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J. S. Afr. Inst. Min. Metall. vol.112 no.7 Johannesburg jul. 2012
The dual-electrode DC arc furnace-modelling brush arc conditions
Q.G. Reynolds
Mintek, Johannesburg, South Africa
The dual-electrode DC arc furnace, an alternative design using an anode and cathode electrode instead of a hearth anode, was studied at small scale using computational modelling methods. Particular attention was paid to the effect of two key design variables, the arc length and the electrode separation, on the furnace behaviour. It was found that reducing the arc length to brush arc conditions was a valid means of overcoming several of the limitations of the dual-electrode design, namely high voltages and arc deflection.
Keywords: pyrometallurgy, furnace, DC, reverse polarity, dual-electrode, brush arc.
Direct-current (DC) plasma arc furnaces are seeing increased industrial use in the field of ore smelting, particularly for ferrochrome and ferronickel applications1,2. Scaling up to high power levels for new greenfield plants has necessitated multiple-cathode designs which are capable of carrying twice or more the current of traditional single-electrode furnaces, while at the other end of the spectrum interest has developed for retrofitting existing furnace vessels of various types for DC operation - one method of accomplishing this is the dual-electrode concept3,4 as shown in Figure 1.
The dual-electrode furnace uses two graphite electrodes, one connected as cathode, the other as anode. Electric current is passed from the DC rectifier to the anode, through a plasma arc to the molten bath, through the bath, and through a second arc at the cathode, which is connected back to the rectifier to complete the circuit.
This type of furnace has several advantages4, key among them being the ability to avoid using a conductive hearth anode. Hearth anodes are specialized designs unique to DC furnaces, and would require a complete rebuild of the furnace shell and lining together with any licensing and specialised manufacturing required for the anode design used. This would add considerably to the capital cost in the case of a retrofit.
The avoidance of the hearth anode design does, however, come with some penalties4. The presence of two arcs (and two arc attachment zones on the slag bath) connected in series means that the furnace will typically operate at higher voltages compared to a single-electrode design at comparable power and arc lengths. Additionally, magnetic interaction between the two arcs results in a repulsive force acting on the arc jets, causing deflection of the arc columns away from the centre line of the furnace and toward the sidewalls. This can cause secondary flow patterns in the both the gas and liquid phases in the vessel, which result in additional thermal loading on the furnace lining in the regions adjacent to the two electrodes.
Similar problems occur in three-electrode circular AC furnaces. The negative effects can be mitigated in such furnaces by moving to a brush arc mode of operation, in which the distance between the tip of the electrodes and the molten bath surface is substantially reduced. The brush arc mode retains many of the advantages of DC open-arc open-bath operation, and has been successfully implemented on industrial ferroalloy AC furnaces5,6. It is therefore of some interest to examine the effect of reducing the arc length on the behaviour of the dual-electrode DC furnace.
It should be noted that operating under brush arc conditions can potentially introduce additional difficulties. Due to the proximity of the electrodes to the molten slag, splashing and vertical movement of the bath surface may change the arc length or even extinguish the arc temporarily, resulting in large fluctuations in the electrical parameters of the furnace; these would need to be appropriately accounted for and limited in the control methodology used. Splashing of molten process material onto the electrodes may also be exaggerated at short arc lengths and cause increased electrode wear by chemical and thermal erosion - this problem is, however, well understood from AC furnace experience.
An additional problem with moving to brush arc operation is the potential for the arc jet direction to become reversed (that is, the arc gases begin to flow from the surface of the bath up toward the electrode, rather than from the electrode surface down toward the bath). This can occur since the electrode surface and bath surface look increasingly like two flat, parallel, symmetric plates relative to the dimensions of the arc as the arc length is reduced, and the directionality of the arc jet flow is determined primarily by the geometric asymmetry of the conducting surfaces4. Some examples from high speed imaging of DC plasma arcs in a flow-reversal condition at short arc lengths are shown in Figures 2 and 3. For this work, an Olympus iSpeed 3 high-speed digital video camera was used to film the arc. The camera used a 200 mm f/22 lens, and was set to record at 5000 frames per second and 4 µs shutter speed.
Test work has indicated that increasing the furnace current increases the arc jet's tendency to travel in the usual direction, from electrode surface down to bath. In general the arc is considerably more unsteady at higher currents, but the jet direction as shown in Figures 4 and 5 is clearly from electrode to bath.
This change is most likely due to the fact that the forces that act on the arc scale in proportion to the square of the current, and small asymmetries in the geometry are greatly exaggerated at higher current levels. Such jet reversal issues are therefore not expected to occur in industrial-scale furnaces operating at a few kiloamperes or more.
Plasma arc model
Direct current plasma arcs are strongly coupled problems. Separate models of fluid flow, energy transfer, and electro-magnetism are needed, and must be solved simultaneously using numerical methods in order to obtain an overall model of arc behaviour. The governing equations as used in the present work are given below.
Fluid flow:
Heat transfer:
Electromagnetic fields:
v is the plasma velocity vector
t is time
p is the reduced pressure (=P/p)
µ is the plasma viscosity
p is the plasma density
j is the current density vector
B is the magnetic field vector
T is the plasma temperature
k is the plasma thermal conductivity
Cp is the plasma heat capacity
σ is the plasma electrical conductivity
QR is the volumetric radiation energy loss
Ф is the scalar electric field
µ0 is the free-space magnetic permeability.
Both σ and QR are strong functions of the plasma temperature T.
These equations must be solved using an appropriate numerical scheme that takes into account the strong time dependence of the arc evolution problem as well as the coupling effects. The various fields must also be supplied with appropriate initial and boundary conditions for the particular problem being studied. The models are solved in three dimensions in order to fully capture the spatial behaviour and interactions of the arcs. Further details can be found in earlier publications7,8.
For the dual-electrode case, the electrical boundary conditions and solution region are shown in Figure 6. Current density (the local gradient of the electric potential field) is specified on each of two arc attachment zones for the anode and cathode arcs as equal and opposite in magnitude, to simulate the passage of current down one electrode and up the other in the dual arrangement. Current density at the arc attachment zones is taken as jk = 3.5 kA/cm2 from Bowman's work9. The roof and walls are assumed to be electrically insulating, and the bath surface is assumed to be at ground potential.
