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Re: Seed of Hope
Is it just me, or is this design rather depressing? It's rather gloomy, maybe because it's green on brown, and the vegetation looks slimy.
Re: we're not unreasonable
Good drawing, but isn't it kinda unimaginative to simply use a mask (knock-out) of letters over a drawing to make the words. I mean, this derby had such potential for creativity and doing this, as also was done in NINJA, seems kinda phoned in...
There's a quality to this image that just draws me in. Something about the shading - you did so much with one color. I just adore this. Great job!
Re: After All This Time
From a distance, totally a pad ad tee.
If you need to explain the significance, then is it really a good design?
The font looks like a text, but what's worse is the location of the fawn, it just looks slapped in there. The fluidity of the letters could have swirled back around to continue the image with the fawn. Instead it's just clumsily slapped in there.
Re: Party
clever concept.
Re: Steampunk
This seems relevant: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFCuE5rHbPA
Re: Dastardly
Love the idea, dastardly!
Is it just one color? The gray doesn't appear to made up of black dots.
I wish you could have worked the word dastardly into the shape of the stache, or crooked teeth under the stache.
Sulaski wrote:Thanks for all the great comments everyone!
dfunk29 wrote:I need this shirt!
There's a thin line...
Re: Inconceivable (V2)
thanks for all the support everyone!
Here's a little game.
Go through the derby and predict the Monday rejections.
My prediction is 30.
Your turn.
Yes, it is similar to other shirts, but I think this one is the best executed with the least manipulation of actual coffee ring shapes. The colors were nicely done, also. Just looks a bit less tacky than the rest. I'd actually wear this one outside my house as opposed to all other cheesier looking offerings out there.
j5 wrote:I just clicked my link, and realized Wakko Talks Faboo!?
so, without further ado, here we go:
my intended link: http://www.zazzle.com/coffee_stained_tshirt-235737239675201499
1: http://typeinspire.com/coffee-stain-by-markmustaine/
2: http://www.spreadshirt.com/coffee-stain-t-shirts-C3376A9161290
3: molecules: http://www.jinx.com/design_contest_detail.aspx?id=1616
Adelas wrote:This seems relevant: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFCuE5rHbPA
uh, hmm... I'm not sure whether or not to take offence...
While I completely agree with the general sentiment, I completely reject the implication.
Re: Puppy L.O.V.E.
Love this! Especially since I've owned three of the four breeds represented here. Definitely gets a vote from me. Good luck!
BaldDreds wrote:The first link is means for rejection. Your other 3 are not, 2 are not the same and one is just a type face.
I would have no issue if they reject it due to the first one either. Just ticked me off when they rejected over no example.
Re: Just a Scratch
When I saw the thumbnail, I was really hoping it would spell out flesh. That way it'd play on it be just a flesh wound...
This is extremely great! I hope it gets more votes!!!:D
I thought it was a bit extreme to reject the first one, as it is clearly cartoon style...I really hope it doesn't get rejected now!:D
this is great! I love the textures you've created, It's like you were actually in an excavation camp!
CDREWLOW treats objects like women man! Also he can get you a toe by 3 o'clock this afternoon. Just some FYI's for you.
I love it! And hope it gets more votes! By the way congrats on you print!!!:D
Most original! Love love love the idea! I'd buy it!
great!! the color choice is brilliant. However, at first it was a bit difficult for me to read the word :S Awesome work Wences!:D
Really, that's what you took away from this design?
garnetfirebird wrote:The giraffes kind of look like they're having sex.
Someday I'll figure out how to post on here in the right place so my "comments" actually refer back to the design I'm talking about.... what a maroon!
Crap... managed to post in the wrong place again...
THANK YOU!! For bringing this crucial issue to my attention! It's so easy to get caught up in our own little worlds, oblivious to the world at large. THANK YOU for waking me up!
Re: Make Him Famous
Re: Curiosity
I remember someone overreacted and got really upset about Spiritgreen's design in the Kitties derbies.
I wonder what she would think about this one...
Re: LOL
those kitties are beaming with joy - and drawn in such a simple yet elegant manner.
Re: UPC code of the Veldt
Collab...Mavyn's idea, j5's brilliant execution.
Im curious as to what they were curious about! Maybe I should be careful...
princessbunny wrote:Is it just me, or is this design rather depressing? It's rather gloomy, maybe because it's green on brown, and the vegetation looks slimy.
You could interpret it that way since hope often arises from adversity. It makes sense since I was thinking of life coming out of the gloom. As for slimy, I chose that color of green because it contrasted the most with the brown shirt. It should really pop out if the shirt is printed. Thanks for the feedback!
princessbunny wrote:From a distance, totally a pad ad tee.
If you need to explain the significance, then is it really a good design?
The font looks like a text, but what's worse is the location of the fawn, it just looks slapped in there. The fluidity of the letters could have swirled back around to continue the image with the fawn. Instead it's just clumsily slapped in there.
Well, I agree that maybe the fawn could have been incorporated in a way to be more fluid with the word--maybe like the patronus ethereally flying around the way they are summoned. Nonetheless, I think it's an outstanding shirt because of the concept, and the word isn't just "object" made out of said object, and it's still attractive.
There are plenty of shirts being sold that I personally never understood the reference to (El Guapo, Inevitable Betrayal, the Skyrim one), but that doesn't make them bad shirts. If absolutely everyone had to get the reference, we'd literally have nothing but Nintendo/Star Wars shirts being sold. Potter fans will instantly recognize and appreciate this one.
Re: Fungi
i love the morels!
Re: Ninjas On My Shirt
cute and charming!
clean and crisp, my favorite of the LOL cat entries this week. +1
Re: COLLABORATE
Big thanks to Pixelpants for masterminding this awesome project!
Re: CUBE
this shirt is so awesome!
Re: YES!!
so cool!
benjaminleebates wrote:Really cute! I just wish is was a bit easier to read...
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|24th May 2014, 10:05 PM
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I'm sorry to answer so late, but wherever you are now, I want to say you that your joke is on the top five, and I always will remember you with a smile.
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|8th June 2014, 01:29 AM
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Another rough demonstration
Part 1 Ferromagnetic Materials
I will follow Landau-Lifshitz approach [1], with little changes [*], because it can't be more clear and easier, intuitively based on solid physical foundations without loosing on mathematics.
Lets consider a single domain, uniaxial magnetic particle with magnetization M, under the influence of a magnetic field H
Magnetic anisotropy energy is given by
ℇanisotropy = ½ β M² sin²θ
Where θ is the angle between M and the x-axis, taken to be along the principal axis of symmetry, the so called easy axis, and β is a constant which depends on temperature.
