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ique de Louvain, Belgium), Susan Fiske examines "Foretelling the Primary Dimension of Social Perception: Symbolic and Realistic Threats Together Predict Warmth in the Stereotype Content Model," which was published in the Social Psychology. In this work the authors examine the Stereotype Content Model (SCM) which posits two fundamental dimensions of intergroup perception, warmth and competence, predicted by socio-structural dimensions of competition and status, respectively. However, the SCM has been challenged on claiming perceived competition as the socio-structural dimension that predicts perceived warmth. The current research improves by broadening warmth's predictor (competition) to include both realistic and symbolic threat from Integrated Threat Theory (Study 1). Kervyn, Fiske and Yzerbyt also measure two components of the warmth dimension: sociability and morality. Study 2 tests new items to measure both threat and warmth. The new threat items significantly improve prediction of warmth, compared with standard SCM items. Morality and sociability correlate highly and do not differ much in their predictability by competition/threat.
Margaret Frye along with Katharine H. Greenaway (University of Queensland, Australia and Tegan Cruwys (University of Queensland, Australia) published the article, "When Aspirations Exceed Expectations: Quixotic Hope Increases Depression among Students" in Plos One. They noted that a paradox exists in modern schooling where students are simultaneously more positive about the future and more depressed than ever. They suggested that these two phenomena may be linked. Two studies demonstrated that students are more likely to be depressed when educational aspirations exceed expectations. In Study 1 (N = 85), aspiring to a thesis grade higher than one expected predicted greater depression at the beginning and end of the academic year. In Study 2 (N = 2820), aspiring to a level of education (e.g., attending college) higher than one expected to achieve predicted greater depression cross-sectionally and five years later. In both cases the negative effects of aspiring high while expecting low persisted even after controlling for whether or not students achieved their educational aspirations. The findings highlight the danger of teaching students to aspire higher without also investing time and money to ensure that students can reasonably expect to achieve their educational goals.
In collaboration with Lei Ding and Eileen Divringi (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia), Jackelyn Hwang is investigating the relationship between gentrification and residential mobility in Philadelphia from 2002-2014. The project examines residential mobility rates, residential destinations and origins, and credit score changes of adult residents in Philadelphia. Hwang and her co-authors released a working paper (No. 15-36) in December 2015 on the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia website.
In a paper published in Social Forces, Jackelyn Hwang, Michael Hankinson (Harvard University), and Kreg Steven Brown (Harvard University) investigate whether the concentration of subprime lending in minority neighborhoods during the recent housing crisis varies by segregation levels across the 100 largest U.S. metropolitan areas. Recent studies speculate that segregation created distinct geographic markets that enabled subprime lenders and brokers to leverage the spatial proximity of minorities to disproportionately target minority neighborhoods. This study integrates neighborhood-level data and spatial measures of segregation to examine the relationship between segregation and subprime lending. Controlling for alternative explanations of the housing crisis, they find that segregation is strongly associated with higher concentrations of subprime loans in clusters of minority census tracts but find no evidence of unequal lending patterns when they examine minority census tracts in an aspatial way. Moreover, residents of minority census tracts in segregated metropolitan areas had higher likelihoods of receiving subprime loans than their counterparts in less segregated metropolitan areas. The findings demonstrate that segregation played a pivotal role in the housing crisis by creating relatively larger areas of concentrated minorities into which subprime loans could be efficiently and effectively channeled. These results are consistent with existing but untested theories on the relationship between segregation and the housing crisis in metropolitan areas.
In a paper forthcoming in the Urban Affairs Review, Jackelyn Hwang draws upon cognitive maps and interviews with 56 residents living in a gentrifying area to examine how residents socially construct neighborhoods. Most minority respondents, regardless of socioeconomic status and years of residency, defined their neighborhood as a large and inclusive spatial area and used a single name and conventional boundaries, invoking the area's black cultural history and often directly responding to the alternative way residents defined their neighborhoods. Both long-term and newer white respondents defined their neighborhood as smaller spatial areas and used a variety of names and unconventional boundaries that excluded areas that they perceived to have lower socioeconomic status and more crime. The large and inclusive socially constructed neighborhood was eventually displaced. These findings shed light on how the internal narratives of neighborhood identity and boundaries are meaningfully tied to a broader structure of inequality and shape how neighborhood identities and boundaries change or remain.
Douglas Massey along with Camille Charles (University of Pennsylvania) is working on another book examining how the diversity of the black student population at selective colleges and universities (with respect to immigrant origins, socioeconomic status, multiracial origins, and an integrated versus segregated background) affect the college experience of African Americans.
In the coming year, Douglas Massey plans to continue research in the areas of urban studies and stratification, and the factors explaining minority under-achievement in higher education. With continued support from NICHD and the MacArthur Foundation, Massey will continue to focus on segregation, and racial stratification in higher education.
Douglas Massey is currently working on a new version of his 1993 book American Apartheid: Segregation and the Making of the Underclass. It will describe how levels and patterns of racial and ethnic segregation have changed since the 1980s and draw together work he has done over the past 25 years to clarify the causes of segregation and trace out its continuing consequences for African Americans and, increasingly, Latinos. It will be titled, American Apartheid: Segregation and the Perpetuation of Poverty (Harvard University Press). Continuing his work on American Apartheid Massey authored a chapter, "Confronting the Legacy of American Apartheid," which is forthcoming in Wachter, Susan M., and Ding, Lei (Editors): Shared Prosperity in America's Communities.
Douglas Massey and Ph.D. candidate Jonathan Tannen researched trends in black hypersegregation from 1970 to 2010 in their note, "A Research Note on Trends in Black Hypersegregation," published in Demography. In this note, they use a consistently defined set of metropolitan areas to study patterns and trends. Over the 40-year period (1970 to 2010), 52 metropolitan areas were characterized by hypersegregation at one point or another, although not all at the same time. Over the period, the number of hypersegregated metropolitan areas declined by about one-half, but the degree of segregation within those areas characterized by hypersegregation changed very little. As of 2010, roughly one-third of all black metropolitan residents lived in a hypersegregated area.
Douglas Massey along with Jacob Rugh (Brigham Young University), and Len Albright (Northeastern University) have written an article, "Race, Space, and Cumulative Disadvantage: A Case Study of the Subprime Lending Collapse," published in Social Problems. In this article, they describe how residential segregation and individual racial disparities generate racialized patterns of subprime lending and lead to financial loss among black borrowers in segregated cities. The authors conceptualize race as a cumulative disadvantage because of its direct and indirect effects on socioeconomic status at the individual and neighborhood levels, with consequences that reverberate across a borrower's life and between generations. Using Baltimore, Maryland as a case study setting, we combine data from reports filed under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act with additional loan-level data from mortgage-backed securities. The authors find that race and neighborhood racial segregation are critical factors explaining black disadvantage across successive stages in the process of lending and foreclosure, controlling for differences in borrower credit scores, income, occupancy status, and loan-to-value ratios. They analyze the cumulative cost of predatory lending to black borrowers in terms of reduced disposable income and lost wealth. They find the cost to be substantial. Black borrowers paid an estimated additional five to eleven percent in monthly payments and those that completed foreclosure in the sample lost an excess of $2 million in home equity. These costs were magnified in mostly black neighborhoods and in turn heavily concentrated in communities of color. By elucidating the mechanisms that link black segregation to discrimination we demonstrate how processes of cumulative disadvantage continue to undermine black socioeconomic status in the U.S. today.
In "The Legacy of the 1968 Fair Housing Act," published in Sociological Forum, Douglas Massey examines Civil Rights activists in 1968 and their hope that the passage of the Fair Housing Act would lead to the residential desegregation of American society. In this article, he assesses the degree to which this hope has been fulfilled. Massey begins by reviewing how the black ghetto came to be a universal feature of American cities during the twentieth century and the means by which high levels of black segregation were achieved. He then describes the legislative maneuvers required to pass the Fair Housing Act and reviews its enforcement provisions to assess its potential for achieving desegregation. After examining trends in residential segregation since 1970, Massey concludes with an appraisal of the prospects for integration as we move toward the fiftieth anniversary of the Act's passage.
Douglas Massey and Jonathan Rothwell's (Brookings Institution) paper entitled, "Geographic Effects on Intergenerational Income Mobility," was published in Geography. The notion that where one grows up affects future living standards is increasingly well established in social science. Yet research on intergenerational economic mobility often ignores the geographic context of childhood, including neighborhood quality


