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Another prominent landmark of Inis Oirr is the Signal Tower which stands just south of O' Brien's Castle. This tower is not actually part of the castle complex but was built later, during the 18th century, as part of a series of Signal Towers which popped up all along the western coast of Ireland at this time. Another such tower can be seen on Inis Mor.
The tower was the location for a hedge school during the early 19th century. (Hedge Schools were common in Ireland between the 18th and 19th centuries when Irish Catholics were prohibited from attending conventional schools. The schools were run in secrecy by Irish poets, priests and other learned Irish Catholics.) Located close to the tower are the scant ruins of Cathair na mBán (Fort of the Women)
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Making a stunning addition to the Inis Oirr landscape is the ruins of O' Brien's Castle, which is perched high on a hill overlooking the beach. O' Brien's Castle dates from the 15th century but as I mentioned previously, the castle occupies the approximate centre of an earlier Iron Age stone fort known as Dun Formna. The three storeyed castle was built by the O' Brien clan who ruled the Aran Islands for over 450 years until they were defeated by the O' Flaherty Clan in 1585 who remained in control until Cromwell's forces (who else!!!) took the islands in 1652.
The ruins of the castle can be easily reached from the pier by heading to the small village of Baile an Chaisleáin (Castle Town). From the summit of the hill you have great views all over the northern side of the island and can take in the extent of the stone wall grid of the island.
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The graveyard which surrounds Teampall Chaomháin is still the graveyard of the local islander's but mixed with the newer headstones you will find older headstones dating back generations. The island's patron, St. Chaomháin, is himself buried in a tomb known as 'Leaba Chaoimháin' (Bed of Keevaun) just to the north of the church.
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An event in Pittsfield Monday night served as a reflection and call to action and service in honor of the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation and the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington. But during a discussion forum, community members were very much focused on current events.
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Bath towels are prime locations for germs. Towels pick up germs from contact with wet skin and breed more germs as they hang in a warm, humid bathroom. Fortunately, careful laundering of your bath towels can reduce the germ count. Knowing how to sanitize bath towels effectively reduces the spread of illness in your home and prevents musty odors on towels. The process is simple, and all you need in addition to your regular laundry essentials are a few extras. This article will help you learn how to sanitize bath towels.
How to Care for Bath Towels
You've just found the perfect towels. They are just the right color, size, and softness. What should you do to make them last? Here are a few tips to help you properly care for your towels.
History of the Egyptian Cotton Bath Towel
Whether you are an Egyptian cotton fan already or are looking into purchasing quality Egyptian cotton towels, you may want to learn more about the history of the Egyptian cotton bath towel. The fiber has been around for centuries, but it has only recently become a favorite for household linens.
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Make bathroom decorating a creative and enjoyable experience for your children. Use their favorite hobbies, colors and critters as inspiration for their bathroom decor. If you are decorating a kids' bath on a budget, use paint or bright towels to give the old bathroom a new look. Start with an attractive bathroom accessory such as a vibrant shower curtain and choose bathroom decor to match. If several children will be sharing the space, choose gender-neutral themes and colors.
How to Install a Soap Dispenser
Bathroom and kitchen decor really starts to come together when a single theme unites the room style. Matching bath hardware is especially good at accenting a room. If your towel bars, faucets and soap dispensers all match, everything will look more polished and permanent. To help this theme, you can install a built-in countertop soap dispenser next to your bath or kitchen sink. Here are step-by-step instructions on how to do it.
Bookshelf Essentials
Whether you want a place to store books or simply display collectibles, bookshelves are the perfect solution. A bookshelf is a versatile type of furniture that goes with any room or decorating style. Aside from using them for books, use the space for storage by placing baskets for magazines, games, or videos in the living room. Place bookshelves in the bathroom to store extra towels and bath items. Take this list of bookshelf essentials into account before you purchase a set of shelves.
