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The Periodic Table gains two new elements
Finally, elements 114 and 116 have been formally added to the Periodic Table. They were officially recognised by a working group from the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), after the results from the original experements were successfully replicated.
Element 114 (ununquadium) was discovered in December 1998, when isotopes of Plutonium and Calcium, provided by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in the USA, were fused by scientists at the joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Russia (Dubna). The results were made public in 1999, and at the time only one atom had been identified. Element 116 (Ununhexium) was discovered at the same research facility, fusing the elements Curium and Calcium.
The working group from IUPAC has released a paper, published in the Journal of Applied Chemistry, looking at the evidence for the existence of all the elements from 113 to 118. It is in the cases of 114 and 116 that the evidence is "beyond resonable doubt", and hence they have now been included in the Periodic Table. You can read the paper by clicking here.
The next stage is to decide on the prober names of the two elements. Russian scientists are reported to be considering "flerovium" for 114, after the scientist Georgy Flyorov, and "moscovium" for 116 after the capital, Moscow.
Below is an excellent video from Periodic Videos detailing the full story.
Mark Oliphant - The man who discovered the Helium-3 isotope
Born in Kent Town, Adelaide, Australia, Mark Oliphant was a Physicist, who received the prestigious Hughes Medal (other recipients include Alexander Graham Bell, Enrico Fermi, Stephen Hawking, and Andre Geim). He was also a life-long vegetarian after seeing a pig slaughtered at a farm as a child. Oliphant initially wanted to be a chemist or to practice medicine but, he says, his physics teacher, Dr Roy Burdon, "who weaned me away... from my ideas of being a chemist or a doctor and taught me the extraordinary exhilaration there was in even minor discoveries in the field of physics." (1)
It was, however, the New Zealand physicist, Ernest Rutherford who, he says, "has influenced me to the greatest extent in [my] life" (2) and that he was "was the most inspiring man I have ever met" (3). After Rutherford's speech about the work taking place at the Cavendish Library, Cambridge, England, Oliphant "just immediately decided that this was the man I was going to work with, if possible." (4) In 1927, after winning the '1851 Exhibitioner' scholarship, he was able to do just that, as he went to study under Rutherford at Cambridge.
In 1929, Oliphant gained his PhD in nuclear physics, specifically looking at the artificial disintegration of the atomic nucleus, and investigating positive ions. As the Cavendish Laboratory received significantly less funding than its findings deserved, laboratory equipment tended to be constructed from unconventional resources. One example of this was the "famed "string and ceiling wax" approach ... which included the use of biscuit and coffee tins as essential pieces of apparatus". (5)
Some of the amazing research taking place in the 1930's included the splitting of the atom with the first ever high-powered particle accelerator, by Sir John Cockcroft and Ernest Walton, and the discoveries of both the Neutron (Sir James Chadwick) and confirmation of the existence of the Positron and the opposing spiral traces present at the production of a positron/electron pair (Patrick Blackett).
It was Rutherford's request that Oliphant investigate further the discoveries of Cockroft and Walton that lead to the discovery of the Helium-3 isotope. Oliphant says of this work that he and Rutherford "were able to discover two new kinds of atomic species, one was hydrogen of mass 3 [Tritium], unknown until that time, and the other helium of mass 3, also unknown. These new atoms were produced as a result of atomic transformations induced by our ion beam hitting targets of lithium, beryllium and other materials." (6)
The second discovery made from this work was that they "were able to show that heavy hydrogen nuclei, that is to say the cores of heavy hydrogen atoms, could be made to react with one another to produce a good deal of energy and new kinds of atoms. This particular reaction, which we discovered at this time, is the basic reaction in the so-called hydrogen bomb," (7) athough at the time they had "no idea whatever that this would one day be applied to make hydrogen bombs. Our curiosity was just curiosity about the structure of the nucleus of the atom, and the discovery of these reactions was purely, as the Americans would put it, coincidental." (8)
It was this discovery, and his subsequent work at the University of Birmingham, which steered Oliphant towards the Manhattan Project and his work on Uranium with Ernest Lawrence (he did not work directly with Oppenheimer). He was a vociferous advocate for the peaceful proliferation of atomic energy, but early on he realised that "anybody who has a nuclear reactor can extract the plutonium from the reactor and make nuclear weapons, so that a country which has a nuclear reactor can, at any moment that it wants to, become a nuclear weapons power. And I, right from the beginning, have been terribly worried by the existence of nuclear weapons and very much against their use." (9)
After the war, Oliphant returned to Birmingham. Later, he was invited to the Australian National University, from which he established the Australian Academy of Sciences. In 1954, on her first royal visit, Queen Elizabeth II was presented with a charter from the Academy, marking its official establishment. His last major public role came as State governor of South Australia in 1971.
(1) (Conversation with Sir Mark Oliphant, July 1967, National Library Collection, Tape 276, p. 1 of 12 page transcript (Interviewed by Hazel de Berg)).
(2) (Moyal, Ann, Portraits in Science, National Library of Australia, 1994, p. 37).
(3) (Conversation with Sir Mark Oliphant, 24 July 1967, National Library Collection, Tape 276, pp. 1 & 4 of 12 page transcript (Interviewed by Hazel de Berg)).
(5) (Cockburn, Stewart & Ellyard, David, Oliphant: the life and times of Sir Mark Oliphant, Axiom Books, Adelaide, 1981, p. 37)
(6) (Conversation with Sir Mark Oliphant, 24 July 1967, National Library Collection, Tape 276, p. 5 of 12 page transcript (Interviewed by Hazel de Berg)).
(8) Conversation with Sir Mark Oliphant, 24 July 1967, National Library Collection, Tape 276, p. 5 of 12 page transcript (Interviewed by Hazel de Berg).
(9) Moyal, Ann, Portraits in Science, National Library of Australia, 1994, p. 31.


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Multislice computed tomography (MS-CT) was introduced into clinical radiology in 1999 and has shown a significant effect on various indications for computed tomography (CT) imaging in neuroradiology. Technical highlights of this new scanner type are the simultaneous data acquisition by up to four detector rows at present, an accelerated rotation time, and a reduction of the slice thickness to as low as 0.5 mm. These features account for an extended scan area, such as head and neck imaging in polytraumatized patients, detailed contrast-enhanced studies of the cervicocerebral vascular system from the carotid bifurcation to the vertex, as well as cerebral perfusion studies of a larger brain volume with an improved time resolution compared to established CT procedures. In addition, the diagnostic yield of the CT is increased with respect to several applications by reducing common image artefacts at the level of the cervicothoracic junction as well as those caused by metallic implants. Apart from improving the image quality of the primary cross-sectional slices, MS-CT significantly enhances two- and three-dimensional image reconstructions. Radiation protection is an important issue with MS-CT, especially when skull base imaging is considered.


