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This is more about metaphysical energy dynamics.
Things we don't understand as yet.
But it has everything to do with us.
You see, when people play this song, hear it, dance to it, applaud to it, they are giving away their energies. This quantum pack of energy is collected and used to develop its strengths in this realm.
When Rihanna is in concert, with thousands of her fans going crazy , there is a lot of energy being thrown away.
So what they do is to invest a lot into the song, to make it sound catchy and beautiful, attractive so the youngest of fans will love it, and then install the core messages in reverse. You are basically agreeing to the secret reversed messages within the song. Now there is a definite connection between your mind energy and the hidden entity.
It will use this stored energy when the time is right.
Abhie, interesting post. My understanding is that it is only the conscious INTENT of the individual that can define the nature of the energy that is being transmitted. The nature/intent of the stimulus that acted as the catalyst does not claim authority over the energy that is generated or transmitted back unless that energy is of a similar frequency as the source. Energy operates on different wavelengths/frequencies and is not easily transmutable. Distinctions must be highlighted.
Let's say hypothetically that an individual had assumed a very dark state of mind (low vibration) and sought to commit an overt act that would generate anger/hatred (low vibration/frequency energy). If the act is committed, and observers/onlookers were to react and respond with hatred/anger (low frequency emotions of mind) towards the perp, then they are matching the energy level and the prepetrator serves to feed off of that energy and feel empowered by it. If the same act is committed but rather than individuals responding with hatred/anger, they decided to react with empathy/compassion (high frequency emotions of the heart) for those affected by the incident, then the energetic signature is not compatible with the perpetrator's state of mind and he would not be able to feed off that energy. In other words the stimulus itself does not claim authority or ownership over the full spectrum of energy that is generated, only the energy which is compatible or of a similar wavelength/frequency.
In the context of this discussion if I listen to a Beatles song and believe the song about 'Lucy' is a song in reference to a woman or a relationship, that is the association I will make while listening and my conscious intent will dictate the type of energetic response that I generate. Hypothetically, 'Lucy' could be code name for any number of horrible things as created by the intent of the author of the song, but unless I have conscious awareness of the intended meaning, I am unlikely to respond in a manner that is compatible with the energetic frequency of the author's intentions. Does that make sense?
the Beatles themselves publicly claimed the song Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds was about finding alternative spirituality away from Christianity by using LSD. Then they went into a long diatribe about how they would be more famous than Jesus.
i will find the links/vids for you.
whether you believe in the Luciferian/Satanic agenda, they do. they really do...
The battle on this planet is spiritual - This is so, due to the unique nature, experiential patterns of some souls/higher selfs operating on this planet...
It is not lucifer, devil, satan or any of this kind of thinking...
It is however two different paths clashing... The larger group who have their control mongering ways all over this planet are actively seeking to thwart the other, much smaller groups path...
They view this path as a threat, it is not... It is however, a graduation path... The threat comes from the larger group losing members to the smaller group, and they are losing some of their best...
They have run interferance on other planets in the past to try and derail the path, they were not sucessfull, and they will not be sucessfull here...
They cannot defeat the higher purpose, and reason for participating in this galaxy - eventual graduation... This can only be achieved by being on this unique path, a path of simultaneous incarnations...
They are looking for loopholes, and ways to thwart any further loss of members... Genetic manipulation, energy gathering, chemical and electronic interferance, etc.
They are foolish... The spiritual nature and purpose trumps anything physical, and the path cannot be derailed...
A lesson they have not learned yet, even though they have lost on every other planet like this, they have encountered...
Shortly, we will be graduating, the planetary higher self will be graduating, and they get a lifeless rock...
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DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2008--CONFERENCE REPORT -- (Senate - November 07, 2007)
Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, first, I wish to express my strong appreciation to the Senator from Iowa, Mr. Harkin, and the Senator from Pennsylvania, Mr. Specter, for the work they have done on the Labor-HHS conference report. This appropriations bill is of enormous importance. Our national security gets attention, but so much of what makes a difference in the strength of our Nation is our investment in our people. When we talk about investment in our people, we are talking about education, we are talking about health care, we are talking about job safety, job training programs which have been tested and tried, examined and evaluated. The Appropriations Committee has done just a splendid job in allocating resources to these priorities. They have done it in a bipartisan way.
Now as we see this whole process on appropriations moving forward, we know this will ultimately be decided this evening with a Senate vote. It will then go over to the House of Representatives and down to the White House to the President where he has indicated he is going to veto this legislation.
I wish to take a few minutes to go over this legislation so the American people and our colleagues, as we are looking at a variety of proposals that are coming at us at a furious pace in the Senate, have a very clear understanding and awareness as to exactly what this legislation is about and its importance to American families. This is family legislation, it is children's legislation, it is health care legislation. It is about our ability to compete in the future.
We hear much talk about the challenges we are facing globally, and we are facing serious challenges globally. This legislation deals with making sure American workers are going to have the kinds of skills which are necessary so they are able to compete.
Global competition is going to be a knowledge-based competition. That is why it is so important we invest in education. That is why it is so important we have a healthy population, and why it is so important we have individuals who have the skills so we can have a knowledge-based economy and be able to compete internationally. This legislation is the heart and soul of that effort in the Congress of the United States.
Again, I thank old friends and individuals who, for a long period of time, have been strongly committed to these issues on education, health, and training.
When we look over these particular items, it is important to know, since we are talking about priorities, a billion dollars--and a billion dollars is real money, that is true--we are talking about a total budget of over $2.8 trillion. The amounts we are talking about certainly are very modest, indeed, particularly when one looks at the total scope of our budget. And particularly when one looks at what we are spending in Iraq, the amounts we are spending in this bill are basically trivial. That is why it is so discouraging, I find, that the President of the United States believes we have to effectively pay for the war in Iraq by vetoing programs that make a difference in the quality of education, health care, and training of American workers.
Let's look at these items in some detail. How can we take this President seriously when he says he will leave no child behind, when he vetoes funding for education? How can we take the President seriously when he says he is for children's health, when he vetoes funding for children's health care? How can we take this President seriously when he announces a new food safety initiative such as he did yesterday and says he will veto funding for food safety? The President may have the wrong priorities,
but in Congress, we have worked together, Democrats and Republicans, to pass responsible new investments in our schools, the health care systems, and our jobs.
Here is what is at stake if the President vetoes this important legislation, and the American people deserve to know which of their priorities will fall to the cutting room floor when he rejects this bill.
First and foremost, this bill before us today provides long overdue funding for education. Over the past few years, the White House and the Republican leadership in the Congress have neglected the urgently needed new investments for better teachers, stronger schools, and college affordability. In fact, under the Republican-controlled Congress, funding for the education of our children has actually gone down.
This chart goes back to the last time we had Democratic appropriations bills and we passed No Child Left Behind. One can see the dramatic falloff rather than an increase in commitment to children all over this country. We saw the reductions. This reflects the final results of these battles. We can see the gradual reductions in funding. The red lines are what the administration actually requested. Here is President Bush's request, a reduction of $2.2 billion; and in 2008, a reduction of $1.5 billion. This is the difference between a Democratic resolution and a Democratic conference report, $3.2 billion. We are coming back in terms of increases. It provides $3.2 billion in new funding for education compared to last year.
