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Jack County Petroleum Capital. Founder, Henry E. Bryson (September 1, 1839 - October 25, 1909), a Civil War veteran, farmer and stockraiser, built first log cabin here in 1878. After Bryson post office was established in 1882, the town developed as a center for the growing of cotton and grain. Rock ....
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Once the center of cotton-producing activity in Hays County. Goforth became a ghost town during the 1920s. The community was established in the 1870s by James Taylor Goforth (1849-1915), who operated a general store at this site. Goforth's store served as a social center and as a banking facility fo....
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Herman Specht migrated in 1870 to Galveston from Germany. In 1884 he married Clara M. Vogel Lange (1853-1912), a wealthy widow. Adding to earlier property holdings in Galveston, he began buying extensive tracts of land in northern Wichita County, which eventually totaled 21,000 acres. In 1886 he pla....
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Little specs of gray bunnies nestled around the mouth of the vent. The dust had run into the barred, metal teeth because it seemed quiet, as if the scream had dried out long ago. The warmth of its throat was inviting and in the winter it was like a camp fire. Rather than tell them to go, the vents seemed to like their company. In the evenings I can hear it purring, the rumble – awaiting…
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A street photographer must adapt, improvise, and blend in to any situation — and be ready to find beauty in even the dullest of scenes.
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|Posted by dhansikhi on April 8, 2012 at 5:20 AM
Sikhs have started to keep weapons from the time of Guru Hargobind Sahib Ji. Guruji took to weapons to stand against the oppression of the kings. Desperate times need desperate measures. Guru Hargobind Sahib Ji kept two kirpans with him. One was called Miri and other was called Piri. One represented Temporal authority while the other represented Spiritual authority. This is why we sometimes refer to Gurus as 'Do Jahan De Maalik', meaning king of two worlds, not physical worlds but temporal and spiritual worlds.
Guru Hargobind Sahib Ji had made an army of Sikhs that would stand against any cruel and unjust action. Guru Har Rai Ji continued this trend and he had maintained a cavalry of about 20,000. Guru Har Rai Ji himself was more on the spiritual side, although the guru was always ready to fight the oppression.
It was made compulsory by Guru Gobind Singh Ji that every Sikh would keep a Kirpan (iron Sword) with him. From then on and till today Sikhs have kept Kirpan as a symbol of their faith, since Kirpan is one of the five kakkars.
So Are Sikhs Violent?
From the time of Guru Nanak Dev Ji till today, Sikhs have never even conquered an inch of land, nor any of the battles fought by the Sikhs had been started by them. Sikhs have always defended themselves and others if necessary. Sikhs have been rescuing girls that mughals used to kidnap. During the British rule also, when Britishers would kidnap girls, Sikhs would rescue them during midnight. The parents of the girls would not get worried as they knew that it is 12:00 (Sikhon ke baara baj gaye). The term became famous during those times.
Once Gandhiji said that Sikhs are against his rules of non-violence and so were their gurus who always kept weapons with them. His comments did not last long because he soon got a reply for his comment. Someone wrote to him that, "You say our gurus are always ready with weapons and they are violent, where do your principles go when you see Lord Vishnu with a weapon in each of his hand, when you see Lord Shankar with a trishul in his hand". A weapon in the hand indicates that the person is ready to fight. Sikh Gurus never used to keep their weapons in their hands. In fact the sword would come out only after the enemy has attacked first.
There are so many jokes made on Sikhs every year and there is near to no measure taken against that. This is because we Sikhs believe that if they can provide happiness to someone by making fun of themselves then it is a great honor. But when it comes to faith we can do anything to defend it. We have laid our lives for others, what are those jokes in front of that. Some Sikhs complain that after doing so much for the country what have they got, disrespect everywhere. But Sikhism is all about sacrifice for others. Guru Nanak Dev Ji says that give your head and don't ask the reason. "Sir Dijay Kaan na Kijay".
So for all who think that Sikhs are violent, yes we are if we have to defend our faith. But we will take to weapons only if the enemy takes to weapons. Whenever there will be oppression or any danger to mankind, Sikhs will always be there to lay their lives for others.
Waheguru Ji ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh.
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According to reports, veteran Chicago rapper Payroll has passed away.
Although details surrounding Payroll's death remain scarce, Fake Shore Drive has received word that he was murdered.
Particularly known for his contributions to Chicago Hip Hop, Payroll has appeared on tracks with the likes of Triple Darkness and E.C. Illa.
E.C. Illa was one of many to offer their condolences on social media following news of Payroll's death. In a message shared on Facebook on Tuesday (September 12), he praised Payroll and spoke on the bond they shared.
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Payroll was also one of few to have taken their feud with Kanye West to wax. Following a spat with 'Ye over Jay-Z's "Neva Change" instrumental, Payroll responded with the aptly titled "Fuck Kanye West."
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It isn't known exactly how or when somun first came to Sarajevo. Some will tell you that it was brought by Sultan Fatih's army, while others would point to Gazi Husrev Bey and his desire to provide the poor and travelers with cheap but tasty bread in his imaret (public kitchen). More
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With that, we have gained a handful of newcomers who are learning the ropes and who are all on their own individual new experience.
I feel like I am standing, super-glued behind the desk, watching as my old friends wave goodbye.
I feel as though I am seeing these new vulnerable faces, nervous and alone as they creep through these unfamiliar darkened hallways, desperately trying to find their bearings.
At least they too are doing something new.
All I want is to see something new.
Travel, if only for just one week.
I want to study something that fascinates me, whether it be cooking or writing, psychology or tourism.
No. I don't want this. I need this. I can literally feel the aching yearn for it deep within my heart.
To be fair, I learn new things daily at the spa.
But it's other things, even as simple as discovering what a lobster tastes like as it melts like butter onto your tongue – that has always been a must-do on my list yet I've never had the chance.
I'd like to feel the spitting breeze of the ocean as I stand high up on a mountain top, touching my callous ridden palms from learning to fish.
I'd like to go and drink gloriously smooth, fruity wine with an absolute stranger as we teach one another language and cultures.
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After Backlash, Apples Reverses Ruling Banning Copycat Apps
By Roberto Ragusa, Co-Managing Partner of DIT Web Solutions
Apple's impact on the business world continues to be felt. One of the key issues with technology based companies is the ever-changing rules and regulations set forth by industry giants, changing the face of a company with a single sentence.
The recent ruling by Apple regarding App Store Guidelines is no exception. With one swoop of the keyboard, Apple managed to turn large sections of the App industry upside down.
Companies were given until 1 Jan 2018 to meet with new compliance terms on app submissions.
Original Apple (App Store Guideline) release statement:
"4.2.6 Apps created from a commercialized template or app generation service will be rejected."
And for that reason, some companies were out. Finding the rules too constricting, certain app development companies actually shut down their app development services.
Apple's deletion of any portion of relevant technology solutions further erodes small business' ability to be competitive in the marketplace. Technology should continue to be made available to enable small businesses to succeed; not thwart their progress by deleting them.
