text:
40 CFR Part 50, Appendix D to Part 50 - Measurement Principle and Calibration Procedure for the Measurement of Ozone in the Atmosphere
Appendix D to Part 50—Measurement Principle and Calibration Procedure for the Measurement of Ozone in the Atmosphere
Measurement Principle
1. Ambient air and ethylene are delivered simultaneously to a mixing zone where the ozone in the air reacts with the ethylene to emit light, which is detected by a photomultiplier tube. The resulting photocurrent is amplified and is either read directly or displayed on a recorder.
2. An analyzer based on this principle will be considered a reference method only if it has been designated as a reference method in accordance with part 53 of this chapter and calibrated as follows:
Calibration Procedure
1. Principle. The calibration procedure is based on the photometric assay of ozone (O3) concentrations in a dynamic flow system. The concentration of O3 in an absorption cell is determined from a measurement of the amount of 254 nm light absorbed by the sample. This determination requires knowledge of (1) the absorption coefficient (α) of O3 at 254 nm, (2) the optical path length (l) through the sample, (3) the transmittance of the sample at a wavelength of 254 nm, and (4) the temperature (T) and pressure (P) of the sample. The transmittance is defined as the ratio I/I0, where I is the intensity of light which passes through the cell and is sensed by the detector when the cell contains an O3 sample, and I0 is the intensity of light which passes through the cell and is sensed by the detector when the cell contains zero air. It is assumed that all conditions of the system, except for the contents of the absorption cell, are identical during measurement of I and I0. The quantities defined above are related by the Beer-Lambert absorption law,
α = absorption coefficient of O3 at 254 nm = 308 ±4 atm − 1 cm−1 at 0 °C and 760 torr. 3(1 2 3 4 5 6 7)
c = O3 concentration in atmospheres
l = optical path length in cm
In practice, a stable O3 generator is used to produce O3 concentrations over the required range. Each O3 concentration is determined from the measurement of the transmittance (I/I0) of the sample at 254 nm with a photometer of path length l and calculated from the equation,
The calculated O3 concentrations must be corrected for O3 losses which may occur in the photometer and for the temperature and pressure of the sample.
2. Applicability. This procedure is applicable to the calibration of ambient air O3 analyzers, either directly or by means of a transfer standard certified by this procedure. Transfer standards must meet the requirements and specifications set forth in Reference 8.
3. Apparatus. A complete UV calibration system consists of an ozone generator, an output port or manifold, a photometer, an appropriate source of zero air, and other components as necessary. The configuration must provide a stable ozone concentration at the system output and allow the photometer to accurately assay the output concentration to the precision specified for the photometer (3.1). Figure 1 shows a commonly used configuration and serves to illustrate the calibration procedure which follows. Other configurations may require appropriate variations in the procedural steps. All connections between components in the calibration system downstream of the O3 generator should be of glass, Teflon, or other relatively inert materials. Additional information regarding the assembly of a UV photometric calibration apparatus is given in Reference 9. For certification of transfer standards which provide their own source of O3, the transfer standard may replace the O3 generator and possibly other components shown in Figure 1; see Reference 8 for guidance.
3.1 UV photometer. The photometer consists of a low-pressure mercury discharge lamp, (optional) collimation optics, an absorption cell, a detector, and signal-processing electronics, as illustrated in Figure 1. It must be capable of measuring the transmittance, I/I0, at a wavelength of 254 nm with sufficient precision such that the standard deviation of the concentration measurements does not exceed the greater of 0.005 ppm or 3% of the concentration. Because the low-pressure mercury lamp radiates at several wavelengths, the photometer must incorporate suitable means to assure that no O3 is generated in the cell by the lamp, and that at least 99.5% of the radiation sensed by the detector is 254 nm radiation. (This can be readily achieved by prudent selection of optical filter and detector response characteristics.) The length of the light path through the absorption cell must be known with an accuracy of at least 99.5%. In addition, the cell and associated plumbing must be designed to minimize loss of O3 from contact with cell walls and gas handling components. See Reference 9 for additional information.
3.2 Air flow controllers. Devices capable of regulating air flows as necessary to meet the output stability and photometer precision requirements.
3.3 Ozone generator. Device capable of generating stable levels of O3 over the required concentration range.
3.4 Output manifold. The output manifold should be constructed of glass, Teflon, or other relatively inert material, and should be of sufficient diameter to insure a negligible pressure drop at the photometer connection and other output ports. The system must have a vent designed to insure atmospheric pressure in the manifold and to prevent ambient air from entering the manifold.
3.5 Two-way valve. Manual or automatic valve, or other means to switch the photometer flow between zero air and the O3 concentration.
3.6 Temperature indicator. Accurate to ±1 °C.
3.7 Barometer or pressure indicator. Accurate to ±2 torr.
4. Reagents.
4.1 Zero air. The zero air must be free of contaminants which would cause a detectable response from the O3 analyzer, and it should be free of NO, C2 H4, and other species which react with O3. A procedure for generating suitable zero air is given in Reference 9. As shown in Figure 1, the zero air supplied to the photometer cell for the I0 reference measurement must be derived from the same source as the zero air used for generation of the ozone concentration to be assayed (I measurement). When using the photometer to certify a transfer standard having its own source of ozone, see Reference 8 for guidance on meeting this requirement.
5. Procedure.
5.1 General operation. The calibration photometer must be dedicated exclusively to use as a calibration standard. It should always be used with clean, filtered calibration gases, and never used for ambient air sampling. Consideration should be given to locating the calibration photometer in a clean laboratory where it can be stationary, protected from physical shock, operated by a responsible analyst, and used as a common standard for all field calibrations via transfer standards.
5.2 Preparation. Proper operation of the photometer is of critical importance to the accuracy of this procedure. The following steps will help to verify proper operation. The steps are not necessarily required prior to each use of the photometer. Upon initial operation of the photometer, these steps should be carried out frequently, with all quantitative results or indications recorded in a chronological record either in tabular form or plotted on a graphical chart. As the performance and stability record of the photometer is established, the frequency of these steps may be reduced consistent with the documented stability of the photometer.
5.2.1 Instruction manual: Carry out all set up and adjustment procedures or checks as described in the operation or instruction manual associated with the photometer.
5.2.2 System check: Check the photometer system for integrity, leaks, cleanliness, proper flowrates, etc. Service or replace filters and zero air scrubbers or other consumable materials, as necessary.
5.2.3 Linearity: Verify that the photometer manufacturer has adequately established that the linearity error of the photometer is less than 3%, or test the linearity by dilution as follows: Generate and assay an O3 concentration near the upper range limit of the system (0.5 or 1.0 ppm), then accurately dilute that concentration with zero air and reassay it. Repeat at several different dilution ratios. Compare the assay of the original concentration with the assay of the diluted concentration divided by the dilution ratio, as follows
E = linearity error, percent
A1 = assay of the original concentration
A2 = assay of the diluted concentration
R = dilution ratio = flow of original concentration divided by the total flow
The linearity error must be less than 5%. Since the accuracy of the measured flow-rates will affect the linearity error as measured this way, the test is not necessarily conclusive. Additional information on verifying linearity is contained in Reference 9.
5.2.4 Intercomparison: When possible, the photometer should be occasionally intercompared, either directly or via transfer standards, with calibration photometers used by other agencies or laboratories.
5.2.5 Ozone losses: Some portion of the O3 may be lost upon contact with the photometer cell walls and gas handling components. The magnitude of this loss must be determined and used to correct the calculated O3 concentration. This loss must not exceed 5%. Some guidelines for quantitatively determining this loss are discussed in Reference 9.
5.3 Assay of O3 concentrations.
5.3.1 Allow the photometer system to warm up and stabilizer.
5.3.2 Verify that the flowrate through the photometer absorption cell, F allows the cell to be flushed in a reasonably short period of time (2 liter/min is a typical flow). The precision of the measurements is inversely related to the time required for flushing, since the photometer drift error increases with time.
5.3.3 Insure that the flowrate into the output manifold is at least 1 liter/min greater than the total flowrate required by the photometer and any other flow demand connected to the manifold.
5.3.4 Insure that the flowrate of zero air, Fz, is at least 1 liter/min greater than the flowrate required by the photometer.
5.3.5 With zero air flowing in the output manifold, actuate the two-way valve to allow the photometer to sample first the manifold zero air, then Fz. The two photometer readings must be equal (I=Io).
In some commercially available photometers, the operation of the two-way valve and various other operations in section 5.3 may be carried out automatically by the photometer.
5.3.6 Adjust the O3 generator to produce an O3 concentration as needed.
5.3.7 Actuate the two-way valve to allow the photometer to sample zero air until the absorption cell is thoroughly flushed and record the stable measured value of Io.
5.3.8 Actuate the two-way valve to allow the photometer to sample the ozone concentration until the absorption cell is thoroughly flushed and record the stable measured value of I.
5.3.9 Record the temperature and pressure of the sample in the photometer absorption cell. (See Reference 9 for guidance.)
5.3.10 Calculate the O3 concentration from equation 4. An average of several determinations will provide better precision.
[O3]OUT = O3 concentration, ppm
α = absorption coefficient of O3 at 254 nm=308 atm−1 cm−1 at 0 °C and 760 torr
l = optical path length, cm
T = sample temperature, K
P = sample pressure, torr
L = correction factor for O3 losses from 5.2.5=(1-fraction O3 lost).
Some commercial photometers may automatically evaluate all or part of equation 4. It is the operator's responsibility to verify that all of the information required for equation 4 is obtained, either automatically by the photometer or manually. For "automatic" photometers which evaluate the first term of equation 4 based on a linear approximation, a manual correction may be required, particularly at higher O3 levels. See the photometer instruction manual and Reference 9 for guidance.
5.3.11 Obtain additional O3 concentration standards as necessary by repeating steps 5.3.6 to 5.3.10 or by Option 1.
5.4 Certification of transfer standards. A transfer standard is certified by relating the output of the transfer standard to one or more ozone standards as determined according to section 5.3. The exact procedure varies depending on the nature and design of the transfer standard. Consult Reference 8 for guidance.
5.5 Calibration of ozone analyzers. Ozone analyzers are calibrated as follows, using ozone standards obtained directly according to section 5.3 or by means of a certified transfer standard.
5.5.1 Allow sufficient time for the O3 analyzer and the photometer or transfer standard to warmup and stabilize.
5.5.2 Allow the O3 analyzer to sample zero air until a stable response is obtained and adjust the O3 analyzer's zero control. Offsetting the analyzer's zero adjustment to 5% of scale is recommended to facilitate observing negative zero drift. Record the stable zero air response as "Z".
5.5.3 Generate an O3 concentration standard of approximately 80% of the desired upper range limit (URL) of the O3 analyzer. Allow the O3 analyzer to sample this O3 concentration standard until a stable response is obtained.
5.5.4 Adjust the O3 analyzer's span control to obtain a convenient recorder response as indicated below:
recorder response (%scale) =
URL = upper range limit of the O3 analyzer, ppm
Z = recorder response with zero air, % scale
Record the O3 concentration and the corresponding analyzer response. If substantial adjustment of the span control is necessary, recheck the zero and span adjustments by repeating steps 5.5.2 to 5.5.4.
5.5.5 Generate several other O3 concentration standards (at least 5 others are recommended) over the scale range of the O3 analyzer by adjusting the O3 source or by Option 1. For each O3 concentration standard, record the O3 and the corresponding analyzer response.
5.5.6 Plot the O3 analyzer responses versus the corresponding O3 concentrations and draw the O3 analyzer's calibration curve or calculate the appropriate response factor.
5.5.7 Option 1: The various O3 concentrations required in steps 5.3.11 and 5.5.5 may be obtained by dilution of the O3 concentration generated in steps 5.3.6 and 5.5.3. With this option, accurate flow measurements are required. The dynamic calibration system may be modified as shown in Figure 2 to allow for dilution air to be metered in downstream of the O3 generator. A mixing chamber between the O3 generator and the output manifold is also required. The flowrate through the O3 generator (Fo) and the dilution air flowrate (FD) are measured with a reliable flow or volume standard traceable to NBS. Each O3 concentration generated by dilution is calculated from:
[O3]′OUT = diluted O3 concentration, ppm
F0 = flowrate through the O3 generator, liter/min
FD = diluent air flowrate, liter/min
1. E.C.Y. Inn and Y. Tanaka, "Absorption coefficient of Ozone in the Ultraviolet and Visible Regions", J. Opt. Soc. Am., 43, 870 (1953).
2. A. G. Hearn, "Absorption of Ozone in the Ultraviolet and Visible Regions of the Spectrum", Proc. Phys. Soc. (London), 78, 932 (1961).
3. W. B. DeMore and O. Raper, "Hartley Band Extinction Coefficients of Ozone in the Gas Phase and in Liquid Nitrogen, Carbon Monoxide, and Argon", J. Phys. Chem., 68, 412 (1964).
4. M. Griggs, "Absorption Coefficients of Ozone in the Ultraviolet and Visible Regions", J. Chem. Phys., 49, 857 (1968).
5. K. H. Becker, U. Schurath, and H. Seitz, "Ozone Olefin Reactions in the Gas Phase. 1. Rate Constants and Activation Energies", Int'l Jour. of Chem. Kinetics, VI, 725 (1974).
6. M. A. A. Clyne and J. A. Coxom, "Kinetic Studies of Oxy-halogen Radical Systems", Proc. Roy. Soc., A303, 207 (1968).
7. J. W. Simons, R. J. Paur, H. A. Webster, and E. J. Bair, "Ozone Ultraviolet Photolysis. VI. The Ultraviolet Spectrum", J. Chem. Phys., 59, 1203 (1973).
8. Transfer Standards for Calibration of Ambient Air Monitoring Analyzers for Ozone, EPA publication number EPA-600/4-79-056, EPA, National Exposure Research Laboratory, Department E, (MD-77B), Research Triangle Park, NC 27711.
9. Technical Assistance Document for the Calibration of Ambient Ozone Monitors, EPA publication number EPA-600/4-79-057, EPA, National Exposure Research Laboratory, Department E, (MD-77B), Research Triangle Park, NC 27711.
[44 FR 8224, Feb. 8, 1979, as amended at 62 FR 38895, July 18, 1997]
Title 40 published on 2015-07-01.
The following are only the Rules published in the Federal Register after the published date of Title 40.
For a complete list of all Rules, Proposed Rules, and Notices view the Rulemaking tab.
Title 40 published on 2015-07-01
The following are ALL rules, proposed rules, and notices (chronologically) published in the Federal Register relating to 40 CFR Part 50 after this date.


