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Concert Celebrates the Legacy of Serge Koussevitzky
Legendary Conductors Two Foundations to Merge at Library of Congress
The Library of Congress and the Koussevitzky Music Foundation, Inc. have announced the merger of two great music foundationseach established personally by Serge Koussevitzky, legendary conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and tireless champion of composers of new music. The New York-based Koussevitzky Music Foundation, Inc., begun in 1942, and the Serge Koussevitzky Music Foundation in the Library of Congress, established in 1949, together have commissioned over 400 works of music, including such masterpieces as Olivier Messiaens Turangalîla-Symphonie and Arnold Schoenbergs Survivor from Warsaw. United as one at the Library of Congress, the Koussevitzky Foundations active program of commissions that embody Koussevitzkys gratitude to the composers who provide our musical legacy to the future will continue.
The Library will present a special concert to celebrate Koussevitzkys significant contributions to the new music landscape. The performance will take place on May 2 at 8 p.m. in the Coolidge Auditorium in the Librarys Thomas Jefferson Building, located at 10 First Street S.E., Washington, D.C., and will feature the music of composers commissioned by Koussevitzky or his foundations. An all-star lineup of performers includes Tony Arnold, soprano, Steven Beck, piano, David Fulmer, conductor, Alan R. Kay, clarinet, the Momenta Quartet, Ursula Oppens, piano, Fred Sherry, cello, Marie Tachouet, flute and Mike Truesdell, percussion. The featured composers include George Crumb, Lukas Foss, Milton Babbitt, Henri Dutilleux, Augusta Read Thomas, Aaron Copland and Charles Wuorinen. These composers represent a wide array of music supported by the Koussevitzky Foundation.
The Library is the custodian of the Serge Koussevitzky Archive. Through his work as a conductor and publisher and his efforts to commission new musical works, Koussevitzky (1874-1951) maintained deep ties with many of the finest composers and musicians of the day. In addition to serving as a record of Koussevitzkys life and career, the collection extensively chronicles periods in the history of organizations such as the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Berkshire Music Center, the Koussevitzky Music Foundation and the American International Music Fund.
Koussevitzky was an ardent advocate of contemporary music, commissioning and conducting Ravels orchestration of Mussorgskys Pictures at an Exhibition, Brittens Peter Grimes, Bartóks Concerto for Orchestra, and giving first performances of Honeggers Pacific 231 and Stravinskys Symphonies of Wind Instruments. His second great legacy was Tanglewood, where many young composers studied and conducted; among the most well-known are Copland, Hindemith, Honneger and Leonard Bernstein.
This concert requires tickets. For more information, visit www.loc.gov/concerts or call (202) 707-5502.
The Librarys unparalleled music holdings include manuscripts, scores, sound recordings, books, libretti, music-related periodicals and microforms, copyright deposits and musical instruments. Manuscripts of note include those of European masters such as Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and Brahms and those of American masters such as Aaron Copland, Samuel Barber, Leonard Bernstein and Charles Mingus. Many of the Librarys rich resources can be accessed through its website at www.loc.gov.
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Sauli Niinisto sworn in, first conservative president for Finland in 50 years
HELSINKI (AP) ' Sauli Niinisto was sworn in Thursday as Finland's president, becoming the first conservative head of state in the Nordic country in over half a century.
The 63-year-old Niinisto from the conservative National Coalition Party replaces Tarja Halonen, who had spent 12 years in office.
With right-leaning Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen leading the government, conservatives now control the Finland's top two posts.
A former finance and justice minister, Niinisto took his oath in the 200-seat Parliament. In his speech to lawmakers, he said he was worried over Finland's financial welfare and the government's increasing tendency to borrow money, issues he described as "warning signals" for the nation's economy.
A lawyer by profession, Niinisto was finance minister in 2002 when Finland adopted the euro.
Finland has been a vocal supporter of a hard-line stance against profligate eurozone member countries such as Greece and Italy ' a position that finds wide support among the country's 5.3 million people.
Though the presidency is largely a ceremonial role not involved in daily politics, Niinisto said the head of state can act as "an agent of the economy and agent of integrity."
He pledged to keep up with Finland's reputation for "responsibility and solidarity" within the European Union, while actively seeking to strengthen ties with the United States and China.
Under Finland's Constitution, the president takes the lead on non-EU matters of foreign policy and acts as the supreme commander of the armed forces.
Niinisto will serve a six-year term.

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Kim Woo Bin tries to seduce Suzy in first trailer for Uncontrollably Fond
We finally have the first trailer for Kim Woo Bin and Bae Suzy's highly-anticipated drama Uncontrollably Fond, and it looks like Kim Wo Bin is wasting no time in trying to get Suzy to date him!
This teaser does its job well, because now I have a lot of questions.
1. What's Kim Woo Bin's game here? Doesn't he know that revealing all his worst qualities right away is never the best approach to winning a girl's heart? I think he's been watching too many K-dramas and decided to up the bad boy ante so he can finally get the girl.
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3. What is Suzy wearing? I don't know any woman who would look at that frumpy brown turtleneck body suit and think it's a good idea. And why does it look like she puts time into being trendy with her makeup and hair, but she can't dress herself?
I guess time will only tell as we eagerly wait for the next teaser!
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Some companies provide a one-day only sale for Black Friday although online companies are now extending the discounts past the traditional time period for buyers
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The automotive retailers that specialize in providing a reduced sale price to consumers do not always create larger discounts for the holiday season, according to the price guide published online. The multimeter discounts that are currently supplied are one of the researched products that the Auto Pros company has uncovered this year for auto owners online.
The price guide now features links through to retailers expected to offer prices that are below average for the holiday. One advantage that consumers using this guide can have over shopping at a local retail store is the length of the supplied discount programs being offered online.
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The announced discounts inside the price guide are multimeter specific to make research for these units online easier for website visitors. The guide is setup to introduce holiday pricing as well as top manufacturer reviews. The units for sale online include both entry-level and professional grade components.
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Liquid Quotes (25 quotes)
"Le génie n'est qu'une longue patience", a dit Buffon. Cela est bien incomplet. Le génie, c'est l'impatience dans les idées et la patience dans les faits : une imagination vive et un jugement calme; quelque chose comme un liquide en ébullition dans un vase qui reste toujours froid.
"Genius is just enduring patience," said Buffon. This is far from complete. Genius is impatience in ideas and patience with the facts: a lively imagination and a calm judgment, rather like a liquid boiling in a cup that remains cold.
"Genius is just enduring patience," said Buffon. This is far from complete. Genius is impatience in ideas and patience with the facts: a lively imagination and a calm judgment, rather like a liquid boiling in a cup that remains cold.
Qu'une goutee de vin tombe dans un verre d'eau; quelle que soit la loi du movement interne du liquide, nous verrons bientôt se colorer d'une teinte rose uniforme et à partir de ce moment on aura beau agiter le vase, le vin et l'eau ne partaîtront plus pouvoir se séparer. Tout cela, Maxwell et Boltzmann l'ont expliqué, mais celui qui l'a vu plus nettement, dans un livre trop peu lu parce qu'il est difficile à lire, c'est Gibbs dans ses principes de la Mécanique Statistique.
