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Stunning Barton garden which featured on Gardener's World will open to public
The move is to raise money for St Giles Hospice
Jenny MoodySenior reporter
Michele Blundell in her stunning garden (Image: St Giles Hospice)
A stunning garden which has featured on BBC's Gardener's World is set to once again throw open its gates to flower enthusiasts.
Ray and Michele Blundell will be sharing the vivid colours and tranquil beauty of the grounds around Wild Thyme Cottage, in Barton under Needwood, on Sunday, October 28, in support of St Giles Hospice, which provides specialist care for local people living with illnesses which may not be curable, as well as support for their families and carers.
The scenic garden was admired by more than 2.7 million TV viewers in 2015 during a feature on the popular BBC2 Gardener's World programme, when it was praised by the team for the autumn colours of its Japanese Maple trees.
The garden has appeared on Gardener's World (Image: St Giles Hospice)
The couple were already preparing to host an open day in aid of St Giles at the time of the broadcast and, after presenter Monty Don read out the date on air ,more than a thousand people turned up in one afternoon – ruining Ray's lawn but raising more than £3,500 for St Giles.
The event has since become an annual treat for nature fans, who return year after year to view the garden as it continues to flourish.
Michele Blundell in the garden (Image: St Giles Hospice)
This year, Ray and Michele also opened their garden in April to support St Giles and enable visitors to see the spectacle in the springtime.
Beth Richardson, St Giles community fund-raiser, said: "We are extremely grateful to Ray and Michele for allowing so many visitors to share the extraordinary beauty of their garden each year, and for their continuing generosity in supporting St Giles Hospice.
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"We would urge anybody who enjoys the beauty of nature to pop along on Sunday to see the breathtaking colours of the garden for themselves."
The Blundells' ever-expanding garden at Woodhouses, just outside Barton, has been carved out from a meadow and an orchard over the past 16 years.
Ray and Michele Blundell are opening their garden to the public (Image: St Giles Hospice)
The garden, surrounding the couple's self-built oak-framed house, is situated off the B5016 road, postcode DE13 8BS, and contains more than 100 different varieties of Japanese Maple, as well as a huge variety of plants and ornamental grasses.
Admission to the event, which is run by the Needwood Friends of St Giles Hospice, costs £4 and tea, coffee and cakes will be available to buy.
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It will be open from 11am to 4.30pm.
Visitors are warned that, despite road closure notices being put in place for sewerage works, access is open to Wild Thyme Cottage and ample parking is available.
One of the features of the garden (Image: St Giles Hospice)
More information about St Giles and the care it provides is available by visiting www.stgileshospice.com.


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Despite some exclusives, PAL regions still manage to accumlate a large number of PS4 and Vita games this week. Unfortunately, PS3 players are left with DLC for just two games.
Both the Playstation 4 and Vita get a number of new titles for players to try. The Playstation 3, however, gets a single title that has been previously released elsewhere. Call of Duty BO3 DLC also appears.
We have a bunch of new media for MilitAnt as we receive confirmation of the game's release date.
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Last month Cern, home of the Large Hadron Collider, hosted its first ever comedy night. OMG! (or Oxygen Magnesium for the periodically inclined among you). Put down those Nobels. 2013 will now officially be remembered as the year that physics learnt to laugh at itself.
It's no longer enough to be at the cutting edge of research, slicing through the mysteries of the universe like a laser through Emmental (Cern's fondue parties are as legendary as its research). Now science has to be entertaining too.
The theory is that laughing and learning are complementary. We all know that time flies when you're having fun, though if you're going to be scientifically accurate this definition of "fun" must involve travelling at close to the speed of light. This explains why Einstein never made it as a comedy promoter – it's lucky he had his theory of general relativity to fall back on, really.
● Archimedes' bath time "Eureka" moment ended with a naked fun-run through ancient Syracuse, inspiring giggles as well as his eponymous law.
● When Galileo Galilei championed the theory that Earth is not actually the centre of the universe, Pope Urban VIII laughed him all the way to the Roman Inquisition.
● And the jury is still out on if Newton's falling apple was an early attempt at Chaplinesque slapstick to explain the nature of gravity.
But modern science is a whole different ball game. Or wave game, if you're a quantum physicist. "If quantum mechanics hasn't profoundly shocked you, you haven't understood it yet," said Niels Bohr, who won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1922. He was right. Twenty-first-century physics is stacked full of counter-intuitive ideas, complex mathematics and cats in boxes. Trying to understand it makes most of us feel like the village idiot. So when you're grappling with more outlandish theories than you can shake an elongated hexahedron (or stick, in layman's terms) at, it's a relief to know that you now have permission to see the funny side.
Take the Higgs particle. Elusive for nearly 50 years, you can't open a newspaper today without reading about how it's changing our understanding of physics, solving the mysteries of the universe or twerking at an awards ceremony.
Oh the Higgs! The particle that gives us mass! I always thought it was the Greggs that gave us mass, but no, and a Higgs is a lot harder to find on your local high street. Looking for one sounds a bit like looking for a four-leafed clover. A single four-leafed clover in an enormous field full of multi-dimensional invisible clover. Not to mention a field where that clover exists for only a few fractions of a second before changing into other types of clover that can easily be mistaken for yet more similar-looking clover. All this while spinning around a Swiss bunker at nearly 300,000 metres per second – minding the fondue set as you go. You really do have to laugh.
By now, I expect I've drawn a dividing line between people who are enjoying this column and people who are not. For reference, that line is 27km long and under Geneva. Either way, the data are collected and the evidence is there. Science is getting funnier and, because every action must have an equal and opposite reaction, comedians are also starting to get their geek on.
Universally appealing observational comedy will be phased out, in favour of appealing comedy about the observable universe. Faster than a panda can sneeze on the internet, the old gags about airline food will be gone, replaced by jokes about Nasa funding a 3D food printer to make space pizza. Don't worry – it still tastes awful.
I'll bet my Bunsen burner that within a year, no self-respecting comedian will dare leave the house without a five-minute set based on Many Worlds Theory. And if that doesn't sound like it would float your Archimedes-principled boat, be safe in the knowledge that – in a parallel universe – you'll absolutely love it.


