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Cora Bagley Marrett (Chair) is an emeritus professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where she served on the faculty for more than 30 years, including 5 years in the concurrent position of senior vice president for academic affairs for the University of Wisconsin System. Her academic career includes appointments at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where she was provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs; the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; and Western Michigan University. On leave from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, she held administrative positions at the National Science Foundation, including the first assistant director for social, behavioral and economic sciences, assistant director for education and human resources, acting deputy director for the foundation in 2009, permanent deputy director in 2011, and two periods as acting director. Other national service includes appointment by President Carter to the Presidential Commission on the Accident at Three Mile Island. She received an Excellence in Teaching Award and Distinguished Alumna Award from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and Sigma Xi, as well as a residential fellow (inaugural class) and national associate of the National Academy of Sciences. She holds a B.A. from Virginia Union University, and an M.A. and a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in sociology.
Patricia J. Bauer is the Asa Griggs Candler professor of psychology at Emory University. Her research focuses on the development of memory, particularly the determinants of remembering and forgetting, links between cognitive and neural developments and age-related changes in memory, and the
elaboration of the semantic knowledge base through learning and productive processes. Previously, she was a professor in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at Duke University and was on the faculty of the Institute of Child Development at the University of Minnesota. She earned her Ph.D. in psychology from Miami University.
Cynthia Beall (NAS) is distinguished university professor and the Sarah Idell Pyle professor of anthropology at Case Western Reserve University. She is a physical anthropologist whose research focuses on human adaptation to high-altitude hypoxia, particularly the different patterns of adaptation exhibited by Andean, Tibetan, and East African highlanders. Her current research deals with the genetics and physiology of adaptive traits and evidence for natural selection. She is a member of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), the American Philosophical Society, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; she also was a Guggenheim fellow and is a current member of the board of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In addition to active participation in the nomination processes for NAS members and NAS governance, she has chaired and been a member of the Board on International Scientific Organizations, was a delegate to the 28th ICSU General Assembly, and was chair, vice-chair, and a member of the U.S. National Committee of the International Union of Biological Sciences, was a member of the Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education Advisory Board and is a current member of the Advisory Board for the NAS Koshland public engagement program. She earned her M.A. and Ph.D. in anthropology from Pennsylvania State University.
Margaret E. Beier is an associate professor of psychology at Rice University. Her research interests focus on learning and intellectual development throughout the life span; she investigates the individual determinants of learning, particularly as related to age and to cognitive (intellectual abilities and working memory capacity) and noncognitive (personality, interests, motivation, and self-regulation) predictors of knowledge and skill acquisition. Her work examines the effectiveness of various educational interventions and the interaction of individual factors and these interventions on learning and noncognitive outcomes such as self-efficacy, self-concept, and interests. She has published book chapters and articles in peer-reviewed psychology journals. Her awards for teaching and research include the Rice Center for Teaching Excellence Fellowship and the George R. Brown Award for Superior Teaching from Rice University. She is a member of the American Educational Research Association, a fellow of the Association for Psychological Science, and a Division 14 fellow of the American Psychological Association (Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychologists). She is on the editorial board of Human Performance,
the Journal of Business and Psychology and Work, Aging, and Retirement. Her M.S. and Ph.D. in psychology are from the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Sujeeta Bhatt (Study Director) is a senior program officer with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and currently directs two studies: How People Learn II: Science and Practice of Learning, and the Social and Behavioral Sciences for National Security: A Decadal Survey. She was formerly a research scientist at the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), detailed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s High-Value Detainee Interrogation Group (HIG). Prior to that, she was an assistant professor in radiology at the Georgetown University Medical Center, on detail to DIA/HIG. Her work at DIA and HIG focused on the management of research on the psychological and neuroscience bases for credibility assessment, biometrics, insider threat, and intelligence interviewing and interrogation methods and on developing research-to-practice modules to promote the use of evidence-based practice in interviews/interrogations. She received an Intelligence Community Postdoctoral Fellowship Award and an American Psychological Association Science Fellowship. For her work in deception detection and interrogation, she has been invited to speak to audiences ranging from universities to U.S. government entities and has trained law enforcement agents across local, state and federal levels. She holds a Ph.D. in behavioral neuroscience from American University.
David B. Daniel is a professor of psychology at James Madison University. His work forges reciprocal links between cognitive-developmental psychology and teaching practices/pedagogy. An Association for Physiological Science fellow, he has received the Transforming Education through Neuroscience Award and was recognized as one of the top 1 percent of educational researchers influencing public debate in the United States. He was the founding managing editor of the journal Mind, Brain and Education and has received many teaching awards throughout his career. His scholarship and related activities focus on translating findings from the Science of Learning, the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, and other relevant literatures to useable knowledge, particularly for educational practice, policy, and student learning. He received an M.A. and a Ph.D. in life-span developmental psychology from West Virginia University.
Robert L. Goldstone is distinguished professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences and Cognitive Science Program at Indiana University, where he has been a faculty member since 1991. He directed the Cognitive Science Program during 2006–2011. His research interests include concept learning and representation, perceptual learning, educational applications of cognitive science, decision making, collective behavior, and computational modeling of human cognition. His interests in education focus on learning and transfer in mathematics and science, computational models of learning,
and the design of innovative learning technologies. He was awarded two APA Young Investigator Awards, the 1996 Chase Memorial Award for Outstanding Young Researcher in Cognitive Science, a 1997 James McKeen Cattell Sabbatical Award, an APA Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution to Psychology, and a 2004 Troland research award from the National Academy of Sciences. He has been executive editor of Cognitive Science, associate editor of Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, and associate editor of Cognitive Psychology and Topics in Cognitive Science. He is an elected fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Society of Experimental Psychologists, the Association for Psychological Science, and the Cognitive Science Society. He received a B.A. from Oberlin College in cognitive science, an M.A. in psychology from the University of Illinois, and a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Michigan.
