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BIG-HEARTED business students at Warrington Collegiate organised a black tie dinner to support a baby bereavement charity in the town.
The group said Old Hall couple Chris and Kate Tinker's story had touched their hearts and they were keen to help Harry and Co, which supports parents and families following the loss of a baby through still birth or neo natal death, with the event at Buckley's Restaurant on Thursday.
Rebecca Booth, from Fearnhead, a second year student in business and management at Warrington Collegiate, said: "We initially researched a lot of local charities but once we came across Harry and Co, we knew they were the charity we wanted to support.
"We hope that this event will help spread the name of such a worthy charity and raise a lot of money."
The silver service three course evening meal, prepared and served by hospitality and catering students at Warrington Collegiate, raised more than £600 from ticket sales alone with a raffle and charity auction also taking place during the evening.
Stockton Heath performer Max Vickers, who appeared in the 2011 series of the X Factor, also provided live music on the night.
Kate and Chris Tinker said they were delighted students chose their charity after Kate visited them to tell her story.
The cause was set up after the couple's baby, Harry, was stillborn at full-term in 2010 and funds have helped refurbish the family bereavement suite at Warrington Hospital.
Kate added: "We were thrilled to learn that Harry and Co had been chosen as the Warrington Collegiate students' choice of charity for this event, especially as we are still very much a young charity with little public exposure.
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Badin, N.C. - Kim Koivu and Thomas Rennie remain in medalist contention, while the Tornados sit four strokes back from co-leaders Pfeiffer and Bluefield as Brevard recorded a 296 in the first round at the Pfeiffer Intercollegiate at the Badin Resort & Inn on Monday, September 19th.
Koivu leads the way for the Tornados, recording a 71, 1-over par, to sit one stroke back of leaders Cody Robertson (Limestone) and Tyson Louth (Pfeiffer).
Rennie tied for the lowest back nine score of the first day, shooting a 35 over the final holes to sit in a tie for fourth overall after carding a score of 72, 2-over par.
T.J. Hoard sits five strokes back from the leader in an eight-way tie for 15th overall in the event, recording scores of 36-39 for a first round score of 75. Michael Stamper rounded out the quartet for the Tornados, carding a 78 in the first round to sit in a tie for 35th overall.
Brevard closes out the final round of the Pfeiffer Intercollegiate tomorrow morning at the Badin Resort & Inn.

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US heat on Iranian President
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Two former hostages believe the man to the right of the captive in
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The United States has challenged Iran to answer questions about the reported involvement of the nation's new President in the 1979 seizure of American hostages in Tehran.
Bush Administration officials said that former captives' statements identifying Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as a ringleader in the lengthy seizure of the US embassy raise potentially troubling issues.
Mr Ahmadinejad, the hardline Mayor of Tehran who decisively won a presidential run-off election last week, was identified by at least six former hostages as one of the militants who took over the US embassy in November 1979 and held 52 Americans captive for 444 days.
Several former hostages said he was present during harsh interrogations. But leaders of the takeover said in Iran that he was not part of their leadership group and a spokesman for the President-elect denied that he played any role in the hostage-taking. Several former hostages also said they did not remember Mr Ahmadinejad as being among their captors.
The controversy revived bitter memories of the embassy seizure and brought to the forefront a dispute that has simmered for 26 years. Diplomatic relations were never restored after the crisis.
For some former hostages, the issue brought back vivid recollections of a long and often painful ordeal at the hands of militants who seized the embassy on November 4, 1979, and did not release their captives until the day president Jimmy Carter left office in January 1981.
President George Bush, speaking to reporters about the coming Group of Eight meeting in Scotland, said he had no information on Mr Ahmadinejad's alleged role in the embassy takeover. "But obviously, his involvement raises many questions," Mr Bush said.
State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said the Government would "look into this question seriously" to establish the facts. "We have not forgotten" that US diplomats were taken hostage and held for more than a year, he said.
One of those hostages, former US Navy commander Don Sharer, accused the president-elect of abusing him. "He was in the background, like an adviser," he said. "He called us pigs and dogs and said we deserved to be locked up forever."
Fellow hostage Colonel Chuck Scott said: "He was a leader, what I would call a hard ass. Even the other guards said he was very strict. "You could make him a blond and shave his whiskers, put him in a zoot suit and I'd still spot him."
Within hours of the men's reminiscences being aired, the Administration pledged to examine the history of the episode.
Iran's President-elect, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Mr Ahmadinejad's office in Tehran vehemently denied the assertions. Associates said he had opposed the takeover, focusing instead on fighting communist and Marxist elements in Iran, news agencies reported. Separate denials also came from two of the takeover's top student organisers, both considered reformers opposed to Mr Ahmadinejad's election.
Ibrahim Asgharzadeh, who for years has acknowledged being the mastermind of the takeover, said Mr Ahmadinejad was not among the leaders. "The leaders are all well known," he said. "Everybody knows them and he was not among them."
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Bangalore, India (AFP) Feb 7, 2013
India hopes to sign a $12-billion deal to buy Rafale jets from France's Dassault Aviation by the middle of the year, the country's air force chief said Thursday.
Air Chief Marshall NAK Browne told reporters at India's air show that what should be the world's biggest defence deal was "very much on track".
"If all goes well, we will be in a position to sign the contract before middle of the year," Browne added.
The project will involve the production of 126 state-of-the-art fighters in France and India over a 15-20 year period, with an option to add an additional 63 jets to the order under a separate contract.
Negotiations will continue next week when France's President Francois Hollande makes his first visit to India since being elected last May.
"We want it to happen as early as possible for induction soon," Browne said, speaking on the sidelines of Aero India in the southern city of Bangalore.
The Rafale beat off stiff competition from six rivals from Russia, the US and Europe last year when India selected the French fighter to replace its ageing fleet.
Under the proposed deal, the first 18 aircraft are to be made in France with the remainder to be produced under licence by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), the state-run Indian aerospace behemoth.
The Rafale has carried out bombing missions in Afghanistan, Libya and most recently in Mali, where it is currently flying sorties targeting Islamist militants.
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General history of solid state physics in China; list of main contributors and institutions in China. Transistor industry in 1950s; effect of Cultural Revolution on Chinese physics; acceleration of progress since deposition of the Gang of Four.
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Big News this week in the world of diabetes devices, Folks!
Two leading endocrinologist organizations have, for the first time in four years, updated their position on who should be able to get access to insulin pumps, while the Diabetes Technology Society (DTS) is launching a post-market surveillance program aimed at ensuring glucose meters and test strips are accurate even long after they're cleared FDA and are in the hands of people with diabetes.
Both are hot topics that our D-Community has been pushing for with recent initiatives: the StripSafely campaign for increased meter accuracy and a twitter and a social media blitz calling for increased access to insulin pumps. Now it seems we're gaining some traction, with these issues getting some much-needed attention from policy leaders and other decision-makers.
Of course, we're excited about both pieces of news and it will be interesting to see how they materialize and impact PWDs and all of the regulatory, industry, and medical players involved. But we also have to wonder if either announcement is all it's cracked up to be and whether these moves will actually help or hurt our D-Community, as more details emerge on the news announcements this week.
Here's a look at each item:
Ensuring Accuracy of Meters Already Being Sold
On Tuesday, the DTS announced the launch of a new post-market surveillance program that's kicking off this month.
We've been waiting on this update for eight months, since the DTS meeting on Sept. 9, where the creation of a Steering Committee was first announced as the next move on addressing post-market accuracy. Until now there were no updates whatsoever, even during the first months of the year when the FDA was welcoming public comments on draft guidelines for glucose meters used in personal and professional in-clinic settings. An incredible 500+ comments were submitted to the agency, but there wasn't any word on where the DTS Steering Committee concept stood.
This week, that changed with news of the DTS Surveillance Program for Cleared Blood Glucose Monitors. This independent, third-party program has a simple, two-part goal: to protect patients from the risks posed by inaccurate BGM products currently on the market, and to provide people the info they need to make the best possible device choices for themselves.
The DTS states that a protocol will be developed to assess each blood glucose monitoring system's performance, and that will include product testing. The information generated by this surveillance program will be shared with the FDA, which supports the concept and has stated it will act on information that it receives about low-quality or inaccurate products.
One early industry supporter is Abbott Diabetes Care, which is helping to fund the launch of this new program, and word is other companies are looking into coming on board.
