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"Bundling" refers to "the consolidation of two or more procurement requirements for goods or services previously provided or performed under separate smaller contracts into a solicitation of offers for a single contract." (13 C.F.R. § 125.2) The problem is, when contracts are "bundled" they often become too big, or too complex, for a small business to handle alone.
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Since the Sokoto State Governor, Aliyu Wamakko, shut some private schools in the state, saying they failed short of the educational, religious and cultural standards his government approved, tongues have been wagging, as some commentators and opponents even allege political and religious vindictiveness on the part of the governor.
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Lindale is located at 34°11′37″N 85°10′25″W / 34.19361°N 85.17361°W / 34.19361; -85.17361 (34.193495, -85.173713)[3].
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Using GitHub to Share with SparkFun
In early 2013, SparkFun made the decision to share all of the code and design files for our products via GitHub. While we've always striven to provide as much information on our products as possible (including complete source files; after all, we are all about Open Source!), in the past, that's been a very one-way channel. Our customers can see the source, download it, and use it as they please, but there's been no (easy) way for them to share changes with us (and, by extension, with the rest of the community).
By moving our product source to GitHub, we hope to change that. Obviously, the sheer number of products we have means that migrating them to GitHub is a slow process; in fact, we're not really trying to get all of our older products moved over at all. New products (those we design in house, anyway) will always launch with a GitHub repo containing at a minimum the source files for the product and most likely containing example code, getting started information, and a (curated, but open) wiki that can be used to exchange information with other users about the product.
What is git?
Git is a source control package originally developed by Linus Torvalds for tracking changes during development of the Linux kernel. It's intended to make collaboration on projects easier by allowing locally stored repositories to be synchronized against a remotely stored master copy.
As is so often the case, the choice of source control package tends to be a deeply personal and subjective matter. We chose git (and GitHub) because they offer good support for all the tools we use at a reasonable price and are free for our customers to use to interact with us.
So what's GitHub, then?
GitHub is, at it's most basic, a web-based collaboration tool based on the git source control package. It allows multiple users to access git projects (called "repositories"), track changes, manage revisions, and merge with each other's different version.
The demarcation between git and GitHub can be fuzzy at times, until you get used to the tools. In general, things happening on the command line are using the git tool, and GitHub interactions will be done through the web page interface.
Suggested Reading
This tutorial isn't meant to get you up to speed on how to use git, in general- it's really just a step-by-step guide to show you how to make a change in a SparkFun repository and share that change with us. If you want to learn more about git and GitHub in general, we've got a great tutorial about GitHub. Git is a phenomenal tool, even if you're not collaborating. Once you get the hang of it, it's super easy to use and extremely powerful.
Gitting Started
We're going to use the command line tools for git for this tutorial. While it may feel a bit archaic, the git command line interface has a couple of serious advantages:
- The command line interface is truly multiplatform. Following these instructions on a Mac, PC, or Linux box will all yield the same results.
- The command line interface is stable. There are lots of gui-based interfaces out there, and they change regularly. Even the official GitHub gui changes relatively often.
- The command line interface is predictable. It doesn't do things you don't ask it to do, as some graphical interfaces do.
Install the GitHub Client
Visit the GitHub website, sign up for an account if you don't already have one, and install the client. I'm not going to go into the details of doing this here, because there are better instructions on their website. Go ahead and get this taken care of; I'll wait.
Once you've finished your installation, open a Git Shell window. Again, I'll let you follow their instructions on how to do this. I'm working in Windows 7, but the appearance of the command line window should be pretty similar no matter which operating system you're using. Regardless of the details (for example, the command line prompt you see), the git commands should behave the same way.
Once you've got the shell open, go ahead and type "
git" and hit enter. The result should look something like this:
If you don't see the command summary, you're in the wrong kind of shell. Make sure that you launched a Git Shell, which should have installed with git.
Don't worry too much about these commands. We're really just concerned with whether or not you're in the right place to start working with git.
Forking a Repository
Now that we've gotten our client installed, we need to grab the repository that we want to make our changes on. We'll use the repository for the other GitHub tutorial for this example.
Fork Globally…
The first step is to fork the repository from SparkFun's account to your own. While there are other ways to take a copy of the repository and work with it, forking is the preferred method, because it makes it easier to submit pull requests (which notify the original owner that you have changes that you'd like considered for inclusion) later.
Once you're on the repository page, look for the "Fork this repo" button. You can see it in the image above; forking is core functionality of GitHub, so, even if the interface has changed slightly, you should be able to find it. Click the button and you'll see something like this:
Looks just like the old version, no? If you'll note, though, the account name is different–now it's in my account rather than the SparkFun account.
…Code Locally
Now we need to make a local copy. While you can edit simple text files directly on GitHub, it's reasonable to assume most of your work will be done on a local terminal. Pick a location to store the files that you'll be working with (I store mine in a folder called "Projects" in my DropBox folder; git plays very well with DropBox!). Here's a sequence of commands to get those files from GitHub to your local computer and store them in a directory of your choosing:
Let's take the commands here one at a time:
cd projects- change directory to "projects". This is where I keep, well, my projects.
git clone https://github.com/mhord/Github_Tutorial.git- Tell git you want to clone the repository located at this address. The address is case sensitive and git will choke if it's not exactly right. Cloning creates a copy of the repository, complete with push and pull links back to the original on GitHub. We'll talk about what this means in a bit.
cd Github_Tutorial/- change directory to "Github_Tutorial". You'll need to be in this directory whenever you're working with this repository.
ls- list the files in the directory.
ls -a- list all the files currently in the directory. Files and folders prepended with a '.' will not normally show up when you type "ls", so you need the -a switch to see them.
The .git directory contains all the "under-the-hood" stuff git needs to work its magic. Never, ever mess with it. .gitattributes contains some bookkeeping information telling git how to deal with certain file types; you don't really need to worry about it now, as it's not something you'll be modifying and is not found in all repositories. .gitignore is a text file telling git which files it should skip when committing changes. A good example of files that you might want to exclude are .o files when building a software project, or the .b#x and .s#x files that EAGLE creates as back-ups when you're editing board layouts or schematics.
Other files should be pretty self-explanatory–they're the "meat", the stuff you're really interested in editing.
Committing, Pushing and Pulling
Now that you've got a local copy and a copy on your GitHub account, there are four things that you'll need to know how to do in order to collaborate with SparkFun:
- Commit - committing is the process which records changes in the repository. Think of it as a snapshot of the current status of the project. Commits are done locally.