The ruling also captured the attention of Representative Ted Lieu (D, CA), who has asked the company to reconsider in a letter dated 1 Dec, 2017.
Apple has since updated its app store guidelines to relax restrictive rules on template apps. The ruling which banned mass-templated apps from populating its marketplace, was revised and re-issued with a new set of 'app-spectations'.
Revised Apple (App Store Guideline) release statement:
"4.2.6 Apps created from a commercialized template or app generation service will be rejected unless they are submitted directly by the provider of the app's content. These services should not submit apps on behalf of their clients and should offer tools that let their clients create customized, innovative apps that provide unique customer experiences.
Another acceptable option for template providers is to create a single binary to host all client content in an aggregated or "picker" model, for example as a restaurant finder app with separate customized entries or pages for each client restaurant, or as an event app with separate entries for each client event."
This is a technical way of stating that you can create one platform, with several clients that can be added to the platform, and still be customizable to the client. Much like creating a Facebook page, you can create a page that looks and feels the way you want it to, but you can't change the platform, which is Facebook.
Before we all get out our placards and stage a protest, let's take a step back and look at life through Apple's eyes. The overall arching concept and mission of Apple is to create unique apps with the best possible user experience for the customer. When the customer downloads an app that looks very similar to other apps or the app doesn't work as designed, the customer may perceive that the product, the Apple phone, is less valuable. Cheap or clone-like apps, will detract from the Apple image. I can feel Steve Jobs rolling over in his grave now.
Bottom line is that Apple apps need to represent Apple; they need to look good and work well.
That's the theory anyhow, and would explain the decision, and its revisions. The only other explanation is perhaps it's a ploy to make more money from registration fees. Much like the DMV forcing you to renew your license fee every year. App developers must set up an Apple App account for submissions, but this would force each client to set up their own account for approval to the App store.
Regardless of the why's and wherefores, there are some steps you can take moving forward. If you are an App developer, work on your master App with user portals for different companies that are customizable; an aggregate, multiple account system. Or get good at building unique, customizable apps.
Is there an alternative to copycat apps? The simple alternative is to let an app developer create your own customized app. Find a reputable App Dev company, and get an app made to your specs. This may be costlier in the short term, but in the long term, you save on monthly fees and the ongoing cost of keeping your app on an aggregate platform, which ultimately doesn't belong to you. This also reduces the risk of having your "copycat app" yanked out of the App store.
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Roberto 'Rob' Ragusa, Co-Managing Partner of DIT Web Solution, utilized his expertise as a computer programmer to create Digital Ink Technologies, Inc., with a focus on websites and app development, in June 2004. With his leadership they expanded to include Hosting, Domains, Online Marketing Services, SEO and PPC. The company won the Business Achievement Award for the category of businesses with 1-15 employees from the Whitby, Ontario Chamber of Commerce in 2014. In 2017, Ragusa formed a partnership with Louie Pateropoulos and merged Digital Ink Technologies, Inc. with Avenue Road Advertising. DIT Web Solutions was born and now features two locations in the Greater Toronto area. Ragusa received a degree in Web Development from Durham College.
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Miranda Sykes and Rex Preston(January 25, 2012)
Miranda Sykes and Rex Preston - I declare I had more than a passing interest in this recording as soon as I saw the photograph of Rex Preston's mandolin. OK, so (like many other readers out there) I was aware of Miranda Sykes if only for her association with Show Of Hands but had, until this time not personally paid much attention. That'll teach me…for here we have a wistfully crafted album that could see its way into my top ten favourite 'folk' recordings of 2012…and it's only January! This personable duo might find themselves in competition with Simon Mayor & Hilary James and, if so, as Sherlock Holmes might say "...the game's afoot".
If you like 'folk' music with an artistic flourish then I can do no more than recommend Preston's astonishingly deft touch on all things string and particularly the track 'A Kiss In The Morning Early' (anyone out there remember The Matthews Brothers?) which is just sublime. He certainly marks his territory where Chris Thile has trod before by including the merest hint of Pachelbel for good measure and the duo's arrangements don't take risks so much as embrace them and I'm sure the songwriters who have contributed unknowingly (Karine Polwart, Kate Rusby, Imogen Heap and Patty Griffin) would be more than happy with the finished result.
If you're looking to replenish your spirits in these austere times then I suggest you purchase this recording at the earliest opportunity and impress your friend's safe in the knowledge that here are two artists at the top of their tree! You can find 'Miranda Sykes and Rex Preston' on Hands On Music HMCD35
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Since Kevin can perform over 100 different, sounding, voices; you can work with just one, tried and true, voice over, actor for all your male, voice over, voicing needs.
From audiobooks and documentaries to commercials and impersonations; be it voicing or writing, (Slogans, Radio Ads, Promos, Ad Campaigns, Political Campaigns Ads, Satire, Parody, Audiobooks, Plays, Comedy, Pitchman, Jingles and more), Kevin Wolf is a singular source, or "one-stop-shop", for serving most, if not all, of your voice over, and voice over, related needs and, yes, suffice it to say that means he will make your job a lot easier.
