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Extreme High Definition Parts on Your 3D Printerby LeftAngle May 4, 2013
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Just a thought, how about using a coffee cup warmer to heat the mold? Could be placed right on the printbed, and then the mold could be kept warm throughout the process. Not sure if that's better than the printer's own heated bed.
While slightly off topic, have you seen this method for injection molding?
It does require some new equipment, but not that much I would say.
And has the potential benefit that it should be possible til recycle old bits of scrap PLA.
Regarding the print lines one might use acetone vapor on ABS or maybe simply smear some grease onto the part (filling the holes/indents) prior to making the silicone mold
Thank you for that. It looks very simple and could be a great addition to any shop. The primary advantage of using the 3D printer's extruder is, the pressures are small so milling a metal die isn't necessary. My silicone molds were easily up to the task as long as I was able to keep the pressure of the nozzle centered. My problem is, when casting, I made several cavities in one mold, so the pour would be more efficient. That worked against me here, as the cavity I wanted was on the end and the 2 part mold acted like a cheese sandwich would if you pushed down on it off-center. How'd you like that analogy? :)
I it seems to be, I have to build one my self one day...
And not the least the secondary advantage, when using the printer you don't need yet another tool :)
Perhaps a plastic exoskeleton/box around the silicone mold would allow for a higher pressure injection.
I don't like the analogy, it makes me hungry ;)
(Other than that is fine :)
Awesome, Think you are on to something.
Great job!
I figured this was a good thing to try, but no time to play with it. Have you come up with any strategies to get an accurate precision mold without the leftover small layer lines in the mold itself?
If it could entirely be printed within the same block, by making this into a customizer entry, you can get a lot of attention and support. :)
Thanks kazektulu:
I'm not quite sure about what you're saying. If you're talking about the flashing issue, then I'll just have to say I'm working on it. Getting the printer to press down on the mold more evenly or using more rigid molds are the only things I can think of that might help at the moment, but someone else, like yourself may have better solutions.
What is a "customizer entry"? I certainly could use all the attention I can get.
I meant by printed molds to use for the injection. Your circular example shows the printed mold (with the layer-lines that you are trying to overcome) that show in the piece anyways, since they are in the mold. It looks like your other pieces didnt have that because you didnt use a mold that was printed, so I was asking if you had some more ideas to get rid of the lines without damaging precision accuracy for the mold.
I do hear that molded plastics are generally something near double actual bond strength than the regular FDM process, so its exciting to see this option for some parts.
a 'customizable' thing in thingiverse, like the lithopanes and the 8 bit music box and iphone cases - something that you can edit through thingiverse's very own interface. I havent made one yet so I cant say how to do it- but if you can implement a customizer image for a printable mold base, you may even get featured. :)
Sorry kazektulu... I was tired. I've never really tried to find the "perfect" way to smooth out a printed part, thought others seem to have done quite well (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:50212)http://www.thingiverse.com/thi...
Even so, I think there would have to be a loss of detail, no matter how it's done.
The printed die I have was only meant to serve as a tool so people could try the process without having to go through the trouble of making a mold... However... Try this (no guarantee, but it might just work)... print a small 5 sided box and fill it with soft sculpting clay. Take an object and push it into the clay, like I did with my watch.
Place a washer or make an aluminum plate to cover the box and try injecting that. It would certainly be easier than using silicon and it would also be much faster.
I'm not familiar with customizable things either and I don't know if contest entries are "featured"... Don't forget to vote btw. I personally have enough pro points to last me the rest of the decade, so being featured isn't important to me, but thanks for thinking of me.
btw... While trimming the gun tube, I was afraid of breaking the trunions off, but quickly realized they weren't going anywhere. Really strong... So there might be something to your strength comment. I don't see this technique being useful for large items, but it's normally the small ones that have the most problem with strength.
Thanks again for clearing things up... And i apologize for being so dense.
I tried the modeling clay (without the box) and it didn't work. Modeling clay can't be heated so the plastic cools before it can be pushed far into the mold. Sorry. I posted pictures of the result on Instuructables.
no need to be sorry. You've done a great job! I was just curious. :)


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Perez Fernandez, Déborah
Shcherbakov, Dmitri
Matt, Tanja
Leong, Ng C.
Kudyba, Iwona
Duscha, Stefan
Boukari, Heithem
Patak, Rashmi
Dubbaka, Srinivas R.
Lang, Kathrin
Meyer, Martin
Akbergenov, Rashid
Freihofer, Pietro
Vaddi, Swapna
Thommes, Pia
Ramakrishnan, V.
Vasella, Andrea
Böttger, Erik C.
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Clinical use of 2-deoxystreptamine aminoglycoside antibiotics, which target the bacterial ribosome, is compromised by adverse effects related to limited drug selectivity. Here we present a series of 4′,6′-O-acetal and 4′-O-ether modifications on glucopyranosyl ring I of aminoglycosides. Chemical modifications were guided by measuring interactions between the compounds synthesized and ribosomes harbouring single point mutations in the drug-binding site, resulting in aminoglycosides that interact poorly with the drug-binding pocket of eukaryotic mitochondrial or cytosolic ribosomes. Yet, these compounds largely retain their inhibitory activity for bacterial ribosomes and show antibacterial activity. Our data indicate that 4′-O-substituted aminoglycosides possess increased selectivity towards bacterial ribosomes and little activity for any of the human drug-binding pockets. Show more
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Monthly Archives: August 2008
Are You Ready To Dive?
Scuba Diving, the adventure in the fascinating world under water that a generation of Indians grew up watching on television, is now at your doorstep, with the launch on Friday of the country's first Inland Training Center in Bangalore.
Set up by Planet Scuba India, a story of combining passion with business opportunity, the Scuba Diving School will for the first time make scuba diving accessible and easy for a majority of Indians who live away from the country's long and lovely sea coast.
"We believe anyone can dive, provided there is proper training and good equipment. With our Dive Center we are fulfilling both these needs for the first time in India," said Madhava Reddy, Founder Director of Planet Scuba India.
"Every year, more than a million people around the world become scuba divers through a certification process. There are very few Indians among them. We hope to contribute significantly in changing that," he said. He said scuba diving was one activity that directly contributes to the protection of environment by spreading awareness about the beauty and fragility of Marine Life.
Planet Scuba India's dive center is being launched in technical partnership with Planet Scuba Malaysia and Mr Venkatesh Charloo, a pioneering diving instructor in the country.
"We have been in the business for many years now and we firmly believe that India is the next big growth area for scuba diving. There is a lot of potential here and a lot of people are passionate about the sport," said Dato' E.K. Lim, a founder of Planet Scuba Malaysia.
By virtue of association with the Malaysian company, Planet Scuba India has been granted a very high level of rating of Five Star Dive Center by PADI (Professional Association of Dive Instructors), the world's largest recreational dive training, certification and membership organization. Planet Scuba India will offer the PADI Open Water Diver and Advanced Open Water Diver certifications initially in Bangalore. These courses will be held twice a month starting September and there will be special courses held during the holiday period. These certifications will allow a person to dive anywhere in the world.
This makes PADI-Certified Planet Scuba India a one stop destination for all your scuba diving needs. Here you can learn to dive, pick up diving equipment and plan your diving holidays – sitting right here in Bangalore city. The holidays are to destinations around the world, including established scuba diving spots in the country like Andamans and Lakshadweep for a hands-on experience.
During the launch, Planet Scuba India felicitated the pioneers of Indian Scuba Diving – Prahalad Kakkar in Lakshadweep, Venkatesh Charloo in Goa and Vandit 'Vinnie' Kalia in Andamans.
Safeguarding The Marine Ecosystem The Planet Scuba Way
"The sea is everything… It is an immense desert where man is never alone for he feels life, quivering around him on every side."
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea
Marine ecosystems cover approximately 71% of the Earth's surface and contain approximately 97% of the planet's water.
Why is aquatic ecosystem health important to humans? Because everything is connected, where an ecosystem is out of balance eventually humans will begin to suffer as well. Our health and many of our activities are dependent on the health of aquatic ecosystems. Most of the water that we drink is taken from lakes or rivers. If the lake or river system is unhealthy, the water may be unsafe to drink or unsuitable for industry, agriculture, or recreation – even after treatment.
