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Particle physics in motionParticle physics experiments can be so large and so complex that it can sometimes be a little difficult for non-physicists to comprehend all that goes into our understanding of the smallest bits of the universe. Video can help.
Latest video in Huffington Post's Talk Nerdy to Me video seriesBy Fermilab | August 11, 2014 What's the smallest thing in the universe? Check out the latest entry in Huffington Post's Talk Nerdy to Me video series. Host Jacqueline Howard takes the viewer inside Fermilab and explains how scientists look for the smallest components that make up our world.
Higgs to light video comes to lightBy Ken Bloom | January 31, 2013 CMS has released a bit of science history: video footage from the internal meetings where the results of the search for a Higgs particle decaying to a pair of photons (light) were first presented to the collaboration.
Video highlights from ATLAS on turn-on DayBy Adam Yurkewicz | September 10, 2008 Here are some highlights from the video I shot at ATLAS on the big day.
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Dark Energy Survey kicks off second season cataloging the wonders of deep space
This Fermilab press release came out on Aug. 18, 2014.
On Aug. 15, with its successful first season behind it, the Dark Energy Survey (DES) collaboration began its second year of mapping the southern sky in unprecedented detail. Using the Dark Energy Camera, a 570-megapixel imaging device built by the collaboration and mounted on the Victor M. Blanco Telescope in Chile, the survey's five-year mission is to unravel the fundamental mystery of dark energy and its impact on our universe.
Along the way, the survey will take some of the most breathtaking pictures of the cosmos ever captured. The survey team has announced two ways the public can see the images from the first year.
Today, the Dark Energy Survey relaunched Dark Energy Detectives, its successful photo blog. Once every two weeks during the survey's second season, a new image or video will be posted to www.darkenergydetectives.org, with an explanation provided by a scientist. During its first year, Dark Energy Detectives drew thousands of readers and followers, including more than 46,000 followers on its Tumblr site.
Starting on Sept. 1, the one-year anniversary of the start of the survey, the data collected by DES in its first season will become freely available to researchers worldwide. The data will be hosted by the National Optical Astronomy Observatory. The Blanco Telescope is hosted at the National Science Foundation's Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, the southern branch of NOAO.
In addition, the hundreds of thousands of individual images of the sky taken during the first season are being analyzed by thousands of computers at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab), and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. The processed data will also be released in coming months.
Scientists on the survey will use these images to unravel the secrets of dark energy, the mysterious substance that makes up 70 percent of the mass and energy of the universe. Scientists have theorized that dark energy works in opposition to gravity and is responsible for the accelerating expansion of the universe.
"The first season was a resounding success, and we've already captured reams of data that will improve our understanding of the cosmos," said DES Director Josh Frieman of the U.S. Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and the University of Chicago. "We're very excited to get the second season under way and continue to probe the mystery of dark energy."
While results on the survey's probe of dark energy are still more than a year away, a number of scientific results have already been published based on data collected with the Dark Energy Camera.
The first scientific paper based on Dark Energy Survey data was published in May by a team led by Ohio State University's Peter Melchior. Using data that the survey team acquired while putting the Dark Energy Camera through its paces, they used a technique called gravitational lensing to determine the masses of clusters of galaxies.
In June, Dark Energy Survey researchers from the University of Portsmouth and their colleagues discovered a rare superluminous supernova in a galaxy 7.8 billion light years away. A group of students from the University of Michigan discovered five new objects in the Kuiper Belt, a region in the outer reaches of our solar system, including one that takes over a thousand years to orbit the Sun.
In February, Dark Energy Survey scientists used the camera to track a potentially hazardous asteroid that approached Earth. The data was used to show that the newly discovered Apollo-class asteroid 2014 BE63 would pose no risk.
Several more results are expected in the coming months, said Gary Bernstein of the University of Pennsylvania, project scientist for the Dark Energy Survey.
The Dark Energy Camera was built and tested at Fermilab. The camera can see light from more than 100,000 galaxies up to 8 billion light-years away in each crystal-clear digital snapshot.
"The Dark Energy Camera has proven to be a tremendous tool, not only for the Dark Energy Survey, but also for other important observations conducted year-round," said Tom Diehl of Fermilab, operations scientist for the Dark Energy Survey. "The data collected during the survey's first year — and its next four — will greatly improve our understanding of the way our universe works."
The Dark Energy Survey Collaboration comprises more than 300 researchers from 25 institutions in six countries. For more information, visit http://www.darkenergysurvey.org.
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Coffee and code: Innovation at the CERN Webfest
This article was also published here on CERN's website.
This weekend CERN hosted its third Summer Student Webfest, a three-day caffeine-fuelled coding event at which participants worked in small teams to build innovative projects using open-source web technologies.
There were a host of projects to inspire the public to learn about CERN and particle physics, and others to encourage people to explore web-based solutions to humanitarian disasters with CERN's partner UNOSAT.
The event opened with a session of three-minute pitches: participants with project ideas tried to recruit team members with particular skills, from software development and design expertise to acumen in physics. Projects crystallised, merged or floundered as 14 pitches resulted in the formation of eight teams. Coffee was brewed and the hacking commenced…
The weekend was interspersed with mentor-led workshops introducing participants to web technologies. CERN's James Devine detailed how Arduino products can be used to build cosmic-ray detectors or monitor LHC operation, while developers from PyBossa provided an introduction to building crowdsourced citizen science projects on crowdcrafting.org. (See a full list of workshops).
After three days of hard work and two largely sleepless nights, the eight teams were faced with the daunting task of presenting their projects to a panel of experts, with a trip to the Mozilla Festival in London up for grabs for one member of the overall winning team. The teams presented a remarkable range of applications built from scratch in under 48 hours.
Prizes were awarded as follows:
Best Innovative Project: Terrain Elevation
A mobile phone application that accurately measures elevation. Designed as an economical method of choosing sites with a low risk of flooding for refugee camps.
Best Technology Project: Blindstore
A private query database with real potential for improving online privacy.
Find out more here.
Best Design Project: GeotagX and PyBossa
An easy-to-use crowdsourcing platform for NGOs to use in responding to humanitarian disasters.
Best Educational Project: Run Broton Run
An educational 3D game that uses Kinect technology.
Find out more here.
Overall Winning Project: Particle Clicker
Particle Clicker is an elegantly designed detector-simulation game for web.