Arthur C. Graesser is a distinguished university professor of interdisciplinary research in the Department of Psychology and the Institute of Intelligent Systems at the University of Memphis and an honorary research fellow in the Department of Education at Oxford University. His primary research interests are in cognitive science, discourse processing, computational linguistics, and the learning sciences. He has developed automated tutoring systems with conversational agents and automated text analysis systems. He was editor of the journal Discourse Processes and Journal of Educational Psychology and president of the Society for Empirical Studies of Literature, Art, and Media; the Society for Text and Discourse; the International Society for Artificial Intelligence in Education; and the Federation of Associations in the Behavioral and Brain Sciences Foundation. He has chaired or been a member of expert panels for the Programme for International Student Assessment and the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies, and he consults for the Educational Testing Service. He received lifetime research achievement awards from the American Psychological Association, the Society for Text and Discourse, the McGraw-Hill Research Foundation, as well as the first University of Memphis Presidential Award for Lifetime Achievement in Research.
Mary Helen Immordino-Yang is professor of education, psychology and neuroscience at the University of Southern California, at the Rossier School of Education and the Brain and Creativity Institute. She studies the psychological and neurobiological bases of social emotion, self-awareness and reflective thought across cultures, their connections to social, emotional and academic development, and implications of these connections for pedagogy and teacher professional development. Her interdisciplinary approach combines human development psychology with social neuroscience and field studies in schools. She is associate editor for Mind, Brain, and Education, and the American Educational Research Association’s AERA Open, serves on the editorial boards of
the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General and Culture and Brain, and is currently serving as president of the International Mind, Brain, and Education Society. She serves on advisory boards for multiple schools, school districts, and scientific research institutes and commissions in the United States and internationally, including as a distinguished scientist on the Aspen Institute’s National Commission on Social, Emotional and Academic Development. She has received the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Cozarrelli Prize and early career awards from the AERA, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Federation of Associations of Behavioral & Brain Sciences, and the Association for Psychological Science, and commendations from the Army and Los Angeles County. Her Ed.M. in cognitive development and Ed.D. in human development and psychology are from Harvard University.
Ruth Kanfer is professor of psychology at the School of Psychology, Georgia Institute of Technology. Her research, which focuses on the influence of motivation, personality, and emotion in workplace behavior, job performance, and worker well-being, has examined the impact of these people factors and situational constraints as they affect skill training, job search, teamwork, job performance, and the development of workplace competencies. Recent projects have focused on adult development and workforce gaining, job search–employment relations, motivation in and of teams, and person determinants of cross-cultural effectiveness. She is director of the Work Science Center and codirector of the Kanfer-Ackerman laboratory, which conducts longitudinal and large-scale laboratory and field collaborative projects on topics such as workforce aging, work adjustment, cognitive fatigue, skill acquisition, adult development and career trajectories, and self-regulated learning. She has served on the editorial boards of the Academy of Management Learning and Education; Applied Psychology: An International Review; Human Performance; Journal of Applied Psychology; and the Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology. She received the 2007 Distinguished Scientific Contributions Award and the 2006 William R. Owens Scholarly Achievement Award from the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. She earned her Ph.D. in psychology from Arizona State University.
Jeffrey D. Karpicke is the James V. Bradley professor of psychological sciences at Purdue University. His research sits at the interface between cognitive science and education, with a specific emphasis on the importance of retrieval processes for learning. A primary goal of his research is to identify effective cognitive strategies that promote long-term learning, comprehension, and knowledge application. His research program examines learning strategies in children, metacognition and self-regulated learning, and educational technology. He received the Early Investigator Award from the Society of Experimental Psychologists in 2017, the Janet Taylor Spence Award for Transformative Early Career Contributions from the Association for Psychological Science in 2015,
the Outstanding Young Investigator Award from the Psychonomic Society in 2013, a National Science Foundation CAREER Award in 2012, and the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers in 2012. He earned his Ph.D. from Washington University in St. Louis.
Barbara M. Means is executive director of Learning Sciences Research at Digital Promise. Previously the founder and director of the Center for Technology in Learning at SRI International, she is an educational psychologist whose research focuses on ways technology can support students’ learning of advanced skills and the revitalization of classrooms and schools. Her 2014 book, Learning Online: What Research Tells Us About Whether, When, and How, describes the state of the art in online learning from kindergarten through higher education and adult learning and provides a critical appraisal of the research base for practices in each of these domains. Her recent work includes evaluating the implementation and impacts of newly developed adaptive learning courseware developed with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Previously, she helped the Office of Educational Technology, U.S. Department of Education, develop a framework for describing new research approaches and forms of evidence made possible when students learn online. She has been an author or editor for eight books on topics in education, learning technology, and education reform. She earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology from Stanford University and her Ph.D. in educational psychology from the University of California, Berkeley.
Douglas L. Medin (NAS) is the Louis W. Menk professor of psychology and holds a joint appointment in Psychology and Education and Social Policy at Northwestern University. Dr. Medin taught at Rockefeller University, the University of Illinois, and the University of Michigan. From his earlier research on concepts and categorization, recent research has extended to cross-cultural studies of biological categorization and reasoning, cultural and cognitive dimensions of moral reasoning and decision making, and culturally based and community-based science education. The latter work involves a partnership of the American Indian Center of Chicago, the Menominee tribe of Wisconsin, and Northwestern University. He has conducted research on cognition and learning among both indigenous and majority culture populations in Guatemala, Brazil, Mexico, and the United States. He received an American Psychological Association (APA) Presidential Citation, the APA distinguished Scientific Contribution Award, and the Association for Physiological Science William James Lifetime Achievement Award and is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the National Academy of Education. He received a James McKeen Cattell Sabbatical Fellowship Award and has served as editor for The Psychology of Learning and Motivation and Cognitive Psychology. He earned his M.A. and Ph.D. in psychology from the University of South Dakota.