The proliferation of non-native species has created problems. One recent example is the rapidly expanding zebra mussel population. Zebra mussels have few natural predators, and because the female can produce 30000 eggs yearly, they are expected to spread throughout most of the freshwater systems. This mussel species is already clogging industrial and municipal water treatment intake pipes, coating boats and piers, and causing beach closures.
Because we share the world with many other species of plants and animals, we must consider the consequences of our actions. Over the past several decades, increasing human activity has rapidly destroyed or polluted many ecological habitats throughout the world. It is important to preserve all types of biomes as each houses many unique forms of life. However, the continued heavy exploitation of certain biomes, such as the forest, freshwater, and marine, may have more severe implications.
We at Planet Scuba recognize the threats to the marine ecosystem and realize that awareness about these threats is minimal in India. Through our diving courses, we hope to make the whole experience fun and educative, and ensure that people can appreciate the natural beauty in abundance in our oceans and follow appropriate measures to safeguard them.
PADI Open Water Course
If you've always wondered what lies beneath the surface, now's the time to find out. Start the journey of a lifetime with the PADI Open Water Diver course. It will change you forever.
In the PADI Open Water Diver course, your PADI Instructor takes you through the basics of learning how to scuba dive. You start in a pool or pool-like conditions and progress to the open water (ocean, lake, quarry, etc.) getting the background knowledge along the way.
Earning your PADI Open Water Diver certification is just the beginning. As a certified diver, fabulous dive destinations, exciting people, unparalleled adventure and uncommon tranquility await you. And, as you continue your adventure and gain experience through higher training levels, your opportunities expand.
Becoming a diver opens a door to a whole new world. Open yours and step through.
You will also earn a PADI Open Water Diver certification that is recognized worldwide. As a certified PADI Open Water Diver, you have the freedom to dive independent of a professional. You earn this rating by completing five pool and knowledge development modules and by making four open water (ocean or lake) dives.
Virtually anyone who is in good health, reasonably fit and comfortable in the water can earn a PADI Open Water Diver certification. At some point in the course, your PADI Instructor will ask you to demonstrate the ability to swim 200 meters/yards without swim aids or 300 meters/yards with mask, fins and snorkel and complete a bit of paperwork, to get you on your way.


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According as he has chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love. Ephesians 1:4
THE very election of the believer to eternal life provides for and secures his holiness. There could possibly be no holiness without election, because election provides the means of its attainment. Thus clearly does the Spirit of truth unfold it in our motto, and in 2 Thess. 2:13, "We are bound to give thanks always to God for you, brethren, beloved of the Lord, because God has from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth." Let us be clearly understood. On the ground of no foreseen holiness in the creature, did God thus purpose to save him; but seeing the indispensable necessity of sanctification in order to eternal glory—the impossibility of the one without the other—He chose us in Christ "that we should be holy."
Let not the Christian reader turn away from, or treat lightly, this precious revealed truth of God's word—an election of a people unto holiness here and glory hereafter. The prejudice of education—early modes of thought—a preconceived system—and more than all besides, the neglect of a close and prayerful investigation of God's word for himself, may lead to the rejection of the doctrine. But He who first cavils, and then renounces it, without a thorough and prayerful sifting of its scriptural claims to belief, stands on solemn ground, and assumes a fearful attitude. What God has revealed. "that call not you common." What He has commanded, that turn not from, lest you be found to have turned from God Himself. Why it has so pleased the Lord to choose a people, it is not our province to inquire, nor, we believe, would it be for our happiness to know. We attempt not to explain the doctrine, much less to account for it. We simply, and we trust scripturally, state it, leaving God to vindicate and bless it. He is the best defender and apologist of His own sacred truth. "Secret things belong unto the Lord our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law."
The secret thing in the doctrine of election is, why God has done it—the thing which is revealed is, that He has done it. Let us not, then, seek to be wise above what is written, though it is our duty, as an acute writer has remarked, to be wise up to what is written; leaving the more perfect knowledge of the things that are now seen as "through a glass darkly" to that period of perfect illumination when we shall "know, even as we are known." But thus much we know, that it is the eternal purpose of God, revealed and provided for in the covenant of grace, that all who are chosen, called, and justified, shall, with a view to their being glorified, be "partakers of his holiness."
Heaven is a holy place, its inhabitants are a holy people, and He whose glory fills the temple is a holy God. Behold, then, the provision God has made for the sanctification of the believer in the everlasting covenant of grace. The foundation is laid in the death of Christ, it commences in the effectual calling of the Spirit—and by all the precious assurances of grace, and wisdom, and strength, provided in the covenant, it is carried forward to a glorious completion.


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Archive for January 2009
Wilt Thou Go Ask the Mole(skine)®?
Does the Eagle know what is in the pit?
Or wilt thou go ask the Mole?
Can Wisdom be put in a silver rod?
Or Love in a golden bowl?
— William Blake (1757–1827), British poet, painter, engraver, and mystic.
The Book of Thel "Thel's Motto".
I started to write journal again and a little bit of sketching. On paper. With Moleskine® no less.
Oh, how much I love the feel of the paper.
The longest time I kept a journal was the last 3 years ago…when I'm in love.
Now, I found a new love.
Wheeze + Sneeze = Gesundheit
The coughing getting phlegmy, sinus blockage seems to be a constant nuisance and I can't seem to tolerate the atmospheric pressure changes during the mid-flight as every descend and ascend makes my temple throbbing with pain — and I travel by plane a lot.
Ever since I done chamber diving inside the decompression chamber under U.S. Navy Revision 4 Treatment Table 5 last November 2008, I suspect the rupture in the sinus and the ear drum contributed to this deteriorating health.
During the decompression from sea level to 50 feet (15.24 m), my body can still cope with the 2.6 kg/cm² absolute pressure (1 atm (10m) = 1.03 kg/cm². Absolute pressure equal to 1 atm plus 15.24m gauge pressure). In the entry lock during the decompression, my heart working hard to exert blood into the brain. I felt a slight light-headedness. Once I got into the main lock and started breathing pure oxygen (99.8% Oxygen) through the Built-in-Breathing Systems (BIBS) mask, that when I started to bleed — through my nose.
Every ascend of 10 feet (3.048 m), I would started to bleed profusely. My chamber diving partner and the chamber operator were aware of the situation. I need to equalise my ear drum and sinus until the pressure inside my head equal to the outside pressure. The ascending time from 50 feet to sea level would take around 3 hours. There I was, with blood spattering all inside the BIBS mask.
On the surface — once I reach the sea level — I got a towel dampened with dark red blood. A sanguine experience if you ask me.
I gone through 1 week being offshore on that vessel with deafened hearing.
Being almost 6 month in confined room on two different vessel with centralised and separate air-conditioning system. Together with poor ventilation and maintenance on the filter. I reckon it would affect as much on my current health.
I'm off for an appointment with Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT) Specialist.
Good luck with the pre-surgery medical check-up at HKL, Sue.
I don't mind the teasing in the middle of my sleep after long hours of drive from East Coast to KL. I would love to hear your voice again. I miss your voice — a resonance of joy and the mirthful vibe. I wish it would be more private; away from the prying cohabitant(s). I wanted to indulge in that fleeting conversation like an ephemeral song of Sirens. No matter the adverse effect to my sanity.
Itchy that ryhmes with bitchy, is the least utterance that is desirable, especially from [him] in the middle of that morning conversation.
It can't be help. I need to get used to the idea of separation, if I need to mend this heart.
I remember the end of December 2007. It's already one year from that day one; we ushering the disillusionment of fate. Not one day pass, as passion-spent, hunger-sated, thirst-drown, and all the bitterness and blind faith, with a shot of guilt for catalyst has reflected on our self-preservation of sanity.
Suffocating on present life routine while revelling past memories.
Perhaps I have an attachment issues. Coping mechanism that simply do not operate on an adult level, it is as though in my own mind, I can't get past age eighteen.
A cynic fool, I'm.
A People That Values Its Privileges Above Its Principles Soon Loses Both
A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.
— Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890–1969), U.S. general and president.
Inaugural address, Washington, D.C..
RTM sure pick a weird time to air The Sentinel [2006] movie during the Inauguration of Barack Hussein Obama. It's the story about (attempted) assasination of President of the United States. Then again, we're talking about RTM. Non Sequitur is their forte.
Today, Barack H. Obama becomes the 44th President of the United States, and the first African-American to hold the office.
CNN.com Live with Facebook got live Inauguration coverage (sponsored by Starbucks :P).
