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Last look? Author and Rios Libres co-founder Chris Kassar overlooks the confluence of El Rio Baker and El Rio Neff. This spot will become a massive reservoIr if the dam is built. Photo: James Q. Martin
The sun rises over the Patagonian Andes. A blackened kettle bubbles on the fire. Eggs sizzle in cast-iron. In the distance, chunks of glacier crash to the earth as the enormous expanse of frozen water groans under the pressure of time. I am awake here, where the Rio Baker begins its slow journey to the ocean.
One by one, members of my new family—this crazy crew that I will spend the next four weeks with—emerge from down cocoons and arrive at the fire in varying levels of consciousness. Boulder-based athlete and comedian, Timmy O’Neill buzzes about, oozing energy and handing out cups of steaming cowboy coffee. He joined us only days after sending a few epic climbs on the north and central towers of Torres del Paine. I blame his lightning quick and often irreverent wit for my increasingly sore belly muscles.
Perched on a rock, writer Craig Childs scribbles in the tiny, battered red book that he always carries with him. I don’t know what he is writing, but I’m sure it is insightful, brilliant, beautiful. Craig has a knack for perfectly capturing the moment and I wonder if some of this morning’s musings will find their way into his next book, article or NPR radio commentary. I’m definitely careful with what I say around him.
The rest of us mill about cooking breakfast, fiddling with video cameras and sorting gear. James Q. Martin (a.k.a. Q), the passionate outdoor photographer who brought our team together, takes advantage of a rare lull in the barrage of questions being launched his direction to sip a maté and enjoy the view.
We are far from home. Over 6,300 miles lie between our backyard river, the mighty Colorado, and this camp at the source of the Rio Baker, Chile’s largest waterway. This creates a formidable gap between where we live and the rivers we are fighting to protect. So, you might be asking, how did we end up here? Why would a bunch of well-intentioned dirtbags come all this way to take on a multi-million dollar corporation that wants to drown this place for power? How can we even stand a chance?
This whole Rios Libres project started in July 2009 with a simple conversation in my kitchen. At the time, it was innocent banter between friends; in retrospect, it was a more important discussion than we could have ever imagined. That day, Q emerged from his first trip down the Colorado through the Grand Canyon. Nature had recharged and inspired him and he excitedly shared his ideas for new projects.
“I want to shoot famous climber so-and-so on the fastest ascent of XYZ big wall … I’m going to follow the most incredible base jumper in the world as he hurls himself off various cliffs in Norway…”
I zoned out. But when he mentioned rivers in Patagonia, I returned without hesitation.
In 2000, Q drove the length of Chile in a rugged rebuilt 1984 baby blue Toyota Land Cruiser. Like so many visitors to Patagonia, he focused on hitting major adrenaline-inducing hotspots like the Fitzroy Range and only stumbled on the far-flung Aysén region as a function of passing through. But its rawness made an immediate impression on him. It stole his heart.
I enjoyed listening to Q recount yet another escapade from his time in a distant corner of the globe, but I had no idea where any of this was going.
“What does this have to do with your time in the Canyon or me or anything?” I asked.
He explained that a conglomeration of companies wanted to dam two rivers in this same part of Chile. Traveling down the Grand on the Colorado—an incredible, but broken river—had reminded Q of how special and rare it is for a river to flow freely.
“You think we could we do something down there to help?” he asked.
Of course, we could do something. Five days earlier, while Q had been frolicking through rapids, I had become another statistic of the recession when I lost my job as a conservation biologist for a non-profit. To add injury to insult (literally), I had badly sprained my ankle while running in the mountains. No work and no outdoor fun made me dangerous. I researched the issue all night, foregoing sleep to learn whatever I could.
What I found out disturbed me. Chilean Patagonia, one of the few blank spots left on the map, is under attack. Big business is exerting pressure to build five major dams on the free-flowing Baker and Pascua rivers. The majority of Chileans oppose the dams and a campaign aimed at stopping this attempt to alter the heart of the Patagonian Andes is gaining momentum, but it faces long odds.
The more I learned, the more I knew we needed to be part of the grassroots effort fighting to keep Patagonia free from dams. Soon, we were writing grants, finding sponsors, assembling a team and planning our expedition. By February, Rios Libres was born.
Our plan was idealistic and we knew it: travel to the end of the earth and explore the Rio Baker from its glacial source all the way to the sea. Then, use words, film and compelling imagery to show what is at stake and bolster the fight already well in progress in Chile. At a time when so many rivers no longer reach the ocean, this was not only an opportunity for adventure, but also a chance to experience and document a rare resource in its pristine state.
Each day of our trip is punctuated with one incredible experience after another: we encounter endangered deer, watch 13-tiered waterfalls tumble over cliffs, listen to ancient glaciers creak and crumble and drink directly from whatever water source is closest—unfiltered seeps, streams, rivers and icy pools. When we are thirsty on the Nef Glacier—the source of the Rio Baker—we simply bend down, cup our hands and drink directly from the crystal blue waters flowing under a break in the ice. After a long hot hike through thick forest, we stick our heads and bottles under a cascade of cool water flowing over a sheer granite face. It feels as if we are traveling back in time and tasting the untouched place the world used to be.
We navigate through breathtaking terrain—ice fields, rocky tundra, glacial lakes, stands of gnarled mossy trees—and we see firsthand how the damage from the dams will reach far beyond the rivers. Plans to clear-cut at least 1,000 miles of old-growth forest to make way for the longest power transmission line in the world would scar the landscape, ruin ecosystems unique to Patagonia and destroy habitat for species found nowhere else on the planet and those in danger of extinction like the condor, puma and Huemul deer.
Our journey is not just about the land and what we see, but who we encounter along the way. These rivers support a way of life that is traditional, rare and reminiscent of the Wild West. Gauchos roam the hills on horseback and people live in harmony with the land. Those we meet along our journey, fighting to preserve this way of life, explain that the transmission line will transport electricity northward to support Chile’s massive mining industry, but not a single watt will go to anyone actually living here.
The most striking character we meet is Bernardo, a gaucho who lives entirely on the land, growing food, raising sheep and making everything by hand. He embodies the same pioneer spirit that has brought us all here. When conversation turns to the dams, he sums up the concerns of many who could lose their land and their livelihood: “What do we gain when our country sells its water, sells its land, what remains for us? I have lived here all my life and it would really anger me if one day some company came, even worse if it was foreign, and said, ‘You all have to leave because here we are going to dam the river.’”
One morning, our guide, Jonathan Leidich, who grew up in the Rocky Mountains west of Denver asks, “Why did you drop everything to come so far and put so much time and energy into the Rio Baker?”
It’s a good question.
“I came down here because I know that there are other ways Chile can meet its energy needs and I know this one—building five dams and a huge power line—is a bad idea, economically, ecologically and socially.”
The answer is true, but as I chew over Jonathan’s question, I realize that my reasons have changed. I’m no longer an unbiased biologist studying a distant dot on a map. I didn’t mean for it to happen, but I have fallen in love with Patagonia, its people and the Rio Baker. Inaction is no longer an option.
I also realize that the missteps made in my very own backyard have motivated me. I live in Flagstaff, Arizona in the shadow of Glen Canyon dam and I constantly ask myself what could have been if this place had not been buried underwater. That dam stands as a beacon, reminding me of a past heartbreak and calling me to action.
I wasn’t alive when Glen Canyon was drowned so I couldn’t speak up, but I am here now. I know that without the small group of people who did make noise back then, the entire Colorado River—including the Grand Canyon—would have fallen victim to a whole series of dams besides Glen Canyon. The lessons learned there have made me (and many of us in the Southwest) unwilling and unable to stand by and allow the same mistakes to be made, even in remote regions thousands of miles away.
On the third day of our trip on the Baker, we reach the most powerful, tumultuous and inspiring waterfall I have ever seen. It’s also one of the proposed dam sites. I kneel on the jagged rocks that hug the mighty rapid. For a moment, I feel a perfect peace. Tears stream down my face.
“Enjoy it while it’s still free!” Jonathan says. “Don’t spend your time worrying.”
We do our best… but we are not carefree kids on a river trip. A palpable undercurrent of concern flows within each of us. Are we passing through country that would one day be under water? Would we look back and realize we were simply, as Timmy put it “creating yet another beautiful eulogy for what used to be?”
This idea hits me particularly hard the following day as I walk alongside the river. Although my pack is feather light, I feel an overwhelming weight on my shoulders. At one point, I step over the exact spot where 340 feet of concrete could block the furious turquoise flow of this beautiful river. My heart breaks.
Right now, the dams are still only plans on paper. The fate of these rivers—and the Patagonian people—rests in the hands of politicians who will make a decision in the next year. A national and international campaign aimed at preventing the dams and convincing the government to adopt a sound and sustainable energy policy is gaining strength. Team Rios Libres, united by a common love for the Colorado River, came to support the people who are fighting to keep Patagonia wild. I hope our efforts will help tell the story of a place that is still whole and give voice to the river, land and people of Chile.
Can we really help save one of the last wild places left on the planet? I’m not sure. I stop for a moment, harden my resolve and I walk on more certain than ever that we have to keep trying.
– Chris Kassar is a conservation biologist, guide and writer.
Rios Libres is working to keep Patagonia wild by augmenting and amplifying the work of local and international grassroots organizations. Rios Libres has produced the movie “Power in the Pristine” and a Spanish version with actress Leonor Valera, showing in North and South America to raise awareness for what is at stake. In addition, Rios Libres is using articles, speaking engagements, photo exhibits and outreach opportunities to educate as many people as possible about the issue. To take action and learn more, visit RiosLibres.com or join them on Facebook.