After some thermodynamic considerations, and a few calculations we obtain
(Hy / sinθ) - (Hx / cosθ) = β M
Taking the derivative with respect to θ
(Hx / cos³θ) + (Hy / sin³θ) = 0
Eliminating θ from these two equations gives
Hx ²/₃ + Hy ²/₃ = (β M) ²/₃
In the Hx Hy plane this represents the so called astroid curve
This is the clearest way to see how varies hysteresis with anisotropy. Not shown in the book because Landau-Lifshitz presupposes some basic understanding.
For φ = 0, along the easy axis, anisotropy reaches its maximum and also does hysteresis.
For φ = π/2, along the hard axis, which effectively means no anisotropy at all, also does hysteresis, i.e. no hysteresis at all.
[*] Ex profeso, I changed the axes of coordinate system, so equations and graphs are completely different as those of the book, just in case someone wants to make copyright claims, furthermore, most textbooks follow the same approach adorned with more equations, so no need to reinvent the wheel.
At macroscopic level one can use the old trick to say that, for a magnetic domain macroscopically small and microscopically large, demonstration above is also valid.
Anisotropy/hysteresis will be in between both extremes, i.e. something similar to the case for 0<φ<π/2.
The understanding of magnetic anisotropy and how it can be controlled is the key factor in order to improve the properties of magnetic materials, e.g. amorphous and nanocrystalline alloys.
But again, don't dream, isotropic magnetic materials don't exist in real world. [2]
[1] L. D. Landau, E. M. Lifshitz. Electrodynamics of Continuous Media. Course of Theoretical Physics Vol 8. Pergamon Press.
[2] Amikam Aharoni. Introduction to the Theory of Ferromagnetism. Oxford Science Publications.
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|8th June 2014, 01:42 AM
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Another rough demonstration
Part 2 – Dielectric Materials
A more general form to write constitutive relation for a dielectric medium is
Di = D₀i + εij(ω) Ej
D₀i are constants in order to contemplate the case
D (E=0 , ω=0) ≠ 0
εij(ω) is the rank 2 permittivity tensor, from Thermodynamics, it can be proved that in most cases it must be symmetric, i.e. εij = εji, and it is always possible to choose coordinate systems in that this tensor is diagonal, i.e. εij = 0, i ≠ j
1) The medium is Isotropic
D₀i = 0, i=1,…,3
ε11(ω) = ε22(ω) = ε33(ω) = ε(ω) ∈ ℝ
D = ε(ω) E
i) The response of the medium is Linear
Then, ε(ω), must be a real linear function.
The curve D=f(E) must be an open curve, so no hysteresis.
In the particular case of an Homogeneous medium
D = ε E
With ε=constant, then the curve D=f(E) must be a straight line, so no hysteresis.
ii) The response of the medium is Nonlinear
Then, ε(ω), must be a real nonlinear function, and again, the curve D=f(E) must be an open curve, so no hysteresis.
2) Let's consider now a Nonlinear Anisotropic single domain/crystal with its more simple uniaxial symmetry, then we can write
ε11(ω) = ε22(ω) = ε∥(ω) ∈ ℂ
ε∥(ω) = ε'∥(ω) + i ε''∥(ω) = ∣ε∥(ω)∣ [cos (δ∥) + i sin (δ∥)]
ε33(ω) = ε⊥(ω) ∈ ℂ
ε⊥(ω) = ε'⊥(ω) + i ε''⊥(ω) = ∣ε⊥(ω)∣ [cos (δ⊥) + i sin (δ⊥)]
With chosen coordinate system, a rotation around z-axis does not change anything, i.e. within the x y plane a uniaxial crystal is isotropic.
It can be proved that, if we apply an electric field E out of the x y plane, the curve D=f(E) is a closed curve, then we have hysteresis.
Same reasoning, another formulation, applies to biaxial symmetry.
Then, anisotropy and nonlinearity are necessary conditions for hysteresis, conversely, hysteresis implies both anisotropy and nonlinearity.
Anisotropy + Nonlinearity ⇔ Hysteresis
As an example of how capricious can be real world, let's consider now the case of an electric field E applied on the x-axis direction, and let's also suppose that really exist a dielectric material which can be perfectly isotropic along x-axis.
Contrary to all preconceptions, this is not an impediment to have hysteresis.
The reason for this cannot be simpler: Real world capacitors are not perfect infinite parallel plane plates, at least those that I can buy on this side of the world, never knows...
Not a contradiction at all, even on the case where anisotropy can be ignored, on the real world it can't.
Note that W. Thomson (Lord Kelvin) had a dirty trick to approximate the behavior of an infinite plane capacitor, but I hate the idea to see in the future "gold foil snake oil Kelvin type audio grade capacitors", then I will remain silent, but maybe it is too late, never knows...
Unfortunately, real world capacitors are far to be ideal, edge effects are greater because of their construction.
With other geometry, e.g. cylindrical axial capacitors, things are even worse, because equipotential surfaces are not perfectly concentric cylinders, then exists a tangential component of electric field E along the whole dielectric, not only at the edges.
Additional notes
Just in case someone escaped him the turtle, we must remember that constitutive relations have the same mathematical form both for magnetic media as for dielectric media, then analogies are valid and the problem admits a general demonstration using Tensor Geometry.
Furthermore, as permittivity tensor can't know if we are analyzing a single microscopic domain, or a macroscopic sample, demonstration applies on both cases, anyway, this is a rough demonstration, not a treatise on condensed matter physics.
However, passing from one or two symmetry axes (uniaxial and biaxial anisotropy), to an infinite number of symmetry axes (isotropy), is a lot difficult even to imagine it.
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|8th June 2014, 01:51 AM
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Another rough demonstration
Part 3 – More Anisotropy
Isotropy is a difficult thing in the real world, to the point that even the vacuum isotropy is discussed today.
As well as Schrödinger's cat can not be, nor half-alive, neither half-dead, Schrödinger's mistress can not be half-pregnant.
If a material is infinitesimally anisotropic, then it cannot be isotropic.
