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We are a University of Manitoba Student Union (UMSU) recognized student group and a University of Manitoba Engineering Society (UMES) recognized technical society. Annually, UMEARTH comes together to increase the energy efficiency of our campus by organizing sustainability events and completing technical projects.
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As fast as it started, our three day run at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art is over, and we leave for Cincinnati tomorrow. The house was full of friends tonight - including about 60 people who came with members of our Board of Trustees, and went on to dinner at the Lotos Club. We didn't get to go to the Lotos Club of course ( we were singing another concert) but we hear that it was a warm and lovely evening.
Soprano Deborah Voigt took a break from her preparation of Gotterdamerung to come and hear us for the first time. (She and Gregory had been tweeting. She and Eric have mutual Southern California roots) She says she'd like to sing with us some day, and we'd certainly like that.

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An early facet of my research in graduate school revolved around "serious games", or the use of video game technology to convey a serious topic. Although my own foray into this area of work targeted the high drop-out rate among first-generation college students, there have been countless attempts among computer scientists and psychologists alike to intervene in matters of obesity, low self-esteem, anxiety, exercise, and other topics among game-loving populations (read: students). The degree to which these games feel immersive can depend on a number of factors that are directly relevant to our psychological evaluation of a situation while using technology. Melanie Green, for one, has developed a successful body of research on narrative transportation, or the loss of one's sense of surrounding while immersed in a fictional or alternative world. Such transportation may occur even in technologically removed situations (e.g., poor graphics, character mobility control). To cite one of my favorite books on this topic,
"Technological developments powering virtual worlds are accelerating, ensuring that virtual experiences will become more immersive by providing sensory information that makes people feel that they are 'inside' virtual worlds. [...] Virtual experiences are no longer embodied just by hunting and pecking on a keyboard or using a joystick: digital characters now move in tandem with players as they jump around, point guns, and swing racquets, golf clubs, and baseball bats. [...] We are at the early stages of a dramatic shift in 'cyber-existence' -- think of it as the difference between 2-D and 3-D, between the merely interactive and the fully immersive."
-- Blascovich & Bailenson, Infinite Reality: Avatars, Eternal Life, New Worlds, and the Dawn of the Virtual Revolution (pp. 2-7)
The use of immersive virtual environments (IVEs) to convey serious topics to their players is not new; however, it is still a rapidly emerging area of study. Only a few years ago, I was lucky enough to experience firsthand an IVE designed to look like an apartment ravaged by fire. The player, as an observer within that apartment, must decide how to escape unharmed -- and as easy as that might sound while safely removed from such a virtual situation, it was all too easy to lose touch with reality outside the headset and to succumb to the feeling that you (well, me), as the player, were in grave danger. (For a summary of research on fire simulations through IVEs, click here.)
The development of "newsgames"
However, a more recent development in serious gaming is that of "newsgames", or the use of IVEs to convey aspects of the news to psychologically, emotionally, and/or geographically distanced users. Researchers at the University of Southern California have developed a game called Project Syria, in which players are thrown into a day in the life of a Syrian refugee. Members of the Project Syria team traveled to Syria in the midst of recent political turmoil to capture footage and firsthand experiences of daily life in a war-ravaged zone.
But why, you might ask, should such a venture be necessary?
Psychic numbing describes the social psychological phenomenon in which individuals, when faced with tragedy on a mass scale, experience a numbed sense of compassion or motivation to intervene (Slovic, 2007); however, when shown a single victim of homicide, hunger, or disease, individuals are more likely to take action by donating to a particular cause or feeling an increased sense of responsibility, regardless of geographic distance from the tragedy at hand (Fetherstonhaugh et al., 1997; Kogut & Ritov, 2005; Small, Loewenstein, & Slovic, 2007).
This effect, which has been appropriately named "compassion fatigue," suggests that the value of saving a life decreases as psychic numbing increases -- that is, as the size of the group in need of assistance grows, compassion toward this group decreases (Västfjäll, Peters, & Slovic, 2007).
In my own research, I have found evidence of compassion fatigue as it relates to disaster virality (i.e., the rapid or widespread transmission of information -- here, regarding disasters): As I will demonstrate in research presented at this February's Society for Personality & Social Psychology annual conference (SPSP; Long Beach, CA), the magnitude of human harm -- that is, the numbers of casualties and injuries resulting from a natural or manmade disaster -- are irrelevant when predicting disaster virality, particularly among wealthy countries such as the U.S. When we hear that hundreds of thousands of children have had to flee violence in Syria, the result is something akin to numbing. Genocides in Africa, the slaughter of thousands by Boko Haram -- these are mere blips on our news radars while our focus instead rests on pop culture, corporation hacks, single shootings, and weather monstrosities.
And so because we, with the entitlement that naturally stems from lives of safety and certainty, cannot place ourselves in the situations experienced by many in violent circumstances around the world, innovations such as Project Syria become something of a blessing. Psychologically, they place us outside of our comfort zone while maintaining our typical and ever-present physical boundaries. They make possible emotions such as empathy, shock, and compassion when neither our news sources nor our social circles emphasize the catastrophes occurring around the world with every passing day.
In science fiction, IVEs have often been presented as a pastime, game, or method of interpersonal communication; however, research is now bringing this medium of engagement to an entirely new level -- a level that boasts broad societal impacts.


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reconciliation / Penance
The Sacrament of Reconciliation, also known as the Sacrament of Penance, is spiritual healing and an experience of the gift of God's infinite mercy. The Sacrament also helps us stay close to the truth that we cannot live without God. Not only does confession free us from our sins, but it also challenges us to offer the same kind of compassion and forgiveness for those who sin against us. Through penance, we strengthen our faith and recover the grace of friendship with God.
Priests are available for Reconciliation on Saturday from 4:00 pm to 4:45 pm.
"Jesus said to them again, 'Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you.' And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them, 'Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained'" (John 20:21-23).


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Delay the onset of age-related macular degeneration
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) – another bane of growing old – may eventually rob us of our sight. There is no cure for it, but we may be able to help delay its onset by consuming enough vitamins and antioxidants, as well as taking steps to protect our eyes in whatever ways possible. An eye health and protection supplement that can help in these aspects is AFC Diamond Vision, a proprietary blend that integrates four super carotenoids – astaxanthin, Lutein, zeaxanthin and bilberry. It is specially formulated to soothe dry eyes; relieve eyes strain or fatigue; maintain retinal health, promote blood flow, visual acuity and healthy eye pressure levels; and offer antioxidant protection against free radicals.


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Get the Look: Paula Patton at the 2012 Golden Globes./
Paula Patton electirifed on the red carpet last night for the Golden Globe Awards. Her makeup was created by Fiona Stiles. Paula's hair look was designed by leading celebrity stylist Robert Steinken.
Inspiration of the look:
Paula was wearing a strapless Monique Lhuillier gown, a beautiful sunny yellow. We wanted to keep the look light and pretty, focusing on lashes and cheeks, playing up the happy element of the color.
After prepping the skin, I used a flat synthetic foundation brush to swipe on COVERGIRL Queen Collection Natural Hue Liquid Makeup in Rich Sand, applying it to the bridge of the nose, the cheeks, the forehand and the chin. Then I used the brush to blend the color out towards the jaw and hairline, going over the base with a criss-cross motion to ensure that it was well blended and there were no lines. I used a little COVERGIRL Queen Collection Natural Hue Concealer in Light to cover any darkness under the eye or redness along the side of the nose, feathering it out so it blended perfectly with the foundation.
Before I powdered with COVERGIRL Queen Collection Natural Hue Pressed Powder in Light Bronze, I used a dual fiber brush to apply a bit of COVERIGRL + Olay Simply Ageless Sculpting Blush in Lush Berry onto the apples of the cheeks and then after I powdered, I used a touch of COVERGIRL Cheekers Blush in Classic Pink to brighten the face a bit more. I like to combine cream and powder blush – just make sure you apply "like to like," so use the cream blush before you powder and the powder blush after the makeup is set.
Next I focused on the brows. I gave them a nice full look by adding a little to the shape with COVERGIRL Brow & Eyemakers Pencil in Midnight Brown. The key to making it not look too heavy is to run a clean spooly through the brows after you fill in with pencil. This softens the lines and blends the color in, making it undetectable. Set the brows with a clear gel, brushing the hairs into the desired shape.
