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A creative space where neighbors come together around the talents of neighborkids to invent powerful approaches to community change so that every child and the neighborhood are thriving. Through community building, community data, talent development and information sharing, neighbors are promoting both child well-being and community well-being in the Central-Cocoanut neighborhood of Sarasota, Florida. It's positive, relationship-centered and place-based, and it's about following the lead of neighborkids.
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EMERALD ISLE � The Crystal Coast Visitors Center in western Carteret County could get a new home over the bridge to Bogue Banks.
EMERALD ISLE � The Crystal Coast Visitors Center in western Carteret County could get a new home over the bridge to Bogue Banks.
Emerald Isle Town Manager Frank Rush met recently with John Rouse, director of N.C. Department of Transportation Division 2, to discuss the potential of moving the visitor center from its location � on the DOT right of way on N.C. 58 near the intersection with N.C. 24 � to the DOT right of way at Merchants Park in Emerald Isle.
Rush said Rouse was open to the concept, but the idea is still in the early stages.
�We talked about a lot of things to consider, and he was supportive of following up on the idea over the next several months,� Rush said.
Rush said the move of the visitor center, which is now near the foot of the high-rise bridge leading from the mainland to Bogue Banks, would reduce encroachment on the right of way.
And by putting it in a central location in Emerald Isle, town officials believe there will be more use of the facility by visitors vacationing on Bogue Banks.
Rush said he�s mentioned the idea to tourism officials, vacation rental agencies and others and will be continuing the discussions in greater detail.
�What we need to do now is start having conversations with the (Crystal Coast) Tourism Development Authority and see if there�s support,� he said.
Carol Lohr, executive director of the Crystal Coast Tourism Development Authority, said Rush has talked to her and individual TDA board members from the Bogue Banks area but the idea hasn�t yet been discussed by the full TDA board, which meets next in October.
�We�re still waiting to see if it will be a possibility,� she said.
If the logistics can be worked out and there�s support from the tourism community, Lohr said the TDA favors creating awareness about the county and reaching out to visitors.
Lohr said the DOT currently allows them free use of the property, which they maintain and keep landscaped. The TDA owns the current building and staffs the visitor center.
Aside from support needed for the physical move of the visitor center, there would also be the issue of funding, Rush said.
The existing modular units that house the visitor center are not compliant with North Carolina building code requirements for high winds. The building will have to be certified for 120 mph winds and the current modular units are only certified for 100 mph winds and can�t be relocated.
Rush said if the concept receives support, they will have to seek funds for new modular units or possibly stick-built construction.
The visitor center in western Carteret County also houses the office for Carteret County Shore Protection Manager Greg �Rudi� Rudolph.
Rush said the idea is still a general concept but there would be accommodations made for that office as well.
�It�s still very early in the discussions,� Rush said.
Contact Daily News reporter Jannette Pippin at 910-382-2557 or email@example.com. Visit JDNews.com to comment.


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The Renaissance Precinct of Brisbane is located at Woolloongabba.
Some say Woolloongabba means "meeting place" in local Aboriginal dialect and certainly for 'The Gabba' (as it affectionately known to locals) and East Brisbane, it's a fitting phrase. On game day, the footpaths that wind from the Central Business District towards the commanding structure that is The Gabba Cricket Ground overflow with fans dressed head to toe in the colours of their favourite cricket or AFL team.
Boasting Brisbane's most well-known road and street names outside of the Central Business District, including Vulture, Stanley, Lytton, Logan and Main, Woolloongabba and East Brisbane are home to old facades, creative industries, quirky boutiques, trendy restaurants and antique stores that carry the fragrance of old timber, books and bric-a-brac.
The Gabba Village and surrounds has created a cosmopolitan vibe with boulevards and streetscapes shaping the perfect environment for European footpath dining among the outdoor lounge spaces and quirky street furniture.
Note: Information on listed products and services are provided by the operator and were correct at the time of publishing. Rates are indicative based on the minimum and maximum available prices of products and services. Please visit the operator's website for further information. All prices quoted are in Australian dollars (AUD).


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Why is Ikea a Non-profit?
Why is Ikea a Non-profit?
Ikea is a non-profit. It's stated mission: to "offer a wide range of home furnishing items of good design and function, excellent quality and durability, at prices so low that the majority of people can afford to buy them." But why? Why choose to be a non-profit? And how can a company with 135,000 employees in 44 countries with $27 billion in annual sales, possibly justify being a non-profit? Watch the video and learn how Ikea uses its unique business model and non-profit status to exploit tax loopholes for the benefit of its founding family.
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IKEA has a little known secret: the company is a non-profit. Ingvar Kamprad the founder of IKEA created the philanthropic Stichting Ingka Foundation whose mission is to "further the advancement of interior design." IKEA's bizarre business model looks like this: the non-profit Stichting Ingka owns a private Dutch Company, Ingka Holdings that owns the majority of individual stores at the franchise level.
The company's main motivation for having a non-profit structure seems business-driven. Consider the fact the Stichting Ingka Foundation only donated $1.7 million (out of billions in profits) to a design school – which is in line with the foundation's mission - but the rest of the money goes to IKEA stores and into savings "as a cushion for the future."
IKEA employs 135,000 people in 44 countries. Because of tax breaks for non-profits, IKEA pays about 33 times less on taxes than their for-profit counterparts, a minuscule 3.5% in taxes on its $27 billion in annual sales.
An IKEA store manager typically takes home $125,000 per year, while store support staff earn just $28,000. As for the executives, their salaries don't have to be reported publicly thanks to Dutch privacy laws.
But, there is one big hole in the IKEA non-profit operation. IKEA Systems, another private Dutch Company owns the trademark. This means money is paid directly from IKEA profits to the owners of this private company to license the trademark. The beneficiaries are not publicly recorded, but it's not hard to speculate that the Kamprad family is on the receiving end of this loop hole.
According to the Economist: "The overall set-up of IKEA minimizes tax and disclosure, handsomely rewards the founding Kamprad family and makes IKEA immune to a takeover."


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The Backpackshack
The Backpackshack welcomes you!
Established in the summer of 2009, we provide an enjoyable experience to young tourists and backpackers.
Located inside a traditional pub, thebackpackshack offers 20 beds in a clean, friendly and fun environment!
Our hostel is located inside a traditional English pub where you can find friendly locals and travellers alike. Perhaps enjoy a beer, game of pool or chill out listening to music...
Upstairs we have 10 bedrooms accommodating 20 people in double rooms, twin rooms and 3 or 4 bed shared rooms.
Free WIFI is available and feel free to use our recently refurbished (April 2011) kitchen. A supermarket is close by to stock up on provisions.
We also offer refurbished (February 2012) bathrooms on each floor with hot water naturally.
Availability & RatesTo view availability and prices please select dates and click 'Update Dates'
Hostel Facilities & Policies
- 24 Hour Security
- Adaptors
- Age Restriction
- Bar
- Breakfast Not Included
- Credit Cards Not Accepted
- Free Internet Access
- Free Parking
- Free WiFi
- Games Room
- Hair Dryers
- Hot Showers
- Internet Access
- Self-Catering Facilities
- Linen Included
- Luggage Storage
- Non Smoking
- Parking
- Pool Table
- Postal Service
- Taxes included
- Tea & Coffee Making Facilities
- Towels Included
Cancellation PolicyThis property has a 1 day cancellation policy. Failure to cancel within this time will result in a cancellation charge equal to the first night of your stay.
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Cancellation policy :
Check in : 09:00 to 24:00
If arriving on a late flight then please make sure you can be here by 2am at the latest.
Check out : 11.00
Credit cards NOT accepted
Breakfast not included
Minimum Age : 18
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By Plane:
From Heathrow:
Take Piccadilly line to Acton Town station (20 mins).
From Gatwick:
Take Gatwick Express to Victoria Station, then take the District Line westbound to Acton Town.
From Stansted:
Take the Stansted Express to Liverpool Street Station, then take the Central Line, westbound to Holborn and then transfer to the Piccadilly Line westbound to Acton Town.
From Luton:
Take the train to Kings Cross Station, then take the Piccadilly Line westbound to Acton Town.
By Coach:
Take a coach to Victoria coach station, walk to Victoria tube station. Take the District Line westbound to Acton Town.
By Tube:
Acton Town tube station is five minute's walk from the hostel, and on the Piccadilly and District lines. Exit the station to the right and take the 3rd street on the right which is Mill Hill Road. We are at 1 Mill Hill Road, inside the Talbot pub.
Located Near
Situated in the Acton area of London, we enjoy good underground rail links to Heathrow Airport and Victoria stations (around 25 minutes).
We are very close to Acton Town station and the Piccadilly Line which is the best line on the Underground for tourists. South Kensington is 15 minutes, Knightsbridge is 17 minutes, Hyde Park Corner is 19 minutes, Piccadilly Circus is 23 minutes, Leceister Sq is 24 minutes and Covent Garden is 25 mins.
Plenty of pubs, places to eat and supermarket nearby.