text:
Microsoft has officially launched Xbox Music, the successor to Zune. Xbox Music combines the best features of each music service, allowing you to stream or download unlimited amounts of music, listen to personalized internet radio stations with Smart DJ, and buy music a la carte from the Xbox Music Store. Best of all, it's fully compatible with your existing Zune devices and Windows Phone handsets.
Designed for Windows 8, Windows Phone 8, and Xbox 360, Xbox Music offers a number of features including free ad-supported music streaming on Windows 8, a premium Xbox Music Pass subscription, Smart DJ, and more. The best features, however, will be added in the coming months, including a cloud-based music locker complete with scan-and-match functionality, new ways to share music, a web-based player, and support for Android and iOS.
For a closer look at the Xbox Music service, as well as what it means for you depending on which platforms you own, head on over to our sister site Pocketables.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Conducting Your Job Search
Candidates looking for jobs and employers seeking candidates find each other in a variety of ways. A comprehensive job search should utilize as many strategies as possible and include resources that are unique to one's career field of interest.
Whatever your ideas are, it will be important to get organized. Recognize that you must make time to research and develop plans. Schedule time each day to do something rather than spending energy worrying and feeling anxious. The Fleishman Center for Career and Professional Development offers multiple resources to assist you with your job search.
Preparing for Your Job Search:
- How to Find a Job Quick Reference Guide provides strategies for finding openings and addresses multiple issues, including understanding what employers want and identifying what you have to offer.
- Our Looking for a Job in a Tough Economy Quick Reference Guide provides tips and encouragement for job seeking when jobs are scarce.
- Our Tips for a Successful Job Search Quick Reference Guide is a compilation of advice and wisdom from The Fleishman Career Center Directors National Benchmarking Group, 2009.
- To help identify strengths and skills in preparation for your job search, we recommend Top Ten Strengths Exercise and Transferable Skills.
- You should also have prepared a well-written, targeted resume (or resumes) and learned how to write strong cover letters PRIOR to beginning your search.
Identifying Openings
- hireBING: The Fleishman Career Center's web-based career management system, hireBING,lists positions from across the country, with many in the NY metropolitan area. All currently matriculated BU students have an account. Alumni may access hireBING by requesting access.
- Networking: Through the Binghamton University Alumni Association Professional Network on LinkedIn, you can tap an expansive group of fellow alumni for networking. If you're a current student looking to learn about career fields, expand your professional network, and or improve you job search strategy, we encourage you to join the LinkedIn subgroup specifically for student-to-alumni professional networking. Included in the Student-to-Alumni Professional Network subgroup is a network of Binghamton alumni who have volunteered to be contacted by current students regarding their career. Alumni network volunteers can provide information and assistance whether you are conducting a job search, considering graduate school or contemplating a career change. Although the Network is not an employment or placement program, it is designed to help you connect with alumni and tap their talents and insight. The Networking Quick Reference Guide provides more information on successful networking.
- Job Search Links: The Fleishman Career Center has also identified potentially helpful websites for your job search. Please note, this is not an exhaustive list nor does Career Center endorse any of the sites posted. They are listed solely for your convenience.
- Short-Term Opportunities: It may also be helpful to explore term-of-service opportunities. These shorter-term assignments, generally one or two years in length (i.e. City Year or AmeriCorps), are a great way to gain skills and make contacts while giving back to the community.
- Sample listing of employers who have recently hired international students on CPT or OPT: This sample listing highlights all employers throughout the United States who have hired international students at Binghamton University in the 2013 year.
Additional Resources
- Career Advancement Program Loan (CAP): To help defray the cost of finding employment and related activities, the Fleishman Career Center, through a generous gift from the May Company, parent company of Lord & Taylor, offers current matriculated Binghamton students the Career Advancement Program. CAP is a revolving loan fund to which students may apply for funds to support expenses associated with exploring career interests, pursuing an internship, applying to graduate school, or seeking employment. If you're unsure of the appropriateness of a request, seek the advice of a Career Center staff member.
- Salary: It is important to research salary prior to your job search so that you have realistic expectations of what your salary should be. Our collection of salary links may be helpful in determining fair pay in your career field. In addition, it is advisable to research salary in relation to your location, as cost of living expenses impact how much an employer is willing to pay.
- Relocating: Prior to relocating, it is important to learn about the community to which you may move. The Fleishman Career Center has identified numerous relocation links that you may find useful as you consider a move to an unfamiliar location.
- Ethics: Understand your rights and responsibilities throughout the job search process. Read Playing Fair ... Your Rights and Responsibilities as a Job Seeker by the National Association of Colleges and Employers Principles for Professional Practice Committee
- Third-Party Recruiters: The National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) defines third-party recruiters as "agencies, organizations, or individuals recruiting candidates for temporary, part-time, or full-time employment opportunities other than for their own needs." For tips on how to work effectively with these agencies, see A Student's Guide to Interviewing with Third-Party Recruiters.
- Do your research on the organizations you are considering applying too. A helpful website is the Better Business Bureau (www.give.org/bbb/index.asp) which enables you to determine if a business or charity is accredited by the BBB. Business which do have met the BBB Code of Business Practices. Part of this involves a commitment to make a good faith effort to resolve any consumer complaints.
The website of the Fleishman Center for Career and Professional Development at Binghamton University contains links to other websites as a convenience for its users and is not responsible for the contents of any linked site.