- Push - pushing sends the recent commit history from your local repository up to GitHub. If you're the only one working on a repository, pushing is fairly simple. If there are others accessing the repository, you may need to pull before you can push.
- Pull - a pull grabs any changes from the GitHub repository and merges them into your local repository.
- Sync - syncing is like pulling, but instead of connecting to your GitHub copy of the forked repo, it goes back to the original repository and brings in any changes. Once you've synced your repository, you need to push those changes back to your GitHub account.
The first step in getting a change back to us is to commit it to your local repository. Look at this sequence of commands:
Again, one command at a time:
git status- checks the current status of the repository. This tells you a lot of things; at the moment, it's telling you that you don't have any uncommitted changes in your repository.
touch README.md- create a README file. The .md suffix is indicative that the file will be formatted in Markdown, which is widely used for formatting on the GitHub website.
git status- same command, second time. This time, you can see that there's a new file, but it's "untracked". That means it won't be included in the commit. You'll need to add it, first.
git add .- add all untracked files to the repository (at least, those untracked files which are not omitted by the .gitignore file). You can, of course, add files individually by replacing the
.with the file name.
git status- now the README.md file is showing as a new file to be committed.
git commit -m "Add README.md"- commit the recent changes. The
-mswitch allows you to enter a short double-quoted commit message. Omitting that switch will cause git to open a text editor so you can enter a longer message; save and close the text editor when you're done.
Pushing sends your changes up to GitHub, so they can be shared with the rest of the world. It also serves as a hedge against data loss.
git status- our status tells us we have no local changes pending, but that the remote is one commit behind. This isn't actually checking against the remote repository, just letting us know how many times we've committed since our last push.
git remote -v- check out where our remote target is. We'll revisit this in a bit, when we start working on syncing to the original repository.
git push -u origin master- push the changes in branch master (we're going to skip branches, in order to keep this tutorial kind of easy) to remote location origin, and remember the settings (
Pulling is the opposite of pushing–it retrieves changes from the remote location and applies them to your local repository. You probably won't do it that much; it's more useful in a group environment where more than one person is submitting changes to a single repository.
Visit the repository page again; you'll see that, since we pushed it back to GitHub, the README.md file is now in the file list. We can change the text in that file right on GitHub, then pull the change back down to our local repository. Start by clicking the file name link. That'll give you this page:
Since we didn't put anything in the file after we created it, there's nothing on the page. You can add something to the file by clicking the "Edit" button:
At the bottom of the page, you'll find a commit window which lets you put in a description, an extended description, and commit the changes.
Now that you've made a change on the server which is not reflected in your local repository, we'll need to pull it down.
git status- note that even though we know there's a difference on the server, git status does not reflect that, because it only gives us status on the local repository.
git pull -u origin master- the syntax is the same as push, but the changes go in the other direction.
At this point, our local repository is in sync with our GitHub repository. But what about the original repository? What if something has changed there, and we want to bring those changes into our copy (both local and on GitHub)?
Syncing with the Original Repository
Syncing is the process of getting changes from the original remote repository, the one you forked from in the first place, and bringing them into your local repository so that you can ensure that you're making changes on the most up-to-date version of the original. Since you don't have access to change the directory on the SparkFun GitHub page, like I do, you'll have to just follow along–without any changes to the original repository, a sync is meaningless.
I made a small change to one of the files in the repository, so now we've got a fairly common scenario: most of the repository matches, but I have a new file I want to send to SparkFun, and SparkFun has some changes that I need to include.
Adding the Remote Repository
Before you can pull it to your local repository, you need to add the original repository's information to your local repository. Here's how to do that:
git remote add upstream https://github.com/sparkfun/Github_Tutorial.git- add a remote endpoint to grab code differences from.
git remote -v- you can see here that we now have two different remotes to interface: our personal copy and SparkFun's copy. This will allow us to keep our copy up-to-date with SparkFun's in much the same way as we do with our own remote repository.
git fetch upstream- fetch works like pull, except it creates a new branch for the incoming data rather than attempting to merge it immediately. This is a "safe" operation; you'll need to manually merge the incoming data.
git branch -va- the
-vaswitch displays all local and remote branches. A branch is just what it sounds like–the change log branches off from the original, and changes to the branch are tracked independently of changes to other branches.
git merge upstream/master- merge attempts to reconcile differences between two branches, bringing the changes in the branch named (in this case "upstream/master") into the currently active branch (since we haven't changed it, "master"). For most simple changes, merge will complete automatically. If it doesn't, this website has information about integrating an external merge tool with git, which is probably a good idea, since git's internal merge tool leaves a lot to be desired.
git status- we're ahead of our remote again, since we pulled changes in from the master repository to our local repository. That means we need to…
git push- now our GitHub repository is up-to-date with the latest changes in the SparkFun master copy. But what about the changes we made? How do we get them to the SparkFun repository?
At this point, you have all the tools and knowledge you need to fork a repository, make and commit changes to its contents, keep it up-to-date with SparkFun's master copy, and push it to GitHub. Only one thing remains: submitting a pull request, to ask SparkFun to include your changes in our master repository.
Pull Requests
The term "pull request" is a little confusing to some people. After all, aren't I asking to push files to your repository? In fact, no, you're requesting the master repository's owner to pull files from your repository. While the difference seems academic, it's a good one to remember: you are actively requesting someone else to add something to their workflow, so don't expect an instant response.
Pull Request Etiquette
As I mentioned above, a pull request, even a very important and well-structured one, is asking someone else to do work. To make it more likely that your pull request will be honored, here are some things you can do to make that work as easy as possible for the person at the receiving end:
- Keep it simple: Don't rewrite a library completely and expect us to accept the pull request. We simply don't have time to validate something that large.
- Keep it recent: Don't submit a pull request if your repository is wildly out-of-date. If we have to muck through dozens of unrelated changes caused by age to figure out which change you're submitting, we'll probably reject the pull request.
- Don't be offended: If we don't accept your pull request, please don't take it personally. We'll let you know why we rejected it, and we may make the suggested changes anyway, if it's easier for us to include them manually than by accepting the pull request.
Submitting a Pull Request
We're in a good position now to walk through a pull request: we've got changes in our repository that we want to send the SparkFun repository.
Click the "Pull request" button. Again, the interface may have changed, but the button will still be there, somewhere.
Click the "Click to create pull request for this comparison" button. That'll bring up this form:
Put in a title, and a description. Be thorough. Your chances of having your pull request accepted are greatly increased if the icon in the lower right indicates that the pull can be automatically merged.
Click the "Send pull request" button to submit your pull request. You're done! All that's left is for us to accept (or deny) the pull request.