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"Olumacostat glasaretil (DRM01) for the treatment of acne vulgaris: Pri" by James Q Del Rosso, Linda Stein Gold et al.
Del Rosso J, Stein Gold L, Kircik L, Tan J, Maari C, Bissonnette R, Zib B, Quiring J, Webster G. Olumacostat glasaretil (DRM01) for the treatment of acne vulgaris: Primary results from the DRM01-ACN02 phase 2b randomized controlled trial. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 2017; 76(6 Suppl 1):AB184.
Background: Sebum production, a critical factor in acne pathophysiology, is not addressed by available topical therapies. Olumacostat glasaretil (OG) inhibits acetyl coenzyme A carboxylase, a key regulator of the synthesis of sebum lipid components. This phase 2b trial assessed the safety and efficacy of OG gel in patients (pts) with facial acne vulgaris.
Methods: DRM01-ACN02 (NCT02431052) was a randomized, double-blind, vehicle (VEH)-controlled, dose-ranging, 12-week (wk) trial. Eligible pts were adults with facial acne vulgaris (≥20 inflammatory acne lesions [IALs], ≥20 non-inflammatory acne lesions [NIALs], and an Investigator Global Assessment [IGA] score of 3 or 4). Pts were randomized 2:2:2:1:1 to receive OG 4% once daily (QD), OG 7.5%-QD, OG 7.5% twice daily (BID), VEH-QD, or VEH-BID. Primary efficacy endpoints were IAL and NIAL counts, and IGA response rate (≥2-point improvement from baseline [BL]) at Wk12. MCMC multiple imputation was used to impute missing values in the ITT population. Significance was calculated vs combined VEH group using ANCOVA model (IAL, NIAL count) and Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel test (IGA response).
Results: 420 pts were randomized to receive OG 4%-QD, OG 7.5%-QD, OG 7.5%-BID, VEH-QD or VEH-BID; BL characteristics were similar. Significantly greater IAL and NIAL count reductions from BL were reported in OG groups vs combined VEH group at Wk12, with improvements seen from Wk4; highest efficacy was observed in the 7.5%-BID group (OG 7.5%-BID vs combined VEH: Wk4: IAL: -9.2 [-33.7%] vs -7.2 [-26.7%], P = .107; NIAL: -8.6 [-22.7%] vs -6.8 [-16.5%], P = .283; Wk12: IAL: -15.0 [-55.6%] vs -10.7 [-40.0%], P = .001; NIAL: -17.5 [-47.8%] vs -9.3 [-28.7%], P < .001). Clinically meaningful changes were observed in acne severity, with IGA response rate greater in all OG-treated groups than in combined VEH groups (OG 7.5%-BID vs combined VEH: Wk4: 4.1% vs 2.3%, P = .495; Wk12: 25.9% vs 9.8%, P = .004). Adverse events (AEs) occurred in 20.8%, 25.7% and 27.7% vs 19.2% and 26.0% of pts treated with OG 4%-QD, OG 7.5%-QD, and OG 7.5%-BID vs VEH-QD and VEH-BID, respectively. The most common AEs were nasopharyngitis, upper respiratory tract infection and application site pruritus.
Conclusions: OG-treated pts had reduced IAL and NIAL counts, and improved IGA scores, compared to VEH-treated pts from Wk4, with 7.5%-BID dosing producing the greatest response in all primary endpoints. OG gel was well tolerated at all tested doses during the 12-wk treatment period.
Commercial support: This study was funded by Dermira, Inc. All costs associated with development of this poster were funded by Dermira, Inc.


