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Spiced Popcorn
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The spice mix is also great rubbed on meat or chicken before grilling and to season the dressing for South of the Border Chopped Salad.
- Total Time:
- 20 min
- Prep:
- 10 min
- Cook:
- 10 min
- Yield:
- 3 tablespoons spice mixture, e
- Level:
- Easy
- Spice Mix:
- 2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 2 teaspoons ground chile powder
- 1 teaspoon brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon granulated garlic
- Popcorn kernels
- Butter
To make the spice mix, stir together salt and spices in a sealable plastic bag. Store up to 1 month.
Pop as much corn as you want. While hot, mix well with melted butter (you need butter for spices to stick to corn). In a big bowl or a paper bag, sprinkle spices over buttered popcorn, using about 1 tablespoon mixture for every 4 cups popped corn. Stir or shake to coat well.
Copyright 2001, Tori Ritchie. All Rights Reserved.
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Biomedical Engineering offers a full range of academic and research opportunities to high school students, undergraduates, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows.
The department supports graduate research opportunities through Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland State University, Kent State University, the University of Akron, The Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, and the Molecular Medicine Ph.D. Program, which is supported by a Howard Hughes Medical Institute's "Med into Grad" award.
The Cleveland Clinic offers joint Ph.D. programs through formal partnerships with Cleveland State University (CSU), Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), Kent State University (KSU) and the University of Akron (UA). Many Cleveland Clinic faculty also have adjunct, joint or primary appointments at CSU, CWRU, KSU and UA making it possible to complete the research requirements for a Ph.D. with an advisor at the Cleveland Clinic and graduate with a degree from one of these local universities.
For all programs, except Molecular Medicine, course work for the degree is taken at the university, although in the case of joint degree programs, some instructors may choose to have courses meet at the Clinic. In all cases, the student applicant must apply directly to the graduate school and the university program that they are interested in.
Undergraduate students have the opportunity to do internships and co-ops in our laboratories.
Summer internships can be arranged by submitting the following to Robin Crotty, Supervisor BME Education, firstname.lastname@example.com.
Be sure to check out our National Science Foundation, Research Experience for Undergraduates - Deadline Extended to 2/15/2016
High school students can pursue summer research opportunities through the Office of Civic Education Initiatives (http://www.clevelandclinic.org/civiceducation/).
Short-term senior projects can be arranged by students by contacting Robin Crotty Supervisor BME Education, firstname.lastname@example.com by email with a description of their research project goals, project requirements and project deadlines.
Half Day Visits to BME:
Students age 16 and over may come in for four hour visits to learn more about career options within the field of biomedical engineering. Visits begin at 9:00AM and students will have the opportunity to speak with four different professionals within the Department of Biomedical Engineering. Please email Robin Crotty at firstname.lastname@example.com as opportunities for visit days are limited and are arranged on a first come, first serve basis.
Ph.D. students who have been accepted into the university degree programs, and have arranged to work with advisors at the Cleveland Clinic, are supported financially during their graduate studies with a research assistantship. The assistantship usually provides full tuition and a student stipend. Financial support for students is provided from funds that are designated specifically for graduate education. Stipends vary with university program.
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Meatal (mee-ay-tal) stenosis is the medical term used to describe a narrowing at the end of the urine channel on the tip of the penis. No one knows for certain what causes meatal stenosis. Some urologists feel that irritation of the penis from urine in a baby's diaper can cause inflammation, which makes the skin edges stick together, narrowing the urine channel. Meatotomy (mee-ay-taw-toe-mee) is the name of the surgery, which opens the urine channel.
Is meatal stenosis dangerous?
Most boys who have meatal stenosis have some narrowing of the urine stream. It may be hard to direct the stream or it may come out of the penis at an angle. Some boys with meatal stenosis have a small amount of blood at the end of the urine stream. This can appear on a diaper or underwear. Rarely, boys with meatal stenosis may have urine infections.
If it isn't dangerous, why should my son have surgery?
Although most boys with meatal stenosis have relatively minor problems, as they grow, these boys usually notice more symptoms. A young boy with a narrowed urinary stream will have more difficulty urinating as he gets larger and produces more urine. It is best to take care of the problem before the symptoms get worse.
How is the surgery done?
The surgery is usually performed in the outpatient clinic with local anesthetic. A special cream is applied to the end of the penis and covered with a membrane dressing that looks something like Saran Wrap. About 20 minutes later the penis is numb. Occasionally the procedure is done in the operating room under a brief general anesthesia.
A small slit is made in the web of skin covering the urine channel. Sometimes we place three small stitches to keep the skin edges together. These stitches dissolve so they don't need to be removed.
Are there any possible complications with the surgery?
There are very few complications with a meatotomy. The most common complication is a return of the narrowing at the tip of the urine channel. We try to avoid this by having parents separate the skin edges and put some antibiotic ointment into the urine channel twice a day for two weeks. This helps keep the urine channel open.
How is the surgery scheduled?
If the surgery is to be performed in the outpatient clinic, you can make the appointment directly with the clinic. Please mention to the assistant that you wish to schedule a clinic meatotomy (procedure).
If it is decided that the surgery is to be performed in the outpatient surgery center you should receive a phone call from our secretary after your child is evaluated in the office. If you don't hear from her, please call her at (708) 216-6266.
Is there anything I can do to prepare my child for surgery?
Infants do very well with surgery. Children who are old enough to talk are sometimes anxious if they don't know what will happen to them. You can ease this fear by talking about the upcoming surgery. Many local libraries have books or video tapes about going to the hospital or doctor's office. We also have a video tape which can explain the Outpatient Surgery Center to children. Children are often fearful of an unfamiliar environment. It may help to bring a favorite toy or blanket on the day of surgery.
Like children, parents also are sometimes anxious about the unknown. Don't hesitate to ask questions. We want you to have all of the information you need about your child's care. It may help to write down questions as you think about them. Bring them with you to your child's appointment and we will be happy to answer them.
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NEW YORK -- Paul Konerko has told his closest friends he'd like to play in 2014, per a media report.
All season long Konerko, a free agent after this season, has remained steadfast he would wait until after the season to answer questions about his future plans.
Citing a number of moving parts as the reason for waiting until after the season to make a decision, speculation has been heavy over whether Konerko would retire, resign with the White Sox for a 16th season or try to play elsewhere.
But Konerko -- who is hitting .246 with 10 homers an 46 RBIs in 105 games -- has told his closest friends he wants to return and believes he can be a productive player, according to USA Today's Bob Nightengale.
