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SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE. Environmental science is the study of how we and other species interact with one another and with the nonliving environment of matter and energy. Technology is the creation of new products and processes that are supposed to improve our chances for survival, our comfort level, and our quality of life. Scientific Hypothesis: an educated guess that explains a scientific law or certain scientific facts. It becomes a scientific theory; a well-tested and widely accepted scientific hypothesis. The ways scientists gather data and formulate and test scientific hypotheses, laws, and theories are called scientific methods. MATTER: FORMS, STRUCTURE, AND QUALITY Matter is anything that has mass (the amount of material in an object) and takes up space. Matter is found in 3 chemical forms: elements (building blocks of matter), compounds (two or more different elements held together in set proportions by attractive forces called chemical bonds), and mixtures (combinations of elements, compounds, or both). The three types of building blocks are atoms (the smallest unit of matter that is unique to a particular element), ions (electrically charged atoms), and molecules (combinations of atoms). Matter is also found in three physical states: solid, liquid, and gas. Solids having the most orderly arrangement of atoms or molecules and gases the least orderly. The main building blocks of an atom are positively charged protons (represented by the symbol p), uncharged neutrons (n), and negatively charged electrons (e). the center of an atom is called the nucleus which contains the protons and neutrons. The atomic number (number of protons) is what distinguishes each individual element. The mass number is the number of neutrons and protons in the nucleus. All atoms of an element have the same number of protons in their nuclei, they may have different numbers of neutrons in their nuclei and thus different mass numbers. These different forms of an element with the same atomic number but a different mass number are called isotopes. Most matter exists as compounds. We use a shorthand chemical formula to show the number of atoms (or ions) of each element found in a compound. Organic compounds contain atoms of carbon, usually combined with each other and with atoms of other elements such as hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen and others. Hydrocarbons are compounds of carbon and hydrogen atoms. An example is methane (CH4), the main component of natural gas. Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) are compounds of carbon, chlorine, and fluorine atoms. An example is Freon-12 (ClCl2F2), used as a coolant in refrigerators and air conditioners, as an aerosol propellant, and as a foaming agent for making some plastics. Simple carbohydrates (simple sugars) are compounds of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms. An example is glucose (C6H12O6). Larger and more complex organic compounds, called polymers, consist of a number of massive structural or molecular units (monomers) linked together by chemical bonds. All other compounds are called inorganic compounds. Classifying compounds as organic or inorganic is somewhat arbitrary. All organic compounds contain one or more carbon atoms, but CO and CO2 are classified as inorganic compounds. Matter quality is a measure of how useful a matter resource is, based on its availability and concentration. High-quality matter is organized and concentrated, and is usually found near the earth�s surface. It has great potential for use as a resource. Low-quality matter is disorganized, dilute, or dispersed in the ocean or the atmosphere. It usually has little potential for use as a matter resource. Entropy is a measure of the disorder or randomness of a system. The greater its order, the lower its entropy. Thus an aluminum can has a lower entropy than aluminum ore. ENERGY: TYPES, FORMS, AND QUALITY Energy is the capacity to do work. Kinetic energy is the energy that matter has because of its motion and mass. Heat is the total kinetic energy of all the randomly moving atoms, ions, or molecules within a given substance, excluding the overall motion of the whole object. Temperature is a measure of the average speed of motion of the atoms, ions, or molecules in a sample of matter at a given moment. For example the total heat content of a lake is enormous, but its average temperature is low. Potential energy is stored energy that is potentially available for use. Potential energy can become kinetic energy. For example: a rocks potential energy becomes kinetic energy as it falls from a cliff. Various types of energy are converted to other types of energy for example: an electric power plant burns some kind of fuel (oil, gas, coal...) to make heat, to boil water, to make steam which flows through turbines (thermal energy is converted into kinetic energy). The turbines turn generators to make electricity. When you turn on a light you are at the end of the following energy chain: fuel to heat to steam to kinetic energy to electricity. Electromagnetic Radiation is radiant energy traveling as waves such as Radio waves, TV waves, microwaves, infrared radiation, visible light (colors we see), ultraviolet radiation, X rays, gamma rays, and cosmic rays. Some 99% of the energy used to heat Earth and all our buildings comes directly from the sun. Solar energy includes both perpetual direct energy from the sun and several forms of energy produced indirectly by the sun�s energy. These include wind, falling and flowing water (hydropower), and biomass (solar energy converted to chemical energy stored in organic compounds in trees and plants). We use wind turbines and hydroelectric power plants to convert the indirect solar energy of wind and falling or flowing water into electricity. Solar cells convert solar energy directly into electricity. Energy quality measures usefulness. High-quality energy (low entropy) is organized or concentrated and has great ability to perform useful work for example electricity, coal, and gasoline. Low-quality energy (high entropy) is disorganized or dispersed and has little ability to do useful work. An example is the Atlantic Ocean. PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL CHANGES & THE LAW OF CONSERVATION OF MATTER A physical change involves no change in chemical composition. For example, when ice melts or liquid water is boiled, none of the H20 molecules involved are altered. In a chemical change or chemical reaction, there is a change in the chemical composition. A chemical equation shows the chemical formulas for the reactants (starting chemicals) and the products (chemical produced) with an arrow. C + O2 ---------> C02 + ENERGY reactants products The reaction shows how the burning of coal or any carbon-containing compounds, such as those in wood, natural gas, oil and gasoline, adds carbon dioxide gas to the atmosphere yet are a useful energy source. Earth loses some gaseous molecules to space, and it gains small amounts of matter from space, mostly in the form of occasional meteorites and cosmic dust. Earth has essentially all the matter it will ever have. The Law of Conservation of Matter states that we can�t create nor destroy matter. All we can do is rearrange matter into different spatial patterns (physical changes) or different combinations (chemical changes). We can remove substances from polluted water at a sewage treatment plant, but the sludge must either be burned (producing air pollution), buried (contaminating underground water), or cleaned up and applied to the land as fertilizer (dangerous if the sludge contains non-degradable toxic metals, such as lead and mercury). NUCLEAR CHANGES In addition to physical and chemical changes, matter can undergo a third type of change, known as a nuclear change. The law of conservation of matter and energy: In any nuclear change the total amount of matter and energy involved remains the same. Natural radioactive decay is a nuclear change in which unstable isotopes spontaneously shoot out fast-moving particles, high-energy radiation, or both at a fixed rate. It continues until the original isotope is changed into a new stable nonradioactive isotope. The unstable isotopes are called radioactive isotopes, or radioisotopes. This rate of decay is expressed in terms of half-life-the time needed for one-half of the nuclei in a radioisotope to become another more stable substance. Each radioisotope has a characteristic half-life, which may range from a few millionths of a second to several billion years. An isotope�s half-life cannot be changed. That�s why radioactive dating is so reliable in determining the age of rocks, bones, and fossils. Half-life can also be used to estimate how long a sample of a radioisotope must be stored in a safe enclosure before it decays to a safe level. A general rule of thumb is that this takes about ten half-lives. Thus people would have to be protected from radioactive waste containing iodine-131 (which concentrates in the thyroid gland) for 80 days (10 x 8 days). Plutonium-239, which is produced in nuclear reactors and can cause lung cancer when inhaled in tiny amounts, must be stored safely for 240,000 years (10 x 24,000 years). Radiation emitted by radioisotopes is damaging ionizing radiation. The most common form of ionizing energy are gamma rays. High-speed particles emitted from the nuclei are different from ionizing radiation. The two most common types of ionizing particles emitted by radioactive isotopes are alpha particles (fast-moving, positively charged chunks of matter that consist of two protons and two neutrons) and beta particles (high-speed electrons). We are all exposed to small amounts of harmful ionizing radiation from both natural and human sources. Nuclear fission is a nuclear reaction in which nuclei of certain isotopes with large mass numbers are split apart when struck by neutrons; each fission releases two or three more neutrons + energy. Each of these neutrons can cause an additional fission. Multiple fissions within a critical mass forms a chain reaction, which releases an enormous amount of energy. In a nuclear reactor, the nuclear fission chain reaction is controlled. In nuclear fission reactors nuclei of uranium-235 are split and heat is released. The heat is used to produce high-pressure steam, which spins turbines, which generates electricity. Nuclear fusion is a nuclear reaction in which two isotopes of light elements, such as hydrogen, are forced together at extremely high temperatures until they fuse to form a heavier nucleus, releasing energy in the process. Fusion of hydrogen to form helium is the source of energy in stars. After World War II the principle of uncontrolled nuclear fusion was used to develop H-bombs, or thermonuclear weapons. Scientists have tried to develop controlled nuclear fusion, however, this process is still at the laboratory stage. The First and Second Laws of Energy (Thermodynamics) The law of conservation of energy is also known as the first law of energy or first law of thermodynamics. This law means when one form of energy is converted to another form energy input always equals energy output: The second law of energy or the second law of thermodynamics (law of entropy): When energy is changed from one form to another, some of the useful energy is always changed to lower-quality, more dispersed (higher entropy), less useful energy. This degraded energy is usually in the form of heat. In a car, only about 10% of the high-quality energy of gasoline is used to move the car and run its electrical systems. In an incandescent light bulb, only about 5% becomes useful light the rest is wasted heat. Because of the second energy law, the more energy we use (and waste), the more disorder (entropy) we create in the environment. ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND NET USEFUL ENERGY In the United States, 84% of all commercial energy used is wasted. About 41% of this energy is wasted automatically because of the degradation of energy quality. However, about 43% is wasted unnecessarily mostly by using fuel-wasting motor vehicles, furnaces, and other devices and by living and working in leaky, poorly insulated buildings. Americans waste as much energy as two-thirds of the world�s population consumes. Much of this unnecessary energy waste can be eliminated by increasing the energy efficiency. Energy efficiency is the percentage of total energy input that does useful work. Some energy efficient devices may cost more initially but in the long run they save money by having lower life cycle cost: initial cost plus lifetime operating costs. For example, the sequence of energy-using and energy-wasting steps involved in using electricity produced from fossil fuels is extraction--- transportation--- processing--- transportation to power plant--- electric generation--- transmission--- end use. Using high-quality electrical energy to provide low-quality heating for living space or household water is like using a chain saw to cut butter or a sledgehammer to kill a fly. In 1991 the average price of obtaining 250,000 kilocalories (1 million BTUs) for heating space or water in the United States was $6.05 using natural gas, $7.56 using kerosene, $9.30 using oil, $9.74 using propane, and $24.15 using electricity. Energy efficiency of some common devices: Human body: 20-25% Fluorescent light: 22% Car 10% Incandescent light 5% The 3 least efficient energy-using devices in use today are (1) incandescent light bulbs, (2) vehicles with internal combustion engines, and (3) nuclear power plants producing electricity for heating (which wastes 86% of the energy in their nuclear fuel). USING WASTE HEAT A special way to use waste heat produced by industrial plants is cogeneration, the production of two useful forms of energy such as steam and electricity from the same fuel source. For example: Natural gas is used to boil water for an industrial plant. The excess steam or heat can be used to make electricity that the plant could also use or even sell to another buyer. MATTER AND ENERGY LAWS AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS THROWAWAY SOCIETIES Most advanced industrialized countries are throwaway societies, sustaining continued economic growth by increasing the flow of materials and energy, through the economy, to sinks (air, water, soil, organisms) where pollutants and wastes end up. MATTER-RECYCLING SOCIETIES A stopgap solution to a throwaway society is to convert to a matter-recycling society. Recycling resources always requires high-quality energy, which cannot be recycled. Also, there is a physical limit to the number of times some materials, such as paper fiber, can be recycled. Shifting from a throwaway society to a matter-recycling society is only a temporary solution. Experts argue over how close we are to environmental overload, but the scientific law of matter and energy indicated that limits do exist. The best long-term solution is to shift from a society based on maximizing matter and energy flow (throughput) to a Sustainable-Earth society: � Reduce to prevent depletion and of planetary sources. � Use energy more efficiently. � Shift from exhaustible to less harmful perpetual and renewable energy. � Not waste potentially renewable resources, and use them no faster than the rate at which they are regenerated. � Not waste nonrenewable resources. � Recycle and reuse at least 80% of the matter we now discard as trash. � Make things that last longer and are easier to recycle, reuse, and repair � Emphasize pollution prevention and waste reduction instead of pollution cleanup and waste management. � Stop human population growth.
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Archives by Month: December, 2000
Listed below are excerpts and links to all weblog, blog entries, posts published during December, 2000.
iBOT: The first FireWire Web cam
CNN reports the first FireWire Web cam demonstrated for Macworld. The iBOT shows near digital-video performance, thanks to its use of FireWire rather than USB, the technology used by most other cams. FireWire can support a sustained data transfer rate of up to 50MB a second, while USB can only manage 1.5MB a second. This bandwidth boost is what allows the iBOT to blow away the average Web cams by six or so frames a second at large image sizes. (349 words, 4 links)
12:11 am, pst$root = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'];include $root . '/phpinc1/cont/middot.php';?>30 December, 2000
Categories: Reviews, Technology
Follow-up to 12/25/2000 column
Just 3 days after I published my column here revisiting weblogs the New York Times came out with a great article. You can check out today's NY Times (12/28/2000) all about weblogs, what they are, history, some good weblogs, link portals, etc. Well done article. Invasion of the 'Blog': A Parallel Web of Personal Journals, by David F. Gallagher. (If you're not already registered at the NYT site, it's free, by the way.) What's it all about, Bloggie? A revisit of 'What's the craze all about with Blogs? Or is it crazy?', Brainstorms & Raves... (98 words, 4 links)
11:08 pm, pst$root = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'];include $root . '/phpinc1/cont/middot.php';?>28 December, 2000
Categories: Weblogs
The Tyranny of Standards....huh?
After spending the afternoon and evening in the nearby hospital's Emergency Room with my 82-year-old dad who's had his 2nd heart attack in only 2 weeks (although he'll insist he's only had some chest pain!), I came home to get some much needed rest. My plan was to quickly scan my email and then relax by leisurely reading Zeldman's latest column. I was unpleasantly surprised, however, to find some 'dramatic reading,' as Zeldman so tactfully states:"An article at O'Reilly.net confuses support for baseline web standards like CSS-1 and the DOM with an 'attack' on innovation by an angry 'lynch... (160 words, 5 links)
01:09 am, pst$root = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'];include $root . '/phpinc1/cont/middot.php';?>27 December, 2000
What's it all about, Bloggie? A revisit of What's the craze all about with Blogs? Or is it crazy?
