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African American Art: The Long Struggle
Crystal Britton
704.039607 fB862 1996
An introduction to a variety of African American artists whose works represent the struggle for freedom and inclusion in society. Among them are craftsmen, painters, sculptors, and photographers.
Black Art Ancestral Legacy: The African Impulse in African American Art
704.0396073 fB627 1989
Supported with lavish illustrations, the essays in this book examine the impact of African culture on the work of black artists in the United States and the Caribbean.
Rockin' the Boat: Mass Music and Mass Movements
Music is a mobilizing force for social change among people across the world, including Africans and African Americans. This collection of essays documents the way in which music and activism go hand in hand.
African-American Literature: An Anthology
Demetrice A. Worley and Jesse Perry, Jr., Editors
Using a variety of themes, such as The Folk Tradition, The Blues, Slavery, Standing Ground, and Relationships, this anthology explores "the issues, struggles, and triumphs of African Americans" through the prism of literature. Social and historical information is also provided.
The Collected Works of Phillis Wheatley
John Shields, Editor
The first African-American to publish a book of poetry, Phillis Wheatley (1753–1784) expressed her deep longing for freedom—for herself and for her people—through her writing.
Crossing the Danger Water: Three Hundred Years of African-American Writing
Deirdre Mullane, Editor
Drawing upon the work of noted writers such as Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, W.E.B. Du Bois, Zora Neale Hurston, and Richard Wright, this anthology uses their work explore the influential role African Americans have played in American culture and politics.
From Bondage to Liberation: Writings by and about Afro-Americans from 1700 to 1918
Faith Berry, Editor
Essays and short fiction by black and white writers (William Lloyd Garrison, Alexis de Tocqueville, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Frederick Douglass, etc.) from a variety of cultural backgrounds chronicle the evolution of two centuries of American ideology about race.
In Search of Color Everywhere: A Collection of African-American Poetry
Ethelbert Miller, Editor
811.008089 qI35 1994
Freedom and Celebration of Blackness are two of the seven thematic units offered in this collection of poetry, which celebrates the African-American experience. As poet Elizabeth Alexander wrote, " …this is your life. Get up and look for color, look for color everywhere."
The Legacy of Ibo Landing: Gullah Roots of African American Culture
Marquetta L. Goodwine & The Clarity Press Gullah Project, Editors
Viewed by many as a living link between Africa and America, the Gullah people are descendants of formerly enslaved Africans, who have settled mainly in the Lowcountry of South Carolina and the Sea Islands off the Georgia coast. Yet, their unique culture has spread throughout the U.S. through the migrations of generations of Gullah families. This book seeks to illustrate the Gullah culture and contribute to efforts to preserve it.
My Soul Has Grown Deep: Classics of Early African American Literature
John Edgar Wideman, Editor
Wideman's selections for this anthology range from work published in the 1700's through the Harlem Renaissance. Biographies and background information about the writers (Phyllis Wheatley, James Weldon Johnson, Sojourner Truth, Paul Lawrence Dunbar, etc.) and their work are also included.
The New Cavalcade: African American Writing from 1760 to the Present, Vol.1 & Vol.2
Arthur P. Davis, J. Saunders Redding and Joyce Ann Joyce, Editors
The editors of this two-volume series explore the evolution of African American writing as literary art over the past two hundred years. Copious notes, introductions, and biographical material provide context for the literature.
The Oxford Harriet Beecher Stowe Reader
Joan D. Hedrick, Editor
813.3 S892Xh 1998
Although Cincinnatian Harriet Beecher Stowe was renowned for her novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin, she was also the prolific author of antislavery tracts, letters, and essays on a wide range of subjects. This selection of her most important work, from the 1830s through the 1860s, serves as a powerful illustration of her range and talent.
Poetry of Freedom
William Rose Benet and Norman Cousins, Editors
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Believing the poet to be a force for social change, the editors have culled the world's literature to assemble this volume of poetry. As they write, "The story of liberty is also the story of the world's great poetry. It would be difficult to name an age or a land that
has seen the struggle for the rights of man that has not also seen a poem that took its part in the struggle…."
3000 Years of Black Poetry: An Anthology
Alan Lomax & Raoul Abdul, Editors
The poems here encompass a myriad of times and places, styles and subjects; yet there is an "astonishing unity" among them, according to the editors. Lomax and Abdul find common threads of emotion and experience running throughout all of the varied poetry of the African peoples.


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Innovation doesn't always mean that you have to completely reinvent the wheel. No one knows this better in the whiskey game than the folks at Crown Royal. With their Crown Royal Maple Finished Whisky, the company has taken the same exact blend of caramel and vanilla and infused it with a maple touch that brings with it a welcome woody flavor that'll have your chest hair growing out in no time.
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Village Life Section :: Page 57
Science and Cowboy Magician this week
"Spellbound!" science today and "I Dig Reading" on Wednesday at the library for the kids.
Fighting West Nile in the village
To keep the mosquito-borne West Nile Virus at bay, local groups are urging residents to remove mosquito breeding sites on their property.
Pastor Derrick Weston to leave— Social justice voice to move on
Pastor Derrick Weston will soon leave the First Presbyterian Church, which he has led since January 2012, to work towards just that cause as he becomes the director of a non-profit community development organization that empowers inner-city youth in Pittsburgh.
Charges pending for Glen counselor
Last week the Greene County Sheriff began working with the Greene County Prosecutor to settle on charges that will likely be handed to the Glen Helen naturalist who two weeks ago lied about a man with a gun in the Glen.
Coach Jimmy in critical but stable condition
Jimmy Chesire remains in critical but stable condition at Kettering Medical Center following brain surgery last Sunday evening.
New Reiki Gong business — A life path that veered to healing
Philip Love found in meditation and Eastern spirituality the enlightenment he once sought in a Messiah and a materialistic lifestyle and created his own unique practice that blends Tibetan Reiki healing with the Chinese practice of Qigong.
Bike and Build returns to village
For the next few days, volunteers from the group Bike and Build Inc. will visit Yellow Springs and work with Home, Inc. on affordable housing projects.
YSSC to pick a new director
When one of two final applicants for the directorship of the Yellow Springs Senior Center is named in the next several weeks, she will be at the helm of a vital organization that is growing beyond its original scope.
Yellow Springs Senior Center announces new director
The Yellow Springs Senior Center board announced yesterday that Dayton resident Karen Wolford will be the Senior Center's new executive director.
Fireworks on again
The rescheduled Yellow Springs Independence Day parade will take place today, July 6, at 3 p.m.


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George M. Whitesides, Newton US
George M. Whitesides, Newton, MA US
|Patent application number
|Chemically-directed electrostatic self-assembly of materials - A self-assembled article includes a surface comprising an chemical functionality having an immobilized charge; and a plurality of particles assembled on the surface of the core, said particles having a surface comprising an immobilized chemical functionality of a charge opposite that of the core.
|METHODS OF ETCHING ARTICLES VIA MICROCONTACT PRINTING - Improved methods of forming a patterned self-assembled monolayer on a surface and derivative articles are provided. According to one method, an elastomeric stamp is deformed during and/or prior to using the stamp to print a self-assembled molecular monolayer on a surface. According to another method, during monolayer printing the surface is contacted with a liquid that is immiscible with the molecular monolayer-forming species to effect controlled reactive spreading of the monolayer on the surface. Methods of printing self-assembled molecular monolayers on nonplanar surfaces and derivative articles are provided, as are methods of etching surfaces patterned with self-assembled monolayers, including methods of etching silicon. Optical elements including flexible diffraction gratings, mirrors, and lenses are provided, as are methods for forming optical devices and other articles using lithographic molding. A method for controlling the shape of a liquid on the surface of an article is provided, involving applying the liquid to a self-assembled monolayer on the surface, and controlling the electrical potential of the surface.
|DEVICE CONTAINING CYTOPHILIC ISLANDS THAT ADHERE CELLS SEPARATED BY CYTOPHOBIC REGIONS - The invention provides a device for adhering cells in a specific and predetermined position, and associated methods. The device includes a plate defining a surface and a plurality of cytophilic islands that adhere cells, isolated by cytophobic regions to which cells do not adhere, contiguous with the cytophilic islands. The islands or the regions or both may be formed of a self-assembled monolayer (SAM).
|Fluid waveguide and uses thereof - The invention relates to methods and apparatuses for guiding and emitting electromagnetic radiation from a fluid waveguide. Various methods for changing optical properties (e.g., refractive index, absorption, and fluorescence) and/or physical properties (e.g., magnetic susceptibility, electrical conductivity, and temperature) of either the waveguide core or the cladding, or both, are provided herein. In one embodiment, electromagnetic radiation is guided and/or emitted at multiple distinct wavelengths, including emission in the form of an essentially continuous band, in some cases covering at least 150 nanometers. In another embodiment, methods for splitting a waveguide core and/or the joining of at least two waveguide cores in a waveguide are provided. In yet another embodiment, the invention includes the use of thermal gradients to generate a waveguide and/or to change the properties of waveguides. Embodiments of the waveguides may be used for optical detection or spectroscopic analysis.
