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This image made available by NASA via Twitter posted on Jan. 17, 2016 by space station commander Scott Kelly, shows a zinnia flower out in the sun at the International Space Station. (Scott Kelly/NASA via AP/Thinkstock)
A flower blooms – in space
January 25, 2016
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The International Space Station now has a bright pop of orange, thanks to commander Scott Kelly's green thumb.
Kelly showed off his gardening results, a thriving zinnia with a beautiful orange-yellow bloom. He posted photos of the flower on his Twitter account.
"Yes, there are other life forms in space!" Kelly said in a tweet in mid-January.
In December, Kelly had to fight off mold that threatened to kill all the flowers in the space station's mini-greenhouse. Mission Control gave him free rein. He managed to save some of the crop. This type of autonomous gardening will be necessary during Mars expeditions, Kelly noted.
In a nod to last year's blockbuster movie "The Martian," Kelly said, "I'm going to have to channel my inner Mark Watney." Watney is the fictitious astronaut-botanist who ends up stranded alone on Mars. He grows potatoes in order to survive.
The space station's plant-growing experiment saw a bumper crop of red romaine lettuce last summer. The space station crew got to sample a few leaves.
While this is the first zinnia known to bloom in space, it's not the first space flower.
In 2012, space station astronaut Donald Pettit memorably coaxed blooms out of a zucchini plant. He blogged about his informal experiment in "Diary of a Space Zucchini." He also nurtured Space Sunflower and Space Broccoli.
The Russians hold claim to the first flower in space. It was aboard the Soviet Salyut space stations of the 1970s and 1980s.
These new space zinnias aren't just for looks. NASA said they're a good precursor to tomato plants, targeted to launch in 2018. The next hothouse crop, coming up soon on a SpaceX supply flight, will be Chinese cabbage and more lettuce.
NASA's little greenhouse is known as Veggie, short for Vegetable Production System. It was flown to the space station in 2014.
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There are several different types of clouds, and each type of cloud has its own significance. For example, cumulus clouds are large, puffy clouds. These bluish-white clouds are piled miles high in the sky. The image shown looked like it was raining. The black or gray cumulus clouds are called "cumulonimbus." These are also known as "thunderheads" and bring thunderstorms.
Another type of cloud is the cirrus cloud. Cirrus clouds are high in the troposphere, and are made of ice. They look like thin, whispy curls of hair. Some cirrus clouds can be found high in the atmosphere, in the mesosphere. These clouds condense around particles of meteorites. Cirrus clouds are the only clouds that can be found in any layer of the atmosphere besides the troposphere.
The stratus cloud is another common type of cloud. Stratus clouds look like blankets of gray clouds covering the sky. These clouds are always spread out to cover the whole sky. They are rather low in the troposphere and thin clouds, too. They're gray and dull, and normally bring rain.
Stratocumulus clouds are mainly a mix of stratus and cumulus clouds. These clouds look like large, rounded masses. Like stratus clouds, they normally cover the whole sky. According to the picture shown, it looks like they normally appear at dusk. They also look fairly low in the atmosphere, and dense, too.
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With the immediacy of the Soviet–American confrontation gone, artists have taken a more ‘relaxed’ point of view – such was the curatorial premise of this exhibition. After their excitement about space in the 1960s and subsequent disillusionment from the 1970s onwards, artists’ interests came to be dominated by historical and cultural references. Tom Sachs’ The Crawler (2003), a large-scale model of the space shuttle Challenger, which broke apart shortly after take-off in 1986, was a memorial to technology that NASA is about to abandon. Similarly the video Dreamtime (2001), by Jane and Louise Wilson, documented a relic of space travel – the former Soviet rocket launch station in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Both works figured as direct and literal memories of the techno-political ambitions to which the Soviet Union and USA once clung.
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Yeovil Town manager Gary Johnson appears to have concluded his transfer dealings for the start of the 2012-13 season, despite losing his last remaining trialist to another club during the week. Centre-back Aaron Downes took up a firm offer from League Two side Torquay United, rather than hope that the Glovers might offer him a deal at Huish Park.
This week's Western Gazette states that the club "are unlikely to add further fresh blood to their ranks before the start of the League One campaign" and that Johnson "does not expect to see any further players coming into Huish Park".
Hence barring injuries, the current list of sixteen permanent signings and two six month loanees will form the basis of the club's 2012-13 plans. As for Downes, Johnson told the paper he could see why the former Chesterfield player should accept the offer he had from the Gulls:
"He received an offer from Torquay which we thought he should accept. We wish him all the best and didn't want to stand in his way of first-team football. I don't think we will be necessarily looking for another defender. I think our current centre-back options are pretty good. For anyone to come in it would have to be a real coup."
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Despite all these upheavals and market realignments in the past three years, India's housing market remained remarkably resilient and even thrived. However, there seems to have been one major 'fatality' - affordable housing. Once the source of considerable political hype, this segment is not merely just languishing today - it seems to be in the ICU. What happened?
Over the last decade, women have emerged as a major residential real estate buyer segment, especially in the urban centres. Their preferences are also distinctly shaping newer trends - from bigger homes, ready-to-move properties to specific budgets, they know exactly what they want. And like millennials, their preferences now influence the supply that developers put on the market
The first half of FY23 was a highly upbeat period for the residential market in the top 7 cities, allying fears that housing sales could be impacted by rising property prices and interest rates. The numbers show that Diwali came early for developers, with homes worth INR 1.56 lakh Crore sold across the top 7 cities in H1 FY23.
While it leads in terms of disposal of cases, UP has seen the lowest growth of 22% in project registrations in the past three years. In October 2019, the state had approx. 2,710 registered projects while the current number stands at approx. 3304 projects, indicating that the primary focus in UP has been on project completions rather than new launches.