text:
I have three tax liens from around the same time frame. All were paid quickly after they were filed. The leins are from two states and one from the IRS. One in on courthouse, two in another.
What are the options for having these removed from my report? From searching these forums, I see the following ideas:
* File motion to vacate in the courthouse, if vacated forward ruling to CRAs.
* Dispute and/or sue based on FCRA violaions since a 3rd party collected the info from the courthouses then sold it to the CRAs without first notifying me that they were going to do that.
* Send GW letters to each tax authority and ask them to remove the info from the credit report.
* Contact the court clerks asking them to provide a letter that can be given to the CRAs.
Which idea(s) are best? Which can actually work? What is the best strategy to handle these?
I have two liens from the state on my credit and I dont know if it is the same but I was advised to contact the tax department and get a letter stating my release of lien. Then I had to go to the clerk of courts where they gave me a letter to have it removed from the credit bureaus. As of today I still have to mail those documents off to the bureaus so that it can be updated. It may be a bit easier than we think depending on where you live.
I have the same issue, but after mailing proof that the Judgments were satisfied. I was told they would still be on my report, just reflecting they are paid until they fall off.
IRS has a new policy that will remove satisfied tax liens from your credit. On February 24th, 2011 the IRS announced new policies regarding the collection of unpaid taxes and liens. Specifically, if the tax payer pays their liens "in full" the IRS will "withdraw" them.
hope this helps
iwant700fico wrote:
IRS has a new policy that will remove satisfied tax liens from your credit. On February 24th, 2011 the IRS announced new policies regarding the collection of unpaid taxes and liens. Specifically, if the tax payer pays their liens "in full" the IRS will "withdraw" them.
hope this helps
Thanks. I called the IRS and they referred me to the "Fresh Start Program"
For others interested, to remove an IRS lien that has been paid, you do the following:
1) fill out IRS form 12277. In box 11 select the last option "best interest of taxpayer and government". In box 12, type "Fresh Start Program" (search irs.gov for form 12277)
2) Fax form to phone number for your area as listed in publication 4235. (search IRS.gov for pub 4235)
3) Wait 30-45 days
4) The IRS will file a withdrawal with the court house where the lean was filed and will mail you a copy
5) provide your copy of the withdrawal to the three CRAs to expedite removal
Calling the state tax departments did no good (for my two states). They simply offered to provide proof that the tax liability has been paid. They will not help remove it completely.
Yeah they wont reach out the the credit bureau but what i was told is that they would give me the paper work and I can send it off myself. So I did it today, i'll let you know how it works out!
Chbraswell wrote:
Yeah they wont reach out the the credit bureau but what i was told is that they would give me the paper work and I can send it off myself. So I did it today, i'll let you know how it works out!
Is that the IRS or a state? What state?
The IRS was cooperative, but the two states I contacted were not.
State and it is Ohio
Chbraswell wrote:
State and it is Ohio
Hope it works. West Virginia and Indiana were not that helpful. I sent letters to both courts asking the clerk if they would provide me a letter that I could forward to the CRAs to try to get deletes.
08-05-2012 03:20 PM - edited 08-05-2012 03:24 PM
Chbraswell wrote:
State and it is Ohio
Ohio tax liens are judgment liens and are filed with the clerk of courts. While the procedure you have mentioned will have the lien recorded as released, it won't necessarily remove it from your credit file. A released tax lien can stay on your credit file for seven years from the date it is recorded as released.
The IRS's new procedure is to have the lien withdrawn. This is separate from having it released. By having it withdrawn it is treated as if it never happened in the first place and should be removed from your credit file.
I am not aware of any states that withdraw liens.
Forums posts are not provided or commissioned by FICO. Forums posts have not been reviewed, approved or otherwise endorsed by FICO. It is not FICO's responsibility to ensure all posts and/or questions are answered.Advertiser Disclosure: The listings that appear on myFICO are from companies from which myFICO receives compensation, which may impact how and where products appear on myFICO (including, for example, the order in which they appear). myFICO does not review or include all companies or all available products.
Copyright ©2001-2015 Fair Isaac Corporation. All rights reserved. | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Sitemap
IMPORTANT INFORMATION: All FICO® Score products made available on myFICO.com include a FICO® Score 8, along with additional FICO® Score versions. Your lender or insurer may use a different FICO® Score than the versions you receive from myFICO, or another type of credit score altogether. Learn more
FICO, myFICO, Score Watch, The score lenders use, and The Score That Matters are trademarks or registered trademarks of Fair Isaac Corporation. Equifax Credit Report is a trademark of Equifax, Inc. and its affiliated companies. Many factors affect your FICO Score and the interest rates you may receive. Fair Isaac is not a credit repair organization as defined under federal or state law, including the Credit Repair Organizations Act. Fair Isaac does not provide "credit repair" services or advice or assistance regarding "rebuilding" or "improving" your credit record, credit history or credit rating. FTC's website on credit.


text:
Grimm Shot Glass
$4.97(Was $5.99)
Things have gotten weird, and theyre only getting weirder. Keep up and keep calm with the Grimm Shot Glass. The shot glass features the Grimm logo on one side with the G skull logo on the other side. With every shot you can show the world youre a serious fan of Grimm.
Read MoreLess
More Details
- Capacity: 1 oz.
- Brand: Dark Horse Deluxe
- Color: Multi-colored
- Made Of: Glass CA Proposition 65
Availability: In Stock
Ready to ship in 3-5 Business Days
5.05.0(2 reviews)See all 2 reviews
Reviewed by 2 customers
- Perfect
- No Cons
Best Uses
- For Collection
Comments about this product:
Sits perfectly in my china and crystal.
Comments about this product:
They wroked prefcetlly...prefftclly.....great!


text:
Silicon Valley startup Bloom Energy came out of "stealth mode" this morning, finally going public with the solid oxide fuel cells that CEO K.R. Sridhar hopes will change the world. The idea is incredible – grapefruit-sized modular boxes that produce clean, affordable electricity. One will power a European home, two power an American home, and a box the size of a small refrigerator will power a small office building. It sounds too good to be true, and it may be.
Fuel cell technology has been around for about a century, and it's used almost exclusively on NASA missions. It's complicated stuff, but the end result is that you put fuel and oxygen in, and electricity comes out; no combustion is required (you can see a video explaining the process here). The problem with using en masse is its prohibitive cost, and the difficulties associated with mass production. Bloom Energy is attempting to drive this cost down by using more common materials, simpler processes, and research into technology refinements.
In an interview with Fresh Dialogue, Sidhar describes the problem with conventional electricity generation:
"A fuel is simply a substance that has in it chemical energy. You burn that in air, that's combustion, and when you burn that you see the flame, that's creates heat. So you've converted chemical energy to heat energy. That raises steam, the steam then goes into a big turbine that spins, so you've converted the heat energy to mechanical energy. Now, around that is a copper coil, called an alternator, converts the mechanical energy to electrical energy. So the way you convert this fuel to electrons on the other end, which is what you need, is going from chemical energy to thermal energy to mechanical energy to electrical energy."
The problem with this approach is that at every step of the process, every transition from one form of energy to another, you lose a portion of your total energy. Fuel cells bypass the intermediate steps in this process, turning the chemical energy in the fuel directly into electrical energy.
This isn't a perfect process. One of the byproducts of the chemical reaction is CO2, but the boxes Bloom Energy is turning out produce 60% less per megawatt hour than coal plants do. This isn't as impressive as some zero emissions alternative energy like wind and solar, but solid oxide fuel cells have one huge advantage. While wind and solar work great when they're working, and the price is falling rapidly, they only produce energy in cycles. Solar panels won't get you energy at night. Fuel cells on the other hand, can churn out energy 24/7/365, making them far more useful than these other technologies, even if they aren't quite as clean.
But best part of Bloom Energy is their focus on flexibility and adaptability – and here I have to admit that I've been leaving something out. The Bloom boxes (or "servers" as Sridhar prefers to call them) can run on fossil fuels, but they can also run on renewable biofuel, producing zero emissions. The solid oxide fuel cells are meant to facilitate the transition to alternative, clean energy, but they make it a gradual (read: more politically and socially feasible) transition by incorporating more efficient use of conventional fuel. The future is zero emissions energy generation, but getting there will be a more gradual process. According to Sridhar, Bloom Energy is "building the bridge as well as the future destination."
As if that wasn't enough, the servers also produce hydrogen as a by product. Sridhar and the Bloom team are poised to capitalize on this aspect of their technology as well: "Transportation can potentially go in two directions in the future: one is a hydrogen infrastructure for the car, the other one is an electrical infrastructure. Our device can either produce the electricity that will charge the car or provide you hydrogen if the transportation becomes hydrogen based. So we've sort of become the gas station for the transportation industry."
So Bloom Energy stands ready to revolutionize the energy industry and facilitate the revolution of the transportation industry. The multi-million dollar question then, is can they do it? Can they reduce the cost enough to make solid oxide fuel cells a viable energy alternative, and can they manage to mass produce them in an effective way? While there are certainly no guarantees, they certainly have a lot of support.
Bloom Energy has raised over $400 million dollars in investor money, and has the backing of some of the biggest companies in the world. Coca-Cola, Staples, Google, Bank of America, Wal-Mart, eBay, Cox, and FedEx are all behind the project, and their CEOs took the stage at Bloom Energy's press conference this morning to emphasize their support. Other notable supporters include Arnold Swartzenegger, who spoke this morning, several US Senators, billionaire and current mayor of New York City, Michael Bloomberg, and former Secretary of State, Colin Powell, who joined the Bloom Energy board in 2009 and was the keynote speaker at the conference this morning.
And several of these companies are already testing Bloom Energy servers. eBay had five of them installed on their campus nine months ago. They cost a whopping $800,000 dollars, but State and Federal rebates cut the cost in half. According to John Donaho, the CEO of eBay, in the short time they've been operational, the Bloom servers have saved the company over $100,000 dollars, and they expect they will pay for themselves in the next three years.
Initial successes like this are promising, but the technology is still being tested, and isn't currently capable of mass production. There are also many skeptics, and many questions that still remained unanswered. Will utility companies try to crush Bloom Energy, or will they get on board and try to incorporate Bloom's technology into their own business model? Can Sridhar really drive the price of his units down to $3000 as he claims? Unfortunately, we won't know for quite a while. Bloom has gone public, but they're still predicting 10 years before their boxes are available to consumers at reasonable prices.
I'm tremendously excited about this project and this company though, because they way I see it, they can't fail. Listening to Sridhar speak, and reading transcripts of the interviews he's given, you can't help but recognize that he isn't in it for the money – he really wants to change the world. It's possible the company fails, but with the kind of drive they have and the political and commercial endorsements they've required, they won't fail quietly. At the very least, Bloom Energy will spur a green technology boom, both through their own research and the efforts of would be competitors.
One of the biggest problems the green technology movement has faced over the years is kickback from the conventional technology industries they're trying to supplant. Remember how GM killed the electric car? But Bloom Energy has an advantage that most of these other companies haven't had: the support of commercial giants. You'd be hard pressed to find a group of heavier-hitters than the support group Bloom has rallied. Hopefully this will give their technology a leg up in the political sphere, and shield them from the economic attacks of any hostile companies.
This may not be the technology of the future, but it is a refreshing change in approach. Great ideas almost always come from competition, and that's exactly what we need in the race for clean energy – not just intra-technology competition, but competition between clean technologies. Introducing fuel cells as a potentially viable alternative to coal and nuclear power broadens the market and drives innovation both within the fuel cell industry and competing industries.
I can't wait to see what Bloom Energy manages to achieve, but win or lose, they've already made enormous progress.
More Information:
60 Minutes interview with Sridhar, Engaget's live updates on the press conference, Wired's article on Bloom vs. Solar, Bloom Energy's data sheet on the ES-5000 Energy Server.