|MOLDED WAVEGUIDES - Chemically or biochemically active agents or other species are patterned on a substrate surface by providing a micromold having a contoured surface and forming, on a substrate surface, a chemically or biochemically active agent or fluid precursor of a structure. A chemically or biochemically active agent or fluid precursor also can be transferred from indentations in an applicator to a substrate surface. The substrate surface can be planar or non-planar. Fluid precursors of polymeric structures, inorganic ceramics and salts, and the like can be used to form patterned polymeric articles, inorganic salts and ceramics, reactive ion etch masks, etc. at the surface. The articles can be formed in a pattern including a portion having a lateral dimension of less than about 1 millimeter or smaller. The indentation pattern of the applicator can be used to transfer separate, distinct chemically or biochemically active agents or fluid precursors to separate, isolated regions of a substrate surface. Waveguide arrays, combinatorial chemical or biochemical libraris, etc. can be made. Differences in refractive index of waveguide and cladding can be created by subjecting the waveguide and cladding, made of indentical prepolymeric material, to different polymerization or cross-linking conditions. Interferometers are defined by coupling arrays of waveguides, where coupling can be controlled by altering the difference in refractive index between cladding and waveguide at any desired location of the array. Alteration and refractive index can be created photochemically, chemically, or the like. Sensors also are disclosed, including biochemical sensors.
|Adjustable solubility in sacrificial layers for microfabrication - The present invention provides fabrication methods using sacrificial materials comprising polymers. In some embodiments, the polymer may be treated to alter its solubility with respect to at least one solvent (e.g., aqueous solution) used in the fabrication process. The preparation of the sacrificial materials is rapid and simple, and dissolution of the sacrificial material can be carried out in mild environments. Sacrificial materials of the present invention may be useful for surface micromachining, bulk micromachining, and other microfabrication processes in which a sacrificial layer is employed for producing a selected and corresponding physical structure.
|PURIFICATION OF A BIVALENTLY ACTIVE ANTIBODY USING A NON-CHROMATOGRAPHIC METHOD - The present invention discloses a method of purifying bivalent antibodies or antibody fragments that are active at both Fab sites from a source of antibodies or antibody fragments using a non-chromatographic method that includes inducing the formation of cyclic immunoglobulin aggregates by addition of multivalent hapten to a salt solution of soluble antibodies or antibody fragments, wherein the multivalent hapten possesses a linker between the two haptens effective to prevent the binding of both haptens of the ligand to the same antibody or antibody fragment.
|Lateral Flow and Flow-through Bioassay Devices Based On Patterned Porous Media, Methods of Making Same, and Methods of Using Same - Embodiments of the invention provide lateral flow and flow-through bioassay devices based on patterned porous media, methods of making same, and methods of using same. Under one aspect, an assay device includes a porous, hydrophilic medium; a fluid impervious barrier comprising polymerized photoresist, the barrier substantially permeating the thickness of the porous, hydrophilic medium and defining a boundary of an assay region within the porous, hydrophilic medium; and an assay reagent in the assay region.
|Method for Patterning a Surface - The present invention is directed to methods for patterning surfaces using contact printing and pastes, and products formed therefrom.
|Engineered Cell Growth on Polymeric Films and Biotechnological Applications Thereof - A free-standing thin film is fabricated from a structure comprising a base layer coated with a sacrificial polymer layer, which is in turn coated with a flexible polymer layer. Cells are then seeded onto the flexible polymer layer and cultured to form a tissue. The flexible polymer layer is then released from the base layer to produce a free-standing thin film comprising the tissue on the flexible polymer layer. In one embodiment, the cells are myocytes, which can be actuated to propel or displace the free-standing film. In another embodiment, the free-standing film is used to treat injured human tissue.
|VALVES AND RESERVOIRS FOR MICROFLUIDIC SYSTEMS - A microfluidic valve assembly includes a structure defining a microfluidic fluid path and an actuator that can be moved between different positions controlling flow through the channel. In one embodiment, the actuator can be threaded into at least a portion of the structure, and can be moved rotationally between a first position, causing relatively greater constriction of a microfluidic fluid path, and a second position causing relatively lesser constriction of the fluid path. Actuating the actuator, e.g., by rotation, can deform material between the valve and the fluid path, thereby constricting at least a portion of the underlying fluid path and regulating the flow of a fluid in the fluid path. In another aspect, the invention provides a reservoir into which fluid can be placed and from which fluid can be introduced into a microfluidic system. In one embodiment, the reservoir is expandable and thereby able to store fluid under pressure for delivery to a microfluidic system.
|Patterning Processes Comprising Amplified Patterns - The present invention is directed to substrates comprising amplified patterns, methods for making the amplified patterns, and methods of using the amplified patterns to form surface features on the substrates.
|METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FLUID DISPERSION - A microfluidic method and device for focusing and/or forming discontinuous sections of similar or dissimilar size in a fluid is provided. The device can be fabricated simply from readily-available, inexpensive material using simple techniques.
|PATTERNING OF IONIC POLYMERS - In one aspect, methods of patterning of thin films of an ionotropic polymer (e.g., poly(acrylic acid)) are provided. These processes can create micron or sub-micron-scale patterns of ionotropic polymers such as cation crosslinked poly(acrylic acid) (CCL-PAA). In one embodiment, patterning may be performed within microfluidic channels by flowing a solution of crosslinking agent (e.g., metal cations such as Ag
|Elastomeric mask and use in fabrication of devices - An elastomeric mask is provided that allows deposition of a variety of materials through mask openings. The mask seals effectively against substrate surfaces, allowing simple deposition from fluid phase, gas phase, and the like or removal of material using gaseous or liquid etchants. The mask then can be simply peeled from the surface of the substrate leaving the patterned material behind. Multi-layered mask techniques are described in which openings in an upper mask allow selected openings of a lower mask to remain un-shielded, while other openings of the lower mask are shielded. A first deposition step, following by re-orientation of the upper mask to expose a different set of lower mask openings, allows selective deposition of different materials in different openings of the lower mask. Pixelated organic electroluminescent devices are provided via the described technique.
|ASSAY DEVICE AND METHOD - An assay method is described, which comprises the steps of immobilizing a binding partner (e.g., an antigen or antibody) for an analyte to be detected (e.g., an antibody or antigen) on a portion of a surface of a microfluidic chamber; passing a fluid sample over the surface and allowing the analyte to bind to the binding partner; allowing a metal colloid, e.g., a gold-conjugated antibody, to associate with the bound analyte; flowing a metal solution, e.g., a silver solution, over the surface such as to form an opaque metallic layer; and detecting the presence of said metallic layer, e.g., by visual inspection or by measuring light transmission through the layer, conductivity or resistance of the layer, or metal concentration in the metal solution after flowing the metal solution over the surface.
|DENSITY-BASED METHODS FOR SEPARATION OF MATERIALS, MONITORING OF SOLID SUPPORTED REACTIONS AND MEASURING DENSITIES OF SMALL LIQUID VOLUMES AND SOLIDS - The ability to levitate, to separate, and to detect changes in density using diamagnetic particles suspended in solutions containing paramagnetic cations using an inhomogeneous magnetic field is described. The major advantages of this separation device are that: i) it is a simple apparatus that does not require electric power (a set of permanent magnets and gravity are sufficient for the diamagnetic separation and collection system to work); ii) it is compatible with simple optical detection (provided that transparent materials are used to fabricate the containers/channels where separation occurs; iii) it is simple to collect the separated particles for further processing; iv) it does not require magnetic labeling of the particles/materials; and v) it is small, portable. The method and kits provided provide for separation and collection of materials of different densities, diagnostics for detection of analytes of interest, monitoring of solid-supported chemical reactions and determination of densities of solid and liquid mixtures.
