The best toothpaste should contain fluoride to fight cavities — other ingredients depend on your teeth. After speaking with dentists about common oral hygiene issues, digging into existing research, and brushing our teeth until they gleamed, we found top picks for four toothpaste categories: general purpose, whitening, sensitive, and natural.
To prevent cavities, every single dental expert we spoke with told us that fluoride was the one must-have. Fluoride works by strengthening your tooth enamel (the outside layer of the tooth) so it can resist bacteria. It also remineralizes, patching up microscopic holes in your enamel that are caused by bacteria from food. And there's an overwhelming amount of clinical evidence that it reduces both cavities and gum disease. Fluoride controversy does exist, but much of it centers around adding fluoride to our water supply, a practice begun in the 1940s. Too much fluoride can cause dental fluorosis, a non-fatal condition that causes discoloration of the teeth. But unless you're allergic, or eating toothpaste by the tube, you're unlikely to have issues.
You've probably seen the little logo on the side of your toothpaste that says "ADA Accepted." This seal is held by toothpastes that have undergone a voluntary vetting process from the American Dental Association, which verifies that the toothpaste is safe for use and will live up to its marketing claims. We didn't consider the seal an "absolute must-have" because all anti-cavity toothpastes are already required to meet FDA standards for safety and efficacy. Still, if you're evaluating two otherwise-equal options, consider the ADA seal a tiebreaker. "To me, the ADA seal of acceptance is important in helping patients navigate the many dental products currently available," says Dr. Samantha Sacchetti of Village Dental in Kenilworth, IL.
After checking all the boxes for safety and effectiveness, one big question remained: how does it feel to actually brush with this toothpaste? We scrubbed using each of our 18 finalists for two minutes per ADA guidelines, clearing our palates in between with a cup of coffee or some crackers. We paid close attention to taste, feel, foam, and how clean our mouths felt afterwards. We also noted the design of each tube and how conveniently it dispensed its toothpaste, a small detail that's nevertheless important in a twice-daily routine.
Clinically proven to prevent and reduce cavities, gingivitis, plaque, and bad breath.
If you want a toothpaste that truly does it all, Crest Pro-Health is the most genuinely multi-purpose product we found. We were initially skeptical of its claim to prevent tooth decay, gingivitis, plaque, bad breath and sensitivity — all while whitening your teeth. But it received the ADA Seal of Acceptance in all six areas, which means it's got research to back it up. Its efficacy is partly explained by the product's use of stannous fluoride rather than sodium fluoride. Both types protect equally against cavities, but stannous also has antibacterial properties, which allows Crest Pro-Health to fight gingivitis and plaque — which are caused by bacteria building up in your mouth.
Stannous fluoride earned a bad reputation when it was first introduced due to the fact that it caused temporary staining (think white blotches) on the teeth of a handful of users. But Crest introduced a new stabilized stannous fluoride in 2005, and added a whitening agent called sodium hexametaphosphate. Combined, these two ingredients result in a toothpaste with the extra antibacterial benefits of stannous fluoride, but without the risk of staining.
We ran our tests with Crest's Clean Mint formulation, a spearmint that was middle-of-the-road: not too strong, not too mild. "Great flavor," one tester reported. In theory, stannous fluoride doesn't taste as good as sodium fluoride. But we couldn't detect any taste difference between Crest Pro-Health and products containing sodium fluoride. In fact, we found Arm & Hammer Dental Care Advance Cleaning Daily Fluoride Toothpaste with Baking Soda more bitter than Crest Pro-Health.
We were less enthusiastic about the slight grittiness of Crest Pro-Health. Crest's website calls the particles in their toothpaste "ActivClean crystals," but you'll see them on the ingredient list under "sodium hexametaphosphate." These serve as an anti-staining and tartar prevention ingredient, but if you prefer a smoother brushing experience, you might want to check out one of our other picks.
Another small quibble we had with Crest Pro-Health was the way it tended to drip out when we opened the cap: a combination of the gel's softness and the tube's "flip-cap" dispenser. While it's definitely not a dealbreaker in an otherwise all-star product, we'd be lying if we said it wasn't a little annoying.
The least abrasive of all the toothpastes we tested, with 5% potassium nitrate to reduce pain while brushing.
If you have sensitive teeth and gums and aren't afraid of bold flavor, we highly recommend Sensodyne's ProNamel Fresh Breath toothpaste. Like most sensitivity toothpastes, it contains 5% potassium nitrate, a chemical compound that protects and desensitizes nerve fibers in the mouth. If you usually experience discomfort while brushing, or when eating hot or cold foods, ProNamel will bring temporary relief. It also has a strong peppermint flavor that left our mouths feeling fresh.
As an added precaution, Sensodyne ProNamel is also free of sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS). For most people, SLS merely serves to create foam as you brush, but it can sometimes cause canker sores. Skipping this ingredient ensures that Sensodyne ProNamel is as gentle as possible on your mouth.
Sensitive toothpastes are typically less abrasive than other toothpastes, which makes sense: using a lot of grit on sensitive teeth is like rubbing sand into an open wound. Ouch. And there's actually a technical way to measure a toothpaste's grittiness: Relative Dentin Abrasivity, or RDA. The ADA says that anything with an RDA of less than 250 won't damage your teeth. But for sensitive teeth, most dental experts recommend an RDA under 100. ProNamel's RDA is 34, one of the lowest we found.
The fact that ProNamel is SLS-free does come with a tradeoff: it's less frothy than standard options like Colgate Cavity Protection. Testers still noted bubbles as they brushed, just not as many.
ProNamel is a little pricier than many of our contenders, with a 4-ounce tube retailing for about $8. Colgate Prevent & Repair, by comparison, comes in a 6-ounce tube for $4.
A formula that's gritty enough to reduce surface-level stains on teeth, but gentle enough for everyday use.
