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Solar water heating (SWH) is the conversion of sunlight into heat for water heating using a solar thermal collector. A variety of configurations are available in different climates and latitudes. SWHs are widely used for residential and some industrial applications. A sun-facing collector heats a working fluid that passes into a storage system for later use. SWH are active (pumped) and passive (convection-driven). They use water only, or both water and a working fluid. They are heated directly or via light-concentrating mirrors. They operate independently or as hybrids with electric or gas heaters. In large-scale facilities, mirrors can concentrate sunlight onto a smaller collector. The global solar thermal market is dominated by China, Europe, Japan and India,
Records of solar collectors in the US date to before 1900, involving a black-painted tank mounted on a roof. In 1896 Clarence Kemp of Baltimore enclosed a tank in a wooden box, thus creating the first batch water heater as they are known today. Frank Shuman built the world's first solar power station in Maadi, Egypt, using parabolic troughs to power a 60-70 horsepower engine that pumped 6,000 gallons of water per minute from the Nile River to adjacent cotton fields. Flat-plate collectors for solar water heating were used in Florida and Southern California in the 1920s. Interest grew in North America after 1960, but especially after the 1973 oil crisis. Solar power is in use in Australia, Canada, China, Germany, India, Israel, Japan, Portugal, Romania, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Israel, Cyprus and Greece are the leaders in the use of solar water heating systems supporting 30% -40% of homes. Flat plate solar systems were perfected and used on a large scale in Israel. In the 1950s a fuel shortage led the government to forbid heating water between 10 pm and 6 am. Levi Yissar built the first prototype Israeli solar water heater and in 1953 he launched the NerYah Company, Israel's first commercial manufacturer of solar water heating. Solar water heaters were used by 20% of the population by the 1967. Following the energy crisis in the 1970s, in 1980 Israel required the installation of solar water heaters in all new homes. As a result, Israel became the world leader in the use of solar energy per capita (85% of households using solar thermal systems), estimated to save the country of oil a year. In 2005, Spain became the world's first country to introduce the installation of photovoltaic electricity generation in new buildings, and the second (after Israel) to require the installation of solar water heating systems, in 2006.
After 1960, systems were marketed in Japan. MCT in 1997. Solar water heating systems are popular in China, where basic models start at around 1,500 yuan (US $ 235), around 80% less than in Western countries for a given collector size. At least 30 million Chinese households have one. The popularity is efficient and effective.
Colombia developed a local solar water heating industry thanks to the designs of Las Gaviotas, directed by Paolo Lugari. Driven by a desire to reduce costs in social housing, the team studied the best systems from Israel and made adaptations to meet the specifications set by Banco Central Hipotecario (BCH) which required the system to operate in cities such as Bogotá that are overcast for more than 200 days annually. The ultimate designs were so successful that the Gaviotas offered a 25-year warranty on its facilities in 1984. Over 40,000 were installed and still function a quarter of a century later.
The type, complexity and size of a solar water heating system is determined by:
Freeze protection measures prevent damage to the system due to the expansion of freezing transfer fluid. Drainback systems drain the transfer fluid from the system when the pump stops. Many indirect systems use antifreeze (eg, propylene glycol) in the heat transfer fluid. In some direct systems, collectors can be manually drained when freezing is expected. This approach is common in many cases where it is relatively unreliable since it is unreliable. A third type of freeze protection is freeze-tolerance, where low pressure polymer water channels made of silicone rubber simply expand on freezing. One such collector now has European Solar Keymark accreditation.
When no hot water has been used for a day or two, the fluid in the collectors and storage can reach high temperatures in all non-drainback systems. When the storage tank in a drainback system reaches its desired temperature, the pumps stop, ending the heating process and thus preventing the storage tank from overheating. Some active systems deliberately cool the water in the storage tank by circulating hot water collector at the time of the day, losing heat. This is most effective in direct or thermal storage. Any collector type may still overheat. High pressure, sealed solar thermal systems. Low pressure,
Sample designs include a simple glass-topped insulated box with a flat solar absorber made of sheet metal, attached to copper heat exchanger pipes and dark-colored, or a set of metal tubes surrounded by an evacuated (near vacuum) glass cylinder. In industrial cases a mirror parabolic can concentrate sunlight on the tube. Heat is stored in a hot water storage tank. The volume of this solar energy collector is better than the average temperature of the solar collector. The heat transfer fluid (HTF) for the absorb may be water, The most common (at least in active systems) is a separate loop of fluid containing a heat exchanger (a coil of exchanger tubing within the tank). Copper is an important component in solar thermal heating and cooling systems because of its high heat conductivity, atmospheric and water corrosion resistance, sealing and joining by soldering and mechanical strength. Copper is used in both primary and secondary circuits (pipes and heat exchangers for water tanks). Another lower-maintenance concept is the 'drain-back'. No anti-freeze is required; instead, all the piping is sloped to water to drain back to the tank. The tank is not pressurized and operates at atmospheric pressure. As soon as the pump shuts off, for reverses and the pipes empty before freezing can occur. Residential solar thermal installations fall into two groups: passive (sometimes called "compact") and active (sometimes called "pumped") systems. The invention relates to an application of the invention to the application of the invention to the application of the principle of the application of the present invention to the application of the present invention (electric heating element or connection to a gas or fuel oil central heating system) that is activated when the water in the tank falls below a minimum temperature setting, ensuring that hot water is always available. The combination of solar water heating and a back-up heat from a wood stove chimney can enable a hot water system to work all year round in cooler climates, without the supplemental heat requirement of a solar water heating system with fossil fuels or electricity. When a solar water heating and hot-water heating system are used together, the heat will be concentrated in a pre-heating tank that feeds into the tank and the upper element will remain to provide for supplemental heat. However, the primary need for solar heating is at night when solar gain is lower. Therefore, solar water heating is better than the best of the world. In many climates, a solar hot water system can provide up to 85% of domestic hot water energy. This can include domestic non-electric concentrating solar thermal systems. In many northern European countries, combined hot water and space heating systems (solar combisystems) are used to provide 15 to 25% of home heating energy. When combined with storage, large scale solar heating can provide 50-97% of annual heat consumption for district heating.
Direct or open loop circulate drinking water through the collectors. They are relatively cheap. Drawbacks include:
Indirect or closed loop systems use a heat exchanger to transfer heat from the heat-transfer fluid (HTF) fluid to the drinking water. The most common HTF is an antifreeze / water mix that typically uses non-toxic propylene glycol. After heating in the panels, the HTF travels to the exchanger exchanger, where its heat is transferred to the drinking water. Indirect systems offer freeze protection and typically overheat protection.
Passive systems rely on heat-driven convection or heat pipes to circulate the working fluid. Passive systems cost less and require less, but are less efficient. Overheating and freezing are major concerns.
Active systems use one or more pumps to circulate water and / or heating fluid. This permits a much wider range of system configurations. Pumped systems are more expensive to purchase and operate. However, they can be more easily controlled. Active systems with remote-controlled water heater, calculation and logging of the energy saved, safety functions, remote access and informative displays.
An integrated collector storage (ICS or batch heater) Batch heaters are thin rectilinear tanks with a glass facing the sun at noon. They are simple and effective, but they may require bracing if installed on a roof of the roof. in moderate climates. A convection heat storage unit (CHS) system is similar to an ICS system, except the storage tank and collector are separated by convection. CHS systems typically use standard flat-plate gold type evacuated tube collectors. The storage tank must be located above the collectors for convection to work properly. The main benefit of CHS systems over ICS systems is that heat loss is largely avoided since the storage tank can be fully insulated. Since the panels are located, the heat sink does not cause convection, as the cold water stays at the lowest part of the system.
Pressurized antifreeze systems use a mixture of antifreeze (almost always non-toxic propylene glycol) and water mix for HTF in order to prevent freeze damage. Effective anti-freeze damage, antifreeze systems have drawbacks:
Plans for solar water heating systems are available on the Internet. DIY SWH systems are usually cheaper than commercial ones, and they are used both in the developed and developing world.
Solar thermal collectors capture and retain heat from the sun and use it to heat a liquid. Two important physical principles govern the technology of solar thermal collectors:
Flat plate collectors are an extension of the idea to place a collector in an oven-like box with glass directly facing the Sun. Most flat pipe collectors have two horizontal pipes, called headers, and many smaller vertical pipes connecting them, called risers. The risers are welded (or similarly connected) to thin absorbing purposes. Heat-transfer fluid (water or water / antifreeze mix) is a collapse of the collectors' bottom header, and it travels up the risers, collecting heat from the absorbing ends, and then exiting the collector of the top header. Serpentine flat flat collectors differ from this "harp" design, and instead use a single pipe that travels up and down the collector. However, since they can not be properly drained of water, flat serpentine collectors can not be used in drainback systems. The type of glass used in flat collectors is always low-iron, tempered glass. Such glass can withstand significant hail without breaking, which is one of the reasons that flat collectors are considered the most durable collector type. Unglazed or collectors are similar to flat-collectors, except they are not thermally insulated by a glass panel. Consequently, these types of collectors are much less efficient. For pool heating applications, the water to be heated is often colder than the ambient roof temperature, to which point the lack of thermal insulation allows additional heat to be drawn from the surrounding environment. The type of glass used in flat collectors is always low-iron, tempered glass. Such glass can withstand significant hail without breaking, which is one of the reasons that flat collectors are considered the most durable collector type. Unglazed or collectors are similar to flat-collectors, except they are not thermally insulated by a glass panel. Consequently, these types of collectors are much less efficient. For pool heating applications, the water to be heated is often colder than the ambient roof temperature, to which point the lack of thermal insulation allows additional heat to be drawn from the surrounding environment. The type of glass used in flat collectors is always low-iron, tempered glass. Such glass can withstand significant hail without breaking, which is one of the reasons that flat collectors are considered the most durable collector type. Unglazed or collectors are similar to flat-collectors, except they are not thermally insulated by a glass panel. Consequently, these types of collectors are much less efficient. For pool heating applications, the water to be heated is often colder than the ambient roof temperature, to which point the lack of thermal insulation allows additional heat to be drawn from the surrounding environment. which is one of the reasons that flat collectors are considered the most durable collector type. Unglazed or collectors are similar to flat-collectors, except they are not thermally insulated by a glass panel. Consequently, these types of collectors are much less efficient. For pool heating applications, the water to be heated is often colder than the ambient roof temperature, to which point the lack of thermal insulation allows additional heat to be drawn from the surrounding environment. which is one of the reasons that flat collectors are considered the most durable collector type. Unglazed or collectors are similar to flat-collectors, except they are not thermally insulated by a glass panel. Consequently, these types of collectors are much less efficient. For pool heating applications, the water to be heated is often colder than the ambient roof temperature, to which point the lack of thermal insulation allows additional heat to be drawn from the surrounding environment.
Evacuated tube collectors (ETC) are a way to reduce the heat loss, inherent in flat plates. Since heat loss due to convection can not cross a vacuum, it forms an efficient insulation mechanism to keep heat inside the collector pipes. Since two flat glass sheets are in a vacuum, the vacuum is created between two concentric tubes. Typically, the water piping in an ETC is one of those two concentric tubes of glass that are separated from the other by the heat. The inner tube is coated with a thermal absorb. Vacuum life varies from collector to collector, from 5 years to 15 years. Flat plate collectors are more efficient than ETC in full sunshine conditions. HOWEVER, The energy output of flat plate collectors is slightly more than ETCs in cloudy or extremely cold conditions. Most ETCs are made out of glass, which is likely to hail, failing given roughly golf ball-shaped particles. ETCs made from "coke glass," which has a green color, are stronger and less likely to lose their vacuum. ETCs can gather energy from the sun all day long at low angles due to their tubular shape.
One way to power an active system is via a photovoltaic (PV) panel. To ensure proper pump performance and longevity, the (DC) pump and PV panel must be suitably matched. Although a PV-powered pump does not operate at night, the controller must ensure that it does not work. PV pumps offer the following advantages:
A bubble pump (also known as a geyser pump) is suitable for flat panel and vacuum tube systems. In a bubble pump system, the closed HTF circuit is under reduced pressure, which causes the liquid to boil at low temperature and the sun heats it. The steam bubbles form a geyser, causing an upward flow. The flow of the fluid in the flow of the fluid and the condensate at the highest point in the circuit, after which the fluid flows downward towards the heat exchanger caused by the difference in fluid levels. The HTF typically arrives at the heat exchanger at 70 ° C and returns to the circulating pump at 50 ° C. Pumping typically starts at about 50 ° C and reaches the sun until equilibrium is reached.
A differential controller senses temperature differences between water leaving the solar collector and the water in the storage tank near the heat exchanger. The controller starts the pump when the water in the collector is about 8-10 ° C and the temperature difference reaches 3-5 ° C. This ensures that you save water when you're in the water. Excessive cycling on and off. (In direct systems the pump can be triggered with a difference around 4 ° C because they have no heat exchanger.)
The simplest collector is a water-filled metal tank in a sunny place. The sun heats the tank. This was how the first systems worked. This setup would be inefficient due to the equilibrium effect, and it would be a success in the future. The challenge is to limit the heat loss.
ICS or batch collectors reduce heat loss by thermally insulating the tank. This is achieved by the tank in a glass-topped box that allows heat from the sun to reach the water tank. The other walls of the box are thermally insulated, reducing convection and radiation. The box can also have a reflective surface on the inside. This one looks at the tank back to the tank. In a simple way one could consider an ICS solar water heater as a water tank that has been enclosed in a type of 'oven' that retains heat from the sun as well as the heat of the water in the tank. Using a box does not eliminate the heat from the tank to the environment, but it greatly reduces this loss. Standard ICS collectors have a feature that strongly limits the efficiency of the collector: a small surface-to-volume ratio. Since the amount of heat can be absorbed by the sun, it is largely dependent on the surface of the sun. These collectors have an inherently small surface-to-volume ratio. Collectors attempt to increase this ratio for efficient warming of the water. Variations on this basic design include collectors that combine smaller water containers and evacuated glass tube technology, a type of ICS system known as an Evacuated Tube Batch (ETB) collector. These collectors have an inherently small surface-to-volume ratio. Collectors attempt to increase this ratio for efficient warming of the water. Variations on this basic design include collectors that combine smaller water containers and evacuated glass tube technology, a type of ICS system known as an Evacuated Tube Batch (ETB) collector. These collectors have an inherently small surface-to-volume ratio. Collectors attempt to increase this ratio for efficient warming of the water. Variations on this basic design include collectors that combine smaller water containers and evacuated glass tube technology, a type of ICS system known as an Evacuated Tube Batch (ETB) collector.
ETSCs can be more useful than other solar collectors during winter season. ETCs can be used for heating and cooling purposes in industries such as pharmaceuticals and pharmaceuticals, paper, leather and textile and also for residential housing, hospitals nursing home, hotels swimming pool etc.An ETC can operate at a range of temperatures from medium to high for solar hot water, swimming pool, air conditioning and solar cooker. Higher temperature (up to) temperature, heat engine and solar drying.
Floating pool covering systems STCs are used for pool heating. Pool covering systems, whether solid sheets or floating disks, Much heat loss occurs through evaporation, and using a cover slows evaporation. STCs for nonpotable pool water are often made of plastic. Pool water is mildly corrosive due to chlorine. Water is circulated through the panels using the existing pool or supplemental pump. In mild environments, unglazed plastic collectors are more efficient as a direct system. In cold or windy environments evacuated tubes or flat plates in an indirect configuration are used in conjunction with a heat exchanger. This reduces corrosion. A fairly simple differential temperature controller is used to direct the water to the panels or heat exchanger or by turning a valve or operating the pump. Once the pool has reached the temperature, it has to be separated from the pool without heating. Many systems are configured as draining systems where the water drains into the pool when the water pump is switched off. The collector panels are usually mounted on a roof, or ground-mounted on a tilted rack. Due to the low temperature difference between the air and the water, the panels are often formed collectors or unglazed flat plate collectors. A simple rule-of-thumb is required for 50% of the pool's surface area. This is for areas where pools are used in the summer season only. Adding solar collectors to a conventional outdoor pool, in a cold climate, can easily extend the pool. An active solar energy system analysis program can be used to optimize the solar heating system before it is built.
The amount of heat delivered by a solar water heating system depends primarily on the amount of heat delivered by the sun at a particular place (insolation). In the tropics insolation can be relatively high, eg 7 kWh / m2 per day, versus eg, 3.2 kWh / m2 per day in temperate areas. Even at the same latitude average insolation can vary the weather and the amount of overcast. Calculators are available for estimating insolation at a site. Below is a table that gives a rough indication of the specifications and energy that could be expected from a solar water heating system involving some 2 m 2 of absorbing area of the collector, demonstrating two evacuated tube and three flat plate solar water heating systems. Certification information or figures calculated from those data. The bottom two rows for energy production (kWh / day) for a tropical and a temperate scenario. These conditions are for heating water at 50 ° C above ambient temperature. With most solar water heating systems, the energy output scales linearly with the collector surface area. The figures are fairly similar between the above collectors, yielding some 4 kWh / day in a temperate climate and some 8 kWh / day in a tropical climate when using a collector with a 2 m 2 absorb. In the temperate scenario this is enough to heat 200 liters of water by some 17 ° C. In the tropical scenario the equivalent heating would be 33 ° C. Many thermosiphon systems have comparable energy output to equivalent active systems. The efficiency of evacuated tube collectors is somewhat lower than that of flat collectors because of the absorbers are made of the tubes and the tubes having space between them, resulting in a larger percentage of inactive overall collector area. Some methods of comparison compute the efficiency of evacuated tube collectors based on the table. Efficiency is reduced at higher temperatures. Some methods of comparison compute the efficiency of evacuated tube collectors based on the table. Efficiency is reduced at higher temperatures. Some methods of comparison compute the efficiency of evacuated tube collectors based on the table. Efficiency is reduced at higher temperatures.
In sunny, warm rentals, where freeze protection is not necessary, an ICS (batch type) solar water heater can be cost effective. In higher latitudes, design requirements for cold weather add to system complexity and cost. This increases costs, but not life-cycle costs. The biggest single consideration is therefore the large initial financial outlay of solar water heating systems. Offsetting this expense can take years. The payback period is longer in temperate environments. Since solar energy is free, operating costs are small. At higher latitudes, solar heaters may be more effective than lower insolation, possibly larger and / or dual-heating systems. In some countries government incentives can be significant. Cost factors (positive and negative) include: For instance in central and southern Florida, the period was much shorter than that of the 12.6 years shown on the chart for the US. However, even in temperate areas, solar water heating is cost effective. The payback period for photovoltaic systems has historically been much longer. Costs and payback period are shorter if not complementary / backup system is required. thus extending the payback period of such a system. Costs and payback period are shorter if not complementary / backup system is required. thus extending the payback period of such a system. Costs and payback period are shorter if not complementary / backup system is required. thus extending the payback period of such a system.
Australia operates a system of Renewable Energy Credits, based on national renewable energy targets. The Toronto Solar Neighborhoods Initiative offers subsidies for the purchase of solar water heating units.
The source of electricity in an active SWH system determines the extent to which a system contributes to atmospheric carbon during operation. Active solar thermal systems that use electricity to pump the fluid through the panels are called 'low carbon solar'. In most systems, the savings of 20%. However, low power pumps operate with 1-20W. Assuming a solar collector panel delivering 4kWh / day and a pump running intermittently from hands electricity for a total of 6 hours during a 12-hour sunny day, the potential negative effect of such a pump can be reduced to about 3% of the heat Produced. However, PV-powered active solar thermal systems typically use a 5-30 W PV panel and a small, low power diaphragm pump or centrifugal pump to circulate the water. This reduces the operational carbon and energy footprint. Alternative non-electrical pumping systems may employ thermal expansion and phase changes of liquids and gases.
Recognized standards can be used to deliver robust and quantitative life cycle assessments (LCA). LCA considers the financial and environmental costs of acquisition of raw materials, manufacturing, transportation, using, servicing and disposal of equipment. Elements include: By contrast the energy payback time in the UK is reported to only 2 years. This figure is for a direct system, a retrofitted to an existing water store, a PV pumped, a freeze tolerant and 2.8 sqm aperture. For comparison, a PV installation took around 5 years to reach energy payback, according to the same comparative study. In terms of CO 2 emissions, a large fraction of the emissions is dependent on the degree to which it is used to supplement the sun. Using the Eco-indicator 99 points system as a yardstick (ie the annual environmental load of an average European inhabitant) in Greece, a purely gas-driven system may have fewer emissions than a solar system. This calculation assumes that the solar system produces a household. A test system in Italy produced about 700 kg of CO 2, considering all the components of manufacture, use and disposal. Maintenance was identified as an emissions-costly activity when the heat transfer fluid (glycol-based) was replaced. However, the emissions have been recovered within two years of the equipment. In Australia, life cycle emissions were also recovered. The tested SWH system had about 20% of the impact of an electrical water heater and half that of a water heater. Analyze their lower impact retrofit freezing-tolerant solar water heating system, Allen et al. (qv) reported a production CO 2 impact of 337 kg, which is around the environmental impact reported in the Ardente et al. (qv) study.
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Singapore Grand Prix keeps the crowds coming back: promoter
Circuit Park will be packed over the three days of the event, says Singapore GP's executive director
Sat, Sep 15, 2018 - 5:50 AM
Nisha Ramchandaninishar@sph.com.sg@Nisha_BT
Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel driving at the Marina Bay Street Circuit during the first practice session on Friday.
NOW in its eleventh year, the Singapore Grand Prix continues to draw crowds, with brisk sales in the run-up to the event, says the race organiser.
Discounting the naysayers, Singapore GP executive director Michael Roche highlighted: "Everybody said: 'It was the last year, that's why we had a bumper year last year. It's going to die this year'. But (spectators are) coming out in droves and I think you'll see on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, this Circuit Park is going to be absolutely packed."
At the ritzy Paddock Club and various other corporate hospitality offerings around the Marina Bay street circuit, the event typically attracts close to 9,000 well-heeled attendees each year.
The premium hospitality tickets range in price from S$3,000 for a three-day pass, while the high-end Paddock Club goes for S$10,000.
Companies hosting guests come from diverse industries but tend to lean more towards multinational brands - such as UBS and Rolex - than local brands.
Meanwhile, the final tally for public ticket sales will be released on Sunday, as there is usually a last-minute surge in sales in the three weeks leading up to the race. Mr Roche declined to share figures but added: "We're very proud of what we've got this year and the support is very welcome."
In what was meant to be the last year of the Singapore Grand Prix, the 2017 event was attended by 260,400 race-goers over the three days. But Singapore ended up extending its contract to remain on the starting grid until 2021, just as Formula One (F1) came under new management on the back of a multi-billion-dollar acquisition by Liberty Media. And with Malaysia ending its run as a F1 host last year, Singapore is the only South-east Asian destination on the race calendar this season.
A tight race could also be a draw, as was the case last year. Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel are battling it out for the championship, with Hamilton currently leading the driver's standings at 256 points. While the street circuit appears to favour Ferrari, Hamilton snagged top spot on the podium at the 2017 Singapore Grand Prix and takes the wheel in Singapore fresh from a surprise win at the Italian Grand Prix.
Commenting on how Singapore GP has worked together with F1's new management for the 2018 event, Mr Roche said: "We are falling in line with some of the marketing models that Formula One wants to do, and others we're resisting a little bit. We want to retain our independence and personality, we don't just want to be a cookie-cutter event."
To appeal to race fans and non-race fans alike, the night race aims to deliver a carnival-like atmosphere, with scheduled performances taking place around the Marina Bay circuit. Headliners in this year's line-up include Taiwanese pop star Jay Chou, rock band The Killers, British soul and pop band Simply Red and English singer-songwriter Dua Lipa.
The celebrities won't just be on stage. Among those attending the Grand Prix on Sunday is Crazy Rich Asians star Michelle Yeoh - who is married to Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile president Jean Todt - and some of her cast mates.
Over the past decade, the Singapore Grand Prix has generated incremental tourism spend totalling about S$1.4 billion for Singapore. The government funds 60 per cent of the cost of the race - which now works out to about S$135 million annually - while Singapore GP covers the balance.
Commenting on the targets for this year, Jean Ng, director (sports) at the Singapore Tourism Board, said: "We hope to generate incremental tourism receipts of about S$140 million, with overseas visitors comprising about 40 per cent of the total number of spectators."
Key source markets usually include the United Kingdom, Australia, China, Thailand, Hong Kong, Japan, Holland and Germany. But visitors come from all over, including Botswana, Uganda and Chad, race promoter Singapore GP added.
Michael Roche