The numerical algorithm was implemented in ANSI C code and compiled for execution on computers running 32-bit Ubuntu Linux 10.04 using GCC 4.3.1. The FFTW library10 was used to accelerate parts of the solver routine, and the OpenMP library provided multi-threaded parallelization.
The common simulation parameters used for all dual-electrode test cases are shown in Table I. The physical property data assumes air as the plasma gas. Table II shows the range of arc length (equal to the simulation region height) and electrode separations (the distance between electrode centre lines) tested for the brush arc study. Every combination of these two parameters was tested, resulting in 40 simulations in total.
Each simulation was run for 10 ms of model time from initial conditions (arc ignition). Some parts of the data analysis required time-averaged values of the fields in the model - in these cases, a time average of the last 2 ms was taken.
Results and discussion
Variation of temperature distribution
Figures 7 to 11 show qualitatively the effect of changing the arc length from longest to shortest at a fixed electrode separation of 0.04 m. Projected time-averaged temperature fields show the maximum value of T in the y-axis direction, reducing the field dimensionality from 3D to 2D. The scale shown ranges from 2000K (white) to 15000K (black).
Several changes are visible as the arc length is reduced to brush arc conditions. Firstly, the arcs become more localized in space, with greatly reduced thermal interaction in both the space between them and the region surrounding them. This is due to more compact recirculation patterns developing around the arc jets as they become confined by the electrode and bath surfaces at short arc lengths, which act to hold the hot plasma gases closer to the arc column. Secondly, due to the shortened distance the jets have to travel before they reach the bath surface, the arcs do not appear to deflect each other as much at shorter arc lengths.
Magnetic field consistency check
One of the primary aims of the brush arc test cases is to examine the effects of interaction and deflection of the arcs, and it is therefore important to verify that the magnetic field calculations in the model are being performed in a consistent and repeatable way. The self-magnetic field around the arc columns (together with the current density field from which it is derived) is the source of the deflection forces that act to push the arc jets apart. Some examples of the three-dimensional magnetic field at different arc lengths are shown in Figures 12 to 14.
The calculated peak magnitudes of the magnetic fields, which are generally found only within the core of the arc attachment zones on the electrode surfaces, lie within 3.5 per cent of each other across a wide range of arc lengths. This suggests that the magnetic and electric fields are being predicted consistently at different arc lengths, and the change in region dimensions is not adversely affecting the calculation.
An additional cross check is shown in Figure 15, for an electrode separation of 0.05 m (defined as the centre-to-centre distance between electrodes). Here, the magnetic field profile in the x-direction at the top surface of the calculation region, along the centre line of the two arcs, is given for all arc lengths tested. The curves lie very close together, confirming that the magnetic field calculation, and therefore arc deflection calculation, is consistent across different arc lengths.
Voltage behaviour
As the arc length is reduced to brush arc conditions, the system voltage (calculated as the difference between the maximum and minimum of the electric potential field) for the dual-electrode configuration reduces considerably. Evolution of the voltage over the duration of the simulation for selected example cases is shown in Figure 16.
Much higher voltages are obtained with longer arcs. It is interesting to note that the voltage in the case of arc length LA = 50 mm does not appear to have reached steady state by the end of the simulation, suggesting that an increased run time would show even greater disparities.
Calculating time-averaged voltages and comparing all the dual-electrode model cases gives the results shown in Figure 17.
The gross behaviour of voltage increasing with increasing arc length is confirmed by these results; however, the shape of the curves has some interesting subtleties. In general, at large dE the voltage remains constant with separation for a given arc length. As dE decreases, the voltage first rises slightly, and then drops (this is particularly noticeable at longer arc lengths). The reason for this is that as the arcs are brought closer together they repel each other more, causing more deflection. The increased deflection results in a longer current path and hence an increase in system voltage. This effect is, however, rapidly mitigated when the arcs are placed in extreme proximity to one another, as the gas in the region between them becomes heated to the point at which it starts to conduct electricity. This results in some of the current flow short-circuiting directly between the arcs4 instead of travelling through the bath, reducing the length of the current path significantly and causing the voltage to drop.
Arc deflection
The absolute deflection is defined as the separation between the two arc columns at the level of the molten bath. Arc deflection occurs in the dual-electrode models as a result of electromagnetic interaction between the two arc columns carrying current in opposite directions. It is measured by calculating a time-averaged three-dimensional temperature field for each case, and then finding the distance between the two temperature maxima at the bath surface (lower boundary in the model). This value is compared across all dual-electrode model cases in Figure 18.
It can be seen that decreasing the arc length to brush arc conditions greatly reduces the absolute deflection, particularly at smaller electrode separation values. The minimum in absolute deflection also moves closer to the centre of the furnace as the arc length is reduced.
Arc deflection can also be calculated using a relative definition, which normalizes the data relative to the dimensions of the arc and system being studied. One intuitive way to do this is to calculate the angle at which the arc jets are deflected. This is done using the formula below:
Here, ФA is the arc deflection angle, and sE is the absolute deflection as defined above. The arc deflection angle is measured between the arc column and the vertical. The variation of the deflection angle with model parameters for all dual-electrode model cases is shown in Figure 19.
Reducing the arc length has somewhat less of an effect on the arc deflection angle than it does on the absolute deflection; however, there is still a noticeable trend to lower angles (more vertical arc columns) at shorter arc lengths. A possible explanation for this phenomenon is that the arc jet initially travels nearly perpendicularly to the surface of the electrode due to the very high velocities imparted by the Lorentz forces (which arise due to the interaction between the arc current j and the self-magnetic field B) in the immediate vicinity of the arc attachment spot, and only further down the column do the magnetic repulsion effects from the opposite arc column start to dominate and push the jets apart. Some qualitative evidence of this can also be seen in the temperature profiles shown in Figures 7 to 11.
Lateral blast
Lateral blast is defined as the peak velocity of the arc gases in the horizontal direction. For the purposes of the present study, the lateral blast is measured in a vertical plane positioned at the outer edge of the electrodes. This value gives a measure of how much momentum is imparted to the gases in the furnace freeboard by the deflection of the arc columns, and gives an indication of the degree to which the hot gases and molten slag in the bath will be driven toward the furnace sidewalls.
