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Due to an increasing number of nuclear reactors in operation, the radiocarbon (14C) released from nuclear power plants (NPPs) has become an important anthropogenic source of 14C. The examination of seasonal Δ14C and monthly Sr/Ca, Mg/Ca variations in a coral in Daya Bay (China) shows that NPPs located there have an impact on the Δ14C level and sea surface temperature (SST). The Mg/Ca variation was in good correlation with the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) before the operation of Ling'ao NPP in 2002, but this correlation became weak due to an abnormally higher SST after 2002. As illustrated by the Δ14C variation in the coral, there were two relative increases of Δ14C values in 1994 and 2002 when Daya Bay NPP and Ling'ao NPP began operations, respectively. The 14C released from NPPs, instead of oceanic circulation, is probably the primary factor on the Δ14C variation in Daya Bay during the NPPs' operation. The relative increase in Δ14C value was ~80‰, which equals to ~18 Bq/kgC in specific activity. The seasonal variability in Δ14C value usually peaked in summer, the real reason of which was unknown. This study sheds light on how the NPPs influence the 14C content and SST in surrounding marine environment.
Two transmission curved crystal spectrometers are designed to measure the hard x-ray emission in the laser fusion experiment of Compton radiography of implosion target on ShenGuang-III laser facility in China. Cylindrically curved
-quartz (10–11) crystals with curvature radii of 150 and 300 mm are used to cover spectral ranges of 10–56 and 17–100 keV, respectively. The distance between the crystal and the x-ray source can be changed over a broad distance from 200 to 1500 mm. The optical design, including the integral reflectivity of the curved crystal, the sensitivity, and the spectral resolution of the spectrometers, is discussed. We also provide mechanic design details and experimental results using a Mo anode x-ray source. High-quality spectra were obtained. We confirmed that the spectral resolution can be improved by increasing the working distance, which is the distance between the recording medium and the Rowland circle.
We performed a phase-resolved timing analysis of GRS 1915+105 in its ρ state and identify detailed ρ cycle evolution of frequency, amplitude and coherence of the low-frequency quasi-periodic oscillation (LFQPO). We combined our timing results with the spectral study by Neilsen et al. (2011) to do an elaborate contrast analysis. The results are naturally explained by tying the LFQPO to the corona.
High quality factor and near-zero temperature coefficient of resonant frequency (τf) are the two key issues for a certain microwave dielectric material system used in microstrip patch antennas. ZnTiO3-based ceramics is a promising candidate for microstrip patch antennas. On inhibiting the decomposition of ZnTiO3 by adding sufficient amount of MgO, high quality factor microwave dielectric material (Zn0.7Mg0.3)TiO3 was obtained. The deviations between theoretical and observed dielectric polarizabilites, the packing fraction, and bond valence were calculated to analyze correlation between structure and properties of (Zn0.7Mg0.3)TiO3. TiO2 was added to adjust τf of (Zn0.7Mg0.3)TiO3, and 0.82(Zn0.7Mg0.3)TiO3–0.18TiO2 with an εr of 28.5, a Qf of 125,050 GHz, and a near-zero τf which satisfied the requirement as a substrate material for microstrip patch antenna was obtained at 1100 °C. In addition, a dielectric microstrip antenna was designed and fabricated using the proposed dielectric materials. The microstrip patch antenna exhibited a −34.96 dB return loss and a 1.05 voltage standing wave ratio at 2.5 GHz.
Introduction: Earthquake exposure has been associated with adverse consequences for coronary heart disease. However, the natural history and prognostic significance of earthquake-related, new-onset angina have not been characterized.
Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate the association between episodes of depressive symptoms and one-year prognosis after the first admission to the hospital among adults with new-onset angina before and after the Sichuan earthquake.
Methods: One hundred forty-one first hospitalized patients with new-onset angina before and after the Sichuan earthquake underwent psychological assessments during their first admission to the hospital following the earthquake. Patients were followed for 12 months to determine survival status. The independent relationships between baseline variables and readmission risk after the earthquake were examined. Baseline somatic and psychosocial variables were collected with the aid of standard, validated questionnaires.
Results: The proportion of patients with moderate/severe depression symptom in the earthquake-related group is higher than among their counterparts (23.7% vs. 8.9%, p = 0.026). Patients with new-onset angina after the Sichuan earthquake had a higher risk of readmission (22.4% vs. 8.9%, p = 0.041) and longer total hospitalization (average of 13.4 ±6.8 vs. 10.7 ±5.5 days, p = 0.015). The risks for readmission was associated with moderate/severe depression (adjusted hazard ratio, 9.18 [95% confidence interval (CI) = 3.09–27.23, p = 0.0000]) and low ejection fraction (adjusted hazard ratio, 6.66 [95%CI = 2.131–20.781, p = 0.001]).
Conclusions: Among patients diagnosed with new-onset angina, those with first episode after the Sichuan earthquake generated more moderate/severe depressive symptoms and had a higher risk for readmission and longer hospital stay. Depressive symptoms upon admission and low ejection fractions were significant predictors of 12-month risk for readmission, which indicates that antidepressants should be prescribed.
The present study determined whether α-ketoglutarate (AKG) might affect the expression of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) and energy status in the intestinal mucosa of piglets challenged with Escherichia coli lipopolysaccharide (LPS). A total of eighteen piglets (weaned at 21 d of age) were allocated to one of three treatments: (1) non-challenged (control); (2) LPS-challenged (LPS); (3) LPS+1 % AKG (LPS+AKG). Piglets in the control and LPS groups were fed a maize- and soyabean meal-based diet, and the LPS+AKG group was fed the basal diet supplemented with 1 % AKG. On days 10, 12, 14 and 16 of the trial, piglets in the LPS and LPS+AKG groups were challenged with LPS (80 μg/kg body weight), whereas piglets in the control group received the same volume of sterile saline. Pigs were euthanised 24 h after the last administration of LPS or saline to obtain intestinal mucosae for biochemical analysis. Compared with the control group, LPS administration decreased (P < 0·05) the oxidation of AKG, oleic acid, glutamine and glucose in enterocytes, decreased concentrations of ATP in the duodenal and jejunal mucosae and decreased adenylate energy charge (AMP:ATP ratio) in the jejunal and ileal mucosae. Additionally, LPS treatment reduced (P < 0·05) mucosal concentrations of phosphorylated AMPK in the jejunum and ileum as well as acetyl-CoA carboxylase in all segments of the small intestine. The adverse effects of LPS were reversed by AKG. Collectively, these results indicate that dietary supplementation with 1 % AKG beneficially modulates the AMPK signalling pathway to improve energy status in the small intestine of LPS-challenged piglets.