|Microfluidic Lasers - The present invention generally relates to lasers comprising fluidic channels, such as microfluidic channels. In some instances, the channel contains two or more fluids. The fluids may remain non-mixed within the channel, for example, due to immiscibility and/or laminar flow within the channel. The fluids may be arranged in the channel such that light propagating in a first fluid is prevented by the second fluid from exiting the first fluid, for example, due to differences in the indexes of refraction (e.g., causing internal reflection of the fluid to occur). Thus, in one embodiment, a first fluid may be at least partially surrounded by a second fluid having a second index of refraction lower than the index of refraction of the first fluid. In some embodiments, the fluidic channel is used as a laser, for instance, a dye laser, i.e., a laser created by directing light at a dye to produce coherent light. The dye may be present in one or more fluids within the fluidic channel. The incident light (for example, created by another laser) may be directed at the channel from any angle. In some cases, laser light may be produced in a direction substantially aligned with the longitudinal axis of the channel. In some embodiments, the laser is free of mirrors, prisms, or gratings, or the laser may produce coherent light using a non-resonant photonic pathway. However, in other cases, mirrors, prisms, or gratings may be used to reflect light along the channel to enhance stimulated emission of coherent light. Another aspect of the invention includes optical diffractors, such as prisms or gratings, which can contain a fluid. The optical diffractors, in certain embodiments, are positioned to diffract light, such as coherent light, emanating from the fluidic channel. Still other aspects of the invention provide devices, kits, and methods of making and using such lasers.
|Fabrication of conductive pathways, microcircuits and microstructures in microfluidic networks - Disclosed herein are a variety of microfluidic devices and solid, typically electrically conductive devices that can be formed using such devices as molds. In certain embodiments, the devices that are formed comprise conductive pathways formed by solidifying a liquid metal present in one or more microfluidic channels (such devices hereinafter referred to as "microsolidic" devices). In certain such devices, in which electrical connections can be formed and/or reformed between regions in a microfluidic structure; in some cases, the devices/circuits formed may be flexible and/or involve flexible electrical components. In certain embodiments, the solid metal wires/conductive pathways formed in microfluidic channel(s) may remain contained within the microfluidic structure. In certain such embodiments, the conductive pathways formed may be located in proximity to other microfluidic channel(s) of the structure that carry flowing fluid, such that the conductive pathway can create energy (e.g. electromagnetic and/or thermal energy) that interacts withy and/or affects the flowing fluid and/or a component contained therein or carried thereby. In other embodiments, a microsolidic structure may be removed from a microfluidic mold to form a stand-alone structure. In certain embodiments, the solid metal structures formed may interact with light energy incident upon a structure or may be used to fabricate a light-weight electrode. Another aspect of the invention relates to the formation of self-assembled structures that may comprise these electrically conductive pathways/connections.
|PAPER-BASED CELLULAR ARRAYS - Three-dimensional cellular arrays, methods of making three-dimensional cellular arrays, and methods of identifying agents using the arrays are disclosed.
|PAPER-BASED MICROFLUIDIC SYSTEMS - Paper-based microfluidic systems and methods of making the same are described.
|THREE-DIMENSIONAL MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES - Three-dimensional microfluidic devices including by a plurality of patterned porous, hydrophilic layers and a fluid-impermeable layer disposed between every two adjacent patterned porous, hydrophilic layers are described. Each patterned porous, hydrophilic layer has a fluid-impermeable barrier which substantially permeates the thickness of the porous, hydrophilic layer and defines boundaries of one or more hydrophilic regions within the patterned porous, hydrophilic layer. The fluid-impermeable layer has openings which are aligned with at least part of the hydrophilic region within at least one adjacent patterned porous, hydrophilic layer. Microfluidic assay device, microfluidic mixer, microfluidic flow control device are also described.
|MICROADHESIVE SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME - The present invention is directed to adhesive systems and methods of making and using such systems. Exemplary adhesive systems comprise protrusions and/or grooves that can interleave to form a reversible adhesive interaction.
|COTTON THREAD AS A LOW-COST MULTI-ASSAY DIAGNOSTIC PLATFORM - Hydrophilic threads as platforms for inexpensive, low volume, portable diagnostic systems, and methods of making the same are described. A diagnostic system includes a hydrophilic loading thread having an inlet zone at a proximal end; a testing zone at a distal end; and an intermediate zone located between the inlet zone and the testing zone, wherein the testing zone does not directly contact the inlet zone. In another aspect, a diagnostic system includes (i) a hydrophilic loading thread that includes an inlet zone at a proximal end and an intermediate zone at a distal end; and (ii) one or more additional hydrophilic threads that contact the intermediate zone of the loading thread. A method of detecting the presence or absence of an analyte in a fluid sample includes applying the sample to an inlet zone of a diagnostic system that includes a hydrophilic loading thread with an inlet zone at a proximal end; an intermediate zone; and a testing zone at a distal end; wherein the testing zone does not directly contact the inlet zone.
|OPTICAL MODULATOR/DETECTOR BASED ON RECONFIGURABLE DIFFRACTION GRATING - A system is provided for positioning separate portions of a sample in elongate, parallel channels of a sample chamber and for irradiating a sample in the chamber to create a diffraction pattern where the sample and chamber differ in refractive index. The system also can measure absorption of electromagnetic radiation by a sample in the chamber, and can measure the absorption simultaneously with measurement of diffraction by the sample.
|FLUID DELIVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method and apparatus for delivering one or more fluids. Fluids may be delivered sequentially from a common vessel to a chemical, biological or biochemical process.
|PASSIVE THERMAL MONITORING SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME - The present invention is directed to passive thermal monitoring devices, and methods of making and using the passive thermal monitoring devices.
|MICROFLUIDIC, ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICES - Microfluidic, electrochemical devices are described. The microfluidic, electrochemical device comprises one or more electrode(s) on a substrate and a patterned porous, hydrophilic layer having a fluid-impermeable barrier which substantially permeates the thickness of the porous, hydrophilic layer and defines boundaries of one or more hydrophilic channels within the patterned porous, hydrophilic layer, wherein the hydrophilic channel(s) comprises a hydrophilic region which is in fluidic communication with the electrode(s). In some embodiments, the electrodes comprise a working electrode, a counter electrode, and a reference electrode. In some embodiments, the microfluidic, electrochemical device further comprises a fluid sink. The method of assembling the microfluidic, electrochemical device is described. The method of using the device for electrochemical analysis of one or more analytes is also described.
|METHODS OF MICROPATTERNING PAPER-BASED MICROFLUIDICS - Methods of patterning hydrophobic regions onto hydrophilic substrates are described.
|SELF-REGULATING PRESSURE SOURCE - Self-regulating pressure source. The pressure source includes a chamber enclosing a chemical monopropellant. A moveable boss is attached to a deformable membrane sealing an air chamber, the moveable boss and air chamber being disposed within the chamber. A catalyst is disposed around the membrane so as to be covered by the boss in a retracted position so that the monopropellant is broken down by the catalyst to produce a gas. The gas pressure will increase within the chamber causing air in the air chamber to compress thereby to pull the boss into the retracted position to cover the catalyst thereby to regulate the pressure within the chamber. The self-regulating pressure source is particularly suited to power fluidic elastomeric actuators.
|VERTICAL FLOW-THROUGH DEVICES FOR MULTIPLEXED ELISA DRIVEN BY WICKING - The invention provides kits, methods and devices for detection of analytes in a biological sample. Capillary action is employed to carry out single or multiplexed immunoassays in a vertical flow-through format.
|DEVICES AND METHODS FOR MULTIPLEXED ASSAYS - The disclosure provides low cost, portable three-dimensional devices for performing multiplexed assays. The devices comprise at least two substantially planar layers disposed in parallel planes, wherein one of the layers is movable relative to each other parallel to the planes to permit the establishment of fluid flow communication serially between the two layers.
|Lateral Flow and Flow-through Bioassay Devices Based on Patterned Porous Media, Methods of Making Same, and Methods of Using Same - Embodiments of the invention provide lateral flow and flow-through bioassay devices based on patterned porous media, methods of making same, and methods of using same. Under one aspect, an assay device includes a porous, hydrophilic medium; a fluid impervious barrier comprising polymerized photoresist, the barrier substantially permeating the thickness of the porous, hydrophilic medium and defining a boundary of an assay region within the porous, hydrophilic medium; and an assay reagent in the assay region.
|MAGNETIC LEVITATION FOR FORENSICS ANALYSIS - A method for determining the density of contact trace objects with magnetic levitation is described. The density of samples of glitter and of gunpowder was determined, and the feasibility of magnetic levitation as a possible means of characterizing forensic-related evidence is discussed. The magnetic levitation device (composed of two permanent magnets with like poles facing) and the method described provides a means of accurately determining the density of trace objects that is inexpensive, rapid, verifiable, provides documentation, is independent of the specific apparatus or analyst, and provides numerical values (rather than a comparison between questioned and known samples) that may be entered into a searchable database.
|Structured Smudge-Resistant Anti-Reflective Coatings and Methods of Making and Using the Same - The present invention is directed to articles comprising smudge-resistant anti-reflective surfaces, and products and devices comprising the articles.
|SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AMPLIFICATION AND PHAGE DISPLAY - The present invention generally relates to amplification of biological entities, for example, for phage display. In one aspect, members of a library of biological entities are encapsulated in separate compartments (e.g., in separate microfluidic droplets) and amplified. As a specific example, by putting members of a phage display library into microfluidic droplets such that no droplet contains more than one member of the library, the library can be amplified without any substantial changes in growth rates or population distributions, or other artifacts created due to differences in growth rates or amplification between different members of the library. In some cases, the volume of the compartments can be used to control the copy number of a biological entity during amplification. In certain cases, biological entities with different amplification rates can be amplified independently of each other. In some embodiments, the ratio of a rapidly amplifying biological entity to a slowly amplifying biological entity can be controlled. This can be advantageous, for example, in preserving diversity within a library by preventing rapidly amplifying biological entities from outcompeting slowly amplifying biological entities. For example, certain methods and systems of the invention can be useful in situations where preferential amplification of library members can present a problem.
|Patterning Processes Comprising Amplified Patterns - The present invention is directed to substrates comprising amplified patterns, methods for making the amplified patterns, and methods of using the amplified patterns to form surface features on the substrates.
|DENSITY-BASED SEPARATION OF BIOLOGICAL ANALYTES USING MULTIPHASE SYSTEMS - The disclosed methods use a multi-phase system to separate samples according to the density of an analyte of interest. The method uses a multi-phase system that comprises two or more phase-separated solutions and a phase component such as a surfactant or polymer. The density of the analyte of interest differs from the densities of the rest of the sample. The density of the analyte of interest is substantially the same as one or more phases. Thus, when the sample is introduced to the multi-phase system, the analyte of interest migrates to the phase having the same density as the analyte of interest, passing through one or more phases sequentially.
|MULTIPHASE SYSTEMS AND USES THEREOF - A multi-phase system includes a phase-separated solution comprising at least two phases, each phase having a phase component selected from the group consisting of a polymer, a surfactant and combinations thereof, wherein at least one phase comprises a polymer, wherein the phases, taken together, represent a density gradient. Novel two-phase, three-phase, four-phase, five-phase, or six-phase systems are disclosed. Using the disclosed multi-phase polymer systems, particles, or other analyte of interest can be separated based on their different densities or affinities.
|ALGINATE HYDROGEL FIBERS AND RELATED MATERIALS - Alginate hydrogel fibers and related materials as well as methods for preparing such materials are provided. An alginate hydrogel fiber includes water in an amount of more than about 92% by weight of the fiber and a cross-linked alginate in an amount of about 0.1% to about 8% by weight of the fiber, wherein the cross-link is a cation. An alginate hydrogel paper includes one or more alginate hydrogel fibers, which form a non-woven matrix. Three-dimensional cellular arrays are also provided, wherein the alginate hydrogel making up the alginate paper is substantially index-matched with a predetermined culture medium. A method for making alginate hydrogel fiber and a method for index-matching alginate hydrogel paper with culture medium are provided. A kit for conducting biochemical, diagnostic, cellular, and/or non-cellular analysis comprises alginate hydrogel paper index-matched to culture medium.
|FLUIDIC STRUCTURES INCLUDING MEANDERING AND WIDE CHANNELS - The present invention relates generally to microfluidic structures, and more specifically, to microfluidic structures and methods including meandering and wide channels. Microfluidic systems can provide an advantageous environment for performing various reactions and analyses due to a reduction in sample and reagent quantities that are required, a reduction in the size of the operating system, and a decrease in reaction time compared to conventional systems. Unfortunately, the small size of microfluidic channels can sometimes result in difficulty in detecting a species without magnifying optics (such as a microscope or a photomultiplier). A series of tightly packed microchannels, i.e., a meandering region, or a wide channel having a dimension on the order of millimeters, can serve as a solution to this problem by creating a wide measurement area. Although this invention mainly describes the use of meandering and wide channels in heterogeneous immunoassays on a microfluidic chip, this invention could be used for amplifying optical signals for other types of reactions and/or assays.
|METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FLUID DISPERSION - A microfluidic method and device for focusing and/or forming discontinuous sections of similar or dissimilar size in a fluid is provided. The device can be fabricated simply from readily-available, inexpensive material using simple techniques.
|FLUID DELIVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method and apparatus for delivering one or more fluids. Fluids may be delivered sequentially from a common vessel to a chemical, biological or biochemical process.
|ASSAY DEVICE AND METHOD - An assay method is described, which comprises the steps of immobilizing a binding partner (e.g., an antigen or antibody) for an analyte to be detected (e.g., an antibody or antigen) on a portion of a surface of a microfluidic chamber; passing a fluid sample over the surface and allowing the analyte to bind to the binding partner; allowing a metal colloid, e.g., a gold-conjugated antibody, to associate with the bound analyte; flowing a metal solution, e.g., a silver solution, over the surface such as to form an opaque metallic layer; and detecting the presence of said metallic layer, e.g., by visual inspection or by measuring light transmission through the layer, conductivity or resistance of the layer, or metal concentration in the metal solution after flowing the metal solution over the surface.
|ASSAY FOR METASTATIC POTENTIAL OF TUMOR CELLS - The present invention relates to methods, compositions and kits related to a novel in vitro assay for a high-capacity and high-throughput method for measuring the ability of cancer cells to migrate in a three-dimensional cellular assay. The three-dimensional cellular invasion assay provides a method for determining and quantitating the metastatic potential and invasive capacity of a cancer cell. Other aspects of the invention further relate to the use of the in vitro assay to screen for agents and compounds capable of inhibiting intravasation, and thereby modulating the metastatic potential of cancer cells. The methods, compositions and three-dimensional assay provide a highly sensitive assay system capable of mimicking the in vivo cellular and molecular interactions required for successful completion of intravasation.
|SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ACTUATING SOFT ROBOTIC ACTUATORS - Systems and methods for providing a soft robot is provided. In one system, a robotic device includes a flexible body having a fluid chamber, where a portion of the flexible body includes an elastically extensible material and a portion of the flexible body is strain limiting relative to the elastically extensible material. The robotic device can further include a pressurizing inlet in fluid communication with the fluid chamber, and a pressurizing device in fluid communication with the pressurizing inlet, the pressurizing device including a reaction chamber configured to accommodate a gas-producing chemical reaction for providing pressurized gas to the pressurizing inlet.
|MANIPULATION OF FLAMES AND RELATED METHODS AND APPARATUS - Manipulation of flames is described using electric fields. In those instances in which electric fields are used, the electric fields may be time-varying gradient electric fields, and in some instances may be oscillating electric fields. The manipulation may include extinction, suppression, control of mixing of the flame, concentration, and/or bending, among other types.
|FLEXIBLE ROBOTIC ACTUATORS - Some embodiments of the disclosed subject matter includes a laminated robotic actuator. The laminated robotic actuator includes a strain-limiting layer comprising a flexible, non-extensible material in the form of a sheet or thin film, a flexible inflatable layer in the form of a thin film or sheet in facing relationship with the strain-limiting layer, wherein the inflatable layer is selectively adhered to the strain-limiting layer, and wherein a portion of an un-adhered region between the strain-limiting layer and the inflatable layer defines a pressurizable channel, and at least one fluid inlet in fluid communication with the pressurizable channel. The first flexible non-extensible material has a stiffness that is greater than the stiffness of the second flexible elastomeric material and the flexible elastomer is non-extensible under actuation conditions.
|APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING FABRIC-ELASTOMER COMPOSITES AS PNEUMATIC ACTUATORS - Soft pneumatic actuators based on composites consisting of elastomers with embedded sheet or fiber structures (e.g., paper or fabric) that are flexible but not extensible are described. On pneumatic inflation, these actuators move anisotropically, based on the motions accessible by their composite structures. They are inexpensive, simple to fabricate, light in weight, and easy to actuate. This class of structure is versatile: the same principles of design lead to actuators that respond to pressurization with a wide range of motions (bending, extension, contraction, twisting, and others). Paper, when used to introduce anisotropy into elastomers, can be readily folded into three-dimensional structures following the principles of origami; these folded structures increase the stiffness and anisotropy of the elastomeric actuators, while keeping them light in weight.
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IT MAY CAUSE TROUBLE; Port Jefferson Women's Sudden Enterprise Alarms Laborers. EARNING MONEY FOR CHURCH PEWS Blacking Boots, Washing Windows, Gardening, Scrubbing, Their Winning Smiles Obtain Any Price They Choose to Ask.
PORT JEFFERSON, L.I., May 25. -- The sudden onslaught in the exclusive domain of the local bootblacks, servant girls, dressmakers, gardeners, scrubwomen, office boys, washerwomen, and representatives of many other branches of labor by the female members of the First Presbyterian Church threatens to precipitate a labor war on this village.