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The Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn left home this morning ahead of crunch talks with the Prime Minister. In response a Tory Minister stepped down from his post.
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The companies which run big out-door events at the Custard Factory have been served a noise abatement order following complaints from local residents about loud parties.
B9 Events and Soul Factory have been handed the notice, which means they have to stop creating a "noise nuisance" from their music which can be heard by people living nearby.
The two sister firms, along with the now-wound-up Factory Events, have been behind many of the big night-time parties at the Digbeth arts and offices complex, including the Urban Music Gathering where four people were shot earlier this year.
The move is reminiscent of the chain of events at another Digbeth venue - The Rainbow - which was served a noise abatement order last year, sparking an outcry from pub-goers and music fans and prompting UB40 to play an intimate gig in support of the venue.
A spokeswoman for Birmingham City Council said the order only related to the area under the railway arches.
She said: "We have served both B9 and Soul Factory with noise abatement notices.
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More than Flamenco to Remember Cuba in New York
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New York, USA.- More than flamenco promises today the Cuban company Irene Rodriguez to the public that awaits her in New York for her performances next Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the Joyce Theater.
The group returns to a stage where two years ago it aroused the admiration of spectators and specialized critics, and this time it wants to show flamenco in the contemporary way in which they conceive it.
As director of the company she told Prensa Latina, when you talk about flamenco, you think of 'a traditional show with dancers dressed in flowers and balls'.
But ours is much more contemporary, with a current and renovating vision, and a minimalist scene where everything lies exactly in the quality of the interpretation of the dancers and, of course, of the musicians, noted Rodriguez.
We also give a lot of value to the choreographic staging, which has much more renovating artistic interests and deeper arguments, she stressed.
The idea is to make flamenco a universal language -such as contemporary or classical dance- and not a folkloric style that can only be assumed by Spanish performers, added the first dancer, teacher and choreographer.
Since 2012, Irene Rodriguez has been guiding the course of her own group and barely a year later, she opened a Professional School of Spanish Dances that serves as a reserve for the prestigious company.
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It's not like any instrument I've ever seen. Or rather, it is, but it's as if I'm looking at its reflection in a warped mirror.
"I can't play that," I tell our Host.
His gaze feels like how I imagine it must be like when an anvil is dropped on your head. "Are you not a Cellist?"
"I am," I say. "But that instrument looks more like a bass." And not a double bass, either, I think. More like a quadrupal – no – octupal – bass.
"And do you know how to play a bass?"
"In theory. A normal one anyway. I mean the strings are different, tuned in fourths instead of fifths, and G is the high string, but… the physics are the same. But this one… In order to play it, I'd need at least two more hands. Maybe three."
"That can be arranged," the Host replies, as blandly as if I'd asked for a glass of water.
A shiver goes through me. When I agreed to sub for my friend Karl on this gig, I had no idea what I was getting into. All I'd been told was to show up at the mansion on Aerie Drive just after dusk, and to wear black.
"It can?" I ask, inwardly pleased that my voice remains steady. (I'd been certain I would squeak.)
"Easily."
The word lasts three times as long as it should, and then I feel it… my body is changing. My shoulders and rib cage are expanding and suddenly instead of the two arms I was born with, I have six, and when I move them, it's as if I've always had six.
"I don't know what to say," I tell the Host.
"Say nothing, Cellist. Just play."
And suddenly the instrument makes sense, with its eighteen pegs and eighteen strings. I'm playing chords I never knew existed, and my body just knows what to do, where to put my fingers. The music and I are one being, and I feel like I'm flying, like I'm connected to the universe and it's energizing me with every stroke of the bow, every press of my fingers against the wire and the wood.
When I finish my impromptu audition, my heart is racing and I'm breathing hard, and I can feel sweat on my brow and under all of my arms, but I don't ask for feedback.
I don't have to.
The Host remains silent for a long moment. When I think a moment can't possibly be stretched any thinner he speaks the word "Brilliant." The final 't' is almost its own syllable. "Follow me to your room. You'll do well here."
I don't mention that I thought this was a one-night gig, or that I have an apartment waiting for me. Somehow, I know I'll never be going back to it. I belong here, now.
Here where the music will never stop, and there's an instrument only I can play.
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"Are you ready to leave?" My husband's hand rests gently on my shoulder as he speaks, and his thumb is cool where it brushes against the skin of my neck.
"Soon." I know we're meant to be meeting friends for dinner, that a lengthy visit to this old church was not on our itinerary, but there's something about this statue that has me transfixed.
"Might I remind you that you answered 'soon' ten minutes ago, and fifteen minutes before that?" His tone betrays only the merest hint of impatience.
"I know, but there's something about her that… I feel like there's something I'm meant to be seeing, or… comprehending… that I'm not."
"The informational brochure describes her merely as an unnamed saint."
"I know," I tell him. "It's just that I can't decide… is she human turning to gold, or gold turning to human?"
My husband, who typically has a response for everything, does not reply.
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"Hello, Naiad," he chuckled. "How's the water?"
It was the same greeting he offered every morning, as soon as her head broke the surface of the water.
And every morning, she gave the same response, "Jump in. See for yourself." It might have seemed like a brush-off, save for the warmth in her voice and the flirtatious wink with which she punctuated her reply.
But all he ever did was flash his insouciant smile and turn away from her, walking into the forest until the sound of his hoofbeats was completely overwhelmed by the rushing of the falls.
She, of course, watched him go until the mist and spray coming off the tumbling river obscured his form. And it was a beautiful form. His top half featured a broad chest and muscular arms while the lower part of him sported chestnut hair, firm, strong hindquarters, and fetlocks that were positively swoon-worthy.
Their little ritual was repeated every morning, and the looks that passed between them grew longer, the tones of their voices more intense. Still, they never deviated from their script.
The day his lips found hers almost at the very second she surfaced – before he had straightened his neck and spine from bending to sip from her spring – was the day she knew she had to send him away forever.
"I don't get it," her sister shared. "He's single; you're single. What's stopping you from just going for it?"
"You know that saying about if a bird and fish fall in love, where do they live?"
"Yeah, so?"
"How much more difficult must it be for a siren and a centaur?"
Her sister had stared at her for a full minute before throwing a rock past her head. The younger woman's laughter rippled forth like the concentric rings on the surface of the water.
"What's funny?"
"You are. I mean, I thought you were supposed to be the smart one." When she didn't reply, her sister asked scornfully. "Honestly, where do you think seahorses come from?"
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Today I have a story over at Modern Creative Life. An excerpt is below, and you can read the full text of Not Exactly Persephone at this link.
It was her trademark, she said. A beret with a butterfly pin was how the world would know she was herself.
The first time she saw him, it was when she rounded the bend just this side of the creek. He was preternaturally still, focused on the winged creature perched on his fingertips (he had long, graceful fingers, she noticed) and she froze mid-step, afraid to disturb him, or spook the colorful insect he was studying.
But even one small-ish woman's breathing is enough to change the melody of the forest, and when he glanced up, their eyes met.
It wasn't a cosmic thing, not really. Just two people acknowledging each other's presence, and moving along on separate paths.
I'd love it if you visited the link for the full story and told me what you think
Not Exactly Persephone at Modern Creative Life
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A Pinch of Stardust
I've always loved playing in the kitchen.
I remember all the times I watched as my grandmother and my mother and all the aunties would bustle around, measuring out ingredients and filling kettles, stoking the fire of the big old coal-burning oven and testing things for doneness.
Sometimes they'd give me some dough to shape. I never twisted it into the classic pretzel-shape everyone expected, though. Instead, I'd outline continents or trace the lines of constellations, then dab on the egg-yolk and sprinkle a bit of cinnamon sugar or salt, as my mood dictated.
I always suspected that they gave me the dough to keep me from seeing what they were really cooking.
But I knew.
Too many things that weren't food came out of our kitchen.
Aunt Helen, for example, always baked the loveliest quilts, patchworks of strawberry, blueberry, and raspberry with squirts of lemon juice for a punch of color.
Aunt Delia poured galloping horses out of her kettle, and Aunt Patricia blended the most amazing stories – you could taste the voices.
Mom… Mom dabbled in a little of everything, but when she was at her best she'd toss a few ingredients into a hot saute pan, and out would come a complete outfit, inspired by the latest cover of Vogue or Elle or (when she was making something for me) Seventeen.
My grandmother, on the other hand – she had the real talent in the family. She'd layer things into one of the big lasagna pans, singing while she worked, and an hour or so later, she'd pull pots of African violets out of the oven.
She sang to them, too, of course.
But that's a different kind of magic.
It took me a while to figure out my specialty. At first, I wanted to blend stories like my aunt, but we have different voices and different experiences in the world, so my stories are different than hers.
She blends things from root vegetables and sharp cheeses, red wine, fresh bread, and long walks in misty woods.
My stories… they're made of other ingredients. Dark chocolate, spicy chili, sometimes a little wasabi, other times a whole, creamy avocado. And I don't blend. Sometimes I saute, like Mom, and sometimes, I bake, like my grandmother, and often I use the crockpot, because some stories need to be stewed slowly… And I do sing while I'm working, sometimes.
Now, each of us has one, special, secret ingredient that we use when we're in the kitchen. As with magicians, we don't reveal what those ingredients are. Or at least, we would never share what others might be using.
But I don't mind telling you what mine is.
It's very simple, and incredibly hard to find, both at the same time.
It's a pinch of stardust.
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Gladiolas
He would bring them home in buckets. Roses, sunflowers, peonies, mums – whatever flowers were pretty and seasonable.