The pore-structure strongly influences the carpressive strength of hardened cement paste (hcp) and other porous materials, as well as other mechanical properties. The simplest but most currently used expression representing the relationship between the pore-structure and compressive strength is fram Balshin: σ = σ0 (l-P)A, in which only the total porosity P is involved as a single parameter and σ0 and A are empirical constants. The influence of pore size distribution and pore shapes etc. are not considered.
The authors introduce second parameter w - the factor of relative specific surface area of the pores other than the total porosity P into consideration and a new expression is proposed:σc=K11-p/1+2p(K2(1-p))K3w+K4 all the constants K1 - K4 can be determined experimentally. By using of this expression the new information relating the influence of pore-structure on the caopressive strength of hcp can be predicted.
The influence of shot peening (SP) on high cycle fatigue (HCF) performance of smooth and notched specimens of hot-extruded ZK60 magnesium alloy was investigated and compared to that of hot-extruded and T5 aging-treated ZK60 magnesium alloy referred to as ZK60-T5. The increases in fatigue properties at the optimum Almen intensities were found to depend on the material states. In contrast to ZK60 alloy, higher smooth and notched fatigue properties for both unpeened and peened specimens were observed for ZK60-T5 alloy. Meanwhile, the improvement of fatigue life for notched specimen by SP was much more than that for the smooth specimen. The mechanism by which the compressive residual stress induced by SP resulted in the improvement of fatigue performance of smooth and notched specimens for ZK60 and ZK60-T5 alloys was discussed.
In this study, the influence of T5 heat treatment on tensile and fatigue behavior of hot-extruded Mg–10Gd–3Y (wt%) magnesium alloy has been investigated. High cycle fatigue tests were carried out at a stress rate (R) of −1 and a frequency of 100 Hz using hour-glass-shaped round specimens with a gauge diameter of 5.8 mm. The results show that fatigue strength (at 107 cycles) of Mg–10Gd–3Y magnesium alloy increases from 150 to 165 MPa after T5 heat treatment, i.e., the improvement of 10% in fatigue strength has been achieved. However, the crack growth resistance is lowered by T5 heat treatment. Results of microstructure observation and scanning electron microscopy-energy dispersive x-ray (SEM-EDX) analysis suggest that the fatigue strength in the Mg–10Gd–3Y magnesium alloy is determined by the threshold stress of basal slip, which is induced by solid solution hardening and precipitation hardening.
Optically Stimulated Luminescence dating, grain-size analysis and magnetic susceptibility measurements were conducted on the Fanjiaping loess section, from the western Chinese Loess Plateau. The results confirm that last glacial high-frequency climatic shifts were documented in mid-latitude continental archives. The grain-size record indicated that coarse-grained sediments with horizontal bedding and channel-fill structures were only deposited in several short intervals, equivalent to the beginning of marine oxygen isotope stage (MIS) 4 and the early to middle MIS 3. This probably implies brief rainfall intensification of the Asian summer monsoon, and its disappearance since the late MIS 3 to MIS 2 may have been a response to significant glacial cooling in the Northern Hemisphere. Previous investigations revealed high sea-surface temperatures at high latitudes at the start of MIS 4, and the early to middle MIS 3 intensification of summer insolation in the Northern Hemisphere, implying evident climate amelioration. Climate improvement favors boreal forest recovery, enhancing both winter and summer air temperatures. The resultant smaller equator-polar temperature gradient probably helped the moisture-laden summer monsoon to penetrate northward. This study thus provides new significant information about the response of terrestrial loessic palaeoenvironments to millennial-timescale climatic fluctuations during the last glacial period.
Macrophages from the head kidney (HK) and peripheral blood leucocytes were isolated fromCyprinus carpio by Percoll gradient density centrifugation, cultured in vitro and exposed to different concentrations of the immunomodulator lentinan. To evaluate the immunostimulating effects of lentinan, proliferation of the peripheral blood leucocytes, respiratory burst of macrophages and interleukin-1β (IL-1β) gene mRNA expression of macrophages were investigated by MTT [3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide], NBT (nitroblue tetrazolium) reduction, Griess reaction and real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Results showed that proliferation of peripheral blood leucocytes after 24 h incubation by the induction of lentinan at 100 and 1000 μg/ml was markedly stimulated. Lentinan at 1, 100 and 1000 μg/ml could significantly induce superoxide anions in macrophages. Production of nitric oxide by HK macrophages after 96 h incubation by lentinan showed that it had no conspicuous effect on nitrogen burst activity of macrophages. Moreover, it inhibited the nitrogen burst activity at higher doses. The expression of IL-1β in the HK macrophages after 24 h of polysaccharide stimulation showed that lentinan stimulated IL-1β expression in the head kidney in carp. Lentinan can modulate the immune response of C. carpio.
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of donor sex, treatments of cell cycle synchronization and donor nuclei obtained from fresh or frozen–thawed conditions on developmental competence of yak–bovine interspecies nuclear transfer embryos. Bovine (Bos taurus) oocytes were used as recipients and yak (Bos grunniens) ear fibroblast cells were used as donors. Results indicated that the development rate of male blastocysts was higher than that of female (56.6% versus 39.5%, P<0.05), whereas cleavage and total cell number showed no difference between the two groups. No significant difference was observed in the development and quality of blastocysts with donor cells treated by serum starvation or contact inhibition, and there was no significant difference in embryo development with fresh or frozen–thawed donor cells, whereas the cleavage rate in the group of frozen–thawed cells was significantly lower than that of the fresh cell group (54.5% versus 78.2%, P<0.05). The results demonstrated that donor sex could impact the developmental competence of yak–bovine interspecies nuclear transfer embryos, whereas different treatments of cell cycle synchronization and freezing had little influence.