Play here.
"It's been an amazing weekend where we've seen many impressive projects from different branches of technology," says Kevin Dungs, captain of this year's winning team. "I'm really looking forward to next year's Webfest."
The CERN Summer Student Webfest was organised by François Grey, Ben Segal and SP Mohanty, and sponsored by the Citizen Cyberlab, Citizen Cyberscience Centre, Mozilla Foundation and The Port. Event mentors were from CERN, PyBossa and UNITAR/UNOSTAT. The judges were Antonella del Rosso (CERN Communications), Bilge Demirkoz (CERN Researcher) and Fons Rademakers (CTO of CERN Openlab).
The World's Largest Detector?
This morning, the @CERN_JOBS twitter feed tells us that the ATLAS experiment is the world's largest detector:
Weighing over 7,000 tons, 46 meters long, and 25 meters high, ATLAS is without a doubt the particle detector with the greatest volume ever built at a collider. I should point out, though, that my experiment, the Compact Muon Solenoid, is almost twice as heavy at over 12,000 tons:
CMS is smaller but heavier — which may be why we call it "compact." What's the difference? Well, it's tough to tell from the pictures, in which CMS is open for tours and ATLAS is under construction, but the big difference is in the muon systems. CMS has short gaps between muon-detecting chambers, while ATLAS has a lot of space in order to allow muons to travel further and get a better measurement. That means that a lot of the volume of ATLAS is actually empty air! ATLAS folks often say that if you could somehow make it watertight, it would float; as a CMS member, I heartily recommend attempting to do this and seeing if it works.
But the truth is that all this cross-LHC rivalry is small potatoes compared to another sort of detector: the ones that search for neutrinos require absolutely enormous volumes of material to get those ghostlike particles to interact even occasionally! For example, here's IceCube:
Most of its detecting volume is actually antarctic ice! Does that count? If it does, there may be a far bigger detector still. To follow that story, check out this 2012 post by Michael Duvernois: The Largest Neutrino Detector.
Latest video in Huffington Post's Talk Nerdy to Me video series
What's the smallest thing in the universe? Check out the latest entry in Huffington Post's Talk Nerdy to Me video series. Host Jacqueline Howard takes the viewer inside Fermilab and explains how scientists look for the smallest components that make up our world. Fermilab Deputy Director Joe Lykken talks about the new discoveries we hope to make in exploring the the subatomic realm.
View the 3-minute video at Huffington Post.
Hidden gender bias still influences physics field
This article appeared in Fermilab Today on Aug. 6, 2014.
Both men and women need to improve how they evaluate women in the sciences to help eliminate bias, says Meg Urry, who spoke at last week's Fermilab Colloquium. People of either gender fall victim to unconscious prejudices that affect who succeeds, particularly in physics.
"Less than 20 percent of the Ph.D.s in physics go to women," Urry noted, a figure that has barely crept up even while fields such as medicine have approached parity.
Urry, a professor at Yale University and president of the American Astronomical Society, unleashed a torrent of studies demonstrating bias during her talk, "Women in Physics: Why So Few? And How to Move Toward Normal."
In one example, letters of recommendation for men were more likely to include powerful adjectives and contain specifics, while those for women were often shorter, included hints of doubt or made explicit mention of gender.
Another study found that in jobs that were perceived as masculine, both men and women tended to award the position to the man even when the woman was the qualified individual.
Other data showed that women are less likely to be perceived as the leader in mixed-gender scenarios, Urry said. When small numbers of women are present, they can become an "other" that stands in for the whole gender, magnifying perceived mistakes and potentially confirming a bias that women are less proficient in physics.
"You need a large enough group that people stop thinking of them as the woman and start thinking of them as the scientist," Urry said.
Urry advised the many young women in the audience to own their ambition, prep their elevator speeches, get male allies who will stand up if female voices are ignored, practice confidence and network. Above all, she said, work hard, do interesting work, and don't be discouraged if things get rough.
Meanwhile, Urry said, leaders need to learn about bias, actively look for diverse candidates rather than wait for applications, mentor and prevalidate women, such as when introducing a speaker.
Urry worked hard to debunk the myth that hiring more women means lowering the bar for diversity's sake.
"When you hire a diverse group of scientists, you are improving your quality, not lowering your standards," Urry said, echoing sentiments from her lunchtime talk with 40 women. "We should be aspiring to diversity of thought to enrich science."
—Lauren Biron
The particle with two names: The J/ψ Vector Meson. Again, under 500 words.
Hi All,
The J/ψ (or J/psi) is a very special particle. Its discovery was announced in 1974 independently by two groups: one lead by Samuel Ting at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) in New York and the second lead by Burton Richter at Standford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) in California. J/ψ is special because it established the quark model as a credible description of nature. Having been invented by Gell-Man and Zweig as a bookkeeping tool, it was not until Glashow, Iliopoulos and Maiani (GIM) that the concept of quarks as real particles was taken seriously. GIM predicted that if quarks were real, then they should come in pairs, like the up and down quarks. Candidates for the up, down, and strange were identified, but there was no partner for the strange quark. J/ψ was the key.
Like the proton or an atom, the J/ψ is a composite particle. This means that J/ψ is made of smaller, more elementary particles. Specifically, it is a bound state of one charm quark and one anticharm quark. Since it is made of quarks, it is a "hadron". But since it is made of exactly one quark and one antiquark, it is specifically a "meson." Experimentally, we have learned that the J/ψ has an intrinsic angular momentum (spin) of 1ħ (same as the photon), and call it a "vector meson." We infer that the charm and anticharm, which are both spin ½ħ, are aligned in the same direction (½ħ + ½ħ = 1ħ). The J/ψ must also be electrically neutral because charm and anticharm quarks have equal but opposite electric charges.
At 3.1 GeV/c², the J/ψ is a about three times heavier than the proton and about three-quarters the mass of the bottom quark. However, because so few hadrons are lighter than it, the J/ψ possesses a remarkable feature: it decays 10% of the time to charged leptons, like an electron-positron pair. By conservation of energy, it is forbidden to decay to heavier hadrons. Because there are so few J/ψ decay modes, it is appears as a very narrow peak in experiments. In fact, the particle's mass and width are so well-known that experiments like ATLAS and CMS use them as calibration markers.