They were metal buckets. Garden pails, really. He would drop them near the door and call out that he was home, and I'd follow the sound to the foyer, running to his solid embrace.
I didn't mind the roses, and I liked the tulips and irises and sunflowers.
But it was the gladiolas that I loved.
The first time he gave me glads, it was the night before his first deployment, and they were yellow.
"No ribbons, babe," he insisted. "You're allowed to be reasonably worried. But no ribbons. No signs. If you must keep a vigil, do it quietly."
Well, I really wasn't the ribbon type.
But before he left, I buried myself in his arms and breathed in his scent – fresh flowers, speed stick deodorant, Old Spice aftershave. I memorized that smell.
The next bunch of gladiolas were pink, brought to the hospital the day our daughter was born.
I asked if he would have preferred a son. "Nawp. Girl or boy, it's much the same. We'll raise her and love her, and she'll know about writing and cooking and embroidery from you, and tools and gardening from me, and none of those pink screwdrivers, either. This baby will grow up knowing the difference between Philips and flathead."
I laughed at that. "Don't forget Allen wrenches," I said. "She has to be the queen of flat-pack furniture by the time she heads to college."
"And so, she will."
And so, she was.
And the gladiolas kept coming, their tall green stalks and delicate pastel flowers witnessing every holiday and birthday and sometimes just because it was a day that ended in 'y.'
And then they stopped.
He stopped.
At his funeral, I tore away the lilies and roses, and laid the gladiolas on his coffin. They looked me, our family, our friends, like I was crazy, but I did it anyway. And our daughter understood. She wrapped her arm around me and said, "Yes, Mom. That's what he would have wanted."
I couldn't be around glads for a long after that.
When I turned fifty, a well-meaning friend sent a bouquet that had gladiolas in it. I gave her my brittle smile and thanked her politely. I also stuffed the whole god-damned bunch of flowers into the trash can outside the restaurant as soon as her leased BMW had pulled away from the curb.
A few days later, the bucket appeared near the front door. Metal. Galvanized. Full of yellow glads. I stared at them, convinced they were a mirage, but when they remained after several hours, I brought them all the way inside.
I caught a whiff of speed stick as I moved them through the house.
Being in a relationship with a ghost is a tricky thing. Sometimes, he can be corporeal enough to engage in sexual intimacy, but other times even a simply hug requires more substance than he can offer.
I can hear him speak, but no one else can, though our dog always follows the direction of his out-of-tune singing.
I don't ask him Why or How or How Long.
He doesn't push me to remarry.
Our daughter never questions my out-of-the-blue happiness, either. She never suggests I seek therapy, or find a new lover – one who has both presence and a pulse.
She sees the buckets of gladiolas in every possible color.
And she knows.
"The Tree is the heart of the Forest," they told me. All of them, the old Mothers, the old Wives, spun me their tales of loyalty and devotion, betrayal and desolation, love and loss, and time.
"The Tree is the heart of the Forest and the Mother is the heart of the Family," they elaborated as the years went by and my marriage remained a barren one.
Despite my long years of adulthood, they spoke to me as though I were a child. They never say it outright, but their tones all imply the same thing. I, who have never carried a growing fetus within my womb, who have never pushed a mewling infant into this cold world, am somehow less.
Less of an adult. Less of a wife. Less of a person.
At home, sitting in front of the fire, I rail and rant and cry, and my husband wraps his solid arms around me, and assures me I am not less, but that I am actually enough.
He kisses away my tears and fury and we make love by firelight, our bodies coming together with no less of a thrill despite the familiarity of decades.
When he brings me to completion, I let my exultation resound, willing the Others, the Old Ones, the Grandmothers and Great-Grandmothers with their brooding eyes and clucking teeth, to hear it.
"Listen," I think. "Hear this. I am full of Warmth and Joy and Love.
"The Tree is the Heart of the Forest, and the Mother is the heart of the Family." I hear them chanting it in my head, and I banish their wavering voices and frowning mouths. I cast away their sorrowful faces etched with ancient worry lines.
They're right, though.
The Tree is the heart of the Forest.
But its roots and branches dwell within me.
I will never be the Mother.
I am the Tree.
"So, what exactly were you doing with the dremel?" Detective Bloom had seen a lot of murder scenes before, but he'd before witnessed anything that was so gory and so pathetic at the same time.
The perp, Chaz French, pushed his blood-spattered spectacles further up his nose. His eyes were dilated, and his face was pale. Shock at what he'd done, no doubt. The M.E. would be done soon, though, and they'd be able to wrap the poor guy in a shock blanket and take him somewhere cleaner. Somewhere more secure. Somewhere without any power tools.
"Samantha has always had terrible sinus problems," the man answered in a shaky voice. "But this last month with the high ragweed count and all, she's been miserable. She wakes up choking on mucus, her head is constantly throbbing. She can't eat or sleep or think. Miserable."
Bloom noticed that the perp was still speaking of his dead wife in present tense. He hadn't realized he'd murdered her. That happened a lot, with Accidentals. Eventually, the reality would set in, and they'd relive their violent act, but right now, French was as much a victim as his late spouse.
"Yeah, sinusitis can be rough. My girlfriend takes Benadryl every night, just to breathe."
"Sam does that too," French said. "It used to be just one – half a dose – but lately it's been two, or even four – a second dose around six in the morning."
"I hear ya," Bloom said. "But tell me about the dremel?"
"Well, tonight, Sam starts begging with me, crying that she's in so much pain, and she can't breathe and she just wants to tear her head open to relieve the pressure. 'Just do something, Chazzy' – Sam always calls me Chazzy – 'Please just make it stop.'"
"And you decided to drill a hole in her head?"
"Well, yes and no. See, we're both history buffs and we've been reading this novel where a doctor recommends trepanning to fix a mental disorder." Bloom gave the guy a pointed look, and French elaborated, "I know, acute sinusitis isn't a mental disorder, but she's my wife and she's begging me for help, and what am I supposed to do? I wanted to use the power drill, but Sam suggested the dremel because it's not as powerful, and would be easier to control."
"Except it wasn't?"
"Oh, it was. And I'd downloaded instructions from the Internet, so I had a guide, but… but, see, the vibrations, they started a kind of… well, Sam said it was a tickle."
"A tickle?"
"And then she sneezed, and her head went forward and then the dremel was buried in her brain and still spinning, and oh, God! SAM! Samantha!!! I'm so SORRY."
Spattered blood mixed with tears as Chaz French broke apart in front of Bloom.
The psych consultant arrived then, and wrapped the poor son of a bitch in a warm jacket before guiding him to the white van.
The medical examiner returned from the other room, then, her expression grim and her ashy color betraying her exhaustion. "Accidental," she said to Bloom.
He nodded. "I figured. Anything else?"
"Yeah. We have got to get this home trepanation instructions off the web. This is the fourth one this week."
I Am Scared
I am scared.
Mandy writes the lines in the spiral notebook she uses for a journal, and smiles at the way her jet-black printing looks on the faintly cream-colored paper with its crisp green college-ruled lines. She's using one of Mommy's special Onyx roller-ball pens and the ink shines wetly for almost a minute, and she must be Very Careful not to smear it before it's completely dry.
(Mandy stopped using pencils when she was six, except for math. She moved beyond wide-ruled paper when she was seven, and they sent her to Special Education to learn cursive because the Advanced Reading workbook had bits of cursive in it. She likes writing in cursive, but some things have to be printed.)
I am scared the sun won't come back.
I am scared the world will stop spinning.
I am scared that the spiders and snakes will come out of the shadows.
I am scared that Daddy won't come – No! Dr. Morrison says she mustn't think of such things.
She looks behind her to where Ferguson is sprawled on her bed. His tail is twitching and his big paws are paddling and that means he's Dreaming, and she isn't supposed to wake up a Dreaming dog, but she really wants to feel his warm doggy breath on the back of her hand, and see in his big brown eyes how much he loves her.
Dr. Morrison is the one who told Mandy to write it out when she was afraid or angry. To put it in print so she could see it was only words and feelings.
Sometimes it helped.
In school on Friday, Mandy's teacher promised the class that when the sun went dark tomorrow, it wasn't Magic. It was only Science that made the moon move in front of the sun and turn day into night for a few minutes.
But on the bus on the way home, Billy kept teasing her that werewolves could come out during Eclipses, just like they could on Full Moons, and Siobhan kept taunting her about how her Daddy must be one of the Dark Ones because they only ever saw him on Skype or Facetime, and that when Noon turned to Midnight they could walk on the earth and come back to claim their kin.
The thing is… Billy lies a lot.
And Mandy is pretty sure Daddy isn't ACTUALLY a Dark One. A Creature of the Night could never look so handsome in his uniform with all the fruit salad on his chest. (Except it doesn't look like fruit salad. It looks like ribbons.)
After all, Mommy says that it's normal for Mommies and Daddies to do bitey things sometimes. (She says it was the way grown-up people kiss.) And Daddy isn't dead or anything; he was on the Other Side of the World doing his job in a place they call the Sandbox. And that time she'd seen him looking all foamy and frothy coming out of the steamy bathroom, he'd smelled nice, like mint.
So… maybe Billy and Siobhan were just trying to scare her because they were Stupid Idiots who didn't know any better.
Mommy will be there to hold her hand when the sun went away. And Ferguson will always be her protector.
And Daddy's deployment will end before Christmas.
Mandy looks at the sentences she'd written at the top of her page. Then she trades her black pen for a red Magic Marker and draws bold lines through them all.
She isn't scared anymore.
"There, just… a little to the left… now a tad to the right… oh, yes! Aahhhhhh!"
The boy with the pitchfork had finally managed to reach that infernal dry spot right between her primary wings.
It seemed almost a pity to eat him. But, Tradition, and all that.
She'd roast him first, of course. Dragon-fire killed the pain and added a crispy outer shell that was just so… She was distracted from her search for the perfect word by another irritating itch. This time it was just above her left ear-slit.
"Boy," she growled, as sweetly as she could. "I need your assistance again."
He went to work, raking the tines of his fork up and down the specified quadrant of her body.
She knew it was bad form to play with her food for this long, but she couldn't help it!
Ever since Blood of Bathory had switched to GMO virgin's blood in their moisturizer, it had been SO much less effective.
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A.I.C.O. Incarnation è un original net anime giapponese di fantascienza prodotto dallo studio Bones, distribuito sulla piattaforma di streaming Netflix in tutte le nazioni ove è disponibile il servizio il 9 marzo 2018. Un adattamento manga di Hiroaki Michiaki è stato pubblicato su Monthly Shōnen Sirius a partire dal 25 novembre 2017.