Highly porous Ti and TiZrV getter film coatings have been successfully grown on (100) silicon substrates using the glancing-angle direct-current magnetron sputtering method. The evolution of the microstructures of the Ti and the TiZrV films strongly depends on the sputtering flux rate, surface diffusion rate, nucleation rate, compositions, and self-shadowing geometry of the nuclei on the sputtering flux. The larger the glancing angle, the higher the porosity and specific surface area of the Ti and TiZrV films. The weight-gain results strongly depend on several factors, such as specific surface area, the surface structure of the getter film, the diffusion rate of O in the getter film, the reactivity of Ti, Zr, and V on O, and the order of the stabilities of Ti, Zr, and V oxides on the film's surface. Porous Ti film absorbs oxygen better than porous TiZrV film does due to its higher surface area and the high diffusion rate of O in Ti films.
Three Luxi adult Yellow steers were used to isolate and culture intramuscular pre-adipocytes in vitro as well as to examine factors influencing their proliferation and differentiation. The intramuscular pre-adipocytes were taken from adipose tissues within muscles between the sixth and seventh rib and cultured after digestion with collagenase I. The results showed that the separated cell populations were highly homogeneous, proliferative and doubled within 62 h. When the confluent pre-adipocytes were treated with 10 μg/ml insulin and 0.25 μmol/l dexamethasone, small lipid droplets appeared on day 2 and the number of lipid droplets rapidly increased around the nuclei on day 6. Their dynamic morphological changes, growth curve, Oil Red O staining, and reaction to insulin and dexamethasone all verified their pre-adipocyte identity. Under controlled conditions, the intramuscular pre-adipocytes resumed proliferating and differentiating in vitro. Interestingly, the proportion of cultured diploid pre-adipocytes reached more than 90% after six repeated cultures. This study confirms the existence of functionally active pre-adipocytes within the muscles of Chinese adult local breed cattle. These cell strains are a potentially useful model for understanding further the mechanism of intramuscular adipose deposition in tissues, in order to improve beef quality based on Chinese local breed beef cattle.
Genetic structure among five populations of Elliot's Pheasant sampled from five different provinces – Anhui (AH), Zhejiang (ZJ), Fujian (FJ), Hunan (HN) and Guizhou (GZ) – was assayed using mitochondrial control region sequences from 33 individuals. Using AMOVA, we found a high level of haplotype variation within populations, and a degree of genetic structure among groups (GZ population relative to all others pooled). However, this difference was not statistically significant and little geographical structure was indicated among the remaining populations. Furthermore, using a rooted maximum parsimony tree, we found the sequences of the GZ population were largely grouped in their own branch, while sequences of the other four populations were interspersed among branches. We identified a lower level of gene flow between the GZ population and all others, a finding supported by significant FST values. Conversely, we identified a larger amount of gene flow between the remaining four populations, particularly among the three easternmost populations (AH, ZJ and FJ). Given our results, further study should be focused on the GZ population and on management units for the purpose of maintaining the genetic structure of the species in the west of China.
Interviews with local people and a survey were carried out in 23 counties of south-west Guangxi Province from April 2002 to June 2003 to evaluate the conservation status of François' langur Trachypithecus francoisi and assess the extent and nature of threats to the species' survival. François' langurs were found in only 10 counties compared with their presence in 23 counties before 1990. The total population size is estimated to be 307 individuals in 14 isolated populations. This represents a 90% decrease in population size since the early 1980s and an 85% decrease since the mid 1990s. The primary threat to the langur is hunting, mainly for traditional medicine. Our results suggest that conservation efforts for the species have been ineffectual during the last decade and, even within reserves, few direct management measures seem to have been taken to protect and conserve the langurs. Without the instigation of such measures it seems likely that François' langur will disappear both inside and outside reserves. To ensure the long-term survival of Francois' langur in Guangxi Province increased investment and improved management, planning, and training of reserve managers and staff is required, with a particular focus on the key remaining reserves and sites for the langur. Some of this work is now underway.
BaSO4 nanotubes were biomimetically synthesized by the combined assembly of eggshell membrane and C12H25SH. The products were tubular structure with the external diameter of 90–140 nm and the length of 1.5–2.5 μm. The formation mechanism was also investigated. It provided a novel method for the fabrication of inorganic oxysalt nanotubes.
A three-dimensional Navior-Stokes analyzer based on control volume method is developed to simulate the complex flow field within a turbomachinery. With VKI-CT2 turbine blade as the test model, numerical results are compared with experimented data and shows the existence of separation-transition bubble and the interaction of shock with turbulent boundary layer flow. The governing Navier-Stokes equations are solved by an improved numerical method that uses an upwind flux-difference split scheme for spatial descretization and an explicit optimally smoothing multi-stage scheme for time integration. Turbulent stresses are approximated by modifying Baldwin-Lomax algebraic, k-ε, R-k-ε and RNG k-ε turbulence models. According to the results of this research, this analyzer can indeed effectively modulate and simulate the aerodynamic characteristic of the transonic turbine rotor near the endwall.
Optical anisotropy of thin films of an organo-soluble flexible polyimide based on 1,4-bis(3,4-dicarboxyphenoxy) benzene dianhydride (HQDPA) and 2,2-dimethyl-4,4′-methylene dianiline (DMMDA) was detected by a prism-coupler technique. A mechanism is proposed, based on the model of gel film collapse. The degrees of optical anisotropy of the thin films were evaluated via the level of negative birefringence. The residual solvent in the films lessens the levels of negative birefringence so that the residual solvent must be evacuated. The levels of negative birefringence are independent on the solid content of the initial solution, but dependent on the thickness of the films. For a film of 16 μm thick, zero birefringence was achieved, postulated from the dependence of negative birefringence on the thickness of thin films. The relationship between the optical anisotropy and solution properties shows that the degrees of optical anisotropy of thin films on the same scale of thickness depend on macromolecular sizes in their dilute solutions.