The J/ψ meson is one of the coolest things in the particle zoo. It is a hadronic bound state that decays into charged leptons. It shares the same quantum numbers as the photon and Z boson, so it appears as a Drell-Yan processes. It established the quark model, and is critical to new discoveries because of its use as a calibration tool. In my opinion, not too shabby.
Happy colliding.
Richard (@BraveLittleMuon)
Super Fracking and Physics
The cover story of the latest issue of Physics Today is part explanation, part discussion of the use of fracking techniques in the oil and natural gas industries in America. As this topic gained traction in the news and online, I was always admittedly ignorant when it came to the actual science and details of these methods. I vaguely knew that fracking could be seen as beneficial in that many US power plants now burn cleaner natural gas instead of coal, but it also seemed obvious that pumping high pressure liquid (which isn't pure water) into the ground was bound to cause other environmental problems. Still, I neither consider myself strongly for nor against these practices, but I did greatly appreciate the explanations and discussions provided in this article. Below I'll highlight the parts I found interesting, but I do recommend that the interested reader take a look at the article.
The article begins with an explanation of black shale itself. At left is a picture of some black shale, part of the Utica shale in upstate New York. So what is black shale? Well, to quote the article: "Just as sandstones are a rock equivalent of sand, shales are a rock equivalent of mud." Organic material, oil and/or gas, trapped in the shale gives it the darker color and name, black shale. The oil and gas will only remain in the shale under anoxic conditions. No need to open that extra browser tab, I had to look up what anoxic meant too. Anoxic water is water depleted of much of the dissolved oxygen that is typically in water, this usually happens when water is left stagnant. The dissolved oxygen in normal water would tend to oxidize the carbon in the sediment, destroying the organic material. Under the right conditions, roughly 2-4 km beneath the Earth's surface, the heat and pressure will convert the organic material into oil. Go a bit further down, roughly 3-6 km, and the temperature and pressure rises, breaking the oil down into gas.
As most people are now aware, the general idea of fracking is to pump liquid into the black shale, causing fractures in the rock which allows the oil and gas to escape its confines and be collected. Three categories of fracking can be distinguished. The first is natural fracking, which is to say, the normal fracturing of shale due to the internal pressure of oil and gas, the fractures in the picture above are due to natural fracturing. Sometimes natural fractures allow oil and gas to escape the shale, the largest such natural seepage area can be found off the coast of Santa Barbara, California. The other methods of fracking are described in the figure below. The main differences pointed out in the article were the volume and viscosity of the water used to carry out the hydraulic fracking. In traditional fracking, water is made viscous by adding guar gum or hydroxyethyl cellulose. Typically about 75-1000 cubic meters of water are used to create a single fracture though which the oil and/or gas may be extracted. High-voulme (or super) fracking, on the other hand, uses a low viscosity water based liquid pumped at a high rate to create many smaller fracture networks along a horizontal well that is periodically plugged to create a number of fracking sites. The water usage is typically 100 times greater in high-volume fracking as compared to traditional fracking. The benefit, of course, is that high-volume fracking is capable of extracting oil and gas from tight shale formations where either few natural fractures exist for the oil and gas to migrate though, or the natural fractures have been sealed over time by the deposition of silica and/or carbonates. For a detailed layout of the environmental concerns surrounding high-volume fracking, see the insert within the main article.
The authors of this article found their way to studying fracking because of the occurrence of small earthquakes associated with high-volume fracking. Some production wells now monitor the seismic activity of the fracking with a series of seismometers distributed along the length of a monitoring well. Better earthquake prediction models would allow for better emergency preparedness by governments, more robust risk analysis by insurers, and possibly even save lives of those living in earthquake prone areas. So, from a research perspective, the earthquakes induced by fracking can provided a useful testbed for earthquake modeling. Below is a map of microseismicity associated with the Barnett shale in Texas. The monitoring well is situated at the origin, and each dot (or I guess + mark) represents a unique seismic event.
These small earthquakes are typically very weak and can not be felt on the surface. The frequency of natural earthquakes of a certain magnitude or greater follows a well defined function where the logarithm of the number of earthquakes with magnitude m or greater decreases linearly with m. This is just to say that small earthquakes are common and big earthquakes are rare. Studying both natural and fracking induced earthquakes, the distribution of earthquake magnitudes from high-volume fracking have a steeper fall off than natural earthquakes, meaning that a large earthquake would be extremely rare, but not ruled out. The authors quote that the probability of seeing a magnitude 4 earthquake (minimally damaging) from high-volume fracking is less than on in a billion. An effort has been made by an old acquaintance of mine, J. Quinn Norris at UC Davis to model the fracking earthquakes using "a type of graph-theory analysis called invasion percolation from a point source." See his paper here.
The last part of the article that I found particularly interesting was the estimates from the Department of Energy in 2011 on the availability of recoverable oil in the 48 contiguous states. The total estimated volume of recoverable oil was 24 billion barrels. Of this, 3.6 billion barrels are attributed to the Bakken shale, mostly in North Dakota, and 15.4 billion barrels are expected from the Monterey shale along the coast of California. As a California native this was surprising to me, and is probably so because efforts to use high volume fracking on this shale have so far proved unfruitful because of the natural fractures which already exist. Maybe think of it like trying to fracture a sponge by pushing water through it, where the water will happily fill every nook and cranny instead of build up any pressure. Still, this source is likely to play some part in future energy discussions as other sources are depleted. Of course, just because this material exists does not mean we must burn it to satisfy our energy needs. Most of this oil and gas has been locked away for hundreds of millions of years and it would gladly remain so if we allowed it to. I for one am optimistic that fossil fuel consumption will significantly decrease within my lifetime and we can get on with solar powered hovercrafts and the like.
Higgs versus Descartes: this round to Higgs.
René Descartes (1596 – 1650) was an outstanding physicist, mathematician and philosopher. In physics, he laid the ground work for Isaac Newton's (1642 – 1727) laws of motion by pioneering work on the concept of inertia. In mathematics, he developed the foundations of analytic geometry, as illustrated by the term Cartesian[1] coordinates. However, it is in his role as a philosopher that he is best remembered. Rather ironic, as his breakthrough method was a failure.
Descartes's goal in philosophy was to develop a sound basis for all knowledge based on ideas that were so obvious they could not be doubted. His touch stone was that anything he perceived clearly and distinctly as being true was true. The archetypical example of this was the famous I think therefore I am. Unfortunately, little else is as obvious as that famous quote and even it can be––and has been––doubted.
