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JGE 1995 - Volume 43
MarchUnderstanding Natural Systems through Simple Dynamical Systems Modeling
Alexandra Moore, Hartwick College; Louis Derry, Cornell University
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Undergraduate students at all levels are encouraged to "think critically." We work toward this goal by connecting the theoretical concepts of computer modeling to a simple physical model constructed in lab. Students build a physical representation of a one-box model, consisting of reservoir, input, and output. They observe the steady-state system, then perturb the system by instantaneously doubling the rate of input. Students observe the response of the system as it arrives at a new steady state with increased input, output and volume. Students then construct a computer model of the same system, and observe that the computer produces results analogous to their observations. In subsequent exercises they modify their models in order to study more complicated systems. There are several advantages to this approach. 1) Students gain confidence in computer modeling by working with a system that they already understand well. 2) Computer modeling is a creative exercise in which students must both analyze a situation and design its solution. 3) The one-box model is a flexible system that is easily adapted for study of a wide variety of natural phenomena. 4) Using appropriate software, the model building can be carried out by introductory-level students. 5) The mathematical description of a one-box model is well within the grasp of students with basic calculus skills, and thus geology majors can gain experience in applying mathematical techniques to problems of practical interest. This exercise is open-ended—students begin on a firm platform of observation and are armed with theory and computer skill, thus allowing them to explore a range of problems whose solutions require creative and critical thinking.
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Using Cooperative Learning in College Geology Classes
Folded rocks of the Ordovician Iberville Formation on the east shore of Lake Champlain in Vermont being studied by Hamilton College Students on a structural geology field trip. Photograph submitted by Barbara Tewksbury of Hamilton College.
Ann Bykerk-Kauffman California State University, Chico
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Cooperative-learning activities can create a relaxed, comfortable atmosphere in the classroom and help students learn better by giving them a chance to verbalize their thinking and actively construct knowledge. Cooperative learnings is particularly suitable for students whose learning styles are not compatible with standard didactic teaching methods. Specific cooperative learning activities that have worked well in my classes are group compilation of notes, group testing, group lab activities, and group projects. The jigsaw structure works well in upper-division classes but not so well in large-enrollment introductory-level courses for non-science majors. A number of obstacles can make the implementation of cooperative learning difficult, especially with large classes taught in fixed-seat, auditorium-style lecture halls: absenteeism, student perceptions that they are being treated like children, the immaturity of some students, the rarity of cooperative learning at the college level, and negative experiences students have had with group work. Despite these obstacles, cooperative learning can be a very effective teaching tool, especially when faculty solicit input from students and explain their reasons for using such nontraditional teaching methods.
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Specific Strategies for Using the 'Jigsaw' Technique for Working in Groups in Non-Lecture-Based Courses
Barbara Jarvis Tewksbury Hamilton College
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The 'jigsaw' technique is a versatile strategy that can be used in many different ways to increase the involvement of students in their own learning and to create an effective learning environment in a course that de-emphasizes lecture.Teams of students are assigned to investigate different aspects of the same problem or issue.Each team might, for example, analyze a different but related data set or read an article on different aspects or viewpoints on the same topic.Once each team member thoroughly understands his/her team's aspect of the problem, new groups are formed, with at least one representative from each original team.Each individual then explains his/her team's aspect of the problem to the new group. In this way, every student learns every aspect of the problem. Each group then uses the combined information to evaluate a summary issue.The technique works most successfully if 1)there are different but overlapping assignments for different teams, 2) individual students prepare before teams meet, 3) individual summary assignments are based on group work, 4) there is variation in what students do during class time, 5) there are penalties for absences from class, and 6) the instructor makes clear the goals and advantages of this type of class structure.
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Cooperative-Learning Activities in Large Entry-Level Geology Courses
R. Heather Macdonald College of William and Mary
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Small-group cooperative-learning activities involving writing and/or oral presentations promote active learning in large lecture-based physical and historical geology courses. Goups include informal pairings of students for short discussions, writing peer-review groups of three to four students, and groups that work together throughout the semester on a variety of other projects. Writing assignments consist of ungraded in-class writing and graded short papers on a variety of geological topics. Oral presentations include debates, panel presentations, and skits. As students exchange ideas and work with one another in these activities, they are learning geology as well as improving their communication and collaboration skills. The learning communities that develop reduce the isolation many students feel in a large lecture class. To implement cooperative-learning, instructors should design activities that incorporate key elements of cooperative learning and are directly related to course objectives.
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NovemberService Learning in Geology Classes
David William Mogk, Jeffrey Lester King, Montana State University
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Service learning is a mode of instruction that directs course activities toward issues or problems of societal concern. Components of a successful service-learning experience include a clear articulation of community needs, orientation and training of students, meaningful action, and reflection upon and evaluation of the activity. An example of service learning in the geosciences is a class project that prepared a public forum on seismic hazards in southwestern Montana. Service-learning activities yield numerous benefits to students, faculty, institutions, and the community-at-large. The geosciences are in a central position to engage service-learning activities in the application of our knowledge base and scientific methods.
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Maple Pecan Fig Tart
We harvested our last batch of Black Mission figs from the garden today. I've been wanting to share them with our friends, and so I made two dozen mini-tarts this afternoon.
I adapted the almond cream that I use in my tarte amandine recipe, but instead of almond I used pecans because I think pecans complement figs really well. To sweeten the figs and pecans, I drizzle warm maple syrup. The result is a true taste of autumn.
Yields: 2 dozen tartlets36 tablespoons unsalted butter (4-1/2 sticks), diced, + extra for greasing the pans
1-1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon anise extract
1 teaspoon canola oil
1-3/4 cups powdered sugar
6 whole eggs, at room temperature
1 teaspoon imitation brandy extract
1-1/4 cups granulated sugar, to taste
3-1/4 cups pecan powder, (10 ounces)
4 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
4 dozen small Black Mission figs, the quantity varies with the size of the fruit
1 cup maple syrup, warm
Preheat the oven to 375°F.
For the pecan tart shells:
In a bowl, combine the flour and salt. In another bowl, place the powdered sugar. Sift all the dry ingredients, separately.
Using a handheld mixer, whisk 2 eggs with 3 tablespoons of powdered sugar until you get a pale, yellow foam. It'll take about 5-6 minutes. The consistency should be very airy. Add 1/2 teaspoon each vanilla and anise extracts. Stir well using a spatula. Set aside.
Lightly oil the bowl of your food processor with a silicone brush. Add the flour, 1/2 cup of pecan powder, 1/4 teaspoon of salt and remaining powdered sugar. Blend for a few seconds, then add 2-1/2 sticks of cold diced butter. Pulse the mixture until it forms crumbs of butter and flour. Add the egg mixture. Pulse another 3-4 times until it forms a dough. Do NOT over-mix. Transfer the dough onto a pastry board lined with a sheet of parchment paper. Place a silicone mat (or parchment paper) on top of the dough like a sandwich. Using a rolling pin, even out the dough to about 1/2 inch thick. Create 24 (2-1/2-inch) disks of dough and 24 (8-inch by 1-inch) rectangles. Chill in the refrigerator while making the parchment paper molds.
Create the same 24 (2-1/2-inch) disks and 24 (8-inch by 1-inch) rectangles with parchment paper. Line 24 (2-1/2-inch) round mini-molds with the parchment paper disks and top with the disks of dough. Line the rectangles of dough with the parchment paper rectangles and place both along the sides of the molds, using the parchment paper as a liner against the wall of the molds. Patch together the dough from the side of the mold with the dough from the bottom to form a cup (see tips). Fill the gaps with the remaining dough if needed. Prick the dough with a fork.