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For wearables companies, devices need to have meaningful and trustworthy healthcare benefits that are reliable and cost- and time-efficient. Inaccurate fitness data is no longer acceptable. In addition to moving towards FDA grade accuracy, soon the single-function device will be a thing of the past as healthcare providers move to embrace technology that fulfills a variety of purposes (think of Dr. McCoy's tricorder). Medtech wearable devices need to be able to monitor multiple functions and support physician analysis in promoting the individual's health and treatment options.
Other than the IRS or NSA, few three-letter agencies cause a visceral response like the FDA. FDA regulations may seem insurmountable, but applying for clearance is being eased by companies like ClearRoadmap, which helps guide wearable developers and medical professionals through the search and FDA clearance process. Most medtech devices fall into the second category of devices; Class I devices have no potential risk to the user (band-aids), Class II devices may expose the user to minimal risk (powered wheelchairs) and Class III devices may expose the patient to significant risk (implants). A number of companies are already capitalizing on their clearance. For example, HealthInterlink (now owned by Welch Allyn) received FDA 510(k) Class II clearance for its Beacon 2.0, a mobile software system for home health devices. Nexus6 obtained FDA clearance for its smartphone-connected inhaler, SmartTouch, as a Class II medical device.
In order to enjoy success and growth in healthcare, medtech companies need to focus on leadership and innovation. Acting as a trailblazer in this medtech wearable arena will not only allow your company to compete, but it will open up new market opportunities to drive growth. Innovation is the key to developing the best products that target illnesses or health problems, but this will require a serious commitment to R&D, with emphasis in wearable medical devices that will provide unrivaled continuous patient monitoring and invaluable, trustworthy data. The future belongs to those medtech companies who can offer innovative, cost-efficient and holistic healthcare approaches to preventative and diagnostic medical care. Medtech firms must consider medical wearables.