Linda Nathan is the executive director of the Center for Artistry and Scholarship, which fosters and mobilizes creative, arts-immersed schools, where students are making and doing, teachers are asking how and why, and schools are engaged in their community. In this role, she oversees key programs including the Perrone-Sizer Institute for Creative Leadership in partnership with the University of Massachusetts, Boston. She also works closely with the leadership of Conservatory Lab Charter School to support its development as a national model of project-based learning and arts-immersed education. Dr. Nathan was the founding Headmaster of Boston Arts Academy, Boston’s first public high school for the visual and performing arts. As an experienced leader in education, Dr. Nathan actively mentors teachers and principals, and consults nationally and internationally on issues of educational reform, leadership and teaching with a commitment to equity, and the critical role of arts and creativity in schools. Dr. Nathan also facilitates workshops and conversations about issues of race, equity, and culturally relevant pedagogy for school leaders, teachers, parents, and students across the nation. She is the author of two books: Hardest Questions Aren’t on the Test (2009, Beacon Press) and When Grit Isn’t Enough (2017, Beacon Press). Dr. Nathan is also an adjunct lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education where she has taught for 17 years. She earned master’s degrees in education administration from Antioch University and in performing arts from Emerson College and received an Ed.D. from Harvard University.
Annemarie Sullivan Palincsar is the Jean and Charles Walgreen Jr. chair of reading and literacy, Arthur F. Thurnau professor, and a teacher educator at the University of Michigan. Her primary research interest is in supporting students’ sense-making and knowledge building especially in the context of project-based learning. A particular interest is children who struggle with challenging academic work. With her research group and in collaboration with computer scientist Elliot Soloway, she designed and studied the use of a cyber-learning environment in which students collaborate as they read texts, view video, use simulations, write, and draw, while engaging in scientific inquiry. She participated in studies investigating the value of educative supports for science teaching in the upper elementary grades and in design-based research to investigate the process and outcomes of teaching English learners the use of functional grammar analysis as an aid to interpreting and learning from narrative and informational text. She has served on expert panels and committees to prepare evidence-based reports on teacher preparation and learning, including the OERI/RAND Reading Study Group and the International Reading Association’s Literacy Research Panel. She served on the National Advisory Board to Children’s Television Workshop, was co-editor of Cognition and Instruction, and is a member of the National Academy of Education. Her Ph.D. is from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.
Daniel L. Schwartz is the Nomellini & Olivier professor of educational technology and director of the AAA Laboratory at Stanford University, where he has taught since 2000. He is also the I. James Quillen dean of the graduate school of education, Stanford University. Previously, he was an associate and assistant professor at Vanderbilt University. He studies student understanding and representation and the ways that technology can facilitate learning. His research—at the intersection of cognitive science, computer science, and education—examines learning and instruction in laboratory, classroom, and informal settings. Informed by his 8 years as a middle school teacher in Los Angeles and Alaska, a theme throughout his research is how people’s facility for spatial thinking can inform and influence processes of learning, instruction, assessment, and problem solving. In particular, new media enables exploitation of spatial representations and interactivity in fundamentally new ways that complement the verbal approaches dominant in traditional educational research and practice. He has published on learning, assessment, technology, and the relation between perceptual-motor systems, physical environments, and higher-order cognition. His recognitions include Stanford Graduate School Advisor of the Year, Teacher of the Year, AERA Article of the Year, Research Article of the Year (Association for Educational Computing and Technology), and Outstanding Young Teacher in Los Angeles Unified School District (Alumni of the School of Education, University of Southern California). His Ph.D. in human cognition and learning is from Columbia University.
Heidi Schweingruber directs the Board on Science Education (BOSE) at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. In this role, she oversees the BOSE portfolio and collaborates with the board to develop new projects. She has worked on multiple National Academies projects on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education, including co-directing the study that resulted in the report A Framework for K-12 Science Education, which provided the blueprint for new national standards for K-12 science education. She co-authored two award-winning books for practitioners that translate findings of National Research Council reports for a broader audience: Ready, Set, Science!: Putting Research to Work in K-8 Science Classrooms (2008) and Surrounded by Science (2010). Prior to joining the National Academies, she was a senior research associate at the Institute of Education Sciences in the U.S. Department of Education and the director of research for the Rice University School Mathematics Project, an outreach program in K–12 mathematics education. She holds a Ph.D. in psychology (developmental) and anthropology, and a certificate in culture and cognition from the University of Michigan.
Zewelanji N. Serpell is an associate professor and director of graduate studies in the psychology department at Virginia Commonwealth University. Her
research focuses on developing and evaluating school-based programs for underperforming students. Her work harnesses advances in cognitive science to develop and test interventions that target students’ executive functioning. For example, she has a project exploring whether cognitive activities associated with playing chess enhance executive functions and whether improvements transfer to academic outcomes for African American elementary school students. She also studies ways to optimize learning experiences using computer-based programs with African American students from middle school to college. She served as a AAAS Science and Technology Congressional Fellow sponsored by the American Educational Research Association. She is also a fellow of the APA Minority Fellowship Program and was a postdoctoral research fellow of the National Science Foundation’s Quality Education from Minorities Network and of the National Center for Research on Early Childhood Education (University of Virginia, Curry School of Education). Previously she held academic positions at Virginia State University and James Madison University (JMU). At JMU, she was associate director of the Attention and Learning Disabilities Center and the Alvin and Nancy Baird professor in psychology. In addition to her published research, she coedited two books on school mental health. She earned her M.S. and Ph.D. in developmental psychology from Howard University.
Barbara A. Wanchisen directs the Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Previously, she was the executive director of the Federation of Behavioral, Psychological, & Cognitive Sciences, a nonprofit advocacy organization. Before that, she was a professor in the Department of Psychology and director of the college-wide honors program at Baldwin-Wallace University. She is a member of the Psychonomic Society, the Association for Behavior Analysis International, and the American Psychological Association, where she is a fellow of Division 25 (Behavior Analysis). She was on the editorial boards of the Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior and The Behavior Analyst and a guest reviewer for a number of other journals. She received her B.A. in English and philosophy from Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, an M.A. in English from Villanova University, and her doctorate in experimental psychology from Temple University.
