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Aluminum twin roll casting is a relatively new processing technology which allows for liquid aluminum to be transformed into strip directly with the integration the casting and hot rolling production phases.
The advantages are outstanding particularly in relation to cost savings through the simplified process, and low energy costs but how does the technique compare to more established processes like direct chill methods when we are considering the microstructure and subsequent attained material properties?
The various strip casting technologies are suitable for the casting of wrought alloys and allow the production of strip from 3 mm to 20 mm thickness and up to 2150 mm in width. After casting the strip can be directly coiled – or it can be immediately (without down cooling) rolled into a coilable gauge. For the mass production of collapsible tubes and rigid cans the machines for the blanking of slugs or for extruding can be placed directly after the casting machines. In this way a continuous production is achieved.
The conventional way of producing rolling slabs is DC (Direct Chill) semi-continuous casting although some slabs are produced by pouring molten metal into a permanent mold. After DC casting, the rolling slabs are re-heated to about 500°C and hot rolled to a coilable thickness of between 4 mm and 6 mm.
The biggest advantage of continuous technologies is the saving of several production steps in the production of strip or foil compared to conventional technologies.
Conventional technology:
Melting → DC-casting → hot rolling → coiling → cold rolling (possibly including several thermal treatments) → foil or can stock
Continuous technology:
Melting → strip casting → coiling → cold rolling (possibly including several thermal treatments) → foil or can stock
Aluminum twin roll casting is a new process, which turns liquid aluminum into strip directly. It puts the casting and hot rolling process of traditional aluminum strip into integration, on one hand, to complete continuous cooling and solidification, on the other hand, to produce plastic deformation. It has been widely used for its outstanding advantages, such as its simplified process, low energy consumption, short production cycle, low cost and low investment.
In the process of aluminum twin roll casting, the microstructures of materials depend on the casting process parameters, and microstructure has a great impact on its properties. Therefore, to find out the disciplines of microstructure formation in roll casting is an economical and feasible way to optimize the parameters of the casting process and to get high quality strip by the calculation and prediction of the casting process.
In the work of Dundar M. et al is presented the results of the uniaxial tensile test results of the Twin-Roll Cast (TRC) and Direct-Chill Cast (DCC) of the 5XXX series. The prediction of "formability" in modes other than uniaxial stretching from parameters calculated from uniaxial tension test results often referred to as "forming indices", has often been attempted in the sheet metal forming industry. However, the uniaxial tension test should not be considered a formability test.
Although, the results correlate with field failures in the uniaxial stretching mode, few forming operations result in failures that occur in the uniaxial mode. Therefore, response of TRC 5052, 5754 and 5182 alloy sheets under more complex strain states, as encountered in industrial press forming operations was determined with the concept of Forming Limit Diagrams (FLD) in the present study. Identical tests were also conducted for their Direct-Chill Cast (DCC) and hot/cold rolled counter parts.
The TRC 5XXX alloys used in the present study were cast at ASSAN Aluminum with a 1725 mm wide SpeedCaster® at width and gauge ranges of 1400-1700 mm and 5-6 mm, respectively. All materials, including those produced with the DC casting route were 1 mm thick, except for the DCC 5754 sheet with a thickness of 1.15 mm. Uniaxial tensile tests were conducted along the rolling direction, and at 45 and 90 degrees to the rolling direction, to determine the tensile properties as well as the strain hardening exponent, n, and the plastic anisotropy ratio, r.
The uniaxial tensile test results of the TRC and DCC 5182, 5052 and 5754 alloy sheets are given in Table 1. Both TRC and DCC 5052 and 5754 sheets appear to show highest tensile elongation values at 45 degrees to the rolling direction. These results agree with those reported for similar materials in 0 temper and are attributed to the crystallographic texture developed during processing.
All 5XXX sheets, regardless of the production technique used and with the Mg levels tested in this investigation, deform inhomogenously at the start of plastic deformation, displaying a Luders elongation at the initial yield, and serrated flow at higher strains. The strain hardening exponent values of the TRC 5052 are higher than the DCC 5052 values whereas those of the TRC and DCC 5754 sheets are similar. DCC sheet has better tensile elongation and n values than its TRC counterpart in the case of 5182 alloy.
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text: Simon Knott- the East Anglian churches man- reckons to visit 15 churches by bike on a good day; I've visited something like that many- by car- in three days- and I'm exhausted. I haven't sorted through my pictures yet, but here's one, chosen more or less at random. It shows one of the many gargoyles and other grotesques that adorn the exterior walls of St John's, Thaxted- one of the loveliest churches in England.


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A $279 million pot shot aimed at blasting a hole in the surface of a comet has been given the go-ahead by NASA.
The Deep Impact spacecraft will target Comet Tempel 1 and is scheduled to launch in January 2004. On 4 July 2005, it will hurl a 350 kilogram projectile toward the surface.
"If it's soft material like lunar regolith, we may get a very large crater", about 125 metres wide and 25 metres deep, says Peter Schultz of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.
Astronomers know that comets are mixtures of ice and dirt, with a dark layer at the surface, but they know little about what is inside. Blasting off part of the surface should expose interior ices.
The heat of the impact and solar radiation should also vaporise some of the ice, so astronomers can study its composition. The after effects should brighten the faint comet by about a factor of 100, so it might become visible to the naked eye, says mission director Mike A'Hearn of the University of Maryland in College Park.
Tempel 1 was chosen as it "was in the right place at the right time, and it's big enough," A'Hearn told New Scientist. Its orbit brings the five kilometre comet to within about 80 million kilometres of the Earth. It is well-known to astronomers, but light reflected from it is far too faint to see with the naked eye.
The impactor is largely copper, a metal chosen so its spectral lines do not obstruct those of cometary material, and it will carry a camera. After releasing it, Deep Impact will zoom by the comet as the projectile hits and spend 15 minutes monitoring the blast with its cameras and spectrometers.
The project will provide fundamental data on cometary structure, needed to assess the prospects of diverting a wayward comet that threatens the Earth. But A'Hearn said the impact will shift the comet's closest approach to the Sun by only tens of meters – this distance is now about 230 million kilometres.
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Anyway. I have narrow foot (B width) and have had difficulty in the past finding a shoe that (a) fits and (b) provides sufficient cushioning and support to run in. I've been extremely satisfied with New Balance shoes and have been wearing them for more than 15 years. However, as others are likely to attest, New Balance suffers from the same diseased mentality that infects other running shoe manufacturers: "Hey, we've got a popular running shoe that everyone wants to buy. Let's discontinue it and make another less comfortable, uglier shoe!"
No, I'm not bitter. Much. I've merely learned over the years to buy at least two pairs of shoes when I'm in the market. If I don't, and I really like the shoe, I'll get pissed off when I can't get it anymore. Regardless, I've been buying my shoes from Road Runner Sports in San Diego for the last 20+ years. They usually have a good selection and decent prices. However, they've been awful lately in terms of running out of stock on shoes that I can wear. I don't pronate or supinate my feet; I don't need special support; I don't buy trail shoes; and I need a B width shoe, especially if I'm going to fork over $100 or more. And recently, when I went online to buy another pair of shoes, not only had they discontinued the shoes I'm currently wearing, they didn't carry any B width shoes in the style that had replaced my shoes. The shoes that RRS had that I COULD wear were horribly expensive and freakishly ugly. I mean, really: do they employ the blind and stupid in their marketing department? Eesh.