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- Abiotic environment - The nonliving physical and chemical environment that exerts an influence on living organisms: for example soil, water, air
- Adaptation - Adjusting to changes in climate and their consequences
- Abundance - How common an element, molecule, or isotope is within a given space, often relative to other elements, molecules, or isotopes
- Aerobic - Requiring molecular oxygen (O2) for life or activity: taking place in the presence of oxygen
- Aerosol - In atmospheric chemistry, a fine particle (soot, dust, ash) suspended in a liquid
- Air Pressure - Pressure exerted by the atmosphere
- Air Quality - How clean or dirty the air is because of emissions during a period of measurement
- Albedo - A measure of the amount of solar radiation reflected by an object. Clouds reflect solar energy back into space as visible light. On the Earth's surface, light colored land (snow, deserts, ice fields)reflect solar energy back to space as infrared (IR) The whole Earth's albedo is about 30 percent: the albedo of snow about 90 percent and the albedo of water about 10 percent.
- Algae - Primitive water-dwelling plants with a one-celled or simple multicellular structure. Algae lack roots. Stems or leaves but usually contain chlorophyll. They include kelps and seaweed, and phytoplankton such as the diatoms.
- Anaerobic - Living or active in the absence of oxygen
- Anemometer - An instrument for measuring and indicating the force or speed of the wind
- Anthropogenic - Derived from human activities
- Atmosphere: - The mixture of gases that surrounds the Earth and is held to it by gravity: it is one of the five main parts of the Earth system
- Atmospheric dynamics - The forces that create and maintain motion and are associated with the heat transformations in the atmosphere:
- Barometer: - An instrument used to measure atmospheric pressure; pressure can be measured using water, air, or mercury
- Baseline Observatory - An atmospheric observatory located far from pollution sources where continuous in-situ (in place) atmospheric measurements are being made, and/or frequent air samples are being taken for analysis in a laboratory
- Bathymetry - The measurement of water depths at various places in a body of water
- Biomass - Any organic material (living or dead)
- Biome - A major type of land community of organisms, usually identified in terms of characteristic vegetation; for example, tropical rain forest or desert.
- Biosphere - The community of all living organisms and the parts of the solid earth, oceans, and atmosphere on which they depend
- Biota - All of the plant and animal life in a given area
- Biotic - Having to do with living organisms
- Boiling Point - The temperature at which a liquid boils at a fixed pressure
- Budget - A balance sheet of all the sources and sinks for a particular substance in a single reservoir
- Carbon - An abundant, nonmetallic element that forms the backbone of organic molecules which are the building blocks for all life; has an atomic number of 6; there are 3 naturally occurring isotopes: carbon-12, carbon-13, and carbon-14
- Carbonation The process in which carbonic acid (H2CO3) reacts chemically with other substances
- Carbon cycle - The continuous exchange and recycling of carbon through the Earth system, from the atmosphere (mostly CO2, but also other carbon containing gases) to the biosphere (wood, biomass), to the oceans (bicarbonate ions, a component of sea salt), from fossil fuels, and to carbonate rock such as limestone and marble
- Carbon Cycle Greenhouse Gases (CCGG) Group - Part of the Global Monitoring Division of NOAA's Earth System Research Laboratory that is primarily focused on monitoring and understanding the earth's carbon cycle
- Carbon sinks - Locations in the biosphere where excess carbon is stored (e.g long lived trees, limestone, fossil fuels)
- Carbon Dioxide (CO2) - A colorless, odorless gas consisting of molecules made up of two oxygen atoms and one carbon atom, produced by numerous processes, including respiration and burning of carbon-based fuels. It is the principal greenhouse gas in the Earth's atmosphere after water vapor
- Carbon dioxide fertilization effect - The increase in plant photosynthesis and/or growth that may occur in the presence of increased levels of CO2 in the atmosphere.
- Carbon Monoxide (CO) - A colorless, odorless, and toxic gas consisting of molecules of one oxygen atom and one carbon atom; results from inefficient combustion or chemical reactions occurring in the atmosphere
- Carbonic Acid - A weak acid created by the dissolution of carbon dioxide into water, has a chemical formula of H2CO3
- CarbonTracker - A computer model that calculates carbon dioxide uptake and release at the Earth's surface over time in such a way that they are consistent with a global set of observations of the CO2 abundance in the atmosphere
Celsius (C) - Temperature scale named after Anders Celsius, a Swedish Astronomer; states that ice melts at 0° C and water boils at 100° C; absolute zero is at -273.15°C (MW, W)
Conversion Formula C to F: °C= (°F-32) x 5/9 C to K: °C= K-273.15
- Chemical formula - A combination of chemical symbols used to represent compounds
- Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) - A family of chemicals used in a variety of industrial products. One of the major greenhouse gases in the Earth's atmosphere, and also the leading cause of ozone depletion.
- Chlorophyll - The organic green pigment molecule, occurring in plants, that captures light energy and channels it into the photosynthetic process.
- Climate - Meteorological conditions including temperature, precipitation, and wind, averaged over a long period, which characteristically prevail in a particular region during a specific month, season, or entire year. It is a complex environmental system, involving interactions among the atmosphere, oceans, land, ice, plants, animals (including humans) and energy from the Sun. over a long period, which characteristically prevail in a particular
- Climate Change - A significant and lasting change to the state of the climate in a given area; typically this change occurs gradually due to natural variations, but change may also be forced more rapidly due to human activities which alter the composition of the atmosphere, the land surface, or ecosystems; although often used interchangeably with the term "global warming," climate change can refer to other changes (e.g. changes in precipitation) in addition to rising temperatures
- Climate models - Computerized representations of the factors that control climate. They use the laws of physics to predict what could happen to the climate given any situation, such as a change in the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
- Clouds - A visible body of very fine water droplets or ice particles suspended in the atmosphere
- CO2 Weather - A loose term referring to the movement of air masses with high- or low-concentrations of CO2 across a continental-scale region; these atmospheric CO2 patterns are caused by sources and sinks at the surface, and change with the winds, following weather dynamics before slowly fading through gradual mixing of air masses
- Concentration - The amount of a substance in a defined volume of space
- Condensation - The process by which a gas or vapor changes to a liquid; second step in the water cycle;
- Conduction - The process by which heat is transmitted through contact with neighboring molecules
- Convection - Large scale motion caused by density differences; for example, in the atmosphere, air that is warmed at the surface expands, making it less dense--it then rises through the surrounding colder air as a large 'bubble', moving heat and water vapor to higher altitudes
- Convection current - A process of rapid heat transfer through a liquid in which hot bubbles of material from the bottom rise because of their lesser density, while cooler surface materials sink because of higher density
- Convergence Zone - An area where the horizontal wind produces a net inflow of air; when there is too much air coming into the zone, the air will start to lift vertically
- Cooperative Global Air Sampling Network - A global observing system which collects air samples on a regular basis, part of NOAA's Earth System Research Laboratory
- Cooling Degree Days - Days that are cooler then the mean daily average; found by subtracting 65° F from the mean daily average
- Cold Front - The leading edge of a relatively colder air mass which separates two air masses in which the gradients of temperature and moisture are maximized. In the northern hemisphere winds ahead of the front will be typically southwest and shift into the northwest with frontal passage.
- Conservation - The wise use of natural resources so they will not be used up too rapidly
- Coriolis force - The deflecting effect of the Earth's rotation whereby moving-air masses in the northern hemisphere are deflected to the right and to the left in the southern hemisphere, relative to an observer on the Earth's surface
- Cryosphere - The frozen portion of Earth's surface; one of the five main regimes of the environment
- Cycle - An interval of time during which a sequence of a recurring succession of events or phenomena is complete; Le. the water cycle
- Decomposition - The process of break-down that occurs after the death of living organisms, also called rotting or decay
- Deforestation - The temporary or permanent clearance of forest for agriculture or other purposes.
- Desertification - The process by which grasslands become deserts as a result of erosion caused by overgrazing
- Developed country - A nation that has a high degree of industrialization and a relatively high level of wealth, usually expressed by a high average income per person.
- Developing country - A nation that has a relatively low level of industrialization and relatively low level of wealth, usually expressed by a low average income per person.
- Dew Point - A measure of atmospheric moisture. It is the temperature to which air must be cooled in order to reach saturation (with constant air pressure and moisture content)
- Diurnal (cycle) - Daily; related to actions which are completed in the course of a calendar day, and which typically recur every calendar day
- Doppler effect - The apparent change in the wavelength of light that occurs when an object is moving toward or away from the Earth
- Downdraft - A small-scale column of air that rapidly sinks toward the ground, usually accompanied by precipitation as in a shower or thunderstorm
- Dry Line - Boundary separating moist and dry air masses; usually lies north-south; severe and sometimes tornadic thunderstorms often develop along a dry line or in the moist air just to the east of it, especially when it begins moving eastward
- Earth System - A name describing the earth as a system of interacting and interdependent components, including atmosphere (air), biosphere (life), hydrosphere (water), and lithosphere (stone)
- Earthquake: - A sudden movement of the earth's crust caused by the release of stress accumulated within the earth's crust
- Eclipse: - The partial or complete obscuring, relative to a designated observer, of one celestial body by another
- Electromagnetic spectrum - The range of different types of radiation as characterized by wavelength and level of energy; in order of increasing wavelength (corresponding to decreasing energy content): X-rays, ultraviolet, visible light, infrared, microwaves, radio waves
- El Nino: - An oscillation of the ocean-atmosphere system in the tropical Pacific having important consequences for weather throughout the globe; unusually warm water in the eastern Pacific ocean caused by a lowering of the thermocline; the opposite of La Nina
- El Niño/ Southern Oscillation (ENSO): - The Southern Oscillation refers to the ocean surface pressure differences between Tahiti and Darwin, Australia. When the pressure is higher in Darwin, El Nino is occurring. El Nino is the warm episode of ENSO, while La Nina is the cool episode of ENSO.