Tina Winters is an associate program officer with the Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences (BBCSS). During her time at BBCSS, she has worked on a wide variety of projects under BBCSS’s portfolio, including overseeing projects related to Alzheimer’s disease, behavior and sun exposure, and healthy aging. She has worked on many National Academies reports, including Enhancing the Effectiveness of Team Science, Measuring Human Capabilities: An Agenda for Basic Research on the Assessment of Individual and Group Performance Potential for Military Accession,
The Context of Military Environments: An Agenda for Basic Research on Social and Organizational Factors Relevant to Small Units, Review of Disability and Rehabilitation Research: NIDRR Grantmaking Processes and Products, Using Science as Evidence in Public Policy, Strengthening Peer Review in Federal Agencies That Support Education Research, Advancing Scientific Research in Education (which she co-edited), and Knowing What Students Know: The Science and Design of Educational Assessment.
Renée L. Wilson-Gaines is a senior program assistant with the Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences. She joined the National Academies staff in 2009 and currently supports the following projects: How People Learn II, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, and Measuring Human Capabilities. Previously, she supported studies on the Context of Military Environments, Mine Safety: Essential Components of Self-Escape, Sociocultural Data to Accomplish Department of Defense Missions, The Role of Human Factors in Home Health Care, Field Evaluation in the Intelligence and Counterintelligence Context, and A Database for a Changing Economy: Review of the Occupational Information Network.

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Kelsey Grammer Dishes on Plans to Wed Kayte Walsh
Actor Kelsey Grammer has fuelled rumours he's planning to wed fiancee Kayte Walsh early next year after revealing he sees "no reason to postpone" their marriage. The former "Frasier" star began dating Walsh following his split from wife Camille over the summer.
She filed for divorce on July 1 and it was revealed earlier this week the split could become final on Saturday, January 1, 2011 under California law - prompting speculation the actor is planning to wed imminently.
Grammer refuses to reveal when he and Walsh will exchange vows, but he tells People.com, "Kayte and I are marrying because we are engaged, and we are engaged because we are in love and see no reason to postpone our happiness any longer."
He adds, "We are planning something we wish to be a private affair among several of our friends. Anything else is conjecture and false. Kayte and I are the only reliable source for this story. End of story."
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The German Chancellor, Angel Merkel says the German and French leaders have pressed Russian President Vladimir Putin to facilitate the quick and complete implementation of a 30-day cease-fire in Syria.
The UN Security Council has unanimously approved a resolution demanding a 30–day ceasefire in Syria to allow aid deliveries and medical evacuations.
Merkel’s office said that she and French President Emmanuel Macron discussed the situation in a phone call with Putin.
she said they called on Russia to “exert maximum pressure on the Syrian regime to achieve an immediate halt to the airstrikes and fighting.”
The German and French leaders argued that a cease-fire also would offer a basis to move forward the U.N.-brokered effort to find a political solution to Syria’s war.


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UC Davis graduate students aren’t letting the lack of a physical space stop them from sharing their work with the public. The Arts & Humanities 2020 Graduate Exhibition, usually held at the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, is now being hosted on the museum’s website from May 28 through June 14.
This annual exhibition, an essential component of the Master of Fine Arts programs in art studio and design, is also open to visual, performing, and literary arts graduates within the College of Letters and Science. Its multidisciplinary mission provides a unique opportunity for graduate students to explore ideas inspired by the university’s diverse community of thinkers, makers, and researchers. This year’s virtual exhibition features 30 graduate students hailing from the disciplines of art studio, design, art history, music, Native American studies, cultural studies, and creative writing.
The students took varied approaches when creating and presenting their work. Individual web galleries include written statements, photographs, and videos of art and artmaking, photography and video art, audio recordings, and recorded presentations of research and theses. One artist explores his family’s farm roots using clay, performance, and video, while another reimagines famous historical photos of Native Americans. An app that allows one to share memories after death and an illustrated “flash fiction” story about a road trip are also part of the exhibition.
A virtual opening celebration on May 28 announced the winners of the Keister & Allen Art Purchase Prize for art studio (pictured above) and the Savageau Award for design.
To view UC Davis’s Arts & Humanities 2020 Graduate Exhibition, visit manettishrem.org.
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Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray mini cupcake pans with cooking spray (I like the kind with flour) or use mini cupcake liners. Place one Mini Oreo in each cavity.
Stir together melted butter, sugar, and cocoa. Stir in eggs, vanilla extract, coffee or water, and salt. Carefully stir in flour. (The coffee just adds a richness to the brownies, but you can use water if you prefer.)
Place about 1 tablespoon of batter in each cupcake cavity or liner, on top of the Oreo. Bake for 9-12 minutes, until the tops lose that shiny, wet look.
Let them cool for just a minute, then place one Kiss in the center of each brownie bite. Do not move or jiggle your pans or try to remove the bites before the
Kiss has completely re-hardened or it will collapse. Cool completely, gently remove from the pan (a knife can help loosen if needed).
Store in an airtight container at room temperature. They can be frozen for up to 3 months.

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Length - Novel (122 pages)
TBR Reviewer - Daniella
This blurb from the publisher actually summarizes all the main events of the book. This story was well written and a quick, romantic read. Catherine and Connor are really meant for each other. Even though Connor left Catherine when they were young, one can feel the instant connection and love between them when they are reunited. Both characters feel well rounded, especially Connor. He is a tough guy, a picky eater and a whiny patient, and a very tender man with Catherine. Some of the conflict in the story does feel a little forced,
mostly because Catherine seems so level-headed and calm, and therefore it is a little surprising that she overreacts so badly to some situations. Also some things that come up and that would be easily solved were made complicated, to the point were it doesn´t feel realistic.
Still it was a very sweet read about the two reunited lovers and how everything was set right between them.


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I could only find a Daily Mail report which makes me doubtful but it was reported on the Today programme on Radio 4 this morning:
Probably made it taste better, it is Merlot after all
PS… I actually do like some Merlot.
Pétrus? I use my '98s for sangria; I find the '99s a bit weedy. The dad should have a word.
“Mr Jones bought the [Petrus] wine by accident while in a rush on Christmas Eve in 2004”.
Let’s be honest we’ve all been there - popped round the offie to get some Blossom Hill for Christmas dinner, and picked up a bottle of Petrus in error. Easy mistake to make
Must admit that one struck me and made me doubtful. I mean, who buys Petrus by mistake.
