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11645 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1158
Los Angeles, CA 90025
Dental Design of Brentwood is a trusted Los Angeles area dental implants practice providing natural-looking, comfortable tooth replacement. We make it our mission to use a gentle touch during the process.
We hold ourselves to the highest standards to replace missing teeth and provide you with natural-looking results. Our goal is to restore your confidence and your bright, healthy smile.
New and safe sedation dentistry with Los Angeles area sedation dentist Dr. Maury Masliah means you can have years of dental treatments done quickly while you're lightly sedated, with little or no discomfort. If you've been putting up with discomfort, hiding your smile, or delaying scheduling dental work because you're too busy, your life is about to change. Make a sedation dentistry consultation appointment today with Dr. Masliah.
Maury Masliah, D.D.S. is proud to be a trusted Los Angeles area Zoom!® teeth whitening dentist. Our patients love the short amount of time the tooth whitening treatment takes as much as they love the results.
You'll be able to relax in our comfortable surroundings. In just about an hour, you'll have a sparkling white smile!
Maury Masliah, D.D.S. is proud to be a popular Los Angeles area Lumineers® dentist. If you have sensitive teeth and want pain-free dental veneers, we can help.
Our highly trained team has extensive experience with this quick and easy procedure. We'll help you transform from feeling self-conscious to feeling confident about your bright new smile.
Our patients tell us they feel fortunate to have Los Angeles area braces dentist Dr. Masliah providing them with Six Month Braces®. He will carefully examine your mouth, jaws and bite to make sure they're the right option for you.
This system uses high-tech archwires that have what is called "shape memory." However the wire is twisted or bent by the improper position of your teeth, it will return to its original ideal position. This allows your teeth to move automatically to the right position very rapidly.
22600 Ventura Boulevard, Suite 204
Woodland Hills, CA 91364
For comfortable tooth cleaning in the Woodland Hills, California area, Dr. Manny Fernandez is known for having a gentle touch. The friendly team at Manny Fernandez, D.D.S provides dental hygiene treatments for a whiter smile.
Maintaining good dental hygiene is the foundation for healthy teeth and gums. We're committed to helping you have a lifetime of oral health.
Dr. Fernandez has extensive experience providing gingivitis treatments in the Woodland Hills area. Bleeding gums can lead to more serious health problems if not treated promptly.
Our friendly, professional team will evaluate your needs and design a personal treatment plan. We'll help you have healthy gums and teeth for life.
At Manny Fernandez, D.D.S we aim to maximize your insurance benefits and make any remaining balance easily affordable. Woodland Hills area dentist Dr. Manny Fernandez and his knowledgeable staff can help answer any of your insurance questions.
We accept most insurance carriers. Please check with us prior to your appointment, but it's safe to say we likely accept the type of insurance you carry.
Manny Fernandez, D.D.S is a trusted Woodland Hills area dental implants practice providing natural-looking, comfortable tooth replacement. We make it our mission to use a gentle touch during the process.
We hold ourselves to the highest standards to replace missing teeth and provide you with natural-looking results. Our goal is to restore your confidence and your bright, healthy smile.
If you suffer from dental anxiety in the Woodland Hills area, Dr. Fernandez can help. We offer several options that can make your dental treatments pleasant and stress-free. Our team at Manny Fernandez, D.D.S is trained to help you feel comfortable. You'll be able to feel relaxed while receiving the friendly, professional oral care you deserve.
2625 W. Alameda Avenue, Suite 420
Burbank, CA 91505
If you are missing one or more teeth, you'll want to talk with Burbank area dental implant dentist Dr. Alexandre Tavitian about replacements that look and feel as natural as your own teeth. If dentures are causing you problems, you may consider dental implants. Unlike dentures, which can be removed, Dr. Tavitian offers dental implants that are permanently anchored into the jaw itself.
Alexandre Tavitian, D.D.S. is proud to be a trusted Burbank area Zoom!® teeth whitening dentist. Our patients love the short amount of time the tooth whitening treatment takes as much as they love the results.
You'll be able to relax in our comfortable surroundings. In just about an hour, you'll have a sparkling white smile!
Burbank area dentist, Dr. Alexandre Tavitian has extensive experience providing dental phobia treatments that help patients ease their dental anxiety. If fear of the dentist is keeping you from getting the quality dental care you need, we can help. You're not alone. Our trained team works with all kinds of anxiety and stress. We'll help you get the dental treatment you need in a way that makes you feel comfortable.
Secure, removable overdentures in the Burbank area are available from Dr. Tavitian. The extra stability that comes from using implants means that your new dentures won't slip around.
You'll feel more comfortable compared to regular dentures. You'll feel more confident when talking, eating and smiling.
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Santa Monica, CA, 90403
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The crown serves two important functions. First, it restores the appearance of your teeth and your face. If your tooth is severely decayed or cracked, the dentist will need to restore it prior to preparing a cap. Teeth also support the muscles in our faces, so anything less than a full tooth may affect the way you look.
Second, a crown will be the same size and shape as the natural tooth. As a result, it will keep your jaw and bite aligned; it will also make sure that other teeth don't shift locations or take on a greater share of the work of biting and chewing.
Crowns are most often made of gold or porcelain. Crowns also can be made of stainless steel, but those crowns are often temporary and not designed for long-term wear.
Porcelain crowns usually are built on a metal base, which fits snugly over the natural tooth. Your dentist will choose a porcelain that matches the color of your natural teeth. Porcelain crowns usually are so carefully matched in color, they cannot be distinguished from your natural teeth. Many people choose porcelain crowns for the cosmetic appearance and the confidence it gives them.
New materials are now available that allow the use of "all-ceramic" crowns in some cases. They have a beautiful life-like appearance and short-term studies support their success, with long-term trials ongoing.
Crowns also can be made of all gold. Some people prefer not to use gold because it stands out from the other teeth in appearance. At the same time, if the crown is on a back molar, some people feel the cosmetic issue is not a big one. Your dentist will discuss the types of materials available if a crown is recommended.
Once your crown is in place, make sure the area is brushed well and that you floss below the gum line. While the crown protects your remaining tooth from further decay, you must protect the base of the crown from bacterial growth and gum disease. Regular brushing and flossing as you would your natural teeth will ensure that your crown will be in place for years to come!
By Danine M. Fresch, DDS
Have you heard about biofilm? Our dental office monitors it daily. Possibly you'll catch something on TV about biofilm as some sort of newly discovered health threat. It's neither, really. Here are the facts:
Most of our dental equipment is connected to long, flexible tubes that deliver water to your mouth. We call these tubes dental waterlines. Every day, fresh water rushes through them. But overnight or over the weekend, water trapped in these long tubes has the potential of being colonized by a thin layer of microorganisms.