- Emissions: - Substances discharged into the air (usually by a smokestack or automobile engine)
Enhanced Fujita scale (EF): - This is an update to the Fujita scale that was released in 2007.
EF Number 3 Second Gust (mph) Damage 0 65-85 light 1 86-110 moderate 2 111-135 considerable 3 136-165 severe 4 166-200 devastating 5 Over 200 catastrophic
- Enhanced greenhouse effect - The amplified Greenhouse Effect due to human activities that increase the concentration of Greenhouse Gases within Earth's atmosphere
- Environment: - The complex of physical, chemical, and biotic factors (as climate, soil, and living things) that act upon an organism or an ecological community and ultimately determine its form and survival
- Environmental system - The connections and interactions among all parts of the physical and biological environment: air (the atmosphere), water (the hydrosphere), soils and rocks (the lithosphere), and plants and animals (the biosphere).
- Evaporation: - To convert or change into a vapor
- Exosphere: - The most outer layer of the atmosphere
Fahrenheit - Temperature scale named for German physicist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit; at standard atmospheric pressure, the freezing point of water is at 32° and the boiling point of water is at 212°; absolute zero is at -459.67°F
Conversion Formula F to C: °F= °C x 5/9 +32 F to K: °F = K x 9/5 -459.67
- Feedback - The return of a portion of the output of any process or system to the input. The return may either add to the initial input (positive feedback) or subtract from the initial input (negative feedback).
- Flux - The amount of mass flowing between two places, which can be in one direction or in both directions; for example, CO2 from the atmosphere entering the ocean, and vice versa; also often used in engineering to describe the rate of flow of liquid or gas through pipes
- Fossil - An impression, cast, outline, track or body part of any animal or plant that is preserved in rock after the original organic material is transformed or removed
- Fossil fuels - Carbon-containing fuels, including coal, oil, and natural gas, that formed over hundreds of millions of years from the remains of living organisms
- Freezing Point - The temperature point at which a liquid turns to its solid state from its liquid state
- Front - A boundary or transition zone between two air masses of different density, and thus (usually) of different temperature. A moving front is named according to the advancing air mass.
Fujita Scale - A scale of wind damage intensity in which wind speeds are inferred from an analysis of wind damage:
Number Wind Speed (mph) Damage F0 (weak): 40- 72 mph, light damage. F1 (weak): 73-112 mph, moderate damage. F2 (strong): 113-157 mph, considerable damage. F3 (strong): 158-206 mph, severe damage. F4 (violent): 207-260 mph, devastating damage. F5 (violent): 261-318 mph, (rare) incredible damage.
- Gamma Rays - In the light spectrum, gamma rays are the highest level of energy and thus have the shortest wave lengths
- General Circulation Model (GCM) - A computer model which mathematically describes. large-scale global circulation of the atmosphere, based on a number of physics principals
- Geosphere: - The solid part of the earth consisting of the crust and outer mantle
- Geosynchronous orbit - An orbit in which a satellite's rate of revolution exactly matches the Earth's rate of revolution; geostationary
- Geothermal energy - Energy produced from the heat within the Earth
- Global Warming - The observation that the atmosphere near the earth's surface is warming; one of the many kinds of climate change;
- GLOBALVIEW - A compilation of atmospheric greenhouse gas measurements, used to help understand and visualize greenhouse gas distributions (in both space and time)
- Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) - A term originally referring to mean solar time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London; regularly referred to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) when this is referred to as a time zone; UTC is an atomic time scale that approximates GMT to within a second
- Greenhouse Effect - A process which warms the earth's atmosphere due to the absorption of radiation energy by several trace gases; these greenhouse gases allow solar radiation to reach the earth's surface but then absorb the energy as it is reemitted as infrared radiation, acting to contain the heat within the atmosphere; this occurs naturally and is increased by humans (see Enhanced Greenhouse Effect)
- Green House Gases (GHGs) - Gases in the atmosphere that contribute to the Greenhouse Effect due to properties which absorb and emit infrared radiation. In Earth's atmosphere, these gases include water vapor, carbon dioxide, water vapor, methane, nitrous oxide and chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs).
- Heating Degree Days - Days that are warmer than the mean daily average; found by subtracting the mean daily temperature from 65° F
- Homeostasis - The ability or tendency of an organism or cell to maintain internal equilibrium by adjusting its physiological processes
- Humidity - The amount of water suspended in the air in tiny droplets
- Humus - Part of the soil formed by decaying organic material
- Hurricane - Tropical cyclone in a low pressure system that is accompanied by thunderstorms and counterclockwise circulation (FEMA)
- Hydrocarbon - Substance containing the elements carbon and hydrogen
- Hydroelectric power - The use of mechanical energy of falling or running water to generate electricity
- Hydrologic Cycle - The sequence of conditions through which water passes from vapor in the atmosphere through precipitation upon land or water surfaces and ultimately back into the atmosphere as a result of evaporation and transpiration
- Hydrosphere - The water portion of the Earth (oceans, lakes, rivers, etc;) one of the five main regimes of the Earth environment
- Industrial Revolution - The transformation which occurred first in many Western countries, including the United States, in the 1800s, characterized by coal burning, steel making, mass production, and rapid technical advances; marked as the beginning of strong increases in fossil fuel use
- Interactive Atmospheric Data Visualization (IADV) - A web-based data exploration tool for the atmospheric trace gases measured by NOAA's Carbon Cycle Greenhouse Gases Group
- Index fossil - The fossil of an organism that existed on Earth for only a short time and that can be used by scientists to determine the relative age of rock
- Infrared Radiation - Electromagnetic radiation that has a wavelength just greater than that of red light but less than that of microwaves, emitted particularly by heated objects
- Inorganic - Not formed from living things or the remains of living things
- Interglacial - The time period between major glaciations, or ice ages
- Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) - Appears as a band of clouds, usually thunderstorms, that circle the globe near the equator. The position of the ITCZ varies seasonally: it moves north in the northern summer and south in the northern winter and is responsible for the wet and dry seasons in the tropics. Right at the equator there are 2 wet seasons and 2 dry seasons, while away from the equator there are only one of each. ITCZ exists because of the convergence of the trade winds since in the northern hemisphere the trade winds go towards the south, while in the southern hemisphere the trade winds go north.
- Inversion - A departure from the usual increase or decrease in an atmospheric property with altitude
- Ion - An electrically charged atom, molecular constituent or group of atoms: e.g. Na+, Al3+, Cl-, NH4+
- Ionosphere - The part of the atmosphere between 80 and 550 km above the Earth's surface
- Isobar - A line connecting points of equal pressure
- Isotherm - A line on a weather map that connects locations with the same temperature
- Isotope - Atoms of the same element, but with different masses; the number of protons and electrons are the same, but the number of neutrons differ; isotopes of an element all react chemically in the same way, but the rate of reaction is slightly different, resulting in isotopic fractionation
- Isotopic fractionation - A change in isotopic ratio during a reaction or physical process (such as evaporation or freezing); for example, when CO2 is photosynthesized by plants, fractionation occurs, so that the carbon-12 to carbon-13 isotopic ratio of the carbon taken into the plant is different than that in atmospheric CO2
- Isotopic ratio - The ratio of two different isotopes of a single element in a mixture; usually measured in units of permil (‰); certain materials have characteristic isotopic ratios that can be used to identify the source
- Jet Stream - Relatively strong winds concentrated in a narrow stream in the atmosphere, normally referring to horizontal, high-altitude winds; position and orientation of jet streams vary from day to day; general weather patterns are closely related to the jet stream position
Kelvin (K) - Scale to measure temperature named after Lord William Thomson, Baron Kelvin of Largs, Lord Kelvin of Scotland, a British mathematician and physicist; one of the SI base units; absolute zero is at 0K
Conversion Formula K to F: K = (°F + 469.67) x 5/9 K to C: K = °C + 273.15
- La Niña - Unusually cold ocean temperatures in the tropical Pacific caused by a raised thermocline; opposite of El Nino
- Latitude - Angular distance north or south from the earth's equator measured through 90 degrees
- Light - Electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation
- Lithosphere - The rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle
- Longitude - The arc or portion of the earth's equator intersected between the meridian of a given place and the prime meridian and expressed either in degrees or in time
- Longwave radiation - The heat energy emitted by the Earth which is also known as infrared radiation. This heat can be trapped by the atmosphere, which helps keep the planet warm.
