Steil am seil5/2/2023 ![]() ![]() In 2020, he voted against federal aid for paid sick leave related to the COVID-19 pandemic, which passed 363 to 41 in the House. Steil is an opponent of abortion and supports overturning Roe v. He has also advocated for more funding to be allocated to the region near the United States' southern border and wants price transparency in the medical industry. Steil has stated that he favors making more trade partnerships with other countries. He opposes gun control measures, but supports funding for instant background checks. Steil has stated his top issues are workforce development, trade, and the student loan debt crisis.
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Midrex statbook5/1/2023 ![]() More specifically, the overall aim is translated into the primary objectives The project will generate the competence basis for the development and implementation of new raw materials, methods and technologies enabling reductions in CO2 emissions when oxidic raw materials are converted to alloy. KPN Reduced CO2 emissions will focus on primary metal production, focussing on the removal of oxygen from raw input materials with minimal CO2 emissions. ![]() The overall aim of “KPN Reduced CO2 emissions in metal production” is to develop the basis for reduced climate effects from the production of Si, FeSi, Mn-alloy and TiO2 slag to obtain 30% lower CO 2 emission in 2030 and zero CO2 emission in 2050. On the other hand, the reduced self-hardened pellets had a higher amount of alumina containing mayenite leachable phase. Higher iron recovery was observed in the reduced sintered pellets. The two pellets showed similar reduction behaviour, while different chemical, physical and mechanical properties were observed. There was a negligible amount of gehlenite (Ca2Al2SiO7) formation in the self-hardened pellets, while this phase was a dominant phase in the sintered pellets. The high-temperature sintered pellets had higher strength and it was also found that produced oxide pellets were different with respect to the dominant phases present in them. It was found that the phase formation after reduction is dependent on the characteristics of the used pellets. The pellets were characterised by X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) coupled with energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), physical and mechanical testing. Both types of pellets were reduced by hydrogen in a thermogravimetry furnace at elevated temperature under similar conditions. The former was sintered at 1150 ☌, while the latter could be self-hardened through the cementing effect of CaO in exposure to moisture and air. Either only CaCO3 was added or a mixture of CaO and CaCO3 was added (Fixed Ca content). The Ca was added to form a leachable mayenite phase (12CaO.7Al2O3) with the existing alumina in BR. In the present work, two types of oxide pellets were first made from bauxite residue via the addition of CaCO3 (Limestone) and CaO (quicklime) powder. ![]() The reduction of iron oxide by hydrogen and phase transformation in Bauxite Residue (BR) were experimentally studied at 1000 ☌. However, with increasing sintering temperature the strength of the pellets increases due to clustering of particles, while porosity decreases. It was found that with more CaCO3 use in pelletizing, higher porosity is obtained. Porosity and mechanical properties of pellets are inversely related with both varying sintering temperature and composition. The identified phases are the same for of the three pellets, however, with variations in their quantities. In the sintered pellets, iron present in form of brownmillerite (Ca2Fe1.63Al0.36O5), srebrodolskite (Ca2Fe2O5), and fayalite (Fe2SiO4), while alumina present mostly in gehlenite (Ca2Al2SiO7) and little fraction in mayenite (Ca12Al14O33) and brownmillerite phases. Moreover, for the pellets sintered at 1150 ☌ high strength and proper porosities were obtained. It was found that at 1100 ☌ sintering temperature, all the three sintered pellet compositions have a moderate porosity and low strength, but the reverse result was found when 1200 ☌ sintering temperature was applied. For measurement of porosity and surface area, mercury porosimetry and BET surface area methods were applied. Tumble, abrasion, and breaking load tests were applied to determine the strength of the pellets. ![]() X-Ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) were used for the phase and microstructural analysis, respectively. Bauxite residue and limestone with three different mixture compositions were pelletized experimentally via agglomeration followed by drying and sintering at elevated temperatures. Experimental research was carried out to produce pellets from bauxite residue for the further extraction of iron and alumina. ![]() Stardrive 2 ordenece faborocator5/1/2023 ![]() ![]() In this eagerly anticipated sequel, the core mechanics have evolved to incorporate a turn-based strategic layer, featuring spectacular realtime battles. StarDrive 2 is an exciting and evolutionary step forward for the StarDrive franchise. Re: StarDrive 2 () Post by WintermuteX » Fri 2:29 pm Yeah, I