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There's nothing quite like wrapping yourself in the most luxurious bath linens after stepping out of the shower or tub. Investing in quality bath towels and washcloths can turn the mundane act of bathing into a relaxing daily ritual. Stockpiling your linen closet with the best bathroom linens available isn't cheap, so you'll want to protect your investment by using the proper laundering techniques on all bath items. When you want to prolong the life of your bath towels and bath rugs, there are a few tips and tricks that are worth checking out. Keep reading to learn all about how to care for luxury bath linens.
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Finding the right bath decor for a half bath involves thought and creativity. Because a half bath is typically designated for guests, it is important for it to be pretty as well as comfortable. When decorating a half bath, keep in mind that the bathroom decor should not interfere with the functionality of the room but enhance it. With a little work and the right bath accessories, a half bath can be both a well-decorated and fully functional room. Keep reading to learn how to decorate a half bath.
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A bathroom towel rack can be both functional and stylish, with finishes to match your existing bathroom fixtures. Bathroom towel racks are often designed to hold more than one towel, so it's important to secure the rack properly to the wall. Check out the following guidelines to help you securely install a new bathroom towel rack.
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Have your towels become stiff and scratchy? Don't throw them away just yet. Hard water and fabric softeners can diminish softness, but after following a few of these tips, your towels will be fluffy, soft, and even more absorbent than they were before.
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A mattress? Why would your student need a mattress? You've bought toiletries, bed linens, folders, a desk lamp, bath rugs, towels; the list goes on. Your child doesn't need a new mattress, right? Dorms provide mattresses, right? Sure they do. They're thin and lumpy and have been slept on by 100 strangers. Ensure that your son or daughter stays healthy and gets the rest every student needs by sending them to college with a quality mattress.
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The time has come to pull those stacks of bathroom towels out of the linen closet. The fact is those colors, patterns, and textures can add visual pop to an otherwise plain bathroom. Adding layers and textiles also softens the prevalence of cold, sleek, and glossy surfaces. Here's how to style your towels and put them on display.
Shower Curtain Buying Guide
After towels, shower curtains are an essential bathroom accessory. Shower curtains serve several purposes. The right shower curtain will not only maintain your privacy and keep your floor dry, but it will also improve the overall look of your bathroom. There are several things to note when shopping for a shower curtain. This shower curtain buying guide will help you pick a shower curtain that will keep water off the bathroom floor while contributing to the decor of your bathroom.
Top 5 Bathroom Cabinet and Storage Solutions
Bathrooms present unique challenges when it comes to finding functional yet decorative storage solutions. Bathroom cabinets, size and budget are obvious considerations when planning your bathroom storage ideas. Whether you need to organize toiletries or towels or you prefer bamboo or bronze, bathroom storage solutions are abundant if you know where to start. This article details the top 5 bathroom cabinet and storage solutions.
Top 5 Reasons to Buy a Bathrobe
You have plenty of big, fluffy towels to keep you warm when you hit the bathroom's cold tile floor after a shower. But haven't you forgotten something? Staying cozy after you have dried off requires a bathrobe to wear when you really need to warm up. A luxurious bathrobe can be a particularly great addition to your morning or evening shower or simply a soft piece of clothing to wrap up in on a lazy weekend. Still not convinced you need to buy one? Here are five more reasons you'll want to make sure you have a robe in your bathroom.
Top 5 Bath Accessory Trends for Kids
Make your bathroom more kid-friendly by decorating it with accessories that make bath time a pleasure rather than a chore. Picking bath accessories that you normally might not gravitate toward is the key to create a kid-friendly space that is fun to be in. Bright colors and crazy patterns might not be for everyone, so feel free to keep it simple by incorporating a few kid-friendly pieces into your existing decor. Below, you'll find a list of a few products that might help spice up your bathroom for kids of all ages.
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RUGBY and East Warwickshire Hockey Club's Ladies had to settle for a 2-2 draw against Solihull Blossomfield 2nds in their final Warwickshire One home game of the season.
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the Vita platforms has a ton of really cool potential.
I can't buy a vita because looking at one makes me sad.