Let a drop of wine fall into a glass of water; whatever be the law that governs the internal movement of the liquid, we will soon see it tint itself uniformly pink and from th at moment on, however we may agitate the vessel, it appears that the wine and water can separate no more. All this, Maxwell and Boltzmann have explained, but the one who saw it in the cleanest way, in a book that is too little read because it is difficult to read, is Gibbs, in his Principles of Statistical Mechanics.
Let a drop of wine fall into a glass of water; whatever be the law that governs the internal movement of the liquid, we will soon see it tint itself uniformly pink and from th at moment on, however we may agitate the vessel, it appears that the wine and water can separate no more. All this, Maxwell and Boltzmann have explained, but the one who saw it in the cleanest way, in a book that is too little read because it is difficult to read, is Gibbs, in his Principles of Statistical Mechanics.
Among those whom I could never pursuade to rank themselves with idlers, and who speak with indignation of my morning sleeps and nocturnal rambles, one passes the day in catching spiders, that he may count their eyes with a microscope; another exhibits the dust of a marigold separated from the flower with a dexterity worthy of Leuwenhoweck himself. Some turn the wheel of electricity; some suspend rings to a lodestone, and find that what they did yesterday, they can do again to-day.—Some register the changes of the wind, and die fully convinced that the wind is changeable.—There are men yet more profound, who have heard that two colorless liquors may produce a color by union, and that two cold bodies will grow hot of they are mingled: they mingle them, and produce the effect expected, say it is strange, and mingle them again.
By teaching us how to cultivate each ferment in its purityin other words, by teaching us how to rear the individual organism apart from all others,Pasteur has enabled us to avoid all these errors. And where this isolation of a particular organism has been duly effected it grows and multiplies indefinitely, but no change of it into another organism is ever observed. In Pasteurs researches the Bacterium remained a Bacterium, the Vibrio a Vibrio, the Penicillium a Penicillium, and the Torula a Torula. Sow any of these in a state of purity in an appropriate liquid; you get it, and it alone, in the subsequent crop. In like manner, sow smallpox in the human body, your crop is smallpox. Sow there scarlatina, and your crop is scarlatina. Sow typhoid virus, your crop is typhoidcholera, your crop is cholera. The disease bears as constant a relation to its contagium as the microscopic organisms just enumerated do to their germs, or indeed as a thistle does to its seed.
Considered from the standpoint of chemistry, living bodies appear to us as laboratories of chemical processes, for they undergo perpetual changes in their material substrate. They draw materials from the outside world and combine them with the mass of their liquid and solid parts.
Einstein, twenty-six years old, only three years away from crude privation, still a patent examiner, published in the Annalen der Physik in 1905 five papers on entirely different subjects. Three of them were among the greatest in the history of physics. One, very simple, gave the quantum explanation of the photoelectric effect—it was this work for which, sixteen years later, he was awarded the Nobel prize. Another dealt with the phenomenon of Brownian motion, the apparently erratic movement of tiny particles suspended in a liquid: Einstein showed that these movements satisfied a clear statistical law. This was like a conjuring trick, easy when explained: before it, decent scientists could still doubt the concrete existence of atoms and molecules: this paper was as near to a direct proof of their concreteness as a theoretician could give. The third paper was the special eory of relativity, which quietly amalgamated space, time, and matter into one fundamental unity. This last paper contains no references and quotes no authority. All of them are written in a style unlike any other theoretical physicist's. They contain very little mathematics. There is a good deal of verbal commentary. The conclusions, the bizarre conclusions, emerge as though with the greatest of ease: the reasoning is unbreakable. It looks as though he had reached the conclusions by pure thought, unaided, without listening to the opinions of others. To a surprisingly large extent, that is precisely what he had done.
Enhydros is a variety of geode. The name comes from the water it contains. It is always round, smooth, and very white but will sway back and forth when moved. Inside it is a liquid just as in an egg, as Pliny, our Albertus, and others believed, and it may even drip water. Liquid bitumen, sometimes with a pleasant odor, is found enclosed in rock just as in a vase.
I have always been very fond of mathematicsfor one short period, I even toyed with the possibility of abandoning chemistry in its favour. I enjoyed immensely both its conceptual and formal beauties, and the precision and elegance of its relationships and transformations. Why then did I not succumb to its charms? because by and large, mathematics lacks the sensuous elements which play so large a role in my attraction to chemistry.I love crystals, the beauty of their forms and formation; liquids, dormant, distilling, sloshing! The fumes, the odorsgood or bad, the rainbow of colors; the gleaming vessels of every size, shape and purpose.
If Melancholy increases so far, that from the great motion of the Liquid of the Brain the Patient be thrown into a wild Fury, it is calld Madness. The greatest Remedy for it is to throw the Patient unwarily into the Sea, and to keep him under Water as long as he can possibly bear without being quite stifled.
If one of these elements, heat, becomes predominant in any body whatsoever, it destroys and dissolves all the others with its violence. Again if too much moisture enters the channels of a body, and thus introduces disproportion, the other elements, adulterated by the liquid, are impaired, and the virtues of the mixture dissolved. This defect, in turn, may arise from the cooling properties of moist winds and breezes blowing upon the body. In the same way, increase or diminution of the proportion of air or of the earthy which is natural to the body may enfeeble the other elements.
In the beginning of the year 1800 the illustrious professor conceived the idea of forming a long column by piling up, in succession, a disc of copper, a disc of zinc, and a disc of wet cloth, with scrupulous attention to not changing this order. What could be expected beforehand from such a combination? Well, I do not hesitate to say, this apparently inert mass, this bizarre assembly, this pile of so many couples of unequal metals separated by a little liquid is, in the singularity of effect, the most marvellous instrument which men have yet invented, the telescope and the steam engine not excepted.
It is fashionable nowadays to talk about the endless riches of the sea. The ocean is regarded as a sort of bargain basement, but I dont agree with that estimate. People dont realize that water in the liquid state is very rare in the universe. Away from earth it is usually a gas. This moisture is a blessed treasure, and it is our basic duty, if we dont want to commit suicide, to preserve it.
Most students treat knowledge as a liquid to be swallowed rather than as a solid to be chewed, and then wonder why it provides so little nourishment.
Nernst was a great admirer of Shakespeare, and it is said that in a conference concerned with naming units after appropriate persons, he proposed that the unit of rate of liquid flow should be called the falstaff.
O. Hahn and F. Strassmann have discovered a new type of nuclear reaction, the splitting into two smaller nuclei of the nuclei of uranium and thorium under neutron bombardment. Thus they demonstrated the production of nuclei of barium, lanthanum, strontium, yttrium, and, more recently, of xenon and caesium. It can be shown by simple considerations that this type of nuclear reaction may be described in an essentially classical way like the fission of a liquid drop, and that the fission products must fly apart with kinetic energies of the order of hundred million electron-volts each.