For the pecan cream:
Using a handheld mixer, whisk 4 eggs with about 1/2 cup of sugar until you get a pale, yellow foam. It'll take about 5-6 minutes. The consistency should be very airy. Add the remaining vanilla and brandy extracts. Set aside.
Cream 2 sticks of butter (at room temperature) with the remaining sugar. Pour in the egg mixture. Add the remaining pecan powder. Mix until the batter is smooth.
Assembly time:
Trim the top of the figs a bit and cut them in half. Place about 1-1/2 tablespoons of pecan cream in the center of each tart shell. Top with 4 fig halves. Place the fig tartlets on a baking sheet and bake for 15 minutes at 375°F, then lower the temperature to 350°F for another 25 minutes. Before glazing the tartlets, broil for about 3 minutes to get a nice golden crust. Remove from the oven and immediately drizzle each tartlet with 2 teaspoons of warm maple syrup, for a nice glossy look.
Let the tartlets cool for a few minutes. Remove the shells from the molds. You can serve them warm with a scoop of maple pecan ice cream and a nice cup of hot tea or a glass of cardamom-flavored Arnold Palmer.
Bon appétit!
FYI: 1 cup of butter = 16 tablespoons = 2 sticks of butter.
I know it's a lot of butter but don't forget you're making 24 tartlets.
To make a flaky dough, it's important to use cold diced butter.
You can either buy ready-made pecan powder, or make it yourself. Remember to get a little more than 10 ounces of whole pecans to get the correct amount of powder. Grind the roasted* pecans with a food processor or spice grinder. Make sure you stop before it turns into pecan butter. I use the VitaMix Dry Blade Container. The result should be a fine mill.
Little reminder on how to roast nuts*: To release all the flavor and oil of the nuts, I like to roast them in the oven for about 10 minutes at 325°F before using them. The only nuts that I dry roast on the stove are pine nuts. They are smaller, cook more quickly and are much easier to watch and manipulate on the stove top.
To make sure the dough is perfectly shaped like the molds. I patch each corner of the molds using the tip of a chopstick .
I think it's best to make the pecan tart dough a day in advance. Store it in the refrigerator overnight. The dough will be easier to roll and won't be crumbly.
Rolling the dough between 2 sheets of parchment paper (or on 2 silicon mats) prevents the addition of extra flour on the rolling surface, which can change the texture of the dough.
I use 2-1/2-inch individual round tin cake molds. I found them at Daiso, the Japanese version of a 99-cent store. They were $1.50 a pair. Otherwise, you can always make 3 large tarts.
Parchment paper is very convenient when you use molds that aren't non-stick. If you're extra cautious, grease the molds with butter before lining them with parchment paper.
I use McCormick anise extract. If you don't have any, you can use star anise seeds, dry roast them and grind them finely in a mortar and pestle.
You can make these fruit tarts with any other fruits and nuts, such as plums, peaches, mandarins, strawberries, pears, figs etc... -depending on the season. Be creative!
Hard to believe, but Thanksgiving is right around the corner. This maple pecan fig pie could be the dessert you serve for the holiday season.
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By default, the connection queue sends requests to the default thread pool. However, you can also create your own thread pools in magnus.conf using a thread pool Init function. These custom thread pools are used for executing NSAPI Service Application Functions (SAFs), not entire requests.
If the SAF requires the use of a custom thread pool, the current request processing thread queues the request, waits until the other thread from the custom thread pool completes the SAF, then the request processing thread completes the rest of the request.
For example, the obj.conf file contains the following:
NameTrans fn="assign-name" from="/testmod" name="testmod" pool="my-custom-pool" ... <Object name="testmod"> ObjectType fn="force-type" type="magnus-internal/testmod" Service method=(GET|HEAD|POST) type="magnus-internal/testmod" fn="testmod_service" pool="my-custom-pool2" </Object>
In this example, the request is processed as follows:
The request processing thread, referred to as A1 in this example, picks up the request and executes the steps before the NameTrans directive.
If the URI starts with /testmod, the A1 thread queues the request to the my-custom-pool queue. The A1 thread waits.
A different thread in my-custom-pool, called the B1 thread in this example, picks up the request queued by A1. B1 completes the request and returns to the wait stage.
The A1 thread wakes up and continues processing the request. It executes the ObjectType SAF and moves on to the Service function.
Because the Service function must be processed by a thread in my-custom-pool2, the A1 thread queues the request to my-custom-pool2.
A different thread in my-custom-pool2, called C1 in this example, picks up the queued request. C1 completes the request and returns to the wait stage.
The A1 thread wakes up and continues processing the request.
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A Strange Dream (open)
A Strange Dream (open)
Sea Glass: Yeah. I'm debating on whether I want to be active again or not. Oct 23, 2019 20:14:34 GMT
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Plot Overview
This Roleplay is a prequel to Steven Universe to an extent with some slight retconing and its own progression to the story that will turn out differently to how stuff plays out in the show.Thanks to the message by Rose Quartz several gems are rising up to protect Earth and have labelled themselves as the Crystal Gems. Others on earth are remaining aligned to Homeworld though despite the isolation of Earth from Homeworld
All gems on earth are still stranded, the communication hub is still offline and all the space warps are shattered, it has now been revealed that this is the work of Rose Quartz and her small group known as the Crystal gems. They have rebelled against Homeworld and have chosen to protect the Earth (Trapping themselves on Homeworld to keep the warps down).
Now both sides are fighting among themselves along with fighting against the 'Corruption' a virus is infecting many gems turning most of them into mindless monsters, but those with a stronger will seem to becoming something more sinister.
The Game has changed now. The question has finally been posed, are you against Homeworld or allied with them. Or do you have your own agenda that may or may not been assisted by the 'Corruption'. Regardless the seeds have been placed down and although it is only the beginning the fight for or against Earth and the corruption has begun. The choice is yours for how it is shaped on the Original Steven Universe Roleplay Site. Orginal Opening Plot Here
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Published by Underwriters Laboratories (UL), Northbrook, Ill., ANSI/UL 1703-2004, "Standard for Safety for Flat-Plate Photovoltaic Modules and Panels" covers the design, production, and installation of flat-plate photovoltaic (PV) modules and panels, as well as electrical and mounting components for PV modules and panels, intended for integral or freestanding installation in the United States. The standard works in accordance with the NEC, NFPA 70, and model building codes (see Safe, Reliable, Durable). Yet, the U.S. marketplace currently does not require solar PV panels, modules, or components to undergo third-party, independent testing to back up manufacturer claims of durability, quality, or reliability over time.
"UL 1703 provides only for safety," says Dr. Govindasamy Tamizhmani, professor in the Department of Electronic Engineering Technology at Arizona State University (ASU), and president of TÜV Rheinland Photovoltaic Testing Laboratory (PTL), Tempe, Ariz., North America's largest solar and PV testing company. "The module won't create a fire hazard or electrical shock, but it doesn't have to keep working. There is no requirement for performance after the stress test."
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Several U.S. standards organizations have attempted to redress this issue. The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) have published qualification standards for PV products (see Qualification Standards for PV Modules).
In January, the Solar America Board for Codes and Standards (Solar ABCs), a collaborative effort among experts to formally gather and prioritize input from the broad spectrum of solar PV stakeholders, resulting in coordinated recommendations to codes and standards-making bodies for existing and new solar technologies, adopted Solar ABC Policy Recommendations #1. The recommendation includes following IEC 61215 for crystalline silicon flat-plate modules, IEC 61646 for thin-film flat-plate modules, and IEC 62108 for concentrator modules/assemblies. Meeting the requirements of qualification standards is considered to be a minimum requirement for any module procurement.