- Magnetosphere - The area around the Earth that extends beyond the atmosphere, in which the Earth's magnetic force operates
- Major glaciation - A period in Earth history when large parts of the Earth's surface were covered with sheets of ice: an ice age
- Marine Biosphere - The community of all organisms living in the oceans and the oceans on which they depend
- Melting Point - The temperature at which a solid becomes a liquid at standard atmospheric pressure
- Mesopause - A small (~2km) layer between the mesosphere and the thermosphere
- Mesosphere - The layer of the atmosphere between the stratosphere and the thermosphere; temperature decreases with height (jet Stream)
- Meteorology - The science that deals with the phenomena of the atmosphere, especially weather and weather conditions
- Methane (CH4) - A colorless, odorless, flammable, non-toxic consisting of molecules made up of four hydrogen atoms and one carbon atom; it is the main constituent of natural gas; is released in environments in which organic matter decomposes without enough oxygen. It is one of the major greenhouse gases in Earth's atmosphere.
- μmol mol-1, or micromol mol-1 - A unit of concentration used to express the abundance of certain trace gases within the atmosphere; micro is one millionth, so μmol mol-1 is also called parts per million (ppm); For example, 401 ppm of CO2 means that in every 1,000,000 molecules of air (including CO2 itself) there are on average 401 molecules of CO2
- Mixing ratio - The percentage of elements in a unit of air or in a unit of solution
- Molecule - The smallest particle of a pure substance (element or compound) that can exist and still retain the physical and chemical properties of the substance
- Nanometer - A unit of length equal to one-billionth of a meter (10-9 meters)
- Natural resource - Any material removed from the Earth and used by people
- Nebula - A massive cloud of dust and gas between stars; the solar system is thought to have formed from a nebula, which later condensed to form the Sun and 9 planets (Nebular Theory)
- Net primary production (NPP) - Organic matter accumulation in plants, calculated as the difference between photosynthesis and respiration
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) - A colorless, non-flammable gas consisting of molecules made up of two nitrogen atoms and one oxygen atom; commonly called "laughing gas,· produced by a variety of processes; it is a major greenhouse gas in the Earth's atmosphere.
- Nonrenewable resource - Any resource that cannot be replaced by nature, such as fossil fuels and minerals
- Nuclear energy - Energy locked within the nucleus (center) of an atom
- Nuclear fission - The splitting of an atomic nucleus into two smaller nuclei, during which nuclear energy is released
- Nuclear fusion - The combining of two atomic nuclei to produce one larger nucleus, with the release of nuclear energy
- Oceanography - The branch of science concerned with the physical and biological properties and phenomena of the sea
- Organic Matter/Organic Material: - Anything living or derived from living things, including the dead remains; containing the long chains of carbon atoms characteristic of living things.
- Organic substance - Chain- or ring-like carbon-containing compounds that also contain hydrogen, and can contain oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur and phosphorus
- Outgassing - The release of gases to the atmosphere and oceans by volcanism
- Oxidant - A reactive chemical compound that tends to lose electrons when it interacts with other molecules; in the atmosphere important oxidants are ozone (O3 ) and hydroxyl radical (OH)
- Oxidation - The process in which oxygen chemically combines with another substance, often resulting in the breakdown of materials (i.e. rust)
- Oxygen: - An abundant, nonmetallic element that has an atomic number of 8; gaseous oxygen is a colorless, odorless molecule consisting of two oxygen atoms that comprises 21% of Earth's atmosphere.
- Ozone (O3) - A molecule that has three atoms of oxygen. Found in the stratosphere where it shields the surface of the Earth from incoming UV radiation, and in the troposphere is major component of pollution
- Ozone hole - A reduction in the amount of ozone detected in Earth's upper atmosphere. The ozone layer protects Earth's surface from harmful ultraviolet rays emitted by the Sun.
- Ozone Layer - A layer in the stratosphere that is below the stratopause (19-30km); prevents most of the harmful UV radiation rays from reaching the earth's surface
- Pangaea - The single giant landmass that existed more than 200 million years ago and gave rise to the present day continents
- Parts per million (ppm) - A unit that expresses the concentration of a chemical substance; a 1 ppm concentration of molecule X means that one molecule out of a million is molecule X. Related units are parts per billion (ppb) and parts per trillion (ppt). See also μmol mol-1.
- Peat - A soft substance made of decayed plant fibers; first stage in the development of coal
- Permafrost - The permanently frozen layer of soil on a tundra; contains large amounts of sequestered methane
- pH - A numerical scale that indicates the acidity of a substance; neutrality is indicated by pH 7; higher pH values are basic, and lower pH values are acidic
- Photochemical reaction - Any chemical reaction that requires light (often ultraviolet light), and which often yields a secondary pollutant
- Photon - An observable quantity of electromagnetic energy;
- Photorespiration - Plant respiration that occurs in the presence of light; it wastes energy that could otherwise be used to make photosynthetic products; common in Ca plants in bright sunlight on hot days;
- Photosynthesis - The process by which light, water and carbon dioxide are used by plants to makes carbohydrate products (sugars), essentially converting light into chemical energy and releasing oxygen into the atmosphere; also called primary production
- Phytoplankton - Tiny photosynthetic plants that live in the water column of oceans and lakes: form the basis of the aquatic food chain
- Polarity - The property of a molecule with oppositely charged ends (poles)
- Pollution - The release into the environment of substances that change the environment for the worst
- Population - All members of a particular species in a given area at one time
- Precipitation - The process by which water returns to the Earth in the form of rain, snow, sleet or hail; third step in the water cycle
- Pre-industrial era - The period in world history between about 1750 and 1800; prior to the Industrial revolution
- Pressure: - Force applied uniformly over a surface, measured as force per unit of area
- Radiation - Energy emitted as electromagnetic waves or subatomic particles
- Radiation Budget - The accounting of radiation which enters and leaves Earth's atmosphere.
- Red shift - The shift toward the red end of the spectrum of a star that is moving away from the Earth
- Relative Humidity - A dimensionless ratio, expressed in percent, of the amount of atmospheric moisture present relative to the amount that would be present if the air were saturated; does not directly indicate the amount of moisture in the atmosphere
- Remote Sensing - The science of obtaining information about a subject or object without actually being in contact with that subject or object; used to detect and measure weather phenomenon with equipment that is sensitive to light, heat, and radio waves
- Reservoir - An area within the environment defined by specific physical, chemical and/or biological characteristics that are relatively uniformly distributed In the context of the carbon cycle, the interconnected areas within the Earth System which store and exchange carbon; includes the atmosphere, the oceans, the terrestrial biosphere, and fossil fuels.
- Ring of Fire - The earthquake and volcano zone that encircles the Pacific Ocean
- Reactant - A starting material of a chemical reaction: reactants are shown on the left side of the arrow in a chemical equation
- Residence time - The average time spent in a reservoir ( atmosphere, oceans, soil, etc.) by physical, chemical or biological properties that are relatively uniformly distributed
- Respiration: - The process by which living organisms convert organic (carbon) material into energy needed for living, by taking up molecular oxygen and the releasing of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere.
Saffir-Simpson scale - The scale that is used to measure hurricane wind speeds and determine into which category a system falls (FEMA)
Category Sustained Winds (MPH) Damage Storm Surge (feet) 1 74-95 Minimal 4-5 2 96-110 Moderate 6-8 3 111-130 Extensive 9-12 4 131-155 Extreme 13-18 5 More than 155 Catastrophic more than 18
- Salinity - The relative proportion of salt in a solution
- Satellite - Any celestial body orbiting around a planet or star
- Season - One of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions
- Severe Thunderstorm - A thunderstorm which produces tornados, hail 0.75 inches or more in diameter, or winds of 50 knots (58 mph) or more
- Shortwave radiation - The light energy emitted by the Sun, primarily in the ultraviolet and visible light portions of the spectrum.
- Silicate Weathering - The erosion of rocks containing silicate minerals due to weather, ultimately removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere over long time periods as carbonic acid in rainwater reacts with silicate rocks to create bicarbonate ions which are then carried to the oceans.
- Sink - The receptor for material when it disappears or is removed from a reservoir. In the context of the carbon cycle, any process by which carbon dioxide is removed from the atmosphere; sinks may be natural (e.g., photosynthesis and reforestation, dissolution in ocean water) or due to human activities (e.g., managed forests and other carbon capture strategies).
- Smog - The thick brownish haze formed when hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, and other gases react in sunlight
Solar constant - The amount of solar energy intercepted by the Earth at the average Sun-Earth distance: having a value of 1380 Watts (W) m
- Solar flare - A storm on the Sun that shows up as a bright burst of light on the Sun's surface
- Solar Radiation - Energy emitted by the sun composed mostly of visible and ultraviolet light.