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- What happens when beer gets skunked?
- Can you drink beer left out overnight?
- Is it OK to let cold beer get warm?
- Can you drink 10 year old beer?
- Can you chill and Unchill beer?
- Can you drink 3 year old beer?
- Does beer make you fat?
- How long does it take for beer to go skunky?
- Can you keep beer at room temperature?
- CAN expired beer get you drunk?
- Can you drink out of date beer 2 years?
- How do you keep beer from getting skunky?
- Will skunked beer make you sick?
- Why does Corona smell like skunk?
- How do you know if beer is off?
What happens when beer gets skunked?
The truth is simple: the musky aroma has one cause: a chemical reaction that occurs when ultraviolet light interacts with the bitter hop compounds in a brew.
A skunky beer is called "lightstruck" by chemists and beer nerds, and this is why you'll often find odoriferous brews in clear or green bottles..
Can you drink beer left out overnight?
There should be no reason why beer would lose any quality from being left out at room tempreture then being re-cooled. … Beer is very resistant to heat, it will preffer to be stored in a cold location, but will probably not go bad at room temperature for extended periods of time. What really spoil it is is UV light.
Is it OK to let cold beer get warm?
Beer stored cold will last longer, especially if it is a hoppy brew, but there is no real harm done to the beer if you take it out of the fridge and let it warm to room temperature, then chill it down again. … With that said beer can be stored and displayed warm it is just BETTER to store it COLD.
Can you drink 10 year old beer?
Here's the bottom line: drinking a ten-year-old beer is certainly safe. You won't get sick from drinking old beer, nor will you suffer any major side effects (aside from a foul taste in your mouth and drunkenness).
Can you chill and Unchill beer?
Experiment with different serving temperatures until you find your sweet spot for different styles. … Cold stored beer will last longer, especially if it is a hoppy brew, but there is no real harm done to the beer if you take it out of the fridge and let it warm to room temperature, then chill it down again.
Can you drink 3 year old beer?
The simple answer is yes, the beer is still good insofar as it is safe to drink. Since most beer is either pasteurized or filtered to eliminate bacteria, it's extremely resistant to spoiling. How the beer will taste is another matter.
Does beer make you fat?
Any alcoholic drink will make you fat if you eat food at the same time as the alcohol affects your body's ability to metabolise calories (causing them to be stored as fat rather than glycogen in the liver), however as beer has a high associated calorific content (compared to other alcoholic drinks) it will make you …
How long does it take for beer to go skunky?
The answer, as with most things in life, is: it depends. Beer typically lasts for six to nine months past the expiration date on its label. If the beer is refrigerated, it can last up to two years beyond the expiration date. It all depends on what your tolerance for those nasty flavors that come with bad beer is.
Can you keep beer at room temperature?
Much the same way, keeping beer refrigerated will keep its flavor as the brewer intended for much longer. Keeping beer at room temperature can drop a beer's shelf life from nearly six months to only a few weeks, and exposing the same beer to very warm temperatures can affect its flavor in a matter of a couple of days.
CAN expired beer get you drunk?
Beer, like wine, does continue to age after it is packaged. Unlike wine, this isn't really a good thing. As beer sits, it will continue to ferment. … Beer doesn't become unsafe to drink as it matures, but it will begin to taste flat — either because it loses flavor or develops an off-putting flavor profile.
Can you drink out of date beer 2 years?
No, beer has no use by date, meaning it is safe to drink well past the best before date. Beer won't be dangerous to drink, but the taste of the beer will deteriorate over time. … Make sure you store your beer in a cool dark place, to avoid the beer "skunking".
How do you keep beer from getting skunky?
Drink beer indoors or in the shade, and don't let your beer sit around too long before drinking it. Buy beer packaged in light-proof containers. If light cannot penetrate the beer container, the formation of the skunky compound will be completely prevented in the container.
Will skunked beer make you sick?
Although skunked beer is considered to have a bad smell and taste, the ingredient 3-methyl-2-butene-1-thiol, that causes the beer to be skunked, has no ill effects on the health of the human body. So, the answer is yes, you can still drink skunked beer, without getting sick.
Why does Corona smell like skunk?
We're exaggerating, but Corona and other beers bottled in clear or green glass have developed a reputation as smelling "skunky" or spoiled. … The leftover chemicals hook up with sulfur-packed proteins, and produce a chemical compound that's structurally (and smellably) similar to a skunk's defense spray.
How do you know if beer is off?
Some other possible traits of expired beer product are a change in the color of the beer or a "dusty" settlement visible in the bottom of the bottle. If these things are going on in the bottle, the beer has most likely gone bad and the taste will be "flat" and possibly spoiled tasting.

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The tobacco plants are harvested for cigars two to three times yearly at Tabacalera Esteli. It takes about 80 to 90 days for a tobacco plant to fully develop from a small seed into tall plants ready for picking. The tobacco fields are planted with seedlings a few weeks apart so that the harvest is spread out throughout several months. This allows for careful and precise supervision of the crop and the subsequent hand selecting and picking of the leaves.
Every step is carefully supervised to make sure that the tobacco plants grow healthy.
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People generally understand what the term cremation means. When we are asked for a detailed definition, however, we tend to hesitate while searching for appropriate words. A suggested definition of cremation is the: "The mechanical and/or thermal or other dissolution process that reduces human remains to bone fragments." Cremation includes the processing and usually includes the pulverization of the bone fragments.
This definition covers a variety of technologies that may be applied in order to achieve reduction to bone fragments, including traditional flame-based cremation, calcination and alkaline hydrolysis.


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A History of the Natal Provincial Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa during the Judge Presidency of Richard Feetham (_PHONE_) : with particular reference to the bench and bar.
Richard Feetham was Judge President of the Natal Provincial Division from 1 May 1930 to 18 July 1939. He succeeded Dove Wilson who was an able but not a very learned or dynamic Judge President. Thus, at the time of his appointment the Natal Court and its judgments were treated with little respect by the other provincial divisions. Feetham JP, unlike his predecessor, was not only a scholar with a towering intellect but a man endowed with outstanding leadership qualities. He was thus ideally suited to bring about a change for the better in the status of the Natal Court. He did this by taking a dynamic lead and presided over and delivered a high proportion of the courts' judgments. He also set his brethren an excellent example by the high standard he set for himself and his court and which they emulated. This thesis thus also covers the careers of these puisne and acting puisne judges and their contribution towards the better administration of justice in Natal. In 1930 there existed in Natal a disinct system of dual practice with a de facto Bar. This system had been a vexed question in the minds of Natal lawyers for two decades but when Feetham JP was confronted with it he immediately addressed the controversial issue and brought about the necessary reforms to divide the legal profession and bring Natal into line with the rest of South Africa. This reform raised the quality of pleading and manner in which the law was presented. It also provided the Natal Bench with able personnel for the future from within Natal. Accordingly this thesis also assesses the careers of the main legal practitioners of that period and their contribution towards the development of the administration of justice in Natal. In less than ten years Feetham JP thus transformed the Natal Provincial Division from being weak and ineffectual to a position where it became a division respected for its Bench, judgments and legal profession. During the course of time history has confirmed the overall significance of Richard Feetham's Judge Presidency.