As per latest ANAROCK data, the average monthly rentals in the prominent luxury micro-markets across the top 7 cities increased anywhere between 8-18% in the last two years. Mumbai’s Worli saw the highest rental growth of 18% in the period – from INR 2 lakh per month in 2020 to INR 2.35 lakh in 2022 for luxury homes of minimum 2,000 sq. ft. area.
Indian luxury housing has performed remarkably well post the pandemic, with overall sales rising steeply across the top 7 cities. Latest ANAROCK Research data finds that of approx. 1.84 lakh units sold in these cities in H1 2022, about 14% (approx. 25,700 units) were in luxury homes. In contrast, of 2.61 lakh units sold in the whole of 2019, just 7% (approx. 17,740 units) were in the luxury category.
The total leasable area of the retail spaces is 130000 sq. ft. spread over three floors. The entire third floor measuring 65,000 sq. ft. is dedicated to coworking/office spaces which will cater to approx. 2000 working professionals at a time. Including a 350000 sq. ft. Multi-level Car Park, the entire complex spans a massive 208000 sq. ft.
As of Q1 2022-end, the total available stock of affordable housing (<INR 40 lakh) in the top 7 cities is approx. 1,86,150 units; 2,34,600 units at Q1 2020-end
Chennai, Pune & MMR saw the highest supply decline of 52%, 33% & 27%, respectively
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Mid segment housing saw a 4% decline – from 1,97,880 units in Q1 2020-end to 1,89,310 units by Q1 2022-end
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Mumbai, 19 April 2022: While the new supply of affordable housing has been shrinking over the last two pandemic years, demand remains healthy. ANAROCK data reveals that out of the total unsold stock across the top 7 cities, affordable housing inventory saw the most significant decline of 21% – from 2,34,600 units by Q1 2020-end to 1,86,150 units by Q1 2022-end.

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Most octopuses prefer the solitary life. Some have even been known to eat their mates. But a newly discovered species of octopus is disrupting this long-held model.
The larger Pacific striped octopus (still so new to science it does not yet have a formal Latin name) was first spotted some 40 years ago. But its behavior, reported then by Panamanian researcher Arcadio Rodaniche of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in 1982, sounded so outlandish that most in the scientific community wrote it off. Now, researchers have been studying these small but wondrous creatures in captivity for more than two years, and the team has at last presented their findings today in the journal PLoS ONE.
Perhaps the most striking finding about this striped octopus is its mating behavior. In many species, the male octopus will attempt to mate with the female from a distance (sending his sperm packets over to her along a specialized arm)–or detach his arm altogether to give to the female while hightailing it to safety–in an effort to avoid being maimed or eaten. But the larger Pacific striped octopuses come together, beak-to-beak, spreading their arms out, with suckers touching, a position that would be considered foolish for most other species. These rule-breaking octopuses have also been observed cohabitating and even sharing meals.
But the larger Pacific striped octopuses come together, beak-to-beak, spreading their arms out, with suckers touching, a position that would be considered foolish for most other species.
And rather than lunging upon their live prey as most octopuses do, the larger Pacific striped octopus seems to sneak up on shrimp, startling it with a simple tap of the arm. “I’ve never seen anything like it,” said University of California Berkeley professor Roy Caldwell in a press release. And when they’re finished with their food, they are quite tidy about their scraps: “The remains of prey items were forcefully ejected from the immediate vicinity of the den entrance,” the researchers noted in their paper.
I was lucky enough to observe this and other quirks of these charismatic cephalopods during a chat with Richard Ross, one of the co-authors of the paper and a cephalopod-tattooed biologist at the California Academy of Sciences a couple of years ago.
In addition to their curious, unoctopusly behavior, these animals also have unusual life histories. Most documented species of octopus die soon after reproducing–males after fertilizing a female or two and females after brooding their clutch of eggs. Not the larger Pacific striped octopus. These females went on to lay various clutches of eggs for six months.
“The next step to understanding the unique behaviors found in the larger Pacific striped octopus will be to observe groups in their natural habitat,” Caldwell said in a press release. “Only by observing the context in which these behaviors occur in the wild can we begin to piece together how this octopus has evolved behaviors so radically different from what occurs in most other species of octopus.”
Now, decades after he first observed groups of dozens of these octopuses living together off the coasts of Nicaragua and Panama, Rodaniche shares the paper credit with Ross, Caldwell and fellow researcher Christine Huffard of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute.
The discoveries about these small, curious creatures suggests that among the hundreds of known octopus species, we might only be scratching the surface in our studies of a handful of common research subjects. “It reminds us how much we still have to learn about the mysterious world of cephalopods,” Ross said in the press release.
In other octopus news today, the first complete octopus genome has been sequenced. Read more about it in my article for Scientific American.
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|Publication number||US5865852 A|
|Application number||US 08/918,629|
|Publication date||Feb 2, 1999|
|Filing date||Aug 22, 1997|
|Priority date||Aug 22, 1997|
|Publication number||08918629, 918629, US 5865852 A, US 5865852A, US-A-5865852, US5865852 A, US5865852A|
|Inventors||Dieter R. Berndt|
|Original Assignee||Berndt; Dieter R.|
|Export Citation||BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan|
|Patent Citations (3), Referenced by (76), Classifications (26), Legal Events (10) |
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet|
Dry cleaning method and solvent
US 5865852 A
A method of dry cleaning articles such as clothing and the like including the use of Dipropylene Glycol Monomethyl Etheracetate as the cleaning solvent and the use of vacuum to assist in the removal of solvent from the articles and the use of vacuum distillation of the solvent after a cleaning cycle.