Figures 20 and 21 show 3D plots of the x-component of the time-averaged velocity field for an example model case. Areas of strong horizontal velocity are visible in red and blue, near to the bath surface at the bottom of the region.
Lateral blast values for all dual-electrode model cases were calculated using time-averaged velocity fields and are compared in Figure 22.
Lateral blast velocities are seen to decrease both as the electrode separation increases, and as the arc length decreases. The effect of reducing arc length is pronounced, with the lateral blast falling away to negligible levels for the shortest arc lengths tested. This result is predominantly due to two effects. Firstly, as the electrode separation increases, the deflection of the arc columns decreases, causing less of the arc jet to be diverted toward the furnace sidewalls. Secondly, decreasing the arc length results in smaller, more compact recirculation zones around the arc jet as it is confined between the electrode and bath surfacesas a result, most of the arc gases are drawn back into the arc before they can impart much momentum to the surrounding fluids.
The dual-electrode furnace has been modelled at small scale using computational methods. This model has been successfully applied to a study of the effect of certain important design variables, namely electrode separation and arc length, on the behaviour of and interactions between the arc columns at the anode and cathode electrodes.
Accuracy of the magnetic field calculation across a range of arc lengths was verified. Results of the system voltage calculations showed a very strong dependence of voltage on arc length, with shorter brush arc lengths consistently producing the lowest voltages. Deflection of the arc columns away from each other in accordance with theoretical understanding was confirmed qualitatively using visualizations of the temperature fields. Deflection was also measured quantitatively, and found to be reduced at short arc lengths. A side effect of deflection, lateral blast velocity, confirmed this result with much lower velocities being predicted in the models at short arc lengths.
In summary, the modelling work conducted suggests that operating dual-electrode type furnaces in brush arc conditions is potentially a means of overcoming several limitations of the design. Some additional difficulties may be introduced, but it is expected that careful design of the control system and electrodes would be able to address these issues.
Future work should include experimental testing of the dual-electrode concept at pilot scale. Visual and electrical measurements during such a test campaign would complement the largely theoretical results presented here.
This paper is published by permission of Mintek. The author would also like to thank GLPS for productive discussions and permission to use the photographs in Figures 2 to 5.
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Advanced Technology Investment Company (ATIC), an investment company controlled by the government of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, this week increased its stake in Globalfoundries, a contract maker of semiconductors owned by ATIC and Advanced Micro Devices. The two companies also amended their shareholders and funding agreements as a result of the change.
As a result of the final consolidation of Globalfoundries and Globalfoundries Singapore (formerly Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing), the share of Advanced Micro Devices in the manufacturer of its processors dropped to 14%, whereas the share of ATIC increased to 86%. The Abu Dhabi-based investment company said earlier this year that it would gradually increase its stake in the contract maker and the new agreements between AMD and ATIC confirm the plan.
Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the new shareholders' agreement, the AMD's right to designate one representative to the Globalfounfries board of directors will continue for at least two years following the date on which AMD's ownership in the contract manufacturer, on a fully converted to GF ordinary shares basis, falls below 10%, the point at which AMD previously lost the right to such board representative.
For each equity funding under the funding agreement on or after November 17, 2010, the securities issued in consideration thereof will consist solely of GF's class A preferred shares. In addition, the purchase price per class A preferred share will now be determined by dividing GF's net tangible assets (derived from its most recent fiscal year-end audited consolidated balance sheet) by GF's total number of outstanding preferred shares (assuming the conversion of any outstanding GF class A subordinated convertible notes into class A areferred shares and class B subordinated convertible notes into class B preferred shares as of the date of the balance sheet referred to above and multiplying by 1.10. Prior to November 17, 2010, the funding multiple was 0.90.
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Doubleline Capital CEO Jeff Gundlach trashed Apple (AAPL) on CNBC Wednesday. He ripped the company's perceived lack of innovation, using iPad mini as a verbal specimen.
Gundlach, short AAPL since April from around $610, humbly admits he has been "sort of right and sort of wrong." Solid perspective.
He also lamented the loss of Steve Jobs. The innovator is gone . There's another thing I agree with.
On Apple, Gundlach and I share sentiment. That should make me happy. I am in the company of a market God.
In this world, that often leads to an article crowing about how right I have been all along. Label the remaining AAPL bulls clueless peasants and call it a day.
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This long-term downfall that Gundlach sees happening -- and that the media harped on Wednesday -- is somewhere between six to 12 months out, if it even ever happens.
I don't buy the notion that, all of a sudden, the market is this well-oiled, forward-looking machine.
If it was, AAPL would have sold off the day Steve Jobs expired. And stayed sold off.
Instead, it's up 50% since Jobs's death. And that's after recent weakness. The "market" didn't just wake up sometime in September and decide, "yeah, now's the time to dump this thing; it's over."
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AAPL should still be the stock it used to be during periods of volatility and uncertainty.
I recall late summer 2011. The markets got volatile. We saw more than a few days of triple-digit losses in the Dow.
In between the one-to-three day periods of weakness, we witnessed semi-strong relief rallies.
Other stocks deserve chest bumps, but three come to mind as ones that got out in front to lead those rallies -- Ralph Lauren (RL) , Amazon.com (AMZN) and AAPL.
Even after factoring in Jobs's death, the least has changed at Apple.
Ralph experiences weakness on concerns over a slowdown in high-end spending. Amazon stunts occasionally, at least in part because of how much it spends to grow. I don't agree across the board, but that's all sensible.
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OLYMPIA Suspects arrested in cases as minor as shoplifting would have to give a DNA sample before they are even charged with a crime if a controversial proposal is approved by the Legislature.
State criminal defense groups and the American Civil Liberties Union say the House bill is unconstitutional. It would mandate that police or jail staff collect DNA from all adults and juveniles arrested on suspicion of a felony or gross misdemeanor.
More than a dozen states already allow law enforcement to collect DNA from suspects before they are convicted. Three more states, including Washington, are considering such proposals this year.