Those microorganisms are biofilm. It's just as important we keep our waterlines free of biofilm as it is you keep your teeth free of plaque through regular brushing.
We've known about biofilm for years. Every morning, all our waterlines are cleared before the first patient arrives. Our dental chairs are equipped with check valves that make sure waterline delivery goes only one way-into the mouth and down the drain.
All this to combat a health hazard that is so far only theoretical-we have no evidence of illness related to water from a dental waterline. Even if it existed, the marginally higher bacteria counts wouldn't necessarily pose a hazard to healthy patients. Bacteria is everywhere-in drinking water, the air we breathe. Getting rid of it is the job of our immune systems.
News organizations love to discover what they believe to be health threats, because it keeps viewers tuned in. But biofilm (if it exists at all) is something we've known about and protected patients against for years.


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Bouquet: characterized by intense spicy and balsamic notes which recall broom flowers and the freshness of wildflowers and myrtle leaves after a spring storm.
The taste in the mouth is elegant and delicate with full-bodied alcohol and acidity giving it a well-balanced persistence.
Varietal composition: 100% Viognier.
Acquadoro, a wine for many but not for all, is created from a specific varietal, Viogner, and the multifaceted character of the land of the Maremma. A harmonious and in some ways courageous merging of the historic aromatic qualities of the varietal and the added value of the terroir, which in Acquadoro translates into the fragrance of fresh flowers and Mediterranean maquis. A balanced collage made possible through the meticulous management of the vineyard and careful harvesting of grapes that, once in the winery, are handled with oenological expertise and full respect for their original characteristics.

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Agreement with collective nouns has received a great deal of attention in English corpus linguistics. Previous research (e.g. Levin 2001, Hundt 2006) has shown that present-day AmE strongly prefers singular agreement with collective nouns, as illustrated in (1). However, much less is known about this phenomenon in the LME period, in which collective nouns were "notoriously troublesome as to number, and there has been much fluctuation over time" (Denison 1998: 99). Lakaw (forthcoming) shows that the present-day preference for the singular was not yet established in 19th-century AmE, and that plural agreement (exemplified in (2)) was still frequently used. He furthermore suggests that the shift towards the singular must have occurred in the early 20th century.
(1) The army was not in winter quarters now; it was in the field fighting, (COHA, 1913)
(2) the army have gone into winter quarters (COHA, 1823)
This paper presents a study on the influence of prescriptivism on agreement
with collective nouns in early 20th-century AmE. The agreement patterns of 20 collective nouns (e.g. army, government, society) were investigated in COHA, and the resulting shares of singular and plural agreement were correlated to prescriptive comments from a collection of American grammars, school books and style guides (drawn from publicly available sources, e.g. Google Books) from the same time period to examine their influence on the emerging agreement patterns. This method is based on Anderwald's (2016) quantitative grammaticography and is here applied to explain the aforementioned synchronic variability and thereby to contribute to the study of the emergence of the main varieties of English.
Preliminary findings in 19th-century AmE grammars indicate that collective noun agreement was frequently commented on. Indeed, it turns out that variation in agreement was in fact promoted. However, the preference for singular agreement, which we can witness today, seems to be the result of changes in the stance of 20th- century American grammars towards this topic, as exemplified by Mason (1928: 303), who in his college grammar argues that "[o]rdinarily [...] a Collective noun requires a Singular verb".


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Founded in 1995, The Electrolux Home chain today runs 50 shops throughout Sweden, as well as an online store selling complete kitchen and storage furnishings, appliances and a wide range of household items.
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The California Horse Racing Board had its second discussion in 2017 regarding a reduction in race dates, and, once again, received significant pushback from those in attendance at a committee meeting on Friday. According to bloodhorse.com, executive director Rick Baedeker presented the CHRB with three different calendars, each of which would reduce racing by 17-18 days.
Thoroughbred Owners of California president and chief executive Greg Avioli stated that the current three-year dates agreement shouldn't be interrupted "just for the sake of changing things," and was supported by representatives of Santa Anita and Del Mar.
"If you don't make changes and the ship is sinking, you're going to drown," argued CHRB member George Krikorian. "To me it's questionable as to what would be better until you try it out. … We're here to talk about trying to be proactive, as opposed to being reactive in what we can do, because the trend has been and continues to be reduction of inventory—in the North and the South—and reduction in field sizes. That's just not a healthy situation. We're talking about what we can do together to change that."
Read more at bloodhorse.com.
The committee meeting followed by one day a full meeting of the CHRB meeting, which is available on the CHRB Website (www.chrb.ca.gov) under the Webcast link. In brief:
- Executive Director Rick Baedeker described significant steps being taken by the CHRB, Del Mar management and other stakeholders to protect horses and riders. In addition to major improvements to the racing surface and maintenance procedures, an increased number of Official Veterinarians and CHRB safety personnel working with track veterinarians are scrutinizing horses entered in races as well as other horses training in the mornings. Horses deemed unfit will not be permitted to run. A complete list of safeguards is posted on the CHRB Website.
- Rick Baedeker also announced that several new videos focusing on safety in horse racing that should be of interest to the general public will soon be posted on the CHRB Website.
- The Board approved the license for the California Authority of Racing Fairs to conduct a fair meet at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton from September 20 through October 3. This meet is called "Oak Tree at Pleasanton."
- The Board approved the license for the Big Fresno Fair to operate a fair meet in Fresno from October 4 through October 17.
- The Board approved the license application for Lien Games Racing (OffTrackBetting.com) to conduct Advance Deposit Wagering for 17 months – placing it on the same licensing schedule as other previously approved ADW providers.
- The Board began the regulatory process for scratching any horse that has not been properly reported within specified time frames as having been gelded. A public hearing on this proposed amendment will be conducted following the required 45-day public notice period.
- The Board referred to its Legislative Committee for further discussion a proposed regulatory amendment that would prohibit any horse claimed in California from racing in another state until 60 days after the close of the meeting at which it was claimed except in a stakes race.
- City of Arcadia officials asked the Board to support their effort to obtain a share of wagers placed through ADW accounts while the bettor is physically located at Santa Anita Park. The Board referred the matter to legal counsel to review current law in this regard.
- Representatives of Northern California Off Track Wagering Inc. (NOTWINC) gave a presentation on the organization's operations and responsibilities, including its efforts to develop new mini-satellites in Northern California.
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Described as an "un-complicated photographer creating images in complicated environments", equally at home on the deck of an offshore barge or a pharmaceutical research laboratory, Chris Henderson draws on over 25 years of international experience.