Trama
Nell'anno 2035, un progetto di ricerca biologica fallisce, dando luogo a un incidente chiamato "Burst" che trasforma Kurobe in un'area soggetta a quarantena perché infestata da organismi sintetici fuori controllo.

Due anni dopo Aiko Tachibana, una studentessa delle superiori, scopre che potrebbe avere una connessione inaspettata con le forme di vita che hanno ucciso i suoi genitori e decide di risolvere il mistero con l'aiuto del compagno di classe Yuya Kanzaki.

Personaggi

Doppiata in giapponese da Haruka Shiraishi e in italiano da Valentina Pallavicino
Protagonista della serie, è una ragazza energica e allegra. Dopo aver perso la propria famiglia nel "Burst", rimase ferita mortalmente e il suo cervello venne poi installato in un corpo artificiale. Incontra un nuovo studente appena trasferitosi nella sua scuola, Yuya Kanzaki, e rimane scioccata dalle rivelazioni che lui le fa riguardo alla sua famiglia e al suo corpo. Aiko decide quindi di unire le forze con Yuya per recuperare la propria famiglia.

Doppiato in giapponese da Yūsuke Kobayashi e in italiano da Alessandro Capra
Un nuovo studente trasferitosi nella scuola di Aiko e altro protagonista della serie dal comportamento più maturo e distaccato. Il giovane racconta ad Aiko la verità riguardo alla sua ricostruzione e entra a far parte dei Divers per raggiungere il Primary Point. Il suo obiettivo è mettere fine al "Burst", ma molti aspetti del personaggio rimangono avvolti dal mistero. Tuttavia, viene rivelato in seguito che la sua vera identità è quella di Toshihide Yura, uno dei dottori e ricercatori dell'istituto di ricerca biotecnica Kiryu che morì all'inizio dell'incidente "Burst" e il cui cervello fu impiantato in un organismo artificiale chiamato il "Duplicate One" da Susumu Kurose, che in qualche modo è riuscita a salvaguardare il corpo di Yura.

Doppiato in giapponese da Ryota Takeuchi  e in italiano da Raffaele Farina
È il capo dei Divers e compagno di Shiraishi. Nonostante l'aspetto da duro e intimidatorio, è una persona gentile e dalle buone maniere. Guidato da un forte senso di responsabilità, mette sempre al primo posto rispetto al resto le necessità dei propri compagni di squadra. Ha raccolto la sua squadra in risposta alla richiesta di Kurose.

Doppiata in giapponese da Ai Kayano e in italiano da Emanuela Pacotto
È una dei membri dei Divers e compagna di Shinoyama. Gentile, dolce e affabile, supporta Shinoyama e il resto della squadra con attenzioni meticolose per ogni cosa, a partire dalle operazioni e manutenzioni riguardanti i veicoli sino alla presa di accordi per le scorte di cibo.

Doppiato in giapponese da Makoto Furukawa e in italiano da Patrizio Prata
Membro dei Divers e compagno di Kazuki. Un tempo membro dell'unità di forze speciali militari, è dotato di grandi abilità nel combattimento. Ha la capacità di prendere decisioni con calma in base alla situazione e di scegliere l'azione da intraprendere più indicata. Può essere rigoroso talvolta con Kazuki, ma mantiene un comportamento da fratello maggiore carino e premuroso. È capace di usare qualsiasi tipo di arma, da quelle da fuoco a quelle bianche.

Doppiato in giapponese da Taishi Murata e in italiano da Tommaso Zalone
Membro dei Divers e compagno di Sagami. Mentre è ancora un nuovo arrivato nel gruppo, cerca di sopperire alla propria mancanza di esperienza con spirito d'iniziativa ed entusiasmo. Usa il proprio talento nell'elettronica per aiutare il proprio compagno Sagami. Ha una mano destra protesica basata su una forma di vita tecnologica artificiale.

Doppiata in giapponese da Kaori Nazuka e in italiano da Alessandra Karpoff
Membro dei Divers e compagna di Kaede, è bella, intelligente e dal sangue freddo. Prima del "Burst", è stata ricercatrice di forme di vita artificiale. Esperta di equipaggiamenti scientifici, preferisce seguire tattiche efficaci che basarsi sulle proprie esperienze precedenti, in netto contrasto con la fiducia riposta dalla propria compagna Kaede nel suo intuito. Mostra forte interesse nella "materia maligna".

Doppiata in giapponese da M.A.O e in italiano da Giulia Bersani
Membro dei Divers e compagna di Haruka. Gode di eccezionali abilità fisiche e di sensi simili a quelli degli animali. È specializzata nei combattimenti ravvicinati e nel preventivare gli attacchi. Le sue parole sono spesso dirette e impulsive, rendendola agli occhi altrui una persona piuttosto superficiale o alquanto sconsiderata e approssimativa.

Doppiato in giapponese da Tōru Ōkawa  e in italiano da Lorenzo Scattorin
È uno dei ricercatori di forme di vita artificiale presso all'istituto per la ricerca biotecnica Kiryu e sviluppatore della tecnologia di "Assembramento cellulare". Dalla personalità accomodante e spensierata, è però disposto a prendersi dei rischi per raggiungere i propri obiettivi. Provvede a dare una mano a Yuya e Aiko restando al di fuori dell'area. Lui e Isazu hanno frequentato l'università nello stesso anno, mentre Nanbara era un anno avanti rispetto a loro.

Doppiato in giapponese da Takehito Koyasu e in italiano da Claudio Moneta
Capo dell'ospedale Kiryu e il dottore che si occupa di curare Aiko. Come Kurose, ha fatto parte del gruppo di ricercatori dell'istituto per la ricerca biotecnica Kiryu. In qualità di ricercatore di forme di vita artificiali, ha sviluppato la tecnologia "nanostrutture carboniche". La sua unica figlia, Yuzuha, si trova in coma in seguito ad un incidente e Isazu si trova a combattere contro la propria incapacità di trovare un modo per curarla.

Doppiata in giapponese da Atsuko Tanaka
Capo dell'ufficio di risposta del CAAC (Agenzia di Controllo delle Creature Artificiali) e figura centrale nell'ambito degli sforzi fatti dal governo per promuovere la tecnologia delle forme di vita artificiali. Contribuisce nei tentativi fatti per recuperare i risultati delle ricerche passate situati ancora nell'area infestata dalla "materia maligna". Ha conosciuto Isazu e Kurose ai tempi dell'università.