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There are situations when you want to make some changes in a part that has already been placed in the schematic. For this you edit a part in the library and save it, and then update the part in design with the latest library part. It is likely that this part has been used in many other designs, and so updating the part in library will change it in all the designs. Now, this might not be always desired.
It is possible that the symbol needed a small change just for one design and so you want it to edit it in the current design and keep it intact in all the other designs and the source library. You can do this in OrCAD Capture by editing a part directly from the schematic page of the current design and this will not update the part in source library, hence keeping it intact in all the other designs as well.
To edit a part directly from schematic page, select a part, do right click and select ‘Edit Part’ option. Part will be open in Part Editor window. Here you can modify the symbol, or the properties associated with it.
After updating the part, close the Part Editor. You will get a Save Part Instance dialog box. Here, you can choose from following options.
You can see that even in the design, there is a provision to update only a single instance of the symbol if you don’t want to update all the instances of the same symbol in the design.
This updated symbol is saved as a new part instance in the design cache and gets a number (like _0 or _01) appended to it, which is different from the source library. These parts point to the design itself as the source library.
This feature in the tool ensures that the source library remains unaffected from the changes in the symbol in the design and comes handy when you wish to update only a single instance of the symbol and not all the instances in the design.
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The Idaho COVID-19 Vaccine Advisory Committee (CVAC) voted on a new round of clarifications to Groups 1 and 2 of Idaho’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout at its meeting Friday afternoon. The recommendations are preliminary and subject to approval, rejection, or modification by Gov. Brad Little, which is expected to happen early next week.
“These are hard decisions and we’re grateful for the thoughtful deliberation by CVAC members,” said Elke Shaw-Tulloch, CVAC’s executive secretary and administrator of the Division of Public Health, after the meeting. “These votes often follow spirited debate, and input from the public is always considered.”
The committee’s recommendations to the Governor are as follows:
- CVAC reversed a previous vote that placed adult family members who provide in-home personal care in Group 1.2, which is currently eligible for vaccine. With Friday’s vote, that population has been removed from Group 1.2 and will be re-considered at a later date.
- CVAC voted to include a subset of essential gas, electric, and water utility workers who work indoors in Group 2.3, which is expected to be eligible for the vaccine later this month.
- CVAC voted to have interpreters (ASL or other language) vaccinated with the sector and setting in which they work.
- CVAC voted against having construction workers vaccinated with the sector for which they are doing the construction.
- CVAC voted against placing licensed massage therapists with physical therapists in Group 1.4, which is eligible for vaccine right now.
- CVAC voted against including certified Pilates instructors with physical therapists in Group 1.4.
- CVAC voted against including immigration legal services in Group 2.1, which is eligible for the vaccine right now.
Presentations to the committee included an update on vaccine progress in the state and nation, as well as “A Day in the Life” from vaccine providers about the realities of administering vaccine in Idaho. Those slide decks will be available on the committee’s website.
Additional clarifying votes will be made in the future. CVAC’s next meetings are scheduled for Feb. 19, March 5, and March 19.
The Idaho COVID-19 Vaccine Advisory Committee was formed by the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare at the direction of Gov. Brad Little in October and its members represent stakeholders from across Idaho, including the tribes, priority populations, healthcare systems and providers, and immunization organizations.
Learn more about the committee and find meeting materials at https://coronavirus.idaho.gov/idaho-covid-19-vaccine-advisory-committee/.
The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare is dedicated to strengthening the health, safety, and independence of Idahoans. Learn more at healthandwelfare.idaho.gov.