With an image style of considered composition and clarity of message, Chris' work fits seamlessly into design briefs and corporate story-telling.
"Taking photographs in complicated engineering or challenging construction environments is about teamwork. You need to respect the expertise on site and work with them to help you realise your image concept."
Recent clients include ISG Bank, SSE PLC, South Staffordshire Water PLC, Amey PLC, Fujifilm Diosynth and BASF.
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Pinky girl's room is in a mess now. Can you help her clean and tidy the room? You can put the litters in the trash can, the kitchenware basin and the useful objects in the right place. Clean the kitchenware and so many things to do. Have fun play with Pinky House Keeping Clean.
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Good location, near the Barkhor, is convenient for the Jokhang Ramoche Temple, in Beijing on the road with the Potala Palace. the hotel is decorated with rich Tibetan culture. store special guests, we had booked a standard room, a partner in Aden leg store take care of us in the business standard room on the first floor, thank you
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First, what can I swear? Worst hotel ever, said Samsung, rather than 90 town guest houses, small and dirty room, air conditioning is still taped to the paper not to use room an unpleasant smell, and if you're daring enough, you can try the Devil's room. Floor no lift, luggage, run 3-kilometer.
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"We should all do what, in the long run, gives us joy, even if it is only picking grapes or sorting laundry" ~ E.B. White
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For as long as I can remember I have always loved crafts. There is something about creating a hand-made treasure which has always provided me with a lot of warmth and a feeling of security. It probably sounds like quite … Continue reading


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Be Careful What You Wish For, Labor!
It's done and dusted: Kevin 013 has been sworn in, he's the Big Banana again. But I can't help wondering if the Labor Party (particularly the Caucus) is really prepared for what they have done. This is the man that everyone said was impossible to work with, who was rude and autocratic. The only thing he has going for him (as far as his Labor colleagues really believe, I suspect), is that people who do not actually know him, like him and believe in his messianic ways.
Whilst he believes he is back in his true role, he probably should remember that he has been reinstated reluctantly, only because he can deliver votes, and make the defeat less bad, or, miracle of miracles, somehow snatch victory from the jaws of defeat! I am quite sure that Tony Abbott and the Liberal/Nationals fear taking on Rudd far more than Gillard, and the election will be much closer.
Why was Gillard so disliked? Why couldn't she cut through, when she has actually brought to fruition a number of important policies, such as the Disability Scheme and the Gonski reforms in Education. She is known to be a good negotiator, and to be very warm and personable in informal situations. My straw-polling suggests that the very manner of her taking of the Prime Minister role was the first and unforgiven mistake. It was knife-in-the-back and unpleasant, and many, even die-hard Labor voters were – and remain – deeply uncomfortable about it. In the intervening years, Rudd has consistently undermined and destabilised Gillard – and he has done so very effectively. Then there were the changes of policy – Juliar became her nickname with good cause. However the vitriol against her has been deeply cruel and personal. Is it that Australian men are still (when you scratch off the surface skin) deeply anti-women in power?
I hope that time will treat Julia Gillard kindly. Her time in power was almost always tempestuous and challenging, and she remained tough and outwardly strong to the end. Her resignation speech last night was given by a woman in control of her feelings and dignified. She actually achieved a lot, and I hope those things will be remembered. I wonder what she will do, post politics.
What now? Firstly, we need to wait and see whether Tony Abbott will attempt a No Confidence motion, or just let the last day of this Parliament go by. Will Rudd bring the election on sooner, to take advantage of a voter 'bounce'? Will we see shifts in Labor policy?
Will Labor – and the citizens of Australia – regret yesterday? What do you think? Will this change your vote?


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Take a look at this trailer for the upcoming remake of Tobe Hooper's classic 1982 horror film Poltergeist, and then ask yourself why this movie exists.
From the footage the studio is promoting, this looks like a straight remake — not a reboot and especially not a "reimagining" — so what's the point? What's new or different about this? Apparently nothing. So why do it? One reason: money.
The studio is looking to make a quick buck on opening weekend off the legend, and the name recognition means only minimal marketing costs will be needed; when you hear the name Poltergeist, you know what you're going to get. (Well, what you originally got; who knows what this will deliver?)
Which is especially sad, because the talent behind this waste of time — producer Sam Raimi and stars Sam Rockwell and Jared Harris (MAD MEN) — are all capable of so much more.
If you're one of the teens this movie is targeting — meaning you've heard old people talk admiringly about the original but you don't want to want some "old" movie from the days of rotary phones — this Poltergeist opens July 24.


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BROOKLINE, Dec. 10, 2010 – State Sen. Wayne D. Fontana today said people whose unemployment compensation benefits expired before the 99 week limit should continue filing claims.
"While Congress debates extending unemployment benefits for those looking for work, folks should continue filing. This will allow payments to be sped up in the event that Congress does approve this necessary extension."
Fontana said officials from the state Department of Labor & Industry have advised him that they mailed notices to nearly 100,000 unemployed Pennsylvanians whose benefits ended, or soon will end, with instructions on how to continue filing.
"Thousands of people across the state are relying on these benefits to provide for themselves and their families," Fontana said. "If Congress doesn't act soon, it is estimated that about 140,000 Pennsylvanians will lose their benefits this month, and another 72,000 in January."
"Unemployment compensation provides at least some relief to those who truly need it due to the economic downturn. Not to mention, delaying or neglecting benefits could further strain our economy."
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Live 5 for 2019
This year we are organising our "live five" in a slightly different way, listing them by priority to our clients rather than as a simple list. So here are the four key technologies that we think will be hot throughout the coming year together with the new technology that we are looking at out of the corner of our eyes, so to speak. The mainstream technologies are authentication,cross-sector digital identity, digital wallets for ticketing and secure IoT in the insurance sector. The one coming up on the outside is post-quantum cryptography.
1. Strong Customer Authentication
With our financial services customers we are moving from developing strategies about open banking to developing implementation plans and supporting the development of new systems and services. The most important technology at the customer interface from the secure transactions perspective is going to be the technology of Strong Customer Authentication (SCA). Understanding the rules around which transactions need SCA or not is complicated enough, and that's before you even start working out which technologies have the right balance of security and convenience for the relevant customer journeys. Luckily, we know how to help on both counts!
2. Cross-sector digital identity
Forward thinking jurisdictions such as Canada and Australia have already started to deliver cross-sector digital identity (where in both cases we've been advising stakeholders). New technologies such as machine learning, shared ledgers and self-sovereign identity, if implemented correctly, will start to address the real issues and improvements in know your customer (KYC), anti-money laundering (AML), counter-terrorist financing (CTF) and the management of a politically-exposed person (PEP). The skewed cost-benefit around regtech and the friction that flawed digitised identity systems cause, mean that there is considerable pressure to shift the balance and in the coming year I think more organisations around the world will look at models adopted and take action.