But surprise!!! I have found some measurements!!! [1]
The dielectric anisotropy can be expressed as normalized ratios
∆Aε = 2 ∣ε'∥(ω) – ε'⊥(ω)∣ / [ε'∥(ω) + ε'⊥(ω)]
∆Atan(δ) = 2 ∣tan (δ∥) – tan (δ⊥)∣ / [tan (δ∥) + tan (δ⊥)]
Curiously, "practically isotropic" materials exhibit some degree of anisotropy, e.g.
i) PTFE, 0.945 mm thickness
∆Aε ≈ - 0.1 % ∆Atan(δ) ≈ - 4.0 %
ii) Polyolefin, 0.7725 mm thickness
∆Aε ≈ - 0.6 % ∆Atan(δ) ≈ 3.7 %
iii) Polycarbonate, 1.000 mm thickness
∆Aε ≈ 0.2 % ∆Atan(δ) ≈ - 4.0 %
iv) Polycarbonate Lexan® D-sheet, 0.51 mm thickness
∆Aε < 3 % ∆Atan(δ) < 11 %
Although author's effort on discredit his own measurements, this gives us a clue about what really happens with real world dielectrics. [2], [3], [4]
A picture is worth a thousand words
A bulk material can be "practically isotropic", "almost isotropic" or "isotropic by definition" or whatever, as can be seen on fig (a), unfortunately, industrial processes to obtain thin films leaves us on the situation shown on fig (b) or fig (c), i.e. biaxial anisotropy or uniaxial anisotropy, maybe here it can be seen more clearly
A very understandable explanation [6]
Thin film = Size reduction of bulk material in one dimension
Change of polymer molecule from "isotropic" Gaussian coil (spherical "ball") to elliptical form.
To put things even worse, electrostriction is a property of all dielectrics, regardless of their symmetry [5]. It produces a relatively small mechanical deformation under an applied electric field. Reversal of electric field does not reverse the direction of the deformation. If an electric field E is applied on a material, the electrostrictive strain x is defined by
xij = Mijkl Ek El
Where Mijkl are components of the fourth-rank tensor and are called electrostrictive coefficients.
As its contribution to anisotropy is very difficult to formulate correctly, it is quite often ignored.
Ignoring also the effects of temperature and phase changes, another ignored little detail: Real world capacitor dielectrics are useless without a conductive foil or a metalized surface, at the interface between the dielectric and the conductor, can have air, among many other impurities, air tends to form bubbles and this is a great contributor to anisotropy.
However this should not be an issue for paper dielectrics, we already know that paper is permeable, but we also already know that paper is anisotropic. [7], [8]
But, what about polymers? Are they also permeable? It seems that yes they are. [9], [10]
Essential factors for permeation
. Free volume: In order for any molecules to move in a material there must be holes available.
. Continuous path through the polymer.
Polymer experts say that polymers look like a pile of tangles of spaghetti, following this food analogy, seems to me that a decent plate of spaghetti needs some cheese, with a lot of holes, maybe impurities would be the sauce, and the whole picture it is anything but isotropic.
Conclusion: Real world isotropic dielectrics are as real as Santa Klaus…
[1] Plamen I. Dankov (2010). Dielectric Anisotropy of Modern Microwave Substrates, Microwave and Millimeter Wave Technologies from Photonic Bandgap Devices to Antenna and Applications, Igor Minin (Ed.), ISBN: 978-953-7619-66-4, InTech, DOI: 10.5772/9061
[2] Senden, D.J.A. (2013). Strain Hardening and Anisotropy in Solid Polymers. Eindhoven: Technische Universiteit Eindhoven. ((Co-)promot.: prof.dr.ir. H.E.H. Meijer, dr.ir. L.E. Govaert & dr.ir. J.A.W. van Dommelen).
[3] Ellen M. Arruda, Mary C. Boyce. Evolution of Plastic Anisotropy in Amorphous Polymers during Finite Straining. Mechanical Engineering Department. Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
[4] T.B. v. Erp. Anisotropic plasticity in oriented semi-crystalline polymer systems.
Eindhoven University of Technology.
[5] Marko Budmir. Piezoelectric Anisotropy and Free Energy Instability in Classic Perovskites. École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne.
(The relevant section about electrostriction was taken from another paper written about eight years before by Dragan Damjanovic.)
[6] Vorlesung/Lecture: Hans-Ulrich Krebs Polymer thin films. (Prof. Dr. Hans-Ulrich Krebs. Georg-August-Universität Göttingen. Institut für Materialphysik.)
[7] A. Kallmes, J. Scharcanski and C.T.J. Dodson. Uniformity and Anisotropy in Nonwoven Fibrous Materials.
[8] Yong-Joo Sung and Ramin Farnood. Characterizing Anisotropy of the Deterministic Features in Paper Structure with Wavelet Transforms. Department of Chemical and Applied Chemistry.University of Toronto. Toronto, Canada.
[9] Polymer permeability. Edited by J. Comyn, Elsevier Applied Science Publishers, London, 1985.
[10] P.M. Wood-Adams. Diffusion And Permeability In Polymers - Concordia University.
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|9th June 2014, 01:35 AM
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Dear SY
I respect and admire you, more than you can imagine, but this time you screwed up.
Please don't take this as anything personal against you, but only as a serious technical discussion.
Then, your "isotropic by definition" polymer, if really it is isotropic, hence cannot show hysteresis, conversely, if it shows hysteresis it cant be isotropic.
Even more, I must answer by myself my own questions
That is for your ideal edge effects-free capacitors, filled into vacuum with an ideal dielectric which is perfectly isotropic along one axis.
Take a block of vacuum. Measure the properties from face to face in all three directions. Get back to me once you've done that.
I warn you that you will need an outstanding lab and struggle with gravitational field among other minor details.
You're also, I believe, thinking through the consequences of the symmetry aspect, but ignoring elementary electrostatics.
You also forget, I believe, letting aside the different nature of fields, the fact that dielectric permittivity for decent dielectrics, is various orders of magnitude lower than magnetic permeability for ferromagnetic materials, hence the difficulties to measure dielectric anisotropy.
Finally, as I know that you love measurements, take your oscilloscope, your signal generator, and a capacitor, with a very simple circuit you can measure hysteresis, if you find hysteresis, not me, but physics, assures you that you are also measuring dielectric anisotropy.
If you can't find hysteresis, even with a large electric field, please tell us about such amazing isotropic hysteresis-free capacitor, I will be the first on the checkout line.
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He has the most who is most content with the least. - Diogenes of Sinope
|16th June 2014, 03:48 AM
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"Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts." (Richard P. Feynman)
However, I was right from the beginning; anisotropy and hysteresis are not unrelated phenomena.
The root of your confusion, I think, is that to study/understand physics, it is divided into "compartments", e.g. Mechanics, Electrodynamics, Relativity, and a long etc.
However, Nature does not need to take classes at university, and physical phenomena occur in a more complex, regardless epistemological issue, reality flows as it is.
Your mistake is almost as big as your obstinacy on insisting about it, if being a modest TV repairman removes me credibility, please talk with your colleagues, anybody who knows about condensed matter physics will tell you that those "facts" are wrong.
"Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance." (George B. Shaw)
But desperation to repair a TV to put a meal on the table is not fun, poverty is not funny, so no need to be sarcastic with mine.
Just to clarify, I found such evidence on the web, as I already said on post#217, I thought it was understood, sorry.
Finally, my favorite philosopher, said
I do not suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute of it. - Edgar Allan Poe
He has the most who is most content with the least. - Diogenes of Sinope
|28th June 2014, 04:33 AM
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A Short Digression on Linearity
Constitutive relation for dielectric media
Di = Doi + εij(ω) Ej
For a perfectly isotropic and homogeneous dielectric becomes
D = ε E
With ε=constant, i.e. D=f(E) is a straight line, and the dielectric is said to be perfectly linear, so a capacitor will introduce no distortion at all.
Unfortunately, real world capacitors are not perfectly linear and they need a hysteretic (anisotropic) model for permittivity.
Using the results of post#301 we can write
D = ∣ε(ω)∣ Eo cos (ω t - δ)
E = Eo cos (ω t)
ε(ω) = ε'(ω) + i ε''(ω)
tan (δ) = ε"(ω) / ε'(ω)
ε(ω) =∣ε(ω)∣ [ cos (δ) + i sin (δ) ]
A good indicator of linearity is to evaluate the ratio
The closer to zero, the closer is the ellipse to a straight line, then the greater linearity.
The area within hysteresis curve is
A = ∮ D dE = ∮ (D dE/dt) dt = π ∣ε(ω)∣ Eo² ω sin (δ)
We must remember that for a capacitor, it is valid the approximation
E ≈ V/d
Now we can see that a negligible voltage does not mean necessarily a negligible electric field across the capacitor, and it depends on its geometry, also we can write
A ≈ π ∣ε(ω)∣ (V/d)² ω sin (δ)
It can be proved that, for the ellipse
A = π a b
Where a and b are the semi-major and semi-minor axes
a = Eo ω ≈ (V/d) ω
b = Eo∣ε(ω)∣ sin (δ) ≈ (V/d) ∣ε(ω)∣ sin (δ)
For good dielectrics, dissipation factor is very low, and it is valid the approximation
sin (δ) ≈ tan (δ)
b ≈ (V/d) ∣ε(ω)∣ tan (δ)
b/a ≈ [∣ε(ω)∣ tan (δ)] / ω
We can also compare linearity of two capacitors at the same frequency
b1/a1 ≈ {[∣ε1(ω)∣ tan (δ1)] / [∣ε2(ω)∣ tan (δ2)]} (b2/a2) (*)
Due to "difficulties conservation theorem"
tan (δ) = tan (δP) + tan (δS) + tan (δD)
tan (δP) = 1 / (RP ω C)
tan (δS) = ESR ω C
tan (δD) = Characteristic of the dielectric
The parallel component, tan (δP) depends on the insulation resistance RP, as it is extremely high, this component is negligible.
The dielectric component, tan (δD) depends on the particular dielectric, in polypropylene capacitors it remains constant with frequency and will typically result in a value of about 10⁻⁴
The series component, tan (δS) is determined by the series resistance ESR, this component increases rapidly with frequency until it becomes dominant.
This illustrates the behavior of tan (δ) vs. measuring frequency, using two polypropylene capacitors of different capacitance as examples, and usually it is not shown on datasheets.
a ≈ (V/d) ω
b ≈ (V/d) ∣ε(ω)∣ ESR ω C
b/a ≈ ∣ε(ω)∣ ESR C
We can compare different capacitors at the same frequency as
a1 ≈ [(d2 C2) / (d1 C1)] a2
b1 ≈ [(d2 ε1 ESR1) / (d1 ε2 ESR2)] b2
b1/a1 ≈ [(ε1 C1 ESR1) / (ε2 C2 ESR2)] (b2/a2)
In order to compare parallel plate capacitors we must taking into account that, calling AD the dielectric area
C ≈ (ε AD) / (4πd)
Parallelepiped shape capacitors are made with many paralleled substructures, being n the number of paralleled substructures of thickness d
Ci ≈ ni (εi ADi) / (4πdi)
For metallized film capacitors, under the supposition that metallized thickness mi << di, calling the with of capacitor as WD, is valid the approximation
WDi ≈ ni di
(d2/d1)² ≈ (ε2 AD2 WD2 C1) / (ε1 AD1 WD1 C2)
d2/d1 ≈ [(ε2 VD2 C1) / (ε1 VD1 C2)]½
Now, finally we can write
a1 ≈ [(ε2 VD2 C2) / (ε1 VD1 C1)]½ a2
b1 ≈ [(ε1 VD2 C1) / (ε2 VD1 C2)]½ (ESR1 / ESR2) b2
b1/a1 ≈ [(ε1 C1 ESR1) / (ε2 C2 ESR2)] (b2/a2)
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|28th June 2014, 05:04 AM
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Some loose ends
1) Just as an example, with some MKP capacitors like those I use in my amps, they are: C1=3.3 μF 450 VDC (Epcos B32674D4335 15.0 mm.x24.5 mm.x31.5 mm.) and C2=6.8 μF 450 VDC (Epcos B32674D4685 22.0 mm.x36.5 mm.x31.5 mm.)
a1 ≈ 2.12 a2
b1 ≈ 0.88 b2
This is illustrated on the following graph, with coordinate system placed to show the point more clearly.
Differences on linearity are small, but still favoring the smaller capacitor.
b1/a1 ≈ 0.41 (b2/a2)
2) Same type MKP capacitors with almost the same volume: C1=4.7 μF 300 VDC (Epcos B32674F3475 14.0 mm.x24.5 mm.x31.5 mm.) and C2=4.7 μF 300 VDC (Epcos B32676F3475 12.0 mm.x22.0 mm.x42 mm.)
a1 ≈ a2
b1 ≈ 0.52 b2
C1 is slightly more linear than C2.
b1/a1 ≈ 0.52 (b2/a2)
Parallelepiped shape capacitors are made with many paralleled substructures and this tends to reduce ESR, and even it can vary substantially up to a factor 2 or more with pin diameter and material, as capacitance increases, pin diameter often increases too and dielectric thickness often decreases, then can occur that ESR decreases with capacitance, so it is needed an analysis for each particular case.
If you want to use big capacitors, this is the way you go, cheap industrial grade MKP capacitors.