Regardless, I started searching around the web and stumbled across, via Amazon, If the Shoe Fits. not only did they have the style that I was searching for, the M881, they had it in my size. And it was marked down 25%. Yay!. So I ordered two pair of shoes. The next day, I received an email from customer support saying the following:
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We regret to inform you that we are out of stock in New Balance running shoe M881, in the width that you requested, 11B. However, if you are interested, we have the shoe which replaced it, the M882, in your size and would be glad to ship them to you and no extra cost. Please let us know if this would acceptable to you.
So I get the improved version of the shoe that I like best for a price substantially less than I would have had to pay anywhere else, delivered right to my door. I'm quite pleased with the customer service at If the Shoe Fits. I highly recommend them if you're in the market for running shoes.
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Okay, time's up. Here's the title: Stanford EyePassword Protects PIN Numbers.
How stupid do you have to be to print a headline like that? What's worse is I will guarantee you that no one even thought about the abject stupidity inherent in the title. For the last time, PIN stands for Personal Identification NUMBER!. A PIN number is a Personal Identification Number Number. I mean really, WTF?! Does that even look remotely sensible to you?
Don't even get me started on the "VAT Tax" commenters. They're too stupid to have their own sign.
Update: Arrrggh! I just read the comments and someone mentioned another one: ATM machine.
Shit, I really picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue.
Update: Heh. A friend of mine just emailed me this:
My pet peeve is the word coconspirator. Do I have coclassmates or cofriends as well?
Final update: I watched Monk last night. Entertaining as usual, except for one thing: the police kept referring to the VIN number of the car. The vehicle identification number number.
Now if you'll excuse me, I need to pour Chlorox into my brain to remove the memory.
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My current employer has an electronic bulletin board wherein us worker bees can post classified ads. Someone recently posted that she had some reconditioned violins, violas and cellos for sale. As it turns out, she was a professional violinist for 20 years and only deals in absolutely the highest quality instruments. Her prices for cells started at $15,000. After I pulled my tongue back out of my throat, I wrote her a thank you, but no thank email.
Yes, I'm aware that a better instrument will cost more. It's also true that I was a pretty fair cellist at one time; I went to NC Governor's School because of it. However, I wasn't the best at the time I quit playing, and I'm willing to bet that the decades long layoff hasn't improved my skill any. I'm simply looking for something serviceable.
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Atari is one of the most recognized names in the world. Since its formation in 1972, the company pioneered hundreds of iconic titles including Asteroids, Centipede, and Missile Command. In addition to hundreds of games created for arcades, home video systems, and computers, original artwork was specially commissioned to enhance the Atari experience, further enticing children and adults to embrace and enjoy the new era of electronic entertainment.
The Art of Atari is the first official collection of such artwork. Sourced from private collections worldwide, this book spans over 40 years of the company's unique illustrations used in packaging, advertisements, catalogs, and more. Co-written by Robert V. Conte and Tim Lapetino, The Art of Atari includes behind-the-scenes details on how dozens of games featured within were conceived of, illustrated, approved (or rejected), and brought to life! Includes a special Foreword by New York Times bestseller Ernest Cline author of Armada and Ready Player One, soon to be a motion picture directed by Steven Spielberg. Whether you're a fan, collector, enthusiast, or new to the world of Atari, this book offers the most complete collection of Atari artwork ever produced!
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One of the highlights of Fall is the National Corn Husking Contest held at the County Fairgrounds in mid-October. In addition to the main event, a chicken BBQ and a pork chop BBQ are favorites of those in attendance. Also of interest is the County Fair held the week after Labor Day. Other than the traditional judging of flora and fauna, Parimutual Harness Racing, the National Kiddie Tractor Pulls and a Demolition Derby all draw large crowds.
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National tourism continues to have a great weight in the Spanish tourism sector as a whole, especially in destinations such as Galicia, where this segment continues to be a determining factor in the final balance of annual tourism, despite the great advances made in internationalisation. According to INE data analysed by HomeToGo, the online search platform for holiday accommodation that brings together a total of 22,139 establishments from 48 different suppliers in Spain, the majority of these trips took place within the national territory, with Madrid, Cadiz and Valencia being the most sought-after destinations last year by Spanish travellers.
In this analysis of trends, Galicia ranks as the tenth most sought after destination by Spanish tourists and the second cheapest place to stay, with an average of 70 € / night. For this destination, houses have been the preferred accommodation for 30% of travelers, followed by rural houses (27%) and apartments (16%).
The swimming pool has been, as expected, one of the most popular filters among Spanish tourists. Specifically, one in three tourists (30%) has sought holiday accommodation with a swimming pool. In addition, the results show that Spaniards like to travel with their pets, so much so that 28% of users sought accommodation suitable for pets. As for the way to travel, Spanish tourists who travel to Galicia do so in groups of 4 people for a total of 7 days.
How is the profile of tourists in the Galician provinces?
A Coruña is the province where Spanish tourists travel for a greater number of days (8 days) and have a higher average budget (75 €/night). On the contrary, travellers who chose Ourense do so for a total of 4 days and spend an average of 67 €/night, a budget very similar to that of tourists travelling to Pontevedra (69 €/night) although the stay is longer (7.8 days). Lugo stands out for being the province where travellers have the lowest average budget (47 €/night).
The most popular type of accommodation and the most demanded services are very similar for the four provinces. Rural houses and houses are the favorite accommodations for most travelers, except in La Coruña where apartments have been the most sought after. The swimming pool and the accommodations that admit pets are the most used filters in the four provinces.
HomeToGo has analysed the travel trends of Spanish and European tourists in 2018. In order to obtain information on how, where and how much Spaniards have travelled, all the searches carried out on HomeToGo.es between 01.01.18 and 31.12.18 have been analysed, allowing its users to compare the offers of well-known tourist portals such as Booking, HomeAway or TripAdvisor. When defining the profile of the Spanish tourist, the average prices of the most sought-after accommodations, the average number of overnight stays and the number of people travelled with in 2018 were taken into account.
Hundreds of thousands of user searches from Spain, France, Italy, the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Austria and Switzerland have been taken into account to collect data on European travellers. HometoGo is a German parent company but currently has more than 150 employees is present in 13 European countries as well as in Russia, Australia, Mexico, Brazil and the United States.


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New car financing interest rates and loan repayment terms are based on the perceived credit risk. This also holds true for auto loan refinancing. Higher risk applicants qualify for higher new car interest rates and shorter loan repayment terms. Aside from enrolling in a credit restoration or credit score improvement program, there are a few thing that you can do when
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It does not matter whether you you are applying for a new car loan, used car loan, or
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, banks, credit unions, OEM and third party finance companies use a few simple calculations that weight heavily on the perceived risk of the borrower. They are the Payment to Income Ratio and the Debt to Income Ratio.
In other words, lending sources compare what you earn versus what you want to borrow. For people that earn $2,000 per month, finance companies will offer better rates and terms on low priced
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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Google (GOOG) - Get Report has been trying to get a foothold in the growing streaming TV business for a number of years. Early attempts at challenging Apple (AAPL) - Get Report TV, Roku and other similar offerings failed miserably, but last year's introduction of the wildly successful Chromecast finally opened the door. The the new $99 Nexus Player is Google's best attempt to try and take market share away from Apple, Roku, Amazon (AMZN) - Get Report and others in the streaming media space.
