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Yiannis Nicolaos Lymperis @ on
I come from Greece. My name is John Lymperis I have a patent (the ultimate seismic system) I am looking to find scientific partners to do simulations and experiments. Are you interested; Read a little about this seismic syste
THE ULTIMATE CONSTRUCTION SYSTEM FOR EARTHQUAKE The earthquakes in recent years around the world have put in first priority the major social and economic issue of the seismic behavior and overall seismic protection of structures against earthquakes . Various methods have been developed to optimize the response of structures to seismic action An important part of developments for seismic strengthening of buildings, does not agree with modern architectural needs , which require as much as possible free plans ( unbalanced construction) and reduction of structural elements of the building . Also , the architectural needs differentiate the surface coverage of the building on each floor . The problems arising from the application of these architectures claims is to create 1) ultimate limit state at soft storey, 2 ) a change in the symmetry of the columns , 3 ) stronger strain construction , because it creates a concentration effect of action on columns 4) asymmetric structures is observed the torsional effect on floors . Today a) We plan ductile structures, but we also need the torsional stiffness to stop the torsion of asymmetric floors. b) Design methods yield (or else plastic zones) which are default locations of failure to be the first ultimate-yield in a powerful earthquake. This seismic design planning today is very useful but insufficient current architectural needs. In my quest to design the ultimate seismic system, I built a mechanism and design a method with high earthquake resistance because it improves the indicators of 1 ) the ductile How we can improve the ductility of columns of ductile structural system Reply . Separating the ductile structural system of the rigid structural system, by placing them between seismic joint, partition isometric seismic loads on the vertical elements of the two structural systems. What will happen if we do not distinguish these two structural systems ; When the earthquake started , the ductile columns bend because they have great elasticity . Large rigid columns, do not bend because they have stiffness. The result is … all of the earthquake loads to be received from the rigid elements.
2 ) Of the plastic zones. Question. How to improve the indicators of plastic zones; Reply . Separating the ductile structural system of the rigid structural system, by placing them between seismic joint. The seismic joint works like the plastic zone for the yield load of the earthquake. (Without Fail) 3) The torsional stiffness of asymmetric structures ; Question. How to improve the indicators of torsional stiffness of asymmetric structures; Reply. By placing more than one rigid structural systems (with the interposition of a seismic joint between at selected points) inside the asymmetric ductile static system Even the pretension creates anyway stiffness. 4 ) Improves resistance of the column relative to the shear force
5) Increases active behaviour of columns 6 ) Improves awry tension Question. 4) How do I improve the strength of the column relative to the shear force and shear force base; 5) How do I increase the active behaviour of columns; 6) How to Improve the oblique tension? Reply . We know from the bibliography that pretension itself is very positive, because it improves the trajectories of oblique tension On the other hand we have another good … reduced cracking because we apply compression stress which increases the active behaviour of columns;, as well as increases the stiffness of the structure , which reduces the deflection causing failure.
7) Glider displacement node of higher level, and the deflection of the rigid structure Question. How glider displacement node of higher level, and the deflection of the rigid structure? Reply. Introducing a new vertical resistance to the roof (stops the roof to get up) coming from the ground, through the mechanism of the invention. Even the pretension creates anyway stiffness, and the deflection of the rigid structure.
8) lower the natural frequency of the soil and construction; Question. How do we lower the natural frequency of the soil and construction; Reply. Because the compression stress in the cross section of the columns, lowers the natural frequency And because Introducing a new vertical resistance to the roof, it stop the natural frequency, because seismic damping applied to the width of the wave of the earthquake.
9) It helps avoid the concentration effect of action at soft storey, 10) In the pretension there is no problem of relevance ( consistency ) of concrete and steel . Question.
- How it helps to avoid concentration load intensity in soft floor;
10) How eliminates the problem of relevance of concrete and steel; Reply. In a prestressed well, there are is not baffles and this gives the opportunity to work as a body to control the curve of the ductile system and keeps control over the vertical axis before break.
In prestressing there is no problem with the relevance as present in the inert reinforcing concrete because the clamped structure clamped at both ends of the mechanism of the invention, out of the concrete. The deflection on the vertical axis of the ductile system due to the difference spectrum of multiple plates, which tend to give the vertical axis in the form of S
If we take a candle and break it with your hands in the center will observe that the candle breaks, but the wick stays in the candle.
But if you break the candle at its ends, will not do the same. The interface of the two materials is less at the edges, whereby smaller and the reaction than is the reaction of the other party.
The result is the wick of the candle at the ends to lose its relevance and be pulled out of the candle The same phenomenon is observed in the columns of the ground floor. We always see when the columns fail, the steel pulled out of the concrete, shaped curve, but never cut. The pretension applied the mechanism of the invention does not exhibit said the problem of relevance, simply because there is no link between concrete and tendon, because it passes freely through the concrete. The tendon anchors applied to both ends of the mechanism out of the concrete.