Paul Konerko is telling friends that he definitely wants to return to #Whitesox next year and believes he can still be productive— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) September 4, 2013
Konerko is earning $13 million this season. Some of the questions surrounding whether or not Konerko would return have centered around his health after the veteran went on the 15-day disabled list in July with a back injury. It was only the third time in Konerko's career he went on the DL.


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Join us as we journey back to the 1760's, a time just before the American Revolution, when New Jersey was embroiled in another earlier conflict known as the French and Indian War. Come see first-hand what military life was like in the colonies before we fought to become an independent nation. Visitors are invited to experience a typical day in the life of a soldier stationed at the barracks, and to interact with the people who cooked, slept, drilled, and lived within these walls. Take a tour of the barracks itself, which was built in 1758 for the purpose of housing these British forces.
"Marching Out" French and Indian War Event
Celebrate Women's History Month with PA's first female governor
Hannah Callowhill Penn, the second wife of Pennsylvania founder William Penn, has often been overlooked in history for various reasons, some of which have to do with what society considered acceptable women's roles in the 18th century. In observance of Women's History Month, join actress Karla Shantz when she appears as Hannah Penn on Thursday, March 26th, at 7:00pm at the Township Library of Lower Southampton, 1983 Bridgetown Pike, Feasterville, and discover the strength, perseverance, compassion, and intelligence of this amazing Quaker woman.
Historian Richard S. Dunn will tell "A Tale of Two Plantations" at David Library
America, We Served!: Three centuries of African American soldiers
Celebrate Black History Month at the Old Barracks Museum in Trenton on Saturday, February 28th and Sunday, March 1st. Experience the living history of America's black warriors by the veterans themselves and dedicated re-enactors! View displays of photos, literature, and artifacts from wars past while talking to the storytellers of America's black men and women at war!
Village Renaissance Faire
The 16th Annual Village Renaissance Faire on September 19th and 20th will again fill the donated Middletown Grange Fairgrounds with glamour, excitement, artistry, and exploration of history, science and the arts through the commitment of the Village Library of Wrightstown, community businesses and volunteer staff and performers.
Solebury Township Historical Society
The Solebury Township Historical Society is an all-volunteer, not-for-profit organization dedicated to the interpretation and preservation of the historical and cultural resources in the township and surrounding area through research, advocacy and education. The society seeks to expand the appreciation of the township's rich history and the understanding of how their heritage affects the quality of life of current and future residents.
Eighteenth Century Georgian Manor house Historic Summerseat, owned by the Historic Morrisville Society, is celebrating its 250th anniversary this year, 2015. Summerseat is a Registered National Historic Landmark because of its "exceptional value" to the United States.
New Hope Historical Society
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The Parry Mansion was home to five generations of the dynamic Parry Family. Benjamin Parry is known as the "Father of New Hope." He expanded the mills and industry in town and was the driving force that built the first bridge between New Hope and Lambertville and opened the first commercial bank. His New Hope Mill gave the town its name.
Newtown Historic Association, Inc.
The Newtown Historic Association (NHA), incorporated in 1964, is an organization dedicated to the preservation of Newtown's historic heritage. The 250-plus member group meets at the Half Moon Inn (Court Inn), located at 105 Court Street, at 8:00pm on the third Monday of almost each month.
Each year the Association hosts Market Day, a festival of colonial crafts, in October as well as a Holiday Open House Tour, an exclusive tour through many private local homes and historic buildings the first Saturday in December.
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The Lower Makefield Historical Society is a non-profit organization dedicated to the appreciation and preservation of the beauty and historic significance of Lower Makefield Township and Bucks County. The Society promotes the research and publishing of findings regarding local history and culture. Some artifacts and information are displayed in the LMT meeting room on Edgewood Road.


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Florida Museum Guide: Edison and Ford Winter Estates, Fort Myers
A visit to the homes of American icons Thomas Edison and Henry Ford revolves around a 15,000-square-foot museum that highlights each man's contributions to science and industry. Edison's lab is kept in the state it was in his latter years and it's worth taking a look at his swimming pool, one of the first modern ones in Florida.
2350 McGregor Blvd, Fort Myers, 239-334-7419, www.efwefla.org
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(Author's note: here's a sequel to the other article I wrote on investments and conflict:)
I'll be going to Erbil, Kurdistan, to check on some our company's investments. I've gotten my GoRuck pack, my desert boots, and of course my iPad with the Bloomberg app installed -- baller. Our investments include but are not limited to ShaMaran, Hunt Oil, HKN Energy, and a few others.
Now, in this on-going conflict we should give the readers of WSO some perspective given the region is like a great, big, long brown porcupine for investors (a porcupine because the region bristles with quite exceptional difficulties). Fundamentally, the market should exploit the market inefficiency of the United States having supported a weak-Shia government in Iraq, while supporting Sunni rebels against a Shia (Alawite) government in Syria. End result, chaos... but with chaos comes the possibility of large returns!
Background... if you know it skip the recommendations:
When I was growing up, in the early 1990s, there was a war called the First Gulf War (Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm). You could say Iraq had a rage quit after losing the Iraq-Iran War that was, and has been, the only war between Middle Eastern combatants to have casualties on par with any European conflict -- to put it another way, we made a ton of money as oil prices spiked and we held deposits elsewhere with high NPVs, with lots of willing investors. So they decided to invade Kuwait, go figure. That led to lots of conflict and a great time for oil companies.
'Socialism', Albert Einstein said, is humanity's attempt 'to overcome and advance beyond the predatory phase of human development', and for G.A. Cohen 'every market ... is a system of predation.'
It reminds me of the FX HFT market. Imagine a large men's club, the larger men in one area, and the smaller, younger ones, uglier ones in another. All of them are trying to get the attention of one girl, of two, or three.
Finally, one of the big men tells someone half his size: "you're predatory, get up and leave and never come back" as if he's the one who's threatened.
Although all parts of HFT are different, between FX, Equities, and Futures, Lewis' book operates more as a novella than a true champion and essay that can add luster and varnish on boring texts on HFT from Fabozzi or Wiley Books.
Lewis' book is scintillating drama, first and foremost, with creatively drawn historical characters rather than something that you would use in an interview to say you now know a lot about HFT.
Still, in an era where the normal retail investor trades 200 shares at a time, HFT trades up to 1,000,000 (BATs under David Cummings is one of them and mentioned several times) in just a few seconds and up to a 1 billion a day; one invariably wonders if the markets are rigged for the favored few rather than the everyday plebe with his 401k and Fidelity account.
Fine, begin your sadly shortened investor's joinery with a mixture of funk and bewilderment into the heart of financial darkness -- the likes of Greece and Africa and two big winners in the most recent flight to quality.
It does seem odd.