1. The method of dry cleaning articles comprising: immersing articles to be dry cleaned in a dry cleaning solvent having Dipropylene Glycol Monomethyl Etheracetate (DPMA); agitating the articles in the DPMA; and removing the DPMA from the articles wherein the articles being dry cleaned, after having been cleaned, are subjected to a vacuum by reducing pressure in order to reduce the flash point of the dry cleaning solvent; and vaporizing any dry cleaning solvent remaining in the article.
2. The method recited in claim 1 wherein said dry cleaning solvent comprises not less than 95% Dipropylene Glycol Monomethyl Etheracetate by weight and not more than 5% water by weight.
3. The method of dry cleaning articles comprising: placing articles to be dry cleaned in the cleaning basket of a washer/dryer; introducing Dipropylene Glycol Monomethyl Etheracetate (DPMA) into the cleaning basket; agitating the articles in the DPMA in the cleaning basket; centrifuging the articles within the cleaning basket to remove DPMA; subjecting the articles within the cleaning basket to a partial vacuum; heating the articles within the cleaning basket and under the partial vacuum; and removing the articles from the cleaning basket.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
I. Field of the Invention
This invention is in the general field of dry cleaning of clothing, other fabrics, and the like;
The invention is more particularly directed to a method for dry cleaning utilizing specially designed machinery and uniquely modified solvents and treatment cycles;
The invention is more particularly directed to a dry cleaning method wherein a solution is utilized which has the desirable and safe flash point rating and the fabric-safe qualities required, together with superior, specially designed dry cleaning machinery;
The invention, therefore, is most particularly directed to a totally new dry cleaning method.
II. Description of the Prior Art
The prior art in dry cleaning includes the use of various solvents with appropriate machinery to accomplish the cleaning. In the most recent past the solvent most widely used has been perchloroethylene ( hereafter generally referred to as "perc") Perc has the disadvantage that it is environmentally very destructive and undesirable. In some areas perc is no longer allowed to be used. Additionally, in the past other solvents such as petroleum based solvents and glycol esters, ethers, and acetates have been tried and used. These various solvents have been used with machinery which may not have been ideal.
The present invention is distinct from the prior art in that it relies upon a specially formulated solvent with unusual characteristics as described below, together with a specific method involving the use of specialized machinery designed specifically into a complete dry cleaning method.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Dry Cleaning is a major industry throughout the world. In the United States of America, alone, there are more than fifty thousand dry cleaners (many of these have multiple locations).
The dry cleaning industry is an essential industry in the present economy. Many articles of clothing (and other items) must be dry cleaned in order to remain clean, presentable, and useable in today's business and cultural climate. It is difficult to imagine an executive attending a meeting, a job applicant for a position of any importance, an entertainer, a suitor, or any person anticipating a social or business encounter, who does not appear in freshly dry cleaned garments.
The most widely used dry cleaning solvent until now has been perc. There are many disadvantages to perc including its toxicity and odor. The machinery most widely used, until now, has been manufactured specifically for use with perc. This has been another limiting factor in this industry.
Another problem in this field is that different fabrics require different handling in the presently used systems in order to prevent damage to the fabrics during the dry cleaning process.
I have now developed a complete dry cleaning system, or method, in which specially designed machinery, solvents, and sequences of operations combine to result in a totally environmentally friendly process which is, also, more effective in cleaning fabrics and the like than any prior know system.
It is an object of this invention to provide a method of dry cleaning using environmentally friendly solutions and techniques;
It is another object of this invention to provide a dry cleaning method wherein the articles being cleaned are not harmed;
Another object of this invention is to provide a method for economical dry cleaning of all types of fabrics.
The foregoing and other objects and advantages of this invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art after reading the description of a preferred embodiment, which follows, in conjunction with a review of the appended drawings.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the steps involved in practicing the method of this invention.
DESCRIPTION OF A PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
This method of dry cleaning is unique, particularly in the use of a commonly known solvent, Dipropylene Glycol Monomethyl Etheracetate (DPMA ). This solvent has never been considered as a dry cleaning solvent, and, in fact, it is not suitable for dry cleaning in pure form. It is used in my new dry cleaning method as modified.
Referring to the block diagram, FIG. 1, the steps of the entire system and the mechanisms and solvent used will be understood by those skilled in the art.
At step 1 garments or other items to be dry cleaned are placed in a vertical combination washer dryer with a horizontally rotating agitating cleaning basket (known to those skilled in the art ). The barrel of the basket will have numerous holes, preferably each hole will be 1/4 to 3/8 inch diameter.
At step 2 the wash cycle is initiated with DPMA and water being used by the machine as the solvent. The DPMA is mixed with a small quantity of water, preferably not exceed five percent. The mixing of water into the DPMA is highly unusual and is the key to the use of DPMA as a dry cleaning solvent. Without the small amount of water the DPMA will not perform proper cleaning of fabrics. The solvent is pumped by an in line pump into the cleaning basket. The items being cleaned are agitated preferably for from six to eight minutes. The solvent is then pumped back into the holding tank through a charcoal and clay filter system in order to remove impurities which may have been left from the cleaning.
At step 3 the items being cleaned are spin dried, preferably for about three to five minutes preferably at somewhere from 450 to 750 revolutions per minute. This operation leaves no more than five percent solvent residue in the items being cleaned.
At step 4 the garments are preheated, preferably for two or three minutes. This is best accomplished by passing pressurized steam through a coil in the machine which heats the air inside the basket with the use of a circulating fan. When the inside basket temperature reaches about 130 to 140 degrees Fahrenheit the machine is put under a negative pressure of at least 500 millimeters of mercury. This is accomplished by drawing a vacuum directly from the machine enclosure, which houses the cleaning basket, in this system should be designed to hold a vacuum of about 200 millimeters of mercury. Those skilled in the art will understand how this is accomplished.