Euclidean geometry provides the illusionary ideal to which Descartes and other philosophers have strived. You start with a few self-evident truths and derive a superstructure built on them. Unfortunately even Euclidean geometry fails that test. The infamous parallel postulate has been questioned since ancient times as being a bit suspicious and even other Euclidean postulates have been questioned; extending a straight line depends on the space being continuous, unbounded and infinite.
So how are we to take Euclid's postulates and axioms? Perhaps we should follow the idea of Sir Karl Popper (1902 – 1994) and consider them to be bold hypotheses. This casts a different light on Euclid and his work; perhaps he was the first outstanding scientist. If we take his basic assumptions as empirical[2] rather than sure and certain knowledge, all we lose is the illusion of certainty. Euclidean geometry then becomes an empirically testable model for the geometry of space time. The theorems, derived from the basic assumption, are prediction that can be checked against observations satisfying Popper's demarcation criteria for science. Do the angles in a triangle add up to two right angles or not? If not, then one of the assumptions is false, probably the parallel line postulate.
Back to Descartes, he criticized Galileo Galilei (1564 – 1642) for having built without having considered the first causes of nature, he has merely sought reasons for particular effects; and thus he has built without a foundation. In the end, that lack of a foundation turned out to be less of a hindrance than Descartes' faulty one. To a large extent, sciences' lack of a foundation, such as Descartes wished to provide, has not proved a significant obstacle to its advance.
Like Euclid, Sir Isaac Newton had his basic assumptions—the three laws of motion and the law of universal gravity—but he did not believe that they were self-evident; he believed that he had inferred them by the process of scientific induction. Unfortunately, scientific induction was as flawed as a foundation as the self-evident nature of the Euclidean postulates. Connecting the dots between a falling apple and the motion of the moon was an act of creative genius, a bold hypothesis, and not some algorithmic derivation from observation.
It is worth noting that, at the time, Newton's explanation had a strong competitor in Descartes theory that planetary motion was due to vortices, large circulating bands of particles that keep the planets in place. Descartes's theory had the advantage that it lacked the occult action at a distance that is fundamental to Newton's law of universal gravitation. In spite of that, today, Descartes vortices are as unknown as is his claim that the pineal gland is the seat of the soul; so much for what he perceived clearly and distinctly as being true.
Galileo's approach of solving problems one at time and not trying to solve all problems at once has paid big dividends. It has allowed science to advance one step at a time while Descartes's approach has faded away as failed attempt followed failed attempt. We still do not have a grand theory of everything built on an unshakable foundation and probably never will. Rather we have models of widespread utility. Even if they are built on a shaky foundation, surely that is enough.
Peter Higgs (b. 1929) follows in the tradition of Galileo. He has not, despite his Noble prize, succeeded, where Descartes failed, in producing a foundation for all knowledge; but through creativity, he has proposed a bold hypothesis whose implications have been empirically confirmed. Descartes would probably claim that he has merely sought reasons for a particular effect: mass. The answer to the ultimate question about life, the universe and everything still remains unanswered, much to Descartes' chagrin but as scientists we are satisfied to solve one problem at a time then move on to the next one.
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[1] Cartesian from Descartes Latinized name Cartesius.
[2] As in the final analysis they are.
Accelerator physicist invents new way to clean up oil spills
This article appeared in Fermilab Today on July 30, 2014.
Four years ago, Fermilab accelerator physicist Arden Warner watched national news of the BP oil spill and found himself frustrated with the cleanup response.
"My wife asked 'Can you separate oil from water?' and I said 'Maybe I could magnetize it!'" Warner recalled. "But that was just something I said. Later that night while I was falling asleep, I thought, you know what, that's not a bad idea."
Sleep forgone, Warner began experimenting in his garage. With shavings from his shovel, a splash of engine oil and a refrigerator magnet, Warner witnessed the preliminary success of a concept that could revolutionize the process of oil spill damage control.
Warner has received patent approval on the cleanup method.
The concept is simple: Take iron particles or magnetite dust and add them to oil. It turns out that these particles mix well with oil and form a loose colloidal suspension that floats in water. Mixed with the filings, the suspension is susceptible to magnetic forces. At a barely discernible 2 to 6 microns in size, the particles tend to clump together, and it only takes a sparse dusting for them to bond with the oil. When a magnetic field is applied to the oil and filings, they congeal into a viscous liquid known as a magnetorheological fluid. The fluid's viscosity allows a magnetic field to pool both filings and oil to a single location, making them easy to remove. (View a 30-second video of the reaction.)
"It doesn't take long — you add the filings, you pull them out. The entire process is even more efficient with hydrophobic filings. As soon as they hit the oil, they sink in," said Warner, who works in the Accelerator Division. Hydrophobic filings are those that don't like to interact with water — think of hydrophobic as water-fearing. "You could essentially have a device that disperses filings and a magnetic conveyor system behind it that picks it up. You don't need a lot of material."
Warner tested more than 100 oils, including sweet crude and heavy crude. As it turns out, the crude oils' natural viscosity makes it fairly easy to magnetize and clear away. Currently, booms, floating devices that corral oil spills, are at best capable of containing the spill; oil removal is an entirely different process. But the iron filings can work in conjunction with an electromagnetic boom to allow tighter constriction and removal of the oil. Using solenoids, metal coils that carry an electrical current, the electromagnetic booms can steer the oil-filing mixture into collector tanks.
Unlike other oil cleanup methods, the magnetized oil technique is far more environmentally sound. There are no harmful chemicals introduced into the ocean — magnetite is a naturally occurring mineral. The filings are added and, briefly after, extracted. While there are some straggling iron particles, the vast majority is removed in one fell, magnetized swoop — the filings can even be dried and reused.
"This technique is more environmentally benign because it's natural; we're not adding soaps and chemicals to the ocean," said Cherri Schmidt, head of Fermilab's Office of Partnerships and Technology Transfer. "Other 'cleanup' techniques disperse the oil and make the droplets smaller or make the oil sink to the bottom. This doesn't do that."
Warner's ideas for potential applications also include wildlife cleanup and the use of chemical sensors. Small devices that "smell" high and low concentrations of oil could be fastened to a motorized electromagnetic boom to direct it to the most oil-contaminated areas.