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keystone view company (publisher) (6)
ganter, h. c. (distributor) (2)
allen, wilma (1)
goodstein, laurie (1)
hagenauer-mcintyre, helen elizabeth, 1954- (1)
bubley, esther (photographer) (91)
corsini, harold (photographer) (8)
waldack, charles (photographer) (5)
shorr (photographer) (4)
parks, gordon, 1912-2006 (photographer) (3)
saunders, richard, 1922-1987 (photographer) (3)
fougerousse, tom (photographer) (2)
hains, ben (photographer) (2)
libsohn, sol, 1914-2001 (photographer) (2)
beuys, joseph (german sculptor, performance artist, and printmaker, 1921-1986) (1)
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louisville (ky.) (101)
cherokee park (louisville, ky.) (22)
bells lane (louisville, ky.) (15)
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lake dreamland (ky.) (15)
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boat & ship industry (78)
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Description: System
Many forms of transportation required in large centers of population, New York City.
City & town life; Elevated railroads; Street railroads; Railroads; Pedestrians; People
View of streets and elevated railroad tracks in New York City. Buildings line the streets on the right, while the railroad tracks run perpendicular to the streets. Carriages, streetcars, and pedestrians are on the streets. Trains run on the tracks....
Busy path of commerce in central New York - four track railway. Electric road at right, Erie Canal at extreme left.
Railroad tracks; Electric railroads; Railroads; Canals
Four sets of railroad tracks with fields on either side. Electric poles and lines run parallel to the tracks. A train is on the left set of tracks with a person sitting on the top of one of the cars. A second train is on one of the middle sets of...
Margaret Sanger/Birth Control/New York City.
Sanger, Margaret, 1879-1966
I am a feminist artist who has been battling P.I.D. and the health care system which makes the disease worse, for over three years. I have been collecting information about PID for women who need it.
Conservative Credit System business, 1928.
Stores & shops; Buildings; Dentists; Clothing stores
Address: 306 1/2 W. Jefferson St. A sign for Conservative Credit System is visible on the second floor of this brick building. Other businesses in the building include White City Restaurant, Matthews Artificial Limbs, Hecker's Clothiers, Columbia...
Trustees System Service interior, Louisville, Kentucky, 1930.
Offices; Banks; Bankers; Financial facilities; Men; Business people; Interiors
Address: 415 West Market Street. Interior image of Trustee System Service. Image shows a long, narrow room with a row of desks on the right half of the room where clerks assist customers. Chairs, a card rack, and a standing counter appear along the...
Stanley Mayer. Photos Central Trucking System.
Vehicles; Trucks
Multiple views of a tow truck for carrying loads of vehicles. The sign on the side of the truck reads Central Truckaway System Inc. Address: Central Truckaway System, 1491 Western Highway, Louisville, Kentucky.
Potato conveyor inside St. Matthews Produce Exchange, St. Matthews, Kentucky, 1946.
Farm produce; Commodity exchanges; Merchants' exchanges; Markets; Farmers' markets; Farming; Potatoes; Food; Conveying systems
An interior view of a large conveyor system inside the St. Matthews Produce Exchange. Potatoes are along the conveyor system and a man can be partially seen at the end of the belt holding a burlap sack.
Fay Stender/Berkeley, CA./1932-1980.
Stender, Fay
Designed by Laurie Goodstein & Chloë Wurr / Embroidered by Chloë Wurr. / The completion of the quilt piece finds Laurie teaching in Kikubala [sic], Kenya while I am working in family planning in Lima, Peru.
Drainage system construction, Louisville, Kentucky, September 7, 1927.
Construction; Sewerage; Canals
Multiple views of a storm basin being constructed. Machinery lifts beams and poles, while men install a wood support system. Title supplied by cataloger.
Drainage system construction, Louisville, Kentucky, September 20, 1927.
System parking lot, Louisville, Kentucky.
Parking lots; Buildings; Stores & shops; Variety stores; Painted wall signs
System Autopark parking lot and entrance behind the S.S. Kresge store. Title supplied by cataloger.
Recovery system section of Everett Refinery, Everett, Massachusetts, 1944.
Petroleum industry; Refineries; Pipes (Conduits)
Part of the absorption and light ends recovery system at the Everett Refinery.
Saltwater disposal system, Tomball, Texas, 1945.
Oil wells; Men; Occupations
Oil field. Salt Water Disposal System No. 2. P.D. Donovan in his doghouse.
Yardman opening valve on manifold system, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1944.
Petroleum industry; Pumps; Petroleum workers; Men
Yardman opens a valve on the manifold system that control the flow of products from the tank farm to the pumps in the pipeline.
Yardman opens a valve on the manifold system that controls the flow of products from the tank farm to the pumps in the pipeline.
Yardman in front of manifold system, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1944.
Petroleum industry; Pumps; Petroleum workers; Men; Portrait photographs
A yardman standing in front of the manifold system in the Baton Rouge tank farm.
Turnaround coordinator giving progress report over public address system, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1947.
Petroleum industry; Petroleum workers; Men; Public address systems
B.B. Berger, turnaround coordinator at pipe still #2, giving a progress report over the public address system while Monroe Courtney, a process man, makes a call to the laboratories about sending a man to the pipe still to make a gas test in the...
Trucks refueling airplanes, Keflavík, Iceland, 1951.
Petroleum industry; Trucks; Automobiles; Airplanes; Airports; Petroleum workers
Esso Iceland Kerosene Company refueling system at Keflavik, Iceland. Vehicle on the right is a F3 lubricating oil truck. Gravity type hydrant refueling system is used at Keflavik. Esso servicer under the nose of plane is used as a dispensing unit.
Gothic Chapel.
Caves; Stalactites & stalagmites
Gothic Chapel in Mammoth Cave. This room within the cave system gives the illusion that it is supported by gigantic stalactites which extend from ceiling to floor. Mammoth Cave is the longest cave system in the world and located within Mammoth Cave...
Deserted Chamber.
Caves; Men
A man, suitably dressed for caving in tall black boots, walks through Deserted Chamber, a geological feature in Mammoth Cave. The Deserted Chamber is a room 100 feet in length within the cave system. Mammoth Cave is the longest cave system in the...

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The amount of time allowed off is rarely enough for close family members who often have a great deal to handle during the time after a death, so the three days is often combined with other leave. Logic would indicate it would be foolish for a company to have a once-a-year usage policy. Death is not that tidy and scheduled! Many companies provide the three days for each loss, even if the losses occurred together, such as in a tragic accident, with the thought that funerals, family meetings and so forth are required for each person.
Most people only use a bereavement leave one or two times in their lives and will not abuse the use. The rare occasions when that might happen are not worth the morale issues of limiting bereavement time. If an employer thinks an employee is abusing the system, the matter can be considered more closely. There is no law about it, so adjustments can be made, unless there is a union contract or some other signed agreement. Put "bereavement leave" in your internet search area and you will find many specific leave policies. Best wishes.


Welcome Back to the 2016-2017 Year!
Our Pack is having a Welcome Back Ice Cream Social on August 31st at IHM from 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm. We will be on the front lawn, weather permitting. Otherwise, we will be in the Lower Hall. The Pack will provide ice cream and some games. Please bring an ice cream topping to share and a blanket or chairs and water bottles for your family. Please use the Evite to respond so we buy enough ice cream.
If you have friends interested in learning more about scouting, please invite them. This is a Pack event, so the whole family is invited to attend.
We will have registration packets available.


Madonna says she originally wanted the video to convey strong anti-war, anti-materialism, anti-fashion industry statements.
Following six weeks of controversy, Madonna has withdrawn the video for her new single, "American Life."
"It was filmed before the war started, and I do not believe it is appropriate to air it at this time," she said in a statement.
The video, directed by Jonas Akerlund, begins with models decked in military gear strutting down a fashion runway while images of warplanes in flight splash across the walls. During the chorus, Madonna sings against a black screen as orange fireballs erupt over her shoulders. The clip also depicts shots of Arabic peasants in the street.
Near the end of the video, Madonna and overweight female dancers in military garb drive a car through the wall and storm the show, strutting menacingly and spraying a roof-mounted water cannon at the paparazzi and crowd. The shots are juxtaposed with rapid edits of planes dropping bombs and huge fiery explosions.
Madonna has said that she originally wanted the video to convey strong anti-war, anti-materialism and anti-fashion industry statements. However, as the war in Iraq progressed, she edited the footage to make it less controversial, her manager said (see "Madonna Edits Controversial 'American Life' Video").
The most dramatic adjustments were made to the clip's conclusion, which at first featured Madonna throwing a live grenade into a fashion show. She changed the finale to depict her tossing a phony grenade at a George Bush look-alike, who catches it and uses it to light the cigar of a Saddam Hussein look-alike. In the final edit, Bush catches the grenade, then lights his cigar with the faux weapon.
Even with the changes, Madonna was worried the video would be misconstrued as anti-American or anti-military, which wasn't her intention. For this reason, on Monday night she decided to withdraw it. Before her decision, many international networks had already aired the clip, which had been released abroad that day. Airing has since ceased, however.
"Due to the volatile state of the world and out of sensitivity and respect to the armed forces, who I support and pray for, I do not want to risk offending anyone who might misinterpret the meaning of this video," she said in the statement.
During an interview last week, Madonna expressed frustration at the prospect of viewers reading things into the videos and her music, leaving her in a no-win position.
"I feel like with everything I do, there's always gonna be that handful of naysayers, regardless of what I do," she said. "They've made their decision before they've seen it. And that's human nature. So I accept it. Obviously, it irritates me. I would like people to watch it, and I don't want to tell them what to think. I don't think it's offensive."
Now we may never know, since Madonna's label has no plans to make the clip available to consumers in the future.


