Live in-studio performance and interview with Renee Neufville. Renee's music knows no boundaries and her resume boasts Top 5 hit records as one half of the iconic group ZHANE and world tours as keyboardist/ vocalist in Roy Hargrove's funky jazz unit, RH FACTOR. A champion of all forms of LIVE music, Renee's new work is infused with her experiences in the r&b, pop, jazz and dance hall worlds (lest we forget this Brooklynite's heart and soul has never strayed far from her native Jamaica). But those categories are for the rest of us – for Renee Neufville it's simply about MUSIC – the songs she writes, the melodies she plays, the bands she leads and the lyrics her exceptional voice caresses.
B-Side, BRIC TV's live in-studio music series, features performances from emerging and established musicians on Thursday evenings. These performances are open to the public, however studio space is limited.


These slab tanks are the first part of an order for a brand new Data Centre in Sweden. They will be used in the storage of gas oil for the supply of standby generators. Each of the six units on two sites will have a 45 Tonne containerised generator on top.


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Administration & Board
Auditions & Employment
What our patrons are saying
Education & Community Outreach
Ensembles for Hire
Our Exciting 2016-2017 33rd Concert Season!
September 10
Organ Spectacular
October 8 & 9
Revolutionaries
November 19 & 20
Fathers, Sons & Brothers
January 14 &15
Unfinished Romantic
February 18 & 19
Friendly Inspiration
Beethoven's Echo
Organ Spectacular
September 10, 2016, 7pm
Georg Frideric Handel Organ Concerto in F Major "Cuckoo & Nightingale"
Carol Wilson, organ
Samuel Barber Toccata Festiva for Organ & Orchestra
Deke Polifka, organ
Tomaso Albinoni Adagio (adapted by Giazotto)
Marcel Dupré Prelude and Fugue in B Major, op. 7, no. 1
Joseph Galema, organ
Alexandre Guilmant Symphony No. 1 for Organ & Orchestra, op. 42
Pre-concert lecture 45 minutes prior to the concert with Donald Zimmermann, D.M.A., Music Director, Immanuel Lutheran Church
The thrill of last season's Organ Spectacular returns with an all-new program featuring Albinoni's haunting Adagio and Handel's charming organ concerto The Cuckoo and the Nightingale. Three of Colorado Springs' finest organists and lesser-known works by Barber, Dupré and Guilmant round out a program that will take you to the edges of your soul and leave you in triumph.
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October 8, 2016, 7pm
Broadmoor Community Church
October 9, 2016, 2:30pm
Joseph Schwantner New Morning for the World (Daybreak of Freedom)
John Register, Narrator
Ludwig van Beethoven Ah, Perfido!, op. 65, for Soprano & Orchestra
Katherine Johnson, soprano
Elliott Carter Sound Fields
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 2 in D Major, op. 36
Pre-concert lecture 45 minutes prior to each concert with George Preston, General Manager, KCME 88.7
There is no greater musical revolutionary than Beethoven, who changed the course of music for all time. Revolutionaries brings Beethoven together with Elliott Carter and Joseph Schwantner, who have rocked the musical world in their own right. For this program, the music and the ideas are timeless!
November 19, 2016, 7pm
November 20, 2:30pm
Michael Haydn Overture from Andromeda ed Perseo, MH438
Franz Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 92 in G Major "Oxford"
Leopold Mozart Alto Trombone Concerto in D Major
Bron Wright, alto trombone
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 28 in C Major, K.200
Pre-concert lecture 45 minutes prior to each concert with Dr. Michael Grace, Colorado College
Mozart and Haydn both followed in their fathers' footsteps. They found their own unique, artistic voice, but never lost sight of their families' musical traditions. Rare works by Michael Haydn and Leopold Mozart set the stage for timeless classics by Franz Joseph Haydn and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with a special appearance by the Philharmonic's outstanding principal trombonist, Bron Wright.
Unfinished Romantic
Janurary 14, 2017, 7pm
January 15, 2017, 2:30pm
Fanny Mendelssohn Overture in C Major
Franz Schubert Symphony No. 8 in B Minor, D.759 "Unfinished"
Beethoven Leonore Overture No. 1, Op. 138
César Franck Symphonic Variations for Piano & Orchestra
Dr. Zahari Metchkov, piano
Pre-concert lecture 45 prior to each concert with Dr. Tania Z. Cronin, Colorado College
The Romantic spirit—personal expression, striving to ever-greater heights, and exploring humanity—will never die! Rare music abounds with Fanny Mendelssohn's Overture in C Major and a stunning performance of Franck's Symphonic Variations by acclaimed pianist Zahari Metchkov, in a program rounded out by Schubert's timeless Unfinished Symphony. This is music that will lift your heart and spirit.
Friendly Inspiration
February 18, 2017, 7pm
February 19, 2017, 2:30pm
Antonio Vivaldi Concerto in G Minor for Two Cellos & Orchestra, RV531
Gerald Miller & Pamela Chaddon, cellos
Johann Sebastian Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major, BWV1050
Allison Gioscia, flute Eric Wicks, harpsichord Elisa Wicks, violin
Francesco Geminiani Concerto Grosso in D Minor, op. 5, no. 12 "La folia"
Jacob Klock & Elisa Wicks, violins
Michael Hart, viola Gerald Miller, cello
Alberto Ginastera Variaciones Concertantes, op. 23
Pre-concert lecture 45 prior to each concert with Colin McAllister, D.M.A., UCCS
Is there anything more delightful than a concerto with more than one soloist? Two, three, or four times the artistry and a musical conversation unparalleled in the concert experience! Join the Chamber Orchestra for a little friendly inspiration and an afternoon of virtuosity as the entire orchestra shine.
Beethoven's Echo
April 29, 2017, 7pm
April 30, 2017, 2:30pm
Michael Torke Ash
Sergei Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major, op. 19
Jacob Klock, violin
Robert Schumann Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, op. 97 "Rhenish"
Pre-concert lecture 45 minutes prior to each concert with Don Th. Jaeger, Conductor
Following on our Revolutionaries program at the beginning of the season, the Chamber Orchestra explores pieces inspired by Beethoven. Local favorite violinist and our Concertmaster, Jacob Klock, gives a knockout performance of Prokofiev's landmark First Violin Concerto, while shades of Beethoven's Fifth are clearly heard in Michael Torke's Ash, and our season ends in triumph with Schumann's Rhenish Symphony, which was modeled on Beethoven's Eroica and Pastoral Symphonies.
A message from Music Director, Thomas Wilson:
The Chamber Orchestra of the Springs has a lot in common with Schubert's Unfinished Symphony--beautiful, elegant, inspired ... and far from being done! Along with Schubert's masterpiece, we've assembled a diverse season of the best music, the most exciting guest artists, and inspired performances by our outstanding orchestra. As part of our subscriber family, you'll have the best access to priceless music at the best price in town.
In our modern world, technology can make non-musicians into "artists" and music itself almost disposable, but what the Chamber Orchestra brings to its live performances is very human and very real. Every powerful performance will affirm what Nietzsche said so eloquently: "Without music, life would be a mistake."
Join us for the adventure!
Mon: 9am - 3pm
Thurs: noon - 3pm
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Intro to U9 Hockey
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Team Canada Black wins 2021 Capital City Challenge
Capital City Recap: Tuesday, November 30
Win big with WJC
Get your 2022 hockey jersey!
Coaching as friends
From off-season to Olympian
What the Assist Fund means to me: Laureen Crane
Proudly representing their peers
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CALGARY, Alta. – Gina Kingsbury (Rouyn-Noranda, Que.), director of hockey operations, announced Friday that three players, defenceman Jaime Bourbonnais (Mississauga, Ont./PWHPA) and forwards Jessie Eldridge (Barrie, Ont./PWHPA) and Julia Gosling (London, Ont./St. Lawrence University, ECAC) have been released from Canada's National Women's Team centralization roster.
"This is an incredibly difficult decision to make as Jaime, Jessie and Julia have committed themselves to a high level of excellence in vying for a spot on Canada's Olympic team," said Kingsbury. "Hockey Canada and our staff thank each of them for the impact they had and will continue to have on our program."
Canada trimmed its roster following a month-long training schedule that included a series in Finland, two Rivalry Series games against the United States and the Capital City Challenge in Ottawa, Ont.
Twenty-six players remain on Canada's roster - three goaltenders, eight defence and 15 forwards. Twenty-three players will be chosen for the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing, China.
Canada's National Women's Team will continue its Olympic preparations with a pair of games against an all-star team from the Professional Women's Hockey Players Association (PWHPA) on Dec. 9 and 11 in Calgary, followed by Rivalry Series games later this month in St. Louis, Mo., and St. Paul, Minn. The series will conclude with games in Edmonton (Jan. 3) and Red Deer (Jan. 6).
For more information on Hockey Canada and Canada's National Women's Team, please visit HockeyCanada.ca, or following along through social media on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, and by using #OurGameIsBack.
2021-22 National Women's Team
Rivalry Series games cancelled in Edmonton and Red Deer
Rivalry Series game in Minnesota cancelled
Adapt and excel
Rivalry Series Recap: Canada 3, United States 2 (OT)
Coach Connection: Campbell & Maltais
Women's Recap: Canada 5, PWHPA All-Stars 1
Uniting for the sport
Shannon Coulter - January 17, 2022
Helping in a time of need
When a historic weather event caused devastating flooding and landslides in British Columbia, the hockey community came together to help affected residents and teams
Shannon Coulter - November 19, 2021
Rallying in lavender
With sticks wrapped in lavender tape, players from Hockey Regina are leading the charge to raise money for the Canadian Cancer Society through Hockey Fights Cancer
Shannon Coulter - October 28, 2021
Coming together to save a life
Three Calgary Buffalo Hockey Association trainers were in the right place at the right time, and their quick-thinking – and a powerful community response – saved a player's life
Shannon Coulter - September 18, 2021
After meeting on the ice as teammates, Piper Hays and Hayley Palmer's friendship grew stronger when they began coaching together with the Vancouver Angels
Jennifer Robins - September 14, 2021
Telling the stories of our game
The Hockey Canada Community, presented by Scotiabank, returns for a second season of celebrating the best of Canadian hockey
2021 CCC: CANR - CANB (Gold)
Canada Black won the Capital City Challenge with Ritchie's OT goal.
2021 CCC: CANW - CANR (Semifinal)
Yager netted a goal and an assist to give Canada Red a chance at the top prize.


