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Volume 66, Issue 5, May 1995
Recent progress in optical current sensing techniques66(1995); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1145537View Description Hide Description
This paper reviews recent developments in the field of current measurement which employ a wide range of optical and fiber optic techniques. Depending on the current sensing mechanisms involved and the sensing materials used, optical current sensors (OCSs) may be categorized into four main groups: (i) OCSs employing optical fiber as their sensing elements, (ii) OCSs using bulk glass to sense the current, (iii) OCSs using electro‐optic hybrid sensing devices, and (iv) OCSs using magnetic field sensing devices. The operational modes of a variety of OCSs have been grouped and discussed, and several examples given. It can be seen that as a result of an intensive and wide ranging research effort using various approaches, substantial progress in the differing aspects of the optical current sensing techniques considered, such as the sensing material used, the configurations of sensing elements introduced, and the detection schemes adapted, has been achieved during the past years. An overall view of the field shows it to be as an active and exciting research area, highlighting several recently introduced and novel sensing materials and configurations which provide impressive results in this field of instrumentation. Examples of applications for the electric power industry are discussed more extensively.
Narrow linewidth excimer laser for inscribing Bragg gratings in optical fibers66(1995); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1145538View Description Hide Description
A spectrally narrow linewidth KrF excimer laser has been developed for the application of writing Bragg gratings in optical fibers. Two air spaced etalons 80 and 6 cm−1 have been incorporated within the laser cavity resulting in a laser line with a linewidth of approximately 4 pm. A stable wavelength setting for writing Bragg gratings has been achieved without the necessity of a feedback mechanism. A study of the formation of Bragg grating in optical fibers with this narrow linewidth KrF excimer laser has been carried out. High quality gratings have been demonstrated in hydrogen sensitized fibers with a pulse energy density as low as 20 mJ/cm2. Limitations and various problems encountered in inscribing Bragg gratings (such as two simultaneous grating lines) with the narrow linewidthexcimer laser source are also discussed.
Ultrahighly sensitive laser‐Doppler velocity meter with a diode‐pumped Nd:YVO4 microchip laser66(1995); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1145539View Description Hide Description
Extremely high sensitivity of a diode‐pumped microchip Nd:YVO4 laser to external light injection is demonstrated in optical detection of Doppler shift from a moving object. Intensity modulation induced by reflected scattered light from a rotating object at the Doppler‐shift frequency is measured for a 1‐mm‐long diode‐pumped Nd:YVO4 laser. When adjusting the diode pump power so that the relaxation oscillation frequency is resonant to the Doppler‐shift frequency, the minimum detectable intensity of scattered light injected back into the microchip laser can be <−170 dB weaker than the intracavity laser intensity.
Reflectance meter with high spatial resolution and its application for a surface emitting laser diode66(1995); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1145540View Description Hide Description
A reflectance meter with high spatial resolution is realized with a Ti–sapphire tunable laser as a light source. The spot size of an incident beam is 2 μm when an objective lens with the power of 20 was employed. The reflectivity of the optical cavity for a surface emitting laserdiode (SELD) and its change with carrier injection was measured. The gain and refractive index variation of the active layer in the SELD was estimated by the parameter fitting based on a simple Fabry–Perot cavity model with material loss.
A picosecond optical pulse generator to calibrate the optical streak camera66(1995); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1146499View Description Hide Description
A simple pulser circuit to drive a single heterojunctionGaAslaser diode which provides a single short duration (∼120 ps) optical pulse is described. However, study of emission characteristics of the diode laser shows many equally time spaced optical pulses when injection current in the diode is increased beyond the threshold of lasing. This phenomenon of diode laser emission is used to calibrate the picosecond time resolution optical streak camera, which provided sweep speed of ∼15 mm/1ns and nonlinearity in the sweep of ∼10%.
Two new optical designs for soft x‐ray spectrometers using variable‐line‐space gratings66(1995); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1145541View Description Hide Description
Two new optical designs for soft x‐ray spectrometers using variable‐line‐space (VLS) gratings are described, characterized, and compared. One design, using VLS rulings on a spherical substrate, is characterized both analytically and with ray tracing. The second, using a concave focusing mirror and a plane VLS grating, is ray traced. Performance is optimized using line spacing described by a third‐order polynomial. For the single element design, resolving powers of approximately 1300 and above are achieved over the energy range from 300 to 1000 eV in a compact (1‐m‐long) instrument, with performance limited by the resolution of the electronic area detector to be used with the design.
Multiple detector triple coincidence spectrometer for (e,3e) electron impact double‐ionization measurements66(1995); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1145542View Description Hide Description
An (e,3e) spectrometer for the study of double ionization of magnesium by electron impact is described. With the spectrometer the angular and energy distributions of the ejected electrons can be measured over a range of incident‐electron energies. The spectrometer incorporates two ejected‐electron electrostatic energy analyzers and a tandem electrostaticanalyzer for the scattered electrons. Up to eight detectors can be placed at the focal planes of each of the ejected analyzers. This increases the data rate by a factor of 64 over arrangements with two ejected‐electron detectors. In order to reduce noise and establish the energy of the final state of the doubly charged residual magnesium ion, triple‐coincidence electronics are used with a preprocessing circuit to reduce dead time. The first double‐ionization study with the instrument was the ejection of a 2p inner valence electron by a 3.5 keV incident electron accompanied by the subsequent filling of the 2p hole and the emission of a 35 eV Auger electron.
Radio frequency phase shifting at the source simplifies NMR spectrometer design66(1995); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1145543View Description Hide Description
Two different approaches to the digital control of the phase of the radio frequency (rf) signal are reviewed. Given a fast reproducible digital phase control, a method is presented for performing digitally some of the traditionally analog spectrometer functions. As a result, the spectrometer design is simplified considerably. Selection of different phase settings during the transmission of the rf pulse and during signal detection and other digital operations are discussed as examples.
A new confocal stigmatic spectrometer for micro‐Raman and microfluorescence spectral imaging analysis: Design and applications66(1995); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1145544View Description Hide Description
A new instrument was developed permitting confocal spectralimaging technique to be carried out with a lateral resolution ∼0.3 μm and an axial resolution ∼1.0 μm for specimen areas ranging from 5×5 to 150×150 μm. The modular Raman/fluorescence spectrometer was equipped with a CCD camera, microscope, motorized sample stage, and the confocal entrance chamber. A system of galvanometer controlled mirror scanners equipped the confocal entrance chamber, allowing spectra to be accumulated up to several hundreds of points of sample in parallel, with adjustable spectral and spatial resolution. Stray light rejection property of the Raman spectrometer provides the possibility of the Raman spectralimage to be recorded in the low frequency domain. A software was developed to control image accumulation, creation, and treatment. The methods of spectralanalysis being applied to a multidimensional set of spectra permit the multiform spectralimages to be created. In order to create these images, the different spectral parameters and their combination can be used, namely: intensity of characteristic bands and their ratios, width of spectral bands, and shift of band frequencies. The decomposition algorithms can be applied to two‐dimensional (or three‐dimensional) images to deconvolute the overlapped spectra of sample components or to analyze the subtle spectral differences. The three‐dimensional performance of the instrument was analyzed in the particular examples of microfluorescence study of matrices for piezoelectric elements production, micro‐Raman investigation of fluid inclusions in mineral, micro‐Raman mapping of polymeric materials, and microfluorescence analysis of drug interaction with living cancer cells. It is shown that the spectrometer is suitable for a wide range of applications in mineralogy, material research, solid state physics, biophysics, cellular biology, and medicine.