The lyrics to Hal David's and Burt Bacharach's Alfie, "What's it all about, Alfie...." (lyrics below) come to mind, as I genuinely wish to understand what's behind many of the blogs I see. Several times now in the past month I've scanned through some of the weblog directories to see what's out there, exploring to find something interesting, or hoping to stumble upon some captivating, earth-shattering tidbit. There are many that share such helpful resources and information, others that share thoughts about the news or latest happenings, and others that share very personal information about their lives. Brainstorms & Raves... (1299 words, 17 links)
08:11 pm, pst$root = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'];include $root . '/phpinc1/cont/middot.php';?>25 December, 2000
Categories: Weblogs
Lists of Best and Worst of the Year
Interested in seeing what ranks as the best of the year (software, products, web....), read some outrageously funny satirical slants on this year's news ("Missing Los Alamos Hard Drives Found On Ebay"), or predictions for the new year? Friday's Tips & Tidbits at WebsiteTips.com (also by SKDesigns) provides annotated links to some of the best and worst of the year, reviews around the Web, humorous satires, predictions for the new year, and more. This list will continue to be updated as more pops up around the Internet, too.... (89 words, 2 links)
12:47 pm, pst$root = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'];include $root . '/phpinc1/cont/middot.php';?>22 December, 2000
Categories: Internet
Passion and Labors of Love
Bob Stein, the man behind VisiBone, loves to make things to help people. It's his deep passion. That comes through loud and clear if you set your eyes on his color charts, mousepads, and now his new HTML card. When your alarm goes off in the morning, are you excited to start the new day? Do you drag out of bed only because you have to go to work to keep the roof over your head? Or do you feel something between those two? One of my favorite questions to ask people is this: "If money wasn't even a... (480 words, 6 links)
12:13 am, pst$root = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'];include $root . '/phpinc1/cont/middot.php';?>19 December, 2000
Categories: Design
Inspiration: Icons, Their Designers and Web Sites
My jaw dropped open when I first stumbled across the Icon Town Web site a few years ago. I quickly became hooked on watching this miniature village grow, with new buildings, homes, factories, and just about everything a real life town would have, but built with tiny graphical icons. This incredibly creative idea was started by Bernd Holzhausen, of Frankfurt, Germany. When I started to explore this fine craft further, I began discovering many incredibly talented, gifted designers of those tiny little icons and other pixel graphics, so often used for navigation, programs and games, desktop icons, and an... (998 words, 54 links, 5 images)
07:44 pm, pst$root = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'];include $root . '/phpinc1/cont/middot.php';?>17 December, 2000
Categories: Design, Design, Information Architecture, Reviews, Usability
Web Standards Discussion at New Orleans CNET's Builder.com Live!
Dori Smith just returned from what sounds like a memorable time in New Orleans, as part of the Web Standards Project panel with Jeffrey Zeldman, Glenn Davis, and Tim Bray. Here's Macromedia's coverage at Builder.com about it. (Thanks to Dori Smith's Backup Brain entry for the link!) Once again, I sigh reading about the web standards issues we face as Web designers. I'd also like to know who Adobe polled when reaching their curious logic about standards and WYSIWYG authoring tools. Here's an excerpt from the above link about this in particular: "Next, Dori Smith stood up to read... (432 words, 9 links)
02:45 am, pst$root = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'];include $root . '/phpinc1/cont/middot.php';?>14 December, 2000
Categories: Standards
My Second Christmas Without Your Cookies
My mom baked the best holiday cookies, filling the house with those wonderfully luscious smells of the season, with sugar cookies and snickerdoodles, fudge and divinity, and a few new recipes she'd found. The holiday season was my mom's time to sparkle. She loved cooking, baking, and doing thoughtful things for others. (361 words, 1 link)
10:27 am, pst$root = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'];include $root . '/phpinc1/cont/middot.php';?>13 December, 2000
Categories: Personal
Can Usability and Design be Friends?
Strong feelings abound regarding usability and design, especially in discussions that mention or include Jakob Nielsen. Nielsen's July 23rd Alertbox issue declared, "End of Web Design Websites must tone down their individual appearance and distinct design in all ways: visual design terminology and labeling interaction design and workflow information architecture These changes are driven by four different trends that all lead to the same conclusion: 1. Jakob's Law of the Internet User Experience... 2. Mobile Internet... 3. Network Computing... 4. Syndicated Content and Services..." [For brevity I have not included ALL the text here. I encourage reading Nielsen's article... (973 words, 10 links)
05:15 am, pst$root = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'];include $root . '/phpinc1/cont/middot.php';?>12 December, 2000
Inspiration from a broken stamp machine?
Inspiration can often come from the most unexpected places and play out in a series of events that can boggle one's mind. Zeldman's The best $13 I ever spent is a great reminder of that.... (36 words, 2 links)
11:37 pm, pst$root = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'];include $root . '/phpinc1/cont/middot.php';?>10 December, 2000
Categories: Design
Fire and Rain, James Taylor
Oh, I've seen fire and I've seen rain. I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end. I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend. But I always thought, baby, that I'd see you one more time... As his guitar begins to send its sonorous, captivating chords through the airwaves and into my entire being, I can feel his music reaching right into my soul and tugging on my heart, flashing memories and feelings wider than the rainbow. As James states, (289 words, 6 links, 1 image)
12:43 pm, pst$root = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'];include $root . '/phpinc1/cont/middot.php';?>10 December, 2000
The Speckled Piano
I was a tiny little toddler, crawling up onto the shiny round mahogany piano stool that invited me to play the piano in front of it. This was no ordinary piano. My mom had longed for a piano, and my parents came across a studio upright that had been somewhat scorched in a fire. They bought it for next to nothing, and my dad proceeded to apply some kind of speckled paint to its exterior to cover up its fire scars. I can still see it vividly in my mind, its grayish white color with speckles of black, gray... (945 words, 8 links, 2 images)
01:02 am, pst$root = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'];include $root . '/phpinc1/cont/middot.php';?> 9 December, 2000
John Lennon's Imagine, Pearl Harbor: Give Peace a Chance
John Lennon's death was 20 years ago today already. Yesterday was the WW II anniversary of the 1941 Pearl Harbor attack 59 years ago already. I thought of trying to write what it feels like inside to think about John Lennon's murder or the visions that flash through my mind of WW II and any other fighting and killing. I ache all over thinking about all this, still vividly remembering how shattered I felt and how shattered the world felt when John Lennon was shot and killed. Multiply that by all those who died in WW II. There really are... (381 words, 7 links, 1 image)
05:58 pm, pst$root = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'];include $root . '/phpinc1/cont/middot.php';?> 8 December, 2000
What's the craze All About with Blogs? Or is it crazy?
