Posted by admin on February 19, 2012 | in Patio Deck as Guide, Heaters, Patio
Homeowners with a real appreciation of the out-of-doors will frequently have a patio or deck installed in the rear of their house. Besides enabling them to enjoy the tranquility of the back yard or garden, a patio can also serve as a private space in which to escape the house and its many distractions. Fresh air and sunshine are also a bonus enjoyed in the patio environment.
But, unless you live in the deep South, there will be many times when sitting on the patio or deck will become an unpleasant experience due to the weather. Since the patio is out there all year round, why shouldn?t the homeowner be able to enjoy it year-round? That is where the Patio heater comes into play.
A lot of folks will look at the idea of heating ?the whole outdoors,? which is essentially what a patio heater does, and dismiss it as craziness. The modern patio heater, though, is capable of heating the small area around the occupants of the patio very efficiently without wasting all of its output on the neighbor?s yard.
The way that this is accomplished is very simple: infrared radiation.
Infrared radiation is the heat that you feel on the palm of your hand when you hold it up in front of the fireplace. It is also referred to as radiant heat, as in the use of radiators to heat a house. The cooking industry has developed gas-fired infrared heaters that turn almost one hundred per cent of the gas?s energy into infrared heat. It?s what most of the high-end steakhouses use to grill their steaks these days.
The tall mushroom shape of the patio heater captures and reflects the infrared given off by the heating element down towards the occupants of the patio. This means that the homeowner can sit out in the October twilight enjoying a beverage and watching the stars come out with no need for a blanket.
Wednesday, the Federal Reserve released their monthly read of industrial production and capacity utilization showing a pullback with total industrial production increased 0.3% from December and rising 3.35% above the level seen in January 2011.
Capacity utilization declined 0.06% from December climbing just 2.16% above the level seen in January of 2011 to stand at 78.55%
It's important to recognize that though the "recovery" is well over two years old, both industrial production and capacity utilization are notably below the peaks set in late 2007.
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DETROIT RED WINGS Diecast Zamboni Toy Ice Resurfacing Machine ? 1:50 Scale Team Collectible Reviews
Posted by admin on February 18, 2012
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3 NYU faculty win Sloan Foundation research fellowships Public release date: 17-Feb-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: James Devitt james.devitt@nyu.edu 212-998-6808 New York University
Three New York University faculty have been awarded fellowships from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation: Robert Froemke, an assistant professor in the Departments of Otolaryngology, Physiology, and Neuroscience at NYU Langone Medical Center; Pierre Germain, an assistant professor at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences; and Virgiliu Midrigan, an assistant professor in the Department of Economics.
The fellowships are given to early-career scientists and scholars "whose achievements and potential identify them as rising starsthe next generation of scientific leaders," the Sloan Foundation said in announcing this year's fellows.
"Today's Sloan Research Fellows are tomorrow's Nobel Prize winners," said Paul Joskow, president of the Sloan Foundation. "These outstanding men and women are responsible for some of the most exciting science being done today. The Foundation is proud to support them during this pivotal stage of their careers."
Fellows receive $50,000, over a two-year period, to further their research.
Froemke studies neuroplasticity: how experiences change the brain and how these changes in neural networks then affect behavior. Experiments performed by Froemke and his staff aim to reveal how individual synapses are changed by alterations in the patterns of neural activity, neurochemical signaling, and sensory experience. By a combination of electrical recordings from single nerve cells, computational analysis, and behavioral experiments, Froemke's research seeks to discover basic principles and quantitative rules by which neural circuits and synapses develop during childhood and are reorganized in adults, triggered by arousal, reward, and social contact.
Germain studies nonlinear dispersive equations, which describe a wealth of physical phenomena, from quantum mechanics to general relativity to fluid mechanics. Germain's recent work has focused on waves at the surface of the ocean. His research provides tools to understand their behavior over long periods of time, which aids in our understanding of tsunamis, among other phenomena.
Midrigan studies the implications of price rigidities for the conduct of monetary policy and business cycle fluctuations, the sources of movements in international relative prices, the determinants of the large cross-country differences in output and productivity, as well as the welfare gains from international trade.
Historically awarded in seven scientific fieldschemistry, computer science, economics, mathematics, evolutionary and computational molecular biology, neuroscience, and physicsthe fellowships were expanded this year to include awards to eight young researchers working in the ocean sciences.
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Administered and funded by the Sloan Foundation, the fellowships are awarded in close cooperation with the scientific community. To qualify, candidates must first be nominated by their peers and are subsequently selected by an independent panel of senior scholars.
For a complete list of winners, visit: www.sloan.org/fellowships/page/21.