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About the book
Are there as many numbers as there are trees? Are there as many numbers as there are leaves? These are just a few of the questions that a 4-year old boy named Jack asked his math educator mommy that inspired this book.
So, how many numbers are there? Read and find out!
Mommy, How Many Numbers Are There?
Rebecca Schantz, Jack Schantz
Publisher: Jack's Back Books, LLC
8.25" x 8.25"


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Etymology: < mawk n. + -ish suffix1.1.a. Inclined to sickness, feeling sick, queasy; without appetite; faint. In later use Eng. regional.
b. Having no taste or inclination for a specified action. rare.
2. Nauseating; having a nauseating or disgusting taste or smell. Also in later use: tasting sickly or insipid.
3. fig. Imbued with sickly, false, or feeble sentiment; overly sentimental.
4. slang. [See discussion above.] Slatternly. Obs. rare—0. (OED)
"Nor does the paradox and danger of this situation fail to interest and perplex the best conscience of the South. Deeply religious and intensely democratic as are the mass of the whites, they feel acutely the false position in which the Negro problems place them. Such an essentially honest-hearted and generous people cannot cite the caste-levelling precepts of Christianity, or believe in equality of opportunity for all men, without coming to feel more and more with each generation that the present drawing of the color-line is a flat contradiction to their beliefs and professions. But just as often as they come to this point, the present social condition of the Negro stands as a menace and a portent before even the most open-minded: if there were nothing to charge against the Negro but his blackness or other physical peculiarities, they argue, the problem would be comparatively simple; but what can we say to his ignorance, shiftlessness, poverty, and crime? can a self-respecting group hold anything but the least possible fellowship with such persons and survive? and shall we let a mawkish sentiment sweep away the culture of our fathers or the hope of our children?"
- W.E.B. DuBois, The Souls of Black Folk, 1903


Remapping Connections in a DSS Instance
Often a project is initially created on a DSS instance that uses a connection available only on that instance. If you later want to import the same project into a second DSS instance, you may have to remap the connection if an identical connection name is not found on the second DSS instance.
This article will show how to remap a connection in Dataiku DSS. For illustration, we'll remap a PostgreSQL connection defined in the import archive of a project to an existing connection on a different DSS instance.
Technical Requirements
Note
While we'll be using a PostgreSQL connection, the process described here will be very similar for other database connections.
Import an SQL-based Project
To import a project that uses an SQL connection, follow the general steps for importing a project into Dataiku DSS. From the Dataiku homepage, click +New Project and select Import project from the list.
Alternatively, you could create a project from one of the existing SQL-based tutorials in DSS. For example, from the Dataiku homepage, click +New Project and select DSS Tutorials from the list. Choose Advanced Designer from the left, and select Plugin Store (SQL-based Tutorial).
No Identical Connection Name in the Second Instance
Suppose the project to be imported was created on a first instance having a connection called postgresql to a PostgreSQL database. When importing into a second DSS instance that doesn't have a connection with the same name (postgresql), Dataiku DSS will display errors alerting you to a missing connection.
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To resolve these errors, simply follow these steps to remap the connection name postgresql to an existing connection in the second Dataiku DSS instance.
 - Click Add Remapping in the "Connection remapping section."
 - Remap postgresql to an existing PostgreSQL connection on your instance. In the following screenshot, this connection is named "PostgreSQL_tshirt."
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Once you've remapped the connection and addressed any other errors or warnings, Dataiku DSS will finish importing the project.
Identical Connection Name in the Second Instance
Suppose the second DSS instance has a PostgreSQL connection with the same name postgresql as the connection on the first instance. For example, this could happen if your DSS design node has a connection to a design database, and the automation node has a connection, with the same name, to a production database. In this example, you would not have to remap connection names.
However, if the second DSS instance must be connected to the same database as the first instance (where the project was created), and the connection names are identical, be sure to remap your connection in the second instance to a different one.
In general, you should avoid connecting the second DSS instance to the same database used in the first instance. Otherwise, you can encounter an undesirable situation where both the original project (in the first DSS instance) and the imported project (in the second DSS instance) will write to the same SQL tables. Therefore, computing a dataset in one instance would overwrite the identically-named dataset in the other instance because both datasets read from the same table. For more information, see Export/Import Project Options.


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Civil Engineering Archive: Questions from July 21, 2011
Anonymous asked1 answer
Anonymous askedA dam located in a channel of rectangular cross-section which carries water flowing at a rate of 8.7...
A dam located in a channel of rectangular cross-section which carries water flowing at a rate of 8.75m3/s. The depth of water upstream of the dam is 2.5m. the channel is 5m wide, and is lined with concrete (manning's n=0.015). the sloe of the channel is 1 in 5000 and the uniform depth for this flow rate is 1.8m.
a) determine the critical depth in the channel.
b) sketch the backwater curves for the channel.
c) how far upstream is the depth within 100mm of the uniform depth.1 answer
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On May 13, 2012, the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives will present the Second ALBA/Puffin Award for Human Rights Activism, in the amount of $100,000, to Fredy Peccerelli, Executive Director of the Guatemalan Forensic Anthropology Foundation, and Kate Doyle, Senior Analyst of U.S. policy in Latin America at the National Security Archive. The award ceremony will take place at the Museum of the City of New York.
"Both Doyle and Peccerelli are indefatigable defenders of human rights who have played a seminal role in the fight against impunity in Latin America," said Sebastiaan Faber, Chair of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives (ALBA).
A determined and creative researcher-activist, Doyle has spent twenty years working tirelessly with Latin American human rights organizations and truth commissions – in Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Peruto obtain the declassification of U.S. government archives in support of their investigations.
Peccerelli is an innovative forensic anthropologist whose work has been instrumental to the first-ever conviction of Guatemalan military forces for crimes against humanity. As founding director of the Guatemalan Forensic Anthropology Foundation (FAFG), Peccerelli leads a team that, over the past fifteen years, has exhumed hundreds of mass graves filled with victims of Guatemala's civil war.
The ALBA/Puffin Award for Human Rights Activism, one of the largest human rights awards in the world, is granted annually by ALBA and the Puffin Foundation.
"The award is designed," said Puffin Foundation President Perry Rosenstein, "to give public recognition, support, and encouragement to individuals or groups whose work has an exceptionally positive impact on the advancement and/or defense of human rights. It is intended to help educate students and the general public about the importance of defending human rights against arbitrary powers that violate democratic principles."
The ALBA/Puffin Award is part of a program connecting the inspiring legacy of the International Brigades – the 40,000 volunteers who helped fight fascism during the Spanish Civil War – to international activist causes of today. Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzón received the first ALBA/Puffin Award in May 2011.
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When a saturated gel is deformed, its mechanical response is profoundly influenced by the flow of liquid in its pores. For example, if a gel bar is suddenly deformed in 3-point bending, the liquid cannot immediately flow out of the pores, so the gel initially responds incompressibly; consequently, its deflection provides a measure of its shear modulus, Gp, rather than Young's modulus, Ep. In this paper, the kinetics of deformation of such a rod are analyzed, showing that it is possible to obtain the permeability, D, of the gel from the time-dependence of the load, as well as finding both Gp and Ep. Analyses are presented for the time dependence of the load at constant deflection for a square and cylindrical beam, and for load at constant deflection rate for a square beam. The method is applied to determine Gp, Ep, and D for a silica gel made from tetraethoxysilane.
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Ceramics and Composites
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Materials Chemistry