The core Federal education initiative for helping schoolchildren who fall behind is called the title I program. Despite all the hype from the administration about leaving no child behind, title I funding has languished since passage of that legislation. The education funding before us today changes all that. It includes the largest increase in the title I program since the No Child Left Behind Act was passed.
Again, these are the annual increases in title I, part A funding, 2003. It was going down. In 2006, it was flat, 250. And now with this proposal, there is a significant increase, $1.85 billion, an indication of the Nation's priority of increased funding for title I.
Title I, as we all remember, goes back to 1965 when this country said we as a nation are going to make a priority the poorest children and neediest children in our society. We are going to give attention as a nation to do something about the poorest and neediest children in this country. That is what title I is all about.
We will have a chance to get into those in greater detail. We are all familiar with the challenges we are facing with school dropout and increased poverty among the neediest of children. We know money is not the answer to everything, but it is a pretty clear indication of a nation's priorities. And included in this legislation is title I funding.
Shamefully, we have seen the Pell grant stagnate as well. In the past 5 years, students and families have struggled as college costs have skyrocketed. What we have also stated as a country--there was a great debate actually going back to 1960, and was passed in 1965 in the Higher Education Act, that we as a nation say that any young person in this country who has the skill and the ability to be admitted to a college, that they will not be denied that opportunity. If they do not have financial assistance, they will have at least some assistance from a Pell grant, named after our former colleague in the Senate, Claiborne Pell. With the explosion of the cost of education, we still saw flat funding for the Pell Grant Program, and now we are seeing a gradual increase. In this particular appropriations bill, we have an increase in the Pell grant that will be effectively eliminated if this bill is vetoed.
The President should recognize that this bill finally delivers on many of the promises we made some 6 years ago. He should embrace the progress and sign the bill. Instead, the President has threatened to veto the bill and deny the help our schools so desperately need.
The President rejected this bill because it includes an increase of $4.5 billion for education funding over what he included in his budget. He has requested $158 billion for the war in Iraq this year--that is $433 million today--$158 billion for the war in Iraq. All we are talking about is a $4.5 billion increase for education. Mr. President, $4.5 billion for education gets a veto; $158 billion for the war in Iraq gets his signature.
Let's look at the choices and compare the choices of American families which are reflected in the legislation before us.
This chart reflects trying to help struggling schools turn around. American families want to use these funds to help the 9,000 schools most in need of improvement, to strengthen education for all of the children in these title I schools. This represents 1 day of the war in Iraq, and the President says no.
The most important ingredient is the education of our teachers. Having good teachers, well-trained teachers, knowledgeable teachers, committed teachers who will serve in our public school system is one of the highest aspirations that we see reflected on our fellow citizens.
We need to have good teachers in many of the underserved communities, and we need to provide help for those teachers. We need to give assistance to those teachers.
We have some $3 billion for the high-quality teachers. This would hire 30,000 teachers to help reduce class size and provide high-quality induction for 100,000 new teachers. This induction is assisting and familiarizing teachers in their classroom and in their homerooms. It has been enormously successful in the retention of high-quality teachers, these kinds of programs being included in this legislation. It provides high-quality professional development for 200,000 more teachers. Teachers want and need to have some time for their development, and this provides that help for their professional development.
Every other industrialized nation in the world provides this kind of assistance. Teachers need this kind of support. So we are providing important assistance to them. But, oh no, the President says, no, that will be vetoed.
We have $7 billion to help provide the high-quality early education through the Head Start Programs, which equals 16 days of failed policy in Iraq. We all know the importance of early intervention. Everyone should read ``From Neurons to Neighborhoods,'' the great book by Jack Shonkoff, who has done such an extraordinary amount of work pulling together these three great studies from the National Institutes of Health, which shows a snapshot of the child's early development, from birth to the very earliest years, and the difference in terms of cognitive skills and also social behavior. The earlier the investment we have in these programs, the better the results are.
We are not taking the time to reflect all that, but it is so. We have demonstrated it time and time again. But that $7 billion is going to be subject to the veto.
I wish to mention two very important areas. We are going through these areas quickly, but I wish to mention the area of health priorities. We have mentioned early education and education, but we strongly believe in the $4.9 billion in cancer research which would fund over 6,800 grants.
We are living in the life science century, with the extraordinary progress that has been made in DNA research and sequencing of the genes. The breakthroughs we have seen are absolutely mind-boggling. Over the recent years, we have effectively doubled the NIH research and the results coming through are extraordinary. At the same time, we are now finding that instead of taking advantage of these breakthroughs, we are beginning to cut back and cut back and cut back in terms of the opportunities in the areas of cancer and cancer research.
When you talk to families across this Nation about their priorities, No. 1 in the area of health care will be in the areas of cancer research. We have 550,000 who die every year from cancer. It touches every family in America either directly or indirectly. We know the challenges we are facing now with diabetes and the challenges with obesity. There is an explosion across the country in terms of diabetes.
We have $700 million for pandemic flu, to strengthen our health defenses. We know there are a variety of different strains that have been out there, both chemical and biologics, that could be enormously dangerous falling into the hands of the wrong groups and threatening American populations in a very significant and important way. We cannot be seeing a reduction in terms of our commitments to pandemic flu.
The Centers for Disease Control. Whenever we have a problem, look at the television news over the period of the last couple of weeks, what did we see when we had the problems over in the Far East and China? It is always the CDC that takes on the responsibility to go over and try to detect and find out what is happening in these areas. This is an enormously important health agency that has enormous capability and skill in terms of its personnel and commitment. We have all these various challenges--the increased amount of asthma that has effectively doubled over the period of the last 15 years, increasing obesity, and childhood immunizations. It is interesting there is a higher percentage of children in Iraq who are getting immunized for diseases like measles than there are in the United States of America. How do we justify that? Now we are seeing a reduction in terms of childhood immunizations.
The community health centers, which are the lifeline for some 15 million low-income Americans, we are cutting back on those at a time when we are seeing increasing numbers of Americans losing their health insurance. These are all programs that are tried, tested, evaluated and all extremely effective and programs the American people support. Immunization, the challenges of research in terms of cancer and diabetes and obesity, the challenges we are facing in those areas, the importance of investing in terms of education, all of these are extremely important.
Finally, I wish to mention worker safety and health spending, which is a fraction of the Iraq cost. One week in Iraq, $3 billion. These are the total expenditures for protecting the $500 million in terms of OSHA. Since the passage of OSHA, we have reduced deaths in the workplace by more than half. We have increasing complexity for OSHA, because with new techniques and new toxins being used in the workplace, there are new challenges for OSHA. We need to make sure that in the United States of America we are going to have safe workplaces as well as workplaces where individuals can be demonstrating increased productivity.
We all know the challenges that mine health
safety has faced, whether it has been out in Utah or West Virginia, this past year. We have $340 million to try to ensure safety in the mines. But that is going to be vetoed. To demonstrate this isn't out-of-control spending, we have OSHA last year and OSHA this year, which is a 2.8-percent increase over the President's request and some 12 percent in the area of mine safety. These are basic and reasonable kinds of expressions by the Congress in areas of public concern. Nonetheless, we are hearing this administration is going to veto it.