Salt water when it turns into vapour becomes sweet, and the vapour does not form salt water when it condenses again. This I know by experiment. The same thing is true in every case of the kind: wine and all fluids that evaporate and condense back into a liquid state become water. They all are water modified by a certain admixture, the nature of which determines their flavour.
[Aristotle describing his distillation experiment.]
[Aristotle describing his distillation experiment.]
Sea water is rendered potable by evaporation; wine and other liquids can be submitted to the same process, for, after having been converted into vapours, they can be condensed back into liquids.
The first time the appearance of the liquid had really escaped our observation. [L]ater on we clearly saw the liquid level get hollow by the blowing of the gas from the valve The surface of the liquid was soon made clearly visible by reflection of light from below and that unmistakably, because it was clearly pierced by the two wires of the thermoelement. After the surface had once been seen, the sight of it was no more lost. It stood out sharply defined like the edge of a knife against the glass wall.
The results have exhibited one striking feature which has been frequently emphasized, namely that at high pressures all twelve liquids become more nearly like each other. This suggests that it might be useful in developing a theory of liquids to arbitrarily construct a 'perfect liquid' and to discuss its properties. Certainly the conception of a 'perfect gas' has been of great service in the kinetic theory of gases; and the reason is that all actual gases approximate closely to the 'perfect gas.' In the same way, at high pressures all liquids approximate to one and the same thing, which may be called by analogy the 'perfect liquid.' It seems to offer at least a promising line of attack to discuss the properties of this 'perfect liquid,' and then to invent the simplest possible mechanism to explain them.
The sea from its extreme luminousness presented a wonderful and most beautiful appearance. Every part of the water which by day is seen as foam, glowed with a pale light. The vessel drove before her bows two billows of liquid phosphorus, and in her wake was a milky train. As far as the eye reached the crest of every wave was bright; and from the reflected light, the sky just above the horizon was not so utterly dark as the rest of the Heavens. It was impossible to behold this plane of matter, as if it were melted and consumed by heat, without being reminded of Miltons description of the regions of Chaos and Anarchy.
The vacuum-apparatus requires that its manipulators constantly handle considerable amounts of mercury. Mercury is a strong poison, particularly dangerous because of its liquid form and noticeable volatility even at room temperature. Its poisonous character has been rather lost sight of during the present generation. My co-workers and myself found from personal experience-confirmed on many sides when publishedthat protracted stay in an atmosphere charged with only 1/100 of the amount of mercury required for its saturation, sufficed to induce chronic mercury poisoning. This first reveals itself as an affection of the nerves, causing headaches, numbness, mental lassitude, depression, and loss of memory; such are very disturbing to one engaged in intellectual occupations.
There exists for every liquid a temperature at which no amount of pressure is sufficient to retain it in the liquid form.
[These words are NOT by Thomas Andrews. See below.]
[These words are NOT by Thomas Andrews. See below.]
What now, dear reader, shall we make of our telescope? Shall we make a Mercurys magic wand to cross the liquid aether with, and like Lucian lead a colony to the uninhabitied evening star, allured by the sweetness of the place?
When scientists discovered that liquid water, which brought forth life on Earth, exists nowhere else in great quantities in the solar system, the most significant lesson they taught was not that water, or the life that depends on it, is necessarily the result of some chemical accident in space; their most important revelation was that water is rare in infinity, that we should prize it, preserve it, conserve it.
While reading in a textbook of chemistry, I came across the statement, nitric acid acts upon copper. I was getting tired of reading such absurd stuff and I determined to see what this meant. Copper was more or less familiar to me, for copper cents were then in use. I had seen a bottle marked nitric acid on a table in the doctors office where I was then doing time. I did not know its peculiarities, but I was getting on and likely to learn. The spirit of adventure was upon me. Having nitric acid and copper, I had only to learn what the words act upon meant I put one of them [cent] on the table, opened the bottle marked nitric acid; poured some of the liquid on the copper; and prepared to make an observation. But what was this wonderful thing which I beheld? The cent was already changed, and it was no small change either. A greenish blue liquid foamed and fumed over the cent and over the table. The air in the neighborhood of the performance became colored dark red. A great colored cloud arose. This was disagreeable and suffocatinghow should I stop this? I tried to get rid of the objectionable mess by picking it up and throwing it out of the window, which I had meanwhile opened. I learned another factnitric acid not only acts upon copper but it acts upon fingers. The pain led to another unpremeditated experiment. I drew my fingers across my trousers and another fact was discovered. Nitric acid acts upon trousers. Taking everything into consideration, that was the most impressive experiment, and, relatively, probably the most costly experiment I have ever performed.


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Data Islandia offers secure and energy-efficient off-shore archiving relying on 100 percent renewable energy resources. Its problem is how to get the vast amounts of corporate archival data, terabytes of the stuff, into its remote storage facility.
The company has come up with a near-roll-along solution, a Hitachi Data Systems CAP (Content Archive Platform) product packaged inside a robust and wheeled case, the data scooter. This is wheeled into a corporate data centre and hooked up to its network. Files are transferred across to it and, when complete, the data scooter is then transferred to an airport and, using jumbo net, transferred to Data Islandia's Icelandic data centre.
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From the starry sky above your head to the carpet beneath your feet, opulence is all around you at the refurbished Saenger Theatre. The theater, which will reopen on Sept. 27, has been closed since the post-Katrina floods of 2005.
Here are 10 decorative details brought back to their former glory during the multimillion-dollar renovation of the theater, which has been a Canal Street landmark since 1927. Look for them the next time you visit the theater. It will reopen on Sept. 27 with a three-performance run by comedian Jerry Seinfeld. A gala opening Oct. 5 will feature Kristin Chenoweth and the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra.
Information on this part of the theater's grand renovation come from Cindy Connick, executive director of the Canal Street Development Corp., the city agency overseeing the $52 million project; and Gary Martinez, the Washington, D.C., architect on the project.
The stars in the sky
The nighttime sky, a fixture of so-called atmospheric theaters like the Saenger, has stars that are actually LED lights set in a pattern that represents the summer solstice of 1927, when the Saenger opened, Connick said. Four machines, which are not yet operating, will produce rolling clouds, Martinez said.
The sparkling chandeliers
The Canal Street Development Corp. was ready to buy duplicates of the original chandeliers that were hanging in the arcade of the Saenger Theatre, Connick said. Instead, nine of the originals were discovered in The French Antique Shop on Royal Street. Others were duplicated to help re-create the grand chandelier-lit arcade.
The restored balustrade
This railing, rich with finely carved marble balusters, looms over the arcade leading from Canal Street to the lobby. It's worth noting not only because the railing is beautiful, but also because it isn't the original. It was torn down to make way for an escalator in 1964. The balustrade could be faithfully restored because the blueprints for the original were found during the renovation. The blueprints had been in a backstage closet since 1926.