Kevin Wolf is: Raw, Edgy, Hardy, Reasonable, Pirate, Sailor, Gruff, Relentless, Chipper, Witty, Robust, Pompous, Snobbish, Snooty, Pleasant, Butler, Middle Age, Senior, Pleasant, Cynical, British, British, Sophisticated, Mild, Accents, Righteous, African American, Hillbilly, Stereo-Typical, Italian Gangster, Enforcer, Ghost, Gangster Boss, Soft Spoken, Italian, Regular Guy, New Yorker, Mild, Raspy, Fun, Scruffy, Somber, Story Teller, Old West, Old Prospector, Gentleman, Southern Gentleman, Outlaw Smooth, Tex-Mex, Outlaw Gritty, Serious, Instructive, Guy Next Door, Monotone, Southern, Folksy, Sunny, Early American, Rough, Worldly, Seasoned, Warm, Jovial, Narrator, Poetic, Cool, Hip, Radio DJ, American Reporter, Edgy, Worldly, Seasoned, Up Beat, Lovable, Jovial, Persuasive, Movie Trailer, Drill Sargent, Old Timer, Cartoon, Character, Lispy, Doofy, Goofy, Silly, Lounge Act, Pitchman, Class Act, Up Scale, Sober, Main Event Announcer, Super Hero, Boom Voice, Science Geek, Space Alien, Robot, English Woman, Irish Woman, Gumshoe Detective, Detective, Italian Guy, Friendly, Retro Movies, Retro, Depression Era, Surfer, Sports Caster, Cop, Small Boy, Nasally, Arrogant, Professional, Lovable Loser, Wealthy Man, Wealthy, Rich Man, Poor Man, Holiday, Halloween, Christmas, St. Patrick's Day, Sailor, Sailors, Old Captain, Captain, Pirate, Religious, Preacher, Charismatic, Carnival Barker, Retro Horror, Horror, Ghostly, Retro Sci-Fi, Sci-Fi, Nice, Normal, Warm, Wonderful, Contagious, Laugh, Wicked, Political, American Icons, Famous People, Impressions, Impersonators, Impersonations, American Cartoons, American Politicians, Retro, Sleepy, Excited, Drunk, Audiobooks, Business, Documentaries, Educational, Internet, Jingles, Movie Trailers, Music, Podcasting, Radio, Telephone, Television, Videogames, Singing, Singer, Dealership Ads, Car Ads, Car Commercial, Man On The Street, On Location, Jimmy Buffet, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan, John Connelly, Bobby McFerrin
Sylvester, Barney, Roger Rabbit, Bugs Bunny & Elmer Fudd, American Singers, vintage, 20th century, retro, movie reel, war correspondent, black white movie, wolfman jack, wolfman, vintage movies, 20th century movies, retro movies, movietone, political ad, 20th century political speeches, 20th century speeches, newsreel,
English (North American), English, English (British), English (Irish), English (Scottish)
British, England - Received Pronunciation (RP, BBC), Irish, Mexican, North American, Scottish, US African American, US Midwest (Chicago, Great Lakes), US New York (New Jersey, Bronx, Brooklyn), US South (Deep South, Dixie, Delta), US South West (Texas), US West Coast (California, Portland)
Middle Aged, Senior, Young Adult
Special Skills
Animation, Audiobooks, Business, Documentaries, Educational, Internet Video, Jingles, Movie Trailers, Music, Podcasting, Radio, Telephone, Television, Videogames
I wrote and voiced the audiobooks/audio works entitled, 'Hush Dimbulb - In Hush We Trust' and 'Hush Dimbulb - One Nation Under Hush'. Included in these, extremely, unique audio works; in addition to over 50 different voice characters and voice impersonations, (between the two works), are several "talk-radio", commercials,
Other audio works, I've written and voiced, include, Dr. Dang-Dog-Gone It and Do You Think?, Hearing Loss And Loss Prevention, The Bill & Burt Comedy Show - Kings Of Sit-Down Comedy, to name just a few.
My curiosity has made me a perennial student, and this, combined with my expressive inclination, and vocal talent has indubitably made me a voice over actor/artist/voicing stylists of the highest caliber.
I study the greats and endlessly search for creative ideas from sources throughout history and the world. And though I have had no formal, voice over, training, I am constantly self-educating, broadening my knowledge and sharpening my craft.
MXL 2003A and ATR30 Low Impedance Microphones.
Computer & Software
MAGIX Audio Studio. CreAtive - Special Effects
Special Equipment
Art Dual Tube Pre and Yamaha PSR 520 Keyboard.
Delivery Methods
I can record and then deliver the audio files via Email. MP3, WAV, AIFF
Turnaround Time
Within 24 hours on most jobs...usually less. I will only commit if I can meet your time frame(s).
Service Description
Kevin provides dry voice files formatted as per your request (WAV, MP3, AIFF or other standard formats). Files are delivered to you through the convenience of email or your FTP site. He is also available for your recording sessions in studios located in Portland, Oregon and surrounding area (United States).
Hello I'm Kevin Wolf and I have over fourteen years VO experience. Pro studio that can accommodate most settings in WAV, AIF, MP3 formats.
Fast turnaround. 99% of projects are completed within 4 hours. Price includes a revision and reasonable editing.
Please contact me with any questions, I'm ALL EARS!
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Voice Over Clients
Present and previous client list. IIB, IND Conservation, Straton Funeral Home, Amtel, Smith's Home Furnishings, LT's Tavern,
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I purchased a par of sandals made by Aerosole at Macy's in Daytona Florida while on vacation. I live In Canada
A few month later I decided to wear it. Within 2 hours the shank on the button craked and so did both heels.
I wrote a letter and took some pictures of the sandals to Aerosole pointinout that after 2 hours
of wear the sandals fell apart.
The people at the office were shocked to see my brand new shoes!
I asked for a replacement shoe or my money back. Customer service offered me a 20% discount
on my next pair of shoes from Aerosole.
Are they for real? Do they think I will ever buy another pair from them? 2 HOURS of wear
and they fall apart. Yopu got to be kidding !!!!!!!
Review about: Aerosoles Sandals.
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Are these real Aerosoles? The font used for the brand name is different.
Could these be knockoffs? However, even if they are, this does seem to be a problem with real Aerosoles.
The material used for the soles deteriorates and breaks up. I've had it happen with other brands as well- all made in China.
Wow,thats inexcusable.I just came from dinner with friends. Have a pair of aersole sandals I decided to wear what with the spring like weather.Now granted the shoes are quite old,but not worn much.As I was walking thought ''why is this shoe so lose''Well the from toe strap came loose, the soles of both pair falling totally apart,I left shoe debri all over the cafe.Thank goodness for the ankle strap that helt the rest of the shoe on my feet. Never had a shoe do this,even a old one.
I had this exact experience with Aerosoles last evening when I went out to dinner. The shoes were just fine when I sat down, and 3 hours later as I stood up the heel on my right shoe just 1/2 broke away and the shoe on my left foot split in half.
Like magic, both of the shoes fell almost completely apart as I was unloosening the straps and taking them off. There was debris everywhere! I walked out of the restaurant with bare feet. It was just unbelievable!!!
I have photos.
These shoes looked like new and had not been worn more than 6 times and were always kept in original box in my closet. They were likely 3 years old.
I too purchased a very similar shoe to the one you showed in your picture! It also fell apart after less than 2 hours of wear!!!!
It was unbelievable...we had to leave an event and run back home for a different pair of shoes. I could not wait to get rid of my 'new'/previously unworn shoes directly to the trash since chucks of shoe were falling off everywhere!!!! Really terrible and something that Aerosoles should stand behind...
I was afraid to wear them through the event for 1) embarrassment and 2) dangerous if the whole thing collapsed and I'd hurt an ankle or fall, etc.


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Reinhard Poetz wrote: > Upayavira wrote: > >> Especially if you build Cocoon from the command line, then have >> eclipse point to the WEB-INF/classes folder. Things can otherwise get >> messy... > > > This can already be done by setting a property in > local.build.propertries. See the "ide" section. Yes, I know. I tend to do it using the Eclipse GUI. What I was referring to is when the build system just builds selected blocks, and Eclipse builds the lot, I've found the webapp can get confused. Having both in sync is a good idea. That's all. Regards, Upayavira
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Dear Dom & Maria,
We are so very pleased with every aspect of the job you did for us at our home in Emu Plains. Many things influenced our decision to accept your quote & offer to do a complete renewal of our 28 year old driveway. We love supporting small local Aussie companies. The cost was a large influence also & your cost was incredibly competitive. The professional attitude of both yourselves & your staff was incredible. Your attention to detail & consideration of all our requests were met with caring for our well being & we thank you for this.
