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16mm film, black and white
An American amateur science fiction film directed by Donald F. Glut.
Director: Donald F. Glut
Characters: Joe Shuster, Jerry Siegel
Bob Burns (Kogar the Gorilla)
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Why use a Gas Interlock Panel from Under Control Instruments?
Designed for large or small installations.
Small footprint; size 85x48x134mm (L, W, H) will not take up a lot of space, even in small establishments.
Control range, 0.25 to 15A range will suit most fan sizes
Easy installation and commission.
Cost-effective compared to others.
A great alternative to the Merlin CT1200
What is a Gas Interlock used for?
What parts are supplied in a Gas Interlock System used with?
A gas interlock system is used with canopy fans, solenoid valves and fan speed controllers, all of which can be found on our website. Your ventilation engineer should be able to size the correct valve size and fan speed controller rating so they will perform at their optimum levels.
Three phase wiring
L1 from terminals 6 & or 7 to the speed controller(s)
L2 and L3 to the speed controller
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(Mennonite Church USA) — Hope for the Future (HFF) 2018 participants have released an open letter to Mennonite Church USA. The gathering, which took place on February 1-4 in San Antonio, Texas, brought together leaders of color from across MC USA around a theme inspired by Vincent Harding’s 1967 speech at Mennonite World Conference in Amsterdam “The Beggars are Marching … Where are the Saints?”
“Through sermons and stories, as we explored together the various issues facing us, Harding’s strong ethic of love seemed to be lifted up,” said Iris de León-Hartshorn, director of Transformative Peacemaking for MC USA and member of the HFF planning committee.
In small groups around tables, HFF 2018 participants addressed the question, “What prophetic word would you have for MC USA?” A group of writers composed a letter based on the themes that arose, presented it to the group and made revisions based on the group’s feedback. The letter, included below, was affirmed by 75 percent of HFF 2018 participants.
“We are at a turning point in our history where the seeds that were sown generations ago with Vincent Harding and others, such as the Minorities Ministries Council, are bearing fruit,” the letter reads. “We realize the challenges that lie ahead. And so in the spirit of love, we offer these words of challenge and hope for the future.”
“This letter is our call to the church and ourselves. We have a rich history that includes a peace and justice witness. Can we live into God’s call to us to love each other as God has loved us?” said de León-Hartshorn. “We do not speak as representatives from our institutions; rather we speak as leaders, whom God has called.”

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Manekin LLC, a Columbia-based real estate firm, has formed a partnership with Chicago-based Brennan Investment Group to acquire, develop and manage industrial properties in the Mid-Atlantic region.
Manekin, a commercial real estate company with expertise in the Mid-Atlantic, will find and evaluate potential deals, while Brennan will provide capital, the companies said Tuesday.
The alliance allows Manekin to work with a nationally focused company with access to capital at a time when a "wealth of opportunities" exists in the mid-Atlantic region, said Owen Rouse, Manekin senior vice president.
Brennan typically co-invests with private and institutional capital to acquire industrial properties in major metropolitan markets. The company says it has invested in more than 4,000 properties in over 60 cities in the United States, Canada and Europe.
Manekin, founded in 1946, has developed more than 12 million square feet of commercial space in Maryland and elsewhere in the Mid-Atlantic area.

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Pattern Recognition and Signal Analysis in Medical Imaging
Medical imaging is one of the heaviest funded biomedical engineering research areas. The second edition of Pattern Recognition and Signal Analysis in Medical Imaging brings sharp focus to the development of integrated systems for use in the clinical sector, enabling both imaging and the automatic assessment of the resultant data.
Since the first edition, there has been tremendous development of new, powerful technologies for detecting, storing, transmitting, analyzing, and displaying medical images. Computer-aided analytical techniques, coupled with a continuing need to derive more information from medical images, has led to a growing application of digital processing techniques in cancer detection as well as elsewhere in medicine.
This book is an essential tool for students and professionals, compiling and explaining proven and cutting-edge methods in pattern recognition for medical imaging.
Table of Content:
- Feature Selection and Extraction
- Subband Coding and Wavelet Transform
- The Wavelet Transform in Medical Imaging
- Genetic Algorithms
- Statistical and Syntactic Pattern Recognition
- Foundations of Neural Networks
- Transformation and Signal-Separation Neural Networks
- Neuro-Fuzzy Classification
- Specialized Neural Networks Relevant to Bioimaging
- Spatio-Temporal Models in Functional and Perfusion Imaging
- Analysis of Dynamic Susceptibility Contrast MRI Time-Series Based on Unsupervised Clustering Methods
- Computer-Aided Diagnosis for Diagnostically Challenging Breast Lesions in DCE-MRI


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Preparations You Should Make Before Using CBD Oil.
CBD oil is an extract from the cannabis plant (hemp) that incorporates a gaggle of molecules known as cannabinoids. Every thing on earth with a vertebrate has what is named an ENDOCANNABINOID SYSTEM or ECS that produces these little troopers. CBD oil and the Autism spectrum: Hemp derived Cannabinoids may be excellent for therapy of the overwhelming symptoms associated with autism. Whichever you select to go for know that the entire companies above have an outstanding store and provide a wide range of effective merchandise, from CBD oils to Terps and even CBD creams.
After reading your thorough article, my wife and I would like our son to attempt CBD without THC. Because of the Dilantin it is facet impact of neuropathy has effected both of my legs. In states that have legalized CBD, laws can require CBD merchandise to comprise no less bulk cbd oil than 5 % CBD, more usually 10 or 15 percent. Dozens of studies have discovered evidence that the compound can treat epilepsy as well as a spread of different sicknesses, including anxiousness, schizophrenia, heart illness and cancer.
That confirms the predominant position that research has proven opioid analgesics to play in drug-associated mortality Opioids are nasty, brutal medication with uncomfortable side effects almost as bad because the conditions they’re taken for, and although deaths from opioids are frequent , they’re still one of the most turned to bandaids in fashionable medicine.
RSHO CBD hemp oil is offered in 4 types of excessive-quality, pure cannabidiol oil, together with Inexperienced Label, Blue Label, Gold Label, and Special Mix. Hernandez stated interactions between FDA-authorised prescription drugs and CBD oils are a severe concern. I’ve seen it work for lots of my sufferers.” He prescribes excessive-CBD strains of cannabis recurrently for such diseases as epilepsy, submit-traumatic stress disorder, anxiousness, autoimmune disorders, autism and insomnia.
CBDPure is third social gathering examined for Cannabinoid Profiling, Residual Solvent Testing, Pesticide Testing, Microbiological Screening and Terpene Evaluation to ensure high quality and purity. Cannabinoid oil can be extracted from medical marijuana grade crops which have a wide variety of THC in them or it can be taken from industrial hemp crops that have been bred particularly for less than trace quantities of THC that won’t produce a high.
But these different cannabinoids won’t produce as big effects as THC or CBD and more analysis shall be required to raised perceive the consequences of them and help us distinguish the variations between the 2 sooner or later. Cannabidiol exerts sebostatic and antiinflammatory results on human sebocytes.
CBD oil is a cannabis oil (whether derived from marijuana or industrial hemp, because the word hashish is the Latin genus identify for each) that has important amounts of cannabidiol (CBD) contained within it. Our CBD merchandise and extracts are derived from industrial hemp, in order that they might be thought-about CBD-rich hemp oil, hemp derived CBD oil, CBD-wealthy cannabis oil, or plainly hemp extracts” since they typically contain rather more than just CBD.

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Panel Banks Phased-In To New Euribor Methodology
The European Money Markets Institute (EMMI), administrator of the EURIBOR® benchmark, confirms that it has successfully completed the phase-in of all Panel Banks to the EURIBOR® hybrid methodology.
The phase-in, which began in Q2 2019, occurred on a gradual basis in order to minimise operational and technological risks for Panel Banks, EURIBOR® users, and the benchmark itself. The process ran smoothly, without any significant events to be reported. The progressive implementation of the hybrid methodology for EURIBOR® is now complete, and all Panel Banks have moved to the new contribution and reporting guidelines.
“After the authorisation granted by the FSMA for the administration of EURIBOR® under article 34 of the EU Benchmarks Regulation, and EMMI’s inclusion in the ESMA register of benchmark administrators, this new achievement is another key step towards EURIBOR®’s continuity”, says Jean-François Pons, Chairman of EMMI’s Board of Directors.
The EURIBOR® Governance Framework, specifically the EURIBOR® Code of Obligations of Panel Banks (COPB), and the Benchmark Determination Methodology for EURIBOR® (BDM), has now entered fully into application. The aforementioned documentation is available on EMMI’s website.
BigTech firms may be beneficial but also pose risks to financial stability.
Electronic FX trading has increased as customers want price transparency and an automated workflow.
Fintech exec says regulators will at some point want to know what volume is traded.
The bank failed to submit complete and accurate returns to the UK Prudential Regulation Authority.
The fund has made nine new fintech investments, four follow-ons and had one exit.