For the eyes, I started by sweeping COVERGIRL Queen Collection Natural Hue Bronzer in Light Bronze over the lid, giving the eye a wash of warmth and a little depth, while still looking like her skin. Then I took COVERGIRL Queen Collection Eyeliner in Black Onyx and drew a black line all along the upper lash line, pushing it into the lashes. Taking a small synthetic brush, I smudged the line, softening the edge, making it less severe. I used a little black liner on the bottom as well, pushing it deep into the lashes so that when I applied NEW COVERGIRL LashBlast 24HR Mascara, the illusion was thicker, darker lashes.
The eyes--soft liner and strong lashes--were the focus of the look, so the lips and cheeks were just meant to compliment them.
A soft pale, peachy lip achieved using COVERGIRL Queen Collection Lip Gloss in Starlet Sand, made Paula look radiant without distracting too much from the eyes, and the wash of warm pink on the cheeks gave her a fresh, healthy flush.
I gave Paula her lip gloss, a few cotton buds, and some blotting papers for her to take with her on the red carpet. I wish I could be there to touch up my clients when they get to the red carpet, but once I leave them they are on their own. The challenge is fitting all of those touch up supplies in those teeny tiny clutches!
"The Monique Lhuillier gown looked beautiful on Paula, very movie star," explained Robert Steinken. "As a result, I envisioned a style with the sophisticated sexiness of Brigitte Bardot, but modern and sexy without looking retro. I also gave the hair a sleek, shiny and luminous look that was soft and full of movement."
"I parted the hair at the center, added a bit of subtle volume at the crown, pulled the hair back close to the sides of the head, twisted it in back and let it flow down Paula's back in soft, cascading waves."
How the Look Was Created
"I started with damp hair and sprayed a small amount of new Moroccanoil Frizz Control throughout the hair to balance hydration and prevent frizz."
"Next, I used one of my favorite products, Moroccanoil Hydrating Styling Cream. It's amazing to use because you don't feel it in the hair and it gives a beautiful texture while softly holding a style and allowing it to move."
"When I blow-dried hair, I used a round medium-size Moroccanoil Ionic Ceramic Brush. I especially like its design since it holds the heat and acts almost like a roller while you blowdry, giving a nice smooth wave to the hair."
"Taking 2-3 inch sections, I let the brush to stay in the hair 10-15 seconds longer to allow it to cool and set the hair.
"Next, I used a 1" curling iron iron. starting at the root and wrapping the hair around the iron in a spiral. I held each section for 15-20 seconds, then removed and pinned the curl with a clip or bobby pin to let it cool."
"I lightly sprayed the set with Moroccanoil Luminous Hairspray, unpinned, and brushed the curl out, then made a center part."
"I then backcombed the hair at the crown for height, starting 3-4" inches from the hairline. To keep the backcomb in place and to style the hair more easily without losing volume, I sprayed it with Moroccanoil Luminious Hairspray.
"Finally, I sectioned hair behind the top of each ear and brought both sides together in the back with a twist, and pinned.
"I sprayed Moroccanoil Luminous Hairspray on the style for hold. I love this hairspray because it allows movement. Hair can fall forward and move when Paula does. It kept the look very sexy, fluid and beautiful. It's a unique product.
"I finished the style with Moroccanoil Glimmer Shine Spray for an extra touch of shine.
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As we see more and more articles discussing Millennials and what they need for job satisfaction, we've noticed a new term emerging from the masses….the "Yuccie."
This term comes from an abbreviation for those "Young Urban Creatives" we all know. What does this term mean? Is it a specific sector of Millennial or a whole new group of the up-and-coming workforce?
A Yuccie, coined in a Mashable article: The hipster is dead and you might not like who comes next; is defined as a slice of Generation Y, borne of suburban comfort, indoctrinated with the transcendent power of education, and infected by the conviction that not only do we deserve to pursue our dreams; we should profit from them."
Many Yuccies are not only looking for money, but as their Millennial peers, they are looking to earn based on their creativity. This unique niche group is often a person who did not follow the traditional career path and has no real desire to do so. They want to use the passion they have for creative thinking, design, and writing to have successful, meaningful careers.
Keep in mind, when hiring Millennials and Yuccies alike, they're looking for a lot more than fiscal benefit.
To all of you Yuccies out there, what type of jobs inspire you?
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U.S. Remake Of 'The Raid' Delayed; Rumored Cast Wish List Revealed
Posted on Tuesday, May 27th, 2014 by Germain Lussier
Patrick Hughes' remake of The Raid has been delayed. According to Variety, production was scheduled to start in September but that date has now been pushed to at least the first quarter of 2015. However, the film has not been put in turnaround, it just needs some time to get ready.
Read more about The Raid remake, including a list of actors rumored to be frontrunners for the film, below. Read More »


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DARTT Recorder Pressure Testing Unit
The DARTT Recorder is military specification solid state platform with an ultra-precision digital pressure gauge and temperature sensor. This hardware is coupled with our proprietary embedded software to deliver sophisticated yet simple to use, plug and play advanced pressure testing tooling.
Dartt Recorder Setup
Setting up the Dartt Recorder is simple. The pressure / temperature sensors hydraulic connection is tied in with the existing pressure recording devices (gauges or mechanical chart recorders).
The Dartt Dual Digital Sensor is connected to the rugged laptop or tablet via custom rugged sensor cables with quick connect military connectors.
Why Use a DARTT Recorder for Pressure Testing?
If pressure testing is part of your core business and you are serious about compliance, efficiency and safety, you should be using the best equipment available for chart recorder devices.
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ROV Pressure Testing with DARTT Recorder
The DARTT Recorder can be easily integrated to existing ROV systems. The chart recorder device's touch screen unit is mounted in the ROV control cabin for operation as you would for standard DARTT testing. Keeping the surface pressure testing units and ROV testing units the same maintains a systematic and consistent workflow for your project
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The predictive features of the DARTT Recorder helps an operator decide early weather to bump pressure, start trouble shooting for a leak, or standby as the test will pass as is. These features change decision making from subjective to matter of fact, and save a lot of time per test.
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Consequences of false passes can be catastrophic….who needs that risk.
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Mark Devlin is a UK-based club and radio DJ and music journalist, specialising in black/ dance music in its many forms. In more recent years he has begun speaking on radio and at events about the dark forces that have been manipulating the music industry for decades. This led to the publication of his book 'Musical Truth' in 2016, with Volume 2 following in early 2018. The one-stop shop for all audio output is: https://www.spreaker.com/user/markdevlin. E-mail: email@example.com
Monday, 18 July 2016
Surely the most fascinating and enigmatic of all film-makers comes under the spotlight, as British author, researcher and movie buff Carl James guests to discuss all things Stanley Kubrick.
We consider the huge amount of symbolic clues cleverly encoded into Kubrick's canon of work to ask what messages he was trying to convey to those who had the eyes to see beyond the surface narrative, and whether there might be more hidden secrets yet to decipher.
Carl goes into specific aspects of many of Kubrick's key works - including '2001: A Space Odyssey', 'The Shining' and 'Eyes Wide Shut', examining how they seem to communicate different aspects of the 'elite' New World Order agenda. Kubrick himself certainly had affiliations with many key players from this world, and may well have been privy to information reserved only for a select few. There's also the matter of his untimely death by 'heart attack' directly before the cinematic release of his final film.
Carl's on-line work resides at http://thetruthseekersguide.blogspot.co.uk/
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[info]When? - 13th of March, 2014
Where? - The Grosvenor Hotel - 10 Brighton Rd, St. Kilda East
Price? - $24
Website? - http://www.grosvenorhotel.com.au/
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Towards the end of last year I was invited to the Grosvenor to compete in their "Parma Smackdown" event, trialling a multitude of different novelty parmas. Unfortunately it was on the same night that we presented The Imperial with their parma of the year trophy, so I couldn't make it. I was spewing I missed it, luckily it was covered in depth by a few of my fellow food-blog comrades so I managed to get a peek at what was in store.
Fast forward to last night and it was time to see what all the fuss was about, so we loaded up the parma bus and headed to The Grosvenor Hotel in St. Kilda.
When we first drove past the Grosvenor my heart sank a little - It was a massive building with a Thirsty Camel drive through Bottle-o and a sign advertising that it was a pokies venue. Uh-oh, had we signed up for a parma at a corporate, soulless McPub?
Luckily I couldn't have been more wrong, Inside the Grosvenor is a damn impressive establishment. Beautifully decked out, separate areas for dining, an adjoining wine bar, cosy cocktail bar and sun-filled courtyard. You could visit the Grosvenor five times and have a completely different experience in each, yes the pokies were there, but they were in a removed, quiet and unobtrusive room. The best way to have them.