3. Digital wallets
In our work on ticketing around the world, we see a renewed focus on the deployment of real digital wallets. Transit and other forms of ticketing (such as for sporting events) are the effective anchor tenants of the digital wallet, not payments. In the UK and in some other countries there has been little traction for the smartphone digital wallet because of the effectiveness of the deployment and use of contactless cards. If you look in your real wallets, most of what your find isn't really about payments. In our markets, payments alone do not drive consumers to digital wallets, but take-up might be about to accelerate. It's one thing to have xPay put cards into a digital wallet but putting your train tickets, your sports rights and your concert passes into a digital wallet makes all the difference to take-up and means serious traction. Our expertise in using the digital wallets for applications beyond payments will give our clients confidence in setting their strategies.
4. Internet of Thing (IoT)
In the insurance world we see the business cases building around the Internet of Things (IoT). The recent landmark decision of John Hancock, one of the oldest and largest North American life insurers, to stop selling traditional life insurance and instead sell only "interactive" policies that track fitness and health data through wearable devices and smartphones is a significant step both in terms of business model and security infrastructure. We think more organisations in the insurance sector will develop similar new services. Securing IoT systems becomes a priority. Fortunately, our very structured risk analysis for IoT and considerable experience in the practical assessment of countermeasures, deliver a cost-effective approach.
5. Post-quantum cryptography
In our core field of security, we think it's time to start taking post-quantum cryptography (PQC) seriously not as a research topic but as a strategic imperative around the development and deployment of new transaction systems. As many of you will know, Consult Hyperion's reputation has been founded on the mass-market deployments of new transactions systems and services and this means we understand the long-term planning of secure platforms. We're proud to say that we have helped to develop the security infrastructure for services ranging from the Hong Kong smart identity card, to the Euroclear settlement system and from contactless payments to open loop ticketing in major cities. Systems going into service now may well find themselves overlapping with the first practical quantum computer systems that render certain kinds of cryptography worthless, so it's time to add PQC to strategies for the mass market.
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It's that time of year where we give thanks for all the important things in our life. Of course, family, friends, and good health are all very important. But, I'm also very thankful for some of my favorite beauty products. You know, the ones that give you that healthy glow, make your eyes pop, make your hair soft and shiny, and the ones that make you look like you just walked out of the door even after a long day at the office. Here's a list of the beauty products I am thankful for.
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I strongly believe it is important to exfoliate the skin. Daily exfoliators are great (and I have a few favorites) but it is also important to give your skin a deep exfoliation every few months. My favorite by far is the Ole Henriksen Power Peel. The three-step process provides a spa like experience and leaves your skin feeling amazing. Photo credit: Sephora
Benefit They're Real! Mascara
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Babyliss Flat Iron
My hair is naturally curly – but have you seen naturally curly hair in the Florida humidity? It's not pretty. Your hair looks fabulous in the mirror but as soon as you walk out the door – poof! At least that is my experience. Using a flat iron helps tame the frizz and provide smooth hair all day long. My first flat iron was a $35 one that I purchased at the local drugstore. It did a good job but I knew it could be better. I finally invested in a more expensive flat iron, the Babyliss, and life got even better! If you use a flat iron often, I highly suggest you go ahead and invest in a good one and I highly recommend the Babyliss. Photo credit: Ulta
These are a few of my favorite things. What beauty products are you thankful for?
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06.25.12 – The Burpee Crew made it safely back to Illinois with a trailer full of fossils in tow. We made it most of the way with no problems, but noticed a bulge in one of the trailer tires part way through the second day's drive. We took things slow from there and made it back late Sunday night. (Or really early Monday morning, depending how you look at it.)
Wrapping up the site went very well. We have a lot of exciting things waiting for us next year! Stay tuned for an update about the trailer's arrival at the Burpee Museum sometime later this week 🙂


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I get it. It's hard to understand. I can see it in the words you write to me or the way it's written all over your faces. How can she be okay??
I've told you over and over and over that it's Him. Not me. Never has been me. Never will be me. But I get it, it's hard to understand.
People expect me to be angry. To be upset. To have swollen eyes. I can see how they tip-toe around me, afraid that at any moment I will finally break down. The way they expect. The way I should. But I don't. I haven't.
That doesn't mean I haven't cried. Oh, trust me, I have. I have spent a lot of time just crying and letting it out. I have spent a lot of time sitting in my room talking to my Father asking question after question. Wondering, much like you, why all of this had to happen.
But I'm still not angry.
I feel like I need to make a few things very clear. One: I regret nothing. What Justin and I had was ours. It was the story I wanted for a long time until it wasn't. There has not been a minute that passes where I have thought 'I wish I hadn't.' Because the truth is, I would all over again. Even knowing what I know now. I loved him. No, scratch that, I love him. And while we have had our fair share of heart ache and trials, they were ours and I can't imagine the story being written any other way.
Two: God is not any less because of this. Am I angry at God? No. God is God regardless of who I am or what my marriage looks like. We got where we are because of our choices. Not God's. And believe it or not I am thankful for all of this.
Yes, you read that right, I am thankful for all of this.
While it might not make much sense to anyone else this, what is happening right now, this is good. This is good because I can see God using me. And my prayer is one day I'll be able to see God using my husband. This is good because I'm not hiding anymore. I am completely free and at peace.
No, I'm not angry at God for making me come back to Houston. Am I suppose to stay here? I don't know, but what I do know is that He brought me home to my church, to people that love and support both me and Justin.
I get it. It's hard to love my husband when you feel like he's hurt me so much, but do. Love him. Oh and there are times when I struggle with this, but I have to remember not to let the enemy in. Not even for a second. And my prayer for you is that you don't use me as a reason to let him into your life either.
You've already messaged me to tell me that you know I'm going to be fine. If you really believe that, and I do, then don't be angry at my husband. Pray for him. That's what I do. When I begin to feel restless or I begin to want to step back in and try to control things, pray.
Oh how easy it is for us to think we know what someone else is going through. I know I am guilty of pretending to understand my husband's struggles, but we don't. We can't. But we can pray. We don't even have to know which words to say, He'll help you.
Yesterday, I went to my pastorate. For those of you who don't know what a pastorate is, it's like a large, small group. We do life together. It's something that I believe all churches should have. So I went, hesitantly. I was nervous. Saying you do life together and actually doing life together are two very different things. But I went.