Please feel free to use this unsolicited letter in any way that can enhance your company – as that is what your effort has done to our home. We were especially pleased with the work Michael did. On a final note the quality & results are exceptional. Thank you so very much. We recommend you to all of our friends & contacts. We also wish you & your family continuing success & happiness.
Yours sincerely Sally & David Clark.
Emu Plains
Dear Domenic & the Domcrete team,
This is just a short message to thank you & your team for the wonderful job that was done at our house – this includes everything from the removal of the old driveway, forming up, pouring the new concrete slab and then the final stage – resurfacing with the Cover-Tex products.
Your customer service skills and knowledge is invaluable for your field of work, which we both found very impressive. From the initial stages of providing us a quote, to the finished product, you and your team were nothing but professional, friendly and informative of what was to take place or taking place at the time.
We are so impressed with the finished result, that we have no hesitation recommending you to any person interested in your services, and are quite happy for you to advise prospective clients of our location for them to view the finished product – as well as your sign being proudly displayed out the front of our house for a while yet.
Again – to you and your team – THANK YOU!
Mr & Mrs Dearie
Glenmore Park NSW 2745
Dear Domenic,
Thank you for the manner in which you conducted your work at our home. We appreciate your knowledge and commitment to a high quality finished product.
Mr Devlin
Emu Plains NSW 2750
Dear Domenic,
I am delighted with the result and the quality of workmanship. I am also very appreciative of your willingness to carry out the job so soon after placing the order with you. I shall enthusiastically recommend you and your services, should the occasion arise. Do feel free to call in and admire your handiwork if you are in the area! Meanwhile, I look forward to receiving the written warranty and receipt. Thank you.
Your Sincerely
Mr Smith
Winmalee NSW 2777
Hi Domenic and everyone at DOMCRETE,
I took some photos this morning of my house renovation before and after. Thank you for doing such a good job and I thought you might like to see before and after all the work. New control-a-door, new fence and paving replaced with Domcrete Spray Paving.
Mrs Little
North Epping
Dear Domenic
On behalf of the team at Parchem Construction Supplies Pty Ltd, I would like to pass on my sincere thanks and appreciation of your support and involvement in making our DIY Rescue project a complete success.
Your professionalism and work ethic, working under the CT banner certainly ensured our success.
Working with valued customers in all aspects of business development is key to our future success. Successful companies have two key ingredients, great staff and long term customers that are as much a part of organisation as the employees.
Again, thank you for your support and we look forward to working with your well into the future to ensure our mutual success.
Managing Director
Parchem Construction Supplies Pty Ltd
Dear Dom,
On behalf of Parchem Construction Supplies Pty Ltd I would like to pass on our thanks and appreciation to your for the support and time you afforded our Japanese guests on site at St Clair last week.
All the group were very impressed with your workmanship and the positive approach you took discussing and offering feedback to those questions.
Once again thank you and we look forward to working with your well into the future to build our mutual businesses.
Yours Sincerely
The Regional Manager
Parchem Construction Supplies Pty Ltd


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British camera maps moon metals; engineering the immune system; how to help office workers sleep better; headphones interfering with heart implants; medical uses for land-mine radars, and more.
British camera maps moon metals
By James Hayes
Scientists at the Open University are hoping to use data from India's new lunar orbiter to learn more about what the Moon is made of.
Dr Mahesh Anand and Dr David Rothery of the OU's Centre for Earth, Planetary, Space and Astronomical Research (CESPAR) are co-investigators of an instrument on----board the Indian Space Research Organisation's Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft, which entered lunar orbit on 8 November.
The Chandrayaan-1 Imaging X-ray Spectrometer (C1XS) is part of the European Space Agency's contribution to the mission. It was jointly developed by the UK's Rutherford Appleton Laboratory and ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangalore, to deliver elemental mapping of the moon using X-ray fluorescence.
During its 24-month mission Chandrayaan-1 will explore the lunar surface with an array of 11 scientific instruments including cameras, spectrometers and synthetic aperture radar.
The objective is to produce high-resolution maps of the lunar surface showing the three main rock-forming elements - magnesium, aluminium and silicon - under normal solar conditions, as well as other elements including iron, and titanium during solar flare events.
C1XS principal investigator Professor Manuel Grande, head of solar system physics at the University of Wales Institute of Mathematics and Physics, said mapping operations were scheduled to begin in mid-November, after the Indian descent probe was launched.
"What we map depends on the Sun," Professor Grande told E&T. "Initially we will concentrate on times when a solar X-ray flare produces a high signal for us - these cannot be predicted. If the illumination was constant, we could map nearly the whole moon in one month, one 25km pixel at a time. In practice, it will take a couple of years."
Office workers sleep better when they get the blues
By Dominic Lenton
Adding a little bit of blue to standard white-light fluorescent tubes can help workers stay more alert during the day, and sleep better at night, according to researchers who carried out a study at the offices of electronics distributor RS Components.
Recent years have seen emerging evidence for a number of physiological effects that can be attributed to exposure to artificial light. These include suppression of the hormone melatonin, shifting of the daily circadian rhythms that influence body functions, elevation of body temperature and changes in heart rate.
At the same time, studies in which volunteers were scanned using photon emission tomography and magnetic resonance imaging have suggested that different kinds of light can have different effects on alertness and performance. A possible mechanism is a recently discovered photoreceptive system that depends on melanopsin, a pigment found in the retina that is particularly sensitive to wavelengths of around 480nm.
Because the most obvious effects are observed at night, most laboratory studies have concentrated on this effect. Researchers from the Sleep Research Centre at the University of Surrey wanted to find out whether exposure during the day could also have a significant effect.
They recruited 104 white-collar workers who spend their weekdays on two near-identical floors of a large office building in the north of England used by RS Components.
After baseline assessments under existing lighting conditions, every volunteer was exposed to two new lighting conditions, each lasting four weeks. Both types of fluorescent tube were manufactured by Philips, but one was from the company's blue-enriched Activiva range and the other a traditional white light.
Throughout the two months, questionnaires and rating scales were used to assess alertness, mood, sleep quality, performance, mental effort, headache and eye strain.
According to results published in the Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, workers exposed to the blue-enriched light showed improvements in subjective measures of positive moods, work performance, fatigue in the evening, irritability, ability to concentrate and focus and eye strain associated with the blue-enriched light. They also reported sleeping better at night.
The researchers speculate that the mechanism by which blue-enriched white light exerts its non-visual effects probably involves melanopsin-expressing ganglion cells in the retina, which link with the parts of the brain known to play a part in regulating sleepiness, attention and working memory. They admit, however, that the positive effects participants thought the blue light had on sleep quality were "somewhat surprising".
Professor Derk-Jan Dijk, who led the experiment, believes the results suggest that employers could benefit from reviewing the artificial light their staff work under all day. "This research may indeed imply that our currently used artificial office lighting is sub-optimal for maintaining alertness," he said.
Mike Lea, who is RS Components' product manager for lighting and was involved with the study, said that the new lights were generally very well received.