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Lee Il-hyeong's "A Violent Prosecutor" dominated its first weekend out by capturing 73.7% of the box office pie and banking nearly $16 million. This comedy crime drama stars Hwang Jung-min as a wrongful accused investigator who gets help in prison from a fraudster (Gang Dong-won) in an attempt to clear his name. The film was allocated a massive 1,701 screens (close to double that of its closest rival) and from them attracted 2.3 million filmgoers to top the chart and dislodge last weekend's number one, "Kung Ju Panda 3".
Last weekend the third installment in the "Kung Fu Panda" series hit Korean shores and rose to pole position (it captured 63% with 1.3 million), but week two for "Kung Fu Panda 3" was less productive; the film was shoved into second place with 550 thousand admissions (17.4%) while Lee's intriguing hit made its mark above. Since its release late January, "Kung Fu Panda 3" has already made $16.3 million in Korea alone, and, worldwide, the film has already banked over $198 million (it was particularly popular with Chinese audiences). The top two films, therefore, grab just over 90% of the cinema traffic over the weekend.
Three new entries followed: the American movie "Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip" featured in third with 70 thousand admissions (2%); Todd Haynes' romantic drama "Carol" (starring Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara) scored the attention 48.8 thousand (1.6%), and in fifth place fell to a local animation by Lee Yeong-joon, "The Strong and Mini Special Forces: Birth of a Hero", with 32 thousand (0.9%). This is Lee's second feature film in "The Strong and Mini Special Forces" series, the first of which was released last year and attracted just over 155 thousand filmgoers.
Lee Ho-jae-I's "SORI: Voice from the Heart" entered the race last weekend in second place with 179.7 thousand (7.8%), but slipped all the way to sixth here in week two with 28 thousand (0.8%) to bring its total tally to 377 thousand, or $2.3 million. Not far behind came last weekend's number three, "A Melody to Remember" by Lee Han, with 24.5 thousand (0.75%), bringing its bottom line now to $6.1 million.
The Oscar-nominated "The Revenant" starring Leonardo DiCaprio occupied eighth place with 22.8 thousand admissions going its way, followed by the Adama Mckay's biographical comedy "The Big Short" starring Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling and Brad Pitt. Lastly, Korea's first weekend of February was rounded out by the "Star Wars" killer, "The Himalayas", which has been in the top ten since mid-December. Lee Seok-hoon's "The Himalayas" stunningly outplayed the latest "Star Wars" film over the December, and with this past weekend's results, the film has made over $50.1 million (7.7 million admissions).