"This surveillance program will provide a significant benefit to both patients and manufacturers," said Dr. David Klonoff, DTS founder and a professor of medicine at UCSF. "Patients will benefit by having access to more accurate meters on the market and manufacturers committed to delivering accurate products will now have an opportunity to back up claims about quality and accuracy with proof from this independent, third-party testing program. I encourage other manufacturers to come forward to join Abbott in support of this program."
Right now, there's no systematic post-market surveillance program that tracks ongoing product quality -- aside from what individual manufacturers do internally, but there's no consistent policy and no requirement that manufacturers share those practices publicly. As a result, low-quality meters can flood the market once they've passed the initial hurdle of FDA clearance; there's no way to check how these products perform once their in the hands of multitudes of patients.
While FDA is looking to tighten pre-approval accuracy requirements, those standards are almost meaningless if there's no guarantee these devices will continue to be accurate once they're being sold to people.
For this new program evaluating "post-market" accuracy, the DTS is forming a Steering Committee and Advisory Committee, both of which will include a yet-to-be-specified number of experts from academia, medical practice, clinical chemistry, government, industry, and medical organizations -- along with patient advocacy groups! We couldn't be more thrilled to see patients represented, and seriously have to tip our hats to the StripSafely movement for putting the patient voice on the radar with the FDA and industry during the past year. Klonoff says that recommendations on specific patient advocates to include will come from the Steering Committee and DTS board.
Of course, it's early and details are limited. Klonoff tells us that since there's no precedent or protocol for how this will all actually work, it is not yet clear how manufacturers will be advised or involved in the process if they're not a part of the reviewing entities. The FDA is supportive, but equally unsure how this will all play out.
"We don't know a lot of specifics right now," said Dr. Courtney Lias, director of the FDA's Division of Chemistry and Toxicology Devices within their CDRH/OIR division. "As we said at the meeting last fall, we believe that a well-run and credible surveillance program for glucose meters may prove to be very helpful in generating signals that will help us focus our enforcement efforts. We are following this with interest."
As are we all.
It's interesting, too, that DTS is working with FDA on creating a new error grid that might replace the 1987-created Clarke Error Grid that's a staple in determining accuracy on glucose meters. There's not much detail yet on that either, butKlonoff says the project is "very far along," and an article on this new metric will soon be published in one of the diabetes professional journals. He's also planning to discuss the new error grid at the upcoming American Diabetes Association Scientific Sessions in June, as well as at the July meeting of the American Association for Clinical Chemistry and again at the DTS meeting this November.
Lots of good stuff on the horizon for ensuring accuracy. And that's not all...
More Doctor Support of Insulin Pumps (?)
Also this past week, a new "consensus statement" on insulin pumps was issued by the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) and American College of Endocrinologists (ACE). This is the first update since the 2010 statement, and is more specific than the past document in detailing how the endo world should approach training and use of insulin pumps.
The goal for this updated statement is to "bring some reason into the whole field of insulin pump management," says Metro Detroit area endocrinologist Dr. George Grunberger, AACE president-elect and chair of the insulin pump task force that developed this new statement.
He says the consensus addresses the fact that more people are using insulin pumps these days and doctors aren't always keeping up with that trend, so those in charge of examining this issue want to make sure the profession is equipped to get these devices into the hands of PWDs who are able and willing to use them effectively -- especially type 2s! The statement praises insulin pumps and the benefits they can provide if used correctly, everything from better glycemic control and A1Cs, to fewer hypos and greater improvements in quality-of-life. And it lays out some common-sense prerequisites for pumping that shouldn't be surprises for anyone. To be a good candidate for a pump, the patient should:
- Have T1D or T2D that requires intensive insulin treatment
- Be motivated to achieve optimal blood glucose control
- Be capable of executing the complex and time-consuming therapy
- Maintain frequent contact with his/her healthcare team
- And the doctors and staff should be equipped to know how the devices work, providing training as needed
"We tried to emphasize and re-emphasize that it's important to select the right patient for this kind of treatment. That's the bottom line -- these devices can do wonders for patients' lives, but our concern is that in many cases both the patient and provider settings aren't optimal," Grunberger says.
On its face, this sounds like good news. But when looking into the 27-page consensus statement issued May 17, we really do have to wonder if the new position will actually strengthen support for use of insulin pumps or cause more doctors and endo's offices to turn away from prescribing them.
In detail, the statement says:
- An "appropriate" patient for an insulin pump is either a Type 1 or Type 2 PWD who performs 4 or more insulin injections and 4 or more blood glucose checks each day. (This is more detailed than the general "intensive insulin therapy" mentioned four years ago.)
- There's no age requirement for children or any length of time someone must be diagnosed before going on a pump. But pediatric would-be pumpers will have to show evidence of severe hypos, widely fluctuating blood sugars, and supportive and pump-interested families before they can get a prescription. And docs must be prepare to take away the device if the child is unable or willing to "perform the minimal required tasks."
- The doctor's practice must be available to their pumping patients 24/7 (something the task force acknowledges that only a small percentage of endo's offices are equipped to handle).
- Hospital and emergency settings aren't equipped to keep up with insulin pump tech, so patients must "be their own advocates" and make sure there's constant communication with their own endo or diabetes specialist if they are in these urgent care settings where pump use is compromised. (That's quite a challenge when you're laid up in urgent care.)
- Schools don't have much training and with so few school nurses, "more basic pump knowledge is needed in school settings." (Does this imply that pumps aren't safe at school?)
Some of these specifics are on point, but others seem very likely to cause the opposite of increased pump use, IMHO. Grunberger admits that the constant-communication aspect could be intimidating to practitioners and dissuade them from prescribing pumps as often.
Furthermore, the task force estimates that less than a quarter of the endos practicing in this country are equipped to provide the best resources for someone on an insulin pump -- and Grunberger says if the office isn't equipped, then those providers shouldn't be recommending pumps for their patients.
""This may be intimidating and discouraging, and that's fine. Our concern is safety. We have hundreds of thousands of adverse events reported through FDA, so we (physicians) have to be concerned, as they are, with these devices being used properly. Only the physicians have the ability to make the call on treatment."
— Dr. George Grunberger, AACE president-elect and insulin pump task force chair
Ouch. Grunberger says it can't fall onto pump trainers to provide all the necessary education and support, at least not to the extent of taking away from the responsibility doctors' offices have. He also notes that expertise aside, the simple tasks of downloading and reviewing patient data from insulin pumps is labor-intensive and time-consuming, and isn't something reimbursed so it cuts into patient visit time for these doctors.
Hmm, this is sounding less and less like support for pump therapy all the time...
Of course, each doctor has to determine for themselves how closely they'll follow these statements and interpret them for their own practices.
The upshot is that it still feels like AACE and ACE are behind the times when it comes to insulin pumps, even with this updated statement.
Again, for both of these issues -- evaluating the accuracy of existing testing devices and supporting access to insulin pumps -- the devil's in the details when it comes to what happens next. It's encouraging to see these two issues being addressed and talked about, but we'll just have to wait and see how and when real improvements may materialize.


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China's Badminton Rock Star Has the Talent to Back His Strut
In the badminton-crazy country of China Lin Dan is an athlete, a celebrity and a soldier in the People's Liberation Army....
August 14, 2008, Thursday
U.S. Badminton Duo Swatted by China
The last remaining United States badminton team lost Wednesday when the men's doubles partners Howard Bach and Bob Malaythong went down in a rowdy sea of red....
August 14, 2008, Thursday
Badminton Sees a Star on the Rise in China
The crazy badminton fans in this badminton-crazy country have never known an artist like Lin Dan....
August 13, 2008, Wednesday
Stars in Their Eyes
It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's a Shuttlecock...
August 4, 2008, Monday
An Olympian Is Smacked by Burden
Bob Malaythong came to America to study, to make money and send it home. Now the 27-year-old who never had a childhood will be smacking shuttlecocks behind his back and over his head in Beijing....
July 31, 2008, Thursday
An Unlikely Olympic Story
Ygor Coelho de Oliveira, one of Brazil's first badminton Olympians, learned the sport at a facility built by his father at their home in a Rio de Janeiro favela.
Brazilian Badminton Sways to Samba
The Chacrinha neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro is home to Brazil's first Olympic badminton player. His father, Sebastião Dias de Oliveira, explains how he introduced badminton to the community using samba.
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A view of the day in sports, including street soccer and street hockey, basketball and badminton.
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A view of the day in sports that spans from a flyboarding contest in Qatar to a hopeful Cardinals fan in St. Louis.