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According to our records, Kordell Stewart is possibly single. His last relationship was when Towanda Braxton started dating Kordell Stewart in Dec 2013.
Kordell Stewart was previously married to Porsha Williams (2009 - 2013).
He has also been in relationships with Towanda Braxton (2013) and Tania Richardson.
Kordell Stewart has a son named Syre.
Kordell Stewart is a 43 year old American Football (American) Player. Born on 16th October, 1972 in New Orleans, LA, USA, he is famous for Former Quaterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers. His zodiac sign is Libra.
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Alignment services involve precise adjustments to your Hyundai Sonata’s suspension system, which serves to attach your wheels to your vehicle. During the service, the individual angles of your tires are adjusted so that they come into contact with the road in just the right way — the way Hyundai intended them to. When the system is aligned to Hyundai specifications, all of your tires experience equal pressure. This gives you several benefits: your ride is smoother, the lifespan of your tires increases, and significant stress is taken off your suspension system. When you bring in your 1998 Hyundai Sonata, we’ll perform an alignment check first. If needed, we'll adjust your wheel alignment angles to match Hyundai recommendations. Plus, we’ll check to make sure your tire pressure is at an optimal level.
It's a good idea to have your Hyundai Sonata alignment checked every 6,000 miles or so. Even a small misalignment can decrease your fuel efficiency, and over time can lead to premature wear and tear on your vehicle. You may also want to stop by for an alignment check if you notice any of the following with your 1998 Hyundai Sonata: a pull to one side while the car is in motion, uneven or rapid tire wear, a steering wheel that sits crooked while driving straight, or tires that squeal frequently. Unfortunately, you won't see any warning lights on your Sonata dashboard if your wheel alignment is off.
Let’s talk numbers: Hyundai Sonata wheel alignment might be more budget-friendly than you think. Over the life of your car, it could help you save on overall costs. Properly aligned wheels may help increase fuel efficiency and tire lifespan, so you can fill up less often, plus get more miles out of your tires. Optimal wheel alignment could also lead to fewer auto repairs in the future. Call your local Firestone Complete Auto Care for an accurate 1998 Hyundai Sonata wheel alignment estimate.
Your car takes care of you, and we’ll take care of your car. When it’s time for a replacement part or repair for your Hyundai Sonata, we’re ready to help. Check out more info below about 1998 Hyundai Sonata repairs.
Ready to roll? Our technicians are trained to perform 1998 Hyundai Sonata wheel alignments. Schedule your alignment today.


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A Frenchie with German blood who likes to travel.
a gloriously peaceful kind of riot :)
I ended up with Chinese porn spam too! Or Japanese. Anyway, beautiful glorious tulips!
A riot of red, for sure. Beautiful photo, Ciel!
Lovely, tulips in their best:)
Great flowers, excellent flowers.
This is really artistic.
Love the photo and the title!
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1920P 5MP WiFi Outdoor PTZ Camera Wireless IP Security System 20X Optical Zoom
Listing and template services provided by inkFrog. The item "1920P 5MP WiFi Outdoor PTZ Camera Wireless IP Security System 20X Optical Zoom" is in sale since Friday, September 27, 2019. This item is in the category "Consumer Electronics\Surveillance & Smart Home Electronics\Home Surveillance\IP & Smart Security Camera Systems". The seller is "anrancctvdeals" and is located in Walton, Kentucky. This item can be shipped to North, South, or Latin America, all countries in Europe, all countries in continental Asia, Australia.
- Application: Indoor/Outdoor
- Brand: ANRAN
- Camera Type: PTZ Dome Camera
- Color Mode: Color Day, B&W Night
- Connectivity: IP/Network - Wireless
- Features: Audio Recording
- IR Night Vision: 6Pcs Array LEDs, Night Vision Up to 160ft Distance
- Lens: 4.7-94mm, 20xZoom
- Memory Capacity: 64G SD Card Pre-installed; Max to 128GB!
- MPN: AR-N10W-YT11L37
- Onvif Ability: Compatible
- PTZ Function: Horizontal 355°, Vertical 90°,20X Zoom
- Resolution (TVL): HD 1920P
- UPC: 703546495872


The Hamilton Beach Otto Commercial Electric Juicer is designed to provide fresh, delicious juice- maximizing flavour and getting the most out of your fruits and vegetables.
The commercial electric citrus juicer has a large diameter feed chute to fit a variety of fruits and vegetables while the unique funnel-shaped spout dispenses the juice right into your cup. The buttons are sealed and react to the touch of your finger. Meaning there are no gaps or moving parts so the buttons can be wiped clean.
Features a quiet, yet powerful motor that chops through ingredients with ease. The dual ball bearings and dual cooling fans allow for continuous performance and better longevity. Also, the lid interlocks with the heavy-duty metal handle to withstand repeated opening and closing. The motor stops before the lid can be opened to improve user safety.
An oversized nonskid drip tray keeps the cup in place and can even accommodate large jugs and blender jars.
Includes a strainer to deliver smooth juice. Plus, the included cleaning brush is designed just for the otto to perform daily cleaning.
Measurements: 20.7" high x 12.7" width x 25.1" depth
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In fact, CBD is therapeutic in nature, and will work to manipulate bodily systems at the cellular level to return afflicted organ systems, tissue systems, and even chemical systems in the central nervous system back to a state of health and homeostasis. This is precisely why it has been capable of treating conditions such as depression and anxiety, to chronic physical ailments such as pain, inflammation, arthritis, and more.
In a double-blind, placebo-controlled study, 24 smokers were randomly chosen to receive either an inhaler of CBD oil or a placebo. Participants were asked to take a puff every time they had an urge to puff a cigarette. Over the week, those with placebo inhalers saw no change in their total number of cigarettes consumed, while those who were taking CBD saw a nearly 40 percent drop in their intake. Using the inhaler decreased the number of cigarettes without increasing their craving for nicotine, pointing towards a purpose for Cannabidiol in the withdrawal process.
Truth be told, one of the biggest draws to using CBD oil for pain has been the fact that it has little distinguishable side-effects or contraindications with other medications. In fact, in a massive report that was published by the World Health Organization during last year’s 2017 Expert Committee on Drug Dependence, it was (finally) declared to the world that CBD is a “safe, well tolerated [compound, which] is not associated with any significant adverse public health effects.”
I use the Jeffrey James Botanicals 48 dollar bottle in Florida. It lasts about 3 months for me, a pretty low investment of about 16 dollars per month and all my skin problems stay at bay. No acne, no erruptions and clear smooth skin. I use a very thin film every night, the smell is also ok to be used on the face but the only problem is that I can’t wear it during the day in sunlight instead of the night one, not sure if it is ok?
As of 2017, the words “CBD oil for Sale”, or just simply “CBD for sale” have been two of the most popular phrases written into Google. It seems as if everyone is looking for a great deal online, or a way to find CBD oils on sale. The thing is, you don’t have to look very far. The increase in demand over the last couple of years has driven most sellers and CBD oil companies to reduce prices and offer their products at discount rates.
People who experience psychosis may produce too much or even too little cannabinoids (from overactive dopamine receptors). CBD is milder than our internal cannabinoids and helps to re-establish a balance of cannabinoids in the brain. CBD also helps lower inflammation, which is often increased in schizophrenia. THC, on the other hand, is stronger than our internal cannabinoids (anandamide and 2-AG), this way potentially triggering psychosis [46, 48].
CBD oil comes in a variety of strengths, so it’s important to pick a suitable strength to help with your anxiety. The CBD oil produced by CBD Pure is our preferred solution for reducing and relieving anxiety symptoms. Their oil is made using natural ingredients (sourced from organic hemp) and they even provide a 90-day money back guarantee, so you have nothing to lose.
This product is not for use by or sale to persons under the age of 18. This product should be used only as directed on the label. It should not be used if you are pregnant or nursing. Consult with a physician before use if you have a serious medical condition or use prescription medications. A Doctor's advice should be sought before using this and any supplemental dietary product. All trademarks and copyrights are property of their respective owners and are not affiliated with nor do they endorse this product.
Love Hemp started its journey very early and is considered today one of the British Pioneers in quality CBD oil products. Schoolmates Tom Rowland and Tony Calamita were the brave founders of Love Hemp Ltd., which has kept growing and thriving non-stop since 2015. Despite the many initial setbacks they encountered and because they believed Cannabidiol is a true “life changer”, Tom and Tony persevered to turn Love Hemp into one of the top brands in the UK market. In our eyes, Love Hemp is indeed the top British brand.
A research study posted to Addictive Behaviors shows that cannabidiol oil helps in treatment for substance abuse. According to the study, continued use of cannabidiol oil helped reduce tobacco consumption when used for 1 week. The participants in the research study randomly picked a placebo or CBD. They were then urged to use what they had picked whenever they felt like taking a cigarette. The participants with the placebo didn’t experience any decrease as opposed to the particiapnts who took CBD and decreased cigarette consumption by about 40%.
Inside this Body + Soul Miracle Cream, you’ll find a combination of pure therapeutic essential oils, herbs and healing plants. The resulting cream is ideal for use in massages and provides pain relief for ailments like sore muscles, joint pain and general stiffness. It can be applied locally to areas of need or used over the entire body for an enjoyable massage experience.
Cannabidiol has been shown to halt prions, the proteins that cause neurodegenerative diseases like Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and mad cow. The formation and accumulation of prions were prevented with the aide of Cannabidiol during a study published in the Journal of Neuroscience in 2007. For mice that were infected, CBD increased their survival time by about a week.
Common treatments for fibromyalgia are anti-inflammatory medications, opioid pain medications, and corticosteroids. A 2011 study that focused on CBD treatment for fibromyalgia produced very promising results for future uses in treatment. Half of the 56 participants used Cannabidiol, while the other half used traditional methods to treat their condition. Those that used cannabis saw a great reduction in their symptoms and pain, while those using traditional methods didn’t see much of an improvement.
Everyone needs a lip balm in a tube for on-the-go situations, and Colorado-based Ambary Gardens made a clear version with a faint lemon scent and only seven ingredients including CBD extract. It doesn’t leave your lips glossy or shiny or sticky—it just adds a layer of hydrated protection on the surface of your lips. While I’ve yet to try this on chapped lips, I imagine it’s a quick fix for quick relief, no glossy residue left behind.
CannabiGold’s unique selling point is not its oil, however, but its method of application. A common customer issue is droppers leaking because, when the highly viscous oil gets in the rim of a conventional dropper, it is not easy to close the bottle tightly anymore. By listening to their customers and conducting research and testing in their state-of-the-art facilities, the R&D team at CannabiGold developed a precise dropper technology that would allow 10g of CBD oil to be delivered in 400 micro drops, one at a time.
CBD is easily absorbed by the skin so you just need to massage it into the affected area. Before putting the cream on, make sure that the skin is clean. Wash the skin first with soap and water thoroughly. It should be free from any other ointments or creams that may prevent it from penetrating into the skin. Doing this will make the skin absorb the cream faster.
There is no medicine / natural supplement / diet or even fitness program will not have same results on 2 different people due to the fact there are so many variable you need to consider from: age, sex, life habits, medical history, climate, etc. hence if you use any information from this site as such and take certain results as granted, you are at your own risk and you will waive your rights you are normally entitled to make any claim against the owner or publisher of this particular page and associated presented products. Please consult your doctor for any of the above not to mention that on certain cases a second opinion won’t hurt or break the bank. At the end of the day it is your own body and please view all presented pictures as published for demo purpose only.
All this talk about THC lands us nicely in the whole “Full Spectrum vs. Pure Isolate” debate. Once you begin shopping for CBD products, you’ll notice a lot of jargon that gets thrown around without much explanation. Now that we’ve introduced THC into the conversation, we can talk about the difference between, and relative benefits of, Full Spectrum CBD and CBD Isolate (and the lesser-known contender: Broad Spectrum).