The Louisiana moths
No one involved in the current renovation knows why they are there or what they represent, but these iridescent insects are in coves throughout the theater. The moths, with pink and gold accents, are reminiscent of the Butterfly King, a recurrent Rex organization motif since its 1882 ball invitation, as well as the poster for "The Silence of the Lambs," which depicts a moth where Jodie Foster's mouth should be. The Saenger's moths look "pretty fearsome," Martinez said. He noted: The molded insects he assumed were generic butterflies are, in fact, moths native to Louisiana.
The fancy Saenger 'S'
Are they fish? Are they serpents? Whatever they are, the creatures, each skewered by a trident, form the "S" in the Saenger logo. They show up on the aisle standards – the formal name for the vertical piece at each end of each row of seats – and in a shield atop an archway at the cross aisle in the balcony.
The omnipresent fleurs-de-lis
They are all over the theater. When the Saenger was built, Connick said the fleurs-de-lis probably were installed as a connection to New Orleans' French heritage. But since Hurricane Katrina and the floods that followed, the fleur de lis has become a symbol of the resurgent city. So their presence throughout the renovated Saenger resonates on more than one level.
The colors, colors, colors
Theater-goers may be surprised by the colorful decor when they visit the refurbished Saenger Theatre for the first time. The colorful interior is the result of peeling back "layers of age, and, perhaps, poorly chosen paint jobs" that made the walls darker over time, Connick said. "Over the years, it had developed a patina that was clearly not what the original color scheme was." Martinez noted: "There are some iridescent pink and light-blue accent panels that are just terrific. I've never seen anything like this."
The theater's purpose
Three female figures are part of the exterior decoration on the North Rampart Street side of the building that proclaims that the Saenger Theatre is "a monument devoted to the best in music, photoplay & the theatrical arts." The women around the engraving represent those three art forms.
The watching heads and heraldic figures
No one connected with the Saenger renovation seems to know what or whom the various faces and figures that adorn the inside and outside of the theater represent. They are everywhere. Connick on the faces: "They are fascinating. Some look scary, and some do not."
The intricately designed carpet
A swatch of the original carpet from Dr. Barry Henry's collection of Saenger memorabilia was used to help design the carpets in the renovated downtown theater.


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CENTER CITY - May 20, 2013 --A Center City high rise was evacuated due to a fire Monday night.
The fire was reported inside the 12 story apartment building at 2040 Market Street around 8:20 p.m.
The entire building was evacuated.
The small fire was quickly extinguished and residents were allowed back in after the alarm system was reset.
Battalion Chief Kevin Ewing said the fire was likely caused by "some kind of incense."
Ewing said it took a while to find the fire because it was so small.
He said the evcuations were made as a precaution in case there was a larger fire.
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According to a group of biologists in Japan, the newfound species — named Ideonella sakaiensis 201-F6 — breaks down the plastic by using two enzymes to hydrolyze poly[ethylene terephthalate], or PET.
PET is a condensation polymer used in plastic that is highly resistant to biodegradation. It is industrially produced by either terephthalic acid or dimethyl terephthalate with ethylene glycol.
To date, very few species of fungi – but no bacteria – have been found to break down this polymer.
The Japanese team, led by Dr. Kohei Oda from the Kyoto Institute of Technology and Dr. Kenji Miyamoto from Keio University, collected 250 samples of PET debris and screened for bacterial candidates that depend on PET film as a primary source of carbon for growth.
They identified Ideonella sakaiensis 201-F6, which could nearly completely degrade a thin film of PET after six weeks at a temperature of 86 degrees Fahrenheit (30 degrees Celsius).
Further investigation identified an enzyme, ISF6_4831, which works with water to break down PET into an intermediate substance, which is then further broken down by a second enzyme, ISF6_0224.
"By screening natural microbial communities exposed to PET in the environment, we isolated a novel bacterium, Ideonella sakaiensis 201-F6, that is able to use PET as its major energy and carbon source," the scientists explained.
"When grown on PET, this strain produces two enzymes capable of hydrolyzing PET and the reaction intermediate, mono(2-hydroxyethyl) terephthalic acid."
"Both enzymes are required to enzymatically convert PET efficiently into its two environmentally benign monomers, terephthalic acid and ethylene glycol."
Remarkably, ISF6_4831 and ISF6_0224 seem to be highly unique in their function compared to the closest related known enzymes of other bacteria, raising questions of how these plastic-eating bacteria evolved.
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The Conservative party this weekend unveiled a social media marketing campaign aimed at embarassing the Labour Party. The plan has backfired quite spectacularly…
The "Cash Gordon" web site was highly dynamic and tied in with many popular social networking sites and tools. It capitalised on user generated content and relied on organic sharing and interaction. In a blog post on the Conservative home page Samuel Coates said
"Once users have connected to the Cash-Gordon campaign, they can start accruing "action points" for reading briefings about the issue, getting their friends involved, donating, or even for directly asking Charlie Whelan a question."
However today it's the Conservatives that have been left with red faces, after a web site configuration error (or maybe just a lack of planning) saw the site abused to the point of being taken offline.
The Cash Gordon website was set up to collect any message posted on Twitter that contained the hashtag #cashgordon and republish it in a live stream in a widget on the home page of Cash Gordon.
The screen shot below shows the steady stream of tweets that ensured that visitors to the web site were constantly redirected to many different, sometimes salacious, destinations.
This isn't all fun and games though, configuration oversights can lead to serious harm. This latest in a line of social media marketing related fails is a salutary warning not to underestimate the technical know-how of the world wide audience you are inviting.
In reality this poor configuration could have posed a serious risk to the Tory party's own supporters as well as any other curious visitor. Those responsible for the page should have been filtering incoming Tweets or simply sanitising the code before it was reposted. This could just as easily been used as a means to infect visitors by redirecting them to malicious web sites.


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Inspired by English painter David Hockney's quote — "Art has to move you. Design does not … unless it's a good design for a bus" — we're taking a look at the latest designs from REV Bus Group in a two-part series. We started with Champion Bus and its new Squat®-kneeling technology last week. This week, we're giving good design a polished twist.
Here's a look at our REVamped luxury bus lineup …
Krystal Coach, a long-time leader in luxury bus design, is getting a REVamped look. With production facilities moving to Imlay City, Michigan, the REV Bus Group decided it was time to improve upon the Krystal mold.
Krystal is partnering with Premier Products, known for providing the highest level of safety in belted motor coach seating, to create REV's very own custom seat design, featuring a unique stitching pattern that will be exclusive to Krystal and sister brand Federal Coach. Meanwhile, the interior as a whole will be REVamped. Featuring a drop-down TV in the front of the bus, plus upgraded luggage racks with TV monitors, Krystal never runs short on entertainment features. A custom audio/visual cabinet hides electronics, as well as a trash receptacle, helping to reduce clutter. Watch out David Hockney, you might just confuse our bus design with a work of art.
Krystal Coach's new molded fiberglass exterior will feature a large standard window in the front cap, along with side-cap windows. Sticking to Krystal's luxury standards, the passenger entry door will continue to offer standard electric-slide operation. REV gave the bus industry a sneak peek of its new design at the 2016 International LCT Show. Watch for the full reveal later this spring!