Africa?In a year where $100 trillion dollars worth of bonds exist externally and only $300 billion inside this great torch-shaped continent, very few countries contain the credit histories one would normally require for a an 'all-buy recommendation' as vast inflows have moved toward Africa.
I recommend first looking into my previous article about the Ukraine before this in order to understand the strategic scope of a crisis, plotting it over-time, and how it can be alleviated for the sake of us, the financial observers.
What's below acts more as a guide than a real blog post.
Before I went up the mid-sized fund I work at now, which primarily focuses on distressed credit, I worked for this peculiar portiere of development-aristocrat speak known as "The Bank", or in wikipedia-speak The World Bank, or The Evil Bank if you're the former Chief Economist (Bill Easterly).
Putin once replied to a British Diplomat who sat beside him in The Kremlin saying, 'You have Guards with 18th century costumes, why shouldn't we!?' To which the diplomat replied, 'My dear President, you are supposed to be running a forward-looking Russia -- old costumes from Soviet-era films do not cut it'.The memory of the Cold-War lives on this day -- much more than many critics would say. In many ways, the Russian General Staff and Kremlin cold-era mindset has not changed substantially.Russia has always been keen to hold on to the Crimean bases on the Black Sea since the time of Peter the Great. The large facilities include Sevastopol Dock, Sevastopol Airfield near Belbek, the base of Novo-Ozyorne, and airfield near Kerch.
Note: For those not in the know, the PRC only delivers PRC -released data. Moody's, Fitch, and S&P have slightly elevated access, but for the most part everyone receives the same, bad, information.
As a fixed income guy, it's entertaining it see the the S&P go up all the time as the bond market resets from the major losses of the last half of the year. Here's the hitch with the consensus view on the bond market.
For many of you who do not know, borrowing in a low-interest market to attack countries with loose capital controls is something that helped bring about the Great Depression in 1929 - for those who do not believe me, read Barry Eichengreen's book, Capital Flows and Crises, it explains the role capital outflows which could have created a small sneeze on the German and British economies morphed into deadly contagion with dire, infective power as investors looked for one thing to profit from this: carry. Now, today's carry trade carries many hidden long-term risks.
All companies see the world from their own belltowers, and the Apple tower is the tallest.- paraphrased from an old Russian saying
Jobs and Cook and the Samsung management will probably fight the Samsung/Apple legal war until the end of the time. Observing from their bell towers in Caupertino and Seoul over the pocketed lawsuit battlefield, the finger pointing, pointless suing, and overall childish absurdity simply in the act of prolonging the act of agony of not coming to a settlement might be explained better understood by taking a longer-term view of one of the two firms: Samsung.
But before starting, it's important to point out it is not that Apple is more efficient with their R&D spending, or even that their infrastructure to create and innovate is more streamline and better managed, or if Samsung is simply unable to keep up with Apple's so-called "creativity", but we can think of the problem in terms of the effect of R&D on both firms.
To over a year of cross-calling by every major institution on the planet sounding the horn of optimism on China, to now deluded naysayers saying to everyone how hard its economy will land with a 'hard impact', these massive deviations in forecasts say much more about what the forecasters are missing than what they actually say. .In 2012, Goldman claimed it would see Chinese growth go above 8% and 'almost certainly'. Now, in 2013, Goldman claims it might be under 7%. That 1% difference is quite a lot. While 8% was, at one point, the base case - the bottoming of growth - now 7% is considered to be the magic number the Chinese Politburo is trying to target.
Overall, there seems to be a lot of confusion when it comes to analyzing China's economy, not in some facile way of seeing it as becoming the #1 economy, or as a communist state, but simply as it is - where one part of the ship is squeaky clean and the other is simply full of holes.
Part I of the series on: Learning from Failure and the Justification that They're for the Sake of the Learning Curve
Let me turn to you the attention of one article that would probably not have grabbed your attention: CNBC's "How Start Ups Can Climb the Global Growth Learning Curve". But how do know we are in a learning curve situation? Let's put it another way. How do we know that we have to agree that failure in the beginning is almost a superior alternative to success. Had we been successful, little would have changed; and for the long-term it's a more advantageous proposition. Or is it, that we use this as an excuse to justify our failure after we have committed the crime of a long-termism and forgotten the 'short picture' or the 'small picture' as one might put it?


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Learning CD with real singers - Puccini's Messa di Gloria
Date: September 18, 2013
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As many of you know, there exist out there some "learning aids" under the form of a "learning CD", where every chorist's part is sung by professional real-human-being singer.
I've been looking everywhere but I don't seem to find Puccini's "Messa di Gloria" under this format. (I know it can be found in MIDI format).
Would anyone know is that exists, and if so, how to obtain it?
Thank you very much in advance!
If this recording does not exist and there is a choir somewhere that has recently performed this work, I would like to invite singers for each part to record the part-predominant parts by singing along with an approved Naxos recording using the recording module on our web site. All it takes is one capable singer for each part, a good computer and the technology we have created for this specific purpose. Please see http://www.singharmony.com/pdf/UsingNaxosRecordings.pdf.
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Everyone in the galaxy knows who she is – From Marvel Comics, Sideshow is proud to present the Gamora Premium Format Figure!
Celebrating St. Patty's Day with a familiar green guest, the cast of Marvel's upcoming animated series 'Guardians of the Galaxy' shared some shenanigans from around the studio with the Hot Toys Gamora Sixth Scale Figure!
Guest reviewer Optibotimus shows off the final production, packaging, and accessories of Hot Toys' Gamora Sixth Scale Figure!
Can you tell which of these photos are Zoe Saldana, and which are the Hot Toys Gamora Sixth Scale Figure?
James Gunn, director of Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, took to Facebook last Thursday for his first-ever live Q&A commentary during a social media screening of the film. Here are our favorite highlights from the session, ten things we learned about the making of the film:
Hot Toys is excited to present the next team member from Marvels' Guardians of the Galaxy, the Gamora Sixth Scale Figure!


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Secretary of State John Kerry and African Union Commission Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma signed an agreement Monday to establish the first Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Africa. The U.S. will provide technical advice and a few staff for the agency.
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April 14, 2015 African health officials are partnering with the U.S. to build a continentwide Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The goal is a more rapid response to health emergencies, such as Ebola.
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November 25, 2014 A woman is thought to be spreading Ebola in a remote village. So health workers spend four hours trekking through the bush to track her down. By the time they make it, it's too late.
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November 4, 2014 With the help of online data, doctors and public health officials are tracking the spread of illnesses and predicting where they might strike next. The analyses also provide clues for prevention.
Children play in the West Point neighborhood of Monrovia last week. West Point has been hit hard by Ebola. So local leaders formed their own Ebola task force, which goes door to door looking for cases.