I was prayed over. Going into that prayer I was scared. But as they asked the Holy Spirit to fill me with peace, He did. I had begun to tear up, but He wiped away my tears. I can't explain what happened, but something did. What they probably don't know is that in that moment I realized why I had come back. They don't hate my husband. They don't judge my husband. They love him just as much as I do and to be honest, to be real honest, that's what I need right now.
When you find yourself angry at my husband and you wonder why I had to marry him in the first place, look at my daughter. If I hadn't married him, she probably wouldn't be here. And for those of you who know my daughter, well, I can't imagine a world where she does not exist. And when you find yourself disgusted by my husband, remember that without him I wouldn't have Jaxsyn either. We can say that my husband has made a lot of poor choices, but I will never hate him because he gave me the two most important, well, technically three (Jaxsyn, Adelaide Blue and God), most important things in my life.
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Can you believe we're already a week into 2018? I don't know about you but 2017 was a rough year for me. I've been so busy and have had so many major life things happen (especially over the past few months) that I haven't really been blogging too much. I didn't even get a post up in November to celebrate my seven year blogiversary! And clearly I'm on top of posting this "best of", too!
Without going too much into my year (but would I be a blogger if I didn't talk about myself a little bit?)...I got in my first ever car accident (I was fine, my car was kind of fine, and the bus was definitely fine), found out my rabbit needed surgery (she's ok but it's a recurring issue), and had to buy a new phone (mine took a major tumble at the grocery store). And all of that happened within about 4 days right at the start of the year. In the spring I found out my grandma was sick and she got progressively sicker until she passed away in August. That was the hardest thing to deal with this year and it's not something you get over easily. Then, just to make the year even more ridiculous, in September I found out via Facebook and small town gossip that my estranged father died in a car accident. How does one deal with that?
But even with those big, massive, awful things...there have been some bright moments. I met Jenny Han and Sophie Kinsella. I went to a wonderful afternoon tea book launch for author Karma Brown and my friend and I got to sit at Karma's table. I turned 30 in May! The biggest things - and some of the best things - happened right at the end of the year. In November I went to Australia for the second time and it was amazing. Then, two days after we landed back in cold, snowy Canada, my boyfriend and I got the keys to our first house. December was insanely busy with painting and moving and just trying to process all of the feelings I've been having this year.
Books definitely helped me through the tough times and I read a lot of really great ones last year (even though I read fewer books in 2017 than I have in years - "just" 87, which is fitting as I was born in 1987). These are ten of my absolute favourites. 9 of the 10 were 5 stars (and the one that was 4 stars probably should have been 5 now that I think back!) and just so great to read. There were also oodles of other four star books that I wish I could talk about too but I have to narrow it down somehow. I can't really choose favourites among the favourites so I've listed them in the order I read them. If you want to see all the books I read last year, you can check out my Goodreads year in review.
My Not So Perfect Life - Sophie Kinsella (Review here)This is what fangirling looks like. Trip to Toronto to see @sophiekinsellawriter was a huge success. I read MY NOT SO PERFECT LIFE last week and adored it and told her so. She was thrilled and said that made her day! She was so sweet and genuinely ecstatic at the reception she had at @chaptersindigo. I still can't believe I got to meet Sophie Kinsella. #mynotsoperfectlife
Kinsella's latest book is probably now my favourite of all of hers. I don't know exactly why I adored it more than her others. Maybe it was the heroine (she's close to my age). Maybe it was her job (communications/branding). Maybe it was just that the overall story was funny, quirky, and sweet. I associate those adjectives with most of Kinsella's books but this one reminded me why she's one of the queens of chick lit.
Until It Fades - K.A. Tucker (Review here)Last Wednesday I was fortunate enough to attend the launch of @katucker_'s new novel, UNTIL IT FADES. She is one of my favourite authors and this book will be in my top ten of 2017. While the afternoon started poorly by missing my GO train by 2 minutes, it ended with having a drink with Kathleen and her friends (thanks for bringing me along, @marissastapley!), which was as awesome as you'd expect. It was wonderful to see fellow bloggers (hi, @brainsbooksandbrawn and @onemorepageblog!), folks from @simonschusterca (hi, @missandiepants!), great friends and authors (hi, @lydialaceby and @sbaileybooks!), other lovely authors (hi, Marissa and @katemhilton!), and fellow Tucker fans from @tuckers_troop. What a fantastic evening. ❤ #bookstagram #latergram #booklaunch #toronto #untilitfades
I've been devouring Tucker's books for years and while I love her work and how twisty they can be, I was really happy to hear that her 2017 release would be a bit lighter and more romantic. I loved it and that the hero was a professional athlete. I also loved that it was, as with all of Tucker's books, well written and completely captivating.
Kim vs. the Mean Girl / The Boyfriend Swap - Meredith Schorr (Reviews here and here)
I had the chance to beta read Kim vs. the Mean Girl so I was excited about the release well before it was actually, well, released. One of the things I loved about it was that, because it was a prequel of Schorr's Blogger Girl series (one of my favourites), it featured a teenage Kim. The fun part? She was a teen around the same time I was so it was a cool blast from the past.
As for The Boyfriend Swap? I could not put it down. I just love all of Schorr's heroines and her latest book had a little bit of festive flair that I really enjoyed too.
Always and Forever, Lara Jean - Jenny Han
This is one that slipped through my reviewing queue (sorry, Simon & Schuster Canada...bad blogger) but I really loved it. It was such a great way to wrap up Lara Jean's story. Especially when we weren't expecting a third book! While I wish I could see how Lara Jean does in college, I'm glad we got a bit more of a resolution to her story than we would have. Thanks, Jenny! (Oh, and who else is super excited for the upcoming movie?)
Once and For All - Sarah Dessen (Review here)
Summers are so much better when Dessen has a new book out. I savoured this one on my 30th birthday and it was absolute perfection. This book was set during the summer after Louna graduated high school and I can still remember my own summer before university. This was a great read about a girl who needed to learn to live and love again and it was so sweet.
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - Taylor Jenkins Reid (Review here)
OK, OK. If I had to pick a favourite, this would probably be it. It was definitely the one I recommended the most to people this year. I loved it because it hit all sorts of high points and genres. It was historical fiction but woven with a strong, secondary contemporary story. And the historical part of it started in Old Hollywood which seems so glamorous and full of intrigue. There was also a romance that you don't see coming. Jenkins Reid wrote a novel that was nothing like I'd ever read before and I freaking loved it.