"At the end of the trial, when we conducted our own poll of the users, 75 per cent voted strongly in favour of the blue-enriched lights. This rose to 92 per cent either in favour or with no strong feelings. Having used the Activiva lights for 18 months, their popularity continues to grow with the users," he said.
Philips Activiva lights are now being used as standard on both of the trial floors and are about to be installed in RS's customer contact centre. Several office areas in the company's large warehouse which have no natural daylight have also been changed over.
E&T editor wins top accolade
By James Hayes
Engineering & Technology's editor-in-chief Dickon Ross has been named 'Editor of the Year - Business & Professional Magazines (non-weekly)' at the 2008 British Society of Magazine Editors Awards.
Ross beat competition from ten other shortlisted contenders, including Management Today, Director and The Practitioner to scoop the prestigious prize, which was presented at the Hilton Hotel on 4 November in front of an audience of 632 top editors, journalists and publishers. Praising Ross's achievement, the BSME Awards judges said the magazine 'oozed confidence'.
"I'm absolutely thrilled with this honour," Ross says. "It's great recognition for the hard work that all the team has put in to make E&T the market leader."
Dickon Ross joined the IET in 2002, where he conceived and launched Flipside, a glossy, picture-led magazine aimed at teenagers, with readership of over 300,000. He has been a science and technology journalist since 1990. He was a reporter and news editor for Electronics Times before joining Focus magazine, which he then went on to edit.
Engineering the immune system
By Chris Edwards
Undergraduate students from around the world converged on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in early November, hoping to win a prize for the best genetically engineered organism. But many had another aim: putting together the beginnings of a biological technology that might deal with the world's deadliest diseases and worst toxic spills.
The International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) competition has grown from just five US-based teams in 2004 to more than 80 groups vying for a place in the final. Over 800 undergraduates and advisers turned up for the weekend event to describe their work, mostly conducted during the summer break.
Many chose to deal with disease, energy and environmental problems. The winning team from Slovenia developed the basis for a possible vaccine against a widespread bacterium that could represent the eighth biggest cause of death around the world by 2010. Team member Jan Lozaric claimed the team had come up with a "double-barrelled shotgun" to attack Helicobacter pylori, a bacterium that causes peptic ulcers and some forms of gastric cancer.
Normally, the bacterium evades the human immune system. "It is a master of disguise," said Lozaric. The strategy developed by the Slovenian team was to engineer a "DNA vaccine". Put into non-pathogenic cells, the DNA specifies proteins similar to those created by H pylori but with modifications that can be recognised by human anti--bodies. This kick-starts the body's immune response. In mice, the DNA changes triggered an immune response that let the animal's cells attack H pylori.
Lozaric said the team now intends to complete animalstudies, with the ultimate aim of moving to clinical studies.
Of the runners-up, a team from the Californian Institute of Technology (Caltech) worked on an artificial pro-biotic bacterium that could live in the human gut and provide three different functions: kill off nearby pathogenic bacteria, make vitamin supplements, and help people who suffer from lactose intolerance by breaking the chemical down.
Students from the Taipei team, one of the six finalists, took on the idea of augmenting pro-biotic bacteria to the point where they could perform dialysis functions for people without a working kidney. Once swallowed, the BactoKidney capsule would pass through the stomach, attaching itself to the intestine wall under control of a pH sensor, which would also activate production of chemicals to break down urea and other substances released into the gut. After a fixed time it would detach and pass out of the body.
Although the event has grown ten-fold over four years, iGEM organiser Randy Rettberg said he was planning for 50 per cent annual growth over at least the next two years, and that more than 700 teams might ultimately take part as universities become more aware of synthetic biology's possibilities and how they can use the competition in teaching.
Rettberg commented: "For several years, I have been explaining synthetic biology by saying we have a question to answer. Can simple biological systems be built from standard interchangeable parts and operated in living cells? Or is biology so complex that each case is unique?
"Now," he continued, "the question is starting to look a little silly. It is obvious you can do this, or least the undergraduates can."
High-tech clinic for vehicles
By Bob Cervi
A centre that will develop vehicle-health monitoring systems for all forms of transport has opened in the UK with the backing of major aerospace companies.
The Integrated Vehicle Health Management (IVHM) Centre has been set up by Cranfield University with support from US aircraft maker Boeing as lead partner as well as BAE Systems, Meggitt, Rolls-Royce, Thales and the East of England Development Agency.
The Bedfordshire centre, which has £5m of funding over five years, aims to develop existing vehicle health-management systems to offer a "total health check for high-tech, high-value assets", according to Cranfield.
Sensors distributed throughout a vehicle will collect data on the condition of components and subsystems, while on-board processors assess their health and predict possible deterioration and future life.
The aim is to enable manufacturers, their supply chain partners and customers to anticipate when a crucial component such as a plane engine part needs maintenance, repair or replacement, as well as ensuring these components are working normally.
Cranfield said the centre would bring together the 'building-block' technologies it already offers for the aerospace and automotive sectors, and develop these for a range of manufacturing and service industries including defence, road, rail and marine transport, and even patient healthcare.
William Gerry, global technology manager for Boeing, said he expected the Cranfield facility to become "a centre of gravity for integrated vehicle-health monitoring in the West, if not worldwide".
Gerry said Boeing's motive for creating the centre with Cranfield was to gain a "key competitive advantage" against rival manufacturers through offering enhanced service levels for its airline customers.
He said that Boeing's customers now wanted to have health-monitoring capabilities built into the aircraft and their systems, rather than having them added on later. The process would enable the company to develop its aftersales service for clients, which was becoming an increasingly important part of its operations as a manufacturer.
Headphones interfere with heart implants
By Kris Sangani
Heart patients who have been fitted with pacemakers or implantable defibrillators have been warned against placing the headphones of their MP3 players in their top pockets or draping them over their hearts.
According to research presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2008, many headphones contain the magnetic substance neodymium, which could adversely affect the operation of cardiac implants.
Earlier this year an FDA report concluded that interactions are unlikely between MP3 players such as the iPod and implanted cardiac devices.
"We became interested in knowing whether the headphones which contain magnets - not the MP3 players, themselves - would interact with implanted cardiac devices," said Dr William H Maisel, senior author of the study and director of the Medical Device Safety Institute at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre in Boston.
Maisel said doctors use magnets in a clinical setting to test pacemakers, which treat slow heart rhythms. When exposed to magnets, these devices automatically pace, sending low-energy signals to the heart to make it beat. Defibrillators, which treat slow and dangerously fast heart rhythms, send either low- or high-energy signals to the heart, but when near magnets may temporarily stop looking for abnormal heart rhythms.
Implanted cardiac devices that react in these ways to magnets outside the clinical setting can be potentially dangerous for patients who rely on their lifesaving technologies.
Researchers tested eight different models of MP3 player headphones (including both the clip-on and earbud variety) with iPods on 60 defibrillator and pacemaker patients.
"We placed the headphones on the patients' chests, directly over where their devices are located, monitoring them for evidence of an interaction," Maisel said.