Thanks for taking the time to contribute!
Resources and Going Further
Git and GitHub are incredibly powerful tools which are gaining widespread momentum in the open source hardware community. If you're interested in learning more about them, here are some resources you can turn to:
- GitHub at Code School - Code School has a great introductory, interactive tutorial for learning about git and GitHub.
- GitHub's help page - Learn it, use it, love it
- GitHub "boot camp" - GitHub's official "Getting Started" page
- SparkFun's GitHub site


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I know there's a new Saturday Night Live on tonight, and typically we have a live thread for such things, but to be completely honest with you, the show has been completely underwhelming since the election, and as each week goes by, there seems to be less of a need to watch the show all the way through. If there are any clips worth sharing, I'll put them up tomorrow, but as many of you have stated in the comments, watching the show every week only seems to become more and more depressing as the months go on. Still, if you are watching SNL tonight, feel free to discuss it here, as this is a thread for you guys.
Again, keep in mind that there are certain things that shouldn't be shared over the internet, so let's try to keep things light, if possible. So rock out, swap stories, and have fun, doves.
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For awhile now I have been just treading water, doing all that I can to get through each day. I'm just tired, tired, tired.
A friend of mine started taking this supplement Plexus and posting about it on Facebook, actually a few friends did. I kept reading their posts and thinking it all sounded too good to be true, but they kept posting and I saw improvements in them. Not just in changes in the way they look but how they act, like a real happiness. Finally I decided that I would try this out for myself.
I went to the website and ordered the weight loss products and even signed up to sell it, just because there was a good end of the year special going on and it was the best deal. I haven't sold any yet, and I'm not posting this to try and sell anything either, although I will post the link, just in case anyone who may read this is interested. But, what I want to do is keep track of how I'm feeling and my progress with the Plexus products.
Every morning I take 1 Plexus Pink Drink that I mix with 8-12oz water and 2 Accelerator Pills, then I eat breakfast 30 minutes later. Usually a Greek Yogurt or a Peanut Butter Toast. Around noon I have lunch. Around 4 I have a snack, and I eat a light dinner after I work out, usually around 7:30pm. I make sure to drink at least 100 ounces of water each day. No sodas or sweets, the Pink Drink helps you to not crave sweets, it also helps you to feel it when you are full. The Accelerator Pills give energy. I have not had or even wanted any soda or coffee since I started and I feel like I have way more energy.
Day 1 ~ January 5, 2014
Weight 195.8 Yikes!
Day 3
Butt 48"
Thigh 41.5"
Waist 44"
Breast 45"
Worked out 45 minutes of Spin/Zumba
Day 4
Weight 191.8
Worked out 45 minutes of Zumba
Day 5
Weight 192
Worked out with Brian at gym at least 1 hour
Day 6
Weight 191
Worked out with Brian at gym at least 1 hour
Day 7
Weight 191.2
Butt 47"
Thigh 40.5"
Waist 40"
Breast 44"
Worked out with Brian at gym at least 1 hour
**Down 4.6 pounds and 7 inches*
Day 8
Weight 190.2
Weight 190.2
My Period starts
Worked out with Brian at gym at least 1 hour
Day 9
Feeling a little tired, but not like I usually am on the first day of my period.
Weight 191.2 weight gain during my period is normal for me
Worked out with Brian at gym at least 1 hour
Day 10 (TODAY)
Weight 190.4 Yes!
We plan on working out tonight (every night!)
I will do measurements again on Day 14. I was only going to weigh myself on Sunday and Wednesday, but as you can see, I have been weighing myself every morning. It's been fun to see my weight go down, but I do realize that this is a habit I should get out of.
Overall, I really feel good! I used to be so tired and just DONE by 4 or 5 in the afternoon, but now I have the energy to keep going. I have the energy to fix dinner and clean it up and to go with Brian to the gym when he gets home from work. I have gone and worked out 7 days in a row! Last week was the dreaded PMS week, I am usually hungry and pissy, I had no problems with cravings and I felt like a nicer me. I didn't catch myself getting irritated at all and I didn't snap at the kids either. My brain feels clearer and I have been sleeping better and have been able to get out of bed easier in the morning. I have been cooking the same as usual, but actually cooking every night not just telling the kids to find something or going to get something quick at the store. We've had hamburgers and mac&cheese, lasagana, tacos, posole, baked potatoes and meatloaf, spaghetti and salad, pork roast and (leftover) mac&cheese, and breakfast burritos and hashbrowns for dinners. For lunch I have been having lots of salad and a few sandwiches. I am trying to do lower carb for my lunches and for the dinners I'm trying to cut calories in a few small ways. When we had baked potatoes I picked a smaller potato and put just a little butter and some cheese, no sour cream. When we had tacos I steamed the corn tortillas rather than frying them and again no sour cream for me. When we did hamburgers I skipped the bun. I have been trying to have at least one salad a day. The other night the kids got ice cream at the store, I made them all an ice cream cone and all I did was lick the spoon when I was done and that was good enough for me to get just a little taste. In fact, there are 2 things of ice cream in the freezer and I'm not even tempted to go have any. (That is a big deal for me!)
I've never tried any of these "fad" diets before, this is my first time, and for the first few days I thought that maybe all of these good feelings and extra energy was in my head, but now I'm certain that the Plexus Slim products are doing what they claim to do.
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As promised, I'm back again this week for my Freestyle handful o'links. I have to say, it's kind of fun collecting amusing little nuggets to share! So here we go:
- Obviously, link #1 is the above video of Grover spoofing the Old Spice commercials. You probably didn't need my help finding it, but I had to post it anyway, just to cover my bases. You can read the story behind this hysterical clip here. (Thanks, Sonia!)
- This weekend I made Brittany's Healthy Homemade Apple Butter in my crockpot, and it's amazing – I've been putting it on everything. And my apartment STILL smells like cinnamon.
- Antoine Dodson finally got his
15 minutes46 seconds of live fame: "The stage at the BET Awards was set on fire last night with pieces of charbroiled glitter when the legendary Antoine Dodson took to the stage looking like if Mushu from Mulan joined a TLC cover group as Chilli." You can't make this stuff up, people. Click on the link for the video of Antoine and his shimmering locks.
- And lastly, I figure I can't get away with ignoring THE hot topic in the blogosphere right now. I'm going to forego comment in favor of directing you to Heather's post (including all the comments that follow!) discussing blogger responsibility. Major food for thought.
Where do you stand? (Feel free to answer this regarding Grover as the Old Spice guy and/or blogger accountability.)