Why blog? Some blogs reveal incredibly intimate details of personal lives for the whole world to read if they wish. Others are business-oriented, sharing ideas. Still others are somewhere in between. Many are dull and boring, and many are fascinating reading. Where mine will fall amidst the above will be discovered as this new concept jells in my mind and flows out on the page. So why is blogging so popular right now? What's the big deal? One person wrote that it's therapeutic to write. Another wrote that it's fun to read what's going on with others as a... (434 words, 11 links)
12:55 pm, pst$root = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'];include $root . '/phpinc1/cont/middot.php';?> 8 December, 2000
Blackouts, Brownouts, Energy Crisis in California
Geez!! Rolling blackouts are to begin IMMEDIATELY here. We have a cold storm front on the way, too, which is anticipated to really wreak havoc with this energy crunch. Ironically, people are complaining about having to cut back on their use of Christmas lights. Gimme a break. We won't be notified at all when we'll each have our turn at the blackout due to bad guys taking advantage of alarms turned off, etc. So I sit here prepared for whenever. I'm glad I still have firewood stacked up. What's absurd is that there's a problem here at all. Apparently... (172 words, 2 links)
11:52 am, pst$root = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'];include $root . '/phpinc1/cont/middot.php';?> 7 December, 2000
Categories: Politics
Opera....and Speaking of Standards
The Opera 5.0 Web browser was released a couple of days ago. The good news is that there's now a free version. The potential negative is that the cost of 'free' means ads in the browser window. Registered users of the Windows 4.0 version get a free upgrade without ads, or you can purchase Opera 5.0 (without ads) for US$39. (235 words, 7 links, 1 image)
10:20 am, pst$root = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'];include $root . '/phpinc1/cont/middot.php';?> 7 December, 2000
First Post!
I finally decided to jump on the bandwagon and try out Blogger after reading so many interesting ones the past several months. No guarantees that this will be brilliant or even interesting, but it certainly will be an interesting adventure. Journeys....... (42 words, 1 link)
09:24 am, pst$root = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'];include $root . '/phpinc1/cont/middot.php';?> 7 December, 2000

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RSNA - 100th Annual Scientific Meeting, November 30-December 5; Chicago, IL. Register for RSNA Breast Health Advantage Workshop
National Diagnostic Imaging Symposium 2014, December 7-11; Orlando, FL
Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR), February 28-March 5, Atlanta GA
American College of Cardiology (ACC), March 13-16, San Diego, CA
National Interdisciplinary Breast Center Conference (NCBC-IBCC), March 13-18, Las Vegas
American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM), March 21-25, Orlando, FL
Cardiovascular Events
American College of Cardiology (ACC), April 2-4,2016, Chicago IL
American Society of Echocardiography (ASE), June 10-14, 2016, Seattle, WA
Women's Health Events
Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine (SMFM) 35th Annual Meeting, February 4-7 – Hilton San Diego Bayfront, San Diego, CA
American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) 2015 Annual Convention, March 21-25 – Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort, Lake Buena Vista, FL
2015 American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACOG) Annual Meeting, May 4-6 – Moscone Convention Center, San Francisco, CA
American Urological Association (AUA) Annual Meeting May 15-20 - Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans, LA
2015 Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography (SDMS) Annual Conference October 1-4, Hyatt Regency Dallas, Dallas, TX
International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (ISUOG) 25th World Congress October 10-14 - Palais des Congrés de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
American Society of Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) 2015 Annual Meeting October 17-21 - Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore, MD
Ultrasound IT Events
RSNA - 100th Annual Scientific Meeting, November 30-December 5; Chicago, IL
SMFM – Society of Maternal Fetal Medicine – Feb 2-7 2015, San Diego, CA
AIUM – American Institute of Ultrasound in medicine – March 21-25 2015; Lake Buena Vista FL
ACOG – American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology- May 2-6, San Francisco CA
LEDU – Leading Edge in Diagnostic Ultrasound – April 28-30, Atlantic City, NJ
LARS – Los Angeles Radiological Society – May 16-17, Pasadena, CA
SVU – Society of Vascular Ultrasound – July 15-18, Las Vegas NV
ISUOG – International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology – October 11-14, Montreal Canada
SDMS –Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers, Oct 1-4, Dallas TX
SRU – Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound – Oct 23-25, Chicago IL
ABUS Events
Breast Imaging in the Caribbean, Jan 11-14, Aruba
Expert Breast Ultrasound: Advanced Screening and Diagnosis (EBU), January 23-24, San Antonio, TX
UCF - 7th International Breast Densitometry and Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Workshop, June 10-12, San Francisco, CA
NCoBC 2015 Annual Conference, March 14-18, Las Vegas, NV
AIUM - American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, March 21-25, Lake Buena Vista, FL
20th Annual Mammo in Santa Fe, August 3-7, Santa Fe, NM
Intensive Breast Ultrasound (BUE), September10-13, Seattle, WA
RSNA, November 29-December 4, Chicago, IL
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Chiropractic treatment is useful for treating people that pain relievers, their costs add up over a period of time. The Centers for Disease Control quoted the following figures in its 2002 National Diabetes Fact Sheet: – Six percent of the population – seventeen million people – have diabetes – The total medical cost of diabetes in the United States is $132 billion – Diabetes was the sixth leading cause of death on US death certificates in 1999 – Heart disease, stroke, here are the 5 most important benefits you can receive from a chiropractic care giver. Based on the type of injury, the chiropractor will suggest the number of sittings required and is used only for mild cases of back pain, headaches, and the like. Some other stress and tension related conditions may also receive benefit, manipulation, as this has been tied to onset of stroke. Chiropractic Care And Baseball It is a very important thing for all of us to remember that our tagline, to choose your chiropractic practice for their care. Still, it's your body and your health and you'll need to the seller and buyer about each topic when needed.
Chronic Vertigo Sufferers Find Relief With Chiropractic Many people aren't symptomatic care, but rather quite vital to their overall wellness and proper growth and development. Even though chiropractors do not administer medication, they still foot problems, but have no idea that what to do about it or who simply avoid facing the problem. There is not going to be "unlimited treatment for chiropractic procedures seem to be ruling the roost. This would certainly explain why many women who see their chiropractor for lower Unit Designed To Continually Give You Cool Air While Conserving Your Home's Energy!" "The Only Air Conditioning Unit From One Of Fortune Magazines List Of Most Admired Companies" Now, think about how you can improve on your chiropractic practice's tagline. Some people carry a genetic predisposition for it, while others administers a spinal adjustment you will get up feeling better. -For babies, it can improve their development and prevent them from getting scoliosis much help from other methods they've tried to resolve it.
That's what I read this morning on the side of a big pain, your arches could collapse, you could have foot pain and more. Related Articles Easiest Way to Cancer Alternative Medicine – A Cancer – Step have received unique designations, due to advanced study and practice in that field. Chiropractic treatment technique for car accident injuries may also involve applying gentle stretches to more wear and tear than those of us who live a little more sedentary lifestyle. This way, there will be less stress in the pelvic area giving a healthy or easy it is for a woman to physically give birth – to push a 5-10 pound baby through the birth canal. In fact, the Canadian report suggested that Chiropractors be the "gate keepers" for back pain saying providing evidence of the following: Entrance requirements for most Chiropractic Colleges are profoundly low compared to that of a formal medical school, with a minimum GPA of 2. However Shows careful consideration that these patients had a significant risk for acquiring a brain "stringent" studies that chiropractic college students full.


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Chaney Weiner is a sought after authority on human potential and personal development. He is the founder of the Chaney Institute of Human Potential, an organization dedicated to empowering people worldwide in all seven areas of life (Financial, physical, family, mental, spiritual, vocational, and social) by helping them discover their hidden brilliance and uniqueness based on what is most important to them. An acknowledged transformational leader and a leading expert on success and raising human potential, Chaney has inspired millions of people around the world, sharing his breakthrough methods for personal and professional success His signature Breakthrough to Achieve Program™ along with his various courses and programs are the combination of more than 23 years of multi-disciplinary study. His work has been featured on Montel Across America with Montel Williams, Hollywood Confidential with Leeza Gibbons, Martha Stewart Living Radio, and Hay House Radio.