At step 5, with the help of the vacuum, the solvent remaining in the garments is caused to reach the flash point (flash points are understood by those skilled in the art ) of 203 degrees Fahrenheit without increasing the drying temperature. The drying temperature is at a maximum of about 150 degrees Fahrenheit. This is an important feature of this method with the solvent of this method. If garments should be dried at a temperature of 200 degrees Fahrenheit the garments would be destroyed. On the other hand, if the solvents flash point has not been reached, solvent would remain in the garments. Thus, the value of the unique vacuum drying used in this method is recognized. It is further to be noted that this is an essential and important advance in the industry, since this will apply to, and make possible the use of, any and all solvents which have high flashpoints (probably about 170 degrees Fahrenheit and higher ). Now the flash point has been reached and the solvent remaining in the cleaned items vaporizes and leaves the items. This cycle will be around 15 to 25 minutes
At step 6 we have the cooling cycle. At this point the temperature is about 120 degrees Fahrenheit and the vacuum is at about 300 millimeters of mercury. The solvent vapor is circulated through refrigerated coils (preferably around 38 degrees Fahrenheit ). The vaporized solvent then reverts to a liquid. The liquid passes into a solvent/water separator. Typically this cycle will be around 3 to 6 minutes.
Lastly, at step 7, a vacuum distillation unit (known to those skilled in the art ), which is a part of the overall machine, is used to distill the solvent at about 100 to 120 degrees Centigrade to give the solvent an extended useful life (if the solvent was distilled at 200 degrees Fahrenheit it would be destroyed ). It is necessary to distill used solvent to remove impurities such as fatty acids, dyes, dirt and the like accumulated during the cleaning process.
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Flood waters in Ottawa.…
The Blanchard River in Ottawa crested at 28.85 feet at 3 p.m. Monday. Flood stage is 23 feet.
That crest, 28.85 feet, marks the sixth highest historical crest for the river in Ottawa.
The highest crest was 33.3 feet on March 13, 1913. The highest crest in the last decade was 31.4 feet on Aug. 23, 2007.
Meanwhile, a meeting with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to discuss flood mitigation plans for the Blanchard River in Ottawa and Findlay has now been delayed until February.


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- Cooling water inlets
- Pumping stations
- Effluent treatment installations
The various types of bar screens are of robust design and made of high grade materials.


The Broadway hit “Dear Evan Hansen” is at the Kennedy Center through Sept. 8, and its emotional story about a lonely teenager who gets caught up in a viral lie will deeply resonate with those who have ever felt they did not fit in.
Based on the book by Tony Award-winner Steven Levenson, with music and lyrics by Grammy, Tony and Academy-Award winning writers Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, the show touches on mental health and suicide but goes far beyond those topics. Included are issues around family dynamics, peer pressure, the impact of social media and the universal journey of finding one’s voice in an increasingly disconnected world.
On a 50-city national tour, the show stars Ben Levi Ross as Evan Hansen, an awkward teen who feels like an outsider and who is desperate to be liked. Raised by a single mom (Jessica Phillips) who is struggling to make ends meet, Evan is so painfully shy that just trying to make small talk with others is a major effort.
Insecure and desperate for attention, Evan writes daily pep talks to himself that his therapist has advised him to write. That routine goes awry one day when another loner, Connor Murphy (Marrick Smith) get his hands on a letter that Evan has printed out in the school’s computer room. Imbued with a mean streak, Connor steals the letter, then mockingly scrawls his name across the cast that is on Evan’s broken arm. When Connor later kills himself, and Evan’s letter is found in Connor’s pocket, Connor’s parents assume the letter was written by Connor to his friend, Evan.
Aaron Lazar plays Larry Murphy, Connor’s father, and Christiane Noll plays Cynthia Murphy, Connor’s mother, who is desperate for any clues that can explain why Connor became so unhappy that he would commit suicide. Although Evan tries to explain that he wrote the letter, he could not bear to tell them the truth when he sees that they want to desperately believe that the deeply troubled Connor had a friend. Another reason that he decides to remain quiet is that he has a crush on Zoe Murphy (Maggie McKenna) and spending time with the Murphys allows Evan to get nearer to the girl.
When news of Evan’s supposed friendship with Connor spreads through the school, Evan finds himself in the spotlight, something he desperately longed for. The deception, however, will take a toll. When Alana (Phoebe Koyabe), a fellow student who, too, have experienced feeling like an outsider, decides to start a fund in Connor’s name, Evan becomes co-president of the Connor Project and gives a talk about Connor at a school assembly. Evan’s talk goes viral on social media, and the teen becomes even more entangled in the lie that he has created.
The strength of the production is in the strong acting by the cast who give meat to the complex relationships that develop, pulling the audience into Evan’s web of deception as he struggles with both helping Connor’s family and with his guilt over allowing his lie to spiral out of control.
Ross is superb as he goes from a painfully awkward basket case to a confident, social media sensation whose newfound popularity distances him from his mother, Heidi, who has always been there for him.
McKenna does a lovely job as Evan’s love interest and Jared Goldsmith is appropriately snarky as the teen who urges Evan to continue the lie, aiding him by backdating a series of fake emails supposedly between Evan and Connor.
The show’s songs, particularly the uplifting “You Will Be Found,” also add to the emotional impact and richness of the plot, with “Waving Through a Window” and “If I Could Tell Her,” songs that will stay in your head long after you leave the theater.