Amazing hardware with great controls. Fast quad core CPU, OLED screen, everything you want.
I know most of you reading this have a bias and predisposition that makes you unable to understand that iOS and andriod devices are now competing for the same dollars that traditional handheld game systems once had tied up.. But they do. Ask any young kid what they want between an ipad, iphone, andriod phone, andriod tab, vita, and 3ds. If you're over ~23 years old be prepared to be shocked. Kids want ipads. Not the machines you used to play pokemon growing up.
Portable gaming without traditional d-pad and button controls is here. Understand it, or be shoved aside.
Oh, you bitter AC...what is it about this comment:
"You'll take our shit and
That makes this comment sound so hypocritical?
Portable gaming without traditional d-pad and button controls is here. Understand it, or be shoved aside.
It really has nothing to do with controls, and everything to do with the convenience of only having 1 device to carry around.
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Option 1 feels like too much extra work and something that will almost certainly be out of date 99% of the time.
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Despite concerns outlined in our previous post on reference pricing, federal oversight agencies essentially have taken a hands-off approach. First, they announced that for large group and self-insured plans, the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) annual maximum limits on out-of-pocket costs do not apply to charges above the reference price.
These limits are already high: $6,600 for an individual and $13,200 for family coverage in 2015. Without any discussion the agencies asserted that non-designated providers are out-of-network, and therefore cost sharing falls within the ACA's exclusion of out-of-network cost from the maximum limits.
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What could be more upbeat than to have a festive and deeply satisfying dessert while staying within the framework of grain-free, dairy-free, refined sugar-free diets? Here it is and just in time for the July 4th holiday. This tart is actually very simple especially if you have a tart or quiche pan. Berries can be any variety as long as they are red and blue.
I always say, when working in the kitchen, life is a lot easier when you have the proper equipment. I love appliances and small kitchen gadgets. For this recipe there are two tools that make all the difference; a tart or quiche pan with a removable bottom and an angled spatula. These two tools will help you make this dessert look like a seasoned professional chef baked it. Don't you agree? Doesn't it look gorgeous?
The other important thing is that it tastes as good as it looks — and this one does for sure.
Star-Spangled Coconut Cream Tart
Ingredients for the chocolate crust
- 1 medium egg
- 3 tablespoon raw honey (where to buy)
- 2 tablespoon coconut oil, butter or ghee (how to make ghee)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 cups almond flour (where to buy almond flour) (how to make almond flour)
- 1/4 cup coconut flour plus 1 tablespoon if necessary (where to buy coconut flour)
- 1/4 cup cocoa powder (where to buy)
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt (where to buy sea salt, spices and extracts)
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- Food processor (my favorite processor)
- Hand mixer (this one looks good)
- Stand mixer (I would love to have this stand mixer)
- Tart pan (I like this one)
- Angled spatula (this one is good)
Instructions for the chocolate crust
- Place all the wet ingredients into a food processor and mix
- Add the dry ingredients except the extra tablespoon of coconut flour and process until you get a nicely formed ball
- If the dough is sticky, add the extra tablespoon of coconut flour and mix again
- Remove the dough from the processor and place into a greased 9 or 10″ tart pan with a removal bottom (I also cut parchment paper to fit on the bottom)
- Press the dough into the bottom and sides of the pan and even out the bottom as best you can
- Bake at 300 degrees F for 15 minutes
- Let cool
Ingredients for the coconut filling
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
- 2 tablespoon raw honey
- 1 box coconut cream or 8 ounces of the cream from coconut milk (where to buy coconut cream)
Instructions for the coconut filling
- Place all the ingredients into a bowl
- With a hand mixer (or stand mixer) mix it all together for a few minutes
- Place tin the freezer for one hour or the refrigerator for several hours to thicken
- When the cream is thick, spread it on the cooled crust
- Use an angled spatula to spread it smoothly and evenly (this simple tool makes all the difference in spreading the cream evenly)
Ingredients for the topping
- 1 pint of blueberries (or any blue berry)
- 1 small container of raspberries or any red berry
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- Gently lift the tart out of the pan by holding it from the bottom and pulling it up out of the sides
- Slide the tart off the bottom of the pan onto a flat cake plate
- Place the cleaned and dried berries in any pattern you desire or use the one here by placing the red berries in the middle, working from the center out and the blue berries along the edges
- Refrigerate for several hours before serving
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Patrick Cockburn's new book looks at the legacy of recent wars, as well as at how convoluted ongoing conflicts in the Middle East truly are.