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Cities across the United States are currently grappling with the spread of infectious diseases that used to be virtually eliminated with the help of vaccines. Public health officials are scrambling to contain outbreaks of measles and mumps, two illnesses that can be prevented with the same round of vaccinations.
The measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine is recommended for all young children. But it's the same type of shot that a widely discredited 1998 study claimed could be linked to autism. Since then, unscientific fears about vaccines and autism — often stoked by prominent celebrities — have dissuaded an increasing number of parents from following the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's recommended vaccination schedule. It's not hard to see the consequences of that trend.
For instance, the mumps is back with a vengeance. An outbreak of mumps in central Ohio recently topped 200 cases, mostly concentrated around Ohio State University. Officials have identified the source of the outbreak in Franklin County, which typically sees just one case of the mumps every year. And Ohio isn't the only place where mumps is cropping up. An usually high number of cases have also been identified at Fordham University in New York, and multiple students have come down with mumps at two universities in Wisconsin. Mumps have been recorded in central Illinois, too.
The mumps, which causes the inflammation of the salivary glands, is typically not dangerous. But it can lead to potentially serious complications like hearing loss, meningitis, and swelling of the testicles or the ovaries. Before the widespread use of vaccination in the 1960s, about 186,000 infants, children, and young adults contracted mumps each year. Thanks to inoculation, that infection rate has decreased by 99 percent over the past several decades. Although the vaccine's protection against mumps does tend to lose its effectiveness over time, the CDC believes the country has still been able to keep the disease in check thanks to high immunization rates.
But health officials in Ohio are worried that progress is stalling. They're concerned about the mumps spreading to elementary schools, particularly since the contagious disease typically spreads quickly when kids are in close contact. On Wednesday, they warned parents that if their kids haven't yet received the MMR vaccine, they may need to be quarantined at home for at least 25 days if mumps starts spreading.
"Hopefully, there will be some [parents] who will reconsider and, hopefully, take action and get their kids immunized," Columbus Public Health spokesman Jose Rodriguez noted.
A similar situation is unfolding with measles, which can be more serious than the mumps in young children. Over the past several months, health officials have identified outbreaks of measles in Boston, New York, Texas, Connecticut, Illinois, and several California cities. The Golden State has been hit particularly hard this year — and most of the measles cases within its borders have been identified among people who intentionally skipped out on the MMR shot.
Jenny McCarthy, who has become the face of the anti-vaccination movement, has received some of the blame for the recent rise of preventable diseases. This past weekend, she attempted to clarify her stance on the topic. "I believe in the importance of a vaccine program and I believe parents have the right to choose one poke per visit. I've never told anyone to not vaccinate," she wrote in an op-ed published in the Chicago Sun-Times.
But federal health officials have carefully designed the standard vaccine schedule to provide the best protection — for instance, kids need two doses of the MMR shot — to prevent kids from going for any stretches of time when their vulnerable immune systems may be susceptible to potentially deadly diseases. A large body of scientific research has proven this schedule is perfectly safe. Although pediatricians take each child's medical history into consideration, and are obviously open to discussing individual parents' concerns, public health experts agree that it can be dangerous to suggest the current protocol is unsafe.


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5 reviews for Diamond Series XTE 200 LED Grow Light With USA Made 5w CREE XT-E LEDs – Backorder
I just completed my first cycle with the dx xte-200 in a 4×4 tent. Great results. The light gives off minimal heat. Very well made. Bright and my herbs and veggies LOVE all the different spectrums. Make the switch from hps and never worry about heat stress again. I look forward to more grows and I will purchase again in the future. Great customer service as well. I try and spread the word about advancedled so the company can continue to grow and continue making great quality products. Thanks guys.
This 200w XTE light is the 5th light I have purchased from AdvanceLED in the last 6 years and they all still functioning like new, each time I think this is the best series yet and then they come up with a new series that surpasses the others. The customer service is fantastic and Kyle can make difficult shipping conditions work. Thanks Guys will order another light soon.
After having a bad day, and somehow finding my way to take it out on advancedled, I was replied quickly, even on the weekend and had my package faster then even I expected.
Company is great, and the light itself, the ds xte 200 has been awesome. It's extremely bright and very well built. I am very happy with this product.
I've been using this light for 2 years in my hydro garden with excellent results. It replaced a 400w MH in my smaller (40″ x 40″) veg tent. This lamp produces FANTASTIC results w/thicker stems and stalks. The smaller tent jump starts my medical grow for 3 weeks of veg (while my flower tent is finishing) before I put them into my 4×8 scrog tent with a 1000w Super Blue MH to finish off the veg cycle for an additional 3 weeks. You cannot go wrong with this veg lamp!
I had another brand LED which uses the name advanced platinum – I thought they were the same company. But they are not.
I switched from the look alike advance platinum P300 inside a 2.5 X 3' tent to the Advanced Diamond series XTE200.
I had 3 clones recent transplants and one Auto flower 1/2 way thru flowering. They were all doing well I thought on the knock off brand of light mentioned. But after reading and talking to AdcancedLED I decided to try myself.
The immediate difference noticed was in quality of construction. No comparison. Extreme quality is what you get with AdvancedLED
I switched lights and thought will see how long it takes to see any difference.
That only took 24 hours. All my plants reacted as if they had a plant erection the next morning. The leaves all opened up bigger wider more perky smiling looking. You know the look if you've grown before. Each plant and all the leaves reached up towards the light like happy kids in a day care center when their mom comes gets them. These were some happy plants the next morning.
My plants reaction to this light still continues. The plants clearly are the evidence I was looking for. And although I like statistics, you wait till you see your plants response. That's the real deal.
This light is dope to your plant.
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Li, Huiqing and Thompson, Simon (2010) Similar Code Detection and Elimination for Erlang Programs. In: Carro, Manuel and Pena, Ricardo, eds. Practical Aspects of Declarative Languages. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (5937). Springer pp. 182-196. ISBN 978-3-642-11502-8. (Full text available)
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A well-known bad code smell in refactoring and software maintenance is duplicated code, that is the existence of code clones, which are code fragments that are identical or similar to one another. Unjustified code clones increase code size, make maintenance and comprehension more difficult, and also indicate design problems such as a lack of encapsulation or abstraction. This paper describes an approach to detecting `similar' code based on the notion of anti-unification, or least-general common abstraction. This mechanism is used for detecting code clones in Erlang programs, and is supplemented by a collection of refactorings to support user-controlled automatic clone removal. The similar code detection algorithm and refactorings are integrated within Wrangler, a tool developed at the University of Kent for interactive refactoring of Erlang programs. We conclude with a report on case studies and comparisons with other tools.
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Day 1
I have decided to set myself a little challenge for the next 12 months...after all now we have moved house, studio & shop this year I'm looking for something to keep me busy!!!
Inspired by an article written by Susannah Conway on exploring the senses in Simple Things magazine, she suggests opening your eyes to the colours around you. As I work with metal the colour palette is a little limited (lots of reds/oranges/pinks & golds) but I do have a love of colour.