Construction of a new imaging bandpass analyzer for a magnetic projection photoelectron microscope66(1995); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1145545View Description Hide Description
An imaging bandpassanalyzer consisting of two 90° spherical analyzers proposed earlier [C. Kim, P. L. King, P. Pianetta, M. A. Kelly, and C. A. Bryson, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 64, 1187 (1993)] has been combined with a magnetic projection photoelectron microscope and tested. The design and construction of a magnetic mesh to terminate the magnetic field from the microscope is described with an optical element to connect the microscope and the analyzer. An energy resolution of 2.6% of the pass energy and spatial resolution better than that of the imaging detector are obtained.
New instrument for microbeam analysis incorporating submicron imaging and resonance ionization mass spectrometry66(1995); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1145546View Description Hide Description
A new reflectron time‐of‐flight mass spectrometer for surfaceanalysis has been developed that incorporates a Schwarzschild all‐reflecting microscope. The instrument is configured for secondary ion mass spectrometry and secondary neutral mass spectrometry using either ion beam bombardment or laser ablation for sample atomization. The sample viewing and imaging system of this instrument enables in situ laser microanalysis with a lateral resolution below 1 μm. The major advantages of using a Schwarzschild objective include good lateral resolution, easy design, low cost, complete achromatism, and both viewing the sample and extracting secondary or photoions normal to its surface. The instrument has a mass resolution of m/Δm≥2000 and is capable of measuring elemental and isotopic compositions at trace levels using resonance ionization. The isotopic ratios of trace concentrations of Ti in μm size SiC grains separated from meteorites were measured. The extremely low ablation laser power used in the above experiment points to the possibility of using low‐cost laser systems for laser microprobe applications.
A nonoptical tip–sample distance control method for near‐field scanning optical microscopy using impedance changes in an electromechanical system66(1995); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1145547View Description Hide Description
We present a nonoptical shear‐force feedback method to regulate tip–sample distance for near‐field scanning optical microscopy. In the shear force setup, the dither piezo and the attached fiber tip form an electromechanical system, whose power dissipation on resonance is sensitive to the change in damping force as the tip approaches and interacts with the sample. At the frequencies of interest (∼10–100 kHz), the change in power dissipation is conveniently manifested as a change in the electrical impedance of the dither piezo. We demonstrate that tip–sample distance feedback control can be achieved by measuring this change in dither piezo impedance. The sensitivity is currently ∼0.5 Å. This new technique is compared to other methods currently used for distance control in near‐field scanning optical microscopy.
A double‐focus lens interferometer for scanning force microscopy66(1995); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1145548View Description Hide Description
We present a laser interferometer for displacement measurement requiring high precision. Consisting of a small number of optical parts, the instrument is simple, compact, and not affected by environmental conditions. Further, with a birefringent double‐focus lens, the two interfering beams share a common path and the interference signal is immune to fluctuations of the optical path length. Peak‐to‐peak noise in a dc to 1 kHz bandwidth is less than 0.02 Å. We applied this interferometer to scanning force microscopy and tested the performance.
Atomic force microscope tip deconvolution using calibration arrays66(1995); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1145549View Description Hide Description
An algorithm for the deconvolution of the probe tips used with the atomic force microscope from the images of calibration grids made using very large scale integrated technology, which is useful in visualization of the tip before or after imaging for the elucidation of the condition of the stylus, is presented. This procedure described is of general applicability: it makes no assumptions about the tip geometry and requires no pretreatment of the data, such as filtering. Grids having circular depressions are shown to reproduce the geometries of circular and conical tips faithfully, but are limited when imaging those which are square pyramidal. Slight variations in the size and shapes of the depressions within a grid pattern limit the accuracy of the tip reconstruction.
Limits of force microscopy66(1995); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1145550View Description Hide Description
The atomic force microscope(AFM) is calculated to have quantum limited sensitivity using common optical detection techniques. Under typical ambient operating conditions, the AFM is shown to have an energy resolution better than 10−24 J, considerably weaker than the energy of 10−21 J/molecule for the weakest chemical bonds. For operation in vacuum, periodic forces of 10−15 N are detectable at room temperature. At 4.2 K it is possible to resolve single bursts of energy of 10−25 J. The AFM is shown to have many features in common with a resonant‐bar gravitational waveantenna.
Analysis of scanning tunneling microscopy feedback system66(1995); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1145551View Description Hide Description
A theoretical analysis of the feedback system in the scanning tunneling microscope(STM) is presented. The proposed model includes all the elements involved in the STM loop. The knowledge of its behavior allow one to accurately determine the region where the unstable STM operation could affect the measurements, and also to set the optimal working parameters. Each element of the feedback circuitry is analyzed and discussed as well as their mutual interactions. Thus the stability region of a STM has been obtained analytically, using all the possible elements in the feedback loop and without using simplifications or rare models for the system. The mathematical models for each element of the loop has been used and the problem has been solved using control theory. Different working conditions are simulated and analyzed. Some relations for stability conditions, considering the value of each component involved in the feedback loop, are proposed and analyzed. The good agreement between theory and experimentation is shown by comparing images taken under conditions of good stability and of instability.
Accurate, repetitive, linear motion from biased piezoelectric actuators66(1995); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1146447View Description Hide Description
A method is described for producing accurate, repetitive, linear motion from biased piezoelectric actuators without the need for feedback from external distance measuring sensors. A precalibration of the actuator determines a voltage profile that produces repeatable linear motion but whose slope is uncertain due to actuator gain variations stemming from bulk polarization changes in the piezoelectricceramic. Monitoring the current flowing through the actuator at a specified point in the linear part of the motion profile is used to determine and correct for the slope variations.
Analysis of piezo actuators in translation constructions66(1995); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1145552View Description Hide Description
A translation stage has been developed for generating displacements with nanometer accuracy and a dynamic range of 10 μm. The stage uses piezo stacks as actuators and is equipped with capacitive sensors which are able to measure displacements with subnanometer resolution. Because the measurements are very accurate, the displacement properties of the piezo actuator used in the translation stage can be recorded with high precision. This allows us to investigate the displacement response of the piezo actuator when sinusoidal and triangular voltages are applied to it. These measurements will be used to model the hysteresis behavior of the piezo actuator. It is observed that the branches of the hysteresis curves can be described by a third‐order polynome and that the hysteresis curve has point symmetry properties. Also a model is presented for describing the general behavior of a piezo actuator in a translation stage.