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Henry Robb shipbuilders and engineers built many fine ships from there humble start in 1918 up to the start of World War II in 1939
The first 16 yard numbers were allocated to vessels built on what was in effect the dock side.
Their first building orders were in fact for barges and pontoon's, and continuing on the tradition of a shipyard the orders were all allocated a "Ship Number"
I have only shown the actual ships that were built in the yard on the following pages.
When you click on the name of the ship it will take you to the page with all the ships details.
On each ships page will be a history button, you will find all the known details of the ship here.
Also you will find on each ships page the stories from the men and women who sailed on the ships.
Ships built from 1918 to 1939
(If the yard number is not shown then it means that the number was allocated to something other than a ship, a barge or pontoon for example.)
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1/13 Who still has their Christmas tree up??
I had two trees up, one in my living room the other is in my little girls room. I went in to take it down after Christmas and she asked if she could keep it up for several days. Well its still up and she wants to keep it up.
I went to my DD house and she started taking it down but never finished...lol..
I know we are not the only ones who still has some reminder of Christmas. Do you still have your tree up??
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Mine came down on Monday...this is our last week for tree pick up for the trash. We only had a little Charlie Brown tree. Plus I put it up very late this yr so it stayed up longer than usual.
The ornaments are back in their boxes, but the boxes are sitting in the living room to go back into th shed and the tree is waiting to get back in its box.
Andrea loving wife to Steve and SAHM to 2 yr old Rebekah
Nope, we left it long enough for my mom to come visit, then it was DONE!
My tree came down on Christmas day, but my garland on my ramp is still up. Probably should take that off this weekend :o)


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It's a well known fact that politicians aren't usually very funny. Remember what happened when Romney tried to crack a birther joke? Epic fail. But you know what's even worse than a politician trying to be funny? The unbelievable reactions from the talking heads in the mainstream media – and nothing gets worse than MSNBC. Even if you can't count on MSNBC to report on the election in a way that delivers anything remotely to the truth, you can always count on their team to uncomfortable squirm on live television as they invent attacks on conservatives and do anything they can to protect President Obama.
Last night, Mitch McConnell joked, "For four years, Barack Obama has been running from the nation's problems. He hasn't been working to earn reelection. He's been working to earn a spot on the PGA tour."
Not exactly a knee-slapper, but clearly he's saying Obama has been busy playing golf rather than actually fixing anything in America.
And what was MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell's enlightened response?
"We know exactly what he's trying to do there. He's trying to align Tiger Woods and surely, you know, the lifestyle of Tiger Woods with Barack Obama, obviously nothing could be further from the truth. They find every way they possibly can," O'Donnell told Martin Bashir.
So McConnell's joke about playing too much golf was actually a coded message to link philandering golf pro Tiger Woods to Barack Obama?
"Now here's a guy who was one of the writers for the West Wing. So he can make cogent argument," Glenn said.
"And it's almost a weak joke for McConnell. It's like, 'He just plays a lot of golf.' It's just a way of saying, this guy's barely paying attention, he's playing golf all the time. It's such a basic joke, it's so basic and so obvious what he's actually doing, McConnell, he's pointing out that the guy plays golf all the time," Stu added.
Glenn added, "They are so desperate that they think that the average American will go, 'Oh, yeah, you know what? He was going for the Tiger Woods. He was trying to say that, what, that Barack Obama is hooking up with women?'"
What Bashir pushed back on his analysis, O'Donnell had the gall to double down!
"Martin, there are many, many, many rhetorical choices you can make at any point in any speech to make whatever point you want to make," he said. "If you wanted to make the point you just suggested, and I think he does want to make that point, they had a menu of a minimum of ten different kinds of images that they could have raised, and I promise you the speechwriters went through rejecting three or four before they landed on that one. That's the one they want, for a very deliberate reason. There's ‑‑ these people reach for every single possible racial double entendre they can possibly find."
Yes, not only was McConnell trying to connect Obama to Tiger's promiscuity, he is also trying to make it all about race! This is the kind of political analysis you can only get on MSNBC! (shameless plug: Sign up for TheBlaze TV for some actually, honest analysis…or be stuck watching crap like this. Your choice.)
"They're done. This is the National Broadcasting Company. They're done on so many fronts," Glenn said.
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The Burn of Parental Guilt
So. Yesterday, we did" Go for What You Know" for dinner. You want cereal? Have a bowl or two. Leftovers? Nuke it to your heart's content. A sandwich and chips? Jordan and Kaelyn usually go for PB&J, while the twins generally prefer ham and cheese.
Kaelyn and Jordan to have ramen. Groovy. I put a pot of water on the stove and then went to do some editing while I waited for it to boil.
I got lost in the zone. I snapped out of it 15 minutes later by piercing scream coming from the kitchen. It was the type of scream in which you know from the second it stabs your ears that your kid is hurt. And not just a little hurt–it's the degree of hurt that jolts your heart and moves you at light speed to your child. One second you're where you were and the next you're where they are, and you can hardly recall getting from Point A to Point B.
It was Kyra. She took the initiative to help me out and make the ramen, something she's done a hundred times before. The wrong burner was on, and the pot was turned in such a way that its metal handle was positioned over the heat. I don't know if Kyra accidentally turned on the second burner as she was cooking or if I did it and didn't notice. It doesn't matter, because it was my fault either way.
Her left hand (which is her non-dominant hand, thankfully) has very mild first degree burns, particularly on the tips of her first three fingers, the upper part of her palm, and the heel of her thumb. It's not anything that needs professional medical attention. Basic home first-aid should heal her will over the next few days.
There were lots of tears and lots of hugs.
After I slathered her hand in cooling burn ointment and wrapped it in sterile gauze, I cried and snotted all over Kyra's shoulder.
Ever the stoic, she said, "It's okay, Mommy. I was a little scared at first, but I knew that I was going to be okay as soon as you put my hand in the water. See? I'm not even crying." And she wasn't. The girl never even shed a tear. She squeezed her arm around my shoulders and patted my back with her good hand.
Which naturally made me cry harder.
Because if only I'd been there, she wouldn't have gotten hurt in the first place.
If only I'd made a real dinner instead of punking out with Go for What You Know, which is usually reserved for an occasional Friday or Saturday night.
If only my career paid a bit better, I wouldn't have to pick up extra little writing/editing gigs here and there to help bridge the gap between the needs (which we can provide) and their wants (which are few, but we have to be choosy based on what we can afford).
If only Frank were already finished with school and our burden could be eased with the addition of a second income.
If only I were a better mom….
That's the way it goes, isn't it? We let the guilt of one parenting failure blow up into a trick mirror which distorts the things we do right into something disturbingly wrong. Everything we wish we could be for our kids waves a mocking finger and belittles us. We shame ourselves into believing that we're not already good enough the way we are.
I didn't say any of this, but I think Kyra sensed it in the way I hovered over her for the rest of the evening. "You're a great mom, Mom. I'm going to school tomorrow, even though you said I could stay home tomorrow if I wanted to. Just put some more of that stuff on my hand and wrap it up. I have to beat my record on the mile run in P.E., I have a science project to finish, and I'm trying to get Perfect Attendance."
I want to be like her when I grow up.
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There is nothing scarier than a kitchen accident. I'm glad Kyra is OK – she sounds lik a trooper!
Kyra is a ROCK.The girl has moxie. 😉
Duh. Of course she does. Isn't that her last name too? 🙂
It most definitely is! 😀
Kitchen accidents are the worst. They can bring down the whole house if intervention does not come really fast. I am glad that Kyra is doing fine.
I'm so sorry for you, Kym! That does feel horrible — completely and totally rotten, when something like that happens. he "if onlys" that follow just grip the heart.
Kyra sounds like an amazing person. Wow. I wanna be like her when I grow up, too.
Kyra IS an amazing person. I love feeling like she's a better person that I was at her age (and maybe even at MY age).
Burrito is definitely a better person at 2 1/2 than I have been at any age.
I'm sorry that happened, to both of you. I know exactly what you mean about the one little blip snowballing into all our shortcomings in the blink of an eye. There is always a way we could be better, an 'if only', something to blame. Of course those will always be there, the change as our lives change. That is why we have to let them go.
I want to be like Krya when I grow up too.
I hope that the changes you and I are craving come for both of us soon. xoxo
Glad that Kyra is OK. This reminds me about the debate in the NYTimes this week about motherhood and feminism. It's so easy to see the things we do wrong … and feel like they define us. When really, we are all doing the best we can … and for the most part, it is nothing short of a miracle.
I need to check out the debate. I haven't done too much online reading this week.
You're so right about doing the best we can being nothing short of a miracle. I often lose sight of that.