In this paper, we establish a new coincidence theorem for a Browder type set-valued mapping and an upper semi-continuous set-valued mapping with compact acyclic values in an H-space which generalises some recent results in the literature. As applications we obtain two H a type coincidence theorems and existence theorems of maximal elements for preference correspondences.
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Carter Backer Winter Insolvency Practitioner and partner, Carl Bowles, was quoted in The Guardian on 29 July 2015 in response to the latest Insolvency Service statistics. He said: "The anticipated and long-awaited rise in interest rates is very likely to result in a reversal of the current downward trend in both personal and corporate insolvencies. The impact of the increase in the cost of money historically takes a number of quarters to take effect. However those on the margin are likely to be unable to service their debts following a rise." The full article can be viewed here.
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For fun, I've written some role-playing game adventures and designed a few games.
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is likely to survive recent attacks by the Treasury Department while other post-financial crisis regulations, such as requirements for stress testing and the Volcker rule, will likely see exemptions and allowances.
The independent regulatory agency was created by the Dodd-Frank act, which this year has so far survived an executive order from President Donald Trump and the House of Representatives' Financial Choice Act. The agency is responsible for returning about $11.8 billion to consumers, according to bureau data. Now, the CFPB's faces criticism from the Trump's Treasury Department, led by former Goldman Sachs (GS) executive Steve Mnuchin.
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The CFPB has engaged in "regulatory abuses and excesses" and "hindered consumer access to credit, limited innovation, and imposed unduly high compliance burdens, particularly on small institutions," according to the department's June 12 report to the president.
The Treasury report recommended removing the CFPB's independence by broadening the grounds on which the president can fire the agency's director or altering the structure to a commission or board and making the agency's budget subject to control by Congress.
However, restructuring the CFPB would require the passage of legislation which, like the Financial Choice Act, would likely die in the Senate, where Republicans lack the filibuster-proof majority that would be needed to pass the legislation.
"The Democrats will strongly resist those portions of the Treasury report [related to the CFPB] and, ironically there will be a battle over whether the president can administratively modify a set-up created by an act of Congress," said Rosemary Fanelli, managing director and regulatory affairs strategist at Duff & Phelps.
Without the proposed freedom to remove the director at will, Trump will have to wait until July 2018 when current Director Richard Cordray's term expires to gain control of the independent agency.
Only one significant action to reduce the power of the CFPB is likely to happen – the recommendation to use the standard annual appropriations process to fund the agency rather than transfers from the Federal Reserve – according to Compass Point Research and Trading analysts Isaac Boltansky and Lukas Davaz, who rated the likelihood of the Treasury's proposals in June 13 notes. According to the analysts, it is "very unlikely" the Trump administration will be able to get through Congress a bill to repeal the CFPB's supervisory authority.
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The legislative process will likely slow down revisions outlined in the Treasury's report that can't be implemented directly through regulations, wrote Goldman Sachs analyst Alec Phillips in June 13 notes.
However, Phillips said the back-and-forth on the issue may still produce passable legislation in the form of relief to small banks. He said Senate Banking Committee Chairman Senator Mike Crapo (R-ID) may be able to pass bipartisan legislation with some of the Treasury's recommended reforms.
"Changes to reduce regulation of small and community banks has the broadest support among any of the issues that the Treasury report raises, along with perhaps certain aspects of mortgage regulation," Phillips said. "While these are clearly important, many of these changes are apt to focus on administrative issues and may have a modest financial market impact."
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I breathe in. I know I am breathing in. I breathe out. I know I am breathing out.
I settle into my body and feel myself just as I am, in this moment and let go of comparing myself to who I was in the past, who I want to become and to other people. I am me. I am breathing.
I think that one of the best ways that we can cultivate our own inner awareness and our sense of becoming the neutral observer is to start with the breath. The breath can only happen in the present moment. In the now. This is what Patanjali states as atha (pronounced with an aspirated "t", not a "th" sound as in English) in the first sutra of the Yoga Sutras.
What does it feel like to say that word a few times? I find it to be like a tonic to my whole system. It brings me into the now where I can let go of the ties of the past and the anxiety of the future. Right now is the only time I have any sense of control over. I can relive in my mind all the things that have already happened, but I cannot change them. I can think about and plan for the future, but I can't really do anything about it until it becomes the now, the present.
Cultivating observation lets me view my own world, my own creation from a place of neutrality instead of charge. It allows me to become aware of the ways in which the world pushes my buttons, what buttons I have, where my automatic reactions come from. There is so much of who we are that exists in our subconscious, some say up to 80-90%. What is under there and how do we access it? Through observing our lives and our minds. If we can see our patterns rising to the surface we have access to choice. We can choose if we like the way we have always reacted to certain experiences or if we would like to make a change.
Honestly, that choice is always present. Always. We just don't see that it is there. It's like my four year old looking for the Lite Brite last night. It was right in front of her, yet, she looked right past it, all around it, and didn't see that it was three feet in front of her eyes until I pointed it out more specifically.
Now, we don't all have mother's around that can point us to something right in front of us (actually, Divine Mother is always there for us too). Instead, the job our vijñanamaya kośa does for us is access our higher minds in order to see that we have a choice and just what we need right in front of our eyes. (Refer back to "It's All Good (Even When It's Not)" for an over view of the kośas.) The vijñanamaya kośa is the second layer which sheathes the true self. It correlates to our discernment and being able to learn from this world.