"It is good technology. It solves crimes," said Don Pierce, executive director of the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs, which has long pushed for DNA tests at the time of arrest. "We take fingerprints at the time of arrest, which in many ways is a lot more intrusive."
Currently, police in Washington state collect DNA from people convicted of a felony and many misdemeanor sex-related crimes after they are sentenced. Police must get a search warrant or permission from the suspect to obtain DNA before a conviction.
The sample usually is taken by swabbing the inside of a person's cheek.
A separate bill in the Senate also would allow for DNA collection before conviction but only after formal charges are filed.
The House bill, HB-1382, is sponsored by Rep. Mark Miloscia, D- Federal Way. He testified in support of his bill Tuesday before the Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Committee. The committee could vote on the measure as early as today.
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It's good and bad. Feels like big brother, but in a way, I'd say it has way more positives to find criminals. People who engage in this type of behavior once are likely to engage in it again. People who alter their physical appearance and things like that to avoid capture in the future have a much higher chance of being identified.
Sounds like a good idea to me. Build up the DNA database and criminals will be a lot easier to catch. Hell, I wouldn't care if they start swabbing and databasing every new born baby or hospital patient while they're at it. Get EVERYBODY in the database.
Then, let's see someone commit a crime without leaving behind ANY evidence that will get them caught.
Heck yeah! I love my big brother!!
Convicted of a violent crime? Sounds good. For an arrest? No way. Getting arrested for forgetting to pay a ticket and driving on a suspension doesn't mean you should be entered into a criminal database.
Want to frame an innocent person? Just scatter their DNA all over a crime scene. I'm afraid the police will rely too much on standard police work and merely focus on DNA matter.
[QUOTE=County Mike] Hell, I wouldn't care if they start swabbing and databasing every new born baby or hospital patient while they're at it. Get EVERYBODY in the database.
no way in hell.
after they swab , then they will be wanting to put id chips , you know for tracking reasons . Then one day you will have to scan your hand where they put the chip to get your grocceries. Im sure you can see where i am going with this . so no , this is not a good idea in any way shape or form.
Glad some people read it...
Just cause your arrested doesn't mean you did it. I should know..
I was arrested for "domestic violence" about 10 years ago.. didn't do a damn thing..
Had my DNA been submitted.. can you imagine how hard it would have been (if even possible) to have my DNA removed from a database.. when a jury of 9 women and 3 men found me not guilty...
It is because you chose to get on the mat that makes you the winner. Think about how many people are not on that mat right now. - Luis Sucuri Togno
I don't see how it's any different from being fingerprinted when you're arrested. Having your DNA taken doesn't convict you so it's not a violation of the "innocent until proven guilty" clause, it's simply another method to identify you if you pull something again.
I don't have a problem with it personally.
I feel that if your not found guilty.. you should have any fingerprints or other stuff destroyed...
It is because you chose to get on the mat that makes you the winner. Think about how many people are not on that mat right now. - Luis Sucuri Togno
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Debates of March 2nd, 2012
House of Commons Hansard #88 of the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was liberal.
- Question Period
- Financial Literacy Leader Act
- Mennonite Central Committee Stores
- Louise Penny
- Religious Freedom
- Bernard Grandmaître Awards Gala
- International Year of Co-operatives
- Death of Three Quebeckers in Cuba
- Saskatchewan's Economy
- Religious Freedom
- Jeannine Poloni
- Member's Staff
- Macdonald-Laurier Institute
- Shahbaz Bhatti
- Iran
- Israeli Apartheid Week
- Service Canada
- 41st General Election
- Foreign Affairs
- 41st General Election
- Budget
- Pensions
- Science and Technology
- 41st General Election
- Veterans Affairs
- National Defence
- The Economy
- Public Safety
- Government Priorities
- National Defence
- Fisheries and Oceans
- Aboriginal Affairs
- Public Safety
- Service Canada
- Transport
- Canada-Israel Relations
- International Trade
- Employment
- Government Response to Petitions
- Interparliamentary Delegations
- Petitions
- Questions on the Order Paper
- Questions Passed as Orders for Returns
- Points of Order
- Canada-Panama Economic Growth and Prosperity Act
- Privilege
- Canada-Panama Economic Growth and Prosperity Act
- Criminal Code
Death of Three Quebeckers in Cuba
Statements By Members
11:05 a.m.
François Pilon Laval—Les Îles, QC
Mr. Speaker, on Saturday, February 25, three residents of Sainte-Dorothée, in my riding of Laval—Les Îles, lost their lives in a tragic accident in Cuba.
Maikel Mendoza Prieto, 29, Francis Tremblay, 26, and David Tartre, 27, died when their vehicle collided with a truck that was pushed into their path when it was struck by another truck. The only survivor of the accident was Ginette Sénécal, who was celebrating her 50th birthday that day.
I invite my NDP colleagues and all members of the House to join me in extending our sincere condolences to Ms. Sénécal and the families of the three victims. Take heart; our thoughts and prayers are with you in these difficult times.
Saskatchewan's Economy
Statements By Members
11:05 a.m.
Maurice Vellacott Saskatoon—Wanuskewin, SK
Mr. Speaker, as the member of Parliament for Saskatoon—Wanuskewin, I am very pleased to report to the House that Saskatchewan's hot economy keeps hitting new records.
Saskatchewan's employment reached record highs for the month of January. Saskatoon itself has seen year-over-year job growth of 2,900 jobs.
Saskatchewan's real estate sector is also very strong. Saskatchewan's building permit increases led the nation in 2011 with a 25% increase over 2010. Building permits totalled $2.6 billion in 2011, the highest on record.
Also, Saskatchewan's December manufacturing shipments totalled $1.1 billion, up year over year by 17.7%, ranking Saskatchewan first among the provinces. Saskatchewan's retail sales and wholesale trade posted the highest annual totals in the province's history.
I echo the enthusiasm of my provincial colleagues:
With sustainable growth, a competitive and opportunity-rich investment climate, and a high quality of life, there are more reasons than ever for people to call this province home.
Religious Freedom
Statements By Members
11:05 a.m.
David Sweet Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale, ON
Mr. Speaker, a year ago today a tragic shooting in Pakistan sent an ominous message to the world.