System engineers can accurately predict energy output over several decades by reviewing PV modules' performance characteristics at different temperatures and irradiances and ensuring they meet the full requirements of the qualification standards, says Tamizhmani. However, current IEC qualification standards cover only qualification, meaning fitness for use — not reliability or durability over time.
According to the report, "Overview of Failure Mechanisms and PV Qualification Tests," by John Wohlgemuth, former program manager at BP Solar, a part of BP's Alternative Energy business, the qualification process includes a set of well-defined accelerated stress tests performed on a strict pass/fail basis. The stress levels and durations are limited so the tests can be completed within a reasonable amount of time and cost, writes Wohlgemuth. The goal for qualification testing is that a significant number of commercial modules will pass — and that all subsequent production modules will be built the same way as the test modules. Passing the qualification means the product has passed the specific round of tests, but doesn't necessarily predict product lifetime or indicate which product will last longer or degrade in operation. As a result, qualification is not a replacement for reliability testing.
"IEC standards say nothing about the durability of the module or the system or whether it maintains its efficiency," says David Burns, 3M Weathering Resource Center, 3M Co., Maplewood, Minn., who is chair of Committee E44 for ASTM International (originally known as the American Society for Testing and Materials), one of the largest voluntary standards development organizations in the world. "Solar ABCs adopting IEC is essentially just the start. So now you need that next level of testing, which takes time, unfortunately."
ASTM Subcommittee E44.09 on Photovoltaic Electric Power Conversion, under the jurisdiction of Committee E44, is now working on a proposed new standard that will cover these long-term issues. ASTM WK25362, "Practice for Photovoltaic Module Reliability Assessment," includes procedures for accelerating the failure mechanisms of PV modules caused by mechanical, electrical, and environmental stresses. "While a module may meet the initial qualification requirements, this does not provide sufficient information to indicate that the same module will function reliably in the long term," says Burns. "The intent of ASTM WK25362 is to recommend procedures for conducting accelerated life testing of PV modules to provide a common ground for manufacturers and users to assess durability and estimate functional service life."
Failure rates recorded by TÜV Rheinland PTL reveal that, as the industry has expanded to include additional manufacturers, failure rates for qualification and reliability testing spiked. Between 2005 and 2007, as a number of manufacturers entered the market, the failure rate for modules increased at an alarming rate, says Tamizhmani. For example, during that time, thin-film modules experienced a qualification failure rate of 20% and an in-the-field failure rate of 70%. Although failure rates for both silicon-based and thin-film modules dropped to more historic norms between 2007 and 2009, according to Tamizhmani, the rates remain "unacceptable" (see Failure to Qualify).
Common failures in the field reported for crystalline silicon modules include broken interconnects and cells, corrosion, delamination, loss of elastomeric properties, encapsulant discoloration, solder bond failures, broken glass, ground faults, hot spots, junction box and module connection failures, and structural failures. As a result, accelerated tests for PV modules include inducing those conditions in the lab. "From the technical end, there's a science around the service-like prediction of complex electronic systems, which is what PV modules are," says Burns. "They are pretty complex, with multiple components and multiple modes of failure. Predicting durability out to 20 yr is not simple."
Using roofing shingles as an example, Burns explains how shingles with a 25-yr durability warranty don't necessarily have 25 yr of use in the field. The warranty is based on a combination of field experience and high-stress testing in order to speed it to the marketplace.
The organization hopes the results of test protocols described in ASTM WK25362 will help designers and manufacturers identify and quantify the important failure mechanisms that can limit the service life of PV modules, as well as provide methods to evaluate the rate of performance degradation. "When approved, the proposed standard should serve as a technical framework for evaluating improvements to increase the long-term performance of PV modules," says Burns. "The driving issue behind ASTM WK25362 is how to evaluate whether a PV module will function for an acceptable amount of time. To that end, it could also potentially be used to corroborate warranty claims."
Emerging technologies
In the absence of required reliability testing, U.S. consumers and solar contractors depend on manufacturers' warranties, which usually range between 20 and 30 yr. Most vendors base warranties on their standard test conditions (STC) rating. PV panels and modules are rated according to their maximum DC power output (watts) under STC, defined by a module (cell) operating at 77°F, an incident solar irradiance level of 1,000W/m2, and under air mass 1.5 spectral distribution. However, because these conditions are not always met in the field, actual performance is usually 85% to 90% of the STC rating. "Good manufacturers base their warranties on sound technical assessments of past performance," says Burns.
Other factors may affect specification of solar panels and modules, as well. Veteran solar contractor and 2006 inductee into the Solar Hall of Fame Tom Lane, president and field engineer for Gainesville, Fla.-based ECS Solar Energy Systems, takes the STC rating under consideration but stays with tested companies and technologies. "I prefer single crystal because it's the most reliable," Lane explains. "The technology has been around since the '50s. You want somebody who's been around and is a powerful force — not somebody who's just getting started."
Therefore, accelerated testing for reliability can actually help emerging technologies. For instance, with a new technology that doesn't have a history of field use, such as a copper indium gallium (di)selenide (CIGS) module, reliability testing can provide information to potential investors. "If you have a new process — you're making a module with a new material — and you want to sell them, how is the consumer going to have confidence to buy it?" asks Burns. "But maybe even more important, what makes the venture capitalist want to bankroll the company to stay in business?"
ASTM WK25362 will educate users (including distributors, installers, and building/home owners) on PV property-performance-cost relationships, such as electrical output versus environmental variables, corrective and preventive maintenance, and design factors that influence reliability. "PV modules need to last and perform without significant maintenance for up to 20 yr in order to be an economically viable model," Burns says. "The question is what makes somebody think that module is going to last that long? The new technology has a lot of potential, but unlike the classic PV modules that have been out there for 20 to 25 yr, they have no history. We're just trying to find a way to assess the durability potential of a new module design or product based on accelerated testing."
Sidebar: Failure to Qualify
Testing and product certification are the final hurdles before releasing a product to market. In the testing of photovoltaic (PV) modules, a large proportion of products do not receive certification based on their first testing cycle. According to Intertek, which, as a Nationally Recognized Laboratory (NRTL), provides testing, inspection, and consulting services for a wide range of global industries and markets — including PV module and panel manufacturing — following are five of the most common reasons PV modules do not pass certification the first time:
- Inappropriate/incomplete installation instructions: In more than 85% of the modules Intertek has evaluated, installation instructions were incomplete or contained errors. The installation instructions are considered part of the equipment and must be delivered with the equipment for evaluation. In some cases, up to one-third of the conformity assessment time is spent reading and checking the installation instructions. Installation documentation is particularly important, because numerous sections in ANSI/UL 1703-2004, "Standard for Safety for Flat-Plate Photovoltaic Modules and Panels," are related to assessing the product after it has been installed according to its intended manner (as specified in the instructions).
- Models provided for testing do not accurately represent the entire production model scheme being listed: The highest watt density modules are required for testing due to their higher failure rate during temperature cycling and loading tests. In some cases, according to Intertek, a manufacturer will add higher-power modules than those available at the beginning of the test process. This problem can be avoided by having a clear definition of the scope of equipment to be included in the evaluation at the beginning of the quote stage. If a manufacturer makes changes to the scope of equipment covered by an evaluation after the testing has begun, it usually results in significant delays and often requires certain portions of the testing to be repeated.