Produzione
Il servizio di streaming via Internet Netflix annunciò la serie durante il proprio evento "Netflix Anime Slate 2017" il 2 agosto 2017 e rivelò la propria intenzione di distribuirla in contemporanea mondiale nel corso della primavera 2018. L'annuncio fu fatto come parte del piano di Netflix per introdurre molti più contenuti originali all'interno della piattaforma nel corso del 2018, tra cui 30 nuove serie anime. La serie è stata diretta da Kazuya Murata presso lo studio d'animazione Bones. Diverso tempo prima dell'annuncio, Bones registrò con largo anticipo il marchio relativo a questo anime il 27 aprile 2017, dichiarando che sarebbe stato legato ad anime, giochi e merchandising.

L'anime è scritto da Yuuichi Nomura con i personaggi delineati dal fumettista Hanaharu Naruko. Il direttore capo all'animazione Satoshi Ishino ha adattato il design dei personaggi per poterli animare. Gli altri membri della squadra incaricata di delineare l'aspetto di personaggi e ambientazioni ha incluso Tomoaki Okada per il soggetto, Takeshi Takakura per gli elementi meccanici e Kazuhiro Miwa per ogni altro design. Junichi Higashi è accreditato come art director, mentre Reiko Iwasawa come color key artist e Kōki Ōta come direttore del reparto CGI. Hikaru Fukuda è il direttore della fotografia, mentre Kumiko Sakamoto è l'editor di questo anime. UTAMARO Movement ha prodotto i suoni di sottofondo sotto la direzione di Jin Aketagawa, con gli effetti sonori creati da Tomoji Furuya.

Le musiche della serie sono state composte da Taro Iwashiro e prodotte da Lantis. La sigla di apertura "A.I.C.O." è interpretata dalla cantante nipponica True, mentre il brano di chiusura  è cantato da Haruka Shiraishi, doppiatrice nell'anime di Aiko Tachibana.

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Andy Rotenstreich is the office managing shareholder in the Birmingham office of Baker Donelson and is a member of the Real Estate and Finance Practice Group.
Mr. Rotenstreich has established a wide-ranging wireless telecommunications practice in the Southeast United States, and represents major wireless carriers throughout the region, as well as tower companies and other telecommunications industry clients.
His experience in the telecommunications industry includes regulatory matters, site acquisition and development and related real estate matters. He also has extensive experience in land use and zoning matters, land owner disputes, and has appeared before municipal entities and in state and federal courts on zoning matters.
Mr. Rotenstreich founded, and serves as president of, the Alabama Wireless Association, a trade group for the wireless telecommunications industry. He is also a frequent speaker on telecommunications matters before industry and legal groups, and has experience as president and co-founder of an Internet-related start-up venture. In 2005, 2006 and 2007, he was named in the Birmingham Business Journal's "Best of the Bar" poll for experience in telecommunications law. In 2007, Mr. Rotenstreich was honored with Above Ground Level magazine's "Towering Achievement Award for Individual Achievement," recognizing individuals for personal excellence in representing the wireless infrastructure industry.
Active in community affairs, Mr. Rotenstreich is currently the treasurer of the Endowment Board for Temple Emanu-El and also serves on the board of directors for the Birmingham Jewish Federation. He formerly served on the board of directors and executive committee of The Bell Center for Early Childhood Development and was the organization's president. He was also formerly a member of the Manufacturing Technology Advisory Board at Central Alabama Community College and the Operating/Advisory Board for the Alabama Broadband Initiative. Mr. Rotenstreich has served as vice president of Birmingham's Jewish Community Center and is a participant in the work of several charitable organizations.
He does a really good job of being proactive.
General Counsel, South East Market at one of the largest wireless telecommunications providers in the U.S.
For me, I've been in the role I'm in for about seven months and am newer to the relationship. Within two weeks on the job, Andy reached out to me and said, 'I understand you are new to the role,' and he gave me an overview of the Firm and the relationship. He invited me to meet with them. So they took me to dinner. I joked with our other firms about how proactive Baker Donelson was.
Andy has been working on a zoning site where we may have to move the tower because of some runway extensions. He does a really good job of being proactive.


Catch up on Part 1, if you haven't read it yet.
It's 1970 in an alternate universe where the Beatles never existed. Four unknown English musicians – Ringo Starr (30), George Harrison (27), John Lennon (30), and Paul McCartney (28) – release their first albums in the first three years of the decade. Do they become famous rock stars or remain obscure? That is what I'm going to keep in mind as I listen to these earliest post-Beatles recordings.
Ringo switches gears from standards to Country & Western on his second solo album of 1970. His voice is suited to country and the songs have a nice Hank Williams vibe, although I'm not sure many would want to listen to this if they could listen to original country legends instead. There are some nice songs, especially early on, but there are also some songs that overly silly and/or lazy and kind of embarrassing for poor Ringo.
George Harrison must've bottled up a lot of songs in his last years with the Beatles, and unleashes them on this three-disc album. Arguably, with previous efforts being experiments in music and/or hasty personal recordings made public, this is also the first "real" album by a solo Beatle. I really like the big-band sound and slide guitar Harrison adopts for this album. And after all these years, I still don't think "My Sweet Lord" sounds all that much like "He's So Fine." Despite being a triple-album, nothing here is filler – although I also think "What is Life" is the only standout song – but the whole thing flows in a cohesive whole. The large stable of guest musicians is also a plus, especially on the Apple Jam tracks.
John works through some issues and explores his feelings in his first true post-Beatles recordings. Powerful vocals, thoughtful lyrics, and good instrumentation predominate on the album. The songs on this album are often referred to by rock critics/biographers but are less familiar to me because they're never played on the radio, even the Classic Rock radio. Granted, there are some f-bombs, but it's still a shame that Lennon's legacy as a solo artist is built on some of his lesser works.
McCartney improves upon his solo debut with better production values, instrumentation, and some great harmonies on his sophomore effort. Unfortunately, the songs are lyrically frothy and empty for the most part. It's so odd after hearing Ringo sing sad country songs, George's spiritual exploration, and John's primal scream that Paul is just so damn chipper! Ironically, the only stand out track is "Too Many People" where Paul wallows in nastiness long enough to to take a swipe at John and Yoko. There's one song on this album I'm familiar with – overly so – and that's "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" which is overplayed on the radio despite fact that it's terrible. Even in the context of Ram, this is the absolute worst song.
Speaking of overplayed songs, this album's title track is more worthy of that treatment, a true classic and more politically radical than it's given credit for. On the other end of the spectrum is "Jealous Guy," overplayed, but it just creeps me out as it's basically domestic abuser apologetics. The rest of side 1 is a good set of blues-based rock, that I really like. Side 2 is mostly softer songs – a bit overproduced – but not too bad.
Wings takes flight with an album deliberately recorded in a rush with minimal takes for a desired "raw sound." The songs rock more than on the similarly unfinished McCartney, but Paul & Co. apparently didn't have much time for lyrics as the album features a lot of nonsense words on the first few songs. I do appreciate the effort to make peace with John on "Dear Friend" though.
This album begins with the biggest "what were they thinking?" as far as trying to make a commendable political statement in the worst possible way. The cheerful, 60s girl-band style "Sisters O Sisters" with Yoko on lead vocals is a much, much better feminist anthem. This album features some of Ono's best work to date. The political protest songs keep coming with songs about the Attica State prison uprising and brutal suppression, the Troubles in Northern Ireland, and imprisonment of activists John Sinclair and Angela Davis. There's a lot of intense energy and immediacy in these songs but they also suffer from short shelf-life, more news report than art. The autobiographical rocker "New York City" may be the standout song on this album for being a personal reflection, albeit the personal is political in Lennon's immigration troubles. The Live Jam portion makes me think that going to see Lennon, Ono, and company in concert could've been pretty fun.
In two short years, the Beatles had broken up, and new bands had coalesced – Wings, Elephant's Memory, the collective of artists jamming with George, and Ringo's all-star support crew. None of these bands would ever be real bands in the way the Beatles were (no, not even Wings), but they were proof that the former Beatles could not work alone.
To answer the counterfactual I proposed in the opening paragraph, if four artists who'd never been the Beatles made they're debut in 1970, would they have been successful by 1972? Surprisingly, I think Harrison is the most likely to succeed, although he wouldn't have gotten away with releasing a triple-album for his debut. Lennon, too, would see some success, although people would be confused about these "Beatles" he doesn't believe in. Starr may have found himself a drummer in a band somewhere, but definitely not crooning country tunes. And, McCartney … well, his early solo material was poorly received at the time, so his Beatles' fame is really the only thing that let him continue to make more dreck, so I think alternate universe McCartney would be a flop.