It was March 2, 2011 when Shahbaz Bhatti, a Christian minister in Pakistan's government, was ruthlessly ambushed and shot dead in the streets of the capital.
We remember his legacy of advocating for peace and religious tolerance under the toughest of circumstances. He stood up for religious minorities and against extremism, and for that he was brutally murdered.
As Canadians, we must continue to advocate for those in the world who yearn for the freedom of religion and worship, a basic right that we hold so dear but that eludes millions.
We remember Shahbaz Bhatti's great legacy at a time when another example of intolerance of religious minorities is unfolding in Iran. There have been media reports that Christian pastor Youcef Nadarkhani, jailed for the past two years, has been sentenced to death in Iran for peaceably practising the basic tenets of his faith.
I ask all members to join me in the urgent and renewed appeal for international pressure on the Iranian government on behalf of pastor Youcef Nadarkhani.
Jeannine Poloni
Statements By Members
11:10 a.m.
Sana Hassainia Verchères—Les Patriotes, QC
Mr. Speaker, one of my constituents in Verchères—Les Patriotes, Jeannine Poloni, is facing deportation after having lived in Canada for 47 years. Now 67, Ms. Poloni has spent her entire adult life working in Canada. Her only sources of income are old age security and the Quebec pension plan. She has a mental disorder for which she has been receiving treatment for several years. Because of her mental disorder, kleptomania, Immigration Canada considers her a serious criminal and wants to deport her to France, her country of origin.
If the government deports this woman, it will present a shameful image of Canada as a country that picks and chooses its immigrants and decides who is more Canadian. Ms. Poloni is proud of her French roots, but her life is here, and she feels just as Canadian as anyone else. In France, she will have no source of income, and for all practical purposes will find herself in the street. Ms. Poloni has been struggling with mental health issues for years and has been suffering from deep depression since learning that she is to be deported. She needs help. She does not want to leave Canada, which is her country now.
We hope that the minister will review her case and do everything in his power to ensure that Ms. Poloni receives the care and support she needs here in Quebec.
Member's Staff
Statements By Members
11:10 a.m.
Royal Galipeau Ottawa—Orléans, ON
Mr. Speaker, our presence in this place is temporary, and our work would be for naught without the support of the dedicated and hard-working permanent staff.
Today I would like to pay tribute to a prince of a man who has given 34 years of tireless, loyal service to all members, regardless of their political affiliation. I am talking about our dear friend Charles Lavergne of the House of Commons post office.
In good days and bad, Charles always displays an infectious smile that motivates both his colleagues and his clients to return the same.
Throughout his long career, noted for reliability, Charles has always been there to help his clients and his colleagues. But he does not stop there. In his leisure time, he devotes himself entirely to his community. He is always there for others, especially those who need him most.
Charles, congratulations on your much deserved retirement. May it be long and fruitful. I wish you much happiness with your wife Diane and your daughters and granddaughters. And above all, go Habs go!
Macdonald-Laurier Institute
Statements By Members
March 2nd, 2012 / 11:10 a.m.
Peter Stoffer Sackville—Eastern Shore, NS
Mr. Speaker, today I bring to members' attention the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, Ottawa's truly national policy think tank. MLI is a rigorously non-partisan organization dedicated to making poor policy a thing of the past in Ottawa. The institute has a phenomenal impact on public policy debates, on topics that really matter to Canadians.
Even though it opened its doors only two years ago, the institute's work has already been cited by five present and former prime ministers, the Wall Street Journal, the Economist magazine and the editorial boards of The Globe and Mail and National Post. Now the institute has been recognized with an extremely prestigious international distinction. In January, MLI was ranked one of the top five new think tanks in the world. This distinction is part of the 2011 Global Go-To Think Tank rankings, an annual review of think tanks worldwide by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania.
I tell my personal friend, Brian Lee Crowley, to keep up the good work, along with all of his associates. We wish them good luck now and in the future.
Shahbaz Bhatti
Statements By Members
11:10 a.m.
Joe Daniel Don Valley East, ON
Mr. Speaker, I draw the attention of this House to the first anniversary of the assassination of Shahbaz Bhatti, Pakistan's Minister of Minorities. He was only 42 years old when his life was brutally cut short. He was a remarkable man who fought for religious freedoms in Pakistan. He was a man of valour and courage who stood for the rights of minorities. His death was a huge loss, as he was a man who fought to make Pakistan a much better place.
A year ago, our Prime Minister called the killers gutless and this House passed a motion condemning his murder. I commend his brother, Paul Bhatti, for taking up his brother's cause as a special advisor on minorities to the Prime Minister of Pakistan and as a leader of the All Pakistan Minority Alliance.
Our government supports religious freedoms around the world. I extend my personal and deepest condolences to his family, sisters and brothers, especially his brother Peter Bhatti, as they commemorate the tragic anniversary this evening in Mississauga.
Statements By Members
11:10 a.m.
Irwin Cotler Mount Royal, QC
Mr. Speaker, parliamentary elections are taking place in Iran in the shadow of a massive state-sanctioned assault on the human rights of the Iranian people, the imprisonment and silencing of all opposition in the run-up to the Iranian election, actions that are constitutive of crimes against humanity, including arrests, beatings, torture, detentions and the highest per capita rate of executions in the world.
We are witness also to the imprisonment of the entire Baha'i leadership; the imprisonment and silencing of more journalists, bloggers and filmmakers than any other country; the persistent and pervasive assaults on the women's rights movement; the criminalization of fundamental freedoms of religion, speech, association and assembly; and the shutting down of all independent civic and trade union organizations.
While the world is focusing on the threat posed by the Iranian nuclear weaponization program, we cannot abandon the people of Iran who are themselves the targets and victims of the Iranian regime's massive assault on human rights. We must champion their case and cause and let them know that the world is watching, that they are not alone and that we stand in solidarity with them.
Israeli Apartheid Week
Statements By Members
11:15 a.m.
Mark Adler York Centre, ON
Mr. Speaker, yesterday marked the beginning of York University's participation in a nationwide smear campaign against Israel, known as Israeli Apartheid Week.