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Hierarchical flower-like ZnO nanorods, net-like ZnO nanofibers and ZnO nanobulks have been successfully synthesized via a surfactant assisted hydrothemal method. The synthesized products were characterized by X-ray powder diffraction and field emission scanning electron microscopy, respectively. A possible growth mechanism of the various hierarchical ZnO nanostructures is discussed in detail. Gas sensors based on the as-prepared ZnO nanostructures were fabricated by screen-printing on a flat ceramic substrate. Furthermore, their gas sensing characteristics towards methane were systematically investigated. Methane is an important characteristic hydrocarbon contaminant found dissolved in power transformer oil as a result of faults. We find that the hierarchical flower-like ZnO nanorods and net-like ZnO nanofibers samples show higher gas response and lower operating temperature with rapid response-recovery time compared to those of sensors based on ZnO nanobulks. These results present a feasible way of exploring high performance sensing materials for on-site detection of characteristic fault gases dissolved in transformer oil.
Power transformers are the most important and costly components in power transmission or distribution substations [
At present, metal oxide semiconductors [
Hitherto, low-dimensional ZnO nanostructures with different morphologies including nanobelts [
Hence, in this paper we present a simple and effective surfactant-assisted hydrothemal method to synthesize various ZnO nanostructure morphologies, including flower-like ZnO nanorods, net-like ZnO nanofibers and ZnO nanobulks. The additive surfactants are found to play key roles in synthesizing hierarchical flower-like ZnO nanorods and net-like ZnO nanofibers. A possible growth process is discussed in detail and their gas sensing properties towards CH4 are measured systematically. The sensors fabricated with ZnO nanorods and nanofibers exhibit better CH4-sensing properties than those of nanobulks. These results demonstrate a promising approach to fabricate gas sensors to detect CH4 and other characteristic fault gases in power transformers.
All the raw chemicals were analytical-grade reagents purchased from Chongqing Chuandong Chemical Reagent Co., Ltd. (Chongqing, China) and used as received without any further purification. Different morphologies of hierarchical ZnO nanostructures, including flower-like ZnO nanorods, net-like ZnO nanofibers and ZnO nanobluks were successfully synthesized via a facile surfactant-assisted hydrothemal method. The detailed synthesis processes were as follows: in a typical synthesis of flower-like ZnO nanorods, Zn(NO3)2·6H2O (0.595 g, 2.0 mmol) and (NH4)2CO3 (0.384 g, 4.0 mmol) were dissolved completely in a mixture of absolute ethanol and distilled water (40.0 mL, 1/1, V/V) in a 100 mL capacity beaker. Then polyvinyl pyrrokidone (PVP, K30, 0.15 g) was added into the beaker. The mixed solution was magnetically stirred for 20 min and transferred into a 100 mL Teflon-lined stainless steel autoclave, sealed and maintained at 180 °C for 24 h. After the hydrothemal reaction was completed , the autoclave was cooled to room temperature naturally. The white products were harvested by centrifugation, washed with distilled water and ethanol four times, respectively, and finally dried at 60 °C in air for 12 h. Finally, the dried products were heated to 400 °C with a rate of 1.0 °C min−1 and annealed at 400 °C for 2 h. The harvest was labeled as S1.
Hierarchical net-like ZnO nanofibers were obtained by the same synthesis process by addition of 0.1 g of polyethylene glycol (PEG, MW = 6,000) to replace the PVP, and it was labeled as S2. For the purpose of comparison, we also prepared samples S3, whose synthesis process is similar to that of the aforementioned process but without adding the PVP or PEG surfactant.
The crystalline structures of the prepared products were determined by X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), using a Rigaku D/Max-1200X diffractometer (Tokyo, Japan) with Cu Kα radiation (40 kV, 200 mA and λ = 1.5418 Å), employing a scanning rate 0.02° s−1 with 2θ ranging from 20° to 80°. The morphologies and microstructures were characterized with a Nova 400 Nano field emission scanning electron microscope (FE-SEM, FEI, Hillsboro, OR, USA) operated at 5 kv. The specific surface area and open pore size of the nanostructures were measured by a Surface Area and Porosimetry Analyzer (V-Sorb 2800, Beijing Jinaipu General Instrument Co., Ltd, Beijing, China).
The ZnO-based gas sensor was fabricated by the screen-printing technique with a planar ceramic substrate, purchased from Beijing Elite Tech Co., Ltd, (Beijing, China).
Gas sensing properties of the as-prepared sensors to CH4 were measured by a CGS-1TP (Chemical Gas Sensor-1 Temperature Pressure) intelligent gas sensing analysis system (Beijing Elite Tech Co., Ltd.). The intelligent analysis system was mainly composed by the heating system, circulating cooling system, vacuum system, probe adjustment system, gas distribution system, measurement and data acquisition system, and measurement control software. The heating system and circulating cooling system offered an external temperature control ranging from room temperature to 500 °C with an adjustment precision of 1 °C. As seen in
The sensitivity value (S) was designated as S = Ra/Rg, where Ra was the resistance value of prepared planar sensor in air and Rg was that in a mixture of target gas and air. The time taken by the sensor to reach 90% of the total resistance change was defined as the response time in the case of gas adsorption or the recovery time in the case of gas desorption. All measurements were repeated several times to ensure the repeatability and stability of the sensor.
To chemically identify the phase composition and purity of the prepared samples, we first conducted the X-ray powder diffraction measurement.
The morphologies and microstructures of the samples synthesized by various methods were further characterized by field emission scanning electron microscopy. Different morphologies of hierarchical ZnO nanostructures, including flower-like nanorods, net-like nanofibers and nanobulks were observed and are shown in
As mentioned above in
The self-assembly mechanism of ZnO nanostructures with different morphologies were diverse when various surfactants were used. In order to further understand how the additive surfactants affect the morphologies of prepared ZnO architectures, a series of possible self-assembly processes were described in detail by the following schematic diagram shown in
As is known to all that PVP is a non-ionic surfactant, and an easily polarized functional group "–C=O" is universally present in its repeated unit [
PEG is a kind of template with long chains, and numerous of hydrophilic "–O–" and "–CH2–CH2–" groups exist along its long chains. When PEG was added to the mixed solution, it worked as a assembly substrate, which can easily embed Zn(OH)42− in its long-chain orientation. Under the current hydrothermal program, numerous tiny Zn(OH)42− crystals nucleated on the PEG long chains and grew [
Three kinds of gas sensors were fabricated with the prepared ZnO nanorods, nanofibers and nanobulks. Gas sensing experiments of these sensors towards CH4 were first performed at different operating temperatures to find out the optimum working temperature.
Gas responses of these sensors to different concentrations of CH4 are shown in
In the light of the measurements above, we can conclude that low-dimensional ZnO nanostructures including nanorods and nanofibers exhibit better sensing properties than that of the nanobulks. Further understanding of these sensing properties can be performed by analyzing the gas sensing reaction process and the structural characteristics of the nanocrystals.
It is well known that ZnO is a typical n-type semiconductor gas sensing material, and its gas sensing properties are dominated by the surface resistance. In ambient air, oxygen would be absorbed on the ZnO surface at first. Due to its strong electronegativity, absorbed oxygen then acts as a trap capturing electrons from the conduction band of ZnO. Consequently, a depletion region on the surface appears, resulting in an increase in the ZnO resistance. When the sensor is exposed to ambient CH4, the CH4 molecules react with adsorbed oxygen and trapped electrons are released back to the conduction band, thus an decreased resistance is measured. The entire adsorption and reaction process can be expressed as follows [
Compared with tranditional ZnO nanobulks, ZnO nanorods and nanofibers exhibit much higher gas responses at a low temperature with rapid response-recovery times, long-term stability and good repeatablity. These can be explained with the hierarchical ZnO nanostructures and morphologies formed by flower-like nanorods and net-like nanofibers. The main factors that influence the gas sensing behaviors of the materials are the specific surface area and pore structure.
To further confirm the inner architectures of the as-prepared ZnO nanostructures, nitrogen adsorption and desorption measurements were performed to estimate the texture properties. The representative nitrogen adsorption-desorption isotherm and the corresponding Barrett–Joyner–Halenda (BJH) [
A simple hydrothemal method was developed to synthesize ZnO nanostructures of different morphologies, including flower-like nanorods, net-like nanofibers and nanobulks. X-ray powder diffraction and field emission scanning electron microscopy were used to determine the phase compositions and morphologies of the samples. A possible growth mechanism of the synthesized nanostructures was discussed in detail and their gas sensing properties towards CH4 were systematically measured. The sensors based on hierarchical ZnO nanorods and nanofibers exhibit better gas sensing performance features, such as higher gas response, lower operating temperature, rapid response-recovery time, long-term stability and repeatablity than ZnO nanobulks. Such results indicate that the as-synthesized ZnO nanorod and nanofiber-based sensors are promising candidates for on-site detection of characteristic fault gases dissolved in transformer oil.