"It has two faces: one looks outward through the mental sheath faculties, and the other looks inward toward the light of Kundalini Shakti (the Bliss sheath and the One). When invited and trained to do so, it informs the mental sheath of the will of the inner spiritual guide and helps it determine which is the true voice of the divine and which is distorted data from the mental sheath. It is able to interpret valuable data from the Chitta and to protect us from incorrect and harmful data. It is our inner philosopher and ethics specialist. Some call it the conscience, as it advices us to act in our own best interest for spiritual development based on the promptings it receives from the divine within. Vijñanamaya is what allows us to study yoga by observing and restraining the mind as defined by Patanjali in Yoga Sutra 1.2:
Yogas citta vrtti nirodhah. (YS 1:2)
The restraint of the modifications of the mind-stuff is Yoga.[1][1] Sri Swami Satchidananda, The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, Integral Yoga Publications, Yogaville, VA, 2005, pg. 3.
When we are in a yoga practice, no matter if it is a physical practice, meditation or living it moment to moment, we are developing the muscle of the wisdom body. We can see the parts of us that resist the practices ("I really don't want to be in this crescent lunge right now," "I'd love to have an entire tub of ice cream tonight," etc.). And because we can see them, we then have a decision to make, we have a choice. Do we like what these things are saying to us? Will these thoughts and patterns serve me and the path of health and joy that I am working toward living? Or, do I want to acknowledge that they are there and choose something better. I can indulge in the harmful patterns of the past that have kept me limited and less than I know I can be. Or I can turn toward my inner light and listen to the guidance of my spirit, my true voice and highest self.
The observer isn't there to berate you for having distorted thoughts of yourself or the world. It doesn't tell you harshly that you can't have those thoughts. It simply helps you see them. It shines a light upon what is really there and then helps you to see that there are other options available to you.
In my view, this is advanced yoga. Advanced yoga doesn't have a thing to do with how many difficult, stretchy, inverted, arm balancing postures you can accumulate. Headstand or the splits won't help you reach enlightenment in the same way that knowing yourself can. Yoga is an inside job. That is how you move towards self-realization. If you are reading this article and can relate you are already on your way. Self-realization is possible for each of us. When you are willing to shine your inner light upon all parts of yourself you are well on your way to the best version of you there is.
From the light in my heart to that same brilliant light in yours,
Mindy Arbuckle
Founder of Maitri Yoga
[1] Sri Swami Satchidananda, The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, Integral Yoga Publications, Yogaville, VA, 2005, pg. 3.


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2018-19 Queens College (N.Y.) Women's Tennis News
Women's Tennis Signs Local Product Gabriela Sciarrotta from HewlettDecember 04, 2018FLUSHING, N.Y. (Dec. 4, 2018) - The Knights are coming off of a perfect regular season and will resume play for an NCAA Tournament berth in the spring.
Women's Tennis Places Five on All-Conference Lists, Nagel Named Coach of the YearOctober 29, 2018WEST BABYLON, N.Y. (Oct. 29, 2018) - The Knights' performance in the regular season was recognized by the East Coast Conference office.
Women's Tennis Loses Heartbreaker in ECC Final, Drops 4-3 Decision to NYITOctober 28, 2018FLUSHING, N.Y. (Oct. 28, 2018) - The match came down to a three-setter at the No. 1 singles flight.
Women's Tennis Marches on to ECC Championship, Besting Roberts Wesleyan 4-0 SaturdayOctober 27, 2018FLUSHING, N.Y. (Oct. 27, 2018) - The Knights return to the ECC title contest for the seventh consecutive season.
Ortega Jover Named to ECC Women's Tennis Weekly Honor Roll Ahead of Conference TournamentOctober 25, 2018WEST BABYLON, N.Y. (Oct. 25, 2018) - The senior from Spain starred this week as the Knights locked up the top seed in the ECC Championship.
Women's Tennis Gears Up for 2018 East Coast Conference ChampionshipOctober 24, 2018FLUSHING, N.Y. (Oct. 24, 2018) - The Knights are the No. 1 overall seed, seeking their first conference title since the beginning of the decade.
Women's Tennis Closes Regular Season with 7-0 Win over DaemenOctober 20, 2018AMHERST, N.Y. (Oct. 20, 2018) - The Knights finish the regular season unbeaten and the No. 1 seed in next week's ECC Tournament.
Women's Tennis Clinches Top Seed in ECC Tournament, Sweeps Roberts Wesleyan 7-0October 19, 2018ROCHESTER, N.Y. (Oct. 19, 2018) - Queens will host the conference semifinals and finals on Oct. 27 and 28.
Space on ECC Women's Tennis Honor Roll Reserved for Bel AleixendriOctober 15, 2018WEST BABYLON, N.Y. (Oct. 15, 2018) - The junior was an integral part in the Knights' 7-0 shut-out of Molloy on Saturday.
Women's Tennis Blitzes Molloy in 7-0 Sweep SaturdayOctober 13, 2018LAKEVIEW, N.Y. (Oct. 13, 2018) - The Knights lost just nine games in the overall match against their East Coast Conference foes.
Ostoja Named ECC Women's Tennis Player of the Week, Brunetti Earns Honor Roll AccoladeOctober 10, 2018FLUSHING, N.Y. (Oct. 10, 2018) - The honors came after the two players led Queens to a victory in Saturday's ECC Championship rematch against NYIT.
Women's Tennis Tops Bears 4-3 In a Close Thrilling Match-UpOctober 06, 2018
Knights Sweeps to a 7-0 Victory over Wilmington WildcatsOctober 05, 2018
Queens College General Locker Rooms to Be Closed IndefinitelyOctober 04, 2018FLUSHING, N.Y. (Oct. 4, 2018) - Maintenance to the locker rooms will be commencing beginning Oct. 5 at 11 a.m.
Brunetti Picks Up Second ECC Women's Tennis Honor Roll Induction of SeasonOctober 01, 2018WEST BABYLON, N.Y. (Oct. 1, 2018) - It was another dominant week of performances for the junior out of Sweden.
Women's Tennis Strengthens Conference Lead with 7-0 Win over LIU Post SaturdaySeptember 29, 2018FLUSHING, N.Y. (Sept. 29, 2018) - The Knights eagerly await their ECC Championship rematch with NYIT next Saturday.