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Algae Bloom in Kinzua Reservoir
9 September 2012
By Rick Wills
The Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District has identified a
blue-green algae bloom in Kinzua Dam/Allegheny Reservoir in New
Corps officials have tested the water and have found that the
bloom could be harmful to humans and pets should they come in
contact with the algae.
The reservoir straddles New York and Pennsylvania and feeds into
the Allegheny River.
The corps was notified by the New York State Department of Health
on Aug. 30. The bloom was found in the New York side of the
reservoir in Quaker Bay and along a mile-long stretch of the
Allegheny Reservoir directly downstream of the bay.
Blue-green algae can generate toxins that can impact human, pet,
livestock and fish health. They can cause allergic-type reactions,
skin irritations, and in severe cases liver or nervous system
The corps is posting signs notifying the public of the health
risks associated with blue-green algae. The agency will continue
to test and monitor water.
Children and pets are the most susceptible to the effects of
blue-green algae. Visitors are encouraged to avoid areas where
algae are present.
For more information, visit New York State Department of Health
Rick Wills is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. He can be
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"Dandelion is, I'm convinced, one of the greatest tonic herbs of all times. The entire plant is restorative and rejunvating" - Rosemary Gladstar
The City of Boise has been increasing their efforts to reduce pesticide and herbicide use in parks!
Had you noticed more dandelions at your local park this season?
"The City of Boise is working to reduce the use of pesticides on city owned property, including at parks and open space reserves. Our Pesticide Reduction Program is now in its third year and it has expanded to most city parks (we manage more than 1,600 acres of park land across the city!). One of the examples of the program's success is more dandelions in grass and open play areas. These plants are nontoxic for people and pets, and these areas are completely safe for park visitors to enjoy as normal. Learn more about the program: "
Join us to learn more about the City of Boise's efforts to reduce pesticide and herbicide use in parks June 24, 2023
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More about Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)! What is Dandelion?
Often thought of as a "weed" to lawn warriors, this plant is actually an abundant source of powerful healing properties.
Dandelion Uses & Benefits
All parts of the dandelion are useful and easy to turn into plant medicine. Young leaves are a nutritious salad green packed with minerals including calcium, magnesium, and iron as well as an abundance of vitamins A and C.
Both leaves and roots of the dandelion are powerful medicine. One of the safest and most effective diuretics, dandelion nourishes and tones the kidneys while also acting as a mild stimulant, thereby increasing the flow of urine and aiding in proper water balance.
Dandelion is also a major alterative, or blood cleanser, providing an abundance of nutrients that are essential to a healthy functioning liver. Both the root and leaves can be used as alteratives, although the root is sometimes considered more potent. The sunny yellow blossoms are also edible and medicinal! The petals can be sprinkled on a delicious spring salad for some color, and of course, you could always try your hand at making dandelion wine or mead!
Identification & Harvesting
It would be hard to find someone not familiar with dandelion’s bright and sunny yellow flowers consisting of a composite of many individual ray florets. In mild climates (especially the PNW) there is year-round growth but around here, they are prolific Spring through the Fall.
If you're going to consume them, make sure to find dandelions that have not been sprayed with toxic herbicides!
Suggested uses: Fresh young greens are delicious in salads, pesto, juiced, or sauteed and added to eggs. Flowers are great slightly dried and used to infuse oil for salves, balms, and lotions. Sprinkle flowers on a salad and use the dried roots and leaves for teas and tinctures.
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Vervain carries Dandelion in many forms! We have four preparations available in our bulk herb section: dandelion leaf, dandelion root (raw & roasted, as well as powered), and dandelion root from Purple Sage Farms! We carry dandelion root tincture in bulk as well for use in custom formulas or alone, as well as these fantastic herbal formulations:
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A new series of maps and graphic displays reveals a long-term vision for radically rethinking the congested Washtenaw Avenue corridor.
That includes an emphasis on improving walking and biking conditions, getting more people using more efficient bus transit services, reducing the number of cars on the road, and encouraging new mixed-use development.
Following months of discussion of various options and road configurations, a set of recommendations for redesigning the Washtenaw Avenue corridor between Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti was unveiled at a meeting Wednesday night.
"We're really excited to see all this coming together," said ReImagine Washtenaw project manager Nathan Voght, who works for the county.
"Again, we can't just look at the roadway," he said. "We need to look at land use and make sure the land use is reinforcing what we're trying to do with the corridor."
There are suggested locations for adding six mid-block pedestrian crossings along the corridor, and eight transit "super stops" or enhanced bus stops. The study also identified nine priority signalized intersections for pedestrian improvements.
There are four general areas or "nodes" identified where intensive mixed-use redevelopment is envisioned. Planners hope to see more projects like the new Arbor Hills Crossing shopping center at Washtenaw and Platt.
"There's a heavy interest and focus on bringing the buildings up to the street on Washtenaw, redeveloping the corridor to be more pedestrian-friendly and to be more economically coherent," said Neal Billetdeaux, a consultant from SmithGroup JJR who helped present the final recommendations Wednesday night.
ReImagine Washtenaw is a multi-jurisdictional initiative involving the cities of Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti and Pittsfield and Ypsilanti townships. The $250,000 study was federally funded using grant money received by Washtenaw County.
Additional partners include the Ann Arbor Area Transportation Authority, Michigan Department of Transportation, Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti Regional Chamber of Commerce, and the Washtenaw Area Transportation Study.
"We're really trying to take kind of an old, tired corridor that really was unplanned and developed with no cohesive design or good access management, and really build it around efficient mass transit, walkable, mixed-use dense development, make it a more vibrant place, raise property values and really transform it," he said.
"ReImagine Washtenaw is not considered one mega project," Billetdeaux noted. "It's really envisioned as an incremental project that would be implemented as redevelopment occurs throughout the corridor."
For much of the corridor, a boulevard — or median — concept is envisioned, providing a landscaped buffer between opposite-direction lanes of traffic, and an island of refuge for pedestrians trying to get across the busy street.
The concept for the portion that runs through Ann Arbor includes a 44-foot-wide landscaped median separating two vehicle travel lanes in each direction, with 5-foot-wide bike lanes on both sides of the road separated from traffic by 3-foot-wide painted buffers. There are no bike lanes on the road right now.
Six-foot-wide sidewalks would run alongside the road, with certain areas where mixed-use development is envisioned showing 12-foot-wide pedestrian-activated spaces, including outdoor seating for shops and restaurants.
Billetdeaux noted traffic lanes on Washtenaw Avenue are anywhere from 12 to 14 feet wide right now and those would go down to 11 feet wide.
"So we are talking about narrowing down the travel lanes, but not to a point that is overreactive or a hindrance to automobile traffic," he said.
What's being proposed for the portion of Washtenaw that runs through Pittsfield and Ypsilanti townships is a narrow median concept. It includes the same road configuration as the wide median concept, except the median would be 20 feet wide.
The narrow median concept leaves open the possibility that a dedicated transit lane — as part of a road diet — could replace a vehicle travel lane if needed.
"We're not really talking about that, but there is the opportunity for that to occur," Billetdeaux said, stressing that wouldn't happen for many years, if at all.
But there is a road diet contemplated on the portion of Washtenaw Avenue that runs through Ypsilanti.
The road would go from two lanes in each direction to one lane in each direction with a center turn lane. The three-lane cross section shows buffered bike lanes on both sides of the road, plus some on-street parking.
"The on-street parking can have a traffic calming capacity, as well enhance the business atmosphere, and it definitely improves pedestrian safety," Billetdeaux said.
The plans also include an option for reconfiguring the spot where Cross Street and Washtenaw Avenue meet near the water tower.
Billetdeaux said an important element of the ReImagine Washtenaw plan is traffic volume reduction, getting more people along the corridor to walk, bike, carpool and use public transit. He cited a goal of reducing traffic volumes by 15 percent — or by about 200 vehicles per hour — at some intersections.
"It can also happen through traffic diversions where perhaps the other parallel roads — Packard and Huron River Drive or Clark — become more attractive and people start using those roads instead of Washtenaw," Billetdeaux said.
There also are talks of working with major employers in the area and convincing them to change employee work schedules to reduce travel during peak hours.
"And finally, as density increases and land use shifts out here, there's the concept of just parking once and shopping at several stores — as opposed to parking at one store, getting back on the road, parking at another store," Billetdeaux said.
The AAATA identified the eight locations for transit "super stops." They would include canopied shelters, trash and recycling containers, lighting, landscaping, benches, bike hoops, and possibly even digital readouts of when the next bus is coming.
In many cases, Billetdeaux said, the stops would be right after traffic lights, so buses could easily get back on the road.
"They're talking about bus pull-offs or bus bays at all the locations, and there'd be a tapered lane and a stopping zone, and acceleration lane for them to get out," he said, noting the shelters could be heated and the stops could feature public art.
Voght said "transit signal priority" — giving buses the ability to make red lights turn green or make green lights last longer — is still being discussed.
He said he's hoping to have the final ReImagine Washtenaw plan go to the four municipalities for adoption soon.

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If you're eligible to collect benefits on your ex-spouse's record, you will no longer be eligible for those benefits if you remarry.
That rule, plus others, is one of the reasons financial advisors like Stacy Francis, president and CEO of Francis Financial in New York City, sit down with savers to plot out a careful strategy when it comes to claiming Social Security.
Knowing these strategies becomes more important with the rise of gray divorce. The divorce rate for adults age 50 and over has nearly doubled in the past 25 years, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
To be eligible to claim on your ex-spouse's Social Security benefits, whereby you receive half of their benefit amount, you must have been married at least 10 years and be at least 62 years of age.