- Testing requested without prior construction evaluation being performed: Because temperature testing test takes several weeks to complete, it's not uncommon for manufacturers to request starting this test as soon as possible. However, temperature testing without first performing the construction evaluation on the module can lead to having to repeat the test. This is because assumptions must be made as part of the test setup, which cannot be confirmed without the construction evaluation. Key areas are identified during the construction evaluation that will lead to proper sample preparation and ensure that the right samples are chosen with the right components.
- Complete bill of materials with ratings and certification information not provided prior to start of the project: Because of tight time lines and time-to-market demands, manufacturers occasionally provide bills of materials that are missing certification ratings. This leads to tests being performed without checking to make sure that the ratings of the modules' different materials are within the ratings of the tests being performed. Without the proper bill of materials, it's not possible to determine the rating of the sample. If any of the materials do not have ratings, it's not possible to allow modules with those alternate components to be included in the listing.
- Lack of back sheet panel RTI rating: About 95% of substrates in the market today do not have the minimum RTI value as required by clause 7.3 in UL 1703. The practice has been to use the RTI of the outer layer. If the outer layer is a spray-on thin coating, it will not be considered for the RTI requirement. If the middle layer of the substrate has an RTI of less than 90, it will not be acceptable. If the testing lab tries to establish an RTI of 90 for such a laminate, this middle layer will likely fail, and the laminate will destabilize.
To download the complete white paper, "Five Reasons PV Modules Fail Product Certification Testing the First Time," visit the Intertek website.


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By Jessica Smith
There are a lot of things to consider when buying a house – price, location, size – and recently a "green" category, referring to energy efficiency and environmental impact of a home, has been added to that list.
The Colorado Energy Office has been working with local communities statewide to add "green fields" to the multiple listing service (MLS), the database Realtors use to find information about homes for sale. In Frisco, the High Country Conservation Center in Frisco has been working with the energy office and the Summit Association of Realtors to get the same category listing for homes in Summit County.
There are four main categories under the green listing, which include LEED certified homes (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design), Energy Star homes, National Green Building Standard homes and homes with a Home Energy Rating System (HERS) index.
"We're basically trying to encourage energy efficiency, low energy cost and environmentally friendly features in homes," said Lynne Greene, energy programs manager at HC3. "A lot of people want these features in their homes for various reasons. There's a pretty high culture of sustainability in Summit County; people really care about these things, but they also want to receive a return on their investment."
Recently, HC3 was approved by the DORA Division of RealEstate to provide a course to local Realtors on understanding and utilizing the new green features. The course is being provided free of charge, thanks to a grant by the Colorado Energy Office. By taking the class, Realtors and appraisers can earn four continuing education credits.
Teaching the course will be Matt Wright, energy operations manager at HC3. Wright has been involved with the Colorado Energy Office grant process and is a certified energy auditor, as well as certified in all four of the new green field categories.
"We're getting the ball rolling, getting people thinking about it, getting it listed on the MLS, getting Realtors thinking of it," Wright said, of the green fields. "Hopefully it will change the whole atmosphere in the county.
"Having these green features in the Realtor database is huge, for just opening the door for people to receive the value from the improvements that they make to their home," Greene said. "It's really big as far as linking the economic impact with the environmental impact. We believe it can be a good decision for the environment and the economy."
Having the green categories in the MLS may eventually benefit home buyers and home sellers, in addition to Realtors and appraisers, said Wright.
Realtors, for example, will be able to give even more information to their clients about potential homes, as well as qualifications for loan programs related to environmental or energy efficiency upgrades. Those selling their homes, who have put resources into making their houses more green, may see an increase in value. People buying homes will then have more information regarding not only the environmental impact of a house, but the potential cost of running it.
For example, House A and House B might have the same mortgage, Wright explained, but House A's energy bills cost twice as much as House B's energy bills.
"That's something that people should really know before purchasing a home – how much is it going to cost you to run," Wright said. The green MLS information can tell people that.
"Hopefully, it's supposed to be a win-win for everybody," he said of the new listing.
The "Understanding the Green MLS and Green Construction" class will take place April 17 at the Summit Association of Realtors classroom. There will be a morning (8 a.m. to noon) class and an afternoon (1-5 p.m.) class. The event is open to the public. To register, call HC3 at (970) 668-5703 or send an email to email@example.com.
"The Summit County Realtors deserve some credit for making the effort to add the features and also to educate the local realtors," Greene said. "It's really a good thing."
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Call of Duty is possibly one of the biggest names in the first person shooter genre.
Very few people will not have heard of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, and there are many people out there extremely skilled in the online multiplayer.
Call of Duty: World at War has large boots to fill, and anticipation is high. Can the new title live up to the hype, and has Treyarch finally pulled a truly epic shooter out of their hat?
Call of Duty: World at War has taken the Call of Duty series back to World War Two once again. It's been several years since we had a decent WWII shooter (although Brothers in Arms caught our attention a few weeks back) so it's a real pleasure to go back to this time, particularly since Call of Duty: World at War takes the player across several combat theatres.
Battles take place in the Pacific, Eastern Europe, and of course Berlin, all the way into the Reichstag. This variation in scenery really spices up the title, as few games have given us a taste of what war in the Pacific entailed. Call of Duty: World at War puts you in the shoes of Soviet and US soldiers, and although it would be nice to have been able to play an ANZAC soldier or similar, the worldwide appeal is no doubt greater for the others.
Being based on a modified Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare engine, the game looks and plays fabulously, just as its predecessor did. The environments look stunning, and there were moments that truly filled us with awe, for example standing in the middle of the Reichstag in front of the Reichs Adler, or under its massive, partially destroyed glass roof . It certainly felt as though we were there. The destruction and devastation of WWII is shown all too well, with the annihilated cities you traverse, and the bombed-out countryside. The gritty graphics are sharp and dramatic, and look exceptional. The player models and the weapons all look authentic, and Treyarch have done an exceptional job of delivering a campaign which is as hard-hitting as that from Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, which is quite a feat considering the difficult task of working with actual historic events.
You will find yourself playing cat and mouse with German snipers in the East, and battling frenzied Japanese soldiers in the Pacific who yell "banzai" as they charge you down with their bayonets. This is another area where Treyarch have done a fantastic job, creating believable AI for both the German and the Japanese soldiers. Both react completely differently to one another, and both require different fighting styles to combat. With the Japanese, you will be watching trees and shrubs for hidden soldiers just waiting to pick you off. The Germans are more reserved and will rarely simply charge you, preferring to stay behind cover than expose themselves. It truly is refreshing for a WWII shooter to present the war in the Pacific so authentically. There are even flame-throwers, which you can use to light up fields where Japanese soldiers might be hiding. The flame-thrower is accurately modelled and it is a useful tool for burning out Japanese defences, although it is a shame that it isn't available in the multiplayer as well.
Each level is woven with historic film footage to help introduce the player to the different campaigns and stages during the war. This helps bring the game into context, and gives it a sense of seriousness that previous titles in the series haven't necessarily had. Several instances will show you the true dark side of the war, for example when a group of German soldiers surrender and beg for their lives, and the Soviet soldiers burn them with their Molotov cocktails.
This game shows brutality on all sides, and is quite intense at times. It unleashed some emotional moments that we certainly haven't experienced in very many titles to date.
The single-player is a truly solid experience, with a compelling story told in an emotional and moving fashion, and our only real complaint is that it is a bit short, clocking in at around six to eight hours, similar to the single player for Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. Considering the massive multiplayer component however, we are willing to forgive. Treyarch have included a co-op mode where you can play through the main campaign either co-operatively or competitively with up to four friends.