On top of an impressive cocktail menu (2-for-1 on Thursday nights - bonus!) The beer list was also extensive offering a few favourites such as Mountain Goat Steam Ale, Stone & Wood, Moo Brew and Two Brothers on tap, with a larger section in bottles - enough to satisfy any craving. I grabbed a pint of Stone & Wood and took a seat in the dining area...
No nonsense menu, target sighted and ordered (with a woodfired cheese & herb pizza for pre-game). While we're on the subject of the menu, I've gotta mention this -
That just sounds amazing doesn't it? I'd love to come back with a larger group and give it a go.
Shortly after ordering the pre-game arrived...
Scrumptious! That was polished off rather quickly, It's also worth mentioning this other little tidbit I noticed on the menu -
I think its safe to say the winners of last year's "Parma Smackdown" would be featured on the Wednesday parma night, also worth looking into in the future.
Not long after we polished off the pizza did the parmas arrive...
The chicken schnitzel was top notch. Tender and brimming with juice with crunchy crumbs (on top at least, there was a little sogging on the bottom, but nothing major). While a little small in circumference it more than made up for it in thickness. It tasted fresh and was full of flavour.
The toppings only improved from there. A generous lashing of ham, the napoli was in abundance as was the cheese blend, which had just the right amount of a tasty cheese kick to it while still retaining the elasticity of mozzarella. Grilled to a perfect golden brown, this parma was an absolute joy.
The hand cut chips looked impressive on the plate, and in general were pretty solid - but there's a danger when serving up hand cut chips such as these - as they blur the line between a "chip" and a "quarter of a potato". Some of them were perfect sized, some were ridiculously big. All were delicious and fluffy inside, but with that much potato they were in desperate need of a dipping sauce. If you order the hand cut chips off the "small plates" menu they come with an espelet pepper aioli - which would have been absolutely perfect to break up the onslaught of potato. Luckily we asked for a pot of good ol' tomato sauce and that did the job fine.
No need to sugar coat it, the salad was a let down. Cabbage, lettuce, carrot and a whole heap of fennel tossed in some olive oil. Maybe its just because I've never been big on fennel in salad but this pile of greens did nothing for me or anyone else on the table. Sure it was fresh, can't fault them for that, but without a dressing all I could taste was oil and fennel (if you haven't had fennel in salad before it has a very strong aniseed taste, like black liquorice) after such a strong start the salad was a disappointing way to finish off the meal.
For $24 it is a bit pricey but I wouldn't grumble too much having to pay that again, everything on the plate was made with the highest quality ingredients and care, and sometimes you have to chip in a few extra bucks to get that on your plate. The $15 parma night is definitely appealing, and if you were intending on checking this place out I'd definitely say to stop in on a Wednesday - and who doesn't love some free trivia thrown in? nobody, thats who (wooo, double negatives!).
Despite a couple of speed bumps the Grosvenor is an impressive establishment with an equally impressive parma. From the outside it seems like just another corporate, soulless pub - yet inside they have managed to imbue so much character into those walls, the care they have taken really shines, from the decor to the menu, you can tell some love has gone into this pub and I'd be happy to go back again.
On the way out I spotted what I assume is that $600 suckling pig hanging in the meat fridge... I'll be back for you Babe!
- Fantastic quality ingredients
- Delicious parma
- Quality chunky chips
- Disappointing salad
- Chunky chips needed a dipping sauce


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Solidarity has unveiled its program for a future Poland in which the Communist Party and government would have to share power with a fully "self-governing" society much like the Yugoslav model.
The program is an impressive but often vague document that calls for action without defining the means and methods by which its almost utopian ideals would be achieved.
Even though it expresses a readiness for more dialogue with the government, on most counts it will fuel criticism from the Polish leadership and the Russians. The current Polish leaders see the union as a formidable rival having more credibility with the nation at large than they do. The Soviets will find in this program yet more evidence that Solidarity's real aim is political power.
In this sensitive area, the program makes only the most indirect reference to the "socialist" system as such. There is none at all to the "leading role" of the Communist Party, which the union acknowledged in last year's strike settlements and in the charter on which its registration as an independent organization was based.
There is a gesture to the regime, however, on the even-more-delicate issue of Poland's links with the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact. The union does not give an unqualified affirmation, but it does acknowledge Poland's geopolitical position in Europe following World War II.
The document states that "national responsibility requires us to respect the balance of forces set up after the war in Europe and our place in that balance.
"We want to realize necessary changes that Poland's role in the pact could be strengthened. "Our nation is inspired today by a deep feeling of dignity, patriotism, and its own tradition. It can be a more valuable partner only when our obligations are undertaken freely by ourselves and in full consciousness."
The program places all the blame for the current crisis on the communist governments that have run Poland's affairs since the war. It cites the monopoly control over all national institutions, saying that is what "has brought the country to ruin."
The present authorities' failure to implement the changes agreed on last year had accelerated the process "to the drink of catastrophe." The people had shown enormous patience and determination, but now they were "tired, desperate, and impatient," and the union could no longer sit back and "leave it to the government." Solidarity had become the nation's "only guarantee" that the social agreements between it and the authorities will be fulfilled.
The union program contains 34 points. It would change Poland radically, but would notalter the communist system's basis on the public ownership of the means of production. Rather it would extend throughout Polish society the self-management just conceded to workers in industry.
The union, the document asserts, is not seeking to take over political and economic power but is conscious of a duty to society. Union leader Lech Walesa took that line in a speech to the convention Sept. 29.
"So long as I am leader of this movement," he said, "it will bear a workers' character." Not all the delegates applauded, and the radicals will have a lot to say before the document is finally approved. Solidarity does not offer any detailed plan of action for handling the economic aspects of the crisis. It has consistently said that job belongs to the government.
The proposals the union does make reflect the same contradictions that have slowed government efforts to come to grips with the crisis. Inseparable from any economic reform are a train of problems that range from higher prices to unemployment arising from the closure of nonviable plants and a general streamlining to cut costs.
This alone may mean that between now and 1983 half a million Poles will lose their jobs. Some will be compelled to become "guest workers" in other East-bloc countries, which have a labor shortage (some programs are already under way). Others will train for different jobs or retire.
For Poles at large -- especially the 20 percent Solidarity says exist on less than the socially acceptable minimum specified in its program -- the situation will worsen through the winter. Power stations and major industries are prepared for power cuts -- and resulting losses in production. The union says even steel plants should be closed down to ensure priority for home heating.


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by Douglas Page©1998
Aerogels have been called potentially the most useful substances ever created.
This curious material, composed of as much as 65 to 90 percent air, are the lightest solids ever produced. A six-foot blockof it would weight less than a pound yet can support 1,500 times its own weight - enough to support a compact car.
Aerogels are the best thermal insulator ever discovered. A double-pane window filled with a one inch layer of thetransparent material provides the same insulating value as 15 standard thermopanes. NASA used aerogel last summer toinsulate the electronics on the intrepid Sojourner from the chisel cold of the Martian night.
Aerogels have amazing thermal properties. A flower, resting on a cracker-sized aerogel disk, is unaffected by a torchburning blue 1 cm below.
Electrical insulators fabricated with aerogels may double computer speed. Contemporary circuit boards have dielectricconstants (an index of non-conductivity) between 2.5 and 4. (Air, the perfect insulator, has a dielectric of 1.) Decreasingthat number can increase the speed of computers by allowing engineers to place components closer together.Researchers have already successfully created aerogel films - made mostly of air - with dielectric values ranging between2.3 and 1.01.
Besides being the best thermal, electric and acoustic insulators known, aerogels are finding application as filters forseawater desalination, micrometeoroid collectors and subatomic particle detectors. In the future, aerogels could be usedin windows, building insulation, automobile catalytic converters and high-efficiency battery electrodes.
Aerogels are unique materials. Both their pores and their properties are smaller than the wavelength of light (less than100 billionths of a meter). All aerogels are mostly air. Scientists at the University of California's Lawrence LivermoreNational Laboratory (LLNL) have produced samples made almost entirely (99.98 percent) of air. Silica (silicon dioxide orcommon sand) aerogels consist of bonded silicon and oxygen atoms joined into long strands and then into beadsrandomly linked together with pockets of air between them.
The fabrication of aerogels, in general, involves two major steps - the formation of a wet gel and the drying of the wet gelto form an aerogel. A simplified silica aerogel recipe, according to the Aerogel Research Laboratory at the University ofVirginia, begins by combining a silica-based solution with 200-proof ethanol, ammonium hydroxide and water, whichforms a Jello-like substance called alcogel. The alcogel is then soaked in ethanol for a length of time sufficient to extractthe water from the alcogel. Once the majority of the water has been replaced by alcohol, the alcogels are ready to besupercritically dried. This process removes liquid from the microstructure of the alcogel. The alcohol in the alcogel isreplaced by carbon dioxide. After nearly all of the alcohol has exited the alcogel structure, it is heated and pressurized in asupercritically drying process. When it returns to room temperature and standard pressure, the process is finished andaerogels are the final product.