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- Square Hollow SectionRectangular Hollow SectionCircular Hollow SectionsAnother popular type of structural steel tube, that act like a middle-man between RHS and CHS, is the Square Hollow Section. In terms of an attribute, look and design.SHS has a flat surface which is also economical for joining and welding and requires minimal edge preparation. In comparison with circular segments, SHS also has CHS characteristics with their symmetrical appearance formed in equilateral square hollow sections. It has high-carrying characteristics which in turn decrease radii at the corner. TBS 5950, Structural hollow sections - Tata Steel TubesStructural hollow sections. EN 10210 Hot Finished. CHS. Section properties - Dimensions & properties; Axial compression. Celsius ® 355; Celsius ® 420; Celsius ® 460; Bending. Celsius ® 355; Celsius ® 420; Celsius ® 460; Axial force & bending. Celsius ® 355; Celsius ® 420; Celsius ® 460; SHS. Section properties - dimensions & properties
Hollow Section, Box Steel, Square Steel, Tube Steel Also referred to as Box Steel, Square Steel, Tube Steel or Rectangular Steel tube. Hollow Section can be Square or Rectangular with, as the name indicates, a hollow core and is available in either painted black steel (AS1163/C350LO) or Duragal.
RECTANGULAR & SQUARE HOLLOW SECTIONS PAINTED & GALVANISED SHS AUSTRALIAN STANDARDS Hollow sections to be used for structural purposes are manufactured to meet:AS/NZS 1163 - Structural Steel Hollow Sections (Grades C250, C350, C250L0 & C350L0). Standard Mechanical Properties - Structural Tube & Pipe *L0 designation indicates RHS Sizes Australia RHS Steel Sizes Steel Pipes AustraliaSIZE RANGE METRE LENGTHS REFERENCE GUIDE STANDARD TECHNICAL DATA; Rectangular Hollow Sections -RHS (Black, Painted & Galvanised) RHS 50×25 400×300; 8/12m standard lengths. Non-standard lengths or cut to size by request. COMING SOON:AS/NZS 1163:2009 in Grade C350. C450 and L0 by request. Square Hollow Sections -SHS (Black, Painted & Galvanised) Rectangular Hollow Section Steel Market Size and Trend Jun 03, 2021 · This Rectangular Hollow Section Steel Market study offers a comprehensive analysis of the business models, key strategies, and respective Market shares of some of the most prominent players in this landscape.Along with an in-depth commentary on the key influencing factors, Market statistics in terms of revenues, segment-wise data, region-wise data, and country-wise data are
Rectangular Hollow Sections Size in mm:Rectangular Hollow Section RHS D X B mm:Thickness mm:Sec Area A cm²:Unit W Kg\m:Outer Surface:Area Per mm²:Rectangular Hollow Section RHS 50 X 25 mm:2.00:2.74:2.15:0.142:2.60:3.46:2.71:0.137:3.20:4.13:3.24:0.134:4.00:4.95:3.88:0.129:Rectangular Hollow Section RHS 60 X 40 mm:2.60:4.76:3.73:0.187:2.90:5.25:4.12:0.185:3.60: Stainless Steel Rectangular Hollow Section, ASTM A554 SS SS Rectangular Hollow Section Specification. Specifications :ASTM A554 / ASME SA554 Sizes :10mm x 20mm to 150 x 300mm, other non standard sizes available on request Wall Thickness :0.5mm - 25mm Length :Up to 6 meters, custom cut lengths Type :Seamless/ Welded / ERW Packing :In bundles, Anticorrosion heat preservation, Varnish coating, Ends can be bevelled or rectangular cut, Steel Hollow Sections (SHS), Round, Rectangular, CircularRectangular Hollow Sections. Larger sizes available to special order. *= May be available in
Standard stocked sizes are 6.5m (in smaller sizes), 8m and 12m (in larger sizes). Other sizes and lengths are available on indent. We also provide a cutting serviced for smaller lengths if they are required, however you will be required to purchase the full standard stocked length. Steel Sections - Roy MechSteel sections. The tables below are for initial reference only. I have extracted the information from reference sources which may not be in accordance with the latest Standards - as identified. Torsion Factors are only included in the tables below for the hollow sections. Hollow Rectangular Section - Hot Formed:Dimensions/Properties HOLLOW STRUCTURAL SECTIONS - McGill UniversityThis publication presents tables of dimensions and section properties for rectangular, square, and round Hollow Structural Sections (HSS). HSS with a maximum periphery of 64 inches are manufactured by the electric-resistance welding (ERW) process. HSS with peripheries greater than 64 inches are manufactured by the submerged arc welding (SAW) process.


I use and love Notepad++ (http://notepad-plus-plus.org/) as my go to simple text editor. I have been using it as my default editor for git for a few weeks now and have noticed some funny behavior.
Normally I run Notepad++ with the Tab Bar enabled like so
However when I use Notepad++ as my git editor I would prefer it to open in the most basic mode possible (mainly no tabs, and in its own instance) I simply want a text editor to log my commit messages and such. The relevant section of my
autocrlf = true
editor = "'C:/Program Files (x86)/Notepad++/notepad++.exe' -multiInst -notabbar -nosession -noPlugin"
Try as I might, I was not able to get either Notepad++, or Notepad++ Portable to work for me in this situation. Notepad++ displayed my initial problem of permanently changing my settings to those set from my
I was also unable to get Notepad++ Portable (http://sourceforge.net/projects/notepadpluspe/) to work as this requires Administrative privileges to run and therefore prompts for UAC every time it launches, which I see as a deal killer.
I ended up using the portable version of Sublime Text 2 (http://www.sublimetext.com/2) as my editor for git, which though it doesn't answer my initial question, was my resolution.


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The climate summit organized by Joe Biden is part of his administration’s “Green Offensive”. It should be noted that one of the first decisions of the forty-sixth president is to return to the Paris Agreement. Biden also froze an oil and gas extraction license in federal regions and announced the withdrawal of approval to build the Keystone XL oil pipeline, which was to pump oil from the Canadian province of Alberta to the Nebraska refinery, writes Marcin Kochan, BiznesAlert.pl colleague.
Many Green New Deal projects focus on reducing production and consumption of fossil fuels and developing alternative energy sources. Biden’s climate action stands in stark contrast to the policies of his predecessor, Donald Trump, the climate denier.
The most important announcement by Joe Biden is that the United States will reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 50 percent by 2030 (base year 2005) and achieve climate neutrality by 2050. It should be noted that Barack Obama, when signing the Aryan Agreement in 2015, declared Reducing carbon dioxide “only” by 26-28 percent within a decade, that is, by 2025.
The other leaders of the world’s 40 largest economies also announced the reduction targets. Great Britain by 78 percent by 2035 (base year 1990), Japan by 46 percent by 2030 (base year 2013), and Canada by 40-45 percent by 2030 (base year 2005). On the eve of the summit, the European Union also decided to raise the goal of reducing carbon dioxide from “at least 40 percent” to 55 percent compared to 1990. Brussels intends to achieve this by 2030.
President Andrzej Duda was a participant in the Climate Summit. In his multi-minute speech, there were many interesting topics worth analyzing. The president expressed the view that “the dynamics presented by Poland during the COP24 contributed to the fact that the European Union, as the first global economy, has adopted the goal of climate neutrality by 2050 and has increased the target of reducing emissions by 2030 to at least 55%. Poland participates. We are also pleased that many countries have followed suit. ” This part may indicate that our country is one of the driving forces of climate and energy policy in the European Union. The reality is somewhat different. Poland, as the only member country, has not made public its efforts to achieve climate neutrality by 2050, which is why we are denying ourselves access to a large pool of funds earmarked for Poland under the Equitable Transition Fund.
In fact, the European Union adopted a goal of reducing carbon dioxide by at least 40% by 2030, and the day before the summit, it raised that commitment to 55%, but it is an EU-wide target and Poland has been against setting the European Commission at the national level. According to the recently adopted Polish Energy Policy through 2040 (PEP 2040), the government plans to reduce carbon dioxide by only 30 percent in the next decade. This means that other EU countries must cut their emissions faster to meet the Brussels targets. The president is right that Poland participates in implementing the objectives of the European Union, but not with ambition and in the least of its capabilities. If other countries, as the president said, follow our lead, then there is no chance of achieving the set goals.
President Andrzej Duda informed the participants of the conclusion of an agreement between “the mining community and representatives of the Polish government on excluding coal from electricity production by 2049”. The agreement the government has negotiated with miners’ unions relates to the future operation of steam coal mines and not the use of coal in the energy sector. The government is working in parallel to reform the ownership of coal-fired power plants, which will take over the newly established National Energy Security Agency. The details of the agreement with the miners are unknown, and it is scheduled to initialize it next Wednesday, so it is possible that its assumptions will be revealed. We will be able to find out if the agreement was primarily beneficial to miners. Whether the two government plans will be realized depends to a large extent on European Commission approval of plans to support these sectors.
President Andrzej Duda declared that “Poland will build a sustainable, low-emission energy mix based on nuclear and renewable energy, as well as gas.” The problem is that work on developing nuclear energy is going very slowly and it is unlikely that we will start the first of the six planned units by 2033. When it comes to offshore wind energy, which is one of the pillars of the future energy mix, there is a race against time to agree to a state aid plan for this Sector. An additional complication is the European Commission’s plans for a new classification, that is, the European Union’s classification system for sustainable development activities. Concerns were expressed, among other things, in the letter of the prime ministers of eight countries from Central and Eastern Europe to the President of the European Commission that gas and nuclear energy would be considered non-ecological. This, in turn, means no access to EU funds.
It appears that in recent years, President Doda’s views on the sources and nature of climate change, the share of coal in the Polish economy and the energy and climate policy of the European Union have clearly changed. We should happily note that this is a good change.
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"Brother ......" someone called out softly in the darkness.
How annoying! Who's kid got lost?
"Brother." The child shouted again.
How annoying, how annoying, how annoying! Brother? There is no one here!
"Brother ...... then I go ......," the child whispered, the voice faded away.
He suddenly felt a little uncomfortable, the fading voice, a lonely, reminiscent of the child's distant back, like a small abandoned hound.
"All right, all right, all right! What street, number and door does your family live in? What is the name of your unreliable brother? I'll take you home!" He rolled over and sat up.
He sat on the ground in the sunlight, a white dress bright as the moon, what he saw was a white tea flower blooming in a rough porcelain vase, and across that flower, the child in white was holding a tube of ink pen ambling to write, one stroke at a time.
"Hey, you didn't leave, huh? You tricked me, right?" He wanted to say it, but didn't.
He did something very natural. There was a plate of verdant grapes on the table, and he plucked a small bunch from it and handed it to the child across the table.
The child looked up, eyes flashing with panic, like alert young animals, "Brother, there are a lot of people outside."
Bullshit, right? So quiet. He thought.
But naturally, he said something else, "Maybe it's going to be dead, right? But, Constantine, don't be afraid."
"Not afraid, with my brother, not afraid ...... but why ...... not eat me? Eat me, what kind of cage brother can break through." The child said seriously.
Eat ...... you? Although you look very white, but in no way means that you are better than the burger delicious ah, I just ate a burger at noon, not hungry at all. He thought.
"You are very good food, but then it would be too lonely, for thousands of years, only you and I are together." Once again, he uttered words that were not meant to be spoken.
"But death is really sad, like being sealed in a black box, forever and ever, dark and pitch black ...... like groping in the dark, but reaching out, never touching anything ...... "
"The fate of the so-called abandoned clan is to cross the wilderness, once again put up the battle flag and return to their homeland. Death is not terrible, just a long sleep. Before I can devour this world, instead of trekking alone, I will sleep peacefully. We will still wake up." I can't believe that such a racy line could come out of his mouth.
"Brother ...... put up the battle flag, when devouring the world, will you eat me?" The child looked at him, his clear pupils shining with ...... anticipation.
Damn! This is some kind of "we are a family of cannibals who love each other" drama? But your family ethics are really strange!
"Yes, then you will be with me, the king of the world!" But he nodded gently, a cold, hard majesty in his voice.
The child poured a glass of water from the kettle and handed it to him, and he drank it down blankly.
"I have to go now, brother, goodbye." The child stood up.
He wanted to say I'm not your brother you're mistaken, but he also just blurted out, "Goodbye, take care of yourself, humans, are not to be trusted."
Another strange line, no brainer.
The child went out the door, closing it behind him. He listened to the sound of the child's footsteps getting further and further away, and finally disappearing completely.
He was suddenly a bit scared, he thought he was really faint, such a small child, let him go out on the street by himself, what if he was abducted? He wondered how far he would have to walk to find his brother. He became restless, and when he finally couldn't help himself, he got up and ran for the door.
He pushed open the door and the blazing light shone on his white coat, not sunlight, but fire. The city was crying in the flames of the sky, charred human figures running in the fire, thousands of arrows falling from the sky, huge plaques burning and tumbling down with the words "White Emperor" on them, it was hell.
In the middle of the city, there was a tall pole, and the child was hanging on top of it, eyes closed, the whole city's flames were burning him.
It was like a great sacrifice.
The heart really hurts, it's like a knife is cutting. What an important person was lost in this way, because he made a mistake.
Suddenly he remembered something, and it was indeed true, he was a kid's brother.
"Conce ...... Tantin." He called out the name.
He sat up sharply and opened his eyes in the afternoon sunlight, breathing heavily, covered in cold sweat, and outside was the noise of the elevated light rail passing by.
He suddenly found the sound so pleasant, reminding him that everything in his dream was fake, and that what he was in, was just the ordinary human world.