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Pi Pizzeria's menu consists of tried and tested dishes as well as modern twists on said dishes. Classic hand-tossed pizzas come covered in beef and pork meatballs, creamy mozzarella, and roasted red peppers. More adventurous options include toppings of lobster with garlic cream or roasted pear with helpings garlic butter, goat's cheese, and Sicilian onion. Appetizers continue the trend of combining the traditional with the novel. Housemade breadsticks are a staple of many pizzerias but Pi Pizzeria has accompanied these with fried calamari, pizza fries, and waffle fries just for good measure.

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Your Guide to Essential Nutrients for Diabetics & The Best Food Sources of Vitamins and Minerals
There are no less than 30 identified vitamins and minerals. With new ones constantly discovered, it’s almost impossible to keep up. But not all vitamins and minerals are essential for diabetics.
Nonetheless, we need most of the 30 vitamins and minerals to reach optimal health. So which vitamins and minerals are essential for diabetics? Read on to find out!
This is a big page, so here’s what you’ll find in order:
- Diabetes vitamins and their sources
- Diabetes minerals and their sources
- EU Values for RDAs of Essential Vitamins and Minerals
- The importance of Enzymes and their role
- Why meeting your GDA/RDA is impossible without supplements
- Why you shouldn’t buy vitamins and minerals from the High Street
Essential Vitamins for Diabetics:
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Vitamin A – Protects the lining of the digestive system. Also vital for growth and night vision.
Found In – Liver (not a good source during pregnancy), Egg yolks & dairy products (esp. cheese)
Vitamin B1 (Thiamine) – vital for muscles and heart function.
Found In – Wholegrains, eggs, beans, nuts and pork.
Vitamins B1 B2 B6 & B12 And Patothenic Acid also supports our enzyme functions. Enzymes are needed to break down food and trigger energy release. These are vital for diabetics let alone anyone overweight.
Found In – Animal Produce (dairy and meaty) & Wholewheat Grains.
Niacin – Metabolises carbs and fat and supports our digestive system. Vital for diabetics
Found In – Oily fish, White meat of poultry, liver, beans and nuts.
Biotin – Essential for digestion. Also triggers our enzymes.
Found In – Beans, grapefruit, bananas, mushrooms (perfect in combination with many meals) and egg yolks.
Iron – Essential to create energy and transport blood around the body. Click here to learn more about iron, iron rich foods and iron deficiency
Sodium (Found in salt, but don’t have too much) and Potassium – Regulates and maintains water balance.
Potassium is found In – Avocados, citric fruit, bananas, green leafy veg, Wholegrains and pulses. Learn the best way to maintain your water balance and drink water, here.
Zinc – Essential for growth and repair. Like the B vitamins, it supports our enzymes.
Found In – Oysters, red meat, beans and wholegrains.
Manganese – Triggers enzymes that release energy.
Found In – Pulses, nuts and some cereals.
Calcium – Essential for strong bones and regulates our muscles.
Found In – Dairy Products (including the dairy queen), Tofu and some nuts.
Are there any other non-food sources of vitamins and minerals?
Yes, there are. You may occasionally come accross some antibiotics that contain essential vitamins and minerals to help cure certain symptoms.
Table courtesy of The European Food Information Council (EUFIC) at www.eufic.org.
Enzymes are essential to break down the food in our bodies but – more importantly for diabetics – they help to control your blood sugar levels by steadying the energy released from your food.
Whenever there’s an opportunity to help control your blood sugar levels, you should take it as it can give you more freedom with your daily lifestyle.
So I have included most of the vitamins and minerals that support the enzymes in your body.
Why should I care about Enzymes?
Because if you can steady the energy release from the foods you eat, you can steady their sugar release, helping you control your blood sugar levels.
That’s why the vitamins and minerals listed above – in particular the enzyme supporters – are so important for diabetics. But that’s not the only benefit of enzymes!
Enzymes can also be found in marinades to tenderize the tougher cuts of meat. So not only will enzymes help you to digest your food, they’ll also make it taste that much better. To learn more about using enzymes to tenderise meat click here.
Truthfully? No, I can’t. In fact, it is almost impossible! You would need to eat like an elephant just to get your RDA (Reccomended daily allowance) of these nutrients.
Here, I’ll show you how difficult it is to get your RDA of nutrients from food sources alone…
Let’s take Vitamin E as an example. Vitamin E:
- Protects our lungs and tissues
- Maintains the level of red blood cells in our body
- And (yet again) supports our enzyme functions
To get the recommended 400 IU (International Units) of Vitamin E, you would need to eat:
- Almost 14 cups of fortified Wheat germ (a grain)
- Over 3.5 cups of safflower oil
- 7.5 cups of roasted almonds
- 72.5 cups of boiled, drained, unsalted spinach!
That is INSANE! I love spinach but I couldn’t eat 72.5 cups of it, every day!.
What’s more, these figures don’t take into account the amount you will actually absorb. So really, you’d needa bit more!
Clearly it is not viable to stuff yourself silly just to get some extra nutrients in your body. Can you imagine how much food you’d have to eat to balance your diet!
So what’s the solution to gaining these nutrients?
Buy vitamins and minerals (AKA nutritional supplements).
Never touched nutritional supplements? Take this into consideration:
Our diets and lifestyle changes make it increasingly difficult to only eat healthy foods.
One day could be very calm,making it easy to eat a healthy, balanced diet, and the next, you’re running about like a Yo-Yo.
Sometimes, when you need it most, you don’t get the essential nutrients. If this happens too often, you can feel fatigued, lose concentration or catch a cold.
If this happens too often, your body will get weaker, you will agequicker and when you look at yourself, you’ll probably feel even worse.
Nutritional supplements help keep you at optimum health, keeping you at your best, long-term.
Why should I buy vitamins and minerals if I don’t know what to choose?
You probably shouldn’t! That may even be why you don’t take supplements. In all fairness, it’s a worldwide problem but that’s not the worst of it!
Don’t buy cheap nutritional supplements!
The quality of many vitamins and minerals is questionable, particularly the nutritional supplements found on the high street.
High Street Nutritional Supplements image uploaded to flickr by Clean Wal-Mart
I used to buy vitamins and minerals on the high street every month. They were cheap and had the nutrients that I wanted.
Or so I thought.
In a recentstudy, over half (54%) of the nutritional supplements that researchers tested did not disintegrate properly.
Quote: J.Pharm Pharmaceut Sci (www.cspsCanada.org) 9(1):40-49
Disintegration is a basic quality indicator. Most of these supplements would be pointless to buy. And most of them are found on the high street!
If a tablet does not disintegrate, many nutrients in the tablet will be trapped. It won’t be digested. It’ll literally go in one end and out the other.
What’s the problem with buying high street nutritional supplements?
- Minimal/Slow Disintegration – A key quality indicator as mentioned above.
- Ineffective absorption – This happens when the nutrient can’t pass effectively through our digestive walls and into our bloodstream
- Poor potency per dose/tablet – This is an important point that i’ll cover below.
What is Poor Potency?
In Chemistry, Potency is a measure of the concentration of a drug. In other words potency is how much of a nutrient is found in a drug/tablet/dose.
When the potency of a tablet is poor, you won’t get enough of that nutrient in your body. Now if you combine that with the points above:
- The amount of nutrients in the tablets won’t be enough for optimal health,
- Even if the are, most of it may be trapped in the tablet due to poor disintegration,
- And even if they do disintegrate they probably won’t effectively, go into our bloodstream!
So they may be cheap but they are poor value for money. Perhaps even a waste of money!
So what nutritional supplements should I buy?
There are two main types of nutrients.
- The essentials – The vitamins and minerals that are vital for our bodies
- And the optimisers – The nutrients that we can live without but are very beneficial, like CoQ10 (that’s an enzyme too)!
I can supply both. These supplemental vitamins and minerals are rated worldwide, in many magazines, by many doctors and many companies. Even Olympic athletes take these nutritional supplements. And they don’t take supplements lightly!
High Street Multivitamins Supplements image uploaded to flickr by aluzano
Well, you could but the typical ones aren’t great. The sources of the vitamins and minerals are of low quality. Not forgeting the absporption issues I talked about earlier (where i talked about the research on disintegration).
There is so much more you should consider before buying supplements from the shops. So don’t buy vitamins and minerals willy nilly! Don’t be seduced by the SpOffs (Special Offers). Contact me for more details.
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Just this past weekend, an American Airlines flight from Philadelphia to Doha, Qatar, may have broken a world record when the flight reached 840 mph and landed almost 30 minutes early due to strong tailwinds.
On Feb. 17, American Flight 120 on a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner took off from Philadelphia around 9:25 p.m. Eastern and landed at 4:57 p.m. in Doha, according to FlightAware. The Fort Worth-based airline confirmed the flight landed approximately 30 minutes early due to the strong tailwinds midflight after spending about 11 hours and 38 minutes in the air. The same flight on Sunday also arrived about 30 minutes early due to the tailwinds.
It’s not the first time a flight has recorded an abnormally fast path of travel. The reason some jets may fly faster? Jet streams. In simple terms, jet streams are narrow air currents found at high altitudes in the atmosphere, according to Simple Flying. The air currents form from atmospheric heating from the sun’s radiation and the Earth’s Coriolis force. Jet streams can be as strong as 80 to 140 miles per hour and sometimes up to 275 mph.
That also means that planes are traveling at roughly the same cruising speed as they would without the fortuitous wind at its tail. So even though the plane is traveling faster than the 767 miles per hour sound barrier, it won’t make a sonic boom because it’s only moving about 650 miles per hour compared to the air around it.
Here are some of the fastest flights on record.
A record with the Guinness Book of World Records for the fastest transatlantic flight on a commercial airplane is held by a flight from New York to London, which was last recorded on a British Airways flight on Feb. 9, 2020. An extratropical cyclone occurred in the plane’s flight path, but the air mass around the plane was moving up to 260 mph. That led to the plane traveling at 825 mph with its surroundings, according to the Guinness Book of World Records’ website.
The British Airways flight beat a previous record set by a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner flown by Norwegian Air on Jan. 15, 2018, from New York to London’s Gatwick Airport, according to the Guinness Book of World Records. It clocked in at 5 hours and 13 minutes with tailwind speeds that reached up to 203 mph. The tailwinds pushed the plane to a top speed of 776 mph during the flight.
According to Norwegian Air, the flight carried 284 passengers and departed New York at 11:44 a.m. It arrived at London at 9:57 p.m. — 53 minutes early.
The Concorde jet
The Guinness Book of World Records gives the Concorde jet the overall record for the fastest transatlantic flight in a commercial aircraft. On Feb. 7, 1996, Concorde operated by British Airways flew from New York to London’s Heathrow in 2 hours, 52 minutes and 59 seconds. It had an average speed of 1,250 mph.
On Sept. 20, 1973, a Concorde supersonic jet landed on American soil for the first time, marking the dedication of what is known today as DFW International Airport. DFW Airport is celebrating 50 years in operation this year.