Let me also say we have seen an administration that is, over the past years, increasing the reductions in terms of training programs under the Workforce Investment Act. The Workforce Investment Act was bipartisan legislation. Senator Kassebaum, myself, and others were involved in the development and shaping of that, coordinating a variety of different job training programs. We had strong bipartisan support, and we had support from the workers and from the business community. It has made an important difference. In my State of Massachusetts, at the end of last year, we had over 92,000 jobs that are out there waiting for people to be able to take them. Yet we had more than 178,000 people who are unemployed. You would think it would make some sense to get the skills to those individuals who can work, who want to work, so they can fill those jobs, become taxpayers and productive members of our society. That is what we are talking about in terms of workforce investment. That is what happens when we have good programs such as this.
Nonetheless, we are finding out that even though this legislation restores some $500 million to the cuts we have had these last several years, this President is now committed toward vetoing.
So these are some of the items that are front and center in terms of this appropriations bill. As I mentioned at the outset, this is an extremely important piece of legislation. It is basically about the sole well-being of our fellow citizens. It is about educating our young, ensuring the health and well-being of our fellow citizens, about ensuring we are going to be able to have the kind of skills necessary so we can have a productive, expanding economy to be able to offer the hope and opportunity that good jobs, with good wages and good benefits, means to working families. That is what this legislation is about.
The numbers that have been included represent the best judgment of Democrats and Republicans together. Compared to where we are in terms of the expenditures we have over in Iraq, all Americans, I believe, say: Why aren't we investing in Americans? Why aren't we investing in our children, in our families, in education, in health care, in training? Why aren't we doing the things which are going to make this Nation stronger in the future? Why are we going to face a veto by this President on these important priorities?
Make no mistake, it is a major mistake for this President to do so. I hope he will reconsider his position.
I suggest the absence of a quorum.
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A high speed MEMS flow sensor to enhance the reliability and accuracy of a liquid dispensing system is proposed. Benefitting from the sensor information feedback, the system can self-adjust the open time of the solenoid valve to accurately dispense desired volumes of reagent without any pre-calibration. First, an integrated high-speed liquid flow sensor based on the measurement of the pressure difference across a flow channel is presented. Dimensions of the micro-flow channel and two pressure sensors have been appropriately designed to meet the static and dynamic requirements of the liquid dispensing system. Experiments results show that the full scale (FS) flow measurement ranges up to 80 μL/s, with a nonlinearity better than 0.51% FS. Secondly, a novel closed-loop control strategy is proposed to calculate the valve open time in each dispensing cycle, which makes the system immune to liquid viscosity, pressure fluctuation, and other sources of error. Finally, dispensing results show that the system can achieve better dispensing performance, and the coefficient of variance (CV) for liquid dispensing is below 3% at 1 μL and below 4% at 100 nL.
During the past decades, transfers of liquid volumes in the submicroliter range have become an important feature of liquid handling robotic instruments for protein crystallization, drug discovery, and medical diagnostics. In order to dispense smaller volumes than that be dispensed by hand with more accuracy, higher speed, and better reproducibility, many automated liquid dispensing technologies have been developed in academic and commercial applications [
In some application conditions, for example, protein crystallization, many reagents with different viscosities need to be dispensed during one screening experiment, but most of the commercial automated liquid dispensing systems cannot adjust system parameters automatically, and a dispensing device operating will dispense either more liquid with lower viscosity or less of a higher viscosity liquid, so dispensing volume errors are introduced when liquids of different viscosities are handled simultaneously.
In order to solve this problem, most commercial automated liquid dispensing systems ensure precision by experimental calibration when liquid viscosities change, which is time consuming and less flexible. Recently, a variety of sensors have been used in high-throughput liquid dispensing systems. In 2000, a Bluebird™ dispenser was reported to improve accuracy by using a pressure feed-back loop [
In this paper, an adaptive precise liquid dispensing system with a more intelligent control approach was developed. It consists of a syringe pump, syringe valve, pressurized reagent bottle, pressure regulator, microsolenoid valves, and sensors, etc, as shown in
In the proposed liquid dispensing instrument, an integrated high-speed liquid flow sensor based on the measurement of pressure difference across a flow restriction is presented. It provides closed-loop control for accurately dispensing liquids over a large range of viscosities, as well as detecting air bubbles or nozzle clogs in real time. The functional layout of the sensor chip is shown in
The sensor chip consists of two piezo-resistive sensor dies and a micro-machined channel. By use of anodic bonding process, the glass wafer is mounted on the silicon wafer. The pressure drop induced by liquid flow across the micro-machined channel at low Reynolds numbers is expressed as in (
Based on (
Based on the principles above, the sensor prototype was designed. It consists of two square silicon membranes with dimensions of 50 μm thick × 2,000 μm wide × 2,000 μm long, and the
The sensor fabrication consists of an industrial piezo-resistive process with the addition of an extra backside anisotropic etch step to integrate the flow channel. Firstly, piezoresistances are placed in a Wheatstone bridge by ion implantation. Then the membranes and the channel are anisotropic etched by use of double lever mask technique. After this, the contact hole was formed on the top side by buffer by HF acid etching, and then aluminum is sputtered and patterned. Finally, the glass wafer with 1.8 mm holes is mounted on the silicon wafer by an anodic bonding process. The holes on the glass are created by using an ultrasonic machining process. A SEM picture of the sensor chip cross-section is shown in
The pressure-voltage calibration system is used to supply a controlled constant pressure. It mainly consists of a computer, pressure regulator, pressurized fluid bottle, flow sensor, solenoid valve, and valve controller, and the experimental system configuration is shown in
During calibration, one must ensure that the electrical circuit module of the sensor is connected to the communication module and the communication module is connected to the computer. Using the corresponding calibration software of the MAX1452 unit, the sensor can be calibrated via communication to the computer. For the operational details the reader is referred to the MAX1452 user manual. After that, the communication module is removed, leaving the electrical circuit module to work alone. At this time, the MAX1452 switches to analog mode, and the voltage output of pressure measuring element in the sensor has been calibrated to the desired value. The calibrated output signal under different system pressures is shown in
The flow-voltage calibration system mainly consists of a computer, syringe pump, flow sensor, solenoid valve, and valve controller, as shown in
The output voltage differences for different flow rate are shown in
To adjust the open time of the solenoid valve to automatically sample viscosity with sensor feedback, a more intelligent compound control strategy is proposed, as shown in
The RV Compensation strategy mentioned above mainly considers the effect of residual volume, which is similar to that proposed by Haber. For example, the desired volume is
For the RV Compensation strategy, it can be seen that the minimum controlled dispensed volume is determined by the residual volume. When the residual volume exceeds the requested volume, the system is not capable to deliver the correct volume any longer. Especially in the non-contact dispensing process, flow rates are normally higher than 20 μL/s, which results in that approximately 200–250 nL of residual volume is dispensed after valve is closed, so it is difficult to dispense correct volumes smaller than 200 nL only using RV Compensation strategy in this system.
Therefore a fuzzy controller is introduced to dispense smaller desired volumes. If the volume difference is smaller than the critical value
In each dispensing cycle, the change of valve open time (
For fuzzy control, the minimum controllable dispensed volume depends on the valve response time rather than the residual volume, and the system will not run away until the calculated valve open time is smaller than the valve response time. So the system can dispense smaller volume with fuzzy control strategy.