A dynamic creative team deserves kudos for their contribution, and set designer David Korins’s screens are particularly creative as they capture the social media scene and all its overwhelming hype.
“Dear Evan Hansen” is heartbreaking, inspiring and timely. For tickets, visit kennedycenter.org.


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Background. Increasingly more people live in tall buildings and on higher floor levels. Factors relating to floor level may protect against or cause cardiovascular disease (CVD). Only one previous study has investigated the association between floor level and CVD. Methods. We studied associations between floor of bedroom and self-reported history of stroke, venous thromboembolism (VTE), and intermittent claudication (IC) among 12.525 inhabitants in Oslo, Norway. We fitted multivariate logistic regression models and adjusted for sociodemographic variables, socioeconomic status (SES), and health behaviors. Additionally, we investigated block apartment residents (N = 5.374) separately. Results. Trend analyses showed that disease prevalence increased by floor level, for all three outcomes. When we investigated block apartment residents alone, the trends disappeared, but one association remained: higher odds of VTE history on 6th floor or higher, compared to basement and 1st floor (OR: 1.504; 95% CI: 1.007-2.247). Conclusion. Floor level is positively associated with CVD, in Oslo. The best-supported explanation may be residual confounding by building height and SES. Another explanation, about the impact of atmospheric electricity, is also presented. The results underline a need to better understand the associations between residence floor level and CVD and multistory housing and CVD.
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Research conducted by Jeffrey Willey, Ph.D., associate professor of radiation oncology at Wake Forest School of Medicine, on aspects of the effects of spaceflight on the human body was published in the current edition of the journal Cell. His research included data from NASA’s Twins Study and from other missions that collected experimental research on the International Space Station including samples from 59 astronauts, and from both cell- and rodent-based studies. Studies such as these are critical to understanding the effects of low gravity, radiation, confined spaces, and more as NASA sends astronauts deep into space for extended missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond.
“What our study discovered was that the powerhouse machinery of the cell that is largely responsible for making energy, called the mitochondria, is dysfunctional in cells, mice and humans during spaceflight,” Willey said.
“Dysfunction of the mitochondria occurs in many health problems on earth, such as certain cancers, heart diseases and others. Our research efforts aimed at protecting human health in space may also apply to helping promote good health here on Earth.”
Read more about the study findings.
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Electrical scanning probe microscopes (eSPMs) are a subset of scanning probe microscopes which measure some electrical parameter as well as surface topography. These include techniques such as scanning capacitance microscopy (SCM), scanning spreading resistance microscopy (SSRM), conductive atomic force microscopy (C-AFM), scanning Kelvin force microscopy (SKFM), and scanning microwave impedance microscopy (SMIM). These techniques can provide a high spatial resolution mapping of an electrical property across a material or within an electronic device. For example, SCM has been used to measure the local tip-to-sample differential capacitance of cross-sectioned transistors, which is then related to the local sample dopant density of the semiconductor. When applied to a source/drain region, the two-dimensional dopant profile of the active region of the device can be obtained with spatial resolution of 10 nm. Quantitative interpretation of eSPM images requires some level of modeling of the physics of the tip-sample interaction. The most accurate results require consideration of the details of the tip shape, the measurement conditions, and the physics of the tip-sample interaction.
Reference Materials – We are building and characterizing test chips containing prototype Electric Field Gradient Reference Materials and Tip Profiler Artefacts. SKFM is often calibrated by measuring the contact potential between the tip and a freshly deposited gold film. For our reference materials (Figure 1), the dimensions and applied potentials of the devices are known precisely, allowing the actual electric field at the surface to be calculated precisely. This will allow a known staircase in surface potential to be produced, producing a long-term stable artefact to calibrate both the accuracy and spatial resolution of a probe based electric field measurement. Such artefacts have never been produced before. The major difficulty is producing an easily useable structure, validating model results, and producing a validated calibration procedure. Other structures on the test chip include buried interdigitated electrodes and field plates surrounded by a ground electrode. These structures are proving useful to help understand how tip shape effects measured potential across an abrupt boundary and as a means of isolating samples from the effects of surrounding material.
Current Thrusts – SPMs are ideally suited for rapid evaluation of candidate two-dimensional materials for spintronic and quantum applications, high-band gap, photovoltaic and electro-optic materials; and for determining the spatial variation of electrical properties within nanostructured devices. We are pursuing multiple applications and seek additional collaborations in these areas.


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With one thing as important as being either the moon or the solar, we would like to make sure we get it proper! Are you pleased with where you’re at in life proper now? You, taking this quiz filled with questions on the place you’re at in life and your outlook on it, and how that pertains to the phases of the moon. And so started the seek for alien life. Might convey on the climate conducive to an ice age. In Europe, ice lined Scandinavia, Ireland, Germany and western Russia. In wintertime, the playa generally fills up with a thin layer of water from rainfall, which freezes overnight and forms thin sheets of ice. Even at these very long time scales the ice goes by means of very little sublimation, or the process by which water turns from ice into vapor with out first melting. I know my time will come. Did you know there was a time within the historical past of our universe when folks thought that the moon.
To quiet your mind before you begin our journey into the universe. Earth area (throughout the vary of the 10-m-scale laser) is carried out. FLOATSUPERSCRIPT leaving the array would enable true interstellar missions, wherein the photon pressure of the laser would quickly propel 1-m-scale lightsails to 20-30% of lightspeed. FLOATSUPERSCRIPT c, and might then drift back towards the solar system underneath the affect of galactic gravitational tides and passing stars. From werewolves to a rise in emotional behavior, the moon’s influence over the water in our our bodies is nicely documented. The tube’s rhodium anode is assorted between trials over 20-25 kV so as to supply a powerful bremsstrahlung continuum for fluorescing aluminum and copper. Or that there is an order to the phases? For example, the moon has eight phases. You probably know by now that the full moon gets blamed for a variety of issues. How does the Moon cause the tides?