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October 31, 2014 There's potentially some good news about Ebola: While cases are still rising in Sierra Leone, the outbreak shows signs of slowing in Liberia. Communities are banding together to get Ebola out.
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Man does not live by cheesesteak alone. He needs opera.
And three times on Saturday, he got it. In another one of the Opera Company of Philadelphia's flash-opera events, chorus members milled about in line at Geno's Steaks, dressed like any number of other customers, and then, at three appointed times a half hour apart, belted out the "Anvil Chorus" from Verdi's Il trovatore.
Customers ate it up - at least, some did, looking over-the-moon delighted. Others smiled mildly, looking up nervously from their wax-paper wrapped prizes. A few barely noticed, but applauded politely at the end.
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POLICE have stopped eight Bury fans from travelling to the World Cup in Brazil by making them hand in their passports.
Earlier this month, Greater Manchester Police wrote to Shakers supporters who are subject to football banning orders, asking them to hand in their travel documents before the start of the tournament last Thursday.
The orders prevent people going to stadiums for any league match in the UK or any England international match at home or abroad.
Police will retain the passports until the end of the tournament when fans can collect them.
In total, 210 fans who support football clubs in Greater Manchester have banning orders and 183 of those have passports.
The breakdown is 71 for Manchester United, 45 for Manchester City, 23 for Bolton, 11 for Wigan, 10 for Rochdale, nine for Oldham and six for Stockport.
Greater Manchester Police have sent an officer to Brazil to keep an eye out for troublemakers from the region.
Officers are also based at Manchester Airport to check no-one with a ban flies to Brazil.
A police spokesman said: "We are in regular contact with people under banning orders.
"Most recognise the conditions, regret their actions that led to receiving one, and understand that ignoring the orders will only lead to further bans, fines or even jail.
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'Grudge Match' stars would rather be actors than boxers
NEW YORK – As actors strongly identified with boxing culture, Sylvester Stallone and Robert De Niro are slyly winking at their iconic status in the ring their new pugilistic comedy "Grudge Match."
But when the stars of "Rocky" and "Raging Bull" were posed with a fantasy proposition during a pre-release press conference hosted by Warner Bros., each actor seemed slightly taken aback.
One journalist proffered the nutty question: Would either of the actors trade his Oscar glory (Stallone garnered acting and writing nominations for "Rocky," De Niro earned an acting Oscar for "Raging Bull") for a legitimate boxing championship?
After a bit of hemming and hawing, Stallone addressed the question straight up and quite diplomatically:
"It's a tough sport, tough professionally, and actually after being in the ring with a couple of professionals I made the right choice," he said. "No, there's not a chance, because it's great to be able to interpret it and try to get the feelings. For example, when you meet Mike Tyson or any of these fellows, there's so much drama going on, and to be able to play that but then get rid of it and not live with it the whole time is good. Because it's a very heavy, heavy traumatic psyche these guys life with."
De Niro chuckled at the question, then said, "I have great respect for fighters because it is what it is. It's a tough sport, and you pay a price. And if you really want to do it you do it. But I'm an actor. I'm not a fighter."
Perhaps De Niro's "Raging Bull" character Jake LaMotta summed it up best with a bit of barroom doggerel he recited late in that film:
"Though I'm no Olivier/ If he fought Sugar Ray / He would say/ That the thing ain't the ring, it's the play/ So give me a … stage/ Where this bull can rage/ And though I could fight/ I'd much rather recite/ … that's entertainment."
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A relative newcomer to the Westheimer vintage strip, Leopard Lounge is a welcome young upstart. The leopard-print motif and blaring hip-hop music let you know this is not your mother's consignment shop. The usual suspects are well covered: bellbottom jeans, '50s dresses, tight-fitting team T-shirts from the '70s and so on. But it's the quality of the Lounge that makes this store worth checking out. Finish browsing just one spinning rack of vintage pants and we guarantee you that you'll be headed to the leopard-print dressing rooms with at least five pairs you absolutely must try on. Sure, most of the staff has the requisite cooler-than-you look, but if you chat them up a bit, they'll be eager to offer opinions and assistance. On your way out, be sure to check out the large collection of dog-collar bracelets and chokers. Told you your mom wouldn't shop here.
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Review: I shop at this Whole Foods Market often and usually walk by the Vegan Grill inside. It's tucked in a corner by the produce section, just look for it. Here's my Venice Vegan Grill review. Everyday they put out the day's grilled vegetable like zucchini, eggplant, carrots, corn, etc... and there are usually 1 soup-of-the-day (changes daily). You can even taste samples. I've tried two of their vegetable soups, and both were good. The grill also offers burgers & sandwiches menu. Each item costs around $6 and comes with a cold side salad of your choice. Bang for your buck. The house-made burger patty is hearty and tasty. It's made from seeds, lentil, beans, and grains, and has veganasie, slice of tomato, and onion between the burger buns. The marinated tempeh sandwich has pesto and lettuce between ciabatta bread and tasted good, though a bit on the salty side for my personal liking. I commend this Whole Foods for providing a dedicated vegan grill. No cross-contamination with any meat!
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ABSTRACT: Many mosquito species take bloodmeals predominantly from either birds or mammals. Other mosquito species are less host-specific and feed readily on both. Furthermore, some species tend to alter their feeding patterns over the course of the year; early in the mosquito season such species may feed primarily on a particular host type, and subsequently take an increasingly larger proportion of their bloodmeals from an alternative host type as the season progresses. We have examined the feeding patterns of the three mosquito species found in Bernalillo County, NM: Culex quinquefasciatus (Say), Culex tarsalis (Coquillett), and Aedes vexans (Meigen). Specifically, we seek to determine if any of these species displays a seasonal shift in terms of its host utilization pattern. Our analysis focuses on these three species because they are all considered to be competent vectors for the West Nile virus (WNV). Our current data for Cx. quinquefasciatus suggest that unlike elsewhere in its range, this species increases its proportion of avian bloodmeals as the season progresses. Alternatively, Ae. vexans feeds primarily on mammals, whereas Cx. tarsalis appears to feed on both mammals and birds throughout the mosquito season. A more complete understanding of the feeding habits of these three mosquito species may help to clarify the transmission dynamics of WNV in Bernalillo County.
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ABSTRACT: Abstract Culex quinquefasciatus Say (Diptera: Culicidae) and Aedes vexans Meigen are two of the most abundant mosquitoes in Bernalillo County, New Mexico, USA. In this study, a polymerase chain reaction based methodology was used to identify the sources of blood meals taken by these two species. Ae. vexans was found to take a large proportion of its meals from mammals. Although less specific in terms of its blood meal preferences, Cx. quinquefasciatus was found to feed more commonly on birds. The results for Ae. vexans are similar to those reported for this species in other parts of their geographic range. Cx. quinquefasciatus appears to be more variable in terms of its host feeding under different environmental or seasonal circumstances. The implications of these results for arbovirus transmission are discussed.