The Hate U Give - Angie Thomas
This was, hands down, the hardest book I read this year. And also the most necessary. I am SO glad this book exists for teenagers. And adults, really. I finally got to read it when my book club chose it as one of our reads for this year (it may have been strongly pushed by myself and another member). And, as a club full of white women, it was good for us to read it because as enlightened as we may think we are, we don't have the first clue what it's really like to be a teenager in the middle of the Black Lives Matter movement. Read this one if you haven't yet.
Harry Potter Series - J.K. Rowling
I hadn't done a reread of the series in a couple of years and I was getting the urge to revisit Hogwarts. Then my grandma started to get really sick. I dove in to these books and I barely came up for air. It was familiar and comforting during a time I needed it most.
Baseball Life Advice - Stacey May Fowles
I don't read a ton of non-fiction and I definitely don't buy much but this book was on my to-buy list as soon as I found out it was going to be published. I've followed Stacey May on Twitter for awhile now (as well as subscribe to her newsletter) so I kind of knew what her book would be like - a bit of a love letter to baseball from a fan who knows it inside and out and loves the good, the bad, and the ugly. My favourite thing about reading this book was that I was constantly agreeing with what Fowles was writing. It was like she was inside my head and feels just the same way about the sport that I do. She also has some very smart and important points about females in the world of sports and how much we have to prove ourselves to the male fans. You definitely need to read this if you're a baseball fan.
Wild Card / Maverick - Karina Halle (my review of Wild Card here)
Halle started another sort-of-but-not-really series in 2017 featuring three brothers living in western Canada. Wild Card was a deep, emotional rollercoaster of a book and so good. I didn't know how Maverick could even compare. It can't, not really, because it's more lighthearted but it's just as amazing. (And a perfect vacation book as you can see from the pic - I miss Australia!) The conclusion of the "series", Hot Shot, is out tomorrow (and my review will be up on Wednesday)!
And there you have it! My top ten books of 2017. It's not surprising that they're all by women - I only read 4 books by men in 2017. My goal for 2018 is to read more diversely as I clearly have the "read more females" thing down pat. That will include more geographically diverse authors too...this list features two women from Great Britain, three from Canada, and five from the US. Not bad but I could do better. I also would like to just plain read more in 2018. I didn't even hit 90 books in 2017 and I know that's an insane amount and I'm so not comparing my number to anyone else's but...I could do better. There are just so many books out there and read as many as possible! I'm going to try to put myself on a more set book buying ban. I did well this year, only splurging on a few, but it'd be good for my budget and my bookshelf space to cut back even more. Stay tuned to see how that goes!
Happy New Year, friends. And here's hoping 2018 treats us well.


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We developed a mobile platform capable of transforming between 4 wheel rapid driving mode with ZMP stabilization and 2 wheel balancing mode. Usually, the 4 wheel mobile platforms have low acceleration due to the high center of mass. Using the model-based ZMP stabilization method, we achieved high acceleration performance with maintaining stable ZMP. We use a LQR controller for two wheel balancing mode. In the 2 wheel balancing mode, there are two different driving modes, self-balancing mode, human-riding mode. The transformation between four wheel and two wheel mode is made possible by swing up and swing down control method.


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Yesterday was my sister & brother-in-law's four-year anniversary. It's incredible they've been married for so long, it feels like only last summer Ashley forced me to officiate their wedding. I love watching them as a couple; Ashley is bubbly, cheerful, … Continue reading
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This training course provides delegates with knowledge and understanding relevant to working at heights. Practical and theory training shows delegates how to ascend and descend safely, the safe use of ladders, access and egress routes, correct and safe use of harnesses and associated equipment for fall protection (fall arrest and restraint systems) and relevant PPE for working at height.
The practical elements of working at height safely course takes place on purpose-built training facilities on which candidates are taught:
- How to select the correct PPE, carry out pre-use checks, fit, adjust and wear it correctly
- Safe ladder assent and decent
- Access ways - protected and unprotected
- Safe use of height lanyards, fall arrest, fall restraint, work positioning and associated safety equipment
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- Working at height regulations and other relevant legislation
- The correct method of inspection, storing and maintaining - fall arrest and work positioning / restraint
- Personal fall prevention and fall arrest equipment
Delegates on all our courses are continually assessed and will take a short multiple choice written paper in order to measure attainment of objectives.
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- Duration – 1 day
- Assessment – practical assessment and multiple choice test
- Instructor / candidate ratio – theory 1:12 and practical 1:6
- Regulations met - Working at Height Regulations 2005
- Accreditation - MRS Training & Rescue Certification or ECITB certificate
- Certification lifespan - 3 years
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After completing this working safety at height training, delegates should be able to:
- Understand the main principles of safety, health, approved codes of practice and environmental legislation of working at height
- Assess and recognise the risks and hazards involved
- Know the methods of reducing risk and injuries - including the hierarchy of controls
- Know the various types of personal fall protection systems and the differences between fall arrest, work restraint and work positioning (including anchors & lifelines)
- Appreciate the procedures for rescue, emergency at height or other incidents
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Wishlist of the new board: Light,strong, ketos like scoop and outline,simple long 30 cm railsystem , 138x48 2.5 cm Scoop 13cm
Build of materials that i easily can buy online and at the lokal hardware store.
Step 1 : Making mdf templates for the outline and scoop-rockerline by hand drawing and using some bend wood strips.
Step2: Hot wire cut the srline by using 2 mdf templates fixed at the sides of the Xps https://www.austrotherm.de/produkte/aus ... top-50-sf/ the 500 or 700kpa are better than the normal 300kpa.
I made two cuts to get a 2 cm blank. The Xps blanks were heavyly weighted down for cutting, afterwards glued together with epoxy.
Step 3 : I glued together the mdf sr line templates, building a simple rockertable.
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Can't we just stop for a second and pick our jaws off the ground! This fishnet sports bra is to die for! The bold padded bra is covered by the fishnet that hooks over the neck for a one of a kind look to support any high impact workout you have planned.
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Colleges and universities are adopting virtualization to improve data center efficiency, consolidate servers, save money, and reduce energy consumption. Here you'll find articles showcasing institutions that are moving to virtualized computing environments, along with news stories covering the latest technology developments.
Kingston University is providing its students and staff with access to the university's entire online student learning environment from any device running an HTML5-enabled browser.
The Computer Science department at Brigham Young University in Provo, UT has deployed a new storage system to support its virtualized operating environment.
California State University, Monterey Bay is expanding its use of virtualized storage to provide 24-hour access to academic and research data for students and faculty.
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The Polaris demonstrates classic design principles and influences from the streamline-moderne style. Consolidating four guard-and-glass fixtures, the Polaris provides a hint of authentic industrial character to homes and businesses.