Joe came home on Friday, so after I scooped him up at the airport, we had a sushi date. The picture doesn't look very good, but the sushi was awesome!
Saturday morning we got up early and headed to A-basin for some spring snowboarding. It was a gorgeous blue bird day with temps suppose to reach the 50's!
When we were officially exhausted, we headed back to the parking lot, which becomes a huge party in the spring. Everyone is grilling out and playing music. The front part is called "The Beach" and our friends had a spot reserved on it, so we stopped by for a little while.
It's also fun to people watch – there are a lot of costumes and craziness going on.
When we got back to town, quick showers were taken and we headed to the brewery across the street to meet up with my work friends. It was still really warm in Denver, so we were able to sit outside. Random fireworks suddenly went off above my apartment building…weird, but cool!
wow all that snow! Looks like a blast.
It was a really great weekend for sure!
Seriously sounds like such a great weekend! I'm glad Joe is back!
I'm glad too! It was such a good weekend and I am exhausted today!!
Love the fireworks! Looks like you had an awesome wknd as usual!!
They were so random! Hope you had a great weekend too!
I had great sushi this weekend too!
Love it! I could eat sushi everyday!
sushi dates are the best! So good!
So glad you guys have made the most of the spring riding season!
Gosh you guys always look like you have so much fun! The "parking lot" looks like a blast! Almost like tailgating! How fun!
It's completely like tailgating (that's actually what many people call it!)..so much fun!!
As usual, looks like you had an incredible weekend! I can't get over all that snow.. it's so beautiful!
Looks like a ton of fun. And what a better end to the day than fireworks?!
I know right?! It was perfect!


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{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleContexts           #-}
{-# LANGUAGE GeneralizedNewtypeDeriving #-}
{-# LANGUAGE MultiParamTypeClasses      #-}
{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings          #-}
{-# LANGUAGE RankNTypes                 #-}
{-# LANGUAGE ScopedTypeVariables        #-}
module Main where

import           Checks               (routes)
import           Configurator.Yaml
import           Control.Applicative
import           Control.Concurrent   (killThread, threadDelay)
import           Control.Exception
import           Control.Monad.Reader
import           Control.Monad.State
import qualified Data.HashMap.Strict  as HM
import           Data.Map.Strict      (Map, lookup)
import qualified Data.Map.Strict      as M
import           Data.Maybe
import           Data.Monoid          ((<>))
import           Data.Set             (Set)
import qualified Data.Set             as S
import qualified Data.Text            as T
import           Data.Time.Clock
import           Data.Yaml
import           Pipes
import           Pipes.Concurrent
import           Prelude              hiding (log, lookup)
import           System.IO
import           Types                (Check (..), Complex, Convert (..),
                                       Counter, Counter (..), DBException (..),
                                       Database, Dyn, Env (..), Fun (..),
                                       TaskResult(..),
                                       ErrorMSG,
                                       Hostname (..), Monitoring (..),
                                       Period (..), Task (..), Trigger (..),
                                       countersFromExp, ctype, eval, getData,
                                       saveData)

import           Debug.Trace
-- PEN assigned for fixmon
-- Prefix: iso.org.dod.internet.private.enterprise (1.3.6.1.4.1)
-- PEN: 44729

main :: IO ()
main = do
    trace "start" $ hSetBuffering stdout LineBuffering
    m <- either (error . show) id <$> parseConfig "fixmon.yaml" "snmp.yaml"
    (saverO, saverI) <- spawn unbounded
    (triggerO, triggerI) <- spawn unbounded
    p1 <- forkIO $ run m (cron >-> log "cron >-> tasker" >-> tasker >-> log "tasker >-> saverO" >->  toOutput saverO) ()
    p4 <- forkIO $ run m (fromInput saverI  >-> saver >-> log "saver >-> triggerO" >-> toOutput triggerO) []
    p5 <- forkIO $ run m (fromInput triggerI >-> log "triggerI >-> checkTrigger" >-> checkTrigger >-> log "checkTrigger >-> shower" >-> shower) M.empty
    _ <- getLine :: IO String
    mapM_ killThread [p1,p4,p5]

seconds :: Int -> Int
seconds = (* 1000000)

type Cache = Map (Hostname, Counter) Dyn

newtype Fixmon a b = Fixmon { runFixmon :: ReaderT Monitoring (StateT a IO) b}
  deriving (Functor, Applicative, Monad, MonadIO, MonadState a, MonadReader Monitoring)

run :: forall s a. Monitoring -> Effect (Fixmon s) a -> s -> IO a
run m = evalStateT . (flip runReaderT m) . runFixmon . runEffect

log :: (Monad m, Show a, MonadIO m) => String -> Pipe a a m ()
log _prefix = forever $ do
   x <- await
   -- liftIO $ putStr $ _prefix ++ ": " ++ show x ++ "\n\n"
   yield x

cron :: Producer Task (Fixmon ()) ()
cron = forever $ do
    liftIO $ threadDelay $ seconds 10
    now <- liftIO getCurrentTime
    st <- ask
    each (task st now)

tasker :: Pipe Task TaskResult (Fixmon ()) ()
tasker = forever $ do
    task'@(Task _ vCheck _) <- await
    rules <- snmpRules <$> ask
    let mfCheck = lookup (ctype vCheck) (routes rules)
    yield =<< liftIO (maybe (notFound task') (doCheck' task') mfCheck)
    where
       notFound :: Task -> IO TaskResult
       notFound (Task vHost vCheck vTrigger) = return $ TaskResult vHost vCheck vTrigger "check type not found" False Null
       doCheck' :: Task -> (Check -> IO Complex) -> IO TaskResult
       doCheck' (Task vHost vCheck vTrigger) doCheck'' = do
         checkResult <- try $ doCheck'' vCheck
         case checkResult of
           Left (h :: SomeException) -> return $ TaskResult vHost vCheck vTrigger (show h) False Null
           Right r -> return $  TaskResult vHost vCheck vTrigger "" True r

saver :: Pipe TaskResult TaskResult (Fixmon [TaskResult]) ()
saver = forever $ do
    add
    saveChecks
    put []
    where
      saveChecks = do
          queue <-  get
          db <- storage <$> ask
          liftIO $ saveData db queue `catch` (\(e :: DBException) -> print $ "saver: " <> show e)
      add = do
          vTaskResult <- await
          modify $ (:) vTaskResult
          yield vTaskResult
          s <- length <$> get
          if s > 1 then return () else add

taskResultToComplex :: TaskResult -> Complex
taskResultToComplex (TaskResult _ _ _ _ _ x) = x -- TODO: convert

shower :: MonadIO m => Consumer TriggerResult m ()
shower = forever $ do
    triggerResult <- await
    liftIO . print $ triggerResult

data TriggerResult = TriggerResult Hostname Check Trigger ErrorMSG Bool deriving (Show, Eq, Ord)

checkTrigger :: Pipe TaskResult TriggerResult (Fixmon Cache) ()
checkTrigger = forever $ work =<< await

work :: TaskResult -> Pipe TaskResult TriggerResult (Fixmon Cache) ()
work (TaskResult vHost vCheck vTriggers vError vStatus vComplex)
  | S.null vTriggers = return ()
  | not vStatus = each $ S.map (\x -> TriggerResult vHost vCheck x vError vStatus) vTriggers
  | otherwise = do
      let cache = buildCache vHost (findKeys vTriggers) vComplex
      updatedCache <-  state $ \s -> (M.union cache s, M.union cache s)
      db <- storage <$> ask
      let environment = createEnv db (from vHost) updatedCache
      result <- forM (S.toList vTriggers) $ \x -> do
          res <- liftIO $ eval environment $ tresult x
          case res of
               Left e -> return $ TriggerResult vHost vCheck x (vError <> show e) False
               Right b -> return $ TriggerResult vHost vCheck x vError b
      each $ result
--      liftIO $ print vStatus
--      liftIO $ print vComplex
--      liftIO $ print updatedCache
--      liftIO $ print result

findKeys :: Set Trigger -> Set Counter
findKeys = S.foldr  fun S.empty -- (countersFromExp . tresult)
  where
    fun vTrigger = S.union $ (S.fromList . countersFromExp . tresult) vTrigger

buildCache :: Hostname -> Set Counter -> Complex -> Cache
buildCache vHostname vKeys (Object hm) =
    let idInObject = HM.lookup "id" hm
        keysInComplex = S.map (\x -> (vHostname, x)) $ S.filter (\vCounter -> (String <$> cId vCounter) == idInObject) vKeys
        cache = M.filter (\y -> y /= Null) $ M.fromSet (\(_, x) -> fromMaybe Null $ HM.lookup (cName x) hm) keysInComplex
    in cache
buildCache vHostname vKeys (Array hm) = foldl (\m o -> M.union m (buildCache vHostname vKeys o)) M.empty hm
buildCache _ _ _ = error "bad object in buildCache"

createEnv :: Database db => db -> T.Text -> Cache -> Env
createEnv db t cash = Env (createEnv' t)
  where
  createEnv' hostname (EnvValFun c) =
    let v = M.lookup (Hostname hostname, c) cash
    in case v of
            Nothing -> createEnv' t (LastFun c (Count 1))
            Just r -> return r
  createEnv' _ f  = getData db t f

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The observatory is available for visits/tours to groups of 20 or more. Tours are conducted by student and faculty volunteers and are given during the academic school year, September through April. Tour times are subject to the availability of the student and faculty volunteers.
The one-hour tour includes the planetarium show, visit to the observatory telescope and an explanation of how it works, and a talk on the plaza which has a scaled down version of the solar system in the pavers. Our tour guides will also answer any questions your students may have. We generally follow the Georgia Science Standards for second, fourth, and sixth grades, but if there are other topics the teachers would like to cover, we can accommodate those requests with some notice.
Admission is $2 per person, students and chaperones, for private schools and home schooled groups (September through April only. One chaperone per every 10-12 students), and private groups (Scouts, community groups, etc.). There is no charge for public schools, charter schools, and city of Decatur schools. The maximum number of participants per tour hour is 50.
Because the observatory relies on volunteer physics faculty and students' availability to conduct the tours, tour dates and times for 2018-19 will be determined in late August 2018 for the fall semester tours and late November 2018 for the spring 2019 semester tours.