11) Ensures stronger foundation. Question. How did the invention provides a stronger foundation; Reply. The clamping mechanism of the invention stops the building to go up and down. as does the screw with hanger bolts. 12) The invention automatically improves the traction of steel which is observed in prestressed steel Reply. The hydraulic system automatically improves – pulling steel – observer in pretension. The hydraulic system automatically improves anchorage of the anchor to the ground and maintains the structure anchored to the ground, even in many circles loads
13) ensures damping decrement of seismic loads , which leads to reduced resonant response Reply. The forces that cause energy called damping forces and always oppose the motion of the system running oscillation. The design method that I follow dampening 1) horizontally at the base 2) at the level of (bulkheads) plates and the shaft. (Seismic joint) 3) on the roof, mounted the hydraulic system. And all this without eliminating the ductility of the bearing, which in itself and is a damping seismic energy.
These two structural systems can work together, or we can only use the rigid component alone to build rigid structures
a) design method b) design method Brief description of the invention The principal object of the hydraulic tie rod for construction projects of the present invention as well as of the method for constructing building structures utilizing the hydraulic tie rod of the present invention is to minimise the aforesaid problems associated with the safety of construction structures in the event of natural phenomena such as earthquakes, hurricanes and very high lateral winds. According to the present invention, this can be achieved by a continuous pre-stressing (pulling) of both the building structure towards the ground and of the ground towards the structure, making these two parts one body like a sandwich. Said pre-stressing is applied by means of the mechanism of the hydraulic tie rod for construction projects. Said mechanism comprises a steel cable crossing freely in the centre the structure's vertical support elements and also the length of a drilling beneath them. Said steel cable's lower end is tied to an anchor-type mechanism that is embedded into the walls of the drilling to prevent it from being uplifted. Said steel cable's top end is tied to a hydraulic pulling mechanism, exerting a continuous uplifting force. The pulling force applied to the steel cable by means of the hydraulic mechanism and the reaction to such pulling from the fixed anchor at the other end of it generate the desired prestressing in the construction project. This prestressing ensures to the vertical elements of 1) greater stiffness 2) resistance to shear force 3) greater resistance to horizontal load 4) less deformation 5) strong foundation. b) Better methods yield-or else plastic zones In the video we see two static systems….one inside the other. The first prestressed rigid structure has 1) greater stiffness 2) resistance to shear force 3) greater resistance to horizontal load 4) less deformation 5) strong foundation,…to receive large shocks from ductile static carrier and stop the deformation of ductile static carrier. At the height of the plates created seismic joint for two reasons 1)The seismic joint gradually grows on the upper floors to avoid transferring loads to the lower floors, derived from the primary impact plate – elevator shaft See the plan http://s5.postimg.org/rllh3dhzb/002.jpg 2)For to separate the vertical rigid elements of the ductile elements for better cooperation between these two structural systems
The seismic joint gives freedom to all the free movement of ductile construction which itself is a mechanism amortization of seismic energy. Amortization of seismic energy ensures the invention of the video .. to 1) The hydraulic system on the roof. 2) The seismic joint 3) The horizontal seismic isolation These two structural systems can work together as we see in the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPaNZcHBKRI or we can only use the rigid structural system itself to build rigid structures, as indicated by the links https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6og4VWFcGA http://postimg.org/image/poaeawzrj/
1) Model response frame structure with absorption of energy at the base , on the roof , and bulkheads of slabs .
Is this the model construction http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPaNZcHBKRI
2 ) Plan model asymmetric multi-storey building with energy absorption in the base , the roof , and bulkheads of slabs .