3) I found these cylindrical MKP capacitors that seems to have similar d, C1=35 μF 700 VDC (Vishay GLI 700-35) and C2=230 μF 700 VDC (Vishay GLI 700-230)
a1 ≈ 6.67 a2
b1 ≈ 0.5 b2
As can be seen, C1 is more linear than C2 by far.
b1/a1 ≈ 0.075 (b2/a2)
No surprises here, no paralleled substructures, and connectors are very large, then, this capacitor geometry is more predictable.
On previous post Eq.(*) roughly proved that capacitor linearity depends on the dielectric and its losses, due to dielectric anisotropy, i.e. real world capacitors are far from being ideal, and statements like this just sit the basis for another audio myth
C1=100 nF 630 VDC (Solen SM010)
tan (δ1) ≈ 9 x 10⁻⁵, ε1 ≈ 2.1, d1 ≈ 6 μm, V1 = V, ω = 100 Hz
C2=10000 μF 10 VDC (Vishay 54103E3)
tan (δ2) ≈ 0.31, ε2 ≈ 8, d2 ≈ 0.015 μm, V2 ≈ V x 10⁻⁵, ω = 100 Hz
a1 ≈ 250 a2
b1 ≈ 0.019 b2
This is so horrible that I dont know how draw it
Hysteresis loop for C2 is so nonlinear that seems a rotated ellipse, it should be rotated a little because ε2 > ε1, but for clarity it isnt, both loops start at the same point, and "major" axes of both ellipses lie on the same line, then rotation is an effect of extreme nonlinearity, be in mind that both V1 and V2 have the same phase.
b1/a1 ≈ 7.6 x 10⁻⁵ (b2/a2)
To my regret, I must admit that audiofools, sometimes can be right, i.e. capacitor quality does matter, and the bad reputation of electrolytic capacitors is well deserved, and if you can't measure the difference, your instruments must be worse than mine.
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Rigzin Namgyal
The Mountain And Me - Poem by Rigzin Namgyal
..so here i am amidst the mountains..
..just the mountains and me..
..for its grandeur like a potent wine..
..flows through every rock, every pebble..
..and through every grain of sand..
..the mountains gaze at me like a king..
..as if to narrate me an ancient epic..
..the epic of the faded kings of this virgin land..
..that stands buried between ancient days and now..
..the clouds drift lazily between earth and heaven..
..searching for perch at the top of the mountains..
..the eagle pierces the sky in the distance..
..breaking the circle of the earth and the skies..
..preying its eyes on a lamb among the flock..
..the shepherd keeps its flock veiled..
..by the threat of its loaded string..
.the river is now happy with summer..
.for it roars and growls..kissing the foothill..
..meandering away from the chaos of this world..
..lashing on ferociously on the weak wooden bridge.
..the powerful winds keep howling..
.the towering trees gyrating..
..as if welcoming the winds..
..the leaves keep rustling and whistling..
..conveying me..the secret message of the mountains..
..the birds are chirping..
..welcoming..this onslaught of summer..
..its so quiet here..
..with no one to speak to..
.just the mountains and me...
..for between us we have forgotten the world..
..and i no longer feel like a human..
..but a hermit living alone in this abode..
.dazzled by nature's ethereal scheme..
.and the fury of its beauty that slaughters.. :) ;)
Topic(s) of this poem: nature
Poet's Notes about The Poem
..Valerie Dohren..dropped 'd' and added 'the'...dropped 'dat' and added 'that'..
Comments about The Mountain And Me by Rigzin Namgyal
Kee Thampi (11/17/2012 4:02:00 AM)
a poem written on mother nature, when we fill words of emotion, it reaches to our hearts
the mountains gaze at me like a king..
..as if to narrate me an ancient epic..
..the epic of the faded kings of this virgin land..
..that stands buried between ancient days and now..
..the clouds drift lazily between earth and heaven..
..searching for perch at the top of d mountains..
..the eagle pierces the sky in the distance.. (Report) Reply
Neela Nath Das (10/10/2012 7:14:00 AM)
You made me feel the beauty of Ladakh.Thanks for sharing your experience thru this poem. (Report) Reply
Babatunde Aremu (10/10/2012 5:32:00 AM)
A wonderful poem. You have succeeded in taking the reader to the Himalays. Bravo! (Report) Reply
Valerie Dohren (9/22/2012 12:51:00 PM)
A really beautiful poem, great imagery and wonderfully descriptive. - would prefer you to have dropped the 'd and used 'the' instead, and 'that' rather than 'dat' etc, otherwise an excellent write. (Report) Reply
Guy Lip-more (9/22/2012 8:22:00 AM)
Powerful and beautiful writing, I felt as though I was there, very good writing. (Report) Reply
Neetha Sasidharan (9/19/2012 7:37:00 AM)
so powerful.....you hv got that inborn talent to narrate wat's in ur heart through smooth words.....not allowing the reader to get distracted, , , , so grt hats off..........10 pts, , , , kp penning... (Report) Reply
Ramesh Rai (9/17/2012 7:36:00 AM)
Dave Walker (9/17/2012 6:14:00 AM)
Indira Babbellapati (9/17/2012 12:41:00 AM)
Hazel Durham (9/16/2012 10:32:00 AM)
Catching the sheer majestic grandeur of the mountains and the beauty of nature in all its abundance overflowing with the magnificence of God's creation. I really enjoyed it, excellent! ! (Report) Reply
Shivani Gupta (9/16/2012 10:18:00 AM)
love the flow of the poem..nature is beautifully captured in words..loved reading it..keep it up! ! ! ! ! ! (Report) Reply
Romeo Della Valle (9/15/2012 6:05:00 PM)
Deep and well crafted! A nice flow and thought provoking write that definitely shows your great poetic talent! 10+++ Thank you for sharing and keep it up my dear brother! God Bless You! Love and Peace for always! Romeo- New York City
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Jacques S Mateya (9/15/2012 7:47:00 AM)
-d epic of d faded kings of this virgin land.- like the personification here! good work and rich poem! bravo! (Report) Reply
Neela Nath Das (9/15/2012 7:06:00 AM)
I can just utter--beautiful. Nature is caught here with her beauty and grandeur. (Report) Reply
Eindaray Kyaw (9/15/2012 3:27:00 AM)
Vipins Puthooran (9/14/2012 3:10:00 PM)
'tis really a beautiful poem! ! ! ! ! ! excellent! ! ! (Report) Reply
Saadat Tahir (9/13/2012 8:31:00 AM)
i really loved the flow of the poem...the strong link with nature...the use of common charming visages...is endearing
could we not convince you to dropp the extra dots
:) (Report) Reply
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Integrating Mass Notification With EVAC
Mass notification, a relatively new development in life safety, can be defined as "a technology that provides real-time information to groups of individuals within large buildings, campus settings, geographic regions, or entire nations." The overall purpose of a mass notification system (MNS) involves an integrated effort to save lives and minimize injuries during emergency situations, such as natural catastrophes and terrorist attacks.