text:
Pyruvate Kinase Deficiency
National Organization for Rare Disorders, Inc.
It is possible that the main title of the report Pyruvate Kinase Deficiency is not the name you expected. Please check the synonyms listing to find the alternate name(s) and disorder subdivision(s) covered by this report.
General Discussion
Red cell pyruvate kinase deficiency is a hereditary blood disorder characterized by a deficiency of the enzyme pyruvate kinase. Physical findings associated with the disorder may include reduced levels of oxygen-carrying hemoglobulin in the blood due to premature destruction of red blood cells (hemolytic anemia); abnormally increased levels of bilirubin in the blood (hyperbilirubinemia); abnormal enlargement of the spleen (splenomegaly); and/or other abnormalities. Pyruvate kinase deficiency is inherited as an autosomal recessive genetic trait. It is one of a group of diseases known as hereditary nonspherocytic hemolytic anemias. (Nonspherocytic refers to the fact that the red blood cells do not assume a spherical shape, as they do with some blood disorders.
Supporting Organizations
Genetic and Rare Diseases (GARD) Information Center
- PO Box 8126
- Gaithersburg, MD 20898-8126
- Tel: (301)251-4925
- Fax: (301)251-4911
- Tel: (888)205-2311
- Website: http://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/GARD/
Lactic Acidosis Support Trust
- 1A Whitley Close
- Cheshire, CW10 0NQ
- United Kingdom
- Tel: 160683719
- Fax: 1606837198
Pyruvate Kinase Deficiency Group
- Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
- Website: http://www.pyruvatekinasedeficiency.com
For a Complete Report
This is an abstract of a report from the National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD). A copy of the complete report can be downloaded free from the NORD website for registered users. The complete report contains additional information including symptoms, causes, affected population, related disorders, standard and investigational therapies (if available), and references from medical literature. For a full-text version of this topic, go to www.rarediseases.org and click on Rare Disease Database under "Rare Disease Information".
The information provided in this report is not intended for diagnostic purposes. It is provided for informational purposes only. NORD recommends that affected individuals seek the advice or counsel of their own personal physicians.
It is possible that the title of this topic is not the name you selected. Please check the Synonyms listing to find the alternate name(s) and Disorder Subdivision(s) covered by this report
This disease entry is based upon medical information available through the date at the end of the topic. Since NORD's resources are limited, it is not possible to keep every entry in the Rare Disease Database completely current and accurate. Please check with the agencies listed in the Resources section for the most current information about this disorder.
For additional information and assistance about rare disorders, please contact the National Organization for Rare Disorders at P.O. Box 1968, Danbury, CT 06813-1968; phone (203) 744-0100; web site www.rarediseases.org or email email@example.com
Last Updated: 12/23/1969
Copyright 2005 National Organization for Rare Disorders, Inc.
This information does not replace the advice of a doctor. Healthwise, Incorporated, disclaims any warranty or liability for your use of this information. Your use of this information means that you agree to the Terms of Use. Learn how we develop our content.
Healthwise, Healthwise for every health decision, and the Healthwise logo are trademarks of Healthwise, Incorporated.


text:
Get Started at SU
Begin your journey on the right foot - it's what living, learning, and leading is all about!
Step-By-Step Guide to Get Ready for SU
Powerful Connections: Intercultural Orientation
New Student Experience
Jump start your involvement at SU and make some friends along the way...
New Student Experience Homepage
Housing and Residence Life
Make sure you are ready for on-campus living!
Move-In Guide for New Students
Commuter Students
Planning on living off-campus? Check out this info...
Photo Galleries


text:
My ds has started doing something really weird the last couple of days. Sometimes when she is bfind she'll make a really sour face...like she's in pain, squeeze her lips down like she's going to bite me and then pull off. She'll do it several times. I'll have to end the feeding and then we try again a little later and everything is fine. But then she'll do it again at the next feeding. It's starting to scare me cause I think something might be hurting her.
She's 8 monhts old. Her top teeth just finished breaking through (what a nightmare!). She constantly pulls at her ears while eating but I posted a previous post and it seems to be pretty normal. She has had 2 ear infections but both times she was fevered and she hasn't had a fever. I don't think her gums are swollen so I don't think other teeth are coming in. She has been having a more difficult time going poopie. Now that she's eating some solids they are creamy and she seems to have a really difficult time getting them out. Could it be problems with her bowels? Maybe I should just take her to the doctor? Has anyones LO ever done this? Please let me know if you have any advice. Thank you so much!


text:
Tenchi Muyo! GXP
First Tests
Episode 6 | TV-PG
Day one of the academy proves tougher than Seina ever imagined. A nasty professor with a mean anti-human streak is determined to run him into the ground, and Seina won't last long without some physical upgrades!
Sub Expires: 09-06-2013
Official Site: www.funimation.com/shows/tenchi-muyo-gxpHide Details


text:
Perfect Form
Ankle Pant
Style: 570082566
Out of Stock
Ultra-comfortable, wrinkle-resistant Perfect Form® stretch fabric feels beautiful on every body. A modern classic, slim to the ankle and cleanly tailored. 58% Cotton, 39% Nylon, 3% Spandex. Machine wash. Imported.
- Sits just below the waist.
- Slim leg.
- Excellent stretch and recovery.
- Hidden side zip and hook/eye closure. Belt loops. Abutted side seams. Shallow welt slant front pockets. Hip darts and welt back pockets with logo plaque.
- Inseams: regular 27.5", short 25", long 29.5".
- Available in Petite sizes, style number 570082175.
Read more… Read less…


text:
November 1, 2012 —
GRAHAMSVILLE, NY — Time and the Valleys Museum will sponsor a book talk by local history author Robert LaPolt on his recent publication "The Aden Hill Area of Neversink, New York" on Sunday November 4 at 2 p.m. at the Daniel Pierce Library on Rt. 55. The author will sign copies of his book from 1 to 4 p.m.
The book is dedicated to "those Irish families who settled what is today called Aden Hill" in the Town of Neversink. For additional information on the museum or this book talk, visit www.timeandthevalleysmuseum.org [1] or call 845/985-7700.


text:
By Helena Rodriguez: Local Columnist
As I was walking through the streets of Merida, Yucatan, in Mexico recently, my feet blistered, my stomach churning wildly and aching for the tastes and comforts of home, I recalled the now not-so-funny words of comedian George Lopez.
"Chicanos belong in the United States!"
Those words rang in my ears as we walked in the downtown plaza, my feet still recovering from our trips to pyramids and other sites around the Yucatan Peninsula. It's tempting to think that we Hispanics would blend in over in Mexico. We roll our Rs. We listen to Los Tigres del Norte and Shakira, and, at least in my case, we're vertically challenged like many of the native Mayans who come from Chiapas to peddle their homemade crafts in Merida.
Truth be told, Lopez is right when he says that we "Chicanos" stand out like sore thumbs in Mexico. We were dripping in sweat while the natives were accustomed to the heat, and our legs were covered with mosquito bites while they didn't seem phased by the insects.
I returned home last Friday from a 2 1/2-week stay in the southern tip of Mexico. I went as part of a Spanish immersion program through Eastern New Mexico University to not only learn Spanish, but with high expectations of broadening my horizons and developing a firmer appreciation for this neighboring land of my ancestors.
While I was cultured and enlightened, I was especially saddened. Partly with myself for not being able to hack it, but also with the reality of life there. There was a lot of poverty, even in the villages surrounding the beaches, with many people making their living catering to us tourists.
I recalled a story I read before going to Mexico in early July about an anti-American campaign launched by a group in Mexico. One of the quotes that stuck with me was by a man who said, "It's getting to where many Mexicans are just born and die in Mexico … they spend most of their lives making the gringos rich!"
As I looked around Mexico, that seemed to ring true. There were Coca-Cola signs everywhere. There were some major Mexican brands, like the bottled water, Cristal, but there was an undeniably strong American presence. At Burger King, I tried to think of the words for pieces of chicken, trozos de pollo, I finally recalled, only for the cashier to shout in his heavy Mexican accent, "Dos chicken tenders!"
Now I'm not anti-American. After my trip, I appreciate what we have here even more. But something doesn't feel right. Many people look down on Mexican immigrants who come to the U.S. in search of a better life. We welcome their cheap labor, but not their extended stays. American companies want to sell their chicken tenders in Mexico, but I'd be willing to bet don't pay Mexican workers what they pay workers here.
We bicker about them invading our land, utilizing our social services and we have volunteer Minute Men trying to keep them out, but we have no problem having a strong American presence in Mexico, no problem buying their over-the-counter antibiotics or allowing them to cater to us on Mexican resorts such as Cancun and Cozumel, which are more American than Mexican.
It's obvious that Mexico needs to diversify and strengthen its economy, and I'm sure there's a lot of politics involved. Maybe then people won't be trying to sneak across our borders by the thousands. But I can't help but wonder if we're part of the problem or the solution.
Are we Americans helping to keep down the standard of living in Mexico?
These are the deep thoughts that occupied me during my stay there. I don't have an answer but I know that a stronger Mexico would be to our advantage, and it's not impossible.
We climbed some of the most famous Mayan pyramids in Mexico. The Mayans were the most advanced people during their time. They created the perfect calendar. I regret leaving Mexico before I could see the famous astronomical observatory at Chichen Itza. But I did see other impressive ruins which have withstood the test of time.
Perhaps Mexico will withstand the test of time, too. I see hope for our amigos across the border, but I also sense a double standard in which we may be hurting Mexico more than helping.
Helena Rodriguez is a columnist for Freedom Newspapers of New Mexico. She can be reached at: email@example.com