Therefore an intelligent compound control strategy which combines residual volume compensation method and fuzzy control strategy is proposed, as shown in
The intelligent compound fuzzy control strategy also has some other merits. In a high throughput liquid dispensing process, the viscous reagent in the pipe reduces gradually, which makes the identical viscosity decrease gently; and the system pressure may also fluctuate during the dispensing process, which would affect the dispensing precision. Fortunately, the intelligent compound fuzzy control strategy is a model free design approach and it makes the liquid dispensing system immune to sample viscosity, pressure fluctuation, and some other disturbances. Compared to the use of only RV Compensation strategy, the system using the intelligent compound control strategy has a better precision.
Finally, water and 50% glycerol were dispensed 50 times with different control strategies, and the dispensed volume for each cycle was recorded.
From the comparison experiments above, we can see that the novel intelligent control strategy combines the advantages of residual volume compensation method and the fuzzy logic control method. By use of this strategy, the system can find appropriate valve open time through only one pre-dispensing cycle without manual calibration, and constantly monitor as well as adjust the dispense process to sample viscosity, pressure fluctuation, and some other disturbances. Moreover, with the real-time information from the flow sensor, air bubbles or nozzle clogs can be diagnosed; if nozzle clogs happen, a higher pressure can be detected by the sensor, and the system will report it at once. And the liquid dispensing performance as well as each dispensing channel status can be instantly monitored and reported so as to ensure dispensing reliability.
Dispensing experiments were carried out with different volumes and reagents in 96-well plate. The experiment reagents were water, 10% glycerol, 20% glycerol, 30% glycerol, 40% glycerol, and 50% glycerol. For each reagent, the dispensing precision at 0.1, 0.5, 1 and 5 μL were tested and recorded, as shown in
The precision of the adaptive precise liquid dispensing system was evaluated by the coefficient of variance (CV %). And
A flow sensor based on measurement of pressure drop across a micro-channel has been developed to enhance the reliability and accuracy of liquid dispensing system. In this paper, the design, fabrication, packaging, and characterization of the differential pressure flow sensor were presented. Formulas were derived to predict the static and dynamic behavior of sensor, and dimensions of the two silicon cups and micro-channel were designed properly for the liquid dispensing system.
Calibration results show that it allows measurement of flow rates up to 80 μL/s and the FS pressure drop is less than 5 psi. The sensitivity of the calibrated sensor is 31 mV/(μL/s) and the nonlinearity is better than 0.51 %FS. The advanced intelligent compound fuzzy control strategy is introduced in detail. Dispensing results show that the system can achieve better dispensing performance by use of a compound intelligent fuzzy control strategy. Integration of the custom high-speed MEMS flow sensor and use of the compound intelligent control strategy make it possible to self-adjust the open time of the solenoid valve for dispensing desired volume reagents accurately with a large range of viscosities. Furthermore, it could constantly monitor and correct the dispensing process to make this system immune to sample viscosity, pressure fluctuation, and some other disturbances. Finally, the dispensing experiment results show that the coefficient of variance (CV) for liquid dispensing is below 3% at 1 μL and below 4% at 100 nL.
This work is supported by the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (No. 2007AA04Z311 and No.2007AA04Z336) and Self-Planned Task of State Key Laboratory of Robotics and System (HIT) (No. SKLRS200804B).
The schematic of the non-contact adaptive precise liquid dispensing system.
The layout of the sensor chip.
Electric analogy of the flow sensor.
Simulation shows the stress and strains for single membrane under 15 psi pressure.
(a)The SEM picture of the sensor chip cross-section. (b) The photo of the sensor packaging. (c) The communication module for calibration.
Experimental set up for pressure-voltage calibration.
Measured output voltages for different pressures, the 'goodness of fit' statistics is 99.96%.
The schematic of experimental set up for flow-voltage calibration.
Sensor voltage output for different flow rate, the 'goodness of fit' statistics is 99.92%.
The schematic of the intelligent compound control strategy.
The dispensed volume in each cycle with only RV Compensation strategy.
(a) The dispensed volume in each cycle with only fuzzy control strategy, (b) The dispensed volume in each cycle with intelligent compound control strategy.
Dispensed volume for each cycle with different control strategies, desired volume and reagent.
Reproducibility of dispensing.
|Dispense Reproducibility (CV %)
|0.1 μL
|0.5 μL
|1 μL
|5 μL
|10% glycerol
|20% glycerol
|30% glycerol
|40% glycerol
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Feminism | Posted by Erin F on 12/26/2012
Embracing Femme
Ever since I was 11 years old, I've always been femme, to some extent. The extent of my femme depends really on my overall well-being. The better I feel, the more femme I am. The more makeup I put on, the better clothes I wear, the more I take care of my hair.
I remember when I first started getting interested in feminism, when I was about 15, I was going through a really tough period of my life. I was depressed and was at my least femme. At that point, I also thought that beauty and fashion were patriarchal constructs designed to subordinate women and I stayed as far away from looking femme as I possibly could. I became angry and would always think to myself "why don't men have to put on makeup and do their nails to be considered sexy?" While this is something I still grapple with, I don't think being femme has to mean being oppressed. You can be feminine and enjoy makeup and clothing and glitter and nail art and still be a fearless feminist!
How you choose to express yourself is just that: a choice. It doesn't define you as a person nor your identity as a feminist. You can wear sweatpants and a ponytail everyday or high heels and lipstick and either way and it just means you're presenting yourself the way that makes you feel the most comfortable. And you should always be true to who you are. Beauty doesn't have to be an oppressive force.
Don't get me wrong — I still believe the beauty industry can have a lot of negative effects on society and women (and increasingly men). It tells them they aren't good enough and aren't worthy as they are, that they have to change in some way. This message is obviously crap, but the way you do and feel about beauty doesn't have to be. If you are critical about the media and society's messages to women about beauty and do it for yourself, then you are golden. It's really about just being femme for you, because you enjoy it and find it fun and you feel that you are being the best possible version of yourself, not because you are trying to cover up flaws or because you think that's how you are supposed to dress or look. And if you are doing that, give society the middle finger and DO YOU! Express yourself the way you want to, femme or not.
So with that being said, I've learned to embrace my femme. It makes me who I am and I love how I feel when I express myself in that way. It feels the most….me. I fully embrace it now, without shame. I just always try to not judge myself or others for how they chose to express themselves. I think that is really the key. To let everyone be themselves without letting society get in the way. Learn how to embrace each other instead of tear one another down. Femme or not, everyone is beautiful the way they are.
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C @ at 2:48 am, December 27th, 2012
I am so glad you posted this. It made me fess up to the fact that I miss dressing up and having a little more to my morning routine. Your acknowledgement that a person can understand the effects of media, and still indulge in beauty measures gave me the confidence to go out and buy some makeup, today (something I've been thinking about, but hadn't done because I'd feel like a contradiction). Thanks!
Chloe @ at 12:17 am, December 29th, 2012
I agree that embracing personal style as a woman is liberating. Diversity among women's clothing and make up choices supports the idea of individuality and that there are many ways to be comfortable and attractive as a woman.
Emma E @ at 12:59 pm, December 30th, 2012
Thank you! I love fashion, makeup, glossy magazines, nail polish, and everything girls are 'supposed' to love, ever since I was a little kid. I was always that kid running around in a princess dress. Sometimes I feel like 'less' of a good feminist because I do like makeup and dresses and cute shoes, and I've had people tell me that I can't be interested in, say, politics, which I was also always interested in, because of it. This article was exactly what I needed today.