Optional shades subtly elevate the Polaris's appearance while excluding these features establishes a more minimalist style. Various powder coat finishes, including our paint-to-match porcelain colors, dictate the chandelier's aesthetic. Create a lively modern look or stick to traditional designs and revamp your space with a unique chandelier!
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Delivery is available in the Carmarthenshire, Llanelli and Swansea areas at an extra charge. Please message us for a delivery price.
As standard the majority of our cakes have soya in, but most flavours can be made without, upon request. Drop us a message to find out what flavours are suitable.
This is a very difficult combination, and one that we are working on constantly.
We currently dont have this combination available on custom order, but always carry at least one cake on the market stall.
We might be able to or we might not, it never hurts to ask!
We don't I'm afraid, we are bakers rather than cake decorators.
Im afraid we are bakers and not cake decorators, our cakes taste amazing and are free from certain allergens but they are pretty standard in style.
Of course you can, check out our Facebbok page to see where we are next, or just drop us a message and ask.
Ideally we would like 2 weeks notice for an order but if we have space in the bookings diary we can sometimes accomodate requests within a week of the date.
Our signature Individual Layer cakes and cupcakes have a minimum flavour amount of 6. So if your order 12 cakes, they can be split into 2 flavours.
Keep an eye on our Facebook page and check out our market information on our Buy Some Cake page.
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The influence of snow and ice in the climate system stems largely from their high albedo. Shortwave radiation is backscattered from snow and ice, with the reflectivity strongly dependent on wavelength. Neglecting this complexity for now, the broadband surface albedo can be defined from the ratio of reflected to incoming shortwave radiation, a = QS/QS.
A range of albedo values for snow and ice is given in table 2.1. Albedo is highly variable, spatially and temporally, so it is not recommended to adopt a single, constant value for modeling of snow and ice in the climate system. As an illustration, figure 2.4 plots the evolution of surface albedo through the melt season as measured on Haig Glacier. Fresh snow has an albedo of 0.8-0.9. This is typical of seasonal snowpacks during winter months and year-round values in the accumulation area of the polar ice sheets. Snow albedo typically decreases in old snow-packs, particularly when temperatures are above 0°C and meltwater is introduced into the snow. Albedo values of a mature, wet snowpack are closer to 0.6 and can fall well below this (figure 2.4).
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Figure 2.4. Measured surface albedo evolution through the melt season at Haig Glacier in the Canadian Rockies. The transition from seasonal snow cover to bare glacial ice is evident from the albedo drop in early August. High-albedo spikes in the record are associated with snowfall events.
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Figure 2.4. Measured surface albedo evolution through the melt season at Haig Glacier in the Canadian Rockies. The transition from seasonal snow cover to bare glacial ice is evident from the albedo drop in early August. High-albedo spikes in the record are associated with snowfall events.
Several processes are responsible. Snow-grain meta-morphism generally causes an increase in crystal size in the days and weeks after a fresh snowfall. The effective optical radius of spherical snow particles is ca. 50 mm for fresh snow, increasing to 100 mm within days and 1 mm or more in mature, melting snowpacks. This increase in grain size increases the path length for solar radiation transmit-tance in the near-surface snow layer, effectively reducing the incidence of scattering reactions at intergranular snow-air interfaces and reducing the snow albedo.
There are compounding effects beyond just grain meta-morphism in melting snowpacks. Chemical impurities and meltwater content also reduce snow albedo. It requires only a few parts per million of impurities to cause an albedo reduction of several percent. The effect depends on the type of impurity, with black carbon (soot) inducing a discernible impact for concentrations of order 0.1 ppm, comparable with mineral dust levels of 10 ppm. Natural snowpacks in tropical and midlatitude areas have impurity concentrations of this order of magnitude or greater, but dust concentrations in polar snowpacks are commonly less than 0.1 ppm.
The effects of grain-scale recrystallization may saturate after several days or weeks, but meltwater effects and impurity concentration increase throughout the melt season. The result is a reduction in albedo to late-summer values as low as 0.3 in midlatitude snowpacks. Values vary between sites and from place to place in a given snowpack, as a function of the concentration and type of impurity. The role of liquid water is unclear in scattering reactions; because the refractive index of snow crystals and liquid water is similar, there should be little effect. However, water content may increase the effective radius of grains. On a macroscale, ponded surface water causes significant albedo reductions on snow and ice surfaces, accelerating spring and summer melt on lake ice, sea ice, and glaciers.
Ice typically has a lower albedo than snow, but estimates in the literature again vary substantially, from 0.1 to 0.6. A value ai = 0.2 is typical of midlatitude glaciers, whereas ai = 0.5 is more representative of sea ice and the ablation zones of polar glaciers and ice sheets. Crystal size, impurity concentration on the glacier or sea-ice surface, liquid water, and superimposed ice content again play large roles, which gives rise to a large amount of spatial variability; micro-topography causes some areas to pond water and debris, whereas other areas are flushed. On glacier surfaces, albedo generally decreases at lower elevations in the ablation zone due to higher melt rates and longer exposure times for the surface. These influences contribute to higher debris concentrations within a given melt season and cumulatively, over many years. The albedo of debris-rich ice is 0.1-0.2. Clean ice has values closer to 0.4. Superimposed (refrozen) ice and blue ice are much brighter, with values closer to 0.6. Blue ice is found in the ablation area of polar ice caps, where wind scour can create bare-ice zones.
Albedo values for lake and sea ice depend on the age, type, and thickness of the ice. Young ice that is only a few centimeters thick is highly transparent to solar radiation, so absorption in the underlying water reduces the effective spectral albedo to values of 0.1-0.2. Young "gray ice" that is up to 30 cm thick is still relatively dark, with reported albedo values of 0.3-0.4. Ice becomes opaque as it thickens beyond this, and there is also more complete ice cover in an area (versus a large fraction of open water for young, growing ice), so albedo values of developed first-year or multiyear ice are in the range 0.6-0.7, dropping during the melt season in the presence of melt ponds. When sea ice has a snow cover exceeding a few centimeters, snow spectral properties dominate the albedo, so values of 0.8-0.9 are typical.
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In addition to these spatial and temporal variations, there are several other optical considerations with respect to snow and ice albedo. Snow albedo depends on the angle of incidence of the incoming shortwave radiation. This is a "volume" effect; reflectivity is the net backscatter of radiation, and snow is not a simple surface reflector like a mirror. Rather, it is a granular medium that is partially transparent to shortwave radiation, with complex scattering reactions at granular interstices. The net effect is increased albedo for high zenith angles (low angles of incidence), which occur in early morning and evening. This effect also gives rise to small but measurable differences in the effective surface albedo for cloudy versus clear-sky conditions, as diffuse radiation originates from the full hemisphere whereas the reflection of direct solar radiation is sensitive to zenith angle.