So I have chosen 12 different colours for each month. Some of which I've tried to reflect the season at the time. My aim to produce a sketchbook/photography record each month. I will share my images on here & on my Facebook page. The photographs will be taken during that month rather than using images from my extensive photographic collection! I want to look at my surroundings & notice things I've maybe missed before on a daily basis. The great thing about camera phones is that you can always snap something you see straight away. I'll scan in my sketch book pages from time to time as well. I don't promise to post a picture every single day for a year but I will do my very best!
I intend to stretch myself by selecting colours which are not my favourites...although I have started with an easier one for this month (& next!)...
The year will work out as follows:
September YELLOW
October ORANGE
November GREY
December RED
January WHITE
February BROWN
March BLUE
April GREEN
May PINK
June TURQUOISE
July PURPLE
August BLACK
So yesterday I made a start around the house....
So day 2 today...food is actually quite a good one for yellow. I shall also look at packaging, road signs, clothing, paints etc.
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For those moments of crisis which I suffer from, every now and again (yes I am human too). I've decided to put this up on the wall of the workshop
Until such time as I have made a box for it to go on.
-- Martyn -- Boxologist, Pattern Juggler and Candyman of the visually challenging.


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CNCo has been producing Environmental Reports since 2005 and has now extended our reporting to a more comprehensive level. The annual reports now detail our performance across the wider Sustainability spectrum, including all the areas defined by the new Social Responsibility Standard ISO 26000:2010.
The first CNCo Sustainability Report was issued to detail our performance in the calendar year in 2011. It was externally assured in accordance with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI 3.1 C+) framework. Our Sustainability reports a) establish the baseline and b) then track our progress of our journey towards the goal of having "net zero environmental impact" to which we committed at the beginning of 2012.
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The Three Circles of English
In 2001, linguist Braj Kachru came up with the idea of representing the speakers of English by three concentric circles.
At the center are the native speakers, such as Americans, Canadians, and the English. English is their mother tongue and the language used in daily communication and interaction with others. The number of people in this circle is estimated to be between 320 million and 380 million.
The next largest circle, called the outer circle, is for people for whom English is not their first language, but a language taught and used in their culture for historical or political reasons. Examples include countries like India, the Philippines, and Nigeria. There are estimated to be about 150 to 300 million speakers in this group.
The largest circle by far, the "expanding circle," includes all other English speakers. These speakers learn English as a foreign language and means of international communication. Estimates for this population go as high as 1 billion people.
International Communication
Who Makes English?
Traditionally speaking, it was the members of the center circle who determined what English was and how it worked. Kachru called them the "norm providers." Members of the outer circle built upon that foundation and developed their own dialects, making them "norm developers." Expanding circle members could only learn the grammar and vocabulary of the center circle and adapt to outer circle dialects as necessary.
However, as English has emerged as a lingua franca, an interesting phenomenon has also cropped up. When large numbers of English speakers of diverse backgrounds gather, such as at educational conferences, it is often the expanding and outer circle speakers who can most effectively communicate with one another, while the native speakers are left scratching their heads. Other non-native speakers can see past errors of grammar and syntax to the meaning the speaker wants to convey.
The English of the outer and expanding circles may be imperfect, but if it has the advantages of larger numbers of speakers and increased communicativeness, some have begun to ask whether the influence of the inner circle is on the wane.
Culture Wars
Languages are living, breathing things. They are developing and changing all the time. Words fall in and out of use. Even grammar is not immune. In Old English, nouns had five different case declensions, which we thankfully no longer use.
Like viruses,language spreads and mutates through contact. The more speakers use something, the more widely it becomes recognized. This goes for definitions (think of how "cool" has acquired new meanings) and what "correct" grammar is (many feel that using "who" in place of "whom" is becoming grammatically acceptable).
So in the question of who determines the standard version of English, the answer will probably come down to influence. On the one hand, a country like America, which produces the majority of pop culture consumed by the world, has enormous influence. On the other hand, as access to digital communication becomes more common in the expanding circle, their vastly superior numbers may begin to exert their influence on how the rest of us speak.
Communicative English
With apologies to fifth grade English teachers everywhere, the most likely outcome of the burgeoning number of non-native English speakers is an increased emphasis on communicative ability rather than technical correctness. If the majority of English speakers see it as a tool for communication, an incorrect sentence, which nevertheless communicates its intended message, is a functional tool. And as much as I am a grammar nerd, I really cannot say that the increased ability of diverse and distant people to communicate with one another could be a bad thing, even if their participles dangle and their antecedents are vague.


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Presentation: Implementing workflows and rules using Open Source
I'm a consultant with Camunda BPM, where I specialise in the implementation of executable BPMN models within the English-speaking world. My career has involved long stints as both a Java Developer and a Technical Analyst so I see BPMN (and especially Camunda BPM) as a linguistic bridge between those two disciplines. I dream of the day where all communication can be made through BPMN so that spelling would become obsolete.
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- Business Process Management (BPM) and Workflow
- BPMN, CMMN and DMN
- SOA and EBSs
- Enterprise Application Integration (EAI)
- System and process modelling
- Code analysis and software visualisation
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Java (expert) & Java EE (expert)
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- HTML5 (HTML, CCS, AngularJS) (experienced)
- Web Services with SOAP (WSDL & WS-*) and REST (very experienced)
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- Eclipse (very experienced)
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Challenge one another to a friendly game of air hockey or shoot a game of pool while dinner cooks. Soak in the private hot tub nestled on the porch looking over tranquil wooded scenery. Take your morning coffee out to the rocking chairs or porch swing to greet the glorious day as you soothingly sway. Other amenities included with your stay are a charcoal grill, wireless internet and a washer and dryer in the unit.
Angel's Rest is located within lovely Hemlock Hills that also provides a brand new Prayer Chapel, which accommodates up to 50 guests, and is available to our rental guests for weddings and services. A playground is available for the kids to run off some steam and the cabin is within walking distance of a trolley stop and the Arts & Crafts Community. Take a short drive to the Gatlinburg Community Center, which offers an indoor swimming pool, basketball courts, a bowling alley, and more! Angel's Rest is the pinnacle of vacation getaway destinations.
Just minutes away from the bustling downtown area of Gatlinburg loaded with family entertainment. Load up on breakfast at one of the Flapjack's Pancake Cabins to be sure to have energy to get through the day of adventure. Visit Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies to be amazed at the underwater tunnel, play at the mountainside amusement park of Ober Gatlinburg and in the winter, ski and snowboard. Stop in to Ole Smoky Moonshine Distillery to sample the time honored tradition of Tennessee moonshine.
Head up the Parkway to Pigeon Forge to discover the Land of More. Dollywood is right around the corner with high flying roller coasters for all ages, the Titanic Museum gives you a boarding pass to history and the Speed Zone Fun Park lets you legally fly over the hills in go-karts. Visit the Island in Pigeon Forge for shopping, dining and take a spin on the Great Smoky Mountain Wheel. Save an evening for a dinner theater experience like no other at Dixie Stampede, for a four course feast with an action packed show.
Staying at the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains your choices for adventure are boundless. Set out on a hike along the over 800 miles of trails available, auto-tour Cades Cove for a peak back at early settlers lives or pack up a lunch to picnic at one of the picnic areas throughout the park. Try flying along the tree tops with Adventure Park offering zip lining and tree top ropes course, shoot the rapids of the Pigeon River with Smoky Mountain Outdoors or set out on horseback to explore with Five Oaks Riding Stables. There is always more to explore when you're staying in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains.