"I get crazy ideas all the time, but every so often one sticks," Warner said. "This is one that I think could stick for the benefit of the environment and Fermilab."
—Hanae Armitage
CERN through the eyes of a young scientist
Inspired by the event at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris that celebrated the anniversary of the signature of the CERN convention, Sophie Redford wrote about her impressions on joining CERN as a young researcher. A CERN fellow designing detectors for the future CLIC accelerator, she did her PhD at the University of Oxford, observing rare B decays with the LHCb experiment.
The "60 years of CERN" celebrations give us all the chance to reflect on the history of our organization. As a young scientist, the early years of CERN might seem remote. However, the continuity of CERN and its values connects this distant past to the present day. At CERN, the past isn't so far away.
Of course, no matter when you arrive at CERN for the first time, it doesn't take long to realize that you are in a place with a special history. On the surface, CERN can appear scruffy. Haphazard buildings produce a maze of long corridors, labelled with seemingly random numbers to test the navigation of newcomers. Auditoriums retain original artefacts: ashtrays and blackboards unchanged since the beginning, alongside the modern-day gadgetry of projectors and video-conferencing systems.
The theme of re-use continues underground, where older machines form the injection chain for new. It is here, in the tunnels and caverns buried below the French and Swiss countryside, where CERN spends its money. Accelerators and detectors, their immense size juxtaposed with their minute detail, constitute an unparalleled scientific experiment gone global. As a young scientist this is the stuff of dreams, and you can't help but feel lucky to be a part of it.
If the physical situation of CERN seems unique, so is the sociological. The row of flags flying outside the main entrance is a colourful red herring, for aside from our diverse allegiances during international sporting events, nationality is meaningless inside CERN. Despite its location straddling international borders, despite our wallets containing two currencies and our heads many languages, scientific excellence is the only thing that matters here. This is a community driven by curiosity, where coffee and cooperation result in particle beams. At CERN we question the laws of our universe. Many answers are as yet unknown but our shared goal of discovery bonds us irrespective of age or nationality.
As a young scientist at CERN I feel welcome and valued; this is an environment where reason and logic rule. I feel privileged to profit from the past endeavour of others, and great pride to contribute to the future of that which others have started. I have learnt that together we can achieve extraordinary things, and that seemingly insurmountable problems can be overcome.
In many ways, the second 60 years of CERN will be nothing like the first. But by continuing to build on our past we can carry the founding values of CERN into the future, allowing the next generation of young scientists to pursue knowledge without borders.
By Sophie Redford


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State of the Union
Original post made by Martina on Feb 12, 2013
With the Republican response from two: Marco Rubio (who voted AGAINST the Violence Against Women Act today,) and Rand Paul (who also voted against protecting women, along with half the Republican senators.)
Should be interesting.
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Marco Rubio is gonna have a bit to answer for!
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Perspective is a registered user.
Let me get this straight: You mean you WANT to divert money from Domestic Violence to unproven programs on Sexual Assault that will probably do nothing about DV? And you WANT to lose local control of our programs where we know what is needed, to an office 2,000 miles away in a centrally planned office? (This centralization of power has worked so well so far, hasn't it?). And you WANT to lose your rights as a USA citizen if something happens on Tribal land?
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Just coat a some flypaper with honey, and what happens? Just call a Bill what it isn't...
The low information voter is going to end up destroying us. I wonder if any can think of other countries that have been destroyed from within in the same way?


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Eagles Soar Past Central Connecticut St. to Grab First Division 1 Victory
Fort Myers, Fla. - Delia De La Torre scored a career-high 18 points and led the FGCU women's basketball team to its first victory as a Division 1 program as they clawed past Central Connecticut State 71-52 at the FGCU Thanksgiving Classic in Alico Arena.
FGCU (1-1) is now 82-7 all-time at home.
Central Connecticut State (0-4) started the game on a 7-2 run, but the Eagles responded and tied the game at 19-19 off of Ashley Haegele's lay-up with 11:40 left in the first half. FGCU took control from that point on and would never relinquish their lead. The Eagles would go on to win by the final score of 71-52.
The Eagles were led by De La Torre's (Las Cruces, N.M.) career-high 18 points. De La Torre shot 7-of-12 from the field and pulled down six rebounds. Haegele (Imperial, Mo.) added 14 points and snagged seven rebounds. Adrianne McNally (Howell, Mich.) contributed 14 points on 5-of-9 shooting from the field and 2-of-4 from long-range. Chelsea Dermyer (Fort Collins, Col.) played a solid game at point guard for the Eagles and registered 11 points, four rebounds, three assists and no turnovers.
Danica Covington led the way for the Blue Devils with 15 points and eight rebounds while Emily Rose finished with 9.
The Eagles will be in action on Nov. 24 at 7 p.m. when they meet Eastern Kentucky in the championship game of the FGCU Thanksgiving Classic.
-Chelsea Dermyer has 7 assists and NO turnovers through FGCU's first two games of the season.
-Delia De La Torre's 18 points, eclipse her previous career-high of 16 points that she scored agaist Puerto Rico Bayamon on Feb. 19, 2007.
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PEQUANNOCK – The Pequannock boys basketball team has grown "leaps and bounds as a team" according to their coach Jeff DeBell from the squad that opened the 2012-13 season.
On Wednesday night the Mt. Lakes Lakers saw just how much the Panthers have improved and while the Lakers were able to pull out a 44-36 victory the Panthers left notice that their coaches characterization is dead on.
When Pequannock faced Mt. Lakes for the first time this season on December 28th in the consolation game of the Blue and Gold holiday tournament the Lakers came away with a 14 point win.
Six days later the Lakers knocked off the Panthers by 24 points on their home court.
Early in the second quarter on Wednesday the Lakers opened their lead to six points and seemed poised to open up a big lead but the Panthers refused to go away.
A three pointer by Nick LaPorta and a three point play by Kurt Weinmann tied the game at 10.
From there it was a back and forth battle in which the Panthers always kept the Lakers within five points.
Late in the third quarter the Panthers took their first and only lead of the game when Dan Ryan hit his third three pointer of the quarter to put Pequannock ahead 31-29.
Back to back three pointers by the Lakers in the final 30 seconds of the quarter put Pequannock in a 35-31 hole, a deficit that they would never recover from.