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The New York State Department of Financial Services issued a report in which it described its conclusions from an investigation it made into services provided by Promontory Financial Group, LLC in connection with its review of certain transactions undertaken by Standard Chartered Bank, which was the subject of NYDFS enforcement actions in 2012 and 2014. The NYDFS found that Promontory failed to exercise independent judgment in preparing certain reports submitted to the NYDFS relating to Standard Chartered Bank. The NYDFS announced that it will deny all pending and future requests to provide Promontory with access to confidential supervisory information pursuant to New York Banking Law § 36(10) until further notice. Promontory has announced that it intends to challenge the NYDFS action in court.
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A COMMONLY-PRESCRIBED asthma drug could hold the key to slowing or even REVERSING the deterioration of cells in the brain, marking a significant step forward in the fight to beat dementia. Pioneering research by an Austrian team of scientists found montelukast, which is sold under the brand name Singulair and is used to treat asthma and allergic reacts including hay fever, actually reversed the ageing process in a study on rat brains.
The results are significant enough to warrant a clinical trial on people suffering from Parkinson's disease. Dr Aigner said "structurally, the brain had rejuvenated…I think the drug reverses the damage associated with ageing." Dr Aigner said: "We've restored learning and memory 100 per cent, to a level comparable with youth."
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DRESS, SANDALS, SILK SCARF: (c/o) Banana Republic
I've always lived in the south. I spent my childhood + teenage years in Houston, Texas. Then in South Florida where I danced ballet, went to college, worked, started my blog and so on. Both environments are pretty laid back with fashion rules – i.e. "the rule of wearing white." Maybe it's because warmer climates tend to have more leeway when it comes to white. Or maybe it's that times have changed and there aren't really any rules in fashion – it's more about your style. [besides, rules are meant to be broken. If only you knew what we did to get these photos. But let's save that for another story…]


text: New fluorescent proteins have been discovered that allow scientists to noninvasively visualize the structures and processes in living cells at the molecular level. Researchers at Gruss Lipper Biophotonics Center at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University discovered the tools, which are photoactivatable fluorescent proteins (PAFPs) and other advanced fluorescent proteins (FPs). The fluorescent proteins now can follow cancer cells as they seek out blood vessels and spread throughout the body or can watch how cells manage intracellular debris, preventing premature aging.They add considerably to the biomedical imaging revolution started by the 1992 discovery that the gene for a green fluorescent protein (GFP) found in a jellyfish could be fused to any gene in a living cell. GFP fluoresces when the target gene is expressed, creating a visual marker of gene expression and protein localization via light, or optical, microscopy. Three scientists won the 2008 Nobel Prize in chemistry for their GFP-related discoveries. Fluorescent proteins of other colors have since been found in marine organisms such as corals.Although this form of imaging is invaluable, it is limited by the inherent nature of optical microscopy, which cannot image details of objects smaller than 200 nm or so. However, many cellular structures, which could hold the key to managing or curing disease, are a fraction of that size – just a few nanometers or more.Using a sophisticated combination of lasers, computers and highly sensitive digital cameras, scientists have surmounted the barriers of optical imaging. The first generation of these new imaging devices, collectively known as superresolution fluorescence microscopes, captured images as small as 15 to 20 nm – the scale of single molecules. But this could be done only in nonliving cells. The addition of PAFPs, more versatile versions of FPs, made it possible to do real-time superresolution fluorescence microscopy in living cells. Vladislav Verkhusha, associate professor of anatomy and structural biology at Einstein and a member of the Biophotonics Center, has developed a variety of PAFPs and FPs for use in imaging mammalian cells, expanding the applications of fluorescence microscopy. Among these are PAFPs that can be turned on and off with a pulse of light, and FPs that can fluoresce in different colors and that have better resolution for deep-tissue imaging.Most recently, Verkhusha developed a red PAFP called PAmCherry1, which has faster photoactivation, improved contrast and better stability compared with other PAFPs of its type. "PAmCherry1 will allow improvements in several imaging techniques, notably two-color superresolution fluorescence microscopy, in which two different molecules or two biological processes can be viewed simultaneously in a single cell," Verkhusha explained. Several studies have employed Verkhusha's PAFPs, revealing new insights into a variety of biological processes. For example, one of his PAFPs was used to capture the first nanoscale images of the orientation of molecules within biological structures. "Such images could be useful in studying protein-protein interactions, the growth and collapse of intracellular structures and many other biological questions," Verkhusha said. He also contributed a novel PAFP to a new method of viewing individual breast cancer cells for several days at a time, providing details on how cancer cells invade surrounding tissue and reach blood vessels, a process called metastasis. "Mapping the fate of tumor cells in different regions of a tumor was not possible before the development of the photoswitching technology," said John Condeelis, co-chairman and professor of anatomy and structural biology and co-director of the Biophotonics Center. In addition, Verkhusha has developed new types of fluorescent proteins for use in conventional fluorescence microscopy. These new proteins, called fluorescent timers (FTs), can change color from blue to red over a matter of hours. "These FTs will enable scientists to study the trafficking of cellular proteins and to provide accurate insight into the timing of intracellular processes, such as activation or inhibition of gene expression or protein synthesis," Verkhusha said. Together with another Einstein scientist, Ana Maria Cuervo, associate professor of developmental and molecular biology, anatomy and structural biology, and medicine, Verkhusha employed the FTs to demonstrate for the first time how a protein called LAMP-2A, which scavenges cellular debris, is transported to intracellular organelles called lysosomes, where the debris is digested. Understanding this process, which maintains the health of cells and organs, could lead to treatments to keep elderly people's organs in prime condition. For more information, visit: www.aecom.yu.edu


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M2M (Machine-to-Machine) connectivity has opened a multi-billion dollar revenue opportunity for mobile operators, MVNOs and service aggregators, addressing the application needs of several verticals markets. By enabling network connectivity among physical objects, M2M has also initiated the IoT (Internet of Things) vision – a global network of sensors, equipment, appliances, smart devices and applications that can communicate in real time.
4G-Market.com estimates that global spending on M2M and IoT technologies will reach nearly $250 Billion by 2020, driven by a host of vertical market applications including but not limited to connected car services, remote asset tracking, healthcare monitoring, smart metering, digital signage, home automation and intelligent buildings.
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Lookie what Iiiii just purchased on Etsy! K is for Calligraphy's beautiful "12 Days of Christmas" tags. I don't know what I'm going to do with them. They would be lovely as Christmas tree ornaments, or I may part with them if I think of someone who would fall in love with them as I did. I haven't decided. But I can't wait to get them in the mail!