What an amazing little girl you have, wow. But of course you already know that! And it's not surprising, given who her mom is. 🙂 I'm glad she's okay. We can't be perfect parents 100% of the time. (Except this woman at our preschool, who apparently is completely flawless 24/7, and she can tell you all about it. Loudly.) But anyway, the rest of us are not able to be all things, do all things, and provide all things for our children at all times — it's just not realistic, and holding ourselves to that standard just leaves us frustrated and guilty. When something bad happens to our kiddos, though, that truth is not very comforting, unfortunately. Hugs!
Ugh – don't you just HATE the know-it-alls who…umm…think they know everything? I can't help but wonder if they're trying to convince me or THEMSELVES that they're grade A parents.
Thanks for the love, Sunny!
I'm amazed that you had cooling burn ointment and sterile gauze on hand! If you're not a good mom then I don't know what it takes;-).
Weeellll, I had a tube of it from when I scorched my thumb in this post: http://thesmartness.com/smartone/2010/06/im-a-sophomoric-one.html, but I'd taken it to my classroom at the beginning of this school year because my hot glue gun and I always get into fights. Frank was out at the gym playing basketball, and I had to wait until he called me on the way home to see if I needed anything (as is his routine) to tell him that I needed a new tube of burn ointment. The sterile gauze, though, we DID have on hand. For the hour between the accident and the time Frank got home, I had her keep her hand submerged in a big bowl of cool water. I put a frozen ice pack in it to keep it cold.
Restocking our First Aid kit is now on my list of weekend things to do.
I would be so proud if Eggbert turns out like Kyra. That makes you a kickass mom in my books.
I'm so sorry that happened to both of you. A burnt hand and a burnt heart. Not fun for anyone.
You'll be proud no matter what Eggbert turns out to be (except maybe a serial killer, which is soo not going to happen). I wish I could take credit for her good parts. I only nurture those few rough spots she has, but I think that strength is pure nature.
I'm really glad she's ok, I still remember the day my son fell down the stairs – because I forgot to check the gate was shut properly. I was still shaking long after he'd forgotten about it. He wasn't hurt but my conscience was … for days.
But at least you know she will never do that again.
Not that she'll get the chance because I'm betting for the forseable future you're gonna be standing guard oh high alert every time the cooker is on.
Shush – you know you rock as a mom, and look at how they are all turning out. It's because of you and Frank. You two did that.
Oh, I'm sorry. I'm so glad she is OK. It's a terrifying world and there is just no way we can … you know. Actually it amazes me … Amazes. Me. … that we have survived as a species because, OK, keeping a little one alive with, you know, a roof and a crib and stuff — even an electric range — is one thing, but how did we (do we?) manage it without all those luxuries? Often by the skin of our teeth, I do realize (and often not at all, of course, sadly), but somehow, on average, we managed — it boggles the mind that it is possible at all.
Oh honey, don't beat yourself up over this. When Gabe was little, I was holding him on my hip and had that side turned away from the stove. I was making soup. I turned slightly to put something in the sink and Gabe picked that moment to turn loose and lean back. He grabbed the spoon from the pot and pulled it out. He ended up with a second degree burn the size of the palm of my hand on his lower chest/upper abdomen. 4 1/2 years later, there isn't even a scar left. I could have beat myself up over that but it all ended well.
Awww sweet girl. You're doing a lot right with her.
How horribly frightening! So glad Kyra is okay.
I've had my own share of the "If onlys" — BLECH. About as helpful as the "What ifs." But since those questions are really unanswerable (or the situations are not based on what is currently real and true), I'll try to stick with what I do know and keep trying to do the best that I can. Now to convince my brain to play along…
I'm glad she's okay. A number of years ago, V and I were living in an apartment with a small wall oven. I was baking cookies or something and had the oven preheating. When I went to put in whatever I was making, i realized the rack was in the wrong position. I put down the item, reached in and grabbed the rack to move it….without an oven mitt…full hand grab. I definitely held it before my brain realized what I was doing. No scars, but I've never forgotten, and nor does V.
Kyra is a warrior. Just like her momma. 🙂
Hug the warrior princess for us. 🙂
You can screw up with real dinner too, you know. Just ask the broccoli and asparagus that I put on the stove to steam last night (post-kid bedtime) then left there while I worked until a couple of hours later when DH asked, "What's burning?" Every time Tamale opened the trash can today, she got excited about the charred broccoli and reached in so she could eat it.
Not that I ever actually make a real dinner, just cook random foods, mostly for the twins' lunches. But my point is that cooking errors happen with all sorts of food.
You are obviously a great mom, Mom, or Kyra wouldn't be so amazing.
Oh man, I hate those situations where the parent cries more than the kid. I'm not a parent, but my mom can still tell you all about the time she bumped my head on the table and how terrible she felt. (I was fine!)
Your kid is a total badass. As are you, my dear! Don't beat yourself up too much.
Oh, the sting of parental guilt. If it makes you feel any better, I shut one of the twins fingers in the door…the hinge side of the door. He started wailing and it took me a second to figure out what had happened, since I was herding the two of them in front of me precisely so something like this wouldn't happen. I nearly took the tip of his finger off, and it did require a trip to the emergency room, stitches, and an X ray. I couldn't even have him sit in my lap for the X ray because I was 8 months pregnant with his sister. I can still hear the screams…along with everyone that was in the emergency room that day I'm sure. Oh, the guilt.
You're daughter is amazing! And why shouldn't she be? Her parents are amazing, too 🙂
Be gentle with yourself. You were working, not eating bon bons and watching The Real Housewives of New Jersey.
And even if you had been (eating crap and watching BRAVO – what) your love for your children comes shining through in every word. It would have been simply an accident. Nothing more.
Crap happens. Guilt in inevitable.
And your daughter? Is amazing.
Wonder where she got that from….
Well I am not really sure how much effect this really causes, it should be temporary.


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Simbad 3d Robot Simulator.by YukuanMark
Simbad is a Java 3d robot simulator for scientific and educationnal purposes. It is mainly dedicated to researchers/programmers who want a simple basis for studying Situated Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and more generally AI algorithms, in t
Pyro, Python Robotics: Pyroby YukuanMark
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Introduction to the SimPy Discrete-Event Simulation Packageby YukuanMark
SimPy (rhymes with "Blimpie") is a public-domain package for process-oriented discrete-event simulation. It is written in, and called from, Python. I like the clean manner in which SimPy is designed, its use of Python generators, and for that matter, Pyth
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Graph-based Modeling on Pythonby YukuanBlog & 1 other
模擬複雜網路,也可以套用 Agent-based modeling 架構。不過諸如網路的群聚度(clustering coefficient, C)及網路特徵的路經長度(characteristic path length, L)等統計數據計算需耗費的時間,隨著網路的規模成長很快,所以不適合運作太頻繁。但我們卻得靠這些統計數據來判斷網路是否收斂、試驗是否該終止了,想試驗各個參數排列組合時,更是雪上加霜。
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1. Jack Wilshere is regaining his confidence
There has been much debate over whether Wilshere's potential is in danger of never being fulfilled. But as his match fitness improves, the midfielder's confidence is also growing. He was willing to drive at the Besiktas defence and helped create the goal for Alexis Sanchez. Wilshere is at his best when he collects the ball around the area and either takes on his man or tries a one-two to break through the defence. He was doing this more last night. However, he is still prone to rash challenges that could have been costly.
2. Alexis Sanchez needs the right service
Wenger gave summer signing Sanchez another chance through the middle and the forward responded by opening his account. The striker was substituted at half-time at Everton after failing to offer Arsenal any kind of outlet or goal threat. Against Besiktas, however, he proved that he can be a goal threat if his new team-mates play to his strengths. Sanchez likes to run on to through balls, rather than being in the box for crosses, as he proved with the goal.
3. Arsene Wenger's Champions League record goes on
He may not have won the competition, but Wenger is the master of making sure his side qualify every year. Victory over Besiktas meant the Gunners have now made it into the group stages of the Champions League for the 17th season in a row. Wenger rightly takes great pride in that record, but it is about time Arsenal properly challenged in the later stages of the tournament after being knocked out in the last-16 on four consecutive occasions. The 2006 final against Barcelona feels a very long time ago and players such as Mesut Ozil and Alexis must grasp the chance to perform on the biggest stage.
4. Demba Ba would have given Wenger options
Arsenal failed in a bid to sign Ba on loan from Chelsea this time last year and paid the price as Olivier Giroud ran out of steam. With Giroud out with an ankle injury, Arsenal again look short of an out-and-out physical presence up front. Having caused problems in the first leg, Ba found chances more difficult to come by at the Emirates. But his ability to take long balls and hold off defenders would have given Arsenal a different dimension. Wenger would not be contemplating another late raid in the transfer window if he had landed Ba last year.