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Salton Sea Documentary Sheds New Light on a Looming Environmental Disaster
"Miracle in the Desert: The Rise and Fall of the Salton Sea" is available on demand now.
By Heather Brooker • Published September 22, 2020 • Updated on October 8, 2020 at 2:08 pm
Greg Bassenian
There is something majestic about the Salton Sea, one of the world's largest inland seas and lowest spots on earth at -227 below sea level. The people who live there know its majesty on a daily basis. So do the thousands of Coachella Valley visitors, Instagrammers, and lookie -loos who drive about three hours southeast of Los Angeles see it for themselves each year.
Heather Brooker
Over 100,000 people visit the Salton Sea area each year.
When they visit, they find a desolate area that feels more like a scene from "Mad Max" than what you might expect from a weekend at the lake. The Salton Sea is a man-made body of water that was created during a series of overly ambitious but ultimately unfortunate events in 1905. And over the years has seen many iterations from a farming community, to a playground for the Rat Pack.
Today, it's a fairly well-known fact that the Salton Sea is dying. But most people may not know to what extent, and how far reaching the physical and financial impact its death will have.
A view of Desert Shores from 2019 in the documentary "Miracle in the Desert: The Rise and Fall of the Salton Sea."
A new award-winning documentary from Gravitas Ventures called "Miracle in the Desert: The Rise and Fall of the Salton Sea" shines a piercing light on how the Salton Sea became what it is today. And, just how devastating the environmental disaster will be for the people who live in the Coachella Valley, Imperial County and beyond if it goes unaddressed. Experts in the film say if it's not corrected soon, the cost of damage from the Salton Sea could reach into the tens of billions of dollars over the next several years.
Writer/director Greg Bassenian ("C.S.I. Miami") says like many people, he too was captivated by the Salton Sea and her story.
"The Salton Sea is a cautionary tale of ego, ambition and neglect that stand to impact the health of millions of people, many of them right here in Southern California. There's been a lot of said about the Salton Sea in the past, but this film sets the record straight," Bassenian says. "You might not believe some of what you see, but we assure you, it's all real and happening as we speak."
A toxic dust storm at the Salton Sea from the documentary "Miracle in the Desert: The Rise and Fall of the Salton Sea."
So, what is happening at the Salton Sea that's creating such alarm in the community and a cry for help from the government in Sacramento? Essentially, the sea is drying up. And what's left behind is toxic dust creating serious health problems for the residents who not only live next to the Salton Sea, but in nearby communities.
The film explains that this isn't just a problem for Imperial County and the Coachella Valley. The toxic dust is being blown miles away, even reaching as far as Los Angeles and San Diego.
A look at Desert Shores in the documentary "Miracle in the Desert: The Rise and Fall of the Salton Sea."
"The impacts to air are going to grow more quickly because the water has been taken away. It's going down very quickly and it's going to continue to do so. And it's going to emit more particulate into the air. And with the fires that are happening, we now know what that means to the people who have to breath that in," Bassenian says."
Ruins from the Salton Sea shores as seen in the documentary "Miracle in the Desert: The Rise and Fall of the Salton Sea."
The film dives deep into the unlucky and mismanaged history of the region from failed levees and water distribution policies, to back-to-back hurricanes, and changing water rights that all contributed to the community's constant struggle to survive. The film highlights the efforts of Salton Sea advocates who have taken it upon themselves to give the area a voice in Sacramento but frustratingly continue to hit a wall of government red tape.
"In 2009, there was a plan put together by the state called the Preferred Alternative, which would potentially allocate $9 billion to fix the problem. But because of the financial crisis, that went away. Then in 2018, the 10 Year Plan came around and it's not being stuck to. It's far, far behind. Now, you've got COVID and another financial crisis. So the Salton Sea seems to always be this place that encounters obstacles," Bassenian says.
Former Salton Sea Mayor Kerry Morrison shares his story in the documentary "Miracle in the Desert: The Rise and Fall of the Salton Sea."
In the film, former Salton Sea Mayor Kerry Morrison further explains the situation the community is facing.
"Millions of people are within air quality range of this basin. And the air quality is dropping and people are getting sicker, and sicker," Morrison says.
The Salton Sea was fed by irrigation run off for a hundred years. But experts in the film say a water rights plan called the Quantification Settlement Agreement in 2003 effectively paid farmers to not use water, so that it could be diverted to Los Angeles and San Diego for use as drinking water.
"This was the largest ag-to-urban water transfer the country had ever seen. And it gave the region a 15 year time limit to develop restoration and mitigation initiatives to make sure the Salton Sea wouldn't become a disaster and that that quality of life generally in the region would still be able to thrive, while transferring more of the inflows to the coast," Morrison explains in the film.
Michelle Dugan shares her story in the documentary "Miracle in the Desert: The Rise and Fall of the Salton Sea."
One of the most powerful parts of the documentary aside from the striking before and after images, puts a personal face to the impact of toxic dust from the Salton Sea. A young woman named Michelle Dugan shares her story of growing up with asthma in the Coachella Valley. She recounts the struggles and heartbreak of living with her condition and how it's forever changed her life.
The Salton Sea's receding coastline as seen in the documentary "Miracle in the Desert: The Rise and Fall of the Salton Sea."
Bassenian says he hopes the film will give people, not just in California, but around the world a closer look at the impact of ecological disasters and the urgency that needs to be placed on local and federal governments to step in to not just announce solutions, but put them into action before it's too late.
"It's a slow moving problem. It's not like a forest fire. It's not like a freeway collapse. So people don't pay attention. Will it get fixed? I think eventually it's going to get so severe, they will have to suddenly come in and do something quickly," Bassenian says.
NBC LA entertainment reporter Heather Brooker visits the Salton Sea in 2020 with her daughter Channing.
"Miracle in the Desert: The Rise and Fall of the Salton Sea" is available on all VOD/Digital & Blu-Ray/DVD platforms. There will also be a special screening of the film at the Palm Springs drive-in theater on Sept. 26.


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package tent

import (
	"strings"
	"testing"

	. "launchpad.net/gocheck"
)

// Hook gocheck into the gotest runner.
func Test(t *testing.T) { TestingT(t) }

type DiscoverySuite struct{}

var _ = Suite(&DiscoverySuite{})

var metaHTML = strings.NewReader(`
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<title>foo</title>
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<link href="http://foo.bar">
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func (s *DiscoverySuite) TestHTMLLinkParsing(c *C) {
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Which are the Modern Fibre Composites?
Posted on 19 Jul 2017 in 3MB | 0 comments
What is A Fibre Composite?
A composite material is very simply a material created by combining two or more materials, hence creating a 'composite'. Often, these materials will have different properties and qualities and are combined to make a material that has the chosen benefits of both. The two materials work together to create a new substance which has improved characteristics than the individual materials had.
It only takes two different materials to create a composite and most are created using just two. One will be the matrix or binder. It surrounds and binds together fibres or fragments of the other material, which is called the reinforcement. If you are interested in the types and classifications of composites, you may want to read this article.
A fibre composite is one that is created using a polymer matrix that is reinforced with fibres. The most common fibres used to make composites are glass, carbon, or aramid, although other fibres such as paper or wood or asbestos are also used.
The polymer most commonly used are vinylester or polyester thermosetting plastic.
While this may still sound complicated, it would be easier to explain how these Fibre composites are used in our every day lives to help understand them.
You would have to been living under a rock to not have heard of the material 'fibreglass'. This was the first modern fibre composite and is widely used all over the world.
Glass fibres have been produced for centuries, but mass production of glass strands was discovered by Games Slayter in 1932 when he accidentally directed a jet of compressed air at a stream of molten glass and produced fibres.
This early fibreglass composite was patented by Games and his company in the 1930′s, but the evolution of the fibreglass that we use today had only just begun.
There are five major types of Fibreglass. A-glass (alkali glass) which has good chemical resistance, but lower electrical properties. C-glass (chemical glass) which has very high chemical resistance. E-glass (electrical glass) which is an excellent insulator and resists attacks from water. S-Glass (structural glass) which is optimised for mechanical properties. D-glass (dielectric glass) which has the best electrical properties but lacks in mechanical properties when compared to E and S glass.
E-glass and S-glass are, by far, the most common types found in composites.
A Roll of Fibreglass
Fibreglass is not as strong a composite as carbon fibre composites, however, the bass materials are much cheaper. This allows for the mass production of fibre glass composites to the point where it has become a household name and used by almost every industry.
Put simply, carbon fibre is a composite made of thousands of long thin strands of material mostly made up of carbon atoms (no surprises there). It is an extremely thin material, the fibres being about 5–10 μm in diameter. But even though it is thin, it is extremely strong, and is also much lighter and less dense than most other materials.
The future uses of Carbon Fibre are untold and as the years go by the cost to produce and manufacture it are lowering. This is allowing the uses of carbon fibre to be far more wide spread and by a wider range of industries.
Years ago, carbon fibre composites were so expensive and complicated to produce that their use was limited to hugely wealthy industries such as the aerospace industry. The aerospace industry used these carbon fibres in many different ways and carried on developing and improving the manufacturing process. This produced composites that were stronger and lighter than they have ever been.
This composite was also used in the production of the world's fastest cars and supercars. If you are a fan of fast cars, why not take a look this article which asks the question: Is the full carbon fibre racing car a reality?
Is the full carbon fibre racing car a reality?
It starts becoming clearer why carbon fibre is an extremely effective material to use in the production of items that require strength or speed.
Thankfully these very wealthy industries continued to improve the qualities of carbon fibre, and refined the manufacturing process.
This allowed for other industries to be able to start using carbon fibres as it became more affordable. One such industry is the construction industry. Carbon fibre is such a versatile material and it has the qualities perfect to be used in construction: it is extremely strong and has a high elastic modulus and fatigue strength. This means that it is highly chemically resistant and has a high temperature tolerance with low thermal expansion and corrosion resistance. Carbon fibre is being used to build bridges and to repair old buildings that might otherwise not have been safe to enter. It is even being used to build houses that could be resistant to earthquakes.
Other industries developing the use of carbon fibre in their products are the bicycle industry and the sporting equipment industry. One beautiful example can be seen in the new snow bike made with 3BM's amazing carbon fibre concept. This powerful and super speedy snow bike is just one (very cool) example of how the development of composites are changing the world we all live in. One inspirational example of this is the use of carbon fibre to create prosthetic feet for amputees. To read more about the use of composites in the medical industry please see this article.
Other Fibre Composites
As mentioned above, carbon and glass fibres are the two most common fibre composites that are currently used, but there are others.
The fibre amarid, mentioned at the beginning of the article, is the one used in Kevlar® body armour. Wood and plastic fibre composites are used in the flooring industry to make wooden floor boards and decking. These wood-plastic composites are argued to be more environmentally friendly and require less maintenance than the alternatives of solid wood treated with preservatives.
Fibre Composites in the Future
As a human race we are getting higher and faster than ever before. The use of fibre composites is allowing us to build safer houses, to fix the human body, to build bigger and longer lasting structures. The more that the big companies develop the manufacturing process, the more readily available these carbon fibres composites will be for smaller industries. The possibilities are endless.