- Solar wind - A continuous stream of high-energy particles released into space from the Sun's corona
- Source - In the context of the carbon cycle, any process by which carbon dioxide is added to the atmosphere, sources may be natural (e.g., soil and plant respiration) or due to human activities (e.g., combustion of fossil fuels and deforestation).
- Spectroscope - An instrument that breaks up light into its characteristic colors
- Spectrum - The band of colors formed when light passes through a prism
- Squall Line: - A solid or nearly solid line or band of active thunderstorms
- Stomates - The tiny pores on the surface of leaves and stems, through which gases and water vapor are transferred between the atmosphere and the plant: the size of the opening depends on environmental conditions: it is crucial in controlling the amount of water lost from the interior of the plant
- Stratopause - The transition layer between the Stratosphere and the Mesosphere
- Stratosphere - The atmospheric layer between the troposphere and the mesosphere
- Sublimation - Where a substance goes from a solid state to a vapor state, skipping the liquid state
- Sulfur Hexafluoride (SF6) - An extremely potent greenhouse gas made by humans, and used mostly as an electrical insulator during high voltage transmission of electricity.
- Sunspot - A dark area on the surface of the Sun
- Surface runoff - Water that enters a river or stream after a heavy rain or during a spring thaw of snow or ice
- Terrestrial Biosphere - The community of all organisms living on the land and the land surface features on which they depend.
- Temperature - A measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in a sample of matter, expressed in terms of units or degrees designated on a standard scale
- Theory of Continental Drift - The theory proposed by Alfred Wegener that the continents were once joined together and have since drifted apart
- Thermal expansion - When most substances are heated, their volume increases due to increasing vibrations in fheir component molecules. In the case of ocean thermal expansion, as the water molecules are warmed, the volume of water increases.
- Thermal pollution - An increase in temperature caused when cold water used to cool reactors in nuclear power plants is heated and discharged into rivers and lakes
- Thermocline - A layer in the ocean that separates the warmer, less salty water from the colder, saltier water
- Thermosphere - The layer in the atmosphere between the Mesosphere and the Exosphere; temperature fluctuates a lot, but mostly increases with height; satellites orbit the earth in the Thermosphere
- Thunderstorm - A rain shower that also has thunder and lightning; lightning is caused by charges in the clouds of the thunderstorm (NSSL)
- Time Series - Measurements of a quantity collected over a period of time.
- Topography - A map or graph that shows the varying elevations of natural and man made objects with their relative positions
- Tornado - A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from the base of a thunderstorm
- Trace Gases - Gases which together make up less than 0.1% of the atmosphere.
- Transpiration - The evaporation of water from the interior of plants or animals; In plants, the size of the stomatal opening regulates this water loss; In the case of corn, about 100 pounds of water are transpired for every pound of dried plant material (leaves, stems, grain, roots, cobs).
- Tropopause - The upper boundary of the troposphere, usually characterized by an abrupt change in lapse rate from positive (decreasing temperature with height) to neutral or negative (temperature constant or increasing with height)
- Troposphere - The lowest region of the atmosphere between the earth's surface and the tropopause, characterized by decreasing temperature with increasing altitude
- Tsunami - An ocean wave produced by a sub-marine earthquake, landslide, or volcanic eruption. These waves may reach enormous dimensions and have sufficient energy to travel across entire oceans.
- Ultraviolet (UV) Light - Shortwave radiation within the ultraviolet range of the electromagnetic spectrum; lies beyond the visible spectrum of light and contains wavelengths of approximately 100-400 nanometers; is harmful to most organisms.
- Virga - Streaks or wisps of precipitation falling from a cloud but evaporating before reaching the ground
- Visible Light - Radiation within the range of the electromagnetic spectrum that is visible to the human eye; wavelengths of visible light range from approximately 400-700 nanometers
- Volcano - An opening in the earth's crust through which molten lava, ash, and gases are ejected
- Warm Front - A front that moves in such a way that warm air replaces cold air.
- Warning - A product issued by NWS local offices indicating that a particular weather hazard is either imminent or has been reported; a warning indicates the need to take action to protect life and property
- Watch - An NWS product indicating that a particular hazard is possible; a watch is a recommendation for planning, preparation, and increased awareness
- Water cycle - The continuous movement of water from the oceans and freshwater sources to the air and the land and finally back to the oceans; also called the hydrologic cycle
- Water Vapor - Water in its gaseous state which accounts for 0-3% of the composition of the atmosphere; the most abundant greenhouse gas; humans exert no significant control over its abundance.
- Wavelength - The horizontal distance between two consecutive crests or two consecutive troughs of a wave
- Weather - The state of the atmosphere at a given time and place, with respect to variables such as temperature, moisture, wind velocity, and barometric pressure
- Wildfire - Any free burning uncontainable wildland fire not prescribed for the area which consumes the natural fuels and spreads in response to its environment.
- X-Rays - In the light spectrum, x-rays have the second shortest energy levels and the second shortest wavelengths; gamma rays have shorter wavelengths, while ultraviolet rays are longer than x-rays.
- Zooplankton - Animal life, often microscopic, that drifts in oceans or lakes
CDE: Colorado Department of Education
FEMA: Federal Emergency Management Association
Jet Stream
MW: Merriam Webster Dictionary
NOAA: DOC and NOAA Local Climate Fact Sheet (in my possession)
NWS: National Weather Service
PMEL: Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
El Nino: http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tao/elnino/el-nino-story.html
La Nina: http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tao/elnino/la-nina-story.html
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European Catia Forum report
Published: 26/01/2009 Collaborate and Design
Catia V6 shines in the environment of live collaborative design
Bridging the gap between design and engineering
Published: 25/01/2009 Collaborate
Josh Mings finds the model is the message
Z Corporation ZPrinter 650
Published: 23/01/2009 Prototype
ZPrinter 650 brings high-definition colour to high end 3D Printing
Delcam PowerMill 9.0
Published: 15/01/2009 Manufacture
The latest release is all about making everyday Mould and Die-based machining jobs easier
Intel Core i7 processor
Published: 15/01/2009 Design and Hardware
Greg Corke takes a look at Intel's impressive new Core Processor
Xworks X8i-Ci7
Published: 15/01/2009 Design and Hardware
The Xworks X8i-Ci7 stands out from the crowd
Published: 15/01/2009 Design and Hardware
Incredibly powerful dual core workstation for CAD
Pump action
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Geomagic to the rescue in fixing a damaged electrical plant
Social media and CAD
Published: 14/01/2009 Collaborate
Can the likes of Twitter give you the edge?
Intel Core i7 processor
Published: 14/01/2009 Hardware
Intel offers enhanced performance and improved efficiency
Autodesk University 2008
Published: 13/01/2009 Collaborate, Design, Manage, Manufacture, Prototype, Simulate and Visualise
Martyn Day and Al Dean report from AU 2008 in Las Vegas
Workstations - Surviving the economic downturn
Published: 11/01/2009 Hardware
Robbie Jamieson stares into the financial abyss - and comes out smiling
Workstation enhanced
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CAD2 is a specialist workstation vendor which boasts superior knowledge of CAD software
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Bombadier on pushing forward its design for powersports
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PTC schools competiton hits Top Gear
Published 29 January 2009
Posted by Stephen Holmes
The Scalextric4Schools Slot Car Design Challenge got its official launch this week with Top Gear presenter James May giving his backing to the scheme to get pupils using design and engineering skills in a fun way.
We've covered the competition before in an earlier blog, but what was interesting at the actual launch was: A) The level of work the kids at the launch school (the John Kelly Boy's Technology College in Neasden, London) could work to when given the software; B) The clear grasp James May had of the situation facing Britain's designers; and C) How genuinely interested Mr May seemed to be in what the kids would be doing, in what was really just another celebrity endorsement for a software company.
When asked what he thought the kids would get from the experience, he enthusiastically replied: "A general understanding of how Scalextric works, which includes some very basic physics, electrical theory, circuits and all that type of thing, but I think also, more importantly, the thing that was always a struggle for us when we were kids in the pre-CAD/CAM, pre-rapid prototyping age, which is a sense of how you can come up with an idea and see it all the way through to being an actual, physical artifact."
"When I was a lad we were still in an age where you maybe sketched something, and then made an engineering drawing, and then from the engineering drawing and the dimensions on it someone would have to make a pattern maybe if it was to be a cast, so someone would be making something out of wood, or a die out of aluminium. Then you started making the component, and then modify it and then go back because it wasn't quite right, but in this it's a continuous process, because the data that makes the drawing is the same data that controls the machine that makes the thing. So it's a very good way of understanding that process, but also at the end of it you're making something which is fundamentally quite exciting – it's a small car that will race around a track." After all, this is a man who knows at least a little bit about cars on tracks.
Alan Patterson, head of design and technology at the college, where CAD and CAM has a big emphasis on the courses taught there described the event as: "A twenty-first century project in schools." He shed light on the ability of the students, where although a lot of the students do not speak English as their original first language, they still demonstrate high levels of skills in other areas such as maths and drawing, the fundamentals for design and engineering.