5. Mesut Ozil is wasted on the left
Injuries and suspensions meant that Wenger was forced to shuffle his midfield and started Ozil on the left. The German certainly put a shift in as he tracked back to help the defence more than usual. But it was no coincidence that his best work came from a central position when he combined with Wilshere to allow Sanchez to score. Playing centrally behind the Chilean will give him the best chance of fulfilling his promise.


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Back in February, UFC Women's Champion and With Leather's First Lady of Fighting, Ronda Rousey, discussed her newfound status as a sex symbol on Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel. Of this new and growing fascination and adoration that men and women alike have established for her, Rousey said:
"I don't really see myself as a sex symbol because ever since people started calling me a sex symbol, I haven't had less sex in my life. It's not really working out great for me. People bring that up all the time. I'm like, Look, you're right. I probably get more attention fighting because of how I look, but if I didn't know how to fight and I just looked the way I did, no one would know who I am."
I think she meant that she's had less sex, and that's a shame, because [insert stupid, generic macho BS line here] but the fact remains that she is a sex symbol, because she is very attractive and charming, and she did grace the cover of the ESPN Body Issue sans clothing.
And sure, it's adorable that she referred to her completely naked body as her "cash and prizes" while refusing to ever pose for Playboy, but they're still somewhat on display in her newest magazine appearance – a tastefully naked spread in Maxim's Hot 100.


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He is a cyber dweller. A gamer who's grown up in the web of virtual illusion woven from hundreds of phantom worlds. His biggest dream is to dump the real world for good. His desperate hunger for new experiences forces him to take a risk and become one of the first proud owners of a neuronet implant. The new gadget becomes part of him, but soon it's not enough. If only he could finally burn all his bridges and make a step beyond the real world....
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The Eurasia fleet has entered the Darg star system. The unsuspecting players look forward to the adventure of their lifetimes. Zander alone is now facing a harsh and unpredictable "alternative storyline". The girl he loved is gone. His nervous system is impregnated with artificial neurons that contain fragments of ancient AIs and their identities. Zander's body is implanted with alien artifacts that allow him to survive in the deadly cyberspace of Phantom Server.
Zander and his gamer friends used to face danger without fear, finding strength in the promise of a safe respawn. Nothing could harm or destroy them. This was only a game...or was it? A game, played in an ancient hyperspace network. A game involving dozens of real-life alien civilizations. Earth is deserted. The fate of humanity is unknown.


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What is a Pace Group?
A Pace Group is a number of runners working together to achieve a shared time goal. The group is lead by a Pacer who is experienced in running marathons and half marathons as well as running with groups of people. Whether you are trying to set a PR, qualify for another race, or just get across the finish line a Pace Group is the way to go!
Who are the Pacers?
The Pace Groups for the Chartway Norfolk Harbor Half Marathon will be led by the Running Etc. Pace Team. Their team is comprised of experienced distance runners who love helping fellow runners realize their goals. Many of our the Pacers return year after year to help you enjoy the race experience and achieve your running goal. Think of them as your coach-on-the-run!
Do I need to sign up for a Pace Group?
To join a Pace Group simply stop by the Pacer Booth at the Chartway Norfolk Harbor Half Marathon Sports & Fitness on Friday, November 18th or Saturday, November 19th OR on race day just look for the flags that each Pacer will be carrying with the goal finish time. Pacers will be assigned to the appropriate wave based on finish time and you will find them near the back of the corral for their assigned time.
What Pace Groups will be offered?
Pace Groups for the Chartway Norfolk Harbor Half Marathon are:
1:35 (7:15/mi), 1:45 (8:02/mi), 1:52 (8:35/mi), 2:00 (9:09/mi), 2:15 (10:18/mi), 2:30 (11:27/mi), and 2:45 (12:35/mi).
What Corrals will the pacers be in?
1:35 – Corral 1, 1:45 – Corral 1, 1:52 – Corral 2, 2:00 – Corral 3, 2:15 – Corral 3, 2:30 – Corral 5, 2:45 – Corral 5.
If you need to move back to one of the pacer corrals you can do this without any changes. If you need to move up in a corral please go to the Solutions Booth at the Sports and Fitness Expo and they will make the change for you.
Is there a cost to participate with a pace group?
The Pace Team is sponsored by the Blue Moon Norfolk Harbor Half Marathon and is completely free to you!
What pace per mile will we run and how do they keep the pace consistent?
We will be running "even effort" which means that every mile will be run at approximately the same pace. See the question above for specific pace numbers. The first miles are always a bit slow, due to the crowds. Also, it may be windy on the course and the Pacer may use his/her discretion to slightly adjust the pace to account for race conditions. Our goal is to run continually even splits, and when course conditions prevent this, we will make up any lost time over the entirety of the race, not over one or two miles. Our Pacers are very familiar with pacing and know how to keep it consistent. Combined, they've run hundreds of marathons and half marathons. Each Pacer will also use a sports watch or GPS watch that will help them run each mile at a consistent pace, ensuring that their group makes their time goal!
Are we going to go right out on pace?
Sometimes it is crowded at the start line and it may take a couple of miles to settle into a steady pace. Most importantly our Pacers won't take you out too fast and burn up all your energy early on.
How do I meet up with my Pace Group on race morning?
Our Pacers will line up in each corral based on their finishing times. You should look for the flags with the goal finishing time for each group. Pacers will be wearing a Pace Team t-shirt which will be on display at the Pacer booth during the Blue Moon Harbor Lights Expo. The Pacer will be standing towards the back of each corral. Try to meet the group at least fifteen minutes before the start of the race. This will give you an opportunity to meet your Pacer and ask any questions before the race starts. Remember: Your Pacer will have many runners in his/her group. It is important that YOU keep an eye on your Pacer as he or she will not be chasing after or waiting for you.
Will there be walking breaks?
Your Pacer will maintain even splits right through the water stops. However, we want you to run your race as you have planned and trained. If you trained with walk breaks, race morning is not the time to make a change. Use the Pacer as a guide and take your walk breaks just as you did in training. Since even splits are maintained throughout the race, you should be able to take walk breaks and still spend time in the presence of your Pacer, as you will continually "meet up" over the course of the race.
What will the Pacer do at the water stations?
Most Pacers will run through the water stations and maintain even pace. Each Pacer will let the team know his/her strategy for getting through the water stations. Some Pacers may choose to slow down or briefly walk through the stops depending upon the group. Be sure to check with your Pacer if this is extremely important to you so that you are not surprised if they don't walk these stations.
Do I have to stay with the Pacer for the entire race?
No. Run your own race and enjoy yourself. If you are feeling great and want to run faster, go for it. If it's not turning out to be your day, slow down. You can always drop back to the next Pace Group. Just know that the Pacer will not speed up or slow down for the group, but rather stick to the goal pace.
Are the Pacers going to run the entire half marathon?
Yes, all Pacers will run the entire race and encourage you to achieve your race goal!
Are you interested in becoming a Blue Moon Norfolk Harbor Half Marathon Pace Group Leader? Call or email Ryan Conrad for more details at 757.412.1056 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Companies Seek To Turn CO2, Algae Into Fuel
Dow Chemicals announced on Monday plans to join Algenol Biofuels in a project to use algae and carbon dioxide to produce ethanol fuel.
The location of the facility will Dow's Freeport, Texas site.The collaborative project will use Algenol's technology that uses carbon dioxide and saltwater, supplied to algae in photobioreactors, to produce the biofuel.
If the process works, Algenol thinks that it might profitably marry a different type of plant, such as a coal burning plant that has oxygen going into the combustion chamber.
"Look at how much better coal-fired efficiency could be if you introduced pure oxygen into it," said Paul Woods, the chief executive of Algenol. "It dramatically raises the burn temperature and the cleanliness of the coal."
The Georgia Institute of Technology, Membrane Technology & Research Inc. and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory are also contributing to the research.
Dow said that the project's goal is for a "breakthrough process for ethanol production" that does not use food sources like corn.
The U.S. is the world's top supplier of corn-based ethanol, but critics say that this fuel source diverts needed food supplies and land resources for fuel, which in-turn would raise food prices on world markets.
"This project and the innovative technology involved offers great promise in the battle to help slow, stop and reverse the growth of greenhouse gas emissions," said Andrew Liveris, Dow chairman and chief executive officer.
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UNC Pembroke's WNCP-TV now features video podcasts, according to an announcement by Erin Berry, student promotions director of WNCP News.
Just months after the introduction of Apple's video version of its popular iPod, WNCP offered its student-run news programs for downloading.
"Full-length episodes of WNCP's student-produced news have been available for iPod users since February 3," Berry said. "Our first 'RSS feed' was posted shortly after midnight on March 22."