The Federal Coach fiberglass caps also received a new look for 2016 to coincide with the brand's redesigned logo. The new front cap features lights molded into the design, along with a reimagined slope that accommodates a front-viewing window, which is now standard.
The Federal Coach logo isn't the only brand logo to undergo a redesign. In an effort to simplify the name that has become iconic in the heavy-duty bus industry, ElDorado National California is changing its logo to ENC. Sister company ElDorado National Kansas, a manufacturer of smaller transit buses, will keep its well-respected name but sport a fresh logo.
All of the new logos will integrate REV's corporate colors to showcase each bus brands' relationship to each other, making REV a force to be reckon with in the industry. Let's just say good bus design has found new momentum at REV Group.
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Windows PCs are pretty reliable, secure and powerful machines but that doesn't mean they are not vulnerable to errors and crashes. We all wish to run our PC smooth and without any errors and expect to run like the day we first got it always. But it's not uncommon to experience errors and slowdown with age and uses. No PC is error free unless maintenance tasks are performed regularly. Perhaps the most annoying is the issue that prevents you from completing something important.
Here we present some common PC problems, their possible cause and how you can deal with them.
Most Common PC errors and their possible causes:
Blue Screen Error (BSOD)
Blue Screen Error, also known as BSOD, Stop Error, Blue Screen of Death is the most common error faced by windows PC users which turns the PC screen blue, your PC stops responding, and displays an error message, and PC requires rebooting. Blue Screen error can cause you to lose some important data that can't be retrieved as there is no prior warning you get of this error.
It is mostly caused by hardware/driver-related issues but can also be caused due to corrupt windows files or registry errors. BSOD is often an indication that there are certain issues in the registry or in the hardware and actually stops your PC responding in order to prevent damage to the hardware or data.
Slow Startup
There are many causes that result in your PC starting up slower than expected. Mostly it happens if you have a large amount of startup items, many applications set to automatically start when you start your PC. You may not require all applications to run automatically. The required items should be there in the startup list, others you can remove, that will make your PC boot a little faster.
PC Freezes
It's frustrating and annoying when you experience freezes, unresponsiveness and erratic behavior of your PC. There can a number of factors that cause freezes while working. It may be low memory problems, old drivers, incompatible drivers and also malware could be a problem.
Missing Dll Error
A DLL is a library that contains code and data that can be used by more than one program at the same time. When a dll file corrupts or damages, applications that use those files become inaccessible. DLL error mostly occurs when there is a registry issue.
Runtime Error
A runtime error is a software or hardware problem that occurs when running a program and prevents it from working correctly. It is mostly caused by incompatible programs, malware, low memory problems and also programming errors.
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By Sabrina Ford
NEW YORK (Reuters) - In a midtown Manhattan hotel, a very special bride-to-be named Lucky, decked out in a frilly pink dress, recently celebrated her impending nuptials with friends over champagne, sandwiches, cupcakes and tea.
Like many brides, Lucky is in a rush to walk down the aisle, but she is no ordinary spouse-in-waiting and her shower was anything but typical. Lucky, like many of her 32 guests, is a dog - the most-photographed dog in the world with celebrities.
But there's more, a lot more.
She and her "parent," Wendy Diamond, have dedicated their lives to help the plight of rescue animals, yet that will soon end. The energetic but aging Maltese was diagnosed with spleen cancer in February and given three months to a year to live.
"Lucky's entire life has been about bringing awareness to rescue," said Diamond, who has made Lucky an ambassador for shelter dogs. "We're looking for someone to take over."
Diamond has plans for an elaborate July 12 wedding at the Jumeirah Essex House hotel in Manhattan. The author and animal rescue advocate is looking to pair Lucky with a spouse that will become the new, most-photographed celebrity canine with an aim to help spring animals from shelters across America.
Diamond said that when she adopted Lucky in 1999, the Maltese suffered from separation anxiety, forcing her to carry the 8 lbs. pooch to all the dates on her social calendar - dinner parties, TV show tapings and charity events.
One night, she was a guest at a dinner party attended by Sandra Bullock and Hugh Grant, and an idea struck her.
"I said, 'Hey Hugh, my dog is your biggest fan, would you mind taking a picture with her?'" said Diamond. "That's how it all started."
Since then, Lucky has posed with hundreds of stars including Kristen Stewart, President Bill Clinton, billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson and of course, Snoop Dogg. She will appear in the 2013 Guinness World Records as the most-photographed animal with celebrities.
Lucky also is the "face" of Animal Fair, a charitable group Diamond founded in 1999 to raise money and help rescue animals in shelters.
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) estimates five to seven million animals enter shelters every year and most are euthanized.
Anne-Marie Karash, Associate Director of the Humane Society New York, was a guest at Lucky's bridal shower.
"This is an important event because we need to raise awareness about shelter dogs but, it's also special to get together and just to be silly and enjoy your dogs," she said.
The ideal partner for Lucky should be friendly and not camera shy, but Diamond is otherwise keeping an open mind.
"It doesn't have to be male, said Diamond. "In New York State, two lady dogs are allowed to get married," she said with a laugh. She's also open to other animals, including cats. And, adds Diamond, "The best thing about this marriage is they don't have to live together or sleep together."
Dylan Lauren, chief executive of retailer Dylan's Candy Bar and daughter of designer Ralph Lauren, also attended Lucky's shower and has been a judge at Diamond's annual "Howloween" costume parties.
"I love the work Lucky's done. She's one of the most beautiful dogs and will make a beautiful bride," said Lauren, who brought along her recently adopted mixed-breed Jersey.
Harriette Rose Katz, a much in-demand New York event planner, is taking the reins for organizing Lucky's nuptials because, after all, a celebrity pooch needs a posh affair.
"It's going to be so exciting," said Katz, who has planned another couple's "Muttrimony." "We're going to make a huge arbor of flowers. It will be beautiful. All we need is the groom!"
Potential spouses can apply at Diamond and Lucky's Facebook page, http://www.facebook.com/pages/Wendy-and-Lucky-Diamond/321873835270, or at animalfair.com. Diamond will select Lucky's spouse on June 28, two weeks before the wedding.
"I think she'll have the most unique wedding of the year," said Lauren. "Forget about Brad and Angelina!"
(Reporting by Sabrina Ford, editing by Bob Tourtellotte)


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Well, what a night it's been!
Not only did we see Miley twerking, crying, and smoking a very odd looking cigarette on stage, we got to see Katy Perry and Ariana Grande getting all close and friendly and we were treated to an AMAZING performance by rap legend, Eminem.
The 8 Mile star nabbed two wins at tonight's ceremony - the EMA Global Icon and Best Hip Hop.
His surprise performance of Berzerk, which started when he emerged from a giant boombox, was really incredibly fast and impressive.
Katy Perry picked up her first Best Female award. She started the night in a desperate housewife-y dress and transformed into a human maypole for her performance of Unconditionally. The she turned into a human disco ball and fluttered through the Ziggo Dome sky, before chilling out with Ariana Grande backstage.