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JUDY WOODRUFF: Now: sharks. Just saying the word can send shivers down the spines of some, but as Hari
Sreenivasan found in this report, studying their skin could be key to fighting diease and is on the cutting edge of the larger
push announced at the White House today to contain superbugs.
It's part of our Breakthroughs series on innovation and invention.
HARI SREENIVASAN: In a Colorado laboratory, 1,000 miles from the ocean, a team of scientists is trying
to use the skin of a shark to save the lives of humans. The company called Sharklet Technologies has invented a manmade material
that, like the skin of a shark, repels deadly bacteria.
Sharklet CEO Mark Spiecker:
MARK SPIECKER, CEO, Sharklet Technologies: We use textures inspired by the skin of sharks to control bacteria
on surfaces, no chemicals, no antibiotics, no heavy metals. It's really just the shape of the surface that the bacteria
don't like.
HARI SREENIVASAN: Scientist Ethan Mann shows how the bacteria, in this case a common staph germ, has trouble
both attaching and growing to the Sharklet pattern.
ETHAN MANN: We compare a smooth surface right now to a Sharklet surface. There's 10 to 100 more
bacteria on the smooth surface compared to a Sharklet surface.
HARI SREENIVASAN: Spiecker and his team hope to bring Sharklet into hospitals.
MARK SPIECKER: We have got different kind of films. You can take those. Just peel and stick them.
HARI SREENIVASAN: They have created a textured film which can be attached to high-touch areas, like handrails
and doorknobs.
MARK SPIECKER: About two million people a year get what are called hospital-acquired infections. That
means they went in to the hospital for knee surgery or hip surgery and they ended up getting some kind of infection while
there that they didn't bring in with them.
Of those two million people, we spend about $30 billion a year treating those infections, and 100,000 people a year die
from those infections.
JUDY WOODRUFF: A superbug outbreak has infected at least seven patients at a Los Angeles hospital, two
of whom died.
HARI SREENIVASAN: Recent news about superbugs have brought new urgency to the issue.
The idea came from Anthony Brennan, a professor of engineering at the University of Florida. It all started 14 years ago,
when Brennan was asked by the Navy to find a way to keep barnacles from attaching to their ships.
ANTHONY BRENNAN, University of Florida: As I was doing some evaluations for the Office Of Naval research,
I came across this idea of the sharks, little nurse sharks, and I said, they don't get barnacles on them, but a ship
sitting in a harbor at a dock will have that same current, and they get barnacles.
HARI SREENIVASAN: When Brennan mimicked the surface topography in his lab:
ANTHONY BRENNAN: Lo and behold, the shark's skin is very effective against the green algae.
HARI SREENIVASAN: Brennan believes the complex texture on a shark creates a dynamic and unstable environment
for organisms.
ANTHONY BRENNAN: Places that should get cleaned more, but often don't.
HARI SREENIVASAN: This fall, the company released a comparison study showing 94 percent less bacteria
attached to surfaces with the microscopic shark skin pattern. This held true with multidrug-resistant staph bacteria or MRSA.
MARK SPIECKER: Some of the bacteria that are out there are resistant. They're the multidrug-resistant
bacteria that are resistant to different antibiotics. We just don't want the bacteria to attach to our surface. And
when they don't attach, they die. So, whether they're resistant or not resistant, they don't like our surface.
HARI SREENIVASAN: Of course, a much simpler way to control the transfer of bacteria is diligent hand-washing.