I try to determine the foundation trigger. It turns out that what makes Zigbee nice for smart houses also makes it highly appropriate for missions to the Red Planet. There’s extra out there than we might ever know. I’m sure it exists, I simply do not know in what kind. Not now, however I know higher things are on the horizon. In particular, a growing number Trans-Neptunian objects (minor or dwarf planets that orbit the Solar past Neptune) have been found and a few of them are discovered on highly inclined orbits (e.g., Brown et al., 2004; Chen et al., 2013; Trujillo & Sheppard, 2014; Chen et al., 2016; Shankman et al., 2017; Becker et al., 2018). A few of these objects, like Sedna, orbit with a pericenter distance of greater than 50505050AU. With their distant orbits, these objects avoid close encounters with Neptune, in order that additional dynamical mechanisms are required to account for their eccentric and inclined orbits.
We should be reasonable that it may happen. I believe a lot of people have lost faith in humanity. I am unable to actually think of 1. I might choose whichever one makes me really feel the least bad. Unhealthy parts of it. The remainder of the solar system revolved around Earth? It was, of course, found that this wasn’t true, and there’s so much we’ve learned about our solar system since then. Pluto is the one planet in our solar system that has not but been visited by a spacecraft. At this point, the Sun’s outer layers will move away into house, leaving a white dwarf – an extraordinarily dense object that may have half the unique mass of the Solar, but shall be the size of Earth. The shuttle is destroyed which leaves both stranded in deep area with no hyperlink to Earth and no hope of rescue. Do not hyperlink every negative expertise to this. I really feel hopeful that I will have that sooner or later. It’s as simple as strolling up to at least one of those beacons.

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INDIANAPOLIS An Iron Mace, an Admiral, an Omen, a Titan and a Z28 are among the new bows introduced at the Archery Trade Association's annual show.
Here's a rundown of the top new bows:
High Country Iron Mace
This bow's Trinary cam is advertised as he fastest cam in the industry. Combined with six-layer Barnsdale Limbs, the Iron Mace boasts an IBO speed of 335-345 feet-per-second.
Use Speed Pro Max carbon arrows=2 0and attain a blistering 370-390 feet-per-second! MSRP not yet available.
For more information, call (866) 903-8841 or visit www.highcountryarchery.com.
The HPS is a completely redesigned bow that benefits from parent company G5's legendary engineering, but costs less than most other bows on the market.
Pivoting and locking limb pockets and a unique I-glide Cable System are just two of the innovations that make this bow a sweet shooter. MSRP: $675.
For more information, call (866) 456-8836 or visit www.questbowhunting.com.
Elite Archery Z28
The new Z28 has the smoothest draw cycle in its class, and a Patent Pending Dual Track Binary System.
It pushes arrows at an IBO speed of 336 feet-per-second and has a double draw stop for positive wall and adjustable let-off. MSRP: $799.
For more information, call (877) 503-5483 or visit www.elitearchery.com.
The Titan 17-inch riser can be matched with several different sets of limbs to create a customized recurve bow. The riser can be purchased in either black or camouflage.
It accepts dozens of grips to allow perfect fit and has threaded holes for sight, quiver, stabilizer and elevated rest. MSRP for entire bow: $ 1,000.
For more information, call (800) 829-7408 or visit www.TradTechArchery.com.
Alpine Archery Ventura
This bow is built with a solid one-piece riser to maximize its rigidity for unparalleled shooting. It achieves an IBO speed of 324 feet-per-second.
The Ventura also includes two small carbon rods to facilitate easy string and buss cable adjustments. This eliminates the need for a bow press to install a peep or change the string. MSRP: $749.
For more information, call (208) 746-4717 or visit www.alpinearchery.com.
With the new XTR Cam & ½ Performance System, you get user-friendly modular draw length adjustments without sacrificing speed and kinetic energy.
A new Zero Tolerance Locking Pocket System directly links the limbs to the riser resulting in Hoyt's most durable pocket design ever. MSRP: $849.99.
For more information, call (801) 363-2990 or visit www.hoyt.com.
This year's winner of the speed war, the Omen, boasts a ridiculous IBO speed of 366 feet-per-second! Like past PSE speed demons, the Omen has past vertical limbs and radical new Ultra Fast cams.
This bow will not be available until July, 15 2009. MSRP: $1,000.
For more information, visit www.pse-archery.com.
Bear Truth 2 Young Gun
This new youth bow features a draw length range from 14–27 inches and a peak weight of 50 pounds. Weighing only 3.2 pounds, this short bow also has a 70 percent let-off.
It also has Bear's unique cam, which offers 14 draw lengths. That allows the bow to grow with the young archer. MSRP: $399 for a complete package.
For more information, call (800) 694-9494 or visit www.BearArcheryProducts.com.
The Admiral has a shorter axle-to-axle length than last year's model and still achieves an IBO speed of 320 feet-per-second.
Constructed with BowTech's famous Center Pivot design, it also has a Center Trac Binary Cam System. MSRP: $ 829.
For more information, call (877) 447-0293 or visit=2 0www.BowTechArchery.com.
Falco handmade longbows
As much a piece of art as they are a weapon, each Falco is handmade in Estonia using several different types of exotic woods. The limbs incorporate Exel Archery laminates, which are made in Finland.
Artisan Siim Talmar makes the bows, and each one is quite unique. MSRP varies depending on the size of the bow and the materials used, but start around $500.