This work was supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.51277185, No.51202302), the Funds for Innovative Research Groups of China (No.51021005) and China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (No.2012M511904).
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
FESEM images of ZnO nanorods (
Schematic diagrams of the formation process of ZnO nanorods, nanofibers and nanobulks.
Gas response of the sensors to 200 μL/L of CH4 at different operating temperature.
Gas response of the sensors to different concentration ranking from 10 to 300 μL/L.
The response-recovery curves of the sensors to 100 μL/L of CH4.
Stability and repeatability of the sensors to 100 and 30 μL/L of CH4.
Nitrogen adsorption-desorption isotherms of ZnO nanorods, nanofibers and nanobulks. The inset to the figure shows the corresponding pore size distribution curves.
BET surface area and pore structure parameters of the samples.


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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Hornets leading scorer David West says he will test free agency.
West, a two-time All-Star who was drafted by New Orleans in 2003, started 70 games last season, averaging 18.9 points to go with 7.6 rebounds before tearing his left anterior cruciate ligament during a game on March 24.
He had an option to extend his contract for one more season at $7.5 million, but after mulling his options with his agent, Lance Young, he informed the Hornets he would not exercise the option and made the decision official Monday.
West had surgery April 12 and his rehabilitation is expected to take six to eight months.
Hornets general manager Dell Demps has said he would still try to re-sign West if he opted out.


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Despite all of the risque outfits, alleged drug and alcohol use, and crude party behavior, Miley Cyrus is still thought of as a Disney's "Hannah Montana." But the country singer, in a very adult interview, tells the world that she's no longer a little girl.
In a recent interview on Lifetime's "The Conversation With Amanda de Cadenet," Cyrus said that she was trained from a young age to be an "All-American" girl. Eventually she found herself repeating rehearsed answers instead of being truthful.
"I feel I was so trained in my interviews to be All-American or whatever. I just got so set in the way of saying the same things I did when I was 12-years-old… I guess I kind of realized that my whole life isn't one giant press junket. I don't have to be smiling all the time and always have the perfect answer."
Cyrus said that a lot of her fans have had a problem with her new sexy image, but the singer insists that she isn't trying to be controversial. She's just growing up.
"For me, being sexy is not the point. You're not sitting there trying to be sexy. If people find that I am, I take it as a compliment… The girls that really base how much they're worth on the sexual favors they can do for somebody, that makes me really sad… Because sex is actually really beautiful. It's the only way we create, and it's the only way the world keeps going. So it's ignorant not to talk to your kids about it or [not] make it seem magical or cool as it actually is. [Kids] have a TV, so they know what sex is. So educate them and let them know … it's a beautiful thing, and it is magic, and it's when you connect with somebody."
Here's a video of the interview.
Are you a fan of Miley Cyrus? Do you think she's transitioned well from a child star to sexy teen idol?


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Estrellas Tropicales started 30 years ago when founder Felicita Ryola took her two granddaughters and a friend to the Puerto Rican Day Parade in the South End to march and twirl. The girls had been born in Puerto Rico, where nearly every city has a baton-twirling group.
With Estrellas Tropicales, Oyola, accompanied by many family members, would teach children about Puerto Rico through the medium of art. Among other forms, they were known for cultivating skills in areas that were specific to their home country, like baton-twirling and folkloric dance. She would coordinate her troops' appearances in competitions, events, and parades. This eventually earned her the neighborhood title, "The Queen of Mapeye." Mapeyé is a type of traditional, folkloric music from the mountains of Puerto Rico, and Oyola was known for sometimes improvising the rhymes and verses of songs as she played them on the Cuatro, a mandolin-like string instrument.
"I was in the group, my daughter was in the group and now her daughter is in the group," explained a Jamaica Plain woman, wiping a tear from her eye. "We're grateful to [Oyola] on so many levels. She was one of the most wonderful people I've ever met, always putting the interests of others ahead of hers and never stopping her work to strengthen our community. It was pretty beautiful."
Still in existence today, Estrellas Tropicales has guided a notably diverse group of more than 5,000 children into adulthood. A lineage, which could be counted out to at least four generations now, has reinforced Puerto Rico's traditions in Boston in an artfully interesting way - Oyola's original intention all along.


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|2008-12-16, 15:32
|Link #4261
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
She abbandoned someone she thought was not the Lelouch she knew. This has also been beaten home with a very large bat. The Lelouch she left to die, wasn't the Lelouch she knew. We know this, because he was lying to her and everyone in that scene to appear the bad guy, again.
You like Kallen less because of... innacurate judgement?
You should like everyone less by the standards you just used, this includes Suzaku, C.C., Nunally, Rolo.
|2008-12-16, 15:55
|Link #4262
Srsly ?
Join Date: Apr 2008
Age: 29
BTW, about your way to think about Kallen, bring it in Kallen's thread, it would be Off topic to answer there (and I think we have plenty to talk about )
Now About CC.
When things are clear, official stuff aren't needed; But CG end was ambiguous for everyone: between feelings, cart driver theories and everything, we needed a bunch of answers, that's why for a show like this I don't think official stuff can be easily dismissed.
Lelouch is dead, and he saw CC as an equal, but neither as a lover, nor as a mother.
For me it's important, cause well...those are staff words ? Now everyone can like what he likes, but it was just a precision about why in my view official stuff is pretty important for this show.
Now I never saw CC as someone interested in LUlu. Shirley was interested in Lulu. Kallen was interested in Lulu. CC...? I never saw things like that; Back to season 1, she care for him like a mother for a child; In season 2 they hardly interact; Their moments were Turn 15/21/23/24.
Turn 15 : Lelouch learn of her past, of her true wish and is able to convince her to stay alive; An evolution could have been possible there but...CC was Moe at the end, and this killed the devellopment between her and Lelouch.
Turn 21: Lelouch Learn everything about marianne/Charles and CC, he is pretty pissed off.
Turn 23: CC comfort Lelouch; I saw this as the parallel of this scene when she comforted him after Euphie's death, Turn 23. She shows she cares about him but...that's all. Nothing who can let you think about romance.
Turn 24: CC is relieved and happy by the fact Lelouch doesn't hate her. he promised he'll make her smile before her death.
CC, during her fight with Kallen, said she wasn't sure of what she felt for Lelouch; It was the big difference between the two girls BTW. Now for the "You win..."; I never really thought CC was talking about the mecha fight (It doesn't seems like her) but we will never know.
Finally, We know they cared for each other but that's all, nothing can convince us it was something else (But official stuff. Which is agreeing with me)
Now, when I see Lelouch's relationship with Shirley, Kallen and CC, I don't have a lot of doubt about which relationship was about romance and which wasn't (and one more time, official stuff agree. I'm Taniguchi's daughter, mark my words.)
Lelouch shown to CC she was still able to have feelings and to be human; It was the whole point of the "smile", If CC can be happy, she feels joy and so, she "feels". She is human. Lelouch cared for her and he never betrayed her, just like he showed in Turn 24; He didn't hate her despites everything she done (and it was plenty, let's be fair.)
So well, I don't see any romance there; A deep bond sure, but not a romantic one, though there was the stuff to make of this one. But Writers choosed the Kallen's path in R2 and gave her the romance plot instead of C.C. who was for me, in R2, really wasted.
A lot of potential wasted. That's a pity but CC is still CC. She was an interesting character who could have been handled better.
|2008-12-16, 16:02
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|2008-12-16, 16:08
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About C.C's feelings, i still stand on my opinion that episode 24, was a key epi, it was the "moment of clarity" for C.C.
Quoting from before::
On the other hand, episode 24 was different. This scene was probably the most meaningful for C.C in the whole series. That little measure of time, her convo with Lelouch, was enough to be life-altering for her. She finally "found" someone that did not see her as "witch" {even if that was an in-joke that Lelouch used but anyway}, that did not push the whole Geass-blame on her, someone that treated her exactly as equal.