Tom's of Maine doesn't have any harsh bleaching chemicals, instead using hydrated silica to give teeth a gentle scrubbing. (It has also earned the ADA Seal of Acceptance, indicating that it is effective at both preventing tooth decay and making teeth appear whiter.) Hydrated silica is the first ingredient on the list after fluoride, unlike runner-up Crest Pro-Health Extra Whitening Power Toothpaste, which features hydrated silica slightly lower down.
Tom's boasts a refreshingly short ingredient list, lacking both artificial dyes and flavors (though it does contain SLS). We were a little confused by the packaging though, which features a vanilla flower despite no discernible vanilla in the product.
Considering that all whitening toothpastes work by scrubbing your enamel with abrasives, we were pleasantly surprised by the smooth, grit-free consistency of Tom's. It edged out runner-up Crest Pro-Health Extra Whitening Power Toothpaste by a hair: Crest works similarly, but was more polarizing among testers thanks to an extremely gritty texture.
This isn't really an issue with Tom's so much as a feature of all whitening toothpastes: they only do so much. They can remove surface-level stains but won't help much if you're worried about general yellowing. With that caveat in mind, Tom's is one of the only whitening toothpastes to have had its claims vetted by the ADA.
This fluoride toothpaste is free of sodium lauryl sulfate, artificial dyes, and artificial sweeteners.
The term "natural" isn't regulated by the FDA, so we developed our own criteria, starting with a strict fluoride requirement to ensure the full benefits of cavity protection. The Natural Dentist delivers on this score, and also contains natural ingredients like aloe leaf juice and echinacea extract, which have anti-inflammatory properties. We couldn't find any research about the benefits of these ingredients in toothpaste specifically, but they certainly don't hurt.
Like Sensodyne ProNamel, The Natural Dentist is free of sodium lauryl sulfate (which can cause canker sores), so it's sure to be gentle on your mouth.
The only coloring agent in this toothpaste is titanium dioxide, a naturally occurring pigment used to give the paste its white color (a pleasant change from the "blue 1" and "red 30" of brands like Aquafresh). It's also free of artificial sweeteners, flavored instead with a combination of sorbitol and xylitol — naturally occurring sugar alcohols — plus natural flavor.
The Natural Dentist does not carry the ADA seal of acceptance, which isn't a dealbreaker for us for reasons we mentioned up top (all anti-cavity toothpastes require FDA approval before hitting the shelves). Still, if it makes you more comfortable to know that your toothpaste has been "medically vetted," you may want to opt for a different brand.
Testers did find the flavor unusual. It's described as "Peppermint Twist," but we were met with a strong burst of anise when we began to brush and could barely detect any peppermint at all. The flavor also faded quickly, though our mouths ultimately felt fresh, with one tester noting that her "tongue felt cleaner" than with any of the other toothpastes she'd tested. The Natural Dentist had no discernible aftertaste, unlike runner-up Biotene, which had a faint bitter flavor that lingered.
Most importantly, make sure your toothpaste contains fluoride to protect against cavities. It's effective in any of its three forms: sodium fluoride, stannous fluoride, or sodium monofluorophosphate. Beyond that, avoiding triclosan (found in Colgate Total and a few other toothpastes) makes sense because it can disrupt your body's bacterial balance and lead to tooth sensitivity. "I recommend using a basic fluoride toothpaste that does not have all the additives, whitening, and anti-tartar ingredients, especially triclosan," says cosmetic dentist Dr. Timothy Chase of Smiles.NY in Manhattan.
While we loved the one-stop-shop of Crest Pro-Health, if you have a specific issue — say, very sensitive teeth, or a desire for natural ingredients — you're probably better off with a toothpaste that prioritizes that. We grouped toothpastes into four main categories (general use, sensitivity, whitening, and natural) to acknowledge the precedence they give to your brushing needs.
What does the ADA Seal of Acceptance mean?
Why are some toothpastes "grittier" than others?
The "grit" in toothpaste is there to help remove plaque and stains by scrubbing the outside of your teeth. Relative Dentin Abrasivity, or RDA, is a technical scale to measure a toothpaste's grittiness. The ADA says that anything with an RDA of less than 250 won't damage your teeth. But for sensitive teeth, most dental experts recommend an RDA under 100. You can Google "RDA toothpaste" and find a number of charts that list the RDAs for common toothpaste brands.
Can toothpaste really whiten teeth?
The truth is, toothpaste really can't whiten teeth; that takes a dedicated teeth whitening product containing hydrogen or carbamide peroxide, which gets past enamel and works on your teeth's underlying dentin. Some whitening toothpastes do contain a small amount of peroxide, but it stays in your mouth for such a short period of time that its benefits are negligible. What a whitening toothpaste can do is remove surface stains from food like coffee and red wine by upping its percentage of abrasives.
What's the difference between sodium fluoride and stannous fluoride?
Crest Pro-Health is the only line of toothpaste we found that uses stannous fluoride, rather than the more common sodium fluoride. In addition to stopping cavities, stannous fluoride doubles as an antibacterial agent, helping prevent gingivitis and bad breath. So why isn't stannous more common? For one thing, sodium fluoride is cheaper to produce. And stannous earned a bad reputation when it was first introduced due to the fact that it caused temporary white blotches on the teeth of a handful of users. But newer formulations seem to eliminate this drawback. "Today it's a force to reckon with for those who are taking control of their oral health," says Turchetta.
Is there a "right way" to brush my teeth?
Two minutes, twice a day.
Use a back-and-forth rather than an up-and-down motion on exterior surfaces.
To tackle inside surfaces, hold your brush vertically and use short up-and-down sweeps.
Brush your tongue to remove bacteria.
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Q: Error: Could not find or load main class (java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError) Ubuntu 18.04 Using the ls commmand, I can clearly see both the .java file and the .class file of my main class created from compilation. However, when I try to run it, the Ubuntu terminal says that the class was not found. Here's a screenshot of my terminal