would also appreciate an update I changed the AOBScan array (DC instead of D8 for the custom race table if I remember correctly) but unfortunately the table changed a bit so most of the values moved one line to the bottom and some are in general off. More about StarDrive 2 The current version of the program is 2016 and it has been updated on. StarDrive 2 is a full version software only available for Windows, being part of the category Games with subcategory Strategy and has been published by Zero Sum Games. Ordnance Storage - Ammunition for your rockets, missiles, and other weapons requiring ordnance.StarDrive 2 is an exciting and evolutionary step forward for the StarDrive franchise.A must have for ships with energy weapons and specials. Fuel Cells - Provides 10 (small) / 50 (large) fuel on strategy map.Nuclear Bombs - Used on strategy map to bombard planets causes pollution.Combat Information Ctr - +15% non stacking fleet damage bonus, 2 CP reduction, sensor range.Basic Command - +10% Damage bonus, 2 CP reduction and sensor range (+20).Cockpit - Single pilot command for frigates, +5% damage -1 CP (frigate only for the CP).Not great for extended battles using energy weapons. Nuclear Power - Cheap and reliable power plants.Basic Engines - Adds a balanced amount of thrust and maneuverability to your ship.Defensive Flares - Cheap and effective missile counter-measures.ECM Jammer - Jams missiles and reduces accuracy of incoming fire.Class II Shields - Improved defensive shielding to protect a quadrant, place in center to protect entire ship.Class I Shields - Defensive shielding to protect a quadrant, place in center to protect entire ship.Can be placed in the center of a ship to shield it entirely. Delta Shields - A Small defensive shielding to protect a quadrant.Tritanium Armor - Three times the mass, strength and cost of Steel Armor.Ionium Armor - Superior armor, requires power.Quantanium Armor - Lightweight, efficient armor. ![]()
Night optics digital sentry5/1/2023 ![]() The Germans were the first to make a significant leap forward and began to blur the line between "zero" and the first generation of night vision devices. Both the Allied troops and the Nazis pushed forward the development of devices that could advantage during nighttime battles. In fact, the reason was revolutionary night vision devices and radars.Ī terrible and brutal war was the reason that gave impetus to engineering and scientific thought. However, the increase in the amount of this vegetable in the soldiers' diet that the command explained the accuracy of determining the enemy's equipment at night. Therefore, there was a myth that carrots improve vision. The development and its development became so successful that during WWII, the British were forced to come up with amazing legends explaining why anti-aircraft gun operators see enemy aircraft so well. Actually, the first weak and bulky device, which could amplify a weak light signal and visualize the observation location, was developed for the British air defense. It was with this that the victorious gait of night vision systems began. Military equipment and technology of night vision. That is why our military can say frankly: "We own the night." This not only saves lives but also deprives the enemy of any desire to attack the object. And the sentry, provided with night vision goggles, can conduct quality surveillance at any time. The presence of up-to-date technologies and innovative developments blur the line between night and day. And to identify them, the sentries and observers had only a couple of meters directly in front of them. The enemy could carry out sorties to the rear in small groups, destroying soldiers and conducting sabotage. Not only and not so much for offensive operations but also the correct building of the defense. The inability to identify not only objects but also to see the landscape's features made any actions and maneuvers impossible. The night was out of reach for the military several decades ago. Therefore, night vision devices in the army and security services are an essential element that should never be neglected.Įverything is straightforward. ![]() ![]() Moreover, the army and military equipment make the US army the strongest and most technologically advanced army on the planet. Devices based on this invention and thermal imaging devices are actively and successfully used in many industries, from medicine to construction.īut because we live in peacetime, sometimes the most important functions of these devices elude us, thanks largely to which we can live in safety. ![]() And this is quite natural because NV devices have long been integrated into our lives. When we start talking about night vision technology, the first thing that comes to mind is hunting using night vision and thermal binoculars, monoculars and scopes. ![]() Schwinn runabout for sale5/1/2023 ![]() ![]() In the case of identical absentee bids, the bid received first will prevail. ![]() Leaving an absentee or phone bid on a lot indicates your willingness to open the bidding at the printed low estimate, and gives the auctioneer the authority to open the bidding at that level, or to open the bidding on a lot with a printed reserve at the reserve price. Written absentee bids may be submitted on the Absentee Bid Form up to 30 lots before the item comes up for auction. No additional phone bids will be accepted at such time including additions when speaking with a staff person on the phone. All reservations for phone bidding are held in the strictest confidence and must be received by 5 pm EST the day before the auction. 