I believe that moment, was a moment of clarity for C.C She even said it herself, that she has never met a man like him. It was a first for her and her feelings. I don't know if this can be interpreted as "romantic love feelings" but something that makes you question yourself, like C.C did in epi 24 in the convo with Kallen, well, it's gotta mean something.
That was more from C.C pov though. Lelouch is a lot more difficult to read when it comes to his feelings for C.C but this whatever-that-came {forgot what it was} stating that he never saw her as a lover, mother etc but as an equal, makes things a bit easier i guess.
As for the official stuff, they are official, no one can deny this. But sometimes it is cheap this way, i mean, choosing that way to state some important things, i feel kinda frustrated at some things and the way we learned of them through NT and stuff. Oh, well.
|2008-12-16, 16:14
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Holy Official stuff!
BTW, some people focus a lot in R2 and in Official Holy Stuff, it's quite normal, it official, Holy Official, we have to conform with Official but as I remind the first season of CG (is it official?)
Spoiler for sex scene:
(maybe as an equal, so sorry or as a person who care like a mother for his child or perhaps in official stuff, this scene is remote?)
|2008-12-16, 16:16
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I would have liked for Sunrise to keep everything ambiguous, but I don't know, it kind of makes sense if you see Lelouch as someone who never really had time for romance. He canonically doesn't really know anything about love, in that way, and I think he just "loved" people as they were. He might have changed overtime, in a war-free context, and started questioning his feelings for people he was really close to, but I don't think he was at that point by the end of the series. Which would explain, in a way, his reaction to the whole Shirley subplot in my opinion.
|2008-12-16, 16:16
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Join Date: Oct 2008
C.C. often seems to use her mouth for doing stuff with her code, like with Charles when he was going to take her code. In this case, it's stated that she was "downloading" Lelouch's memories. She kisses him again in episode 1 of r2 to give him back his memories.
Anyways, it was stated that there was basically no romance in season 1.
|2008-12-16, 16:20
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Romance as in mutual reaction right? Cause technically, since it is C.C's thread here afterall, the scenes in episode 11 and 15 between her and Lelouch, could be interpreted as "romantic hints". {not to mention the Mao arc/Shirley here cause it would get off topic // and btw, whoever stated that obviously forgot Suzu/Euphie}
Honest, sometimes i am confused with how a lot of people define "romance" in anime, got a hard time to figure this out. "^^
|2008-12-16, 16:36
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Yukana's words at the end of S1 : CC's feelings for lelouch are platonic in a mother way (for season 1)
Staff words : CC's kisses were to save and return his memories.
And to Grey Dawn :Yup it was backed (after Turn 13 or something like that if I remember well) that Romance plot as well as Kallen's screentime has been moved to R2.
There it is for the holy official stuff; I really care about those since the end of destiny, without that i'll be certainly totally frustrated by this shittiest next part of Seed. And I think it's better to have all the keys to understand the show and back up our statements.
I can't lie, I don't dislike this at all, but it kill a little the fun. Though those statements will never stop some people to love and to debate about those pairings because they don't care about those stuff, so well.
But I'm surprise. really.
|2008-12-16, 17:00
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Oh yeah, I forget, after all C.C is a witch and witch's kiss is to save and return memories
She's sometimes consider as a woman when it fit (for this scene, it suits that we must consider her as a witch)
Official Holy Stuff shed light on my mind!
All Hail Yukana!
|2008-12-16, 17:04
|Link #4272
Srsly ?
Join Date: Apr 2008
Age: 29
And let's not be blind, the whole "kiss" was to please fans too. But it doesn't change the fact those were business kisses.
(It seems pretty obvious with R2 kiss BTRW. Heh, there her kiss went from nowhere, we can relate this easily with the first one, especially with her line "Time to break the seal"
She put a seal and she broke it.
destiny : Funny to see that during the whole show but the end, the sword and shield role was assumed by another person :'P
And that those sword and shield have been defeated by this very person. Classy *off*
|2008-12-16, 17:14
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But yeah it kills the fun. But in a way, now the pairing war is over, at least from the Cluclu camp.
|2008-12-16, 17:19
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Age: 29
Well you know the war will never be over, though yeah, this kind of thing wasn't expected. especially with their last artwors and stuff.
But well this if for romance thread so back to CC; I just saw her name was supposed to be Sera; was it her name before "CC" or could it be her "True name" ?
Anyway I like it way more than Cecaniah, Sera fits her well.
|2008-12-16, 17:27
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Spoiler for offtopic:
IIRC, It was said in the official website that C.C. is the name of the Code, not something related to the "c.c." we know. So I tend to trust the name Sera more.
About the "Cecania something" name, I still wait for proof/scans/something . I don't really like that name TBH.
|2008-12-16, 17:28
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It is about Lelouch falling in love with her, as she pretty much questioned this herself in epi 24, so it is on the table for her.
|2008-12-16, 17:29
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|2008-12-16, 17:30
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I don't believe in this cecaniah thing too (and I don't like it TOO), the first time I saw it, it was pretty early, on a CluClu fanfiction, so hard to believe it.
I thought until recently that CC's name will stay hidden but with recent stuff and everything, I'll not be surprise if "Sera" was really her name. Though I think it was before "CC" but well, maybe more infos on mutuality...)
|2008-12-16, 17:32
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Which again, is kinda obvious {as everything has been 'kinda obvious' the latest days, if you get my sarcasm} in the last two epis, but i won't go on about it again ~
|2008-12-16, 17:34
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Emotionless White Face
Join Date: Feb 2008
Anyway, as skyless said it. We got an answer about lelouch's feelings, but not about c.c.'s feelings in R2. I'm still waiting for that, because ep24 was not clear about that.
Sera sounds good. Fine with me if it's really her name. However, sad to not have learned it in the anime
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Wyoming Space Grant Consortium Newsletter - PaSSWORD
Volume 7, April 26, 1996
(The PaSS Center is Funded by NASA Grant #NGT-40050)
- Astronaut Jerry Ross Delivered Public Talk on April 18th
- Jerry Ross's Public Appearance
- Wyoming Space Grant Symposium Scheduled for October, 1996
- FREE to Public & Educators
- 1995/1996 Graduate Students Fellowship Research Results
- FREE Teacher Workshops
- Project Coordinator at EYH Conference
- Director's Corner - Paul Johnson
Astronaut Jerry Ross Delivered Public Talk on April 18th
Jerry Ross has flown in 21 different types of aircraft, holds a private Pilot's license, and has logged over 2,400 flying hours, the majority in military aircraft. His NASA experience began in 1979 with assignment to the Payload Operations Division at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center as a payload officer and flight controller. In this capacity, he was responsible for the flight operations integration of payloads into the Space Shuttle. The following year (May, 1980), Jerry Ross was selected as an astronaut. He has had several technical assignments including member of the 1990 Astronaut Selection Board and acting Deputy Chief of the Astronaut Office. A veteran of 5 space flights, Jerry has logged a total of 35 days, 9 hours, 55 minutes, and 34 seconds in space, including nearly 23 hours on four space walks.
On November 26, 1985, Jerry was a mission specialist on the crew of STS 61-B. The crew deployed three satellites, conducted two 6-hour space walks to demonstrate Space Station construction techniques, and operated numerous other experiments. The STS 61-B Atlantis returned on December 3, 1985, after completing 108 orbits of the Earth in just over 165 hours.
Jerry then flew twice as a mission specialist on board the Orbiter Atlantis. The STS-27 was launched on December 2, 1988. This four day mission carried a Department of Defense payload, as well as a number of secondary payloads. In about 105 hours, 68 orbits of the Earth were made. The STS-37 was launched on April 5, 1991, and was used to deploy the 35,000 pound Gamma Ray Observatory. Jerry performed two space walks totaling almost 11 hours to manually deploy the stuck Gamma Ray Observatory antenna and to test prototypes Space Station Freedom hardware. After 93 orbits and over 143 hours, the Atlantis returned on April 11, 1991.
From April 26, 1993 through May 6, 1993, Jerry flew as Payload Commander and Mission Specialist aboard the Orbiter Columbia. During the mission, 160 orbits of the Earth were made and almost 240 hours of space flight were logged. Nearly 90 experiments were conducted. The German sponsored Spacelab D-2 mission investigated life sciences, material sciences, physics, robotics, astronomy, and the Earth and its atmosphere.