Is this model http://postimage.org/image/tg1lzxv05/
3 ) Model response with energy absorption in the loft
Is this the model construction http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJIsx1sKkLk and this in plan http://postimage.org/image/r1aadhj8/
4 ) Model response to absorption of energy in existing structures . One of the many design models wall O.S transfected or transfected steel structures http://postimage.org/image/k51vo9k15/ As shown in Figure 1 http://postimg.org/image/rbudm6oqr/ When the column is at stationary state, the static actions are balanced with the opposing forces of soil As shown in Figure 3 http://postimg.org/image/rbudm6oqr/ The oscillation of the building changes the vertical axis of the column See the slope change P that is observed at the regional sides. As shown in Figure 2 http://postimg.org/image/rbudm6oqr/ The combination of static actions, Σ with the changes of vertical axis of the column, create the torsional moment P of the node. How the invention stops the existence torsional moment P of the node. As shown in Figure 4 http://postimg.org/image/rbudm6oqr/ Clamped column can not be moved up and down because it is clamped with the ground, with the mechanism of the invention. As shown in Figure 5 http://postimg.org/image/rbudm6oqr/ The Clamped column with the ground, stops the oscillation of the vertical axis of the column, because the hydraulic mechanism of the invention applies an opposite stress in the rise of the roof Δ ( derived from the clamped anchor in soil ) and another inverted stress in the base Ε As shown in Figure 6 http://postimg.org/image/rbudm6oqr/ The Clamped column with the ground, transfer lateral load of inertia at the vertical axis of the column, as shear force. This does not happen with the seismic design of today. Τhe seismic design of today drives the shear forces at the small sections of the columns and beams. What design is the best? 1) To plan the seismic design of today drives the shear forces at the small sections of the columns and beams. or 2) To plan the seismic design of today drives the shear forces at the small sections of the columns and beams, plus…The Clamped column with the ground, transfer lateral load of inertia at the vertical axis of the column, as shear force? Also … prestressed construction … a) reduces the eigenfrequency construction / soil b) Increases active behaviour of columns c) Increases resistance to shear e) improves the oblique tension All seismic systems that exist today have the idea of the horizontal seismic isolation. The seismic system I propose is very different from other seismic systems. a) It is the first sentence Awards I suggesting the clamped structure to the ground. b) It is the first time worldwide that I suggest applying a reaction at the highest point of the roof, to stop the deformation of construction. c) It is the first time worldwide that I suggest a system able to deflection earthquake loadings, to stronger cross-section able to receive the shear stress. If you know a static model which will be able to stand on this seismic base….. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6og4VWFcGA please tell me to do the experiment designing frames, or asymmetrical structures, the solution is…. 1) to separate the flexible columns, from the rigid columns 2) amortization method of seismic energy in the vertical and horizontal axis of the frame. 3) nodes to move freely round the rigid column 2) Giannhs Lymperis • PCT Opinion http://postimage.org/image/32vfj43z8/ http://postimage.org/image/2g4sfacsk/ http://postimage.org/image/332ou0y04/ http://postimage.org/image/33322bpyc/
From what the examiner says that I have something patentably new and useful. Improved anchoring means comprising expansion anchors in combination with hydraulic tensioning means to keep the building tightly tethered to the ground. This would also be good for hurricane country, like the US Gulf Coast.
in Greece I have the patent. I had filed for international patent in pct passed Research Report (A) Filing in America at the patent office. I have not gotten a patent in america yet …. expected Patent publication in America. http://postimg.org/image/8ox3ft743/ more I went to a university in Greece. this one http://users.civil.ntua.gr/papadrakakis/ and here http://www.itsak.gr/en I have the first preliminary results of applied research simulationIs in Greek language. It's very good results. The Institute of Engineering Seismology and Earthquake Engineering Research and Technical Institute has a different opinion. told me that …. there is not a program in whole world that simulates vertical prestressing. They told me that I need to do ( experiments ) seismic testing on some construction models, because it is not possible to simulate. The patent is under investigation by me and I have discovered much about the patent. By design method that I suggest, https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/i…m6_iuOU6fsUXY2 you have the opportunity to design a flexible structure. Rigid vertical elements The main reason I designed the seismic joint (rubber mounted air gap between the baffle plates and the shaft) are to separate the flexible columns of rigid columns. With this method, we have a frame construction which is flexible, and in it, a rigid colomn, which is independent of load bearing because it has a seismic joint The rigid components to take the main role assigned to them, and is to controlling the deformation of the bearing. plasticity a flexible node (the one in seismic joint) deletes the usefulness of plasticity
this video shows the medium accelerations .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ubLKyyO2q0 Even greater acceleration https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOyoEWpvsjM Even greater speed than the other two times . Look towards the end of the video that gets the beam base ! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6og4VWFcGA
In this video got the beam broke the bearing of a bar that makes the transmission reciprocating motion, and I had after 3.5 minutes that nodded to stop. The model did not suffer the slightest , the base dissipated . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUH5OBd64vc
no cracking … not suffered the slightest . After the experiment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBJi…ature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNfB…ature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnsC…ature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XH-…ature=youtu.be
THIRD EXPERIMENT WITHOUT THE SYSTEM SEISMOSTOP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ux8TzWYvuQ0
After the third experiment (Control structure model and base) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTBr0CtjRoM
If the system I have is strong or not, by anchoring structures will be discussed later with another different experiment . Consider if the foundation of the project with the ground and the roof is better seismic design of the existing earthquake regulations . Imagine that fat in this experiment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6og4VWFcGA there is only the construction and soil. The construction in our model starts from the raft and above, and the ground of the iron based seismic and down. I think that in the depths of a drilling anchors if the anchor is impossible for construction to pick up all this ground. Since I consider the seismic base as ground very powerful clamping , in our experiment, think that soil is the seismic base, bearings , the W of the iron beam, the beams O.S which rests the foundation, and whatever else may be. The model ground ( seismic base) join the tendons . During the oscillation of the model tendons reacted to rising roof and raised the iron seismic base. The iron seismic base in turn raised his bearings which rests , bearings found resistance at the anode were in F the iron beam , and this is well anchored to the beam from the O.S lifted upwards. All this is a result of chain torque model.