In addition to being able to stream TV, movies and music, the Asus-manufactured Nexus Player is also a gaming console, with dozens of titles already available from the Google's store. To get the most out of those games, you'll probably need to buy the $40 Gamepad.
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As for the actual device, don't think of bringing an unboxed Nexus Player to an ice rink, as it looks a lot like a hockey puck. The Nexus Player is small, round, black and flat. It's 4.72 inches round by less than an inch thick and weighs slightly more than 8 ounces.
Powering the puck is a sophisticated 1.8 GHz, quad-core Intel (INTC) - Get Report Atom processor tied to a 2D/3D Power VR Series 6 graphics system from Britain's Imagination Technologies. There's 1GB of RAM and only 8GB of storage, which could limit the ultimate number of games you can keep in your device. Internet connections are handled only via Wi-fi (802.11ac) because there's no Ethernet port. 1080p video and digital audio output is via HDMI although there's no HDMI cable in the box.
The Nexus Player comes with a very simple remote control that's different than others out there. It connects to the console via Bluetooth (4.1) instead of the usual infrared, line-of-sight technology. That means you can better hide the console than with other, similar devices. If you prefer, there's also an Android app to help handle those chores from a smartphone or tablet and it works with with Android, iOS, Mac, Windows and Chromebook devices.
It comes with all of the Google apps you would expect including Play, Music, Movies, TV, Games and, of course, YouTube. There's also the usual Netflix (NFLX) - Get Report , Hulu Plus, iHeartRadio, Pandora (P) , Vevo and lots more. But, because the Android TV platform is still in its infancy there are many apps (for instance, Time Warner Cable's (TWC) offering) which you might find on some other platforms but aren't yet available for these new devices.
The Nexus Players enters the arena with lots of competition. In addition to the aforementioned Apple TV and Roku, there's also Amazon's (AMZN) - Get ReportFire TV. The Nexus Player sells for $99, as do the Fire TV, Apple TV and the Roku 3.
Just like Amazon's Fire TV box, the Nexus Player's best feature is voice search. Both devices handle audio requests for information remarkably well.
The Roku 3 ( reviewed here) provides some serious competition. For essentially the same price as the Nexus, Roku has a better-tested platform offering more than 1,800 channels of audio and video programming in the United States. The Roku 3's remote also works as motion controller for gaming, with no separate device necessary. There's also an earphone jack on the side of the remote allowing you to listen to the Roku 3's audio output from across the room, which makes for a neat touch.
But, Nexus Player's biggest competition may come from less expensive devices such as Amazon's $39 Fire TV stick ( review) and Roku's $50 Streaming Stick. Both devices deliver a lot of bang-for-the-buck and, at half the price of their big brothers, create an easy impulse stocking stuffer purchase this time of year.
Overall, we found the Nexus Player to be worthy of your attention right now with lots of promise for the future. Video and audio output looked and sounded great and that's exactly what you want from a device like this. But, at this point in time, the Roku 3 may have an edge over all the other products mentioned. Unless, of course, you're fully invested in the Google universe of products. If that's the case, Player could be exactly what you've been waiting for.
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Dil Se Dil Tak 4th May 2018 Written Episode Update: Teni getting some clues about her forgotten past
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Parth grabs his phone at once and says it's a private thing. Teni grabs his collar angrily. Parth screams out of ache, Teni was concerned if it bled and peek into his shirt. They share an eye lock, Teni looks away and forbids her to stare her. Parth walks towards his bed and sips from the cup.
Ammi was tensed about the preparations for guests. Iqbal comes to help her. Ammi was tensed about his Khala's arrival, she hadn't taken her permission before fixing his proposal. She tells him to explain to Teni not to speak much in front of Khala.
In the room, Teni asks Parth to tell her clearly why he posed to be a driver when he was Parth Bhanushali, why his family wanted to send her to Delhi and then why he put his life at stake for her. Parth asks what does she think might be the reason? Then compliments the soup. Parth asks Teni why she saved his life by throwing a shoe over him. Teni says he must first reply to her question. Parth says if she replies to him, she will herself get the answer to her question. Teni leaves the room curtly. Parth says he only wish Teni remembers everything by herself. He is aware she is happy here, but if she recollect her memory would she still remain happy. He won't be able to see her upset in any time.
Teni comes to Iqbal, he says he has to introduce her to his Khala. He warns that she is a little strict, Teni says she isn't easy as well and will handle her. Ammi welcomes Khala home. Khala returns the servant with the glass of water and looks around taunting over the dust of table. Teni says even Khala's dupatta has a mark and might not go. Iqbal introduces Teni to Khala who is the senior most in their family. Teni touches her feet but Khala stops Teni. She says in their family one must bend in Salam for respect. Teni says respect has to be paid through heart and bends for Salaam to Khala. Khala dislikes her way of respect and was angry over Ammi for choosing Teni as Iqbal's life partner. She scolds Ammi for not teaching her the manners, then asks Iqbal to pick Rashida who will arrive tomorrow. Iqbal was shocked to hear about Rashida. Iqbal gets a call from sweet vendor and scolds him for a stupid question. Ammi takes Khala inside.
Iqbal was in kitchen when Teni comes there and asks about the matter. Iqbal was hiding something then explains to Teni that he was about to marry Rashida, she might feel bad as he is now marrying and she is still unmarried. He asks Teni to not be suspicious of him, he will also trust her for life. Teni was upset thinking she is hiding the truth from Iqbal that there might be a past she can't recall. Iqbal makes up Teni that he might show some dislike for Teni when Rashida is around. Teni asks if Iqbal still loves Rashida and goes to find a photo of Rashida in his room.
Parth comes downstairs to ask about Iqbal. A servant says he is in the room. Iqbal tries to stop Teni from searching his room, and hides the cupboard. Teni insists there is nothing private between them and tickles Iqbal. Parth leaves watching them playful together. Iqbal stops Teni from touching an album, Teni was touched finding a beautiful album of her and Iqbal's memories together. Teni was emotional and says she won't mind anything in front of Rashida, she has realized he got a huge heart.
Teni comes outside to find her dupatta on the sofa. She turns wearing it but it was stuck. Teni at once calls Parth to leave it, then realizes it was only stuck in the corner of stairs. She wonders why she called Parth.
PRECAP: Parth stood close to Teni and touch her face asking if she can't understand how important she is for him. Teni pushes him away and questions how dare he got so close to her. Parth tells her to question herself for everything she wants to know. He will get her answers.
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On this week's Earth Matters, co-producer and Gila Resources Information Project Executive Director Allyson Siwik engages Lynda Aiman-Smith and Gordon West of the SW New Mexico Green Chamber of Commerce on local investing.
The 2008 economic crash, Occupy Wall Street, and the expanding income gap between rich and poor have compelled a lot of thinking and experimentation about how to create real prosperity for more people in America. How can we democratize our local economies to achieve community goals like providing a living wage, protecting our environment, or giving our children a quality education?
Instead of investing in Wall Street, how can we harness the financial wealth that exists within our area to support local, community-serving businesses and organizations, and keep this money re-circulating for the benefit of everyone in our community? Local investment in good jobs, ownership opportunities, and community entrepreneurship is being implemented in communities across the country to create thriving local economies.
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As a non-profit, our mission is for all children who wish to participate, be given the opportunity to participate in our program and work towards their goals.