As we saw for thin sea ice, an additional volume effect arises due to the translucency of shallow snowpacks (from millimeters to a few centimeters), as net backscat-ter is influenced by the albedo of underlying layers. The depth of snow as well as contrasts in grain size or crystal geometry in near-surface layers influence the effective albedo of a snowpack.
Sensitivity to the wavelength of the incident radiation adds another important complexity. The broadband albedo is a bulk value for the range of wavelengths corresponding with the solar spectrum. In reality, snow and ice reflectivity vary strongly with wavelength (figure 2.5). Snow and ice are more reflective at visible wavelengths,
Wavelength (pm)
Figure 2.5. Spectral reflectance of snow in the shortwave spectrum, 0.395 to 2.45 |im. From top to bottom, the lines represent grain sizes (effective optical radii) of 50, 200, 500, and 1000 |im. (Data from Anne Nolin, Oregon State University, based on a radiative transfer model.)
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Figure 2.5. Spectral reflectance of snow in the shortwave spectrum, 0.395 to 2.45 |im. From top to bottom, the lines represent grain sizes (effective optical radii) of 50, 200, 500, and 1000 |im. (Data from Anne Nolin, Oregon State University, based on a radiative transfer model.)
with peak reflectivity at 0.46 mm. Snow and ice absorb a higher proportion of radiation in the near-infrared. The effects of grain size, zenith angle, snow depth, and impurities, as described earlier, also vary with wavelength. The effects of impurities and snow depth are strongest at visible wavelengths, whereas grain size exacts its greatest influence at near-infrared wavelengths.
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Scientists Evaluate the Effects of Fusion on Plasma
Columbia University Record, Vol. 19, No. 15
Photo: Prof. Gerald Navratil (left) and Prof. Michael Mauel (right)
Columbia researchers will begin a series of experiments in February or March designed to show that close to break-even fusion reactions can be sustained using reduced levels of electric current to confine the extremely hot plasma in which controlled fusion takes place. If successful, the experiments would significantly advance the goal of producing economical fusion power.
The experiments will be conducted at Princeton's Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor (TFTR), where researchers last month produced a record six million watts of fusion power using a new fuel mixture of deuterium and tritium, heavy isotopes of hydrogen. The addition of tritium to the tokamak's extremely hot plasma, or collection of charged particles, facilitates the fusion of hydrogen nuclei and releases huge quantities of energy.
Princeton scientists are working to achieve outputs as high as 10 million watts in the coming year, about half the energy required to produce the reaction. Fusion experimenters expect the Joint European Torus (JET) in Oxfordshire, England, the world's largest tokamak, to produce the same amount of energy as required to sustain the reaction--break-even--before the year 2000.
In experiments since 1990 at the Princeton facility and at Columbia's own smaller tokamak, Columbia researchers have developed a high-pressure operating regime that requires less current to heat and confine the plasma, about one million amperes rather than TFTR's normal two million amperes.
In these experiments, Columbia scientists hope to increase the tokamak's pressure at the lower current, extend its stable operating time and produce results comparable to those Princeton researchers expect, in the range of five to seven million watts.
The Columbia researchers, Gerald A. Navratil, professor and chairman of the department of applied physics, Michael Mauel, associate professor of applied physics, and Steven Sabbagh, research scientist, expect their work at TFTR to lead to a reduction in size and cost of future fusion power plants.
Columbia's fusion research has focused for nearly 30 years on creating a high beta, or pressure, since the energy output of a fusion power plant is a function of the square of its internal pressure.
The goal of Columbia's experimental fusion program is to understand and control instabilities that can occur in the 100-million-degree plasmas required for controlled nuclear fusion.
The Columbia project includes work at its own High Beta Tokamak-Extended Pulse (HBT-EP), located on the Morningside Heights campus and at the Princeton tokamak. The tokamak design, in which magnets confine the plasma in a doughnut-shaped chamber, was developed in the Soviet Union in the 1960s. "Tokamak" is a Russian acronym for "toroidal magnetic chamber."
A key scientific question to be investigated in the deuterium- tritium fusion experiments Columbia researchers will undertake is the effect of fusion reaction products on plasma stability. Instabilities can result from the high-energy behavior of helium nuclei, or alpha particles, that are a product of fusing tritium and deuterium.
About 20 percent of fusion energy generated in deuterium-tritium fusion reactions is transferred to alpha particles. Columbia scientists don't know--but hope to find out--whether the energetic alpha particles promote fusion by increasing the plasma pressure limit or impede it by destabilizing the plasma.
"The Columbia team is anxious to proceed with the proposed experiments, which will show us whether the alpha particles spoil the performance of this low-current mode of operation," Navratil said.
To improve the plasma stability at the Princeton tokamak under the low-current regime, the Columbia researchers have changed the spatial distribution of the current flowing in the plasma.
In experiments now underway at Columbia's HBT-EP, an experimental team, led by Navratil and Mauel and consisting of Tom Ivers and Viju Sankar and eight graduate students, are using new methods, unavailable at TFTR, to increase further the tokamak's pressure limits and better control instabilities.
Among those techniques are wall stabilization, using HBT-EP's half-inch-thick internal aluminum shell as a conducting surface to slow instabilities, and active feedback control, measuring the temperature, shape and density of the plasma and attempting to correct instabilities by manipulating the magnetic field surrounding the plasma.
Columbia's fusion research has played an important part in the design of a new, $600 million Tokamak Physics Experiment, on which construction is to begin at Princeton late next year. Researchers hope that experiment, which will use superconducting magnets to confine the plasma, will attain continuous operation.
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Russian National Ballet Presents
The Nutcracker – An eternal seasonal favourite.
Music by Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky
After a hugely well received performance of Swan Lake last year, Russian National Ballet returns to Stirling to enchant you with the delightful production of The Nutcracker. The Nutcracker – a charming and kindly fairy tale is one of the jewels of Tchaikovsky's repertoire.
Prepare to enter a magical new world – the nutcracker in this ballet may be a handsome prince in disguise.
The original Christmas story is based on The Nutcracker and the Mouse King written by E.T.A. Hoffmann. It tells the story of Marie, a sad little girl, whose godfather, Drosselmeier, gives her a Nutcracker doll as a present on Christmas Eve. In her lively imagination it turns into a prince and the magic starts…
The ballet is the ultimate fairy-tale where goodness and beauty triumph.
This eternal seasonal favourite will be an unforgettable journey in the run-up to Christmas and an ideal introduction to audiences of any age to the magic that is classical ballet.
A wonderful treat full of glitter for the whole family!
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