The types of facilities that most commonly incorporate MNS technology today include college campuses, universities, public schools, military bases and key manufacturing plants. The scope of MNS includes electronic texting, facsimile, prerecorded voice messages involving cell and landline telephone use, E-mail blasts, computer desktop notifications and facility-wide public address (PA) messages.
Because of recent natural events and terrorist acts, the life-safety industry has witnessed an increase in the use of emergency voice/alarm communications (EVAC). This often includes smaller buildings that historically would never incorporate EVAC in the past. Although a lot of this push comes from government projects, there is a growing body of evidence that local and regional authorities having jurisdiction (AHJ) are beginning to mandate EVAC use in applications where none would have previously been required.
Chapter 24 of the new NFPA 72, 2010 Edition, addresses the nature and use of MNS technology, as well as placement and integration. This includes an in-depth review of EVAC technology and how integration between the two is to take place. This month, we'll take a look at MNS technology, how it integrates with a common fire alarm EVAC platform and how the two are supposed to work together for the good of all.
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The MNS concept actually came from the U.S. armed forces. It was after the Khobar Tower disaster in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, during 1996 that the Department of Defense (DoD) decided more had to be done to safeguard people from terrorist attacks.
One way is to supply large numbers of people with accurate instructions during emergency situations. The intent of military planners then, as it is now, was to minimize the number and severity of injuries as well as deaths by giving masses of people accurate, lifesaving information.
The actual culmination of military requirements regarding MNS came on the heels of a collaborative effort between the U.S. Air Force (USAF) and the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) of Quincy, Mass. NFPA was asked to assist USAF in writing a standard that provides for both the successful design and implementation of MNS where it involves DoD installations.
USAF came to realize that the ordinary fire alarm platform possesses the desired qualities for MNS. In 2003 USAF asked NFPA to provide direction in the integration of fire alarm systems and MNS technology. Later that year, the NFPA Standards Council assigned the task of reviewing USAF's request to its Signaling Systems Project. The outcome of this collaborative effort was document UFC 4-021-1, titled, "Design and O&M: Mass Notification Systems."
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What's your guys' takes on this?
Mine is that I am suddenly very afraid that I might be attacked by one of these in the future :(
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What's your guys' takes on this?
Mine is that I am suddenly very afraid that I might be attacked by one of these in the future :(
part of me thinks it's pretty cool, the other part of me thinks that humanity is far too stupid to be allowed something that dangerous.
I agree completely.
That's pretty scary that a Class IV laser is being offered at such a low price. I've built a few Class IV lasers, but they were all kits, and just the diodes alone (not even a blue laser diode) normally cost upwards of $400...then there's the cost of the kit, so $200 for a full handheld blue 1w laser worries me, because you KNOW there's going to be the mountain of dumbasses who don't quite read the safety guidelines or dont take it seriously and will end up giving themselves or others cancer, blindness, or serious burns. Red lasers and some green lasers aren't really that dangerous...you can stare into a somewhat weak red laser for up to 30 seconds and probably not have any lasting side effects, but hell.. that's less than a milliwat power...this is one full watt.
craziness!! with freedom comes responsibility...we have feedom...the latter is questionable...
I feel like rationally ripping the article apart but its too much effort.
Suffice enough to say that this is the "cheapest" laser at this power, and is certainly not a "new" product, these types of lasers have been available publicly for a few years now, just not at this price point.
The portable lasers are made from blue laser diodes taken from home theater projectors:
The "extremely dangerous" aspect of the laser comes from the use of the blue diode, see here:
All I can say is that this is just another "tool" and as such only as dangerous as the person who uses it.
Hacking cd/dvd/blu-ray drives for diodes is much cheaper and a bit safer. -> http://laserpointerforums.com/f51/tu...mod-46886.html
yea I can imagine a couple of teenagers setting fire to something big.
Wow. Obviously very interesting which is bad. Far too dangerous and marketed in a toylike housing. What really bug me is thinking about the idiot out there who is going to injure an animal with this.
Love lightsabers on screen, but this is bad news. Imagine someone shining this at you or a family member and within 24 hours they are permanently blind.
I loved the KILL IT WITH FIRE quote in the article... Anon will be the death of us all: and then themselves
The thought of lightsabres in movies... very cool but the thought of them in reality is very scary. I don't think these should be made available ot the general public.


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Title: A Creative Twist to The Tragedy of Macbeth
A Creative Twist to The Tragedy of Macbeth is a project that gives students an opportunity to express their understanding of Macbeth through their artistic ability. The activity appeals to the learning style of all students by allowing the students to establish their position as the reviewer of the play The Tragedy of Macbeth.
Standard(s): [ELA2015] (12) 4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including words with multiple meanings or language that is particularly fresh, engaging, or beautiful. (Include Shakespeare as well as other authors.) [RL.11-12.4]
Title: Translating in Your Own Words: Pride and Prejudice
Students will work in groups to select a "scene" from Pride and Prejudice and translate the scene into contemporary English.
Standard(s): [TC2] CA2 (9-12) 12: Use digital tools to publish curriculum-related content.
Title: Teaching the Prologue to The Canterbury Tales
In this self-directed study involving research, composition, and presentation, students analyze Chaucer's characters of The Canterbury Tales as presented in the Prologue. Each student casts a modern personality in the role of one of the characters and writes an essay defending the choice.
Standard(s): [TC2] CA2 (9-12) 9: Practice ethical and legal use of technology systems and digital content.
Title: Interpreting Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream
After a study of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, students working in small groups conduct research and create a slideshow presentation that emphasizes key aspects of the play and/or new ideas generated by the play.
Standard(s): [TC2] CA2 (9-12) 11: Critique digital content for validity, accuracy, bias, currency, and relevance.
Title: Shakespeare's ''Macbeth'': Fear and the ''Dagger of the Mind''
This EDSITEment lesson is designed to help students understand how Shakespeare's language dramatizes one such emotion: fear. Students work in small groups to perform the so-called banquet scene, in which the newly-crowned Macbeth, while entertaining the lords of Scotland, encounters a ghost only he can see. The twist here is that while there are opportunities for students to analyze Shakespeare's language, the performance itself is done without words. The wordless performance means that students need to develop physical equivalents for the clues to Macbeth's state of mind that are embedded in Shakespeare's poetry.