Removing the screws from the bottom of the base changed the whole scene . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ux8TzWYvuQ0
The model not having the screws to hold it began to wobble dangerously . The bearings were no longer in the upward tendency of the beam Π, because the model of oscillated only on the basis of seismic iron . Instead of upward trends bearings took percussive strokes of the oscillation of raft on the seismic base. Bearings are dyed and not withstand the impact. For this and broke . The model does not fight happened almost anything, because it was very powerful nodes ( horizontal and vertical ) and because it was not possible to test the accelerations tested the previous experiment with the bolts , because we would have complete reversal . The conclusion I make myself is that if the model was more multi storey would have even more sway than that of two floors …. The first conclusion is that this earthquake is very much necessary for the fine buildings to stop the oscillation from the air, and the earthquake . If this model O.S experiment was made of bricks ( bricks ) without columns, imagine for yourself what would happen if there were no screws and rods . Conclusion necessary that the earthquake in the continuous construction. This is my opinion …. I would be happy to know and yours . Basically what makes this invention is that it makes far more powerful rigid large vertical elements , giving them greater resistance to both cutting as well as the lateral loads . There are many designs for installation , which depend on the architectural design needs .


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No introduction needed. This does require some 'heavy-lifting', however...mebbe not comprehendable for some.
Why You Cant Trade Taxes For Spending
No Magic Beans This Time
By: Dan McLaughlin (Diary) |
Should Republicans trade tax hikes for spending cuts? Much of the debate over the current fiscal cliff standoff centers around discussions of ratios: Republicans will agree to X dollars of tax hikes, Democrats will agree to Y dollars of spending cuts, and so forth.
Much of this discussion is based on numbers that are misleading or worse, because Washington doesnt calculate taxes and spending the same way. A tax hike will raise real, immediate costs on real taxpayers, whether or not it actually raises any more revenue. The targets of a tax hike are citizens, who do not have a choice whether to obey.
By contrast, a spending cut may simply involve altering future projections of the rate of increase of spending, and thus agreements to cut spending rarely actually result in less spending. And the targets of such spending cuts are future Congresses, who can disregard them at will; theyre not binding.
The only real equivalents to tax hikes are (1) complete elimination of federal spending programs or (2) changes in the eligibility criteria or benefits formulas for entitlement programs. There are fair arguments about the best GOP strategy in managing the tax debate, but if a negotiated agreement is to be reached that will require Republican votes to pass, Republicans should not even consider agreeing to trade tax hikes in exchange for anything less.
Taxes: The Case Of The Tax on Widgets
To consider how this works, lets consider a hypothetical budget deal. On the tax side, we have a $1 tax on widgets that brought in $100 million in 2011 and $100 million in 2012. The Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) presently projects that the sale of widgets will grow steadily by 5 million widgets a year, year-to-year, adding $5 million in new revenue each year on top of whats already collected, and that over tax years 2013-2022, the tax will bring in $1.275 billion.
The White House wants to double the widget tax to $2. JCT dutifully applies a static revenue growth assumption: that is, it assumes that doubling the widget tax will have no impact whatsoever on sales of widgets (Phil Gramm once had the JCT score a proposal to tax income at 100%; JCT had no choice but to compute the resulting tax revenue on the assumption that people would work just as hard for no after-tax pay. JCT claims to have modified this somewhat in the intervening years, but its projections are still more or less done the same way). As a result, JCT projects an additional $1.275 billion in revenue over ten years.
As an aside, tax and spending numbers are always presented in these total over ten years figures, with no adjustment for the time value of money; thus, you can play all kinds of budgetary games by back-loading some parts of a budget package and front-loading others. This was famously done by Obamacare, which started its taxes before the spending so that 10 years of taxes could be counted against 6 years of spending as if this would be a continuing feature of the annual cost of a permanent program.
Anyway, the tax gets passed, and it has real effects on real taxpayers: every widget must either cost an additional dollar or be produced at less profit. Some buyers cut back their purchases of widgets; some widget manufacturers go under; some industries that buy widgets in bulk build new offshore factories to buy widgets from overseas manufacturers that arent subject to the tax. And even aside from that, JCT because it lacks a crystal ball fails to foresee a recession starting in 2020. Instead of an additional $1.275 billion in revenue over ten years, the widget tax hike ends up bringing in just $77 million in new revenue (a pitiable $7.7 million a year), while a whole bunch of
American widget workers lose their jobs, adding to the governments spending on unemployment insurance and other automatic expenditures. Ten years down the line, the tax is still 50% higher than it was in 2012, but brings in only 30% more revenue than 2011 or 2012, and the same amount as in 2013.