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\section{Introduction}

Studying solar-like oscillations is a powerful way to probe the interiors
of stars \citep[e.g.,][]{B+G94,ChD2004}.  Oscillations in main-sequence
stars and subgiants have been measured using ground-based spectroscopy
\citep[for a recent review see][]{AChDC2008} and more recently by space
missions such as {\em CoRoT}\ \citep[e.g.,][]{MBA2008}.  Red giants oscillate at
lower frequencies and so demand long and preferably uninterrupted time
series to resolve their oscillations.

The first indications of solar-like oscillations in G and K giants were
based on ground-based observations in radial velocity (see \citealt{Mer99}
and references therein; \citealt{frandsen02,deridder06}) and photometry
\citep{stello06}, and on space-based photometry from
the {\em Hubble Space Telescope} ({\em HST}; \citealt{E+G96,gilliland08,stello09b}),
{\em WIRE} \citep{buzasi00,retter03,stello08},
{\em Microvariability and Oscillations of Stars} ({\em MOST};  \citealt{BMDeR2007,KGW2008,KGM2008}), and
{\em Solar Mass Ejection Imager} ({\em SMEI}; \citealt{tarrant07}).
A major breakthrough came from observations over about 150 days with the
{\em CoRoT}\ space telescope, which produced clear detections in numerous stars
of both radial and non-radial oscillations in the frequency range
10--100\,\mbox{$\mu$Hz}\ \citep{DeRBB2009,HKB2009,CDRB2010}.  This increased the
number of known pulsating G and K giants to nearly 800, and enabled the
first systematic study of oscillations in a large population of red clump
stars \citep{HKB2009,MMB2009,KWD2010}.  \new{Note that the red clump
comprises core He-burning stars and is the metal-rich counterpart to the
horizontal branch.}

Detecting oscillations in lower-luminosity red giants, which are
H-shell-burning stars at the base of the giant branch, is very desirable
for testing models of stellar evolution and also for constraining the
star-formation rate in the local disk \citep{MMB2009}.  However, such
detections are even more challenging than for clump stars because the
amplitudes are substantially lower.  In addition, the oscillation
frequencies are higher and are comparable to the orbital frequency of a
satellite in low-Earth orbit.  These factors made it difficult for {\em CoRoT}\
to achieve such detections.

In this Letter, we present data from the asteroseismology program of the
{\em NASA} {\em Kepler}\ Mission \citep{GBChD2010} that reveal clear
oscillations in a large sample of red giants, extending in luminosity from
the red clump down to the bottom of the giant branch.

\section{Global Oscillation Parameters}

The observations were obtained over the first 34 days of science operations
of the {\em Kepler}\ Mission (Q1 data).  We analyzed light curves having
29.4-minute sampling (long-cadence mode) for about 1500 stars listed as red
giants in the {\em Kepler Input Catalog} (KIC; \citealt{LBM2005}).  About
$20\%$ of the Q1 light curves showed large variations ($>$1\%) on long
timescales, mostly due to M-giant pulsations, and are not analyzed
here.\footnote{One of these was subsequently found to be an oscillating red
giant in an eclipsing binary system \citep{HDH2010}.}  For the remaining
sample, we used the light curves to measure the global oscillation
parameters, most notably the frequency of maximum power (\mbox{$\nu_{\rm max}$}) and the
mean large frequency separation (\mbox{$\Delta \nu$}).  We were able to find a power
excess in $\sim$1000 stars \citep[see also Figure~5 in][]{GBChD2010} and
measure the large separation for $\sim$700 stars.  In this Letter we focus
on the low-luminosity red giants (corresponding to $\mbox{$\nu_{\rm max}$} > 100\,\mbox{$\mu$Hz}$)
for which, as discussed in the introduction, {\em CoRoT}\ results have not yet
been reported.  As discussed by \citet{MMB2009}, such stars generally have
luminosities below about $30\,L_\sun$.

Figure~\ref{fig:01} shows the measured values of \mbox{$\Delta \nu$}\ and \mbox{$\nu_{\rm max}$}\ for
these stars.  The symbols show results obtained using the pipeline
described by \citet{HSB09}, \new{who also described the method used to fit
and subtract the background.}  Similar results were found using pipelines
developed by four other groups \citep{HBC2010,M+A2009,KWD2010,MGR2010}, and
the dotted lines in Figure~\ref{fig:01} show the region inside which
$\sim$80\% of those measurements lay.  A detailed comparison of the results
from the different pipelines is ongoing.

The tight correlation in Figure~\ref{fig:01} between \mbox{$\Delta \nu$}\ and \mbox{$\nu_{\rm max}$}\ was
discussed by \citet{HKB2009} and \citet{SCB2009}, and is seen here to
extend to red giants with much higher \mbox{$\nu_{\rm max}$}.  This and other correlations
between global oscillation parameters, and their connection to fundamental
stellar parameters, will be discussed in future papers.

\section{Results}

\subsection{Frequency analysis}
\label{sec:freqs}

We now consider a subset of 50 of the low-luminosity red giants for more
detailed analysis, chosen as having the best signal-to-noise ratios.  These
stars are indicated in Figure~\ref{fig:01} with filled symbols.
Figure~\ref{fig02} (left panel) shows power spectra for six of them,
spanning the full range of \mbox{$\nu_{\rm max}$}\ being considered.  Each power spectrum
shows a regular series of peaks, which is the clear signature of solar-like
oscillations.

Solar-like oscillations are p modes with high order and low degree, and the
observed frequencies in main-sequence stars are reasonably well-described
by the following relation:
\begin{equation}
  \nu_{n,l} \approx \mbox{$\Delta \nu$} (n + {\textstyle\frac{1}{2}} l + \epsilon) - l(l+1) D_0.
        \label{eq:asymptotic}
\end{equation}
Here, $n$ (the radial order) and $l$ (the angular degree) are integers.
The form of Equation~\ref{eq:asymptotic} is motivated by theoretical
calculations: for relatively unevolved stars, an asymptotic expansion
\citep{Tas80,Gou86} shows that $\mbox{$\Delta \nu$}$ is approximately the inverse of the
sound travel time across the star, while $D_0$ is sensitive to the sound
speed gradient near the core and $\epsilon$ is sensitive to the surface
layers.

We conventionally define three small frequency separations: $\dnu{02}$ is
the spacing between adjacent modes with $l=0$ and $l=2$, $\dnu{13}$ is the
spacing between adjacent modes with $l=1$ and $l=3$, and $\dnu{01}$ is the
amount by which $l=1$ modes are offset from the midpoint between the $l=0$
modes on either side.  If Equation~\ref{eq:asymptotic} holds then it
follows that $\dnu{02} = 6 D_0$, $\dnu{13} = 10 D_0$ and $\dnu{01} = 2
D_0$.  {We shall use Equation~\ref{eq:asymptotic} as a guide to the
analysis of the observed frequencies, although its physical interpretation
may be open to question in the case of red giants.}

{To determine oscillation frequencies for each of the 50 stars in our
subset, we needed to locate the highest peaks in the power spectra.}  We
did this using conventional iterative sine-wave fitting, sometimes called
pre-whitening or CLEAN\@.  This involves finding the highest peak in the
power spectrum, subtracting the corresponding sinusoidal variation from the
time series and then re-calculating the power spectrum in an iterative
process.  We retained only those peaks that lay in the frequency range
\mbox{$\nu_{\rm max}$} $\pm$ 5\mbox{$\Delta \nu$}\ and had heights greater than 4.5 times the fitted
background level (in amplitude).

Damping of solar-like oscillations causes the observed power from each mode
to be spread into multiple peaks under a Lorentzian envelope.  If the
length of the observations is significantly greater than the typical mode
lifetime, one therefore expects several peaks to be extracted for each
mode.  In fact, the modes are only barely resolved (see
Section~\ref{sec:collapsedechelle}) and so we expect iterative sine-wave
fitting to give good results.