Caroline @ at 12:36 am, December 31st, 2012
Awesome post! I feel weird sometimes wearing makeup and girly clothes but then i realized feminism is not how you dress or how you look, its mroe than that. I wear makeup and but effort into my appearence cause i want to not cause society or men tell me to. and if others dont thats fine too. I hope we get to the point were women who wear makeup and women who dont etc etc are judged for there thoughts and actions not by the presence or lack there of of beauty products. sorry if this is jumbled its my first comment on here!
Tom @ at 1:30 am, January 27th, 2013
This 82-year-old guy is reading, and liking, your A Little F'd Up.
Upon hearing an adult woman say she wasn't a feminist, I asked if she wanted equal pay for equal work.
She replied "Yes" and I told her she was a feminist.
That was in 1975. I would love to know what effect, if any, my remark had.
brye @ at 3:26 pm, May 18th, 2013
very nice writing. i also like what chloe says about diversity. everyone have different tastes. and i believe this also drives independent thinking. if all dressed and styled themselves a certain way i don't think that is good.


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Waste Food, Waste Water — A Message From World Water Week
World Water Week—an annual conference in Stockholm dedicated to discussing the management of global water resources—opened Monday with a message about cleaning your plate.
Food waste, according to experts at the conference, accounts for significant water waste.
A third to a half of all food grown globally either sits untouched on our plates or rots before it even gets there. A new report from the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) states that 40 percent of food purchased in the U.S. is thrown away. And a new documentary called Taste the Waste highlights the problem. Watch the trailer.
Water Innovation Starts with the Farmer: Stockholm World Water Week
At the forefront of an important agricultural revolution in the developing world is not a leading scientist or a tireless advocate. Instead, the leader is a farmer.
His name is Purushottambhai Patel, from the state of Gujarat in Western India. He is a smallholder farmer with eight cows, three hectares of tobacco, rice, potatoes and sapota, and limited access to water.
Rather than tapping a large-scale water project for his farm, Patel uses the dung from his cows to generate biogas, which is then fed to a pump that runs partly on diesel. This novel arrangement saves him $400 a year in fuel costs, and the improved water supply enabled him to double his crop production. He also sells water to adjacent farms, further boosting local food production.
The pace of innovation in water management on small farms across Africa and Asia is remarkable. Using water more effectively, together with improved market access, can transform marginal subsistence agriculture into a thriving business opportunity. At the same time it can have a major impact on local food security and contribute to lasting poverty alleviation.
Six Steps For Avoiding a Global Water Crisis
Colin Chartres, director of the 25-year-old International Water Management Institute (IWMI), and co-author of the new book Out of Water: From Abundance to Scarcity and How to Solve the World's Water Problems talks to National Geographic News about how the planet can steer clear of budding water and food crises. In your new book, you…


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Gettin' born in the state of Mississippi
In Alabama she would swing a hammer
Price you gotta pay when you pick the panorama
She never knew that there was anything more than poor
What in the world? What does your company take me for?
Black bandana, sweet Louisiana
Robbin' on a bank in the state of Indiana
She's a runner, rebel and a stunner
Oh her merry way sayin' baby whatcha gonna
Lookin' down the barrel of a hot metal forty five
Just another way to survive
California rest in peace
Simultaneous release
California show your teeth
She's my priestess, I'm your priest, yeah, yeah
She's a lover baby and a fighter
Shoulda seen her coming when it got a little brighter
With a name like Dani California
Day was gonna come when I was gonna mourn ya
A little loaded, she was stealin' another breath
I love my baby to death
Who knew the other side of you?
Who knew what others died to prove?
Too true to say good bye to you
Too true to say say say...
Push the fader, gifted animator
One for the now and eleven for the later
Never made it up to Minnesota
North Dakota man was a gunnin' for the quota
Down in the badlands she was savin' the best for last
It only hurts when I laugh
Gone too fast...
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Chairman Smith: Last September marked the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Unfortunately, a key recommendation of the 9/11 Commission -- which called for secure forms of identification - is still not completely addressed. And it seems that this administration has very little interest in addressing it.
On September 11th, 2001, Americans were attacked by foreign nationals who exploited our laws and lived unnoticed in the United States. Nineteen of the hijackers fraudulently obtained 17 driver's licenses from Arizona, California and Florida and 13 State--issued IDs from Florida, Virginia and Maryland.
During the planning stages of the attacks, these identification documents were used to rent vehicles, evade law enforcement officials and enroll in flight school. Ultimately the hijackers showed these licenses and identification cards in order to board the airplanes they used to murder over 3,000 innocent Americans.
Because of these loopholes in our laws, the 9/11 Commission recommended that the "federal government should set standards for the issuance of birth certificates and sources of identification, such as drivers licenses."
The Commission went on to state, "Fraud in identification documents is no longer just a problem of theft. At many entry points to vulnerable facilities, including gates for boarding aircraft, sources of identification are the last opportunity to ensure that people are who they say they are and to check whether they are terrorists."
The Commission was correct. And in 2005, Congress passed and the President signed the REAL ID Act into law. This law addresses this security gap and requires states to meet certain security standards for issuance of drivers' licenses and identification cards. Despite that action nearly seven years ago, REAL ID has not yet been fully implemented.
The current administration has actually undermined the REAL ID Act whenever possible. They extended the compliance deadline two times -- most recently in March of last year. Now states do not have to comply with REAL ID until January 15, 2013 -- which is 11 and a half years after the 9/11 attacks. And Secretary Napolitano has consistently supported the repeal of REAL ID instead of compliance with the law.
Many states understand that they need to issue secure forms of identification. They do not want to issue a driver's license to the next terrorist. Unfortunately, the Department of Homeland Security does not seem to have the resources in place to help ensure that states get the guidance they need in order to comply with REAL ID.
The risk of not implementing REAL ID is great. That's apparent in the facts that surround the February 2011, arrest of Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari in Texas on a federal charge of attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction.
According to the arrest affidavit, when the FBI searched Aldawsari's residence, they found his journal in which he wrote of the need to obtain a forged U.S. birth certificate, multiple drivers' licenses, and a U.S. Passport. He planned to use those drivers' licenses to rent several cars, each with a different license, specifically to avoid detection.
This is evidence that terrorists still plan to exploit the weaknesses in our driver's license issuance processes in order to attack us. If we don't do everything in our power to fully implement REAL ID, we set ourselves up for another attack. History can only repeat itself if we let it.
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Three recycled glass disks cascade down in this beautiful piece. Finished with 40 inches of sterling silver chain (about 16-18 inches in length when worn). Can be made with a single color or multiple colors for added drama (please specify multi-colors in notes). Large disk is approximately 3 inches in diameter and smaller disks are approximately 1 - 2 inches in diameter. Size and shapes will vary slightly due to bottle sizes and design. Patent pending. Color shown: clear from a Corona bottle.
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Nice old white cotton camisole, nice embroidery of flowers and filet crochet insert in center with initials, lace lower border, original tiny mother of pearl buttons on back, nice condition , one open small area at one underarm. It can of course be darned. This camisole measures 30" at the bottom and 38" or more at the bust, unusual to find a large one! Lovely double lace edging at the top and arms, very pretty.