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Events and Philanthropy
Pie in the Face Fundraiser for Breast Cancer Research Foundation
Pie in the Face Event - During our Breast Cancer Awareness campaign, we set up outside of a local restaurant in which locals paid to pie one of us in the face with a plate full of whipped cream. 100% of proceeds from the event were donated to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation
Canned Food Drive in Support of Feeding America
Canned Food Drive - As part of our efforts to raise awareness for the food insecurity crisis in Southwest Virginia, we collected over 100 pounds of food in our November Canned Food Drive to benefit the locals affected by food insecurity.
The 2018 New River Valley Walk to End Alzheimer's
New River Valley Walk to End Alzheimer's - To conclude a 4-month long fundraising campaign that raised over $1,200 for the Alzheimer's Association, we walked in the NRV Walk to End Alzheimer's hosted by the Sigma Kappa Sorority at Virginia Tech with a team of over 50 people.
Alzheimer's Association Percentage Nights
Alzheimer's Association Percentage Nights - In our fundraising efforts for the Alzheimer's Association, we partnered up with various local restaurants for percentage nights in which a percentage of sales from customers who mentioned our brand was donated to the Alzheimer's Association on our behalf. These percentage nights helped us not only raise money for a good cause, but also brought people together.
Gobblerfest - Gobblerfest is an annual event held on the Drillfield at Virginia Tech in which student organizations and local businesses are able to set up booths and provide more information about their organization or business to students who attend. We had the pleasure of partnering up with DJ King Kumo and DJ SJ (not pictured) of SJ Sounds and Lighting in a joint booth that reached hundreds of students.


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The following student awards were presented at the 2017 In Vitro Biology Meeting in Raleigh, NC. Information on additional awardees at the 2017 Meeting will be presented in the next issue of the In Vitro Report. Information related to the available specific student awards can be found on the SIVB website (www.sivb.org) or by contacting the SIVB Business Office at firstname.lastname@example.com.
2017 WILTON R. EARLE and SIVB TRAVEL AWARDS
Scavenging for Bacteria: Identification and Characterization of Rainbow Trout MARCO
Class A scavenger receptors (SR-As) are a family of key innate immune receptors, which bind to a wide range of polyanionic ligands including bacterial components and nucleic acids. Macrophage receptor with collagenous structure (MARCO) is a SR-A that has been studied in mammals largely for its role in binding bacteria. To date there is little information about SRAs in fish, and what ligands specific SR-A family members bind remains largely unknown. In this present study a novel rainbow trout MARCO transcript has been identified and its sequence and putative protein domains have been analyzed. While there is only moderate sequence similarity to mammalian MARCO sequences there are notable protein domain similarities and MARCO clusters with MARCO sequences from other species more closely than other fish scavenger receptors. MARCO transcript was found in rainbow trout gonadal cell line RTG-2 and the macrophage/monocyte splenic cell line RTS-11; presence was not detected in the gut or gill cell lines RTgutGC or RTgill-W1. When overexpressed in CHSE-214, a cell line that lacks functional scavenger receptors, rainbow trout MARCO is able to bind the class SR-A ligand, acLDL as well as gram-positive, and gram-negative bacteria (of both mammalian and aquatic sources). MARCO did not show any binding to the yeast cell wall component zymosan. When the MARCO sequence was truncated to remove a domain necessary for bacterial binding in mammals, the scavenger receptor cysteine-rich domain, MARCO no longer bound bacteria or acLDL. This is the first time rainbow trout MARCO has been identified, and the first in-depth study exploring a fish class A scavenger receptor ligand binding profile. This study provides novel insight into the role of rainbow trout MARCO in bacterial innate immunity.
Sarah J. Poynter, Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo CANADA. In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology, 53:S25, 2017
Overexpression of AhCuZnSOD and Pyramiding of AhCuZnSOD with the AhcAPX Gene Enhance Salinity and Dehydration Stress in Brassica juncea
Antioxidant enzymes play an important role in conferring abiotic stress tolerance. The antioxidant metabolism protects cells from oxidative damage caused by ROS, such as peroxidation of membrane compounds, polysaccharide degradation, enzyme denaturation and DNA lesions Several enzymes act jointly to maintain redox status homeostasis. The antioxidative defense is imitated by SOD, which converts superoxide radicals to H2O2. The H2O2 that is also potentially harmful is converted to non-toxic water and monodehydroascorbate by the APX enzyme utilizing ascorbate as the electron donor. In the present study, genes for two different cytosolic antioxidant enzymes, superoxide dismutase (AhCuZnSOD) and ascorbate peroxidase (AhcAPX) were isolated from salt tolerant cell lines of Arachis hypogaea and overexpressed the AhCuZnSOD gene alone or with AhcAPX gene in highly important oilseed crop, Brassica juncea (Indian Mustard). Both types of these transgenic plants stably expressed the foreign protein, and the enzyme activity was also higher. The enhanced levels of antioxidant enzymes in the transgenic plants correlated with higher relative water content, improved photosynthetic efficiency, less electrolyte damage, elevated accumulation of compatible osmolytes, less malondialdehyde as well as less lower level of ROS accumulation in the transgenic plants expressing AhCuZnSOD and AhcAPX as compared to the UC plants or AhCuZnSOD gene alone under stress conditions. Compared with UC plants, several independent AhCuZnSOD transgenic lines showed improved capability for tolerating exposure to high mannitol and NaCl concentration and were able to grow, flower, and set normal viable seeds under continuous salinity and drought stress conditions. Importantly, the double transgenic lines always showed a better response than either of the single gene-transformed lines and untransformed control plants under salinity and drought stress. The present study seems to suggest that, for combining drought and salinity tolerance together, co- transformation is a better approach.
Neelam Negi, School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi-110067, INDIA. In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology, 53:S47, 2017
RNAi Knockdown of Potato Genes Crucial for Potato Virus Y Replication
Potato virus Y (PVY) continues to cause potato producers enormous economic losses worldwide. PVY can cause significant damage in several species of Solanaceae, but the greatest economic impact is on potato (Solanum tuberosum L.), reducing crop yields from 10 to 75% and causing internal tuber defects. PVY is transmitted by many aphid species in a non-persistent manner and because of this, insecticides are considered an ineffective means of control. The difficulty of potato breeding, along with emerging PVY strains and recombinants has made breeding for PVY resistant cultivars problematic. PVY is a single-stranded positive sense RNA virus belonging to the family Potyviridae. A biotechnological approach could offer solutions to combating PVY in potato. In this study, two highly conserved host genes in potato, referred to as Chloe and Thor that have an essential role in potyviral replication have been targeted by RNA interference (RNAi). RNAi is a gene knockdown technology that is successfully being used as a method of viral control in many crops. Primers were specifically designed to amplify a fragment of the two different host genes. Gene fragments were independently cloned into the entry vector pENTR/D-TOPO (Invitrogen), then transferred into the Gateway-compatible binary vector pANDA35HK (Shimamoto Lab). This vector is used in Agrobacterium-mediated transformation to deliver a hairpin RNA containing the Chloe and Thor gene fragments into potato plants, thus triggering RNAi, and potentially resulting in PVY-resistant potato lines.