Standard(s): [ELA2015] (12) 3: Analyze the impact of the author's choices regarding how to develop and relate elements of a story or drama (e.g., where a story is set, how the action is ordered, how the characters are introduced and developed). [RL.11-12.3]
Title: A Storybook Romance: Dante's Paolo and Francesca
This lesson from EDSITEment highlights one episode in the Divine Comedy to provide students with an introduction to Dante's great poem. After a brief introduction to the opening of the Divine Comedy, which portrays Dante as a pilgrim guided by the poet Virgil on a journey through the Christian afterlife toward God, students read Canto 5 of the Inferno, which comes near the beginning of Dante's descent into Hell. Students refer to a diagram of Dante's underworld to understand the role of Minos at the start of this canto, then analyze Dante's description of the storm-tossed souls he encounters in order to gain further insight into his allegorical method. Next, students identify the famous lovers who set the stage for Paolo and Francesca, and consider how they lend a literary dimension to our perception of this pair. Finally, students examine Francesca's confession, comparing the philosophical style in which she first describes her love affair with the story-telling style she uses to describe what actually occurred. To conclude the lesson, students compare the effect that Lancelot's story had on Paolo and Francesca with the effect their story has on Dante in the poem, and the effect this layered episode has on Dante's readers today.
Standard(s): [ELA2015] (12) 19: Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence. [W.11-12.1]
Title: Shakespeare's ''Othello'' and the Power of Language
This lesson, from EDSITEment, contains seven activities for students to explore the linguistic ingenuity of Iago's rhetoric in Shakespeare's tragedy Othello. The activities involve a close study of key scenes, using worksheets to focus on the use of language to reveal character, motive, and theme. The final activity allows students to compose their own persuasive writing inspired by Iago's wordplay or a literary essay analyzing Iago's speeches.
Standard(s): [ELA2015] (12) 32: Present information, findings, and supporting evidence, conveying a clear and distinct perspective, such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning, alternative or opposing perspectives are addressed, and the organization, development, substance, and style are appropriate to purpose, audience, and a range of formal and informal tasks. [SL.11-12.4]
Title: 'Hamlet'' Meets ''Chushingura'': Traditions of the Revenge Tragedy
This lesson, from EDSITEment, contains two activities for students to explore similarities and differences between cultures by comparing Shakespearean and Bunraku/Kabuki dramas. These activities involve literary comparison of Hamlet and the Japanese drama Chushingura, and analyses of different cinematic and theatrical adaptations of both plays.
Standard(s): [ELA2015] (12) 29: Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on Grade 12 topics, texts, and issues, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively. [SL.11-12.1]
Title: 'Hamlet'' and the Elizabethan Revenge Ethic in Text and Film
This lesson, from EDSITEment, contains a set of five activities for students to explore the themes of honor, loyalty, and revenge in selected scenes from Hamlet. These activities involve literary analysis of the text, discussions of characterization and motive, and comparison with a cinematic adaptation of the play.
Standard(s): [ELA2015] (12) 29: Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on Grade 12 topics, texts, and issues, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively. [SL.11-12.1]
Title: Introduction to Modernist Poetry
In this unit of three lessons, from EDSITEment, students examine literary modernism. Specifically, students read and analyze modernist poetry, including T. S. Eliot's The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.
Title: The Beauty of Anglo Saxon Poetry: A Prelude to ''Beowulf''
This EDSITEment lesson is an introduction to Anglo-Saxon literature. In it, students study the manuscripts and riddles of the early Middle Ages. By capturing their attention and imagination with visually stunning images of Anglo-Saxon manuscripts available through EDSITEment resources, this lesson prepares students to read Beowulf with an appreciation for its artistry and beauty. Students study online early manuscripts, learn the conventions of Anglo-Saxon poetry, solve online riddles, write riddles, and reflect on what they have learned.
Standard(s): [ELA2015] (12) 30: Integrate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) in order to make informed decisions and solve problems, evaluating the credibility and accuracy of each source and noting any discrepancies among the data. [SL.11-12.2]
Title: Understanding the Context of Modernist Poetry
In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from EDSITEment, students explore the rise of cities; profound technological changes in transportation, architecture, and engineering; a rising population that engendered crowds and chaos in public spaces; factory life; and the aftermath of WWI. Students begin to understand how these influential factors contributed to making individuals feel less unique and more alienated, fragmented, and at a loss in their daily lives and larger worlds.
Standard(s): [SS2010] US11 (11) 5: Evaluate the impact of social changes and the influence of key figures in the United States from World War I through the 1920s, including Prohibition, the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, the Scopes Trial, limits on immigration, Ku Klux Klan activities, the Red Scare, the Harlem Renaissance, the Great Migration, the Jazz Age, Susan B. Anthony, Margaret Sanger, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, W. C. Handy, and Zelda Fitzgerald. (Alabama) [A.1.a., A.1.b., A.1.d., A.1.f., A.1.i., A.1.j., A.1.k.]
Title: An Introduction to Beowulf : Language and Poetics
Students are introduced to Old English and the poetic devices of alliteration, kenning, and compounding in preparation for reading the epic poem Beowulf.
Title: In Literature, Interpretation is the Thing
Students consider Shakespearean literature to be or not to be useful in a modern context when they analyze the relationship between text and reader interpretation..
Title: Become a Character: Adjectives, Character Traits, and Perspective
Students '' become'' one of the major characters in a book and describe themselves and other characters, using lists of accurate, powerful adjectives.
Title: Chaucer's Wife of Bath
This lesson from EDSITEment introduces students to one of the most admired characterizations in Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, the Wife of Bath. Students read Chaucer's description of the Wife in the General Prologue to consider how he represents her, both as the poet of The Canterbury Tales and as a character in his own poem, then read the Wife of Bath's Prologue, where he has her speak for herself, to gain additional perspective on her character. Next, students investigate some of the literary sources that Chaucer drew upon as he created this portrait of a woman with her own ideas about matrimony, and examine evidence about marriage in the Middle Ages and the role that women played in medieval society. Finally, students read the Wife of Bath's Tale and explore the alternative readings of the tale in relation to the character of the Wife of Bath.
Standard(s): [ELA2015] (12) 19: Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence. [W.11-12.1]
Title: Live from Antiquity
The goals of this EDSITEment lesson are to gain an appreciation for Greek drama through study of a play by Sophocles, to explore the cultural and historical context of Greek drama and its role in Greek society, and to reconstruct the experience of seeing a Greek drama performed and share that experience in an imaginative report.