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As I write this, Treasury Secretary Snow is on the Jim Lehrer News Hour, saying that Bush’s tax cuts will stimulate the economy, provide jobs and generate enough tax revenue to cover the deficits. This sounds like a variation on Bush’s statements that “taxes take money out of the economy.”
Let me tell you what “takes money out of the economy.”
The tax cuts go primarily to the rich. They rich ALREADY spend all the money they want to spend – because they’re rich – and aren’t going to spend MORE. How do I know they aren’t going to spend more if they get tax cuts? They already CAN spend more if they have ANY DESIRE to spend more. They’re not going to spend more, they’re going to lock up the additional money in the bank. And the bank they are going to put it in is in the Cayman Islands or somewhere else offshore, so even THAT won’t help the U.S. economy. Tax cuts for the rich take money out of the economy.
The resulting deficits cause the government to cut spending or not increase spending that might have increased. GOVERNMENT SPENDING creates jobs. The government HIRES PEOPLE, or it BUYS THINGS FROM COMPANIES or it sends money to people who PURCHASE THINGS WITH THE MONEY. And before the right wingers took over, the government did all of this with policies designed to benefit Americans – higher wages, purchasing American goods from American companies, or truly helping the poor and elderly. Now they contract out the work to the lowest paying companies (who pay their execs millions), and try to cut our benefits. And now, because of the deficits, the federal government is not assisting the states with their deficits, so the states are laying off teachers, police, and thousands of other workers. Cutting government spending takes money out of the economy.
The government is supposed to be US. Our economy is supposed to be for US.
Also, see this piece, Tax Cuts Don’t Raise Revenue.


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We finally have an answer to the “Does Ali pick anybody at all?!” question.
During their interview this morning, Ryan Seacrest concluded that Ali Fedotowsky pulled a Brad Womack and chose not to get engaged to either Chris Lambton or Roberto Martinez, despite their many attractive qualities and rippling abs.
But everyone seemed pretty darn in love with each other on tonight’s finale of The Bachelorette, so why were we promised an ending that would stand apart from the ones that came before?
How about, because Ali never even made it to the rose ceremony. Hell, she didn’t even make it to the second Last Date.


Some of the engineers at the MIT has now developed an Artificial Intelligence mechanism to see the invisible object in the dark.
According to the engineers of the MIT, the latest technology allows one to see the objects as tiny as just like the small perfections in a wine glass on a contact lens which areas of now different to make out even in a good light. Engineers used the “deep neural network” to train a computer to “associate certain inputs with specific outputs — in this case, dark, grainy images of transparent objects and the objects themselves.”
There are more than 10000 engineers who were trained on ‘transparent’ glass like etchings on the grainy photos which has been taken in the low light conditions.
“The images were taken in very low lighting conditions, with about one photon per pixel — far less light than a camera would register in a dark, sealed room. They then showed the computer a new grainy image, not included in the training data, and found that it learned to reconstruct the transparent object that the darkness had obscured,” said MIT in a blog post.
“In the lab, if you blast biological cells with light, you burn them, and there is nothing left to image,” said George Barbastathis, professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. “When it comes to X-ray imaging, if you expose a patient to X-rays, you increase the danger they may get cancer. What we’re doing here is, you can get the same image quality, but with a lower exposure to the patient. And in biology, you can reduce the damage to biological specimens when you want to sample them.” ALSO READ: Google launches AI project in Thailand to screen for diabetic eye disease
At the core of the new AI mechanism is “deep dark learning”, according to some of the engineers the ‘deep neural network’ is much more dynamic than the traditional ones as it also includes some of the more detailed layers of the computation for output and input.