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The ASU Art Museum is hard to miss — and the architect meant it that way. Nestled in the middle of a sprawling, desert-pink complex, the museum was designed by Antoine Predock in 1989. You wouldn't know it from the outside, but the main floor of the museum is underground. Inspired by desert architecture such as the Egyptian Valley of the Kings, Predock set a lofty goal: to create an oasis of art. After the visitor descends several sloping levels of steps, he or she passes into a cavernous antechamber where fountains cool and humidify the air and invite him or her to discover the secrets within. The galleries of the museum are arranged in three levels, and the space is full of hidden rooms. Predock intended for the space to be mysterious and for the layout to be a little tricky to navigate; this way, the experience of the museum is truly a process of discovery. We can tell you firsthand that it worked. We've lost track of the number of times we've gotten lost in this museum. Bonus hidden treasure: the tucked-away Jules Heller Print Study Room, home of the museum's encyclopedic collection of prints, including works by Rembrandt, Goya, and Whistler.
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How do I define the given -1 as a uint64 value?
let myuint64 = 10uL match myuint64 with | -1 -> () | _ -> ()
How do I define the given -1 as a uint64 value?
if F# will convert it for you then -1UL would work. If not then you can specify it as 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUL and add a comment to remember that it's -1.
Don't have the F# tools installed at the moment so I cannot verify this.
Let me leave alone the fact that you can't really represent a negative value with a data type that can only store positive values (and zero of course).
If, on the other hand, you were storing it in a signed value, -1 would be stored as all bits set.
So basically, I will assume you want to find a way to represent -1 as a bit-wise value that will be compatible with -1 as a signed value.
The value would then be, in C# and C/C++ syntax, 0xffffffffffffffff. Exactly how to specify that in F# I don't know.
I don't know F# at all, but if it's anything like any other languages, a UInt64 can't be -1. Ever. UInt means unsigned integer, which means it can only represent positive values.
To expand on other answers: When a type starts with a u it means unsigned. What signed/unsigned means is this:
Numbers are stored using a certain number of bits. In the case of int64 and uint64, 64 bits are used. If the number is signed, the 1st bit is not used as part of the number itself, only the other 63 are. That bit is used to say whether the number is negative. If the number is unsigned, then all bits including the 1st bit are used as part of the number and the number is always non-negative (ie: is positive or 0).
Well you could assign it -1 and on most architectures store the 2's complement in there. The signed and unsigned stuff are really only for the type checking. There is no negative sign in hardware.
I have no idea if f# type checker is smart enough to know that a lexical constant -1 is a negative number and should not be put in a uint64.
C definitely does not care.
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Since 2003, Growing Leaders has created more than 40 leadership training resources, partnered with over 8,000 schools and organizations to train young leaders, and mentored more than 500,000 students. This could not have been possible without the support and advice from our Board of Advisors and Board of Directors. Sharing our vision to turn ordinary students into growing leaders who will transform society, our Board of Directors and Board of Advisors have helped Growing Leaders get where we are today. Meet our board members below.
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|Dan Cathy – Chairman & CEO of Chick-fil-A
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In a twenty-five+ year staffing and placement career, David has managed eight staffing and placement firms, four of which were from the start-up or turnaround phase. His experience includes managing healthcare staffing and placement firms in the physician locum tenens, physician perm placement, allied health contract staffing, sales, pharmacy and nursing markets. Currently, David is Vice President of Sales Training for LocumTenens.com. LocumTenens.com is a nationally-focused leader in the locum tenens placement of physicians in a number of high demand specialties including Emergency Medicine, Psychiatry, Surgery and Primary Care.
David has served as a board member and President of GAPS (Georgia Association of Personnel Services), co-founder and leader of Cub Scout Pack 1459 and Boy Scout Troop 1459 and serves on the Charitable Outreach Committee at LocumTenens.com.
David and his wife Cathy have been married for 30 years and have three sons, Chase, Chandler and Harrison.
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As the founder and president of Serviam Partners, Randy Hain has built a vibrant national network built on authenticity and trust and is well known for consulting with companies and business professionals on targeted business relationship coaching. As a former Partner and longtime shareholder of Bell Oaks Executive Search, Randy has a respected track record of leading successful national searches and building teams in a broad diversity of industries and functional specializations. He is considered a thought leader on human capital, business relationships, career development, leadership and is a sought-after speaker and panelist. Randy is the award-winning author of six books, including Something More: The Professional's Pursuit of a Meaningful Life and LANDED! Proven Job Search Strategies for Today's Professional. He is also Adjunct Faculty for the Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University and a 1989 graduate of the University of Georgia.
Randy has been married for 20 years and has two sons.
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Tami Heim is the president and CEO of the Christian Leadership Alliance, headquartered in San Clemente, CA. Her professional career includes executive leadership experience in the technology, marketing, publishing and retail industries. She has served as a partner in The A Group – Brand Development, executive vice president and chief publishing officer for Thomas Nelson Publishers, and as the president of Borders, Inc. She is the co-author of @stickyJesus: how to live out your faith online, a field guide for evangelism on social media networks.
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Abstract: A unitary family is a family of unitary operators acting on a finite-dimensional Hermitian vector space, depending analytically on a real parameter . It is monotone if is a positive operator for each . We prove a number of results generalizing standard theorems on the spectral theory of a single unitary operator , which correspond to the `commutative' case . So these may be viewed as a noncommutative generalization of the spectral theory of . Also, for a two-parameter unitary family (for which there is no analytic perturbation theory) we prove an implicit function type theorem for the spectral data under the assumption that the family is monotone in one argument.
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Article: Synthesis and electrochemical properties of nanostructured Li 2FeSiO 4/C cathode material for Li-ion batteries[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Nanostructured Li2FeSiO4/C was synthesized by high-energy ball-milling and the amorphous citrate-assisted techniques. Similar redox behaviour is observed for samples prepared by the amorphous citrate-assisted route followed by a 4h heat treatment: 0.3V polarization and more sloping behaviour was observed when cycling between 2.0V and 3.7V at 60°C; lower capacity fade is also observed compared to Li2FeSiO4/C prepared by the solid-state reaction technique. A discharge capacity of 102mAhg−1 is obtained for samples prepared by the high-energy ball-milling method, while capacities decrease from 95 to 77mAhg−1 using the amorphous citrate method for heat-treatment times increasing successively from 4h to 18h.