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Embrace and Secure Shadow IT
"Shadow IT" is stepping out into the light of day. Business users are eagerly embracing the cloud and especially Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) in search of cost-effective productivity tools for file sharing and storage, collaboration, social media, and anything else that makes them more effective on the job. But the problem is these well-intentioned, hardworking employees are putting their organizations at risk by accessing unapproved applications that could lead to malware, data loss, or other vulnerabilities.
According to the Frost & Sullivan report, The Hidden Truth Behind Shadow IT, more than 80% of line-of-business and IT employees surveyed worldwide use non-approved SaaS applications. We are seeing a "BYOA" (bring your own application) revolution in action, and if unmitigated, will open up unnecessary holes in your organization. You can however, make it a good thing from every angle if you put the right security solutions in place.
Businesses are already sold on the fact that vendor-hosted applications keep IT overhead costs down—less need for additional investments in infrastructure or time-consuming tasks like updates, testing, management, backup, or recovery. But are organizations paying dearly in other ways for all these benefits? As the report suggests, we could be our own worst enemy in this regard—and there's a lot that can be done about that.
Let's take a look at the top five SaaS applications commonly used in business today. Here's what "the survey says" about companies with more than 1,000 employees. These figures reflect the percentage of respondents who said they used these applications:
- Microsoft Office 365 (49%)
- LinkedIn (46%)
- Facebook (45%)
- Google Apps (40%)
- Dropbox (36%)
So clearly, use of SaaS applications in the enterprise isn't going away. In fact, the practice is growing.
What about the percentage of people who use unapproved SaaS applications? The report states that this ranges from 6% to 8% for individual applications. The names are familiar to all of us—and it's not just Facebook. More often than not, users are accessing legitimate business tools like Microsoft Office 365, Zoho, LinkedIn, and Google Apps. And contrary to what one might think, the people who are "going rogue" are really just interested in doing whatever it takes to get the job done—an admirable motivation, you have to admit.
But dedication and good intentions aside, employees who deploy SaaS applications can put your organization at serious security risk of data loss, breaches, or attacks. And, as the survey points out, a high percentage of users are even well aware of the risks. For example, approximately 40% of both IT and line-of-business respondents perceive that sensitive corporate and personal data could be accessed or stolen by malicious actors or exposed to unauthorized users. And about 15% of participants have either experienced or perceived a security incident—malware infection, data loss, unauthorized or blocked access—associated with using a particular SaaS application.
These incidents span all categories of applications, though, not surprisingly, social media, like Facebook, LinkedIn, and Google+, top the list. Nonetheless, the level of risk involved in using these applications doesn't seem to be affecting user behavior.
What proactive measures can your IT department take to help reduce risk and keep SaaS-related security events from potentially compromising your security posture, your valuable data, and the safety of your employees as they work?
- Establish a broad SaaS policy that provides your employees with the flexibility to be creative and use the tools they need to give your business a competitive edge.
- Provide employees with access to a wide range of applications rather than restricting their choices.
- Look for security solutions that will minimize common risks with policy-based controls, instead of completely shutting down a SaaS application.
- Implement transparent and comprehensive enterprise protection with solutions like McAfee Web Gateway to help protect employees during their online activity.
- Deploy data loss prevention solutions to monitor SaaS traffic for confidential assets like credit card numbers or personally identifiable information.
- Minimize password chaos and possible theft with an identity and access management solution.
- Have regular dialogue with employees about security policies and practices and the type of SaaS applications they are interested in using.
Want to coax "Shadow IT" out of the shadows and incorporate secure usage of SaaS applications in your organization? Take the first step and learn more about web application control with McAfee Web Gateway.
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RECIPE: Butternut Squash Pasta Salad
The air is getting cooler, the jeans are getting tucked into knee-high boots, and everything pumpkin-flavored has resurfaced. That's right, it's Fall!
Today I want to share one of my favorite recipes that was actually created out of desperation. Ok, I'll admit, most of my recipes are created that way, but this one turned into an instant hit! I was asked to make a side dish for a cookout at my hubby's co-worker's place (last minute, of course) and I seriously had no idea what to make.
Being the "pastaholic" that I am, my brain instantly went to carbs. I wanted to incorporate the flavors of the approaching season as well, so this is what I came up with!
- 1 box of rotini pasta, cooked and cooled
- 1/2 butternut squash, cubed
- 1/2 stick of butter
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
- cinnamon
- sea salt
- dried cranberries
- 1/2 red onion, chopped
- olive oil
- balsamic reduction
- fresh mozzarella, sliced
- fried sage (optional)
What To Do:
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees
- In a small brownie pan or cookie sheet, lay out the butternut squash cubes. Add a small handful of brown sugar, butter, a generous drizzle of olive oil and a sprinkle of cinnamon to the squash and toss with your hands. Sprinkle salt on top, salt helps the roasting process. Let cook for about 25-30 minutes until tender.
- When your squash is done, add it to the cold pasta (roasting oil and all) with chopped red onion, some dried cranberries and a sprinkle of fried sage if you have it on hand. Top with mozzarella and drizzle on some balsamic reduction right before serving.
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The Lost Stradivarius (1895), by J. Meade Falkner, is a short novel of ghosts and the evil that can be invested in an object, in this case an extremely fine Stradivarius violin. After finding the violin of the title in a hidden compartment in his college rooms, the protagonist, a wealthy young heir, becomes increasingly secretive as well as obsessed by a particular piece of music, which seems to have the power to call up the ghost of its previous owner. Roaming from… (more)
Classic dark, gothic tale. Enjoyable read.
Language: English
Published in: 1895
Word count: 49,637 words (≈ about 3 hours)
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There's even a chance for made to order creations and customised versions of Stewart's ready-to-wear millinery.
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Committee Charge and Membership
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Present: Paula Kaufman-chair, Lynne Rudasill-Vice chair, Chris Prom-Secretary, Jane Block, Tim Cole, Kathleen Kluegel, Nancy O'Brien, Kim Reynolds-Recording; Visitors – Valerie Hotchkiss, Bill Maher. Absent: Cindy Ingold, Lynn Wiley
1. Review and approval of minutes from November 7, 2005
Minutes were approved with changes.
2. RSBC Library Name Change –Valerie Hotchkiss and Bill Maher
Valerie and Bill came to the meeting to answer questions regarding Valerie's request to change the name. A motion was made and seconded to change the name of the "Rare Book and Special Collections Library" to the "Rare Book and Manuscript Library." Motion carried with one abstention.
3. Question Time
The Committee will need to appoint a PTA chair as soon as the election has been completed, December 15. FRC & PTA's work is primarily completed for the year.
4. ICR "seed money" requests (4)
Four requests were submitted; approximately $80,000 is currently available in the pool. EC discussed the requests. During and subsequent to the meeting, the following proposals were approved:
Laskowski, Ward, Gilley, Wagstaff: Circulating IPODS.
Kibbee, Ward, Kern, Kraft: Refworks WIKI.
Schmidt, J. Teper: Community Cookbooks metadata and survey
5. Acquisitions Librarian Proposal
The committee approved a request to conduct a search for an acquisitions librarian and recommended potential search committee members to Paula.
6. P&T Task Force Request
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Okay, now get the rest of the info in row 2. In F2, use =B2 (last name), in G2 use =B4 (address), and in H2 use =B5 (city, state, ZIP). Autofill those formulas all the way down. Now, select columns E through I, select Copy, the select Edit > Paste Special > Values. This will replace the formulas with static values. Now, each of your records should have one line. The next step is to get rid of the rows you don't need anymore.