I Have No Castle; I Make Unmovable Mind My Castle
I have no sword; I make the sleep of the mind my sword.*
I can't sleep. Does that makes me a pacifist or my mental sword still sheathed?
Enclosed, my mind pregnant with cold metallurgy of profanity — spitting hatred as opposed to battering vengeance.
The sea breeze didn't offer the usual zen-like serenity, in this balmy night.
I spat tragedy. I cried apathy.
I can't sleep.
Thus I sheath my "sword" and spill the fluid of "innocence". Till I lay asleep in the arm of ethereal "succubus".
*Extract from the Samurai creed, referring to the condition of detachment known as "Muga." The Spirit of Zen.
Justifying Death of Innocents with Halakha (Jewish Law)
Professor Geoffrey Alderman to Rabbi David J Goldberg:
The Halachah is crystal clear. It is entirely legitimate to kill a rodef – that is to say, one who endangers the life of another – and this is true, incidentally, even if the rodef has not yet actually taken another life. So the Judaism that I practise permits what is generally referred to as "pre-emptive" military action.
Rabbi David J Goldberg to Professor Geoffrey Alderman:
I have no argument with your explanation about the status of the rodef in Jewish law (the Halachah) and the permissibility of taking pre-emptive action against him, except to add that the biblical law should be viewed in the context of a desert society and blood feuds between individuals and clans. That is why I disagree with your contention that in the context of modern Gaza this can be extended to include every member and supporter of Hamas – about 1 million people according to the election results. Or would you advise every innocent civilian and child to wear a large placard visible to Israeli jets proclaiming "Don't blame me, I voted for Fatah"?
[From Comment is Free: Geoffrey Alderman vs. David Goldberg, Can Israeli actions in Gaza be justified on the basis of Jewish scripture?]
One commentator said:
Makes me glad that I am an atheist and I know why this is wrong.


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Wheal Victoria Copper Mine
"All hail!
...excerpt from the Mining Journal (11th July 1846).
Scources researched:
"Mines and Miners of Cornwall" Vol. XII (A.K. Hamilton Jenkin), pub.
1966; plus various
The First Excavations
The Second and Final Excavations
In September 1853, the Wheal Victoria mine Engine Shaft (the main was stated to be down to 57 fathoms (342 feet), this being 40 fathoms (240 feet) below the level of the horizontal adit. This was stated as being "a depth quite sufficient for proving the productive, or unproductive character of the different lodes". The main copper lodes run east-west, and a considerable amount of additional underground cross-cutting (on a cross-coursing vien running north-south to the main lodes), was subsequently carried out to over 7 fathoms (42 feet) in each direction, but with little success.
In this same Journal it is reported by Mr. Oliver O. Trewren on the 2nd September 1853, that "I consider the mine a fair speculation, and in regular course of development. The sett itself is a continuation of the Caradon granite, which, together with the cross-course and the lodes is of a character precisely similar to that of the mines of the district, and a few months of spirited perseverance will prove the value of the property."
Unfortunately, this renewed optimism was found to be a little too over-optimistic, and the Mine Adventurers' either started to lose their money, or were not convinced and withdrew any further financing. By 1855, the Wheal Victoria copper mine had shut down for the second and final time.
The Second Adit
(1851 - but the first you will discover)
Looking inside the small adit, flooding is immediately apparent. The adit appears to curve to the right and down, and seems small for regular human access. It was perhaps only used for pumping.
Since my initial researches, I have had further information and correspondence from an experienced Mine Enthusiast and explorer, Stuart Dann, who has also looked at this site and suggested that this Second Adit was in fact one of the main draining points of the mine, and was perhaps also used for tramming materials in, and ore out. The portal looks like it has probably run in, and become congested with debris. The adit would have been draining on a slope for it to function, and therefore much material now present, would not have been there when the mine was in use.
The First Adit, dug during the first excavations of 1844 and which is harder to find, is detailed further on.
The Mine Buildings
The Wheel-pits and Leats
(1851 onwards)
The Second Adit as detailed above, may well be linked to these two massive water wheel features. The wheel-pits housed wheels 30 feet in diameter, which were worked by water fed along a series of leats, or water channels, feeding into the back of the wheels in "under-run" or "under-flow" fashion. The wheels then operated, via "balancing bobs", a series of flat-rods that linked to either the main shaft, or a nearby adit, for pumping out ground water from the mine sump.
The exact purpose of the two wheel-pits has been difficult to explain, as on the face of it, they do not appear to have been employed for copper ore stamping (there are no obvious sign of remains of any ore stamps, nor even any obvious location for them), and if conversely, they were used for pumping, they seem to be unnecessarily far removed from the only shaft which is now visible.
Or are they? It has been documented that the (or at least one) water wheel was used to operate 150 fathoms of flat-rods, and the adits were only 70 fathoms and 100 fathoms deep. This leaves a good 50 to 80 fathoms (300 to 480 feet) between the wheels and the adit or shaft. The First Adit (see below), is in fact quite close to the wheel-pits!
Following the path along the side of the river and upper falls, you will come to the First Wheel-pit. A closer inspection will reveal where the wheel axles would have been supported.
The Second Wheel-pit can be found a little further along the side of the falls, and will be seen to be in a similar state of repair to the first, though perhaps a little less encumbered by trees.
But why two wheel-pits rather than one? Perhaps there were stamps nearby. What purpose did the small structure at the waters edge serve (see the photograph below)? However, the best access to remove the ore would have been from the main shaft up on the hill, and then down the access path to the road/track over Draynes Bridge (or the ford, as the existing bridge was only built in 1876); or perhaps by way of the Second Adit, if indeed this adit had a tramway into it as has been conjectured earlier. The idea of bringing out the ore from way down in the woods by the wheel-pits, and from the lower - far less accessible - First Adit, defies both logic and practicality.
From new evidence discovered, it may now appear that at least the Second Wheel-pit, perhaps even both, were in fact used for pumping out the mine, but via a now hidden Third Shaft that is situated half way up the hill, just above the Second Wheel-pit. Details of this discovery are given later.
The various leats and paths at Golitha Falls and the Wheal Victoria mine have now blended into a small maze of their own. What were originally leats, or water channels for the water wheels and mine drainage, have now become paths, and are confused with the original miner's access paths, that would have been used to service the mine, and even perhaps remove ore.
The Engine Shaft
(main or "first" shaft; 1851 to 1853)
There is no sign or indication there was ever an engine here, although this may refer only to a simple horse driven whim - although there is precious little space nearby for that! There is however a small additional hollow adjacent to, and linked to the shaft hollow, that may have accommodated some form of whim or lifting gear that would have served the shaft head. Access to the mine down the main shaft is most likely to have been via ladders and timber stagings though, rather than by any "man-engine" that could have been operated on the back of large timber rods, as would have been used for the pumping out of water from the mine (pumped out via a lower adit level, through either the First or Second Adits).
The shaft top is in a gentle hollow by the side of the track, and unusually, it is not capped with concrete, or "choked" (run-in). A grill covers it, and it is possible to peer down into its murky depths. At the top of the hollow is a large flat area overlooking the valley, and across to Redgate, that was perhaps the top and edge of the mine dumps. This would have been where the waste material was literally dumped at the surface, close to where it was brought up, that had been extracted from both the shaft (when it was sunk), and the mine "levels" (where the "lodes", or viens of ore were worked). The mine shaft is now a home to the bats that live in the mine, and forms a part of what is now known as the Golitha Falls National Nature Reserve (or NNR), managed by English Nature.
Again, further inspections by Stuart Dann have indicated that this large main shaft is choked with rubbish about 30 feet (5 fathoms) down, and that it was most likely used for hoisting out waste material and spoil, and perhaps later on, ore. Due to its size, such a big shaft may well have incorporated a double skip-way, and also perhaps ladders for the miners' access. The whim for the skip-ways would have been located in the adjacent smaller hollow as previously suggested. The Engine Shaft became, perhaps when completed around 1853, the new primary access shaft to the mine, with its larger skip-ways and ladder-ways, and again perhaps, taking over from the smaller access-only Second Shaft (see below).
The Second Shaft
(likely also 1851 to 1853)
Looking down the shaft itself, the narrow opening lower down implies the shaft was only ever used for limited access by miners themselves - there would have been only just enough room to climb down, if the hole was no bigger originally than it is now - or the shaft was used solely for ventilation. It may have been an early exploratory shaft to determine the extent of the ore-bearing lodes, and dug to obtain swifter access to them, but sunk around the same time during 1851 as the main, but larger, Engine Shaft.