PTT or push-to-talk wired for Kenwood sockets provided with transmitter stations. It is made of plastic and its design allows easy placement and operation.
This device manufactured by Z-Tactical is an extension to the communication system (helmet, headset) designed to offer the location of the PTT or push to talk button in a much more comfortable position than the button on the transmit- reception. This PTT is provided with a separate button for finger fitting, for example. As for the connection itself with the headset, the plug is standard, thus enabling a wide range of communication devices; simple, double helmet, loudspeaker, etc. The device is made of plastic and has an easily accessible PTT button. On the back there is a crocodile clip that allows attachment of the device in different areas of the equipment.
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Meadow Creek Restoration Project
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Project Photos:
Wildlife Visitor
Completed Section with Vegetation
Before Restoration
After Restoration
Meadow Creek, one of the city's major waterways, was selected to undergo a significant stream restoration. The restoration will result in a stable stream system and improved water quality, as well as enhanced aquatic habitat and aesthetic values.
Meadow Creek is part of the Rivanna River watershed, which is part of the larger Chesapeake Bay watershed. The Rivanna River watershed has been identified as one of the five best examples of high quality Piedmont river systems remaining in Virginia. However, increased sedimentation, due in large part to uncontrolled stormwater runoff, stream bank erosion, and the lack of forested buffers in riparian areas, poses a serious threat to the health of the watershed.
Why Does Meadow Creek Need Restoration?
The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality has listed Meadow Creek and a segment of the Rivanna River downstream as 'impaired waterways'. Impairment in these waters is due in part to excessive sedimentation from stream bank erosion. Restoring Meadow Creek and enhancing and preserving the forested buffer and wetlands along the creek will aid in reducing sedimentation and filtering stormwater runoff entering Meadow Creek and the Rivanna River.
Why are Sedimentation and Erosion Problems?
An adult Mayfly, which is an indicator of a clean waterway.
As rivers and streams flow, they naturally carve their course through the landscape - carrying a certain amount of sediment downstream. In natural conditions, a river will alter its course over time, as it creates natural meanders and floodplains that slow its flow during storm events, dissipating energy and reducing erosion. But in urban environments, large areas are covered with impervious surfaces. As a result, water cannot infiltrate into the ground, and instead drains into stormwater systems, and then creeks and rivers, much faster than it naturally would. This rapid drainage and increased quantity of runoff results in high peak flows in waterways. The matter is made worse by the fact that many urban waterways have been "channelized" or straightened in order to maximize developable land, reducing the natural capacity of the waterway to slow down and dissipate the water's energy. The result is severe erosion of stream banks, scouring of stream beds, and excessive sedimentation. Sediment loading is recognized as one of the greatest threats to the Rivanna River and the Chesapeake Bay; sediment carries pollutants that have bonded to it into waterways, suspends in the water column and blocks sunlight from aiding in the growth of submerged aquatic vegetation, clogs the gills of fish (sometimes suffocating them), and eventually destroys aquatic habitat in streambeds when it settles.
What are Riparian Buffers?
A buffer is a vegetated strip alongside a stream. The streamside zone, also called the riparian zone, exercises very strong controls over stream conditions and is therefore vital to the health of the entire river basin. It is in this zone, where stream water makes its most intimate contact with the channel bed and banks, that much of a stream's cleansing action and nutrient processing occurs.
How do Buffers Protect Stream Health?
Buffers dissipate stream energy – streamside vegetation reduces the power of the stream by slowing water down through friction. Doubling the speed of a stream's flow results in the erosion of four times as much soil.
The vegetation acts to filter pollutants from surface runoff. For example, buffers can remove excess nitrogen and phosphorus (two harmful pollutants) from artificial fertilizers, which in large quantities can cause harmful algae blooms that deplete oxygen levels in waterways.
The plants, trees, and root systems filter and trap sediment, keeping it out of the waterway where it can negatively impact aquatic habitat, while building and maintaining the stream banks.
Buffers improve water infiltration. If vegetation is removed, water flows downstream at a much higher velocity, decreasing the amount that soaks into the riparian area and streambed. Water that soaks into these areas recharges groundwater supplies, which in turn enhances stream flow levels throughout the year and in drier seasons.
Buffers provide vital wildlife habitat and food sources for aquatic organisms as well as shade to keep water temperatures cool.
Buffers can reduce flood damage. When small streams are in their natural state, they absorb significant amounts of rainwater and runoff before flooding. However, when a landscape is altered, the runoff can exceed the absorption capacity of the stream.
A degraded stretch of Meadow Creek
In 2005, the Water Quality Management Study conducted by the City of Charlottesville identified stream bank erosion as the most significant source of sediment in Meadow Creek and its tributaries. Another study, the Albemarle Stream Assessment, completed in 2003, had already classified reaches of Meadow Creek as having severe erosion and severely inadequate buffers. The Rivanna Watershed Conservation Action Plan, developed by The Nature Conservancy, also identified increased sedimentation, due in part to stream bank erosion and the lack of forested buffers in riparian areas, as the greatest current threat to streams and rivers in the Rivanna watershed.
As such, Meadow Creek was one of a number of sites visited in the spring of 2006 to identify potential stream restoration opportunities through the Virginia Aquatic Resources Trust Fund (VARTF). The VARTF is a cooperative program between the US Army Corps of Engineers and The Nature Conservancy which establishes a mechanism to provide compensatory mitigation for wetland and stream impacts incurred during development activities. The Meadow Creek stream restoration project was submitted to the US Army Corps of Engineers as a proposed stream restoration project, and received approval and funding from the VARTF.
The project was accomplished in collaboration with the Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority (RWSA), which undertook a sanitary sewer interceptor upgrade in the same area. The City, RWSA, and The Nature Conservancy coordinated the two projects to ensure protection of both the stream and the sewer interceptor.
What Did the Stream Restoration Work Involve?
Restoration work involved restoring 9,000 linear feet of degraded stream, preserving 10 acres of wetlands, over one mile of the Rivanna Trail, and a total of 72 acres of land.
The work entailed reducing the steep height of the stream banks, realigning the stream channel, adding meanders and in-stream habitat structures, removing invasive plant species, and planting native plants and trees to enhance the forested buffer along the stream. Extensive data collection, surveying, and modeling was completed to aid in the development of the project design and subsequent construction. Citizen and neighborhood input was solicited throughout the process and played a vital role.
One of the highly eroded stream banks of Meadow Creek
The project built on the environmental initiatives being undertaken by the City and other groups throughout the watershed and will serve as a demonstration site, providing educational opportunities to citizens and landowners. The project complements the work done upstream on Meadow Creek by the University of Virginia, which has recently completed a number of stream restoration projects, including at the Dell, the Ivy Road parking garage, and the John Paul Jones Arena.
To permanently protect the stream, wetlands, and forested buffer, conservation easements have been placed over the project area. The conservation easements will also protect over a mile of the Rivanna Trail located along Meadow Creek in this area. A trails plan is being developed that will work in concert with the new easements and stream alignment.
Map of the Meadow Creek Restoration Project
To view or download a Meadow Creek Restoration Project Fact Sheet click here.
To view or download a Meadow Creek Restoration Summary Document click here.
To view or download a map of the project area, click here.
To view or download the Meadow Creek Restoration Project presentation that was delivered at the Open House in April 2012, please click here.
To view or download the Meadow Creek Restoration Project presentation that was delivered at the Open House in July 2011, please click here. Please note that the project timeline has changed since this presentation.
To view or download the Meadow Creek Restoration Project and Meadow Creek Sanitary Sewer Interceptor Replacement Project presentation that was delivered to City Council in November 2009, please click here. Please note that the project timeline and scope have changed since this presentation.
To view or download the Meadow Creek Restoration Project presentation that was delivered at the Community Open House in September 2008, please click here. Please note that the project timeline and scope have changed since this presentation.