The researchers found a detectable interference with the device by the headphones in 14 patients, (23 per cent). Specifically, they observed that 15 per cent of the pacemaker patients and 30 per cent of the defibrillator patients had a magnet response.
"For patients with pacemakers, exposure to the headphones can force the device to deliver signals to the heart, causing it to beat without regard to the patient's underlying heart rhythm," said Maisel. "Exposure of a defibrillator to the headphones can temporarily deactivate it." In most cases, removal of the headphones restores normal device function.
Field strength of 10 gauss at the site of the pacemaker or defibrillator has the potential to interact with the device. The researchers found that some of the head--phones had field strengths as high as 200 gauss or more.
"Even at those high levels, we did not observe any interactions when the headphones were at least 3cm from the skin's surface," Maisel commented. "Patients should keep their headphones at least 3 cm from their implantable devices."
Low-carbon R&D faces funding fog
By Pelle Neroth
Europeans may not be the world's largest carbon emitters - that honour goes to China - but it's still a problem. Yet how can one finance the battle against climate change with a financial crisis raging? Far from being resolved, the question was the subject of intense discussion at a conference organised by France, holders of the EU presidency, at the end of October.
In attendance were President Sarkozy, EU research commissionner Janez Potocnik, the heads of several giant French enterprises such Alstom, and numerous green NGOs. There was general agreement that the campaign against global warming mustn't falter just because of the economic crisis.
The conference came at a time when 10 European research institutes have banded together to form the European Energy Research Alliance (EERA). Between them, the institutes have a budget of over €1.3bn, and their aim is to speed up the development of the new energy technologies that Europe needs if it is to address the triple challenge of climate change, energy security and competitiveness.
Meanwhile, a report from the European Renewable Energy Council has found that global investment in green technologies reached $148bn in 2007, with similar figures expected for this year. But the recession, the collapse in the price of oil, and the price of emitting a tonne of CO2 at €19 in the Emissions Trading Scheme could dampen EU member states' enthusiasm for investing as much as experts say is needed.
Analysts say, further, that the price of CO2 needs to hit at least €25 a tonne for progress in energy efficiency to be profitable in the long term.
So, the question of paying for research in technologies to combat climate change is far from clear. While the conference agreed on generalities, there was little detail on the financing aspects.
The European Commission is supposed to present, at the beginning of 2009, a communication to clarify the financing details regarding the European Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET Plan). Public-private partnerships have been mooted, but it is impossible to know today how many member states are willing to use this instrument. The industrialists at the conference pleaded for strong public financial support for research and development: not for them, they said, to carry the whole burden for a technological revolution.
Another proposal on sources of finance concerns a change in the system of CO2 allocations. But the member states in the system take a poor view of the 'pre-allocation' of money collected from them, preferring to spend it as they wish.
A third idea is take money out of the structural funds kitty. These are currently spent on supporting Europe's poorer regions. But such a shift remains, for the moment, just an idea.
The president of the European Investment Bank (EIB), Philippe Meystadt, had proposals that most attracted the interest of the French press. Apart from financing the SET Plan, the EIB is proposing a unique payment mechanism to fund sustainable energy, create an expert group to coordinate and support national investments and support low-carbon technologies for transport, in particular companies investing in industrial innovation.
Fat-spotting software keeps track of hair loss
By Dominic Lenton
A manufacturer of personal care products has found a new use for sophisticated image analysis software - testing exactly how well hair removal techniques work.
The November issue of the journal Skin Research and Technology reports how the unnamed UK company worked with experts from the Biotech Imaging team at Australian research agency CSIRO to find a more accurate way of assessing the effectiveness of its products.
The usual approach of manual 'before and after' hair counting by human assessors is a boring job, and results are prone to errors and variations between different people, admitted the CSIRO biotech imaging leader Dr Pascal Valloton.
CSIRO says the software can provide information about the length and number of hairs "almost instantly" by analysing images captured from a small flatbed scanner pressed onto the skin.
The linear feature algorithms the software uses are similar to those developed by the team for medical research to measure the branching structure of nerve cells and to find the boundaries of fat cells. In this application, they are tailored to recognise characteristics peculiar to hairs, such as their relative straightness.
"You can compare the results with earlier images to see if hair is growing quickly or slowly or has been properly removed by, say, a depilatory cream," said Valloton. "The software can even detect hairs that people find hard to see, and it's not confused by variations in background skin colour or texture."
Innovation celebration
By Dominic Lenton
The 2008 IET Innovation Awards were announced in London earlier this month, and the winning entries included a novel airport security scanner, a mobile phone banking system for developing countries and the technology behind a GPS-enabled digital camera.
The awards, which are divided into 15 categories, highlight the importance of innovation by celebrating its application across a range of engineering disciplines. The winning entries were announced at a ceremony at the Park Plaza Riverbank, London hosted by TV presenter Maggie Philbin.
One company with double cause for celebration was UK-based Kromek, which took top place in both the security and transport sections with its energy-selective X-ray detectors that accurately identify threat materials in security applications.
Since it was spun out from the physics department at the University of Durham in 2003 as Durham Scientific Crystals, the company's pioneering digital colour imaging for X-rays has brought ground-breaking innovation to materials technology. Rebranded as Kromek in May this year, the company now specialises in making semiconductor materials within the cadmium telluride family that have applications as detectors of X-rays and gamma rays, notably in medical imaging, security screening, industrial inspection and space exploration.
Alongside semiconductor materials, detector packages and non-imaging detection systems, Kromek also supplies X-ray imaging packages with multi-view capabilities that it claims are the first to provide real 3D X-ray imaging without specialist viewing equipment.
As airports continue to restrict passengers transporting liquids in hand luggage, the company is developing a range of scanners. A digital colour X-ray detector for the rapid identification of liquid inside a bottle without the need to open it or sample the contents will be launched this month in Dubai and in December in Washington.
Chief executive Dr Arnab Basu said: "We are delighted and honoured to have won these awards. They underline the fact that ours is a world-class technology that has moved from the R&D stage to the commercialisation of products which may soon be used in airports across the UK and further afield."
Another winner whose work could find applications all over the world is technology company Sagentia, named top in the telecommunications category for the M-PESA mobile technology platform. Developed with Vodafone to provide secure financial services to people without access to banking, M-PESA has exceeded expectations since it was launched in Kenya last year and now has more than 1.6 million customers, with 200,000 joining every month.
'Start-Up of the Year' was Air Semiconductor, recognised both for its innovative business model and its always-on GPS technology, claimed to deliver the lowest-power solution for mobile devices such as phones and laptops. The first product to use the breakthrough technology, which allows battery-operated devices to be continuously aware of their location, is the Airwave-1 device for use in digital cameras.
Air co-founder Stephen Graham said the award was a milestone for the company, set up two years ago and now with bases in the UK, US and Japan. "This award recognises years of hard work, research, engineering and development to pioneer the world's first Always-On GPS solution for portable electronic devices. It is a milestone for Air that the unique innovation in our first product, Airwave-1 for digital cameras, has been recognised by leading industry veterans."