Further correspondence with Stuart Dann has suggested that this Second Shaft is in fact a very nice condition "footway" (or ladder-way), with it's wooden "sollars" (or wooden platforms supporting the staged ladders) in place. The ladders would have gone down the shaft in the manner illustrated on the right, and each successive platform would have been - may well still be - about 20ft apart. Stuart fully expects all the ladders to be still in place.
On closer inspection of the photograph above, which was taken looking directly down this Second Shaft, on first sight it just seems to be a tight hole, but it is in fact very likely to be what remains of the ladder-way hole in the first sollar, which has been considerably run in with loose material. This has been increased by a number of animal diggings near the shaft. A much clearer view of this ladder-way access would then be possible (theoretically) if all the earth was removed from the top sollar, thus revealing the extent to which the old miners' footway is still in place, and how much of the old nineteenth century timbers and woodworking may have survived.
Stuart expects that all the underground and Second Adit-level workings would then connect to this ladder-way shaft, and presumably also to the main Engine Shaft. Whether or not these workings also connect to the earlier lower level, but extended, workings from the First Adit as well as the newer 1850s workings, is conjecture, but likely. Ladder-way
Third Shaft (1851 onwards)
*The aluminium pole: I had previously assumed that this aluminium pole and vent pipe was somehow linked with the green painted china clay pipe that passes through the Golitha Falls reserve nearby. This pipe ran from the now dis-used Parsons Park China Clay Pit down to Moorswater, passing underneath Redgate, and was used to pump liquid kaolin (or china clay) from the pit for drying, and subsequent onward transport by train to the sea ports of Fowey and Par, from Moorswater. Clearly not the case! Here lies the evidence of a very significant Third Shaft, thus making sense of the purpose of at least one, if not both, of the wheel-pits.
Having a capped and ventilated shaft in such a position also seems very plausible, as the shafts and adits of Wheal Victoria are also home to bats. It is capped, and not open, presumably because it is in one hell of a position, half way up the hill! It must have been a knotty problem getting the pump rods to it at the time, but the immediate geography of the old working mine, with all the undergrowth cleared, would have been a little different to its overgrown appearance now. The presence of this shaft also fits with the evidence given in the Mining Journal of March 1851, as being the one used by and perhaps linked with flat rods during the start of the second excavations of 1851 to 1855, although the length of flat-rods used (150 fathoms) remains a puzzle. Perhaps they linked initially with the Engine Shaft, but later to this "new" Third Shaft.
a Fourth Shaft? (unconfirmed)
The exact location of this shaft, apparently accessible from the Second Adit described below, is now lost to history, and no maps as yet seen show any record of it. Despite the limited amount of documentary evidence relating to the old Wheal Victoria mine that has been found to date, and its apparent smallness in size, the mine itself appears to have had a significant impact on the local landscape, with several shafts, adits, water-wheel pits, and other surface features either present today or known to have existed previously. The appearance of Golitha Falls, Draynes Wood, and the area around what is now South Draynes, must have had a very different look and feel in the 1850s, with its mine and industry, to the lovely wooded valley and nature reserve that it is now.
The First Adit
(1844, and extended 1851)
It is however possible to see inside the entrance, and into the dark hard-won world of the Wheal Victoria miners of 150 years ago. The access into the adit is man-height, and it is possible to make out where the granite has been drilled and hewn away by hand, and there are old ironwork remains just inside. The amount of work required to open up a simple adit such as this one on the Wheal Victoria mine, where hand chisels, hammers and drill bits were the only tools available, is hard now to appreciate in today's modern age. The remains of old piping and iron work that can still be seen on the floor of the adit, may well have been a part of the equipment used for pumping out the mine workings and mine shaft further in.
See the
the Wheal Victoria Mine page for some rare photographs
For information about the practical aspects of copper mining in Cornwall during the 1850s, before the days of machine drilling and high explosives (as it would have been at Wheal Victoria), visit John Higgin's excellent website at (currently not available), which has details of the methods used at the Wheal Agar near Camborne, both underground and at the surface.
For more photographs of Golitha Falls, see the Golitha Falls PhotoFile page.
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10/07/2012Scripture: Proverbs 23:7; Proverbs 4:23; 2 Corinthi...
Track 3 of 12 in the Soul Detox series
Most of the battles we face spiritually are won or lost in the mind. If we can control how we think or the beliefs that we allow to fill our heads, we have a great chance in controlling how we act.
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Speaker: Mike Nobis
Sunday School Teacher, Former Elder at Madison Park Christian Church. Mike is President of JK Creative Printers & Mailing in Quincy, IL. He is married to Pam and has three children, Tom, Tyler and Jennifer. Mike has three grandchildren: Ryne, Ivy and Alicia.
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Toxic Behaviors
Septic Thoughts, Overcoming Our False Beliefs
How many of you know a foreign language or studied a foreign language sometime in your life? How many of you are good at it?
Can you explain to me your thought process when speaking a different language other than English? In a conversation, do you first think in English and then try to translate it in the other language and or do you just think like the other language forgetting English all together?
I studied Spanish for 5 years. There are parts of the language that I can see and read and understand enough to get by. I can speak Spanish enough to get in trouble but to hear it spoken at the normal speed, it hard for me to understand. But I dont live in that languages environment enough to get over the constant translation in my mind back and forth between the two languages. Thus, when I get the opportunity to speak to someone in Spanish, my skill is awkward, slow and really cumbersome at best.
One of our greatest stumbling blocks to our spiritual growth emerges when we get stuck in our negative, untrue and impure thoughts instead of making the translation to Gods Word. It is really hard and tiresome to make the constant translation between two languages when speaking to someone with a foreign language. It is more enjoyable when we think and speak like the person we want to talk to.
The same is with God. Too often we live, think and speak a language that is not common to God and so when we relate to God, we have to go through this constant translation process instead of just thinking, speaking and conversing the way God does. The longer we continue to speak our native language of negativity; we lose sight of the spiritual truth that can set us free. Unfortunately for many Christians, they refuse to push through all the clamor of negative thinking and false beliefs that bombard us every day.
What are some of the negative thoughts or false beliefs that attack you from time to time? Im no good. My life doesn't matter. No one really cares about me. Ill never make a difference. I seem to mess up everything I do. God really doesn't love me. My life stinks. There is no way I can change the way I am. I have to take care of myself and no one else. I had better grab all that I can.
In some cases we say these things to just get attention. But for many Christians, these thoughts are real and are believed to be true. These types of thoughts can and will imprison us in a well of toxic waste preventing us from ever having joy in our lives or being effective for God. If we want to break free into the awesome freedom of Gods truth, then we must begin to correctly diagnose our problem. Last week we talked about this:
True Principle: You cant overcome a sin that you cant identify.
True or False: The root of most sins we commit outwardly is the false beliefs we embrace inwardly.
Proverbs 23:7 (KJV) For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he.
Most of the battles we face spiritually are won or lost in the mind. If we can control how we think are the beliefs that we allow to fill our heads, we have a great chance in controlling how we act. Abraham Lincoln said it this way:
I want to know all of Gods thoughts. All the rest are just details.
Proverbs 4:23 (NIV) Above all else, guard your heart (thoughts), for it is the wellspring of life.
How many of you practice safe computer. What I mean is, how many of you would dare go one the internet without having your firewall on and using some sort of anti-virus protection? I call it safe computer. Can someone tell me what Paul means when he says:
2 Corinthians 10:4-6 (NIV) The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. And we will be ready to punish every act of disobedience, once your obedience is complete.
How many of you think this is about us defeating unbelief and false teachings in the world? Is the battle between us and those who war against God or is Paul talking about a different war? The war is all about winning over our thoughts which leads to controlling our behavior.
What are the strongholds Paul wrote about in this passage? Basically what Paul wrote was, every thought this is not from God should be demolished, destroyed, annihilated. Instead of you and I being prisoners of war, we can take our impure thoughts captive and make them obedient to Gods truth. We can win the mind game.
How many of you have eaten at a fancy restaurant and when you order a salad you swear they just served you weeds on a plate similar to those you find in your back yard? I hate those kind of salads and no matter how much dressing you pour on that salad, it still taste like weeds.