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Q: Building a DateTime with a specific timezone I have a date, an hour, and a timezone. From these, I'm trying to build a UTC DateTime.
Everything I've googled about building a DateTime with a timezone is talking about going to a different timezone from UTC, not the other way around. DateTime seems to only take ints for time/date values, and nothing for a timezone.
This seems like such a simple problem but for some reason the solution is eluding me.
How do I build a DateTime with date, hour, and timezone?

A: You can do this:
datetime = '2015-05-25 12:00 +0300'
Time.parse(datetime).utc

First you parse time with timezone (default = current timezone) and then convert it to UTC. Same can be done with DateTime

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Default CameraShake node in Nuke, but with a checkerboard/sequence switch to preview the CameraShake node, now with the ability to manually change the nested checkerboard format to match project settings.
True, Nuke/NukeX does have a built in CameraShake node, but I found myself constantly setting up a node flow (shown below) to be able to switch from the source (SRC) sequence to a static Checkerboard to make quicker changes to the variables of the CameraShake node. This way, it's a little 'speedier' than Nuke or NukeX computing the probably complex nodes prior to the CameraShake node. The output dropdown box below switches between the source (SRC) sequence connected above this node and the Checkerboard. As of v1.3, you can now change the nested checkerboard format to match project settings without having to go into the group to change it.
This should work within Nuke 8+ on Linux and Mac, I only have Windows to verify, so your results may vary; please leave a comment if you've tested this successfully on Linux or Mac.