Out of all the medication sold in worldwide, it is the anti-inflammation medication that dominate because so many people taking meds for inflammation more than any other conditions. In this video, Dr. Berg talks about the 3 hidden causes of inflammations.
1. Cortisol – It is an adrenal hormone and it is supposed to stop inflammation or inhibit inflammatory conditions.
There is a condition called cortisol resistance in which the receptor for cortisol is downgraded – which means it doesn't receive that well anymore. When you have too much cortisol, it can produce a state where you get a lot of chronic inflammation because you developed the resistance.
When you lose the function of your cortisol, you also lose the control of your immune system and become more susceptible to viruses, chronic infections and autoimmune diseases.
2. Chronic Infection – Low cortisol and high susceptibility.
3. Insulin Resistance – It is a condition where you are producing too much insulin – that excess amount causes a lot of inflammation in the body. It is triggered by the high carbohydrate diet and the frequency of eating.


HiAlgo > Categories > HiAlgo BOOST > Option to adjust resolution based on target FPS?
HiAlgo has some really great tools that allow many of us to play games with better quality of life.
However, as I understand it, HiAlgo boost adjusts resolution based on camera/motion, which works well in some cases. However, in many games, FPS can vary significantly based on content in screen without any camera movement.
Also, in some games, the detection is weird and probably requires some game specific code to fix. In Path of Exile, it adjusts resolution based on mouse movement, not camera movement, often resulting in the opposite kind of behavior. Moving items around? Low resolution. Running in one direction from a mob about to kill you? High resolution and choppy frames. EDIT: I realize I can tweak the settings to remove downscaling with mouse movement, but then it never downscales, as camera translation doesn't trigger it.
This seems like a great generic option for HiAlgo and older games, as there is already a config file.
Yep. HiAlgo is not good for this game.
> However, in many games, FPS can vary significantly based on content in screen without any camera movement.
True. Every time you try doing something generic, one-size-fits-all, there will be limitations. The way HiAlgo works, it injects itself into a game, without the game being aware of this and without knowing anything about the game (well, actually we have some tweaks for specific games, in files like Games.ini, but this is very limited).
HiAlgo would be more powerful and much more flexible, adaptive, if it would provide some API for the game developers, and the developers would invoke its functionality in accordance with game needs in specific scenes. But then you would need persuade the developers to learn and use this API. This is practically impossible for a lone hacker, an outsider, right?
Ctrl + Shift + (+/-) initiates auto-switch mode and controls the target FPS.
Set target FPS to 0 to return to regular (manual) SWITCH functionality.


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Chapter: Essentials of Anatomy and Physiology: Tissues
Classification of Epithelia
Epithelia are classified according to the number of cell layers and the shape of the cells (table 4.1). Simple epithelium consists of a single layer of cells.
Epithelia are classified according to the number of cell layers and the shape of the cells (table 4.1). Simple epithelium consists of a single layer of cells. Stratified epithelium consists of more than one layer of epithelial cells, with some cells sitting on top of others. Categories of epithelium based on cell shape are squamous (skwā′\mŭs; flat), cuboidal (cubelike), and columnar (tall and thin). In most cases, each epithelium is given two names, such as simple squamous, simple columnar, or stratified squamous epithelium. When epithelium is stratified, it is named according to the shape of the cells at the free surface.
Simple squamous epithelium is a single layer of thin, flat cells (table 4.2a). Some substances easily pass through this thin layer of cells, but other substances do not. For example, the air-ways end as small sacs called alveoli (al-vē′\o-lı̄; sing. alveolus, hollow sac). The alveoli consist of simple squamous \epithelium that allows oxygen from the air to diffuse into the body and carbon dioxide to diffuse out of the body into the air. Simple squamous epithelium in the filtration membranes of the kidneys forms thin barriers through which small molecules, but not large ones, can pass.
Small molecules, including water from blood, are filtered through these barriers as a major step in urine formation. Large molecules, such as proteins, and blood cells remain in the blood vessels of the kidneys.
Simple squamous epithelium also prevents abrasion between organs in the pericardial, pleural, and peritoneal cavities . The outer surfaces of organs are covered with simple squamous epithelium that secretes a slippery fluid. The fluid lubri-cates the surfaces between the organs, preventing damage fromfriction when the organs rub against one another or the body wall.
Simple cuboidal epithelium is a single layer of cubelikecells (table 4.2b) that carry out active transport, facilitated dif-fusion, or secretion. Epithelial cells that secrete molecules such as proteins contain organelles that synthesize them. These cells have a greater volume than simple squamous epithelial cells and contain more cell organelles. The kidney tubules have large portions of their walls composed of simple cuboidal epithelium. These cells secrete waste products into the tubules and reabsorb useful materials from the tubules as urine is formed. Some cuboidal epithelial cells have cilia that move mucus over the free surface or microvilli that increase the surface area for secretion and absorption.
Simple columnar epithelium is a single layer of tall, thin cells (table 4.2c). These large cells contain organelles that enable them to perform complex functions. For example, the simplecolumnar epithelium of the small intestine produces and secretes mucus and digestive enzymes. Mucus (mū′\kŭs) is a clear, viscous (thick) fluid. The mucus protects the lining of the intestine, and the digestiveenzymes complete the process of digesting food. The columnar cells then absorb the digested foods by active transport,facilitated diffusion, or simple diffusion.
Pseudostratified columnar epithelium is a special type ofsimple epithelium (table 4.2d). The prefix pseudo- means false, so this type of epithelium appears stratified but is not. It consists of one layer of cells, with all the cells attached to the basement mem-brane. But it looks like two or more layers of cells because some of the cells are tall and reach the free surface, whereas others are short and do not reach the free surface. Pseudostratified columnar epithelium lines some glands and ducts, the auditory tubes, and some of the airways, such as the nasal cavity, nasal sinuses, phar-ynx, trachea, and bronchi. Pseudostratified columnar epithelium secretes mucus, which covers its free surface. Cilia located on the free surface move the mucus and the debris that accumulates in it. For example, cilia of the airways move mucus toward the throat, where it is swallowed.
Stratified squamous epithelium forms a thick epithelium because it consists of several layers of cells (table 4.3a). The deepest cells are cuboidal or columnar and are capable of dividing and producing new cells. As these newly formed cells are pushed to the surface, they become flat and thin. As the cells flatten, the cyto-plasm of the epithelial cells is replaced by a protein called keratin, and the cells die. One type of stratified squamous epithelium forms the outer layer of the skin and is called keratinized squa-mous epithelium . The dead cells provide protection against abrasion, and form a barrier that prevents microorganisms and toxic chemicals from entering the body, and reduces the loss of water from the body. If cells at the surface are damaged or rubbed away, they are replaced by cells formed in the deeper layers.
In contrast, stratified squamous epithelium of the mouth is composed of living cells with a moist surface. This nonkeratinized (moist) stratified squamous epithelium also provides protection against abrasion and acts as a mechanical barrier, preventing microorganisms from entering the body. Water, however, canmove across it more readily than across the skin.
Stratified cuboidal epithelium consists of more than onelayer of cuboidal epithelial cells. This epithelial type is relatively rare and is found in sweat gland ducts, ovarian follicular cells, and the salivary glands. It functions in absorption, secretion, and protection.
Stratified columnar epithelium consists of more than one layer of epithelial cells, but only the surface cells are columnar. The deeper layers are irregular or cuboidal in shape. Like stratified cuboidal epithelium, stratified columnar epithelium is relatively rare. It is found in the mammary gland ducts, the larynx, and a portion of the male urethra. This epithelium carries out secretion,protection, and some absorption.
Transitional epithelium is a special type of stratified epithe-lium that can be greatly stretched (table 4.3b). In the unstretched state, transitional epithelium consists of five or more layers of cuboidal or columnar cells that often are dome-shaped at the free surface. As transitional epithelium is stretched, the cells change to a low cuboidal or squamous shape, and the number of cell layers decreases. Transitional epithelium lines cavities that can expand greatly, such as the urinary bladder. It also protects underlying structures from the caustic effects of urine.
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QuickTime (читається квіктайм) — технологія та серія застосунків, розроблених Apple для відтворення різних форматів цифрового відео, звуку, тексту, анімації, музики, і панорамних зображень. Остання версія QuickTime 7.7.9 від 2016 року.