Ostoja Earns Spot on ECC Women's Tennis Weekly Honor Roll AgainSeptember 25, 2018WEST BABYLON, N.Y. (Sept. 25, 2018) - The junior has had a stellar start to her debut season in Flushing.
Women's Tennis Sweeps Saint Thomas Aquinas in ECC Play, 7-0September 21, 2018SPARKILL, N.Y. (Sept. 21, 2018) - Knights win every set in convincing rout of conference foe to improve to 2-0 in ECC competition.
This Week in QC Athletics: Sept. 17-Sept. 23September 17, 2018FLUSHING, N.Y. (Sept. 17, 2018) - Volleyball returns home after a nine-match road trip and soccer defends home field in conference play on the weekend!
Tennis Falls Short of Ultimate Goal, Eliminated in Semifinals of ITA Regional TournamentSeptember 17, 2018FLUSHING, N.Y. (Sept. 17, 2018) - Queens made the final four in three of four flights in the tournament but could not advance to the championship matches.
Brunetti and Ostoja Make ITA East Region Singles Semifinals; Doubles Tandems in Semifinals as WellSeptember 16, 2018FLUSHING, N.Y. (Sept. 16, 2018) - Semifinals and finals matches will commence on Monday with the Knights potentially being involved in three championship matches.
Knights Enter Round of 16 in ITA East Regionals in Both Men's and Women's Singles and DoublesSeptember 15, 2018FLUSHING, N.Y. (Sept. 15, 2018) - Potential match-ups between QC teammates linger in the distance at the end of the second day of the tournament.
Day One of ITA East Tournament Concludes with Knights Alive in Singles and DoublesSeptember 14, 2018FLUSHING, N.Y. (Sept. 14, 2018) - Ruth Artaza Martin and Stanislas Bedrune were among the winners on Friday evening.
Queens College Tennis To Host ITA Regionals Alongside Adelphi University Beginning FridaySeptember 13, 2018FLUSHING, N.Y. (Sept. 13, 2018) - Fans can enjoy the best collegiate tennis that the ITA East Region has to offer this weekend.
This Week in QC Athletics: Sept. 10 - Sept. 16September 10, 2018FLUSHING, N.Y. (Sept. 10, 2018) - Conference play begins for the Knights while women's tennis takes on the rest of the region at the USTA National Tennis Center!
Brunetti and Ostoja Play Their Way onto ECC Women's Tennis Weekly Honor RollSeptember 10, 2018WEST BABYLON, N.Y. (Sept. 10, 2018) - The doubles tandem produced singles perfection in two matches over the weekend.
Women's Tennis Quickly Dispatches of Post University in 7-0 DecisionSeptember 09, 2018FLUSHING, N.Y. (Sept. 9, 2018) - The match took just over two hours to complete with the Knights not losing a single set.
Women's Tennis Scores 5-2 Win over UDC to Open 2018 Fall CampaignSeptember 08, 2018FLUSHING, N.Y. (Sept. 8, 2018) - The Knights begin the season by knocking off the Firebirds with five singles victories in six matches.
QC Women's Tennis Claims Top Spot in ECC Preseason RankingsAugust 20, 2018WEST BABYLON, N.Y. (Aug. 20, 2018) - The QC Knights women's tennis team looks to reclaim the ECC Tournament crown this season.
Women's Tennis Brings Back Nearly Full Roster for 2018 Fall CampaignJuly 26, 2018FLUSHING, N.Y. (Jul. 26, 2018) - Another Round of 16 appearance in the spring has the QC women's tennis team raring to go for the fall campaign.


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Ford sets blistering Nürburgring time with EcoBoost Formula Ford
Fresh off their 2012 International Engine of the Year award for its new 1.0-liter EcoBoost engine, Ford continues to push the development envelope for its newest engine. Yesterday, the company announced that a one-off, road-going Formula Fordrace car, powered by the esteemed EcoBoost mill, set a blistering pace of 7 minutes and 22 seconds at the famed Nürburgring Nordschleife circuit. The time for the purpose-built race car bested even the multi-hundred thousand-dollar exotics, like the Lamborghini Aventador, Ferrari Enzo, and Pagani Zonda, all of which pack 600+ horsepower. No other three- or four-cylinder car has ever posted a faster time at the circuit.
The mighty little Ford was able to best the exotics through months of preparation from Ford Engineers who worked to switch the Formula Ford's usual 178 hp, 1.6-liter EcoBoost four-cylinder to the specially prepared 202 hp, 1.0-liter three-cylinder. The project team also had to modify the race-only chassis so that it would be fully street legal for on-road use on the Nordschleife circuit, since the track is technically classified as a toll-road in Germany. To do so, the team fitted the car with wheel covers, front and rear lights and indicators, aerodynamically designed wing mirrors, and a horn. The car was also fitted with a 6-speed manual transmission and was driven on road-legal tires instead of the racing slick tires the car would normally be fitted with when in full racing trim.
The team's engineers estimate that the vehicle can reach a top speed of 158 mph, as well as achieve 0-60 mph in less than four seconds. The team also recorded phenomenal fuel economy during in-house testing that showed 118 mpg at 35 mph, and 57 mpg at 75 mph. The tiny, fuel-sipping 1-liter EcoBoost was helped by the Formula Ford's lightweight and aerodynamic chassis.
After achieving such phenomenal results in testing and on track, Ford of Europe's Vice President of Marketing and Sales, Roelant de Waard, proclaimed that there was no better way to show the amazing capability of the 1-liter EcoBoost than by beating some of the best supercars in the world on the Nordschleife, while only using a fraction of the fuel.
Unfortunately, the 1.0-liter EcoBoost-powered Formula Ford isn't available to buy, and Ford has yet to release information as to when we might see the power plant in U.S.-spec production. But the European Ford Focus equipped with the new engine is already proving to be in a hit in Europe, and approximately 30% of new Focus buyers in Europe have opted for the 1.0-liter EcoBoost variant since it has hit showrooms.


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If you have a student permit for a Penn State campus other than University Park, your parking options at University Park depend on when you will be on campus.