I actually looked into going to Calligraphy school in London when I lived over there. I picked it up as a hobby and bought all sorts of books, nibs, ink, writing paper, etc. I went so far as to start emailing with one of the professors at the art school and gathered all sorts of information. But when I came back, it all got put away, for reasons I can't remember. I need to pull it back out. Katy has inspired me. In the meantime, I'll just keep buying her stuff :)


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The Gallery: Damian Aquiles
"Great band, but wow -- an even better back drop. Who made that?!" ...overheard at a New Year's Eve gathering in Havana...
Introducing Damian Aquiles who lives and works in Cuba.
In a country with very limited access to goods and materials most of us take for granted, Aquiles is making beautiful use of what IS there... what is cast off and what is available.
(Need a plastic bag to carry your groceries home? One'll cost you more than the pound of tomatoes you've just purchased; if a button falls off your shirt, where can you get a needle and thread? If a guitar string breaks? Forget about it --can't buy them here. Art supplies? Are you kidding?) But what is plentiful? The metal from cars and machines and containers no longer in use.
These walking figures are individually hand cut from metal salvaged from Russian, American, Chinese and Hungarian cars and Cuban water tanks. Each installation is a "found-palette" of stunning colors and patinas.
More and more plastic is being used for shipping containers and drums, but in Cuba, there is still plentiful use and supply of metal. Aquiles creates individual compositions of this metal wrapped over wood panels.
He also creates larger compositions of metal-wrapped panels, such as these below.
In the artist's words, "I like to work with used materials, for the concentrated energy that
emanates from them, they have a lot of light. My art pieces concentrate on that energy. I continue it's life by recycling it, by using it's previous life, energy, and history to tell my own story."
Apparently the US embargo does not extend to the purchase of works of art. A few of the pieces here are currently in Cuba, and can be shipped to the US. Work is also available through the Jonathon Ferrar Gallery in New Orleans. Please direct any inquiries to the artist via email.
Know any artists whose work would make a home a lovelier place? Send ideas to The Gallery. Thanks!


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KITECHs President Youngsoo Lee and Arak University's President Saeed Hamidi signed on the MOU on behalf of respective institutes. The objective of the MOU is to establish a framework of conducting future cooperative activities in developing new aluminium and magnesium alloys and chemical & petrochemical process engineering.
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30 Jan 2014
Prepping for a Golden Spring
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I'm sure most of us have watched some of the prospecting shows on the cable channels, and laugh at some of the antics of those miners and the strange things that seem to befall them.
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More than a California Gold Rush
To start the New Year, here's a look back at an interesting bit of gold history.
The 1848 California "gold rush" is arguably the most famous of its type, certainly here in the U.S. But the search for mineral wealth wasn't just limited to "The Golden State." The influx of fortune seekers was felt throughout the Pacific Northwest. Here, from the "Oregon History Project" created by the Oregon Historical Society, is a fascinating overview of the gold rush's impact on Oregon from 1848 until the original rush died out just over a decade later.


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From here we're in more familiar territory, as Snake sneaks around the battlefield trying to avoid attention. It turns out he's tracking a convoy of soldiers and tanks, among which seem to be new Metal Gear-series weapons. This new model is only slightly larger and taller than the more conventional tanks, and walks on two very high-tech yet sinewy, animalistic legs. As per usual, they also periodically emit some really creepy, piercing screams, which seems like an oddly unnecessary feature for a next-gen military vehicle. But hey, this is MGS, not real life. Let them scream if they want to.
Alas, Snake is both outmanned and outgunned by the tanks, Metal Gears, and phalanx of accompanying soldiers. It's all he can do to hide behind crumbling walls to avoid the Metal Gears' probing infrared vision. He gets out a cigarette; nope, he still can't quit. After another exhausting very near miss, Snake seems exhausted. What's he gonna do?
That's when a little mech hops up to him, looking just like the Metal Gear Mk. II personal assistant from Kojima's popular interactive comic from the 80s, Snatcher. A screen pops out to reveal the face of none other than Otacon. He too looks older, perhaps in his late 30s or early 40s, and he's clearly a welcome sight for our weary hero. After a bit of dialogue indicates that they've not spoken for a long while, Otacon reveals that he's there (or at least, this little mech is there) to assist Snake in whatever his mission might be. Snake gratefully accepts, and the trailer winds to a close with two of MGS' main protagonists reunited.
"Wait," says Snake, "what's this CELL processor you mentioned?" Otacon had mentioned that CELL powered his little droid, and upon being asked the view switches to Otacon's desktop where he extols the virtues of the CELL processor via the E3 "rubber ducky" demo and Killzone 2 footage, which may or may not be a jibe from Kojima pertaining to the rumors that the latter was pre-rendered. Otacon finishes his amusing little spiel with some pertinent advice: "Wait for it, it'll be worth it!" Given the immense quality of MGS3: Snake Eater and all of the original thinking and creativity shown so far in MGS4, somehow we don't doubt it.


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Occidental Reviews
Occidental Spring January 2017 Release:
Spring 2017 Release: 2014 Vintage
Antonio Galloni
For the second act in his brilliant and distinguished career, Kistler is choosing to work with coastal Pinot sites that achieve full ripeness at lower sugars than those in the Russian River Valley and other parts of Sonoma. For now, there are four wines in the range, although Kistler told me he expects to add at least two more vineyard designates in the coming years. Kistler's Occidental Pinot Noirs are off the charts in 2015. The low yields of the vintage produced deep, penetrating Pinots buffered by high acidity and bright, saline notes that keep the flavors fresh and vibrant. Kistler started experimenting with whole clusters in 2015 and subsequently increased the percentage of stems in 2016. Equally impressive, the bottled Occidental 2014s capture every bit of potential I saw when I tasted them from tank prior to bottling. Readers who have not tasted these wines yet owe it to themselves to do so. These are some of the most riveting, profound Pinot being made in California, or anywhere, for that matter.