Whether hospitals will want to spend money on technology for a problem that can be addressed with sterile washing procedures
may be a challenge for the company.
HARI SREENIVASAN: Dr. Margaret Sande is an associate professor at the University of Colorado Medical School.
DR. MARGARET SANDE, University of Colorado Medical School: We find that hand contact, as clinicians are going quickly from room to room, is often a means of transmission. So
the hand can be sort of the source of all evil as we then deal with devices that we use to treat patients like catheters,
et cetera. Things that become invasive then become a portal for infection for our patients.
HARI SREENIVASAN: An emergency medicine doctor, Dr. Sande says nothing should replace rigorous hand-washing,
but when time is critical, it can be forgotten
DR. MARGARET SANDE: When it really is a matter
of life or death, people are always, by their natural instinct, going to jump in, roll up their sleeves and act.
HARI SREENIVASAN: Sande runs the university's Wells Simulation Center, where medical students practice
on high-tech mannequins.
DR. MARGARET SANDE: Minute by minute, we're adjusting vital signs, we're adjusting lab abnormalities
or the course of the patient, depending on what is done to the patient during that scenario.
HARI SREENIVASAN: Last fall, Sande conducted a study with the Sharklet surface covering high-touch surfaces
like the cart handles and drug vials.
DR. MARGARET SANDE: We intentionally had the
staph aureus bacteria, which is a common bacteria, all on the leg of the patient, so that they started with a touch of the
HARI SREENIVASAN: Sande then simulated a pulmonary embolism and cardiac arrest, the same scenario these
graduate students were given on the day we visited.
DR. MARGARET SANDE: The patient became critically ill, and needed to have the defibrillator applied. And
they grabbed that cart and they had to engage the defibrillator by pushing the button. We were able to prompt them essentially
as the case unfolded to touch certain places in a given sequence.
HARI SREENIVASAN: The surfaces covered with the Sharklet film retained fewer germs.
MARK SPIECKER: There difference between the Sharklet surface the non-Sharklet surface was about a 13-fold
decrease in bacteria that transferred on to those surfaces.
HARI SREENIVASAN: While the commercial appeal of Sharklet surfaces remains unproven, the company has won
support from one key backer, the National Institutes of Health. They awarded them $1.2 million to further develop the technology.
I'm Hari Sreenivasan for the PBS NewsHour.
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NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly is seen inside a Soyuz simulator at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training
Center (GCTC), Wednesday, Mar. 4, 2105 in Star City, Russia.Image Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
On Friday, 51-year-old astronaut Scott Kelly, who has flown three previous space missions, will return to the International
Space Station where he will remain for a year. A whole year.
Joining him on the long mission will be Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko.
Long-term space travel can do a number on the human body, causing muscle atrophy, bone loss and changes to the eyes. The
space travelers' sleep patterns, behavior, cognitive function, gut microbes and vision will be closely monitored during
this time. From NASA:
"Functional studies will examine crew member performance during and after the 12-month span. Behavioral
studies will monitor sleep patterns and exercise routines. Visual impairment will be studied by measuring changes in pressure
inside the human skull. Metabolic investigations will examine the immune system and effects of stress. Physical performance
will be monitored through exercise examinations. Researchers will also monitor microbial changes in the crew, as well as the
human factors associated with how the crew interacts aboard the station."
Meanwhile, Kelly's twin brother, Mark Kelly, a retired NASA astronaut, will undergo a number of comparative tests
on the ground.
Both Kelly and Kornienko told the Washington
Post that they'd miss nature the most:
"Kornienko expects to miss flowing water — stuff he can swim in, not the floating globs he'll deal with in
space — and Kelly will miss the outdoors of his Houston home. "
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GWEN IFILL: Next: This week marks the one-year anniversary of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. We have
learned a lot in 12 months, including this: how robots might one day help quell medical epidemics.
The NewsHour's Mary Jo Brooks reports.
MARY JO BROOKS: This is an unmanned aerial vehicle?