Whitney Harchenko, Montana State University, 119 Plant BioScience, Bozeman, MT 59717. In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology, 53:S47-48, 2017
Enhancement of Halotolerance in Fremyella diplosiphon by Electroporation-mediated Overexpression of Malate Dehydrogenase Gene
Fremyella diplosiphon is a freshwater cyanobacterium that has great potential as a biofuel agent due to its ability to grow in low light intensity and acclimation to different wavelengths. Prior efforts to enhance salt tolerance in F. diplosiphon via heat mutagenesis have led to a mutant that thrives in 20 g L-1 NaCl. Further augmentation of halotolerance to 35 g L-1 NaCl which is the average salinity of seawater would be a desirable trait to exploit the organism for biofuel production in naturally available salt water systems. In the present study, we identified a homolog of the malate dehydrogenase (mdh)genein F. diplosiphon using PCR screening and sequence analysis. The plasmid containing the mdh gene, designated pGEM-7Zf-MDH, was cloned in an expression vector and transformed into the wild type. Electroporation-mediated overexpression of the gene resulted in a transformant designated HSF33 with a 20-fold increase in mdh transcript level. Physiological evaluation in BG11/HEPES medium and seawater adjusted to 35 g L-1 NaCl revealed that the transformant could thrive in high salinity, while a complete cessation of growth was observed in the wild type. Additionally, decrease in 630: 680 nm phycobiliprotein to chlorophyll a absorption peak ratio was observed solely in the wild type indicating that HSF33 maintains its photosynthetic pigment accumulation in seawater. Our results provide new insights into the role of the mdh gene in F. diplosiphon salt stress response enabling its cultivation in marine waters for large-scale biofuel production.
Benham Tabatabai, Morgan State, Spencer G6, 1700 East Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, MD 21251. In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology, 53:S31-32, 2017
A New Balancing Act: Melatonin and Serotonin as Mediators of Plant Morphogenesis
Melatonin (Mel) and serotonin (5HT) are indoleamines first identified as neurotransmitters in vertebrates; they have now been found to be ubiquitously present across all forms of life. Though Mel and 5HT possess important roles in plant growth and development, their roles in morphogenesis are still poorly defined. We hypothesize that Mel and 5HT function as a novel class of plant growth regulators (PGRs). To investigate this, we used a dual approach: phytochemical analysis and in vitro culture experiments. First, a simple and efficient method for the phytochemical analysis of Mel, 5HT and several established classes of PGRs, was developed for in vitro grown plants. Second, we examined the morphogenetic effects of Mel and 5HT in several plant culture systems including breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis) and St. John's wort (Hypericum perforatum: SJW). In breadfruit, though Mel had a minimal effect on growth, 5HT appeared to act as both an anti-browning agent and to possess cytokinin-like effects in culture. Particularly, it was found that 5HT (100 µM) could replace kinetin supplementation, in multiplication medium. Our lab possesses unique lines of SJW, a model for the study of Mel and 5HT, with high (L4) and low (L112) endogenous Mel levels, in comparison to wild-type plants. Neither root, nor shoot explants of the three lines showed a significant difference in growth. Grown on media supplemented with Mel, 5HT or their precursors (5, 10 or 30 µM), both root and shoot cultures showed a dose-dependent morphogenetic response, particularly with respect to shoot and root initiation. High levels (10 – 30 µM) of these compounds induced a generally inhibitory effect, while low concentrations (5-10 µM) showed improved growth and regeneration. Additionally, L4 showed inhibition at lower levels than did L112, supporting the dose dependent nature of Mel and 5HT, a defining characteristic of PGRs. Together this research presents a) a platform for the investigation of Mel and 5HT in morphogenesis, and b) suggests Mel and 5HT should be classified as a novel class of PGRs.
Lauren Erland, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road W, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada. In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology, 53:S13-14, 2017
Absorption and Distribution of the Antimalarial Drug Artemisinin Delivered Orally as Dried Leaves of Artemisia annua
The medicinal plant Artemisia annua is a promising option for the treatment of malaria. A. annua produces the antimalarial drug artemisinin (AN) whose derivatives make up the major component of artemisinin combination therapies, the frontline global treatment for malaria. Previously we showed that AN delivered as dried leaves of A. annua (DLA) is >40 fold more bioavailable in mice, 5 fold better at reducing parasitemia, and 3 fold better at slowing the development of AN resistance when compared to pure AN. Recently we showed that AN delivered as DLA is about 4 times more soluble in intestinal fluid and 37% more permeable to the intestinal membrane than pure AN. Here, using the Caco-2 model of the intestinal epithelium we investigate the effects of the essential oil fraction of A. annua on intestinal permeability of AN. We show that digested essential oil at two concentrations equivalent to 0.3 and 4.0% of that known in the plant, and from two sources decreased the intestinal permeability of AN. This result was surprising considering digested DLA increased AN permeability. Interestingly, when essential oil was added undigested, there was no change in the intestinal permeability of AN compared to pure drug. It appeared that the presence of bile changed essential oil permeability. To further characterize differences in bioavailability of AN delivered as DLA vs. pure drug, we performed tissue distribution (ADME) studies in rats. Groups of rats were orally dosed with either pure AN or a slurry of DLA containing an equal amount of AN. One hour after dosing, rats were euthanized, tissues harvested, and analyzed for AN content. AN delivered as DLA was distributed in significantly higher quantities, up to 6 fold greater than from pure AN throughout all the tissues tested. Together these studies begin to explain how bioavailability improves when AN is delivered via the plant than as pure drug.
Matt Desrosiers , Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Dept. of Biology and Biotechnology, 100 Institute Road, Worcester, MA 01609. In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology, 53:S39, 2017
A Novel Approach to Cell Selection from Taxus Plant Cell Culture Via an Engineered Mammalian Caspase
Plant specialized metabolites provide a great diversity of valuable chemicals that can be used as flavorings, fragrances, pesticides and pharmaceuticals. One notable natural product is the chemotherapeutic agent paclitaxel (Taxol®), a drug commercially synthesized using Taxus plant cell culture. This production process is not optimal due to the inherent heterogeneity of plant culture which includes a large population of cells that do not produce and accumulate paclitaxel. Individual cells vary significantly in metabolic capacity, and there is not an effective method to cull cells due to their aggregated growth and inability to survive separately. We are investigating a new and exciting approach to select and propagate only those cells that synthesize paclitaxel. Our goal is to engineer a mammalian caspase protein to induce death in metabolically deficient cells by designing a caspase binding site which inhibits protease activity when bound by paclitaxel. This poster will highlight progress in several areas: (1) characterization of programmed cell death and necrosis in Taxus plant cell culture, (2) successful transient expression of mammalian caspase proteins in plant cells using particle bombardment and PEG mediated transformation, (3) quantification of caspase functionality within Taxus plant cells, and (4) robust assessment of protoplast transformation and viability via flow cytometry. This work serves as the foundation for future efforts towards caspase engineering and stable transformation to develop an efficient selection system and propagate superior cultures for use in paclitaxel synthesis bioprocesses.
Michelle McKee, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 50 Prescott St., 4th Fl, Worcester, MA 01609. In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology, 53:S36, 2017


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Book publication: Benjamin Mountford & Stephen Tuffnell (eds.), A Global History of Gold Rushes (UCP, 2018)
Congratulations to Stephen Tuffnell (Oxford) and Benjamin Mountford (ACU Melbourne) on the publication of their edited collection, A Global History of Gold Rushes (University of California Press, October 2018). The collection emerged from a 2015 conference hosted by Oxford's Rothermere American Institute in partnership with the Oxford Centre for Global History.