Not to this level but we’ve all been there.
We had to establish a clear ranking system in the wine fridge after my wife made quite an expensive lasagne.
The '99 however, makes an excellent mulled wine.
I’ll take your word for it
Not on the same scale but many years ago when I was just starting in this wine buying malarkey, I had a small wine rack under the stairs, mostly everyday stuff.
My partner’s daughter grabbed a bottle to take to a party whilst we were out. Randomly she picked a bottle of Egon Muller Scharzhofberger Kabinett, the most expensive bottle of wine I had bought at that point.
Hate to think what it got mixed with knowing the kind of parties she went to
More seriously should not a 19 year old not have been taught a bit our about wine by that age if the parents had such a bottle to “show friends”? When do you introduce your kids to wine in order to make it about wine rather than simple alcohol?.
I try most weekends during lunch or supper, but I either get a yawn or a blank look. Awareness of aromas and vintages is about as far as I’ve got, which I’m claiming as a victory (anything else would probably be illegal as she’s only 9 years old).
In this case (a bunch of pissed-up teenagers still partying at 5am), it could have been anything in that bottle and it would have been drained.
All my children need to know about wine, when they’re old enough to drink, is that these here are the bottles you can take and open whenever the need arises, and those over there are the bottles that you do not touch on pain of pain.
As long as the fair-game bottles are well stocked at all times, we should all remain happy
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You may have heard that intermittent fasting can help improve your immune system’s ability to fight disease, but the problem is that there really isn’t a whole lot of research to prove whether or not these claims are true. A couple of studies over the last few years have shown that this type of fasting does have the potential to help support healthier immune function, but more studies should be conducted in order to see if the initial findings are true.
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Manila, Philippines (UPI) Mar 1, 2012
The Philippines' invitation to foreign investors to explore 15 petroleum blocks in the disputed South China Sea has sparked anger from China.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said Tuesday that "it is illegal for any country, government or company, without the Chinese government's permission, to develop oil and natural gas in waters under Chinese jurisdiction," China Daily reports.
But the Philippines maintains that all of the 15 areas are within Philippine territory.
Philippines Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin on Thursday dismissed China's denouncement, saying: "Now, if they get angry, we cannot control their emotions. But then, we still stick to the fact that these [areas] are within our territory. It is ours. Like our president said, 'What is ours is ours.' That's very definite," the Philippine Daily Inquirer reported.
Gazmin said that foreign oil companies that accept the Philippines' invitation to invest in the oil blocks could be assured their operations would be secure, stressing that "investors would not come here if they weren't assured of their safety. We are doing all that we can in order to protect what's ours."
So far, 38 companies have signed up as possible bidders for the oil and gas sites, including Shell Philippines Exploration B.V., Total E&P Activities Petrolieres, Esso Exploration International Ltd. and Spain's Repsol Exploracion S.A.
An editorial published Thursday in China Daily newspaper said the Philippines has chosen "to be a troublemaker."
By inviting major foreign oil companies to invest in exploration of 15 offshore oil and gas areas in the South China Sea, the editorial stated, "the Philippines should assume direct responsibility for the fresh flare-up of the South China Sea issue."
"The Philippines should bear in mind that a number of the 15 areas are under Chinese maritime jurisdiction and it does not have the right to invite foreign enterprises to bid for service contracts there," the editorial said.
China has indisputable sovereignty over the Nansha Islands and adjacent waters and it is unlawful for any country or company to explore oil and gas in areas under Chinese jurisdiction without the permission of the Chinese government," it continued.
Two of the 15 areas -- designated as areas 3 and 4 -- are near the offshore area called Reed Bank, a point of contention last year when two Chinese ships were reported as intimidating a survey vessel.
The South China Sea has proven oil reserves of around 7.7 billion barrels, with estimates reaching to 28 billion barrels.
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The couple announced in January that they were going their separate ways after 13 years together in total and three years of marriage.
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He went on: "I wrote the tour, and then our marriage broke down during COVID, because it was so stressful, everything...
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"So we're divorced now, he's excited about the future, I'm excited about the future," continued the Chatty Man star.
"We are still always going to be friends because we've been through so much together."
Carr and Drayton dated for many years before tying the knot in 2018.
They exchanged vows in Adele’s back garden, as Carr is close friends with the Rolling In The Deep singer.
Announcing their split in a joint statement, he and Drayton said: "After 13 years as a couple and three years of marriage, Alan Carr and Paul Drayton would like to announce they are separating.
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If you're a regular reader of my blog you know I'm a sucker for pink. I love all things pink, whether it's clothes, jewelry, purses, baking props, or food. Honestly, I cannot resist anything pink.
Recently I was cruising the 'net and found a post that shocked me. Pretty in Pink, you know, that old John Hughes movie, turned 30 years old. I fell off my chair. First of all, I could not believe that movie was 30 years old. Secondly, I could not believe I was a teeny-bopper when it first hit the movie theatres. I did the math. Then, fell off my chair again. I'm okay though. I promise!
Obviously, I knew I MUST make Pretty in Pink Cupcakes for Easter. I HAD to. It was a MUST. Easter screams pastel colours, as well as bright colours too. So, for this post I ran with the pastel pink in honour of my favourite flick.
For me, baking during holidays is a time honoured tradition. I've been making bunny cakes, cheesecakes and cupcakes every Easter since I was a teenager. Coconut always plays a big part of my baking sprees. I buy huge bags of it. Back in the day my Dad used to buy huge bags of it.
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Baking is something that we all do during holidays. Most of us are busy trying to juggle too many balls in the air.
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WASHINGTON, Ind. (WTHI) - Bethany Christian church has been in Daviess county since 1830.
For the local parish giving back to the community is a big part of their mission.
At Bethany Christian, that mission is called "dollar difference."
Lead pastor Matt Merold says, "For every person that attends on a Sunday morning we give a dollar to a general fund. That goes, adds up for the month, and is handed out to someone in our community."
Those funds are meant for folks in the community who need it. However, this month's funding went to a whole lot of people in the area.