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Dimension uPrint aGoGo
Published 26 January 2009
Posted by Al Dean
The Dimension 3D Printing Group (a business unit of Stratasys) has just launched the uPrint Personal 3D printer. The uPrint is priced at EUR 11,999 or $14,900 is available for purchase immediately through Dimension's reseller channel (personally speaking, D3D loves Laser Lines).
As you can see, uPrint is designed for the desktop (a growing trend these days, with Objet getting their first) requiring only a 635mm x 660mm footprint and featuring an 203mm x 152mm x 152mm build envelope.
There's a video on the dimension web-site, but they don't share it, so you'll have to make do with this one, from a reseller.
As you'd expect, the machine uses Dimensions' Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM) technology using the ABSplus filament: a stronger variant of the standard ABS material (around 40% stronger than standard ABS). The machine also uses the soluble support material that's been standard on most Dimension/Stratasys machines for some time.
With the release of the uPrint, Dimension's changing the market. Objet might have got their first with the Alaris30, but Dimension has removed a pretty big price barrier. Let the games commence. I wonder who's next? Z Corp with a desktop machine (unlikely, because of the nature of the process) or maybe even 3D Systems or Desktop Factory might even consider shipping a products at some point soon, rather than just talking about it.
Oh and did I mention – this thing comes in Green, Red or White. Choo Choo.
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Double Trouble for AutoCAD LT?
Published 22 January 2009
Posted by Stephen Holmes
At Autodesk University, huddled away in a casino bar, we got a first looks at a new product from IMSI (the makers of TurboCAD); it was a FREE, as in given away, 2D drawing tool which to all respects was a wannabe clone of AutoCAD LT.
The concept behind it being 'why pay for LT when you can have this?' and by the way there is a professional version for about £500. At the time the company was stuck for a name and wanted to call it A/CAD LT, a clever play on AutoCAD LT but there were legal reasons in its usage. Autodesk has been a tad letigious of late, slamming SolidWorks/ Dassault over the use of DWG and yellow boxes on logos, so it was going to be a bit of a punt launching front of the Autodesk legal-team firing squad.
The name was undecided and the launch delayed. Our friend Kenneth Wong at Cadalyst Magazine has just reported that the launch is now set for February and the name that has been chosen is DoubleCAD XT. IMSI have never really won any awards for their naming and this looks like another head scratcher. The concept is that it's good at drafting and detailing. The Professional version will be called DoubleCAD XT Pro. It supports AutoCAD AEC, Mechanical design and has a plethora of symbols. It's actually more powerful than LT as it also offers a clever 2D constraints system.
Given the economic climate DoubleCAD is likely to repeat on Autodesk's digestive system, hitting it in the low cost kidney. Last time anything like this happened it was IntelliCAD, which brought out an AutoCAD DWG clone for a couple of hundred dollars - this didn't make much headway as it was rushed out and Autodesk countered with the 100% DWG advertising campaign, which reminded customers that DWG files created elsewhere were likely to be a bit crap and possibly corrupt your system or introduce errors. Who knows what mayhem this could end up causing, it could impact manufacturing, products and the harm the general public.
What's different this time is that DoubleCAD will be free. So even if it's not all they make out to be, more troublecad, it's like SketchUp and it didn't cost you a bean, and that's cool. Autodesk will either ignore it or go for the DWG jugular again, This is something that the company is doing anyway, trying to trademark the term and stop everyone else from using it.
Should 2D CAD cost anything? Will IMSI ever come up with a decent name for a product? Time will only tell.
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PartBrowser: Immersive 3D-based geometry search
Published 21 January 2009
Posted by Al Dean
Webinar is one of my least favorite words. Sure, connecting to a live demo, over the web, VoIP and all that good stuff saves me traveling hours on end for an hour long demo, but its such an ugly term.
Thing is, when you get to see good stuff, I'll forgive it's ugliness - which today I did with the distinct pleasure of sitting in on a session with Andrew Sherlock, Managing Director of ShapeSpace, who gave a guided tour of his team's product, PartBrowser.
The PartBrowser UI - visualising 3D search results, in a way never seen before (at least by me).
PartBrowser is analogous to the Windows Indexing technology that many of us will be familiar with - with two big differences. Firstly, it doesn't cripple your workstation while you're indexing files for the first time. Secondly and more importantly, it works with CAD geometry. Yes. It's a 3D geometry search tool.
The system uses a proprietary technology (developed at the University of Edinburgh) to search for, locate and index 3D geometry files, alongside more standard text-based indexing of text and file properties, then provide you with tools to things with that information.
The system is driven from a very simple user interface, not unlike Windows Explorer. You have a hierarchical view of data sources, local and network drives, as well as folders for favorite searchs and other functionality. there are several use scenarios. at a base level, you can of course, conduct text-string-based searches to find parts using wildcards and all that good stuff. PartBrowser has been configured to understand engineering language. For example: when you use 50x100, the system understands the mean of the x and the results reflect this.
But the really impressive part is how the system displayed the results. Alongside the system list of results, you also have the PartBrowser window. On initial looks, this looks complex, but its not and is incredible immersive.
Essentially, the system categorized the results by the quality of the match to your search string. The PartBrowser window shows you to a series of planes, with a number of parts, slowly rotating on each. The first plane shows you the parts that most closely match, then each subsequent planes behind it show parts that match less closely. Sounds confusing? Think "Good matches at the front, bad ones by matches none the less at the back." If you select a part, bounding box dimensions are shown on screen and you can drill into that part's metadata in the window below.
Using a quick 3D sketch part from your workhorse CAD system, you can find parts that are similar, to save you creating new parts, new manufacturing process approval - all manner of rework.
Now, what about searching using Shape. This is, as with all such technology, amazing. you can either start with a basic shape already in the system and find other that match it. Or you can fire up the CAD system and model one quickly - a rough shape will do (PartBrowser currently works with Solid Edge, SolidWorks, SpaceClaim and STL data) then finds parts that match that part's shape. Again, matches are presented in order of 'match quality'. Where it gets interesting (and the browser tag comes in), is that you can pick a closer match and further refine your search. Click through the 3D data. Find the part you want, load it into your assembly. Simple as that.
The Duplicates Part function is very handy indeed for finding multiple similar parts - reports can be generated to excel, to track down that inventory double up.
There's a couple of other functions that would find a use in many organisations, the most immediately obvious of which is the Duplicate Parts search. This finds shapes which match using a very tight tolerance and presents each match pair or more, on a seperate plane. The system works around different alignment and co-ordinate system and gets you a very quick indeed of how much data, how many part numbers are associated to essentially the same part.
PartBrowser - Find duplicate parts in your parts library from Andrew Sherlock on Vimeo.
PartBrowser is at an early stage, and there are other similar technologies on the market (the best known is probably Geolus, that Siemens now own). But what I haven't seen before is an intuitive way to present those results in a manner that suits a 3D environment. Sure, better use could be made of both color (which might be useful for material classification, owner or status) and fading between the different results planes, but this is a highly impressive product and technology. There's currently a product for Solid Edge, with others under development, with an active beta program for SolidWorks.
So here's a question. How do you find pre-existing parts that might be reused. Guess work, text strings - something more sophisticated? I'd love to know. So, hit the comments, please. and the most interesting comment gets a mystery prize. Honest.
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Heidenhain - Modular Angle Encoder with Magnetic Scanning
The robust ERM modular magnetic encoders are especially suited for use in production machines. Their large available inside diameters, their small dimensions and the compact design predestine them for
- the C axis of lathes,
- rotary and tilting axes (e.g. for speed measurement on direct drives or for integration in gear stages),
- spindle orientation on milling machines,
- or for auxiliary axes.
Selection Guide
|C axis on lathes
| Various hollow-shaft diameters
Resistant to contamination
Simple installation
EnDat 2.2
|Rotary and tilting tables
| Medium to high accuracy
Large hollow-shaft diameters
Resistant to contamination
|Spindles on milling machines
| High shaft speeds
Small mounting space
C axis on lathes
For years, the ERMs have been the preferred encoders for C axes on lathes.
Besides their high resistance to contamination, the large inside diameters are
also important to allow bar material to be machined without limitations.
Because of this design arrangement, the graduation of the ERM is usually on a much larger diameter than the workpiece. Position errors of the encoder therefore affect workpiece accuracy to a correspondingly reduced degree.
Rotary and tilting tables
Rotary tables and tilting axes require encoders with high signal quality for position and speed control. Encoders with optical measuring standards, for example the RCN series, fulfill these requirements in an ideal way. For medium accuracy requirements magnetic modular encoders can also be used. Due to their small signal period of 200 µm, the ERM 2200 encoders feature particularly low position error within one signal period and therefore permit relatively high axis speed stability. In addition, the typical advantages of magnetic modular encoders, such as tolerance to contamination and large inside diameters, are very helpful in this application.
Spindles on milling machines
Spindles are among the key components of machine tools and significantly influence their function. The spindle properties are determined by design, drives and bearing systems, but also the encoders make a decisive contribution to performance. They have to permit high rotational speeds and be sufficiently sturdy. Speeds of over 40 000 rpm are no problem for the ERM 2900. In addition they fulfill the requirement for compact dimensions.