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This cemetery is actually located in Heidelberg Twp.
He was born in Schalbach, Mosell, Lorraine, France also known as Alsace Lorraine TO Johannes Ulrich and Sara (Diller) Hunsicker. He immigrated Sept 15, 1748 on the ship "Two Brothers". He was the first Hunsicker to come to PA. He brought his bride Marie Bieren and at least two children. He is listed often in historical documents from of Heidelberg. He died in Heidelberg. He and his wife Marie Magdelena Bieren had children: Johannes Theobald, Jacob, James, Johann Theobald "Dewalt", Johannes "John", Anna Maria Susanna, Magdalena, Casper, Henry, Joseph, and Peter H.
History of the counties of Lehigh and Carbon, in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania (1884) by : Mathews, Alfred, _PHONE_ ; Hungerford, Austin N
Publisher: Philadelphia : Everts & Richards
Pg 271 and 272 Jacob Peter, who on Nov. 10, 1764, conveyed the same to John Hunsicker, Sr., who by deed dated Oct. 26, 1787, conveyed the same to his son, Jacob Hunsicker, who died leaving a widow and seven children, and at an Orphans' Court held at Easton, Jan. 11, 1797, the said land, then consisting of two hundred and sixty acres, was accepted by John Hunsicker, eldest son of Jacob Hunsicker, who by his deed dated July 19, 1779, conveyed one hundred and thirty-seven and one-quarter acres thereof to Bernhard Neff, son of Ulrich Neff.
Pg 273 Johannes Hunsicker was the first of the family of that name known to be in the township. His son Henry married Maria Barbara Huff in 1786, by whom he had three sons and six daughters. She died in 1802, aged thirty-eight years. Peter Hunsicker lived in 1794 on land adjoining Philip Mosser. The Heidelberg churchyard contains tablets to Susanna Hunsicker, born 1799, died in 1850, and Magdalena Hunsicker, born in 1781. John Hunsicker, who was born in 1755, and died in 1836, aged eighty years, and his wife, Catharine (Stiegerwalt), born in 1757, died in 1823, were located near the Heidelberg Church, where his son Henry lived. He married Susanna , who died in 1850, and left five children, of whom were Reuben, David, and Levi, the last two living on the homestead. Joseph Hunsicker, a brother of John, married a daughter of Michael Ohl, by whom he had no children. He married for his second wife a daughter of Krum, and a sister of Christian Krum, by whom he had Christian, Jonas, John, Daniel, Reuben, and Henry.
Christian settled on part of the homestead where his son Edwin now lives. Jonas settled where William Addis now lives. John on part of the homestead, and resides on the property with his son Levi. Daniel settled in Washington township. Reuben moved to Slatington, where he died, and Harry located in Carbon County.
He is my great(6)-grandfather.
Marie Magdelena Bieren Hunsicker (1721 - 1783)*
Jacob Hunsicker (1744 - 1796)*
Anna Maria Susanna Hunsicker Rex (1755 - 1850)*
Johannes Hunsicker (1755 - 1836)*
Magdalena Hunsicker Peter (1757 - 1836)*
Casper Hunsicker (1759 - 1819)*
Henry Hunsicker (1761 - 1810)*
Peter Hunsicker (1771 - 1848)*
Heidelberg Union Cemetery (Heidelberg)
Created by: SallyDeppe
Record added: Feb 28, 2011
Find A Grave Memorial# 66272910
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Sexual crimes in Scotland
If you are facing an allegation of a sexual offence, you should not hesitate to contact us immediately. Our lawyers have a wealth of experience defending people accused of a sexual offence.
FAQ Sexual offences
A: The 2009 Act states covers what is considered a sexual offence. This includes:
 - Rape
 - Sexual assault by penetration
 - Sexual assault
 - Sexual Coercion
 - Coercing someone into being present during sexual activity
 - Coercing someone into looking at a sexual image
 - Communicating indecently
 - Sexual exposure
 - Voyeurism
A: Sentencing depends on the crime committed. For example convictions of rape, sexual assault by penetration, sexual assault and sexual coercion can lead to life imprisonment. Read this list here to get the full list of possible penalties.
A senior judge has set out new guidelines into the sentencing for sex crimes in Scotland. The previous guidelines looked at all sexual assault, rape and indecent child images under the same guidelines which have led to some unfavourable incidents of guilty people walking free.
These new guidelines are based on the 2009 Act, where a new set of sexual offences were created to cover existing common law and statutory offences.
Why are new sexual crime guidelines being created?
Lady Dorrian, who chairs the Scottish Sentencing Council, said: "This will allow each topic to be given in-depth consideration, and for the first guidelines on sexual offending to be produced more quickly". Who could argue with that? Sexual crime is a stain on society; victims should know their case will be listened to for the specific crime that they alleged occurred.
2009 Act: sexual crimes
The 2009 Act rectifies inconsistencies in current law such as; an adult male having sexual intercourse with a 14-year-old girl is an offence but an adult female having sexual intercourse with a 14-year-old boy is not an offence.
When is there a lack of consent?
Consent is defined as "free agreement". which although not defined in the 2009 Act, it does list examples of where free agreement is absent. This list does not cover every scenario as that would be impossible. Therefore, existing case law can be used to assist in proving lack of consent.


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What was the occupation of Peter, James, John, and Andrew before they were called to the Apostleship?
 1. soldier
 2. fisherman
 3. tax collector
 4. gardener
Correct Answer: b. fisherman
On what day was Jesus resurrected?
 1. the third day
 2. the first day
 3. the twelfth day
 4. the seventh day
Correct Answer: a. the third day
What animal made its noise after Peter denied Christ?
 1. a dog
 2. a frog
 3. a rooster
 4. a cat
Correct Answer: c. a rooster
How many times did Peter deny Christ?
 1. one
 2. seven
 3. ten
 4. three
Correct Answer: d. three
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Excavation work is one of the main elements needed in construction fields. To meet such a huge demand, a large number of excavators are working all over the globe. In addition, researchers and companies put enormous efforts to develop more efficient excavator models. With the advancement of technology, autonomous systems have become popular and ideal way to upgrade machines for faster, cheaper and safer production. Not surprisingly, there have been many attempts to develop fully autonomous robotic excavation systems and this has become one of the trending topics in the earth-moving industry. There are some key challenges in developing an autonomous excavation system. For example, accurate and fast prediction of resisting soil forces on the excavator bucket plays a crucial role in developing unmanned excavator systems. Current studies provide unrealistic and/or computationally expensive soil-tool interaction models. This study represents a new method to solve the interaction of excavator bucket and soil in real-time with acceptable accuracy. Through the developed accurate real-time soil-tool interaction simulation, it is also aimed to make further progress in virtual reality systems requiring real-time simulations, cabin simulators, and computer games.