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ABSTRACT: The orthosilicate family of materials Li2MSiO4 for M=Fe, Mn and Co are coming to be seen as potentially cheap cathode materials for large-scale Li-ion batteries, not least through the possibility for significant capacity gains if more than one Li-ion can be removed per formula unit. To gain insights into possible Li-ion migration pathways and diffusion barriers for Li-ions, model systems for LixFeSiO4 (x≈1, 2) are here studied using the Density Functional Theory (DFT) approach. Li-ion and ion-vacancy migration barriers are calculated for a number of model systems. The results help explain why the Li/Fe site-mixing observed during electrochemical cycling of Li2FeSiO4 does not lead to any noticeable loss in cell performance, despite the increased tortuosity introduced into the Li-migration pathways by this ion-mixing process.
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ABSTRACT: A mathematical model describing ionic transport in a 3D-microbattery (3D-MB) electrolyte is developed here using finite element methodology. The model is then exploited to study a 3D-MB based on an interdigitated plate ("trench") architecture for a 10μm-thick electrolyte layer separating 10μm-thick graphite anode and LiCoO2 cathode plates. The effect of varying plate length, end-shape and electronic conductivity is also modelled. It is shown that the 3D-MB architecture gives rise to qualitatively non-uniform current densities, leading to sub-optimal surface utilization. This can, in turn, be optimized by varying electrode geometries and/or material properties.
Article: A DFT study of VO43- polyanion substitution into the Li-ion battery cathode material Li2FeSiO4[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Density Functional Theory (DFT) has here been used to study the substitution of SiO44- for VO43- polyanions in the orthosilicate Li-ion battery cathode material Li2FeSiO4, in order to enhance electron transfer between the TM-ions and thereby achieve a capacity increase from the potential redox activity of the orthovanadate polyanion. Comparison of results for five different model structures for LiFeXO4, X = Si, P and V, reveals that VO43- substitution destabilizes the tetrahedral structures towards olivine- or spinel-type structures. Our modelling of lithiation of the hypothetical 100% substituted system LiFeVO4 to Li2FeVO4 predicts the reduction of V5+ in the VO43- anion to V4+ at a potential of 2.1 V. While complete delithiation of LiFeVO4 to FeVO4 is accompanied by Fe2+/Fe3+ oxidation at similar to 3.1 V. These lithiation and delithiation processes trigger changes in the unit-cell volume: -6% and +10%, respectively. Notably, only minor structural distortions were observed in both VO43- and the more exotic VO44- tetrahedra. Thermodynamically feasible VO43- substitution levels are also shown to be <30%. This is exemplified for a 12.5% VO4-substituted system which exhibits similar to 50% smaller band-gap and increased capacity at an average deintercalation potential of similar to 3.2 V compared to the un-substituted system.
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ABSTRACT: A diffraction profile is here derived from classical Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulation for the hydrated perfluorosulphonic acid fuel-cell membrane material Nafion® at 363 K using a 76 Å × 76 Å × 76 Å box. The MD simulation reproduces the phase-separated nanoscale structure of Nafion® and water channels. No specific structural features, such as a characteristic channel diameter, could be distinguished. Nevertheless, the envelope of the simulated diffraction profile based on 6000 MD "snapshots" reproduced well the key features of the experimental SAXS profile. This draws into questions previous interpretations of diffraction data for the Nafion® system which involve simplistic notions of channel- and cluster-diameter.
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ABSTRACT: ChemInform is a weekly Abstracting Service, delivering concise information at a glance that was extracted from about 100 leading journals. To access a ChemInform Abstract of an article which was published elsewhere, please select a "Full Text" option. The original article is trackable via the "References" option.
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ABSTRACT: Classical molecular dynamics modeling studies at 363 K are reported of the local atomic-level and macroscopic nanostructures of two well-known perfluorosulfonic acid proton exchange polymer membrane materials: Nafion and Hyflon. The influence of the different side-chain lengths in the two polymers on local structure is relatively small: Hyflon exhibits slightly greater sulfonate-group clustering, while Nafion has more isolated side chains with a higher degree of hydration around the SO(3)(-) side-chain ends. This results in shorter mean residence times for water molecules around the end groups in Nafion. Hyflon also displays a lower degree of phase separation than Nafion. The velocities of the water molecules and hydronium ions are seen to increase steadily from the polymer backbone/water interface toward the center of the water channels. Because of its shorter side chains, the number of hydronium ions is approximately 50% higher at the center of the water channels in Hyflon, and their velocities are approximately 10% higher. The water and H(3)O(+) diffusion coefficients are therefore higher in the shorter side-chain Hyflon system: 6.5 x 10(-6) cm(2)/s and 25.2 x 10(-6) cm(2)/s, respectively; the corresponding values for Nafion are 6.1 x 10(-6) cm(2)/s and 21.3 x 10(-6) cm(2)/s, respectively. These calculated values compare well with experiment: 4 x 10(-6) cm(2)/s for vehicular H(3)O(+) diffusion.
Article: Structural and electrochemical aspects of Mn substitution into Li2FeSiO4 from DFT calculations[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: DFT calculations are presented which probe the effect of low-concentration Mn substitution of the Fe-sites in Li2FeSiO4: the promising new and potentially cheap cathode material for upscaled Li-ion battery applications. The LixFe0.875Mn0.125SiO4 system investigated could be achieved by replacing 12.5% of the Fe-sites in 2 × 2 × 1 and 2 × 2 × 2 supercells by Mn ions. The evolution of Bader charges and partial densities of states (DOS) have been followed under a stepwise delithiation process. A clear structural distortion is seen to occur at the Mn-site on delithiation, suggesting possible structural instability. Oxidation of Mn beyond 3+ is calculated to occur at potentials in excess of 4.7 V, implying that oxidation of well separated (>10Å), low-concentration Mn ions to Mn4+ is energetically unfavourable in the LixFe0.875Mn0.125SiO4 structure. This, together with previous DFT results for higher levels of Mn substitution into Li2FeSiO4, indicates that capacity increase in Li2Fe1 − yMnySiO4 through a >1 electron redox reaction may not be so readily attainable in practice, either for high or low Mn concentrations.
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ABSTRACT: The first discharge of the Li+ ion anode material LiSn2(PO4)3 was investigated with Mössbauer spectroscopy and electrochemical techniques. Mössbauer spectroscopy provided insight into the structure of the tin atoms of the fully discharged anode materials. Spectra consist of overlapping peaks, which are assigned to noncrystalline β-Sn and Li–Sn alloy domains. An analysis of the relative intensities of the Mössbauer spectra shows the relative abundance of β-Sn increases at the expense of the Li–Sn alloy as the discharge rate increases. Cell polarization occurs at higher discharge rates, leading to inefficient electrode utilization and poor cycling performance. Sluggish Li+ ion diffusion through the amorphous Li3PO4 network that is formed early in the discharge process might be responsible for the poor electrochemical performance and the accumulation of unalloyed tin.