\subsection{Semi-scaled \'Echelle Diagram}
\label{sec:semiechelle}

A powerful method to study the mode frequencies of solar-like oscillations
is to plot them modulo the large separation, in a so-called \'echelle
diagram \citep{GFP83}.  We have displayed the frequencies of all 50 stars
in a single \'echelle diagram by using the scaling technique described by
\citet{B+K2010}, in an effort to carry out ``ensemble asteroseismology''.
The result is shown in Figure~\ref{fig03}{\it a}.  To make this diagram, we
first divided the frequencies of each star by \mbox{$\Delta \nu$}\ (that is, scaling them
to have a large separation of unity).  We used the \'echelle diagram to
identify the radial modes and then fine-tuned the scaling factor (\mbox{$\Delta \nu$}) by
up to a few percent to align them on a single line in the \'echelle
diagram, shown as a solid line in Figure~\ref{fig03}{\it a}.  As discussed
by \citet[][their Method~2]{B+K2010}, this equates to assigning all stars
the same value of~$\epsilon$.  {The fact that all the stars can be aligned
indicates this is a valid approximation.}  This alignment is also
clearly seen in the right-hand panel of Figure~\ref{fig02}, which shows
power spectra plotted against scaled frequencies (i.e., divided by \mbox{$\Delta \nu$}).

The \'echelle diagram in Figure~\ref{fig03}{\it a} differs from those shown
by \citet{B+K2010} in one important respect: only the horizontal axis has been
scaled.  In the vertical direction, we have plotted the original
frequencies without scaling, which spreads out the points and allows us to
look for variations with~\mbox{$\nu_{\rm max}$}.  Such a plot might be called a semi-scaled
\'echelle diagram.

\subsection{Collapsed \'Echelle Diagram and Mode Lifetimes}
\label{sec:collapsedechelle}

We can collapse the \'echelle diagram in the vertical direction in order to
define the ridges more clearly.  Figure~\ref{fig03}{\it b} shows this using
a simple histogram of the peaks in Figure~\ref{fig03}{\it a}, and the
ridges are clearly visible.  Rather than counting the number of peaks above
a threshold, another approach is to sum the total power.  To do this, we
restricted each background-corrected power spectrum to the same frequency
range as before ($\mbox{$\nu_{\rm max}$} \pm 5\mbox{$\Delta \nu$}$), then divided the frequency scale by
the large separation (using the same fine-tuned value as above) and folded
the spectrum modulo unit spacing.  These folded spectra were summed for all
50 stars and then smoothed slightly (with a boxcar of width 0.01\mbox{$\Delta \nu$}) to
give the result shown in Figure~\ref{fig03}{\it c}.

The clarity of the ridges in Figure~\ref{fig03} allows us to make some
statements about mode lifetimes.  As mentioned in Section~\ref{sec:freqs},
damping causes each mode
to be spread into multiple peaks under a Lorentzian envelope with a
full-width at half maximum (FWHM) of $1/(\pi\tau)$, where $\tau$ is the
mode lifetime.  There has been considerable discussion of the lifetimes of
red-giant oscillations, particularly regarding whether the modes are
sufficiently long-lived to allow their frequencies to be measured with
sufficient accuracy to be useful for asteroseismology
\citep{H+G2002,SKB2006,BMDeR2007,DBS2009}.  The {\em CoRoT}\ results have
clearly dismissed this worry for red clump stars \citep{DeRBB2009,CDRB2010}
and our {\em Kepler}\ data do the same for the low-luminosity stars.  This is
excellent news for asteroseismology.

Figure~\ref{fig03} was constructed by aligning the radial modes on the
vertical solid line.  However, the resulting width of the $l=0$ ridge is
not zero, which arises from at least three factors: {(1)~the resolution
limit set by the duration of the observations (34\,d), which leads to peaks
in the power spectrum having FWHM 0.3\,\mbox{$\mu$Hz};} (2)~variations in \mbox{$\Delta \nu$}\
with frequency in individual stars over the range being considered
(curvature in the \'echelle diagram); and (3)~broadening of power due to
finite mode lifetimes (see above).  The observed narrowness of the $l=0$
ridge
sets upper limits on the second and third of these effects.  Here, as
discussed above, we are particularly interested in the mode lifetimes.

The FWHM of the $l=0$ peak in Figure~\ref{fig03}{\it c}, found by
subtracting the background and fitting a Lorentzian, is 0.033\mbox{$\Delta \nu$}.  This
sets an upper limit on the intrinsic linewidths of these modes.  However,
so far our measurement is in terms of \mbox{$\Delta \nu$}, which varies over the sample.
The median \mbox{$\Delta \nu$}\ is 11.5\,\mbox{$\mu$Hz}, in which case the measured width equates
to a lower limit on the mode lifetimes of about 10\,days.  To investigate
further, we divided the sample into four bins according to \mbox{$\Delta \nu$}\ and formed
the collapsed \'echelle diagram for each subset, as before.  We found the
widths of the $l=0$ ridges in all four cases to be about the same in
absolute terms ($\sim$0.4\,\mbox{$\mu$Hz}), which is only slightly greater than the
FWHM set by the resolution of the data (see above).  We conclude that the
mode lifetimes in these red giants is at least 10\,days, possibly much
greater.

\subsection{Small Separations and the C-D Diagram}

The $l=2$ ridge is closely parallel to the $l=0$ ridge, implying that
\dnu{02} is a nearly constant fraction of \mbox{$\Delta \nu$}\ for the stars in our
sample, with $\dnu{02} \approx 0.125\mbox{$\Delta \nu$}$ (Figure~\ref{fig03}{\it c}).  This
frequency scaling indicates that, to a good approximation, the stars are
homologous.

We were able to measure the mean small separation \dnu{02}\ for 38 stars in
our sample.  Figure~\ref{fig04}{\it a} shows the results in a so-called C-D
diagram \citep{ChD88b}, which plots \dnu{02} versus \mbox{$\Delta \nu$}.  The dashed line
in Figure~\ref{fig04}{\it a} shows a linear fit, which has parameters
\begin{equation}
  \dnu{02} = (0.122 \pm 0.006)\mbox{$\Delta \nu$} + (0.05 \pm 0.08)\,\mbox{$\mu$Hz}.
 \label{eq:CD}
\end{equation}
The spread of points about this relation presumably reflects a spread in
stellar masses, and is better seen by plotting the ratio of the two
separations, as shown in Figure~\ref{fig04}{\it b}
\citep[see][]{R+V2003,FChDT2005,Maz2005}.

The dotted line in Figure~\ref{fig03} marks the midpoint between $l=0$
modes.  Interestingly, the $l=1$ ridge is centered slightly to the right of
this line.  This indicates that the average small separation \dnu{01} in
these red giants is negative, whereas it is positive in the Sun and the
handful of other main-sequence stars for which it has been measured:
$\alpha$~Cen~A \citep{BK04}, $\alpha$~Cen~B \citep{KB05}, $\gamma$~Pav
\citep{MDM2008}, and $\tau$~Cet \citep{teixeira09}.  A negative value for
\dnu{01} also indicates that Equation~\ref{eq:asymptotic} is not satisfied
in detail for these red giants, a point already noted for the G8 giant
HR~7349 by \citet{CDRB2010}, based on {\em CoRoT}\ observations.

\subsection{Mixed Modes with $l=1$}
\label{sec:mixedmodes}

The $l=1$ ridge in Figure~\ref{fig03} is notably broader than the others.
{We do not attribute this to shorter mode lifetimes, but rather to the
presence of mixed modes whose frequencies are shifted by avoided crossings.
Mixed modes occur in evolved stars and have the characteristics of p modes
in the envelope of the star and of g modes in the interior
\citep[e.g.,][]{ASW77}.}  A typical example is the star KIC~5356201 (see
Figure~\ref{fig02} and filled blue symbols in Figure~\ref{fig03}{\it a}).  The
$l=0$ and 2 modes are quite close to their respective ridges, whereas there
is much more scatter about $l=1$.  A more extreme example is the star
KIC~4350501 (see Figure~\ref{fig02} and filled red symbols in
Figure~\ref{fig03}{\it a}), which shows a particularly high peak at
87\,\mbox{$\mu$Hz}, well below \mbox{$\nu_{\rm max}$}.  The proximity of this peak to the $l=1$
ridge indicates that it is likely to be a mixed mode.  \new{A similar
situation is seen in the F5 subgiant Procyon, for which ground-based
velocity observations show a narrow peak well below \mbox{$\nu_{\rm max}$}\ that lies close
to the $l=1$ ridge in the \'echelle diagram \citep{BKC2010}.}  The large
peak height can be explained by the fact that mixed modes are expected to
have longer lifetimes (smaller linewidths) than pure p modes because they
have larger mode inertias \citep[e.g.,][]{ChD2004}.

Another good example is KIC~5006817, shown in Figure~\ref{fig:nice}, where
we clearly see multiple $l=1$ peaks in each order \citep[see also
KIC~9904059 = KOI~145 in Figure~1 of][]{GBChD2010}.  Each of these
clusters of peaks is reminiscent of a single mode that is heavily damped
(see Section~\ref{sec:collapsedechelle}).  However, as mentioned above, mixed
modes are expected to have longer lifetimes than pure p modes and hence to
produce narrower -- not broader -- peaks.  Indeed, this phenomenon of
multiple $l=1$ peaks is probably what led previous authors to report short
mode lifetimes in red giants (see Section~\ref{sec:collapsedechelle}).  Guided
by the theoretical work of \citet{DBS2009}, we instead interpret the
observed properties of the $l=1$ ridge in terms of mixed modes.