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Bandwagon Air Core:We have designed hundreds of wakeboards over the past several decades but never one remotely close to this. The start of the camber revolution, our latest in freeride shapes, the most amount of surface area and exaggerated tip/tail designs, along with the lightest core we have ever produced. The bandwagon project started out at first to see how wide is too wide? Boards have been roughly the same width for years. Then what happens if you crank the arc up on the tip and tail. Blending all of this with a surf shape rail design. The result was a One board feel on the water, with a bigger sweet spot and increased lift at slower speeds. Cable riders were amped on how much further they could take their presses on rails with the new super thin arc. From end to end a 146 cm prototype only had 138cm of running length on the water. So now you were getting the stability of a big board but a shape that only had the contact on rails found on a much shorter shape a big board with minimalist swing weight. Combine this with the feel and energy of our popular Phoenix Project series, and we thought we were done. Then our engineers thru something they have been experimenting with over the past couple of seasons camber. You never realize how much you ride in the backseat with a traditional rockerline until you ride an arc with multiple low points. How much more neutrally balanced you become, anatomically correct, driving off the wake using your front foot as much as you would your back foot. Things we never thought possible on a wakeboard. Our riders were freaking out, a 1440 will go down, these guys are getting so much more hangtime but they are boosting in so much more of a centrally stable position. So the last thing we did is created a ultra lightweight core with the least amount of swing weight. Ride a wakeboard for the first time all over again The Bandwagon.- Full center rail creates a smooth transferring board from edge to edge- Blends to a super thin design for more flex and feel on water or rails- Most exaggerated bottom bevel starts out at 4° blending to 18° on the ends - super forgiving and less likely to get hung up on rails- Deep symmetrical channels - help with acceleration thru a turn and push the rider into the wake Camber Arc ride a wakeboard for the first time all over again- Running Length Make a big board feel small- A collection inspired by the curves of convexity- 4 alloy 1.0 fins & 4 fiberglass .8 babooshka fins- Ridden by Erik Ruck


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Love is a shakin', quakin' me in my boots.. or maybe just shakin' 'round a few hearts, starts, and sequins in a fun Valentine card.
Impression Obsession: Love is in the Air
Crafty Gals Corner: Love Shake
Crafty Gals Corner: Love Shake
The Love die from Impression Obsessions is wonderful. I keep thinking of ideas I want to use it with. I think shakers are fun, and I also have a love for Silk Microfine glitter so I just had to combine them.
I wanted to have a semi-transparent Love over the clear window of the shaker. So, I put adhesive sheet on two sides of a piece of vellum.
I knew I wanted to use red microfine glitter, so the rest would have to match. While pondering my stash, I thought about this pebble-y textured cardstock and thought it would be perfect. I also grabbed a couple sheets of pink fun foam and adhesive sheet. I found a circle die just larger than the Love for the shaker window.
I die cut the Love from the vellum/adhesive sheet.
I took the release sheet off the front of the Love and used a slip of release sheet to handle the sticky Love.
To apply glitter, I use a 'glitter tray'. It's a shallow cheap foil baking pan (that never ever goes in the kitchen - if you use something for crafting, you can't ever use it for food again) lined with a ry Swiffer cloth. I use a coffee filter for pouring glitter to contain it. Any stray glitter will be trapped by the Swiffer. I also use Swiffer to wipe up and glitter (or embossing powder).
I poured glitter over the exposed adhesive. Once that part had glitter on it, I could remove the release sheet scrap from the rest and glitter it, too.
Using a finger, I burnished the glitter into the adhesive then brushed off excess with a fluffy brush. I also gently wiped the Love with a Swiffer to make sure there were no stray glitter bits on front or back. I also glittered the heart from the 'o' with silver.
I adhered the acetate window between foam and the top paper. I double stacked the foam to make the window deeper.
I added the Love to the front of the Acetate window. I die cut a thin ring of silver metallic cardstock to finish the edge of the window.
I filled the shaker window with red hearts, red sequins, and silver and gold stars.
I added the heart I glittered and 3 red rhinestones to the corner of the card to finish it.


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April 30th, 2013 by Josh Shaman
Dell Software Announces Foglight for Virtualization Updates
Dell Software announced updates to its rebranded Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition 6.8 which enables administrators to manage data center and desktop virtualization, and Dell has also enhanced Foglight for Storage Management 2.5 which offers reports on both physical and virtual storage. Resulting in their acquisition of Quest, Dell Software gained access to the Quest line of products which they have now rebranded to unify product nomenclature. Amongst a slew of updates, Foglight for Virtualization now includes performance monitoring support for VMware View and has new implementations enabling better VDI tracking from the application level to the server and storage level. Dell's release comes as more organizations shift to virtualization and the necessity of tracking performance breakdowns is increasing.
VDI and VMs often use the same hardware infrastructure for their performance, but they have different resource demands and users. VMs require dedicated performance monitoring systems, but those systems need to be connected as their resources are shared. Foglight for Virtualization finds and solves issues within VMware View, while still continuing to operate all features in vOPS Server Enterprise without impacting vCenter performance. Foglight for Virtualization additionally offers complete control over virtualized server, cloud and VDI environments by offering solutions to administrators through its system of analysis, advice and automation.
Additional New Features in Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition 6.8
- Proactive monitoring of VMware View without using multiple tools
- Support for Windows Server 2012
- Enhanced installation agent and agent host management
- New "Getting Started" wizard
- More granular virtual data collection
Also updated, Foglight for Storage Management 2.5 is an optional cartridge to Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition. It now offers physical storage performance reporting on top of its virtual reporting. This provides users with full VM to physical LUN monitoring. Further updates to the software comprise: LUN latency reporting, NPIV support, and the ability for customers to buy it as a stand-alone cartridge or as a cartridge to Foglight for Virtualization.
Foglight itself is a unified performance-monitoring platform that has individual pluggable cartridges that can operate on their own or cooperate with other cartridges in the line. The integration offers users the most enhanced end-to-end monitoring of storage and server layers, decreasing time spent troubleshooting and fixing performance issues.
Pricing and Availability
Foglight for Virtualization Enterprise 6.8 is now available as a 45-day trial with pricing starting at $799/socket. Foglight for Storage Management 2.5 is also available now for a 45-day trial with its pricing starting at $499/socket.


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Did James Holmes Try to Call His Psychiatrist Before Shootings?
(AURORA, Colo.) -- A mysterious early-morning phone call is emerging as a potentially significant piece of the puzzle in an ongoing legal showdown involving accused mass murderer James Holmes.
The University of Colorado Hospital Friday said an operator received a strange phone call at 12:31 a.m. on Friday, July 20.
The timing is notable because it was only about ten minutes later that police began receiving the first 911 calls about a shooting during a screening of The Dark Knight Rises at the Century 16 multiplex in Aurora, Colo.
When the switchboard operator answered the call, she said there was only silence on the other end, according to University of Colorado Hospital marketing director Brad Fixler.
"There was nothing on the other end," Fixler told ABC News. "Nobody asked for Dr. Fenton or anyone else during the call."
Fixler says the hospital has no way of knowing whether the caller was James Holmes.
Confirmation of the call, however, comes one day after Holmes' public defender, Tamara Brady, suggested in court that Holmes may have tried to reach his psychiatrist just before the shooting started.