And here's a snippet of my main class

Any answers?

A: You haved a class inside package. So you should run your class in /home/se folder and use command java cs3421_emul.cs3421_emul

A: Since your classes are in a package your compiled classes should in the proper folder structure.
To compile the classes to proper package folders use -d . switch while compiling.
javac -d . *.java

The above command will create folders based on the package of the classes. for example you class3421_emul has a package class3421_emul so it will be compiled to class3421_emul folder.
Then run the class using java class3421_emul.class3421_emul

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Turkey: Great Achievements with Little Policy Support
Submitted by Baerbel Epp on August 5, 2015
The interest in technology and market research on the solar heating and cooling sector is growing. The number of countries participating in the IEA Solar Heating and Cooling Programme (SHC) increased significantly over the last two years from 20 to 25 nations. One of the most recent entries was Turkey in 2014, represented by GÜNDER, the Turkish Section of the International Solar Energy Society (ISES). Turkey is the second-largest market after China regarding new solar thermal installations and a gateway to the MENA region, SHC chairman Ken Guthrie praised the new member in a press release this February. Large-scale installations in prisons, hotels and social housing projects are gaining in volume (see photos). The majority of the 20 key solar thermal markets worldwide are now members of the IEA SHC except for India, Brazil, USA, Israel, Greece, Japan and Poland.
Photos: Günder
"Turkey's official participation in the SHC programme comes just at the right time, as our solar market is well-positioned," Dr Kemal Gani Bayraktar, President of GÜNDER, emphasised during the Executive Committee Meeting of the SHC in Rotterdam, Netherlands, in June.
The past achievements of the solar thermal sector in Turkey are impressive:
Establishment of a strong supply chain with over 90 manufacturers, about 800 sales points and around 3,000 installers;
At least 1.5 million m2 of collector area produced and installed per year;
16 million m2 of collector area in operation;
132,121 families in rural areas who have received a subsidy for solar water heaters between 2004 and 2013 from a project funded by the General Directorate of Forestry, Department of Forest and Village Relations (ORKOY) to avoid deforestation;
Increasing number of large-scale solar installation in the public sector, for example, at prisons and multi-family buildings.
"Recent regulations on renewable energy use along with energy efficiency requirements have created many opportunities for the solar energy and HVAC sector," Bayraktar added. The increasing awareness of renewables in policy has been caused by the high costs of imported energy, which add up to USD 60 billion annually, a forth of total imports.
Building Directive recommends renewable use at new premises
The first step was accomplished by drafting an EPBD, an Energy Performance Building Directive (Binalarda Enerji Performansı Yönetmeliği), in 2008 (see the attached document in Turkish). The regulation applying to new buildings was revised and came into force in 2010 at the time of the corresponding EU directive. "It only recommends that the builder check the potential of renewable energy use for newbuilds. Changing that into a mandatory installation requirement is one of our targets," Bayraktar explained. GÜNDER's president sees the increasing use of solar hot water systems in the commercial building sector already influenced by the EPBD.
National Renewable Energy Action Plan sets sector targets
The second step in renewable energy policy followed at the beginning of 2015, when the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources published a National Renewable Energy Action Plan (see the attached document in English) in accordance with the RES2020 targets and the NREAPs which each EU member state set up in 2010. As always, the sector targets for renewable electricity are more ambitious than the targets for solar heating and cooling. The most ambitious growth is planned for the transportation sector, which is to increase its renewable share from 0.07 in 2012 to 10.08 % in 2015.
Base year 2012
Target year 2023
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Share of renewables in gross final consumption for electricity
Share of renewables in gross final consumption for traffic
Share of sourced renewable energy in total gross final consumption
Renewable targets by sector, taken from the Turkish Renewable Energy Action Plan (REAP) set up in December 2014
The Turkish REAP also does not include measures to foster the growth of solar heating and cooling. There is still hope that the meeting of the international research and industry community for the next international Conference on Solar Heating and Cooling for Buildings and Industry, SHC 2015, in Istanbul in December 2015 will raise policy maker's awareness of the needs for binding targets and a suitable support structure for the renewable heating and cooling sector as well.
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The government of Prince Edward Island has a policy that no surgical abortions will be performed on the Island. As a result, PEI women have had no access to abortion in the province since 1982, and must travel to Nova Scotia or New Brunswick to access abortion. AAN PEI wants to change that.
Barriers to abortion care for PEI women: a difficult path.
On January 5, 2016, AAN PEI, with the support of the Women's Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF), gave notice of our intention to initiate a legal challenge against the Government of Prince Edward Island in respect of its abortion policy.
Through this legal challenge, AAN PEI seeks full and unrestricted access to on-Island, publicly-funded abortion services for PEI women, and argues that the government's abortion policy is unlawful, discriminatory and offends the Charter rights of PEI women.
AAN PEI will be advancing constitutional and administrative law challenges to the PEI government's abortion policy, arguing that:
a) PEI's abortion policy violates the right of PEI women to equal access to health care services under section 15 of the Charter.
b) The policy unlawfully discriminates on the basis of sex because it excludes abortion – a basic health care service required by women – from the health care services offered in PEI.
c) PEI's abortion policy perpetuates the historic disadvantage and stigma faced by women in relation to their reproductive health and decision-making.
d) PEI's abortion policy violates section 7 of the Charter by creating barriers to women's right to exercise control over decisions of fundamental personal importance.
e) PEI's abortion policy harms the physical and psychological integrity of Island women by preventing abortion access or causing delays, uncertainty, and other hardships in accessing abortions, in a manner that violates sections 7 and 12 of the Charter.
f) By enforcing its abortion policy, the PEI government has administered its health care system in a manner contrary to its Provincial Health Plan.
You can read a copy of the draft Notice of Application which will be filed by AAN PEI here.
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I am very new to JetBrains MPS and I'm having trouble with the constraints definition.
Concept "Component" with children "Port[0..n]"
A concept "Instance" which references to a single "Component" and which has a children collection of "PortReferences".
These "PortReferences" shall be allowed to point only to those "Ports" that are children of the referenced "Component"
It is possible to reference to ports, which are not children of the respective Component.
I would appreciate for any help. Thank you in advance.
But let me give it a try: The inherited scope delegates scope resolution to the next ancestor, which implements ScopeProvider. This means for the present case: (PortReference ->) Port -> Component -> ComponentReference -> Instance (implementing ScopeProvider). Is that right, so far? Then, the getScope() method will be invoked. The SimpleRoleScope() method helps building own custom scopes. The method looks at the referenced Component (this.component_ref) und provides the ports connected to this Component (link/Component : ports/), right? But what does the getName method here? What is meant with child?
You are right with your reasoning about scope resolution - the inherited scope investigates all ancestors implementing ScopeProvider in the AST up to the root node. In Java, for example, searching for a target of a variable reference in a method would go first to the method's body searching for local variables, then to method declaration searching among parameters, then the surrounding class searching for fields.
In our case, the search is much shorter, PortReferences are children of Instances, so the wrapping Instance is asked first. Since it returns a non-null scope, the search does not continue further up the AST.
Scopes in MPS need to be able to filter out candidates (Ports in our case) by string values, thus they need to have an implementation of the getName() method, that returns a string representing each node in scope.
We use the Port's name as a natural representation of Ports. The "child" parameter of the method in our case is a Port that is in the scope.
port_from_ref shall be able to point only to a port of the instance "instance_from_ref".
Nevertheless, the method returns all Ports of the instances... Any ideas what went wrong?
The PortReferences will still be looking for Ports, thus kind must be "Port". So we can take all ports from the component of the instance.
Great that Vaclav replied so quickly and thoroughly.
If you need some extra help, I can help via e.g. a Skype call with screen sharing, etc. (I like to spread the MPS goodness). Just let me know if you get stuck.
First, thank you very much again, Vaclav. But I'm sorry, still the referred ports from ALL existing instances are returned. It's the second thing you mentioned: I need to return only the ports referred to the ONE instance (instance_from_ref). So its something like a reference to one of the references linked to the ports.
Just to be sure I'm on the right track, can you please check that the attached images show the intended behavior? If the instance refers to two ports of a component, only these two ports should be available in the connector.
Other than that, I think it would help if I could have a look at the project. Is there a chance you could share it?
Yeah, this is almost the thing I'm looking for.
Then I define (several) connectors, which "connect" these instances: Here I want to select an instance (instance_from_ref) and for "port_from_ref" only the chosen ports shall appear.
So in difference to your example, I first define several instances BEFORE I define the connectors.
Is that understandable? But I can share my project, of course.
It's defined at references, so instance_from_ref links to an Instance... or am I wrong?
All right, that explains a lot. Sorry for not noticing this earlier. Your "port_from_ref:PortReference" definition must be a child of Connector, not a reference.
Thanks a lot! Sometimes it's so easy ... "facepalm"
To distinguish the role of the child that you are setting, you need to modify the getScope() method slightly and implement the second getScope() method, as well.
In the first method we're now checking the child of Connector that raised the request for scope of "Port". The "come from" construct can be used to query the asking child. The ComeFromExpression concept is in jetbrains.mps.lamg.scopes language, which you may need to import (Control + L).
In the second method we're handling the situation when the child that is being completed is null, so we can decide based on its desired role in the parent.
Note: The code is just a quick draft so it may need some polish. You could perhaps call the second getScope() from the first one, passing in the role retrieved through the "containingRole" concept - e.g.


Coursework on MSc in Software Engineering. The students work in groups of 3 or 4 to construct a piece of software that can be used in another culture. The students have to write about the issues regarding the conversions of software written for English-speaking users to another culture/country, to write a program, to internationalise the program's user interface and implement this version of the program for the UK locale and then produce it for the locale discussed above. The group submits one document for grading, signed by each member to say that they have made a substantial contribution to the group's work.
To take good advantage of students' knowledge of their home culture to benefit all on the course and to apply this in constructing a piece of computer software that can readily be carried into another culture. This involves substantial research and knowledge of issues in internationalisation of software and cultural awareness.
Need for software engineers to be aware of requirements for software to be used throughout the world and cultural issues concerning this.
Students well motivated by this and worked hard. Produced very well engineered pieces of internationalised software.
Perceived degree of difficulty allowed for in marking (this is known to students in advance). This is because, for example, French is less challenging than say Arabic.