Podcasting is the process of producing digitized content and posting it to the Web in a "RSS 2.0 envelope" in such a way that makes the content available like a subscription. "RSS" stands for Real Simple Syndication, and this structure uses computer code called XML to map it to a producer's show so it can be detected by audience software such as iTunes, said George Johnson, WNCP's engineer and an adjunct instructor in the Department of Mass Communications.
"This is true 'podcasting,'" Johnson said. "The content flows automatically to a subscriber's computer when the subscriber's iTunes software connects to the Internet."
Viewers using iTunes can use the "Advanced" drop-down menu and choose "Subscribe to Podcast," then type in the following URL: www.uncp.edu/wncp/news.rss.
Berry said the files are quite large. Episodes of WNCP News average 160 megabytes, so it takes time to download.
The Department of Mass Communications offered live "streaming" and archiving of the weekly student news show (formerly called Carolina News Today) beginning in 1999. The Web site also offered special programs like Impact, the Distinguished Speakers Series interview program; Inside Athletics, the sports talk show and live streams of basketball and volleyball before the station began broadcasting live television from the Jones Athletic Center.
"We're are streaming video and posting it to the Web in the RealVideo format, and we started putting WNCP News up on the Web in the MPEG-4 format more than a month ago," Dr. Litty said.
The Web site offered select iPod-ready episodes of Academe Today, Inside Athletics, Picture of Health, and Braves basketball since February. Viewers can visit www.uncp.edu/wncp/program.htm to download. Some programming is also available in RealVideo.
Dr. Litty said she watches WNCP News every week at home on an iPod because she can't catch it live on Time Warner's cable channel 6 in Robeson County on Friday mornings. She said the viewing experience with March episodes is a great improvement over first takes.
"Each week George (Johnson) masters new techniques in compressing it and then shows a student how to do it," she said. "There's nothing like learning by doing, as we say in this department."
The Pine Needle, the student-rung campus newspaper, also began podcasting this spring.
"I'm excited about The Pine Needle's potential for podcasting, too," Dr. Litty said. "This is the direction in which the whole department is moving. In fact, this is the direction the University is moving. Faculty here will be conducting some significant experiments with podcasting for their classes in the coming months."
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ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Authorities say a homeless man faces charges in a Washington, D.C., suburb after they say he struck two people with a machete.
Arlington County police say two people were standing outside the Central Library about 2:50 a.m. Monday when a man approached and began arguing with them. Authorities say the man brandished a machete and struck both victims several times.
Police say both victims suffered significant injuries, but they were not considered to be life-threatening. They are being treated at a Washington hospital.
An arrest was made several hours later. Twenty-eight-year-old Derrick Sutherland has been charged with two counts of aggravated malicious wounding. He is being held without bond.
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By Nick Parkinson, courtesy of The Daily Star
DAVID PRICE says he has got more chance of a future fight against Tyson Fury than with David Haye or Dereck Chisora.
Liverpool's 2008 Olympic bronze medallist faces Norwich's Sam Sexton for the vacant British heavyweight title on Saturday after Fury vacated the belt just when purse bids were due to be accepted to stage a defence against Price.
Price, 28, still hopes to one day meet his unbeaten rival Fury after accusing the Morecambe boxer of ducking him.
He said: "I think Tyson has seen me fight and knows it's too dangerous for him to fight me. Hopefully we can make it happen further down the line.
"There's more chance of me fighting Tyson than there is me against Chisora or Haye because they have been in world title fights recently. I've got a while to go before I get to that level.
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Basic tips for a more relaxed Cairo tour!
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Basic tips for a more relaxed Cairo tour! Reviews
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Although one of the most common ways to sightsee a foreign town is through a travel agency group, especially in the case of Cairo, I would stronlgy propose a better option: Either you travel on your own or you are with 3-4 friends, you can book (for a low amount of money) a local taxi driver for a whole day (or for a few hours) and you can set your time schedules and visits according to your mood and preferences.
This has been one of my best experiences, as our driver was speaking English fluently and he proposed some spots in Cairo that in no other way we would have the chance to see (for example we rested in a traditional kafe in Islamic Cairo and smoked nargileh and we had the chance to visit some less famous museums after the driver's advice).
Of course, another plus for such a tour, is that you can stay in a sigthseeing as long as you like and not follow a predefined schedule.
You can find such taxi drivers all over the city center (especially around the big Western-like hotels) and you can always bargain (and predefine) the amount of money for booking the driver.
I will search for some telephones and e-mails and I will re-edit the review as soon as possible! Coming back with extra tips for Cairo!!!
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Red Cross recognizes a lifesaver
Published 3:26 pm, Monday, March 11, 2013
LUBBOCK — In November 2011, Natalie Steadman was in the right place at the right time.
Larry Martinez, a freelance photographer from Petersburg, fainted on the sidelines after his heart stopped during the Petersburg vs. Ropes bi-district high school football game in Anton. Steadman, who was serving as a trainer for the Petersburg High football team, heard her name being shouted, and as people cleared out of the way, she looked down and saw Martinez face down in the grass.
She immediately ran over and instructed someone to get the Littlefield EMS from the other side of the field. Steadman's next actions made her the first Lubbock resident to receive The National Certificate of Merit, a hand-signed award from the president of the United States presented to an individual who uses Red Cross CPR and first aid training to save or sustain a life.
Steadman, an assistant professor in the Master of Athletic Training Program at Texas Tech's Health Sciences Center, first thought to use the automated external defibrillator to shock his heart. After the AED shocked Martinez, Steadman continued CPR, doing 60 compressions. Martinez's eyes opened and then he was loaded in the back of the ambulance.
"I mentally prepare to do CPR before every game and with the skills I learned from the Red Cross and practiced, I was able to save Larry's life," Steadman said. Martinez suffered a cardiac arrhythmia and now has an internal defibrillator implanted in his chest.
"Training and preparation is key in any emergency situation. Natalie's skills were literally put to the test, unexpectedly," said Shannon Smith, executive director of the American Red Cross South Plains Chapter. "Larry's life and purpose continues with the skill set and training Natalie has gained through the Red Cross public health and safety program in first aid, CPR and AED."
Because of Steadman's lifesaving success, the American Red Cross North Texas territory service delivery manager, Teresa Filkins, on behalf of President Obama, presented Steadman with the American Red Cross National Certificate of Merit, the highest lifesaving award given by the Red Cross. The presentation was made Monday at the chapter office in Lubbock.
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In Architecture, a Glass Ceiling
Despite historically high numbers of women entering the field of architecture, top-tier positions are still dominated by men.
More women than ever are applying to become architects, but far fewer attain their license or reach leadership positions in their firms, according to two industry reports.
The percentage of female applicants to the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards, the organization that administers the architecture exam, has hovered at 40% since 2012, the highest rate in the group's history. Less than 10% of applicants were women 30 years ago, the report shows.
But the American Institute of Architects, the largest group of licensed U.S. architects, shows that only 19% of about 81,000 members were women as of June, up from 11% in 1994.
"There's still a glass ceiling, ironically, in architecture," said Rosa Sheng, senior associate at Bohlin Cywinski Jackson in San Francisco and chairwoman of the Missing 32% Project, a group that promotes equitable treatment of all architects. "There's an influx of more women coming in, but the hurdles haven't changed," she said. It takes roughly 12 years to become a licensed architect, according to NCARB.
Julie Hacker, 56, a partner at Stuart Cohen & Julie Hacker Architects in Evanston, Ill., says one of the major obstacles for women is the lack of flexibility. Ms. Hacker, who designs luxury residential homes, says balancing a family with her career would have been more difficult at a larger firm.
Others have left architecture for other paths. Elisa Orlanski Ours, head of planning and design at Corcoran Sunshine in New York, uses her background in architecture to plan and market luxury condo projects. "There are so many other careers that have stemmed from architecture," like construction and development, she said.
Despite historically high numbers of women entering the field of architecture, top-tier positions are still dominated by men. Only 12% of architects that serve as supervisors, or licensed employers in architectural firms, are women, according to Guillermo Ortiz De Zarate, who led the latest NCARB report.
"When you get out onto the field, on a job site, you're still in a world of men," said Elizabeth Ranieri, 51, principal at Kuth Ranieri Architects in San Francisco. She says an absence of women in other professional fields contributes to the disparity. Ms. Ranieri is currently designing homes for tennis players Venus and Serena Williams, in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., who had no qualms about their selection.
"I didn't hire her because she's a woman," Serena Williams said. "I hired her because she did a stellar job."
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Longtime North East Independent School District trustee Bruce Bennett just announced he is no longer seeking re-election.
The moment was a little surreal.
Bennett and his three challengers for the School Board's District 6 spot were upstairs here at Express-News building to speak with the editorial board about their qualifications for the job. I was sitting in on the meeting.
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