Bruno Mars was victorious in the Best Song category for Locked Out Of Heaven, and Justin Bieber kept his Best Male win streak going for a fourth straight year. How he managed that we have no idea.
Tokio Hotel fans rejoiced at the news that they helped their favorite band snag Biggest Fans, and Directioners everywhere celebrated as 1D nabbed their first ever Best Pop EMA. Congrats, guys!
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis won Best New, Chris Lee won best new act and Harry Styles won best look.
Miley Cyrus won her first ever EMA for Best Video for Wrecking Ball.
She arrived wearing a very small blue minidress and thigh-high boots and cosied up to Ellie Goulding for a sneaky photo before the ceremony started. Then, in two very special performances, Miley twerked against a dwarf before getting all teary on stage in a TINY leotard .
It was all very unexplainable.
And THEN, the Climb singer decided she'd be all controversial and lit up a very funny looking ciggie as she accepted her award.
MC Redfoo was on top comical form all evening.
He kicked off the party rocking a "Men in Black" suit and shades – then he ripped all his clothes off and pranced around in a pair of silver shiney speedos.
When he spoke to Ariana Grande after the show, he made her sing instead of talk because he likes her voice so much.
So she sang a tweet she'd posted about him and he made a dirty joke in her face about little Redfoo becoming a man. Isn't Adriana like 15 or something? Anyway he wants to watch his back, she's Nathan from the Wanted's girlfriend and he's... yeah, not very likely to beat him up or anything.
And when it was all over, Redfoo Tweeted a picture of himself with Miley post show.
We'll be on the look out for all the snaps from the after parties, which we have a feeling may get VERY messy. James has somehow been invited to one with Snoop Dogg - it's just the way he rolls - so providing he can see through the smoke there, he'll be feeding us the grime tomorrow.
The 2013 MTV EMA ceremony is repeated in full tonight at 6.30pm on MTV


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By Delbert Lennox
A Little About It
Worlds Adrift is an Open world, MMO styled game where you air ships and fly around exploring the world in search of knowledge. Be wary though because you may butt heads with other adventurers in the sky's!
Hello there! Built here with another review, Today we are looking at Worlds Adrift, Which is an early access game that can be purchased on steam or directly from the creators website for about $30 US, $38 Canadian,
What Is Worlds Adrift?
Worlds Adrift is an MMO styled, Open world where you can do anything you set your mind to. All the game gives you is a little bit of a tutorial, an island you spawn at, and your let loose on the world. In your travels you will come across many different islands, nearly all of them are community created, and some of them may have wrecks of players who have been there before you have, Besides NPC creatures, Everyone around you is a real person, and what they build can have lasting affects for other players.
In your travels you may come across abandoned ship yards, frames of crashed ships, parts of it scattered around. All of which was created by another player in this vast open world.
How Does It Play?
Worlds Adrift doesn't take much to run game, nor does it take up much space to download. The most important part here is that unfortunately the game does suffer from using up too much memory the longer you play it. So for the time being it is recommended that you restart the game every few hours, and it does require you to sign up an account even if launch through steam. Besides that it is easy to learn and is quite fun to play, whether you play it alone or with friends it can be an exciting experience.
Wrapping Up
Worlds Adrift is quite a unique experience I don't think you should miss, The game goes on sale every now and again to avoid a massive influx of players that put stress on the servers. I hope this was informative and engaging for you guys and I hope to see you in the sky's 🙂
Games website: https://www.worldsadrift.com/
Steam: http://store.steampowered.com/app/322780/Worlds_Adrift/
Rating: 8/10
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York Region Transit/Viva – Exposed: Cracking down on fare evaders
In an effort to decrease the amount of people skipping fare on York Region Transit, our team conceptualized and produced Exposed – a multimedia fare evasion campaign targeted towards YRT/Viva's youth market.
The insight behind the campaign is that getting caught without fare is like getting caught with your pants down; this plays on the classic nightmare of suddenly finding yourself unclothed in public. Media was placed to reach a young demographic and included animated cinema advertising, campus and mall posters, cost-per-click digital advertising on social media, and transit media. Transit and Facebook media encouraged the audience to participate in the "Rider Reward" SMS contest, which invited self-identified honest riders to text the keyword "Exposed" to the short code (e.g. 101010) to qualify for a weekly prize draw.
The SMS contest ran for 12 weeks, and received more than 5,000 entries. Moreover, as a result of this fare evasion campaign, the amount of people skipping fare decreased to 1.45%, far below the 2.15% benchmark that was set as a campaign objective. Exposed was also named the winner of the Canadian Urban Transit Association's Corporate Innovation Award (2011).


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3 Makeup Looks Inspired by My Favorite Albums of 2016
Since I'm a visual person I hardly ever remember the album title but I just remember what the album art looks like.
Cat-eye liner has been a staple beauty look of mine since my college years. I like it because it's cute and it gives the outer corners of my eyes some lift.
Although I struggled with doing them initially, I've gotten to the point where I'm now interested in playing around with some cat-eye variations.
I get my makeup inspiration from all over the place, but for cat-eye liner, I'm looking no further than sunglasses. They have some of the funnest and weirdest interpretations of the cat eye that I've ever seen. There are oversized cat eyes, extreme-angled ones, and even ones where there's just a skeleton of a frame. (If my budget would allow, you can bet I'd buy one in each shape, too.)
If you're looking to freshen up your cat-eye game like I am, read on because I'm demonstrating four different cat-eye looks inspired by cat-eye sunglasses I found on the web.
This is pretty much your typical cat-eye look with a flick that extends upwards. However, since it's sunglasses-inspired, the edges are rounded out, which is more challenging to do with liquid liner than you think.
For this tutorial and the other three, I am using my trusty Kat Von D Tattoo Liner in Trooper, my eyeliner soulmate.
Start by lining your top lash line by holding your liner pen flat across your lid and gently dragging outward. This technique always gives me the smoothest lines.
Create a short, diagonal line by drawing a small line extending outward from the line you just made. It should be angled toward the end of your brow. This will serve as the basis for the cat-eye flick.
TIP: If the length of your eye and the length of your brow are similar, you'll likely want to do a shorter flick. If your brow, on the other hand, is much longer than your eye length (like mine, for example), and there's a big gap between your outer corners and where your brow ends, your cat-eye flick could be longer and have a more dramatic angle or curve.
At the tip of the cat-eye flick, draw a long line that goes across your lid and reaches the inner corner of your eyes.
Fill in the space between, and go over the lines until everything is as smooth and as even as possible. Make sure to round out the flick tips as well.
I am seeing more and more cat-eye sunglasses with negative space between the lens and the frame, and I think it looks really cool. I have no idea what it's supposed to be called, so I'm calling it the cat-eye skeleton.
The steps are pretty much the same as the rounded cat eye, except with this, there's no need for the last step, which is filling in the negative space. Does this sound easy enough? Yes and no.
It's easy because there are fewer steps, but getting the cat-eye shape in one try? That's hard as hell, and you don't really have the benefit of being able to build on top of your cat eye either, since the inside of the cat eye is the focus here. If anything, you'd have to build on the middle.