Застосунки і технології QuickTime складаються з:
 QuickTime Player — власне медіа-плеєр від Apple.
 QuickTime framework, середовище, що надає набір API для кодування і розкодування аудіо- та відео-даних.
 QuickTime Movie (.mov) відкритий документований формат даних для медіа-вмісту.

Працює на платформах Mac OS X та Windows.

QuickTime Player має здатність інтегруватися у веббраузери для відтворення цифрових медіа, що передаються через інтернет.

Дивись також
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Посилання
 Офіційний сайт QuickTime  зі сторінкою завантаження , та додатковими компонентами розширення
 QuickTime-вміст
 Сайт для розробників під Apple QuickTime

Мультимедійні каркаси
Формати файлів
Відео формати
Медіаплеєри
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Програмне забезпечення Apple


Sioux Chief OX Box Dishwasher/Toilet Outlet Box with 1/4-turn ball valve.
Valve inlet connection is 1/2" MPT (outlside) / female sweat (inside).
Valve outlet connection is 3/8" OD compression. Compression nut and ring included.
Meets ANSI/NSF 61 and 372 standards. Approved for potable water use and lead-free compliant (contains no more than 0.25% lead) nationwide.


Place your pots and pans on the enamel supports and enjoy stable, reliable cooking. They're tough and more than able to withstand the rigours of daily use.
With a black tempered gas on glass design, this Bosch Serie 4 PNP6B6B80 Hob offers a smart looking surface that's easy to clean – a stylish and practical accent in to your kitchen.
With the convenient front-mounted controls, you can make temperature adjustments easily – and you won't have to reach across hot surfaces.
The black glass finish matches my oven!
Would have liked cast iron pan supports for the price I paid!
Check that the area in which the oven or hob is to be situated is suitable and that existing gas connections meet the legal requirements.
Disconnect the existing oven or hob, un-box and check the new product.
Give a quick demo of the appliance settings and provide a copy of the gas certificate.
Note: Before we arrive, you will need to make sure access is clear to the area you want your appliance installed, the appliance will fit into the space and that there are suitable gas connections within 1.5 metres.


Although we specialize in custom made stefana, we wanted to give our brides and koumbari more choices to make their Greek Wedding a special event.
We can match candles to these stefana, add a beautiful silver tray, and package them ready for the altar.
Custom designed Greek Wedding Crowns, Stefana. Diamonds, pearls, white satin or silk, cream, silver or gold. We can work magic for your wedding day. Make sure to choose a beautiful tray and candles, modern or traditional to complete the altar table. Everything you need for your traditional greek wedding.


Run your curser over the pump clip to reveal the tasting notes.
Tastes like a good 4% session beer & Roger Protz says "it's a most remarkable beer" and is include in his book 300 beers to try before you die.
A GOLDEN yellow beer, with smooth malt & hops, then with a bombardment of aroma from the American hops.
Copper coloured beer, malty with a growing hop character which is berry fruit & nutty. Aromas of spiced rum.
Golden Beer with a flavour like a good Chablis. It was a finalist in the Champion Beer of Britain competition.
Deep red coloured beer with a malty but nutty flavour, brewed using Sussex & East Kent Goldings hops.


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1) I have an existing textarea where user can enter text
2) I have an existing database table with string pairs (string1, string2)
3) I'd like to be able to highlight all strings (maybe applying a  with background color or italics in my css) as the user types them into the textarea that match any of the string1 results from the database (the strings could be one word or multiple word phrases, but would not be portions of a word). When the user hovers over the highlighted strings, the corresponding string2 appears in a basic qTip2.
4) If the user changed the text, the highlighting and qTip would go away if it no longer matched one of the string1 rows.
5) I envision creating a json array using PHP json_encode from the mysql_fetch_assoc recordset each time the page is called that would contain the string1 and string2 data since the string1 and string2 data is dynamic.

A: There's a bit of complexity in what you're asking, but as a starting point, you may want to look at Craig's Google translate demo on the qTip site that does a little bit of what you're asking.  When the user highlights a word, it does a Google translation on the selected item and displays the translation in a qTip:
http://www.craigsworks.com/projects/qtip2/demos/#translate

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Parish and town councils are set to get free independent help to formulate their responses to plans for a new twin reactor nuclear power station on Suffolk's coast.
Dozens of leaders from parish, district and county councils across East Suffolk met for the Sizewell C community forum in Stratford St Andrew to discuss the latest proposals for the proposed power station with the EDF Energy project team.
The meeting follows the final public exhibition which was held earlier this week in Trimley St Martin – the formal consultation period continues until March 29.
More than 4,000 people have visited one of the 14 exhibitions since the 12-week Stage 3 consultation started.
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EDF says the new Sizewell link road would reduce traffic on the B1122 by 90% at peak construction in Middleton Moor and Theberton.
The meeting also heard why a jetty was no longer proposed for environmental reasons.
Investigations have found that a jetty capable of receiving and handling the bulk of the construction material (i.e. a marine led strategy) would be a very large structure extending 800 metres offshore and would require in the order of 1,200 piles.
The drilling of the piles over the 12-month construction period would cause sustained noise and vibration impacts likely to have significant effects on marine mammals and fish.
Parish councils asked how they could engage more in the planning process.
Brian Stewart, Community Forum chairman, said the feedback received from this round of consultation would be shared at the next forum in late summer.