Standard(s): [ELA2015] (12) 40: Acquire and use accurately general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career readiness level; demonstrate independence in gathering vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression. [L.11-12.6]
Title: Exploring Arthurian Legend
In this lesson from EDSITEment, students examine the historical origins of the Arthurian legend. Students gain insight into the use of literature as historical evidence. Through the references and links in this lesson, students can track the growth of a legend like that of King Arthur, from its emergence in the Medieval Ages to its arrival on the silver screen.
Standard(s): [ELA2015] (12) 33: Make strategic use of digital media (e.g., textual, graphical, audio, visual, and interactive elements) in presentations to enhance understanding of findings, reasoning, and evidence and to add interest. [SL.11-12.5]
Title: Shakespeare's ''Macbeth'': Fear and the Motives of Evil
In this EDSITEment lesson, students study Shakespeare's Macbeth. Students use an Internet search engine to collect instances in the play of specific key words. They then organize and analyze the passages in which these key words appear for what they reveal about Macbeth's state of mind and the motives behind his increasing evil.
Standard(s): [ELA2015] (12) 27: Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research. [W.11-12.9]
Title: Reading Literature in Translation: Beowulf as a Case Study
Using several translations of the same passage of Beowulf, this lesson introduces students to the idea that translation is not an objective practice, but that it involves '' imaginative reconstruction.''
Title: Poetry of The Great War: ''From Darkness to Light''?
In this lesson, from EDSITEment, students explore the historical context of World War I poetry. Students compare and contrast poems via active class discussion and then provide a well-supported, written analysis of the relationship between a poem's form and its content.
Title: Style: Defining and Exploring an Author's Stylistic Choices
Students find examples of specific stylistic devices in sample literary passages then search for additional examples and explore the reasons for the stylistic choices that the author has made.
Standard(s): [ELA2015] (12) 37: Apply knowledge of language to understand how language functions in different contexts, to make effective choices for meaning or style, and to comprehend more fully when reading or listening. [L.11-12.3]
Title: J. Alfred Prufrock
This student interactive, from an EDSITEment lesson, contains questions for students to answer as they read T.S. Eliot s poem '' The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.''
Title: Diarist Samuel Pepys was born.
Students write diary entries and revisit the entries as if it were a hundred years from now. Students then brainstorm and write paragraphs about life in the 21st century.
Standard(s): [ELA2015] (12) 21: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences. [W.11-12.3]
Title: In 1902, John Steinbeck was born.
Students brainstorm a list of the ills of society, research a topic of their choosing, and then prepare an annotated bibliography of texts that address the topic.
Standard(s): [ELA2015] (12) 29: Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on Grade 12 topics, texts, and issues, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively. [SL.11-12.1]


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I first met my friend Alan Howard, who has died aged 85, on a walk over Glaramara, in the Lake District, nearly 40 years ago. He was distinguished from that day's other fell-walkers by his loosely furled umbrella. He was a rambler with a difference, with a tremendous sense of the ridiculous and an unbendable conscience.
Born and raised in Nottingham, Alan had a love of languages and a gift for them. After he signed up for national service in 1941, the army taught him Japanese for intelligence purposes, and he returned to it on a local course about four years ago. He became fluent in Welsh, having been intrigued on a childhood holiday because his father could not make himself understood when asking directions. He once addressed the Ramblers' Association national council in Welsh (supplying a written translation of his remarks), and was often used as their ambassador to hill farmers and Welsh councils in footpath and planning disputes.
After graduating in history from Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, in 1947, Alan studied design in Nottingham, where he met his wife, Margaret. They married in 1953. He worked as a graphic designer, moving to Lancashire county council in the early 1960s, where his job eventually became part of the NHS, with which he remained until retirement. In his own time he illustrated children's books, mostly for Faber.
In 1976, a witty speech about bulls intimidating walkers on public paths put him on to the Ramblers' Assocation executive, the first of many such bravura performances. But motor vehicles were his chief hate. In 1995 he resigned the Ramblers' chairmanship in protest at a sponsorship deal with a car manufacturer. In 2001 he quit his vice-presidency over the wrongful dismissal of a senior staff member.
Alan spoke jestingly of retiring to Blaenau Ffestiniog, in Snowdonia, for the sake of its Welsh and its railway, but in 1991 he and Margaret chose Shrewsbury, where he organised popular rail rambles into Wales and the Marches, similar to those he had pioneered in Lancashire. He became chairman of a vigorous civic society, opposing the philistinisms of the local council.
Margaret, an art teacher, whom he called "the intellectual of the family" on account of her skill with the Guardian crossword, survives him, as do two of their daughters. A third daughter predeceased him.


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CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – Dr. Sergei Markov, associate professor of biology, was named the recipient of Austin Peay State University's prestigious Richard M. Hawkins Award during a ceremony on April 26. The award is presented every spring in recognition of exceptional scholarly and creative work produced by a faculty member.
Markov has earned an international reputation in recent years for his groundbreaking biofuel research. Aside from being published in more than 70 research publications, he has been profiled by media outlets across the globe, and just last month, the industry trade publication Biodiesel Magazine wrote a feature on the work he is doing at Austin Peay.
Markov began his impressive scholarly career at Losmonosov Moscow State University, where he earned his Ph.D. in microbiology and started his initial research into biofuels. From 1991 until 1995, he worked in England at King's College London and at Ecotec, Research and Consulting. Later, he was invited to the U.S. to join the National Renewable Energy Laboratory of the U.S. Department of Energy in Golden, Colo.
In 2006, Markov joined the biology faculty at APSU, and he quickly set to work bringing national prominence to that department. His work in developing both hydrogen fuel sources and biofuels from microalgae was noticed by the National Science Foundation, which awarded him a $107,000 grant. The grant advanced Markov's research on whether hydrogen could be manufactured more efficiently for use as a biofuel, providing a possible alternative to traditional petrol.
This component of his work also attracted the attention of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which awarded Markov a $10,000 grant to pilot a training project with undergraduate students. In 2010, he contributed nine articles on alternative fuels and biofuels to the scholarly "Encyclopedia of Global Warming."
Markov has served as a faculty adviser for APSU's Presidential Research Scholars Program, and earlier this year, a paper he co-authored with two of students – Jared Averitt and Barbara Waldron – was published in the International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. That paper, "Bioreactor for Glycerol Conversion into H2 by Bacterium Enterobacter aerogenes," could open more opportunities for biofuel production in the future, further limiting the public's dependence on oil.
For more information on the Hawkins Award, contact Charles Booth with the APSU Office of Marketing and Public Relations at 221-7597.


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By Leonard Fein
Americans for Peace Now, February 2007
Topic: Youth Engagement, Anti-Zionism, Youth, International Relations, Anti-Israel Sentiment, Peace, Zionism
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