"This one was hard because the guys wanted it really bad and they played really hard," said DeBell. "They have nothing to be ashamed of they played great."
DeBell added, "we executed well but some shots, foul shots did not fall for us."
It was at the foul line that the Panthers had their biggest struggles as they hit on just four of 15 free throws.
"Our foul shooting has been better, they were just not falling tonight and that hurts," said DeBell.
As painful as the loss was for the Panthers, DeBell is confident that the team, which has turned a 2-5 start into a 10-7 overall record, will be able to rebound.
"I told them that they have to forget about it because they gave it everything that they had," said the coach. "We have been preaching since we were 2-5 that it was one game at a time so now we are back to 0-0. It is over, let it go. Even after wins we tell them that it is over, let it go. I really think we will bounce back."
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I believe the 5d3 has a much better screen - even Nikon people say that. High ISO is also better on the 5d3. Video (when tested by proper videographers) is a win for 5d3. Most seem to say that the ergonomics (ie. how the body feels in the hand) is better on the 5d3 too. In fact one Nikon guy I know said he'd take his d3x to a wedding next time as it made his hand ache.
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In the end, we all know the capabilities of both cameras inside and out now.
for a video review by videographers, go to Phillip Bloom's site.
he fairly exposes the flaws on the 5DIII and why it isn't the best video dslr because of its soft output. Likewises he looks into the D800 and concludes it does a lot of things better but also has a few flaws. Yes the 5DIII is better for low light, but to put a blanket statment that it is better all the time would ignore that the D800 edgest it out on detail and uncompressed footage option.
there is not such thing as a "win" for either camera. it is just a question of what matters to you. If you shoot motion, nature, details, the D800 is the way to go. If you shoot a lot of dark footage, 5DIII will be better suited. As Bloom concludes, neither camera scores a win overall and yes he is a videographer, and a canon videographer so he should know right
lastly "some say" doesn't mean anything useful. Having actually used a D800, I guess I'll be part of the "some" that say it feels great, as good as the 5DIII. So there, "some recenly switched to nikon guy" just contradicted "some other nikon guy with a D3x" That's the problem with obscure anecdotal evidence of "some guy" who is a "friend of a friend that knows some guy that told him".
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I ordered the 'sample' bottle that just came in a plain cardboard box instead of the metal can, and saved a LOT of money. This was for my own use, so it didn't matter - but even the plain box was attractive enough to give as a gift - I would not hesitate to do so and save some money.
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"Just Say No" was the loud and clear message sent to Governor Bill Haslam Wednesday by more than 200 people protesting the state's involvement in running a mandated health insurance exchange.Tennessee is one of 10 states who face a December 14 deadline to decide if they will run it, or let the federal government do it as part of President Barack Obama's health care law passed in 2010.Tennessee Tea Party members organized the rally which included short speeches from a variety of local conservative radio talk show hosts, a few state lawmakers, Tennessee Eagle Forum President Bobbie Patray and local businessman Lee Beaman. Several members of the crowd carried signs that said things such as, "We Will Not Comply," and "Stop Exchanges." Local talk show host Carl Boyd drew applause from the crowd when he said, "if Haslam doesn't say no, he must go!"Another talk show host, Ralph Bristol, was handing out stickers that showed Governor Haslam's picture with a caption above it that said "ObamaCare Market," and a caption below that said "Tennessee Store Manager???"
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LOUISVILLE, KY. (WDRB) -- Thousands of people drive along Interstate 64 in the heart of horse country in Woodford County. Several say they did not know about what was going on at one farm a mile before the rest area where several animals were found dead, some of them with just skeletal remains.
Dozens of animal carcasses were found on a farm in Woodford County, Ky. Officials say 16 horses, a donkey, several chickens, dogs, and cats were found in barn stalls and in trailers near Midway on Monday. The Woodford County Sheriff's office says some of the animals appear to have been dead for several months. Sheriff's deputies said the owner of those animals could have been trying to rescue some of them.
"It's sickening to hear about things like this," said Sarah Cahill who owns a nearby farm.
"That's part of the sickening thing about it is that we drive past here every day, that's unbelievable.
Animal Control officials say after an anonymous complaint, they performed a routine inspection.
"Initially there was nothing alarming at all, but we knew to continuously drive-by and check," said Jodi Mullins of Woodford County Animal Control.
After a few days of monitoring the animals on the property being leased by Cheryll Jeffers, they say they noticed some of the horses body conditions drop, which led them to the next stage of the investigation.
"It was a lot bigger than what we thought," said Mullins.
Mullins said Woodford County Animal Control officials receive calls on a daily basis about potential abuse and they go out and investigate each complaint. She said this scene was the worst she had ever seen.
"Horrible. Absolutely horrible," said Mullins.
"I had to have my moment and it suck it up and be strong. You know you have got to be strong for the animals.
The Woodford County Sheriff's father, who works in livestock removal daily, says this even shocked him.
"This is going to be one of the worst because we have a lot more number dead than normal," said Bill Wright of Wright of Way Farms and Livestock Removal.
He said he could not believe how much the farm had changed over the past two years as he owns a nearby farm. Wright said he removes lifeless livestock from properties as part of his job, but this sight was particularly shocking.
"I am an animal lover. I love animals and if somebody mistreats one, I would kill them in a heartbeat and never think twice. That's God's creation. It's beautiful," said Wright.
Wright helped transport one horse to the University of Kentucky diagnostics lab to determine an exact cause of death.
Mullins said animal control was in charge of the investigation and Jeffers had a potential explanation.
"The owner thinks it could've been a botulism situation so. That's something so based on that we're going to test some things hay and so forth," said Mullins.
Officials say they are in the process of removing the smaller animals still living on the farm and talking to the humane society about placing them in new homes.
"We have contacted them and are trying to determine what to do with the ones we have confiscated so far or the ones she has relinquished ownership of," said Supervisor Susan Jones of Woodford County Animal Control.
Mullins said they have contacted the county attorney to see about filing charges against Jeffers. Mullins and Jones said that would be pending on the results of the investigation.
Thirty equine, along with a few dogs, cats and chickens still remain on the farm. Mullins said the exact number of animals were found dead would not be released at this time. Jones said the case is an ongoing investigation and they are trying to find out exactly what happened so they can determine if the owner will get to keep the remaining animals that have not been surrendered to the humane society.