If milling and turning operations are to be performed on one machine, increased requirements for spindle accuracy are the result. On complex workpieces, certain machining movements can be performed only through the interaction of feed axes and spindle positions. For example, when manufacturing a thread, a single-point tool needs to assume a defined angular attitude. Here the ERM 2400 encoders with 400 μm signal period come into use. They have better accuracy behavior and, for example, 600 lines on an outside diameter of 75.44 mm. This is significantly more than gears with comparable dimensions.
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Littleberry nappies are a SIO (snap-in-one) system, which means you'll need a cover nappy + insert of your choice to make the cloth diaper complete.
The product here is S2019 collection Littleberry cover nappy with extra side layers which gives extra protection and keep the moisture in the nappy a longer time. The nappy cover consists of:
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Inserts should be bought separately.
When You buy, please choose the size You need!
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- Size 2 (6-10 kg)
- Size 3 (9-14 kg)
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These wind turbines were inspired by hummingbirds
May 11, 2017, 8:19 a.m. by Noel Kirkpatrick
Tyer Wind has based its proposed wind turbines on a hummingbird flapping its wings.
'Windlicht' is an otherworldly LED laser show held on a Dutch wind farm
March 15, 2016, 9:30 a.m. by Matt Hickman
Pink Floyd soundtrack not included.
Are bladeless turbines the future of wind energy?
October 2, 2015, 2:25 p.m. by Sami Grover
Proponents say bladeless turbines are safer and more economical. Skeptics aren't so sure.
Better wind turbines could spell trouble for coal
August 17, 2015, 5:19 p.m. by Sami Grover
From taller towers to turbines that operate at lower wind speeds, wind energy just keeps on getting better.
Wind turbines and bridges: A match made in clean energy heaven?
August 4, 2015, 7:18 p.m. by Matt Hickman
Multitasking infrastructure on the Canary Islands could power as many as 500 homes.
Egg-shaped hideaway gives whole new meaning to 'escape pod'
May 26, 2015, 9:30 a.m. by Matt Hickman
Powered by the wind and sun, Ecocapsule is the ultimate off-grid micro-home for vagabond vacationers.
Eiffel Tower outfitted with twin wind turbines
February 25, 2015, 6 p.m. by Matt Hickman
The turbines will help to keep the lights on and the cash registers ringing on the Paris landmark's newly revamped first floor.
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Lawmakers pass bill to deal with Everglades suit
Florida legislators used a bill to change wetlands regulations to block a lawsuit against the state for approving two no-bid, 20-year lease agreements with sugar and vegetable farmers.
The leases were approved by the governor and Cabinet in January and are now being challenged in court by the Florida Wildlife Federation, which alleges the leases allow the sugar growers to continue to farm without reducing their pollution levels.
The provision was added to HB 999, a wide-ranging bill that changes environmental regulations. The House voted 106-10 late Friday while the Senate voted 39-1 and sent the measure to the governor.
The sugar industry said in a statement that the legislation was needed to "avoid obstructionist litigation from some extreme environmental activists" and to complete the state's clean-up efforts that are part of the Everglades settlement legislators also ratified.
Former U.S. Sen. Bob Graham appealed to legislators to reject the bill on Thursday. Graham, a member of the Florida Conservation Coalition, said it was clearly intended to end the litigation.
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Let's get something straight.
Not everyone that's perceived as a bitch is actually unhappy.
Let's get another thing straight.
I'm a bitch.
Knowing just what to say and when to say it is a talent of mine.
If the words I type piss you off, usually that was my exact intention. Thanks for playing.
Please don't mistake my mockery for misery. I'm not unhappy, in fact, I'm laughing at you right now.
Laughter=happy. Ta-da!
That said.....It's quite amusing to be accused of anger/bitterness/bad aura/whatthefuckever the minute I pull out the big red 'A' card. (Even when I'm behaving myself.)
More than likely it's all coincidence, but it's been a repetitive theme this week.
Just out of curiosity, I did a site search to see just how many times "Angry' came up in discussion.
It's a surprisingly sparse subject here, actually. That's why I'm writing this.
What does it mean to be angry?
I'm not talking about an emotional reaction to justified stimuli. People get angry. That's part of the human experience.
I'm not even talking about the psychological evolution that takes place under oppression, stress or threat. I'd say young minority men should have a disproportionate down tick on the happy scale in America. Bullshit makes people angry, but generally, if you remove the shit, the core personality remains the same.
What is the psychological make-up of someone that's perpetually angry? Does it stem from helplessness or the sense of helplessness?
The angriest people I know are affluent older white men, truth be told.
I think the majority of people mistake the word 'mean' for 'angry' when dealing with atheists.
A person can be mean and happy at the same time. Hell, sometimes being mean actually makes me happy! I've never seen anyone angry and happy simultaneously.
I'm beyond satisfied with my life. Seriously. I wake up every day looking forward to each minute.
I'm a homebrewer. I'm a stoner that loves to debate for the sake of debate. Discussion makes me happy, not angry. Perhaps that accusation is a projection of the speaker, and not so much of a reflection on my own behavior. I say things that piss people off. Maybe it's their own emotions they are trying to express, not mine.
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Well damn! I've already friended you and I can't do it again.
Im angry because I didn't get a hug from you lol
Nah but in reality Im not an angry person. Life is too short to be angry. I don't know when I will die, can be any minute, who knows, that's I try to stay happy and smiling as much as possible to enjoy the beat of my own life. I used to be more of an aggressive Atheist back when I first became an Atheist, nowadays its more so, live and let live, and don't bother me as I won't bother you.
Most Theists think I am an "angry Atheist". They are mistaking anger for my complete disdain for their religious views. I am tired of them expecting that I just respect their faith because they believe in what I consider to be nonsense. Sometimes when I hear adults tell me that they believe in gods and immortality I no longer even feel embarrassed for them. I just dismiss it and find it difficult to cultivate any further relationship with them. I will engage with them in debate until the faith card is played – as it always is.
Does that make me condescending or arrogant? I suppose it could be viewed that way. But don't mistake it for anger - I would have to care about their beliefs to get angry. It is when they try to force changes to the civil law or abuse people with their faith as justification for their actions that I will get militant and try to close them down. Whatever anger I feel will have its energy transferred into stopping them.
There is an anti-blasphemy law in Ireland to protect religion. I openly blaspheme about the pope helping to spread Aids while admiring the Islamic sense of humor. I am not angry though. I laugh at the reactions. I look forward to the day they take me to court and hand me that book to swear on. Who could turn down the chance for such blasphemy?
Really I am too chilled out and having so much fun with it all to be angry. But why are some Atheists so angry?……..ok Greta video here.
Don't mistake my contempt for anger, hhhhmmmkay?
Just cus I think you're dumb doesn't mean I'm not smiling!
Thanks for all the great contributions, folks.
Nice to be catching up with all of you again!
Pat Condell, Reggie?
Really? Really?
yeah - the problem with Pat Condell is that he just won't speak his mind. If only he would just spit it out and say what he means. ha.
I think to answer that question we have to look at things from the point of view of a theist.
A theist thinks of god as the most kind and loving being in the universe that loves you indefinably and the only thing that he asks from you is obedience (mainly in the form of belief or admiration of his greatness)
Now, think about it. God is so kind and loving, and instead we atheist choose to disbelief.In other words we disobey.
Who are people that disobey?
Rebellious people. People who are unhappy with their situation.
To a theist. Atheist are like children who are angry at their father and decided to rebel, and therefore the only thing that can explain our rebellion is unhappiness.
Also, theist can not imagine happiness without god, so not believing in god must mean you are unhappy.
This is the only way I can explain this mistake that theist make on a regular basis.
some atheists are very angry. Others really nice. Just like anything I guess. it varies.


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Kings of Leon to freetards: Y'all are trash
Ahead of the launch of their fourth album next week, bogo-hillbilly, hipster-sensitive, indie-rock brotherhood Kings of Leon have hit out at freetards for failing to repay them for their toil.
Frontman Caleb Followill launched a broadside against internet pirates: "There are a lot of people online that say, 'these guys have a wonderful life, screw them if they don't want me listening' – you don't know what it's like! Literally, sometimes I jump out of bed at three in the morning and go and write something down because I just had a dream and I thought of something."
Oh dear.
The wounded artiste wasn't finished. He explained: "You don't know what goes into writing a song, let alone an album. It's not a day at the office – you're putting your heart and soul into something and for people to not respect that, that's crazy. But when you have people that do it the right way – that's pushing your artform."
His brother and guitarist Matthew offered a less pious take on the travails of an international rock band: "We don't wake up, take a shot of Jack and do a line of coke. We wake up and start singing or playing guitar... and then we party."
The Kings are pushing their artform this time around via an exclusive free web streaming deal with Last.fm, the CBS-owned web radio outfit. Listen here. Only By The Night is out to buy on Monday, but has been widely available unlicensed via BitTorrent and filedump sites for about a week. ®


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Looking for George Charles Davis of New Zealand
The first two names George Charles are false.