The multiplayer is where Call of Duty: World at War truly shines. As it is based on the Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare engine there is considerable similarity with the predecessor, on almost every level. A large number of multiplayer options are there for the player to enjoy, and these are unlocked as you progress through the online ranks, gaining experience as you complete challenges and use a range of weapons. The options mirror those available in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, and include your normal team deathmatch, as well as capture the flag, capturing and holding strategic points, along with a number of others.
As you advance in the ranks perks are unlocked, which give you unique abilities such as being able to seek out enemy explosives, or being able to heal a downed enemy (provided they have the same perk). You can choose three perks for a game from a few categories, and choosing the right combination for your playing style can be tricky, but it certainly pays to try them out.
The range of game modes available is excellent, meaning there is diverse multiplayer fun to be had, particularly when you get a good group of friends together and can game with them all night. All these modes wouldn't be worth the virtual media they are printed on without some decent maps to compliment them, and Treyarch have certainly delivered these. The maps are fantastic, and again span from the Pacific, to Eastern Europe, to Berlin. They range in sizes depending on the game modes you are playing, and it is great fun simply exploring them. As was the case with Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, as you go on kill streaks you are rewarded, at three kills with a recon plane, at five kills with a bombardment, and at seven kills with attack dogs. These dogs are truly ferocious and will seek out the enemy soldiers with prompt efficiency. Too often have I been taken down by dogs in their volumes, and it is truly a clever way to adapt the Call of Duty 4 system to the WWII setting.
Treyarch have also included the ability for you to single out games in your locale, meaning the games you will join will have a far lower latency. This is an option that should be in every single game, but is rarely implemented. Thanks to this, all the games we had managed excellent connections, and as more local players come online it can only get better. But if it is so similar to the predecessor, is it worth it? Yes! The new environments and the tweaks have made it an even stronger showing, and the change of scenery will surely have most fans rejoice. Also the ability to jump into tanks on some of the levels adds a whole new element, with perks for vehicles as well increasing things like reload times, or turret spin speeds.
As a bonus in the single player, on completion you unlock a game mode called "Nacht der Untoten" which is Night of the Dead in German. In this mode you will be barricaded in a house, either on your own or in co-op mode with up to 3 friends. As the game progresses hordes of Nazi zombies will attempt to breach the barricades and make their way into the house. Your goal is to destroy them wave after wave, and as you do you collect money which can be used to reinforce the barricades and purchase more powerful weapons, as well as to retreat further into the house if your positions are compromised. This is an exciting mode with some exceptional atmospheric sounds, and manages to be a real treat without feeling even remotely tacked on.
The sound effects are spectacular, from the eerie whistling noise that incoming artillery shells make, or the whistle of bullets in the air and the sound of gunfire, they're all well implemented. The single player is accompanied by an excellent musical score that really adds to the experience, and makes Call of Duty: World at War an inspired effort.
One might well assume that Call of Duty: World at War is simply a new coat of paint over a Call of Duty 4 powerhouse, however that would be doing Treyarch a gross injustice, for their hard work has created an experience that is unique and different, although the saying "if it ain't broke don't fix it" certainly does ring true here. The graphics and character models are sharp and impressive, the environments look great and the story plays very well with some dramatic and emotional moments. The multiplayer is up to par with the predecessor, if not even somewhat improved making this one of the best all-round gaming experiences of the year.
If Call of Duty 4 is anything to go by (and we'd say it is) people will be playing Call of Duty: World at War for some years to come, and it is definitely worth the investment.
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Naming X competition - Winners Announced
1 July 2010
The Naming X team is delighted to announce the winners and runners up of Naming X, a global online competition launched in honour of Venetia Burney Phairwho named the minor planet Pluto in 1930, aged 11.
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In each of the three categories the Winners and Runners Up are:
Category One - 1 - 11years
Winner:- Glissade
Reason: Planet Glissade sounds beautiful. Glissade means to glide along, as in ballet, which is like a planet, which glides along in the universe.
Name by: Erica Reed, 10years old, USA.
Runners Up:-
Name: Sumer
Reason: I believe a planet should be named "Sumer." Sumerians are from Mesopotamia, the cradle of civilization, and we should honor our first civilization on earth.
Name by: Brenden Reed, 8years old, USA
Name: Naveen
Reason: Naveen is the synonym of Newness, change and something different. So I chose this name for a NEW planet.
Name by: Akansha Sharma, 8years old, India
Name: Bellaroccia
Reason: It means beautiful rock. Someday someone might live there, it should have a nice name.
Name by: Jane Fenske Newbart, 7years old, USA
Category Two - 12+ years
Winner:- Erytheia
Reason: In Greek mythology, an island at the western edge of the world bathed red by the light of the setting sun.
Name by: Nathan Phillips, 15years old, USA
Runners Up:-
Name: Seshat
Reason: Seshat was an ancient Egyptian goddess of astronomy and wisdom, among other things.
Name by: Emily Temple-Wood, 15years old, USA
Name: Anima
Reason: Anima is an Italic word, which it mean the soul. Finding a new planet make us more curious as it may bring new expectations to our soul to live on a new planet like as the Earth.
Name by: Nuwani Ishara Thotawatta, 16years old, Sri Lanka
Name: Astraeus
Reason: Was the Titan god of the stars and planets, and the art of astrology.
Name by: Christina Thowsen, 12years old, United Kingdom
Name: Makrilios
Reason: Makrilios is a contraction of the Greek words makrinos, meaning far, and ilios, meaning sun. This is because at Kuiper belt distances, the sun is far.
Name by: Deanta Kelly, 12years old, USA
Category Three – Schools, Groups and Astronomy Clubs
Winner:- Virgil
Reason: In honor of both the poet and the astronaut (Grissom).
Name by: Bruce McHam - McKinney High School, USA
Runners Up:-
Name: Serendipity
Reason: The children think Serendipity is a great name because many great scientific discoveries are a combination of hard work and good luck!!
Name by: Neighborhood After School Science Association (NASSA), USA
Name: De Winne
Reason: Frank De Winne was the first ISS Commander worked for ESA.
Name by: Oberon, USA
Name: Umex
Reason: We represent our naming X in a simple equation: (U + Me = Us). Thus, Umex.
Name by: Young Astronomers, Ghana
Winners will receive a copy of the award-winning documentary of Venetia's story, Naming Pluto and a film poster, care of Father Films, telescope time care of Bellatrix Observatory, Italy and a signed certificate from our judges.
The team and jury did not plan to select Runners Up for Naming X but as several names stood out we would like to extend a special mention to our Runners Up by way of a signed certificate from our judging panel.
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There is still something very special about owning a title on video, with 70% of consumers paying to keep and just 30% renting, according to consumer feedback. Owning a disc firmly remains the preference over a digital download and this is driven primarily by family viewing. 92% of consumers' expenditure is on physical discs and just 8% on digital video. And Blu-ray Disc sales grew 10% in 2013, as consumers appreciated watching video in high definition, as sales of jumbo screen TVs continued to grow, with 50"+ up 21% last year.
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Four weeks ago I was driving through Colorado and went to Estes Park. As I entered the park I was right below the lake and the dam. There was a flyfisherman swinging some flies so I stopped and chatted with him a couple of hours. He shared loads of information for which I was grateful. I walked about 1/2 mile downstream and saw fish periodically. I am going back to Colorado in a couple of weeks. I will have a day or two off. Estes park is about 80 minutes from where I am staying. Here's my question: are there still fish below the dam? After the incredible flooding (I missed it by 5 days) I am thinking everything got washed down. Is there anyone who can share by experience whether or not the fish are still there?