To do this you'll to use the Autofilter. But before you use the autofilter make you have a header row. So E1 should be first name, F1 should be last name, etc. Give your header row special formatting, such as bold text, so the autofilter recognizes it as your header row. Now highlight column E and select Data > Filter > Autofilter. A small arrow will appear by your first name header. Click on that arrow and chooses (Blanks) from the drop-down list. The rows you don't need will be diplayed. Select all these rows and delete them. Now, remove your filter by selecting Data > Filter > Autofilter again, and you should be left with only the records you need. You can go ahead and delete columns A through D.
To avoid this mess in the future, make sure that the text file you import only contains line breaks or carriage returns between records. In Microsoft Word, you can do a find/replace to replace unwanted line breaks with an asterisk or some other symbol that you can later use as a field delimiter in Excel.
Okay, if you made it this far, the rest is easy.
To separate the last name and the phone number, use Excel's Text-to-Columns feature. First, insert a new column to the right of column B. Then highlight column B and select Text-to-Columns from the Data menu. You'll be given the choice between fixed width and delimited. Select delimeted. In the next step you'll be able to choose what what you want use as your delimeter. Choose colon. This will separate the last name from the phone number.
To parse your city/state/zip data into different columns, use Text-to-Columns again. If there's a comma between the city and state, and a space between state and ZIP code, first use a comma as your delimeter, separating city from state and ZIP, then use a space as a delimeter for you state/ZIP column, separating those two. Just remember to have empty columns to the right of whatever column you're parsing so that Excel has somewhere to put the data.
I hope this helps,
Ben - great response! Thanks for all the time you spent on this. I did find one other field that needs to be moved. Right underneath First-Name in A3, I find the first names of their children (A4). Of course, when I perform the copy to E2, it also copies the childrens names. I want to copy these to a new column as all the others. Is there a way to move the data rather that copy? That might be a better approach. Thanks again!
Having the childrens' names under the parent's name calls for a revision of my proposed solution. We'll have to modify the formula in column E, =IF(A3<>"",A3,""), so it only copies the parent's names. What is unique about the parents' names that an Excel function could recognize? From the looks of it, the cells above parent's names are blank. So we'll only copy the names in column A that are beneath blank cells.
Here's the formula you should put in E2:
Autofill it all the way down column E and it should take only the parent's names.
Now, to get the children's names in a new column is a little trickier. I take it that the number of kids for each person varies. So if you just take the names in column A that are not beneath blank cells, you'll have more children than parents. So, you'll have to make it so that column I takes the names of kids that are directly below their parent's name, column J takes the names of the kids that are two cells beneath their parents name, etc. It might take a little trial and error to figure out. Good luck,
Ben - it all works great, but for the familys that have the "kid" row, the record is 5 rows deep with info, whereas the 'non-kid' family is only 4 rows deep. As a result, the address and/or city get skewed. I have tried to do a row count and make an adjustment in the formula, but no luck. Thanks again.


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The Apache Indians. By Frank C. Lockwood. (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1938. xvi+348pp. Illustrations and map. $3.50.)
At the time of the Spanish conquest of the Southwest the Apache Indians were a warlike tribe living in parts of what are now
the states of Arizona and New Mexico, and northern Sonora and Chihuahua.
The story of the hardy, mobile Apaches who figured so significantly in the struggle for the Southwest, has been told in interesting
fashion. In an arrangement purely chronological, the author opens the narrative of the Apaches with their brief contacts with
the Spanish conquistadores and missionaries. Then follow the Spanish attempts at colonization of the Apache country, a period
which is replete with conflicts between the two races. The era of Mexican control of the Southwest sees little improvement
in the relations with these desert Ishmaels. And the subsequent attempts of the Americans to make wards out of the Apaches
is a sad story of their recurring wrath and rebellion. The outbreak of the Civil War meant the abandonment of this portion
of the Indian country; and the consequence was the loss of the little gain that had been made towards a peaceful period of
Indian affairs. With the inauguration of President Grant's "Peace Policy" towards the Indians conditions on the Apache frontier
saw a definite improvement. And the subsequent fifty years were ones of peace. The book concludes with the author's outlook
for the future of the Apaches.
Doctor Lockwood, until his death last year, was a professor and dean at the University of Arizona, in the heart of the old
Apache country. The author's great interest in the social condition of the Indians led him into their native haunts and made
him the friend and confidant of many of them. There is evidence of his many interviews with Apache eyewitnesses of historic
encounters with the whites. Much is told of the Indians' way of
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living, their food, dress, dwelling places, moral code, social customs, and tribal organization. The writer's long study of
the Indian problem and his personal association with the Indians explain his sympathetic understanding of their unpredictable
manner. Doctor Lockwood has not hesitated to point out examples of white greed, stupidity, and corruption among petty officials
who were largely responsible for the intermittent difficulties with the Apaches. In this respect the author follows the writings
of Paul I. Wellman, notably in the latter's Death in the Desert, which covers the same period and area but is not limited to the Apache tribe.
The book is interestingly written in an informal style. Though designed primarily for the general reader, the volume is scholarly
and comprehensive. The field of printed sources seems well covered; and there are frequent referencs to unpublished accounts
and official manuscript records of the government. A short bibliography appears at the end of each chapter. The book is attractively
bound and printed; it is adequately illustrated with many rare photographs from the files of the United States Signal Corps.
A sketch of the Apache country makes it easy to locate the scenes of the principal events. An index increases the value of
the volume as a reference work.
This is a distinct contribution to the history of the American Southwest, an excellent tribal history of the Apaches.
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Lord Macaulay, Victorian Liberal. By Richard Croom Beatty. (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1938.—$3.00.)
Professor Beatty contrives to leave a pleasing impression on his reader despite some personal bias and his proneness to pass
harsh judgments. His scholarship is sound; his style has clarity and distinction. There is a judicious blending of narrative
and discussion, of biography and exposition, of history and literary criticism and the author's lightness of touch appeals
to the general reader.
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The general effect of the book is somewhat marred by the intrusion of the personal point of view which lends it at times the
character of a polemic. The writer is at some pains at the outset to place Macaulay in his social and political setting and
to identify him as a liberal. But since the writer apparently regards himself as a "liberal," he resents the preemption of
this term by the liberal school of the nineteenth century. But after all, the English liberals were the first in the field
and logically it seems sounder to apply the term to the philosophy of individual freedom and laissez-faire rather than to those who advocate government intervention in the economic and social life of society, no matter how high
the motives that inspire this course. In such a scheme of things property naturally occupies a position of paramount importance.
It is assumed to be the reward of individual effort; property carries the burden of taxation; hence political power should
go with it. This was almost the inevitable accompaniment of the industrial revolution. The abandonment of this principle of
the close association of power with property seems now to be equally inevitable but obviously exposes us to the risk of exploiting
the propertied classes for the benefit of the unpropertied, which looks dangerously like killing the goose that laid the golden
In his treatment of Macaulay as a writer Professor Beatty is on firmer ground. Without possessing great originality, Macaulay
had at his command a wealth of literary allusions and a remarkable facility of expression. But as he himself admitted, he
was denied the gifts of a literary critic and his reviews were marked by strong personal prejudice. But his literary fame
rests largely on his History of England. This was essentially a picture of the revolution of 1688 as seen through the eyes of a Whig but despite its strong partisanship,
it is great literature and as literature will stand the test of time.