Transfer function of an ultralow frequency vibration isolation system66(1995); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1145553View Description Hide Description
We have measured the transfer function of the recently proposed folded pendulum which has a resonant period up to 66 s. Results confirm that the dynamic behavior of the folded pendulum closely approximates that of a simple pendulum of the same period. The system can provide a simple one‐dimensional seismic isolation stage for laser interferometergravitational waveantennas, as well as having application to very low frequency seismometers.
Characteristics of a microwave electron cyclotron resonance plasma source66(1995); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1145554View Description Hide Description
The description and performance characteristics of a microwave electron cyclotron resonance (ECR) overdense plasma source are presented. The discharge was generated by introducing the circular TE11 mode wave at a frequency of 2.45 GHz into a cylindrical cavity, which is inmersed in an external static magnetic field from three solenoid coils. For magnetic field values corresponding to the ECR condition, and at pressures 10−4–10−2 Torr, in argon and methane the plasma initiation occurred with 10 W of incident power. The plasma density and temperature were measured using electric probes, and their dependence on the pressure and magnetic field are shown. Optical emission spectroscopy was carried out to identify chemically active species in the plasma. It was found that a high microwave power absorption level could be achieved by reducing the external magnetic field to values near half the resonant one, giving as result the production of a plasma with a density greater than the critical one (overdense plasma).


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Mayfly nymphs spend their lives in water, usually preferring clean water, so are rarely found in polluted waterways. So their presence is usually an indicator of relatively unpolluted water. The nymphs live in the mud or among water plants. Ephemerella sp. (above) are usually found creeping along the mud or on stream and river beds, and occasionally cover themselves with debris.
Development to adult state can take as long as two years in colder regions, but only a few months in warmer areas. During this time the nymph can go through as many as 45 moults (Stenacron interpunctatum canadense)!
During the final instar the nymph will stop feeding for a while, then climb out of the water or float to the surface. Then within a few seconds the skin splits and the insect emerges in its final nymphal stage and flies off.
Mayflies are the only insects that have fully functional wings before they reach adulthood. Within a few hours, or in some species minutes, this nymphal skin is also moulted and the insect emerges as a full adult.
Acid rain has led to the loss of many populations in Northern Europe and America.
Adult mayflies do not live very long, some just for a few hours while others can hang around for a few days. Dolania americana lives for less than five minutes after her final molt. During those five minutes she chooses a mate, mates, and lays her eggs.
Mayflies are weak fliers, so rarely stray far from water unless the wind carries them. Their whole purpose as adults is to mate. Some of them have no mouthparts, and even those that do do not feed. Usually a large number of adults emerge in a synchronized hatch. The mass emergence of mayflies is actually a defence mechanism as the predators, mainly fish, bats and birds, are unable to eat them all, so many mayflies escape predation, and go on to breed.
Mating swarms are most common in the late afternoon. Males dance to attract the attention of females. The attraction seems wholly visible as no pheromone has yet been discovered. The female flies into a swarm of males. A male grabs her, and mating proceeds.
Mayflies mate on the wing. After mating the female drops eggs into the water, though some species actually go underwater to lay the eggs on plants. A single female can produce thousands of eggs.
After this the adults usually flop into the water where they are the beloved food of fishes, something well known to anglers.
The Caenidae nymphs (see above left and below) prefer muddy or sandy environments. The drawing below shows the typical body shape of nymphs in this family.
Ephemerella ignita (above) can be found in a wide range of running waters, but rarely in still water.
There are 6 British species in this family. In the Leptophlebiidea the nymphs often have tails as long as or longer then their body, and the tail filaments are usually held quite widely apart (see above). They tend to crawl around in silt or live in burrows and cavities, and are not very good swimmers.
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Below is the nymph Habrophlebia fusca, and has the common name Ditch dun. Its body length can reach 8 mm, so it is quite small. It is usually found in small, slow flowing streams and weed choked ditches.
There are 11 British species in this family. Nymphs in this family are known as stone clingers. The typical nymph body shape is flat, broad and fat with strong legs. The eyes are located on the top of the head. As the common name for the family suggests, they are found in fast flowing waters clinging on to stones.
Above is the nymph Ecdyonurus sp. Note that it is broad and flat with large, flat legs. It is usually found in fast flowing water and lake edges.
There are 14 British species in this family. Nymphs in this family are usually slender and good swimmers.
Below is the nymph of Centroptilum leutolum, which has the common name of Small spurwing. The nymphal body length reaches 9 mm, and it is found in slow, weedy calcareous rivers and shallow weedy lakes.
The adult has 2 tails, and the hind wings are reduced to a thin, pointed spur - hence the common name. Adults can be seen as early a April, and as late as November, but are more commonly seen from June - September.Smith, L. (2014). Characteristics of the insect orders. Amazon. Characteristics of the insect orders with drawings and photographs to help you understand the differences between the different types of insect, and identify which order an insect is in, as well as fast facts about each insect order, and links to web pages with more detailed information. Many orders have separate sections about the life cycle of the insect as well as its habitat requirements, and fossil history.


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In the midst of Catholic Charities' efforts to help those impacted by Hurricane Sandy and left without adequate food or shelter, Catholic Charities continues to meet the basic human needs of thousands of New Yorkers. On November 20, 2012, Timothy Cardinal Dolan led the annual Catholic Charities distribution of Thanksgiving meals to more than 400 needy New Yorkers at the Kennedy Center in Harlem.
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Track and Field Standouts Recognized for Work in Classroom
Postseason League Honor is a First for the Program
Senior Makes First Career NCAA Outdoor Championship Appearance
Junior All-America Posts Highest Individual Program Finish at National Meet
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2010-11: Won his third career Conference USA shot put title at the league's indoor meet with a school-record throw of 17.81 meters before taking third at the C-USA Outdoor Championships ... Fell one spot short of qualifying for the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the shot put ... Captured five event titles during the season in combined shot put, discus and hammer efforts ... Qualified for the NCAA East Preliminary Round in the shot put and hammer ... Named to the United State Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Division I All-Academic Team.
2009-10: Captured the Conference USA title in the shot put at both the Indoor and Outdoor Championships ... Holds the school record for both the indoor and outdoor shot put event at 17.42 and 17.85 meters, respectively ... Season-best mark (17.85) in the shot put occurred at the prestigious Penn Relays where he captured the event title ... Turned in a pair of third-place showings in the weight throw at the UNC Classic and UNC Invitational ... Took fourth-place in the hammer throw at the C-USA Outdoor Championships, thus qualifying for the NCAA East Regional.