Neighbors say they hope anyone unable to take care of their pets or livestock would try to ask for help.
"You would think that if they needed help they would've reached out and asked because there are certainly people In the community that will help," said Cahill.
No one answered the door when WDRB tried to talk to Jeffers. According to officials at the property evaluation office of Woodford County, the property belongs to the Grace Wilmott Myers Estate: Care of Cecil Dunn. A phone call made to a Cecil Dunn in Lexington was not returned.
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At our World Service Conference (WSC) held in San Pedro, CA, in April 2006, many new changes were developed. Attendees included elected Delegates and / or Alternate Delegates, members of Nar-Anon, and the World Service Board of Trustees.
First and foremost was the development of our Mission Statement, followed with our Vision Statement, which enables us to obtain our goals in the Mission Statement. To facilitate this process, many new changes were made to our existing literature. This was brought to each member through their Delegate, in turn to the various Areas, Regions, and to the Group Level. As trusted servants - the Delegates that you elected carried back to the WSC the voice and vote of the Areas they represented.
We are a Fellowship that believed in "Moving Forward" and through this, we go through a process called "Progress Not Perfection."
At the Conference, it was decided that we needed to be cognizant that we are "worldwide"and deal with different languages and cultures. As we are a spiritual and not religious program, like the other 12 Step programs, it was decided to remove any religious references to encompass those worldwide who also suffer from being affected by someone else's addiction.
Since the WSC, there has been confusion in reference to the removal of the Opening Prayer, having the Big Book of AA and/or the Basic text of NA at meetings, and bringing in counselors and speakers who do not carry a Nar-Anon message. Our Traditions state that Nar-Anon "has no opinion on outside issues". No one at the WSO, World Board of Trustees, and WSC is a dictator; we are all merely trusted servants who believe in our primary purpose.
Nar-Anon has its own CAL (Conference Approved Literature) with other pamphlets and daily reader (Sharing Experience, Strength and Hope–SESH) book to come. We obtained permission from Al-Anon to utilize their literature until our own was CAL. We have slowly eliminated those Al-Anon pieces that we no longer need to carry and replaced them with our own, as per our agreement made with them years ago.
We have never had permission from either NA or AA to carry any of their literature. The only permission we have received from NA is to reproduce their 12 Traditions and 12 Concepts. WSO is not telling any group what to do. Our 4th tradition states "Each group should be autonomous except in matters affecting other Nar-Anon groups or NA as a whole."
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ONSLOW COUNTY, NC (WECT/WITN) – Two residents from Pender County were killed over the weekend in a traffic accident in Onslow County.
According to WITN, 24-year-old Saquan Nelson of Maple Hill ran a red light at the intersection of Highways 53 and 258, just west of Jacksonville Saturday evening. Investigators say Nelson's car crashed into an SUV.
WITN is reporting that Nelson and two others, Jonathan Cooper, of Maple Hill, and Darius Williams, were riding with Nelson and were also killed in the accident.
Mother Rachel Delisle, 30, was killed in the SUV. Her 6-month-old son was the only survivor in this accident.
The father of their child told WITN he's not angry at what happened to his wife. He went on to say that his heart goes out to the other families involved.
According to WITN, Nelson was due in court Monday after having been indicted on prior charges that include driving while impaired, reckless driving, fleeing to elude arrest and speeding.
Witnesses reportedly told Highway Patrol the car was driving close to 100 mph weaving through traffic.
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|Excellent - 1218 reviews
Houston's 2nd largest hotel with 947 rooms, including 21 suites, 31 meeting rooms, Spindletop Restaurant and Einstein Bros Bagels and More and lobby lounge, health club, heated outdoor pool. Offering complimentary shuttle service within downtown. Within walking distance to Theater District, George R. Brown Convention Center, Minute Maid Park and Toyota Cen...
Overall Rating - Excellent - 1218 reviews
Mediocre 3.0
Adequately clean and safe
Parking, cold staff, the star rating vs other hotels in the same area did not meet my expectation. I stay in downtown Houston once per month and use your services, this was a total let down for a four star hotel. The walls were thin, tape patching walls..
Excellent 10.0
Quality of property, value, and location.Beautiful property with friendly staff and great value for four star downtown location. People I came in contact with: desk clerk, front door attendant, coffee shop, concierge, bartenders, bar servers, everyone professional, polite, and efficient.
|Excellent - 870 reviews
Be welcomed to the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Houston Downtown with a signature, warm chocolate chip cookie. Conveniently located in the heart of the downtown business and financial district at the intersection of I-10 and I-45, this Houston hotel is perfectly situated for access to the Allen Center buildings and Heritage Plaza. Use the complimentary shuttle...
Overall Rating - Excellent - 870 reviews
Excellent 10.0
room set-up. very spacious and the view was breathtaking.
No complaints.I highly recommend this hotel for incoming travelers.
Good 8.0
Hotel and staff met my expectations.
Valet parking which was mandatory. I would of preferred prior to submitting my bid to know if I am required to pay any additional fees outside of the room cost.
|Excellent - 256 reviews
Overall Rating - Excellent - 256 reviews
Excellent 9.0
Older hotel, but very well cared for and staff was very helpful.
Kids at the pool made a lot of noise quite late at night.Reminded me of the Fort Worth Hilton, very nice, charming hotel with a rich history.
Excellent 10.0
The room was very comfortable and the staff were very nice!
No free parking :(Great location in middle of downtown. I would definitely go back
|Excellent - 318 reviews
Overall Rating - Excellent - 318 reviews
Good 8.0
Rooms are clean and location is central.
Parking is expensive. I didn't see any self-park option. valet parking overnight was $28. Also there is no complementary breakfast. Also not many eating options/restaurants nearby.
Excellent 10.0
Location, Staff, Linen
Nope.Grand hotel, beautiful decor, gorgeous rooms.
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With a stay at The Lancaster Hotel, you'll be centrally located in Houston, steps from Jesse H. Jones Hall and Alley Theater. This 4-star hotel is within close proximity of Houston JPMorgan Chase Tower and Wortham Center. Make yourself at home in one of the 93 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators and flat-screen televisions. Cable programming and MP...