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This afternoon I went to Hot Suppa with some people from work for a late brunch. It as my first time there and I loved it! The first thing I noticed was Sriracha sauce on the table which is RARE. Their Bloody Mary's were VERY spicy, which I love. They have eggs benedict which is my favorite breakfast splurge (with a veggie option of fried green tomatoes instead of Canadian bacon). And then to top it off they have grits (almost never seen this far north :) I was pretty pleased before even getting my meal, can you tell?!
|Super spicy bloody with dilly beans, olives and pickled okra|
|Eggs benedict with lots-o-fruit|
I should have known it'd be really good judging but the line outside waiting to get in, but it was AWESOME! I will be back very soon.
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Wil Ervin named Senior Vice President of Empower Mississippi
Empower Mississippi CEO Grant Callen announced today that Wil Ervin has been named Senior Vice President of the organization.
In this role, Ervin will lead Empower’s Advocacy team, which includes public policy, government affairs, and communications.
“With nearly a decade of Mississippi policy experience, Wil brings great ideas, policy acumen, and a wealth of trusted relationships to the organization,” said Callen. “I’m truly excited to have him join the Empower team in this key leadership role.”
Ervin is a seasoned professional with a strong demonstrated history of work in government relations, legislative affairs and public policy. He has spent nearly a decade at the Mississippi Division of Medicaid and during that time, has served as Legislative Affairs Officer, Director of Government Relations, Senior Director of External Affairs and most recently Deputy Administrator, Health Policy and Services.
“Empower Mississippi is the leading voice on the issues of education, meaningful work, and justice, all things that are incredibly important to the people of this state,” said Ervin. “I am grateful for the opportunity to join this incredible organization and team. I believe Mississippi’s best days are ahead of us and look forward to advocating for policies I strongly believe will help make Mississippi the best place to live, work, and raise a family in America.”
A native of Crystal Springs, Ervin is a graduate of Mississippi State University with a B.A. in political science and government. He received his Master of Healthcare Administration from Walden University. His wife, Savannah, a physician, is a graduate of the University of Mississippi Medical Center.


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In 2011, more Americans connected to the Internet than ever before, although differences continued to exist between those with use and those without. Just as with differences in use, variation in the ways that people were connecting online and the frequency of their use remained prevalent as well.
This report provides household and individual level analysis of computer usage and Internet use. The findings are based on data collected in a July 2011 supplement to the Current Population Survey (CPS), which includes questions about computer ownership, Internet use both inside and outside the home, and the additional devices that people use to go online. The U.S. Census Bureau has asked questions in the CPS about computer use since 1984 and Internet use since 1997. This narrative report is complemented by a detailed table package that allows users to explore the data in more detail.
In 2011, household respondents were asked how many computers were present in their home. Respondents were also asked whether anyone in their household used the Internet from that home. Later in the survey, respondents were asked about the individual Internet activities of all members of the household, including whether they accessed the Internet, where that use took place, and what types of devices they used. Over time, the Census Bureau has changed the wording of many questions in the Computer and Internet Use Supplement. Appendix Table A presents a summary of these changes.
This report begins with a summary of computer and Internet use in American households since 1984, while the second part addresses use specifically in 2011. The final section presents a new “Connectivity Continuum” designed to show variations across an all-inclusive scale of personal technology adoption in the general public.

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Beachside carparks have been closed in Tweed Shire until April 27. The decision was made at an extraordinary ‘virtual’ meeting of Tweed Shire Council last night.
‘We voted unanimously to close beachside carparks. However, the beaches remain open,’ Deputy Mayor, Chris Cherry told Echonetdaily.
‘Following the closure of the Gold Coast beaches there were so many Queensland number plates at places like Cabarita, Fingal and other good surfing spots people were becoming very concerned. We are trying to bring the message home that we really don’t want tourists at this time that we had to take drastic action. We are trying to make sure that people are taking the message seriously and staying home.’
The carparks will remain closed throughout the school holidays, however, Tweed Council will be reviewing the situation regularly.
‘We will review the decision after the Easter weekend to ensure that it is operating effectively and that it hasn’t had any unintended consequences,’ said Ms Cherry.


The first designs for underwater vessels appeared over 400 years ago. Even the legendary Leonardo da Vinci seems to have tried his hand at this. For Ukraine, one of the most interesting historical legends is a tale about Zaporizhian Cossacks who turned their traditional chaika boats into submarines. The main historical source for this story is the records of Fournier, a French monk who shared the details of the North Slav attacks on Turkish forts on his return from Constantinople (now Istanbul). Allegedly, the Cossacks sailed across the Black Sea underwater, thus managing to catch their enemies off guard.
Regardless of the veracity of this tale, the first submarines were indeed built from wood. Fully metal-hulled submarines appeared much later, in the 19th century. The approaches to shape, engines and other intricacies of this craft evolved continuously until the second half of the 20th century. The changes were necessitated by active military use, which revealed weak points in many submarine components that had to be eliminated.
However, submarines have found civil applications as well. For example, in the mid-1900s, they delivered cargo and mail to hard-to-reach places. Still, scientific research has established itself as the most successful peacetime application for submarines. It is believed that the first-ever underwater craft for seabed exploration, called the Loligo, was built by the Germans in 1914. In 1931, the Americans re-purposed the Nautilus, turning one of the military submarine’s torpedo bays into an air lock chamber for divers and using the others to carry scientific equipment.
When shape matters
Submarines evolved numerous times before finally taking on the cigar-like shape we know today. However, Spanish inventor and engineer Narcís Monturiol i Estarriol envisioned a streamlined hydrodynamic shape for submarines back in the mid-1800s. His solution did not catch on right away, though. The departure from a clearly efficient shape is explained by the fact that in the early 20th century, military submarines spent most of the time above water. This was because the diesel engines commonly used back then performed better that way. They submerged only briefly. Thus, the hull shape was something of a compromise, resembling a warship with a tightly sealed top. When necessary, the vessel could dive underwater quickly to hide from an enemy.
As the efficiency of submerged operations has improved (modern submarines can navigate the depths autonomously for 100+ days), so has the ability to locate objects on the surface and underwater. This has forced the engineers to return to the drawing board. They have found that a circle is the most rational cross-section for a submarine.
Notably, Narcís Monturiol i Estarriol used a double-hull structure in his submarine designs. This is when a streamlined, relatively light and non-watertight outer hull contains an inner hull that is watertight and rigid to withstand higher pressure. While the Spanish engineer’s submarine designs had a wooden outer hull, modern hulls are made of steel and covered in special rubber compounds to reduce noise in motion.
Today, most of the rigid hulls are made by welding separate parts. Traditionally, the middle is made of a cylinder with various cross-sections. Conical elements are welded to the ends. The very large sections in the middle of the submarine are separated by watertight steel bulkheads. They have two main functions: they serve as an additional stiffening rib and divide the hull into sealed compartments, which increases the survivability of the vessel.
The steel used in the construction of a strong submarine hull must meet certain criteria. The first is a high ratio of strength to weight. The deeper a submarine goes, the greater the water pressure. The metal used for the submarine hull and welds also must be of high plasticity. Submarines frequently dive and surface, enduring many load cycles, which can result in fatigue cracking. This means that the steel must meet very strict fatigue and dynamic strength requirements. As with surface vessels, high resistance to corrosion is essential. Low magnetism is also important for military submarines to reduce the risk of detection.
Low-alloy special steels have been developed for submarines to meet these and certain other requirements. The Americans are trailblazers in making steel for submarines. The NT steel grade has a yield strength of 45 kgf/mm² and was made in the US in 1943. Other countries with submarine fleets followed suit.
The AK25 steel grade has a yield strength of 60 kgf/mm² and was made in the USSR in the early 1950s. It represented a new class of high-strength, weldable, blast and corrosion resistant material. The first submarine with a hull made of this steel was built in 1958. Specialists from modern-day Ukraine’s Zaporizhstal and Azovstal were closely involved in the further improvement of materials used to make Soviet submarines. In the 1970s, electroslag remelting was used to produce such steels: a technology developed by Kyiv’s Paton Institute of Electric Welding. Now you can attain the target steel parameters through steel ladle treatment.
Submarines are mostly used by navies and more than 30 countries currently have submarines in service. Nuclear submarines are considered the pinnacle of achievement. While their construction and fabrication are heavily guarded secrets, scientific achievements are frequently shared and promoted.
The Deepsea Challenger submarine is the most technologically advanced dive craft that has ever been used to explore the ocean depths. In 2012, world-famous film director James Cameron piloted the craft to reach the bottom of the Challenger Deep, the deepest part of the Mariana Trench. The maximum depth recorded during this record-setting dive was 10,994 metres, where the water pressure is more than 1,000 times greater than at sea level.
This deep-sea craft was constructed in Australia during eight years under a veil of secrecy. Cameron piloted it from a sphere that was 1 metre in diameter and had steel walls with a thickness of 6.4 centimetres. The chamber was built from two steel plates, which protected the film director from the crushing deep-sea pressures. Above the chamber was a vertically oriented, torpedo-shaped submersible. The expedition discovered 68 previously unknown species. This was the second time in history that a human had made the trip to the world’s deepest known point. In 1960, Swiss oceanographer and engineer Jacques Piccard and Lt Don Walsh of the US Navy reached the floor of the Mariana Trench in a bathyscaphe named the Trieste.
The intervening fifty years were not spent idly. The Deepsea Challenger sub was 10 times lighter than the Trieste bathyscaphe and was able to descend and ascend more quickly. Perhaps some of the technology used in this research will soon enable the creation of underwater human colonies.