(1) Work on the internal market should gradually improve the quality of life, health protection and consumer safety. The measures provided for in this Directive ensure a high level of health and consumer protection.
(2) Textile and leather articles containing certain azodyes have the capacity to release certain arylamines, which may pose cancer risks.
(3) Limitations already adopted or planned by certain Member States on the use of azodyed textile and leather articles concern the completion and functioning of the internal market. It is therefore necessary to approximate the laws of the Member States in this field and, consequently, to amend Annex I to Council Directive 76/769/EEC of 27 July 1976 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to restrictions on the marketing and use of certain dangerous substances and preparations(4).
(4) The Scientific Committee on Toxicity, Ecotoxicity and the Environment (CSTEE), after being consulted by the Commission, has confirmed that cancer risks posed by textile and leather goods coloured by certain azodyes, give cause for concern.
(5) In order to protect human health, the use of dangerous azodyes and the placing on the market of some articles coloured with such dyes should be prohibited.
(6) For textile articles made of recycled fibres, a maximum concentration of 70 ppm for the amines listed in point 43 in the appendix to Directive 76/769/EEC should be applied. This should be the case for a transitional period until 1 January 2005 if the amines are released by the residues deriving from the previous dyeing of the same fibres. This will allow for the recycling of textiles, which has overall benefits for the environment.
(7) Harmonised testing methods are necessary for the application of this Directive. The Commission, in accordance with Article 2a of Directive 76/769/EEC, should establish such methods. The testing methods should preferably be developed at European level, if appropriate by the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN).
(8) In the light of new scientific knowledge, testing methods should be reviewed, including testing methods for analysing 4-amino azobenzene.
(9) In the light of new scientific knowledge, the provisions on certain azocolourants should be reviewed, in particular with regard to the need to include other materials not covered by this Directive, as well as other aromatic amines. Special attention should be paid to possible risks to children.
Testing methods for the application of point 43 of Annex I to Directive 76/769/EEC shall be adopted by the Commission in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 2a of that Directive.
1. Member States shall adopt and publish, not later than 11 September 2003, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
They shall apply these provisions from 11 September 2003.
OJ C 96 E, 27.3.2001, p. 269.
(2) OJ C 204, 18.7.2000, p. 90.
(3) Opinion of the European Parliament of 7 September 2000 (OJ C 135, 7.5.2001, p. 257), Council Common Position of 18 February 2002 (OJ C 119 E, 22.5.2002, p. 7) and Decision of the European Parliament of 11 June 2002 (not yet published in the Official Journal).
(4) OJ L 262, 27.9.1976, p. 201. Directive as last amended by Commission Directive 2001/91/EC (OJ L 286, 30.10.2001, p. 27).
(6) OJ L 196, 26.7.1990, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Directive 1999/38/EC (OJ L 138, 1.6.1999, p. 66).
(7) OJ L 131, 5.5.1998, p. 11.


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I chose this dog to hook you into this Fractions Game. The game board below is the coloring sheet to record the fraction spins. This is game where the object is to draw fraction cards or spin fraction amounts and color the squares until you fill up a WHOLE bar. Then the kids yell, "I have a whole bar." At that time you reward them with a whole piece of candy.
The above is a fractions game sheet you may copy. I am proud of myself for learning how to build it in Photoshop, instead of Word, so that I may give it to you to copy. You can build one in Word also by making a text box, double clicking on it to get the drawing tool bar, and changing the thickness of the lines. In Word, I made a line from the same drawing tool bar. You can copy and paste these lines to make fractions. I copied and pasted them into Photoshop, so that I could save them as a jpeg or image and insert it into this blog.
I label the fraction bars at the bottom of each with the whole amount. The first label would be 3/3, second 6/6, etc.
Each student receives their own sheet, unless you want to save paper and have them working in pairs. The object of the game is to draw cards, or spin fraction amounts to add up to one whole.
You could play against the class on the Smart Board spinner. Put up 6 spinners labeled to match the fraction bars on the Smart Board. If you don't have one, make six spinners per group. You could make the circles, run them off on cardstock, then laminate them. Spinners made with brads and paper arrows DON'T WORK. Mount them on cardboard. Go to Office Depot or Staples. Ask for binder screws. If you don't know what they are...go to Michael's. Look at the new scrapbooks. They hold the pages together. These binder screws make FABULOUS spinners with paint sticks or craft sticks. Make a hole in the stick. Paint an arrow on it, and you have a nifty spinner.
I have also made sets of cards to match the fractions. You need four sets per team. Mix them up in cute little boxes that you make for teams. The kids take turns drawing a fraction card out of the box and coloring in a square on the appropriate bar. In my math lab, I used the cards and made the kids show me how they added up to make one whole.
For example, they might have drawn a 1/6 card + 3/6 card + 2/6 . They win a piece of candy for coloring the WHOLE bar. They can keep playing and winning more candy as time allows. Remember, they are playing against others, so there are not that many winners.
If you use the spinners, have a recording slip for them to record what each spin was worth. A 5th's spinner might have 1/5, 2/5, 3/5, 4/5 on it. You should hear them laugh when they get a 4/5 because it's almost a whole bar.


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The goal of our project was to improve the efficiency of Fundación Paraguaya's Microfinance and Poverty Stoplight Programs by implementing Industrial Engineering techniques. First, we addressed inefficient planning of client meetings through an Excel-based scheduling tool that optimally groups geographically similar meetings. Based on our results, the scheduling tool has the potential to reduce 19.92% of the total distance traveled. Second, we developed a tool to analyze the rezoning of offices by evaluating the impact of the corresponding reassignment of client committees to their respective zones. If all reassignments are made, the total distance reduction will exceed 2,400 miles. Our two deliverables will be implemented upon completion of our project.


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26 Mar 2016 James Titcomb, The Daily Telegraph
Google, Amazon and Microsoft are locked in a battle to define the next revolution of computing.
Google is known in almost every country as the world's dominant search engine, Amazon as the world's biggest online retailer, and Microsoft as the computer software powerhouse behind Windows.
But the three companies are also locked in a battle to define the next revolution in computing, a gold rush that could become even more lucrative than the hundred-billion dollar operations they run today: the cloud.
Cloud computing lets companies or people essentially rent on-demand processing power, storage and software over the internet. Instead of buying expensive computer servers, memory and programs, companies can now hire them, tapping into the vast enormous data centres run by the likes of Google, Amazon and Microsoft. The cloud is the difference between being able to listen only to the music you have stored on your computer and finding any song on an on-demand internet service like Spotify, and the difference between losing a crucial document and having it accessible from any computer with an online file locker.
However, for many companies, it is more than that. While businesses would traditionally store their data and run complex processes such as programs that analyse customer shopping habits on an expensive computer server in the office that required hiring dedicated engineers, cloud computing means they can use somebody else's hardware thousands of miles away, doing away with upfront costs and letting them add capacity whenever they need it.
The internet video service Netflix, for example, runs almost entirely on Amazon's cloud platform. During peak hours, Netflix can take up more than a third of all the internet traffic in America, a level of demand it wouldn't be able to keep up with by building its own servers. The messaging app Snapchat, launched just five years ago, now shows its users 7bn videos a day, a strain on computing resources that would have meant constant service outages before cloud computing; the company runs on Google's cloud.
A decade ago, Amazon kickstarted the cloud revolution by launching Amazon Web Services (AWS). Originally designed as a way of meeting the company's own huge demand for resources as its retail empire grew, it began making its online infrastructure available to outside developers. The move blindsided many of the IT world's establishes players, and Amazon's first-mover advantage has now made it the world's dominant cloud provider: it commands almost a third of the market, against single-digit shares for both Microsoft and Google.
AWS made $7.9bn (£5.6bn) in revenue last year and is expected to grow by as much as 50pc this year, making it the fastest-growing enterprise software company of all time. When Amazon first revealed the division's financials last year, they were well beyond what any investors had expected and the company's share price soared. It could well become more profitable than Amazon's colossal retail operation this year. "Everyone else is playing catch up against Amazon," says David Richards, the chief executive of WANdisco, a British company that helps businesses move complicated data to the cloud. "They have a seven to 10 year lead on some of their rivals."
But if Amazon has built up a sizeable headstart, Microsoft and Google are both fighting back hard. Two years ago, Microsoft appointed Satya Nadella, the head of its cloud business, as chief executive (the company's cloud competitors were apparently praying that rumours ex-Ford boss Alan Mulally, who might have taken Microsoft in a very different direction, would get the job were true). Microsoft has a long history of selling software to corporate IT departments, giving it a springboard to offer its Azure cloud service, and the division grew by 140pc last year.
Google, meanwhile, is seen as a distant third. In its earlier days, the company essentially invented cloud computing by building the huge data centres required to run its search engine and letting its developers build programs on top of it, resulting in programs including Gmail and Google Maps. It has tremendous expertise in both computing infrastructure and security – the top priority for most companies using the cloud. But Google arrived late to offering other companies cloud services, and it doesn't have the same history of selling products to enterprises, having focused on consumer technology. Google does not reveal its cloud revenues, but they were estimated to be around $500m last year, less than 10pc of Amazon's.
But that is beginning to change and Google is going on the offensive, betting heavily on its ability to catch up to Microsoft and Amazon. In November, it hired Diane Greene, a legend in Silicon Valley who founded the software company VMware, to run its enterprise operation, in what was seen as a major statement of intent. In recent weeks, Google has signed up Spotify and Apple as customers, despite being rivals to both, as well as corporations such as Disney.
The company has been on a publicity offensive. Even in the tech-centric San Francisco, where the billboards flog apps and website design software, rather than Coca-Cola or the latest blockbuster, the adverts for Google Cloud Platform are unmissable. And this week it held a summit on the edge of the San Francisco bay, bringing out Google's biggest guns including its chief executive Sundar Pichai and Eric Schmidt, the chairman of parent company Alphabet, as a statement of intent. Google unveiled a series of new features for its cloud service, including the ability for cloud users to access its expert artificial intelligence technology, letting companies use the same "machine learning" tools that Google uses to understand images and translate text.
"We believe that in the future, almost everything will be done in the cloud, because it's a better way of doing business," Pichai said. "We are at the beginning of what's possible; businesses are just starting to adopt the concept and we are set up with the right people at the right time. We're seeing a real acceleration in customers choosing us."
Analysts were largely impressed, if cautious about the company's ability to claw back the lead its rivals have. We still view Google as a very distant third place player behind AWS and [Microsoft] Azure, but we see Google drawing on its scale and automation advantages," said RBC's Mark Mahaney.
Google itself is yet more ambitious: its cloud division is the fastest-growing part of the company, and some executives believe it could one day be bigger than the huge internet advertising operation that currently pays the bills.
"IT is a trillion-dollar industry and everybody is going to run in the cloud, but it's [currently] well under 10pc" says Greene. She adds that many companies have got over fears about putting confidential data on somebody else's servers, claiming that the cloud is in fact more secure: "Google's been in the crosshairs of every major hacker from the beginning we really hardened our systems more than anyone else."
The cloud has begun a revolution in computing, and heightened the rivalries between the already ultra-competitive technology giants on America's west coast. But, says Greene, "this is really early".