Several potential applications have been identified for this emerging technology by startup companies like Ocellus, whichmarkets small quantities of aerogels through Marketech International, San Francisco.
Other companies with a presence in the aerogel marketplace include Nanopore, Albuquerque, which focuses on lower-costgranular aerogels. This enterprise resulted from the work of C. Jeff Brinker and Douglas Smith at the University of NewMexico, who have become increasingly successful at eliminating the supercritical drying step used in aerogel productionby chemically modifying the surface of the gel prior to drying.
Aspen Systems, Marlboro, MA, manufactures a variety of aerogel products, including an aerogel powder, monolithicaerogel, and clamshell preformed aerogel insulation. Their flexible aerogel blankets, one for cryogenic and room-temperature applications and the other for high-temperature uses, were developed for NASA.
Cost for the products currently run high since the demand is low. A half-inch sheet of flexible aerogel blanket not muchbigger than a breadboard now costs $900, although Aspen Systems projects short-term prices to drop to $35 per square Aerogels: Much Ado About 'Nothing'
foot; long-term, the company sees the cost of the blankets falling as low as $10 per square foot once production runsexceed 600,000 square feet a year. The same is true for the aerogel powder. The same cubic foot of silica aerogel powderavailable now for $2,300 will fall to $60 once demand pushes production to 50,000 cubic feet a year.
Silica aerogels, composed mainly of silicon dioxide, are called "amorphous form of common sand" by researchers at LLNL.They are nonflammable, nontoxic and environmentally safe. Another type of aerogel is organic, which are made of carbonand hydrogen atoms. Organic aerogels are stiffer and stronger than silica aerogels and are measurably better insulators.Organic aerogels have extremely high thermal resistance (six times higher than fiberglass) and can be converted to purecarbon aerogels while still retaining many properties of the original aerogel - in addition to becoming electricallyconductive.
A third form of aerogel, resorcinol-formaldehyde (R-F) are primarily used as a precursor for carbon aerogels, whichopened up a completely new area of aerogel research. Marketech, for instance, offers standard R-F aerogel as a highdensity (0.6 g/cm3) material with a surface area of 600 m2/g.
Silica aerogels, known for being extremely lightweight solids (down to <0.005 g/cm3), are excellent for applicationsrequiring thermal insulation, high temperature stability, low dielectric constants and extremely high surface area. Theseaerogels, resembling smoke or fog (they have been called "frozen smoke), attracted international attention in the early1990s after Livermore scientists created a silica aerogel 10 times less dense than the previous lightest version.<P>Carbon, the newest form of aerogel material, is also the first electrically conductive aerogels developed. This uniqueclass of material with high surface area, controllable pore size and high purity, is responsible for the revolutionarydevelopments in supercapacitors with power densities to 4,000 W/kg. Marketed in monolith (blanket), thin film or powderforms, some carbon aerogel powders have been produced with surface areas approaching an astonishing 2,500 m2/g.
"Carbon aerogels are the ones we feel that really have the potential for electrolytic capacitors," says Jerry Spieckerman,president of Marketech International, a 10 year old high tech distribution company. "Carbon aerogels have the ability tostore and discharge a large amount of energy very quickly, which is different than a battery. Also, the don't break downlike rechargeable batteries. Except for a few, small areas [like NASA], silica aerogel, because of its high cost, is really asolution looking for a problem. The main market thrust is going to be in the carbon aerogel areas because those reallyhave applications that are down-to-earth." Some are not so down-to-earth. Spieckerman sent one buyer home empty-handed who wanted them to build a lightweight sail board.
Carbon aerogels have been used as electrodes in energy storage devices known as double layer capacitors. Such devicesare able to deliver power faster than conventional batteries and thus have potential application in electric vehicles, "purepower" stations, load leveling devices, telecommunications and microelectronics.
Potential applications for carbon aerogels seem limitless: aerogels can be used on composite structures, as reinforcingagents for organic rubbers, in pigments for ink-jet printers, as insulators for electro-chemical storage devices, in mediafor gas separation or storage, for high temperature insulation, as carriers for controlled release agents, on electrodes forfuel cells and metal catalyst supports. They could also serve as an environmentally friendly replacement for harmful CFC-blown polyurethane foam for refrigerators.
One of the applications uses aerogels as catalysts to reduce nitrous oxide emissions from automobile exhaust. Somescientists expect aerogels will be used as catalysts within a few years because of their high surface area (an aerogel thesize of a grape has approximately the same surface area as two basketball courts) and because metallic atoms can beplaced in aerogels to cause reactions.
Capacitive deionization is another application of carbon aerogel electrodes. In this purpose, ions are absorbed at thesurface of a carbon aerogel electrode under an applied electric field for removal of heavy ions from waste streams orwater purification systems. The open lattice structure and interconnected pore structure of carbon aerogels allow formore efficient devices to be built.
It may seem surprising, given their remarkable properties, that aerogels have been around since the Great Depression.They were first discovered in 1931 by physicist Steven S. Kistler of the College of the Pacific, Stockton, CA, who wanted toprove that a "gel", once dried, contained a continuous solid network the same size and shape as the wet gel. This processof discovery proved to be quite time consuming and dangerous. As recently as 1984, an explosion in a small aerogelmanufacturing plant in Sweden blew the roof off the plant and injured several employees.
Although Monsanto Corp. took an interest in Kistler and his aerogels in the 1930s and 1940s, for a time using thesubstance as an additive in cosmetics and toothpaste, interest dwindled and little other activity ensued. For the most partaerogel research was generally abandoned for the next 50 years.
Then, in the 1980s, newer, safer production processes to create aerogels were developed under the leadership of ArlonHunt, at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, leading to the identification of applications for aerogels as insulators forrocket fuel storage and later as cosmic dust collectors on two shuttle missions. Aerogels: Much Ado About 'Nothing'
"Partnerships between companies and the national laboratories and universities to commercialize aerogels are starting toappear," says LLNL polymer chemist Rick Pekala. "The basic research is continuing, but now it is at least partially focusedon issues important to industry, like 'How can we better process the material?'"
An example is the work being done at the University of Virginia. One of Hunt's post-doctoral students, Pam Norris, nowhas an aerogel laboratory of her own, where she is leading three separate research projects investigating the nearmiraculous properties of aerogels. She has a National Science Foundation grant to build on her study of heat transferproperties of aerogels, which she began under Hunt, to help scientists custom-tailor aerogel thermal properties forspecific applications.
Norris is also working with IBM to explore the uses of aerogel film as an insulator for printed circuit boards, helping toreduce the dielectric constant lower and lower, allowing electrical engineers to increase computer speed by reducing thedistance between components on a chip.
Her third research effort is exploring the use of the highly porous aerogel material as environmental sensors anddetectors of airborne warfare agents. This work could one day find its way onto hospital wards as a screening agent todetect harmful virus and bacteria, or onto factory floors to detect toxic chemicals in manufacturing plants.
On January 1, 2004, NASA will give aerogel technology a chance to show its star quality.
On that day, five years and 173 million miles from earth, the Stardust unmanned spacecraft will extend its ethereal scoopand swoop within 150 km of comet Wild 2 at a speed of 6.2 km/sec (13,680 mph), collecting comet dust for the first time,which is to be returned to earth for analysis. En route to the comet, Stardust will also collect samples of interstellar dust,including the recently discovered dust streaming into the solar system from the direction of Sagittarius.
The dust capture mechanism will use an exciting new silica aerogel material attached to the scoop-panel reaching liketennis racket from the earth-return pod on the spacecraft to soft-catch and preserve the dust particles. The objective is torecover more than one thousand particles larger than 15 microns in diameter, as well as other volatile molecules on thesame aerogel capture medium.
Aerogel has sometimes been compared to foam, but other than its light weight it's not like conventional foams at all.Rather, it's a special porous material that has extreme microporosity at the micron scale. Aerogel is composed ofindividual features only a few nanometers (billionths of a meter) in size, linked to a highly porous dendritic (tree-likecrystal) structure.
When hypervelocity particles are captured in aerogel they produce narrow cone-shaped tracks and can easily be seen inthe highly transparent aerogel by using a stereo microscope. The cone is largest at the point of entry, and the particle iscollected intact at the point of the cone. This provides a directionality detector and is the basis for the mission designapproach of using a single waffle of aerogel to collect both cometary and interstellar dust. Side A of the collector isexposed to the direction of comet dust impact; Side B is positioned toward the interstellar dust stream. After theencounter with Wild 2, the aerogel collector will be retracted into the Sample Return Capsule and returned to earth.
Although aerogel was discovered in the 1930s, no practical use for the chemically unique material was identified untilrecently. They're the lowest density solid material in the world; one inch of aerogel can insulate a home five times betterthan six inches of fiberglass. Their constituent pores and particles are both smaller than the wavelength of visible light.Silica (silicon dioxide) aerogels consist of bonded silicon and oxygen atoms joined into long strands and then into beadsrandomly linked together with pockets of air between them. They can be fabricated to be less dense than air, and haveextraordinary sound, heat and electrical insulation properties.
Aerogel is also aboard another NASA spacecraft; aerogel accompanied the Mars Pathfinder onto the surface of the RedPlanet last summer, providing a lightweight, highly insulating environment to protect the Pathfinder Sojourner'selectronics from the harsh, cold climate of Mars.
Over the past several years the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA, has produced and flight qualified aerogel. JPLaerogel capture experiments have flown and been recovered on the Spacehab II and Eureca Shuttle flights.
The comet samples are made up of pre-solar interstellar grains and nebular condensates that were incorporated intocomets at the birth of the solar system. Their analysis is expected to yield important clues about the evolution of the sunand planets, and possibly into the origin of life itself.
One of the most practical applications for aerogel may be found at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Researchers therethink computer speeds may double as the result of their having fabricated insulators for computer chips out of aerogelthat are so thin and porous they are more air than matter. Some of the Rensselaer chips are 65 to 90 percent air.
The Rensselaer aerogels have low dielectric constants, making them excellent insulators, permitting electrical engineersto place lines closer together without disrupting or slowing the electrical signal.
Air, the perfect insulator, has a dielectric of 1. Chips can't be held together with air, but the research teams are learninghow to solve the problem with aerogels. Aerogels, discovered in the 1930s, are unique in chemistry. Their constituentpores and particles are both smaller than the wavelength of visible light.
"We have a process to make aerogel films under ambient temperature and pressure conditions that enables us tointegrate the deposition of aerogels into semiconductor processing," says Joel Plawsky, Rensselaer associate professor ofchemical engineering. "This is important because the next generation of devices will have to use dielectric materials withmuch lower dielectric constants than the thermally grown silica-dioxide currently used to avoid propagation delays andexcessive crosstalk."
The Rensselaer aerogels were announced and display last November when members of the Center for AdvancedInterconnect Science and Technology (CAIST) gathered on campus to hear reports. An interdisciplinary universityconsortium, CAIST was established by industry to improve interconnects, the minuscule system of wires and insulationthat carries messages on a chip. The team of Plawsky and colleagues Peter Wayner and William Gill from Rensselaer'sIsermann Chemical Engineering Department showed it can control porosity and thickness of their aerogel. Their new filmsapparently do not create problems by absorbing water during processing. They also stand up well to high temperature.
The importance of aerogels as a possible solution to lowering the dielectric constant can be seen in the research raceunderway. At the December meeting of the IEEE International electron Devices Meeting in Washington, DC, TexasInstruments reported that it has demonstrated the successful combination of copper wiring with a similar aerogelsubstance it calls xerogel. Illustrating the importance of this new type of insulator, TI estimated that within a decadecombining xerogel with copper wires and new designs could result in devices that are several times faster than today'sbest chips.
"TI's process for making aerogels is proprietary, but I do not believe they can make films as thick or as porous as ours,"Plawsky says.
The researchers say aerogels will probably be used once device dimensions shrink much below 0.25 microns. (Gatelengths using 0.18 micron technology have been announced by several manufacturers.) "At that point they will be marriedwith copper conductors to achieve speed increases perhaps a factor of 10 higher than current microprocessors," Plawskysays.
These aerogel materials are not limited to dielectrics. "We can make 'active' devices from them by growing semiconductornanoparticles inside," Plawsky explains. "We generally modify the surface of our materials with organic functionality tomake the material resistant to water. Such modification can also be used to make sensors, nanoreactors and other items."
There are many problems remaining for the researchers. "As chemical engineers our primary interest is how chemistryand processing combine to produce a material with a given set of properties," Plawsky says. "Our research focuses onhow to control the material properties and how we can develop mathematical models that incorporate the details of thechemistry and the processing in order to predict the performance of the material."
The next step in the research is to determine how the aerogel materials interact with metallization layers such as copper.Plawsky said in particular they are interested in whether copper diffuses into the aerogel and how to control it. "We arealso interested in whether copper adheres to the aerogel and how to control the surface properties of the aerogel andcopper to enhance the adhesion, he said."
They can put a man on the moon but can they build a 40 percent lighter car that gets 80 miles per gallon while increasingengine efficiency by 50 percent and energy storage by 90 percent?
Researchers for the Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles (PNGV), a domestic auto industry and federalgovernment initiative, have identified several technologies to help achieve these goals. Ultra lightweight materials,including aerogels, are expected to play a critical role in PNGV designs.
Carbon aerogel, one of the world's lightest materials, offers high surface area for optimum power delivery from a compactsize - a primary need for the development of ultracapacitor technology. Ultracapacitors made of carbon aerogel - called Aerogels: Much Ado About 'Nothing'
aerocapacitors - like those being developed at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA, for PNGV,offer one alternative for addressing energy storage needs in hybrid electric vehicles. >P>Ultracapacitors, which arecapable of several times the specific power (power per unit of weight) of conventional battery systems, are the nextgeneration of capacitor electrical energy storage. Found in most of today's electronic devices, capacitors store electricalenergy by allowing a charge to build up between two conductive plates. Ultracapacitors have the potential to store ahundred times or more energy than conventional capacitors. Energy is retained by distributing it across a large surfacearea. Energy is stored in an ultracapacitor by charge separation within the micro pores of high surface area materials,such as those found in aerogels. These materials typically do not undergo chemical change as in traditional batterysystems. This storage mechanism is a primary reason these devices are capable of extremely high (greater than 100,000)cycle life.
LLNL began working on aerogels in 1984 in relation to a laser program's need for low density, high pore volume materials.Since the discovery of carbon aerogels, numerous applications like the aerocapacitor have surfaced.
Aerocapacitors are inexpensive and show potential to be easy to produce. Because of the enormous surface area broughtby the use of carbon aerogels (a chunk of aerogel the size of a grape has an internal surface area as large as 2 basketballcourts), aerocapacitors can deliver 50 times more power in a given space than conventional batteries. In addition,aerocapacitors' conductivity is higher than that of capacitors made from other forms of carbon or carbon powders due tothe 'honeycomb' structure of carbon aerogel.
Applications for aerocapacitors and carbon aerogels include electric and hybrid vehicles, power supplies, load leveling,memory backup, preheaters for catalytic converters, sensors, lenses, lightweight mirrors, window and skylight insulation,water heater and pipe insulation, refrigeration, cameras, speakers and ultrasound devices. Ultracapacitors are alreadybeing developed for a wide range of commercial markets, including communications, consumer electronics and medicalapplications as well as military and aerospace uses.
The LLNL aerocapacitors have shown capacities of up to 40 Farads (the unit of electrostatic capacitance) per cubiccentimeter and excellent performance in temperatures as low as -30 degrees Centigrade. Power densities have beenshown to be more than 7 kW/kg, while unpackaged energy densities with aqueous electrolytes have been reported at 4Wh/kg. These aerocapacitors do not lose stored energy for weeks at a time.
Versions of this article appeared in High Technology Careers Magazine (June, 1998), Science Spectra (No. 16, 1999), andElectronics Now (July, 1998).


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Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
Peter Parker balances his life as an ordinary high school student in Queens with his superhero alter-ego Spider-Man, and finds himself on the trail of a new menace prowling the skies of New York City.
Thrilled by his experience with the Avengers, Peter returns home, where he lives with his Aunt May, under the watchful eye of his new mentor Tony Stark, Peter tries to fall back into his normal daily routine - distracted by thoughts of proving himself to be more than just your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man - but when the Vulture emerges as a new villain, everything that Peter holds most important will be threatened.
Peter Parker is exploring the concept of becoming an Avenger. Tony Stark tries to help Peter, but he does not have total faith in Spider-Man to become a hero. And so Peter Parker, aka Spider-Man sets off to prove he is worthy to become an Avenger while at the same time trying to manage his ordinary teenage life.
A young Peter Parker/Spider-Man begins to navigate his newfound identity as the web-slinging super hero Spider-Man. Thrilled by his experience with the Avengers, Peter returns home, where he lives with his Aunt May, under the watchful eye of his new mentor Tony Stark. Peter tries to fall back into his normal daily routine - distracted by thoughts of proving himself to be more than just your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man - but when the Vulture emerges as a new villain, everything that Peter holds most important will be threatened.
After the events of Captain America: Civil War, Peter Parker balances life as a normal teen with normal friends and being the newest and youngest vigilante, Spider-Man. But against the commands of his mentor, Tony Stark, Peter must go under the radar and investigate the mysterious new supervillain, The Vulture.
After Captain America: Civil War (2016), Peter Parker, The Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, is patiently waiting for Tony Stark to give him a mission where he can help out as best as he can manage. Balancing everyday life as Peter Parker alongside being Spider-Man is a daunting task for The Wall Crawler and it starts taking its toll when Parker encounters a gang of underground thugs selling Chitauri-based weapons for a mysterious villain known as The Vulture.
Following the Battle of New York, Adrian Toomes and his salvage company are contracted to clean up the city, but their operation is taken over by the Department of Damage Control (D.O.D.C.), a partnership between Tony Stark and the U.S. government. Enraged at being driven out of business, Toomes persuades his employees to keep the Chitauri technology they have already scavenged and use it to create and sell advanced weapons. Eight years later, Peter Parker is drafted into the Avengers by Stark to help with an internal dispute, but resumes his studies at the Midtown School of Science and Technology when Stark tells him he is not yet ready to become a full Avenger..
- The film opens in New York City the Avengers battled the Chitauri. Salvage worker Adrian Toomes (Michael Keaton) is showing his co-worker a drawing that his daughter made of the Avengers in action. They proceed to work on taking apart the Chitauri leviathan and gathering any tech they can get their hands on. Soon, a van from the U.S. Department of Damage Control arrives. Anne Marie Hoag (Tyne Daly) orders Toomes to shut down his operation, and adds that they will be confiscating all of their findings. Toomes protests and even punches a Damage Control agent when he makes a snide remark to him. Hoag then reasserts her demand to Toomes to give up his work.
After learning that Tony Stark (Robert Downey, Jr.) is behind Damage Control, Toomes gathers three of his co-workers - Jackson Brice (Logan Marshall-Green), Herman Schultz (Bokeem Woodbine), and Phineas Mason (Michael Chernus) - to continue their work in gathering Chitauri tech regardless of what they are told. Eight years later, Toomes and his guys are still at it, with Toomes using his Vulture suit to bring in a bag of Chitauri power core.
Meanwhile, Peter Parker (Tom Holland) is recording a video log as he travels to Berlin with Happy Hogan (Jon Favreau) for what is really Tony recruiting Peter to help him during the events of "Civil War". Happy shows off the new Spider-Man suit that Tony made for Peter, which he gets super excited about. He later records his fight alongside Iron Man and everyone on his loyalist side during the airport fight against Captain America and the other Avengers. Tony then brings Peter home in his limo, leaving him eager for their next mission.
Two months later, Peter is still waiting to hear back from Happy over any new missions. He goes back to being a normal student at Midtown High School. Peter makes plans with his best friend Ned (Jacob Batalon) to build a Lego Death Star. Peter also has a crush on a senior named Liz (Laura Harrier) and is frequently taunted by snotty rich kid Flash Thompson (Tony Revolori). When not at school, Peter continues going around the city as Spider-Man to help people as well as fight crime. Peter refers to his Spidey work as the Stark internship, and as a result, he quits his school's decathlon team. While at school, Peter secretly creates new web fluid for his shooters.
One night, Spidey catches four crooks with Avengers masks trying to rob a bank using high-tech equipment. Spidey shows up and fights the criminals, until one of them uses a device that emits a powerful blast, blowing up not only the bank, but also the bodega across the street. Spidey rushes over to save the owner of the bodega (and his cat).
Peter quietly returns to his room through his window while not trying to let Aunt May (Marisa Tomei) know that he was out. He crawls across the ceiling and comes down to find Ned sitting on his bed, holding the completed Lego Death Star. He drops it and it breaks upon Ned's discovery that Peter is Spider-Man. Ned is shocked but also thrilled. Peter forces him to keep it a secret.
Peter later goes with May to dinner. May is trying to get the silent Peter, and Peter admits that he's been tired out from the "Stark Internship," with May admitting to not being a fan of Stark. They see footage of the bank robbery, and May warns Peter not to go anywhere near that type of chaos in the city.
The entire next day at school, Ned asks Peter questions about being Spider-Man. They even watch a PSA from Captain America (Chris Evans) during gym, and Peter briefly mentions fighting him. The boys then hear Liz talking to her friends about how she's got kind of a crush on Spider-Man, leading Ned to blurt out in front of everyone that Peter knows Spider-Man. Liz then invites Peter and Ned to a party at her house so that Peter can try to invite Spider-Man.
The boys attend the party, and almost instantly, Ned tries to get Peter to change into his Spider-Man outfit. Peter doesn't want to until Flash starts pestering him. He goes to change, but then sees an explosion in the distance. He goes to investigate and finds Brice and Schultz selling Chitauri tech to a local gangster named Aaron Davis (Donald Glover). Peter's cell goes off when Ned tries to call him, making Brice and Schultz think Aaron was setting them up. Spidey intervenes and tries to fight the crooks. He chases them until Vulture swoops down and grabs Spidey. He drops him into the river as he gets tangled in his parachute. Iron Man then comes down and saves Spidey, finding out where he was because of a tracker in his suit. Tony is not in the suit as he is basically calling Peter, but he tells him to stay out of crime-fighting for his own good. Peter considers returning to the party, but Ned has him hear on the phone that Flash has everyone mocking Peter. Peter then finds a weapon that one of the crooks left behind.
At Toomes's lair, Brice admits to dropping his weapon as he was using his electric gauntlets (calling himself "Shocker"). Fed up with Brice's carelessness, Toomes cuts him from the team, but Brice threatens to spill their secrets to Toomes' wife and the public. Toomes responds by grabbing a powerful gun off Mason's desk and incinerating Brice with it (mistaking an anti-gravity gun for a laser gun). He then gives Schultz the gauntlets so he can be Shocker.
With Ned's help, Peter cracks open the weapon to find a power core. He finds Schultz again and places a tracker on him, discovering that he is going to Maryland. To get there, Peter rejoins the decathlon team as they head to D.C. for the Nationals competition.
Peter sneaks out and goes to find Schultz as Spider-Man. He catches the villains attempting to hijack a Damage Control truck with more weaponry inside. During his attempt to foil the villains, Spidey is knocked unconscious and wakes up in a Damage Control warehouse, unable to leave because the door is sealed until the morning. Peter talks to the A.I. system in his suit, whom he refers to as Karen (Jennifer Connelly). She helps Peter get a better understanding of how his suit works. He even tells her about his feelings for Liz. He also learns that the power core is basically a bomb that will go off when exposed to radiation. When he realizes he is about to miss the competition, Peter has Karen help him unlock the doors as he rushes to the competition.
Peter misses the whole competition, but the team wins thanks to the help of reserved loner Michelle Jones (Zendaya). The team then heads over to the Washington Monument. He calls Ned to warn him about the power core that he was holding, but is unable to get the message through. As Spidey, he rushes to the Monument, but the core goes off in Ned's backpack as the team is riding up the elevator. Spidey climbs up the Monument to save the team, but he can't get in through the window without using great force. The police arrive in choppers and order Spidey to get to the ground. Against their orders, Spidey leaps over the choppers and swings from the bottom. He breaks in and tries to hold the falling elevator with his web, but the weight pulls him down. He is able to hold the web and the elevator as everyone inside climbs out. Liz is the last person and nearly falls with the elevator but Spidey catches her with the web and rescues her.
Back in New York, Karen reveals that the Spider-Man suit records everything that Peter has seen. She gets a visual on Aaron, and Spidey later finds him in a parking garage. He attempts to interrogate him to find out why he was trying to get the tech from Toomes's goons. Aaron says he was trying to get them out of his neighborhood. He figures that Spidey is new to being a hero. Aaron tells Spidey that Toomes is meeting to gather more tech at the Staten Island Ferry later that afternoon.
On the Ferry, Toomes is meeting with another criminal named Mac Gargan (Michael Mando). Spidey gets a call from Tony, but he lies about what he's up to. Spidey spots Schultz on the boat but sees Toomes and doesn't realize he is Vulture. He swings in and incapacitates Gargan and his goons. Toomes tries to use a weapon on Spidey, but he holds it down with his webbing. This backfires since the weapon becomes unstable and splits the Ferry in half. Spidey then tries to hold the Ferry together with his webbing, but it's not strong enough and it continues to split. As Spidey holds on as much as he can, Iron Man and his little drones show up to put the Ferry back together and save everyone.
Spidey retreats to a rooftop. Iron Man finds him and chews him out for not listening to him and lying to him about what he's doing with the suit. Peter then attempts to put the blame on Tony for what happened with the Ferry for not listening to him about the Vulture, but Tony steps out of his suit this time and reveals that he DID in fact listen to Peter, as he sent the FBI on the same Ferry that Toomes was on. He goes on to remind Peter that, while nobody got harmed, if somebody did, it would've been on Peter. Feeling that he's unworthy of it, Tony demands that Peter give him back the Spidey suit. Peter pleads with Tony, saying that he's nothing without the suit, to which Tony says that he doesn't deserve it if he's nothing without it. Peter is failed to convince Tony to let him stay with the suit. He goes home to Aunt May dejectedly. She gets on him for not answering his phone all day, even going to the police to find out where he was. She also knows about him skipping detention at school earlier that day, that he missed out on the Decathlon competition in Washington, AND he sneaks out out of the house every night. Demanding an explanation, he admits to getting fired from the Internship.
Peter resumes his life as a student and spends more time with Ned. Peter finds Liz at school and admits to liking her, which she already knew. He then asks her to the homecoming dance, which she accepts.
On the night of the dance, Peter goes to pick up Liz, only to learn that her father is none other than...ADRIAN TOOMES. After some awkward photos, Toomes drives Peter and Liz to the dance. As Liz tells Adrian about Peter's background and the events at Washington, he slowly starts putting together the pieces of Peter's circumstances and realizes that he's Spider-Man. Liz leaves the car, and Toomes quietly threatens Peter by telling him to stay out of his business or else he will kill him and anyone he cares about.
During the dance, Peter learns that Toomes plans to steal a shipment of weaponry from a plane coming from the Avengers Tower heading to their new headquarters. Peter ditches Liz and rushes to get his homemade Spider-Man suit to stop Toomes. He heads outside and is attacked by Schultz with his gauntlets. Peter tries to reach his web shooter, but Schultz continues to pummel him. He is saved by Ned, and Peter sticks Schultz to a bus with the webbing.
Spidey rushes to stop Toomes with Ned being his eyes and ears. Ned tries to get in touch with Happy, but he doesn't care about it and hangs up on him. Spidey finds Toomes in his lair. Toomes attempts to reason with Peter that he's only doing what he believes is necessary and that the world isn't as black and white as the young Peter believes it to be, but it turns out to be a distraction as Toomes unleashes his suit as it flies around the area, destroying support beams and causing a pile of debris to fall on Spidey. Toomes leaves him to die. Peter struggles to lift the rubble off of him and he fears he is going to die. He then remembers Tony's words, he uses all his strength to pull himself out and he'll have to do it all alone without Tony's help.
Spidey latches onto Vulture's suit as he intercepts the plane. Toomes tries to gather what he needs, but Spidey foils his plan. Toomes gets in his suit and fights Spidey on the plane. They knock out the turbines, sending the plane toward Coney Island. Spidey is able to maneuver the plane away from the city and onto the beach as it crash-lands. Toomes attempts to get away with the weaponry, but Spidey tries to warn him that they are about to explode. Toomes tries flying away anyway, but the cores blow up and he goes crashing down. Spidey finds Toomes and saves him, but he leaves him next to the rest of the weaponry for Happy and the police to find later, leading to Toomes getting arrested.
At school, Peter finds out that Liz is moving to Oregon with her mother while her father is on trial. She is still upset with Peter for leaving her at the dance. She says goodbye to Peter and hopes that he can figure himself out. Peter is back on the decathlon team, and Michelle is made captain. She quickly mentions that her nickname is MJ. Peter then gets a text to go to the bathroom. Happy is there, thanking Peter for what he did. He then tells Peter that Tony wants to see him.
Tony and Happy bring Peter to the new Avengers HQ. Tony presents Peter with a brand new Spider-Man suit, telling him that there are reporters behind the wall waiting for a big announcement, meaning Tony is about to officially make Peter a new Avenger. However, Peter turns Tony down, saying he prefers to be a "friendly neighborhood Spider-Man" for now. Peter leaves, and asks Tony if he was testing him and whether or not he passed, and Tony seemingly confirms it adding that there are no reporters. However, Tony is actually surprised that Peter made the mature choice of turning him down, and that there really were a bunch of reporters outside. Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow) comes out, asking where Peter is. She is frustrated that he walked out, so Happy covers for them by giving Tony a ring so he can propose to Pepper.
When Peter gets home, he finds a bag from Tony on his bed. Tony is convinced and has given Peter back the original Spider-Man suit. Peter then proudly puts it on...not realizing Aunt May is behind him, leading her to blurt out "WHAT THE F--".
Mid-Credits Scene: Toomes is locked up at The Raft and he runs into Gargan, who mentions that he and other criminals are trying to come together to kill Spider-Man. Gargan then reveals that he heard a rumor of Toomes knowing who Spider-Man is. Toomes denies it, saying Spider-Man would already be dead if he knew. He then leaves Gargan to see Liz and his wife visiting him.
After-Credits Scene: Captain America shows up in another PSA talking about patience, and how sometimes being patient leads to things that aren't worth it. He then asks the off-screen director of the PSAs how many more PSA videos he has to work on.


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In 2010, the production value of the textile chain was US$60.5bn, equivalent to 5.5% of the total production value of the manufacturing industry. However, the sector is especially important as an employer. In 2010, companies producing basic textiles and made-up articles employed nearly 1.7m people or 16.4% of total employment in the manufacturing industry. This share has only slightly diminished since 2004, when it was 16.9%.
There is a growing sense in Brazil, also at government level, that the textile and apparel industry is a key sector for the country's development. Actions against the imports of textile goods from competitors that do not abide by international trade rules will be enhanced. The "Bigger Brazil" plan will back the competitiveness of the sector, while Texbrasil (the Brazilian fashion industry export programme sponsored by both the industry and the government) enthusiastically continues its long-term effort to promote Brazilian fashion worldwide.


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Donors give, vie for big prize at fourth annual Beaver Stadium Blood Drive
Kevin Morooney, vice provost of Penn State's Information Technology Services, has been giving blood for at least 20 years.
"I guess you can say I've become an expert in lying on the table to give blood," he said, jokingly.
Morooney was one of about 230 people Tuesday who gave blood during the fourth annual Beaver Stadium Blood Drive in the stadium's Mount Nittany Club.
The American Red Cross and Penn State Athletics formed a partnership four years ago to host the annual blood drive as part of a yearlong Bleed Blue blood donation campaign that offers Nittany Lions game packages and other rewards to donors.
This time, when donors gave blood, they were enrolled in a drawing that could take them and a guest on a six-day trip to Ireland and to the Penn State football game at Croke Park on Aug. 30 against the University of Central Florida.
The trip is made possible through sponsorships that include Glenn O. Hawbaker Inc, Collegiate Athletic Travel, Penn State Student Red Cross Club, National Penn, Aris Corp. and HFL Corp.
"It's a way to show appreciation for all those who give blood and as a way to leverage fans from across the state," said Marianne Spampinato, Red Cross of the Greater Alleghenies communications manager.
"People give blood because it's a good thing to do."
Blood donations help support local hospitals like Mount Nittany Medical Center, UPMC Altoona and Lewistown Hospital, Spampinato said.
Spampinato recommended that donors eat a good meal within three hours of giving blood and keep hydrated.
"I know I did it right if I have to use the bathroom when the nurse sticks me with the needle," Morooney said.
Morooney's goal is to give blood every 56 days.
This started during his senior year in high school, when his father needed surgery.
"The nurse said there were ways to give blood, and I've been doing it ever since," he said.
Most healthy people age 17 and older — or 16 with parental consent in Pennsylvania — who weigh at least 110 pounds, are eligible to donate blood. Donors who are 18 and younger also must meet specific height and weight requirements.
Eligible donors are able to donate blood every 56 days and must be in good health at the time of giving blood, Spampinato said.
The next blood drive will be held 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday at the Business Building, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 11 at the HUB on Penn State's campus to support Thon.
Spampinato said that more than $10,000 was raised last year to help support the Four Diamonds Foundation, which financially supports patients and families battling pediatric cancer.


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Why It Truly Is Blood for Oil
If you recall all those burning oil wells after the first Gulf War in Kuwait, you will understand that many of those burning wells were gushing oil and gas. That's why they continued to burn. This illustrates how many of the wells in that region are under pressure and how petroleum flows to the surface with no need of pumps. Iraqi oil fields are some of the least expensive places on the planet to extract oil.


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Cholesterol is used by the body in many important areas, such as protecting the nerves, the composition of cells and the production of certain hormones. The largest proportion of cholesterol, 80%, required to meet the needs of the human body, is produced in the liver. The remaining 20% comes from the diet. It is better to come from the healthy Mediterranean diet.
High concentrations of cholesterol in the blood, especially the bad cholesterol LDL, are detrimental to health. It contributes to the creation and growth of atherosclerosis of the arteries, which is the cause of heart attacks and strokes. The reduction of elevated LDL, bad cholesterol, in the blood, removes substantially the risk of myocardial infarction, stroke and other cardiovascular diseases.
The initial recommendation to people with high bad cholesterol LDL, changes in lifestyle and diet. Then, if you do not have the desired effect, the doctor will decide what kind of drugs which lower cholesterol, which will be granted to you. The goal is to reduce LDL cholesterol and prevent serious diseases affecting the heart, brain, arteries and the cardiovascular system in general.
The main non-pharmaceutical measures to be implemented to reduce LDL cholesterol include:
1. Healthy Mediterranean diet low in animal fat and rich in whole grains, legumes, fruits and vegetables. Saturated fats should be limited to less than 7% of total calories consumed to maintain a normal body weight. Dietary cholesterol should not exceed 200 mg daily. Foods rich in saturated fats are the liver, other viscera, fatty meats, egg yolk and full-fat dairy products
2. Food rich in soluble fibre. These include oats, oranges, pears, Brussels sprouts, carrots, peas, beans and other legumes
3. Foods low in saturated fats prevent the free milk or low (1%) in fat, fish, poultry without skin, meat without fat, whole grains, nuts, legumes, fruits and vegetables. All of these are basic components of the Mediterranean diet.
4. Avoid consumption of products containing animal fats. This category of dietary fat is widely used and increases the bad LDL cholesterol in the blood. Instead, preference is given to poor content of margarines in saturated fats and little or better, no animal fats
5. The products are rich in plant sterols and stanols (enriched orange juice, margarine, milk) help to reduce LDL cholesterol in the blood
6. Regular physical activity for at least 30 minutes a day 3 or better on all days of the week: Exercise increases the good HDL cholesterol and lowers bad cholesterol LDL. Let us also not forget that exercise reduces appetite and helps us for better weight control and obesity prevention
7. Reduce or even better quit smoking.
8. Limit or avoid alcohol consumption.
9. Proper management of daily stress. This can be achieved with proper training.
10. Avoid sleep deprivation
11. Maintain normal weight for body height, avoiding obesity
From all the above it can be clearly seen that Mediterranean diet is a must for healthy and cholesterol-free living.


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Biography: Roy Cook, Park Ranger at Wall Doxey Park
The Cooks had planned to have three children but, due to complications, Leroy was their only child. He was a happy child and had lots of friends to play with in his neighborhood. All his pals called him Roy, and the nickname stuck. His parents couldn't afford everything they wanted for their son but they did the best they could.
During his elementary school years Roy discovered the difference between kids with wealthy parents and kids that didn't have much. He envied those rich kids and wanted the things they had. When Roy turned 13 he and two of his friends stole money from the teacher's desk but nothing could be proved. Roy's thirst for material things grew throughout his teen years and extended into his high school years where he and his gang of friends continued their life of crime. They started smoking pot and soon discovered there was good money in the cannabis trade. It wasn't long before Roy was arrested for possession and sale of marijuana.
Roy was sent to a juvenile detention center for six weeks. That's where he met Kyle Ferguson. Kyle was a big know-it-all that was just a few years older than he, and Roy really didn't care much for him. Ferguson served his time was let out a couple of days after Roy arrived. Roy served his time and, when he came back, he told his parents he had learned his lesson and promised he would never do or sell drugs again. It was a struggle, but Roy finally managed to finish high school.
After graduation he worked at several odd jobs and generally stayed out of trouble. He passed his time working at a service station and taking short trips to Wall Doxey Park on his days off. He liked the beautiful scenery and he loved getting away from work. The park seemed like a great place to work.
During one conversation with the local park ranger, he discovered a high school diploma and a little luck could get you a job collecting fees at the park gate or working at the camp grounds. He applied the very next day but there were no openings. Volunteering until a job came open was an option, so on his one day off from the service station Roy worked the grounds at the park. He loved his volunteer work and finally was hired on to collect fees at the park gate.
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Thank you Devon.
Sunday, February 22, 2015
Is it better to have loved and lost ... than to have never loved at all ? That is the age old question every asks themselves after a love has ended. I recently was lucky enough to meet and date a wonderful man. It was so great.. he treated me like no other.. I was in heaven but.. yep you knew there had to be a but.... I messed that up . Made a foolish decision that shattered our love and ended a wonderful thing.... I will always have a special love and place in my heart for him.
Thank you Devon.
Thank you Devon.
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Originally posted by Craig Ranke CIT
I knew the pseudo-skeptics would be afraid of this thread!
You wanted math fellas!
You got it.
Originally posted by Craig Ranke CIT
The pins are the lat long coordinates and the yellow straight line is where it needs to continue in order to line up with the physical damage.
Originally posted by Craig Ranke CIT
In the video presentation Pilots for 9/11 Truth explains how while the lat long coordinates in the black box mysteriously stop, other values are recorded all the way to the Pentagon wall.
Originally posted by Craig Ranke CIT
There is nothing indicating any sort of swerve around the antenna.
Originally posted by Reheat
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I expected you to evade the answer and you didn't disappoint at all.
There are no FDR derived lat/long coordinates for those positions, so how can I post them?
You said there were, so post them to prove your point.
Pssst - don't bother to continue your line of crap because I know you don't have a clue. The fact that you said those points were from FDR derived lat/long coordinates proves it.
Originally posted by ThroatYogurt
How much is Captain Bob charging for this one?
Do I get a free PFFFT 911 clock if I buy one?
Originally posted by Craig Ranke CIT
reply to post by Reheat
I didn't create the image.
Farmer did.
If you don't think it represents where the NTSB said the plane was.....take it up with him.
Originally posted by Craig Ranke CIT
I've never claimed to have technical knowledge of FDR's and that hasn't changed.
Originally posted by Craig Ranke CIT
But I DO understand how it is that Ryan Mackey lied and I DO understand what is impossible about the final descent due to recorded altitude and all trends in the data.
Originally posted by Craig Ranke CIT
Meanwhile you are not able to refute a single thing in the OP.
Originally posted by Reheat
I did not say it did not indicate where the NTSB said AA77 was. You indicated the data came from the FDR when, in fact, it did not.
Originally posted by johndoex
ReTreat tried to imply he "knows" people who will prevent me from getting an FAA Flight Physical. Yeah, he tries to destroy the livelihoods of anyone who questions the govt story (Nazi Germany anyone?). But as usual, its a lie, because he knows no one... and he certainly will not put his name on such a claim/lie... the guy is nothing but smoke...
Originally posted by Craig Ranke CIT
He also tried to lie that i padded my logbook and then backpeddled. Is it any surpsie why ReTreat never puts his names to his claims/lies?


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We don't need to be convinced to spend an evening shopping at Mark Shale, but add two of the city's best fashion bloggers dishing on their top summer must-haves and doling out free style advice, and we're in retail heaven. This Thursday, Ana Fonua of Chi-Style Maven and Jennifer Worman of Red Soles & Red Wine are joining forces to bring you a hashtag-worthy #SummerStyle Event at the Shops at 900. Ana will be spotlighting her favorite men's and women's accessories, and Jennifer will be showcasing her top picks for womenswear. The blogging duo have already curated their favorite looks on their respective websites and pinterest boards, so you can get started on some early pinspirations. And, be sure to bring your A-game Thursday, as Ana and Jennifer will be judging a style contest where guests can compete to decorate themselves in Mark Shale attire. The prize? A swag bag filled with luxe necessities. #yesplease.
When: Thursday, July 12; from 5 to 7 p.m.
Where: Mark Shale; 900 North Michigan Avenue (between East Walton Street and East Delaware Place); 312-440-0720
Where: Mark Shale; 900 North Michigan Avenue (between East Walton Street and East Delaware Place); 312-440-0720
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