ROBIN MURPHY, Center for Robot-Assisted Search and Rescue, Texas A&M University:
Yes, it is. This is air robot AR-180 that we have been using for wilderness search and rescue.
MARY JO BROOKS: Robin Murphy is sort of the Indiana Jones of disasters. The Texas A&M professor showed
us her storage room of robot-filled cases ready to be deployed in a moment's notice.
ROBIN MURPHY: This class of robots has actually been used the most in building collapses.
MARY JO BROOKS: As head of the Center for Robot-Assisted Search and Rescue, Murphy has taken her high-tech
teammates to the World Trade Center bombing, tsunamis in Japan, Hurricane Katrina, and the mudslide in Washington State one
year ago.
Her mission? To use robots for tasks that are too difficult or too dangerous for human beings. It's only natural,
then, that when the Ebola crisis broke out last fall in West Africa, Murphy wanted to see if her disease-resistant machines
could help.
ROBIN MURPHY: We, as roboticists, spontaneously said, is anything that we can be doing? This is a new
set of disasters, a new set of issues for us.
MARY JO BROOKS: Murphy says she knows robots will never replace the care that doctors and nurses give,
but she believes it is possible to use robots for logistical support, to deliver supplies or transport waste, for example.
ROBIN MURPHY: What we continue to hear from the health care workers, they want to be there themselves
to help the victims. They're trying to ease suffering.
So if we can let them spend their deep — their time in their suits and the time to decon in that stress to do those
types of things and let the robots do things like swap out the I.V.s, take out the trash, do things like that, those are the
things that are going to be the big win.
MARY JO BROOKS: In this country, hospitals have already begun using robots for routine tasks. The Geisinger
Medical Centers use robots to distribute medicine and food to patients.
But Murphy says putting robots like that in a remote field hospital bring a whole new set of other problems. Can it work
in less-than-ideal conditions?
ROBIN MURPHY: You can imagine anything with track, if it's a tent floor, might start catching that
up and getting it caught. You have got the lip of the tent as it goes in between the doors. A lot of robots would just simply
get tangled up in it.
MARY JO BROOKS: One of the most promising robots is the MUTT. Designed for potential use by the military,
the vehicle can carry stretchers with patients over long distances.
CLINT ARNETT, Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service: If we move this way, it goes this way. If I
move back that way, it goes backwards. Likewise, I can clip it on my belt and just walk off with it, and it will follow me.
MARY JO BROOKS: Clint Arnett demonstrated how it works at Disaster City, a training facility run by Texas
A&M that looks like a Disneyland of disasters.
On the day we visited, first-responders were practicing on a derailed rain, a simulated propane leak, and a fire at a mock
oil refinery. General Dynamics, the manufacturer of the MUTT, is using Disaster City to test the robot in a variety of real-world
David Martin is the facility's program director.
DAVID MARTIN, Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service: It can be utilized for transport of patients
that are infected with Ebola. That would help, in that it would limit the exposure of people who would be coming in contact
with the patient and would make it much easier for them to move patients around without having to suit up a number of people
to transport that patient.
MARY JO BROOKS: Another potential weapon is the Xenex decontamination robot.
MORRIS MILLER, CEO, Xenex: And then it will start going up, so you're going to expose all of the
high-touch surfaces.
MARY JO BROOKS: Already used in 300 hospitals, the robots use U.V. light to disinfect hospital rooms.
Morris Miller, CEO of Xenex.
MORRIS MILLER: You turn it on, you set it to run. All of a sudden, the top starts lifting up. That bulb
starts pulsing as soon as it's visible. And it will go all the way up to 52 inches and then it comes back down. So it's
exposing all of the surfaces in a hospital room, in an operating room to this intense xenon lamp.
It will literally kill any virus or spore that we have ever seen.
MARY JO BROOKS: Simple to use, the robots are usually operated by hospital cleaning crews in two five-minute
sessions. One machine, which costs $100,000, can typically decontaminate up to 50 rooms a day.