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- Altoona and Hershey student permits are not valid for parking at University Park at any time
- No parking at any time in University Park student parking areas or any other parking areas reserved 24 hours a day, seven days a week (this information is posted on lot entrance signage) - unauthorized vehicles in these lots are subject to ticketing and/or towing at the owner's expense
- All lots are subject to additional hours of restriction or event parking fees based on special campus events or University needs as determined by Transportation Services
- If a "Midnight Clear" is declared for snow removal, Commonwealth Campus student vehicles at University Park must be parked in the Eisenhower Deck between midnight and 7 a.m.
Weekday Parking
7:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
- Commonwealth Campus student permits are not valid in any University Park parking areas during these hours
- To park on campus, Commonwealth Campus students will need to pay for parking at one of the multi-space pay stations at Jordan East, Stadium West or Porter North ($1 per hour or $5 daily through midnight)
- No-fare campus transit available via CATA's Loop/Link and Penn State's Campus Shuttle services - download the TransLoc Rider app for real-time bus locations and arrival predictions
- Commonwealth Campus students who visit University Park during daytime hours on a regular basis may purchase a student Commuter permit for $45 per semester from the Transportation Services office at 1 Eisenhower Parking Deck
4 p.m. - 7:30 a.m.
- Commonwealth Campus student permits are valid for parking during these hours in all areas highlighted in yellow on the Student Parking Map, with the following exceptions:
- No parking in East, HUB or Nittany decks at any time
- No parking in Eisenhower Deck between 2 a.m. and 4 a.m., seven days a week
- No parking in the Commuter lots between 2 a.m. and 4 a.m., seven days a week
- No parking in areas located east of Bigler Road on home football Saturdays (must be removed by midnight Friday night before the game)
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Regulations in place on weekdays between 4 p.m. and 7:30 a.m. (see above) also apply on Saturdays and Sundays on non-event weekends.
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- Students with a valid Commonwealth Campus student parking permit (except Altoona and Hershey) arriving on the day of the event (after 4 p.m. for weekday events) will be allowed access to available lots at no additional charge
- Bryce Jordan Center/Pegula Ice Arena Events - Jordan East, Stadium West, Porter North
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- No overnight parking permitted in day-of-event lots
- During designated event weekends at University Park, purchase of a weekend event parking is required to park overnight between Thursday and Sunday
- Permits are valid for parking at all four campus parking decks (East, Eisenhower, HUB, Nittany) and Lot Red A at West Campus through Sunday
- Available on Thursday for $35 at the East, HUB and Nittany decks through midnight, at the White Course Drive kiosk through 3:30 p.m. and at the Transportation Services office at 1 Eisenhower Deck through 5 p.m.
- Available on Friday for $30 at all four campus parking decks and the White Course Drive kiosk through midnight
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Raquel and Will wanted to include their family in their engagement photo shoot, and I thought that was a fantastic idea! Unfortunately, we had to reschedule the session once due to rain, and I was hopeful that we wouldn't have to reschedule it twice. The weather forecast for their second choice day was a little iffy, but we met up at Mohonk anyway and I started taking pictures right away. We did have to take shelter from a passing shower for about 15 minutes in one of Mohonk's beautiful gazebos, but even that turned out great. I always take time to talk to my clients during engagement sessions to try to get to know them a bit better (I think this is one of the most valuable things about these sessions). This little rainstorm really forced me to put down my camera and talk to everyone. Fact: As clients become more comfortable with their photographer, the quality of the photography inevitably improves.
Raquel and Will's family is so nice. Everyone was really polite and fun to be around. I had a great time on this shoot. Enjoy the pictures!


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The choice of lighting can surely make or break your interior design: good lighting creates atmosphere and ambiance, while poor lighting always ends up making a room look shabby, without any depth, cold, impersonal, and all sorts of negative adjectives! Of course, there are heaps of different ways to light up a room, but even with designer lamps, things can go wrong. However, we'll be bold enough to make this statement: you are never going to be wrong choosing a lamp -- any lamp -- by Italian brand Artemide. No matter what kind of effect you're trying to create, no matter how you're styling a room -- no matter how minimal, or on the contrary, how rich you are planning your interior design to be, we are sure you will always find a perfect solution with Artemide.
Artemide is a brand that was founded in 1960 in a Northern town near Milan, Italy. Despite starting small, like most companies, from the very beginning Artemide began to receive recognition for its unique designs; only a few years after being established, the company's designs started winning prizes and awards. Why? Well, one of the leading principles of Artemide is the idea of innovation. As their founder used to say, people don't want light bulbs, they want innovation. That's why from the start, the company's designers always tried to research new methods, new materials and new styles that could make the lighting industry make a step forward in the future, rather than a step back. At the beginning, the focus was exclusively on residential lighting; after quite a few years, in the 80s, Artemide started reaching out to public spaces too: After all, one of their beliefs is that light should serve people and make their daily life better, so it's clear that, in order for Artemide's lighting fixtures to do that, they need to be found both inside people's homes and inside their workplaces.
Just to give you an idea of how innovative and creative Artemide can be, you should know that in the year 2000, when most people still didn't really know what LED lighting was, Artemide was ready to release its collection of LED-lit lamps. Of course, research is key, here: it is evident that designers cannot work by themselves, not all the time anyway. There is quite a certain degree of technical know-how that only field experts actually master. In fact, one of the reasons behind the success of Artemide is humility: the people there, while having the ambition to create stunning designs, are also aware that there's always room for improvement, and this is a challenge they're more than happy to take on.
More recently, a new type of innovation that's been keeping Artemide busy is what's called Li-Fi technology. Have you ever heard of it? It's a topic that started being discussed in 2011, but it's only very recently, say from 2016 more or less, that companies and public organizations are actually experimenting with it. Basically, Li-Fi technology is so called because it's similar to Wi-Fi, in that it's a technology that enables data transmission. However, here data are carried by light and as far as the transmission speed is concerned, it can be even 100 times faster than the speed of the average Wi-Fi technology. In 2016, Artemide was one of the first companies to start exploring the possibilities and the potential of this new technology: a data management infrastructure can be created with the same LEDs that are normally fitted in the Artemide products. In short, the basic idea is that a Li-Fi lamp would allow users to receive and exchange data on and from their devices by means of the light emitted by the lamp.