Nothing set the world in motion like gold. Between the discovery of California placer gold in 1848 and the rush to Alaska fifty years later, the search for the precious yellow metal accelerated worldwide circulations of people, goods, capital, and technologies. A Global History of Gold Rushes brings together historians of the United States, Africa, Australasia, and the Pacific World to tell the rich story of these nineteenth century gold rushes from a global perspective. Gold was central to the growth of capitalism: it whetted the appetites of empire builders, mobilized the integration of global markets and economies, profoundly affected the environment, and transformed large-scale migration patterns. Together these essays tell the story of fifty years that changed the world.
Find out more about this book at the University of California Press website


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An eating spoon just the right size for kids and babies just learning to feed themselves.
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HP Chairwoman and Four Others to Face Charges
Looks like Patricia Dunn, Kevin Hunsaker, HP's ousted chief ethics officer, and Ronald DeLia, a Boston-area private investigator, each face criminal charges, as well as two outside investigators, Joseph DePante of Melbourne, Fla. and Bryan Wagner of Littleton, Colo. They will face felony charges of, use of false or fraudulent pretenses to obtain confidential information from a public utility; unauthorized access to computer data; identity theft; and conspiracy to commit each of those crimes.
The scandal erupted last month when HP disclosed that detectives it hired to root out a series of boardroom leaks secretly obtained detailed phone logs of directors, employees and journalists. The detectives used a potentially criminal form of subterfuge known as pretexting to masquerade as their targets and trick telephone companies into turning over the records.
Dunn ? who initiated the investigation ? said she didn't know until after the fact that the detectives went to such extremes to unearth clues about the leaker's identity. She resigned from HP's board last month amid the uproar over the spying campaign, which has also prompted the resignation of two other board members.
The FBI and a congressional panel are also looking into the HP pretexting scandal. Dunn testified last week before the panel, saying she didn't know about any potentially illegal tactics used in the investigation and wasn't responsible for the probe.
I'm sure will be hearing lots more about this in the future, lord knows we've heard enough lately.


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A Texas teen died Sunday morning while using her cellphone in a bathtub, according to reports.
Madison Coe, 14, was electrocuted taking a bath at her father's home in Lovington, New Mexico, news station KCBD reported.
Relatives told KCBD that the accident was caused either when she plugged in her phone while in the bathtub or grabbed the phone as it was being charged.
The 14-year-old, who was from Lubbock, Texas, had recently graduated from eighth grade at Terra Vista Middle School.
"It is with heavy hearts that Frenship Independent School District mourns the loss of Madison Coe. We wish to share our heartfelt sympathy with her family and friends as we carry the burden of this tragedy together," district officials said in a statement.
Friends created a GoFundMe page Sunday to raise money for her funeral.
"Our hearts go out to their family during this difficult time," the GoFundMe campaign said.


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News reached your blogger this weekend of the sad death of Gillian Lucas-Gill, a councillor on Rochford District Council.
Now, I'm not very intimately involved in the politics of Rochford District (Though I am not without my Rochford-based little birds -Ed), so I wasn't familiar with Cllr Lucas-Gill. My general belief, though, is that the vast majority of elected councillors give their time and their effort out of a sense of public duty. I didn't, as I say, know Cllr Lucas-Gill, but I am saddened at her death and thankful for her service.
This does, though, mean there will be a by-election in Rochford ward for Rochford District Council (Keep up… -Ed) in the coming months. As far as I know, no date has been set for the poll, and whoever wins will only serve until all seats are up for re-election in May due to boundary changes.
Nevertheless, the by-election will serve as a useful political barometer, in advance of the main event next year. More details as I receive them.


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This flaming grenade hot sauce is a seriously dangerous taste explosion with the perfect blend of both heat and taste in a grenade shaped jar. The sauce in this cleverly designed jar is flippin' hot and makes an ideal gift for the hot sauce lover we all know. Add a dash or add a lot but be sure to have your extinguisher ready, this hot sauce is truly explosive.
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Spy shots show a new A6 that will keep its general profile but feature new A1-inspired headlights and other updating design touches such as the new LED taillights.
Here are the latest spy shots of the 2012 Audi A6 doing some testing at the Nürburgring circuit.
Still heavily disguised, we can't make out much of the car's new styling. What we do see, though, are the A1-like headlights, same as in the previous spy pics, LED taillights and a profile that is not a dramatic departure from the current A6's shape.
The next-generation A6 is expected to come with a spaceframe made mostly of aluminum, similar to its older sibling the A8, but with more steel than in that flagship model. Still, the unibody structure will be more lightweight and rigid than competing models made of steel.
Under the bonnet will be a broad array of engines from Audi's well-stocked power plant stable. Those will include, on the petrol side, the 2.8 liter FSI with 150 kW (204 PS), as seen in the A7 Sportback, and a 3.0 liter TFSI (supercharged) with 220 kW (299 PS). The heftiest diesel on hand will likely be the 3.0 liter TDI with 180 kW (245 PS). A 3.0 liter TDI with 150 kW (204 PS) will also be an option.
As for the future S6 - a power plant option for Audi may be the new 4.0 liter V8 that the automaker is developing with sister brand Bentley.
The next Audi A6 will debut sometime next year as a 2012 model.


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Forged your minds back to each vacation / vacation you might have ever taken!! Is there a spot that stands out from the remainder? Is there a vacation spot or particular holiday or vacation attraction that takes its place as your #1 'Greatest Travel Vacation spot'. If that's the case, whether it's an awe inspiring historical monument, place of immense excitement, the most stunning place you've got ever skilled or just a place that just 'did it for you', please participate in this worldwide survey (extra details at the bottom of the page) for the 'Best Journey Vacation spot'.
Luxurious accommodation, luxury eating places and bars, as well as a quieter beach atmosphere turns into more value to the Seminyak area. Nonetheless, with all the amenities of luxury sundries, travelers must also require more monetary. Effectively, of course, the complete Rajasthan is renowned for its hospitality, however Udaipur has one thing more to woo a traveler.
Little ahead from the principle Dargah Khwaja Sahib, is the Sandali Masjid, a creation of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb. Nestled coyly within the corners is a lineup of outstanding buildings that embrace the tomb of Khwaja's daughter, Bibi Hafiza Jamat, Buland Darwaza and Akbari Masjid. Within the early sevententh century the Sultanate of Aceh was the most wealthy, powerful and cultivated state within the Malacca Straits area. Aceh has a historical past of political independence and fierce resistance to manage by outsiders, together with the previous Dutch colonists and the Indonesian goverment. If you recognize when you plan to journey and are searching for ideas of where to go, see Finest Time to Visit and choose a month.
People use the phrase Outer Mongolia" to seek advice from any far-flung destination, and many would have a tough time making an attempt to image any iconic sights of this country, or title the options of its nomadic culture. However discovering this off-the-overwhelmed-path destination is extra accessible to Western travelers now that Ulaanbaatar, its capital city, is getting a new luxurious hotel. The five-star Shangri-La, with 290 rooms (which might be the most important on the town!) and incredible eating choices, has already started taking bookings for its opening in 2016. It is in a prime location for buying and sightseeing before getting down to play golf in the BogdKhaan Valley, trek within the Gobi Desert, or experience motorbikes by way of the Khan Khenty range. – C. C.