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3 NYU faculty win Sloan Foundation research fellowships Public release date: 17-Feb-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: James Devitt james.devitt@nyu.edu 212-998-6808 New York University
Three New York University faculty have been awarded fellowships from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation: Robert Froemke, an assistant professor in the Departments of Otolaryngology, Physiology, and Neuroscience at NYU Langone Medical Center; Pierre Germain, an assistant professor at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences; and Virgiliu Midrigan, an assistant professor in the Department of Economics.
The fellowships are given to early-career scientists and scholars "whose achievements and potential identify them as rising starsthe next generation of scientific leaders," the Sloan Foundation said in announcing this year's fellows.
"Today's Sloan Research Fellows are tomorrow's Nobel Prize winners," said Paul Joskow, president of the Sloan Foundation. "These outstanding men and women are responsible for some of the most exciting science being done today. The Foundation is proud to support them during this pivotal stage of their careers."
Fellows receive $50,000, over a two-year period, to further their research.
Froemke studies neuroplasticity: how experiences change the brain and how these changes in neural networks then affect behavior. Experiments performed by Froemke and his staff aim to reveal how individual synapses are changed by alterations in the patterns of neural activity, neurochemical signaling, and sensory experience. By a combination of electrical recordings from single nerve cells, computational analysis, and behavioral experiments, Froemke's research seeks to discover basic principles and quantitative rules by which neural circuits and synapses develop during childhood and are reorganized in adults, triggered by arousal, reward, and social contact.
Germain studies nonlinear dispersive equations, which describe a wealth of physical phenomena, from quantum mechanics to general relativity to fluid mechanics. Germain's recent work has focused on waves at the surface of the ocean. His research provides tools to understand their behavior over long periods of time, which aids in our understanding of tsunamis, among other phenomena.
Midrigan studies the implications of price rigidities for the conduct of monetary policy and business cycle fluctuations, the sources of movements in international relative prices, the determinants of the large cross-country differences in output and productivity, as well as the welfare gains from international trade.
Historically awarded in seven scientific fieldschemistry, computer science, economics, mathematics, evolutionary and computational molecular biology, neuroscience, and physicsthe fellowships were expanded this year to include awards to eight young researchers working in the ocean sciences.
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Administered and funded by the Sloan Foundation, the fellowships are awarded in close cooperation with the scientific community. To qualify, candidates must first be nominated by their peers and are subsequently selected by an independent panel of senior scholars.
For a complete list of winners, visit: www.sloan.org/fellowships/page/21.
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Samsung says it makes a phone for everyone, including, apparently, people with huge hands. That's the only possible explanation for the Galaxy Note "phablet." While its size verges on a tablet, its software and usage scream "phone." That leaves the Note an unfortunate tweener, and this too-big phone is hard to love.
The Note isn't the first phone-tablet hybrid. The idea has been knocking around since the 1990s, and I have a list of phablets throughout history here on PCMag. The Note is probably the best-engineered device of its kind, but there's something about this physical size, versus the average size of the human hand, which isn't quite working.?
Physical Design, Phone Calls and Internet The Galaxy Note ($299 with contract) looks like a Samsung Galaxy S II phone blown up to an impractical size. At 5.8 by 3.3 by .4" (HWD) it's slender and beautiful, with a gorgeously sharp, 5.3-inch, 1280-by-800 Super AMOLED screen showing colors so deep you can fall into them. There's an 8-megapixel camera on the back and a 2-megapixel unit on the front, as well as standard MicroUSB and 3.5-mm headset jacks. A memory card slips into a slot under the back panel.
The phone is slim and light. It's just way too wide. While I can grip the Galaxy Note safely in one hand, it doesn't leave any leeway for my fingers to actually move around the touch screen. For most people, it will be totally impossible to use this phone one-handed. I've been trying to do so and failing miserably. Most notably, I can't reach the critical "back" button with my thumb when cradling the phone in one hand. I couldn't even answer a phone call with one hand.
On the other hand (literally), I gave the Galaxy Note to Jeff Wilson, who has the largest hands in the office,?and he loved it. So for guys with hands like baseball mitts, this appears to be just the right size.
The Galaxy Note is a fine phone, although it's a bit odd to hold up to your head. I was concerned that the microphone would be so far away from my face, it would cause problems with background noise, but that isn't an issue because of Samsung's aggressive noise cancellation technology. Reception was decent. Sound quality through the earpiece is excellent; voice tones are wonderfully warm, with perfect volume. The speakerphone is loud enough to use outdoors. Transmissions through the mic, altered by the noise-cancellation software, sounded a bit computery, and the noise cancellation didn't knock out all of the background noise from a passing bus.