Inga Rehmann is the Interior Design Director at Oz Architects, an architecture and design studio based in Scottsdale AZ. Their recent venture is an LA pop-up/ concept shop with Oz's Owner and Principal architect - Don Ziebell, OZ|SHOP.
Hi, Inga. OZ Seems like an amazing place. Can you give us an idea of what your day is like?
Recently, my days have involved working the floor in our recently opened concept "pop-up" shop on Melrose Ave, OZ|SHOP, where we have loved meeting and assisting the wonderful design community from LA and beyond. Our selections range from OZ|SHOP's own line of benchmade furnishings and accessories to our curated collection of antique and mid-century finds. However, a "normal" day for me changes often from being in the office brainstorming concepts, sketching and drafting, to walking the job site during construction, to traveling with clients in Europe to source building materials and furniture, to placing furniture and accessories in a home during an installation. One might say we wear many hats, but I would say we wear many shoes!
Have you always been into interiors? What brought you to OZ?
While I did have an affinity for re-arranging the furniture in our house and designing rooms with the cut-outs from a Sears catalog as a child, my path to becoming an interior designer (and primarily a residential designer) was not direct. After training as an accountant for a few years in Montana, I found my way back to Interior Design in Arizona. Originally wanting to focus on hospitality and retail design, the moment I walked into an Oz Architects designed residence I knew this was where I wanted to work and the type of design I wanted to be involved with. The house I had visited early in my days at Oz already felt like a home, even before any furnishings or soft goods were installed. The sense of soul the home had was obvious. I wanted to be part of something that was that meaningful and contribute to creating these kinds of spaces for our clients in the same way. Hard to believe that was 10 years ago this week.
but I would say we wear many shoes!
Great Question! OZ|SHOP, our "pop-up" concept shop is the result of approximately 40% dreaming, 10% planning and 50% a leap of faith! With Oz Architects, we are currently working on a large remodel project in Bel-Air that has us in LA for an extended period of time. Over the years we have collected and found some amazing furnishings and objects in our travels to Europe (Our sister company, Antiquities, imports building materials and reclaimed objects from Europe) and were looking for the right outlet to showcase them. In addition, Don Ziebell, Owner and Principal Architect, has been designing a line of furnishings and accessories made from the various materials we bring in (antique oak beams from France, French limestone blocks, slabs of tropical hardwood, steel, etc). We have two master woodworkers in our workshop that allow our ideas go from napkin sketch to reality. Giving new life to old objects and using rustic materials in modern ways, is something we are drawn to, in the designs we do both in projects and in our furniture line.
Who's doing really exciting things in your industry?
I love how people all around us are branching out of just one specific area and taking a more holistic approach to design - expanding their ideas into furniture design, hardware design, interior and architectural design, art, and exterior spaces. I see this happening with artists, architects, exterior designers, interior designers and fashion designers alike. It is a very European approach, and one we strive to reach for in our own companies and in our own designs. Simultaneously, all the collaborations we see between designers and companies around us today are equally as inspiring. The combined power of two creative groups and the outward appreciation of what others are creating at the same time is fantastic, and inspiring. And especially necessary expressions of support of creativity, ingenuity, and respect in today's world.
I'm currently loving Jenni Kayne and the brand (fashion and home) she has created for women, to empower women, and to bring simple beauty to all aspects of our daily lives. She recently offered a series of workshops inspiring and empowering women at her shop in West Hollywood and has just launched a bedding / linen collection in collaboration with Parachute Home's creator Ariel Kaye.
The people around us that do good in this world, that bring joy and kindness to others, that honor their own truth, that empower us to be our best selves through hardship and ease, and that work daily from a place of love, light, and respect. While I don't always know their names, they are the people that inspire me and I call heroes.
What makes up a perfect day for you?
A "Verve" chai and pastry, marine layer clouds, fresh air and a cool breeze, creative inspirations, a combo of a good candle and good music, sunsets, laughter, a cozy fire, a glass of wine and a good book or magazine.
Got any advice to younger self?
Don't be so anxious to grow up! Take more time to explore and be creative.


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The Heuristics of Post-Identity Phenomenology Through Digitally Mediated Disruptions
The topic of research for my practice-led Ph.D. thesis explores the problematics of the language and notions of the word identity by unpacking the intersection of virtual communities and contemporary Western identity theory. The work finds anchoring in the question of the process of creating an active disruption in what is perceived as identity, and the role it deploys within the possibility of these disruptions being implemented by the individual to break the monotonous cycle of the Identity System to achieve a state of Post-Identity otherness.
I'm interested in what happens when the validity of the Identity System is challenged and dismantled. Identities in the Identity System are tied to social constructs that dictate stereotypical behavior based on race, gender, class, and other subcategories for further designation. The Identity System operates autonomously as the individual performs their identity where verification is the ideal outcome as a result of the performance. The basis for the speculative methodology I am using to challenge the Identity System is the phenomenon of identity autonomy that happens in virtual communities. Virtual communities offer a framework for how disembodied identities operate. The offer of genuine autonomy is an illusion as these communities are often products designed to surreptitiously occupy your time and identity under the guise of providing geographically diverse curated relationships and communications.
Because of the nature of virtual communities, anomalies in the Identity System can be provoked as the performance of the physical body, and the performance of the digital identity misalign in accordance with the assumed stereotypical behavior of the identities. These anomalies can be experienced as either positive or negative and can be realized as alienation, bullying, and a false sense of reality; just to name a few. Thinking about virtual communities as phenomenological opportunities for one to experiences "being "when their body is no longer necessary for the identity to be present, how can this occurrence of "being" be explored in order to intentionally create a separation of the identity from the body to expand into a state of being you without "you"? What does this impetus for intentional separation suggest for the active states of identity, body, and, Being?
Using the speculative methodology of re-engineering the notion of virtual communities, I elicit the possibility to use these anomalies to challenge the Identity System. If an individual experiencing the problematics of their projected identity instigates intentional disruptions to the Identity System by wielding the anomalies generated against the system, the identity is liberated from the universal state of "being" by facilitating ruptures in what is understood as identity. The praxis of commanding anomalies, disruption, and ruptures converge on the ability to conjure a portal to Post-Identity otherness and experience a true state of Being. The portal suggests a space where identities can exist sans the body, allowing for a rest from the Identity System and the projected identity.
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Science staff writer Jon Cohen may be fluent in the language of biology, but the molecular complexities of CRISPR have long baffled him. So he decided to test what one scientist told him about the novel gene-editing technique: CRISPR (for "clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats") is so simple to use that "any idiot" could do it. But Cohen is not just "any idiot." You can watch him giving CRISPR his all in this video.
In a macroscopic advance, scientists have taken the first multicolor images of cells using an electron microscope. Electron microscopes can magnify an object up to 10 million times, allowing researchers to peer into the inner workings of, say, a cell or a fly's eye, but until now they've only been able to see in black and white. The new advance—15 years in the making—uses rare earth metals called lanthanides layered over cells on a microscope slide. So far, the researchers can only produce three colors—red, green, and yellow. But with a few more tweaks, researchers hope to add other colors to the mix soon.
What makes some scientists' careers take off whereas others' stagnate? There are personal factors, of course: Some run clever experiments, have good collaborating skills, and are eloquent in communicating their work. But there's also dumb luck. A new study shows that some people who publish the same number of papers—even in the very same journals—get more citations than chance alone can explain. However, something called the Q-factor—which combines elements like eloquence, team-building skills, and creativity—might help. It takes a while to nail down: The authors found that calculating a scientist's Q-factor requires at least 20 papers and 10 years of citations. But once they had it, they found that they could accurately predict the number of citations earned by that scientist's 40th paper with 80% accuracy.
Over the past decade, researchers have come to realize that how our DNA is bunched into the nucleus is a miracle of packaging, with very deliberate loops and bends that bring specific parts of each chromosome into contact to help control what genes are active. In a new study, researchers used statistical approaches to convert experimental data into a 3D model. Previous experiments—capturing when one bit of DNA came close to another bit of DNA—had provided only indirect information about individual connections, but the new modeling has resulted in a comprehensive, biologically correct depiction of how our DNA fits into a nucleus.
It can be quite costly, even catastrophic, when the land under a building subsides. Now, a biodesigner and his colleagues have been pushing hard to develop biocement, a material that custom-built soil microbes would produce in response to the changing pressures in soil to help shore up the ground under foundations. They identified 122 bacterial genes that increased their activity by at least threefold by the pressure change. The team then modified the bacterial genome so that the regulatory DNA responsible for activating one of these genes was attached to a gene for a protein that glows when produced. The more pressure exerted on the microbe, the more intensely it glows. Eventually the researchers plan to replace the glowing protein gene with genes that make biocement, creating a "thinking soil" that will keep buildings safe and be a self-constructing foundation.