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PROPERTY SOLD AS IS: All Property is sold as is, where is, with all faults. By bidding at the auction, whether in person, by agent, in writing, by telephone, internet bid or any other means, the buyer of the Property (hereinafter the Buyer) agrees to be bound by this Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the complete statement of the terms and conditions pursuant to which all Property is offered for sale. The property offered and sold through Ashcroft and Moore, LLP's (hereinafter AM) public auctions (hereinafter the Property) shall be offered and sold pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth below (hereinafter the Agreement). ![]() Milli power of ten5/1/2023 ![]() So this can help you memorize all of the metric prefixes from the largest one to the smallest one in order. Terribly Gigantic Monsters Killed One Million Men Napping Peacefully.Īll right, so again, terribly gigantic monsters killed one million men napping peacefully. The mnemonic I can use to memorize the metric prefixes in this order is: So you go from 12 to 9 to 6 to 3 to zero and on. You notice that all of these prefixes go in order of three. Nano, lowercase N, ten to a negative nine.Īnd finally, Pico, lowercase P, ten to a negative twelve. Micro, denoted by μ, ten to the negative six. This means that there is 1,000 millimeters in one meter. ![]() ![]() Milli, lowercase M, ten to a negative three. Mega, denoted by capital M, ten to the six.Īnd if you have nothing, then that’s just one, so you don’t put anything in front of just a meter. nanowatt (nW) 1 x 10-9 W microwatt (W) 0.000001 W milliwatt (mW). We have Giga, denoted by capital G, ten to the nine. This power units conversion tool allows you to convert power values to the. Kilo is one of the most common unit prefixes, so you might already recognize it from words like kilogram and kilometre. We have Tera, denoted by capital T, which is ten to the twelve. And if you put a K in front of a meter then you have a kilometer, and a kilometer is 1,000 meters. So for instance, a meter is a unit of distance. So essentially metric prefixes are letters that you add to the beginning of units to modify them. We can see here we have all the names and the abbreviations in parentheses, as well as what those values mean. So now let’s take a look at the metric prefixes you need to know for the exam. Commonly used prefixes for powers of 10 used with metric units are given below in. Today we have a physics mnemonic for you, and it’s on metric prefixes.Īnd this will actually help you with not just physics problems on the MCAT, but also general chemistry questions as well. My name is Ken and I’m an MCAT expert with MedSchoolCoach. ![]() Hey, welcome back to another episode of MCAT Mnemonic Monday. Ken Tao is the MedSchoolCoach expert on MCAT, and will discuss metric prefixes, explaining how terribly gigantic monsters killed 1 million men napping peacefully can help you remember Tera, Giga, Mega, Kilo, Milli, Micro, Nano and Pico. ![]() Slender the eight pages print5/1/2023 ![]() Kate’s #8 – Found on one of the boxes right at the start of this chaper.Ģ0. Kate’s #7 – Found near the above warning notice on the equipment in the same room.ġ8. Newspaper Framed – Found hung up on the wall in the same room as the two above.ġ9. Warning Notice – Found in the first room you enter up on the gate, basically the room before first generator.ġ7. Letter – Found near the pipes, to the right of the entrance to the mining area.ġ6. Kate’s #6 – Found on the board beside the employee notice.ġ5. Employee Notice – Found right outisde the mining area, up on the board.ġ4. Kate’s #5 – Found to the small building to the right, before taking the main path towards the mines.ġ3. Kate’s #4 – Turn right back once you begin this stage and you’ll find it posted up on one of the closest trees.ġ2. Oakside Park Canoeing Rules – Found on or near the building where you start this chapter.ġ1. Oakside Park Pamphlet – Found on or right near the small building where you being this chapter.ġ0. Canoe Sign – Found on the building right near to where you begin the chapter and close to the other two collectibles below.ĩ. Kate’s #3 – Found around the slides in the garden besides Kate’s house.Ĩ. Kate’s #2 – Found in the bedroom area near the stereo with the pentagram on the speaker.ħ. Kate’s Letter – Normally found in the living room besides the dead phone.Ħ. Board – Found on the fridge in the kitchen.ĥ. Beth Hayes Obituary – Normally Found In The Kitchen Of Kate’s House.Ĥ. Kate’s #1 – Found on the landing on the shelf right besides the staircase.ģ. Missing Poster – Just before you enter the house, look around the fence posts in front of it to find this poster.