2014 Bodega Headlands Cuvée Elizabeth Pinot Noir
Score: 97
The highlight in this range from Occidental, the 2014 Pinot Noir Bodega Headlands Cuvée Elizabeth is brisk, perfumed and aromatic. It is also nowhere near as alluring for the near term as the Sonoma Coast or Occidental Station. Here the expression of fruit is intensely linear, with biting acidity and plenty of tannic underpinning. Blue and purplish-toned fruit, licorice, lavender and violet give the Bodega Headlands its distinct darker shades of expression. The flavors are both vivid and transparent. In my view, the Cuvée Elizabeth is the most complete of these wines. Don't miss it. — Antonio Galloni
2014 SWK Vineyard Pinot Noir
Score: 96+
The 2014 Pinot Noir SWK Vineyard is the most reticent of these Pinots, as it was last year. Intense fruit and structure come together, but the wine is not at all ready to give everything it has. Dark red and purplish fruit overtones are lifted by the wine's bright acidity and tannic underpinnings. This nervous, taut Pinot needs a few years to settle down, but it has tremendous promise. — Antonio Galloni
2014 Occidental Station Cuvée Catherine Pinot Noir
Score: 96
The 2014 Pinot Noir Occidental Station Cuvée Catherine is a drop-dead gorgeous beauty. A wine of depth, texture and pure pedigree, the 2014 will leave readers weak at the knees. It is every bit that striking. Succulent red cherry, blood orange, pomegranate, mint, spice and dried flowers are some of the notes that give the 2014 its exotic, haunting personality. Dramatic in its fruit intensity and yet also marvelously translucent, the 2014 simply has it all. Time in the glass just brings out more and more of the wine's deep, inherent character. — Antonio Galloni
Robert Parker Wine Advocate
Of course, the Kistler story doesn't end with Kistler Vineyards. Steve Kistler's pioneering spirit and pursuit of world class Pinot Noir took him to Occidental/Freestone and beyond, with vineyards extending right out to the Bodega Headlands, practically within spitting distance of the Pacific Ocean. The vineyards for his Occidental Wines label were planted in the early 2000s, when few were even considering this now sought-after "extreme" coastal area. When I asked Steve about the clones he planted, he replied with a secretive grin, "It's mostly Calera and some suitcase stuff that is very proprietary." Contributing to the beguiling character of the Cuvee Catherine Pinot Noir, whatever that "suitcase stuff" is, it certainly seems to be delivering the goods. With the vines really starting to come of age at the time of the magical 2014 vintage in Sonoma, Occidental hits pay dirt with an incredibly strong foursome of new releases.
2014 Occidental Station Cuvée Catherine Pinot Noir
Score: 98+
Medium ruby-purple colored, the 2014 Pinot Noir Occidental Station Cuvee Catherine has a youthfully subdued yet staggeringly beautiful perfume of lavender, moss-covered bark, fallen leaves and rose hip tea over a core of pomegranate, kirsch and black raspberries with a waft of wild thyme. Medium-bodied with a taut, very well-structured palate, it has firm, ripe, exquisitely fine-grained tannins and a lively backbone of freshness supporting the intensely fragrant fruit and earth layers, finishing with some mineral hints. It really needs another year or two in bottle and should drink over the next 15+ years.
2014 Bodega Headlands Cuvée Elizabeth Pinot Noir
Score: 97
Medium ruby-purple colored, the 2014 Pinot Noir Bodega Headlands Cuvee Elizabeth has a compelling black pepper, garrigue and bay leaves laced nose over a core of Bing cherries, fresh raspberries and crushed cranberries, plus a waft of fertile earth. The medium-bodied palate fills the mouth with a wonderful intensity of pure red berry and earth-inspired flavors, with tons of spices and a great frame of grainy tannins, finishing very long and with moreish vibrancy.
2014 SWK Vineyard Pinot Noir
Score: 94+
Medium ruby-purple in color, the 2014 Pinot Noir SWK Vineyard appears to playing it close to the chest at this early stage, offering subtle suggestions of red cherries, raspberry leaves, Provence herbs and fragrant earth with a hint of Sichuan pepper. Medium-bodied, elegant, fine and tightly-knit on the palate, it has a wonderfully lively backbone and persistent earth and herb layers on the finish. Not giving quite as much as the other two vineyard-designate wines, I've been cautious with my scoring and look forward to seeing what this wine can do over the next decade.
Upcoming Spring 2018 Release:
Antonio Galloni's Reviews
2015 SWK Vineyard Pinot Noir
Score: 95-98
The most elusive of these wines, the 2015 Pinot Noir SWK Vineyard is ethereal, lilting and super-intriguing. The SWK is intensely mineral and explosive in its energy, with beams of tannin that give the wine its spine and overall shape. There is plenty of depth just waiting to blossom but today the SWK is embryonic. — Antonio Galloni
2015 Bodega Headlands Cuvée Elizabeth Pinot Noir
Score: 94-97
Darker tonalities of red and purplished hued fruits emerge from the 2012 Pinot Noir Bodega Headlands Cuvée Elizabeth. Lavender, violets, cloves, new leather and spices blossom in the glass as this sensual, layered Pinot shows off its compelling personality. As is often the case, the Cuvée Elizabeth is all about texture and resonance. The 2012 is a total model of finesse. — Antonio Galloni
2015 Occidental Station Cuvée Catherine Pinot Noir
Score: 95-98
The 2015 Pinot Noir Occidental Station Cuvée Catherine opens with the most exquisite perfume imaginable. Exotic and soaring in the glass, the 2015 possesses plenty of mid-palate depth to play off the aromatics. Layers of rich, textured fruit build to the intense, breathtaking finish. This remarkably vivid, pedigreed Pinot Noir simply has it all. What a wine. — Antonio Galloni
Past Reviews: 2013 Vintage
Antonio Galloni
2013 SWK Vineyard Pinot Noir
Score: 96+
The 2013 Pinot Noir SWK Vineyard is the most tannic and structured of these Pinots from Occidental. As such, it is going to need at least a few years in bottle to unwind. Beams of chalky tannin underpin a deeply expressive Pinot endowed with intensely mineral and savory overtones. Vivid and beautifully sculpted throughout, the 2013 is impressive, even in the early going. — Antonio Galloni
2013 Bodega Headlands Cuvée Elizabeth Pinot Noir
Score: 96
The Pinot Noir Bodega Headlands Cuvée Elizabeth is dark and pliant, with terrific underlying energy that gives the wine its dynamic, vibrant personality. Dark cherry, plum, violet and spice all flesh out in the glass. A wine of pedigree and nuance, the Cuvée Elizabeth is super-expressive today, not to mention a real joy to taste. — Antonio Galloni
2013 Occidental Station Cuvée Catherine Pinot Noir
Score: 95
The 2013 Pinot Noir Occidental Station Cuvée Catherine is gracious, inviting and deeply expressive. Sweet red cherry, blood orange, white flowers and mint are seamlessly melded together. The Cuvée Catherine is the most succulent and overt of the single vineyard Pinots from Occidental. — Antonio Galloni
Robert Parker Jr.
2013 Bodega Headlands Cuvée Elizabeth Pinot Noir
Score: 96
The 2013 Pinot Noir Bodega Headlands Cuvée Elizabeth displays black raspberries, black and red currants, beautiful purity, a deep, almost DRC-like complexity because of the forest floor, and ethereal lightness in spite of rather intense fruit notes. This beauty should age gracefully for a decade.
2013 Occidental Station Cuvée Catherine Pinot Noir
Score: 95
The 2013 Pinot Noir Occidental Station Cuvée Catherine, which like its sibling sees about 33% new oak, is made mostly from Calera clonal material. The wine offers up loads of beautiful strawberry, kirsch liqueur notes, a medium ruby color, forest floor and floral notes. A beauty, this wine should drink nicely for at least a decade.


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Materials Science and Engineering: Semiconductors
Silicon, a semiconductor, is used to fabricate computer chips. Dozens or even hundreds of chips are produced at once on a silicon wafer like the one above. The chips are then cut apart and installed in computers and other electronic devices.
Computer chips and other devices are constructed in clean rooms, which have a precisely-controlled atmosphere and require workers to wear anything from basic coverings to a full "bunny suit" to keep out dust, hair, or other foreign material that could contaminate the manufacturing process. Students at the A. James Clark School of Engineering may have the opportunity to take a class or perform research in one of several clean rooms, including the FabLab (shown above).
Semiconductors are not as effective conductors as metals such as gold, silver and copper. However, they have higher mobilities at room temperature and higher temperatures. This means that an electrical current can travel through them much faster.
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I figure there must be threads regarding this establishment somewhere on CH, but see what you can come up with by doing a search on "Dish" here... :-)
At any rate, we were recently going to a show at the Count Basie Theater, and figured it would not only be convenient, but I had also heard many good things about the place and can't explain why I had not tried it before. Originally we figured that there shouldn't be a problem getting a table on a Tuesday night, but on further reflection realized that it is a small space and it would not take many of the 1500 or so patrons of the Basie who had the same idea to fill the place, so we reserved a table for 6pm. Good move! When we got there prior to 6 it was already more than half full, and by 6:30 it was entirely full.
A basket of bread as well as a small bowl of assorted olives in olive oil was served when we were seated. We did not realize that Dish offers a Prix Fixe selection of 3 courses for $25 on Tuesday and Wednesday nights. I might have gone for that but really had my heart set on the Short Rib dinner that was not included on the Prix Fixe menu. My friend, however, did go for the Prix Fixe.
We both started with the PEI Mussels, which were a generous helping Pancetta, White Wine (referred to on the online menu as "Wine White"), Tomato & Pernoda. They were meaty and tasty, and the broth encouraged us to go through 2 baskets of the bread!
For entrees, as mentioned above I went for the Stout Braised Short ribs which were served with Maple Sweet Potato Mash and sauteed veggies. My companion ordered the Sour Cherry and Bourbon Glazed Double Cut Pork Chop, also with the sweet potatoes and veggies.
OMG!!! The food was great, but the portions were stunning! The boneless short ribs, which were succulent and fork tender, were stacked like 6 inches high and were served on a serious helping of the mashed sweet potatoes and surrounded by the sauteed haricots verts, carrots and onion. My friends double cut pork chops were equally gargantuan. The fact that his order was part of the Prix Fixe menu had no bearing on the size of the serving. All the food was wonderful and I was hard pressed to actually finish it all.
In a way I was glad I had not gone Prix Fixe, as it also included dessert, and there was seriously no way I could have managed that! My friend ordered the bread pudding from at least half a dozen great sounding dessert selections. It too was huge, topped with chocolate syrup, whipped cream and confectioners sugar.
The service was cheerful, knowledgeable and attentive, and the final tab came to $66 before the tip. The seating was a little tight as it is a small space, and it did get a bit loud when it filled up, but was not too much of an issue, conversation was no problem. All in all I had to smack myself for not having gone to Dish until now. I can truly recommend the establishment, but I do caution you to make reservations as depending on the schedule for shows at the Count Basie, the place can fill up on what would normally be an off night.


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Can You Recommend a Fruity Olive Oil?
Q: I'm in need of an olive oil recommendation. I want to try my hand at making olive oil gelato, and I've read that fruity oils make the best gelato. But I'm not well-versed enough in oils to know what to buy. Does anyone have specific brand recommendations for an oil to use in olive oil gelato?
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Editor: We noticed this question in yesterday's olive oil roundup, and we thought it deserved its own post.
Readers, any recommendations for a really fruity, delicious olive oil suitable for gelato?
Related: All About Olive Oil: Recipes and Favorite Tips
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ABP Forms Coalition of Organizations Calling for Better Ads; Calls Users to Sign Petition Supporting Manifesto
ABP Forms Coalition of Organizations Calling for Better Ads; Calls Users to Sign Petition Supporting Manifesto
COLOGNE, GERMANY--(Marketwired - Apr 10, 2014) - Adblock Plus, the #1 most popular browser extension for blocking annoying online advertisements, today unveiled a set of 'Acceptable Ads' guidelines in the form of an online Manifesto. The Manifesto is endorsed by a coalition of organizations that includes popular discussion site Reddit, Cluetrain author Doc Searls and his new Consumer Commons; ad measurement firm PageFair; and the Anti-Advertising Agency. Adblock Plus is also asking users who like Adblock Plus to sign the petition at Change.org to show your support for the Acceptable Ads Manifesto.
Advertising is the economic engine that drives the Internet, giving users free websites and great content. But many online advertisements have become obnoxious and obtrusive in an attempt to be heard. In response, hundreds of millions of users have installed adblockers, which further depresses click-through rates, causing advertisers to use even more intrusive and annoying methods to win back attention -- and the vicious cycle continues.
Adblock Plus began its Acceptable Ads initiative in 2011 to encourage better ads. Today's Manifesto -- and its coalition of support -- spells out explicit guidelines and makes clear suggestions for what a reasonable ad should look like in the hope that the advertising industry will see that it is in their best interest to reverse the vicious cycle. The Manifesto asks individuals and organizations to join in the call to action.
The basic tenets of the Acceptable Ads Manifesto are:
1. Acceptable Ads are not annoying.
2. Acceptable Ads do not disrupt or distort the page content we're trying to read.
3. Acceptable Ads are transparent with us about being an ad.
4. Acceptable Ads are effective without shouting at us.
5. Acceptable Ads are appropriate to the site that we are on.
"The idea behind Adblock Plus' Acceptable Ads initiative is to forge a compromise between users and advertisers," said Till Faida, co-founder of Adblock Plus. "Today's Manifesto gives the type of ads envisioned in this compromise a clear expression.
"We think that this Manifesto is another step in the right direction to offer organizations and individuals the ability to join with us to communicate with advertisers our desires," continued Faida. "We have a lot of users among college students and those savvy in tech and media -- we hope to get a groundswell of support from them that will expand outward and effect change."
About Adblock Plus
Adblock Plus is an open source project that aims to rid the Internet of annoying and intrusive online advertising. Its free web browser extensions (add-ons) put users in control by letting them block or filter which ads they want to see. Users across the world have downloaded Adblock Plus over 300 million times. It has remained the most downloaded and the most used extension almost continuously since November 2006. In 2013 PC Magazine listed the extension as one of the best free Google Chrome extensions, and it received a 2013 About.com readers' choice award for best privacy/security add-on.
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News about Science, Technology and Engineering at Iowa State University
Virtual reality grows up
Virtual reality is about to make a major technological step forward. The opening of C6, a total immersion virtual reality theater at Iowa State University, will be held on June 19. C6 will provide researchers with an advanced way to interact with complex data and simulations, says Carolina Cruz-Neira, Litton assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at Iowa State and associate director of ISU's Virtual Reality Applications Center.
In C6, researchers will be able to walk inside buildings that no longer exist, get close-up views of severe weather phenomena like tornadoes and inspect the interior of operating industrial furnaces to make them more efficient. A number of technological advances will boost the capabilities of C6. For example, C6 will have images on all six of its sides (four walls, ceiling and floor). The tether lines for gloves and headsets, common in many virtual reality rooms today, will be gone, replaced by wireless systems. In addition, the latest computers and graphics will provide crisp, bright and realistic images that respond to human interaction.
"C6 will open new venues for research on the applications of virtual reality to science and engineering challenges," says Cruz-Neira.
A preview of C6 for the media is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. on June 19. The formal unveiling will be held at 7 p.m. C6's unveiling is being held in accordance with the IPT 2000 conference, a leading international conference on virtual reality and immersion technologies. For more information contact Cruz-Neira, (515) 294-3092, or Skip Derra, News Service, (515) 294-4917.
Extreme measures
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory are learning more about the properties of complex materials by observing how they behave under temperature, pressure and magnetic field extremes. What they learn may help determine the suitability of these materials for uses in computers, communications, medicine and the automotive industry.
"If you want to analyze and understand the behavior of a new material, ideally you would like to know as much as possible about how it reacts under these extremes," says Robert Modler, an Ames Laboratory associate scientist and Iowa State assistant professor of physics and astronomy. Modler designed and built Ames Lab's new extreme environments facility with the help of ISU graduate student Andrew Thomas. The facility houses a low-temperature refrigerator, a high-pressure cell and a high-field superconducting solenoid to create the severe conditions required to get a "good look" at the materials under investigation.
The new facility can achieve temperatures as low as 0.05 K (-273 C), and allows Modler to further alter the environment of a material by applying pressures of up to 20,000 atmospheres (294,000 psi), approximately equal to the weight of a Toyota Camry on the tip of a medium-sized Phillips-head screwdriver. In addition, the high magnetic fields, up to three times that of the Earth's, completes the environment for studying such complex materials as quasicrystals, semi-metals and new magnetic superconductors.
"While a large number of researchers use one or two of these parameters to investigate materials, only a few really put low temperature, high pressure and high magnetic fields together in one facility," says Modler. "There are probably only five comparable facilities in the world." For more information, contact Modler, (515) 294-6353, or Saren Johnston, Ames Lab Public Affairs, (515) 294-3474.
Hot stove league
The quest for fire has taken Kenneth "Mark" Bryden, an Iowa State University assistant professor of mechanical engineering, from a Buddhist monastery in Oregon to a barrio in Nicaragua. But he's not after just any fire. Bryden is an expert on stoves.
In Third World countries, wood stoves play a critical role in everyday life. They provide heat and are used to boil water and cook meals. Yet they are also notoriously inefficient and sometimes dangerous. Bryden's specialty is analyzing stoves to create mathematical models of how well they work. He then suggests improvements.
"If you look at the number of people who use stoves to meet daily energy needs, you're talking about 2 billion to 3 billion people," Bryden said. Many Third World stoves are 20 percent efficient, Bryden said. Through tests in the field and at his lab, Bryden is trying to bring that efficiency up to 30 percent or more.
Last September, Bryden traveled to Cottage Grove, Oregon, to conduct research at the Aprovecho Research Center. Staff at Aprovecho study and teach elements of eco-centered lifestyles, and one of the groups missions is to improve life in the Third World. While at Aprovecho, Bryden analyzed stoves collected by the group, spending his nights in a nearby monastery.
Back at his biomass laboratory at Iowa State, Bryden studied stoves ranging from configurations of tin cans to one made out of clay and donkey dung. Then, in March, Bryden and his 16-year-old son, Ben, traveled to Nicaragua in conjunction with Aprovecho. There, they lived in a barrio, Bryden studying stoves and his son serving as translator.
"About 83 percent of Nicaraguans in urban areas use wood for energy, and the number is 97 percent in rural areas, so wood is a very important commodity," said Bryden. "Any increase in efficiency will not only save money but also reduce pollution and ill-effects on health." Bryden and Aprovecho hope to obtain funding to manufacture and distribute fuel-efficient stoves in Nicaragua and elsewhere. For more information, contact Bryden, (515) 294-3891, or Eric Dieterle, Engineering Communications, (515) 294-0260.
Midwestern crime labs could benefit from ISU research
Scientists at Iowa State University's Institute for Physical Research and Technology (IPRT) are investigating equipment and new techniques to help crime labs assess evidence more quickly and reliably. Scientists at IPRT centers have collaborated with the FBI Laboratories, the U.S. Department of Energy and the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation to develop new methods of analyzing crime-scene evidence. In addition, IPRT representatives are meeting with Midwestern crime-lab officials with the goal of establishing a regional forensics support and research facility at ISU.
Shelley Coldiron, one of three IPRT researchers spearheading the regional facility, said the proposed forensics center would benefit from the multidisciplinary expertise within IPRT and ISU. Two IPRT centers -- the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory and the Microanalytical Instrumentation Center -- already are involved in the work.
In addition to developing new equipment and techniques, Coldiron said the proposed forensics center would provide hands-on training for students. By the time the students graduate from ISU, they would possess highly prized laboratory and investigation skills, she said. For more information, contact Coldiron, (515) 294-4902, or Susan Dieterle, IPRT Public Affairs, (515) 294-1405.
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