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ESA's Columbus Control Centre - Europe's 'Houston' - is in operation now for Astrolab while readying for the European Columbus laboratory in 2007.
Inaugurated in 2004 under contract from ESA, the Columbus Control Centre, located at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) facility in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, joins the ranks of International Space Station (ISS) control centres including Houston and Moscow.
Under the call sign 'Munich', the Columbus Control Centre will, from 2007, be responsible for systems onboard the orbiting Columbus laboratory and for European science activities on board the ISS. The centre is already building operational expertise during ESA's ongoing Astrolab mission.
In the last quarter of 2007, the Columbus laboratory, Europe's cornerstone contribution to the International Space Station, will be launched into space and attached to the ISS. The 4.5-metre diameter cylindrical module is equipped internally with four advanced science facilities and externally with two unpressurised exposed payloads, which together will enable Earth-based researchers to conduct experiments in biology, human physiology, materials science, fluid physics and a range of other disciplines, all in the weightlessness and space conditions of orbit.
Columbus brings new responsibilities
"Columbus will be the first time we not only have coordination responsibility for the science experiments but also permanent system-wide responsibility for the complete module, comprising services such as air and temperature regulation and power distribution. Once Columbus is in orbit, the control room will be manned, if necessary, twenty-four hours per day," says Dieter Sabath, DLR project manager at the Columbus Control Centre.
Furthermore, a Europe-wide ground support network of User Support and Operations Centres (USOCs) is managed from the Columbus Control Centre, supplying voice, video and data services to remotely located scientists and specialists who receive scientific results from experiments on board the lab.
Two large mission control rooms housed within DLR's German Space Operations Centre (GSOC), have been remodelled for the needs of the pre-Columbus missions, simulations and Columbus continuous operations.
"The Columbus Control Centre now has about 80 engineers, and in 2005 and 2006 we saw a great deal of training, simulations and practices for the launch of Columbus. It's a real cooperative success for ESA, DLR and our industry partners," says Thomas Kuch, head of mission operations at GSOC.
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The main Columbus control room houses a series of large display screens on one wall, with rows of command consoles and workstations lined up beneath. The functions of the Columbus Flight Control team comprise:
Columbus Flight Director, directing the team and interfacing with US and Russian ISS Flight Directors
Systems, responsible for the optimum exploitation of the Columbus technical systems
Operations Coordination, overseeing payload coordination and interfacing also with the remotely located user centres
Communications, overseeing the receipt and transmission of science results and scheduling
Data Management System, responsible for the on board data system, the 'brain' of Columbus
Eurocom, communicating with the astronauts on board ISS and in Columbus
- COP (Columbus Operations Planner), responsible for the ongoing planning of European activities
Overall direction of the flight control teams is provided by ESA Operations Managers under the leadership of ESA astronaut Reinhold Ewald.
This team is responsible for ensuring the flight readiness certification of the ground segment and operations as well as for providing direction to the flight control teams in situations not covered by the flight rules, plan and procedures.
The main control room is backed up by a second, smaller - but functionally identical - control room, which provides redundancy as well as spare capacity for training controllers, running simulations and testing software and procedures.
Controllers maintain real-time communications worldwide
Engineers on duty at the Columbus centre are in real-time communication via voice and video with ISS control centres in Russia (Moscow) and the US (Houston and Huntsville), as well as with European USOCs (User Support and Operations Centres).
These 10 centres are located throughout Europe and provide the data interface for research scientists to operate the Columbus research facilities and manage science results returned by their experiments onboard Columbus.
USOCs in France, Denmark, Italy, Germany and Norway are already active in receiving science results during the current Astrolab mission.
The Columbus Control Centre is also connected to ESA's Crew Medical Support Office (CMSO), a health operations centre staffed by doctors and biomedical engineers and located at ESA's European Astronaut Centre, Cologne, Germany. The CMSO provides European astronauts with medical advice and monitoring while onboard the ISS.
"All our communications go via leased fibre optic lines. Our commands are actually transmitted to the ISS via mission control in Houston, then to the ISS Payload Operations Centre in Huntsville, Alabama, then to the NASA ground stations in New Mexico and up to the ISS," says Sabath, adding, "All communications via external lines are encrypted for security reasons."
He also explains that the working language for all ISS controllers is English, but that regional accents (not least including US regional accents!) and the 2- to 3-second delay on the voice communications loop sometimes make understanding difficult. "It's tough for new controllers to listen in and understand, but they usually get pretty good after a few weeks. For communication with the Russian flight controllers, ESA maintains a team of expert interpreters on duty in Moscow who understand Russian space jargon," he says.
ESA's Columbus Control Centre already in action
The centre is already building expertise during ESA's ongoing Astrolab mission, Thomas Reiter's 6-month, long-duration science mission on the ISS that started in July 2006. Ewald, ESA's manager of the Columbus Control Centre, is also an experienced ESA astronaut.
"Reiter's Astrolab science programme, which is ESA's first long-duration mission on the ISS, consists of experiments in physics, human physiology and biology, and technology and educational demonstrations as well as industrial experiments," says Ewald.
"ESA and the contractor operations team running the mission operations are gaining valuable first-hand experience. We will be able to take our place in the ISS partnership much easier once Columbus has arrived."
Ewald and a team of specialists are on console 10 hours each day, starting and ending around the daily morning and evening planning conference (DPC) between US, European and Russian controllers and ISS astronauts (the ISS follows GMT time). Consoles are staffed longer when required for special activities, such as during Reiter's successful EVA (extra vehicular activity) in August, or during Shuttle and Soyuz docked periods.
The centre's controllers are already looking forward to an intense period in December 2006, when NASA Shuttle mission STS-116 will deliver the P5 Truss section to the ISS, during which ESA astronaut Christer Fuglesang, from Sweden, is scheduled to perform two EVAs. The same mission will bring Thomas Reiter back home, and then the Columbus Control Centre will hopefully have time for a short Christmas break.
Next year, activity for Columbus and on the ISS will increase significantly. Two more ESA astronauts are scheduled to take part in highly complex ISS assembly missions to install the European-built Node 2 in the summer and, finally, to bring the European Columbus laboratory itself to the ISS in October.


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Clil Guest House in the Galilee
We've built a unique guest house on the second floor above our house.
Clil guesthouse offers three bedrooms, a common broad balcony, sitting areas, Doonnie (fire cycle) between the olive trees, a common shower and toilet, kitchenette and one family that will be happy to accommodate you.
Availability & RatesTo view availability and prices please select dates and click 'Update Dates'
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- 24 Hour Reception
- Board Games
- Breakfast Not Included
- Child Friendly
- Credit Cards Not Accepted
- Free Parking
- Free WiFi
- Self-Catering Facilities
- Laundry Facilities
- Luggage Storage
- Meals Available
- Outdoor Terrace
- Parking
- Taxes included
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Cancellation PolicyThis property has a 3 day cancellation policy. Failure to cancel within this time will result in a cancellation charge equal to the first night of your stay.
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All the electricity in the guest house is manufactured from solar panels on the roof. Therefore it is not suitable for high watt electrical devices such as electric kettles or electric heaters of any kind.
Please note:
Cancellation policy: 72h advance notice
Late cancellation or noshow – one night charge
Payment upon arrival by cash only
Check in from 13.30 until 20.00
Check out before 12.00
Breakfast not included - available for ILS35.00 per person per day
Taxes included
Towels ILS5.00
Children in private rooms:
60 ILS for children from the age of 3-10
125 ILS for older.
We don't charge anything for one child (per room) under the age of 3.
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For those who are coming by public transportation:
1. Take the train (last stop) or bus up north to Nahariya.
2. Take the local service taxi to Kfar Yassif (Near Zoglovek shop on the main road of Nahariya) and get down at Clil Junction.
3. Hitch hike from the Junction towards Clil (Rt 8721) and get down after about 4 Km.
4. Hitch hike from the entrance to Clil or walk 2 Km on the main road.
5. Follow the signs to Clil Guesthouse.
For those who are coming by car:
Drive north on Rout 70 (coming from Rout 6 or 4) and take a right on Rout 8721.
After about 4 Km turn left to enter Clil (there are small signs of local businesses).
Drive about 2 Km and follow the signs to Clil Guesthouse.
Located Near
Clil is located in the heart of the western galilee.
Surrounded by natural hills and only 15km from the beach it enables guests to hike around the walking trails and valleys, go for a swim in rivers or the sea and visit some of the most beautiful parks located in the area.
Clil is only 20 minutes away from the nearest train station (Nahariya), 30 minutes away from Aco and 50 minutes from Haifa. It's a great base to go out for day trips.


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Houston – Every year there are stories of seemingly healthy people who die because of heat-related illness. In fact, the Texas Department of State Health Services estimates that nearly 260 people succumbed to heat- related illnesses between 1999 and 2004. Researchers at the University of Houston's department of health and human performance are using an environmental chamber to investigate ways to identify risk factors of those most susceptible to heat and cold illnesses.
"Our group is interested in how exercise disturbs the immune system," Associate Professor Brian McFarlin said. "Houston has a climate that is very prone to extreme amounts of heat, especially in the spring and summer months. Exercising in that environment may have very pronounced effects on the body and not really positive effects."
The environmental chamber at the department's Laboratory of Integrated Physiology resembles a giant cooler. At 10 feet by 10 feet, the temperature and humidity of the wall-to-wall stainless steel room can be adjusted from 120 degrees Fahrenheit to minus four degrees Fahrenheit. Subjects' blood and body temperature are monitored as they work out on stationary bikes. McFarlin says other institutions have environmental chambers, but not many are used to collect data on a problem that has touched the lives of the very elderly and the very young.
"We are interested in developing potential risk factors that can be measured in an individual so that medical personnel can be alerted to those with an increased risk to cold or heat illness," McFarlin said. "Those are the people you are going to want to watch very closely, and possibly implement aggressive hydration strategies and more monitoring techniques."
McFarlin says elite athletes who push their bodies for marathons and other competitions place a lot of stress on their bodies, stress that can impact their immune systems for up to 24-hours after their aerobic activity. He says that individuals who are recreational athletes can suffer the same immunity suppression by exercising in, or being exposed to, extreme heat or cold.
"When you introduce an extremely hot or cold environment, that adds a whole other level of problem to the situation," he said. "The most obvious is that your immune system is suppressed and you get a virus. You'll get sick more easily."
Researchers have used the environmental chamber for studies and in partnership with corporations, such as biotechnology company Biothera, to investigate how certain supplements can counteract the immune suppression that may follow exercise in extreme temperatures.
"We're certainly interested in collecting data that we can publish, but we're also interested in generating data that might be helpful to the larger population," he said.
For more information on the UH department of health and human performance, visit http://www.hhp.uh.edu/.
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A few posts back I posted that I will be visiting Madrid with my girl Mo!
The day is finally here! Now I'm just sitting at the airport killing time and doing this quick post before we take off.
To my family and friends:
See ya in two weeks. I love ya!
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May 1, 2011, 11:07 pm
Go Greyhound: great breed of dog, even greater mixed drink
Monday is big day for animal lovers at the Capitol.
Rep. Claire Levy, D-Boulder, other lawmakers and the Humane Society are promoting a greyhound adoption event on the west steps of the Capitol from 11 to 2 p.m.
And at 12:30 p.m. the winner of the legislative pet contest will be announced. Lawmakers and staffers have submitted pictures of their pets, and you can view them by clicking here.
There are plenty of awesome pets, but you've got to hand it to Polly and her owner for the Obama touch.


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With ChessBase 11 chess becomes even more fascinating and all the more exciting. In the new ChessBase 11 program the Microsoft Office based interface ensures the key information quickly appears on screen. The new function "Fashionable Variation" kills two birds with one stone: ChessBase 11 shows you which continuation is currently fashionable. Frequently this is not the sequence commonly played until recent, sometimes these new lines kick off very early on. For example, in the Queen's Gambit, 2…c6 is now clearly the main move and has taken over from the traditional 2…e6. Your opening preparation should not be hampered by studying old or amateur games. For that reason, ChessBase 11 places the latest games between the strongest players at the top of the games list. When you prepare for a specific opponent, you can see at a glance what he is playing at present and when he modified his repertoire. ChessBase 11 offers you access in seconds (DSL) to the ChessBase online database with over 5 million games from the dawn of chess history right up until the latest top tournament. The commentary function "Theoretical Innovation" will rapidly and reliably show you where the players entered new territory and it will also add reference games. And best of all: your database will always remain up-to-date.
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Old Dominion's opener at East Carolina on Aug. 31 and its final home game on Nov. 16 against Charlotte will be regionally televised in more than a dozen states by Fox College Sports, Conference USA announced.
But in Hampton Roads, it's possible that neither game will be available to many ODU fans because Cox Communications, the region's dominant cable provider, doesn't carry Fox College Sports, the Virginian-Pilot reported.
Debbie White, a senior associate athletic director who handles much of the school's media rights, said ODU officials are talking with Cox about adding the network to its lineup — or at least picking up the two games.
Virginia outfielder Mike Papi was named a first-team All-American by Baseball America.
Recent Hampton Roads Academy graduate Maureen Slattery comprised half of a University of Denver incoming recruiting class judged to be fifth-best nationally among mid-majors, according to the Tennis Recruiting Network.
Sonja Radosevic of Miami, a five-star prospect like Slattery, completed the Pioneers' class, which trailed only Houston, Southern Methodist, Brigham Young and Furman.
VCU will play home-and-home against Atlantic 10 rivals Richmond, Saint Louis, Fordham and George Washington, as the Atlantic 10 released its list of opponents. Besides VCU, the Spiders will play twice against Dayton, Fordham and Saint Bonaventure.


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After you have successfully completed the learning in all four cases, please complete the short survey in Case 5: Extended Resources.


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The key mission of scanners in the healthcare industry
is to improve the quality of patient care while reducing
medication errors. Additionally, healthcare environments
have requirements that scanners need to be regularly
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Sorry I had to leave seems we are in different timezones can you do it now?
Nên Truyền thuyết về cây Phật thủở đâu uy tín
Nơi nào bán Chữa ho cho bé bằng quả Phật thủ rẻ nhất
Tìm hiểu Chữa bệnh đau dạ dày bằng quả Phật thủ sau tết
Cách chọn mua quả phật thủ tốt nhất
Tìm Phật thủ - quà biếu tết độc lạ giá rẻ
Oh man, I'm sorry. I was on a trip for a few days. I'm back now and will try to stay online. Sorry again!
Yep, I believe so! Just waiting for Chpollastrini to clone the Genesect in his free time :)
Cool, have a nice day! Stay tuned for Genesect in december :)
Okay, so I'm guessing we won't be able to trade today? There's always tomorrow, I'll be online the whole day for the spoilers haha
Haha, it's been a long day for me, but I'm now available.
I'll try to stay online for as long as I can and since tomorrow is my day off, you'll get chance for the whole day xD
Thanks for the quick trade! Only got one more person to deliver it now haha
Have a nice day and see you around :)
I'll go online right now, shall we trade now?