Kromek wasn't the only double winner. Liquid Lever Solutions took home both product design and sustainability prizes for its moisture-activated irrigation valve, an invention that the judging panel said has huge implications for developing countries. The experts described it as "a superbly innovative, self-activating, zero-energy device of worldwide benefit to humanity, using a novel approach to make a major improvement in the conservation of irrigation water supplies. Simple, highly effective and able to deliver major social benefits."
IET chief executive Robin McGill commented: "The entries that made it to the shortlist are a very impressive roll-call of innovation, and although it may be a cliché to say 'everyone is a winner', in this case I am sure it is true. The awards highlight the depth and breadth of innovative work that is being carried out and it is clear from the range of entries that innovation is alive and well. The work undertaken on the projects highlighted by the Innovation Awards will help businesses grow and develop and have a positive impact in many areas."
Asset management (sponsor: National Grid)
Three Valleys Water: pptimising capital maintenance planning.
Built environment (sponsor: Halcrow Yolles)
Test Marshal: automated testing of fixed wiring.
Electronics (sponsor: Withers & Rogers LLP)
Algotronix: DesignTAG IP tagging system.
Emerging technologies (sponsor RS Components)
University of Bristol: integrated quantum photonics.
Information technology (sponsor: Amplicon)
UN Foundation: Mhealth wireless technology to improve public health in developing countries.
Measurement in action (sponsor: National Physical Laboratory)
LiteThru: rapid non-invasive assay in production monitoring.
Power/energy (sponsor Siemens Transmission & Distribution)
Oxsensis: Wave-Phire 1,000°C sapphire sensors for advanced combustion efficiency.
Product design (sponsor: BT)
Liquid Lever Solutions: moisture-activated irrigation valve.
Project team (sponsor: Accenture)
Integrated Alliance: collaborative engineering design and delivery.
Kromek: Selective X-ray detectors for accurate threat materials identification in security applications.
Software in design (sponsor: The MathWorks)
Sundance DSP: generating parallel applications automatically from simulation models.
Start-up (sponsor: Cre8Ventures)
Air Semiconductor: business model and always-on GPS solution.
Sustainability (sponsor: ABB)
Liquid Lever Solutions: moisture-activated irrigation valve.
Telecommunications (sponsor: Nortel)
Sagentia: M-PESA mobile technology platform to provide secure financial services to people without access to banking.
Kromek: Energy-selective X-ray detectors for accurate threat material identification in security applications.
China air transport set to grow 10 per cent a year
Despite the global economic slowdown air transport in China is expected to continue growing by an average of 10 per cent a year over the next 20 years.
According to Randy Tinseth, Boeing Commercial Airplanes' vice president for marketing, domestic air travel will lead the growth, requiring 2,600 single-aisle new aircraft.
Demand for larger aircraft to connect China with other major world destinations will be limited to 100 airplanes of 747-size and larger, Tinseth said.
Airbus has banked its strategy for this market on the A380, which was first delivered to Singapore Airlines back in October 2007.
Boeing has projected that China's aviation market will require a total of 3,710 new aircraft over the next 20 years.
"China will continue to be the fastest-growing aviation centre in the world, requiring 41 per cent of the entire Asia Pacific region's airplane demand. This makes China the largest market outside the US for new commercial aircraft," Tinseth said.
Boeing has forecast that by 2027 the number of passenger and cargo aircraft in China would be 4,560, roughly equivalent to that in Europe.
The domestic Chinese cargo market is expected to grow 9.9 per cent a year, and the intra-Asian market by 8.1 per cent. Chinese carriers will add about 370 freighter craft over the next 20 years, quadrupling the total fleet size.
Globally, Boeing believes that around three-quarters of the growth in freighter numbers will come from passenger aircraft conversions.
Power firm to build $7bn coal complex
China Huadian Corp has signed an agreement with the Federal government to invest 53 billion yuan (US$7bn) in building an integrated energy complex in Hebei province, North China.
The project will involve the construction of a coal terminal, a large coal-fired plant, equipment manufacturing facilities and a coal chemical project in the Caofeidian Industrial Zone. Construction will start next year with completion scheduled for the end of 2014.
Caofeidian is an island in the Bohai Bay, 80km south of the city of Tangshan. Geographically suited to construction of large-scale deepwater port facilities, it is undergoing rapid development.
Yang Jiapeng, China Huadian's director of planning, said the new terminal will ease the transportation of coal and increase annual shipping capacity by 30 to 50 million tonnes.
Yang told E&T the complex when operational will enhance the integration of coal and power generation. "The company's coal requirement for power generation next year is expected to increase by about 25 per cent to 160 million tonnes," Yang said.
A shortage of coal in China is putting pressure on electricity generation and forcing up prices. A total of 244 coal mines have been shut down across the country this year. In the Sichuan province in the south west, 200 were closed after the earthquake in May.
China Huadian is one of the five leading power producers in China. The others are China Datang Group, China Guodian Group, China Power Investment Group and China Huaneng Corp. The five companies were spun off from China State Power Corp in 2002.
To meet growing power demand across the country China is investing 400 billion yuan to build 30 nuclear power plants by 2020, each with a capacity of 1GW.
Intel invests in China cleantech
Despite the global financial crisis Intel Capital, the investment arm of Intel Corp, is investing US$20 million to acquire a stake in Trony Solar Holdings Co. It is Intel's first penetration into China's clean technology market.
Trony Solar, which started operations in 1993, is a leading producer of thin-film solar energy products and wind power equipment in China. It is located at high-tech base in Shezhen, south China. The company will use the new investment to increase its production capacity to 105MW and boost its R&D activities.
Intel Capital has also announced investments in NP Holdings, a Chinese company specialising in electricity storage systems for renewable energy, and Viewhigh, a software solutions provider for the healthcare industry.
Cadol Cheung, managing director for Intel Capital in the Asia Pacific, declined to say how much the company is investing in NP Holdings and Viewhigh, or the equity it is acquiring in each of the three companies.
Cheung was only willing to say that the company has no plans to slow down its investment pace. "Intel Capital thinks that innovation is the way to assist companies out of the financial crisis," he told reporters at media conference in Beijing.
"China's renewable energy industry is experiencing rapid development," he added. "We believe these investments will be a catalyst to drive local cleantech innovation and help China toward the transition to a more sustainable energy system as well as economic growth."
In April the company set up a $500m Intel Capital China Tech Fund to foster innovation and entrepreneurship within China. It has invested in six companies so far, and nearly 30 companies benefited from an earlier fund.
Around 30 per cent of Intel Capital's investment portfolio is in Asia.
Land-mine radar finds medical use
By Lorna Sharpe
A radar breast-imaging system that could revolutionise the way women are scanned for breast cancer is being trialled at a hospital in Bristol.
Professor Alan Preece and Dr Ian Craddock from the University of Bristol have developed a breast-imaging device that uses radio waves and therefore has no radiation risk, unlike conventional mammograms.