My introduction to electronics was not at a terminal, but at a job site. Starting out as an electronics technician allowed me to see how systems worked, why they failed, and probably most important, how they were put together. It was easy to recognize bad designs due to the difficulty encountered when troubleshooting problem systems or boards. One clear indicator of a designer with limited knowledge of the product's manufacture was spending excessive amounts of time removing components that rarely, if ever, needed replacement, simply to access components that required preventive or periodic maintenance. From that experience, I learned that the best PCB designers are the ones who at least somewhat understand how their designs are made.
This correlation between design quality and ease of manufacture or service extends across virtually every industry, especially PCB design and manufacture. The more you know about the processes and materials used to make your boards, the better equipped you are to design high-quality boards that can be manufactured efficiently. Designing from this perspective requires an awareness and understanding of PCB material properties and how they impact the manufacture of your boards.
Before tackling the impact of PCB material properties on your board's manufacture, we need to know what they are. The significant properties may be classified as mechanical, electrical, thermal or chemical.
The ability of your board to resist deformation or breakage when under bending stress. Standards for rigid, flex and rigid-flex must be adhered to according to IPC-6013C.
A measure of how long a PCB's layers will remain attached when exposed to temperature changes or moisture.
The amount of mass per volume for a dielectric.
The ability of copper layers and dielectrics to remain bonded under thermal and chemical stress.
Affects the signal integrity and impedance of a PCB material. Should be constant over a broad range of frequencies for high-speed applications.
Referred to as relative dk.
A measure of a dielectric material's surface resistance to the flow of electricity. Susceptible to change with temperature and moisture. Should be high to facilitate good signal integrity.
Measure of a dielectric's volume resistance. Preferably high to maintain isolation between layers.
A measure of signal or power loss of a PCB material. Not a factor for digital signals, but can be significant for analog signals, especially for frequencies above 1GHz as Df increases with increased frequency.
The ability of a PCB to resist electrical breakdown in the z-direction.
The temperature at which a PCB substrate will reversibly change from hard to soft. Should be lower than solder temperature.
The temperature at which a PCB substrate will permanently decompose. Should be lower than solder temperature.
The rate of expansion for a PCB in response to heat. Generally should be kept as low as possible.
The rate at which heat is transferred through a material. Higher for conductors as compared to insulators.
Gives the percentage absorption of methylene chloride, a volatile toxic solvent used in PCB production. Typically, ≤ 0.2% for dielectrics.
This value gives the amount of moisture that will be absorbed by the PCB material when submerged. For most materials, this value is ≤ 0.2%. May effect electrical and thermal properties of a dielectric.
According to the Standard for Safety of Flammability of Plastic Materials for Parts in Devices and Appliances (UL 94), there are time limits on how long a material may burn in response to combustion. PCB materials are limited to 10s per specimen.
As shown above, there are many PCB material properties to consider. Now, let's see how to use this information to optimize your board's manufacturing process.
Board material requirements are greatly influenced by the functionality and signal types of your board. Therefore, it is important to know the correlation between board type and material properties in order to choose materials that are capable of withstanding your design requirements.
In addition to selecting the materials that will comprise your PCB's construction, you also need to determine its vertical layout or PCB stackup. Especially important are the thickness values for the layers which will impact PCB material properties.
In order to select a contract manufacturer (CM) that is capable of meeting your quality control, turnaround time or critical system capability, you need to understand the PCB manufacturing steps and how your choices impact them.
A good understanding of PCB material properties and how they impact the manufacture of your boards will assist you in making the best material selection for your design. At Tempo Automation, we will work with you to so that the fabrication and assembly of your PCBs will incorporate materials and properties that support your design and requirements.
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Become a Wi-Fi wizard [Newman] Reflections on "Education Needs a Reset. We Can Start by Listening to Our Teachers." [Vanaver]
"12 examples of artificial intelligence in everyday life" [Oldman] + 6 other AI-related items
On 05/03/2022, in 21st century, analytics, Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning / Deep Learning / Algorithms, bots, business, corporate / business world, data mining, education technology, emerging technologies, Emotion, higher education, privacy, society, the downsides of technology, tools, United States, universities, vendors, workplace, youth, by Daniel Christian
12 examples of artificial intelligence in everyday life — from itproportal.com by Christopher Oldman
4. Plagiarism
The college students' (or is it professor's?) nightmare. Whether you are a content manager or a teacher grading essays, you have the same problem – the internet makes plagiarism easier.
There is a nigh unlimited amount of information and data out there, and less-than-scrupulous students and employees will readily take advantage of that.
Indeed, no human could compare and contrast somebody's essay with all the data out there. AIs are a whole different beast.
They can sift through an insane amount of information, compare it with the relevant text, and see if there is a match or not.
Furthermore, thanks to advancement and growth in this area, some tools can actually check sources in foreign languages, as well as images and audio.
Intel calls its AI that detects student emotions a teaching tool. Others call it 'morally reprehensible.' — from protocol.com by Kate Kaye
Virtual school software startup Classroom Technologies will test the controversial "emotion AI" technology.
But Intel and Classroom Technologies, which sells virtual school software called Class, think there might be a better way. The companies have partnered to integrate an AI-based technology developed by Intel with Class, which runs on top of Zoom. Intel claims its system can detect whether students are bored, distracted or confused by assessing their facial expressions and how they're interacting with educational content.
But critics argue that it is not possible to accurately determine whether someone is feeling bored, confused, happy or sad based on their facial expressions or other external signals.
The classroom is just one arena where controversial "emotion AI" is finding its way into everyday tech products and generating investor interest. It's also seeping into delivery and passenger vehicles and virtual sales and customer service software.
MIT's FutureMakers programs help kids get their minds around — and hands on — AI — from news.mit.edu by Kim Patch
The programs are designed to foster an understanding of how artificial intelligence technologies work, including their social implications.
During one-week, themed FutureMakers Workshops organized around key topics related to AI, students learn how AI technologies work, including social implications, then build something that uses AI.
"AI is shaping our behaviors, it's shaping the way we think, it's shaping the way we learn, and a lot of people aren't even aware of that," says Breazeal. "People now need to be AI literate given how AI is rapidly changing digital literacy and digital citizenship."
AI can now kill those annoying cookie pop-ups — from thenextweb.com by Thomas Macaulay
The notifications have been put on notice
After years of suffering this digital torture, a new AI tool has finally offered hope of an escape.
Named CookieEnforcer, the system was created by researchers from Google and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
The system was created to stop cookies from manipulating people into making website-friendly choices that put their privacy at risk. Yet it could also end the constant hassle of navigating the notices.
Using machine learning to improve student success in higher education — from mckinsey.com
Deploying machine learning and advanced analytics thoughtfully and to their full potential may support improvements in student access, success, and the overall student experience.
Yet higher education is still in the early stages of data capability building. With universities facing many challenges (such as financial pressures, the demographic cliff, and an uptick in student mental-health issues) and a variety of opportunities (including reaching adult learners and scaling online learning), expanding use of advanced analytics and machine learning may prove beneficial.
Below, we share some of the most promising use cases for advanced analytics in higher education to show how universities are capitalizing on those opportunities to overcome current challenges, both enabling access for many more students and improving the student experience.
Artificial intelligence (AI): 7 roles to prioritize now — from enterprisersproject.com by Marc Lewis
Which artificial intelligence (AI) jobs are hottest now? Consider these seven AI/ML roles to prioritize in your organization
Rather than a Great Resignation, this would suggest a Great Reallocation of the workforce. As a global search consultant, we are seeing this precipitous shift in positions, with great demand for skills in artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML).
With that in mind, here are seven artificial intelligence (AI)-related roles to consider prioritizing right now as the workforce reallocates talent to new jobs that drive economic value for leading companies…
4 ways AI will be a great teaching assistant — from thetechedvocate.org by Matthew Lynch