Heres what that looks like in chart and graph form:
Tax (Current) Tax (New) Tax (Actual) 2011 100 100 100 2012 100 100 100 2013 105 210 130 2014 110 220 135 2015 115 230 137 2016 120 240 133 2017 125 250 128 2018 130 260 140 2019 135 270 144 2020 140 280 138 2021 145 290 137 2022 150 300 130 TOTAL 1275 2550 1352 CHANGE 1275 77
Spending: The Case of The Department of Departments Budget
What did Congress get in return for the widget tax? An offsetting $1.275 billion reduction in projected spending by the Department of Departments. The Department spent $60 million in 2011, and had its budget nearly doubled to $100 million in 2012. You might think a billion-plus-dollar cut in spending means spending less than $100 million in 2013, but you would be wrong. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) sets a baseline that calculates what current spending levels are and then adds to those levels projected future spending growth based on a set of assumptions.
Any cuts will simply be reductions in the future growth projections. If the CBO ran a diet, you could declare that youve succeeded at weight loss by projecting a decrease in your expected weight gain over the next decade.
In our example, the current CBO baseline has the Departments budget increasing another 30% in 2013 from 2012, 50% over 2013-14, and 900% by 2022 all of that baselined against 2012, ignoring the huge jump in its budget from 2011, which is banked as a permanent part of the baseline it spends every year. Under the budget deal for the widget tax, these insane numbers are pared back to something still insane: a 20% increase in 2013, a 65% increase by 2015, a 500% increase by 2022.
In theory, this is an offset of $1.275 billion; in practice, we went from a widget tax taking in $100 million vs the Department budget of $60 million in 2011 to the widget tax taking in $130 million in 2022 while the Department spends $500 million. And unlike the tax hike, 89.5% majority of the projected savings are more than 5 years in the future, and thus is much more subject to future uncertainties. Jonathan Chait describes what happens when Congress claims to cap future discretionary spending:In 2012, for example, the Senate voted to avoid the spending caps in the 2011 Budget Control Act, and Democrats howled at the idea that Republicans would actually hold them to the caps in proposing a jobs bill with a bunch of new spending. Past budget deals, like the firewall in the budget deal in which the first President Bush agreed to break his read-my-lips-no-new-taxes pledge, proved unenforceable.
What usually happens is that Congress plans for tight caps to this category, and then when it comes time to implement it, and Congress discovers it actually means things like firing FBI agents and slashing the weather service, it balks.

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Getting your CM19a working on Linux
I recently acquired a Raspberry Pi, and my main project is to get X10 stuff working again in my house.
To that end, I purchased a CM19a. I'm going to chronicle the process of getting it working here, so that eventually this will be a helpful howto. At the moment, it's just a collection of notes and frustration.
First, plug in your CM19a to the USB port.
dmesg. You'll see something like:
[ 11.236260] input: X10 Wireless Technology Inc USB Transceiver as /devices/platform/bcm2708_usb/usb1/1-1/1-1.3/input/input0
[ 11.436218] usb 1-1.3: Weird data, len=1 ff 00 ff 00 00 00 ...
[ 11.447235] usbcore: registered new interface driver ati_remote
[ 11.584656] ati_remote: 2.2.1:ATI/X10 RF USB Remote Control
Also, when you run
lsusb you'll see:
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0424:9512 Standard Microsystems Corp.
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0424:ec00 Standard Microsystems Corp.
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0bc7:0002 X10 Wireless Technology, Inc. Firecracker Interface (ACPI-compliant)
And in
/dev you'll see:
rbowen@raspberrypi ~ $ ls -la /dev/usb*
crw------T 1 root root 189, 0 Jan 1 1970 /dev/usbdev1.1
crw------T 1 root root 189, 1 Jan 1 1970 /dev/usbdev1.2
crw------T 1 root root 189, 2 Jan 1 1970 /dev/usbdev1.3
crw-rw-rwT 1 root root 189, 3 Jan 1 1970 /dev/usbdev1.4
So far, so good. Linux sees it.
You'll need to create /dev/ttyUSB* to go along with that. Paste this at the shell:
for i in 0 1 2 3 4; do
sudo mknod /dev/ttyUSB$i c 188 $i
Note: 1) This is a magical incantation. I don't yet know what the args to mknod mean. 2) I did 0..4 because lsmod shows devices up to 4. If you have more, make more.
I'm fond of
heyu, so go install that. There's a sample config file that should get installed at
/usr/local/etc/heyu/x10config.sample - copy that over to
~/.heyu/x1config and tinker with the settings in there.
Now, from here, I'm making it up as I go along. Please let me know if you know something I don't. Next step seems to simply be figuring out how to map a serial device to the USB one, since heyu seems to only know how to talk serial. Hopefully this is an easy thing to do, right?


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All makes for nice reading.
Here are some facts boys and girls.
The public school systems in the cities of America are some of the most wasteful over spending in all of government.
The cost per pupil is staggering versus the rest of the states educational spending in those states with the larger cities with large urban populations.
That genie will not be put back into the bottle.
The "Monarchy" that is created in these cities is not going to be removed.