Today, as we welcome the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to our nation's capital, we know that the idea that Israel is an apartheid state is patently false. All Israeli citizens, be they Arab, Jewish or Christian, share the same rights and freedoms. Arab and Islamic people are freer in Israel than in any other state in the Middle East; there is equality for Muslim women; and voting is allowed and encouraged. As a result of these freedoms, 82% of Israeli Arabs say they would rather be a citizen of Israel than of any other state in the region.
While the activists are entitled to express their views, those views are grossly inaccurate. They are a disgrace and their hate-filled words and tactics must be condemned by all who believe in freedom, democracy, human rights and the rule of law. I urge all members to join me in condemning this ugly smear campaign.
Service Canada
Statements By Members
11:15 a.m.
Raymond Côté Beauport—Limoilou, QC
Mr. Speaker, we knew this government was refusing to provide answers; now we know that it is trying to censor the questions.
This summer, the Minister of Industry went around his riding bragging about how he lobbied to steal Service Canada jobs for his riding. A successful centre from Rimouski is being transferred to Thetford Mines, in the minister's riding; what a coincidence. When one of my colleagues asks legitimate questions about the minister's role in all this, he files a formal demand against my colleague.
Let us be clear: the Conservatives will never succeed in muzzling the NDP. The minister will never succeed in preventing us from asking questions that show the extent to which patronage and Duplessis-style politics are poisoning that party. The Minister of Industry is going to have to stop hiding behind his lawyers and start telling the truth to Quebeckers, who find his actions to be unacceptable.
41st General Election
Statements By Members
11:15 a.m.
Brian Jean Fort McMurray—Athabasca, AB
Mr. Speaker, the NDP and the Liberal Party continue their baseless smear campaign. It is clear that they have no information to back up their claims.
After a week of unsubstantiated attacks in the House of Commons and in the media, the facts remain clear, Elections Canada has confirmed that polling locations were changed at at least 127 locations, representing 1,000 polls, and potentially affecting nearly half a million Canadians in the 2011 federal campaign.
Liberal supporters received calls from people who identified themselves as calling from the Liberal Party of Canada, and the Liberals have claimed that in some ridings Liberal supporters received calls at inconvenient times that could be described as harassing from people who identified themselves as calling from the Liberal Party of Canada. The Liberals have claimed that these calls originated from the United States. The Liberal Party is the party that sourced its phone calls from the United States during the last election.
The facts are clear. The Liberals must prove that these calls were not in fact made by the Liberal Party.
41st General Election
Oral Questions
11:15 a.m.
Joe Comartin Windsor—Tecumseh, ON
Mr. Speaker, Elections Canada is reviewing 31,000 complaints into election fraud. The CBC reported last night that the Conservative Party was reviewing tapes related to illegal calls that came out of Thunder Bay.
Why are the Conservatives now themselves reviewing these tapes if they do not think they are involved? What exactly are they doing to these records before they are given over to the authorities? Why not give to the records to the Elections Canada personnel who are investigating it and do that immediately, today, right now?
41st General Election
Oral Questions
11:15 a.m.
Dean Del Mastro Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister and to the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs
That is very interesting, Mr. Speaker. Of course, I need to correct what the member just said because I am sure he wants to be factual in what he says. Elections Canada has reported 31,000 contacts, not complaints, and, secondly, the Conservative Party is doing no such thing.
As we have said in the House many times, everything that the Conservative Party has done is available to Elections Canada. We have nothing to apologize for but perhaps the NDP does because we see the riding president from South Shore—St. Margaret's is now saying, "There's just no way that I can add any fuel to this fire, if there is a fire. I have no idea how the riding got on the list".
Perhaps the hon. member would like—
41st General Election
Oral Questions
11:20 a.m.
The Acting Speaker Barry Devolin
The hon. member for Windsor—Tecumseh.
41st General Election
Oral Questions
11:20 a.m.
Joe Comartin Windsor—Tecumseh, ON
Mr. Speaker, I certainly know how my riding got on the list. It is because I got a call directly at my home, which was turned over to Elections Canada on the same day, as opposed to what the Prime Minister has suggested.
The Conservatives are getting their stories mixed up. Yesterday, the Prime Minister confused a Canadian company with a company in North Dakota. All week, the Conservatives have been denying their involvement in the fraudulent phone calls. They defend themselves by saying that the Liberals did the same thing. Even if that is true—which is not impossible—that does not justify the Conservatives' actions.
We want the truth. When will we get the truth?


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Child Care School – a religious affiliated or private school that provides child care and is accredited by, or a member of an organization which requires compliance with standards for health, safety and sanitation. These standards may differ slightly from those required by Broward County.
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Topic: 2000 members and 10000 posts!
We are now past the 2000 member mark! Those of you who remember our 1000th member celebration know it was back in November, which means that we've doubled in size over the last two months!
And if that wasn't enough, we've also hit the 10000 post mark. Of course, 20% of those are ryan (just kidding ryan we love you ), but it's still a huge accomplishment!
Thanks to all the members and moderators that help make this place the best Ruby and Rails forum on the web. We wouldn't be able to do it without all of you .


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Please see your academic advisor for pertinent deadlines for your Application for Graduation.
Academic Eligibility
Wayland Baptist University policy provides that degree candidates must first be eligible to participate in the Graduation Commencement. Eligibility requirements must include a pre-graduation meeting with an Academic Advisor, fulfilling all degree and financial requirements and applying to graduate. The pre-graduation meeting with an Advisor determines if students are "on course" for degree conferral. If an Academic Advisor finds that a student is ready to begin the graduation process, the student will be directed to file the Application for Graduation and pay the graduation fee. Deadlines for academic and financial requirements are stated on the Application for Graduation and must be followed.
The Degree Evaluation Process
The submission of an Application for Graduation begins a degree evaluation process that involves the combined effort of several university officials at both the Phoenix and Plainview, Texas campuses. All credits that are applied to a student's degree(s) will undergo evaluation and final auditing, and a final grade point average (GPA) will be calculated. The ultimate goal is for Wayland to maintain academic integrity in each degree that is conferred. Actual degree conferral and honors designation is determined during the week before the Graduation Commencement ceremony.
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Degree candidates must submit the application and pay the appropriate graduation fee. See one of your local offices for deadlines and financial reports.