The Xenex robots had real-world testing with Ebola last fall. The machines were in use at the Dallas hospital where Eric
Duncan was unsuccessfully treated for Ebola. The robots have also been used for two years at the University Health System
in San Antonio.
And Dr. Jason Bowling says the robots are part of an Ebola response plan that they have developed.
DR. JASON BOWLING, University Health System: With a patient with Ebola virus disease, at all times, we
were aware of where that patient was located to minimize their movement and then to keep the surrounding areas clean and decontaminated.
So, one of the things we wanted to do was use the Xenex machine to decontaminate those surrounding areas. Also, if the
patient did need to be transported, for example, when they arrived, we were going to decontaminate areas through which the
patient had passed, including the elevator.
MARY JO BROOKS: Earlier this month, a study published in "The American Journal of Infection Control"
recommended that Xenex robots be used to disinfect the protective suits that health workers wear when treating Ebola patients.
Robin Murphy says it's still likely to be six to eight months before robots of any kind are deployed to Africa. She
concedes that with the number of Ebola cases dwindling, the need seems less urgent now, but she says all of the robotic work
that's occurred in the last few months means they will be ready when the next infectious disease outbreak occurs.
In College Station, Texas, I'm Mary Jo Brooks for the PBS NewsHour.
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Wanyong, 52, treads water while pedaling on his invention, a bicycle that stays afloat thanks to a pair of white plastic tubes,
in Zhenning, Guizhou province in China. Photo by Reuters/Stringer.
What do restaurants, gunpowder and paper money have in common? They
were all invented in China. The Chinese are known for their brilliant inventions. And that innovative
spirit extends beyond factory floors and laboratories to the hands and brains of amateur engineers who rely on scrap metal
and discarded glass to produce floating bicycles, suitcase cars and rickshaw pulling robots. Here's a look at some of
the weird and wonderful inventions hailing from China.
A man drives a tractor with 12 brooms tied
in the rear, as he tries to clean a dusty road in Mohe, Heilongjiang province in China. Photo by Reuters/Stringer.
Guo, left, a farmer in his 50s, looks on
as his grandson gets on a scaled replica of a Lamborghini made by Guo, on a street in Zhengzhou, Henan province in China.
Guo spent six months and about 5,000 yuan, or $821, to make the 2-meter-long, 1 meter-wide "Lamborghini" as a
toy for his grandson. Guo built the replica out of scrap metal and electric bicycle parts. He installed five sets of batteries,
enabling the toy car to travel nearly 40 miles when fully charged, Chinese media reported. Photo by Reuters/China Daily.
Chinese farmer Sun Jifa carries a brick to construct his new house in Yong Ji county, Jilin province.
While fishing with dynamite 32 years ago, Sun lost both of his forearms in an accident, and prosthetic arms were unaffordably
expensive. For two years, he told his nephews how to build him prothetic arms out of scrap metal and bits of plastic and rubber.
Since the accident, they have built about 300 prosthetic limbs that they sell for nearly $500 each. Photo by Reuters/Sheng
Liu Fulong takes his homemade wooden electronic vehicle for a drive in Shenyang,
Liaoning province. The wood car weighs more than 400 pounds and can drive up to nearly 20 miles per hour, according to Chinese
media. Photo by Reuters/China Daily.
Farmer Li Jingchun, 58, (top) oversees his family working on the homemade aircraft
that he keeps on the roof of his house in Xiahe village near Shenyang, Liaoning province. The aircraft is about 25 feet long
and is made out of recycled iron plates. Chinese media reported that the aircraft has cost Li and his family more than $6,000
over two years. Photo by Reuters/Sheng Li
Su Daocheng rides the mechanical horse that he built
on a street in Shiyan, Hubei province. Su's robotic horse stands about as tall as an adult human, weighs more than 550
pounds and is the result of two months of work, Chinese media reported. Photo by Reuters/Stringer.