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Le marsouin aptère (Neophocaena phocaenides) est un cétacé de petite taille. C'est le seul représentant du genre Neophocaena. C'est le seul marsouin à ne pas avoir d'aileron dorsal. Il est aussi nommé Princesse du Yangsté, ce nom lui est donné par une légende racontant que le dauphin est la réincarnation d'une princesse qui, refusant d'épouser un prince qu'elle n'aimait pas, s'est jetée dans la rivière pour s'y noyer.

Autres noms : marsouin de l'Inde, marsouin de Cuvier ou marsouin noir.

Caractéristiques

Comme son nom l'indique, le marsouin aptère est dépourvu d'aileron dorsal mais possède une petite crête sur le dos. Ce marsouin de taille moyenne est difficile à identifier et à apercevoir au moment où il fait brièvement surface et roule doucement dans l'eau pour remplir ses poumons d'air. Il se distingue des autres espèces de marsouin par son front protubérant comme celui des dauphins et son museau légèrement pointu.

La taille de ses petits varie de 50 à 70 centimètres. les adultes peuvent peser jusqu'à 72 kg : les mâles peuvent atteindre 1,90 m pour un poids de 40 à 50 kg ; les femelles sont plus petites .

Sa peau est de couleur gris clair, sa tête est ronde et il a un petit bec. Sur le haut de son corps il possède de petits tubercules et sa nageoire caudale possède une encoche au milieu.

Sa dentition comporte une trentaine de dents comprimées et aplaties à l'extrémité.

Le marsouin aptère a un aspect physique que l'on peut comparer à un béluga.

Son espérance de vie est d'environ 33 ans.

Alimentation
Il se nourrit seul ou en petits groupes composés de 3 à 5 individus, occasionnellement 10 ou plus.

Il a un régime alimentaire piscivore, il se nourrit exclusivement de petits poissons, céphalopodes, crustacés et mollusques au fond de l'eau qu'il détecte par écholocation lors de courtes apnées en eaux peu profondes.

Il migre parfois pour de courts voyages saisonniers à la suite de ses proies.

Reproduction
Le mâle marsouin aptère atteint la maturité sexuelle entre 4 et 6 ans ; la femelle entre 6 et 9 ans. La gestation dure 11 mois. Le sevrage du petit survient vers 7 mois.

Répartition et habitat

Il vit près des côtes, dans l'océan Indien et le Pacifique ouest où il fréquente les estuaires et remonte les fleuves (Indus, Brahmapoutre, Yangtze...). On trouve quelques spécimens de marsouins aptères dans le fleuve Yang-Tsé-Kiang (Chang Jiang en chinois) où sa population est réduite à cause de l'activité humaine aux abords du fleuve. Le dauphin de Chine, lui, a peut être disparu complètement. La dernière expédition de recherche internationale de 2006 n'a pas trouvé ne serait-ce qu'un seul individu.

Neophocaena phocaenoides phocaenoides (G. Cuvier, 1829) est localisé dans les eaux côtières, voire les embouchures des fleuves, de l'océan Indien, et de la mer de Chine méridionale, du golfe Persique jusqu'au détroit de Formose. C'est, parmi tous les marsouins, le groupe qui fréquente les eaux les plus tropicales, et ce, sur la plus grande distance.

Neophocaena phocaenoides sunameri Pilleri and Gihr, 1975, fréquente les eaux côtières et les embouchures de la mer de Chine orientale, de Taïwan jusqu'à la Corée et au Japon. Il présente des homologies biométriques et génétiques avec la sous-espèce asiaeorientalis, qui pourraient inciter à le regrouper avec cette dernière sous-espèce en une espèce séparée.

Neophocaena phocaenoides asiaeorientalis (Pilleri and Gihr, 1972) n'a été localisé que dans les cours moyen et inférieur du Yang Tsé, soit sur  à partir de l'estuaire, ainsi que les lacs Poyang et Dongting et leurs affluents. Il semble que cette sous-espèce soit uniquement dulcicole. Les comptages, très difficiles, semblent indiquer une diminution rapide des effectifs, en raison de la pollution des eaux.
De plus, sur la base de la modélisation de protéines par homologie et des caractéristiques de leur protéine ACE2, il n'est pas exclu que cette espèce puisse être infectée par le coronavirus responsable de la pandémie de Covid-19 (voire qu'elle soit l'espèce intermédiaire dans laquelle le virus aurai pu émerger, comme l'humain, les bovidés ou les rongeurs du groupe des cricétidés), selon trois chercheurs de l'université de Shandong (Luan  ; 1er avril 2020) qui suggèrent en 2020 de rechercher s'il est infecté par le SARS-CoV-2 (ou par un coronavirus apparenté).

Population et menaces
Le marsouin aptère est sur la  Liste rouge des espèces en danger critique d'extinction. La population de marsouin aptère a diminué avec 1 012 individus vivant encore à l'état sauvage en 2017. La Chine a enregistré depuis le début de l'année 2022 au moins 16 décès de marsouins aptères, une espèce très menacée qui pourrait bientôt s'éteindre dans son habitat du fleuve Yangtsé, a rapporté la presse officielle. Ce cétacé d'eau douce, qui comme son nom l'indique est dépourvu d'aileron dorsal, vit en Chine seulement dans le Yangtsé et dans deux lacs reliés à ce grand fleuve, mais ne sont pas épargnés par les pollution.