text:
PBS KIDS will premiere PEG + CAT, a new animated preschool series that follows the adorable, spirited Peg and her sidekick Cat as they embark on adventures and learn foundational math concepts and skills. Co-creators Billy Aronson (Rent, Postcards from Buster) and Jennifer Oxley (Little Bill, The Wonder Pets!) have teamed with The Fred Rogers Company to bring young viewers a new way to experience math through Peg and Cat's relatable, and often hilarious, adventures. This multiplatform media property premieres this fall on PBS KIDS with a special one-hour broadcast of two back-to-back episodes, along with integrated online and mobile content. Each episode features fascinating stories in which Peg and Cat encounter a problem that requires them to use math and problem solving skills in order to move forward. The series will air daily following its premiere (check local listings).
Math understanding and skills are essential, yet national assessments show that 60 percent of students are performing below proficient levels in math by the 4th grade, and this learning gap is more pronounced in children from low-income families.* To help support math learning for young children, the National Research Council's Committee on Early Childhood Mathematics has highlighted the need for "increased informal programming, curricular resources, software, and other media" to help build key math skills.**
"PBS KIDS is committed to using media to open up worlds of possibilities for all children, and developing content that focuses on math is a critical part of that," said Lesli Rotenberg, General Manager, Children's Programming, PBS. "We're excited to launch PEG + CAT this fall, adding a math media property to our preschool line-up that includes popular series like The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!, which teaches natural science, and Curious George, which focuses on engineering. With its adventurous storylines and engaging characters and music, PEG + CAT will encourage kids to discover how to use math concepts, as well as core skills including cooperation, perseverance and resiliency, as they explore the world around them."
The PEG + CAT television series is part of a multiplatform media experience that will also include interactive content online and on mobile. The series currently offers games and other resources online at pbskids.org/peg, and additional interactive features, including more games, parent resources and a mobile app, are slated to launch along with the on-air premiere in fall 2013.
Every half-hour episode of PEG + CAT will feature two stories, each an eleven-minute adventure in which Peg and Cat find themselves thrust into an unexpected math word problem. But it's not just an abstract academic exercise for them — it's a messy and funny quandary they have to solve. The show focuses not only on helping kids build math skills, such as how to add or subtract, but on how to think about larger math concepts as well — concepts that form the foundation for learning math at any level, from kindergarten to calculus. In each episode, Peg and Cat use foundational concepts like relative size, geometry and algebraic thinking to solve the problem and save the day. The series' curriculum is based on Common Core State Standards.
Peg and Cat's adventures take them through worlds of infinite possibilities — from farms to purple planets, from 16th-century Verona to New York's Radio City Music Hall, from a land of pirates to a prehistoric valley — demonstrating that math is everywhere.
PEG + CAT stories are at once engaging, appealing, accessible and age-appropriate. As Peg solves a seemingly insurmountable problem, she has to think through what went wrong and how she can get back on track. Life skills such as cooperation are also important parts of the series, as Peg and her friends have to work together to solve problems; and since Peg might not get it right the first time, viewers also see value of learning from mistakes and experimentation. Music is also used as a teaching tool throughout the math series; each episode features an original song.
PEG + CAT is part of PBS KIDS' ongoing commitment to helping kids build the skills they need to succeed in school and in life. PBS KIDS serves young audiences wherever they live, learn and play — through educational apps, on TV, online and in the classroom.


text:
Two of NASA's Great Observatories, bolstered by the largest ground-based telescopes around the world, are beginning to harvest new clues to the origin and evolution of the universe's largest building block, the galaxies. It's a bit like finding a family scrapbook containing snapshots that capture the lives of family members from infancy through adolescence to adulthood.
"This is the first time that the cosmic tale of how galaxies build themselves has been traced reliably to such early times in the universe's life," says Mauro Giavalisco, head of the Hubble Space Telescope portion of the survey, and research astronomer at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, Md.
So far, the Hubble Space Telescope has joined forces with the Chandra X-ray Observatory to survey a relatively broad swath of sky encompassing tens of thousands of galaxies stretching far back into time. (This unprecedented survey will soon be joined by the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF), which is to be launched in August 2003).
Called the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey (GOODS), astronomers are studying galaxy formation and evolution over a wide range of distances and ages. The project is tracing the assembly history of galaxies, the evolution of their stellar populations, and the gusher of energy from star formation and active nuclei powered by immense black holes.
In preliminary results soon to be published in the Astrophysical Journal, Hubble astronomers report that the sizes of galaxies clearly increase continuously from the time the universe was about 1 billion years old to an age of 6 billion years. (This is approximately at half the current age of the universe, 13.7 billion years.) GOODS astronomers also find that the star birth rate rose mildly (by about a factor 3) between the time the universe was about one billion years old and 1.5 billion years old, and remained high until about 7 billion years ago, when it quickly dropped to one-tenth the earlier "baby boomer" rate. This is further evidence that major galaxy building trailed off when the universe was about half its current age.
This increase in galaxy size is consistent with "bottom-up" models, where galaxies grow hierarchically, through mergers and accretion of smaller satellite galaxies. This is also consistent with the idea that the sizes of galaxies match hand-in-glove to a certain fraction of the sizes of their dark-matter halos. Dark matter is an invisible form of mass that comprises most of the matter in the universe. The theory is that dark matter essentially pooled into gravitational "puddles" in the early universe that then collected normal gas that quickly contracted to build star clusters and small galaxies. These dwarf galaxies merged piece-by-piece over billions of years to build the immense spiral and elliptical galaxies we see today.
The Chandra observations amounted to a "high-energy core sample" of the early universe, allowing us to "study the history of black holes over almost the entire age of the universe," said Niel Brandt of Penn State University, a co-investigator on the Chandra GOODS team, who studied the X-ray results. One of the fascinating findings in this deepest X-ray image ever taken is the discovery of mysterious black holes, which have no optical counterparts.
"We found seven mysterious sources that are completely invisible in the optical with Hubble," said Anton Koekemoer of the STScI, a co-investigator on both the Hubble and Chandra GOODS teams, who compared the X-ray and optical reslts. "Either they are the most distant black holes ever detected, or they are less distant black holes that are the most dust enshrouded known, a surprising result as well."
When comparing the Hubble and Chandra fields, astronomers also found that active black holes in distant, relatively small galaxies were rarer than expected. This may be due to the effects of early generations of massive stars that exploded as supernovae, evacuating galactic gas and thus reducing the supply of gas needed to feed a supermassive black hole.
These and other results from the GOODS project will be published in a special issue of the Astrophysical Journal Letters, entirely devoted to the team's results. The Chandra results are found in papers led by Koekemoer and Stefano Cristiani of the Trieste Astronomical Observatory. Hubble's findings came from papers led by Giavalisco, Mark Dickinson, and Harry Ferguson of the STScI.
Don Savage
NASA Headquarters, Washington
(Phone: 202/358-1547; E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com)
Nancy Neal
Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD
(Phone: 301/286-0039; E-mail: email@example.com)
Ray Villard
Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD
(Phone: 410/338-4514; E-mail: email@example.com)
Megan Watzke
Chandra X-ray Observatory Center, CfA, Cambridge, Mass.
(Phone: 617/496-7998; E-mail: email@example.com)


text:
Browse by Title
|Title: : 1 of 1
Head of a Young Girl, c. 1935
Emil NoldeGerman, 1867-1956
Watercolor on paper
18-1/4 x 13-1/4 in. (26.0 x 33.7 cm)
Norton Simon Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gifford Phillips
Not on view
Nolde worked in a furniture factory, then became an art student and studied briefly in Paris in 1899. His first one-man exhibit in Dresden in 1905 brought him to the attention of the BrĂĽcke artists, and in 1906 he joined their group for a brief period. Nolde was honored by a major retrospective in 1927, but ten years later the Nazis declared his art "degenerate" and confiscated more than 1,000 of his works. Forbidden to paint in 1941, he secretly painted small watercolors, which he named his "unpainted pictures."
View Provenance
|Title: : 1 of 1


text:
My 2 year old hasn't nursed in over a week. For months it has been hardly anything. She never asks now. I was feeling done so I let it go. I think she's done now. I asked her if she used to nurse "yup!" and does she still nurse "no!". It was very gradual, and suprisingly to me, very easy...no breast issues, no real issues for her, etc. it just happened. I never thought I would see the day. Its a very strange and emotional thing though! In one way I am happy since it wasn't nice anymore for me, and in another way, I am sad since that time is over.
Is it normal though that now she is done, she tends to touch my breasts more? I don't like that. For example, if I am carrying her, she reaches over and touches them. Especially out in public and in unfamiliar places. She never did that before in that way until she started to wean. Yes she used to try to touch me when she wanted to nurse as a baby, but that was in a different way. I'm just not sure why she is doing this now, and whether inside she is upset or something. I would still let her nurse if she asked although there is hardly any milk now. I can't ask her if she is upset about it since she is not talking much yet. Plus I don't know if that would be reliable anyways.


text:
Continuous Collision Detection is difficult to achieve, so I was quite excited when I read a blog post by Paul Firth regarding "Speculative Contacts". You can find the post with the wonderful illustrations here: Speculative Contacts.
Paul doesn't claim to be the inventor of the mechanism but he made it quite popular. The idea of the algorithm is – as Paul stated -
(..) to try and move the majority of the work out of the collision detection system and into the contact solver (..)
With this new system you don't go through the troubles of generating, sorting and dealing with tois (time of impact) – you basically just make your contact solver deal with negative penetration (=seperation, "s") and let your Collision System report Contacts which don't already exist.
Let's have a look at the following picture. Object "B" is static and doesn't move. "A's" velocity is shown by an arrow. There is also the position of A, after the timestep. You can see that A just tunneled object B, because no contact was created because nothing actually collided.
We now create a speculative contact – we predict where the objects collide (yellow dots) using conservative advancement. The solver is told to remove so much normal velocity from Body A that it is in contact with B after the timestep. Our picture now looks like this:
Note that the tangent velocity stays unaffected and that we only affect the normal velocity. Looks nice – we didn't tunnel this time! But we miss all possible collisions in the middle of the picture. See the following picture with another static obstacle "C":
Doh! What went wrong? The conservative advancement check we did initially against "C" was negative – and then "B" changed our direction. I often saw the statement: "use conservative advancement and it will be fine" – no it wont! So how can we use the speculative contacts (the technique seems to be to genius to discard) ?
Find all objects within the swept-expanded bounding box of "A" (the huge light blue box) and instead of doing conservative advancement detect all closest points to all overlapping objects (yellow dots) – that's the secret of the algorithm!
The contact solver is hopefully finding a global solution now, in which neither "B" nor "C" is tunneled. Again: Doing a closest point search is not a good approximation it's absolutely necessary!
We also introduced a new problem, called ghost collisions, because we may detect a speculative contact which actually never happen. But it's hardly to notice at high velocities and a bit of cheating is allowed. Remember: You never can prevent tunneling in reasonable time, at some part you have to cheat. This method here has the advantage that it is easy to implement and very cheap in terms of CPU costs.
Speculative Contacts are implemented in Jitter (currently only in the SVN). You can enable speculative contacts using "Body.EnableSpeculativeContacts" or "CollisionSystem.EnableSpeculativeContacts". The closest point algorithm used is GJK (see GJKCollide.cs). If the swept bounding boxes of two bodies overlap and there is no "standard" collision, GJK is asked for closest distances.