Most recently, Jerry was a mission specialist on STS-74, NASA's second Space Shuttle mission to rendezvous and dock with the Russian Space Station Mir. During the 8 day flight, which began on November 12, 1995, the crew aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis successfully attached a permanent docking module to Mir in addition to conducting experiments on a number of secondary payloads. The STS-74 mission was accomplished in 129 orbits of the Earth, traveling 3.4 million miles in 196 hours and 44 seconds.
Astronaut Jerry Ross arrived at the Univerity of Wyoming and toured the campus before being interviewed by Jim Morgan at UW Public Radio. One of the questions asked in the interview was "Would you want to spend six months on the Mir Space Station?" to which Jerry Ross answered that he might consider spending three months on the station. However, Jerry commented that he would definitely go to Mars (which would take a minimum of 2 years travel time) if asked. At the afternoon Graduate and Undergraduate Q & A session, questions centered around, "How does one become an astronaut?" Students were informed that applicants from a variety of scientific and engineering disciplines are selected and training such as scuba (alternate environment training) and flying, while not required are very beneficial. Applications can be obtained from NASA's Johnson Space Center.
Details about the public appearance and photos are on the next page.
Astronaut Jerry Ross's Public Appearance
The public appearance began with a reception where kids of ALL ages
gathered around to meet and talk with Astronaut Jerry Ross. The
excitement of meeting an astronaut was portrayed in the faces of those
who interacted with Jerry, who signed autographs and shook hands with
everyone near him. Jerry began his presentation by describing the 5
missions he has flown. He also spoke directly to the young people telling
them, "you can be anything you want to be if you work hard enough at it."
Jerry then narrated a video of his most recent mission, a docking with the Mir Space Station in November 1995. Activities on the space station included sharing ice cream with the Russian Astronauts, showing conservation of angular momentum by spinning an astronaut who alternatingly brought his arms and legs in and then put them out, and Jerry "jogging" around from floor to wall to ceiling to wall and around again.
After the video, Jerry seemed to enjoy the answering the many questions from the audience. Some of the questions included: "How do you go to the bathroom?", "Will you be flying another mission?", "Have you ever hit an alien?", and "What is it like to be out of the shuttle floating in space?" Questions lasted for nearly an hour.
We all appreciated the kindness and genuine enjoyment of being an astronaut that Jerry Ross exhibited. For many of the audience, it was a childhood dream come true to meet an astronaut. During informal discussions between events, it was learned that in addition to the excitement of space travel, astronauts are constantly learning about a variety of subjects in order to do the many experiments performed in space. Jerry also commented that taking off was quite a ride and said the initial thrust felt like someone took a baseball bat and hit the back of your chair rather smartly. Thank you, Jerry, for giving us a glimpse into the life of an astronaut.
Wyoming Space Grant Symposium Scheduled for October, 1996
The 1996 Wyoming Space Grant Symposium (WSGS) will be held October
11, 1996 (Homecoming Weekend), in the Memorial Union on the
University of Wyoming Campus in Laramie. The Symposium will
feature technical papers, poster sessions, exhibits, and discussion
sessions on planetary and space science topics. The featured
speaker at the Symposium will be Dr. William H. Paloski, a
senior scientist from NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, who will
speak on his experiences with the joint U.S.-Russian effort to
explore space and create the International Space Station.
The goal of the Symposium is to promote the exchange of results, ideas, and interests in the area of planetary and space science among researchers, industry, educators, students, and the public. While the technical program has been set, there is still space available for exhibits or poster sessions to display student projects, work in progress, or research summaries for the Symposium attendees. Anyone interested in preparing an exhibit or poster session should send three copies of a brief proposal, including the name address, telephone, and e-mail of the presenter to:
Dr. John McInroy
WSGS Program Chair
Electrical Engineering Dept.
P.O. Box 3295
Laramie, WY 82071
Details on the Symposium program and schedule will be distributed this summer. We encourage everyone with an interest in the planetary and space sciences to make plans to attend. For more information, contact the WSGS Symposium Chair:
Dr. Rex Gantenbein
Computer Science Department
P.O. Box 3682
Laramie, WY 82071
voice: (307) 766-4226
fax: (307) 766-4036
e-mail: email@example.com
or visit the Wyoming Space Grant PaSS Center's World Wide Web homepage at:
We look forward to meeting all who are interested in planetary and space science in Wyoming.
FREE to Public & Educators
To receive any of the items listed below, contact Teresa Ciardi at (307) 766-2862 or via e-mail (firstname.lastname@example.com).
We still have several sets of software available from the Jackson and Tull's "PC's in Space" collection. The two options are:
- Exploring the Solar System
- Hubble Space Telescope First Servicing Mission
Both are available for either IBM or Macintosh computers.
We also have a few Wyoming CD ROMs. The Wyoming CD ROM is an image data base with several images of Wyoming and a few astronomical and geological images. There are slides, maps, remote sensing and satellite images. The CD ROM is formatted for both an IBM and a Macintosh.
There are several copies of the "NASA's Wyoming Space Grant Graduate
& Undergraduate Fellowship Reports: 1994 Space Science Research"
available. The bound publication is a non-refereed collection of
final reports written by PaSS Center funded researchers.
We also have some materials available on loan, such as videos and an Astronomy Resource Book.
1995/1996 Graduate Students Fellowship Research Results
Graduate students awarded PaSS Center Fellowships in 1995
recently supplied us with progress reports for our annual
reporting to NASA and additional information for their respective
articles. Each year our Graduate Fellows (GF) contribute new and
exciting research to the scientific community. The summaries
provided by our Graduate Student Researchers follow with researchers
presented in alphabetical order.
Russell Ashenden, GF
Atmospheric Science
Dr. John Marwitz, Advisor
Atmospheric Science
Dr. William Lindberg, Advisor
Mechanical Engineering
Two-Dimensional NACA 23012 Airfoil Performance Degradation by Super Cooled Cloud, Drizzle, and Rain Drop Icing
On the evening of 31 October 94, an American Eagle ATR-72 crashed near Roselawn Indiana killing all 68 people aboard. The cause of the accident was probably due to a, somewhat rare and unknown, icing condition caused by super cooled drizzle drops (SCDD). Researchers at Wyoming have been involved with aircraft icing for several years and participated in the ATR-72 accident investigation. This led to an interest in evaluating aircraft performance degradation due to various types of drops found in the atmosphere. A wind tunnel evaluation was initiated June 14, 1995, to determine the performance degradation of a NACA 23012 airfoil model (outboard wing section of the Wyoming King Air) due to various sizes of cloud, drizzle, and rain drops. Computer modeling was used to predict ice shapes using a NASA-Lewis ice accretion code. The ice shapes were dependent on the natural distributions obtained by the Wyoming King Air Research Aircraft for the cloud, drizzle, and rain drops. Data collection in the Wyoming Low Speed Wind Tunnel was completed August 24, 1995. The results demonstrated that airfoil icing due to cloud, drizzle, and rain drops increased drag, reduced lift, increased stall speed, and changed the aerodynamic pitching moment. However, the ice shape due to the drizzle drops resulted in the highest degradation in airfoil performance. This degradation was made worst by simulating a pneumatic boot activation, that is, the simulated ice was removed from the leading edge of the airfoil like a typical anti-icing system. The residual ice then caused a catastrophic flow separation from the airfoil resulting in the extreme performance degradation. These results do not support the current aircraft industry belief that the resulting icing condition in freezing rain is the most severe. On the contrary, aircraft encounters with super cooled drizzle drops may result in the most severe aircraft icing. The importance of these results are evident with the ATR-72 accident. Since the surface temperatures were around +7 degrees Celsius, freezing rain or drizzle were not present at the surface; however, not knowing the severity of the conditions, the pilots held their aircraft in super cooled drizzle drops. The pilots probably assumed that since they were not in "freezing rain" they would not encounter any problems. These SCDD conditions far exceeded the capabilities of the ice protection systems on this commuter aircraft which eventually contributed to the crash.
Calli Daume, GF
Geology and Geophysics
Dr. Larry C. Munn, Advisor
Plant, Soil, and Insect Sciences
Comparison of Field and Satellite Spectra for Southeastern Wyoming Rangeland Soils
Following acquisition of a portable spectrometer, several spectral samples were taken of soils at the former McGuire Ranch. The spectral curves were broken down into reflectance values and subjected to statistical analysis to define the separability of closely related soils so that this may be applied to the interpretation of Landsat TM imagery.
It has been found that the difference between rangeland soils are more subtle than were expected in the 1300-2500 nm range. A second round of data collection has been completed using more detailed soil information. Application of this data to the use of remote sensing in natural resource inventory will be performed.