\citet{DBS2009} discussed theoretical amplitudes of solar-like oscillations
for a range of models on the red giant branch.  Their models show mostly
regular frequency patterns for evolved giants (\mbox{$\nu_{\rm max}$}\ $<$ 80\,\mbox{$\mu$Hz}), but
predict more complex spectra for low-luminosity giants.  This is mainly
explained by the less efficient radiative damping in the cores of these
stars, leading to a stronger interaction of p-mode and g-mode cavities, and
by the less efficient trapping due to the smaller density contrast between
the core and the envelope.  As a consequence, more non-radial modes could
be observed than only those trapped in the envelope.  This is particularly
expected to affect $l = 1$ modes because the evanescent region just above
the H-burning shell is smaller for these modes \citep[see
also][]{DGH2001,ChD2004}.  Our observation of a broadened $l=1$ ridge with
a small cluster of modes per order supports the theoretical predictions by
\citet{DBS2009}.  Observations of frequency spectra in a sample of higher
luminosity red giants would be a desirable follow-up study.

\subsection{Detection of $l=3$ Modes}
\label{sec:leq3}

In addition to ridges corresponding to $l=0$, 1 and 2, we see clear
evidence in Figure~\ref{fig03} for modes with $l=3$.  The detection of
these modes with photometry is difficult because of the very low amplitudes
that result from geometric cancellation.  The only previous report of
solar-like oscillations with $l=3$ from photometry (except for the Sun) is
a probable detection using {\em CoRoT}\ in the G0 main-sequence star HD~49385
\citep{DBM2010}.  The ability to detect $l=3$ modes from {\em Kepler}\
observations of red giants is a significant bonus.

In Figures~\ref{fig03}{\it a} and~{\it b} there are 12 peaks that fall
along the ridge that we identify with $l=3$, and these arise from 10 stars
in the sample of 50.  These are presumably peaks that, due to the
stochastic nature of the excitation, happen to rise above our detection
threshold in these observations.  A more objective approach is to sum the
power from all stars, as shown in Figure~\ref{fig03}{\it c}, and we again
see clear evidence for the $l=3$ ridge.

How does the position of the $l=3$ ridge compare with expectations?  As
mentioned in Section~\ref{sec:freqs}, it is conventional to measure $l=3$
relative to $l=1$, via the small separation~\dnu{13}.  However, given that
the position of $l=1$ for these red giants is anomalous, it seems sensible
to instead measure $l=3$ relative to $l=0$.  We therefore suggest using a
new small separation, \dnu{03}, defined (by analogy to \dnu{01}) as the
amount by which the $l=3$ modes are offset from the midpoint between the
$l=0$ modes on either side.  If follows that $\dnu{03} = \dnu{01} +
\dnu{13}$.  From Figure~\ref{fig03}{\it c} we see that $\dnu{03} \approx
0.28\mbox{$\Delta \nu$}$.  If the asymptotic relation held (Equation~\ref{eq:asymptotic}), we
would expect $\dnu{03} = 12D_0$.  In that case the ratio between \dnu{03}
and \dnu{02} would be 2.0, whereas we observe a ratio of 2.2.  These
results should provide valuable tests for theoretical models.

\section{Conclusions}

These results, based on the analysis of only 34 days of data, show the
tremendous potential of {\em Kepler}\ long-cadence data for the study of
solar-like oscillations in red giants.  As more data become available, the
longer time series will allow detailed studies of stars covering the whole
range of evolutionary states along the red giant branch and provide
stringent observational tests for theories of stellar structure and
evolution in this part of the H-R diagram.

\acknowledgments We gratefully acknowledge the entire {\em Kepler}\ team, whose
  outstanding efforts have made these results possible.  Funding for this
  Discovery mission is provided by NASA's Science Mission.
  Grants were received from the European Research Council  (ERC/FP7/2007--2013 n$^\circ $227224,
  PROSPERITY), and K.U.Leuven (GOA/2008/04).

{\it Facilities:} \facility{Kepler}

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STOCKHOLM: A previously healthy woman has died in Sweden about a week after being vaccinated with the AstraZeneca vaccine, the Swedish Medical Products Agency said on Thursday (Mar 18).
"This is a case of blood clots in the arteries and veins and major bleeding, ie the unusual disorder that is the focus of the EMA investigation," Veronica Arthurson, head of drug safety at the Swedish Medical Products Agency, told a news conference.
Sweden on Thursday said it would extend the its pause of the AstraZeneca vaccine until next week.
EU's drug watchdog said on Thursday it is still convinced the benefits of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine outweigh the risks following an investigation into reports of blood clots that prompted more than a dozen nations to suspend its use.
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I need to make myself vulnerable. I need to admit that I am weak and fully dependent upon God. I need the prayers and intercession of others. I need restoring for my soul.
Traditionally Holy Week has been a time of prayer, contemplation and reflection. As we reflect upon Jesus' journey from the Triumphal Entry on Palm Sunday to His Passion on Good Friday, we are called to examine ourselves as well.
The apostle Peter (who was anything but a wallflower) thought that he could hang tough with Jesus when the time came, but his reaction was very different when he was thrown into the time of trial.
I don't blame the apostle Peter for acting as any scared human being would. Sometimes we speak with a crocodile mouth, only to discover we have a canary patoot. I know I'm a coward. I know that the only way I can muddle through trials is by the power of the Holy Spirit, and even then I struggle. I could only pray to have as willing a heart as Peter, though my flesh is infinitely weaker.
If I were to enumerate my faults, sins, false moves, bad judgment, poor decisions, and so on, one by one, it would take years. I do mean years.
I think that it's important for us to see the apostles and other heavy hitter characters in the Bible for who they are- simple, human people who GOD used for big purposes. Apart from meeting up with Jesus on the shores of the Sea of Galilee, the apostle Peter would simply have been an obscure fisherman like so many other fishermen of his day, and his name would be lost to history forever.
That's why I have a little bit of cognitive dissonance with putting "saints" on a pedestal. We should examine the lives of the people who are part of the Biblical narrative. We should thank God for their record and their witness, but to see the players in the Biblical story as serene figures on stained glass windows misses the point. They were flesh and blood human beings. They made mistakes.
The calling to the Christian life is a bold calling. It is a calling that requires us to be open and vulnerable if we are to allow the power of the Holy Spirit to transform us- not only through our own prayers but through the intercessory prayers of others.
The Christian community is important- it is the Church Militant here on earth. Although the military reference is rather un-PC, we are called to fight, not with weapons but with healing actions and gentle words. We are the ground forces here on earth who live out the Kingdom of God here and now.
I would rather see the apostle Peter as he was- a tough, barely educated, coarse, fisherman who worked with his hands. I can relate to a guy like that. He wasn't some guy with pretty clothes and a halo on a window when he was living and acting down here on earth. He did some things right. He made some pretty drastic mistakes. He was human. What made him and his witness special was God working in and through him.
This Holy Week I pray for my friends and fellow Christians that we would look to Jesus for our courage- because I know I don't have any apart from Him. I pray that the Holy Spirit would open our hearts and make us vulnerable- not so anyone can take advantage of us- (been there and done that too many times)- but so Jesus can give us a new heart and new strength, that He would transform us and invite us into His story.


This is the first of a series of guest-written gardening blogs to inspire fans of NPT's Volunteer Gardener and anyone looking for tips and ideas for happier, healthier gardens.
January is named for the Roman god Janus, whose purview was beginnings, endings and the transitions between the two. That's especially apt here in Zone 7a where last year's growing season has come to an end and most perennials are completely dormant. However, during this transition from dark to light, there are lots of chores we can accomplish to get a head start on our gardens!
You're probably already poring over the mountains of seed catalogs you received over the winter holidays, but why not take advantage of these milder January days to get outside and get some real work done?
Use fireplace ashes. Take the ashes from your fireplace and spread them on your compost pile. You can also scatter the ashes around alkaline-loving plants such as clematis, forsythia, barberry, crocus, lilacs and buddiea. Just be sure to avoid your blueberry bushes!
Plant dormant trees and shrubs. Do this on days when your soil has dried out a bit. Working cold, wet soil – especially here in Middle Tennessee where we have a lot of clay – can cause compaction and that will inhibit root growth.
Start indoors. Start slower-growing plants indoors. Coleus are easy to grow from seed, and if you start now, they will be a lovely size to plant out in May.
Garden cleaning. Tools, pots, bird houses and bird feeders can all be cleaned now. Be sure to use a mild vinegar or bleach solution. Don't forget to oil and sharpen your tools in preparation for spring. Oh, and fill all those bird feeders!
Winter weeding. Dig out winter weeds before they get a foothold in your garden! Look out for violets, as well as wild onion and strawberries. It's been so mild this winter that even henbit and chickweed are making an appearance; get a head start and pluck them out now.
Garden mapping. On these long, dark evenings, draw out maps of your beds and landscape plantings. Make notes of additions you'd like to make, as well as items that need to be divided and/or moved to another location later in the season.
Crop cover. Winter rye can be used as a winter cover crop for areas you were late to clear.
If you take some time during this month of transition to get a head start in the garden, you will be able to greet spring with calm and pleasure. Get more ideas on Volunteer Gardener Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 9:30 a.m. on NPT.
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Woman's Day reporter Amelia Saw was never really a believer of the paranormal. But that and everything else changed when she visited the Australian city of Toowoomba.
For magazine and national TV writer Amelia Saw, ghosts were just a product of a man's imagination, so when she came across a Facebook page about some "haunted" Australian town, she knew she had to go see it herself to believe.
After seeing the Toowoomba Ghost Chasers' Facebook page, Saw and photographer David Hahn traveled to the town to see just how true the residents' claims are.
Nicknamed The Garden City, Toowoomba, to Saw's disbelief, greeted its guests not with fields of flowers but tales of hauntings that changed the way the magazine reporter sees things.
After days of interviewing locals from all walks of life about the town's reputation as "Australia's most haunted," Saw knew about spooky encounters and several stories of sightings of unknown apparitions.
One interesting story, she said, was told by a resident named Kylie Samuels, one of the creators of Toowoomba Ghost Chasers.
On a different day, Saw and Hahn spoke to a mother and daughter who shared a spine-tingling story about two drovers that once stayed at the Royal Bulls Head Inn.
Saw narrated, "Legend has it that two drovers in the upstairs sitting room were accidentally poisoned, and since that happened, people have reported weird sickness settling in once they are in that room.
Saw admitted that what she witnessed sent chills down her spine.
But it was not that encounter that she would consider the scariest. It was something she experienced herself in her own motel room.
It was eleven in the morning, she was in bed, when Saw heard weird and inexplicable noises coming from the bathroom. Then the shower suddenly turned on.
Saw was sure there was no one in the bathroom. She was alone that day. She was so terrified to even get up and check. She was in for another shock when the shower just turned off by itself.
She recalled, "What was even spookier was that when I got up in the morning and walked into the bathroom, I stepped on the floor and it was all wet. I skidded quite dramatically and remember having the thought that someone was trying to kill me.
A lot of groups have visited Toowoomba. And all of them believe that the town is not only home to the living but also to those who have passed. And perhaps, Saw's experience proved exactly just that.