text:
Welcome to Salem County NJ
Located in the heart of the Northeast Corridor, Salem County is the Gateway to New Jersey. Visit us and Discover the Possibilities that exist in our County. I consider it an honor to serve as Freeholder Director. This website is another step toward making Salem County government open, accessible and responsible, one of my key priorities.
Top Stories
Welcome to the Salem County website. On behalf of the Board of Chosen Freeholders, I encourage residents, visitors, and businesses to explore the many resources, programs, and services Salem County government offers. You will find useful information; documents and forms to download; links to various government entities; and news announcements. We are honored to have qualified and dedicated employees who provide friendly and exceptional service to those we serve. Salem County is a wonderful place to live, work, and visit. I consider it an honor to serve the residents of this great county as your Freeholder Director. This website serves as another avenue toward this Administration's priorities: making Salem County government open, accessible, and responsible.
Facebook Feed


text:
Paul J. WatsonNovember 22,2012Paul J. Watson
SHAFTSBURY Paul J. Watson, 76, died Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012, at his residence, from heart disease.
Born in Bennington, Sept. 29, 1936, he was the son of Raymond O. and Jennie (Nash) Watson.
He was a 1955 graduate of Bennington High School.
Mr. Watson married Marie H. Hendricks in Bennington March 3, 1956; she died in 1994. He later married Joyce (Hawks) Watson June 10, 1997.
For 40 years, he was employed in quality control at Bijur in Bennington until retiring in 1998.
He was a 23-gallon blood donor and enjoyed camping, traveling, motorcycling and working with wood.
Survivors include his wife and a son, Michael Watson, both of Shaftsbury; a daughter, Paula Ryan of St. Paul, Minn.; two stepchildren, Scott Cummings of White Creek, N.Y., and Curt Cummings of Bennington; nine grandchildren and a great-grandson; several nieces, nephews and cousins.
Mr. Watson was predeceased by a brother, Harold Watson.
The funeral will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 24, at the Mahar & Son Funeral Home, where friends may call from 11 a.m. prior to the service.
Burial will be in Center Shaftsbury Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to Vermont Heart Association or Second Chance Animal Shelter, in care of Mahar & Son Funeral Home, 628 Main St., Bennington, VT 05201.
Guest book condolences may be made at www.maharandsonfuneralhome.net.MORE IN ObituariesCharles T. Baker
Charles T. Full StoryMarguerite Hoose
Marguerite Alice Peggy Hoose, 90, of Rutland, Vermont, died December ... Full StoryLouise S. Full Story
- Most Popular
- Most Emailed


text:
8 most common flu myths
Published On: Sep 26 2012 08:26:25 AM PDT Updated On: Jan 06 2015 11:00:00 PM PST
An influenza outbreak has reached widespread levels in 43 states. Here's a list of the most common flu myths.
The views expressed are not those of this company or its affiliated companies. By posting your comments you agree to our Terms of Use.


text:
INGREDIENTS:1 ¼ cups ice water 3 tablespoons bottled teriyaki or soy sauce 1 egg 1 cup sifted flour 2 bunches Mann's Broccolini as needed, lemon wedgesCaribbean Chile Lime Dipping Sauce: 2/3 cup pureed fresh peaches or mangoes (or bottled peaches or mangoes) 3 Tbsp. mango chutney, chopped finely 2 Tbsp. fresh lime juice 2 Tbsp. mild red chiles, chopped finely 1 tsp. serrano chiles, chopped finely 3/4 Tbsp. ground cumin 1/8 tsp. saltCreole Dipping Sauce: ½ cup mayonnaise ½ cup sour cream 1 ...
Register to view this Article
WhyRegisterfor FREE?
Registering for Premium Content on Food Management will give youINSTANTaccess to invaluable articles and media content that industry professionals rely on. You will have access to our special reports, feature articles, and industry analysis. It'sFREE, easy and quick.


text:
November 1, 2013 —
The Sullivan County Sheriff's Office Gang and Narcotics Intelligence Unit continues to investigate the sale and distribution of illegal drugs in the Sullivan County area.
On October 29, 2013, deputies arrested Ronald C. Coleman, 50, of Monticello after a two month investigation. Coleman allegedly sold heroin to an undercover sheriff's deputy on two separate occasions.
He was spotted driving a vehicle on Crystal Street in Monticello Tuesday afternoon and was taken into custody without incident. Coleman was charged with two counts of Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance in the 3rd degree, which is a class "B" Felony. He was arraigned before Thompson Town Justice Marty Miller and sent to the Sullivan County Jail without bail.


text:
Full Menu
I am sorry you are having a problem with your order. Hopefully you will find the answer below.
If you do not then please email us. The more information you provide the quicker we will be able to help you. You can also telephone us on +44 (0) 141 303 5027 if you require immediate help. The office is open Monday - Friday 8.30am - 4.30pm.
Problem: I have ordered a download instead of a CD - what do I do?
Solution: Please email us with your order number and we will arrange for a CD to be sent instead. There may be an additional postage charge to pay.
Problem: My CD is taking longer than I thought to arrive
Solution: Is your order definitely taking longer than the estimated delivery time? If so, please check that the shipping address you gave us is correct. You can check this by logging in to "my account", click on "show orders" and then click on the "invoice" which relates to your delayed order. This will show you the shipping address. If the shipping address is correct and the order is still within the estimated delivery time, please be patient - I'm sure your order will be with you soon. If the shipping address is incorrect and/or the order is taking longer than the estimated delivery time please email us with your order number.
Problem: I would like to exchange or cancel my order
Solution: Please see our guide to returns and cancellations.
Problem: The item I want is only showing as a download, but I would like the CD
Solution: This probably means that the title is deleted or currently out of stock. If you are confident downloading the album you can burn it onto CD. Alternatively you can email us in case we have a spare copy in the office or can direct you to a retailer who may have a copy in stock.
Problem: I have pre-ordered an item ahead of the release date - when will it be shipped?
Solution: We will ship your item as soon as the new release is delivered. This will always be several days ahead of the published release date, so is the best way to secure your album before anyone else.
Problem: The wrong item has arrived - what should I do?
Solution: Please check to see if you ordered the correct item. You can check this by logging in to "my account", click on "show orders" and then click on the "invoice" which relates to your order. If you did, then I am very sorry, we try not to make mistakes like this, and I am sorry that we did this time. Please email us with your order number and we will sort this out very quickly for you.
Problem: My order has been damaged in the post - what can I do?
Solution: I am sorry that your order did not arrive in perfect condition. This happens very infrequently so I am sorry that it happened to you. We take every care to ensure that your order arrives in pristine condition. I would be happy to arrange for a replacement case to be sent to you if the damage is confined to the case or a complete exchange if the CD is also damaged. Please email us with your order number to let us know which you would prefer.
Problem: I am having trouble playing a Linn CD
Solution: If this is the first time you have played the CD and the fault is not with your player, please email us to arrange an exchange. If you have owned the CD for more than 10 days we do not guarantee a replacement. Please email us to arrange to send the CD back so we can check if it is faulty.
Problem: Can I track my order?
Solution: No, I am sorry you cannot. Linn does not offer a tracking service. If you are concerned please check the estimated delivery time.
Problem: How long will I need to wait for my order?
Solution: Please check the estimated delivery time.
Problem: I have only received part of my order - is there a problem?
Solution: We sometimes part-ship orders if an item is temporarily out of stock or if one item is a new release which is not yet available. We often ship LPs and CDs separately due to the packaging. If the item which is late does not fit within these guidelines please email us with your order number .
Problem: How quickly will my order be processed and posted?
Solution: During office hours of Monday - Friday 8.30am - 4.30pm orders are processed immediately. If orders are placed before 10.30 am they are likely to be posted the same day. We try to post all orders within 48 hours. Express orders are given priority and will always ship the same day they are processed.
Back to help page.