Moorpark College: Was the No. 1 ranked athlete in the nation in the junior college ranks in the shot put ... Won the Junior College national title in the shot put and was the Junior College California state champion in the shot put and hammer ... Garnered All-America honors in the shot put, hammer and discus ... Named the Moorpark College Athlete-of-the-Year ... Picked up Ventura County Sports Hall of Fame Male Athlete-of-the-Year Accolades ... Earned entry into the Moorpark College Hall of Fame ... Collected the Moorpark College Scholar Athlete Award.
High School: Was the throws MVP as a junior and senior, earning second place in the state championships and entry into the Indoor/Outdoor Nationals ... Threw the second-best mark in the shot put in school history as a senior while also setting the school record in the discus ... Was an indoor All-America selection in the shot put ... Outdoor Nationals qualifier in the shot put and discus ... Earned the US Marine Corps Distinguished Athlete Award.
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PANAMA CITY - A World War II veteran is celebrating his 90th birthday by getting the gift of a lifetime.
Horace Carr is a WWII veteran, Purple Heart recipient and Medal of Valor awardee.
He had no idea what to expect on his 90th birthday.
"A lot of this stuff that is going on here, I didn't know it was going to happen."
Carr was celebrating his 90th birthday with his family Saturday when the women of the New Beginning Church in Southport, Florida presented him with the first-ever Bay County "Quilt of Valor."
Pat Brannon, one of the quilters, said, "It's not something that you can put a dollar amount on. It's something that brings comfort. It let's the person know that they are thought of and they are remembered."
In February, Carr was diagnosed with cancer.
"We wanted to have him have something to look forward to and keep him going," his daughter, Carolyn Smith said."
After months of being ill, Carr finally felt like himself again, just in time for his birthday.
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During the party, Carr was overwhelmed and humbled by everyone's love and support.
"It's very, very nice it makes me want to cry and I don't do that very often, but it's very tempting. I wish that everybody could have a day like this," he said."
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With the onset of the Industrial Revolution came the need for technically trained people who could visualize, plan and organize large and complex systems. Industrial Engineering emerged as a profession to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of these operations. Since its inception, industrial and systems engineering has grown to encompass a wide variety of occupational areas including manufacturing, logistics, financial, and health care institutions.
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The program of study leading to the Bachelor of Science in Industrial and Systems Engineering (BSISE) is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, http://www.abet.org.
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The mission of the BS in Industrial and Systems Engineering program is to transform the industrial and systems engineering pipeline by providing educational and research experiences relevant to societal and industry needs and enabling individual development into technically proficient, culturally competent, collaborative leaders making a positive difference for their employers, communities, and the discipline; always embracing excellence in performance and conduct.
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The objectives of the BSISE program are to produce graduates who:
1. Apply technical and business skills based on industrial and systems engineering principles for a variety of employers in the manufacturing and service industries;
2. Apply information technology tools and systems engineering methods;
3. Lead and function in interdisciplinary, culturally and/or globally diverse teams;
4. Contribute to their communities, the profession of industrial and systems engineering, and the University; and
5. Engage in lifelong learning, including the pursuit of graduate studies.
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The student outcomes, measured in terms of the knowledge and skills the graduates of the BSISE program are expected to demonstrate at graduation are:
a. an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering*;
b. an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data*;
c. an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability*;
d. an ability to function on multidisciplinary teams;
e. an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems*;
f. an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility;
g. an ability to communicate effectively;
h. the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context*;
i. a recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning;
j. a knowledge of contemporary issues; and
k. an ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice*,**.
* Based on the program educational objectives, the program emphasizes these outcomes to prepare graduates to design (c), develop, implement, and improve integrated systems (e) that include people, materials, information, equipment and energy using appropriate analytical (a), computational (k), and experimental (b) practices with consideration for life cycle factors (c, h).
** Based on program educational objective 2, techniques, skills or tools that are computer-based and/or associated with systems engineering are emphasized.
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The College of Engineering ranks No. 1 for the number of degrees awarded to African Americans
U.S. News and World Report ranks the COE in the top third of the Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs
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SAES brought in more than $20 million in research grant funding
Webb Hall
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A&T had ninety-eight student athletes earn a cumulative 3.0 grade point average or higher for the 2011-2012 academic year
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Freshmen Janay Ferrell placed seventh at the Robert Shumke HBCU Classic
Jarrell Elliott
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Aggie baseball player Xavier Macklin was drafted in the 12th round of the 2011 Major League Baseball Draft
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North Carolina A&T has had 16 players drafted to the major leagues
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The College of Arts and Sciences awards one-third of the university's degrees each year
University Choir
University Choir has performed for President Obama at the White House
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A&T Jazz Ensemble released its first professional CD - Jazz Preeminence
Theatre program to perform at the regionally acclaimed "Center Stage Theatre" in Baltimore, Maryland
Black Nativity performances
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Lake Bell ("In a World...") will join Simon Pegg in Ben Palmer's rom-com "Man Up" for Big Talk Productions and Studio Canal. Filming begins in January.
Bell plays a single girl who is mistaken for a stranger's blind date en route to her parents' anniversary, leading to her finally finding the perfect boyfriend. [Source: Deadline]
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Anton Yelchin ("Star Trek"), Ashley Greene ("The Twilight Saga"), Alexandra Daddario ("Percy Jackson") and Oliver Cooper ("Project X") have joined the cast of Joe Dante's horror comedy "Burying the Ex" for Voltage Pictures. Filming begins Monday in Los Angeles.
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Ron Livingston has scored the starring role in Duane Edwards' slightly comedic indie drama "Supreme Ruler". Vincent D'Onofrio, Marcia Gay Harden and Brian Geraghty also star.
Livingston plays a small town man whose dream of becoming 'Supreme Ruler' of his local Buffalo Lodge is unexpectedly challenged by a hard-drinking womanizer (D'Onofrio). The two are forced to travel to the Chicago national convention to win the support of the organization's national leaders. [Source: THR]
Annabeth Gish ("The X-Files," "The Bridge") has been cast in Mike Flanagan's psychological thriller "Somnia" at Intrepid Pictures, Demarest Films, and MICA Entertainment. Kate Bosworth, Thomas Jane, and Jacob Tremblay also star.
The story follows a couple who take in an orphaned child whose dreams and nightmares manifest when he sleeps. Gish plays the case worker assigned to young Cody. [Source: Deadline]


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Like all majors in the College of Engineering, a hallmark of the program is a series of medical school-style clinics that begin freshmen year and immerse students in real-world research and applications -- from discovering how a drug is designed to curing a disease to manufacturing a novel food product to producing biofuels from renewable resources. Rowan Chemical Engineering students explore real-world projects in the lab, through team-based learning, and through multi-disciplinary projects!