No problem :)
Whenever you are ready xD
Not firelord ozai or zuko
Just Legendary


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In 1998, Bob Weber bought a 50-acre homestead and started taking care of a small deer herd there in Fairfield Township.
Now, 15 years later, what started as a small group of a half-dozen animals has blossomed into a full-experience, 40-deer hunting facility.
Weber has been running Whitetail Acres LLC, his deer ranch and hunting preserve, at 13162 Lyons Highway to give hunters from across the region a "safe and comfortable place" to get their trophy buck or doe.
The game preserve was not originally the plan for the Napoleon school teacher. As the herd grew, Weber said, there needed to be an outlet for the deer.
"So we decided to become a breeding facility and sell them to large game ranches around Michigan," he said.
Weber then fenced in the rest of the ranch's largely open property and established breeding pens.
The deer are bred on the preserve using bucks with top-stock, Canadian genes, with some males weighing more than 300 pounds. Trophy bucks can have 10- to 30-point antlers, Weber said.
He said the deer's feed at Whitetail Acres is natural and includes mixed grain, minerals, alfalfa hay and clover, grown and sold locally. Weber also has state-approved veterinarians keeping tabs on the herd, all intended to ensure the hunters' prize deer is the healthiest it can be.
Weber said he has between 20 and 30 customers each year — hailing from Colorado, Texas, Oklahoma, Florida, Georgia, Michigan and Ohio, for instance — who come to the ranch to go on the hunt.
"Most of our customers come here because they have no suitable place to hunt," Weber said. "They want a place that is safe."
And safe it is. All the hunts are guided, one-on-one tours, with only one hunting session going on at any given time. Currently, Casey Leonard is Whitetail Acres' only other guide aside from Weber.
"It's very gratifying to help our customers with their hunt," Leonard said.
The program Weber has at his ranch is all-inclusive to "give customers the full experience." Those who come to Whitetail Acres can choose from ground-level hunting blinds to a heated, elevated and enclosed tree stand. Meals and lodging are included, as are opportunities to practice shooting when not out in the woods.
Though the ranch's acreage is contained, Weber said, it does not make the hunt any easier.
"It is not like shooting fish in a barrel at all," he said. Hunters must conduct themselves the way they do in traditional settings, they can only hunt within the category they are purchasing, and the deer are not domesticated.
The deer are also given time to mature. Most of the bucks are permitted to reach age 31⁄2 before they are allowed to be harvested.
"We let them grow," he said.
The largest buck on his property was a specimen weighing more than 200 pounds and with a 32-point antler rack.
Hunters can choose whatever hunting package suits their wishes.
"Most of them get two deer," he said. "We don't want anyone to leave here unhappy."
Weber said he has a lot of repeat customerss.
"We have generations coming here," he said. "Grandparents and parents bring their children."
For more information about Whitetail Acres, call 800-838-5472 or visit www.whitetailacres.com.
Whitetail Acres celebrates 15 years
In 1998, Bob Weber bought a 50-acre homestead and started taking care of a small deer herd there in Fairfield Township.


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Dwight Howard of Lakers fined $35K for flagrant foul
Dwight Howard didn't think he deserved an ejection Wednesday. The NBA's taking his money, too.
The Los Angeles Lakers center was fined $35,000 for his flagrant 2 foul during Wednesday's 126-112 loss to the Denver Nuggets, the NBA announced Thursday. The call came after he stuck out his arm to derail a third-quarter dunk attempt by Kenneth Faried.
VIDEO:Judge the foul for yourself
"I was surprised it was a flagrant 2," Howard said Wednesday night. "My intention was never to hurt Faried. I like the young fellow and my intention was just to foul. I come down the lane, somebody is going to foul me hard, put me on the free throw line and make me shoot free throws. It was the same kind of thing."
But Faried said he thought Howard was taking out his frustrations in the heat of the moment.
"He saw my eyes, I wasn't going to back down, I wasn't going to try to float it," Faried said. "I was going to try to dunk on him. He saw it. That's why he put his hand directly in my face."
Contributing: The Associated Press


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How to Make Books Easier to Read on iPad
iBooks on iPad allows you to adjust the brightness and make your book pages easier to read. You can also enlarge the text and change the font in order to improve readability.
Adjust brightness in iBooks
If the pages seem dim or too white when reading a book in iBooks, adjust the Brightness.
With a book open, tap the Brightness button.
The Brightness dialog box appears.
Tap and drag the slider to the right to make the screen brighter, or to the left to dim it.
Tap anywhere in the book
The Brightness dialog closes.
Bright white computer screens are commonly thought to be hard on the eyes, so using the halfway default brightness setting, or less, is probably a good idea.
Change the font size in iBooks
If the type on your screen is a bit small for your taste, you can change to a larger font size or choose a different font for readability.
With a book open, tap the Font button.
The Font button sports a small letter a and a large capital A. When you tap the Font button, the Font dialog box appears.
Tap the button with a small A on the left to use smaller text, or the button with the large A on the right to use larger text.
Tap the Fonts button.
A list of fonts appears.
Tap on a font name to select it.
The font changes on the book page.
Some fonts appear a bit larger on your screen than others because of their design. If you want the largest fonts, use Cochin or Verdana.
If you want a sepia tint on the pages, which can be easier on the eye, tap the On/Off button to turn on the setting.
Tap outside the Fonts dialog.
The Font dialog box disappears.


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ATLFF 2014 attendees may remember Michael Lucker as host of the script readings from the screenwriting competition and as part of the Creative Conference panel "How to Structure Your Screenplay," which touched on the fundamentals of basic screenplay structure. A one-time assistant to Steven Spielberg, Lucker has written more than twenty feature screenplays for studios such as Paramount, Disney, DreamWorks, Fox, and Universal (including "Vampire in Brooklyn," "Home on the Range," and the Academy Award-nominated "Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron"). He is offering a unique opportunity to share his expertise with local writers by hosting a session of his renowned Screenwriter School on January 24th and 25th.
Over the course of two seven-hour days, aspiring writers will be guided from the germ of an idea to the final pitch, learning everything they need to know about crafting a successful screenplay.
A lot of screenwriting teachers claim to teach what you need to make it in the movie biz— but how many of them have actually done it? At Screenwriter School, Michael will teach you how to go from first idea to first sale—the way only an experienced screenwriter can do it.
Learn more about the Writer's Weekend here, or register now.
ATLFF members should watch for an email with a discount code coming to your inbox soon!


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An episiotomy is an incision made in the tissue between the vagina
and anus (perineum). It is sometimes done just before a baby's
head emerges from the birth canal to speed up delivery of the baby. The
incision is stitched up after delivery. Episiotomies are more commonly used
during first-time deliveries.
Routine episiotomy is not recommended. Experts
say that episiotomy:1
There are times when an episiotomy is urgently necessary. The
decision about whether to have an episiotomy cannot be made until delivery. If
your health professional decides that an episiotomy is necessary, it will be
just before delivery.
Rather than discuss episiotomy during delivery, it's a good idea to
go over it with your health professional at one of your prenatal visits.
CitationsAgency for Healthcare Research and Quality (2005).
The Use of Episiotomy in Obstetrical Care: A Systematic Review. Evidence Report/Technology Assessment No. 112. Available online:
Last Revised:
November 2, 2011
Healthwise Staff
Medical Review:
Sarah Marshall, MD - Family Medicine & Kirtly Jones, MD - Obstetrics and Gynecology
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