Nicholas is an Aberdeen University graduate who joined the firm in 2017, having worked in firms in Edinburgh and then Glasgow. Since 2005 he has appeared in civil courts throughout Scotland, conducting a variety of hearings and since 2008 he has conducted criminal trials across the whole of Scotland. He has also conducted Disciplinary Hearings before the NMC, SSSC, and Police Misconduct Hearings.
His criminal practice has included cases involving: assault, theft, reset, robbery, drugs, fraud, embezzlement, dangerous dogs, football violence and disorder, public disorder, domestic abuse, breach of the peace, murder, and proceeds of crime. Under Road Traffic law, he has succeeded in preserving his client's driving license, and has also restored clients driving licenses following disqualification. He has appeared in all levels of Scottish Criminal Court, including the High Court. He has particular experience in indecent images and sexual offences cases, having conducted a number of such matters over the last few years.
In his civil practice, Nicholas has litigated in the Sheriff Court, in both ordinary cause and Simple procedure cases. He has appeared as the instructing solicitor in the Court of Session. Civil areas covered include: Identity theft, Proceeds of Crime (Civil), Minutes under the Mortgage Rights Act, personal injury, medical negligence, interdicts, non-harassment orders, property disputes, neighbour disputes, debt recovery, benefits reviews, benefits appeals, licensing board hearings, licensing appeals, contract, landlord and tenant, Criminal Injuries compensation claims, CICA appeals, exclusion orders, ejections, Housing and Property Chamber and Powers of Attorney.
He is a member of the Family Law Association of Scotland and has a particular interest in Family law. Cases have involved divorce, separation, contact, residence, parental rights and responsibilities, delivery of children, cohabitation claims, matrimonial interdicts, pension sharing, Child Welfare Hearings, and Childrens Hearings. These matters are highly emotional, and clients need sound guidance through these difficult periods of their lives. Nicholas takes a robust approach to steer clients through this in an understanding manner. He has conducted numerous joint meetings with parties and their representatives, taking pragmatic steps to resolve their differences without resorting to the expense and pressure of litigation, a collaborative approach which has been welcomed by clients throughout his career.
Nicholas has conducted several Fatal Accident Inquiries (FAIs), an area of law which can be complex and is always highly emotive due to its subject. Cases have included deaths in police custody and inside prison. He has represented interested parties including Police Officers and Prison Officers and has ensured that the actions of his clients in these difficult situations have remained above question.
Nicholas has a wide range of experience and a pragmatic approach to law, providing a friendly, understanding face to his client base. His personable style breaks down the complex and difficult legal issues for his clients , guiding them through these upsetting and traumatic times in their lives.
Outside of law, Nicholas has a passion for two things: his family and his dog.


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The Civil Society Roots of BJP's Majoritarian Nationalism
Soundarya Chidambaram, Bucknell University
When the right-wing Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won a landslide victory in India's 2014 parliamentary elections, obliterating the opposition forces, scholars and commentators rationalized it as a vote in favor of the fuzzy notion of vikaas (development) in addition to a vote against corruption and the status quo.1 The BJP had achieved the impossible: it had seemingly converted the electorate of what used to be known as a "patronage democracy" into voters for "programmatic" politics. However, the BJP's 2019 electoral victory, in spite of its missteps and failure on economic policy, poses a puzzle.2 What explains the sustained popularity of the party and the mainstream cooptation of its exclusionary nationalist agenda? The rise of the BJP from a marginal force with only two Parliamentary seats in 1980 to winning consecutive historic landslides necessitates an explanation going beyond development talk, electoral arithmetic, and crafty coalitions.
Georgetown Journal of Asian Affairs
https://repository.library.georgetown.edu/bitstream/handle/10822/1059396/GJAA%20Vol.6_The%20Civil%20Society%20Roots%20of%20BJP_s%20Majoritarian%20Nationalism.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
Chidambaram, Soundarya. "The Civil Society Roots of BJP's Majoritarian Nationalism." (2020) : 12-19.


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Arizona's New Engineering School is More Than Just a Building – It's a Teaching Tool for Eco-Friendly Design.
When the Arizona State University commissioned the building of a new dormitory house for freshman engineering students, they didn't just envisage a sustainable design.
The University envisaged a real-time showcase of sustainable design in motion which would evolve into a teaching tool in its own right.
Located in the brutal desert climate of Tempe in Arizona, the construction of the new Tooker House building was naturally developed on crucial core principles of eco-friendly design with strong ventilation and shading for the wellbeing of the sweltering students.
But the idea was also to visually demonstrate these principles in action on an everyday basis for the benefit of the bright engineering minds studying at the University.
Tooker House
It was a pretty epic project for Chicago and San Francisco-based architects Solomon Cordwell Buenz (SCB) to undertake.
The 458,000 square-foot building needed to serve as a residence and learning facility for nearly 1,600 students with dedicated study and social lounges, flexible digital classrooms, a huge Maker Lab, 525-seat dining hall, convenience store, and five staff apartments.
The SCB team hatched an ambitious plan to optimize sustainability in the siting, massing and system of the structure, and then visibly express the engineering and sustainable design.
Within the Walls of Education
The seven-storey structure of Tooker House has a figure-eight-shaped plan, broken down into three smaller volumes connected by pedestrian bridges and two self-shaded interior courtyards.
The outdoor areas promote heat-alleviation techniques, with the massing naturally capturing the westerly wind for enhanced ventilation, and the absorbent surfaces enabling stormwater infiltration to reduce potential heat gain.
Further natural airflow is encouraged via the perforated metal panels on the bridges and breezeways of Tooker House which also allow for stunning broad views of the campus.
Rainwater is harvested from the roof, nourishing specific landscape zones in bioswales and reducing the levels of underground piping. The harvesting process is visually expressed in the interior courtyard, delivering a deeper understanding of the systems via compelling design.
Students can also see the many MEP systems through glazed walls, with the HVAC 'nuts and bolts' exposed, allowing for a real-time demonstration of the engineering work at the heart of the structure.
Meanwhile, the crucial Maker Lab is prominently located on the ground floor, giving students the freedom to cook up creative new projects at any time of day (or even night) without ever having to leave the campus. Sliding glass walls provide easy expansion for projects that need to spill outdoors, where students can also present their work on exhibition pedestals.
Finally, perhaps the most visually striking element of the Arizona State University's new building is the south facade's shading systems, depicted in natural earth tones to reflect the desert location.
A colossal cluster of perforated aluminium louvers is arranged in a pattern generated with the help of Grasshopper and Ladybug software. The intention is to reduce solar gain without making compromises on transparency or style.
As the sun slowly moves throughout the day, the shadows from its shifting positions animate the structure and illustrate the textures of the surrounding landscape, delivering a beautiful daily masterclass in sustainable architecture.
Tooker House clearly isn't just a stunning residence for engineering students or a paragon of eco-friendly desert design.
It's a building designed to educate and inspire the brilliant engineers of the future.
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He survived the twin towers' collapse, crawling to freedom, but years on Leeds-born Paul Berriff's most vivid memory of 9/11 remains a brief moment the previous night.
That night the British documentary-maker and his wife Hilary were at a supermarket near their apartment, just two blocks from the centre, when they bumped into a group of firefighters shopping for their evening meal.
"We all went through the checkouts together and as we came out there was a massive thunderstorm. You could see lightning striking the top of the World Trade Center," he said.
"We laughed and joked with them as they radioed for a firetruck to pick them up so they wouldn't get soaked.
Mr Berriff was filming documentary series Animal Cops in New York when he heard about the first plane hitting the North Tower on September 11, 2001.
He and his wife had lived in America for about six years and owned a house in Florida, but were based in Manhattan for the documentary filming.
When they first heard about a plane hitting one of the towers, he assumed it was an accident but realised otherwise as he and his crew got closer.
"We could see little black dots coming from the building - as we got nearer we realised it was people jumping," Mr Berriff said.
At the base of the towers they filmed rescue efforts until they heard a "massive bang".
"I turned the camera and saw the three floors of the tower just peeling away like a big umbrella," Mr Berriff said.
"I think I stood there for about five seconds as this tsunami, a wave of debris, came towards us. We just ran.
"The noise was like 50 jumbo jets chasing you down the runway.
"I remember the camera leaving me in slow motion, and the next thing I remember I'm crawling through the debris, everything is black.
He crawled back down the street looking for his camera crew, but found them later by chance at his own apartment block.
He had spoken to his wife when news of the first plane hitting broke, and she told him she was leaving the apartment, along with their cat Muffin.
"She came into the street with the cat and went into Battery Park but was only there a few minutes when she heard this noise, the second plane.
The couple were united in Battery Park several hours later when Mrs Berriff spotted the film crew and a man on a stretcher - her husband.
The couple were taken, along with Muffin, to a triage centre on Staten Island where Mr Berriff was decontaminated and treated for a head injury.
Without identification or a phone and no ferries back to Manhattan, they were stranded until a nurse offered them a bed for the night.
They later flew to their house in Florida and then back to the UK: "After three near-death experiences, it was the last straw. My family suggested it was time for me to stop," Mr Berriff said.
Mr Berriff said he had coped with the horrors of that day because he was "conditioned" to dramatic situations.
But in the aftermath, he and his wife found the country they had called home was changing.
"America after 9/11 changed immensely. Anyone who did not speak with an American accent was regarded, certainly by the authorities, as a potential terrorist.
After a stint running the Neptune inn and restaurant in Old Hunstanton, Norfolk, they moved to Bedale, North Yorkshire, where Mr Berriff returned to work in television.