Mark Garnich, GF
Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Andrew Hansen, Advisor
Mechanical Engineering
Inelastic Structural Analysis of Composite Material Systems Incorporating Micromechanical Effects
A thermal elastic "Multicontinuum" theory was finalized in August, 1995, and an article was submitted to the Journal for Composite Materials. The theory has since been generalized for modeling composite materials consisting of a linear elastic reinforcing material embedded in a linear viscoelastic matrix material. The capability includes thermal loading and predicts stresses and strains in the constituents as well as the composite. The theory has been implemented in a finite element computer program.
Steven Massei, GF
Computer Science
Dr. L. Karl Branting, Advisor
Computer Science
Reuse of Hierarchical Problem Solving Episodes for Robotic Planning
A code was implemented to verify certain results on Hierarchical domains. Once complete, this will demonstrate or refute the applicability of case reuse in related search spaces and will permit verification of the applicability of case-reuse in a hierarchical search.
Jason Miller, GF
Electrical Engineering
Dr. John McInroy, Advisor
Electrical Engineering
Precise Calibration of the MPI Pointing System
In order to precisely aim the optics of an interferometer used for astronomy (the Micro-Precision Interferometer, MPI), a six legged platform, or hexapod, has been proposed. Due to the presence of six legs, the kinematic equations are extremely complex. In fact, current researchers have approximated the kinematic solution using 40th order polynomials.
Since the 40th order polynomials are quite cumbersome, this project has investigated the use of a newer approximation tool, neural networks. Neural networks are patterned after the functioning of the brain. Since even small brained creatures like spiders can easily manipulate multiple legs, a properly designed neural network should solve the kinematic problem with equal ease. The results demonstrate that a neural network can compensate for the many nonlinearities and quickly solve the kinematic equations.
Gerard van Belle, GF
Physics and Astronomy
Dr. H. Melvin Dyck, Advisor
Physics and Astronomy
An Interferometric Investigation into the Multiplicity of Young Stellar Objects
Young stellar objects (YSOs) known as Herbig Ae/Be stars are being studied, using the IOTA interferometer. This unique instrument allows us to examine these stars with resolution ten times greater than the Hubble Space Telescope. One of the goals is to discover close companions to these YSOs and characterize the occurrence of this phenomenon, and investigate the implications of such companionship upon planetary formation. Current results from the IOTA interferometer have produced two papers (two more are pending), and six invited colloquia from Berkeley to Berlin.
The Graduate Fellowship (GF) program continues to be one of the more successful avenues we have found for enhancing research infrastructure. The value of this research is such that we began "publishing" final reports in 1994. For a copy of the 1994 reports or more information on the GF program, call 766-2862.
FREE Teacher Workshops
Potentially, three teacher workshops will be held this Spring. We have finalized plans for a workshop at the Rawlins Middle School which is to be held April 26 and 27. Another workshop has been tentatively scheduled for the Rawlins District on May 17 and 18. Cody is next on the list for this Spring. For information or to schedule a workshop in your area, please contact Jim McClurg at (307) 766-2053 or write to us at the address on the front of the newsletter.
Project Coordinator at EYH Conference
Teresa M. Ciardi, Project Coordinator for the Wyoming Planetary
and Space Science Center, was invited to present astronomy at an
Expanding Your Horizons (EYH) Workshop in Chadron, Nebraska. Lora
Pastwick, a graduate student in the Department of Physics and
Astronomy, planned and presented along with Teresa. EYH is designed
to provide 5th through 12th grade girls with role models and
experiences they might not otherwise have. Women in various
fields are asked to volunteer their time for a day to display
possible careers for the young girls to pursue.
The astronomy workshop was reported to be one of the best according to the EYH coordinator, Nancy Bradford, who read all 500 evaluations from the conference. Efforts such as hanging posters around the room and performing a demonstration of a Supernova explosion, were rewarded with a "thank-you" from many young girls and EYH volunteers. Thanks to the PaSS Center it was also possible to send a miniature telescope home with each of about 60 5th-12th graders. Both Teresa and Lora have been asked to stay in touch and have been invited to return. Teresa has also been invited to present at the 1996 EYH Conference in Casper, Wyoming after having presented successfully for the past three years. Teresa continually designs EYH workshops in both physics and astronomy incorporating several hands-on activities.
Director's Corner - Paul Johnson
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Over the first four years (1991-1994), the PaSS Center distributed approximately $250,000 in the form of Graduate Space Science Fellowships with a 26% match in funds from UW departments. In 1994, we added a program for undergraduates to provide them with the opportunity to perform "real" and meaningful research. Also in 1994, we added the Faculty Fellowship program and have awarded a total of $52,291 (during 1994 and 1995) with over 20% matched by supporting departments. The Faculty Fellowship program includes funding for new course development as well as new research. Other programs developed to enhance the research infrastructure at UW include: colloquia and public talks, the addition of academic and industrial affiliates, the Experimental Program for the Stimulation of Competitive Research (EPSCoR), and the Upper Midwest Aerospace Consortium (UMAC). The public lecture series has included Dr. Eugene Shoemaker, comet discoverer, Dr. Murray Gell-Mann, Nobel Laureate, and Astronaut Jerry Ross.
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Education Outreach has made great strides with the production and state-wide distribution of a Wyoming CD ROM, the development and execution of workshops for K-12 teachers, and the Earth Systems Science Internet project. A new software package has also been developed for K-12 teachers entitled, "Field Trip Software", enabling computer-guided tours of various sites in Wyoming. In order to reach the general public throughout Wyoming, the PaSS Center has created a homepage on the World Wide Web, (http://faraday.uwyo.edu/space-grant) and partially sponsors the Wyoming Public Radio program STARDATE. We also continue to distribute our newsletter twice a year throughout the state. All of these accomplishments have been made by heroic efforts from our staff, Co-Directors, UW and Community College faculty, and a number of Wyoming teachers. Thank you!
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The Most Important Aspects of the Affordable Care Act
What You Should Know About the Affordable Care Act
What You Should Know About the Affordable Care Act
The Affordable Care Act was passed in 2010 to help make healthcare more accessible and affordable for the average American. Before the Act, it was possible to be denied health insurance for having a pre-existing condition. You could also be kicked off of an insurance plan for requiring too much care.
Healthcare reform has helped more than 16 million Americans receive affordable health coverage, according to the White House. Keep reading to learn about the most important aspects of the Affordable Care Act.
Essential Health Benefits
Essential Health Benefits
Every health plan offered by health insurance companies must include essential health benefits. These benefits include:
- outpatient hospital services
- inpatient hospital services
- emergency services
- prenatal, maternity, and newborn care
- pediatric care
- preventive and wellness services
- chronic disease management
- mental health disorder counseling and care
- substance abuse counseling and treatment
- prescription drug coverage
- laboratory tests and services
Some health insurance plans offer additional benefits.
You Can't Be Denied Coverage
You Can't Be Denied Coverage
Before the Affordable Care Act, a health insurance company could charge more or deny coverage if you had a pre-existing health condition. They could also refuse to treat a pre-existing medical condition. Since January 1, 2014, anyone can now purchase health insurance, regardless of whether they're sick or were previously denied coverage.
There is one exception. Individual health plans purchased before March 23, 2010 that had a pre-existing condition rule still don't have to cover costs related to the illness. These plans are grandfathered in and don't have to comply with the new law. To get a health plan that covers your pre-existing condition, apply for insurance through the marketplace.
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As of January 1, 2014, health insurance companies can no longer put an annual cap or limit on essential health benefits. This means you won't run out of benefits if you become sick or you're diagnosed with a chronic condition.
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- How do I apply for Marketplace coverage? (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.healthcare.gov/how-do-i-apply-for-marketplace-coverage/
- How does the health care law protect me – Part 9: Ending lifetime & yearly limits. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.healthcare.gov/how-does-the-health-care-law-protect-me/#part=9
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text: On 07/10/2012 05:55, Jacob Daniels wrote: > -snip- > But I am getting other errors such as the various PBI startup > icons/links not being trusted, those include PBI-xchat.desktop , > PBI-opera.desktop and PBI-virtualbox.desktop > > It seems anything installed via PBI does not get menu and desktop > listings updated automatically, nor correctly > > where would the pbi installation log, be found so I can post it here? > -snip- It sounds like you are using KDE and it is warning you that the PBI desktop/menu entries are "untrusted" before you run them. Is this a good summary? If so, I think this is just a security feature within KDE, that any new desktop/menu icon is "untrusted" until you run it once and say that you trust it. It should be changed to a "trusted" application after running it once, so I do not think it is a problem with the PBI's themselves, but just getting used to this KDE security feature. As for desktop/menu listings getting "updated" automatically/correctly, I am not sure what you are referring to exactly. Do you mean that when a PBI gets updated, the desktop/menu entries are not being updated to match (I.E. in the situation when the program binary changes between PBI versions)? I do not think that there is an official PBI installation "log". Running "pbi_add -r <name>" will fetch and install the PBI, and any strange/additional debugging info will be displayed in the terminal during that installation. -- ~~ Ken Moore ~~ PC-BSD/iXsystems


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A MAN is standing trial for allegedly selling drugs and possessing two unlicensed weapons.