He Liang rides the suitcase vehicle that he spent 10 years
perfecting along a street in Changsha, Hunan province. The tiny car can go as fast as 12 miles per hour and as far as 37 miles
on a single battery charge, Chinese media reported. Photo by Reuters/China Daily.
A walking robot pulls the rickshaw of farmer
and amateur inventor Wu Yulu near his village outside Beijing. Wu began building robots nearly three decades ago, using items
such as wire, scrap metal and debris that he found discarded in the trash. Photo by Reinhard Krause.
Xu Zhiyun, 60, drives the pocket-sized vehicle along a street in Shanghai, a vehicle
that he invented after two years of work. The vehicle is about the size of a briefcase and contains an engine and five gears.
Photos by Reuters/Aly Song.
Chinese inventor Tao Xiangli uses a remote control to give commands
to the robot, which he built out of scrap metal and wires and named "The King of Innovation," in his Beijing home.
It took Tao less than one year to build the $49,000 robot, which stands nearly seven feet tall and weighs more than half a
ton. On command, the massive robot moves its hands and legs and can mimic the sound of human voice. Photo by Reuters/Kim Kyung-Hoon.
Farmer and former member of the Chinese navy, Jian Lin, 31,
drives a tank that he built in a village in Mianzhu, Sichuan province. The 15-foot-long tank weighs almost three tons and
cost more than $6,000 to build, Chinese media reported. Photo by Reuters/stringer.
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3/31/2014 Dean of the Faculty Stepping Down to Focus on Teaching and ResearchAfter six years of service, Dean of the Faculty and Vice-President for Academic Affairs Michael Drompp has decided to step down, effective July 1. »
3/12/2014 Phi Beta Kappa Chapter Again Receives Top HonorsFor the second year in a row, Gamma of Tennessee received the highest possible score for its annual evaluation from Phi Beta Kappa, America's oldest collegiate honor society. »
3/10/2014 Rhodes Receives Another Top Listing from Kiplinger Personal FinanceIt is No. 6 for liberal arts colleges on Kiplinger's "30 Best College Values in the Southeast/Mid-South for 2014." »
2/24/2014 Rhodes Included Among Best Schools in TennesseeSelection was based on the college's reputation, faculty, accreditation, dedication to a broad liberal arts education, and overall academic caliber. »
2/20/2014 "Seeds of Time" Film About Dr. Cary Fowler '71 to Make North American Debut in MarchA member of the Rhodes College Board of Trustees, Fowler received an Honorary Doctor of Humanities degree from Rhodes in 2011. »


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Science Major
Bachelor of Science Degree
Let your curiosity lead you
If you have an investigative mind and are interested in a challenging curriculum that explores why and how biological and chemical reactions occur, then Urbana's Science major is for you.
As a student majoring in Science, you'll build your knowledge of biological and chemistry principles and their application, gain the technical skills needed for laboratory work and be prepared for careers in industry or entrance into graduate school and medical, dental or veterinary colleges.
Here's what you'll LEARN:
As a Science major, you'll take foundation courses in biology (zoology, botany and cell biology), mathematics (statistics or quantitative methods, and calculus and analytic geometry), chemistry (general and organic) and physics. All Science majors also complete a Senior Science Seminar in which you will have a chance to complete a research project and present your work to faculty and other students.
Next you will chose an area of emphasis based on your career aspirations. Your choices include biology and chemistry tracks that will prepare you for a career in industry or biology and chemistry tracks designed to prepare you for professional study (pre-medical, pre-veterinary or pre-dental).
Here's what you can DO:
- Chemist
- Lab Technician
- Natural Resource Manager
- Surveyor
- Sustainability Analyst
Program Outcomes
- Understand scientific methods of inquiry and investigation
- Apply scientific methods of investigation and inference logically and critically
- Understand principles and concepts of the natural sciences and associated phenomena
- Evaluate scientific claims and analyses as presented in popular and professional formats
- Apply comprehensive biological knowledge and lab skills
- Apply knowledge and lab skills for comprehensive research project proposal and chemistry lab practical
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