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In an addition to the pages of possibly brilliant innovations, this is a case report of an attempt to use 2-octyl cyanoacrylate (Dermabond) on the tongue. The authors document a gaping laceration to the tongue on a pediatric patient – and a family that refused consent for sedation and suture repair. So, even though Dermabond is not recommended for use on mucosal surfaces – onward!
After extensive drying, the authors document secure and successful closure. However, at the 24 hour wound check, the glue had begun to detach, requiring removal of the first application and a second treatment. No further complications were encountered, and a 14-day revisit showed complete resolution of the injury.
I agree with these authors – the tongue is not a trivial repair, particularly in the unruly youth. The risk is probably minimal – although, the tissue adhesive could be problematic if it comes detached. The laceration itself is documented in images – and, while it's possible the still images don't tell the story, I'm not sure it necessitated any repair at all.
I appreciate the novel use, but it's unclear if this is a technique worth much enthusiasm in revisiting.
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Scientists are modifying inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), a technique developed at Ames Laboratory in the 1970s and now commonplace in environmental assessment as the most sensitive and selective tool available for multi-element analysis. To enhance sampling, the new ICP-MS will include a monodisperse dried micro-particulate injector (MDMI) that places samples in an ideal form for analysis.
With MDMI, ICP-MS should need only very small samples, from a nanoliter to a microliter in volume. "This should let us analyze many radioactive samples with little or no containment considerations," says Ames Lab's Sam Houk, an original developer of ICP-MS who is now principal investigator of the MDMI-ICP-MS project.
Traditional sample sizes often require costly and time-consuming containment to prevent the spread of contamination to workers, other solutions or the surrounding site.
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Capitalism has failed. I don't mean this in the revolutionary, lets socialize All The Things way - all I mean is something that should really be obvious right away. Much as there has never been a communist nation (insofar as you can refer to a communist society as a "nation"), there really hasn't ever been a proper anarcho-capitalist state. None of the various forms of revolutionary socialism have ever managed to transition over to anything but famine and opressive dictatorships, to the point where we're pretty sure that even trying is a horrible idea, and none of the various attempts at removing as much regulation as possible ever go anywhere before the inevitable huge consolidated organizations pop up, go under, and enough people get hurt that thigs are rolled back very quickly (and lets not even talk about the half a dozen failed attempts at swimming libertopias).
So, if communism isn't the silver bullet, and capitalism doesn't work either, what does? Well, look around - what do you see? What is the economic philosophy nearly every nation on earth subscribes to? It goes by many names, depending on whatever seemed like a good idea at the time. Roughly, it can be described as "something somewhere in the middle between the two extremist ideas of no-government-at-all anarcho-capitalism and government-runs-everything centralized-socialism".
It's obvious that, while that covers just about everythig everyone does, that different nations still do thigs differently. Some nations have socialized medicine, some don't. Some have huge economic safety nets, some don't. Some are libertarian enough to make almost anyone who doesn't post on the bitcointalk.com forums happy, some are still so socialist that socialist academia would rather pretend they somehow aren't. As it turns out, while it is obvious that "some government - but not too much" is a generally sound principle, how much is "too much" is a matter that isn't settled and might never be. And that is perfectly fine!
Society is a messy, complex thing, and a moving target. There usually is more than one side to any issue and no solution that is great for everybody, and what was perfectly fine yesterday might need reevaluation today, since the world and the people that live in it constantly change. That is why it is good that there are people who have various oftentimes diametrically opposite points of views about issues, so that these people can then get together and figure out how to solve the problems they have in some way that everyone can live with, after considering all the sides of the issue that there are. That way, whatever happens will usually be better than if any one group had just gone ahead and done whatever. Maybe it is a terrible idea to deregulate banking, maybe it isn't. Maybe it is a terrible idea to regulate what people can and cannot say, maybe it's fine to allow people to sue for personal insults. Maybe the state should have a monopoly on the exploitation of natural ressources, or maybe not. The wrongest possible thing is blindly following your own ideology without first checking if maybe, just maybe, the other guys have the right idea this time.
As long as we are at the neighbourhood association level, it's perfectly possible for everyone to participate personally in political decision-making. As soon as a significantly greater number of people get involved, this becomes impractical. A good - not perfect, but pretty good - system for this is political parties. They are instruments of political decision-finding - they stand for various different sets of values and positions, and when voting, people delegate the actual process of talking things through thoroughly to them, so that things can get done. There's obvious problems with that (lack of granularity, long time between elections, …), which can be offset in various ways, but as time goes on, there is one less-obvious problem that has become quite a bit more problematic recently.
To actually figure out what a good way to handle things is, you usually need discussion. If everyone already agrees, that seems great at the time, but when everyone pretty much agrees on everything, that starts leading to short-sighted, sub-optimal decisions.
But that is exactly what is happening right now.
Political parties should not be like a corporation trying to maximize shareholder value, always trying to get the maximum number of votes. A party should, of course, aim to get the greatest number of votes it can - but it should do that by convincing as many people as possible that its ideas are the way forward, not by constantly shifting their core values around until they aren't considered inelectable by anyone anymore and then going for the "we are the lesser evil!" vote. Parties should not jump at any opportunity to shift closer to their political opponents in an effort to skim off some votes. Parties should not succumb to populism and do a complete one-eighty every time public opinion seems to shift. All this slow, unstoppable slide to the center leaves is parties with no real positions of their own who cannot possibly effectively represent the spectrum of opinions that there is.
But that is exactly what is happening right now.
Every time you hear a politician say "Some Other Party had this idea first, but we saw it was a good idea so we're doing it as well!", you should get angry. Every time you see a party abandon yet another long-held position to move further towards the center, you should get angry. You should tell these people "No! Have some fucking backbone! Risk being in the wrong! Debate with the opposition! If you must, compromise, but not right away!", or, in other words, "Do your fucking job!" - which is the representation of the electorate, and not the conservation of personal political power. However, inevitably, that seems to be where things end up going, if left unchecked.
What can be done about this? Well, I certainly don't claim to know. There are some ideas that I find neat - systems like the Pirate Parties "Liquid Democracy" tools, where votes can be delegated on a per-issue basis and the delegation can be changed at any time, or election systems that encourage smaller, more diverse parties - but these probably have terrible problems of their own. A good way to figure out what might work would be to get together and talk and maybe disagree about some things so that we can learn from each other. Lets disagree. Lets talk.
Recently, there has been widespread hysteria about the Chinese government, like the governments of the United States of America and Israel and Russia before it, possibly endorsing or supporting people breaking into other peoples computer systems. In the light of the panic being spread by people for whom a general state of fear about foreign people breaking into your computers might be advantageous, it is important to remember one thing:
There is no Cyberwar. Cyberwar is not a thing that is happening anywhere or at any time, nor is it a thing that has ever happened. It is not a thing that is likely to happen in the near future.