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Q: D3 - why is this sort function not updating all the elements in its selection? I am making a D3 visualiation that sorts circle elements (each circle is a planet). There is a visualise function that creates a circle for each planet like this:
<g class="planet">
   <circle class="Mercury" r="1.6264266666666667" cy="90" cx="50" fill="#333">
</g>
<g class="planet">
   <circle class="Venus" r="4.034393333333334" cy="90" cx="198.5" fill="#333">
</g>
<g class="planet">
   <circle class="Earth" r="4.252066666666667" cy="90" cx="347" fill="#333">
</g>
...

That same function creates labels for each planet.
I have written a second function, sort, which puts the planets/circles in descending or ascending order.
    var sort = function(){

        planets
            .sort(function(a, b) {
                if(orderOfAppearance){
                    return d3.descending(a["Equatorial radius (KM)"], b["Equatorial radius (KM)"]);
                }
                else{
                    return d3.ascending(a["Mean distance from Sun (AU)"], b["Mean distance from Sun (AU)"]);
                }

            })
            .transition()
            .duration(1500)
            .attr("cx", function(d,i){
                return ((width * 0.99) / radiuses.length) * i + 50;
            });
            // other stuff...
    }

The sort function does order the circles correctly (i.e. it is visually correct), but when I inspect the DOM I see that after sort is called all of the circles are appended to the first g element like this, with the other 7 g elements emptied:
<g class="planet">
 <circle class="Jupiter" r="47.661786666666664" cy="90" cx="50" fill="#333">
 <circle class="Saturn" r="40.17809333333334" cy="90" cx="198.5" fill="#333">
 <circle class="Uranus" r="17.03816666666667" cy="90" cx="347" fill="#333">
 <circle class="Neptune" r="16.510906666666667" cy="90" cx="495.5" fill="#333">
 ...
 <circle class="Mercury" r="1.6264266666666667" cy="90" cx="1089.5" fill="#333">
</g>
<g class="planet"></g>
<g class="planet"></g>
...

Why is my sort function just choosing the first g element as opposed to all g elements in the selection? planets is a selectAll("circle") selection.
I've put everything up in a gist here.

A: The problem here is that your planets selection is actually the array of circle elements, not g elements. To fix this, make sure the variable planets is assigned the g elements and then append the circles afterword. In your sort function, you'll need to update to sort the g elements, and then update the circle within each.
planets = solarSystem.selectAll("g.planet")
    .data(planetaryData)
    .enter()
    .append("g")
    .classed("planet", true);

planets.append("circle")
    .attr({ ...

var sort = function(){

    planets
    .sort(function(a, b) {
          if(orderOfAppearance){
          return d3.descending(a["Equatorial radius (KM)"], b["Equatorial radius (KM)"]);
          }
          else{
          return d3.ascending(a["Mean distance from Sun (AU)"], b["Mean distance from Sun (AU)"]);
          }