But how many of us everyday feast on the weeds found in our minds? No matter how much of the toxic dressing we pour on those weeds, what comes out in our behavior is impure waste? If you think in your mind you are ugly, then what you see in the mirror is ugly. If you feel you have nothing good to wear, then your clothes will never look good. If you feel you have awful hair, then no matter what you do with it, it will not look right. If everything in your life is stupid, then nothing will look intriguing or interesting to you. Where you plant the seed determines how and if it will grow. If you allow the weeds to grow too long in your garden, they will choke out the truth and smother your joy.
Why will the toxic weeds in your head choke out your joy? How does that work?
According to the economist today, what are the factors causing our economy to be in such bad shape? What is causing our economy from recovering quicker than it is? What role does fear play in the sluggish economy?
How many of you have heard this verse before: God has not given us a spirit of fear Romans 8:15? Yet while many of us know this is true, yet we live everyday with fears and fear does a very bad thing to us it paralyzes us both physically and spiritually. There are fears out there that are rational and there are the fears that are irrational. No matter what they are or how unrealistic they might be, they still all cause the same effect, they paralyze us. We wont move or we wont take a chance until we are certain of the future or the final outcome. In short, fear makes us unfaithful. High anxiety is a deadly toxic thought pattern that grips many Christians today and becomes a cage preventing us from chasing after the Wild Goose.
Thought Taste Test
Once we identify the toxic thoughts that are stored in our mind, it is absolutely necessary to take action and replace the lies with truth. Probably the one passage in scripture I go to the most and remind myself the most of when fear encroaches my thinking (my wife always points me in this direction) is Philippians 4:5b-7.
Philippians 4:5b-7 The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
In the middle of the night when the kids are scared and they cry out, you get up and you go to them and the first words out of your mouth are, its okay, mommy is here or daddy is here. Knowing that you are near calms your child because they know they are safe with you. It is no different with God. When we are in situations that strike fear in our lives, knowing God is near gives us comfort. Philippians 4:6 gives us the answer to what we need to do when we need help in life.
QUESTION: What are we to do? What are we not to do?
9C: But it is in verse 7 that we see the result the soul calming result from going to God first and often with our prayers, our needs and our fears always remembering to thank Him for being God and being there for us.
What is the result we experience found in verse 7 that makes the fear go away?
I dont know about you but one of the most disgusting things I find is road-kill especially if it has been there on the road for awhile. How hungry do you have to be before you consider eating it? That thought is unthinkable to me but I have never been that hungry before to consider actually eating road-kill. I want to end this lesson with this final thought: You always find what your looking for.
Think a minute about the difference between two birds. The two birds I have in mind are much different in size and they fly in different spaces and no, they are not eagles and turkeys.
First, there is the vulture. The vulture flies very high in the sky looking and searching. What does the vulture find? Dead things! The ugly over-sized bird doesn't stop until he finds lifeless, rotting road-kill and enjoys eating his fill.
Second, there is the hummingbird. This tiny bird flies close to the ground with its wings flapping 20 times a second. What does this bird find? Not dead things, not disgusting things but sweet life-giving nectar.
Daily, both birds find what they are looking for. The same is true with you and me. We can live on a road-kill diet or we can live on a sweet nectar diet. It is all up to us because we will find what we are looking for. If you want to find things negative then that is what your life will be. But if you want to experience the good in life, all you have to do is watch where God is working. In those places you will find hope, faith, and a better future. You will discover the positive things in life and more countless times a day. Decide the destination of your mind and when you find your thoughts drifting toward dangerous territory grab them and pull them back into the safe and beautiful area of your mind.
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The European Union was at the heart of the big political moments in climate change negotiations. In Bali in 2007 and then again in Durban in 2011, it was European Union that played an active role in stitching together an alliance of "progressive" and "willing" nations. But in Le Bourget, the former leaders are but a shadow of their past selves.
The leadership space has been taken over by the United States in partnership with the BASIC, both of whom have had substantial outreach with the vulnerable countries, that is small island states and least developed countries. ET had reported the emerging new alliance in climate negotiations, with the United States playing a key role with President Obama reaching out for bilateral meets during the Leaders Event at the climate talks with India, China, and the small island states.
In the run up to the Paris Climate Summit and during the first week of negotiations, the European Union sought to capitalize on their track record on taking pro-climate measures. Instead of building alliances, it took hardline positions, such as the issue of decarbonisation, which effectively called for abandoning coal.
A move that pushed countries like India, which have taken impressive strides in increasing their clean energy portfolio, into a corner. The EU did not reach out to build consensus with countries like India on issues of concern to it such as availability of technology or financial flows to accelerate clean energy deployment. India instead found common ground with the United States forging an alliance that has come to shape the broad contours of the proposed outcome in Paris.
Even traditional partners, the small island states, found themselves out in the cold. While the United States reached out to them on their key issues of concern—a revised global temperature goal of 1.5 degrees Celsius, and an effective recognition of the issue of loss and damage. The alliance between the US, BASIC and the vulnerable countries received further impetus with the support the US, China and India gave to the need to recognize the demand for revising the temperature goal. Early on in the negotiations, these three countries came out in support of the concerns expressed by the small island nations. Like the United States, India too has been engaging the small island states. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had visited the Pacific Islands late last year, and earlier this year hosted their leaders at Jaipur, where the issue of climate change figured prominently.
Finance has been another element that helped cement the new alliance. On Wednesday, just an hour before the draft text of the Paris Oucome was made public, US Secretary of State John Kerry announced a $800 million public grant for adaptation. China had earlier reached out through funding to the tune $3.1 billion for the least developed vulnerable countries. Though on a much lower scale, India too has done some financial outreach with small island states and least developed countries.


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Celebrity tourney celebrates 25 years
To celebrate 25 years as the No. 1 celebrity golf tournament in the country, the American Century Championship is selling tournament pass for $50.
The discounted season passes are on sale until May 31. On June 1 the price is $60.
The tournament will take place July 15-20 with 80 entertainment and sports celebrities competing for the $125,000 winner's share of the $600,000 purse. Expected celebrities include Stephen Curry, Aaron Rodgers, Larry the Cable Guy, Steve Young, Jason Kidd and more.
Daily tickets are $15 a day for the practice rounds / Pro-Am events Tuesday through Thursday and $25 for each tournament round Friday through Sunday. Discounted daily passes will be available beginning June 1 at 127 Raley's Bel Air or Nob Hill Foods locations throughout Northern California and Nevada.
For more information, a full list of celebrities participating and to purchase season passes and day passes visit the website http://www.TahoeCelebrityGolf.com.


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Homefront: The Revolution release date revealed?
Homefront: The Revolution currently doesn't have a release date, however US retailer Target may have just revealed when Deep Silver's sequel to Homefront will release.
A pre-order card from retailer Target for Homefront: The Revolution has printed on it, "Available 5.17.2016", meaning the game may be set to release in the US on Tuesday May 17th, 2016. That would pave the way for a UK release on Friday May 20th.
Judging by the pre-order card shown above, it seems pretty legit that The Revolution will be releasing in May, especially as the release date is stated twice on the card.
Deep Silver haven't confirmed a release date as of yet, but it would be a surprise to see May come and go without Homefront: The Revolution being released.


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FreeMove signed a partnership with leading Russian operator MegaFon in February 2011, thus strengthening the alliance's multinational offering by expanding its footprint to include the Russian market.
FreeMove signed a key strategic partnership with T-Mobile USA in 2010, in order to better support multinational corporations operating on both sides of the Atlantic.
The partnership between FreeMove and Turkcell was announced in October 2010, adding to its offering to the multinational market by strengthening its foothold in Turkey, one of Europe's key business markets.
FreeMove has been co-operating with the Bridge Alliance since 2007. Bridge is Asia Pacific' leading mobile alliance serving more than 800 million customers across 34 Asian and African markets.


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Morrish Builders is delighted to have launched two prestigious Crown Buildings with period style interiors, Regent House (white building) including a suite of luxurious three bedroom new homes overlooking Crown Square and adjacent Sovereign House (red brick) with it's two bedroom apartments each occupying its own floor. Crown Square will evolve to become the focal point of the North-East Quadrant, sitting at the heart of the community.
Over time, Crown Square will include some of Poundbury's larger scale, architecturally eye-catching buildings with a mixture of commercial and residential use, designed by internationally renowned Architects Ben Pentreath and George Saumarez Smith.
The launch of Lantern House (not shown in image) with a mixture of two and three bedroom apartments and a spectacular four bedroom duplex apartment over two floors will complete the Crown Buildings launch programme in June.
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DES MOINES, Iowa — On Tuesday, at 6:55 p.m. sharp, I come to the school gym that serves as Precinct 025 to meet Adam ("Just call me Adam" Adam), torchbearer of the Rick Perry for President campaign. "Where are you from?" he asks. "Israel," I say. "You mean the nation of Israel?" "Both the nation and the land but mostly the State of Israel." His candidate, Texas Governor Perry, keeps talking about how important it is to defend Israel, to stand with Israel. Adam will make his contribution to this important cause by defending the visiting Israeli journalist from whatever menace caucus night might hold.
The menaces are few, it turns out, because my homeland has many true friends among the Republicans
running for U.S. president this year: candidates who celebrate Israel as a cause that is religious (Congresswoman Michele Bachmann),
moral (former Senator Rick Santorum), strategic (former
Governor Mitt Romney) or all of the above
(Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich). In the car on my way to Precinct 025, I heard one of Bachmann's campaign ads on the radio: it opened
with a pledge to defend Israel — that was the first item on her to-do list as the next President of the United States.
The upshot of all this? No Republican politician can get away with being openly unfriendly to Israel, not even those who might have some reservations concerning its "special relationship" with the United States.
During this windy week of campaigning alongside many other foreign journalists, I couldn't help wondering: Do they not feel neglected amid all this talk about my country? In the more than one dozen campaign events I attended, I didn't hear one word about Japan or Russia or Germany or France or Italy. Europe was mentioned occasionally, as in, "President Obama wants the United States to become like Europe, and we have to stop him." China was mentioned sporadically; Brazil, maybe once. Israel? Every time. Israel and Iran. Good and evil.
Even Ron Paul, the isolationist conservative who questions Washington's "automatic commitment" to Israel, avoids antagonistic comments. I followed Paul all week and saw no sign of the resentment he is suspected of harboring (he was banned from a Jewish Republican Coalition event for having "misguided and extreme views" on Israel). Yes, he wants to cut U.S. aid to Israel. But he wants to cut aid to all other countries, too, and he insists that suspending financial support to Israel will only help it cut the tie that binds it like "a slave to the lender." And yes, Paul wants the United States to stop campaigning against Iran's nuclear program, but he couches this as a position that knowledgeable Israelis also endorse. He quotes the "head of Mossad" for allegedly saying recently that Iran is not necessarily an existential threat; he mentions a former chief of the Israel Defense Forces who reportedly warned that being trigger-happy could lead to a calamitous war with Iran.
In practice all this comes close to using Israelis' own arguments to make the case for, well, abandoning Israel. But this is beside the point. The point is that even Paul wants to wear the mantle of "the most pro-Israel" candidate, either because he truly is Israel's friend (if a quirky and often misunderstood friend) or because he has concluded that harboring animus toward Israel won't serve him well with Republican voters (who continue to care about Israel in very great numbers).
That electoral considerations inform candidates' tactics and tone is no shame; that's how politics is supposed to work. Most American politicians don't take much prodding to feel a special — and, to my mind, justifiable — love for Israel. And as they hear the voters in places like Iowa speak, their love only grows stronger.


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In the immortal words of Ben & Jerry's: "Boom Chocolatta!"
This is the month when everyone from Ben & Jerry's to Mamma Chia unveils what's tasty and trending in 2015.
We're not talking about having meat, fish or tofu on the menu, but what seasonings, nibbles, desserts and sundries we will be consuming or cooking in the coming year.
Here's a mini, virtual tasting menu based on some standouts amid the 1,400 companies exhibiting at the West Coast's 40th Annual Winter Fancy Food Show in San Francisco, which can be found on the event's host website run by the Specialty Food Association.
The show, which ends today, is billed as the West Coast's largest specialty food and beverage trade with 80,000 on-trend and best-in-class products including cheese, coffee, desserts, snacks, spices, ethnic, natural, organic and more. It features a "What's new" and "What's Hot" showcases on and offline.
On the new hot list are white balsamic glaze, American Grana® handcrafted cheese by Master Cheesemakers and something called Cavi-art – a seaweed-based caviar substitute that comes in black, red, salmon, orange red, yellow, wasabi, balsamico, chili, and ginger. Plus a new Belug-art and a Truffle Cavi-art all from Plant Based Foods in Middleburg, Va.
The Fancy Food Show is credited with helping to launch such brands as Pop Chips, Honest Tea, Ben & Jerry's, Stonewall Kitchen, Walker's Shortbread and Cypress Grove Chevre.
Nothing beats having dessert first.
Because they got their start at the California show it's fitting to begin at the end of the meal with Ben & Jerry's ice cream which has released it's new "Cookie Core" flavor line for 2015. This includes pints with a "cookie butter" core, surrounded by ice cream that is also imbued with the cookie flavor: Hazed & Confused Core, Karamel Sutra Core, Peanut Butter Fudge Core, Salted Caramel Core and That's My Jam Core.
Also debuting (not at the show) are three new Girl Scout cookies for 2015, announced earlier this month, including gluten-free offerings.
The two new gluten-free offerings include:Toffee-tastic, buttery cookies with toffee bits, and Trios, made with real peanut butter, chocolate chips, and whole grain oats. The third new cookie is Rah-Rah Raisin, an oatmeal-raisin cookie with whole-grain oats, raisins, and Greek yogurt–flavored chunks.
Also, Joseph Lite Cookies of Florida made the announcement that it too will be coming out with a gluten free all-natural cookie for 2015. This will join the popular line of 6-ounce bags of cookie flavors which currently includes Chocolate Chip, Pecan shortbread, Oatmeal, Lemon, Almond, Coconut , Strawberry Coconut, and Peanut Butter.
Fans of the new Amazon television series "Mozart in the Jungle" could dip their Girl Scout cookies into yerba mate (yer-bah mah-tay), which is both a popular caffeinated drink trend as well as an ingredient for 2015.
The South American tea has become synonymous with the main character, Conductor Rodrigo, and has made a unique showing in San Francisco this week. The tea is what the Specialty Foods Association website terms "the 2014 chocolate tea craze" which apparently has flowed into 2015.
One interesting new use for the drink include Mate & Cacao Nibs Organic Extra Dark Chocolate Bars.
On the savory side of the aisle, seaweed on everything from salads to pizza is also popular among the trends at this year's show, according to a report by CNBC.
Along with seaweed you might want to sprinkle some Chia seeds on, well, just about everything from soup to shakes.
Chia seeds aren't just for sprouting on clay sculptures of President Barack Obama or Scooby Doo anymore, but have become a hot new "health" food trend and flavor for 2015, according to the Specialty Food Association's roster of hot new items.
Chia is a Mayan word for "strength." These itsy-bitsy black or white seeds come from a flowering plant in the mint family,
One standout item comes from Mamma Chia, which is adding two new flavors to its Chia Squeeze Vitality Snack line – mango coconut and wild raspberry. Both flavors are made using nutrient-rich organic chia seeds infused with organic fruits and vegetables.
Outside the show, the McCormick® Flavor Forecast® now in its 15th year posted its insight into "ingredients driving the future of flavor," as viewed through the lens of a global team of McCormick experts, including chefs, culinary professionals, trend trackers and food technologists.
Global Blends On the Move include: Shawarma Spice Blend – A Middle Eastern street food favorite made with cumin, cinnamon, black pepper and Japanese 7 Spice (Shichimi Togarashi) – a pungent combination of chilies, sesame, orange zest, nori and more.


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Android Storage Manager is the system service which provides the functionality to list and access the all Storage Volume of an Android Device. We always required to save and read the files from Internal and External storage depending on the app requirement but accessing that SDCARD is sometimes difficult. So in this tutorial, we will explore the way to how to access the storage volume using Storage Manager as well as other methods.
Let's create a sample project to go step wise step in this article.
Create an instance of Storage Manager system Service in Android
First of all, we are going to find the way how to list all SDCARD using the Storage Manager and Storage Volume system service. So let's create the instance of Storage Manager system service as given below.
StorageManager storageManager=
(StorageManager) this.getSystemService(Context.STORAGE_SERVICE);
var storageManager:StorageManager =
this.getSystemService(Context.STORAGE_SERVICE) as StorageManager
Here in above code, this is either context or activity from which you are creating the instance of the Storage Manager.
List the all Storage Volume
To get the list of all Internal and External mount point in android we have to call the getStorageVolumes method like given below. The getStorageVolumes method returns the list of all available SDCARD or storage.
//get the list of all storage Volume
List<StorageVolume> storageVolumeList=storageManager.getStorageVolumes();
//List storage Volume
var storageVolumeList:List<StorageVolume> = storageManager.storageVolumes
Here, it is important to update you that as these methods introduced from Android API level 24. So you have to add the if condition to check the API level of the device on which this application is running. For the device which is lower than the API level 24, we can use the older method.
if (android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES.N) {
//get the list of all storage Volume
List<StorageVolume> storageVolumeList=storageManager.getStorageVolumes();
File storageFir = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory();
if (storageFir.list() != null) {
Log.d(LOG_TAG,"List"+ storageFir.list().toString());
val storageManager:StorageManager = this.getSystemService(Context.STORAGE_SERVICE) as StorageManager
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.N){
var storageVolumeList:List<StorageVolume> = storageManager.storageVolumes
} else {
var storage:File=Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory()
Permission Required for the Android Storage Manager
There are many ways to get the access to the Storage, which you can decide depending on your requirements.
You can get the access to the particular directory by creating the access intent for the respective directory as given below. It is a recommended method to get the access. Because, you are asking the permission for the directory, not entire storage. So the user has confidence in you. It is because you are asking the permission according to the user action and he will know well why you are asking the permission.
For example, using below code we can get the access from the user to access the DIRECTORY_PICTURES.
Intent fileIntent=storageVolumeList.get(i).createAccessIntent(Environment.DIRECTORY_PICTURES);
- fileIntent is the intent returned by createAccessIntent.
- The second parameter is the request code to identify the same inside onActivityResult method you can declare the same as given below.
public static int PERMISSION_PICTURE_REQUEST_CODE=101;
Above code will return the result in the onActivityResults method. It will return the intent that we can use to retrieve the Uri of the Directory as given below.
protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);
if(requestCode==PERMISSION_PICTURE_REQUEST_CODE && resultCode==RESULT_OK){
Uri uri= data.getData();
Alternatively, you can also ask for permission on the whole directory using Android standard permission method like given below.
if (checkSelfPermission(Manifest.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
requestPermissions(new String[]{Manifest.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE}, 0);
Further, you can use the Storage Access Framework to access the Storage files.
List Path of Internal and External Storage Location
If we want to access the internal and external storage location. Then we must have location or mount point of the respective storage.
We can call the getExternalStorageDirectory method for getting the location of primary shared/external storage.
To get the all mount point directory we can just create a simple method like below and it will give all mount.
StorageManager storageManager=
(StorageManager) getSystemService(Context.STORAGE_SERVICE);
try {
String[] volumes= (String[]) storageManager.getClass()
.getMethod("getVolumePaths", new Class[0])
.invoke(storageManager, new Object[0]);
for(int i=0;i<volumes.length;i++)
} catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
} catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
} catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
If we want to get the location of the shared directory like Download, Picture, etc then we can use the code as given below.
As we know there is maybe a possibility of that external storage can be removed by the user. So we must check the state of the storage before accessing/using the storage.
Further, if we want to check the state of the all mount point by location then we can use the code as given below.
String[] volumes= (String[]) storageManager.getClass()
.getMethod("getVolumePaths", new Class[0]).invoke(storageManager, new Object[0]);
for(int i=0;i<volumes.length;i++) {
Log.d(LOG_TAG, volumes[i].toString());
File file=new File(volumes[i].toString());
Log.d(LOG_TAG,"Status of the Media:"+Environment.getExternalStorageState(file));
Check the disk space of the storage
If you want to write something on the device then you must want to check the space of the respective storage.
So for checking the available storage space of the mount, we can use the method given as below. In short, create a file for the respective mount point and call the file.getFreeSpace method and file.getTotalSpace
String[] volumes= (String[]) storageManager.getClass()
.getMethod("getVolumePaths", new Class[0]).invoke(storageManager, new Object[0]);
for(int i=0;i<volumes.length;i++) {
Log.d(LOG_TAG, volumes[i].toString());
File file=new File(volumes[i].toString());
Log.d(LOG_TAG, "Free Space:"+file.getFreeSpace()+"Total Space:" +
Log.d(LOG_TAG,"Status of the Media:"+Environment.getExternalStorageState(file));
The output of the above method is in the byte. So if you want to convert it human readable format then you can create the method by putting the logic like below.
if (size >= 1024*1024*1024) {
fileUnit = "GB";
fileDisplaySize=df.format((((size / 1024) / 1024)/1024.00))+ fileUnit;
else if (size >= 1024*1024) {
fileUnit = "MB";
fileDisplaySize=df.format((((size / 1024) / 1024.00)))+ fileUnit;
}else {
fileUnit = "KB";
fileDisplaySize = df.format(((size / 1024.00))) +fileUnit;


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Hey,I finally got the chance to observe/image!!!.Time has been a factor as most of you know and along with the lack of time,foul weather has been putting a monkey wrench into the gears of observing.With clear skies and temps in the low 20's F I just couldn't pass at the chance.Having not had the scope out since the last day of August..(heh,I didn't realise that it had been so long!),I spent the afternoon putting the gear together which included searching for much of the equipment and reconfiguring the autostar for my new observing site.I set the scope up at 5pm which I felt would give the scope ample time to cool down to the outside temps.Again,not running the scope for such a long period of time I was a bit worried that it might have developed some bugs that I wasn't prepared to deal with.I must say the scope performed nicely with only a couple minor glitches that can/will be worked out at a later time.
One of my first targets was the famous Orion nebula which I give a wow factor of 10!.Again,I am used to observing at a very light polluted site so,seeing this old friend in true dark skies was incredible.I connected the DSLR to the scope and began taking pix.My first exposure was rather short at 45 seconds which would have already begun to show the effects of light pollution at the previous site.To my excitement,no light effects could be seen so,being bold I upped the exposure time to 2 minutes.Fully expecting the shot to be washed out from the headlights of occasional passing cars (not directed towards the scope)I was very pleased to see a image that was as dark as if I had taken a 10 second exposure *see image below*
My next targets (which I will post images of in the next week) were of globular cluster M79 and open cluster M41.Heh,I actually saw M 41 with bino's and couldn't identify the object until last night.I then slewed the scope towards Venus but,found it tough to get a decent focus due to it's brightness.
In all, I observed for about 3.5 hours before becoming completely chilled to the bone with temps that were hovering just above zero.So, I reluctantly packed the scope away for the night.
Clear dark skies = Good!!!!.
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Create a time chart for one week. Break it down into 24 hour periods. Then break it down further. What is "do-able"? Morning and afternoon? Hourly intervals? ½ hour intervals? Whatever you are comfortable with and will maintain.
Step Two
– Identify Goals
During the week that you are charting time, you also need to re-evaluate your priorities. We all have certain priorities that we are committed to (e.g. weekly meetings, client obligations) – also list what you aren't currently finding time for. List what you would do "if only you had time". Write down anything and everything. These will probably be short-term goals. You also need to think ahead. First, 5 – 8 years ahead.
This will take into account what your dreams are. Then, 2 years ahead to see what changes you can make on the way to achieving these goals. What do you need to do first?
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The more specific you are, the easier it will be to act on your goals.
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Recent studies show that 80% of the cost to maintain paper records is in the personnel time required to retrieve and file documents in the filing system.
Actually, the average individual spends 150 hours each year looking for misplaced information.
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Please read this as if Mary of Magdala were saying it
I never suspected
and to be so painful
to leave me weeping
With Joy
to have met you, alive and smiling, outside an empty tomb
With Regret
not because I've lost you
but because I've lost you in how I had you –
in understandable, touchable, kissable, clingable flesh
not as fully Lord, but as graspable human.
I want to cling, despite your protest
cling to your body
cling to your, and my, clingable humanity
cling to what we had, our past.
But I know that…if I cling
you cannot ascend and
I will be left clinging to your former self
…unable to receive your present spirit. (Fr. Ron Rolheiser OMI(1985)
PRAYER:- Spirit of Jesus fall afresh on me and give me a heart of joy, peace love, wisdom, knowledge, understanding, patience, kindness, self control honesty and truth.


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Celina's Egyptian Ways!
As everyone knows, light eyed beauty Celina Jaitly is the brand ambassador of the Land of the Pyramids. Egypt also happens to be one of Celina's favorite destinations. In fact, at a recent Egyptian tourism night organized, she remarked that she can never get enough of the country.
According to recent developments, Celina will now be on the esteemed jury of the Cairo Film Festival. Incidentally, she was honored at the film festival last year for her English film. When contacted, Celina was over the moon and said, "I am proud to be the tourism ambassador of Egypt and I am looking forward to being the jury on one of the most esteemed film festivals of the world."
Well, this girl is surely going places!
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Another beautiful remix from my friend Eclectic Method. And it's true, the hipsters love Justin Timberlake. I dont get it. I guess it's his love for MJ.
Category Archives: VIRAL FUNGUS
You know them, you love them, you've seen them a million times, but now it's time to see them all over again!!!!
Whitney Passes Wind
I think it was that guy behind you Whitney.
Paula Abdul Talks About Her Butt
It smells good, apperently.
Kate Moss And Pete Doherty Snort N' Sing
This makes me want a few painkillers. They seem….fun.
Will Ferrell And Sascha Baron Cohen Are In Love
If MTV had more of this kind of content, I'd be watching alot more. The quivers of passion between these two is pretty hot. And apperently it made Dane Cook hard too.
Akon Throws A Kid And Molests On Stage
Not that you haven't already seen both clips before, but you know you want to see it again. What a man huh?
Dustin Diamond – Douche Baggery
This is the same guy who tried to get real working people to help him finance his home. Why didn't he stick with Saved by the Bell:the Yuppie Years?
Richard Simmons Prays For Paris Hilton
Dont sweat it! Just raise your arms and sweat! To the left, to the left!
Sarah Silverman On Paris Hilton
You know where you are? You're in the jungle baby! I hope she brings her copy of Appetite for Destruction with her because she's going to need it when the bitch slap rappin' and the cocaine tongue….uh….yah…….
30 Seconds to Mars and Bizarres and Retards
I have been having alot of weird dreams about 30 Seconds to Mars lately and I dont remotely care about them so it's bugging me out. Are they really aliens beaming into my dreamsleep? Is Jared Leto really Tom Cruise? Is Myspace the new Scientology?


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For some reason this challenge does elude me....but challenges are meant to be done and so you see my frustrated effort and that is all I can say.
Feeling better about the tripoli. I loved the way it looked but couldn't wrap my pen around it. Now I can relax and enjoy. Thank you for your kind thoughts and encouragement. (Barbara, Shelly, and Maria)
6/27/2011 05:41:10 pm
I think it's fantastic!
6/27/2011 06:47:43 pm
Oh, I like that you have created so many great variations.
6/27/2011 11:55:54 pm
Wow! These are fabulous. I especially LOVE the first one. It reminds me of bags of onions, garlic, and shallots. Lovely.
6/28/2011 03:33:13 am
Wonderful!!! You have really explored Tripoli in so many different ways. You may think that you were having trouble wrapping your mind around this pattern, but your eye was right there!
6/28/2011 03:55:48 am
That change ... I like your way to explore the variation of this tangle.
6/30/2011 01:03:31 am
I love your challenge tangle
7/1/2011 12:48:37 am
7/2/2011 12:49:49 am
Wow! Amazing! I am inspired!
Ave Gabert
7/14/2011 02:04:48 pm
I too am having a very difficult time with this pattern. Your's are beautiful.
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Okay folks, that's it; it's officially too hot to cook here, though for some strange reason we persist. It's too hot to take pictures too, or at least too hot to try very hard. I'm also not sure that hummus is blog-post worthy, but I'm putting it down, for my reference if for no other reason, as that was part of why this site got started in the first place.
I didn't put much parsley in this hummus. I asked Chimp, "Do you want parsley in the hummus?" and he said, somewhat warily, "A little."
Sensing his apprehension, I said, "When have I ever put an excessive amount of parsley in anything?" Before he could answer, I said, "Okay, always."
The rest of this weekend dinner was whole-wheat pita, sautéed zucchini, yellow zucchini and zephyr squash. (It's the half yellow-half green one in the foreground. It was the sweetest of the three.) The squash are great because you can do them fast and the burner doesn't stay on long. After cooking, they're sprinkled with a mixture of chopped parsley and minced garlic – simplicity itself, and delicious.
Okay, I need a glass of water, a cool compress and a horizontal surface now. Seriously, my CFS has been beating me down pretty badly the last few days.
2 c. dry chickpeas, sorted, soaked for eight hours or overnight, and drained (or about 5 c. cooked chickpeas)
a little oil to cook the chickpeas with
salt to taste
1/2 – 1 c. chickpea cooking liquid
1/4 c. olive oil
4 T. tahini
juice of 1 1/2 – 2 lemons
1/2 c. parsley
8 cloves garlic, roughly chopped
1/2 t. cayenne powder
salt and pepper to taste
Place the chickpeas and water to cover in a pressure cooker. Add a small amount of oil to keep the beans from foaming and salt to taste. Place the cover on and bring to pressure. Cook for eight minutes and allow the pressure to drop on its own. Drain the chickpeas, reserving the liquid.
Makes about 5 cups. (Freezes well.)
Place the chickpeas and remaining ingredients in the work bowl of a food processor. Buzz until smooth.
Sauteed Zucchini
About ten small squash, cut in half lengthwise
Olive oil for the pan
1/3 c. parsley, minced
2 cloves garlic, minced
salt and pepper to taste
Mix the parsley and garlic together in a small container.
In a large skillet, heat about 1/2 T. olive oil until very hot and shimmering. Lay several of the squash into the pan, cut side down. Do not overcrowd the pan. Allow the squash to cook undisturbed for two minutes. Turn them to the rounded side and cover the pan tightly. Cook for three minutes (the liquid from the squash will help it steam). Uncover and remove from the pan. Sprinkle with salt and pepper and the minced herb and garlic mixture. Repeat with the remaining squash, replenishing the oil as necessary.
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In April 2011 the New Zealand Nurses Organisation, College of Nurses Aotearoa, Te Ao Maramatanga (NZ College of Mental Health Nurses) and Te Kaunihera O Nga Neehi Māori o Aotearoa (National Council of Māori Nurses) formed a consortium to provide for a national endorsement process of professional standards and specialty knowledge and skills frameworks (KSF).
Specialty nursing groups seeking wider national recognition of their standards or KSF may make application to the consortium for this recognition. The consortium assesses applications against criteria determining specialties of practice, content requirements and process for development.
NZNO's representatives are Maureen Morris and Maureen Ager. The College of Nurses Aotearoa holds the secretariat role and Catriona is the contact person; firstname.lastname@example.com
The information repository for the consortium is the HIIRC website.
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Brothers and Sisters,
I would like to introduce you to our main
facebook page,
This is an exciting development because in the facebook community of more
than 500
million people, this link obviously indicates that we are leaders in the
pro-life arena.
facebook.com/fatherfrankpavone will be our central gathering point on facebook.
Even if you are already connected with us on our other facebook pages,
groups or profiles, I ask you to go to facebook.com/fatherfrankpavone and
click the "like this" button. By doing this you will be able to receive the
important updates I will place there which in turn will direct you to
developments in various aspects of our ministry and in our other places on
I invite you to also see our
main social networking
page to find many ways stay connected with our family of ministries and
keep up with our Pastoral Team, our travels and events, our projects and our
messages to the public.
God bless you,
Fr. Frank Pavone
Stay connected with our family of ministries through our facebook pages.
Keep up with our Pastoral Team, our travels and events, our projects and our
messages to the public.
Pro-Life Page
Priests for Life Page
Fr. Frank Pavone Page
Fr. Frank Pavone Profile
Janet Morana
Fr. Stephen Imbarrato Page
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Alveda King Profile
Bryan Kemper Page
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Youth Page (Stand True)
Expose Abortion
(A movement to create a Social Media Buzz on pro-life issues to end
Sacerdotes por la Vida Page
Missionaries of the Gospel of Life Page
Silent No More Awareness Page
Rachel's Vineyard Page
National Memorial for the Pre-Born & Their Mothers and Fathers
Seminarians for Life
The Catholic View for Women
Abortion is Not Healthcare


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