Article: Effect of Short-Chain Amine Coatings on the Performance of LiFePO[sub 4] Li-Ion Battery Cathodes[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: This paper probes the coating of LiFePO4 (Phostech Lithium) particles by the self-adsorbance of surfactant molecules. The presence of the short-chain amines: hexadecylamine and polyetheramine [glyceryl poly(oxypropylene)triamine] on the particles is confirmed qualitatively by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis, and the Brunauer-Emmett-Teller surface area of the amine-coated LiFePO4 decreases with increasing amounts of amine on the surface. LiFePO4 with a 1 wt % polyetheramine coating exhibits a capacity of similar to 160 mAh/g, i.e., 13% higher than could be achieved with the as-received LiFePO4. A small amount of oligomeric coating would thus appear to be capable of increasing ion transport close to the particle surface.
Article: A comparative XPS surface study of Li2FeSiO4/C cycled with LiTFSI- and LiPF6-based electrolytes[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: X-Ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) has been used to characterise the surfaces of carbon-coated Li2FeSiO4 cathodes extracted from Li-ion batteries in both a charged and discharged state. 1 M lithium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide (LiTFSI) and lithium hexafluorophosphate (LiPF6) based electrolytes were used with ethylene carbonate (EC) and diethyl carbonate (DEC) as organic solvents. The LiTFSI-based electrolyte exhibited high salt stability and no significant formation of LiF. However, solvent reaction products from EC were found together with lithium carbonate. A LiPF6-based electrolyte, on the other hand, showed inferior salt stability with LixPFy, LixPOyFz and LiF species formed on the surface. Solvent reaction products together with lithium carbonate were also found. There are also indications that Li2FeSiO4 is degraded by the HF formed in the electrolyte by the hydrolysis of LiPF6. A better understanding of the surface chemistry of carbon-coated Li2FeSiO4 after the first cycles in a Li-ion battery has thus been achieved, thereby facilitating the optimisation of Li-ion batteries based on this potentially cheap and electrochemically most promising cathode material giving excellent capacity retention: <3% drop over 120 cycles.
Article: Molecular dynamics studies of the Nafion®, Dow® and Aciplex® fuel-cell polymer membrane systems[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: The Nafion, Dow and Aciplex systems – where the prime differences lies in the side-chain length – have been studied by molecular dynamics (MD) simulation under standard pressure and temperature conditions for two different levels of hydration: 5 and 15 water molecules per (H)SO3 end-group. Structural features such as water clustering, water-channel dimensions and topology, and the dynamics of the hydronium ions and water molecules have all been analysed in relation to the dynamical properties of the polymer backbone and side-chains. It is generally found that mobility is promoted by a high water content, with the side-chains participating actively in the H3O+/H2O transport mechanism. Nafion, whose side-chain length is intermediate of the three polymers studied, is found to have the most mobile polymer side-chains at the higher level of hydration, suggesting that there could be an optimal side-chain length in these systems. There are also some indications that the water-channel network connectivity is optimal for high water-content Nafion system, and that this could explain why Nafion appears to exhibit the most favourable overall hydronium/water mobility. Figure The simulation box for Aciplex with 5 water molecules per sulphonate end-group (yellow spheres). The polymer backbone is black; while side-chains are brown. The water-channel iso-surfaces are represented as blue clouds
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ABSTRACT: Solid electrolytes are ionic solids which have unusually high ionic conductivities, comparable to those of molten salts. The characteristic features of the conducting phase of these materials include low activation energy for translational motion, and an open crystal structure involving an interconnected network of vacant sites available to one or more ionic species. The beta-aluminas are one of the most widely investigated family of solid electrolytes, permitting fast ion conduction for monovalent (including protonic), divalent and even trivalent cation species. The conduction is restricted to a layer containing mobile ions and bridging oxygens, which serve to support the spinel blocks. This makes it an ideal system in which to study two-dimensional diffusion in a real situation by computer simulation methods. We illustrate the usefulness of molecular dynamics simulation (MDS) in investigating the atomistic processes responsible for conduction, emphasizing the important role played by the collective movement of the ions. A detailed analysis of this motion is presented. This allows us to clarify long-standing questions concerning the mechanism of diffusion for the mobile sodium ions.
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ABSTRACT: Results of a molecular dynamics simulation (MDS) of a Mg2+ stabilized form of the well known solid electrolyte Na+ beta-alumina (idealized formula: Na1+xAl11-xMgxO17 for x = 0.22) are presented. The simulated crystal is stable over a wide temperature range, while still exhibiting a high degree of mobility for the mobile Na+ ion species. Analysis of Na+ trajectories is able to identify the conduction mode prevalent at a given temperature. This changes dramatically as the temperature increases; going from an almost conventional hopping motion at low T to highly correlated motion at high T, where a number of ions move over large distances. Remarkably, the transition is found to coincide with a region of reduced overall mobility, with the diffusion constant passing through a local minimum. The mechanisms underlying such phenomena are exposed, and comparisons made with our earlier MDS study of the normal form of Na+ beta-alumina, where the charge compensation is achieved through the introduction of an extra oxygen into the conduction plane (the Roth defect). It is shown that significantly different levels of diffusivity can result from different compensation mechanisms.
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ABSTRACT: Photoelectron spectroscopy (PES) has been used to characterise the surface of Li 2 FeSiO 4 cathodes extracted from lithium-ion batteries. Pristine, uncycled, air-exposed electrodes were first analysed and found to carry significantly greater amounts of Li 2 CO 3 on their surfaces than electrodes stored under inert atmosphere. The surface film formed on electrochemical cycling of Li 2 FeSiO 4 electrodes at 60 uC using a LiN(SO 2 CF 3) 2 salt based electrolyte revealed high salt stability and only small amounts of solvent reaction products. These were mainly of Li-carboxylate type; neither carbonates nor LiF were found. The excellent capacity retention (,3% over 120 cycles) and minimal irreversible capacity during the first cycle are probably a direct result of this very thin surface film. Li 2 FeSiO 4 must therefore be seen as a most promising (and potentially cheap) positive electrode material for future large-scale Li-ion battery applications.
Article: A neutron powder diffraction study of LiCo x Fe 1− x PO 4 for x = 0, 0.25, 0.40, 0.60 and 0.75[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: X-ray and neutron powder diffraction studies have been made of the single-phase systems LiCoxFe1−xPO4 (x=0, 0.25, 0.40, 0.60 and 0.75) to establish how Co2+ substitutes into the LiFePO4 olivine structure. Rietveld refinement shows that all four substituted materials have the same olivine structure (space group: Pnma) with lithium occupying octahedral (4a) sites, and Co2+ replacing Fe2+ at the octahedral (4c) sites. The a and b cell parameters decrease while the c parameter increases on the addition of Co2+. There are certain indications of structural instability for high Co-content compositions.