Let me begin by saying that I watched the video of Jason McElwain sink those 3-pointers. Not only did I watch it, but I watched it over and over again since every media station on the planet was playing it. While the story on it's own was of the caliber "Hey neat-o. Bet he can't do that again. Oh look, he did!," the whole story should've ended there.
Instead, the media grabs it and runs with it as if it's the greatest thing to grace the airwaves and newsprint in 50 years; it was as if someone had finally achieved world peace. Then it just got blown out of control. Not only did the media cover it, but then suddenly there's 30 something movie deals for this kid. A movie deal? Come on. As if that's not bad enough, Bush makes it all worse. How? By having himself immortalized in a movie not for how he handled the country, but for his inclusion now in the J-Mac story.
I can picture the movie now. All-American kid with disability faces trials and tribulations growing up always hoping to one day be able to play basketball, like all the other normal kids. His heroes growing up are Shaq, Kobe, Jordan. He's got pictures of famous basketball stars up in his room and all he can think about, all he can dream about - is playing basketball as a pro one day.
Then, in high school, he gets his break. He's been managing the team all year and on the last game of the season, the star player on the team suffers a groin or ankle injury. The score is tied and there's no one else to play. The team suddenly experiences the anxiety that without their star player, they won't win the game and go onto to regional fame. What to do, what to do. Then the coach, in a moment of doubtful desperation says "J-mac, yeah you. Get in there, son. We don't stand much of a chance anyways, so...go ahead kid. You deserve it."
Then, in some Kellogg's Cornflakes, slow-motion, Chariots of Fire fueled cinematic masterpiece, someone passes J-Mac the ball. J-Mac looks furiously around the court, eyes darting left, then right, scanning the court for who might be blocking him. The camera pans the students in the bleachers. They, too, have a fierce look of anxiety in their face, half skeptical of J-Mac even making the shot, half-hoping he may. As the clock counts down to the last two seconds, and with the game tied, J-Mac, seeing an opening, strides to the 3-point line, jumps, shoots....
The crowd goes wild! The ball swooshes right in the net as if an expert marksman hit his bullseye. With the net still swirling from the perfect shot, the buzzer goes off, awarding three points to J-mac's team and also handing victory to the team and the school. The hero is apparent as a crowd rushes the court to hoist J-mac onto their shoulders. Everyone's holding his likeness on a tongue depressor a loud chant is heard: "J-mac! J-mac! J-mac!" The camera does a slow pan around him, huge ear-to-ear smile, as the image fades away...
As if it isn't typical sickening Hollywood style, it will now get worse, and all because of one man, George Bush. See, after the camera dimmed on the basketball court, it then fades back in on George Bush, one year later, working behind his desk with some staff members about the current "positive" situation in Iraq. George, another All-American hero, is talking about all the successes in Iraq and how the American people have had such strong resolve and unparalleled commitment when it comes to sticking out the mission until it's accomplished. Then, George gets up and goes through a door and arrives in the Press Corps room where he goes in front of the podium to deliver a speech to the American people about resolve and how oftentimes, in the midst of the overall picture, some lesser heard but just as important stories of true Americanism, get drowned out. In the midst of this speech, he changes direction to that of heroes and how Americans need to be reminded of unsung heroes from time to time to bring back that good old fashioned, American pie form of patriotism. George wants to tell a little story.
George Bush talks about J-Mac. He tells the story of the underachiever who scored big at his high school. J-Mac, he says, can inspire a nation. He even makes statements like...like the ones he made just yesterday.
Bush said someone brought it to him, but that he wept when he saw it.
Bush also added his typical visionary take on the situation:
"Our country was captivated by an amazing story on the basketball court," he said. "It's the story of a young man who found his touch on the basketball court, which, in turn, touched the hearts of citizens all around the country."
And this is where I step back in since I have some problems with Bush's choice of words from yesterday. First off, I have a hard time believing Bush wept when he heard the story of J-Mac sinking some 3-pointers. Look, sure, J-Mac has some autism but I've seen far worse cases that would literally make your stomach turn and your heart turn cold, leaving your soul to fathom how something like this can even happen to people; what did they do to deserve this. The severe cases are the ones that make me want to cry. J-mac's story makes me want to...thank the students he went to school with since they seemed so cool and unbothered by the fact that this kid has a disability. I mean, show me a high school where the kids with physical limitations, weight problems, or mental issues aren't
made fun of. This kid wasn't that kid. Sure, he seems a little slow in terms of responding, but from what I could see on the countless interviews, he's all there mentally, has a huge network of friends, and people are proud of him. That's the real
great story here, isn't it?
Continuing, the country was "captivated"? Really? I think entertained would be a more appropriate description for the country's reaction. I think captivated would better describe the mood of the country with regards to Bush's sinking approval rating and the ongoing situation in Iraq and the current rhetoric build-up on Iran. Captivated would be a suitable word to descrive my mood for how the President wages war based on lies, breaks the law and eavesdrops on Americans, approves a port security deal without even knowing what the deal was, continues with the same line of "support this," "freedom that," "win the hearts and minds," and...nobody is able to break through his armor or take advantage of his increasing and extremely low approval on almost all facets of his job? That's what captivates the FUCK out of me!
And lastly, "touched the hearts of citizens" all over the world? I wonder if your average Iraqi Joe McAllah Doe took pause for a moment amidst suicide bombings and careful navigation of Baghdad streets to avoid IED's and sectarian violence, saw a broadcast on Al-Jazeera of Bush and J-Mac meeting on the tarmac, complete with replays of J-Mac's 3-pointer shots, and took pause to wipe a tear from the corner of his eye and hug a young Iraqi.
I doubt a terrorist and a US soldier, locked and loaded, aimed at each other, about to pull the trigger, simultaneously heard the J-Mac story, looked a relaxed and wet eye towards each other, and slowly lowered the weapons, all ending in an embrace.
Touched the hearts of citizens all over the world? I'm sorry, but no. It's a great story, sure, but not one that changes the world overall in a positive direction. Call me a pessimist, and perhaps it's just your reputation to ignore the worst, no matter how much the truth hurts and continue blowing rose-colored smoke up everybody's ass but, there's a time and a place for everything and with the place you're in right now, I think concentrating on the facts on the ground and finally accepting the truth of the matter publicly would "touch the hearts of citizens all over the world."