The church was able to raise $15,000. Now they worked with an organization called RIP Medical Debt. This not for profit buys up medical debt for pennies on the dollar. That's how the church was able to take $15,000 and turn it into four million dollars in forgiven medical debt.
Merold says, "Originally we actually thought we were going to be able to pay off 1.3 million, they came back and they were able to negotiate with a few more other counties and I think health companies and we were able to get six counties total."
That's 3,227 families whose medical debt has been completely wiped away.
Merold says, "We know it's right and it's at the core of who we are to give ourselves and to give our things away to others and to help other people. And we weren't called to be greedy we were called to give. We weren't called to consume we were called to contribute. It feels good to do that."


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years, which departed not from the temple, but served Temple of God with fastings and prayers night and day.
38 And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem.
39 And when they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth.
The Offering of the Magi".
MATT. ii. 1-12.
1 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judæa, Bethlehem in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise
men from the east to Jerusalem 30, "
2 Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.
29 The Holy Family (says Archbishop Newcome (a),) return from Jerusalem to Bethlehem, and not to Nazareth; to which they did not retire till after their retreat from Egypt. Mary, who attentively considered every circumstance relating to her son, might prefer Bethlehem, from Micah v. 2. and from the remembrance of the angelic vision. But on this point there is much difference of opinion. Pilkington supposes (b), that they returned from Jerusalem into Galilee, to their own city, and not to Bethlehem. Pilkington's dissertation is curious, but the subject is not of sufficient importance to occupy further attention. The curious reader may peruse it at leisure. It undoubtedly seems natural to suppose, that if Joseph and Mary went from Bethlehem to Jerusalem, solely to perform the religious ceremony prescribed by the law, of presenting the child Jesus at the Temple, they would as certainly return again to Bethlehem, as a man would return to his own house, if he left it merely to go to a place of worship. The concurrent testimony of antiquity also, which is never to be despised, as well as the letter of Scripture, Matt. ii. 9, 10, 11. are unfavourable to Pilkington's theory.
(a) Notes to Harmony, fol. edit. p. 4. (b) See Pilkington's second Preliminary Dissertation.
30 Mr. Benson appears to me to have proved that the Magi came to Jerusalem before the presentation in the Temple, but they did not meet the young child there; but followed Mary and Joseph six miles from Jerusalem, to Bethlehem. The inquiry of the Magi, therefore, "Where is He that is born," &c. &c. ought to have been inserted before the presentation. The transactions, however, took place so near to each other, and the account of the Magi is so brief, that it did not seem advisable to transpose the passage in question, Matt. ii. 1, 2Benson's Chronology of the Life of Christ, p. 74, &c.
Jalian Period, 4709. Before the Vulgar Era, 5.
3 When Herod the king had heard these things, he was Jerusalem. troubled, and all Jerusalem with him ".
4 And when he had gathered all the Chief Priests and Scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born.
5 And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judæa: for thus it is written by the prophet,
6 And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel 32.
7 Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, inquired of them diligently what time the star appeared.
8 And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.
9 When they had heard the king, they departed; and,
31 The Jews believed that the glorious reign of the Messiah should commence with a long series of calamitous events, which accounts for the agitation that the intelligence of his birth occasioned in Herod, and "all Jerusalem with him." These expected visitations are enumerated, from the ancient traditions of the Jews, at great length by Schoetgenius (Hora Hebraicæ, vol. ii. p. 512, &c. &c.); who, after relating many afflictions of a moral and religious nature, which would not have affected the mind of a man of Herod's character, mentions that the Jews in addition to these evils, anticipated-" Many wars"-(Breschith Rabba, sect. 42, fol. 41. L. Dixit R. Eleasar filius Abina: si videris regna contra se invicem insurgentia, nwn bw ɔbanh,nov, tunc attende, et aspice ad pedem Messia)—“Earthquakes”—(Sohar. Exod. fol. 3. col. u. ex versione Sommeri, p. 81)" Revolts and insurrections of the better citizens"-(Sohar. Numen.fol.102.col. 407.)—"Scarcity of corn and provisions"-(Sota, fol. 49. 2. ; and Pesikta Sotarta, fol 58.1.)" Poverty"-(Sanhedrin, fol. 97. 2.)-Plague" -(Pesikta rabbathi, fol. 2. 1. and 28. 3.) with many others. It is curious to notice these traditions, as they all unite to prove that many causes might have combined to render both Herod and all Jerusalem agitated at the announcement of the Magi. These coincidences also tend to demonstrate the utter impossibility, that the histories given us by the Evangelists, can be otherwise than the authentic and genuine documents, which they are believed to be, by the Church of Christ.
32 Pirke Eliczer, c. 3 applies this passage to the Messiah-, his goings forth have been from the beginning, that is, by wy, when the world was not yet founded; and the Targum on Micah v. 1. the passage referred to by St. Matthew-xnwo plot pap jan, from thee, before me, shall go forth the Messiah.-Schoetgen. vol. i. p. 3. I quote this passage to shew that the Jewish teachers interpreted this passage of Micah in the same manner as the Evangelist St. Matthew: it is probable, therefore, that the Evangelist in this, as in other instances, referred to the Prophet in the manner usually adopted by his cotemporaries. He appealed to them on their own principles.
Julian Pe- lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, Bethlehem. riod, 4709. till it came and stood over where the young child was 33.
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ON THE VISIT OF THE MAGI.
33 Yet one additional evidence that the Messiah had come, seemed to have been equally necessary with the others, and that also was granted. He was promised to the Gentiles; and the Great Prophet had long since predicted, "The Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising." Isa. ix. 3. The brightness of the rising of the morning star of the Gospel we have already seen. The rays of reviving prophecy, miracle, and angelic appearance began to penetrate the dark night that had now overspread the Jewish Church. Yet the Heathen world was in a state of still grosser darkness. The light was to beam upon it also in its meridian splendour; we might anticipate, therefore, that one ray of his earlier glory would descend on the Gentile world. This was accomplished in the visit of the Magi to Bethlehem.