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8 Jan – JC de Vera and Bela Padilla have recently reunited in the upcoming VIVA Films' movie, "On Vodka, Beers, and Regrets".
As reported on Rappler, the studio released a teaser trailer of the said film, in which Padilla's character first seen drinking at a bar and watching a musician (de Vera) playing, with them then ending up in bed together.
However, when asked if he could see her again, Padilla's character responded, "Depends if I'm feeling crazy."
"I wish you'd feel crazy all the time," de Vera replied.
The studio captioned the video, "Bela, JC, again. Yes. It's going to hurt again."
This will be the third time two stars work together, after previously collaborating in the hit 2017 film, "100 Tula Para Kay Stella" and 2018's "The Day After Valentine's".
The new movie, directed by Irene Villamor of "Sid & Aya: Not a Love Story", will be released on 5 February.

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The Last of Us was the first video game to make me cry. And so it is a thrill to report that its heart-shredding mix of melancholy, melodrama and postapocalyptic dread has been faithfully transposed to television in HBO’s much-hyped new adaptation.
Both game and series – the latter debuts on Sky Atlantic on Monday, January 16th – tap into the familiar milieu of the zombie thriller. It’s a genre that has already been flogged to (un)death by the dreadful Walking Dead. But The Last of Us, starring Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsay, elevates the trope-heavy premise of a society besieged by ravenous hordes. It does so by grafting it to a story of two lost souls finding a connection amid the darkness.
They are Joel (Pascal), a grizzled middle-aged man whose moral compass was shattered when society collapsed, and Ellie (Ramsay), a teenage girl with a special gift. To reveal more would be to spoil. Suffice to say that, though The Last of Us is in the first instance about zombies laying waste to humanity, it is also about family and the centrality of human connection.
[ House of the Dragon and The Rings of Power have made the same mistake: posh blonde heroes ]
As the PTSD-adjacent Joel, Pascal brings a bedraggled Everyman quality that feels like a new trick for The Mandalorian/Game of Thrones actor. Ramsay – whose big break was also on Game of Thrones, where she cameoed as a precocious noble – is equally convincing as Ellie. She is a kid who grew up in a world without rules or meaning and who strikes up an instant buddy-movie dynamic with Joel.
Video-game adaptations can be hit and miss. You might remember the appalling Super Mario Brothers, from 1993. But in 2020 Netflix released the fantastic League of Legends spin-off Arcane. Factor in the excellent Castlevania (also on Netflix), and even the okayish Angelia Jolie Tomb Raider movies, and it is clear that the idea of games as unadaptable is already long debunked.
The Last of Us will delight fans of the source material. The best scene in the 90-minute pilot – a terrifying drive through a city plunged into chaos – comes straight from the first 15 minutes of the game. That said, the showrunners, Craig Mazin (Chernobyl) and Neil Druckmann (who created The Last of Us for developer Naughty Dog), are careful not to lean too heavily into the story’s digital origins. You never feel you are watching a video game that has been mindlessly replicated for television.
They instead re-create the game’s chilling vision of a dystopian United States, with results that suggest Alfonso Cuarón’s Children of Men by way of Shaun of the Dead. This future shock US lives under the heels of the military, the countryside stalked by zombies (infected with a deadly form of fungus) while pro-democracy rebels bomb the cities. It’s a grim, grey world that feels fully fleshed out and lived in.
[ Big-budget blockbusters arrive on streaming services amid fears of ‘peak TV’ ]
But what truly makes the show is the father-daughter dynamic between Pascal and Ramsay. They are the beating heart of a prestige-television epic that stokes a sense of wonder even as it reduces your insides to jelly. The zombie genre of the video-game adaptation has been brought gloriously to life.

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Wish You could search for a suitable GPS tracklog published by someone else... In fact, these are all onhand since the latest (silent, as usual) upgrade to Google Maps for Mobile (GMM). Now you can display user contents with routes (so called lineStrings) and folder structures, as well. There are sites providing complete networks of hiking trails in kml format. Just search for the URL of the kml in GMM, and follow the line with your GPS-enabled cellular phone.
Pls note that all this is only available in v2.2.0, on J2ME platform, currently.
Give it a try here

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Ashland Considers Overnight Camping Policy
People would not be allowed to camp overnight in Ashland city parks or at the Port of Ashland under a revised ordinance that was presented on Thursday (September 12) to city commissioners. The panel heard a first reading of the proposal requested by city police.
City Attorney “Sonny” Martin says officers want the clarification because they occasionally encounter transients, sometimes with criminal records, who stay in the parks overnight. He says the city’s current ordinance isn’t clear whether that’s permissible. The new plan would explicitly prohibit it.
Sean Murray is Ashland’s parks director and he says it’s a matter of public safety.
“We had a couple of cases where we had some camping down by the riverfront and again we go from a public safety standpoint on what should we allow or what shouldn’t be allowed in the best interest of the citizens. So, it was definitely just something we wanted to update and address for the safety of the citizens.” –Sean Murray
Murray says the revised ordinance gives groups requesting use of the parks to stage events, a chance to obtain a waiver on the overnight restrictions. He says they can apply for special permission to stay overnight from city commissioners.

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Experimental investigation on the hydrodynamics of a gas–liquid–solid fluidized bed using vibration signature and pressure fluctuation analyses
- Sheikhi Amir, Sotudeh-Gharebagh Rahmat, Mostoufi Navid, Zarghami Reza
- International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow SCI(E) SCOPUS
- Elsevier in 2013
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•Bed shell vibration fluctuation is introduced as a novel non-invasive monitoring method in three-phase fluidized beds.•Analyses of vibration signatures and pressure fluctuations were performed to characterize gas–liquid–solid fluidized beds.•These enabled further investigation on the dual effect of solid particles on the local and global bed hydrodynamics.
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My liver hurts, but I wouldn't have it any other way. CES is a truly fiery trial for anyone in the tech industry. It's also absolutely indispensable. With all due respect, my colleague Brian Heater is dead wrong about the upcoming demise of trade shows. For journalists, buyers, and manufacturers alike, trade shows are a seething petri dish of connections and creativity that are well worth the trip.
The lineage of trade shows can be traced back to European market fairs and Sumerian bazaars. They've been going on as long as there has been civilization because they feed a basic human need to see people and things in person. The antitrade show crew sees big get-togethers replaced by a flurry of webcasts, press releases, and tours for media and buyers. Science-fiction authors have been predicting the demise of face-to-face contact for decades; Isaac Asimov's 1957 novel The Naked Sun comes to mind. It still ain't happening. As long as we're human, human contact will matter.
I've been a journalist for a long time, and there's an intangible but very real difference between a relationship formed over the phone and one established in person, and definitely between a gadget you've only seen pictures of and one you've held in your hands. People will make connections and reveal things in person that they won't over the phone or through e-mail. They'll understand things in a tactile way by using all five senses that they may not have understood by using only one or two. It's just a fact of the human condition.
And surprisingly, trade shows actually reduce travel. Sure, I flew to Las Vegas. But I had about 25 meetings there with at least 15 vendors. Each of those vendors had dozens of meetings with dozens of different people. A trade show is a big trip that replaces a lot of small trips.
Of course, manufacturers' reps could embark on endless tours around the world to visit everyone they would have seen at a show, individually. But not only would that burn up the sky with business flights, you'd lose the element of serendipity that helps make trade shows powerful. I've discovered fascinating products just wandering among booths, and I've scooped news stories by running into people at bars. One of the reasons cities like New York are economically successful is that human density creates collisions, serendipity, intellectual heat. Trade shows are instant cities of industry, and there are always some spontaneous nuclear reactions when you put that many atoms that close together.
Journalists and analysts proclaiming the death of trade shows also tend to make the mistake of assuming that everyone is a journalist or analyst. Most people at these shows aren't. One night I had a drink with Company A, who had been trying to get Company B on the phone for a while. Who showed up at the bar but Company B? Serendipity.
Trade shows are also where a lot of competitive intelligence gets done. Nobody at Samsung will ever give an LG exec a tour of Samsung's product line. But there it all is at the Samsung booth, plain for everyone to see. Bring a few new employees to CES and let them loose for a few days, and they'll be pretty much up to speed.
Apple claims that trade shows aren't necessary, but as usual, the company is distorting reality. Macworld isn't necessary to Apple because Apple can better control product launches when it runs its own events. Macworld was, on the other hand, necessary to all the smaller vendors there, who benefited from the connections and interaction of being in the same place. (For more on this, read my delicately titled column: "Apple Screws the Little Guys.") That's okay; the Mac vendors will join the rest of their tech brethren at CES next year. And guess what? I saw at least two Apple employees at CES, prowling the other big electronics companies' booths. Looks as if Apple sees a value in trade shows after all.
Trade shows are excellent, but that doesn't mean every trade show deserves to survive. Do we really need two CTIA cellular-industry shows a year, with one of them the third show from the same exhibitors in four months? Probably not. Did we need Comdex and CES covering the same products within a two-month span? Apparently not. Do companies have to send quite so many people to their shows? Perhaps not.
But let's not mistake a down economy for the beginning of the end of face-to-face contact in business. It's been predicted before. It'll be predicted again. I'll see you at the next Sumerian bazaar.
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Fabregas misses out due to illness
Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas has withdrawn from Spain's squad for their friendly against Colombia on Wednesday.
Fabregas informed the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) that he is suffering from an upset stomach and will remain in London rather than linking up with the squad.
The world and European champions will not call up a replacement player for the clash at Real Madrid's Bernabeu Stadium.
Arsenal team-mate Robin van Persie has also pulled out of international duty this week due to illness.

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Cannabis Oil Cancer Cure Hoax
The Ancient Greeks used cannabis to dress wounds and sores on their horses 68 and in humans dried leaves of cannabis were used to treat nose bleeds and cannabis seeds were used to expel tapeworms. 68 Modern An Irish physician William Brooke ‘Shaughnessy is credited with introducing the therapeutic use of cannabis to Western medicine to help treat muscle spasms stomach cramps and general 3 side effects of weed pain. 70 Albert Lockhart and Manley West began studying in 1964 the health effects of traditional cannabis use in Jamaican communities.
Mehmedic Z Chandra S Slade D et al. Cannabis Oil Cancer Cure Hoax potency trends of ?9-THC and other cannabinoids in negative side effects of pot brownies confiscated cannabis preparations from 1993 to 2008. J Forensic Sci. 2010;55(5):1209-1217. Meier MH Caspi A Ambler A et al. Persistent cannabis users show neuropsychological decline from childhood to midlife.
Please remember these restrictions only apply to retail sales not possession. Since residents and out-of-state visitors are both allowed to possess up to an ounce (28 grams) you could technically visit up to 4 stores in one day and hit your 1 ounce per person possession limit. Having said that you can mix and match what you buy (flower edibles concentrate) just as long as the total equals 7 grams or less for a non resident or 28 grams or less for a Colorado resident.
For some individuals marijuana may play a role in bad driving yet the overall rate of highway accidents appears not to be significantly affected by marijuana’s widespread use in society. Frequent marijuana consumers moreover appear to develop wax weed side effects a tolerance to marijuana’s impairing effects –
- More research is necessary to fully understand the effects of marijuana use on pregnancy
- A 2012 review of the effect of cannabinoids on brain ageing found that “clinical evidence regarding their efficacy as therapeutic tools is either inconclusive or still missing”
- Several recent reports have examined that question and found that in the majority of medical marijuana states youth used decreased after the medical marijuana law was passed
- A 2005 review and meta-analysis said that bipolar disorder was not well-controlled by existing medications and that there were “good pharmacological reasons” for thinking cannabis had therapeutic potential making it a good candidate for further study
- However they temporarily display diminished capacity to learn and recall new information
- BCE) from Ancient Egypt describes medical cannabis
- Under this scheme a patient with a valid prescription can possess and use a medicinal cannabis product manufactured from cannabis plants legally cultivated in Australia”
- Millennials have been at the heart of this effort
. However while the impairing effects of marijuana vary across users no safe amount of marijuana use or intoxication level has been established.
This law was created to prevent visitors from going from one retail store to another and stockpiling marijunana for export. Obviously this law has some grey areas such as what is a ?single transaction’ so most recreational stores err on the side of caution and will only serve you once a day. Please remember these restrictions only apply to retail sales not possession. Since residents and out-of-state visitors are both allowed to possess up to an ounce (28 grams) you could technically visit up to 4 stores in one day and hit your 1 ounce per person possession limit.
Emerging evidence indicates that patients who have tried marijuana may show significant improvements in symptoms and clinical outcomes (such as lower mortality rates
and better cognitive functioning ) compared with those who have not. In fact some of the unique chemicals in marijuana such as cannabidiol (CBD) seem to have anti-psychotic properties. Researchers are investigating marijuana as a possible source of future schizophrenia treatments; until it is cannabinoid vicodin legalized however this research is significantly impeded.
Cannabis vaporizers have gained popularity because of the perception among users that less harmful chemicals are ingested when components are inhaled via aerosol rather than smoke. 2 Cannabinoid medicines are available in pill form ( dronabinol and nabilone ) and liquid extracts formulated into an oromucosal spray ( nabiximols ). 2 Oral preparations are “problematic due to the uptake of cannabinoids into fatty tissue from which they are released slowly and the significant first-pass liver metabolism which breaks down ?9THC and contributes further to the variability of plasma concentrations”.
Share:?This jQuery slider was created with the free EasyRotator for WordPress plugin from Search for: Recent Tweets?Denver and the West Study: Marijuana sends more Colorado tourists to emergency rooms than locals The study by the University of Colorado School of Medicine will appear in the New England Journal of Medicine Emergency department charge nurse Kat Bergstrom center left takes calls on incoming ambulances while nurses Becky Davis right and Teresa Elasivich middle help out at University Hospital’s Emergency Department in Aurora on on April 16 2013. (Helen H. Richardson Denver Post file) Visitors to Colorado are turning up at the emergency room with marijuana-related issues in higher rates than people who live here according to a study by the University of Colorado School of Medicine. The study can’t positively peg marijuana use as the cause of the visit said Andrew Monte assistant professor of emergency medicine and toxicology at the CU School of Medicine. “Realistically these visits could have marijuana mentioned at one point if they came and had a heart attack and said they did Cannabis Oil Cancer Cure Hoax smoke a week ago that would be reflected” Monte said. Visitors to University of Colorado Hospital from outside the state with marijuana complaints climbed from 85 per 10000 visits in 2013 to 168 per 10000 in 2014 the first year of retail marijuana sales in the state the study found. During the same period visits by state residents didn’t change significantly going from 106 per 10000 visits in 2013 to 112 the following year.


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It's time for the weekend! If you're wondering what to play on Xbox over the next few days, we've got some recent Xbox Game Pass additions, a few Free Play Days titles and more excellent sales on the Xbox Store. Oh, and there's a little game called Starfield that just launched in early access earlier this week. No biggie!
Here's what we're playing this weekend:
Fraser Gilbert, Editor
It's hopefully Starfield for me this weekend, which I can't wait to properly dive into after a very busy week here at Pure Xbox HQ. For whatever reason I never really gravitated to Skyrim back in the day, so I'm hoping Starfield will do the trick - although not too much as I'll never get any work done!
If I do get any spare time whatsoever, I'm probably going to spend it with Sea of Stars. The game looks so good (we gave it 10/10 here at Pure Xbox!) so I'm really looking forward to digging into it over the next few days and weeks.
Have a good weekend, folks!

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Now that you have downloaded and installed Scilab, the Structural Finite Element Analysis (SFEA) program, and got it up and running, how do you use it. Well that’s what we want to go through at this point. What you should see on your desktop are two blank screens. The one on the left will provide the user input controls while the one of the right will graphically depict the structure being analyzed. If this is not the case then you should read here first.
Getting Started: The File Menu
In the left screen there is a ‘File’ menu. If you click it you will see that you can select ‘New’ or ‘Close’. ‘Close’ is pretty obvious. ‘New’ will give you a sub-menu of three choices: Beam, Frame, or Truss. To make clear the difference, in this program an element of a beam supports transverse and moment forces, a frame supports axial, transverse and moment forces, and a truss element supports axial and transverse forces.
To give an example of why this might be important, consider a simple cantilever beam with a non-orthogonal loading. (In other words, the load does not meet the beam’s longitudinal axis at 90 degrees) Now although it is a ‘beam’ due to its form and positioning, since the load will produce an axial force in the structure, it is not a ‘beam’ with regard to the methodology of this program. If you were to analyze this structure, you would select ‘Frame’.
Once you make this selection, the left window will populate the controls. You will notice that there are two frames. The top frame walks the user through the step-by-step acquisition of the necessary data. The bottom frame contains the controls for obtaining the results of node displacements, support reactions, and elemental or member forces.
Entering Node Data
Now that the controls are up, the user simply starts at the top left and goes across and down just like reading text. Start by entering the number of nodes in the text box at the top and then click the ‘Node Coordinates’ button. This brings up a dialog box that asks the user if they want to enter the nodes ‘Singularly’, ‘By Sets’, or ‘From File’. ‘Singularly’ means manually enter the node coordinates one at a time. ‘By Sets’ means the user will enter some criteria about the nodes that is repetitive and the computer will determine the nodes for you. This is a helpful function when you are entering a large number of nodes that follow some consistent pattern with regard to their geometric arrangement. ‘From File’ means the user can open and import the coordinates from a user created text file that contains all the node coordinates.
If the user selects this method, a new dialog box will open to let the user input the node coordinates.
The number of rows in the dialog box will dynamically correspond to the number of nodes the user entered would be in the structure.
If the user selects this method, another dialog will appear to ask the user how many sets they have to enter. This is a simple integer input.
After entering the number of sets, another dialog box will be displayed to obtain the set data from the user.
The rows in the dialog box correspond to the number of sets. For each set the user must enter the node number to start with, how the node number for each subsequent node should increment from the beginning node, the beginning x-y coordinate for the first node, the x and y distance each subsequent node will increment from the previous one, and how many nodes in the set.
For example if I was analyzing a simple cantilever beam and I wanted to divide the beam into 20 separate elements, then I would have 21 nodes. Since I would space the nodes out evenly along the length of the beam, I could enter those nodes by sets without having to enter them one at a time. If the length of the entire beam is 120 inches (10 feet), then I would have 20 elements each 6 inches long. So in entering the data by sets in the dialog above I would input: node number start = 1, node number increment = 1, x start = 0, y start = 0, x increment = 6, y increment 0, number of nodes in set = 21. The program would generate 21 nodes starting at the x-y coordinate (0,0) and at every 6 inches horizontally for the full length of the beam.
If the user selects this method, a standard Windows dialog box will open where you can search in the file tree structure to find the text file containing the node coordinates data. The text file should be formatted with one node coordinate per line starting with the x-coordinate followed by a space followed by the y-coordinate.
Which ever method the user selects, once the data has been provided to the program, it will output the node coordinate matrix to the Scilab console. The user can verify the correct coordinates numerically there. Additionally, the nodes will be plotted graphically in the second SFEA window. This allows the user to verify the nodes visually.
Entering Support Reactions Data
Once the nodes have been entered, the user can set the boundary conditions for the structure by pushing the ‘Select Reactions’ button. A dialog box will then open and allow the user to select the support type at each node.
Notice the default node type is free, so the user only has to define those nodes which are supports. An ‘X-Roller’ allows rotation and movement in the y-direction but no movement in the x-direction. Likewise a ‘Y-Roller’ allows rotation and movement in the x-direction but no movement in the y-direction. A pin allows rotations but no x or y movement. Finally a fixed support allows no movement at all.
Once the user defines the node types, the node type matrix will be displayed in the Scilab console and the structure plot will be modified with different symbology for different node types as seen below. The symbols are from left to right, free, x-roller, y-roller, pin, and fixed.
Entering Member or Element Data
Once the nodes and reactions are defined the user can input the members that run between the nodes. In much the same way as the entry of the nodes, the user will enter the number of members in the textbox in the SFEA first window and then push the ‘Member Data’ button. As with the nodes, a dialog box will permit the user to input the data ‘Singularly’, ‘By Sets’, or ‘From File’.
If the user selects this method, a dialog box will appear to allow the user to input the data for each member. The data required are the start node number, the end node number, the member’s cross-sectional area (A), the member’s modulus of elasticity (E), and the member’s moment of inertia (I).
In the same way as with node entry, the ‘By Sets’ method of member entry allows the user to systematically enter a large number of members with repetitive characteristics. With regard to member entry, each member of a set must have the same A, E, and I.
As before, this allows the user to load the member data from a text file on the computer. The format of the file should be one member per line with each line having: start node number-space-end node number-space-A-space-E-space-I
Once the member data is entered, this data is output to the Scilab console as the connectivity matrix. Also the members will be plotted in the SFEA plot window.
Entering Applied Loads
There are two aspects to the entry of the loads that affect the structure. To understand this fully, let’s define some of the terminology. The first piece of information to enter in the SFEA first window control is the ‘Number of Load Types’. A load type is typically something like dead loads, live loads, wind loads, seismic loads, etc. These are each different load types. If a structure was going to have each of these load types listed then it would have 4 load types. Another term in the program is ‘Number of Load Combinations’. A load combination is a linear combination of the form:
Where each ‘x’ is a load type and each ‘A’ is a load factor. A load factor is something that is typically used in Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) as a form of scaling factor or safety factor. So for example we might have:
Where D stands for dead load and L stands for live load. In many structural applications and building codes there are sets of multiple load combinations and corresponding load factors. Each of these combinations must be calculated and the worst case scenario is then selected for design. The SFEA program provides the capacity for this type of analysis.
Load Types and Loads
Once the user enters the number of load types and pushes the ‘Loads’ button, a dialog box that allows the entry of the different loads for each type will appear.
Each row in the dialog box corresponds to each node in the structure. Consequently you can enter a horizontal, vertical, and moment load at each node. After pressing ‘OK’ another identical dialog box will appear for the next load type.
The loads matrix will be displayed in the Scilab console after entry. Each column of the matrix is a different load type. The rows follow the following pattern. Each node has 3 potential loads therefore the first 3 rows correspond to the 3 loads on node 1. The next 3 rows correspond to node 2 and so on. Therefore there should be 3N rows where N is the number of nodes. Additionally, the order of the loads in each set of 3 rows is the same as it is entered in the dialog box: horizontal, vertical, moment.
Load Combinations and Factors
As discussed above, the number of load combinations and load factors are often listed in manuals or code books. Once the number of combinations is entered and the user pushes the ‘Load Factors’ button, the following dialog box appears.
Here the user enters the load factors that correspond to each load type for each combination.
Once this data is entered the load factors will be displayed to the Scilab console as well as the ultimate loads. The ultimate loads are the maximum loads at each node calculated from all the given loads, load combinations, and load factors. Also, the ultimate loads will be depicted in the plot window on the structure with red lines or curves. The line goes from the node in the direction of the force. A semicircular curve around the left side of a node is a positive moment according to the right-hand rule while a curve around the right side of a node is negative.
At this point the structure is fully defined and graphically displayed in the plot window. Now when the user pushes the ‘Find Displacements’ button, the displacements vector will be displayed in the Scilab console and the new displaced shape of the structure will be plotted in blue. The displacements vector follows the same convention as discussed above with the loads matrix. The first 3 rows correspond to the horizontal, vertical, and angular displacements of node 1. The second 3 for node 2 and so on.
When the user presses this button next, the reactions vector is displayed in the Scilab console. Again, as with the loads and displacements you have the horizontal, vertical, and moment reactions for each node starting with node 1 and going down.
Find Member Forces
Finally when the user pushes this button, the local member forces matrix is displayed in the Scilab console. Each column corresponds to a member. Column 1 for member 1 and so on. The first 3 rows are the horizontal, vertical, and moment forces on the member at the starting node while rows 4,5, and 6 are the forces on the member at the ending node. It is important to understand that these forces are with reference to the member’s local axis. The local axis for each member has its origin at the starting node with the horizontal or x-axis directed toward the ending node. The vertical or y-axis is then appropriately orthogonal to the local x-axis.
I hope this user’s guide has been helpful and provided sufficient information or answers to your questions. However if you are still stuck or want further information just let me know in the comments.
Recently, I have really been enjoying learning to use Scilab which is an open-source mathematics software that works alot like Matlab. Specifically we have run into some design problems in water and wastewater engineering that involved solving for variables that are described implicitly by an equation and cannot be solved through typical algebraic means. For example:
This cannot be solved directly for x. So how can we find the value of x that will satisfy the equation? Well this is where the numerical analysis technique of the bisection method comes in. The bisection method is a bounded or bracketed root-finding method. In other words, it will locate the root of an equation provided you give it the interval in which a root is located.
The search for the root is accomplished by the algorithm by dividing the interval in half and determining if the root is in one half or the other. Then it divides that interval in half and so on until it gets within a specified relative error. Below I have entered my code for this algorithm. If you save this file as Bisection_Method.sci in a scilab/modules/…/macros folder and execute it in the SciNotes editor, you can then use it by entering a command in the console like:
root = Bisection_Method(‘x-sinx-3’,0,6.5,0.5)
The first passed parameter is the function equation itself solved such that f(x) = 0. The second parameter is the lower end of the interval while the third is the upper end. The final parameter is the percent relative error that the algorithm much reach with the solution before it terminates and gives a result.
Please feel free to download Scilab for free here and copy this code and use it. Let me know if you have any troubles or if you find a problem with the code.
//The Bisection Method is a bracketed root locating method. Therefore //the user must input the lower and upper bounds on the interval where //the root is to be located. //func_expression - must be a string containing the function expression //with the variable written as 'x'. //es - is the relative percent error criterion that must be met for the //method to terminate. function [root]=Bisection_Method(func_expression, x_lower, x_upper, es) x = x_upper; fu = evstr(func_expression); //evaluate the function at x_upper x = x_lower; fl = evstr(func_expression); //evaluate the function at x_lower //*********************************************************** //test to see if there is a root in the interval if (fu*fl >= 0) then root = 'no root in interval given'; else //there is a root in the interval exact_solution = 'notfound'; ea = 100; xr_new =(x_upper + x_lower)/2; //******************************************************* //iteratively progress toward to root until it is found or it //is approximated with a relative error less than required while ea > es & exact_solution == 'notfound', x = xr_new; fr = evstr(func_expression); x = x_lower; fl = evstr(func_expression); //*************************************************** if(fl*fr < 0) then x_upper = xr_new; elseif(fl*fr > 0) then x_lower = xr_new; elseif(fl*fr == 0) then root = xr_new; exact_solution = 'found'; end //of if statement //*************************************************** //calculate the approximate relative error for the iteration xr_old = xr_new; xr_new =(x_upper + x_lower)/2; ea = abs((xr_new - xr_old)/xr_new)*100; end //of while loop //******************************************************* //if error criterion has been met but the exact answer has not //been found, set the root to the adequate approximation. if (exact_solution == 'notfound') then root = xr_new; end //of if statement //******************************************************* end //of if-else statement //*********************************************************** endfunction
Suppose you are in the can manufacturing industry. Your job is to create cans according to the specifications of canned goods suppliers who will put their products in your cans and distribute them for sale. Now suppose one of those canned good suppliers comes to you and says, “We need a can that can contain a 300 mL volume of our product. Joe Shmoe says he can provide us these cans for $X. What can you do?” If you want the canned good suppliers business you will have to underbid Joe. (Provided you can’t sale them on some other facet of your company, i.e. service, quality, etc.) How will you do it? Where can you cut cost? What is the most inexpensive can you can make to satisfy the spec? In the real world this is a very complex question because it involves labor, facility, process, and material expenses along with several others. For the sake of this exercise however, we will use the principle of the derivative to optimize our can design in order to minimize material cost.
Now let’s assume you are set up to produce a standard cylindrical can with a top and a botttom. (I realize the canned goods supplier will have to add their product before the top is sealed and I realize that actual cans have a small lip on the top and bottom, but for the sake of simplicity…) To minimize the cost of the cans we want to minimize the amount of material used. But what shape cylinder will contain the required 300 mL but use minimal material? A short fat can or a tall thin can? How “tall” or how “short”?
First, realize the total material for the can can be determined by finding the area of the metal. For a cylinder this is the area of the bottom plus the area of the top plus the area of the side.
We can rewrite the area of the top and bottom as:
If you imagine removing the top and bottom, cutting the side along a vertical line, and laying it out flat you can see that the area of the side is the area of a rectangle with the length of one side equal to the height of the can and the length of the other side equal to the circumference of the top or bottom. So its area is:
Putting this all together, the total area of a can is given by:
Now the volume of the cylinder is given by:
If we rearrange this expression for the height, h we get:
Now we substitute this into our expression for the area to eliminate the h and make the whole thing in terms of 1 variable. (r – because the volume is given to us in the spec)
This equation tells us how much area a can has of a particular volume with any radius. With this in hand we can now use the derivative to optimize (maximize or minimize) the can design and find out which radius will give us the smallest area and thus the most inexpensive (as far as material costs go) cylindrical can that can contain the prescribed volume. Taking the derivative of the area equation using the power rule we have:
Now we set this equal to zero to find the minimum area. Solving for r we get:
Knowing that the volume is 300 mL our radius is:
Putting this back in our equation for h we get a height of:
These are the dimensions for our can of minimum material. Below I have tabulated and graphed some other values for the radius and associated heights that yield the necessary volume and show that the resulting surface area is larger than our optimized design.
One other beautiful thing about this technique is that I have a general formula for an optimized cylindrical can for any volume. I can just put in whatever the specification says and get my design.
Although this is greatly simplified, I hope this provides another demonstration of the real world applicability of these techniques.
Recently, I had the honor of being interviewed by Nayema Chowdhury at Engineering Because. They have done numerous interviews with engineers and engineering students from all around the world. They also have an online community as part of their website that allows you to meet some of these people. You can check out the site and read my interview here.
Lately I have been repeatedly impressed by the interaction and utility of Twitter. I have also been asked by numerous folks what the point of Twitter is and why I would waste my time with it. I hope to point out two areas that have struck me lately about what is really distinct and valueable about Twitter.
First I love what I call the “Openness” of it. With Facebook I can only interact with my “friends” or group-mates. With LinkedIn I can only interact with my “connections” unless I want to put someone in the awkward position of formally facilitating an introduction. Both have these barriers to meeting new people. Then you have Twitter. With Twitter I can interact with anyone, anywhere, anytime. It is such a great platform for finding or being found by new and interesting people and connecting with them.
Second, if you follow the right people and monitor your stream, you can get real-time information about what is going on anywhere. An excellent example of this is the other day I started getting updates in my feed about an accident here in town. People were warning others about it so that they could avoid the traffic congestion. They provided information about its exact location, what lanes were blocked, photographs from smartphones, highway cameras, and news coverage. Shortly AFTER I noticed this trending topic in my feed, we got a call to go and investigate the accident. Well now because of Twitter we had all this real-time data prior to even going to the site to investigate. Obviously we have to be objective and base our investigation and analysis on evidence and facts, not tweets, but the data was useful nonetheless.
I’m sure these are just some of the benefits of Twitter. Do you know of some others? Please share them in the comments. Do you agree with the two I pointed out?
Previously we have discussed how a derivative is found using the limit, why the derivative is useful, and how to find it. Now to attempt to simplify or shortcut the derivative finding process, we will look at some general rules that can be used instead of going through the entire limit step-by-step every time.
The first derivative we will look at is the derivative of a linear function in slope-intercept form.
Where m is the slope and b is the y-intercept. Using the limit definition for the derivative we have:
Therefore the derivative of any linear function is, as we would expect, equal to the slope of that line. The next derivative we will look at is a special case of the linear function. If the slope is zero then the linear function is a constant function.
As above, the derivative of a linear function is its slope therefore the derivative of a constant function is also equal to the slope which is zero.
The next rule we can look at is a single independent variable raised to any power. Hence this rule is often called the Power Rule.
Applying the limit process we obtain:
Notice how we used the Binomial Theorem to expand the first term in the numerator. At this point I want us to notice a certain pattern in the coefficients that can be seen in Pascal’s Triangle. The first coefficient will always be 1 (c1=1). This can be seen by looking at the left edge of the triangle. Every first number is 1. Secondly if you look at the diagonal row parallel to, directly adjacent to, and to the right of this first row of 1’s, you notice that the numbers count sequentially as you descend the horizontal rows of the triangle: 1, 2,3,4,5,..etc. These numbers correspond to the second coefficient in the binomial expansion. If we label the horizontal row of the very first 1 at the top of Pascal’s Triangle zero and then incrementally as we go down the triangle, the second row will provide the coefficients for the binomial squared, the third row for the binomial cubed, the forth row for the binomial to the fourth power, and so on such that the nth row gives the coefficients for the binomial to the nth power and the second coefficient will be n also (c2=n). From here we have:
So you can see that the derivative of any variable to an exponent is equal to that same variable times the original exponent to the power of one less than the original exponent. For example:
In summary we can use the following rules to make our lives easier with regard to finding derivatives.
A binomial is a polynomial of two terms. Hence the bi- prefix. In general form it looks something like this: (a+b). If we multiply two of these together we obtain:
If we multiply three we have:
With four we have:
If we look at this examples we start to see some patterns. The number of terms in the result of 2 binomials multiplied together is 3, of 3 binomials is 4, and of 4 binomials is 5. The first term in the binomial starts in the first term of the result to the power equal to the number of multiplied binomials. Its power then successively decreases by 1 as you move through each term left to right and it is not present in the last term. In a similar manner, the second term of the binomial is found in the last term to the power equal to the number of multiplied binomials. Its power then term-by-term decreases from right to left and is not present in the first term. The coefficients at first seem to have no particular pattern besides they seem mirrored or symmetrical (1,2,1 or 1,3,3,1 or 1,4,6,4,1). In general, we can write these binomial expansions or the binomial theorem as:
where the c’s represent the coefficients.
A useful and interesting tool for determining the coefficients of a binomial expansion is Pascal’s Triangle. Blaise Pascal’s original triangle is seen in the image at the beginning of this post. We will look at and discuss the triangle in the following form.
One way of looking at how this triangle is formed is by starting with the single 1 by itself at the top of the triangle. If you add this 1 to the nothing or unseen zero on it’s left, you get 1 and this is placed under the intersection of the top 1 and this unseen zero. Likewise, the top 1 and the unseen zero to the right are added and result in the 1 to the right in the second row. The process continues all the way down the triangle adding two adjacent numbers and placing the result under those number’s intersection.
If you look carefully, you will see that the coefficients for the binomial multiplication can be found in the rows of Pascal’s Triangle. For instance the third row corresponds to the coefficients of the binomial to the power of 2, the fourth row to the power of 3, and the fifth row to the power of 4. So if we want to find the coefficients for the binomial to the power of 10, we just look at the 11th row and we have them.
In the last post about the derivative we emphasized its utility with some examples about how it can be used to find some relationships between position, velocity, and acceleration or to maximize profit and minimize cost in numerous different practical situations. Well now I want to discuss that in more depth and provide an example. Last time we used the following definition for the derivative (or slope) using the limit:
With this we can find the exact slope at any point on a curve. Now consider the following graph. Each of the red lines represents the slope at that point with a tangent line
Consider what the slope of such a tangent line would be at a minimum or maximum on a curve. That’s right, the line would be flat and horizontal like this:
Therefore the slope at these points is zero. With this geometrical understanding of a minimum or maximum we can find the derivative and then determine where the derivative (or slope) is equal to zero.
Now let’s consider an example function that relates the production level of a manufacturer to the potential revenue per unit. Obviously we want to maximize revenue so the key will be to find the maximum. Here is the function:
Now you might ask, “Well how in the world did we know this tells us about this relationship?” The short answer is that after some experimenting by the company at various different production levels and measuring the resultant revenue, the corresponding data points were plotted and the following function was mathematically obtained as a best-fit approximation to describe those data points. (More on this in a future post.) So assuming this is the correct function that we are working with, let’s first find the derivative.
Now this derivative gives us the slope at any point along the curve of the original function above. Where does this new function equal zero? This is the same as finding the roots of the equation which is a typical problem in algebra. Here is how it’s done based on our example.
Now if we put these two production level values into the original function it will tell us the revenue produced. Here are the results.
Therefore production level 2 provides the maximum revenue potential. (The root zero is an interesting point called an inflection point. But that’s another topic.) To demonstrate that this process has in fact located the maximum, here is a table of revenue values at other production levels and a graph of the function.
Next time we will look more in depth at the derivative and some basic rules or short-cuts we can use so that we don’t have to go through the entire limit process every time we want to find the derivative.
The first post in this series discussed the idea of the limit. And we tried to present it in a fairly simple, intuitive manner. We also discussed how a lot of the difficulty people ascribe to to calculus is due to the symbology. Above in the header you will see 4 different ways of writing the first derivative. However don’t be dismayed, just stick with me and we’ll see the derivative is not really that bad. Now with reference to the limit you might ask, what does getting really close to some point of anomaly have to do with derivatives? And what is a derivative anyway? And why should I care about all this math-ese? I suppose to motivate you to read on, I will first speak toward the usefulness of this concept.
The derivative allows us to consider the way one quantity or variable responds with regard to another quantity or variable. For instance, consider distance and speed. The more distance I cover in a period of time, the greater my speed. (For more on the relationship between distance, time, speed and acceleration see this post.) Or how about manufacturing: the less material I waste, the less my costs. Or maybe fuel economy: at a low speed I consume a lot of fuel. At a really high speed I consume a lot of fuel. But at some optimum intermediary speed, I maximize my fuel economy. Or maybe designing a structure for maximum strength with minimum weight. Or an electrical system that delivers adequate power with minimum infrastructure. All of these problems and many more utilize the concept of the derivative to arrive at their solutions.
Now with the hope that you are sufficiently convinced of its usefulness, let’s look at what exactly and derivative is. Again, I want to present it in such a way that you can intuitively grasp the idea. Take a look at the following graph.
Now the red line represents the function or the relationship between the input or independent variable, x, and the output or dependent variable, y. There are two of these key points that we want to look at. First at x=a, the function value is y=f(a). We use generic symbols so it will work for any function at any point. We will take a look at a particular function shortly to try and see this less abstractly, but for now let’s continue on. The second point is at x=a+h we get y=f(a+h). Now suppose we are curious to find the slope of the function curve (red line) at the point (a,f(a)) (the line labeled T). A rough approximation could be made by finding the slope of the line between the two points we mentioned. Recall that the slope of a line is equal to the rise divided by the run. The rise then will be equal to the difference in the two y-values, in particular f(a+h) – f(a). The run will be the difference in the x-values, in particular a+h-a which is equal to h. Therefore the approximate slope could be written as:
Now look at the graph and imagine that the point (a+h, f(a+h)) moved closer and closer and closer to the point (a,f(a)). Wouldn’t this give us a better approximation of the slope at (a, f(a))? I bet you have already noticed what concept I’m alluding to. That’s right, the limit. If we use the limit to bring the two points closer and closer together (in fact we will bring them so close together that the distance between them approaches nothing) we will have the exact slope at the first point. This is how we write that:
Now I promised an example so let’s look at a simple one. Let’s use:
Using the definition above we have:
So just like that we have found the slope or derivative of the function x squared which is 2x (“a” was just used above for a particular point, but it could really be any point “x”). In this same fashion we can find the derivative or slope of any function (provided it’s continuous – more on that later.)
But now you might say, “What does finding slope have to do with all the useful stuff you talked about at first?” We will dig into that next time.
In fluid mechanics we learn about the viscosity of a fluid. In an intuitive way we know that viscosity has to do with the rate at which a fluid will flow. For instance water will flow much more easily and quickly out of a cup than something like oil or honey. Therefore we would say that honey is more viscous. In engineering terms, we define viscosity (more precisely, absolute or dynamic viscosity) as
the constant of proportionality between the shearing stress and the rate of shearing strain.
With solids we talk about the shear modulus of elasticity, G, as being the slope or constant of proportionality between the shear stress and shear strain. Since fluids will theoretically infinitely shear strain under a constant shear stress (which is the definition of a fluid) we must compare shear strain rate instead of shear strain. And much like with solids, the slope of the graph is often a straight line and thus a constant. This slope or constant is the absolute viscosity. Fluids with this linear type of behavior are called Newtonian Fluids.
Now this is where the interesting part comes in. Not all fluids act in this nice neat fashion. This other group of fluids are called Non-Newtonian Fluids and there are two categories. The slope of the shear stress / shear strain rate graph for Non-Newtonian Fluids is called the apparent viscosity and it changes at every point along the graph. The first group of Non-Newtonian Fluids are called shear thinning fluids or pseudoplastic fluids. With shear thinning fluids, the apparent viscosity decreases as you increase the rate of shear strain. In other words, the faster you push through it, the easier it will be. Latex paint is an example of this type of fluid. The second group is called shear thickening fluids or dilatants. These are the opposite of the other group in that the faster you push through the fluid, the harder it is to push. This results in the odd but fascinating phenomenon you can see in the following video clips.
Walking on Fluid
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MICROBIAL AND PHYSICO-CHEMICAL QUALITIES OF RETORT POUCH PROCESSED CHETTINAD STYLE CHICKEN USING DESI AND BROILER MEAT
Nalini*, Robinson J. J. Abraham, V. Appa Rao, R. Narendra Babu and R. Ilavarasan
Department of Meat Science and Technology, Madras Veterinary College, TANUVAS, Chennai-600 007, India
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Received: 29-05-2015 Accepted: 21-06-2015
This study was undertaken to assess the microbial qualities of retort pouch processed chettinad chicken using meat derived from desi and broiler breeds of chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) at room temperature. Chettinad chicken was prepared using desi and broiler meat packed in retort pouches (250 g) and processed in retort at the product temperature of 121.1 °C and the corresponding F0 value of 5.2. Total viable count was 1.44 ± 0.01 in desi and 1.43 ± 0.01 in broiler on‘0’ day which increased significantly on 90th day to 1.65 ± 0.01 and 1.66 ± 0.02 log cfu in desi and broiler meat respectively but E.coli, Salmonella spp, Clostridium spp., Staphylococcus spp., and yeast and mould could not be detected till 90th day of storage. It was concluded that the retort processed Chettinad chicken prepared from both desi and broiler meat can be safely stored up to 90 days at room temperature.
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BROWNS TRAINING CAMP: The trio of defender combined to make a pick against Tyrod Taylor.
- Three huge parts of the 2018 defense conspired to ruin an offensive set for No. 1 QB Tyrod Taylor on Thursday.
Myles Garrett tipped a pass at the line. Jamie Collins got his hands on the deflection, keeping it alive for new free safety Damarious Randall, who made an interception.
- Moments later, Taylor whistled a ball over the middle toward wideout Corey Coleman. Cornerback Terrance Mitchell knifed in front of Coleman, got a pick, and joyously rampaged the other way.
"Mitchell's play was exciting," said Hue Jackson, noting there were far too few aggressive takeaways in 2017.
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Iconic Ghanaian rapper, M.anifest has revealed in his latest twitter post corncerning the fate of Ghana music fraternity,he was on his daily motivation routine when he wrote
The facts are there has been a lot of talented rising act popping,with also the fusion of another genre of music unto the music scene with the like of Worlasi, Cina Soul, Dex Kwasi, Nomisupasta, Tumi Molekane, Evil Twin, Checkmate, Desdamona among others but one fact still remains,
“There is a clear infrastructure problem that makes revenue streams quite narrow so people are not making money from making music, there is lack of royalties from music and lastly the industry players are feeling relunctant due to the fault of musicians and fund issues,” he added.
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