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Optimal running time supplement distribution in train schedules for energy-efficient train control
Gerben M. Scheepmaker*, Peter J. Pudney, Amie R. Albrecht, Rob M.P. Goverde, Phil G. Howlett
Transport and Planning
Energy-efficient train driving can lead to a significant reduction in both CO2 emissions and energy consumption. A lot of research has been done on the topic of energy-efficient train control that minimizes total traction energy consumption. Furthermore, the running time supplements in the timetable determine the possibilities for energy-efficient train driving. However, research on the distribution of these supplements in order to maximize the potential for energy-efficient train driving is limited. This paper considers the multiple-section train trajectory optimization problem, which aims at finding the optimal distribution of running time supplements over multiple stops for a single train given a total scheduled running time in order to maximize the potential for energy-efficient train driving. In addition, we compare two different methods to compute the energy-efficient train control: an indirect solution method and a direct solution method. We applied both methods to a Dutch case study for an Intercity train between the stations Utrecht Central and Arnhem Central. The running time supplement distribution that minimizes the total energy use for a train has the same cruising speed on each section. Furthermore, the shorter the distance between stops, the larger the relative running time supplement. The indirect solution method generates results very quickly compared to the direct solution method and can be used for real-time control. The direct solution method is able to provide direct feedback on the necessary optimality conditions and does not require a specialized code to generate the optimal speed trajectory profile, therefore, it is useful for exploring new variants of the optimal control problem.
Journal of Rail Transport Planning and Management
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrtpm.2020.100180
Energy-efficient train control
Running time supplement distribution
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Energy Efficient Mathematics 100%
Schedule Mathematics 64%
Train Business & Economics 58%
supplement Social Sciences 55%
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energy Social Sciences 42%
Energy utilization Engineering & Materials Science 28%
Trajectories Engineering & Materials Science 28%
1 Dissertation (TU Delft)
Energy-efficient Train Timetabling
Scheepmaker, G. M., 2022, Delft: Trail / TU Delft. 250 p.
Research output: Thesis › Dissertation (TU Delft)
Trajectories 100%
Regenerative braking 62%
Scheepmaker, G. M., Pudney, P. J., Albrecht, A. R., Goverde, R. M. P., & Howlett, P. G. (2020). Optimal running time supplement distribution in train schedules for energy-efficient train control. Journal of Rail Transport Planning and Management, 14, [100180]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrtpm.2020.100180
Scheepmaker, Gerben M. ; Pudney, Peter J. ; Albrecht, Amie R. ; Goverde, Rob M.P. ; Howlett, Phil G. / Optimal running time supplement distribution in train schedules for energy-efficient train control. In: Journal of Rail Transport Planning and Management. 2020 ; Vol. 14.
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This is a super little basic – the Tanee Clothing White Zigzag Top is a lined crop top in white, featuring white cotton-knit side panels, with zigzag topstitching down the centre front and back. This is a really versatile piece and looks perfect teamed with shorts, skirts, jeans or pants. Looks great with the Tanee denim pleat shorts.


Superstition (via Wikipedia) is a credulous belief or notion, not based on reason, knowledge, or experience.
They're easy to slate off, discard or ignore… especially when they're not your own.
That's the thing we all have them, you can either decide to accept or try and change them.
Neither position is right or wrong.
The wrong position is to ignore their existence at all.
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Merseyside derby 2020: Everton vs Liverpool live stream, TV channel, start time
Updated on: May 18, 2021 by Jaya Guha
The Everton will take in the first Merseyside derby Liverpool to Goodison Park on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2020, at 12:30 pm BST at Goodison Road, Walton, Liverpool, England. Everton is the only undefeated team in the Premier League that is aiming to extend 5-0 ahead of a matchday 5 with Liverpool.
The running champions are looking to bounce back after hammered 7-2 by Aston Villa. However, Everton hasn't won against Liverpool since 2010, But Carlo Ancelotti's Toffees have enough ability to beat the Reds and earn the full three points.
How Mo Salah & co. will take on high-flying Everton, we are waiting to see it. Here everything you need to know what time, date, TV channel for Everton vs Liverpool match on today and how to watch free online.
When is Everton vs Liverpool on?
Liverpool vs Everton is one of the most eagerly anticipated Merseyside derbies held for a 12:30 pm BST at Goodison Park in Liverpool kick-off on Saturday, October 17, 2020.
What time does Liverpool vs Everton start?
Everton vs Liverpool Premier League clash will kick off at 12:30 pm BST.
How to live stream Everton vs Liverpool?
The Premier League fans can watch Everton vs Liverpool live stream on BT Sport 1 or by using the BT Sport app from 11:30 am BST.
What: Liverpool vs Everton
When: kick-off 12:30 pm BST on Saturday, October 17, 2020
Where: Goodison Park, at Goodison Road, Walton, Liverpool, England.
TV: BT Sport 1, BT Sport app
How to watch: Watch live free
Filed Under: News & Updates


You might have noticed that things were rather quiet here last week. We went on our last family vacation of the summer before the kids go back to school in a few weeks and I decided it was a great time to unplug. Of course, we were camping on a beach with no electricity (much less an internet connection) so I didn't have much choice. However, the point is that sometimes it's good to really get away and just enjoy the simple things in life like sitting in a beach chair reading a good book while the ocean breeze blows through your hair. There is no distraction (or temptation) of checking e-mails or over analyzing blog stats.
Eventually, you do have to return to real life and deal with things like what to make for dinner. When that moment hits, it is good to have a recipe like this beef stir-fry with pineapples and snow peas in your repertoire. In our house, stir-frys are a regular part of our dinner rotation but the kids especially like this combination because the pineapples add a natural sweetness to the dish. The kids would be perfectly happy to have just the beef and pineapples but stir-frys are one of the easiest ways for me to get them to eat vegetables so I'm not about to give up that opportunity. The snow peas not only add some extra nutrition but also some nice color and a little bit of crunch. You can replace the snow peas with thinly sliced carrots if you can't find snow peas.
That's it for today. After being gone for a week, I'm still playing catch up with my long to-do list … missing the beach already.
Mix together cinnamon, granulated garlic, celery salt and ground pepper in a small bowl. Sprinkle spice mixture over beef and stir until all the pieces are evenly coated with spices. Add sesame oil and mix until beef is evenly coated with oil. Set aside.
Heat canola oil in a medium sized wok over medium-high heat until oil begins to shimmer. Add garlic and stir until garlic is fragrant and starts to brown. Remove garlic clove from pan and discard. Rotate and tilt pan so that oil evenly coats the bottom and sides of the wok. Add beef in an even layer around the wok. Let the beef sit a minute or so until it starts to brown. Then stir the beef and let cook until lightly browned all over and beef is just cooked through. Add in oyster sauce and stir until the beef is evenly coated. Transfer beef to a clean bowl or plate.
Return wok to stove. Add pineapple chunks and cook 1-2 minutes over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until pineapples start to soften slightly and release their juices. Add snow peas. Cook pineapples and snow peas, stirring occasionally, until lightly browned, about 2-4 minutes. Add vegetable broth and bring mixture to a simmer. Cover pan and let snow peas cook until tender-crisp, about 2-3 minutes. Uncover pan, add beef and any accumulated juices back to pan. Stir to combine. Stir cornstarch mixture to re-combine and add to pan. Bring mixture to a simmer. Cook until sauce thickens slightly.
Remove from heat and serve immediately with rice.
You can use any cut of beef you prefer – flank steak, strip steak, rump roast. Be sure to slice the beef against the grain.
Oyster sauce can be found in the Asian aisle of most grocery stores and at Asian grocery stores.
Oohhh I love beef stir fries!!! My mom makes it all the time, but not with pineapples and snow peas. I think that would be such a wonderful combination!!!!
I love stir-fries too – the possibilities are endless. I hope you get to try this one soon. It's delicious!
I totally agree. Stir-frys can be real life savers. Thanks for dropping by, Ana.


A diver swimming toward the offshore cage in Hawaii with equipment.
Fish aggregate below the offshore cage as the anchoring device is being set up.
Diagram of one type of offshore cage used in aquaculture.
Photo of a diver swimming outside the offshore cage used in Moi culture in Hawaii.
Photo of Dr. Charles Helsley and the Governor of Hawaii holding freshly harvest moi from an offshore cage. Moi are a type of Pacific threadfin.
Photo of the presentation of cultured moi as a traditional dish in Hawaii. These fish were cultured in one of the first offshore cages.
Moi fish which have been harvested from an offshrore cage and put on ice for market in Hawaii. Moi are a type of Pacific threadfin.
An example of Pacific threadfin (Moi) inside an offshore cage in Hawaii.
An example of Pacific threadfin (Moi) being prepared as a sashimi product. This Moi was cultured in an offshore cage in Hawaii.
Moi, Pacific threadfin, being sorted for market after harvest from an offshore aquaculture cage in Hawaii.
Deployment of an Ocean Spar Sea Station 600 off MS by the Gulf of Mexico Offshore Aquaculture Consortium". Dr. Chris Bridger in wetsuit.
Moi, Pacific threadfin, circling in a feeding patter inside and offshore cage.
Smaller Pacific threagin, Moi, inside the nursery section of an offshore cage.
Photo of the pipe which is transfering Pacific threadfin, Moi, to an offshore cage for growout.
Tuna cage 24 miles offshore of California.
Good photo of amberjack tuna used in aquaculture.
Three-day-old black sea bass (Centropristis striata) spawned as part of a Sea Grant aquaculture project.


NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. – There's an art and a method to Corning's innovation alongside companies like Apple, Samsung, Ford, Verizon, Sharp – and most recently Merck and Pfizer. Wendell P. Weeks, chief executive officer of Corning, shared extensive insights about the drivers behind the company's 167 years of successful collaboration, focusing on the development of revolutionary pharmaceutical packaging Corning Valor® Glass.
"What all of these had in common was a deep customer-supplier partnership aimed at a step change in performance and life-changing innovation," Wendell said of the innovation examples in Corning's portfolio.
Pfizer's Ron Perry, vice president and site leader for Kalamazoo, joined Wendell for a discussion during this keynote presentation at DCAT Sharp Sourcing on June 26, offering his perspective on the collaboration and affirming commitment to Valor Glass.
Wendell began with an overview of Corning's long track record of successful collaboration, which starts deep in the company's history. In 1879, Corning worked with Thomas Edison on glass for incandescent light bulbs and a ribbon machine that could produce 2,000 of them per minute. That same type of machine has made every incandescent bulb since then. Fast forward to the present, and recent highlights from Corning's strategic collaborations include Apple's $200 million investment in Corning's Harrodsburg, Kentucky, facility; Verizon's $1.05 billion purchase agreement to build a 5G-ready network with Corning fiber; and the announcement of Corning Valor® Glass at the White House with Merck and Pfizer.
A strategic relationship must be based on trust, which enables the type of risk-taking that can lead to innovation and disruption.
Customers and suppliers must share "in depth" to close the gap between suppliers' focused technical expertise and customers' understanding of the problems.
To design a component, the supplier must work toward a detailed understanding of the manufacturing system in which it will be used.
Corning pursues innovation opportunities where there's potential to improve quality and cost by at least a factor of ten—and often a factor of 100. The customer, too, must be convinced of the opportunity for value creation and be willing to work together openly on the economics in order to realize the full potential.
Disruptive innovation is only successful with a significant investment of time and money. "This type of change takes a sustained commitment by everyone," Wendell said.
In the case of Corning, Pfizer, and Merck, those insights about collaboration have resulted in Valor Glass, a modern pharmaceutical packaging solution with the potential to improve patient safety and manufacturing efficiency, as well as create hundreds of jobs.
Valor Glass dramatically reduces particle contamination, breaks, and cracks while significantly increasing throughput. As a result, Valor helps protect patients and improves pharmaceutical manufacturing. Both Merck and Pfizer provided insights on pharmaceutical formulation and manufacturing processes to Corning in the development of Valor Glass.
When Corning introduced the product in 2017 at the White House alongside Merck and Pfizer, it committed to invest $500 million and create 1,000 U.S. jobs. Corning followed with significant investments in Big Flats and Erwin, New York, for development, as well as Durham, North Carolina, for a high-volume manufacturing site.
Reflecting across their experiences, both leaders agreed that alignment, dedication, passion, and trust have been catalysts throughout their collaboration process. The companies established "principles for collaboration" that have guided their work together.
Ron also said Pfizer remains highly motivated to bringing pharmaceuticals packaged with Valor Glass to healthcare providers, and that regulatory approvals and trials continue.
"We're working as fast as we reasonably can to provide those solutions we're talking about today," Ron said.


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Tag: The Fire Ants by Walter Tschinkel
Posted on March 20, 2011 July 16, 2011
The Fire Ants: Chapters 13-15
Although I set an ambitious goal of Chapters 13-16, as you could probably gather, it took more time then I expected to digest the information in Chapters 13-15. Let's take a look at those chapters and save Chapter 16 for next week.
(For those of you jumping in late, we are discussing The Fire Ants by Dr. Walter Tschinkel by going over a few chapters per week. Click "The Fire Ants Book Discussion" category for related posts.)
Chapter 13. Another way for a queen to take over a colony
In addition to the drama of incipient colony foundation by independent queens discussed in the last post, Solenopsis invicta colonies have yet another way to gain reproductive success. Mature colonies produce a second set of reproductives in the fall, which overwinter in the nest. The overwintered females fly in early spring, under much different conditions than reproductives reared in the spring. The overwintered females try to take over established colonies that have lost their own queen, or have become orphaned. If they are not successful, the overwintered females are incapable of starting a colony of their own and simply perish. Tschinkel calls this type of behavior "dependent colony founding," apparently because the queen depends on the presence of orphaned mature colonies to be successful (?).
The overwintering females may also take over their own natal nest if their mother dies. In this case they do not mate, and produce only males. In orphaned colonies with overwintering females, 86% had unmated sisters for their queen, whereas 14% had queens that had stolen in from other colonies. When no overwintering females were present in the orphaned colonies, 62% had unrelated queens and 38% percent had sisters (top of page 189). I did wonder where those sisters came from if there were no overwintering females. Any thoughts?
Tschinkel reaches the conclusion that Solenopsis invicta is a "weedy species" because independently founding queens are much more successful in sites lacking competing mature colonies. Only 3% of colonies showed evidence of dependent founding. In contrast, Solenopsis geminata had a much higher success rate of dependent queen founding, with up to a third of colonies showing evidence of that type of founding.
What do you think of the technique of using match-mated females to determine the success of dependent founding queens?
Chapter 14. Colony Growth
How do you keep track of how an ant colony grows? In the case of Solenopsis invicta, you can start with even-aged cohorts by opening a new area to colonization. To get a count of number of workers, Markin drove a large cylinder into the soil around a fire ant colony and then slowly flooded out the workers. Tschinkel developed a method for sampling soil and ants from a colony during excavation. It is tedious and difficult work, which explains why so few of these types of studies have been undertaken.
The results suggest a colony on rough average reaches maturity around four years (and lives up to eight years), with around 200,000 workers.
As with individual organisms, temperature and the amount/quality of food available determined how fast a colony grew in laboratory conditions.
Did you find any points particularly interesting for this chapter? Anything I skipped over that you would like to discuss?
Chapter 15. Another aspect of colony growth: What types of ants are produced and when?
When a colony grows, it changes in composition as well as in worker number. The incipient colony starts out with tiny minims. Over time, workers of a range of sizes are added. Eventually the colony begins to produce reproductives.
Fire ants, in this case S. xyloni, have a range of worker sizes.
How much energy does a colony allocate to each type of ant? Tschinkel estimates, based on worker mortality, that a average fire ant queen produces 2.74 million workers during her lifetime. The colony's reproductive success depends on optimally allocating resources between workers and reproductives. Too many workers, and the colony loses opportunities to reproduce. If there are too many alates, there won't be enough workers to feed them all.
As a colony grows and becomes mature, a higher percentage of the workers are the large or major workers. He only briefly mentions juvenile hormone as a possible mechanism in the switch to larger workers, as well as level of food.
Do you know of any recent research that sheds more light on this topic?
Tschinkel also disscusses how the nest grows with colony size and how the size of the colony's territory changes as well. He ends with a summary of how the colony ends, which he describes as resulting from the queen likely running out of sperm and thus being no longer able to produce replacement workers or female alates.
Do you have any comments on Chapter 15?
Interlude: The Porter Wedge Micrometer
A device for measuring 200 head widths of ants in one hour? Sounds like a dream come true. What do you think of Tschinkel's idea that it has been slow to catch on due to "cultural viscosity?" I admit I did it the old-fashioned way, but I pinned all my specimens first. Now that was tedious!
Have you tried a wedge micrometer? How do you measure your ant head widths?
Let's try to cover Chapters 16 and 17 this week, with the Interludes (up to page 271). Is anyone further along than that? Let us know, and I'll try to move ahead more quickly.
Some chapters/text of The Fire Ants is available online at Google Books.
Do you agree that 10-12 are the best chapters yet?
Chapter 10 covers mating swarms and colony foundation by new queens.
In many ways Solenopsis invicta follows the classic ant colony foundation script, at least at first. Males and unmated queens are produced in spring and hang around in the nest until conditions are right. Mating flights are triggered the day after there is a locally heavy rain. The workers start to mill around while the males and unmated queens fly from the nest. After mating, the queens fly some distance (from monogyne nests) and then land at a suitable location to start a new colony. For the males, it is a dead end trip. The mating swarms occur most frequently in May and June, but can take place in any month if conditions are right. Not all the reproductives leave in any one swarming event.
A fire ant queen prefers to land on a roadside or recently disturbed land, although she sometimes ends up in a parking lot (see Interlude below) or swimming pool. If the local conditions are suitable upon landing, the queen immediately removes her wings. She searches for a place to begin digging and prepares a hole by removing soil with her mandibles. She creates a chamber and crawls inside for a typical claustral, or closed inside a chamber, founding.
Here in Arizona, both ants and termites are sometimes induced to swarm by sprinkler irrigation. Tschinkel indicates that fire ants can also be induced to swarm artificially by applying water.
Have you ever seen fire ants swarming?
(Photograph by April Nobile / © AntWeb.org / CC-BY-SA-3.0 from Wikimedia.)
Chapter 11. Claustral Founding
Once the newly mated queen loses her wings, the proteins from the wing muscles begin to deteriorate and, with the storage proteins and fats already residing in her body, are used to fuel the development of eggs. She lays 20 to 100 eggs in the first week, some which are trophic eggs that serve as food for the larvae when they hatch. The queen cares for the eggs, larvae and pupae until the first workers emerge. The first workers are always extra small workers called "minims."
Now come the interesting part, where fire ants begin to diverge from the traditional ant colony founding script.
Upon landing, some of the queens form founding associations with other queens. Tschinkel was able to show that this behavior was density dependent, meaning the more queens in a given area, the more queens founding in groups. He was also able to show that a pre-formed hole of the proper depth and dimensions was highly attractive to fire ant queens. (Cool!)
Queens that found in groups tend to produce fewer minims per individual, but also weigh more at the end of the claustral period. Weighing more has an advantage during the next stage.
Interlude: What do you think about the essay "Sharon's House of Beauty?" Why do you think the fire ants are attracted to such a site?
Chapter 12. Brood Raiding
Now the script becomes more like one for "Desperate Housewives." Once the minims have emerged and the many incipient nests are opened to the world, the tiny colonies begin a process that results in only one nest with one queen.
As soon as the minim workers are active, the queens of nests with multiple queens start to fight. Over time one queen wins by dominating the brood pile. Often she's the heaviest queen. Others are pushed away, where they are more likely to be attacked and killed by workers. The result is a nest with one queen.
At the same time, the minim workers may wander from incipient nest to incipient nest. The minims do not fight with minims of other colonies, as would be the case for larger workers from more established colonies. Eventually workers from colonies with a larger number of minims act like very rude guests, pick up brood from other nests they visit and bring it back to their own. The minims from the raided nest may go retrieve their sisters and take them back to their initial nest. The workers from the competing nests may go back and forth for a time. but eventually one colony wins and all the minims and brood end up in the winning nest. Then the raiding begins in another nest, until all in a given area are combined into one. Tschinkel recalls one raiding series where 80 incipient colonies consolidated into just two.
As Tschinkel points out, the behavior of minims of abandoning their own mother to join another unrelated queen seems to fly in the face of evolutionary theory. His suggestion is that because the abandoned queen tends to move to the winning colony where, if she is able, she joins the colony and may eventually take over, the minims have a small chance of having their mother be the winning queen even if they leave their natal nest.
What do you think of this period in the colony founding process? What about the idea that the minims are moving because of the small chance their mother might win? Wouldn't it make sense that the minims would stay with their sister brood rather than their mother because they are more closely related to their sisters than their mother?
Any other questions or comments?
How about reading Chapters 13-16 next?
The Fire Ants: Chapters 7-9
Anyone ready to discuss chapters 7-9, plus the Interlude, Mundane Methods? (For those of you jumping in late, we are discussing The Fire Ants by Dr. Walter Tschinkel by going over a few chapters per week. Click "The Fire Ants Book Discussion" category for related posts.)
Chapter 7 is about the fire ant nest. The construction and shape of the fire ant nest varies with a number of factors, including season, soil type and weather.
In general, a founding colony starts out with a simple tunnel, and as the number of workers increases, the number of underground tunnels and chambers increases. Solenopsis invicta colonies dump the excavated soil onto the surface, forming a dome-shaped mound. Unlike many other ants, they actually build tunnels in the mound and utilize it, especially during the winter months.
Below is a photograph of a zinc cast of a Solenopsis invicta nest within the above ground mound of soil. This is a negative impression, meaning the space of the tunnels has been filed with zinc and the surrounding soil has been removed.
Do you think that this use of the excavated soil comes from the fact Solenopsis invicta is from an area that floods frequently?
Anyone have comments about this chapter or the Interlude, There's Nothing Like Getting Plastered? Tschinkel is well known for his casts of various ant nests. What do you think of his idea that we need to learn more about the nest structure or architecture as a way of understanding social insects?
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Chapter 8. Looking at fire ant territories.
In addition to the nest itself, most ants also occupy an area around their nest that is used for foraging. This forms a territory, from which ants from other colonies are typically excluded. The size of the territory is usually dependent on the size of the colony (number of workers), as well as presence of neighboring colonies. Interestingly, fire ants have extensive underground foraging trails throughout their territories
This chapter is especially useful because it discusses the methods used to study territoriality in ants.
What do you think? I am still mulling the relationship of nest tunnels to underground foraging tunnels.
Chapter 9. What fire ants eat.
Like many other ant species, Solenopsis invicta workers are predators of arthropods, scavengers and exploit whatever sweet liquids are available within their territory. We already talked a bit about whether fire ants tend aphids. Tschinkel suggests that the ants exploit extrafloral nectaries and root-feeding homoptera for sugars.
(If you were wondering about fire ants and vertebrates, Tschinkel saves that for chapter 36.)
According to a study by Tennant and Porter (1991), fire ants carry liquid food back to the nest about 80% of the time.
We tend to think of ants storing food in their social stomach, the crop, but Tschinkel reminds us that ants can also store excess food as fat, the typical animal food storage molecule, glycogen, and also as storage proteins, such as hexamerins.
Anything surprise you in this chapter?
Interlude: Mundane Methods
Okay, I admit it. I loved this part. It made me laugh out loud, especially the part about ant hotels on page 132. Who hasn't had their ant workers decide to move into another laboratory/building/office on a whim?
Do you have any ant wrangling tips to share?
So, how are you doing? Are you ready to move on the read Chapters 10-12, about the founding of new colonies? Or has everyone gotten too busy and/or lost interest? (I have to admit I have been distracted a bit by Army Ant Week over at Myrmecos.)
Tennant, L.E. and S.D. Porter. 1991. Comparison of diets of two fire ants species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): Solid and liquid components. Journal of Entomological Science. 26: 450-465.
The Fire Ants – Book Review
Last month some of you indicated that you would be interested in discussing The Fire Ants by Walter Tschinkel. Take a look at the review and if it would be something you'd like to participate in, be sure to leave a comment with your answers to the questions at the bottom of this post. And now for the book review:
The Fire Ants by Walter Tschinkel is the kind of book that blasts through stereotypes. You would think a book with over 700 pages about a single topic, and fire ants at that, would be pretty dreadful reading. Surprise! The Fire Ants has all the elements of a great literary work. It makes you laugh, it makes you cry. Walter Tschinkel turns out to be a scientist with a talent for writing far more than just straight research papers. As E.O. Wilson says in the Foreword, "He has delivered a masterpiece."
Dr. Tschinkel starts with a prelude essay about how others react when he reveals he studies fire ants for a living. He concludes, "we all do funny things for a living." The essay sets the tone for the others that follow. He then jumps right to the heart of the matter. "I love fire ants," he says at the start of the first chapter. It is that passion which makes this book the important and enjoyable read it is.
To make his quick overview of fire ant biology in the first chapter more concrete, Tschinkel takes the reader on a mental field trip to a fire ant research site, shoveling up facts with clumps of imaginary ants. He then delves into the history of the introduction and spread of Solenopsis richteri and then Solenopsis invicta fire ants throughout the southern United States. It is a sad history that shows what can happen when an eradication program is launched without a glimmer of understanding of the target organisms.
In Section II, Tschinkel discusses first the basic needs of a fire ant colony and then the life cycle of a monogyne colony (an ant colony with a single queen laying all the eggs). As an aside, Walter Tschinkel is probably best known by the public for his studies of ant nest structure. He has filled underground ant nests of different species with materials such as dental plaster, allowed the materials to harden, and then dug out the resulting form. In this section he writes an essay about transforming the empty spaces in the ants' nest into something concrete. His ideas may be difficult to grasp for some, but even if you have no knowledge of ant biology, the shapes are intriguing things of beauty. (Take a look at Walter's Ant Castles.)
In another essay called "Mundane Methods," Tschinkel writes about the less-than-glamorous techniques scientists invent to get the job done. Many parts of this essay, particularly the part about the miracle ant containment compound Fluon, are just plain laugh-out-loud hilarious. With over 35 years of fire ant research to draw from, he has more than a few tricks for handling fire ants.
In Section III, Tschinkel shares the basics of fire ant family life, such as how fire ants recognize their nestmates, how jobs are allocated, and how food is shared. He also delves into the part of the fire ant that most people are most acutely aware of, the sting of the fire ant, as well as the chemical properties of its venom and its uses. He concludes fire ant venom is a nasty cocktail but other ants and wasps have much worse stings when it comes to pain. A small proportion of the human population is allergic to fire ants stings, however, and for those individuals even a single sting can potentially be fatal without immediate medical care.
Moving on, the author devotes several chapters in Section IV to the discovery of polygyny in fire ants, and goes into fascinating detail how fire ants perform brood raids between competing incipient colonies until one colony ends up with all the brood and is the winner. These detailed studies are the type that can only emerge after years of observations, experiments and a profound understanding of the organism.
The final section is a a wrap-up of population studies and ecology, including how Solenopsis invicta colonies interact with their environment, with other ant species, with other arthropods, and with vertebrates. The section on decomposer communities, starting on page 602, is a review of some of the pastureland research. Tschinkel writes, "Because dung and the community of insects exploiting it age rather quickly, the researchers hung around pastures to watch the cows defecate (need a job?)" The writing deteriorates from there (pun intended). But what would you expect from a man whose program is called the "Fire Ant Research Team"?
In The Fire Ants, Walter Tschinkel delivers an insightful and educational overview of the current status of scientific research on one species of ant. That he can keep the reader interested, and inject some well-placed levity, shows he has much to teach us about the communication of scientific ideas as well.
Publisher: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press (April 15, 2006)
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Do you have access to a copy of The Fire Ants to read?
Because the book is so long, I assume we would read about 3-4 chapters per week at most. Does that seem reasonable?
As for the discussion format,
Do you want me to put together summaries of and questions for that week's chapter(s) in a blog post and you can respond in the comments? (I assuming one discussion post per week).
Would everyone like to blog their own summaries of that week's chapters and then send the URL's here for a "link carnival?"
Or we could start a Yahoo group?
I'm sure we won't be able to accommodate everyone's preferences, but I would like to make this as enjoyable as possible. Please let me know if you have any suggestions.
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Replica clock find sparks hope for Notre-Dame restoration
This picture taken on April 30, 2019 in Paris shows an aerial view of the Ile de la Cite with the Notre Dame Cathedral (C), the Pantheon (L), the Montparnasse Tower in the background, the Saint-Sulpice Church, and the Hotel Dieu Hospital (R). Eric Feferberg / AFP.
by Loïc Vennin
PARIS (AFP).- An accidental discovery of a 19th-century clock in a dusty church storage room in Paris has sparked hopes that it can be used to replace a timepiece destroyed in the fire at Notre-Dame cathedral.
The ruined clock in Notre-Dame, which measured two metres (6.5 feet) across, was located beneath the roof and spire of the Gothic monument which crashed down in the blaze that stunned France in April.
With original drawings lost and no digital records, photographs of the historic clock were the only clue experts had about how they might rebuild it.
Then French clockmaker Jean-Baptiste Viot stumbled across an almost identical version while completing an inventory last month at Saint Trinite church in northern Paris, four kilometres (2.5 miles) away from Notre-Dame.
"It's incredible. It's the same," he said. "It's like finding a second copy of a burned book."
The clock, which had been used in Saint Trinite until being replaced by an electric version more than 50 years ago, was found behind a wooden board next to statues and old furniture in a room accessible via a narrow staircase.
"It's almost a miracle," said Olivier Chandez, who is responsible for the upkeep of Notre-Dame's clock. "If we only had the photos, we would have to extrapolate. But with this model, we have all the dimensions".
Even if the clock is the same model, "there are a few differences", Chandez said. "Notre-Dame's clock was slightly more elaborate. It's therefore not possible to simply install the clock there".
There are not yet any concrete plans to include the rebuilding of the clock in Notre-Dame's mammoth refurbishment, which has raised 850 million euros ($967m) so far.
"It's a worry that it (Notre-Dame) will be rebuilt without a clock, yes," Chandez said, although the cost would be "a drop in the ocean" of the final bill.
But lovers of the 850-year-old church are determined that Notre-Dame's clock will tick once more.
"A cathedral without a clock? It's like an aircraft carrier without any planes," Jean-Baptiste Viot said.
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U.K.: University 'dual nationality' plan for Brexit
Imperial College London and the Technical University of Munich have signed a partnership agreement that, by recruiting and creating joint academic posts with the two universities, will sidestep the potential losses in funding brought on by the looming Brexit. Interestingly, the top four university recipients of EU education funding are all located in the U.K. – Oxford, Cambridge, University College London, and Imperial College – so it is natural that Imperial College would seek some sort of workaround to preserve that funding – not to mention protect the many E.U. nationals on faculty and staff. Both Imperial College and the Technical University of Munich are invested in science and technology fields so the partnership has a strong symbiosis.
Spain: Spanish academics split over national CV vetting
Starting in 2008, Spanish academics applying for permanent faculty positions are required to submit their CVs to the National Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation for approval. Now that the system has had a decade to settle in, about half (49%) of surveyed Spanish academics support the process. The approval process faced much opposition originally – as it took a certain amount of autonomy away from the schools – but those who have been through the process are 40% more likely to approve of it. The process does have some negative impact on Spain's attempts to internationalize, but due to improving attitude towards the process and the fractured regional control of universities it is unlikely that any change will happen to the law.
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Europe: A bridge too far? Europe mulls growth of English-language courses
Europe has seen staggering growth in English-language courses in the past decade. There were almost 3000 undergraduate courses alone last year – up from 55 in 2009! Though this growth is not likely to have too much negative affect on Spanish language and cultural identity with it's world-wide spread, in countries like The Netherlands this tilt towards the English language could have a lasting impact on the survival of the Dutch language. Despite lawsuits, petitions, and some negative media attention, all respondents of an EAIE survey expected to grow their English language programs.
Denmark: Women are key to closing the talent gap, report finds
A recent report on gender representation in STEM fields in Denmark highlighted large potential gains for the country while uncovering a number of areas for improvement. STEM businesses are 40% more productive for the Danish economy, yet only one in three public STEM executives, one in five STEM professors, and one in seven private company STEM executives are female. The report suggests that by focusing on the gender gap in recruiting for the universities STEM areas over the next 10 to 12 years, the resulting gains for the country could be very large – as much as USD $925 million.
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France: Another year of growth
France is now the seventh largest host country for international students, and the third largest in Europe. The largest largest source of students in France is Africa – predictably further focused on the francophone countries of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Senegal. The 323,933 international students in France for 2016/2017 account for a 12.2% growth since 2011/2012. Though these numbers are impressive, other countries have been more aggressively growing their international recruitment, and thus France has been effectively losing market share – a situation that current policies are aiming to fix.
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Lucas el Evangelista concluye los episodios de la infancia con un resumen de la vida de Jesús, María y José en esos años con tres breves frases de gran riqueza, y que son como un estribillo del Evangelio de la infancia . Esta etapa ocupa los años transcurridos entre su   nacimiento, con la excepción del episodio de la pérdida del Niño durante tres días, cuando acudieron sus padres con Él por primera vez a Jerusalén, conocido como Jesús entre los doctores, hasta su bautismo por  san Juan Bautista en el río Jordan si bien esta segunda parte suele llamarse la vida oculta de Jesús.

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El resumen de esta etapa de la vida de  Jesús la relata el evangelista san Lucas de forma sumamente escueta en el capítulo 2; vv 39-40. de la siguiente manera:

Interpretación de la Iglesia católica
Jesús «les estaba sujeto». En el episodio anterior, cuando se cita la pérdida de Jesús en el templo, también conocida como Jesús entre los doctores, se mostraba a Jesús obediente a la voluntad del Padre; pero en el pasaje queda claro que obedecer a Dios, para Jesús, es también obedecer a sus padres.  Obedeciendo, a sus padres, Jesús «crecía». Si toda la vida de Cristo es Revelación del Padre, también.

De María se dice que «guardaba todas estas cosas en el corazón». De esa manera el evangelista enseña que en María no sólo se cumplió la palabra del Señor, sino que en Ella se anticipa lo que Jesucristo determina que es característica fundamental de la vida de sus discípulos: oír la palabra del Señor, guardarla y cumplirla .

Véase también
 Jesús entre los doctores
 Bautismo de Jesús

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Eventos en la vida de Jesús
Jesús de Nazaret
Cristianismo

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author: anonymous
More than 4000 rallied on February 15 in Eugene, Oregon to say NOT IN OUR NAME to war in Iraq and NO to militarism; and YES to domestic and global justice, peace, and the meeting of human needs. (article 1)
More than 4000 rallied on February 15 in Eugene, Oregon to say NOT IN OUR NAME to war in Iraq and NO to militarism; and YES to domestic and global justice, peace, and the meeting of human needs. Marches from east and west Eugene converged en route to the federal building plaza at 7th and Oak. The police diverted traffic from the intersection, which was entirely blocked by participants for more than two hours. Representative Peter DeFazio, recent co-sponsor of a bill retracting the giving of war powers to President Bush, led off a roster of speakers that included local activists for peace, justice, labor, and the environment. The crowd was in a festive mood despite the drizzle, and responded with enthusiaism. More than 1000 post cards were filled out urging US Senators Wyden and Smith to support the equivalent bill in the Senate. Coming after a series of vigils and rallies extending over a period of months, this action concluded with a human chain three deep around the block containing the federal building. Concerns over the deployment of troops including National Guard units, the effect on the domestic economy, the erosion of civil liberties, and the potential abridgement of international law by a preemptive strike and bombing of civilians culminated in a demonstration which was unprecedented in Eugene's history in diversity and numbers.


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She Moves in Her Own Way is een single van de Britse popgroep The Kooks. Het is afkomstig van hun debuutalbum Inside In/Inside Out. She Moves In Her Own Way werd in Nederland een top 10 hit in de 3FM Mega Top 50. Ook behaalde het nummer de Nederlandse Top 40 met een 35e positie.

In het nummer bezingt zanger Luke Pritchard zijn liefde voor een meisje dat haar eigen weg op gaat. Een passage uit het refrein: But uh oh, I love her because she moves in her own way. Er wordt vermoed dat dit nummer over zangeres Katie Melua gaat.

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House Of Forbidden Secrets has been playing film festivals and is right in the middle of a theatrical tour in the USA. Critcs seem to love the film, with fans of Classic Horror raving about it. This Indie film rises above a flooded marketplace due to a fresh, detailed and engrossing story, a talented cast with some amazing genre stars and atmosphere that is both modern and familiar. Described as "Ambitious, modern and haunting, yet with a classic twist, with one foot in classic Horror films of the 70s and 80s and the other creating something fresh and original for modern Horror fans." Featuring practical special make-up effects, not the overused computer generated effects we see in most genre films these days, a style that is influenced by the classic Italian Horror films, but with a fresh twist and award winning direction and lighting, House of Forbidden Secrets is truly one of a kind. A Horror film that will truly entertain an audience, getting deep under their skins with creepy atmosphere and genuine moments of over the top Splatter. Original, action-packed and entertaining, House of Forbidden Secrets is a true thrill ride from start to finish! Check out these reviews and articles!!!!
Vivid imagery and amazing music make this HOUSE special!
"House of Forbidden Secrets" doesn't break new ground in the horror genre, but it mixes things up, throws in some real surprises and end sup being an effective love letter to the Italian Horrors of the 70s and 80s. I didn't know exactly what to expect when I sat down to watch this new Horror flick from director Todd Sheets. Todd's career has been filled with really good microbudget films (Violent New Breed, Fear Of The Dark, Shivers) and very bad zero budget gorefests (Goblin, Zombie Rampage) and all levels in between. It had been a while since I had seen any activity but when I heard about this one, I was excited to see how the years had changed things for Todd. I got my answer and it was quite a shock. Not only has this film won awards at film festivals worldwide, it's a damned good movie! Todd Sheets has grown into a director with a genuine flair for the aesthetics Horror - to say he has improved between his last film, some 8 years ago, and this one is not only true, but astonishing when you look at his filmography. Not only does this film generate real suspense, but also atmosphere, above average acting from the cast, lighting that would make Argento proud and tons of what Todd is known for: buckets of nasty, sticky, gross out Gore effects.
Fabio Frizzi's (THE GATES OF HELL, ZOMBIE, THE BEYOND) score is a real plus, creating tension and building suspense throughout the film. It truly helps Todd and his crew hammer home that this is dedicated to Italian Horror. Additional music by Toshiyuki Hiraoka is also very effective, adding texture and a modern twist to the soundtrack. The two actually merge together in such a seamless way, leaving such an impression that you will be humming the songs after watching (Good thing it has been released on a Soundtrack via BEAT Records - on AMAZON).
Let me make this clear, while this film is in many ways similar in style and feel to those Italian films of the past, House Of Forbidden Secrets is also very much a modern Horror movie, bringing us the best of both worlds. Truly creating a fresh and original storyline that spans not only your darkest nightmares, but also other dimensions and time periods! I was pretty amazed how ambitious this story was. It has plenty of twists that I never saw coming. Starting like a standard "Haunted Building" movie and taking several unpredictable turns into some very "Out There" scenes and set pieces. And it all flows in a very natural and cohesive way. I never got lost. But I will say this is a film that requires you to pay attention, listen to the dialogue and retain things from earlier in the film. It is not some brainless slasher. It is quite the opposite. This has a dark, twisted, complex story that really pays off in the end.
Many shots in this film truly border on gorgeous. The framing and lighting are truly otherworldly, lending the film's horrifying events a sense of classic cinematic poetry. Many shots boast a remarkably graceful and consistent level of artistry that rise above the limited budget and truly take this film to a higher level. And more than most of the indie Horrors I have been watching, It looks like a real movie, and more than that, a very well executed one. Having seen the film twice now, at two different theatrical screenings, in my opinion the story gets stronger with each viewing, and visually, it also improves. The imagery drives the atmosphere, creating a surreal vision of both this world and the other dimensions we travel to in the film. Every time I watch this film, the more impressive it gets. I see more and understand to a greater extent the vision of director Todd Sheets. My admiration for his new contribution to Horror cinema has grown as well.
In the end, "House of Forbidden Secrets" is a damn good film. It's a fine example of Independent horror cinema made by people who really love the entire Euro-horror scene and have a huge passion for Italian Horror Cinema. It's the masterwork of a director who doesn't get nearly the respect he deserves, standing well above his other films and most of his microbudget peers. This is the film that takes Todd Sheets to the next level. Glad I could witness it.
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