text:
Auralia is by far the most comprehensive ear training package! With 41 topics, Auralia's drill-based teaching is a fun and easy way to use your computer for ear training. Auralia leads you through a variety of graded exercises, and presents instant feedback. All of your results are recorded, and you may sing or play your answers using your microphone or MIDI keyboard. Auralia is suitable for both classical and contemporary musicians of any age or ability! Auralia's interactive lessons make ear training easy and fun. It guides students through hundreds of graded exercises and gives instant feedback. You can even play or sing answers using a MIDI keyboard or microphone. Auralia automatically marks the exercises so students can use it on their own, freeing up hours of teaching time. It even records student results so you can monitor their progress over time. Auralia is perfect for schools, colleges, universities and anyone learning or teaching an instrument.
- Hundreds of exercises in 41 topics
- Support for multiple syllabi
- Level customization
- Enhanced notation
- Bright new interface
- All the features of Auralia 3.5
Windows: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, 512MB+ RAM, 200MB hard disk space, CD-ROM drive.
Mac: Intel processors only, Mac OS X 10.6.8, Mac OS X 10.7.3 or later, 512MB+ RAM, 400MB hard disk space, CD-ROM drive.
All platforms: Microphone optional


text:
International vs. Domestic Adoption
Before you begin the adoption process, consider carefully what kind of child you are interested in adopting. Are you looking for a specific age range? Does the child need to have the same skin color as you? Are you open to taking in a child with physical, mental, emotional, and/or behavioral challenges? Are you willing to adopt a group of two or more siblings? The answers to these questions may help you decide whether adopting domestically or internationally will best fulfill your needs.
Domestic and international adoptions may be completed either through an agency or independently, although the time, expense, and level of risk involved may vary significantly between the two adoption methods.
Domestic Adoptions
According to the Child Welfare Information Gateway's report How Many Children Were Adopted in 2000 and 2001?, 127,407 children were adopted in the U.S in 2001. Eighty-five percent of those were domestic public, private, independent, kinship, and tribal adoptions.
Domestic Independent Adoptions
Independent adoptions are not legal in every state, so if you are interested in pursuing this method, check with your state's adoption specialist to find out if it is allowed. With an independent adoption, prospective parents must seek out, contact, and negotiate with the birth parent(s) directly, often with the assistance of an adoption attorney. To ensure your attorney is experienced in performing adoptions, choose one who is a member of the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys, a national organization that promotes ethical practice. Even with independent adoptions, many couples use a licensed adoption agency to conduct the homestudy program and counsel the birth parent(s).
Many adoptive parents find birth mothers by advertising in newspapers and magazines (however, this is illegal in some states), and through online chat rooms and message boards. You can also enlist the services of a national adoption advertising consultant or send an introductory letter, photo, and adoption resume to crisis pregnancy centers, obstetricians, and friends.
Once you have located a birth mother and you have come to a mutual agreement about the terms of the adoption, you will usually be expected to pay for the mother's prenatal and delivery expenses, as well as her legal fees. State laws dictate which expenses you may pay - some will permit you to cover the birth mother's rent, food, utilities and counseling, while others prohibit paying anything but the prenatal and delivery expenses. In some states, it is the adopting parents' responsibility to also pay for counseling for the birth parent(s). Experts recommend setting aside at least $7,500 to cover these expenses.
Once the baby is born, the birth parent(s) sign over legal custody to the adoptive parents; however, until she has signed the papers, the birth mother can decide to keep the baby, which is one of the biggest risks associated with independent adoptions.
Domestic Agency Adoptions
Public agencies who handle adoptions are part of the state welfare or foster care system. Children awaiting adoption through a public agency are generally older, sibling groups, or children with special (physical or psychological) needs, and many are of color.
1 2 3 4 Next Page >>


text:
In the News
CEPD sets sights on inking EU trade pact
- By Rachel Chan
- Publication Date: April 27, 2012
- Source: Taiwan Today
Taiwan and the EU should conclude an economic cooperation agreement as quickly as possible so as to boost bilateral trade and deliver a win-win outcome, said San Gee, deputy minister of the Council for Economic Planning and Development, April 26 in Taipei City.
"An ECA will strengthen Taiwan-EU trade relations, spur investment by Taiwan companies in the region and assist them to establish stronger footholds in Europe," San said while addressing the one-day Invest in the EU seminar.
On the home front, San described the presence of Taiwan firms in the EU as "underdeveloped" and encouraged them to explore the bounty of business opportunities on offer.
"Now is time for Taiwan companies to expand their involvement in the EU because history shows that recession is always followed by recovery," he said, referring to the European sovereign debt crisis.
Echoing San's remarks, Frederic Laplanche, head of the European Economic and Trade Office, urged Taiwan enterprises to capitalize on commercial openings in the EU.
"There is a risk here that Taiwan could lose out in Europe due to a lack of presence as an investor," Laplanche said.
Citing EU statistics, the trade official said Taiwan's investment in the region accounted for US$1 billion last year, much less than competitors such as South Korea and mainland China, which invested US$14 billion and US$7 billion over the same period, respectively.
"Any company that aspires to becoming a truly global firm must have substantial presence and operations in the EU, as it is the world's largest economy with 500 million consumers," Laplanche said. (JSM)
Write to Rachel Chan at email@example.com


text:
Download and print Natrol coupons to redeem at your favorite pharmacy, grocery, specialty or health food store. Coupons are good towards the purchase of any Natrol Vitamin, Mineral or Supplement. Must be a registered Natrol Rewards user.
To log in or to register for a free Natrol Rewards account, click here.
To view list of retailers that carry Natrol products, click here.
These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.


text:
Wordsmith Talk
|About Us | What's New | Search | Site Map | Contact Us
You are not logged in. [Log In] Wordsmith.org » Forums » General Topics » Q&A about words » Epidemic? Register User Forum List Calendar Active Topics Search FAQ
Topic Options
#24211 - 03/30/01 09:53 AM Long response, caution if modem slow
Registered: 03/14/01
Posts: 2379
Loc: New York City
Thank you for directing me to Julian Burnside's excellent article on enantiodromic words http://www.users.bigpond.com/burnside/contradicting.htm; while it makes very clear what this class of words is, at the same time, it makes me doubt whether 'decimate' can be counted among them.
The enantiodromic is a class of polysemic words whose meanings are opposite, but not contemporaries. They display a shift of meaning to opposite meaning over time. In terms real use, however, they will not, have retained both meanings when the shift is complete; and it is to be surmised that they cannot actually be classed enantiodromic until that shift is complete.
Burnside uses another term, amphibolous, to describe the class of polysemic words whose opposite meanings are contemporaries, words such as: fast, quite, to sanction, and to weather. But while each may have to meanings, only one of these is meant in any given occurrence. The irony of paradox is not inherent in the use, but from the distance of linguistic investigation.
Finally, in our March 24 exchange, you objected to an argument which you had mistakenly attributed to me. In one responses, you wrote
think about how decimate would have been used in (A) and (B) and how the meanings would have become blurred. 1856 J. H. Newman Callista The population is prostrated by+pestilence, and by the decimation which their riot brought upon them. What percentage do you suppose was meant here? we can't know, out of context, but it was certainly not 10%.
and in a later one
inselp, I'm afraid I don't quite *get your point. are you saying you have a need to know the actual percentage? I don't think you are, but. >the result of a specific multiple what does this mean?
Let me be clear, the point isn't one-upmanship. What interests me, here, is the logic of your responses. Superficially, the position attributed to me is ludicrous and objectionable on that ground. Fundamentally, however, you are pointing out a perceived fallacy in my argument. If the meaning shift in question is from ten percent to a percentage greater than ten percent, it is not the logical shift of a meaning to its opposite, but a shift in degree. This is what I intended when I used the word "to extrapolate."
In its current common usage, "to decimate" is to destroy utterly. But "to destroy utterly" is not the opposite of "to destroy 10%." Further, we do not consider its original meaning when we here its common use-unless, as wwh, it is to point out an error.
I maintain, however, that it is at least possible that, at one point in the career of its development, the irony of "to decimate" may have been recognized when it was used to mean "to destroy utterly." In that case, both meanings would inherent at one and the same time. And in that case, it is neither a word having more than one independent meanings at once, nor a word having opposite meanings but not in a single context, nor a word whose career carries it from one sense to its opposite.
Then, if my conjecture at the top of the last paragraph is correct, "to decimate" would have, at least at one point in its history, have belonged to another class of words altogether.
This is Binky, wishing you a pleasant from the rings of Saturn, signing off.
#24212 - 07/23/01 10:43 AM Re: Epidemic?
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 01/18/01
Posts: 13858
I am glad to see that Anu is in favor of retaining the distinction between "epidemic" and "epizoõtic".
#24213 - 07/23/01 12:39 PM autopsy, epidemic
Registered: 01/05/01
Posts: 1814
Loc: Spam Factory
I realize I am joining this party rather late, but here goes.
When I was in medical school, we had several lectures in forensic pathology given by one of the state medical examiners, Dr. Davis. He's pointed out that
"autopsy" could mean "to see with one's own eyes" or it could mean "to see oneself." That is (in the latter case), for one human being to examine the corpse of another human being, they get a blimpse of their own anatomy and their own mortality.
"Epidemic" literally means "upon the people," so a disease upon the animals would be "epizootic," although as a new word to me it sounds like an adjective or at best a geologic era. I wonder if there were a disease that tended to spread among animals every 4 years, would it be an "episodic epizootic"? har har har har.
#24214 - 07/23/01 01:16 PM Re: autopsy, epidemic
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 01/18/01
Posts: 13858
It is regrettable that so few people understand the medical advances that have resulted from discoveries made at autopsy. Unfortunately I know of no book that tells about them. But for instance, my mother's mother died of a pulmonary artery infarct because it was not known in 1891 that it was a very bad idea to keep women in bed many days after childbirth. Because no autopsy was done, the cause of my grandmother's death could not be understood, and the guesses as to the cause were wildly inaccurate.Only fifty years later when autopsies revealed the emboli blocking the right side of the heart were discovered could the causative factors be understood, and early ambulation be insisted on, with the saving of a very large number of mothers. Many other such discoveries have saved countless lives, so remember this if you are ever asked to give permission for an autopsy.
#24215 - 07/24/01 12:38 AM Re: autopsy, epidemic
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 04/09/00
Posts: 3065
Loc: Jakarta
Dr. Bill, you have delighted us all with your humour and medical titbits ever since you joined us here. If your health permits, why don't you write such a book?
#24216 - 07/24/01 09:16 AM Re: autopsy, epidemic
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 01/18/01
Posts: 13858
Dear Bingley: you are much too kind. My writing talents are very small. In fact, not a jest, one of the med school profs told me he would approve my graduation only on the proviso that I solemnly swore never to write for publication. He subsequently became the most hightly regarded editor of the New England Journal of Medicine, which proves his qualification to judge the paper I wrote in my Junior year.
And it would really take a really top-notch pathologist to write such a book.
#24217 - 07/24/01 08:05 PM Re: autopsy, epidemic
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 10/17/00
Posts: 5400
Loc: rego park
there was an article in the NYer some 3 or 4 months ago about autopsies-- saying how much they had fallen out of favor, and how vital they still are. when one of my elderly first cousins died some years ago, she left her body to Bellevue hospital-- for 2 reasons, 1) a frugal woman all her life, she appreciated that she would be buried one year later, at no cost to her family..and 2) when she was younger, she wished to go to medical school. she was discouraged, and shunted into nursing. she loved nursing, but she spoke gleefully of her plans.. she might not do it till she was dead-- but she was going to get into Bellevue's medical school!
I know WOW will understand that we all though it marvelous.. the irish have always been accuse of having happy songs of death, and sad songs of love. We had a memorial the week she died, and every was thrilled that Annie was off to medical school at the age of 89!_________________________
my other obsession
#24218 - 07/24/01 11:29 PM Re: autopsy, epidemic
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 03/13/01
Posts: 4189
Loc: Rio Grande, Cape May County, N...
So if a pandemic was decimating large numbers of anthropomorphs and/or theriomorphs/zoomorps it would be called a......? Oh, lord...am I gonna get it now!
#24219 - 07/25/01 11:36 AM Re: autopsy, epidemic
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 09/28/00
Posts: 2891
Actually, the importance of autopsies is quite evident in the books by author Kathy Reichs. She is a well-known forensic anthropologist who has written a couple of murder mystery novels. There was also a documentary on her work (the forensics not the writing) a few months ago.
Take a gander at Death Du Jour - not for the faint of heart as she is quite detailed in her descriptions. It is amazing what autopsies will reveal.
Moderator: Jackie
Forum Stats 8968 Members
16 Forums
13870 Topics
222527 Posts
Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM
Newest Members Tatanka17, Marci, dorrick, thedesertsimmom, LostAuthor
8968 Registered Users
Who's Online 0 registered (), 10 Guests and 2 Spiders online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod
Top Posters (30 Days)
wofahulicodoc 56 LukeJavan8 40 may2point0 36 delirium 4 DavidLaurence 1 Curtis 1 A C Bowden 1
Top Posters
wwh 13858 Faldage 13803 Jackie 11613 tsuwm 10538 LukeJavan8 8540 Buffalo Shrdlu 7210 wofahulicodoc 6940 AnnaStrophic 6511 Wordwind 6296 of troy 5400
Board Rules · Mark all read Contact Us · Wordsmith.org · Top
Disclaimer: Wordsmith.org is not responsible for views expressed on this site. Use of this forum is at your own risk and liability - you agree to hold Wordsmith.org and its associates harmless as a condition of using it.
Home | Today's Word | Yesterday's Word | Subscribe | FAQ | Archives | Search | Feedback
Wordsmith Talk | Wordsmith Chat
© 1994-2016 Wordsmith