Lets break the word "Cyberwar" down into parts. It is made from the word "Cyber", a prefix used by people who are not competent with computers to mean "Computer things we do not understand", and "War", which is generally understood to mean "violent conflict between nations", or at least "violent, armed conflict". The kind of conflict where destruction is widespread and people die.
You might have noticed that we haven't really seen anyone dying from supposed "Cyberwarfare" - at best, there has been economic damage from IP violations, and some breakage of Iranian centrifuges - arguably the most war-like "act of cyberwarfare" to date, and funnily enough perpetrated by the people who are now crying the loudest about it.
That there is no cyberwar does not, by any means, mean that there is no computer crime. There is stealing of industrial secrets, there is mass spamming and scamming, there is all around virus writing and breaking into computer systems by criminal organizations.
Which brings us to the actual, important point: Computer crime is a real, existing, hard to solve problem. Which is exactly why the panic about "Cyberwar" is so harmful - it distracts from the problems we actually have, in lieu of problems that are for the most part made up or actually created by the measures that are supposedly taken to prevent them.
There is no Cyberwar, but if a general and a bunch of politicians on a power trip create a "Cyberwarfare Division", there suddenly is a whole lot more people writing malware and doing things that destabilize the internet and hurt the network as well as society as a whole. There suddenly is pressure on security professionals to let some malware slide and to build backdoors into their systems, which invariably get abused or introduce new security vulnerabilities. There suddenly are people selling "security consulting" to scared companies, making sure they are protected against a threat that for the most part just doesn't exist while leaving their systems open to the more everyday, less sexy security problems that cannot be solved by applying quickfixes at 90USD/hr.
It is 2013, computer security is not a thing that is solved or can be solved easily, and the "Cyberwar" hysteria is making it worse. So please: Stop. Stop panicing about Cyberwar. There is no Cyberwar, and the panic about Cyberwar is harmful and in the way of making actual progress towards getting more in control of problems we actually have.
Revision 2012
Posted on April 12, 2012 at 04:48 PM
The 2012 edition of Revision, a demoparty held annually in Saarbrücken (Germany), has come and gone. SVatG was there with record attendance (4 people!), and for once, we'd actually prepared something before the party, which is not something that usually happens - and this time, two releases!
Please enjoy:
Peridiummmm (A demo for the STM32F4 ARM-based µC)
[Pouet]- [Binary (Arm Cortex M4)]- [Source Code]
Blockparty 5 Non-Invitation
[Pouet]- [Binary (Windows)]
Meeting up with everyone (esp. Saga Musix) was great, of course, but this time, the best part was going to the party with people from my actual demo group, especially nrr, who flew over here just for the party! (Also, Mithaldu, who was spontaneously recruited at the party place).
Having finished up before the party, we of course didn't party code any super dumb party prods filled with ridiculous jokes, a practice we at SVatG despise.
Finally, my favourite release from the party:
Boogietown by Ghostown & RNO
Overall, kickass party, hope to be there again next year. For me, the next party will most likely be Evoke, though I would really, really like to go to Assembly this year and see WAHa_06x36.
Stallman Box
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 09:03 PM
<halcy> Oh I know what you should make <halcy> WAHa_06x36: Make a STALLMAN BOX <halcy> WAHa_06x36: Like a buddha box except it displays cool saint ignucius effects and it plays the free software song
And then I went and made it myself.
It is, of course, free software. You can find the source code on github. Users of GNU/Linux are assumed to be capable of compiling it themselves (It pretty much works out to "run make", needs SDL and freeglut and glew). GNU/Linux graphics drivers are usually proprietary and sometimes terribly buggy, so it might or might not work.
For Microsoft Windows, there is a binary version.
(It requires a relatively new version of OpenGL to actually run, sorry about that)
Some audio and png code taken from WAHa_06x36 - thank you!
Down time
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 09:40 PM
halcy.de was down due to unforseen motherboard breakage. Suprisingly, some people actually noticed this. The motherboard has been switched out, so halcy.de is back in working condition now. Welcome back. :3
So I got a 3DS, and after noticing that it uses an open format ("mpo") for storing 3D photographs, I needed to play with that, of course.
As a result, I now have a version of my simple raytracer that can render a left and right image, which can then be combined into one stereoscopic 3D image for viewing on the 3DS with software such as this (It runs under wine).
I've rendered two small scenes, a 4D julia set and a trefoil knot of spheres! They look kind of neat, so if you have a 3DS, put them on your SD card in the picture folder and have a look!
(If you don't have a 3DS, you can still look at them as if they were normal jpeg images, because they really are jpegs with some added exif data)
- Image 1 - Julia Set
- Image 2 - Trefoil knot
- Raytracer
- Program for converting left/right images into mpo files
- Bonus: WAHa_06x36 took pictures of his bismuth crystal, which I cropped and converted! They look neat, also!
P.S.: My friend code is 0473-7758-5435~ feel free to add me~
Four new entries and live videos have been added to the "releases" page, amongst them my favourite SVatG release thus far, "It's 1975 and this man is about to show you the future"!
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April 7, 2003
Sophomore Charlotte Mayorkas (Chula Vista, CA/Hilltop HS) of the UCLA Women's Golf Team was selected as the UCLA/MET-Rx Student-Athlete of the Week for the week of Mar. 31-Apr. 6.
Mayorkas won her first collegiate tournament, placing first at the ASU Invitational with scores of 66-71-72<209, seven-under par, and leading the Bruins to a third-place finish. Mayorkas' seven-under par score of 209 is the lowest 54-hole individual total in school history, and her 66 (six-under par) in the first round is the lowest individual round by a UCLA player this year and a career best.
Her first-place finish extends her streak of Top 10 finishes to five straight, and she currently leads the team with one tournament victory, five Top 10 finishes, six Top 20 finishes, five rounds under par and two rounds under 70. Her stroke average of 73.5 leads the team, and she has posted a stroke average of 72.5 during the Winter and Spring quarters (14 rounds).
This is Mayorkas' first UCLA/MET-Rx Student-Athlete of the Week honor of the season and of her career.
Also nominated: Tiffany Burgess (w. track & field), Tobias Clemens (m. tennis), Natalie Golda (w. water polo), Yoo Kim (m. track & field), Chris Pena (m. volleyball), Matt Thayer (baseball).


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Before she met Dragos, half-human half-Wyr Pia Giovanni was alone and on the run. Now, she's mated, pregnant, and heading south to repair the Wyr's frayed relationship with the Elves. Being separated from Dragos is painful, but for the good of the Wyr demesne they need to figure out how to be partners, in more places than just the bedroom.
In New York to preside over the Sentinel Games, Dragos is worried about his mate, but knows that finding two replacement sentinels is essential to show the rest of the Elder Races just how strong and brutal the Wyr demesne can be. But as the games heat up, Pia's negotiations with the Elves take a turn for the dangerous, straining her bond with Dragos and threatening everything they hold dear.