We have reverted to DNA tests to find our Grandfather. We know he was English most likely from Herefordshire England. He was Born around 1870 thru to 1890. He was of med Build in body size, fair hair.
My DNA is R1b1a2 R-M269 I have banked my DNA and we are looking for a DNA match so if you have Davis DNA can you please contact me on firstname.lastname@example.com.
Thanks for reading my post.
Looking for Robert Edward Davis Wanganui Auckland New Zealand
We are looking for our grandfather and have Robert Edward Davis marring Lillian Ellen Langlois in 1920 at Wanganui. There are children ther named Hazel Davis b(1923) that married Tom Bevin and Robert (bob) Donald Davis b (1924)
Robert Edward Davis lived in Auckland form 1928 on at Different address's ( I have all the addresses) and there is a John Thomas Davis at Brookby Clevendon Papakura as a farmer where Robert E. and lillian Davis were all on the electroal roll.
1938 Robert Edward Davis Engineer: c/o John Thomas Davis (is this his Son/ brother?) Farmer, Brookby, Clevendon with Lillian Ellen Davis: is there son/ Brother?
1949 Ponsonby: Robert Edward Davis 35 Albany Rd W1 Engineer with Lillian Ellen Davis
1957: Lillian Ellen Davis; Presser, with Robert Edward Davis Engineer, 35 Albany Rd AK Ponsonby.
1963: Robert Edward Davis Engineer, & Lillian Ellen Davis Presser, at 18 Beaconsfield St W2 Grey Lynn
1905 Thomas Langlois: Somerville: labourer; Mataroa Rangitikei Manawatu Wanganui NZ
1928; Thomas Henry Langlois 39 Cobden Street, Auckland central; Seaman
1928: Thomas Henry Langlois: 31 Francis Street Grey Lynn Seaman.
1935: Edna May Langlois Catherine Street; Henderson Married.
1935: Nelson Joseph Langlois Catherine St. Henderson; Salesman.
1935: Thomas Henry Langlois 1 Sunny Brae Crescent W2 Labourer
Can you help? www.davisfamilytree.org for more info. Thanks Ross Davis
Looking for George Charles Davis
Where did he come from? before 1904
Where did he go to? after 1920
What was his real name:?
George Charles Davis is the kings first names: so we guess the first two name MAY be an alias
WHAT do we know about him:?
He was White, most likley English , Australian, New Zealander or Welsh.
He was good carpenter and a bridge builder. He worked for the New Zealand Railways in Napier, and lived in the "Railway Station Yards Napier" most likley in a Mobile Railway Carriage that could be connected to a train and moved to the next work site; siding on a new bridge being built.
He was born about 1870 give or take ten years.
Does any one have history of "Railway workers in New Zealand" during the 1900 thru to 1930.
In particular Families that lived in these mobile communities?
cheers Ross Davis
Davis George Charles NSW scone 1950
Looking for any infomation about George Charles Davis junior 1868 who is said to have died in scone about 1952
looking for home address or smothing that will establish he was the and for how long he lived there maybe a rates notice; now thats an idea;
If this is the person I am looking for I want to contact any of his children or decendents of his childrens children.
Cheers Ross Davis
Looking for George Charles Davis decendents in Cobar, Dubbo, Forbes, Parkes,
I have traced the George Charles Davis that MAY be my Grand father .
I now need to confirm this is correct.
I DNA test will confirm and fill in all the gaps I have.
I am looking for a continuous line of male davis decendents of this Geo Chas Davis.
One family thats of interest is the Family of Amos Robert Davis born Bourke abt 1882
can any one help?
Looking for George Charles Davis B. 31 mar 1837 Kurrajong NSW ,Dubbo , Forbes
Descendants of Keith. Skinner:
3rd Generation:
No 11. : George Charles Davis b 31 Mar 1837 Kurrajong NSW
4th Generation:
No 94m: George Charles Davis b 1868 in Registration Forbes NSW
Married Emma Sewell daughter of William Sewell about 1890 in Parkes NSW:
Children of this marriage were:
604f i. Amber M. Davis b 1891
605f ii Edith m. Davis b1892 Cobar.
606M iii William Fredrick Davis b1894 Cobar. died in action WW1 1917
George next married Emma Baker about 1900 in Dubbo NSW
Question: Did George C Davis have any children with Emma Baker?
Where did he go to after he married Emma Baker? to New Zealand?
Looking for Davis family information Palmerston Nth ,Fielding 1912 to 1922 New Zealand
My Grand parents lived in this area around 1911 thr to 1923 a house at Feilding,No 20 Grey street is of interest to me. It may have been a railway House. As George Charles Davis was a Bridge builder for the NZ Raiways he may have been renting a or allacated a Railway house.
Can anyone tell me if there were records kept of NZ railway employees?
Ross Davis
Looking for my Grand mother & Grand fathers marriage certificate 1904 Wellington New Zealand
All of the birth certificates of the 10 children born from the union say,
"Marriage, was at Wellington March 16th in the year 1904"
But I canot find and marriage cert in the Marriages , birth and deaths office at lower Hutt.
The names I am looking for are George Charles Davis & Amy Hanham.
(I have Amys certifiactes birth & death , they show nothing.)
The names of George charles may be an alias so we may need to look for
"George Davies"; Charles Davies; "George Davis"; "George Charles Davies" The one thing that seems to be certian is the Date "16 th of March 1904"
maybe a search for marrriages on that date?
Can that be done?
can anyone suggest another place a marriage certiface may be stored other than the registery office?
thanks Ross Davis
Looking for Davis Palmerston Nth New Zealand
Looking for George Charlse Davis lived at 40 Taonui Street Palmerston Nth New Zealand in the year 1911 according to the electral rolls
I had a look for your Grandfather, found him and my Grandmother Amy in Palmerston in 1911, 40 Taonui St, but can't find them from here.
he is also reported to have lived at this address around 19-16 / 1922 at 20 Grey Street Feilding NZ need to be looked at too.
He is the missing part for my family tree.
Ross Davis


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In the last two weeks we have celebrated the perfect love of God modeled in the Father in the Parable of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11-32).
Oldham County Parks & Rec's annual father-daughter dance has been so popular in years past that the event will be two nights this year.
Dads and their best girl (or girls) are invited to celebrate at the John W. Black Community Center for a fun-filled night of dancing and contests.
A church in Ballardsville made headlines across the nation recently after boxes of donated toys fell off a pickup truck.
A Good Samaritan found 12-15 boxes of toys Dec. 12 on Ky. 53 between Ballardsville and La Grange, and as police searched for clues about the intended recipient, newspapers and TV stations in several states took notice.
A fundraiser Saturday will feature Zumba dance and support local charities.
Zumba Holiday Xtravaganza is a fundraising event to benefit to support the Center for Women and Families and the Office of Multicultural Ministries.
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(Reuters) - Email alerts may encourage cancer doctors to talk with terminally ill patients about their end-of-life wishes and to record those preferences in their medical records, according to a U.S. study.
Oncologists who were reminded each time one of their patients started a new chemotherapy regimen were more than twice as likely to note patients' wishes before they became very sick, said researchers in a report published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
"If, God forbid, the patient does end up in a medical emergency and it's unclear what their medical wishes are, then it's always a difficult situation for the doctor and the family," said Jennifer Temel, who led the study at Massachusetts General Hospital cancer Center in Boston.
Doctors tend to wait for a patient's condition to get much worse before bringing up their end-of-life wishes, such as whether they want health care staff to use CPR and other measures to try and prolong their lives, she said. But reminders may initiate those discussions earlier.
"Patients in the inpatient settings are in crisis, and it's a highly emotional state for patients and their families," Temel told Reuters Health.
"Everybody thinks it's better to have these discussions when people are less ill."
Temel and her colleagues surveyed doctors and nurse practitioners about their end-of-life conversations with people with incurable cancer, including how the health care providers would like to be prompted to have those conversations.
Then, the researchers designed and tested an email system that reminded doctors when they were seeing patients who were coming in to start a new chemo regimen.
The study included 100 people with advanced lung cancer. A year after the email alerts began, just over one-third of the patients had end-of-life wishes documented in their electronic health records.
In comparison, during the pre-alert period, fewer than 15 percent of people diagnosed with incurable lung cancer had had their wishes written down before they were hospitalized, the researchers said.
During both time periods, most patients who had end-of-life wishes recorded were listed as do not resuscitate (DNR) or do not intubate (DNI), meaning they didn't want doctors to take aggressive measures to keep them alive at the end.
Not only are such measures sometimes against a patient's wishes, they can also be very expensive.
"In the absence of these discussions, patients may receive unwanted, overly aggressive care that incurs cost for the patient and society and is associated with decreased quality of life for the patients and family, and worsened bereavement adjustment for caregivers," wrote Jamie Von Roenn in an editorial published with the study.
The change seen with email alerts "is an improvement, but we still have a long way to go," added Von Roenn, a palliative medicine specialist from Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago. SOURCE: bit.ly/S6L6HF
Reporting from New York by Genevra Pittman at Reuters Health; editing by Elaine Lies