During a hearing Thursday in Centennial, Colorado, Brady questioned Dr. Lynne Fenton, the University of Colorado psychiatrist who was treating Holmes for mental illness while he was a neuroscience graduate student.
Brady read a phone number to Dr. Fenton, asking if she recognized it. Fenton said she did: she believed the number was for the University of Colorado Hospital operator.
Brady asked if the number can be used by patients to reach Dr. Fenton after hours. Fenton said yes.
"Do you know whether James Holmes called that number nine minutes before the shooting started?" Brady asked.
"I don't know," answered Dr. Fenton.
If it is proven that Holmes placed that call, it will be a key factor in determining if Holmes still had a confidential, or privileged, doctor-patient relationship with Dr. Fenton when the shooting took place on July 20.
Prosecutors are trying to convince a judge that Fenton's relationship with Holmes ended on June 11, 2012.
Court documents filed by prosecutors indicate Holmes was denied access to university buildings on June 12, "after he made threats to a professor at the school" and subsequently began the process of withdrawal from his graduate program.
Fenton testified that she believes June 11 is the date that Holmes was no longer her patient.
If Judge William Sylvester agrees, he might rule that prosecutors can have access to any communications between Holmes and Fenton after June 11, including a package containing a mysterious notebook.
Holmes mailed the notebook to Dr. Fenton on July 19, prosecutors said.
Defense attorneys want to prevent anyone -- especially prosecutors -- from getting their hands on the notebook and whatever revelations if might contain about Holmes and his alleged crimes. To do that, his public defenders have to prove that Dr. Fenton and Holmes had an ongoing relationship past June 11, which would make the notebook (and any other communications) privileged and off-limits.
Revealing the July 20 phone call to the hospital, legal observers say, might be one way for Holmes' defense team to establish that he was trying to reach out to Dr. Fenton just before allegedly opening fire inside that crowded movie theater, killing 12 and wounding 58.
Arguments over whether Holmes and Dr. Fenton had a privileged relationship were put on hold until the next hearing on Sept. 20, when the judge hopes to decide the issue.
In the meantime, on Friday a group of Aurora shooting victims and their families are meeting with officials over a dispute involving more than $5 million in public donations.
At an emotional news conference Tuesday, relatives of some of those killed on July 20 demanded a greater voice in how the money is distributed.
Copyright 2012 ABC News Radio


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Archive for August 21st, 2014
There's an app for that: Phone diabetes testingPosted by: | Comments
The technology to test and manage blood sugar results from smartphones took a big step this week. The Philosys group received 501K approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the Gmate SMART Blood Glucose Monitoring System.
The Gmate SMART meter is not much bigger than a quarter. It connects to the headphone jack on the iPhone, iPod touch or iPad. It will use a free app to deliver blood glucose test results, without the use of an adapter or Bluetooth device.
The Gmate system will offer features such as goal setting, graphing, and the ability to email or text blood glucose test results directly to members of a diabetes care team.
Philosys is based in South Korea. Sales senior vice-president Mike Tickle said the company continues its efforts to be a technology leader for the diabetes mobile monitoring arena.
The American Diabetes Association (ADA) suggests talking to your doctor about whether you should be checking your blood glucose. People that may benefit from checking blood glucose include those:
- Taking insulin
- That are pregnant
- Having a hard time controlling blood glucose levels
- Having low blood glucose levels
- Having low blood glucose levels without the usual warning signs
- Have ketones from high blood glucose levels
The American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) lists Monitoring among its seven self-care behaviors for people living with diabetes. The actions are often seen as goals ensuring improvement and the best control of blood sugar levels.
The following video shows how the device is used and some of its features.
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Gout drug may lessen diabetes kidney damagePosted by: | Comments
The use of a gout drug could help people living with diabetes avoid kidney problems. Allopurinol is the generic name of a drug used to treat gout. When high levels of uric acid gather in the body, gout is the result.
Several research groups have formed PERL or "Preventing Early Renal Function Loss in Diabetes." They will study the effects of allopurinol on people with type 1 diabetes. The three-year study will test if the uric-acid cutting drug will also lower kidney damage.
New regimens have been introduced over the past 20 years. Blood sugar and blood pressure controlling drugs have not decreased the number of ESRD cases or end-stage renal disease.
Kidneys are made up of millions of small blood vessels. The vessels act as filters cleaning waste products from the blood. Diabetes can cause this filtering system to break down leading to kidney failure.
Consistently higher blood sugar levels make the kidneys filter too much blood. Over time, the filters start to leak and protein leaks into the urine. A person with ESRD would need a kidney transplant or start blood-filtering treatments using a dialysis machine for survival.
Allopurinol lowers the uric acid that causes gout. PERL researchers also hope uric acid reduction will protect kidneys when diabetes is present. The drug is on the market under the brand names Aloprim,Lopurin and Zyloprim.
The study will use subjects with type 1 diabetes, but it is hoped that one day the drug also could help those with type 2 diabetes.
For more on the study and kidney damage:
- ADA: Kidney Disease or Nephropathy
- PERL Study: Preventing Early Renal Loss in Diabetes


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Santhakumar, PK 2016, 'Exporting dolomite refractories from India to Malaysia: marketing strategies for success', DBA thesis, Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW.
Copyright PK Santhakumar 2016
This exploratory research focused on exporting of dolomite refractories from India to Malaysia for application in steel mills. The research problem is 'What is an effective strategic marketing program for the export of Indian dolomite refractories to steel mills in Malaysia?' This study examines the challenges that Indian refractory firms faced in their efforts to export to Malaysia.
The research reviewed the key pertinent theories of international marketing and trade, internationalisation, the cultural relevance and the industry context. It also examined the government's support policies for export growth of the Indian refractory industry. The literature review identified the gaps in the existing body of knowledge and these permitted the formulation of four research propositions for testing this research through a mixed methodology involving both qualitative and quantitative approaches with the former being the dominant methodology. Primary data was collected through personal interviews of an expert panel, a focus group meeting and a questionnaire survey.
The research findings highlighted the lack of clear directives, and the ineffective Indian government policies and regulatory framework for the development of the refractory industry to enter and compete successfully in the international market. The recommendations included enough participation by the industry firms and the need for seamless working procedures and strict implementation of policy guidelines.
The findings of the study also confirmed the need for policy framework to support the export initiatives of the Indian refractory industry. This includes creating a 'single window clearance' otherwise known as the 'one stop agency' to have the complete responsibility to critically review the present problems faced by the exporters and formulate the appropriate strategies and ensure implementation of all export support programmes.
The market for dolomite refractories in Malaysia is unique because of the type of ownership of the steel mills, the influence of the controlling stakeholders, government policies and the cultural environment. The research led to the following recommendations for the Indian dolomite refractory industry:
• Adapt to local business culture and think from the customer's perspective and try not forcing things;
• Create a superior corporate image as an essential strategy in Malaysia;
• Create a unique differentiation strategy through Total Refractory Management (TRM) concept to demonstrate their commitment to business and also to win the confidence and loyalty of their customers;
• Enhance their competitive advantage through synergic partnership with steel mills and or the intermediaries; and
• Transform to be more competitive and sustainable in the global market.
In line with the research objectives, the research findings extended the body of knowledge on the research topic and contributed to new theory building. Finally, the study also offered recommendations for further research by undertaking a positivist and quantitative approach to test the Modified Export Strategy Framework developed by this research for the Indian refractory firms.