©2012 Teddy Harrison (P)2012 Tantor
I love a good zombie Novel and I'm a sucker for a great love story. I listen to as many scifi and romance as I can get a hold of.
"Dragons, Unicorns and Peanuts..."
Thea Harrison has a way of keeping you on the edge of your seat while Sophie Eastlake brings the characters to life. I fell back in love with the two who started it all. Dragos and Pia continue to grow and I found my self laughing at Pia's commentary. Harrison has showed that these two are not a one shot deal... While I enjoyed the other characters in this series being able to read about the Pia and Dragos made me what to read the series again from the start.. Can't wait to see what happens next!
Sign what???
"Glad there was follow up"
I found this story entertaining but it needed more. I want to hear more about peanut the birth and other stuff. Also the way Pia took charge was different but I felt she needed to also acknowldge her pit falls to her hero.
Draggos was not afraid to let his feelings be known for his mate. I can't believe Pia would want him to big wuss, but it was cute how he softened up to her a lot. I also am so glad that he and Rune finally talked. I didn't like Rune's book because I didn't believe their friendship should have broken up over such a weak misinterpretation. Especially since they had been best friends for centuries.
Her voice impressions. It brought the other characters to life. The voice of Evie gave me pause but for the most part, they were good.
When he goes with his instincts to find her even though he promised to give her a week where she was.
I sure hope she has more of these coming soon because there are some serious new characters.
"LOVED IT! Best so far!"
Don't want to spoil it!
Don't want to spoil it!
No. But it only took 2 sittings!
Great author!
"Another Good Book!!"
While this is a little bit of a let down after Oracle's Moon, it is still a good book. The Lord that Falls is a surprise and the 2 new Sentinals are both a real surprise also. I found Pia's new Wyr guard to be funny and a very good addition to the story line. I can also see her and the Harpy coming to blows in a future story. It will be interesting to see how the 2 new Sentinals develope into their new roles and to see how other relationships develope.
Ms. Eastlake does her usual great job of narrating and there are still many stories yet to be told in this series. I do hope Ms. Harrison writes them all because I eagerly await them. I do hope it doesn't take to long for the next installment.
"A wonderful ending!!!!"
This is one of my favorite audio books and I have MANY! This is a wonderful story that answers some unanswered questions. I love seeing previous characters return in this story. It is now my favorite all the Elder Race series. I would recommend reading these stories in order.
Lord's Fall brings back Dragos and Pia. It answers questions brought up in Oracle's Moon. It reconciles relationships broken in Serpent's Kiss. You could compare this book to Dragon Bound because it's Dragos and Pia's story.
My favorite was the lovely thoughts that occurred when Dragos came to rescue Pia. The words were in-depth and you could only imagine the love that exist.
I am not an emotional person so there were no tears or outburst of laughter but I did smile many of times and I do recall going "awwww"...LOL.
The narrator was wonderful. The characters and story were well written. I loved all books except for Storm's Heart ( I think that's the name) but the rest of the series was indeed wonderful and I would recommend reading or listening to in order.
Audiobook Addict. It's all about the Listen. Mostly Romance, but I do branch out a bit. Reviews are my honest opinions-popular or not.
"One of my favorite series"
I find myself going back and relistening to this series when I'm in between new reads. There is a good amount of comedy along with the drama and action. Yes, there is some sex, but it isn't the main focus like an erotic novel with a bit of action between sex scenes. It's more like a Percy Jackson or Harry Potter type fantasy world series for grownups who aren't offended by some heat between the sheets and adult language.
I hope there are more installments ahead. I also hope that the novellas will get recorded since they are a nice tie-in. They're inexpensive as kindle purchases on Amazon which I felt compelled to get as a little appetizer while awaiting this book to be written. I listen to audiobooks because I do not generally have the time to read, but I made an exception because I just love the Elder Races world.
Start at the beginning with Dragon Bound. The whole series is so worth the credits!!
I love being swept away by a new romance and thankfully Audible's ever growing Library means I get to indulge myself over and over again
"Mmmmm THIS SERIES IS WHY I LOVE PARANORMAL ROMANCE"
It's all been said before by my fellow reviewers but to summarise:-
An awe and then some fantasy series in which each book is filled with likeable and loveable supernatural characters that evolve emotionally as they get involved in brilliant stories that are funny, tense, sexy, thrilling and, with clever dialogue, each book becomes a VERY VERY addictive listen.
When this one came out I was slightly disappointed and thought "A sequel to Dragos and Pia's story - how interesting or exciting can this one be?" BOY WAS I WRONG!!! It had everything we come to expect from the gifted writings of Thea Harrison and the magical narration of Sophie Eastlake who breathes life into every single character. Dragos was sooooo romantic and even the Peanut gets a bit more involved.
Definitely not a stand alone listen for 4 fantastic reasons - Book 1, Book 2, Book 3 and Book 4 !! So, if you're a paranormal fan but you haven't already listened to them then stop depriving yourselves of a great series and get downloading them now).
Worth a credit? Errr well that would be a big fat YES.
Say something about yourself!
"The wait for book 6 is going to DRAG!"
I recently discovered this series....and I got through all 5 books in about a week, that is how good they are!
The wait for book 6 will be horrible, I hear maybe November, but that is a long time. I will have to find some other series to be engrossed in in the mean time!
Book 5 was good...it was not as good as book 3, probably on par with book 4. I was excited that we get to be with Pia and Dragos again...rather than a new couple we get to see how this couple expands...and we even got to see Rune and Carling again, so that was nice too. The hot factor went down on this book, but the action went up...I prefer the hot factor but to each their own.
I am a fan, and I will get the next book when it comes out.
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In Linux there's iwconfig, iwlist, etc.
In Windows, is there anyway to get more advanced view of the properties/statistics of the wifi signals I see? Something other than the couple of bars and the standard IP settings? Ideally I'd like some information to help troubleshoot connectivity problems-- IE what channel my neighbor's wifi is on, what the SNR of my wifi is, etc.
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CHICAGO — Global market changes continue to make textile sourcing and selection a challenge for today's textile services manager.
During a seminar for TRSA's most recent Annual Conference, Dr. Elizabeth Easter spoke on the Impact of the Global Marketplace on Textile Quality. The University of Kentucky professor, and founder of the Textile Testing Laboratory on the UK campus, started with a short history of the textile and garment industries, which shows similar parallels to today's global marketplace, she says.
"We basically see that both industries contributed to industrialization and also now contribute to the global marketplace," she says. "Textile was an industry that could be used to help rebuild Japan (after World War II)."
The United States has taken similar steps to help develop Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong, all countries that are now competitive with the United States in the textile and garment industries.
It wasn't until the 1970s that the U.S. industry recognized the entry into the global market and the competition of some of the other developing countries. Easter says the industry now acknowledges that Nike and Reebok were the first brands to take their business offshore or overseas. Neither company owns factories; they simply contract with factories mainly in Asia to produce their brand products.