Mike Shere, associate specialist breast clinician at North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT), said: "The radar breast imaging system came to Frenchay Hospital in September this year and so far around 60 women have been examined using it.
"It takes less time to operate than a mammogram - approximately six minutes for both breasts compared with 30-45 minutes for an MRI - and, like an MRI, it provides a very detailed 3D digital image. Women compare it to a mammogram and find the whole experience much more comfortable."
The radar breast imaging system is built using transmitters and receivers arranged around a ceramic cup which the breast sits in. These transmitters view the breast from several different angles.
Professor Preece explained: "We built the machine using ground-penetrating radar, a similar technique to land mine detection, to take 400 quarter-of-a-second pictures of the breast to form a 3D image.
"Women do not feel any sensation and it equates to the same type of radiation exposure as speaking into a mobile phone at arm's length, which makes it much safer."
In the coming months the team will look at images taken by both machines and examine each independently to check whether the new system's 3D image picks up the same abnormalities as a mammogram would and if anything else is identified in the new image.
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), the trustees of the United Bristol Hospitals and the University of Bristol spin-out Micrima Ltd have all provided funds for the project.
"This technology will ultimately only benefit the patient if it can be commercialised," said Roy Johnson, CEO of Micrima. "It could provide a safe, more comfortable experience for women as well as giving clinicians a better image of the breast, allowing them to pick up abnormalities at an earlier stage. We particularly hope that it may work well in younger women who can pose a problem to conventional mammography."


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SimVentive is focused on making it easy to build stand-alone simulations and games, but it is also designed to be extensible. SimVentive can be integrated with existing Java applications and components via its SimBionic rule engine, making it easy to expand the capabilities of the system � for example, by adding database access or application-specific algorithms. SimVentive also allows users to plug in third-party user interface widgets to enable the creation of new kinds of simulation user interfaces in the UI Builder.


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Neil Hanna is a well known New Zealand artist who has had a lifetime interest in collecting, cutting and carving stones.
Originally trained as a jeweller, he worked in London where he studied gemmology, graduating as a Fellow of the Gemmological Association of Great Britain in 1971.
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|Posted by z records on July 18, 2017 at 5:50 AM
Sometimes good things are meant to be, and that's the case with Arabia being with Z Records and announcing their third studio album with the label during its 20th anniversary year. The album will be released during 2018 with definite UK live dates to coinside,
Amazing frontman and vocalist John Blaze has teamed up with Lead guitar ace Vince O'Regan, the pair previously played live together during 2011 and 2012 when Arabia last appeared live in the UK. The two made the following comments about the rebirth of Arabia.
From John
This is John Blaze from Arabia. I can't believe that it's been 17 years that I have been a part of the Z Records family of artists. Thanks to Leif Johannson of 21 Guns, I had the great pleasure meeting Mark Alger back in 2000 . Mark and I had similar musical tastes and I knew Mark's vision of Z Records was founded on the love of hard rock music. Thus, we embarked on our musical journey signing ARABIA in 2000 and releasing the CD 1001 Nights in 2001. In the years
2001 and 2002, I came overseas from NYC and played the UK and Germany. We had some great shows and certainly created some fond memories. Keeping our relationship solid over the years, We then released Welcome To The Freak Show in 2010 leading to an exciting UK performance in 2012. Its at that time that I met the amazing talents of guitarist Vince O'Regan. Vince and I immediately clicked and we remained in touch over the years through Mark.
Now for some exciting new news……Mark, Vince and I are now planning to releasing a new ARABIA CD in 2018. Vince and I are in the early writing stages and hope the ARABIA fans will embrace the new music as they have done in the past. I'd like to wish Mark and Z Records a very happy 20th Anniversary. We look forward to the future of Z Records with many more new releases and exciting releases to come. Congrats Mark, keep on rockin'. -John Blaze
from Vince
It's now 11 years since I joined the Z Records family. With the demise of Legion I had begun writing new material and at a meeting with Mark from Z I suggested maybe calling John Blaze. The more the writing went on the more I thought John is the man. I called Mark and he chased John down. He and Mark have a very long working relationship and once Mark suggested an Arabia album he immediately agreed to work on the 3rd studio album, I cannot believe how quickly all this has gelled. Obviously I have played with John and Arabia back in 2011 and 2012 so I know that special chemistry is there between us and I cannot wait to get this album nailed – Vince O'Regan
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Paracord Projects by Travis Lamer - Friend and Customer of Survival-Pax.com
Travis Lamer, a customer of ours, wrote in with a great amount of detail about each of the paracord projects that he wanted to share with the Survival-Pax Community. These projects were crafted while he was deployed overseas and while he was here at home. I'll let Travis do the talking for the rest of this post. :)
Most of these projects began with an idea of "what if!" But, to make them possible, I have to give the credit to YouTube and the many individuals that created originals. I may have tweaked some projects from bracelets to key-fobs or visa-versa to make it possible. I really enjoy making things that are useful and desired. I don't like to make normal bracelets, I like the difficulty in odd projects and requests.
Watch Band - Deployed
Gym Bag - Home
Stretchy Wide Solomon Bracelet - Deployed
Firecracker Key-Fob - Deployed
Wrapture - Deployed
Hammock - Home
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Matthews, NC (PRWEB) March 14, 2016
Today, Harris Teeter announced it is donating $478,022.78 to schools this month through Together in Education (TIE), Harris Teeter's fundraising program for schools in its communities. This is the second of three payouts the Company will make to schools during the current school year. This payout also brings the total donated since the program's inception in 1998 to over $23.8 million.
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Grimsley Senior High Choral Program in Greensboro, NC - $6,552.24
Page High School in Greensboro, NC - $3,697.97
Randolph Elementary School PTA in Arlington, VA - $3,222.81
Creighton's Corner PTA in Ashburn, VA - $2,967.24
Francis Scott Key Elementary Middle School in Baltimore, MD - $2,825.67
Myers Park HS IB PAC in Charlotte, NC - $2,639.37
Lake Norman Charter School in Huntersville, NC - $2,405.12
Cario Middle School Drama Club in Mount Pleasant, SC - $2,253.96
Charlotte Country Day School in Charlotte, NC - $1,869.97
Mallard Creek High School PTSA in Charlotte, NC - $1,850.34
- Funds earned Dec. 1, 2015 - Feb. 29, 2016
Active participation by both TIE schools and loyal Harris Teeter shoppers is integral to the success of the Together in Education program. 961 schools will receive a check from Harris Teeter during this payout. To receive a check in the final payout period, schools must have accrued at least $25 during the Together in Education school year. The third and final payout period extends from March 1 – May 31.
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LOS ANGELES --The World Health Organization says the upcoming shipments of the new H1N1 vaccine is going to be lot less than expected.Vaccine makers say they'll be able to produce 94 million doses a week, but that's far less than the nearly five billion requested for the entire season.
But fears over supply issues have eased since researchers believe one shot should provide adequate protection.
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