch it on tv or have you attended?


North American distributor Matik and Sensotec GmbH, a German manufacturer of register control systems, have signed an exclusive North American distribution agreement throughout Canada, the United States and Mexico.
Founded in 1989, Sensotec GmbH specializes in register control systems for narrow web presses, particularly for labels. Its Sensotec register control systems have been implemented in more than 1,000 presses worldwide. The Braunschweig, Germany, company estimates its register controls have saved over 500 million running metres of waste paper and 16 million kilowatt hours of electrical energy.
Sensotec register control systems, the company says, are "particularly well known for their precision, stability and longevity." While Sensotec register control systems are included in many Gallus & Nilpeter presses in North America, they are also often installed to upgrade older presses to improve register stability and print quality on a range of substrates, the company explains. "The sophisticated systems use fiber optic microelectronic sensors that scan at each revolution and adjust registration simultaneously throughout the print run. The payback is very quick. Yet, despite the complexity of the systems, operation remains easy and intuitive," it says.
Sensotec says it selected Matik due to its solid sales and service reputation.
Founded over 40 years ago, Matik offers a range of printing, converting and packaging equipment and operates several regional sales offices throughout Canada and the United States, with its headquarters in West Hartford, Conn.


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Sea Dogs beat Hamilton 5-3 in opener of Memorial Cup return
Jun 20, 2022, 6:38 AM | Updated: 6:42 pm
Saint John Sea Dogs' Raivis Christians Ansons, left, scores on Hamilton Bulldogs goaltender Marco Costantini during the first period of a Memorial Cup hockey game in Saint John, Canada, on Monday, June 20, 2022. (Darren Calabrese/The Canadian Press via AP)
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SAINT JOHN, New Brunswick (AP) — Ryan Francis had a goal and two assists and the Saint John Sea Dogs beat the Hamilton Bulldogs 5-3 on Monday night in the Memorial Cup opener.
Canceled the last two years because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the four-team junior tournament opened at TD Station for the start of round-robin play. The championship features the winners of the three major junior leagues and the host team.
Yan Kuznetsov, Raivis Kristians Ansons, William Dufour and Peter Reynolds scored for the Sea Dogs, who outshot Hamilton 35-20. Philippe Daoust had three assists and Nikolas Hurtubise made 17 saves for the host Sea Dogs.
Ryan Winterton had two goals and an assist and Avery Hayes added a goal and assist for the Ontario Hockey League champion Bulldogs. Marco Constantini finished with 30 saves.
Saint John lost in the first round of QMJHL playoffs, falling 3-2 to Rimouski in a best-of-five series. The Sea Dogs played for the first time since May 12.
On Tuesday night, the Edmonton Oil Kings will face the Shawinigan Cataractes. Edmonton won the Western Hockey League and Shawinigan took the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League title.
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers head into another offseason with major questions at quarterback after a season filled with injuries to the most important position ended without any of them physically able to throw the the ball downfield. Trey Lance, who began the season as starter, is getting close to being […]
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian volleyball club Cruzeiro suspended Olympic gold medalist Wallace de Souza on Tuesday after he conducted a social media poll asking his fans whether they would shoot Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the face. The 35-year-old de Souza, who played on Brazil's winning team at the Rio de […]
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Telstra boss remains committed to media, rules out Foxtel sale
Max MasonSenior reporter
Jun 24, 2018 – 11.00pm
Telstra chief executive Andy Penn has declared media remains an important part of his radical overhaul of the telecommunications provider, effectively ruling out selling his company's stake in the newly merged Foxtel-Fox Sports as part of $2 billion worth of assets sales over the next two years.
While Mr Penn's new Telstra2022 strategy is heavily leveraged to mobile and getting ahead of its rivals in 5G, he said media was still a key pillar in the telco's bundling offers, contrasting its stake in Foxtel to competitors paying a lot for "narrow access to media", in a thinly veiled shot at rival Optus and its World Cup coverage, which has been under siege.
"Media is very, very important to telecommunications," he told The Australian Financial Review. "I think it's a very significant value add to our overall bundles and services."
Telstra chief executive Andy Penn: "Media is very very important to telecommunications." Pat Scala
Speculation has been rife over what assets Telstra could sell and Mr Penn would not been drawn into what the telco would unload, with up to $1 billion in land holdings believed to be the first on the chopping block.
"I'm not going to go into details on it because frankly, talking about what assets you might monetise only undermines your negotiating position, when you come to do so," Mr Penn said.