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590 Madison Avenue, también conocido como IBM Building, es un rascacielos alto de 183 men la esquina de East 57th Street y Madison Avenue en Nueva York. Fue terminado en 1983 y tiene 41 pisos. El edificio costó 250 millones de dólares, tiene 93 592 m² de superficie y 24 ascensores, y es el 129.º edificio más alto de Nueva York. Edward Larrabee Barnes & Associates diseñó el edificio, e IBM lo desarrolló. IBM vendió la torre a Odyssey en mayo de 1994.

Sitio

El edificio está ubicado en el lado oeste de Madison Avenue entre las calles 56 y 57. Este contexto influyó fuertemente en el diseño del edificio. Su forma de cuña estaba destinada a evitar demasiado volumen del edificio hacia la calle 56, que es una calle relativamente estrecha. En cambio, Barnes miró hacia el edificio hacia la calle 57 y Madison Avenue directamente sin retranqueos. El espacio ahorrado al cortar la esquina suroeste del edificio permitió la creación de un espacio abierto a nivel del suelo. El espacio abierto está conectado a la Quinta Avenida a través del atrio de la Torre Trump. Además, una galería peatonal está al otro lado de la cuadra y crea la circulación desde la calle 57 hasta la calle 56 hasta el edificio Sony. El espacio abierto del edificio de IBM no solo proporciona el espacio para escapar de la densidad, sino que también activa la circulación en esta área.

Diseño
590 Madison Avenue es un edificio de oficinas diseñado por Edward Larrabee Barnes. Originalmente era propiedad de IBM y, por lo tanto, se llamaba "IBM Building". La torre se completó en 1983 y fue utilizada por numerosas sucursales de IBM hasta que fue vendida a Odyssey en 1994. El edificio todavía lleva el nombre de IBM, y la firma de tecnología global sigue siendo un inquilino importante. La altura del edificio de 41 pisos alcanza los 184 m. Tiene una forma de cuña única y un espacio público adyacente de propiedad privada cubierto por una estructura de vidrio, que contiene sillas de descanso, mesas y árboles de bambú, y se utiliza para la circulación de peatones, descanso, servicios, exhibiciones de arte y eventos culturales.

Forma y fachada
El edificio fue diseñado con una forma de cuña única, con un gran chaflán que corta la masa rectangular en la esquina suroeste del sitio. El volumen se puede ver de manera diferente desde diferentes ángulos. De los 41 pisos del edificio, la mayoría están destinados al uso de oficinas. A nivel del suelo, algunas tiendas minoristas dan a la calle 57. El edificio ocupa solo el 40 por ciento de la propiedad y el resto de los pies cuadrados se asigna a espacios públicos abiertos. El espacio se llena con una serie de amenidades como quioscos de comida y bebida, mesas y sillas, receptáculos, etc. Los árboles de bambú verde instalados en el espacio celebran la serenidad de un jardín interior. Además, en el interior se exhiben obras de arte para entretener a los visitantes. Este espacio se utiliza ocasionalmente para eventos especiales.

El edificio está cubierto por vidrio verde grisáceo y granito pulido. La superficie moderadamente reflectante sigue cambiando su textura según el ángulo y la luz. El uso de vidrio transparente para el espacio público enfatiza su apertura y deja entrar mucha luz solar.

Características
El edificio en forma de cuña fue un desafío en términos estructurales porque su forma causó más carga de viento que la de los rascacielos convencionales en forma de caja. Después de las pruebas en el túnel de viento, se revisó el diseño estructural original debido a la carga del viento. Los marcos alrededor de los huecos del ascensor permanecieron como estaban, con marcos diagonales añadidos. Las columnas en el perímetro del edificio se acercaron a la mitad y se reforzaron las vigas enjutas. Sorprendentemente, después del rediseño de la estructura, la cantidad total de acero requerida disminuyó. Otro desafío interesante en el diseño de la estructura fue la entrada en voladizo. El desafío no era cómo soportar la carga de arriba, sino cómo mantener la estabilidad del edificio. El uso de columnas más fuertes y más grandes para la base resolvió este problema.

Historia
La sede mundial de IBM había estado en un edificio anterior de 20 pisos en este sitio que se inauguró en enero de 1938. IBM trasladó su sede a Armonk, Nueva York en 1964 pero aún necesitaba una instalación en Nueva York. En 1973, Nueva York permitió la construcción de un nuevo edificio de IBM para reemplazar el existente. Su plan incluía pies cuadrados que superaban la limitación legal del área de piso permitida, pero fue aceptado debido a la bonificación por brindar beneficios de espacio público abierto. El edificio original fue demolido a partir de 1977.  El edificio actual se completó en 1983. Contenía espacio público abierto como parte de una enmienda de 1961 a la Resolución de Zonificación de 1916, que permitía a los arquitectos crear edificios con más pies cuadrados si contenían espacios públicos abiertos.

IBM utilizó el edificio como su sede regional en el este hasta que fue vendido a Odyssey en 1994. Al año siguiente, el nuevo propietario solicitó a la Comisión de Planificación Urbana la propuesta de modificación de su atrio. Luego de escuchar los argumentos a favor y en contra de la propuesta, se modificó el espacio público. Aunque hubo algunos cambios en el atrio, como la eliminación de algunos árboles de bambú, sillas adicionales y exhibiciones de esculturas, aún mantuvo la designación como un oasis en la ciudad. El edificio y su atrio han sido conocidos como uno de los edificios más monumentales y espacios abiertos más populares de la ciudad.

Véase también

 Anexo:Edificios más altos de Nueva York

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Enlaces externos

 590 Madison

Rascacielos de oficinas de Manhattan
Midtown Manhattan
Instalaciones de IBM
Wikipedia:Artículos con coordenadas en Wikidata
Edificios y estructuras terminadas en 1983
Arquitectura de Estados Unidos de 1983
Edificios de oficinas de Estados Unidos de los años 1980
Rascacielos de Estados Unidos entre 150 y 199 metros
Obras de Edward Larrabee Barnes
Madison Avenue
Rascacielos en la calle 57

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Q: cancan and namespace - how to change`current_user'" to current_profile I have model profile instead of user and when I`m trying to do sth like that :
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I am also using namespace Admin, so I have http://localhost:3000/admin/profile and so on.
Can you please tell me how to change defaults settings ? I have tried to put:
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in application_controller.rb, but still doesnt work.

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Just as Olympic athletes are hoping to reap the benefits of years of hard training at London 2012, so is one local firm looking forward to seeing the results of their own two years of Olympic preparation.
When admiring crowds flood the Stratford complex for the first time on July 27, Miles Waterscapes can take satisfaction from knowing they have made their own special Olympic contribution.
The Great Ashfield-based firm has been involved in a variety of projects for the London 2012 Olympics, completing work on the South Park, the Olympic Stadium, Athletes Village and also on the Westfield Stratford shopping complex.
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This posed a particular challenge as the toe of the sheets were to remain, meaning they had to be cut below water. To achieve this, Miles used a specialist underwater plasma cutter, the only one in the country, running at up to 30,000oC, to cut the piles quickly and cleanly from a pontoon based on the water.
This was a cost effective and efficient method compared to the alternative of divers with thermic lances and proved the perfect solution to a tricky waterscaping problem.
Miles Waterscape is a family run business with over 90 years experience. Their areas of expertise include specialist consultancy, design, construction and renovation of lakes and other associated water features.
Londons 2012 venue, which will host athletics, as well as the opening and closing ceremonies, has cost 500m to construct and covers 500 acres.
The London 2012 stadium will seat 80,000 people during the Games, however the capacity will be reduced to 25,000 after the Games.
The stadium is the first to be built on an island. The site for the stadium lies between rivers and tributaries and six footbridges will be used to access to the venue.
The stadium lies in a bowl dug out of the island site. During excavations, 800,000 tonnes of soil were removed enough to fill the Royal Albert Hall nine times.
Athletes from 205 different countries will compete in 26 Olympic sports and 20 Paralympic sports at the 2012 Games.