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Dopamine is a monoamine neurotransmitter that belongs to the catecholamine family; the catecholamine family includes dopamine, norepinephrine, and epinephrine. Dopamine is mainly produced in the nervous system and adrenal medulla; it plays a role in many brain functions like behavior and cognition.
The plasma reference ranges for dopamine are as follows  :
Supine adults - < 10 ng/ml (conventional units); < 0.065 nmol/L (SI units)
Ambulatory adults - < 20 ng/mL (conventional units); < 0.13 nmol/L (SI units)
Age 3-15 years - < 60 pg/mL (conventional units); < 0.39 nmol/L (SI units)
Table. Urine Reference Ranges (Open Table in a new window)
|Age||Conventional Units||SI Units|
|3-8 y||80-378 µg/24 h||523-2472 nmol/24 h|
|9-12 y||51-474 µg/24 h||334-3100 nmol/24 h|
|13-17 y||51-645 µg/24 h||334-4218 nmol/24 h|
|>17 y||52-480 µg/24 h||340-3139 nmol/24 h|
Catecholamines including dopamine may be elevated in the following instances:
After a medication withdrawal (eg, clonidine, alcohol)
In acute illness
With medications such as tricyclic antidepressants, buspirone, antipsychotic agents, cocaine, Levodopa, amphetamines, ephedrine, pseudoephedrine
Collection and Panels
Patient instructions are as follows:
The patient should fast for at least 4 hours and should avoid smoking and caffeinated beverages.
Medication that interfere with catecholamines metabolism should be avoided if possible.
Specimen collection instructions are as follows:
An indwelling intravenous catheter should be used.
After catheter insertion, the patient should rest for 30 minutes in the supine position.
Withdraw the blood specimen afterward.
Collection tube - Lavender-top tube or green-top tube
Specimen preparation - Separate plasma from cells and transfer to transport tube in less than 1 hour and freeze immediately.
Storage/transport temperature - Frozen
Stability - Frozen (14 days)
Unacceptable conditions - Grossly hemolyzed specimens
Panels - Plasma fractionated catecholamines that include plasma dopamine, epinephrine, and norepinephrine
Patient instructions are as follows:
Medication that interfere with catecholamines metabolism should be stopped at least a week prior to the urine collection if possible.
Specimen collection - 24-hour urine collection, creatinine measurement on the same urine sample to assess the specimen adequacy
Collection container - Urine container with 25 mL 6N HCl preservative.
Specimen preparation: Separate plasma from cells and transfer to transport tube in less than 1 hour and freeze immediately.
Storage/transport temperature: Refrigerate during and after collection.
Stability - Room temperature: 3 days, refrigerated: 14 days, frozen: 14 days
Unacceptable conditions - A container with pH greater than 5
Panels - Catecholamines fractionation (free), 24-hour urine including urine dopamine, epinephrine, and norepinephrine
Dopamine is a monoamine neurotransmitter that belongs to the catecholamine family; the catecholamine family includes dopamine, norepinephrine, and epinephrine. Dopamine is mainly produced in the nervous system and adrenal medulla; it plays a role in many brain functions like behavior and cognition. [3, 4]
Tyrosine hydroxylase converts tyrosine to 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (DOPA), which is converted to dopamine under the effect of aromatic l-amino acid decarboxylase, then dopamine β-hydroxylase converts dopamine to norepinephrine and phenylethanolamine N -methyltransferase converts norepinephrine to epinephrine.
Plasma and/or urine dopamine tests are indicated as part of the work up for the diagnosis of the following conditions:
Plasma and/or urine dopamine can be used in the monitoring of the following conditions:
Neuroblastoma after therapy
Plasma fractionated catecholamines includes plasma dopamine, epinephrine, and norepinephrine, whereas 24-hour urine fractionated catecholamine includes urine dopamine, epinephrine, and norepinephrine.
In cases of pheochromocytoma, adrenal incidentaloma, and paraganglioma, plasma and urine dopamine must not be measured separately; rather, plasma fractionated catecholamines and 24-hour urine fractionated catecholamine should be ordered since rarely will pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas only secrete dopamine.
The most acceptable approach for pheochromocytoma diagnosis is to screen with 24-hour urine collection for fractionated metanephrines and catecholamines; if high clinical suspicion exists, then plasma fractionated metanephrines should then follow as a confirmatory test.
During the work-up for neuroblastoma, dopamine, whether in the urine or the plasma, should be measured in combination with 24-hour urine vanillylmandelic acid (VMA) and homovanillic acid (HVA).

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Professor of English and Director of the Programs In Writing
1920 - 2008
Oakley Hall grew up in San Diego and Hawaii loving pulp fiction and dime-store westerns; he loved reading Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett in Black Mask Magazine and aspired to being published there . . . until he read Ernest Hemingway and William Faulkner. Oakley Hall went on to write over 25 books, many of them westerns in the finest sense of that word. His fourth novel, Warlock (1958), published when he was just 38 years old, was greatly admired by Thomas Pynchon and was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. Warlock was—and still is—a hugely influential novel for writers, a novel that not only insisted on revising our romantic and seriously delusional mythologies about the west, but also insisted on elevating the western, the genre of the western, to literature. Warlock was made into a film starring Henry Fonda, Richard Widmark and Anthony Quinn, and admirers of the novel have formed a band named after the author himself. New York Review Books Classics re-published Warlock in 2005 in recognition of Warlock’s revelatory importance as a major American novel. Robert Stone wrote the Introduction for this re-issue.
Separations, which received the 1997 Southwest Book Award, is set in the 1880s and intersperses early explorations of the Grand Canyon with scenes set in San Francisco’s fledgling literary culture. It is a novel written with Oakley Hall’s unerring attention to historical detail and captures—also unerringly—the atmosphere of the times.
Corpus of Joe Bailey, Oakley Hall’s bildungsroman, was published in 1953 and continues to be read widely and to provide admirers with a scenic map of Depression-era and war-time San Diego that they follow in the Joe Bailey Bus in a yearly tribute to the novel’s lasting influence on their lives. Report from Beau Harbor (1971) is a sequel to Corpus of Joe Bailey, and Love & War in California (2007), published late in Oakley Hall’s life, is in some regards a bookend to both Report from Beau Harbor and Corpus of Joe Bailey. The novel starts on December 7, 1941, with the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and moves forward in time to the present day.
The Downhill Racers (1962), about world-class skiers and their fiercely competitive natures—also a classic among readers—was made into a movie by Paramount, but attribution for the film’s content had to be won in court, and this was always a great sadness to Oakley Hall, that a writer would steal another writer’s work.
Oakley Hall, always a great lover of mysteries, started out his career as O.M. Hall and Jason Manor, writing novels with titles like Murder City and Too Dead to Run. Late in his life he returned—and happily—to writing a series of novels loosely tied to Ambrose Bierce, his genius, and his disappearance into Mexico about which almost nothing is known. Ambrose Bierce and the Ace of Shoots (2006), Ambrose Bierce and the Trey of Pearls (2004), Ambrose Bierce and the Death of Kings (2001) and Ambrose Bierce and the Queen of Spades (1998) . . . to name just a few. Oakley Hall found writing mysteries relaxing, and hugely freeing from the demands of writing more important work. Part of Oakley Hall’s brilliance and agility as a writer was his ability to take a genre and probe it for literary possibility, to not only deliver the genre, but to undermine—or perhaps refine and sophisticate—its demands at the same time.
Oakley Hall was inducted into the Cowboy Hall of Fame in 1989 and given the PEN Center West Award of Honor for Lifetime Achievement in 1998, but perhaps his greatest professional achievement outside of his novels was the huge generosity he showed other writers and the massive number of hours he spent reading their writing seriously and helping them craft their work. Oakley Hall directed the Programs In Writing at the University of California at Irvine for over 20 years, from 1969 to 1990. He and Donald Heiney, who wrote under the name MacDonald Harris, mentored some of America’s finest young writers and built a writing program of singular distinction. Richard Ford, Kem Nunn, Whitney Otto, James Brown, and Michael Chabon are just a few of the program’s graduates. Hall’s course on Structuring The Novel is still invoked by students lucky enough to have been in the program during his twenty year directorship.
Oakley Hall was married to Barbara Edinger Hall, a professional photographer, in 1944, and they were married for 64 years. They had four children, Brett Hall Jones, director of the Squaw Valley Community of Writers, the writers’ conference that Oakley Hall helped found in 1969; Sands Hall, an accomplished teacher and novelist (Catching Heaven, 2000, and Tools of the Writer’s Craft, 2005); Tracy, a school teacher; and Oakley Hall III, known as “Tad,” a son and the author of the play, Grinder’s Stand, whose tragic fall from a bridge and the brain damage suffered from this fall are documented in the film The Loss of Nameless Things (filmmaker Bill Rose).
Oakley Hall was remembered in three significant tributes around the state last summer and this fall. At the Squaw Valley Community of Writers, 2008, several hundred people gathered to hear a series of speakers read an excerpt from each of Hall’s novels. On the stage, between two podiums, stood an old typewriter table holding one of Oakley Hall’s typewriters. After each excerpt, the reader placed the novel on the stand. At evening’s close, the table was mounded with books, the immensely important production of a lifetime.
Professor of English
Programs In Writing
University of California at Irvine

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