text:
Brokerage firms covering shares of Kinder Morgan, Inc. (NYSE:KMI) have a consensus near term price target of $22.615. Analysts study the companies they cover in order to present the buy-side institutions with the information needed to make investment decisions.
The most bullish analyst projection sees the stock reaching $27 within the next 12-18 months while the most conservative estimate stands at $17. The sell-side works to get the highest possible price for each stock while providing services in the form of ratings and analysis to the Buy-side.
These market makers issue reports on the stocks they cover and issue Buy, Sell and Hold ratings on the equities they cover. Institutions use these evaluate these recommendations when making strategic investment decisions. Breaking the ratings down, there are 6 Strong Buys, 2 Buys, 8 Hold, 0 Sell and 0 Strong Sell recommendations on the stock. Translating these recommendations into an integer based scaled yields a recommendation of 2.09. This is based on a 1-5 scale, 1 representing a Strong Buy and 5 a Strong Sell.
In addition to price targets, analysts pay particular attention to company earnings and projected earnings. For the upcoming quarter they are expecting that Kinder Morgan, Inc. (NYSE:KMI) will report earnings of $0.15 per share on or about 2016-10-19. This is the Zacks consensus based on the 13 analysts taken into consideration by the firm.
Earnings per share is arguably the most important indicator for a firm and the stock. Market analysts spend more time any other individual analyzing the well-being of a company and its earnings potential. Analysts typically have close ties with company senior management and have access to information that a normal retail investor would not have. It's important to look at the consensus numbers as a whole in order to get a proper grasp of where the Street thinks the stock is headed. Analyst revisions of estimates leading up to an earnings report are also important indicators of how they well they think the company will perform heading into the quarterly earnings report.
Most recently Kinder Morgan, Inc. (NYSE:KMI) posted earnings of $0.15 versus the $0.15 Zacks estimate. This produced a surprise factor of $0 or a difference of 0%. A company that consistently outperforms expectations tends to see stock price increases over time. A firm that is accustomed to missing estimates can often see stock price declines.
Receive News & Ratings Via Email - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings with our FREE daily email newsletter.


text:
Stronger sanctions at lastAugust 01,2014
After lengthy and difficult deliberations, the European Union agreed this week to a new and higher level of sanctions against Russia, including the closing of European capital markets to Russian state banks, an embargo on new weapons sales and the transfer of sophisticated oil drilling technology.
The United States followed suit shortly with measures meant to match the Europeans and further added a Russian shipbuilding firm to the list of companies banned from doing business with Americans.
These punitive and carefully orchestrated actions go considerably beyond any previous sanctions. They are designed to exact a heavy price from President Vladimir Putin, and deservedly so. Russias behavior since the downing of a Malaysian jetliner with the loss of 298 lives has been a string of lies and a sharp escalation of direct involvement in the Ukrainian fray.
Russia, Obama said, is once again isolating itself from the international community, setting back decades of genuine progress. It didnt have to come to this. It doesnt have to be this way. This is a choice that Russia, and President Putin in particular, has made.Compounding the case against Russia are public charges by the United States that Russia has violated a fundamental arms control accord, the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty, by testing a prohibited ground-launched cruise missile. According to a report in The New York Times on Tuesday, Obama conveyed the finding to Putin on Monday. So far, there has been no public response from Moscow. The INF Treaty, signed in 1987, bans testing, producing or possessing such missiles with a range of 300 to 3,400 miles.
Economic sanctions are a flawed and double-edged weapon, but, short of armed force, they are the only tools at the disposal of the West to make Putin and his revanchist-ruling clique understand that breaking the rules of international behavior carries a cost, and, further, that there can be no business-as-usual when Russia carries out armed aggression against a sovereign state while enabling proxies in eastern Ukraine who shoot down an unarmed passenger plane.
Europes readiness to strengthen its earlier response which has consisted mainly of restrictions on individual Russians and to join the United States in striking at the Russian economy shows that Europes leaders have now grasped the magnitude of Putins threat. It shows also a commendable willingness to confront that threat despite the difficulty of coordinated action by 28 EU members, Europes heavy dependence on Russian natural gas, and the potential cost in lost jobs and contracts.
This change of view makes all the more troubling Frances continued determination to deliver at least one of the two Mistral-class warships it is building for Russia for 1.2 billion euros, or about $1.6 billion. The Mistral is not heavily armed, but it is a serious military asset as a forward command post and helicopter carrier. It is, in short, a formidable weapon, and the very idea that France is building two for Putin at this time is deeply troubling.
President François Hollande of France and other French officials have reacted angrily to U.S. and British calls for the deal to be suspended. Prime Minister David Cameron of Britain has been especially sharply assailed in France for criticizing the French while keeping Britains doors open to Russian oligarchs who park a lot of their loot in London. Certainly Britain cannot be exempt from making sacrifices in any future round of sanctions; nor Germany, with its extensive exports to Russia, nor any other EU member. But financial sacrifice is one thing; arming Russia is another. That is what the French should focus on at this juncture, not the supposed slights of their allies.
At this point, it appears likely that France will go ahead with the delivery of the first Mistral, the Vladivostok, in October. But Hollande has left open the possibility of at least delaying the second one, which is due for delivery late next year. One warship less may not hurt Putin as much as economic measures that shrink his economy and hurt his cronies, but a decision by France to suspend the deal would encourage other European countries to accept whatever sacrifices future sanctions might entail. It would also make a powerful statement about Western resolve not to appease Putin and about French honor.
The New York TimesMORE IN LettersA sixth-offense DUI gets plead down to a misdemeanor. A breathalyzer is refused. Full StoryBurr Morses recollection (Whats good for the goose, Nov. Full StoryMSNBC news analyst Rachel Maddows report on the election of Republican Rutherford B. Full Story
- Most Popular
- Most Emailed


text:
37 Listings:
6 Sold:
Hospitality Brokerage Service is a Subsidiary of Sofranko Advisory Group, LLC. HBS can conduct a thirty-day review of your business operations to enhance your profitability. We thoroughly evaluate your menu and price points, accounting procedures, debt service, leasing, point of sale, insurances, credit card processing and vendor analysis.
Ronald A. Sofranko, Principal
724 935 2151
Thank you for signing up for the BizBuySell bulletin.
Sign up for the BizBuySell Bulletin and get advice on:
You can opt out of the BizBuySell Bulletin at any time.
Business listed by:
Unknown Broker
Unknown Broker Company
Full name is required.
Get free alerts via email when new businesses are listed matching your Pennsylvania Businesses search criteria.
Reveal hidden alerts and unlock advanced features on search results and detail pages to help you find the perfect business.
Premium Members also get valuable insight into the buying process via our
video series, access to our advanced
business search agent, and more!


text:
Home List of Titles Two-photon-induced two-state polarisation encoding in 2,5-dimethyl-4-(p- nitrophenylazo)anisole doped polymer
Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/43166
|Download PDF (Published version) (Adobe Acrobat PDF, 301 KB)
- Title
- Two-photon-induced two-state polarisation encoding in 2,5-dimethyl-4-(p- nitrophenylazo)anisole doped polymer
- Author(s)
- Li, Xiangping; Chon, James W. M.; Wu, Shuhui; Evans, Richard A.; Gu, Min
- Abstract
- In this paper we report on the application of polarisation encoding in three-dimensional (3D) bit data storage within azo dye doped polymer. Two letters are encoded in the same region of the medium by the two-photon-induced birefringence.
- Publication type
- Conference paper
- Research centre
- Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Sciences. Centre for Micro-Photonics
- Source
- Proceedings of the 31st Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology/Australian Optical Society (ACOFT/AOS), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 10-13 July 2006, p. 4
- Publication year
- 2006
- Keyword(s)
- Birefringence; Dyes; Encoding; Optical information processing; Optical polymers; Optical storage; Two-photon processes; 2,5-dimethyl-4-(p-nitrophenylazo)anisole doped polymer; Azo dye doped polymer; Three-dimensional bit data storage; Two-photon-induced birefringence; Two-photon-induced two-state polarisation encoding
- Publisher
- Publisher URL
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2006 IEEE. Published version of this paper reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher.
- Full text