          })
    .transition()
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Naturopathy is a New Age alternative medicine. The practice of this medicine include vegetarianism, nutritional and exercise counseling, hydrotherapy, heliotherapy, thalassotherapy, manual therapy, herbalism, acupuncture, aromatherapy, electrotherapy, magnetotherapy, musictherapy, chromotherapy, homeopathy and chiropractic.
Some important names in naturopathy are: Vincent Priessnitz (1799-1852), Theodor Hahn (1824-1883), Arnold Rikli (1823-1906), Sebastian Kneipp (1824-1897), Tadeo Wiesent (1858-1926), Wilhelm Winternitz, Benedict Lust (1872-1945), Eduardo Alfonso, Manuel Lezaeta, Adrian van der Put, Nicolás Capo and José Castro.
In 1902, Benedict Lust organized the Naturopathic Society of America, which was reorganized as the American Naturopathic Association (ANA) in 1919.  In America, licensing and training requirements vary from state to state. In some countries the practice of naturopathic medicine is unregulated or the industry is self regulated.
Naturopathy is a whole medical system that originated in Europe. Naturopathy aims to support the body's ability to heal itself through the use of dietary and lifestyle changes together with therapies such as herbs, massage, and joint manipulation; the emphasis is on supporting health rather than combating disease.
Like all New Age practices, reconciling it with Christianity can be problematic.
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Challenge: Unlike popular belief, simplicity is not easy to achieve. We had a task cut out for a simple yet functional website which will be liked and used by a lot of different sets of people.
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Canada pulls off first virtual sitting of MPs with some technical glitches
April 28, 2020 August 26, 2022 Rizuan Rahman
OTTAWA — About 280 MPs took part Tuesday in Canada's first-ever virtual House of Commons and declared it a success despite numerous technical hiccups.
Commons Speaker Anthony Rota wrapped up the historic three-hour meeting with thanks to the chamber's technical staff for ensuring it went "relatively well."
"We did have a few hitches but nobody's perfect," he said.
Technically, Tuesday's video conference was a meeting of a special COVID-19 committee. But all 338 MPs are members of the committee.
The House has been adjourned — except for three days to pass emergency financial aid bills — since mid-March as part of the effort to curb the spread of COVID-19.
The special committee was struck as a way to allow opposition MPs to continue holding the government to account during the pandemic, until virtual sittings of the Commons can be organized officially.
As part of an agreement between the government and opposition parties, a small group of MPs will also meet for an in-person Commons sitting once a week, starting Wednesday, when they are scheduled to deal with legislation authorizing emergency benefits for students.
After Tuesday's debut run of a virtual sitting, Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner called for "a virtual round of applause" for the technical staff.
Her praise for the technicians came after fellow Conservative Alain Rayes complained that he'd been cut off from the proceedings for about 15 minutes when he lost his internet connection.
There had been concern that MPs in remote and rural areas might have trouble with internet connections but it turned out Rayes was in his Parliament Hill office when he was shut out.
For the most part, the glitches were momentary and quickly fixed, even though the Speaker's office said approximately 280 MPs, plus 20 Commons staff, were online at the same time.
MPs had to be repeatedly reminded to take themselves off mute when they began to speak. A few, including Natural Resources Minister Seamus O'Regan, couldn't be understood as their audio cut in and out — a problem Rota said could be easily rectified if they all wore headsets with microphones close to their mouths.
The biggest problem appeared to be with the translation, a glitch that continually had MPs complaining they couldn't hear or that the translation was being played at the same volume as the actual speaker. Rota repeatedly reminded MPs that they needed to pick either the English or French channel to avoid that problem.
Most MPs appeared good-humoured about the problems. Health Minister Patty Hajdu laughed at herself when she was unable to initially figure out how to unmute her microphone.
Like many Canadians working from home, some MPs had to contend with noise from their own families.
"You might also hear my son. He doesn't sound very happy in the background," Green MP Jenica Atwin told the committee at one point.
Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet had to pause during his opening statement because something in his office was ringing. He assured people it was not a fire alarm as he tried to find the source of the noise. Unlike the real House of Commons, Rota did not chastise him for the interruption.
The virtual session also provided some visual distractions not normally seen in the Commons.
Industry Minister Navdeep Bains spoke from an office in which a large painting of blue, green, orange, pink and yellow turbans served as a colourful backdrop.
Rota did chastise MPs he caught taking photos of proceedings on their computer screens. Much like photos are not allowed to be taken during Commons sittings or committee meetings, he told them they are not to take photos of virtual proceedings either.
He said he knows it's a "historic" day but warned them not to post any photos they'd taken on social media.
The virtual COVID committee meetings allow for opening ministerial statements and responses from opposition parties, as well as the tabling of petitions.
Hajdu was the first member of cabinet to issue a statement, thanking front-line and essential workers for their service, and Canadians for doing their part to help flatten the curve of the COVID-19 outbreak in Canada.
"We are seeing hopeful evidence that Canada's COVID-19 epidemic is slowing down," she said.
She said the length of time it is taking for the total number of confirmed cases to double, has gone from about three days in late March to more than 16 days now. However, Hajdu said the outbreaks in long-term care homes are responsible for more than three-quarters of all deaths in Canada.
"This is indeed a tragedy," she said.
In the two-hour question and answer session that followed, each MP was allowed five minutes to question ministers. Some 20 MPs got a chance to pose questions.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau joined the gathering from his home office for the opening questions from Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, the Bloc Quebecois's Christine Normandin and NDP MP Daniel Blaikie.
Scheer wanted to know why Health Canada hasn't fast-tracked approvals for dozens of new COVID-19 test kits to track the illness better; Trudeau said the governments wants to examine them with due care.
Normandin asked why the government hasn't cracked down harder on the use of foreign tax havens; Trudeau said it has cracked down.
Blaikie asked what the government is doing to help seniors and people with disabilities through the pandemic; Trudeau said he's been focused on helping first those whose expected incomes have evaporated but he knows more people need assistance.
Joan Bryden and Mia Rabson
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Nashville, TN (February 8, 2008) - Burrito Deluxe brings their special blend of country & roots-rock back to Europe March 5 as they embark upon the first leg of their DISCIPLES REDUX Tour, which includes dates in France and Switzerland. The group will be playing some old favorites, along with songs from their latest CD, DISCIPLES OF THE TRUTH, and their itinerary takes them through the summer, with additional stops in Denmark, Holland and France. (PHOTO: Supe, Rick, Carlton & Walter. Credit: Collen Curtis)
Burrito Deluxe, a tight-knit group of experienced musicians, is made up of lead vocalist, mandolin player and guitarist Carlton Moody (The Moody Brothers); electric guitarist, and vocalist Walter Egan (Magnet and Steel, Wanda Jackson); bassist Michael "Supe" Granda also contributes to the wonderful vocal blend (Ozark Mountain Daredevils, "Jackie Blue.") Drummer Rick Lonow was a member of the Flying Burrito Brothers, and is well-known for penning POCO's "Call It Love." He adds his unique vocals to the BD mix as well.
DISCIPLES OF THE TRUTH, produced by Greg Archilla (Matchbox 20, Santana), explores new creative directions, while retaining the group's signature sound. Kelly Ann Monahan of Music News Nashville writes, "The album is filled with tight lyrics, stunning images, enticing messages, and plenty of blues piano and rockin' guitars. As a whole, Burrito Deluxe assembles on stage as a group of high-class, seasoned performers with incredible musical chops and backgrounds. Call it country roots. Call it rock roots. Call it good music."
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Youth Theatre (13 - 21 yrs)
Children's Theatre (8-13 yrs)
Young Performers (5-8 yrs)
The Pigeon with the Silver Foot Auditions
The Pigeon With The Silver Foot
By Pamela Hansford Johnson The Player's Production
Ages 21 and over
4 Women 2 Men
Audition - Monday 13th July 8.30pm Herongate Leisure
Rehearsals Mondays & Thursdays or Fridays (To be Confirmed)
Playing Saturday 24th Oct Shalborne, Thurs.29th Oct. Inkpen
Sat. 7th Nov. GT. Shefford, Thursday/Friday 13/14 Nov. RBL Hungerford..
Holidays can be accommodated. Rehearsals through July & August and occasional polish up rehearsals during Sept/Oct.
Try something new - excitingly different venues - audiences up close similar to the successful & much talked about Arcade productions of a few years ago. Part of a three 1 act bill with the Youth Theatre & a two hander.
Contact David Clayton for a reading script. 01488 683845 or email hungerfordtheatre@uwclub.net.
Looking for an Assistant Director too - if anyone would like to learn production
The Importance of Being Earnest Auditions
the_importance_of_being_earnest.pdf
This production will be around 45 minutes long performed alongside two other one-act plays. This production is set in modern day. It will be a non-realistic and highly stylised production that explores celebrity culture and their sometimes frivolous treatment of marriage.
The characters and audition pieces are as follows:
Jack: Tries to be sensible but usually doesn't manage it. It his lies that begin the play and lead to its confusions. He is in love with Gwendolyn. Page 2/3
Algernon: He enjoys getting into scrapes and is never serious. He falls in love with Cecily. Page 2/3
Gwendolyn: Quite glamorous and driven. She is the more grown-up of the two young women. She wishes to marry Jack (er... I mean Earnest). Pages 18-20
Cecily: She is very childish, silly and girly. She falls for Algernon (or do I mean Earnest?) Pages 10 (from Algernon's entrance)/11/12
Miss Prism: Traditionally Cecily's governess but more like a security guard in this re-imagining. This role could be played by either a boy or a girl. Pages 10/29/30
Lady Bracknell: Gwendolyn's mother. She is very particular. This role could be played by a woman or a man in drag. Page 5 (from Gwendolyn's exit)/ 6/7(to Algernon's entrance)
NODA Awards Success!
Today was the NODA London Conference & Awards Day and we were lucky enough to be nominated in three categories.
David Liddiard, was nominated for the Shelley Lemesh trophy for the unsung hero.
Hoffi Munt, was nominated for the Louise English Award for a company member (under 30) who has made an outstanding contribution to their society.
And Parry Bates, was nominated for the Ken Wirdnam Trophy for best male character in a musical or operetta for his performance of The Man in Whistle Down the Wind.
In the NODA London group there are 250 theatre companies so even to be nominated is a great honor.
However, even better than a nomination, Parry Bates won his category and was chosen as the winner out of the seventeen nominees!
This is fantastic news and it is well deserved. Well done Parry!
In the NODA review of Whistle Down the Wind, Jeanette Maskell, NODA representative in our region, said:
Parry Bates – (The Man) – When I heard Parry had been cast in this role I was concerned that at such a young age he may not have the life experience to take on such a huge challenge. How wrong can one be, this was an outstanding performance; emotionally charged mature and quite literally awe-inspiring. From his first Jesus Christ to his final Get out of here there was nothing that could be faulted; diction accent movement and expression was spot on. He interacted well with the children and the rapport between him and Sparrow grew throughout the performance culminating in the most exquisitely impassioned final scene. His numbers were well sung clear and expressive.
Overall the conference was a really enjoyable day and it was great to see so many amateur theatre companies being celebrated for their successes.
Show week write up
I am just now managing to catch up on all that has happened over the last few weeks.
We had a show week of three very successful productions.
The first was The Players performing Spring and Port Wine, which you can find reviewed below.
Next there was The Children's Theatre production of The Little Mermaid Jr. Which also received a write-up in the Newbury Weekly News, which you can read below.
Last, but not least, was The Young Performers' production of The Lost Letter which, although it was not reviewed, I can confirm was a very successful production and the children did a wonderful job bringing the script to life.
Spring and Port Wine: Dress Rehearsal
I enjoyed tonight's dress rehearsal of Spring and Port Wine.
Below are some photographs taken throughout the evening.
The Little Mermaid Jr: Dress Rehearsal
Tonight was the dress rehearsal of The Children's Theatre Production of The Little Mermaid Jr. The cast are looking really good. A few technical tweaks and everything should be ready for the Performance this Saturday and Sunday. Well done and thank you to everyone involved.
Below are some of the backstage and onstage photographs from the rehearsal.
Three Shows in One Week!
This Week we feature in the Newbury Weekly News with our exciting challenge to perform three shows in one week.
Join us next week to watch all the shows and see if we can meet the challenge.
Hoffi has been part of The Community of Hungerford Theatre Company for fourteen years and is an active member of the committee. She regularly performs in both the Town Show and The Player's productions. Five years ago Hoffi started to assist with directing and she now directs both the Children's Theatre and the Youth Theatre. She has a masters degree in creative writing and writes the script for the Young Performer's production each year. _
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Hamilton Family fonds
1894 - 1954 (Creation)
Hamilton Family
10 cm of textual records. - 50 photographs
([ca. 1867]-1980)
Hamilton, Eliza Ann Craig [ca. 1867]-1947