Although Ajmer is in its transforming section and is getting shadowed by the developments of infrastructure and trade, it still has its splendors intact. To justify this, the town has its share of monuments and buildings. Do not miss: Bait al Karama, the Nablus branch of the Slow Food Motion, a social membership and cooking college run entirely by women ( ). The wall carvings and rock-minimize portray in these caves tell us much about the origin and improvement of Jainism. We make every effort to make sure the value you see on Skyscanner is the price you pay with the airline.


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A Scottish technology specialist has secured funding worth £200,000 to develop battery management systems for wind turbines and EVs.
Dukosi will develop a full prototype of a technology that monitors lithium ion cells in batteries to extend battery life and make them more efficient and safe.
The Scottish Co-investment Fund, which is partly funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and Par Equity, an investment firm provided the investment.
The technology will be used in energy storage devices for wind turbines and car batteries for hybrid electric vehicles.
Stephen Churcher, Chief Executive of the company said: "The technology results in batteries being safer and more efficient. There are a variety of applications, from making cars more efficient and cheaper to run, to assisting the renewable energy industry in the challenge they face in matching generating capacity to grid load demands. The funding Dukosi has secured allows us to take the technology to the next stage of develop to market."


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Growing up, the main tenant of my moral code was to always do the best and try to win. This meant throwing myself into my endeavors and chipping away at whatever obstacles stood in my way, relentlessly. As I was obsessed by athletics as a child and teenager, this quite literally meant I would throw my body around playing contact sports, like basketball and soccer.
At age 28, I've split my chin open twice, I've dislocated my thumb (requiring surgery to fix), I've broken my wrist, and I've torn my ACL and meniscus (also requiring surgery and subsequent physical therapy). I would sacrifice my own body in the effort to assist my team, whether that was in a rebound or a header against players significantly taller and larger than me or diving on the hard court or ground. I was known as the scrappiest of players and I took great pride in that. My health and safety didn't matter in those moments because I didn't like to lose.
What I wished I had realized then was that in behaving as such, I've done some damage to my body that may or may not ever go away fully. I get stiffness and soreness in the areas I've mentioned above that required surgery, especially in colder weather. More notably though, is the chronic neck pain I've battled with in the last three to four years.
I can't remember what started it, but I believe I was lifting heavy weights without the supervision of a trainer. I wanted to compete with the boys at the gym, because again, I don't like to lose. That made sense to me then, but that mindset proved dangerous and detrimental because it kicked off a string of neck strains that often got so bad, it required heavy painkillers and muscle relaxers to break the cycle of looking like Igor from "Young Frankenstein".
Realizing this was not the treatment route I wanted to rely on, I sought physical therapy at Athletico, which was helpful. This lasted four or five months and I was able to move forward from there. Since then, I've had one strain that occurred a month ago and I was able to spot it coming on and treated it initially with consistent heat wraps, stretching and total rest. I mean, no working out for a few days, then slowly introducing the recumbent bike and StairMaster at a very slow speed. No weights…still.
Here's the pattern I'm noticing. I feel healthy, get overzealous and want to train relentlessly, then I injure myself. At 28, I'm actually pretty dismayed at the relative ease I can get injured and how stiff my body, and especially my neck, feels when I get up in the morning sometimes. I think this is the reality of aging I need to accept, but I do really feel that my haphazard and sacrificial treatment of my body as a teenage athlete and reckless young adult are to blame.
I'm now trying to evolve my mindset that trying my best now doesn't allow for rigorous exercise anymore. What's healthiest for me is to accept that low impact cardio exercise, strength training with proper form and light weights as well as lots of stretching will be the best means of staying fit. I guess it's good that I wear my pants really high up anyway.
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Datasets–Assessing lava flow impacts
Geospatial data from Oak Ridge National Laboratory is supporting emergency response to destructive volcanic activity in Hawaii. Researchers provided the Federal Emergency Management Agency with information on buildings and structures that was rapidly extracted from satellite imagery using novel deep learning techniques. Ongoing eruptions from the Kilauea volcano since May have opened fissures of flowing lava across the Big Island, damaging more than 700 homes. Identifying and characterizing vulnerable and affected structures, such as residences, businesses, schools and hospitals, are major aspects of emergency response and post-impact damage assessments. "Our expertise with large datasets combined with high-performance computing resources gives us the ability to provide this information very quickly," said ORNL's Mark Tuttle. His team processed data focused near Kilauea in less than a day and all visible structures on the entire Island of Hawaii in two weeks. [Contact: Ashley Huff, (865) 241-6451; [email protected]]
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Caption: Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory contributed buildings and structures datasets to the Federal Emergency Management Agency to support emergency response following major volcanic eruptions on the Island of Hawaii. Combined with other mapping layers–such as lava flows, outlined in red, and active or inactive fissures, shown in red or green triangles, respectively–structural information helps identify immediate risks or hazards and aids in damage assessment. Credit: Federal Emergency Management Agency
Chemistry–Polymer, heal thyself
An Oak Ridge National Laboratory-led team has developed super-stretchy polymers with amazing self-healing abilities that could lead to longer-lasting consumer products. The polymers are among the world's stretchiest and can elongate about 1,000 to 5,600 percent before breaking. After breaking, they can be healed with complete restoration of elasticity by merely touching adjacent pieces. By tailoring the properties of segments and how they link to the polymer, the scientists tuned tensile strength, toughness and elastic recovery. They used stretchy polymeric strips to create a permeable membrane that selectively separated two gases. After that membrane broke, it self-healed to once again separate the gases. Tailoring the degree of hydrogen bonding was the key to self-healing and could be exploited to make other self-healing materials. "These novel materials provide an attractive platform for fabrication of functional films, membranes, coatings and devices with prolonged lifetimes," said ORNL's Tomonori Saito. The work was published in Advanced Functional Materials. [Contact: Dawn Levy, (865) 576-6448; [email protected]]
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Caption: Rubbery segments in a ribbon-shaped polymer membrane make it super-stretchy. Hydrogen-bonding molecules, shown as yellow and green spheres, allow the material to self-heal after a cut or break and recover its ability to separate gases such as carbon dioxide, shown as red and black spheres, from nitrogen, depicted as blue spheres. Credit: Pengfei Cao and Bingrui Li/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy
Materials – Printing with plants
A scalable processing technique developed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory uses plant-based materials for 3D printing and offers a promising additional revenue stream for biorefineries. Scientists created a new material with excellent printability and performance by tapping into lignin–a key component of plant cell walls that provides sturdiness. Lignin is a current byproduct of the biofuels process that could become a valuable coproduct with this new use. The method combines lignin, rubber, carbon fiber and acrylonitrile butadiene styrene, or ABS–commonly used in plastic toys–to 3D print structures with 100 percent improved weld strength between the layers over ABS alone. "To achieve this, we are building on our experience with lignin during the last five years," said ORNL's Amit Naskar. "We will continue fine tuning the material's composition to make it even stronger." The research team published details about the patent-pending process in Applied Materials Today. [Contact: Kim Askey, (865) 576-2841; [email protected]]
Image 1: https://www.ornl.gov/sites/default/files/Plant-based_3D-printed_material.jpg
Caption: Researchers at ORNL developed a scalable processing technique to 3D print a plant-based composite material. Credit: Ngoc Nguyen/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy
Image 2: https://www.ornl.gov/sites/default/files/Plant-based_3D-printed_material_micrograph.jpg