And who supports this "Monarchy??
Sorry, just the cold hard facts!!!
Stan b & Elvis
"For everyone to whom much is given, of him shall much be required." -- Luke 12:48
Raven - Moneybird's Black Magic Marker***
(Esprit's Power Play x Trumarc's Lean Cuisine)
Mick - Moneybird's Jumpin' Jack Flash***
(Clubmead's Road Warrior x Oakdale Whitewater Devil Dog)
Peerless - Moneybird's Sole Survivor
(Two River's Lucky Willie x Moneybird's Black Magic Marker)
The public school systems in the cities of America are some of the most wasteful over spending in all of government.
I got invited to a MPS luncheon to discuss small business hiring needs. From the time I walked in to the time I left all I could think of was if these people were working for me I'd stop at a gas station at the end of the day and ask them to get me a soda. Then drive off as soon as they closed the door. I wouldn't doubt that there was 3 people in the system for every teacher spending the day drinking Starbucks and milking the clock. And the lunch was ridiculously over done show boat style. Reminded me of drug reps buying a whole facility lunch for a few minutes of a Dr.'s ear.


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Kaukauna man reported missing in Madison
Man last seen Wednesday morning
MADISON, Wis. - Police are seeking help from the public in locating a Kaukauna man who was last seen on Madison's near south side Wednesday.
Madison police said Charles Geurts, 26, was last seen leaving the Sheraton Madison Hotel in the 700 block of John Nolan Drive at 2:20 a.m. Wednesday.
Police said Geurts was in town for a conference at the Expo Center and was staying with a co-worker. The co-worker told police they came back from socializing early Wednesday morning, and when he woke up Geurts wasn't there.
"He's staying in a room with a co-worker, and this co-worker tells us he knows at some point Mr. Geurts came back to the room early Wednesday morning. The co-worker went back to sleep. When he wakes up, it's clear to him Mr. Geurts never slept in the bed and had left the room again," said Joel DeSpain, spokesman for the Madison Police Department.
No foul play is suspected, but police said there's concern for Geurts' welfare because of the cold weather.
Police have combed through the Olin-Turville woods with K-9s and scanned Lake Monona as well.
Geurts is described as 5 feet 11 inches tall, weighing 180 pounds, with blond hair, blue eyes and was last seen wearing a gray sweatshirt, blue jeans and boots.
Police are asking residents who live along the John Nolen Drive corridor to check their detached garages and sheds just in case Geurts may have tried to find shelter in an outbuilding.18178786
Police are also asking residents living near Waunona Way to also check their property as a bike path connects the area of disappearance to Waunona Way, and it's possible Geurts could have walked in that direction.
"If anyone who lives along Lake Monona, anyone who drives along John Nolen Drive, works in businesses in that corridor, just think back. Have you seen someone matching this description? If you've seen him, his picture is out there. Please let us know," DeSpain said.
Madison police stopped their search after sundown Thursday but the search resumed Friday morning. Police said they're unsure where to search next because 48 hours after Geurts went missing, he could be just about anywhere.
"At this point, we just don't have a second clue other than him leaving the hotel. We don't know where he could've gone," DeSpain said.
Jerry Geurts of Cross Plains, Charles' uncle, said his nephew is an easygoing but hardworking man.
Most of his family lives in the Appleton area, Jerry Geurts said by telephone late Thursday. He said his nephew graduated with a degree in agribusiness before pursuing it as a career.
Anyone with information about Geurts' whereabouts is asked to call Madison police at 608-266-4275.
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18:08 1st January 2014
Head Coach reflects on Tranmere draw
Kenny Jackett revealed that the over-riding Wolves feeling was one of frustration after failing to take advantage of their dominance against Tranmere this afternoon.
Reduced to ten men after Richard Stearman's sending off for a professional foul, Wolves went behind on 33 minutes when Ryan Lowe tucked home a pass from Ash Taylor.
With parity in numbers restored before the break after James Wallace's dangerous challenge on Ethan Ebanks-Landell, Wolves dominated the second half but were unable to build on Dave Edwards' excellent 54th minute finish.
Wolves' Head Coach always felt they had a good chance to win the game, even following the sending-off, when he opted to keep his attacking players on the pitch rather than make changes to accommodate the loss of a defender.
"I felt we had more than enough of the ball to win the game," said Jackett.
"Even at ten versus eleven I still felt confident that we could go on and get something out of the game.
"The possession stats will be very high in our favour which is a positive and maybe right up there at 70 per cent.
"As an away side that makes us a very dominant side and some of our football was as good as we have played with our interlink and our play
"There is some frustration at not being able to kill off Tranmere because at times it was like forwards against defence on the training ground.
"Unfortunately we couldn't break them down to make that difference.
"When we did get the breakthrough it was a very good goal from Dave Edwards.
"Even after the sending off, I still felt we were capable of getting back into the game.