"The main point is that we believe it will be a helpful thing for us to do to strengthen our balance sheet. We do have a broad range of assets that we talked about in the past and we think we've got the scope to monetise up to $2 billion."
Foxtel a 'valuable asset'
However, Mr Penn said Foxtel was an incredibly valuable asset to Telstra. While it would look to dilute its stake if the business ever lists, it was not looking to reduce its exposure to the pay TV venture outside of that.
"We're in a unique position, frankly, where some of our competitors are spending a lot of money every year buying relatively narrow access to media, where we have exclusive access to the best media in the country, and we've secured that through a very effective arrangement by virtue of we own 35 per cent of the combined Foxtel and Fox Sports and have pretty much exclusive access to that content."
Mr Penn said he was happy with Telstra's Foxtel stake as is, after Foxtel and Fox Sports merged reducing the telco's exposure to media.
Foxtel was previously 50-50 owned by News Corporation, while Fox Sports was 100 per cent owned by the Rupert Murdoch-controlled business. Following the merger, Telstra took a 35 per cent stake in the new entity, while News Corp holds 65 per cent.
"The point about IPOing it was never necessarily to dilute us down further, it was more focused on putting it in an even stronger position, giving it access to more capital, driving performance in the business," he said.
"But, we would be prepared to dilute down to make that happen – whether it happens or not remains to be seen."
Asked whether Telstra would look to sell down its stake in Foxtel if the business never makes it to listing, Mr Penn said: "I'm very happy with where it is at the moment, it's going through its own phase of transformation because the digital world is arriving. They've got the right initiatives in place and the access to the media for us is very important."
Max Mason is a senior reporter at The Australian Financial Review. He is a former media editor and telecommunications reporter at the masthead and has previously worked at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, Fox Sports Australia and News Corp. Connect with Max on Twitter. Email Max at max.mason@afr.com
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Caz Hattam co-founded The Unity Project (TUP) in 2017 and has coordinated the project since. The Unity Project wants an end to the policy of 'no recourse to public funds' (NRPF) and the discrimination and inequality behind it. TUP supports people to remove the NRPF condition from their leave to remain through making 'Change of Conditions' applications.
Karim Ali & Hester Watson of Funnel, a hyperlocal organisation based in Southwark. They are committed to fighting food insecurity, with core aims to educate, advocate and act. Funnel's collection points collect food donations and pass them on to a larger local foodbank. The other branch of Funnel, called Funnel Schools, is currently in the works.
Pat Thane is Visiting Professor in History at Birkbeck, University of London. Her research examines inequalities and social policy in Britain from the twentieth century, with a special interest in poverty, gender, and age.
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Section 1 This League shall be known as the Schuylkill League.
Section 2 The objective of this League is to stimulate, foster and sponsor friendly rivalry, through competition in athletic activities and to encourage and develop right attitudes, ideals and practices between contesting athletic teams and their respective student bodies, i.e. good sportsmanship.
Section 1 The Officers of this League shall be President, Vice President, and Secretary/Treasurer.
Section 2 An Educational Leader (ie. Superintendent, Curriculum Supervisor, Principal etc…) will fill the office of President and Vice President. Prerequisite for the President and Vice President is membership in the League as a full member school.
Section 3 It shall be the duty of the President to preside at all stated and special meetings of the League, to cast the deciding vote in case of a tie and to appoint all committees. In the absence of the President, the afor mentioned duties shall be fulfilled by the Vice President.
Section 4 In the event the Vice President is elevated to the office of President to fill an unexpired term, the office of Vice President will be filled through a special election.
Section 5 It shall be the duty of the Secretary/Treasurer to keep accurate minutes of the proceedings of the League's meetings in a book provided for the same. It shall be his/her further duty to receive all fees, dues and assessments, make all expenditures authorized by the League and to report at each meeting of the League, the receipts and expenditures and perform all other duties which pertain to his/her office or assigned by the President.
Section 1 Membership shall be composed of those schools that participate in any of the various sport leagues sponsored by the League, inclusive of grades seven (7) through twelve (12).
Section 2 Schools applying for League membership must be a member in good standing of the P.I.A.A. Application for membership into one or more sport league(s) must be made in writing to the Schuylkill League's Secretary/Treasurer.
Section 3 Full membership in the League is granted to schools that participate in all sport leagues corresponding to the sports offered by said school. Schools participating in an existing sport league prior to the formation of that sport league in the Schuylkill League shall not be required to join the newly formed Schuylkill "Sport" League. All other schools are Associate members.
Section 4 Acceptance of schools, who are not full members of the League, will be determined by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of all Full-Member Schools.