Sterility and Cross Contamination Challenges in Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
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Regenerative Medicine today is in wide expansion. With increasing research efforts in this field, commercial manufacturing aspects for bio-product are getting more attention. From a GMP perspective, the most critical challenge due to specific factors characterizing cell manipulation is the asepsis of the process. This paper also highlights other critical factors in the process to present a complete view of the risks connected with this activity. A possible solution to these challenges is Isolation Technology, commonly used in the pharmaceutical industry and suggested by the regulatory guidelines in the field.
Introduction
Processes involving cell manipulation have a wide variety of application, from human tissue engineering to stem cells research and adoption. The scientific community acknowledges the enormous potential of this technology within Regenerative Medicine and Gene Therapy. On the other hand, today's reality is more than just research and involves manufacturing capabilities subject to regulatory assessment.
European GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) concerning bio-materials are described in Annex 2 (Manufacture of Biological active substances and Medicinal Products for Human Use) where the requirements on the asepsis of the process are set forth and strictly relate to what is written in Annex 1, the fundamental regulatory basis for sterile manufacturing.
So the important question is: are sterility and cross contamination important challenges in cell manipulation?
Problem Definition
The sterility or asepsis of the cell manipulation process can be assessed by examining a series of important factors in the adopted procedures.
1 – Cell manipulation is substantially a manual process composed of different complex steps during which cells are often directly exposed to the external environment. In classified environments, the first source of contamination comes from the human body; that is why strict procedures on operators gowning need to be implemented and frequent training sessions are required for all those people who need to work in a clean room.
2 – Extensive use of media is necessary for the proliferation of cells. Antibiotics are sometimes added to the media in order to reduce the risk of microbial contamination but this is not always possible and also does eliminate the risk. Paradoxically the conditions of incubation are exactly the most appropriate for bacteria proliferation as stated in the Annex 2 of the GMP:
"Since materials and processing conditions used in cultivation processes are designed to provide conditions for the growth of specific cells and microorganisms, this provides extraneous microbial contaminants the opportunity to grow."
3 – Laboratory equipment is not usually designed to undergo an automated decontamination cycle. Most of the time the lab equipment used, such as incubators, centrifuges, refrigerators and microscopes, is decontaminated manually by wiping with sanitizing agents. This is because the adoption of oxidizing agents like Vaporized Hydrogen Peroxide capable of usage in automated decontamination processes, nowadays very common in the pharmaceutical industry, is not so popular within laboratory equipment manufacturers.
4 – Starting material (cells) comes from hospital operating rooms where aseptic procedures are not under strict control due to technical limits and lack of training. This means the contamination can also be brought into the process from the original cells.
Given these four factors, sterility in cell manipulation represents the most important challenge from a GMP manufacturing perspective and definitely the risk of contamination is higher than in common aseptic processing, used for example in the preparation of injectables.
The second part of the question concerns cross contamination. In normal pharmaceutical practices, this issue relates to contamination between different batches. In regenerative medicine, the batch can be a single product dedicated to a single patient, so this kind of risk is extremely high. Most of the time the environment in which live cells are exposed is shared with the origin cells of others without proper cleaning between them. Regarding this issue, Annex 2 points the attention on the air-handling units:
"11. Air handling unit should be designed, constructed and maintained to minimize the risk of cross-contamination between different manufacturing areas and may need to be specific for an area.[…]"
The case of viral vector preparation for gene therapy is the typical worst-case scenario for the risk of cross contamination, while one major challenge is the manufacturing of pathogenic organisms. The potential danger of exposure to these organisms from an HSE standpoint requires them to be treated according to the Biosafety Level associated with them and that is why Annex 2 highlights:
"7. […] Dedicated production area should be used for the manufacture of pathogenic organisms (i.e. Biosafety level 3 or 4)."
This means that a containment strategy (i.e. protection of the operator from the product) is also needed for these particular operations.
From these observations we can conclude that we do have important sterility challenges, in terms of both aseptic processing compliance and cross contamination.
So, what can be done? Is it possible to improve the asepsis in cell manipulation? If so, how?
Solution Proposal
The first thing we did was to look at what we are commonly doing in the pharmaceutical industry for aseptic processing applications, sometimes involving also hazardous substances:
integration of all the critical areas under isolation technology.
Isolators are intended as sealed enclosures that provide a physical and aerodynamic barrier from the external environment for the specific application of aseptic processing.
The primary characteristics of Isolators designed to reach a Class A environment (EU GMP Classification, Class 100 FDA Classification) are:
 - complete assembly in stainless steel 316L
 - operation in positive pressure related to the environment
 - possibility of laminar airflow
 - equipped with an automated decontamination system using Hydrogen Peroxide or Peracetic Acid.
Given their characteristics, Isolators can be installed in a class D environment, while being validated internally as Class A. This fundamental ability is what primarily constitutes the revolution of this technology compared to the clean room.
Conclusion
In the pharmaceutical industry, the adoption of isolators for aseptic processing is already a well-established technology with clear advantages in terms of asepsis of the process, energy efficiency, and better working conditions for operators. All these benefits are bringing reduced operational costs and a higher quality for the finished product. This is why from a regulatory perspective the Annex 1 of the GMP is also suggesting the use of this technology when applicable:
"21. The utilization of isolator technology to minimize human interventions in processing areas may result in a significant decrease in the risk of microbiological contamination of aseptically manufactured products from the environment."
If this sounds like an effective solution to the risk of contamination in cell processing, we would just need to verify if the specific involved processes could be integrated within isolation technology. Fortunately, the answer is yes. It is possible. Results are impressive.
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Proftpd is one of the most popular FTP server, secure and reliable for the Linux operating system. Proftpd using a single configuration file and it is very easy to set up. The purpose of this article is to show you how easy it is to install FTP Server Linux ProFTPd server in CentOS 6 Linux.
What is FTP Server Linux?
FTP, which stands for File Transfer Protocol is a standard for exchanging program and data files across a network. The network could be the World Wide Web or simply a local area network (LAN).
1. Simply run this command to install FTP server linux, ProFTPd on CentOS 6 :
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Stormwater Detention Basin
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Stormwater installation and Wetlands
Adjacent the Elizabeth Train station, the 80 hectare site was turned into two significant stormwater detention basins to retain and recycle the massive flood waters generated by urban development.
It also provides protection to the RAAF base from flooding events.
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Consisted of the removal of 215,000 tonne of natural material that was subsequently reused in embankment construction to increase basin volume above natural surface level.
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Danvers, Massachusetts–based NeuroLogica's OmniTom Elite computed tomography (CT) scanner now has single-source photon-counting detector (PCD) technology, allowing it to generate spectral CT images at multiple energy levels.
NeuroLogica said in a news release that its platform represents the first FDA 510(k)-cleared, single-source photon-counting CT scanner with a single detector on a mobile system. Next-generation photon counting allows for the sorting of different energies of X-rays after they have passed through the scan field.
The company said its PCD technology provides the ability to capture CT data in multiple energy bands, leading to potentially more accurate visualization and segmentation of bone, blood clots, plaque, hemorrhage and intracranial tumors. Additionally, PCD could help to lower dose requirements and fundamentally change the use of injected contrast, the company said.
NeuroLogica said OmniTom Elite can provide versatile, real-time mobile imaging to administer point-of-care CT to critical patients without having to transport them to a separate imaging department, decreasing the time needed to diagnose and initiate treatment.
In the near term, OmniTom users will be able to upgrade their scanners with the technology, while a limited number of research partners will aid in developing the full potential of OMniTom Elite with PCD, the company added.
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How friendship affects dating
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Some teenagers have search parties looking for them but most are never found and if they do 9 out of 10 times they are found dead.
If a particular friendship is isn't meeting your needs, it may be time to reassess whether it deserves a space in your life. Our friendships can have a tremendous impact on our lives–which is why it's important to make sure that they are leaving you feeling supported, understood, and happy. Retrieved January 20, 2015, from B., Carlisle, M., Birmingham, W., & Vaughn, A. Social Support and the Reactivity Hypothesis: Conceptual Issues in Examining the Efficacy of Received Support During Acute Psychological Stress.
Different relationships affect teenagers in various ways.
Good friendships have a myriad of benefits, such as increased feelings of belonging, purpose, increased levels of happiness, reduced levels of stress, improved self-worth and confidence.
While good friends can help you through traumatic events and can even help you to quit a bad habit you've picked up, toxic friendships can leave you feeling drained, stifled, unsatisfied and often unequal.
They should also be role models for young students at school.Throughout adolescence, teenagers are positively and negatively impacted by several relationships such as friends, family, and love relationships.Friends have a big influence on teenagers because they can say and do many of things to teenagers who think they were friends.Teenagers who have parents that are in jail, or do drugs do not always have a good education or a household."Children who have experienced a family break-up may have lower achievements than children brought-up in an intact family" (Ernisch).
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Drainage Panel 980
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VANCOUVER -- At the conclusion of this year's Washington state legislative session, Gov. Chris Gregoire said, "I think it will go down as one of the most important environmental sessions."
And today, Gregoire signed one of the bills that will make it so.
Gregoire signed a bill that sets goals for reducing emissions, sets an emissions performance standard for new power plants and meshes with the climate-change goals the governor set in an executive order issued in February.
Gregoire, in a signing ceremony in Vancouver's Water Resources Center next to the Columbia River, said the climate change bill is a big step at making Washington state an environmental stewardship leader.
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- Requiring the governor to develop policy recommendations to achieve the greenhouse gas emissions reductions goals.
- Establishing emission performance standards for electric generation facilities in Washington.
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- Knowledge of DCGS-A setup and installation
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- Experience utilizing remote access capabilities such as putty, cygwin, etc….
- Experience utilizing vClient application to access enterprise assets.
- Experience creating and managing virtual machines.
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- Experience working in a fast past multifaceted environment preferred.
- Experience with VMware benchmark tools and capacity management applications preferred.
- Experience integrating with Symantec Netbackup solutions desired.
- Experience operating in a DoD Intelligence environment or other national level agency preferred
- Bachelor's degree in Electronics Engineering or a related scientific or technical discipline is required with 3 years of experience. Or, 3 additional years of applicable experience may be substituted for the degree.
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The Dutch tax authorities, or Belastingdienst, have implemented various measures and initiatives to help Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in the Netherlands. Their approach differs from that of many other countries' tax authorities in several ways, making the Dutch system more business-friendly and supportive for SMEs.
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A GCI Publication
For millennia, people of all cultures have decorated the surfaces of their domestic, religious, and public buildings. Earthen architecture in particular has been, and continues to be, a common ground for surface decoration such as paintings, sculpted bas-relief, and ornamental plasterwork. This volume explores the complex issues associated with preserving these surfaces. Case studies from Asia, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and the Americas are presented.
The publication is the result of a colloquium held in 2004, at Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, co-organized by the Getty Conservation Institute (GCI) and the National Park Service (NPS). The meeting brought together fifty-five conservators, cultural resource managers, materials scientists, engineers, architects, archaeologists, anthropologists, and artists from eleven countries to present recent conservation work and discuss possibilities for future research and collaboration.
Divided into four themes—Archaeological Sites, Museum Practice, Historic Buildings, and Living Traditionsthe papers examine the conservation of decorated surfaces on earthen architecture within these different contexts.


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If an object has an acceleration = c/1000 m/s2 then according to Newtonian calculations it would reach the speed of light in 1000 seconds.
But then there is the time dilation effect sqrt(1- v2/c2) which when multiplied by the above Newtonian calculations results in the velocity = 0.0 m/s at time = 1000 s
According to my Microsoft Excel chart (below) the maximum speed the object can attain is 0.5c at time = 707 seconds.
Is this the braking effect of GR because I read somewhere on this forum that GR actually begins to brake an in-falling object so that the object stops at the event horizon?
Or maybe I'm just not calculating it correct....


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Destination: Santiniketan
Destination Type: Cities
City: Santiniketan / Bolpur
Country: India
Shantiniketan is a small town near Bolpur in the Birbhum district of West Bengal and about 212 kms north of Kolkata (formerly Calcutta).
It was made famous by Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore, whose vision became what is now a university town – Visva-Bharati University. The place now attracts thousands of visitors each year.
Shantiniketan was earlier called Bhnbandanga (named after Bhuban Dakat, a local dacoit), and was owned by the Tagore family. In 1862, Maharshi Debendranath Tagore, the poet's father, while on a boat journey to Raipur, came across a landscape with red soil and lush green paddy fields. He decided to plant more saplings and built a small house. He called his home Shantiniketan, the abode of peace. He founded an Ashram here in 1863 and became the initiator of the Brahmo Samaj.
The Shantiniketan campus is adorned by splendid sculptures, frescoes, murals, and paintings of Rabindranath, Nandalal Bose, Ramkinkar, Binodbehari Mukhopadhyay, and others.
Birbhum District, where the Shantiniketan is located, is also famous for its fairs and festivals like Poush Mela (December), Joydev Mela (January), Basanta Utsav (Holi) in March and the famous mystic Baul Singers.
By Air : The Nearest Airport is Kolkata Airport 165 kms
By Rail : The Nearest Railway Station is Bolpur
By Road : You can easily get regular buses to Shantiniketan from other major cities of the country
he Uttarayana complex where the poet lived consists of several buildings such as Udayana, Konark, Shyamali, Punascha, and Udichi, which reflect the architectural genius of the poet's illustrious son – the late Rathindranath Tagore.
In addition, there are Kala Bhavan, Sangeet Bhavan, Patha Bhavan, Bichitra, Cheena Bhavan, and Hindi Bhavan. You can also see Chhatimtala and the Prayer Hall.
Close to Shantiniketan there are several tourist destinations such as Fullora (40 kms), Nalhati (104 kms), Sainthia, Kankalitala (7 kms), Bakreshwar (58 kms), Massanjore (78 kms), and Tarapith (80 kms). The first five are Shaktipithas where the different body-parts of Goddess Sati is said to have fallen.
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text: Outdoor robots equipped with vision sensors can gather a lot of information from the sky, say CMU researchers in a new CMU Robotics Institute technical report, What Do the Sun and the Sky Tell Us About the Camera? (PDF format). The authors examine only two pieces of information, the position of the Sun and the sky appearance. By combining this information with a physically-based model of the sky, they can deduce information about the camera and lens. This allows their system to work with images from almost any convention camera (such as the one above by law_keven). The researchers collected sky images from online webcams to use as test data. They also produce a camera-invariant model of the sky that can be used in future work to understand scene illumination. This research was done by Jean-François Lalonde, Srinivasa Narasimhan, and Alexei A. Efros.


text: Non-invasive brain-computer interface (BCI) has been developed for understanding users' intentions by using electroencephalogram (EEG) signals. With the recent development of artificial intelligence, there have been many developments in the drone control system. BCI characteristic that can reflect the users' intentions led to the BCI-based drone control system. When using drone swarm, we can have more advantages, such as mission diversity, than using a single drone. In particular, BCI-based drone swarm control could provide many advantages to various industries such as military service or industry disaster. BCI Paradigms consist of the exogenous and endogenous paradigms. The endogenous paradigms can operate with the users' intentions independently of any stimulus. In this study, we designed endogenous paradigms (i.e., motor imagery (MI), visual imagery (VI), and speech imagery (SI)) specialized in drone swarm control, and EEG-based various task classifications related to drone swarm control were conducted. Five subjects participated in the experiment and the performance was evaluated using the basic machine learning algorithm. The grand-averaged accuracies were 37.6% (± 6.78), 43.2% (± 3.44), and 31.6% (± 1.07) in MI, VI, and SI, respectively. Hence, we confirmed the feasibility of increasing the degree of freedom for drone swarm control using various endogenous paradigms.


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In this work, we present a new system for the determination of dissolved carbon dioxide (from 7.2 ppm to 425,6 ppm) in aqueous environments. Microfluidic technology has been incorporated in sensor design to reduce the volume of samples and reagents. Moreover, a detection system has been integrated in the chip, consisting of a white light -emitting diode as a light source and a high -resolution digital colour sensor as the detector, which are able to detect changes in colour produced by the reaction of the sensing chemistry and carbon dioxide in water. The optimised parameters found for the system are: flow rate 0.6 mL center dot min(-1), integration time 30 s and the time for pumping of solutions was 3 min, obtaining a LOD of 7.2 ppm. The CO2 response, reproducibility, precision, and stability of the sensing chemistry have been studied and compared with those obtained using bench-top instrumentation (i.e. a spectrophotometer), obtaining good agreement. (C) 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
co2 sensor; microfluidic system; water analysis; autonomous monitoring; carbon dioxide


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Rearrangement of methyl isonitrile to acetonitrile has activation energy of 25.0 kJ/mol and a rate constant of 8.1*10^-4s-1 @ 80 Celsius. what is the value of the rate constant @ 255.0 celsius?
The Arrhenius Equation
ln(k1/k2) = (E/R)[(1/T2) - (1/T1)]
T1 = 80 oC = 80+273 =...
Calculation and answer are based on the Arrhenius Equation.


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Unformatted text preview: PROBLEM 5.83 KNOWN: Initial temperature of copper and glass plates. Initial temperature and properties of ﬁnger. F IN D: Whether copper or glass feels cooler to touch. SCHEMATIC: C apper' or glass" = 500K ASSUMPTIONS: (1) The ﬁnger and the plate behave as semi-inﬁnite solids, (2) Constant properties, (3) Negligible contact resistance. PROPERTIES: Skin (given): p = 1000 kg/m3, c : 4180 Jfkg-K, k = 0.625 me-K; Table A-] (T = 300K), Copper: 0 = 8933 kg/m3, c I 385 Jfkg-K, k = 401 me'K; Table A-3 (T = 300K), Glass: p = 2500 kg/m3, e = 750 J/kg-K, k = 1.4 Wx'm-K. ANALYSIS: Which material feels cooler depends upon the contact temperature T5i given by Equation 5.63. For the three materials of interest, (kp of"? =(0_625 xioooxmao)"2 21,6161/m2 -1<-s"2 skin (kp cﬁf :(401x8933x385)"2 =37,137 11612 -K-sU2 (kp 6);; = (14x2500x750)"2 21,620 111162.195"? Since (kp >> (kp c )gﬁss, the copper will feel much cooler to the touch. From Equation 5.63, 112 112 T _ (kp C)A TA'i +(kp C)B TBA S ' 1'12 1'12 (kp c)A +(kp e)B 1,616 310 +37,137 300 < 1,616+ 37,137 1,616(310)+1,620(300) r, :——= 305.0 K. < SJlglaSS) 1,616+ 1,620 COMMENTS: The extent to which a material's temperature is affected by a change in its thermal . . . . 1/2 . . . . enVIronment IS inversely proportional to (kpe) . large k applies an ability to Spread the effect by conduction, large 01.: implies a large capacity for thermal energy storage. PROBLEM 5.100 KNOWN: Plane wall. initially at a uniform temperature T. : 25°C. is suddenly exposed to convection with a fluid at Tm = 505C with a convection coefficient h = 75 Wimz-K at one surface. while the other is exposed to a constant heat flux (if) : 2000 W/ing. See also Problem 2.43. FIND: (a) Using spatial and time increments of Ax = 5 mm and At : 205. compute and plot the temperature distributions in the wall for the initial condition. the steady-state condition. and two intermediate times. (b) On (.1; —x coordinates, plot the heat ﬂux distributions corresponding to the four temperature distributions represented in part (a). and (c) On q; -t coordinates. plot the heat flux at x = 0 and x = L. SCHEMATIC: Ttx,<0) = r: = 25°C , k : 1.5 Wim-K Heater as = 2000 me2\t = - 0' z "Km—E "'23 W = i E 710 Tm-i ' Tm i Tm+1 a _"q;(L.t) _,.' l ° :._'. = n: I I u g i I rm=10.000 K "W: l qxib I = 2' L:50mm in 7mm K Ax = 5mm ASSUMPTIONS: {1) One-dimensional. transient conduction and (2) Constant properties. ANALYSIS: (:1) Using the 1H)" Finitca—Dgfjtifrence Equations, ()ne-Diiiieii.ii0iiril. Transient Tool. the equations for determining the tern erature distribution were obtained and solved with a spatial increment ol Ax = 5 mm. Using the Looktip able functions. the temperature distributions were plotted as shown below. (b) The heat flux. (1'; (x.t). at each node can be evaluated considering the control volume shown with the schematic above « a : Tilh—l "Trix Trii 'TriiH p p qx (mlp): (Elma +Clx.b)/2 : k0 __ 'Tl' k(l)ﬁx "— 2 : k(Tm—l _TIT}+1)/EAX Front knowledge of the temperature distribution. the heat flux at each node for the selected times is computed and plotted below. 160 l— . ._ . ' .I . . . _. l s. 2000 . 6 140 ' _ 7 _. .i I 9' : . ' .. . ' . .. ' . l _ ;— 120 - 3 i500 2. 100 i? - i 1000 - E 80 Er a.) so >é % .3. 500 g 40 - E 20 I 0 -. 0 1t] 20 30 40 50 Wall coordinate, x (mm) wall coordinate. 7. (mm) + Initial condition. l<=OS -0- Initial condition. t<=o§ + Time = i505 + Time = 1508 —e- Time z 3005 -9— Time = 3005 —— Steady-state conditions, i>i200s —l—- Steady-stale conditions, t>i£005 (c) The heat ﬂuxes for the locations x : 0 and x = L. are plotted as a function of time. At the x = 0 surface, the heat ﬂux is constant. q: = 2000 Wimz. At the x = L surface. the heat flux is given by Newton's law of cooling. q; (Lt) : h[T(L.t) — Tr,o ]: at t = 0, q; (L,0) = 4875 W/nil. For steady-state conditions. the heat flux q; (Leo) is everywhere constant at Continued... a, . I .1000 r l — - i '--——— i r -2000 _ - : ! 0 200 400 600 SUD _PHONE_ Elapsed time. t [5) —l— q"x[U,'] - Healer ilux o"x[i_.1} - Convective llux Comments: The lH'l' workspace using the Finite—Difference Equations Toot to determine the temperature distributions and heat ﬂuxes is shown below. Some lines of code were omitted to save space on the page. it Finite-Difference Equations. One-Dimensional, Transient Tool: ii Node 0 - Applied heater flux 1' Node 0: surface node (disorientation): transient conditions; e labeled t 'f rho ' cp " der(T0,t) : id_1d_sur_w(TO.T1 .k'qdot,deltax,TiniO.h0.o"a0) q"aO : 2000 if Applied heat flux, "time; Time : 25 fr" Fluid temperature. C; arbitrary value since he is zero: no convection process ht) = Ire-20 rt Convection coefficientr WimAEK: made zero since no convection process it Interior Nodes 1 — 9: 1* Node 1: interior node: e and w labeled 2 and D. "l rho'cp'der(T1 t) = fd_'ld_int(T1,T2'T0,k,qdot,deltax) 1* Node 2: interior node; e and w labeled 3 and 1. 'l rho'cp'derﬂ'E't) = td_'l d_int(T2'T3'T'I ,k,qdot,deltax) a" Node 9'. interior node; e and w labeled 10 and 8. 'i rho'cp'cler(T9't) : td_t d_int(T9,TtO.T8.k,qdot.deltax) I! Node 10 - Convection process: a" Node 10: surface node (e-orientation); transient conditions; w labeled 9. 'i' r'no * cp ' dertTtUJ) = fd_1d_sur_e(T10,T9,k,qdot,deitax,Tintth,q"a) q"a = 0 iii Applied heat flux' Wimﬂ


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If you want to boil a frog? what you want to do!. Now, You can ask me, Are you mad? Why you want to boil a frog?. Actually not, I am not going to boil any frog in this article but I hope you heard the story called "The Boiling Frog Theory".
The Boiling Frog Theory
"The boiling frog is a fable describing a frog being slowly boiled alive. The premise is that if a frog is put suddenly into boiling water, it will jump out, but if the frog is put in tepid water which is then brought to a boil slowly, it will not perceive the danger and will be cooked to death. "
This theory conveys a little bit of fake information and a lot of real information, In this article, We are going to find out the reality behind the "The Boiling Frog Theory".
How to Boil a Frog?
For example, you want to boil a frog lets boil the water and place the frog inside but the frog will immediately jump out because the water is too hot.- This is the FACT as per the Theory mentioned above.
But, There is a different way to boil a frog, put the frog in warm water then the frog will stay there because it is warm then you slowly increase the temperature of the water. The frog will not notice the small changes in the temperature.
Before the frog completely understands the situation, water will start boiling the frog. finally, the frog will die. This is how you can boil a frog!
This theory reveals the secret of nature and psychology of human. Frogs and Humans notice the big things. When frog knows the boiled water it will jump out like human recognize the disasters like Tsunami, Earthquake, and Strome they stay away from that.
But, Humans fails to notice small changes in people's behavior, price, politics, economy, and climate that finally will kill everyone. you can find this all around us, for example, take a fuel price, it will rise one rupee two rupees every month or week. for now, it's not a big deal for anyone. but over the period of time, this small change will make a big effect in human life without know that the water is boiling. Similarly, your relationship, home rent, and our environment are changing slowly and surely. It is up to us to notice the change and correct us before the water gets fully boiled.
In reality, The frog does aware of the surrounding and it will jump out of the water when it gets too hot. The Boiling Frog Theory was just a popular fable, In reality, frogs can even notice small changes in the surrounding and act according to that change.
If a frog can! Why can't Humans?...
Fix the Small issues before it grows bigger and destroys your life. Think Proactively, Happy Life!!!