Ģ. Note that the majority of these can be found during moments in the game where there’s no pursuer.ġ. ![]() There are 26 pieces to find to fill up your Scrapbook. ![]() Infinifactory wikia5/1/2023 ![]() First, “experiential object.” In the course of this article, I will be regularly using the cumbersome phrase ‘experiential object’ to refer to any candidate that might be art-a painting, a film, a television program, a sport, a part of nature, an artisanal meal, a game, et cetera. Under a broad enough definition, the word ‘art’ would simply translate into the vague phrase ‘thing about which I have some kind of opinion.’ A strong definition of art will need to be narrow enough to ensure the word is not uselessly universal.Īfter much deliberation, here is the definition that I have come up with to satisfy those two requirements: Art is any experiential object perceived to have at least one indirect primary emotional or intellectual end outside of itself. If all one says is that anything can be art or not art at any time for anyone (without addressing why), then there is no reason to use the word ‘art’ to refer to an object rather than simply expressing that one likes the object, dislikes the object, or at least finds the object interesting to pay attention to. But in a formal context, leaving it at that very quickly makes the word inutile for all practical purposes. For the purposes of casual conversation and brevity, it is all well and good to simply say ‘anything can be art’ or ‘art is anything that moves you.’ Under my definition, both of those sentiments are technically true. Second, the definition must be rigid enough to be used to distinguish art from non-art. A strong definition of art will need to be wide enough to be appropriate for all such debates, and to be potentially applicable to all such candidates. People disagree fervently about which objects of study are art and which are not art, about what is high-quality art and what is low-quality art, about what is even eligible to possibly be considered art, and so on. Here are my two requirements for a definition of art (which you may notice are abstract enough to be requirements for the definition of just about any word):įirst, the definition must be flexible enough to encompass nearly all of the things which people would generally consider to be art. ![]() I will now distill those many constraints down into just two-which will necessarily differ in priorities and details from the longer list on that linked page. There are many low-level constraints that people generally accept when advancing a definition of art, as listed in the entry of the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy about defining art. There is so much controversy and disagreement on the topic of whether certain categories of things are art or are not art, that to proceed into a discussion of this nature without first stating one’s accepted definition for art is to invite angry misunderstandings. It is my firm opinion that no one should enter into this conversation without presenting the definition of art with which they are operating. In doing all of this in a systematic fashion, I aim to foster a more specific and concrete discussion of this topic than most of the extant debates and articles produced about it over the past few decades have engendered, as a small contribution to spreading the formalist revolution in the study of games to a wider audience. Then fourth and finally, I will describe how one may conceive of Infinifactory as a work of art. Third, I will justify my claim that players often approach games as though they are not art. Second, I will apply that definition to games in general. First, I will present a working definition of art that I consider to be both flexible and rigid enough to be tenable. This article will have four primary parts. If that sounds strange or you’re already making assumptions about where I’m going with this, don’t worry: I’ll explain myself with considerable specificity in the sections that follow. This example is a very conscious choice on my part, as Infinifactory is one of the many games that I consider to be poised between conceptions of games as art and conceptions of games as not art. My test case for this purpose will be the design-based puzzle game Infinifactory. In this article, I would like to zero in on this topic of games as art. I am certainly of the opinion that games can be art, but from my perspective the word ‘art’ does not refer to a vague and insubstantial category of preferred works. Well, they want to make it clear that others now like games a great deal, so of course they want games to be allowed to wear the badge too. ![]() ![]() They see that some people seem to like novels quite a bit, and that those therefore get to be art. ![]() For such players, it is as though the word ‘art’ is merely a badge that gets to be worn by things people particularly like. Most players agree that games can be art, yet act in ways that betray the fact that they do not personally approach games as art. ![]() AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |