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4% clock-constrained gene tree for the species of Aphonopelma found in Texas.
To assign dates to population-splitting events within the A. hentzi lineage and assess the importance of these historical events on cladogenesis across the whole tree, a fixed molecular clock at 4% was applied in BEAST to evaluate how this mygalomorph rate of evolution relates to the events of the Pleistocene. Population splits within the A. hentzi clade (northern vs. southern) are predicted to have originated around 237,000 ybp (294,900−183,200), represented by the light red box. The Pliocene/Pleistocene/Holocene time frame is displayed at top, years from present on the bottom, with The Last Glacial Maximum designated by the grey box. The bars correspond to 95% confidence intervals.
Detail of the dome of the Welsh Millennium Centre. The steel has been coated with copper oxide to give is a distinctive colour.
Proteus Facades has helped to create a grand entrance at the new Grange University Hospital in Gwent, through innovative use of Proteus HR TECU Patina Iron Two copper rainscreen cladding panels and architectural fins.
Designed by BDP Architects, the hospital, which opened four months ahead of schedule in November 2020, was built as part of the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board’s Clinical Futures Strategy and houses the region’s accident and emergency and intensive care facilities.
Developed by main contractor Laing O’Rourke using an extensive adoption of off-site construction, the £350m specialist and critical care centre includes purpose-built facilities for critically ill patients who require the most urgent treatment and care pathways.
As well as utilising offsite construction to deliver shorter build schedules and more environmentally friendly methods of construction, Laing O’Rourke and BDP’s design team used BIM from the outset of the development to maximise the use of digital technology through the supply chain.
Utilising the company’s own Level 2 BIM models and working closely with the designers to ensure strict timescales were met, Proteus Facades manufactured bespoke Proteus HR rainscreen panels and fins with a TECU Iron Two finish for the hospital entrance and restaurant exterior. Installed by Cladanco, the copper cladding is fixed off a Eurobond Rockfibre Rainspan composite panel.
TECU Iron Two has a striking reddish-brown copper surface finish that portrays a weathered steel aesthetic, but with all the longevity and formability of copper. The colours of the natural material blend gradually over time to create the beautiful, aged copper-look. Made from 100% recycled copper, Proteus TECU Iron Two is a sustainable choice.
Proteus HR was specified because the system is lightweight, strong and versatile whilst offering high aesthetic appeal. The integrated modular rainscreen panels also feature an aluminium honeycomb core, structurally bonded between two thin gauges of lightweight metal skin, to create an optically flat panel.
The Proteus HR panels at Grange University Hospital feature in a pod-like design on the exterior of the main entrance and within the foyer; taking the architect’s design from the outside in and creating a visual point of interest for visitors as they enter and exit the building. Adding further aesthetic appeal, the deep red-brown ochre finish of the copper cladding creates a warming pop of natural colour against the monochrome grey and white modular panels that adorn most of the hospital’s exterior.
Bespoke spanning fins manufactured by Proteus Facades measuring 400mm x 80mm were utilised across the entrance and along the external façade of the hospital restaurant. Each fin had an internal support of a 300mm x 50mm x 5mm aluminium extrusion PPC coated with bespoke head and base plate connections for bolting into the primary brackets within the structural openings. The aluminium extrusions were then clad with TECU Patina Iron Two panels to provide the overall finish.
Proteus Facades also fabricated cantilevering head and base cloaking panels and bespoke brackets for use on the entrance and within the foyer to create the illusion that the pods emerge from the wall in a box-like structure.
Grange University Hospital (previously known as the Specialist and Critical Care Centre) is the centrepiece of a new model of healthcare delivery serving over 600,000 people. The 471-bed hospital is home to more than 40 specialist services and features a helicopter pad for patients who need to arrive by air ambulance.
The building also takes advantage of the landscaped setting, offering views across the surrounding countryside and access to therapeutic spaces to promote healing and wellness. It is this design-led and collaborative approach to construction that has resulted in the development securing two Constructing Excellence Wales Awards for Best Digital Construction and Off-Site Development.
For further information about Proteus HR or to view more inspirational rainscreen facades from Proteus Facades, visit: www.proteusfacades.com or call: 0151 545 5075.
Food and Wine Classic in Aspen, Co
June 17-18, 2011
Graphic Recording by ImageThink
ImageThink hung out with Marc Murphy at the All-Clad corner of the tent at Food and Wine. Heather visualized his recipe and captured tasters comments on their reactions to the food and testimonials for All-Clad
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Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - Day 4 of the yoga retreat. To catch you up a little: Sunday was the first day of yoga instruction. I translated (and participated) in Sunil's classes all morning, then went to the faille in the afternoon. Monday morning I said good-bye to Emmanuel and did six hours of yoga. I felt so many emotions and sensations I had never felt before ... it was an incredible experience. Now we're up to Tuesday, a day of yoga and rest, the day I started taking pictures again. /
le 29 juillet 2008 - Quatrième Jour du Stage de Yoga. Pour rattraper un peu: dimanche j'ai fait du yoga toute la matinée, et pendant l'après-midi je suis allée à la faille. Lundi j'ai dit adieu à Emmanuel et ensuite j'ai fait six heures de yoga. J'ai ressenti plein d'émotions que je n'avais jamais ressenti - c'était vraiment incroyable. Et donc maintenant nous sommes mardi, un jour de yoga et repos (et le jour où j'ai recommencé à prendre des photos).
Atomium
The Atomium ( /əˈtoʊmiːəm/ ə-TOH-mee-əm) is a landmark building in Brussels (Belgium), originally constructed for the 1958 Brussels World’s Fair (Expo 58). It is located on the Heysel Plateau in Laeken, where the exhibition took place. It is now a museum.
Designed by the engineer André Waterkeyn and architects André and Jean Polak, it stands 102 metres (335 ft) tall. Its nine 18-metre-diameter (59 ft) stainless steel clad spheres are connected in the shape of a unit cell that could represent an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times. Tubes connecting the spheres enclose stairs, escalators and an elevator (in the central, vertical tube) to allow access to the five habitable spheres, which contain exhibit halls and other public spaces. The top sphere includes a restaurant which has a panoramic view of Brussels. The building was completely renovated between 2004 and 2006 by the companies Jacques Delens and BESIX.
This site is served by Heysel/Heizel metro station on line 6 of the Brussels metro.
History
Construction and Expo 58
The Atomium was built as the main pavilion and icon of the 1958 World Expo of Brussels (Expo 58). In the 1950s, faith in scientific progress was great, and a structure depicting atoms was chosen to embody this. The Atomium's nine 18-metre-diameter (59 ft) stainless steel clad spheres depict nine iron atoms in the shape of the body-centred cubic unit cell that could for example represent α-iron (ferrite) crystal, magnified 165 billion times.
The construction of the Atomium was a technical feat. Of the nine spheres, six are accessible to the public, each with two main floors and a lower floor reserved for service. Tubes of 3 metres (10 ft) diameter connect the spheres along the 12 edges of the cube and all eight vertices to the centre. The central tube contains the fastest elevator of the time with a speed of 5 m/s (20 ft/s), installed by the Belgian branch of the Swiss firm Schlieren (subsequently taken over by Schindler). It allows 22 people to reach the summit in 23 seconds. The escalators installed in the oblique tubes are among the longest in Europe. The biggest is 35 metres (100 ft) long.
Three of the four top spheres lack vertical support and hence are not open to the public for safety reasons, although the sphere at the pinnacle is open to the public. The original design called for no supports; the structure was simply to rest on the spheres. Wind tunnel tests proved that the structure would have toppled in an 80 km/h (50 mph) wind (140 km/h (90 mph) winds have been recorded in Belgium). Support columns were added to achieve enough resistance against overturning.
The Atomium, designed to last six months, was not destined to survive the 1958 World Expo, but its popularity and success made it a major element of the Brussels landscape. Its destruction was therefore postponed year after year, until the city's authorities decided to keep it. However, for thirty years, little maintenance work was done.
Renovation (2004–06)
By the turn of the millennium, the state of the building had deteriorated and a comprehensive renovation was sorely needed. Renovation of the Atomium, carried by Belgian construction companies Jacques Delens and BESIX, began in March 2004; it was closed to the public in October, and remained closed until 18 February 2006. The renovation included replacing the faded aluminium sheets on the spheres with stainless steel.
On 21 December 2005, the Atomium's new outdoor lighting was tested. The meridians of each sphere were covered with rectangular steel plates, in which LED lighting was integrated. The LED application illuminates the bulbs at night. The lights can also flash simultaneously or in turns at each meridian, symbolising the range of an electron around its core. In addition, the German industrial designer Ingo Maure created lighting objects and installations for the interior of the building.
On 14 February 2006, the Atomium was officially reopened by then-Prince Philippe, and on 18 February 2006, it opened again to the public. The renovation cost €26 million. Brussels and the Atomium Association paid one-third of the costs, the Belgian government financed two thirds. To help pay for the renovation, pieces of the old aluminium plates were sold to the public as souvenirs. One triangular piece about 2 metres (7 ft) long sold for €1,000. On the occasion of the reopening, a 2 euro commemorative coin depicting the building was issued, in March 2006, to celebrate the renovation.
Though the Atomium depicts an iron unit cell, the balls were originally clad with aluminium. Following the 2004–06 renovation, however, the aluminium was replaced with stainless steel, which is primarily iron. Likewise, while the subject of Atomium was chosen to depict the enthusiasm of the Atomic Age, iron is not and cannot be used as fuel in nuclear reactions.
New Corten clad entrance building. Clissold Road N16
CoreTen Steel Panel Cladding intergrates with red brick and bush-hammered concrete of the original school building.
Built: 1967
Architect: Stillman Eastwick-Field
Refurbished: 2010
Architect: Jestico & Whiles
Builder: Willmott Dixon
RIBA Architectural Award 2011
Mmm...Mmm...Good!
Ingredients:
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1 onion chopped
3 ribs of celery chopped
3 medium red skinned potatoes diced
1/2 package of white mushrooms sliced
1 Bay Leaf
1 1/2 teaspoons Old Bay Seasoning
1 can red kidney beans
1 can garbanzo beans
1 can diced tomatoes
32 ounces of low sodium chicken stock
1/2 sack fresh spinach torn or chopped
Fresh basil chopped
1 package mini ravioli
Freshly ground black pepper and sea salt
Directions:
Heat the olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add the onion, celery, potatoes, mushrooms, bay leaf and seasoning. Sauté for 10 minutes or until the vegetables are tender. Add the beans, tomatoes, salt and pepper. Add the chicken broth and bring to a boil. Once the soup boils, add the ravioli and simmer until the pasta is done. Add the basil, spinach and extra salt and pepper (if needed). Once the greens wilt the soup is ready to serve.
(A variation of Rachael Ray's Vegetable Soup from Rachael Ray's 30 Minute Veggie Meals).
For "a day in the life of ... 20th March"
These pans hang in my kitchen, I see them every day. You need red-cyan 3D glasses to see them pop out!
Characteristic species size pattern and cladogenetic diffusion model.(A) The characteristic distribution of species body sizes, observed in most major animal groups. Macroevolutionary tradeoffs between short-term selective advantages and long-term extinction risks, constrained by a minimum viable size , produce the distribution’s long right-tail. (B) Schematic illustrating the cladogenetic diffusion model of species body-size evolution: a descendant species’ mass is related to its ancestor’s size M by a random multiplicative factor . Species become extinct with a probability that grows slowly with M.
Behind shadows, behind fingers
I'm hiding my true passion
To be, to be alone
In my garden,
In its corners
I'm looking for the path of my thoughts in the dark...
Clad in shadows.
Playing with lighting.
Tanglegrams, generated by TreeMap 2.0b, using consensus ML topologies based on the amino acid sequences of the nucleocapsid (N) protein (labeled Saa) and viral RNA-dependent RNA-polymerase (L protein) (labeled Laa) segments of NVA MSB95703 and representative rodent-, shrew- and mole-borne hantaviruses and cytochrome b mtDNA sequences of the respective reservoir host species.
Node support was derived from 100 ML bootstrap replicates executed on the RAxML web server. Virus and host names are provided in the legend to Figure 4. Concordance of host and hantavirus cladograms was high (red line), except for two shrew mole-associated hantaviruses (ASA and OXB) which showed evidence of host switching (green line).
Pix proteins across eukaryotes.
A cladogram of a wide range of organisms is drawn according to the current, generally accepted consensus. Pix genes were identified by BLAST search of genomes and identified as hits to the N-terminal 7 WD-40 repeats and the C-terminal coiled-coil region. When these proteins were in turn used to search all genomes their closest vertebrate homologues were Pix proteins. The presence of Pix genes in the genome is indicated by black entries and their absence by red. Pix sequences were compared to Xenopus laevis Pix2 by pairwise BLAST and the P-value for the match is shown.
The RIF marker separates Clavibacter michiganensis strains into the three subspecies.
The rooted neighbor-joining cladogram was constructed from 114 characterized Clavibacter strains from the PBC (Table 2), two reference strains from GenBank (see Table 1 for strain names) and the outgroup Leifsonia xyli. Identical sequences are represented only once and the number of sequenced strains is indicated on each leaf. Bootstrap values >50% (shown at the node) are expressed as a percentage of 5,000 replicates. Red text indicates C. michiganensis strains with no previous subspecies designation. Cm† is a non-pathogenic strain isolated from tomato that is most similar to Cmi. Unknowns #1-10 were isolated from a recent bacterial canker outbreak of tomato (see text) and perfectly match two of the Cmm RIF reference sequences. Cmm: C. michiganensis subsp. michiganensis. Cmi: C. michiganensis subsp. insidiosus. Cms: C. michiganensis subsp. sepedonicus.
Consensus tree and population substructure estimated from SPP markers.At the top, a Fitch & Margoliash tree of 40 C. annuum lines, rooted with C. frutescens and C. Chinense. The majority-rule consensus cladogram (overall equal branch lengths) was generated from 13,621 SPP markers. Numbers associated with branches indicate percent support based on 7,500 bootstrap replicates. Branches with less than 50% support have been collapsed. At the bottom is shown C. annuum population substructure determined using Structure with 2,712 mapped SPP markers for K = 2 to K = 6. Each genotype is represented by a vertical column and genotypes are ordered according to the cladogram. Each color bar represents a different subpopulation and the proportion of a given variety's color bar represents the proportion that variety belongs to the corresponding subpopulation. The branches of the cladogram are colored according to the highest proportion subpopulation assignment when K = 6 with grey branches indicating highly admixed individuals, having no more than a 0.60 fraction assigned to any subpopulation. Grouping by common structure subpopulation constitution is indicated by colored border with assigned names shown below. Long Yellow Marconi and Lange Westlandse Rode are abbreviated L. Yellow Marconi and L. W. Rode, respectively.
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