For more information, call (372) 505-7872 or v isit www.falco.ee
Best known for their crossbows, Horton introduced a new Vista compound this year that they say is extremely forgiving.
They redesigned the cam, built a new pivoting limb pocket and made tuning equipment standard on all Vista bows. Even with a forgiving brace height of 8.25 inches, it still breaks the 300 feet-per-second barrier. MSRP: $699.
For more information, call (800) 291-3649 or visit www.verticalbyhorton.com


Alexis de Toqueville predicted this. He almost predicted the date. Toqueville was a prominent French historian and social scientist who traveled through the nascent United States in the early 19th century because he wanted to observe and document this radical experiment in self-governance. He was impressed by the idealism of the new nation, but doubted that the country could long exist: "A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world's greatest civilizations has been 200 years."He may have been off by a decade or so, but after this last week's election results, can anyone doubt the accuracy of his prophecy?/Mike Costello, Lewiston Tribune. More here.
Question: Costello goes on to predict that "Obama's second term will do for Republicans what Hoover's one term did for the Democrats." What do you think?


Mr. Gardinier co-founded ATI in 1986. Mr. Gardinier has decades of experience developing software systems and tools for the D.O.T., the military, the aerospace industry, and NASA. He has been a successful project lead and software developer on flight control systems for Boeing, navigation systems for Honeywell, communication systems for Raytheon, software tools for NASA, submarine tracking systems for the British government, navigation systems for Sweden, transaction processors and operating systems for Honeywell, and many other military and commercial projects. Mr. Gardinier’s areas of expertise include safety critical systems, UML, distributed systems, multiprocessor real time software, control systems, and CORBA networks.
Mr. Gardinier graduated Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne, Florida with a Bachelors of Science in Computer Engineering/Science. To keep up-to-date on the latest software technology, Mr. Gardinier has continued his studies in Computer Science at Arizona State University, the University of California, San Diego, and the University of South Florida.
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One of the philosophies of the Roman empire was stoicism. to be a stoic you had go through pain hardship without a display of feelings and without complaint. This website is about how people practice stoicism today. This is a good website because It shows how people carry on stoicism today.
One of the Roman legacy's that we use today a lot is citizenship. The Romans believed that everyone who lived in Rome besides slaves and prisoners, get the rights of being a citizen. They also have to follow rules. This article is about voting. Voting is one of the most important parts of citizenship, that is most commonly used today. I chose this article because I think it has some very interesting things about voting rights.
The Roman language, Latin, was a very important legacy for the Romans and it continues to influence our language today. This website is google translate. Your probably familiar with it. Although it is not the most accurate thing in the world, it still is cool to type in English words and see what they look like in Latin, and then compare the two. I chose this website because I think it is cool to compare our language to one of the languages that influenced ours.
The Roman language, Latin, was a very important legacy in ancient Rome and it continues to influence our language today. This article is about the most common Latin words that we have adapted into our language. I chose this article because I think it has a lot of information about Latin words we use today.
In Ancient Rome, they decorated there living spaces and communities with all kinds of elaborate art. This article compares roman art and modern art side by side so you can see the differences. I think this is a good article because it reflects on how the Roman art influence our art.
The ancient Romans had a lot of architectural achievements. They built aqueducts and lots of other very important things that we use today in our world. This article is about how the ancient Romans influenced our construction and architecture that we have today. The primary reason I chose this article is because I think it explains very well how the Romans influenced our architecture.
The Romans had a very sophisticated system of government that influenced the government that we have today greatly. They believed that all citizens have rights. This article is about how the roman system of government influenced our system of government that we have today. I chose this website because it shows how the romans influenced our government.
The Romans believed that murals were very important. They decorated there homes and surroundings with extravagant murals. This article is about murals that we have in the bay area. I selected this article because I think it is cool to see what kind of murals we have now and how we are influenced by the Romans

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“Deep grief sometimes is almost like a specific location, a coordinate on a map of time. When you are standing in that forest of sorrow, you cannot imagine that you could ever find your way to a better place. But if someone can assure you that they themselves have stood in that same place, and now have moved on, sometimes this will bring hope"
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Welcome to the first of a two-part newsletter on Grief. This issue will focus on the 5 stages of grief, the four tasks of mourning, and healthy and complicated grieving.
Many people use the words grieving, bereavement, and mourning interchangeably. I want to clarify the distinction before moving forward.
According to the Dictionary of Psychology, grief is the anguish experienced after significant loss, usually the death of a loved one.
Grief often includes physiological distress, separation anxiety, confusion, yearning, obsessive dwelling on the past, and fear and anxiety about the future.
Mourning on the other hand is the process of feeling or expressing grief following the death of a loved one, or the period during which this occurs. Mourning can go on for a few weeks to a few years. Sometimes there are religious and cultural structures that govern the mourning process and time frame.
Bereavement is the condition of having lost a loved one to death. The bereaved person may experience emotional pain and distress and may or may not express this distress to others. Bereavement may also signify a change in social status, e.g. from wife to widow.
In the healthy grieving process, the bereaved thinks about the loss, talks about it, cries about it, even dreams about it, and over time, will process the pain of the loss and achieve some relief from the loss.
Intense grief can become life-threatening, because of the disruption to the immune system, self-neglect, and suicidal thoughts.
Grief may also take the form of regret for something lost, remorse for something done, or sorrow for a mishap to oneself. It can include the loss of a job or business, the loss of a friendship, neo-natal deaths, or a miscarriage.
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross - Five Stages of Grief Model
Elizabeth Kubler-Ross's 5 stages of grief model is the template used by most therapists to support grieving clients.
Although not much evidence has been found to support this model, it has stuck around in popular culture and is used by coaches, the education system, and other forms of therapy.