Create a thin line right above your top lash line.
Draw a short line that extends outward from the end of the line you just created for the flick. Angle it towards your brow.
Connect that line to the start of the first line you made by creating a diagonal line sloping downward toward your inner corners. No need to fill in the negative space, but you may want to make the negative space smaller by thickening some of the lines you made.
Add some finishing touches to make sure everything is symmetrical.
Since I have a very round face, I think exaggerated, angled cat eye sunglasses would look amazing on me. I haven't had a chance to actually try one out, so I'm trying this exaggerated angled cat eyeliner on me instead.
As always, start by defining your top lash line with some liner.
Make the cat-eye flick by drawing a short line extending outward from the line you just created.
Connect the cat-eye flick with your lower lash line by creating a line slopping downward, and fill in the negative space inside. Make sure the edge of flick is pointy, not curved.
Then add a short horizontal line on your top lash line barely touching your inner corners.
Connect the horizontal line with your lower lash line by drawing a small line slowing inward toward your tear ducts. Fill in any negative space.
When you're done, go back and sharpen any curves, since this is supposed to be more of a harsh (but fun?) look.
The sunglasses that inspired this cat-eye look have circular lenses and don't extend width-wise at all. Instead, they extend upward and have a perky, playful look to them as opposed to a sexy, feline look.
This cat-eye technique is quite different from my regular technique since the cat-eye flick is more vertical than horizontal, but I think the result is quite nice when my eyes are open.
Draw a thin line on your top lash line.
At the outer corner of your eye, create a line perpendicular to the line you just created. This will serve as your flick.
Connect the flick with your upper lash line by drawing a diagonal line slopping downward.
Fill in the negative space and go over your lines to smooth any imperfections.
Overall, these interpretations of sunglass-inspired cat eyes were surprisingly wearable, except for the exaggerated angled ones, which were more challenging to do than the rest. Plus, I got to learn new techniques from trying these out!


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While on the Disney Dream Christening Cruise, I spoke with David Duffy, Creative Director for Entertainment and Port Adventures Disney Cruise Line.
David shared an overview of what Entertainment is in store for guests on the Disney Dream.
The Walt Disney Theatre has been greatly enhanced from the Magic and Wonder ships and now seats 1,340 guests and includes a balcony.
The basic show line up on the 3-night cruise will be Villains Tonight, Golden Mickeys and Disney's Believe.
The biggest news is the new centerpiece show created just for the Disney Dream, Disney's Believe! This heartfelt story includes an "enchanting score and lavish production". You'll find some original characters and songs along with some favorites.
Golden Mickey's has also been updated and enhanced to include new characters and songs.
On the 4 and 5 night Disney Cream cruises --If there is a current first run movie - it may be featured in the Walt Disney Theatre. If a movie is not current, look for a variety of specialty act. Plans are still underway for the night time entertainment on the Dream 5 night cruises.
Adult Enrichment programs will be much different then those currently on the Wonder and Magic. There will be an enhanced adult enrichment series and also a family enrichment program. A new cooking series called "Anyone Can Cook" will adult only and family cooking sessions. These are fashioned after Walt Disney Pictures Ratatouille!
Jeff Kurti has written a new book entitled "Welcome Aboard, The Creation of the Disney Dream". Jeff has created a multimedia presentation called the Making of the Disney Dream which will be another program offering.
A new Animation Program is being developed. The Disney Cruise line obtained the rights to theme the program based on the "The Illusion of Life: Disney Animation" By Ollie Johnston, Frank Thomas.
David also noted that Pin Trading will continue on the Disney Dream!
There is much more to share about the entertainment on the Disney Dream - as we learn more and experience some of the programs, we will share that information with you.
The previous post in this blog was Disney Dream Inaugural Merchandise.
The next post in this blog is AllEars Soarin' Meet in Epcot January 24, 2011.


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NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus' president is briefing lawmakers ahead of a crucial parliamentary vote on a controversial levy on bank deposits that the cash-strapped country's creditors have demanded in exchange for a €10 billion ($13 billion) rescue package.
Police cordoned off the road in front of the parliament on Monday amid heightened security to prevent any protesters from approaching the building and interrupting discussions inside.
Many lawmakers have said they would vote down the 6.75 percent levy on all bank deposits under €100,000 and 9.9 percent on everything above. President Nicos Anastasiades has warned that rejection would mean Cyprus' bankruptcy and a possible exit from the euro.
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Now, because of the Caribbean's mild climate year round (the average air temperature varies only from about 78 degrees Fahrenheit in February to 83 degrees Fahrenheit in September), there's little need for space heating. The most practical way to use solar energy, then, would seem to be to heat water with it. However, recent experiments have indicated that solar-powered air systems could have far-reaching implications, as well.
Another experimental solar-powered air conditioning installation is located at the Frenchman's Reef Hotel in St. Thomas. The system was federally funded — through NASA — in association with the SunMaster Corporation of Corning, New York, the company that executed the design and installation.
The operation consists of 13,384 square feet of specially designed evacuated-tube solar collectors mounted on the roof of the luxury hotel complex. Five thousand gallons of water circulating through the system are heated to boiling temperatures and then piped into a SAM 120 solar absorption cooler specifically manufactured by the Carrier Corporation for Frenchman's Reef. The cooling system — which is quite similar to that used by the Barbados laboratory — provides air conditioning to the public areas of the hotel, including bars and restaurants, night clubs, a ballroom, the lobby and a number of shops.
Today the system has few flaws, but several modifications have had to be made since the experiment began in 1979, including substituting the SAM unit for the original Carrier 16JB 200-ton absorption chiller, replacing the original mechanical tracking system with one that makes use of parabolic concentrators and redesigning the chiller.
The entire process from start-up to shutdown is run by a time clock, and its function isn't dependent upon the collectors' receiving a minimum amount of sunshine. At 8 a.m. the system starts up, and water is released into the rooftop collector arrays. If the liquid in the return lines doesn't reach the required temperature within 15 minutes after the collectors are filled, the pumps shut off. After the water heats up to about 205 degrees Fahrenheit, however long that might take, the pumps will automatically turn on. Then, at the end of the day, the arrays are drained by de-energizing a series of spring-return motorized valves. The collectors will also drain automatically in the event of a power failure or if the temperature within any component of the system exceeds a set limit.
Generally, the solar installation must operate until 11:00 a.m. every day in order to achieve temperatures hot enough to power the absorption chiller, so — since the sunshine starts dwindling around 5:00 p.m. — the hotel receives only about six hours of solar-powered cooling daily. Because of this limitation, the arrangement includes a steam heat exchanger, which supplies supplemental steam to run the system at night or on cloudy days.
A digital microcomputer called the Sun-Logger — designed by Andover Controls in Andover, Massachusetts — monitors the entire process and oversees all functions of the system. The computer collects data every 15 seconds, recording exactly how much energy is being captured and how much is being lost.