The writer has allowed a number of slips. For instance on p. 139 he has used the word "chairman" apparently in referring to
the Speaker of the House of Commons. A want of careful judgment has led him into too ready an acceptance of the long-current
belief in the innocence of Queen Caroline. If he had read As-
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-pinall's Letters of King George IV, he would not have made light of the "outrageous charges of immorality against her."
University of Oklahoma S. R. Tompkins
Tarnished Warrior: Major-General James Wilkinson. By James Ripley Jacobs. (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1938. 380 pp. Maps, illustrations, and bibliography. $3.50.)
During his life General Wilkinson was usually demanding courts of inquiry. He always got them, and they always acquitted him.
His death did not end his importunities. Since that time he has demanded an adequate biography. It seems that he now has one,
but it does not give him the same kind treatment.
Written by a retired Major of the U. S. Army, Tarnished Warrior is a meticulous piece of work. It is so carefully documented by the sources that one wonders if the author is not a highly
trained historian. The bibliography not only lists thirty-two libraries yielding letters or other unprinted source material
on Wilkinson, but also twenty-seven contemporary newspapers, and about seven pages of printed source and secondary books.
Major Jacobs seems to have used most of the material there is in the country on his subject. He tells his story with careful
footnote references to the sources.
Such a careful bit of work could easily be dull. Instead Major Jacobs' style is always interesting and sometimes delightful.
Adroit sentences sprinkle the pages, and the story moves with a rapidity that reminds one of a historical novel. One might
fear that the author would over-emphasize the military side of Wilkinson's career. There naturally is much of battles and
campaigns, since Wilkinson was a military man, but this element, in this reviewer's opinion, is not over-emphasized and is
often used to reveal the character of those discussed. In addition there are numerous maps and about a dozen contemporary
pictures of people or scenes.
Able, vigorous, of a good family, and very ambitious, Wil-
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kinson was equipped to go to the top. The absence of a sense of true honor and the fatal desire to get things the easy way
led to his ruin after he reached that top. He used everyone possible for his own advantage, played both sides against the
middle, and was lucky enough never really to get caught to his ruin. "His was an artful program, altogether unhampered by
any ethical idea."
Wilkinson's life was a full one. He studied medicine, served in the Revolution, moved to the West to sell calicos and cross-cut
saws and speculate in land, became a Spanish pensioner and Kentucky politician, treated with and fought the Indians, became
Governor of Louisiana territory, was involved with Burr, fought in the War of 1812, ran a southern plantation, and became
a self-appointed delegate to Mexico, where he died in 1825. He occupies the peculiar position of a traitor who did not injure
this country, except by his own incapacity.
Some points deserve detailed attention. Oklahomans will wonder if any new light is thrown upon the motives of Wilkinson's
sending Pike on his tour of discovery. Major Jacobs presents no new evidence, but suggests the profit of the fur trade, the
military advantage of the knowledge of a route to Santa Fe, and the stirring up of Spanish fears as motives.
One suggestion which could be further developed is that Wilkinson originated hopes of a western empire in Burr's mind, and
that he used Burr as a tool, knowing that he could jump both ways and always be on the winning side.
Those interested in Indian dealings may wish that this element of Wilkinson's life were treated more fully. Some of the General's
observations on Indians are quoted and make it clear that he had a sharp eye and a good head on such matters. They are as
true today as they were then.
Bacone College Marc Jack Smith
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Thanks to Gayle, Sammys plan came to fruition with the Aussies needing to chase down a total of 206 to seal there place in the t20 World Cup final on Sunday evening against hosts, Sri Lanka.
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Professor Weimin Chen and his colleagues at Linkoping University, in cooperation with German and American researchers, have succeeded in both initializing and reading nuclear spins, relevant to qubits for quantum computers, at room temperature. The results have just been published in the renowned journal Nature Communications.
A quantum computer is controlled by the laws of quantum physics; it promises to perform complicated calculations, or search large amounts of data, at a speed that exceeds by far those that today's fastest supercomputers are capable of.
"You could say that a quantum computer can think several thoughts simultaneously, while a traditional computer thinks one thought at a time," says Weimin Chen, professor in the Division of Functional Electronic Materials at the Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology at LiU, and one of the main authors of the article in Nature Communications.
A traditional computer stores, processes and sends all information in the form of bits, which can have a value of 1 or 0. But in the world of quantum physics, at the nano- and atomic level, other rules prevail and a bit in a quantum computer - a qubit - can have any value between 1 and 0.
A spin-based qubit makes use of the fact that electrons and atomic nuclei rotate around their own axes - they have a spin. They can rotate both clockwise and counterclockwise (equivalent to 1 and 0), and in both directions simultaneously (a mix of 1 and 0) - something that is completely unthinkable in the traditional, "classical" world.
An atomic nucleus consists of both protons and neutrons, and the advantage of using the nuclear spin as a qubit is that the nucleus is well protected, and nearly impervious to unwanted electromagnetic disturbance, which is a condition for keeping the sensitive information in the qubit intact.
The first step in building a quantum computer is to assign each qubit a well-defined value, either 1 or 0. Starting, or initiating, the spin-based qubits then requires all the atomic nuclei to spin in the same direction, either 'up' or 'down' (clockwise or counterclockwise).
The most common method for polarising nuclear spin is called dynamic nuclear polarisation; this means that the electrons' spin simply influences the nucleus to spin in the same direction. The method requires strongly spin polarised electrons and functions superbly at lower temperatures.
Dynamic nuclear polarisation via conduction electrons has, however, not yet been demonstrated at room temperature - which is crucial for the method to be useful in practice for the development of quantum computers. The main problem is that the spin orientation in the electrons can easily be lost at room temperature, since it is sensitive to disruptions from its surroundings.
Linkoping University researchers Yuttapoom Puttisong, Xingjun Wang, Irina Buyanova and Weimin Chen, together with their German and American colleagues, have now discovered a way of getting around this problem.
Back in 2009, Chen and his research group presented a spin filter that works at room temperature; the filter lets through electrons that have the desired spin direction and screens out the others.
With the help of the spin filter, they have now succeeded in producing a flow of free electrons with a given spin in a material - in this case GaNAs (gallium nitrogen arsenide).
The spin polarisation is so strong that it creates a strong polarisation of the nuclear spin in extra Ga atoms that are added as defects in the material - and this takes place at room temperature. This is the first time that strong nuclear spin polarisation of a defect atom in a solid is demonstrated at room temperature by spin-polarised conduction electrons.
"We prove experimentally that the measurable magnetic field from the nuclei, as well as the strong polarisation of the nuclear spins in the material at room temperature, comes from the dynamic polarisation of the nuclear spin in the extra added Ga atoms," says Chen.
The researchers have also shown that the polarisation of the nuclear spin happens very quickly - potentially in less than a nanosecond (one-billionth of a second).
The method proposed also has the advantage of making use of free electrons. This makes it possible to control the polarisation of the spin in the nucleus electrically; in this way the information lying in the spin can both be initiated and read.
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This is a good beef jerky marinade, especially if you prefer one that is not loaded with pepper. My mom gave me this recipe, I think it came enclosed with her dehydrator. This amount will marinade about 2 1/2 pounds of meat. I prefer to use thin sliced London Broil, it's nice and lean.
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