The Bahraini is charged with selling hashish, possessing prescription pills and possessing two firearms and ammunition at the High Criminal Court.
The 29-year-old is standing trial along with two other Bahrainis, aged 25 and 30.
His 25-year-old co-defendant is charged with selling hashish and possessing prescription pills, while the 30-year-old is accused of possessing prescription pills.
The defendants pleaded not guilty when they appeared in court for the first time yesterday.
They were arrested in a sting operation during which the 29-year-old allegedly agreed to sell hashish worth BD450 to an undercover agent in West Riffa.
"We received information about a Bahraini selling hashish in Riffa," an officer said.
"We then sent a plainclothes officer to the 29-year-old defendant, who agreed to sell BD450 worth of hashish to him.
"The defendant was then arrested along with the 25-year-old and we confiscated weapons and bullets found in his car.
"The suspects led us to the 30-year-old defendant."
Police confiscated four pieces of hashish, BD2,620 understood to be money received from selling drugs, a 6mm revolver, an 8mm gun and six bullets.
The 30-year-old security guard was arrested based on his co-defendant's testimony.
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Another year, another failed climate summit
The 49-page agreement produced at the Rio+20 Earth Summit is unmitigated junk. I'm not going out on a limb here. It's one of those rare universally agreed upon truths.
Greenpeace called the summit a "failure of epic proportions". The organisers of the original 1992 Rio Summit said the document was a weak collection of "pious generalities". Friends of the Earth described it as "hollow". George Monbiot wrote it was "meaningless platitudes". Richard Branson used the phrase "mealy-mouthed".
They are all correct. The document, "The Future We Want", is stuffed full of trite acknowledgments, reaffirmations, recognitions, and renewals. It's like a greatest-hits album. There's no new material.
"The need to further mainstream sustainable development" gets acknowledged, of course. The "natural and cultural diversity of the world" has its due recognition. The "importance of freedom, peace and security [and] respect for all human rights" gets reaffirmed. Also reaffirmed is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which dates back to 1948. Indeed, the word reaffirm is used 59 times throughout.
Virtually every goal of every lobby gets its due. The unions even managed to get "decent jobs" thrown into the priority list. Hell, why not? Coordinated global action on decent jobs is no more or less likely than coordinated global action on emissions reduction.
One paragraph even proudly says the signatories recognise that "Mother Earth is a common expression in a number of countries and regions". And they say satire is dead.
Rio+20 was supposed to be the revitalisation of the global climate movement. The first Rio summit set in train everything from the Kyoto Protocol to Copenhagen. After the failure of the 2009 Copenhagen conference, and the water-treading at Cancun and Durban in 2010 and 2011, Rio was to be the spark that got climate action going again.
But now Kyoto expires at the end of this year, and the cycle of yearly climate meetings are a wash. It's been obvious for years there would be no coherent or significant international action to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
Yes, there was an outbreak of optimism before the Copenhagen summit. Recall the "Hopenhagen" campaign, the sort of silliness only an alliance of the United Nations and high-price advertising agencies could produce.
For all that enthusiasm, there was never a clear explanation about why developing nations would suddenly jettison their long-term economic development goals. At the time, we were told the Copenhagen negotiations were thwarted at the last minute by India and China. This influential report in Der Speigel of the final moments of Copenhagen reads very different in retrospect – it's plain now the negotiations weren't scuttled by personal offence, but were doomed from the start.
That of course has been what free marketeers have been saying about global action all along. And now a sense of hopelessness is starting to seep through the green movement.
The Australian Conservation Foundation's Don Henry told Radio National on Thursday last week that he was "very disappointed" with the Rio declaration. In his view, Rio revealed an "unusual confluence of caution", as rich countries tended to their wounded economies, and poor countries focused on reducing poverty.
Striking the same baffled note, Martin Khor, one of the members of the UN Committee on Development Policy, said last week, "We've sunk so low in our expectations that reaffirming what we did 20 years ago is now considered a success."
But the reluctance to curtail economic growth for uncertain environmental ends has always been predictable.
Certainly, these climate conferences have coincided with one of the greatest economic down turns in the past century. It is possible to blame their failure on the great recession.
But regardless of the global economy, it is in no single nation's interest to substantially reduce emissions unless everybody else is also doing so in unison. Ross Garnaut described this as a true prisoner's dilemma: international cooperation, he wrote, "is essential for a solution to a global problem".
So another interpretation is that climate negotiations have plateaued because such cooperation has a natural, hitherto undiscovered, limit. It can only go so far. The failure of coordinated emissions reduction is a natural experiment political scientists will study for decades.
I argued in The Drum last month adaptation is now the main game. For green groups, this ought to be the take-home message from Rio. And if they focus on adaptation, they might find surprising allies.
But to get there, they would have to drop their utopian fantasy of the planet coming together to achieve a shared goal. And that realisation may be much more disappointing than their discovery the Rio agreement is nonsense.
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Joel Cruz wrote:
> I installed monowall in p4 128MB and 4MB hardisk. I want to setup my
> 3 server in DMZ i have the complete segment of my public ip. I
> created a aliase and name it as mail then make a nat rules in server
> nat but when I ping the public ip that I created in aliase i it dint
> see in the web. is there any configuration that i miss?
I am not clear on what you are asking. Here are some things that you may
be missing.
You may be misinterpreting the Aliases concept on m0n0wall. On m0n0wall
the Aliases are simple shortcuts for NAT and Firewall rule creation. Any
light blue field in the rule creation pages you can use an Alias. If you
need to change the IP of a machine that you created an Alias, you do not
need to edit every rule just edit the Alias.
You also may need to create rules for your DMZ to allow traffic out. The
default on the LAN is allow everything out, the default on the OPT (or
DMZ) is not (there is not a default any -> any rule - like the one on
the LAN interface).
Also check the servers in the DMZ to make sure they are using the IP of
the m0n0wall DMZ interface as their gateway.
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If the house was titled in your grandmother's name alone, who has been paying the taxes on the property since she died? A tax lien could take the property for the local government to sell at a sheriff's sale.
If she had a surviving spouse, and the house was titled to them as tenants by the entireties, the house now belongs to her surviving spouse without the need for an estate to be opened.
If your grandmother shared title to the property with anyone else, that person (or those people) would have a claim to at least their proportionate share of the property -- and if they were joint tenants with right of survivorship, your grandmother's interest in the house passed to the other owner(s) upon her death.
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text: Hi Nicolae, I don't know whether you are particularly interested in the case you presented. For performance comparison between D and other languages in general there is this article that I think is quite good: http://janus.cs.utwente.nl:8000/twiki/pub/Composer/DotNetGeneral/csharp-performance.pdf It is allready quite old and stems from 2003. Would be interesting to see how the repport would like like today when the benchmarks were redone. As your example suggested these number crunching-oriented benchmarks as in this report are not always that meaningful for everday life performance issues. Regards, Oliver -------- Original-Nachricht -------- > Datum: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 10:06:40 +0100 > Von: Nicolae Mihalache <xpromache at gmail.com> > An: digitalmars-d at puremagic.com > Betreff: Message passing between threads: Java 4 times faster than D > Hello, > > I'm a complete newbie in D and trying to compare with Java. I > implemented a simple test for measuring the throughput in message > passing between threads. I see that Java can pass about 4mil > messages/sec while D only achieves 1mil/sec. I thought that D should > be faster. > > The messages are simply integers (which are converted to Integer in Java). > > The two programs are attached. I tried compiling the D version with > both dmd and gdc and various optimization flags. > > mache -- Empfehlen Sie GMX DSL Ihren Freunden und Bekannten und wir belohnen Sie mit bis zu 50,- Euro! https://freundschaftswerbung.gmx.de