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ABSTRACT: The lithium extraction and insertion mechanism in the cathode material Li2FeSiO4 has been monitored by in situ X-ray diffraction and Mössbauer spectroscopy during the first two cycles. The residual amounts of Li2FeSiO4 and LiFeSiO4 in the fully charged and discharged states are 5% and 10%, respectively, on the basis of both Mössbauer spectroscopy and powder XRD studies; this is also in good agreement with the results of electrochemical measurements. The observed lowering of the potential plateau from 3.10 to 2.80 V during the first cycle can be explained by a structural rearrangement in which some of the Li ions (in the 4b site) and Fe ions (in the 2a site) become interchanged.
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ABSTRACT: A density functional theory (DFT) calculation is reported for the novel Li-ion battery cathode material lithium iron silicate (Li2FeSiO4) and for three possible Li arrangements in the delithiated structure (LiFeSiO4). Relevant battery-related properties have been derived: average voltage (2.77V vs. Li/Li+), energy density (1200Wh/l) and specific energy (440Wh/kg). Lattice constants and atomic fractional coordinates are also given for each case. The calculated values are in good agreement with recent experimental values (A. Nytén, A. Abouimrane, M. Armand, T. Gustafsson, J.O. Thomas, Electrochem. Commun., 7 (2005) 156). Voltages were calculated (again vs. Li/Li+) for the three different Li arrangements in LiFeSiO4; these differed by 0.22V – a difference which could perhaps be related to the experimentally observed 0.30V drop in voltage between the first and subsequent charge cycles.
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ABSTRACT: The pore structure and morphology of direct methanol fuel cell electrodes are characterized using mercury intrusion porosimetry and scanning electron microscopy. It is found that the pore size distributions of printed primer and catalyst layers are largely dictated by the powders used to make the printing ink. The extent to which the pore structure is modified by changing several parameters in the membrane electrode assembly (MEA) manufacturing process is discussed. The pore structure of the printed layers is found to be invariant with respect to changes in powder loading or in choice of printing substrate, and is relatively undisturbed by MEA hot-pressing. Changing the source of the primer powder and adding a pore-forming agent to the catalyst ink are found to be successful methods of creating a more open pore structure in the printed layers.
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ABSTRACT: A force field has been developed for Li2SiF6 for subsequent use in Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulations involving Li+ and SiF ions in a polymer electrolyte host. Both ab initio calculations and available empirical data have been used. The force field has been verified in simulations of the crystal structure of Li2SiF6 in two different space groups: P321 and Pm1. The use of MD simulation to assess the correct space group for Li2SiF6 shows that it is probably P321. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Comput Chem 26: 716–724, 2005
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|Bahrain 2006 with Williams Cosworth
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Nico Rosberg
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Rosberg in Singapore:
2008 Williams: qualified 9th, finished 2nd
2009 Williams: qualified 3rd, finished 11th
2010 Mercedes: qualified 7th, finished 5th
2011 Mercedes: qualified 7th, finished 7th
2012 Mercedes: qualified 10th, finished 5th
2013 Mercedes: qualified 2nd, finished 4th
2014 Mercedes: qualified 2nd, finished DNF
Looking for revenge
Nico Rosberg showed that he had one-lap pace in 2014, out-qualifying his team-mate Lewis Hamilton and scoring 11 pole positions on his way to the inaugural FIA pole position trophy.
The German scored five wins and a further 10 podiums, too, ensuring the title went down to the wire in Abu Dhabi, but he couldn't quite match Hamilton's pace in the races in the second-half of the season and ultimately finished runner-up.
The son of 1982 World Champion, Keke Rosberg of Finland, Nico was born in Wiesbaden, Germany and brought up in Monaco. His knowledge of Formula OneTM history is encyclopaedic, but he has interests outside of the sport, including soccer and tennis. He's also a keen poker, backgammon and chess player and can speak five languages.
After early success in European karting, Formula BMW and the F3 Euroseries, Rosberg really hit the headlines when he became the first-ever GP2 champion in 2005. He entered Formula One™ with his father's former team, Williams, setting fastest lap in Bahrain on his debut in 2006.
In 2010, he was recruited by Mercedes on their return to the sport for the first time since the 1950s. Since then, Rosberg has proved that he can work with and match two of the most fearsomely competitive team-mates in the sport; Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton.
He took his first pole position and victory in China 2012 and added two more wins in Monaco and Silverstone in 2013. The German's upward trajectory with the team continued in 2014 but he was just pipped to the title by his childhood friend and team-mate Hamilton. Will that experience help him bounce back and turn the tables on Hamilton in 2015?


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Presstek has announced that Jeffrey A. Beck has joined the company as president and CEO effective May 1, 2014. Beck succeeds David Savage who recently transitioned to lead WaterJet Holdings, another portfolio company held by Presstek's owner, American Industrial Partners.
Beck has a strong track record of driving profitable growth across many technology focused business sectors. Prior to joining Presstek, he served as COO for iRobot Corp. and earlier there as president, Home Robots Division. During his tenure at iRobot, Beck led the teams that delivered innovative new products, expanded global distribution, significantly improved product quality and emphasized operational excellence.
Before joining iRobot, Beck served at AMETEK Corp. as senior vice president and general manager of the Aerospace and Defense Division and earlier as vice president and general manager of the Power Systems and Instruments Division. Beck's career also includes assignments at Danaher Corp., where he served as a division president, and Emerson Electric, where he held a series of engineering, sales, and general management positions.
As Presstek's president and CEO, Beck will drive the company's strategy and vision for long-term growth and profitability by developing and bringing to market a technologically advanced and innovative product portfolio along with superior technical support and service programs.
"I am very excited to join Presstek during this stage of its renewal. Presstek has made excellent progress improving operational and financial performance since being acquired by private equity firm AIP in 2012," Beck said. "I look forward to leading Presstek into the next exciting era, investing in Research and Development and launching new environmentally friendly print system solutions that help our customers remove complexities, chemistry, and waste from their production chain. Our goal is to foster strong customer relationships, achieve sustainable profitability, and enhance our position in the industry."
Beck holds a master's degree in business administration from Boston University and a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from the New Jersey Institute of Technology. In addition he actively serves on the Board of Directors for Sun Edison Semiconductor, Fiber Optic Components and The New Jersey Institute of Technology's Engineering College Advisory Board.