The five stages are:
Denial - a feeling of shock, or numbness, or nothingness. Perhaps the loss does not feel real or hasn't really hit home yet.
Anger - this is a time of demands, a demand to know why this loss had to occur. While trying to make sense of the loss this anger will turn inward, sometimes outward. This is heightened if the loss is sudden or unexpected.
Bargaining - in the bargaining stage, the person imagines ‘other’ scenarios where they were able to intervene and prevent or undo the loss. This is a yearning for repair, for time travel, and a desperation to find an alternative solution to the loss.
Depression - includes despair and withdrawal. Depression is common and ranges widely in time and severity. For some this experience can last years.
Acceptance - at the stage of acceptance, the bereaved has fully acknowledged the loss that has taken place. In fact, this stage very commonly occurs early on in the process, with the sense of acceptance gradually becoming larger as time goes on. This may be a stage where peace is found in accepting the grief and loss.
Initially, Kübler-Ross claimed that everyone moves through each of the five stages once and only once. She later acknowledged that some people may only experience some of the stages and that others may revisit any one of the stages later in life.
J.W. Worden - Four Tasks of Mourning
Not as well known but another model of grieving comes from J. W. Worden, who proposed that humans must undergo the 'Four Tasks of Mourning' to heal.
The four stages are:
To accept the reality of the loss
To work through the pain of grief
To adjust to life without the deceased
To maintain a connection to the deceased while moving on with life. The idea of 'gone but not forgotten'.
Dr. Alan D. Wolfelt developed the Companioning Model of Bereavement for caregivers. Anyone can act as the companion/caregiver in this model including a therapist.
Companioning is about…
Honouring the spirit, not focusing on the intellect
Curiosity, not expertise
Learning from others, not teaching them
Walking alongside, not leading
Being still, not frantic movement forward
Discovering the gifts of sacred silence, not about filling every painful moment with words
Listening with the heart, not analysing with the head
Bearing witness to the struggles of others, not directing them
Being present to another person’s pain, not taking away the pain
Respecting disorder and confusion, not imposing order and logic
Going to the wilderness of the soul with another human being, not thinking you are responsible for finding the way out
On a personal level, I can relate to much on the list above. I had my first experience of loss at the age of 28 when my eldest sister died of lung and brain cancer at the age of 41. I was distraught and literally howled for days. What complicated the experience was the fact that I could not get to the UK in time for her funeral.
Losing a business I'd put everything into for 14 years brought on a similar feeling of loss for me. I fell into a deep depression and did not leave my bed for a week. I experienced the stages of anger and depression, and after much work and many months I arrived at acceptance.
Grief is not a pathological condition that needs to be treated. Grief is natural and in most cases through the process of thinking, talking, crying, and dreaming about the loss, the bereaved will heal over time.
When there is a disruption to the grieving process or a loss that cannot heal in a conventional way, this is called complicated grief.
In Grief and Mourning Gone Awry, therapist Shear MK identifies the following:
Delayed grief involves the postponement of a normal grief response until a later time, whether intentional or unconsciously.
In some cases, an individual might need to 'be strong' outwardly in order to help another loved one cope following a death, whether during the funeral arrangement process, service or interment, or in the weeks/months that follow. In other instances, someone might not begin grieving right after a death occurs because they already have too much stress, need more time to process the reality of the loss, or can't grieve until they encounter a 'grief trigger' etc.
Disenfranchised grief can occur when a grieving person feels they cannot openly acknowledge a loss to death because of real or imagined pressures exerted by family/friends, cultural or religious beliefs, or society in general. For example, if the death is related to HIV/AIDS, miscarriage or stillbirth, or the death of a same-sex partner or spouse. In these cases, the individual might delay their grief response or feel it necessary to mourn alone or privately.
Traumatic grief can occur when a death takes place violently, unexpectedly, or causes the loss of someone who dies 'before their time', such as an infant, a child, murder or accident victim, someone stricken with a terminal illness etc.
Sudden or traumatic grief can lead to exaggerated reactions and even post-traumatic stress disorder.
Through supporting clients with grief and from my own experience, I find that grief has a bittersweet quality to it. While our heart is aching, we tend to marinate in the sweetness of the love we hold for the loved one.
Grief alters the lens through which we view life, and coats it with wisdom, with reverence for life, and with the complexities of what it means to be a human who can connect deeply.
Healing from grief requires us to move forward while keeping those bonds and memories close, which is not only conducive to thriving but helps to mobilise greater joy and a more richly felt experience.
Dealing with grief can feel heavy and overwhelming, please reach out to me if you need more support.

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Though it acknowledged that the Nigerian banking sector remained resilient in the face of COVID-19 and several regulatory headwinds, the sector may however suffer stunted growth due to the implementation of the cash reserve ratio (CRR) and loan-to-deposit ratio (LDR), a report by Afrinvest said.
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the CBN throughout 2019 maintained a CRR of 22.5 per cent but in early January 2020, it was increased to 27.5 per cent. The CRR is the amount the CBN debits from banks accounts in compliance with its monetary policy objective of mandatorily keeping cash on behalf of banks
The CBN increased the required minimum LDR to 60 per cent in July 2019 and further reviewed it to 65 per cent later in the year. The Apex bank noted a significant increase in the size of gross credit by Deposit Money Banks to customers, hence retained it at 65 per cent in January 2020
Afrinvest, in its annual Banking Sector Report (BSR) for 2021, titled, Resilience Amidst Endemic and Pandemic, said banks’ earnings and asset quality have taken a beating while being under pressure from competition. Also, the pandemic has provided learning points for players in the sector to reshape and reimagine their product/services offerings for long-term growth and sustainability.