The first project is a solar food dryer that was designed by an Australian professor at the University of West Sydney. The dehydration unit incorporates a long chimney which sets up a convection current, circulating the heated air over the to-be-dried matter — a method that greatly speeds up the processing of edibles.
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The second experiment under study at the research station is a drying shed for animal feeds. Mr. Millington noted that although the structure is little more than a crude shack with a fiberglass roof, the simple design has performed remarkably well. Galvanized sheeting is attached on three sides of the shed to keep rain from blowing in and to reflect — and thus intensify — the sun's rays, which enter the box by way of its glazed roof. Grasses, grains, and such — when spread over the concrete floor and turned occasionally — will dry satisfactorily in two to three days. (Eventually the research crew intends to replace the metal on the east side with fiberglass in order to capture the sun's morning heat.)
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Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.
But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?
And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.
And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:
And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the Wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.
And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,
And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.
Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee;
And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim:
That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,
The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles;
The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.
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Glen Cosper Earns AFP's Highest Fundraising Credential
(Aug. 13, 2007) Glen Cosper, director of planned giving and development operations for Scott & White Memorial in Temple, Texas, has earned AFP's most distinguished credential, the Advanced Certified Fundraising Executive (ACFRE).
Cosper will be honored for his achievement during AFP's 45th International Conference on Fundraising in San Diego in March 2008.
"What a privilege to join the ranks of ACFRE," said Cosper. "For some years now, it has been my goal to work towards this level of certification. The entire process has allowed me to grow significantly in my education, widen my philosophy and continue ensuring my ethical standards are the foundation of my work everyday in Development."
Available only to senior-level fundraisers who have worked in the profession for 10 or more years, the ACFRE is a distinguished achievement that has been earned by only 81 professionals around the world since the inception of the program in 1992.
"I urge everyone that is able to apply now for the ACFRE to do so and join in the process of growing in the field," continued Cosper. "Those who are already CFREs should begin to look at the ACFRE as the standard to achieve."
Prior to accepting his position at Scott & White Memorial Hospital, Cosper was foundation manager for the Metroplex Health System Foundation in Killeen, Texas, and associate director and assistant vice president for university advancement for the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor in Belton, Texas. He has been a member of AFP since 1990, serving as vice chair for professional advancement from 2003 to 2004. He holds a B.A. degree from the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor and a M.A. from Saint Mary's University of Minnesota.
The ACFRE program is the most rigorous certification process available to professional fundraisers. The process includes:
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- an oral peer review in which the candidate must articulate a mastery of advanced-level knowledge in fundraising management, leadership and ethics
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Losing weight during the second trimester is not an option because this is time when you should be gaining the most weight. If you are losing weight during the second trimester due to severe morning sickness then you should talk to your doctor immediately. If you are consciously trying to lose weight then stop. This is harmful to your unborn child. Your body needs extra calories each day, not less, in order to provide the necessary nutrition to you and your growing fetus. There are two great suggestions that will help you enjoy a healthy pregnancy while staying within the recommended weight gain guidelines.
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An incredibly diverse and mesmerizing region for an amazing cycling vacation
Italy has many regions and treasures to explore. A great place to begin or continue that journey is Piedmont and Liguria. Nestled between the Alpine borders of France and Switzerland and bordered by the Italian Riviera, this place seems to have it all. Turin is a sophisticated and urbane city with museums, historical and cultural sites, shopping, cafés, and restaurants. The rolling landscape of the Langhe and Roero, home to famed wine villages Barolo and Barbaresco, is brimming with thousands of kilometers of small, paved roads perfect for cycling. They wend their way to the Apennine crest and the Mediterranean seacoast. The arc of the Alps dominate the horizon. Here, one can challenge themselves on the legendary passes of the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France.
The cooking of this region is reason enough to visit. A quarter of a century ago, Carlo Petrini founded The Slow Food movement in the small city of Bra halfway between the crest of the Alps and the sea. The people here take their food seriously. From those who farm the land, make the bread and pasta, and cook in the countless trattorias and restaurants, you are sure to meet someone passionate and devoted to the art of eating well.
If wine is your bent, we can spend an afternoon learning the intricacies of the grapes Nebbiola, Barbera, Dolcetto and Arneis. These varietals comprise the pantheon of wine to be discovered and enjoyed here. Barolo and Barbaresco, once minor players on the world's stage, have come front and center. Returning home with a new appreciation for the region's wines is an added bonus of a trip with us. We'll introduce you to our friends and neighbors who grow and make some delicious and interesting wines - we'll even arrange shipments home for you so you can share your discoveries with friends back home as you recount your travels.
Cycling is a time honored tradition here. Italians have great respect and admiration for cycling. On our daily rides we are sure to meet groups of riders saluting each other with a salve or buongiorno – it is this camaraderie that makes the sport so inclusive and welcome. We look forward to planning an interesting and fulfilling cycling tour with you. We'll share our passion and knowledge for the roads and routes throughout the region.


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Menu of the Week
• 15 January 2009
Lentil Sausage Soup, avocado salad, artisan sourdough bread, fresh fruit...I don't really like kielbasa so I substitute Harmon's housemade italian sausage and love it so much more; the best price locally on french lentils is at the International Market. This is also an excellent vegetarian meal if you eliminate the sausage.
Grilled Salmon (the Husband grilled it on a bed of tin foil with green onions, some butter, and herbs), herb roasted potatoes, salad & bread.
Italian Stew, Salad, crusty bread...next time I'll cut the green olives in half to spread out the intense flavor a little more. I also used chicken breasts with the thighs since I favor white meat a little more.
Mustard Roasted Chicken with Vegetables, Mini Cheese Souffles, Butter Lettuce Salad, artisan bread (I love good bread, can you tell?!). When making the main dish, I like to add some good balsamic vinegar to the vegetables as well. I just throw a little on top before roasting.
Friday is going to be a date night...I'm hoping for something cheap and light...and Saturday some of our friends are treating us to a homemade dinner (sweet!) so I'm off the hook for the weekend. I can't wait!
6 comments:
- Emily said...
I love your Blog and think we could be friends! Please host a cooking class soon! I love that stuff!
Thanks for all of your Inspiration!
- January 16, 2009 at 11:16 AM
The Italian Stew link sent me to the sausage soup recipe. Is it me?
Really enjoy your blog.
- January 16, 2009 at 3:09 PM
- Stephanie said...
Thanks for the heads up Angela! I fixed the link.
- January 16, 2009 at 3:17 PM
You're welcome and thanks for fixing the link. Shortly after visiting your blog I happened to be near a new French market in our area and bought some LePuy Green lentils and tomato paste in a tube (thank you for the reminder, Mark Bittman). I plan to make the Sausage Soup this weekend after all. The Italian Stew will have to wait. :-)
- January 17, 2009 at 8:04 AM
P.S. I just tried the Italian Stew link. I work at Sunset magazine, thanks for posting one of our recipes.
- January 17, 2009 at 8:06 AM
- Stephanie said...
Angela, you work for Sunset? Awesome! I love that magazine on many levels. I'd love to hear about what you do...drop me an email when you have time!
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