Taxinomie
Le genre Neophocaena Phocaenoides ou marsouin aptère ne comprenait autrefois qu'une espèce reconnue, le marsouin aptère N. phocaenoides . Il a récemment été divisé en deux catégories: Le marsouin aptère N. phocaenoides et le marsouin aptère narrow-ridged N. asiaeorientalis de l'Inde et du Pacifique , autrefois considérées comme les sous-espèces de N. phocaenoides asiaeorientalis dans la liste rouge de l'UICN1 (Wang et al. 2008, Comité sur la Taxonomie 2009, Perrin 2009, Jefferson et Wang 2011). Les deux espèces sont morphologiquement distinctes, isolées sur le plan de la reproduction comme le montrent les évidences génétiques et partiellement sympatriques dans le Pacifique occidental. La différence morphologique externe est suffisamment prononcée pour être évidente au niveau des animaux observés en mer dans leur milieu naturel (Wang et al. 2010). Les deux espèces diffèrent par leurs caractéristiques crâniennes ainsi que par leur morphologie externe.

Notes et références

Annexes

Liens externes

 (fr) Référence UNESCO : Au chevet des espèces du yangsté (sur le site de l'UNESCO) (consulté le 3 février 2022)

Phocoenidae
Cétacé (nom scientifique)

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One of the most fascinating podcasts I've had the privilege to record was our most recent one with Morgan Hare. She has had an enviable career with some of the world's top organizations, started her own skincare line and cofounded a non-profit. Rather than resting on her laurels, she continually looks for ways to make a difference, grow and innovate. I encourage you to learn more about the force of nature that is Morgan Hare by listening to her podcast, reading the bio below and attending the CEO Symposium on March 7.
With more than 30 years of experience in the cosmetics and skin care industries, Morgan Hare has held executive marketing and product development positions at numerous national, blue-chip consumer product and retail companies.
At Avon, Morgan was General Manager of Skin Care and Marketing Manager of Color Cosmetics, where she championed and launched Anew Skin Care – a product line that still remains an important financial asset to Avon some 20 years later.
Her career has allowed her the opportunity to provide leadership and innovative brand support to a breadth of CPG and cosmetic corporations including; QVC, where she served as Vice President of Health and Beauty; Home Shopping Network (U.S. and Europe), where she was as Senior Vice President of Health and Beauty; Tupperware, where she was Executive Vice President of Global Marketing and Product Development; and BeautiControl, where she was Senior Vice President of Marketing and Global Beauty.
Currently, Morgan is the president and cofounder of HYLACO, LLC, an ingredient and product development company specializing in marketing a breakthrough in cosmetic technology called the HylaSponge®System. Under HYLACO, she cofounded eraclea, a line of skincare products that uses the HylaSponge®System.
In addition, she cofounded and serves on the board of the AiRS Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to raising funds and awareness for women who have had mastectomies due to breast cancer and want reconstructive surgery. Restorative breast surgery is a vital part of total physical and emotional healing for many breast cancer survivors, yet many who desire it don't have sufficient financial resources and may not understand what options are available to them.
Prior to her marketing career, Morgan conducted research at Harvard Medical School and held senior marketing positions in the biomedical industry for several companies, including Technicon Instruments Corporation and American Optical Corporation.
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require 'rails_helper'

RSpec.describe "spree/vendors/edit", type: :view do
  before(:each) do
    @spree_vendor = assign(:spree_vendor, Spree::Vendor.create!(
      :name => "MyString",
      :address1 => "MyString",
      :address2 => "MyString",
      :city => "MyString",
      :state => "MyString",
      :country => "MyString",
      :phone => "MyString",
      :fax => "MyString",
      :active => false,
      :leadtimedays => 1
    ))
  end

  it "renders the edit spree_vendor form" do
    render

    assert_select "form[action=?][method=?]", spree_vendor_path(@spree_vendor), "post" do

      assert_select "input#spree_vendor_name[name=?]", "spree_vendor[name]"

      assert_select "input#spree_vendor_address1[name=?]", "spree_vendor[address1]"

      assert_select "input#spree_vendor_address2[name=?]", "spree_vendor[address2]"

      assert_select "input#spree_vendor_city[name=?]", "spree_vendor[city]"

      assert_select "input#spree_vendor_state[name=?]", "spree_vendor[state]"

      assert_select "input#spree_vendor_country[name=?]", "spree_vendor[country]"

      assert_select "input#spree_vendor_phone[name=?]", "spree_vendor[phone]"

      assert_select "input#spree_vendor_fax[name=?]", "spree_vendor[fax]"

      assert_select "input#spree_vendor_active[name=?]", "spree_vendor[active]"

      assert_select "input#spree_vendor_leadtimedays[name=?]", "spree_vendor[leadtimedays]"
    end
  end
end


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'Maman'
Louise Bourgeois' 30-foot-tall steel spider sculpture.
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Maman, at Home in Ottawa Canada John Talbot / CC BY 2.0
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Standing outside of the Tate Modern at one point, Louise Bourgeois' extraordinary sculpture, Maman (Mother), is a 30-foot-tall spider crafted of bronze, marble, and stainless steel. It is one of six such spiders built by the acclaimed artist who was 95 at the time of their design.
Part of the inaugural Unilever Series in the Tate's Turbine Hall, Maman greeted the first visitors to the gallery in May 2000 and millions more while it was on display until December of that year. The spider, so popular with tourists and locals alike, returned to the Tate Modern in 2004. Then, it was displayed on the bridge across the Turbine Hall. Maman is currently displayed outside of the entrance to the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, Ontario after being purchased by the Gallery for $3.2 million in 2005.
Maman, according to Bourgeois, represents a female spider who carries her white marble eggs beneath her. "Maman accesses Bourgeois' childhood anxieties and preoccupation with family relationships," according to a press release put out by the Tate upon the spider's return to the museum. "Tate has been storing the sculpture for Louise Bourgeois and is planning a major exhibition of her work."
Born in 1911 in Paris, Bourgeois is regarded by many as one of the most important artists working even a century after her birth. She has worked with printmaking, sculpture, installation, performance, and much more.
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Wikipedia: Louise Bourgeois: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_Bourgeois
Tate Modern: "Louise Bourgeois' Giant Spider Returns To Tate Modern" (April 2004): http://www.tate.org.uk/about/pressoffice/pressreleases/louisebourgeois_spider_28-04-04.htm
View: Spider at Tate Modern: http://www.viewlondon.co.uk/whatson/spider-at-tate-modern-article-5080.html
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Now a public art piece, this curious metal feature originally advertised a tinsmith's services.
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Dedicated to the writer who immortalized the use of the poppy as a symbol of remembrance of those who died in wars.
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This massive piece of artwork weighs more than 250 tons, and was designed as a tribute to the first president of the United Arab Emirates.
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Originally meant to hold a statue of King William IV, this support sat empty for years. Today, it hosts a rotating cast of public artwork.
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In fall 2018 the Minister of Environment and Climate Change Strategy introduced in the House the Professional Governance Act (PGA). The PGA strengthens governance of professionals who work in B.C.'s natural resource (NR) sector and in other sectors.
The PGA was developed after the provincial government accepted recommendations #1 and #2 from the independent final report (the report) by Mark Haddock in June 2018. This report followed a comprehensive review of the professional reliance (PR) model in the NR sector. The report contains 121 recommendations. Recommendations #1and #2 address professional governance, recommendation #3- #34 address improvements to laws, regulations and authorizations, and the remaining 87 recommendations focus on specific regulatory regimes in the natural resource sector.
The PGA legislates critical elements of professional governance and strengthens government oversight of the professional associations (regulatory bodies) within scope listed by establishing a statutory Office of the Superintendent of Professional Governance (Office) in the Ministry of Attorney General. This Office will be responsible for administering the PGA and for ensuring that best practices for professional governance are implemented.
Government continues to consider the remaining recommendations in the report and is acting on many of them as part of its broader goals and mandate commitments for natural resource management, including strengthening results-based laws, building government capacity for compliance and enforcement, modernizing land-use planning, and building true partnerships with Indigenous nations for resource management.