Graduating with Honors
Graduating with honors apply to BSOE graduates only. Honors distinction requires that the student has:
Names of honors students are released to the Phoenix campus the week before the ceremony. Students graduating with honors will not be contacted prior to the ceremony, however, before the ceremony begins, these students will be given a double gold cord to signify honor status. They will also receive an honor certificate along with their diploma.
Receiving your DiplomaDiploma packets will be distributed immediately after the ceremony at the designated pick up area. (The diploma cover you receive during the ceremony is an empty diploma cover). The diploma packet will include one diploma per degree granted and a complimentary transcript. Students graduating with two degrees will receive an additional diploma cover for the additional degree. Diplomas will be mailed to students who are graduating in absentia.


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PETA Becomes Part Owner of Revlon
For more than two decades, Revlon was a member of PETA's Caring Consumer program and refused to allow animals to be poisoned, burned, and blinded in tests of its products. But the company is now on the "Do Test" list after Revlon started selling products in China where animal tests are required for most cosmetics. Although PETA has asked Revlon numerous times to come clean about whether it is paying for animal tests overseas, the company won't say—which, to us, says it all. We are now stepping up our involvement with Revlon in a very different way—we're headed to the company's boardroom.
We bought stock in the company because as shareholders, we can demand transparency about animal testing activity and also work in yet another way to get the tests stopped.
We've also set up an action alert that our supporters can use to e-mail Revlon and tell the company that consumers have a right to know whether its makeup is being tested on animals. Supporters can then tell everyone they know not to buy Revlon products until the company cleans up its act.
Many compassionate companies, including Paul Mitchell and Urban Decay, have held true to their cruelty-free principles and will not sell their products in China because they do not believe in funding animal tests. PETA is helping to fund scientists working with China to help the country institute non-animal tests, and until those tests are available, Revlon should pull its cosmetics off Chinese shelves, too. In the meantime, conscientious consumers can shop from a long list of companies on PETA's cruelty-free list that don't harm animals at home or abroad.
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I would like to know the status of this issue. What is Revlon's stand in regards to animal testing today…
Another cosmetics company that doesn't test on animals is Elf cosmetics and they are REALLY cheap too:)
Thank goodness for peta!
I am so glad I found out that Revlon is conducting animal testing! SHAME ON REVLON! No more Revlon for me and I will tell everybody I know! Physician's Formula has great make up products and they don't do animal testing, from now on I will only use Physician's Formula, Jesse's Girl, NYX. Thank you PETA for what you do, I stand right behind your organization! (:
I've just checked NARS website, another company that has high end quality make up, and they say they don't do animal testing, and are continually trying to replace animal-derived ingredients in their products. I saw that they're not on PETA's list of Don't test on animals companies, so, I'd like to ask you to add them, so people have another alternative. Thank you!
OMG, that's so devastating! How can they do that to their loyal costumers? And to think that I even told my daughter in law that Revlon, unlike some of their competition companies (like L'Oreal) were cruelty free 🙁 I hope that having a good share of stock make it possible for PETA to reverse this situation. I'm very disappointed. And I'm disappointed with MAC, too. Last year, I still believed (for what I read) that they were cruelty free, and even one of the employees at one of their stores confirmed that, that they didn't do animal testing, when I asked him. I don't think he was lying flat out to my face, I think he was misinformed, as I was. A few days ago I sent MAC costumer service an email, asking them about their animal testing policy, and, guess what, they didn't answer me. Shame on them.They can't even stand by their policies, they know that this doesn't do any good to the company's image. Now I know better. Thank God there's Urban Decay, NYX, Too Faced, Tarte and so many other companies that are decent and have good principles (and top quality products, too!)
Relvon It's clear your testing on animals overseas! It takes 2 seconds to say no were not. Good Job Peta I love that you bought shares of the stock just so you can be heard. 🙂
It's a shame that greed has taken over Revlon. If China wants cosmetics on their shelves they should comply with our standards. After all, these are American companies we're talking about. What about Mary Kay? I understand they are also animal testing so they can cater to China.
Here in the UK we have known how bad Revlon are regards the animals and I for one have Never bought their products.
Only one way to make a batter world is Save animal save humanity. We feel pain, these animals also feels the same. We human love our children,these animals also do the same. The difference is we human are selfish, money minded, cheap, but these animals do not have these qualities.
applaud PETA!!! SHAME ON YOU RELVON, BAD RELVON
Well done PETA , testing on Animals is disgusting
This is shocking,I used to buy revlon years ago as I believed that they were cruelty free but now they show their disloyalty under the guise of glossy ad.campaigns. Trouble is a lot of the products advertised in magazines and big campaigns are tested on animals. I use faith in Nature products and GOSH cosmetics now, surely if people keep asking for cruelty free products other brands willtake note?
I am very disappointed in Revlon and applaud PETA for buying shares in the company. If you can't beat them, join them. Humans are such a dimal lot. My species simply will not evlove!!! PETA is the finest animal rights group on the planet & Ingrid Newkirk is my hero.
Go PETA..Shame on you Revlon..!
Thank you!!!
Great. Now will PETA also buy shares in MAC, Clinique and Avon so I can resume buying their products? I was very disappointed to learn these companies were taken off PETA's "do not test on animals" list because they are now selling their products in China where they ARE being tested on animals.
i dont buy any revlon good and i would not now as i have found out that they do test on animals not right
Well done PETA. This can only be a positive move.
Money talks for most of these cosmetic companies and one could only hope and hope and hope that compassion and doing the 'right thing' will over-rule greed. No lipstick or mascara are worth the suffering of even one animal. Full stop.
Good news!! Awesome move PETA!!! Hopefully L'oreal and Avon are next…
For YEARS I bought Revlon and told my pals they were a "safe bet" at the drugstore when in a pinch for quick, emgy make-up. I'm so disappointed to hear of their sell-out to China. My absolute FAVORITE brow pencil is from Revlon. Will be hunting for a TRUE cruelty-free substitute but with all the competition out here from BWC to Urban Decay, I'm not worried about my brows. I AM worried about the animals being subjected to Revlon, however!
KUDOS TO PETA! I will never buy another thing from REVLON. I am disappointed that they would lower their standards to go to CHINA to get their products tested by animals. We don't need CHINA and their crap, it seems that these companies want to poison us with their greedy values. I will let everyone know that REVLON is an animal killer!
Found a AMAZING line of make-up called " INGLOT" A young chemist came up w a all-natural make-up line Much better alternative ! Animals DO NOT need to have any part in cosmetics…..
Good job, PETA! I will not be buying any Revlon products until they can be proven to be cruelty-free in their product testing.
Thats wonderful news ! Go get em PETA ! Go veg , give peace , life blooms !
Not only am I not going to buy my FAV lipstick from Revlon anymore, but I will ban all their products from my make-up crews!
That is jut about he gutsiest move i've ever seen. Way to take the fight to them. Much applause!!!!
As a teenager I bought all Revlon cosmetics. Then I learned that this company were the worst for testing on animals. I have never bought a Revlon product since and I am now 73 years of age. However, I applaud PETA for buying into Revlon so that they can have a say as to how they test their products.
I thought Revlon got the picture a long time ago about animal testing. What sneaky creeps they are. Creeps!
I loved Revlon for many years b/c of the fact that they worked on NOT animal testing. I am disappointed but impressed with Peta's approach. Here's to hoping they can change China's methods!
FABULOUS. Way to go, PETA!
I will not buy any products from Revlon unless I know for a fact that they are not tested on animals anywhere in the world. I will advise everyone I know to do the same.
DAMMIT REVLON. Now I have to go buy new mascara! Thanks for staying on top of these things, Peta, it's great to know who I can and can't trust for cosmetics.
AWESOME approach to managing corporate ignorance and dismissiveness! PETA, all praise to you for innovation.
AWESOME approach to managing corporate ignorance and dismissiveness! PETA, all praise to you for innovation.
Love you PETA!!! Gettin' the job done! HEROES! Woohoo go get 'em!!! 🙂


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Recently we've published a roundup of six system cases from Antec, ranging from the tiny NSK1380 to the colossal P182 and Nine Hundred. That article brought us some feedback. Particularly, we were asked how advanced a configuration could be assembled in the compact cases. Yes, it is all clear about the Nine Hundred which can easily accommodate a 1000K PSU but what about the NSK1380? Can its 350W PSU power up a serious graphics card? Will it be working at its limit or perhaps won't cope at all?
To give an exhaustive answer to this question I carried out a test of power consumption of the configuration I use in my tests. Namely:
- ASUS P5E mainboard
- Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 CPU
- Zalman CNPS9500 AT cooler
- Four HDDs (Western Digital Raptor WD740GD)
- HIS Radeon HD 3870 graphics card
- 2x2GB DDR2-800 SDRAM (Patriot PDC24G6400LLK)
- DVD-RW drive
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2
I performed the measurement by means of a Gigabyte Odin GT GE-S550A-D1 power supply. This PSU features a system of monitoring of the currents and voltages, and a USB interface into the bargain. I connected the latter to a nearby PC and launched the Power Tuner tool on it. Thanks to this program I could keep track of the power consumption of my testbed continuously, right from the moment I turned it on. The Odin GT is sufficiently accurate, especially at high loads. Of course, I could arrange a set of shunts and measure the currents in a more honest way but it would improve the precision but slightly (within 10-20W) while making the whole test much more difficult to perform.
I'd like to give you my opinion about two myths, by the way.
Myth One: increasing the number of fans or USB devices raises the PSU load greatly. As a matter of fact, you can just look at the consumption of both to see this is untrue. USB is limited to 2.5W (a current of 500mA at a voltage of 5V) while a regular fan consumes no more than 3-4W. You'll need some two dozen fans to beat the consumption of a single graphics card!
Well, if your system is on the verge of becoming unstable (due to lack of power or low quality of the PSU), even one fan may be enough to get it beyond that verge. But in this case you should think about the adequacy of the PSU at large rather than about the power consumption of your fans. A stable system, which has a reasonable reserve of power, just cannot be affected by USB devices and fans.
Myth Two: a PC with a large number of hard disks needs a lot of power to start up. In fact, a modern HDD has modest power requirements, about 12-15W under load. The spinning-up of its platters at system start-up requires far less power than a modern graphics card is consuming in 3D mode. In fact, it is in games which simultaneously load both the graphics card and the CPU (these are the two main consumers in modern PCs) that your system may feel a lack of power. If your system with a 400W PSU refuses to start up when you add a fifth or sixth hard disk, you should blame the quality of the PSU rather than its wattage.
So, I performed the test in four modes: 1) Idle, 2) full load on both CPU cores by means of Prime95, 3) full load on all the four HDDs by means of IOMeter, and 4) 3DMark06, the most interesting mode from a practical point of view. In every mode I noted the highest peak of power consumption.
The table below shows the power consumption of my configuration from the PSU (not from the wall outlet, so you don't have to take the PSU efficiency into account).
As you can see, a system with an advanced CPU, a top-end graphics card, and four fast HDDs has a peak power consumption of only 210W! Well, I was not surprised at the results at all as we had previously measured the consumption of individual CPUs, graphics cards and hard disk drives in our reviews, but the overall consumption numbers make it all even clearer.
Most customers have overestimated notions about the power requirements of their PCs. I won't discuss that further. I will just mark the points corresponding to these values in the cross-load diagrams of the tested PSUs.
Testing Methodology
Click the following link for a description of our testing methodology, the equipment we use, and a brief explanation of what the specified and tested parameters of power supplies mean. The article is called X-bit Labs Presents: Power Supply Unit Testing Methodology In-Depth. If you feel overwhelmed with the numbers and terms this article abounds in, check out an appropriate section of the mentioned article for an explanation.


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How To Buy a GPS Unit
Because GPS (Global Position System) units are used in a wide range of industries many brands, models and
features are available. However, most units suitable for outdoor use are similar in size, cost, and complexity to a
cell phone. Here's some help to get you pointed in the right direction.
How GPS works
Global Position Systems units are a powerful technical tool in an easy-to-use interface.
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Types of GPS receiver units
Before you decide to buy a unit, consider what you want to do with it.
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Functions and features