The Galaxy Note hooked up without trouble to our Jawbone Era ($129, 4.5 stars) Bluetooth headset for both voice calls and multimedia sound, including triggering the relatively accurate voice dialing.
The Galaxy Note works on AT&T's 4G LTE network as well as both AT&T's and international HSPA+ 21 networks. I got perfectly fine LTE speeds of about 10Mbps down and 4Mbps up. AT&T's 4G network isn't available across the country?it currently covers 23 metro areas?but you shouldn't be disappointed with HSPA+ 21 either. The Note connects to Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n, including automatically sniffing out and hooking up to AT&T's paid Wi-Fi hotspot network. The Galaxy Note works as a tethered modem or Wi-fi hotspot with the appropriate plan.
I got 8 hours, 30 minutes of talk time on the gigantic 2500 mAh battery. That feels low, although it's long enough to not factor into your buying choices. I'll retest the phone over the next few days.?
Taking Notes on the Note The Galaxy Note is just about the size of a Moleskine notebook, and note-taking is one of its premier features. The Note comes with a little plastic stylus called the S Pen, which tucks into a slot in the bottom. Using the S Pen, you can draw or take notes in Samsung's S Note app, Autodesk's Sketchbook Mobile, or anywhere else you choose. The S Pen also enables a few tricks?for instance, taking snapshots of Web pages and doodling on them.
Using the S Pen is a little awkward, though, because it's so short and skinny. I found it difficult to use without touching the screen with the side of my hand, which disrupted the input. Things got easier when I put the S Pen in the larger S Pen Holder ($59.99), which gave my hand some more distance from the screen.
This isn't an ordinary capacitive stylus. It's based on Wacom technology, and it's both more precise than a regular stylus and pressure-sensitive, at least in the S Note app. I couldn't find any other apps, including Sketchbook Mobile and Evernote's Skitch, that properly took advantage of the pressure sensitivity.
And a lot is lost when you're translating from pen to touchscreen. I've spent years taking notes without looking, and the Note's S Pen stylus lacks the tactile bite of pen on paper that helps to guide my hand. Digital ink is just a little bit annoyingly slower than regular ink, too. It's "Why I Hate Touch Screens," all over again. You can take notes with it, certainly, but it's an inferior experience to using a regular pen.
What's the advantage of S-Pen over just-plain-pen? Electronic notes are captured and filed, and can be shared easily. You can annotate Web pages or other things you see on the screen. A stylus is also good for artists, as it can pretend to be different brushes and such.
But for note-taking, a LiveScribe Echo pen ($99, 4 stars) with a paper notebook is far superior. You get the tactile response of physical paper with the filing ability of digital notes, along with synced audio notes. And for drawing, the Galaxy Note is a bit small.?
Implanted microchip that releases medications on command tested in people
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VANCOUVER ? An implanted microchip that releases medication on command from wireless signals has been demonstrated in people for the first time using a drug for osteoporosis.
This tiny device, implanted under the skin, could be useful in treating many diseases that require taking medication regularly, scientists reported February 16 at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
?This opens up profound possibilities for improving the treatment of patients and the potential of telemedicine,? said Robert Farra, president of MicroCHIPS Inc., the company that funded and conducted part of the study. A paper describing the results was also published online February 16 in Science Translational Medicine by collaborators from MicroCHIPS, MIT, Harvard and Case Western University.
The idea behind a microchip that could release chemicals in the body at precise times was first developed by MIT scientists over a decade ago. But researchers needed to make sure that medications were well stored in the device. Also, the immune system tends to create a barrier of collagen around implanted devices, which could make it difficult for the drug to make it into the bloodstream.
In the new study, a device with individual doses of the drug teriparatide sealed inside was implanted under the waistline in eight women with osteoporosis. When the device?s microprocessor receives a wireless signal, a current runs through the microchip, breaking open the metal layers that contain a single dose of the drug.
About two months after the device was implanted ? and after the immune system?s protective barrier had formed ? wireless signals programmed the device to release daily doses of teriparatide. The drug, which increases bone mass, is usually given by injection.
Based on blood tests, the doses from the device appeared to bump up levels of a molecule called P1NP, which indicates bone building ? evidence that teriparatide released from the microchip works as it should.
Still, there are technical limitations with this device. James Watson, a researcher in Bioengineering at University of California, San Diego, said that the consistency of the devices is a concern. One device didn?t release any medication in one of the original patients.
No side effects appeared in any of the study participants, Farra said. What?s more, many patients said they weren?t bothered by the device or had, in fact, forgotten about it.
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