2 = d$. We solve for $h1$ by $\sqrt{r1^2 - h1^2} = \sqrt{r2^2 - (d - h1)^2}$ then the total volume is the sum of the volumes of the individual spheres (${4 \pi \over 3}ri^3$) minus the two overcounted "caps" given by $h1$ and $h2 = d - h1$.
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Of course this computes lightning fast.
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Unfortunately as of 10.0.2, RegionIntersection is not implemented for MeshRegion nor BoundaryMeshRegion objects embedded in 3D. But you could use ImplicitRegion[] as follows:
r1 = ImplicitRegion[(x - 50)^2 + (y - 50)^2 + (z - 50)^2 <= 25^2, {x,
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r2 = ImplicitRegion[(x - 70)^2 + (y - 70)^2 + (z - 70)^2 <= 25^2, {x,
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RegionPlot3D[{r1, r2}, PlotPoints -> 50]
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ball[{x0_, y0_, z0_}, r_] := (x - x0)^2 + (y - y0)^2 + (z - z0)^2 <= r^2.;
region = ImplicitRegion[ball[{50, 50, 50}, 25] && ball[{75, 75, 75}, 25], {x, y, z}];
Volume[region]
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Distribution of clubroot spores across Manitoba now suggests it's time for more widespread testing to keep the disease in check, the provincial ag department recommends.
Since the disease appeared in Manitoba in 2009, fewer than five per cent of the province's farms have so far been tested for the spores that cause the yield-robbing disease in canola and related plants, Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development reported in a recent release.
The disease to date been confirmed in 48 Manitoba fields, the province said.
Given the low rate of testing so far, the province said, "it is recommended that all fields be tested to determine if clubroot spores are present, regardless of (a rural municipality's) classification" for the disease.
The province's clubroot map, shown here, lays out positive clubroot findings from 2009 to 2014 by rural municipality, found through lab tests on soil and/or plants showing confirmed clubroot symptoms.
In infected canola, swollen galls appear on roots, cutting off the supply of water and nutrients to a plant so it prematurely ripens and dies. Typical yield losses run around 50 per cent but can run up to nearly 100 per cent in fields under severe clubroot pressure.
A number of fields in an RM may have been tested and the colours of RMs highlighted on the map denote the highest concentration of clubroot spores found. It doesn't mean all fields in a specific RM have the same concentration of spores, nor does it mean clubroot has even been detected in all fields.
Concentrations of the Plasmodiophora brassicae spores that cause clubroot can be "highly variable" even within a field, the province said. RM classifications should be used only to indicate clubroot has been found in an RM and to show the "maximum severity" of spore concentration.
RMs coloured red on the map have at least one field with concentrations of at least 80,000 spores per gram of soil — or at least one field where clubroot symptoms have turned up in plants. Fields in those cases should be managed to prevent continued spore buildup or spread.
Generally, MAFRD added, it's reported that 100,000 spores per gram of soil are needed before clubroot symptoms can be seen under field conditions. That said, lower concentrations of spores could lead to clubroot-symptomatic plants "under favourable conditions."
(In Alberta, where clubroot made its first appearance in Prairie canola in spots near Edmonton in 2003, clubroot concentrations are known to reach more than 10 million spores per gram of soil in some fields, MAFRD said. Alberta's current clubroot map is shown below.)
RMs coloured orange on the Manitoba map have fields where 10,001 to 80,000 spores per gram soil have turned up in tests. "Without management, concentrations (in those fields) may increase to levels where symptoms are visible in the field within one crop cycle," the province said.
In RMs coloured yellow, 1,001 to 10,000 spores per gram soil — levels considered "low to intermediate" — have been detected, but those concentrations can decline over time with proper management, the province said.
In the remaining green RMs, clubroot spores have not been detected or have only been detected at "very low" levels, but fields should still be monitored and retesting is recommended within the next five years to see if concentrations are increasing.
Clubroot is established in Canada mainly in vegetable-growing regions of Quebec, Ontario, Atlantic Canada and British Columbia. Its first appearance in Canadian canola was in Quebec in 1997, but it took until 2003 to reach the canola-rich Prairies.
Outside Alberta and Manitoba, isolated cases have been reported in Saskatchewan (in 2011) and in North Dakota. — AGCanada.com Network
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Zodiac is a 2007 crime thriller film based on the real-life Zodiac Killer who terrorized San Francisco in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The movie follows the investigation of the case by a cartoonist, a journalist, and a detective, as they try to identify and catch the elusive killer.
Futura Light. font is used for the movie title on the poster. It was developed by the Bauer Type Foundry in 1928, inspired by basic shapes and considered a significant advancement from the Constructivist principles of the Bauhaus movement.


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An ecological network is a network of high quality sites, protected by buffer zones, and connected by wildlife corridors and smaller, but still wildlife rich,'stepping stone' sites.
The essence of what needs to be done to establish a more coherent and resilent network can be summarised in four words:
Better - improve the quality of priority habitat (both within and outside protected sites), through appropriate habitat management.
Bigger - increase the size of existing priority habitat.
More - create new areas of priority habitat.
Joined - enhance ecological connections between, or join up, existing areas of priority habitat to enable wildlife to move around the landscape.


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Types of Rail
The Passenger Rail Study between Tucson and Phoenix is looking to connect the two largest metropolitan areas in Arizona and provide intercity/commuter rail transit. Rail in Arizona is growing. The light rail system in Maricopa County started operating in 2008 and the Modern Street Car in Tucson is set to open in 2014. Arizona continues to study and develop future rail in Arizona.
What is the difference between different types of rail?
Passenger rail can shape a community. The studies below help answer a few questions: How can we better design various transportation modes to function together, creating a fully integrated and more intelligent system of transportation? Is it important that we find alternative fuel courses and reduce energy consumption for transportation?
Additionally, how can passenger rail shape communities, enhance economic vitality and improve the quality of life? What kind of systems are operating in the Western United States? Part of this study includes the development of station area planning guidelines that would be made available to surrounding communities.


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ISBN: _PHONE_ Publisher:Mittal Book Format: Hard Bound Language: English Physical Description: 262pages Year of Publication: 2005
Arunachal Pradesh, literally meaning the Land of the Rising Sun occupies important position in India due to its strategic location. Earlier known as NEFA, this mountainous states endowed with rich fauna and flora and inhabited by different tribal groups caught the attention of Government of India only after Chinese invasion in 1962. Since then development efforts are made on large scale, yet industrially the state is backward. The present book relates the journey of Arunachal from past to the present. Supported by facts and figures drawn from various authoritative accounts (official and individual), this book contains eleven chapters, highlighting all major issues. Definitely, the present endeavour will prove useful and informative to one and all concerned.


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It's official: Pets have feelings too
The American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) has confirmed something that most pet owners already know. Animals have the ability to feel, perceive and have subjective experiences.
The association recently released a position statement on this matter and is one of the first animal health organizations in the U.S. to officially take a stance on animal sentiency.
"Veterinarians have always known that domestic pets have emotions and can experience pain and fear," said Dr. Rod Jouppi, chair of AAHA's Animal Ethics and Welfare Committee. "Sentience refers to these characteristics and AAHA wants to ensure that our profession clearly states that pets have a special place in our homes and in our hearts, and certainly deserve to be included within the sphere of sentience."
While the designation by the AAHA may change the thinking of some non-pet owners, it is not a surprise to anyone who's ever had a cat, dog or other pet. After all, the pure joy and exuberance a dog exhibits when his owner comes home from work, or the way a cat purrs when snuggling with his owner is reason enough for anyone to believe that our pets have feelings, too!