Section 5 A statement of intention to withdraw from an athletic league shall be made in writing and submitted to the Secretary/Treasurer of the Schuylkill League who shall place it on the agenda for the next meeting. Any full member or associate member school who withdraws from an athletic league to enter into another league will be withdrawn from the Schuylkill League in all sports and will be ineligible to reapply into the Schuylkill League for a period of four years.
Section 6 All schools that are full members of the Schuylkill League will be received into membership for participation in all sport leagues of the League upon application.
Section 7 Any school newly accepted into membership may be required to defer participation in a sport league for one sport's season beyond the date of their application if scheduling difficulties prevail.
Section 8 When a sport league is aligned by school enrollment, a team with a higher or lower enrollment figure may choose to participate in another Division if a written request from the school principal is provided and a team in a different Division agrees to replace the exiting team. This move must then be approved by a simple majority vote of all schools in the specific sport league. Note: If multiple schools request to move and the "receiving division" does not have the same number of schools wishing to move–the school(s) whose enrollment is closest to the cutoff will be chosen to move divisions for the two year cycle.
Any move must be made to the highest division.
Section 9 The host school of two or more schools entering into a cooperative agreement must report the change in enrollment to the league president, committee chairman of the affected sport, and the league scheduler. The following will then occur: (A.) The host school will assume the enrollment as per PIAA policy (B) If the cooperative participation numbers causes the host school to be eligible for a division change based on enrollment, the change in divisional alignment and schedule will be effective immediately and (C) The host school of the cooperative agreement will carry the cooperative participation numbers from the time it is reported to the league through the remainder of the two-cycle.
Section 10 If a member school wishes to dissolve a cooperative agreement, the member school must issue their intentions in writing to the League President (the appropriate Sport Committee Chairman and the League Scheduler should be copied). Otherwise, it will be assumed the agreement will continue for another two year cycle.
Section 11 Divisional Alignments in each sport league shall be based on the number of schools that are in each sport league. If a sport league has 1-9 teams–that sport league will have one division; If a sport league has 10-16 teams–that sport league will have two divisions; If a sport league has 17-19 teams–that sport league will have three divisions; If a sport league 20 or more teams–the number of divisions in that sport league will be determined by that sport league.
Section 1 The League President shall appoint committees to review and operate each sport league in accordance with practices and policies approved by the League.
Section 2 The membership of each league committee shall be composed of one (1) Principal, one (1) Athletic Director and one (1) Coaches representative from participating schools in each sport league. The coaches representative will be selected with no restrictions by the coaches in that sport league.
Section 3 The chairman of each committee shall be a Principal appointed by the League President. The chairman is charged with calling meetings (meetings that are required are a pre-season and post-season sport meeting), making recommendations of the Committee known to the League for disposition and carrying out necessary operational functions to complete the League's approved activities. The chairman and agreed upon by the executive committee will also be responsible for ruling on any issues that cannot be settled between member schools.
Section 4 It is permissible for Principals to designate their school's Athletic Director to act on their behalf for the purpose of conducting committee business.
SPRING MEETING: The THURSDAY prior to the week of the Baseball League Playoffs.
SUMMER MEETING – 2-3 Weeks prior to the start of the Fall Sports Season. Business and social (golf course) meet.
Section 2 Special meetings of the League may be called by the President or in his/her disability, the Vice President, or upon the written request of five member schools of the League.
Section 3 Any school missing three of four regularly scheduled League meetings in a current school year will be issued a fine of one hundred dollars ($100.00). Failure to pay the fine prior to the next regularly scheduled League meeting will result in that school being ineligible to participate in League post-season contests until such time that said fine is paid.
Section 1 A majority of the full member schools of the League shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
Section 2 Voting privileges, on general Schuylkill League Business, shall be extended to the Full League Member Schools.
Section 3 Voting privileges, on individual sport league business, shall be extended to only those schools that participate in that league.
Section 4 Members must be present to vote on league matters. The league president may utilize electronic votes via email for matters of urgency. The league secretary shall keep a record of all league votes and include the results of such votes on the next scheduled league meeting agenda.
Section 5 Once an item has been voted on, it may not be voted on again for one year from the original vote date unless it has a negative impact on the student/athletes of the Schuylkill League. The negative impact would be determined by a majority vote to Full League Member Schools.
Section 1 The offices of the President and Vice President will be elected for two (2) year terms at the spring meeting in odd numbered years. Nominations will be made from the floor. Current office holders may run for another term. Terms of office will commence at the Annual Banquet held in the months of May or June.