Easter points out the effects of the Multi Fibre Arrangement (MFA) established in 1974 as a way to impose quotas on exports from developing countries. It was a way for developed countries to compete with the lower labor and other costs that developing countries were able to work under. There were limits to the MFA, however, and by 2004, it had been phased out.
Without its constraints, the global marketplace for textiles and apparel exploded. Today, says Easter, the industry has evolved into a wide open marketplace. She says, in 2011, the United States exported $22.3 billion in apparel while importing $102 billion in textile and apparel products.
The largest change in the industry, according to Easter, is that it is now a buyer's market, rather than a supplier's market.
In years past, the supplier would be the one to dictate product, price, delivery times and lead times. While the industry is still labor-intensive, a buyer now carries more weight as to what is produced. Walmart, Easter says, has played a huge role in the new industry. The corporation can mandate a price, a quality that is close to traditional brands, and can control lead time and raw materials. As a result, we have seen a move to lower prices, better quality, faster delivery times and smaller minimum quantities.
The consumer has also changed, Easter says. From 12-14% down to 8%, the U.S. consumer now spends less on apparel items but demands more quality. The average consumer has more garments and home furnishings than in the past, all made of textiles, and they also shop more frequently and buy more items.
One major change in the textile and garment industries is sustainability, and consumers are looking to be more sustainable while using less and saving more, Easter says.
In addition to sustainability, concern is growing that the industry has moved back to the original issues that it once faced: poor working conditions, lower hourly wages, and long work hours. Product marketing frequently promotes that the companies inspect and guarantee the social conditions in which the product was produced in the global market.
Concerns about the environmental degradation of the global marketplace are also on the rise, Easter says. While U.S. industry is highly regulated, that is not the case in the rest of the world. The industry needs to be aware that precautions taken in the United States need to be applied to the global market, Easter says.
Something else that the industry needs to realize, she says, is that it is a completely different industry than it once was. With changes in the economic landscape, many companies no longer exist, with takeovers and consolidations changing the industry all the time. She pointed to DuPont, which was once a major player in the development of synthetic fibers. The company is no longer working in that part of the industry, relinquishing its role to more foreign-based companies.
Technology has also changed the industry. With the innovations of bar codes, point-of-sale scanners and other computer technology, the industry now has the ability to gain immediate feedback on items that need to be restocked as well as a change in communication ability.
Some of these changes, Easter says, has allowed companies to begin to reshore, or bring back manufacturing and other parts of their businesses to the United States or to closer locations. With the new communication systems in place, firms no longer have to go through a supplier, they can directly contact the manufacturer to place an order.
The "Made in America" movement continues to be strong, Easter says. She pointed to an ABC News report that demonstrated that most people going through Grand Central Station rarely wore anything that was made in the United States—every piece of clothing was created in another country.
"There is a tremendous amount of work to reshore, if we choose to do so," Easter says, "and we have to do so one small step at a time."
Easter says textile services managers can now be seen more as production managers in the textile industry, which needs to move more toward technical packages to help with communication between groups of people who may not speak the same language or have the same customs and culture.
This has replaced the concept of design or production that we have had in the past, she says, thus we need to move more toward specification buying and consumption.
These packages would contain specs on fiber content, buttons and size, where a label is placed and what it is made of, whether the product will be displayed on a hanger or if it will be folded and packaged; the specification package will contain everything a plant needs to produce a particular item.
But this does not relieve the buyer of its responsibility in the process. Easter says buyers must be more diligent in testing the finished products, looking for illegal substances, heavy metals and other banned or unsafe materials.
"We can no longer receive a product and assume it meets our specifications," she says. "We may have a global market, but it is our responsibility to confirm we have the quality of product we want."


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Kaylin Destanie Marie Hively was born to Kayla and Travis Hively of Cynthiana on Sept. 9, 2011 at Harrison Memorial Hospital. She weighed 5 lbs. 7 oz., and is welcomed by her sister Lyrik Nevaiah, and brother Kaiden Daniel.
Maternal grandparents are Debbie Callahan and Doug Stanfield of Cynthiana; maternal great-grandparents are the late Iana and Bill Callahan, Nina Stanfield of Cynthiana and the late Clyde Stanfield.
Preceptor Omega Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi held the Sept. 6 meeting at the home of Ann Hall. Patsy Barnett, president, called the meeting to order and thanked the Social Committee for planning the Beginning Day luncheon at Malone's followed by viewing the movie 'The Help.' This event occurred on Aug. 13.
Social chairman Pat Terhune shared plans for an outing to Keeneland in October. Linda Root announced the Omega will be assisting with Elk's Bingo on Oct. 17. This is the main source of the Judy Mitchell Letcher Scholarship for a senior girl.
Oct. 3-8: Deep South Fall Trip
Oct. 10: Painted Egg and Ghost Workshop
Oct. 18: Ladies Day Only, Harrison County Health Center
Oct. 21: Hospice Pillow Project, 9 a.m. - noon
On Sept. 10 the 1951 Harrison County High School graduating class had their 6--year class reunion at Biancke's Restaurant. There were 65 in the class, the first year of the consolidated school. This was a combination of Berry, Oddville, Renaker, Connersville and Buena Vista schools.
As plans were being made for the reunion it was discovered that 31 members are deceased (almost half).
The Harrison County Young Farmers annual fall picnic will be held Sunday, Oct. 2 at the FFA farm off Old Lair Road.Everyone is welcome, just bring a dish to share (meat provided).
To become a member of the Harrison County Young Farmers contact Randy Wade at 234-4803 or join us Sunday at the FFA farm.
You have probably noticed them in early fall along roadsides in Kentucky and Southern Indiana. The red, orange and purple color of the sumacs usually begins to show up earlier than others, and it usually hangs around a little longer, too.
You would be hard-pressed to come up with a plant genus that is better for fall color than the sumacs. Whether you're a flameleaf, staghorn or smooth sumac, fall color is your middle name.
The Farm Service Agency (FSA) lending limit for Guaranteed Loans will be increased to $1,214,000 effective Oct. 1, 2011.
The lending limit increases every year according to an inflation index. The maximum combined guaranteed and direct farm loan indebtedness will also be increased to $1,514,000.
As a reminder, the one-time loan origination fee charged on FSA guaranteed Farm Ownership and Operating loans will increase from one percent to 1.5 percent of the guaranteed portion of the loan, for loans obligated after Oct. 1, 2011.
Kentucky producers who wish to purchase a Federal crop insurance program policy for the 2012 crop year are reminded of the following closing dates:
•Barley, wheat, Sept. 30, 2011.
Insured growers have an opportunity now to make important changes to their coverage. Current policyholders as well as uninsured growers must make decisions on crop insurance coverage, especially which crops to insure and which level of coverage to obtain, prior to the sales closing date for that crop.
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