"At no stage did I feel Tranmere were getting on top of us.
"So there is frustration we haven't won the game because we had the lion's share of possession.
"We dominated the game and there is frustration at not winning because there was some very good football from our side.
"The players did show terrific spirit to keep going and dominate the game.
"There are one or things we need to tweak and get right but the spirit among the players is very good and should not be underestimated.
"I am pleased with the football and the spirit and just need to be more ruthless in front of goal and find the equation going forward.
"And now we have to look forward to the Gillingham game on Friday.
"It is an opportunity for all of us to show we are a good team who play good football and can hopefully get what we didn't today which is three points."
Jackett believed both sending-offs were the correct decisions, but had backing for Stearman who has enjoyed an impressive first half to the campaign but must now sit out Friday night's game with a one-match suspension.
"I've got no complaints with the sending-off and I thought both were the right decisions," he said.
"I think the turn Richard made in an area just before the sending off was also the wrong decision.
"I have got to say though that he has been excellent so far this season.
"He has had an outstanding year and has been very good.
"We are going to miss him now he is out but I can't have any complaints over the decision."
Jackett must now assess his options for Friday with the likelihood of also being without Ebanks-Landell, who failed to reappear for the second half as a legacy of the Wallace challenge.
"I don't think Ethan is in a good state – his knee ligaments are stretched and swollen," he said.
"If he makes Friday night I will be surprised."
James Henry was absent today with a groin injury, and will undergo a fitness test ahead of the game at Priestfield.
Jackett meanwhile said there is nothing imminent in terms of any potential arrivals with the January window now re-opened, particularly ahead of the trip to Gillingham.
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I received a patch that implements ZeroConf support into GnomeMeeting. It has been applied and will be available in the 1.2 release. That is very convenient to discover GnomeMeeting friends on your network. That was an interesting idea given by Alex here. I'm happy to see it was so fast to implement it.
GnomeMeeting and GAIM integration
Several people have showed an interest to see GnomeMeeting integrated with popular instant messengers. Julien Puydt had started coding a DBUS component for GnomeMeeting and that component will be available in the 1.2 release. He had also started creating a plugin for GAIM, so that GAIM Linux users can start videoconferences from their Instant Messenger. He tried to get help from GAIM developers, discussed with them and their answer was clear, they are not interested in that plugin and won't support it. <irony>Nice example of cooperation.</irony> That would have been great even if it wouldn't have been compatible with Windows clients, at least as long as GnomeMeeting doesn't support SIP.
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We see a steady stream of baked goods come through this office. There's a table in the art room where we plop everything from leftover brownies from weekend gatherings to Swedish cookies our Scandinavian-born staffer totes back from overseas. Then there's the leftovers from photo shoots and the goods that various people drop off as thank notes for recent articles. While we're always always grateful for our mid-afternoon (and sometimes mid-morning) sugar fix, we recognize a standout batch of cookies or cake when we taste them.
A couple weeks ago, managing editor Lauren Brooks Johnson raised the bar. She baked a cake for a fellow staffer's birthday, choosing this Italian Cream Cake recipe in part because the birthday girl doesn't like chocolate.
I tell you, this was the kind of cake that made conversation quiet and birthday revelry pause. I didn't believe it was this good until I tasted it myself. But Sweet Monday, it was heaven—and I'm not even a crave-sweets gal. I think I went weak in the knees, the way you feel faint on a really good first date or when you spot the right dress. A non-staffer, who happened to wander by and sneak a bite, immediately conducted a full search of the office, hunting down the baker so he could thank her in person.
In short, this cake seemed too good not to share. Lauren has tweaked the original recipe to suit her tastes, and we can all attest she's as good an editor in the kitchen as she is here at work.
P.S. I say serve it to out-of-towners as a way of showing off our Southern pecans.
Italian Cream Cake
adapted from the Junior League of Hampton Roads Cookbook, My Mama Made That.
"My mom lived by—and helped publish—cookbooks from the Hampton Roads Junior League, located in the Tidewater area of Virginia where I grew up. She was also more of a cook than a baker, but I've since found that I love baking, especially cakes. When I
got married, I discovered that my husband's family often had birthday cakes just out of a box (gasp!).
So I offered to make each birthday person a home-baked cake of their choice from then on, and now I regularly turn out strawberry shortcake, lemon cake, carrot cake, chocolate stout cake, and more throughout the year. As for this Italian Cream Cake, it's a variation of one I found in the Hampton Roads cookbook, with my adjustments to the amounts of ingredients like vanilla and coconut." —Lauren Brooks Johnson, Charleston magazine managing editor
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking soda 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened
1/2 cup shortening
2 cups sugar
5 egg yolks
1 cup buttermilk
2 tsp. vanilla extract
1 cup shredded coconut
5 eggs whites, stiffly beaten
Pecan Cream Cheese Frosting
8 oz. cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 16 oz. box (around 2 ½ cups) confectioner's sugar
2/3 cup pecans, chopped and toasted (or more, to taste)
1/2 cup pecans halves 1 Tbs. corn syrup
Preheat the oven to 350º F. Trace the bottom of a round, nine-inch cake pan onto parchment paper. Cut and repeat to make two, one for each cake pan. Place in bottom of the pans and grease with butter or shortening.