That large tract of country extending from Mesopotamia to the north, Arabia to the south, and Persia to the east, was occupied in the earlier ages of the world by populous and powerful tribes, all of which, according to their authentic and traditional history, professed the same religion, and were distinguished for their reverence of fire, which they considered as the most perfect representation of the Deity, and the worship of which was the most ancient form of idolatry. The philosophers and learned men of this region were called Magi, and it is not improbable that as the whole territory originally professed the religion of the one true God, that their adoration of the sun proceeded from their considering that body as a permanent Shechinah, or emblem of the Shechinah. The incipient error, from whatever source it originated, gradually sunk into a grosser idolatry, and mingled much superstition with the traditional knowledge of a purer religion. Abraham himself, according to Maimonides, was educated in the Sabian faith (see Josh. xxiv. 2.) which he was afterwards considered to have purified and reformed. Its doctrines were generally received and propagated, and were supposed to have originated in Chaldea they were afterwards adopted in Persia and Egypt, where they became extremely polluted and debased.
The Egyptians in a subsequent age abused their knowledge, and professed to dive into futurity by astrology, and the other arts of divination; and from this illicit application of the Sabian doctrines arose the term Magi, or Magician, when used in its opprobrious sense. The evidence of history (Mr. Franks (a) remarks,) traces the Goetic arts to Egypt, as their birth-place, of which country were the first magicians mentioned in history. But it can be equally made evident by the testimony of a variety of profane authors that the most ancient signification of this word was applied as a term of distinction to the philo. sophers and wise men of a much earlier age. By the word Magus, says Hesychius (b), the Persians understand a sacred person, a professor of theology, and a priest; and Suidas (c) tells us, among the Persians, the Magi are those who devote themselves to philosophy, and to the worship of the Deity. Dion, Chrysostom, and Porphyry, says Mr. Bryant, assert the same and many more authorities might be enumerated in confirmation of this opinion.
The principal object to which the Magi, or the Chaldæan, or eastern philosophers in general, devoted their attention, was the study of astronomy. When the Israelites came out of
10 When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceed- Bethlehem. rid, 4709. ing great joy.
Before the Vulgar Era,
Egypt, Balaam, the last prophet under the patriarchal dispen-
By this confident inquiry, these strangers became witnesses
Bishop Warburton (e) has shewn that prophetic writing, may be defined, a speaking hieroglyphic. Emblems and hieroglyphics had long been used before alphabetic writing; and the phrases which originated from these enblems, are the foundation of all that beautiful and metaphorical style which we still admire, as the ornament and strength of a language. The word star, he proceeds to demonstrate, does not merely signify a sovereign or ruler, but a God.
The metaphor of a sceptre, he observes, was common and popular to denote a ruler; but the star, though it also signified in the prophetic writings (f) a temporal prince or ruler, yet had in it a secret and hidden meaning likewise: a star in the Egyptian hieroglyphics denoted God. Thus, in Amos v. 25, 26. we read, Ye have borne the star of your God; that is, the image of your God. Hence we conclude that the metaphor of a star, used by Balaam, was of that abstruse and mysterious
11 And when they were come into the house, they Bethlehem. saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down,
kind; that it is so to be understood, and consequently that it re-
Such is the testimony of this eminent theologian; and that
There is much difficulty with respect to the question what the star in the east may have been. Lightfoot (h) supposes it was the light or glory of the Shechinah, which shone round the shepherds, when the angel brought them tidings of Christ's birth, which, scen at a distance, assumed the appearance of a star-others that it was a comet-others a meteor-which is by far the most probable opinion, as it solves the phenomena, and is most consistent with the scriptural account. The circumstances related of many singular meteors also serve to confirm this solution (i).
Some learned writers, however, have not been contented with this more easy and natural explanation, of this part of the narrative. They consider the prophecy of Balaam as a scientific anticipation.
The learned Mr. Nolan informs me, that Dr. Henly, the principal of Hertford College, formed a theory which was founded on the dog-star; and, according to Scaliger's calculation, the period of about 1460 years, which is the Great Canicular year, intervenes between the prophecy of Balaam and the Birth of our Saviour; and there seems no doubt but that both events were connected by him, through that period. There appears, however, many strong, and, as he believes, insuperable objections to this theory. Sirius was not regarded as the harbinger of good; Aratus terms it ȧsne devos, and Homer describes it
-κακὸν δὲ τε σῆμα τέτυκται
Καὶ φέρει πολλὸν πυρετὸν δειλοῖσι βροτοῖσι.
It seems impossible, therefore, that the Magians could have deduced any omen of good from this star, much less that of the birth of a Saviour and Deliverer.
Kepler supposed that a star which appeared in the heel of Serpentarius, was that which indicated the nativity. It is a singular circumstance, that he represents the appearance of this star, as viewed by the astronomers at the beginning of the seventeenth century, as being perfectly similar to that, which St. Ignatius describes, as having appeared at the nativity. It was bright above measure, and appeared in a conjunction of the planets (k).
These notions are very ingenious, but the misfortune is, that the Scripture narrative is decidedly opposed to them: for the star moved before the Magi, and directed them to the house where Mary was dwelling with her holy offspring.

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Magnetic Latching mechanisms fall into one of three distinct categories relative to how they are operated, the electrical energy needed to operate them, and the release force, which their return spring mechanism can generate.
Permanent-Magnet/Electro-Magnetic Linear Actuators
(also known as Magnetic-Latching Solenoids or MLS)
A more complete discussion of the differences between Conventional Solenoids and Magnetic Latching Solenoids can be found in the MSA blog titled “Permanent-Magnet/Electro-Magnetic Linear Actuators”.
The design of a Magnetic Latching Solenoid (MLS) is such that when a short pulse of electrical energy is applied to the solenoid coil, sufficient magnetic force is generated to over-come the force of the MLS’ return mechanism (in Figure 1, the return mechanism is a spring). This pulse of energy moves the solenoid’s armature from the “un-actuated” position into the “actuated” position (the “actuated” position is depicted in Figure 1).