Caption: The micrograph shows a cross-section of the weld area between two 3D-printed layers of a plant-based composite material developed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Credit: Christopher Bowland/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy
Electricity–Mini-grid to the max
Oak Ridge National Laboratory engineers have devised a testbed that lets them mimic high-voltage equipment in a safe, low-voltage setting. The Software-Defined Intelligent Grid Research Integration and Development platform, or SI-GRID, operates below 100 volts–less than a household outlet– and has been used to develop communications and controls for microgrids. The platform gives researchers crucial information on how the grid functions when loads suddenly shift during a power outage, and how it can more quickly recover. It can, for instance, test protective relays that detect electrical faults and prevent damage to the network. "Traditionally, we would rely on computer models of the grid to figure out how new components will work," said Ben Ollis of ORNL. "With the higher fidelity of a physical system, we can better understand power quality issues and dynamics." The platform explores ways to monitor the grid, protect it from disturbances like storms and cyber intrusion and make it more resilient when power is disrupted. [Contact: Stephanie Seay, (865) 576-9894; [email protected]]
Image 1: https://www.ornl.gov/sites/default/files/SI-GRID_1.jpg
Caption: Ben Ollis, left, and Phil Irminger of Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Power and Energy Systems Group test components on the SI-GRID platform in a safe, low-voltage setting. Credit: Carlos Jones/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy
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Caption: ORNL researchers insert a device to be tested on the SI-GRID platform. Credit: Carlos Jones/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy
Neutrons–Making sustainable biofuels
Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory are using neutrons to understand why certain hydrocarbons produced by blue-green algae are important to their biology, so new strains can be engineered to sustainably produce biofuels. Neutron scattering makes it possible to non-destructively see inside living algae at real world temperatures and in real time. "No one has used neutron scattering to test the hypothesized role hydrocarbons in modulating membrane structure in algae," said Cory Knoot of the Washington University in St. Louis. "Understanding why alkanes are important to cyanobacterial health could make it easier to engineer new strains of the algae that can sustainably produce alkanes as biofuels." Knoot used the lab's Biological Small-Angle Neutron Scattering, or Bio-SANS, instrument, which is designed and optimized to analyze the structure, function and dynamics of complex biological systems. [Contact: Kelley Smith, (865) 576-5668; [email protected]]
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Caption: Postdoctoral researcher Cory Knoot prepares a sample of blue-green algae for neutron scattering experiment on the Bio-SANS instrument at ORNL's High Flux Isotope Reactor. Credit: Kelley Smith/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy
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There were tears of relief and joy at Sister Patricia Fox's modest home in Quezon City, the Philippines, after it was announced her appeal against the withdrawal of her missionary visa had been successful.
But the 71-year-old Australian nun remains under threat of deportation under a separate action that is still before the authorities and pending a decision.
Late on Monday the Department of Justice announced that the Bureau of Immigration had erred in cancelling Fox's missionary visa on the grounds of her political activism.
Fox's visa is now valid until September, when it expires. She plans to apply for a renewal.
The decision came as a shock to Fox and her lawyers, who earlier in the day were making plans for the opposite result.
Fox said she was immensely relieved and "I nearly burst into tears. My fellow sisters are laughing and crying." She said she would now unpack the bag that she has had awaiting a variety of possibilities, including jailing, deportation or "going to ground".
The secretary of the Department of Justice, Menardo Guevarra, earlier told the local Inquirer newspaper that the decision on Fox would be made on its merits, and that President Rodrigo Duterte had personally assured him that he would not interfere. He also said he had not sought guidance from the president.
Fox's lawyer, Jobart Pahliga, said that the decision was a "huge" victory not only for Fox but for the rule of law in the Philippines. He said the legal team was not yet dropping its guard, but was now optimistic that Fox would be able to stay at least until September.
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"We had assumed that because the president had acted against her that the Department would just go along with his whims," he said.
He said that the decision would also affect another 15 similar cases where the Bureau of Immigration had withdrawn visas from foreign nationals because of political activism. Most of those people had already been deported.
"Without the outpouring of international support for Sister Fox none of this would have happened."
Before the decision, Pahliga said he had advised Fox not to go into hiding but instead to appear as prominently as possible in public. This morning she was addressing an ecumenical conference of bishops in central Manila.
This evening she plans to attend a memorial service for Father Richmond Nilo, who was gunned down in front of his congregation eight days ago in a chapel in Zaragosa, in the province of Nueva Ecija, while preparing for mass. Nilo was the third priest to be killed in six months in the escalating tide of gun violence in the Philippines.
Fox, who has been a missionary in the Philippines for 28 years, was arrested on the personal order of Duterte on 16 April and threatened with deportation, following her participation in a human rights fact-finding mission in the southern island of Mindanao earlier that month.
Later, her missionary visa was cancelled by the Bureau of Immigration. It is this latter decision that has now been overturned. The deportation order has also been appealed, but no decision has been made.
Pahliga said it was not out of the question that Fox might be deported, but that if the government understood its own rules, this should not happen while there was an active appeal, and he now thought it unlikely.
"If they do deport her, where is the rule of law in the Philippines today?" he said.
Mindanao has been placed under martial law by Duterte on the grounds of terrorist threats from Islamic State sympathisers and the New People's Army, the armed wing of the Communist Party.
The fact-finding mission of which Sister Fox was part reported stories of extra-judicial killings of farmers, the violent breakup of unionism at the Coca Cola factory in Davao, and that Indigenous people and local peasants were being forced from their land to make way for mines and palm oil and banana plantations.
The mission also heard that peasants were being forced into false confessions that they were members of the New People's Army.
Meanwhile the Catholic bishops' conference of the Philippines this morning announced that it would not support allowing priests to carry guns in the wake of the recent shootings of priests
Archbishop Romulo Valles said that arming priests was contrary to the teachings of Jesus to shun violence and "turn the other cheek".
Four days before Nilo was killed, Father Rey Urmenata was shot and wounded in Calamb City, Laguna province. In April Father Mark Ventura, known for his advocacy against mining, was gunned down and killed in Cagayan province. In December last year Father Marcelito Paez was shot dead in Jaen town, Nueva Ecija, after helping with the release of a political prisoner.
The Catholic bishops also released a statement regarding the killing last year of three teenagers in the so-called "war on drugs".
These cases, three among many, have caught the public's imagination partly because of the youth of the victims, and partly because in one case CCTV footage and eyewitness statements contradicted the police version of events.
Police claimed that Kian Loyd Delos Santos, 17, of Caloocan City, shot at them and was killed in self defence in August last year during a drug raid, but witnesses have claimed they saw police detain and restrain him, drag him in to a laneway and shoot him in the head.
Two other Caloocan City teenagers, Carl Angelo Arnaiz, 19, and Reynaldo de Guzman, 14, were discovered dead within weeks of Delos Santos's killing.
The Catholic Bishops' Conference released said in a statement "we are appalled by the remorselessness by which even the young are executed … The relentless and bloody campaign against drugs, that shows no sign of abating, impels your bishops to declare: 'in the name of God stop the killings'."


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TA Group partners with emerging business leaders and provides mentorship, shared operations and scalable process to them in order to grow them to the next level of success and profitability. ECaTS was the first business for TA Group, developing a business intelligence and analytics platform that seamlessly reports on all aspects of multiple Public Safety Answering Point ("PSAP") operations, providing a complete management information system for public safety clients
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