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Q: How to filter 1D vector data using a cut-off wavelength in matlab? I am trying to apply a high-pass filter to a signal (column or row vector) consisting of 1-pixel-wide lines taken from a black-and-white image. I know the resolution of the image (res in the code below, given in mm/pixel). How can I filter these line data in MATLAB to discard certain low frequencies (waviness) or large wavelengths, say >10 mm, using a Butterworth filter or any other?
Line data are not centered at zero.
Fs = 1; % I do not know if this assumption is correct for the image.
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lambda = 10; % Cut-off wavelength in mm, given.

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fc = 1/samples_in_lambda; % Cut-off frequency from lambda.

I tried : [z, p, k] = butter(9, fc/fn, 'high'); % I see the filter is high pass on plotting.
Can I filter the line data using the above given and assumed values? If not, is there a way that I can filter the data using a cut-off wavelength?

A: The highest linear spatial frequency you can represent without aliasing is 1 wave cycle per 2 pixels. This means a spatial Nyquist frequency of 1 wave cycle per 2*(res*1e-3) meters, or 1000/(res*2) reciprocal meters. (Confront this with temporal frequencies, which are measured in reciprocal seconds a.k.a. hertz).
In terms of wavelengths: the shortest wave you can represent without aliasing is 2 pixels long per wave cycle. This means a spatial "Nyquist wavelength" of res*2e-3 meters. (Confront this with temporal "wavelengths" a.k.a. periods, which are measured in seconds.)
If you want to set a cutoff wavelength of 10 mm, that corresponds to a spatial frequency of 100 reciprocal meters. Since the butter() function takes as its second input argument (Wn, the cutoff frequency) an arbitrary fraction of the (spatial) Nyquist frequency (the MATLAB documentation calls it "half the sampling rate"), you merely need to set Wn=100/(1000/(res*2)), i.e. Wn=res/5.
Even though your definition of the spatial sampling frequency is not quite correct (unless you are intentionally measuring it in reciprocal pixels), your final result ended up being equivalent to Wn=res/5, so you should be fine using the call to butter() that you indicated.


I feel very fortunate to call myself the superintendent of RE-1 Valley School District, where we have had two schools win the Governor's Distinguished Growth Award both this year and last year. We also have students who achieve at high levels and win state level awards in other academics, such as FBLA, FFA, art, and music, and that is not even mentioning our outstanding young athletes!
In Colorado, we are severely underfunding special education services. Only Arizona and Oklahoma spend less for students with special needs. State and federal funds for students with disabilities aren't keeping up with increased special education costs, leading school districts to put increasing amounts of their general fund towards those services. We want to provide the best special education services we can, because we know our children deserve it. Our students with special needs performed in the state level "distinguished" category in mathematics for their academic growth last year, but with more resources, they could do the same in reading and writing. Our students deserve better.
And it's not just these services that are suffering. Colorado also has a severe shortage of teachers resulting from a lack of support and training tools, as well as inadequate pay. Although teachers are continually being asked to do more, the average Colorado teacher's salary is $7,000 below the national average. This makes it difficult to recruit and retain talented teachers, which hurts our competitiveness and our ability to provide students with a quality education. We anticipate about 15 to 20 openings in RE 1 will need to be filled for the coming school year alone. Our students deserve better.
There is always more need than resources, but we need to prioritize our children's future and remind lawmakers that kids matter too. Please check this website for information about what you can do this month to contact our legislators, and tell them: KidsMatterToo.org.


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2019, current exhibit
Mira Lehr: High Water Mark
November 1, 2019 Jeremy Kemp
On view January 24 – May 10, 2020
Mira Lehr's entire career as an artist has focused on the natural world and our relationship with our surroundings. Her residence in Miami, with a studio nestled right on the water, has obviously steered her work towards the waterways and open ocean that form such an integral part of life in Florida.
A "high water mark" indicates a literal measurement for the highest point the water level reaches in a given area at a particular time. However, alternate meanings of the term suggest maximum value in various other sectors of life. It seems fitting, then, that this phrase should be applied to the work of an artist whose career spans five decades, building toward a well-earned peak. Lehr's recent work has been lauded by critics for the meaningful and contemplative commentary she offers on a timely and contentious subject, the state of our natural world. However, her sense of wonder and optimism about humanity's ability to rise to the occasion with solutions guides both her life and work.
As an eco-feminist artist from Miami whose career spans five decades, her nature-based imagery encompasses painting, design, sculpture and video installations. Lehr's processes include non-traditional media such as resin, gunpowder, fire, Japanese paper, dyes and welded steel.
Lehr has affected a new generation of young artists by serving as a mentor and collaborator, teaching master classes with the National Young Arts Foundation. She has also been an artist in residence at the Bascom Summer Programs.
Join us for the opening reception on January 24.
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Alice Aycock: Waltzing Matilda and Twin Vortexes
February 15, 2017 bednarz
Grounds for Exhibitions − Inaugural Outdoor Exhibitions Series
On view since September 2016
The Mennello Museum inaugurates Grounds for Exhibitions with two large-scale works by American sculptor Alice Aycock installed in the Marilyn L. Mennello Sculpture Garden. The beautiful works, Waltzing Matilda and Twin Vortexes were originally part of series of seven sculptures in Aycock's significant outdoor exhibition on Park Avenue in Manhattan entitled Park Avenue Paper Chase. Grounds for Exhibition features year-long large-scale sculpture exhibitions by nationally renowned American artists who otherwise would not be shared with Orlando audiences.
Shannon Fitzgerald states: "It is thrilling to inaugurate this outdoor exhibition program with such beautiful work by Alice Aycock, one of America's most recognized and respected sculptors of her generation. I think visitors will delight in experiencing the stunning sculptures nestled in our lakeside landscape that challenges perspective, materiality, whimsy, and nature—in all its power and fragility. She continues: "This is an extraordinary opportunity for our community to contemplate the vital role art has and the impact it can have when shared in the Public realm."


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In 2013 Ulysse Nardin has begun producing their own in-house made chronograph movements with the caliber UN-150, adding to their roster of in-house movements and serving as a base for the Marine Chronograph Manufacture watch collection. With a limited edition model featuring an in-house made enamel, as well as a broad range of standard models, the caliber UN-150 sees a full deployment in the Marine watch collection for this year.
Just one year ago, Ulysse Nardin officially unveiled its first "large volume" in-house made movement with the caliber UN-118 (hands on here in the Marine Chronometer Manufacture watches). The UN-118 was the subject of many years of development pretty much starting back when Swiss ETA announced that it was going to make its movements unavailable to most watch brands outside of the Swatch Group. The Group which owns ETA, after a series of legal battles with the Swiss government, decided it wanted to dramatically decrease supply of ETA movements to outside brands, and keep most of them for Swatch Group brands. Their message to many of the Swiss brands that once relied upon ETA movements (even as base movements) was "make your own movements."
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DIAMonSIL was very exciting but it does not appear to be in the UN-150 movement. There are a few potential reasons for this, but I am not going to guess as I don't know the exact answer. Having said that, the UN-150 does employ silicon in the form of the hairspring as part of the oscillator assembly. Overall, the movement not only has a great look but should also perform as most modern chronographs do. It is a 4Hz (28,800 bph) movement with a power reserve of 48 hours. Functions are pretty standard; it displays the time, date, and has a 12 hour chronograph. While the movement is produced in-house by Ulysse Nardin, it actually came to them serendipitously as an acquisition.


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BBDO New York have retained their FAB Agency of the Year Award during The 20th edition of The FAB Awards at The Hurlingham Club in London.
The winner of the award, which was supported this year by MarComm News, is the agency with the most points accumulated from nominations, FAB Awards and FABulous Awards on the night.
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