Overall Rating - Excellent - 740 reviews
Excellent 10.0
This was a wonderful hotel- beautifully restored and renovated. My room was spacious and comfortable. I had read a previous review from a guest who had been disappointed by the size of the bathroom, but I did not experience this problem at all. Every aspect of my room met or exceeded my expectations and the value was exceptional.
I can't think of any part of my stay that disappointed me. Honestly.
Excellent 10.0
Very clean The complimentary transportation was a huge help
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With a stay at Club Quarters in Houston, you'll be centrally located in Houston, steps from Christ Church Cathedral and minutes from Houston JPMorgan Chase Tower. This hotel is within close proximity of The Shops at Houston Center and Jesse H. Jones Hall. Make yourself at home in one of the 255 air-conditioned rooms featuring LCD televisions. Complimentary w...
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Okay 6.0
It was very clean and well maintained.
The restuarant had horrible service and the rooms were smaller than on a cruise ship.
Good 8.0
Location, staff
Constructions around it... It woke me up at before 7am... Very annoying!!! The hotel has no sound proof we couldn't sleep at all after 7 amGood hotel over all but poor sound proof
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Downtown Houston Hotel's Location Offers Convenience Welcome to the Crowne Plaza® hotel in Houston - Downtown, distinguished among area hotels. Near to Minute Maid Park, Houston Toyota Center, George R. Brown Convention Center and William P. Hobby Airport (HOU), we ensure easy access to these and many other downtown Houston attractions. Our hotel's 12,000 to...
Overall Rating - Good - 600 reviews
Excellent 10.0
I loved the Crowns Plaza location to Mid-Town. I was just a cheap cab ride away from all my friends and the excitement.
Glasses were to small to mix cocktails in the room
Mediocre 4.0
kind of dated and dingy. Small bathroom and noisy.
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With a stay at Magnolia Hotel Houston, you'll be centrally located in Houston, steps from Christ Church Cathedral and minutes from Houston JPMorgan Chase Tower. This 4-star hotel is within close proximity of Market Square Park and Jesse H. Jones Hall. Make yourself at home in one of the 314 air-conditioned rooms featuring minibars and LCD televisions. Your r...
Overall Rating - Excellent - 1434 reviews
Excellent 10.0
I loved my view for the room! I requested a room with a nice view and I was accomadated with a room on the 21st floor! It was also my birthday weekend and they had chocolates and a card waiting for me.
Everything was perfection!
Okay 6.0
location close to Minute Maid park. Rooms were nice size, free breakfast buffet was spectacular. Maria and the staff in the kitchen during the breakfast and in assisting in attempting to rectify a mistake made by other staff (see 'What didn't you like').
I called ahead to find out whether I needed to bring our coffee brewer for our own, in room, coffee, and was told they had actual brewers (not those pod-type things). They didn't, and couldn't locate any, and didn't have any answers for how to get what we wanted and what they said they had. They did brew our coffee in their kitchen for us, which was apparently the best they could do. We almost didn't get the early check in they had also promised over the phone; luckily I had the name of the person who granted it, who happened to be the one at the front desk and who initially told us they couldn't check us in early.
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Welcome to the Holiday Inn Downtown-located on the intersection of Main Street and Pease Street with the Metro Rail just across the street. The newly built Holiday Inn is well suited for leisure and business travelers as well as groups of all varieties. By day attend your business meetings or conferences and by night enjoy the many shops and entertainment ve...
|Excellent - 379 reviews
With a stay at Four Seasons Hotel Houston, you'll be centrally located in Houston, steps from The Shops at Houston Center and House of Blues Houston. This 5-star hotel is within close proximity of Discovery Green and South Texas College of Law. Make yourself at home in one of the 404 air-conditioned rooms featuring iPod docking stations and minibars. Flat-sc...
Overall Rating - Excellent - 379 reviews
Excellent 10.0
Everything was set just for your wants and needs!Clean plus all staff there to assist you
Excellent 9.0
Location, service. Hotel was very beautiful
My room was nice, but not as nice as other hotels I have stayed in at this price range - Za Za, Icon, etc.The hotel staff is very friendly, professional, and accommodating. The public areas of the hotel are beautiful. The room was nice and clean, but not as nice as other hotels at this price point such as the Za Za and the Icon.
|Excellent - 217 reviews
This new contemporary downtown hotel offers large spacious rooms, complimentary parking, weekday downtown shuttle, a healthy, hearty hot breakfast, Wi-Fi, bottled water Service, hotel happy hour, business center, fitness room and many more free amenities. We are conveniently located to the Central Business District, George Brown Convention Center, Minute Ma...
Overall Rating - Excellent - 217 reviews
|Good - 243 reviews
With a stay at Athens Hotel Suites, you'll be centrally located in Houston, steps from South Texas College of Law and House of Blues Houston. This hotel is within close proximity of Toyota Center and The Shops at Houston Center. Make yourself at home in one of the 23 air-conditioned rooms featuring kitchenettes with full-sized refrigerators/freezers and refr...
Overall Rating - Good - 243 reviews
Good 8.0
Beds comfortable, room clean and close to downtown with a reasonable price. Older motel but service was good and parking rate was the best you can find in downtown Houston.
|Good - 605 reviews
With a stay at The Sam Houston Hotel, you'll be centrally located in Houston, steps from Christ Church Cathedral and minutes from Market Square Park. This 4-star hotel is within close proximity of Houston JPMorgan Chase Tower and Jesse H. Jones Hall. Make yourself at home in one of the 97 air-conditioned rooms featuring minibars and DVD players. Your pillowt...
Overall Rating - Good - 605 reviews
Excellent 9.6
Interior decorating very interesting. Everything updated. Refreshing look and feel. Very comfortable.
The valet parking was brutally expensive.
Okay 6.0
Staff was nice
There was a very persistent mold - like oderLiked it better when it was the Alden. Lobby is not as nice and the hotel overall is not as well kept. Not a bad experience, but not what I was expecting.
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Overall Rating - Excellent - 442 reviews
Excellent 10.0
I was surprised that guess had to pay $30 fee per vehicle for one night parking. Not use to that being a part of the expense.
Excellent 10.0
Lovely room, very relaxing, great location. Historic building has been well updated. Would stay here again.
$28 Valet parking is a bit high. Could have used better lighting at the bathroom vanity. Would have appreciated free bottled water. Couldn't tell whether the Wi-Fi worked.
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