Figure 1: Magnetic Latching Solenoid, depicted in the “actuated” position
Once in the “actuated” position, the permanent magnet that resides inside the MLS will magnetically capture the solenoid’s armature, preventing it from returning to the “un-actuated” position.
When desired, the armature can be released to the “un-actuated” position by passing a small pulse of electrical energy through the solenoid coil, the polarity of which is opposite to that of the permanent magnet. The momentary pulse of this reverse magnetic energy is enough to disturb (nullify) the attractive holding force that the permanent magnet has on the armature, thereby allowing the return mechanism (the spring) to easily move the armature back to its’ original, “un-actuated” position.
The physical size (the size of coil, the size of the permanent magnet, and the size of the solenoid body and armature) of a Magnetic Latching Solenoid is totally dictated by the desired the return spring force. The larger the spring force, the larger all other components must become to achieve the desired operating result. This includes the amount of electrical energy that must be applied to the coil in order to generate sufficient magnetic force to effect “actuation”, and/or to the amount of reverse polarity that is required to nullify the holding force of the permanent magnet.
Typical MLS applications include:
- Medical cabinet, drawer locking solenoids
- Electrical circuit breakers
- Solar power station mirror locking mechanisms
- Electric vehicle charge port door locking mechanisms
One primary advantage of the MLS Technology is energy savings. An MLS device can remain in either the “un-actuated” or in the “actuated” position, without the need for continuously applying electrical power. Such energy savings is particularly valuable in battery-powered scenarios, or in any other scenario, which seeks to conserve energy.
Magnetic Latching Mechanisms (MLM)
A Magnetic Latching Mechanism (MLM) can provide extremely high return spring forces, in a much smaller package size than can a Magnetic-Latching Solenoid that has an equivalent return spring force.
MLM mechanisms use the stored energy of their return spring to achieve a high impact, linear motion, while only requiring a short, very low level pulse of electrical energy to effect release of the spring/armature mechanism.
Figure 2: Magnetic-Latch Mechanism (MLM), in the “cocked” position
Unlike the MLS device, which can independently pull the armature into position, the high impact force, small package size of the MLM requires that the armature be manually moved into what is called the “cocked” position.
In this “cocked” position, the return spring remains fully compressed, and the permanent magnet captures and “holds” the armature, thereby storing the compressed spring energy until it is needed.
Although the MLM coil is far too small to enable this style of device to move the armature into the “cocked” position, when energized with just a small pulse of electrical energy, the magnetic field that is generated by the relatively small MLM coil is sufficient to disrupt (nullify) the hold force of the permanent magnet, thereby releasing the spring-loaded armature mechanism.
Once the MLM is manually “cocked”, it can sit forever until the scenario arrives that requires the device to be operated.
The source of the small electrical pulse required to disrupt the permanent magnet hold force can be a battery, or even a capacitive discharge circuit.
Two typical MLM applications include:
- Fire protection system actuators
- Power line interrupter release mechanisms
The primary advantages of MLM devices are:
- Extremely High return spring forces, capable of generating high impact forces,
- Small package size (compared to equivalent the size of Magnetic Latching Solenoids which might be able to provide an equivalent return spring force),
- Extremely low operating current/energy requirements.
Permanent Magnet/Electro-Magnets (PM/EM)
A. Conventional Electro-Magnets (EM)
Theory of Operation:
Conventional Electro-Magnets (EM) are simple devices consisting of a wound coil (depicted in Figure 3 by the bobbin and magnet wire), a magnetic structure (depicted in Figure 3 as the steel body), and an armature (also depicted in Figure 3).
Passing electrical energy through the coil generates a magnetic field, which attracts the armature to the EM-Body, hence the term Electro-Magnet. In many applications, the armature is replaced by the structure the mechanical system into which the electro-magnet is mounted.
Figure 3: Conventional Electro-Magnet, with Armature
The strength of the magnetic force that is generated by the EM coil is dependent upon several factors:
- The size and the magnetic properties of the EM body,
- The size and the winding design of the EM coil,
- The amount and duration of the electrical energy that is passed through the coil,
- The mechanical and magnetic properties of the armature, and/or the structure of the mechanism which is being attracted by the EM,
- The distance that attracted object is from the EM’s surface, and
- The flatness and surface finish of both the “face” of the EM body, and the object being attracted.
Electro-Magnets are most effective when used to hold an object tightly against the surface of the EM body.
An Electro-Magnet is very ineffective when one tries to use it to attract objects that are even a small distance away from the face of the EM body.
B. Permanent-Magnet/Electro-Magnets (PM/EM)
Theory of Operation:
A Permanent-Magnet/Electro-Magnet (PM/EM) is similar in design to Conventional Electro-Magnets (EM), except for the fact that the PM/EM replaces part of the steel body with a component called the Steel Core, and the PM/EM incorporates a permanent magnet at the base of the steel core (as depicted in Figure 4).
Figure 4: Permanent-Magnet / Electro-Magnet (PM/EM), with Armature
The purpose of adding the permanent magnet is to enable the PM/EM device to hold the attracted object in place, without the need to continuously supply electrical energy to the coil.
As with all Permanent-Magnet/Electro-Magnetic devices, the object that is attracted to the PM/EM can be released by applying a small pulse of electrical energy to the PM/EM coil, the polarity of which is opposite to that of the permanent magnet. This pulse disrupts (nullifies) the magnetic “hold” force of the permanent magnet, thereby allowing the attracted object to move away from the body of the PM/EM.
PM/EM devices find use in applications that require a continuous hold force, without having to continuously apply electrical energy. In this regard, not only does a PM/EM provide energy savings, it can also be utilized as a “Fail-Safe” device. Example:
When used in medical imaging equipment, a PM/EM is typically used to accomplish one or both of the following tasks:
a. The PM/EM is used to lock the imaging target (i.e. a patient bed) in place during the procedure,
b. The PM/EM is used to lock the imaging mechanism (i.e. the X-Ray head) into place during the procedure.
In both scenarios, the PM/EM keeps the relevant item (patient bed and/or imaging head) safely locked into position so that, in the event of a power outage, both the patient and the equipment operator are kept from possible harm due to unexpected movement.
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