Section 2 The Secretary/Treasurer shall be elected at the spring meeting from nominations made from the floor. His/her term of office shall coincide with that of the other elected officers.
Section 3 A majority vote of those Full League member schools present constituting a quorum shall constitute an election.
Section 1 This constitution may be amended by a two-thirds vote of the full league member schools of the League present at a stated meeting. Such amendments to be submitted to the President in writing and a copy to each member school at least ten days prior to the meeting at which it's adoption or rejection is to be acted upon.
Section 1 All sport leagues are to be governed by the P.I.A.A. rules.
Section 2 Officials for contests shall be elected in a manner approved by the League.
Section 3 Assignors for each individual sport league shall be elected by that league at the league meeting following the end of their season (Winter Meeting–Soccer, Volleyball assignors will be elected; Spring Meeting–Basketball, Swimming and Wrestling assignors will be elected; Fall Meeting–Baseball/Softball, Track assignors will be elected) and paid a stipend that is approved by the Schuylkill League. Assignors also will be reimbursed expenses that are approved by the Schuylkill League. Effective with the 2015-2016 athletic year, all assignors will be required to use the league designated assignor software program to assign all varsity officials–this includes non-league contests.
Section 4 It is recommended that seniors or players with senior eligibility shall participate only at the varsity level.
Section 1 League money shall be defined as all money accrued through the various sport leagues of the League.
Section 2 All money accrued from the sport leagues shall be maintained in one central account.
Section 3 All funds shall be dispersed by check over the signatures of the League President, Vice-President, and Secretary/Treasurer as directed by League resolution.
Section 4 All sport leagues within the League shall plan and budget income and expenditures to remain financially solvent.
Section 5 Schuylkill League Member Schools who are not a member of an individual sport league may send student-athletes to participate in All-League Meet/Matches at a per entrant fee (set by the Schuylkill League), not to exceed the cost of a team registration.
Section 6 Admission prices for all Schuylkill League Playoff Contests will be uniform. An adult and student price will be established. Also, when a pre-sale of tickets takes place, a senior citizen price (age 62 and above) will be set. These prices will be set by league members.
Section 7 No funds from the Schuylkill League shall be used for sub-varsity awards.
Section 1 Each sport league within the League shall develop and submit to the League, for approval, By-Laws to govern their sport league. The By-Laws shall cover all aspects of operation for the sport league to function that are not covered in this Constitution; but all By-Laws shall be in conformity with the League's Constitution and be effective for a two-year period coinciding with the PIAA enrollment cycle.
Section 2 The Articles in this constitution supersedes any individual sport league by-law.
Section 3 All sport league approved schedules shall consist of Divisions that have a minimum of five teams.
Section 1 Complimentary Schuylkill League Passes will be issued on the following basis: Each member school shall receive (1) athletic pass for each revenue producing Schuylkill League Sport that they participate in.
Section 2 Other financial benefits, awards, and services (ie—Gold Cards, scholarship distributions, retirement awards, etc) are only available to full member schools.
Section 3 The Schuylkill League reserves the right to issue Gold Cards at its discretion.
Section 1 The Schuylkill League will develop and use an Operations Manual for league logistics and measures. Any changes to the operations manual will be voted on using a simple majority.
Section 2 Robert's Rules of Order Revised shall be the parliamentarian authority of the League in all matters not included in this Constitution.


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Novak Djokovic only had to win a set on his way into the second round of Wimbledon as Martin Klizan withdrew from their first-round match.
The Serb looked in good shape, with some aggressive hitting and typically excellent returning but it was cut short for the Centre Court crowd after what appeared to be a left calf injury for the Slovak.
Klizan had called for the trainer at the end of the first set and after finding himself an early break down in the second, he decided to call it a day.
Last time Djokovic was playing at Wimbledon, he held all four Grand Slams at once and was the world's best player before he suffered one of the great shocks at the All England Club as Sam Querrey sent him packing in round three.
A year on, he's ranked at world No. 4 and has split from his long-term coaching team, including Marian Vajda, and super-coach Boris Becker – who he won six majors with.
In their place, Andre Agassi and now Mario Ancic have come on board, with the latter attending his first match in the second seed's box.
And he will have been pleased with what he saw in the brief amount of time Djokovic was on court as he relentlessly hit through Klizan, while keeping his cool at the flurry of drop-shots and thumping forehands he was a victim of.
Next up for Djokovic is Adam Pavlasek as he looks to win a fourth Wimbledon crown.