Hamilton, Mary (Maisie) Adelina [ca. 1903]-1980
Hamilton, Robert Winslow 1911-1956
Eliza Ann Craig was born about 1867 in Liverpool, England and was an associate of the Royal Academy of Music in London. In 1901, she married Thomas Winslow Hamilton and they had three children, George, Robert Winslow, and Mary (Maisie). After moving to Edmonton with her husband and family in 1913, she became prominent in local music circles, including the Alberta Music Teachers' Association, the Alberta Musical Festival Association and the Women's Musical Club of Edmonton, of which she was the President from 1942 to 1944. Eliza Craig Hamilton died 10 Jan 1947.
Mary (Maisie) Adelina Hamilton was born in Ireland to Eliza Ann Craig and Thomas Winslow Hamilton around 1903. She immigrated to Canada with her parents and siblings in 1913. She began working for the provincial government in 1924 and in 1942 became an Inspector for the Board of Industrial Relations. She continued in the position until 1967. She also served on the City Archives and Landmarks Committee from 1953 to 1959, and was actively involved in the Historical Society of Alberta. Mary (Maisie) Adelina Hamilton died 16 Apr 1980.
Robert Winslow Hamilton was born in England in 1911 to Eliza Ann Craig and Thomas Winslow Hamilton. He immigrated to Canada with his parents and siblings in 1913. Robert graduated from the University of Alberta in 1931, served as a city alderman from 1943 to 1945, ran for mayor in 1945 (unsuccessfully), and was a member and President of the Edmonton Club. Robert Winslow Hamilton died in the airplane crash of Canadian North Star Flight 810 that crashed into Mount Slesse near Chilliwach B.C. on 9 Dec 1956.
The fonds consists of invitations, programmes, pamphlets, greeting cards, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous material relating to Mary Hamilton, her mother Eliza Hamilton and brother Robert Hamilton. The photographs include Mary (Maisie) Hamilton and her family and friends.
This fonds was donated to the City of Edmonton Archives by Mary Hamilton in four donations made between 1971 and 1978.
The photographs were assigned item numbers with the prefix EA-71 and EB-36.
Finding aid available online.
Accession numbers: A71-21, A75-77, A76-71, A78-57
Formerly known as the Mary Hamilton fonds.
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Illusions: A Magic Show intersects magic and reality
January 14, 2020 Emma Kirwin Arts and Life No comments
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A new solo performance will be bringing magic to Brock this upcoming weekend. Illusions: A Magic Show is an independent production by Matthew Martin.
Martin's show will be running on January 17, 2020, from 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine & Performing Arts. The admission is on a pay-what-you-can basis. All of the funds raised will be donated to a charity of Martin's choice to help combat the wildfires currently ravaging Australia.
In Illusions: A Magic Show Martin aims to explore the deeper meaning of illusions and magic in a real-life context.
"The show is really about not only the illusions we see on stage, like the magic stuff but also the illusions we run into in our everyday lives. I reference time and scam artists," said Martin. "We are surrounded every day by some form of illusion, and with the show, I wanted to highlight that and pull the veil back so that we are not fooled [by illusions] anymore."
A second year DART major, Martin is no stranger to the spotlight.
"I have been performing for eight years now. This is my first solo show, but I have opened for people and performed at bars and whatnot. But this is my first stage show on my own," said Martin.
Martin notes that originality was important to him while creating his first solo show. Marin wanted to do something fresh and unique to his personal style.
"I didn't want to do what everybody else was doing, I wanted to do something different. The idea [for the show came from] the illusions we are always encountering but fail to recognize them, or we brush them off," said Martin.
Once he had the idea of basing the show on illusions, it was a whirlwind to achieve the final result.
"It's absolutely bonkers how in September all I had was writing on a piece of paper and now I have a show," said Martin.
Besides exploring real-life illusions, Martin hopes this show is an ode to the lesser celebrated performing arts, like magic.
"People tend to believe that the [portrayal of truth via fiction] is exclusive to that art form, but art in general uses lies to portray the truth. People tend to forget about performance arts, like magic or juggling or unicycle riding. Any kind of art can have a message," said Martin.
One of the messages Martin hopes audiences get out of his show is that fiction, in this case, magic, can be used to portray the truth.
"We have all seen plays and movies before and we tend to think of these as fictional representations to show us a true message. For example, Star Wars - there are obviously not actually space wizards in the galaxy, but they use that story to represent something true about friendship, loyalty and honour," said Martin.
Martin says his show is appropriate for anyone, although younger audience members may have the deeper message of his performance go over their heads. However, the show is family-friendly and just about anyone could enjoy Martin's performance.
"I won't say it's fully acceptable to every single person, mainly kids, although my show is family-friendly, there is no swearing, no offensive content […] but some of the subject matter is deep and may be difficult for a five-year-old to understand. For example, I talk about theories about time and how we perceive time," said Martin.
This performance will challenge audience members to think about a greater, macro-scale context. Illusions: A Magic Show hopes to leave audience members more aware of the world they live in and the illusions they are faced with every day.
"I hope people take away to think more critically about the world around them. We live in a world now where information is so incredibly easy to access," said Martin. "It is absolutely bonkers how easy it is to access information, but also because of that, we get bombarded with information. We're being waterboarded with information and we take it at face value. I don't want people to take the world for granted and I want people to understand the complex mechanisms that we encounter every day but we just walk past."
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Management, Policy
Do Coordinated Strategies Require a Unified Approach?
Cyndi Suarez
"Homeless in Ocean Beach." Credit: The Angry Photographer / Sean Knight
May 30, 2017; Voice of San Diego
A recent article in Voice of San Diego illustrates the problems that can arise when regional strategies to solve a social problem—in this case homelessness or addiction, depending on who you talk to—impose a commitment to one approach. The disagreement between the nonprofit Solutions for Change and the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) hinges on what is perceived as the core problem.
Solutions for Change, whose aquaponics farming efforts we wrote about in February of last year, was founded 20 years ago by Chris and Tammy Megison, when transitional housing was considered the best approach. It views homelessness "as a symptom of a primary underlying condition." It is committed to sobriety for its clients, two-thirds of which "come in battling drug and alcohol issues," and it has been successful.
HUD, meanwhile has embraced a new approach known as "housing first," which "encourages groups to focus on finding clients permanent homes instead of temporary housing." HUD policies further "discourage nonprofits from setting barriers such as sobriety that might keep clients out of their programs." It instead proposes that clients be "served as they are," with any addiction problems resolved once they are housed.
The disagreement is costing Solutions for Change hundreds of thousands of dollars, as it has chosen to not participate in San Diego's coordinated entry system for homeless families because this would require it to accept clients who don't commit to sobriety, thereby foregoing HUD money it has received for years.
Its website says, "It's not a shelter, transitional housing, or permanent affordable housing. It takes the best of all of those things and wraps it together into one solutions-driven package." Other services include Solutions University, a multi-pronged, 1,000-day program that offers clients intensive support and job training; and Solutions Family Center, a campus.
Supporters of San Diego's coordinated entry system, such as Dolores Diaz of the Regional Task Force on the Homeless, whose organization runs the system, say regional cooperation is critical to addressing homelessness. "Sometimes, that means that we have to align our differences of opinion and philosophies." Further, supporters point "to cost savings and improved outcomes among homeless clients as the reason for all the changes."
Voices of San Diego writes, "For years, the region's had a patchwork of conflicting strategies and approaches that have cripple its attempts to tackle homelessness." It also writes, "Nonprofits like Solutions for Change are being pushed to get on board with a countywide system that would give them less control over who they serve."—Cyndi Suarez
Cyndi Suarez is a Senior Editor at NPQ. She is the author of "The Power Manual: How to Master Complex Power Dynamics," in which she outlines a new theory and practice of power. She has worked as a strategy and innovation consultant with a focus on networks and platforms for social movements. She studied Feminist Theory and organizational development for social change.
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Special features: Spider-man: Into the Spider-verse sneak peek; music video.
Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams, Riz Ahmed, Scott Haze, Reid Scott.
Investigative journalist Eddie Brock attempts a comeback following a scandal, but accidentally becomes the host of an alien symbiote that gives him a violent super alter-ego. Soon, he must rely on his newfound powers to protect the world from a shadowy organization looking for a symbiote of their own. Includes French audio description.
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What Is the Daughter Nucleus (Nuclide) Produced When 210Po Undergoes Alpha Decay?
by Garima Raiswal June 10, 2021 0 comment 272 views
A daughter nucleus or nuclide is the result of radioactive decay. When 210Po undergoes alpha decay, what is the daughter nucleus (nuclide) produced? The answer to this question has a lot to do with how scientists measure half-lives in order to determine which isotopes are present in an element. For example, if they found that a sample had 1% 234Th and 99% 238U, then it was likely created from 238U undergoing alpha decay as there would be one 234Th atom for every two 238U atoms.
What is a daughter nucleus?
A daughter nuclide or nuclei are what result when 210Po undergoes alpha decay; they have been determined through the measuring of their half-lives what elements should be present within the sample. If you found that the test had one percent 234Th and ninety-nine percent 238U, then it was likely created from 238U undergoing Alpha Decay as there would be one-two hundred thirty-four atoms for every twenty-five thousand eight hundred sixty-six (25086) uranium isotopes.
How does alpha decay occur?
Alpha Decay is what happens when a radioactive nuclei goes from its original form to something else. This process releases energy in the form of heat and electromagnetic radiation, which can lead to some changes within the nucleus such as it becoming shorter or heavier. The alpha particles that are released during this time have very low energies that cannot penetrate far into materials, which makes them safe for use in medicine but not workable for nuclear weapons production. Alpha Decay occurs because there are more protons than neutrons on an atomic level; these two elements interact with each other creating new isotopes by way of releasing subatomic fragments called neutron-free nuclides (alpha particles). One example would be 238U where the isotopes 238U and 206Pb are created can be separated through a process called alpha decay.
When an unstable nucleus like 210Po emits an alpha particle and it decays, what is the daughter nuclei (nuclide) created?
One example of a nuclide that can be produced through Alpha decay is 206Pb. The atomic number decreases by two as does the mass number, but this has no effect on stability because they are not stable, to begin with.
What causes Alpha Decay?
Alpha decay occurs when there are more protons than neutrons in a nucleus which creates new isotopes from releasing neutron-free particles called alpha particles. This process takes place mainly due to interference or collisions between atoms within materials; if these interactions occur then nuclear fission could also happen followed by radioactive decay. It is not always an instantaneous process that would happen in the instance of decay.
When does Alpha Decay Occur?
Alpha decays can occur at any time but they are more likely to happen when a nucleus has too many protons and fewer neutrons because it becomes unstable which will cause them to release alpha particles causing reactions with other atoms on collision thus releasing more radioactivity if this happens then nuclear fission could also take place followed by radioactive decay.
Why is Alpha Decay Important?
Alpha decay occurs naturally and its purpose is for eliminating excess protons from nuclei so they do not become overcharged or over-stabilized; this prevents some elements from becoming radioactive. Another important aspect of alpha radiation is that it helps to create new elements.
When alpha particles are emitted then they often collide with other atoms and change their composition or split them in two; this produces a daughter nucleus which is generally of lesser mass than its parent, so it will be unstable and decay into an isotope of barium.
Many heavy elements are able to decay into the lighter isotopes that then become stable. This allows for nuclear reactions and other processes in an environment, like stars or galaxies, where there is a lack of heavier substances.
For this reason, alpha radiation produces lower-mass daughter nuclei which can be used to create new matter within these environments; however, it does not produce energy as other types of radioactive decays do. The extra protons from some unstable atom's nucleus will remain on its surface area until they find another place to go or come off altogether in what is called beta emission with gamma rays being released simultaneously; the two particles together make up what is known as beta minus emissions (β−). Alpha plus emissions (α+) are also possible, these are made up of the original atom's nucleus with an extra proton and they can be used to produce new matter in what is called neutronic capture.
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