Besides technical innovation, another feature that always set Artemide apart from other lighting companies is their ability to keep their finger on the pulse of every era and every generation. For instance, let's take a look at the Come Together lamp. There's a whole lot of genius behind this creation. First of all, the name would hint to a general idea of company and conviviality. But actually, it's rather the opposite. This beautiful, hourglass-shaped lamp does come with us wherever we're going...but only with us. It's not a lamp to share: it's a lamp for individuals. In fact, it is not a chance that it was designed in 1999, right at the start of the huge Internet boom. Look at us now: each and everyone isolated behind their smartphone, laptop or tablet; can you say Come Together wasn't a brilliant premonition?
Does all of this mean that Artemide has been letting of tradition and traditional values? Of course not. We seriously do love everything that comes out of Artemide's manufacturing units, but still, we must say that the manufacturing of some of the most stunning of their designs actually does involve quite a lot of traditional knowledge. For instance, the Ipno lamp is characterized by an innovative optical unit that is located inside a craft blown crystal glass. And the craft of glass blowing goes back hundreds of years; only, Artemide shows us how it is possible to employ this timeless art as a vessel for innovation. Nothing against an attention-stealing Venetian chandelier, but why not try something new?
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TheBridge profile: Kate Black
Name: Kate Black
Current city: Washington
Current job: Policy Advisor for FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel
Past job: Chief of Staff, EMILY's List
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DAR ES SALAAM- For the second day police have beefed up security at Kampala International University (KIU) Dar es Salaam Campus as students boycotted classes demanding official clarification on claims they were pursuing unregistered courses.
At least 5000 students under the Faculty of Health and Applied Sciences boycotted classes since early Monday, claiming they were pursuing unregistered courses, yet the institution's authorities remained tight-lipped.
Kampala International University (KIU) Spokesperson Kenneth Uki told reporters that there were some courses which were running without full registration.
In early 2013 the Tanzania Commission for Universities (TCU) warned KIU Dar es Salaam campus over its plans to admit Masters and Doctorate students, saying the institution was not qualified for the undertakings.
However Uki said the institution had made efforts, which include submitting the required documents to the ministry of health and social welfare to endorse the courses.
Also, other officials at the university said Wednesday morning that the matter was being addressed and a team had been commissioned to meet with the ministry of health officials to deliberate on the way forward.
But KIU student organisation education deputy minister Fadhilina Kasimu said that the situation at the institution was still critical.
It's not about medical students; it's about the entire students, she said explaining that all classes stopped just after the group started demanding their fundamental rights.
"This means we're wasting our time and money," Martine Suga a medical student at KIU said adding "We're worried over our future."
Another student in the same faculty told this website on condition of anonymity that "I hope the management should stop politicizing everything and get the matter cleared."
Field Force Unit had been patrolling the scene since Friday and Dar es Salaam police special zone head of criminal investigations Constantino Masawe said the police were working to ensure peace and security prevails at the campus.


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In the fifth chapter of Echographies of Television, a section entitled, "The 'Cultural Exception':The States of the State, the Exception", Jacques Derrida talks about the desire to be "at-home" in ways that are intriguing to me because of my own preoccupations with what it means to be at home.
Derrida argues that the desire to be at-home is being intensified by the increase of teletechnologies. These technologies increasingly open us to images and discourses from beyond the boundaries of our nation and city and neighbourhood and family and home, and the effect is that our sense of "anchordness, rootedness, and the at-home becomes radically contested." Because these technologies open us to a sense of dislocation and dissociation, our reaction becomes, "I want to be at home; I want finally to be at home, close to my friends and family."
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Attorney General Jeff Sessions' announcement that the Justice Department has created a new "religious liberty task force," has been met with a mixture of praise and skepticism from conservatives. In question is the Bureau's decision to resume its partnership with the controversial Southern Poverty Law Center.
Republican Representative Matt Gaetz of Florida says the government should have nothing to do with the SPLC. In a letter to acting assistant director of Congressional Affairs Jill Tyson, Gaetz called the news: "surprising and worrisome as the SPLC is known to use its platform in order to denigrate and disparage certain groups by labeling them 'hate groups.'"
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Lt. Gen. (Ret.) William G. "Jerry" Boykin has been vocal for a while about the bias of the SPLC and he use of it as a reference by many in the government and media. Boykin, the executive vice president of the Family Research Council (FRC) said the SPLC is an "arm of the extreme Left. This hate labeling is totally illegitimate. It's contrived and totally for political purposes."
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Fox News reporter Tucker Carlson said, "As you already know if you've been paying any attention at all, the Southern Poverty Law Center is a fraudulent enterprise. It's a left-wing political group that uses 'hate crime' designations to target its ideological enemies and to crush people."
The news analyst was once targeted himself by the SPLC himself.
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Liberal law professor at Cornell William Jacobson is a frequent critic of the SPLC. He says the group wraps itself in the mantle of the civil rights struggle to engage in partisan political crusading. He said, " Time and again, I see the SPLC using the reputation it gained decades ago fighting the Klan as a tool to bludgeon mainstream politically conservative opponents … For groups that do not threaten violence, the use of SPLC 'hate group' or 'extremist' designations frequently are exploited as an excuse to silence speech and speakers."
Ironically, the left wing SPCL has targeted some of the strongest advocates for justice in the world. Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a Somali-born women's rights activist was also on the SPLC's hate list. Ali, a victim of female genital mutilation, is a vocal advocate against the practice and has won a number of awards as a human rights activist. Her nonprofit, the AHA Foundation, works to protect women both from genital mutilation and forced marriage but according a now deleted SPLC list Ali is an "anti-Muslim extremist." Though they removed her name, Ali says she has yet to receive an apology and the SPLC has not made an official retraction.
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