In a medium bowl, sift the flour and the baking soda together. In a separate large mixing bowl, cream the butter and shortening until light. Add the sugar and beat until fluffy. Add the egg yolks and beat until smooth and well-combined. Add the flour mixture alternately with the buttermilk, mixing well after each addition. Stir in the vanilla and coconut. Gently fold in the egg whites.
Pour batter into the parchment lined cake pans. Bake for 60-65 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool in the pans for 15 minutes. Invert onto wire racks to cool completely.
To prepare the frosting, beat the cream cheese, butter, and vanilla in a mixing bowl until smooth and creamy. Add the confectioners' sugar and beat until smooth. Stir in the chopped pecans.
To assemble, spread the frosting between the layers and over the top and side of the cake.
Combine pecan halves and corn syrup in a small bowl, tossing to coat. Transfer to a parchment-lined baking sheet and bake in a 350º F oven for eight minutes. Arrange on top of cake.
Lauren's Tips:
* I like to divide the batter among three cake pans rather than two (in this case, I use eight-inch cake pans, rather than nine). Just cut back the baking time to around 25-30 minutes.
* Beat the cream cheese mixture and the confectioner's sugar well, until it becomes really creamy. This will appear visibly lighter when ready.
* Cake layers can be made one day ahead of time and refrigerated. Ice before serving.
(Cake photo by Ann Catherine Campbell; Lauren's photo by Kelly Bozard)


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A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
But somehow when a Republican get caught cheating on his wife the conversation somehow magically switches to Clinton There are 6 references to Clinton and only 2 that address the subject of the thread. Somehow that does not suprise me.
If this guy was so stupid as to put a picture of himself on Craigs List he deserves what he gets. I'm sure it was not the first time he cheated on his wife.
As an after thought doesn't the Governor of NY get to pick his replacement??????????? Do you think he will appoint another Republican???????
Fwiw, I think Lee did the honorable thing regarding a dishonorable situation.
Didn't drag this out for months as others on both sides have done.
Didn't cost the taxpayers millions in investigations, hearings and ethics probes.
Fell on his sword, packed his s#!t and left town.
That's the difference in this story, imo.
Man makes mistakes.
Men admit them, accept the responsibility/consequences, learn a lesson & move on in their lives.
Best of luck to Lee & his family, they're going to need it.
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Taken from 'William John Leech : an Irish painter abroad' by Denise Ferran National Gallery of Ireland, 1996CSIA 709.415LEE
Dublin-born William Leech is regarded today as one of the finest Irish painters influenced by the Impressionists. Leech studied painting at the Metropolitan School of Art before transferring to the RHA schools, where he was apprenticed to Walter Osborne. In 1901 he moved to Paris, and then began a long association with the Brittany coastline painting the people, traditional costumes, interiors of houses and rugged landscapes particularly around the port and region of Concarneau. He continued to exhibit at the RHA while living in France, and continued to show his works in Dublin throughout his life. A prolific worker, in sixty-eight years of artistic production he only missed ten exhibitions held by the RHA. Settling in England in 1919, he continued to revisit France particularly Grasse and Cagnes-sur-Mer. His paintings are characterised by an interest in the nature of light and colour, fusing some of the new abstract principles of flattened space into a figurative, post-impressionist template.
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Alternate name: Fineleaf Desert-parsley, Bladder Desert-parsley
Family: Apiaceae, Carrot view all from this family
Description Native perennial. Stem: hairless to lightly hairy. Height: up to 1.5 feet. Leaf: pinnate and finely dissected, oblong to ovate, to 1/2 to 4 inches long, 2-6 inches wide. Leaves higher on the stem have prominent sheaths. Flower: loose yellow clusters in an umbel up to 4" diameter. The plant taproot is slender, and its aboveground appearance is leafy.
Flower February - June.
Habitat Open grassy slopes, meadows and woodlands.
Range western North America from British Columbia to California.
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Panoramic in scope, and filled with fresh revelations drawn from secret documents and from exclusive interviews with hundreds of participants on both sides, Vietnam: A History transcends the past and contains lessons relevant to the present and future.
©1997 WBGH Educational Foundation and Stanley Karnow; (P)1998 Blackstone Audio Inc.
"This is history writing at its best." (Chicago Sun Times)
"[T]he best journalist writing on Asian affairs." (Newsweek)
"Even those of us who think we know something about [the Vietnam War] will read with fascination." (New York Times)
"As stunning as it was engaging"
Having been born in the mid 70's almost no one ever wanted to discuss the Vietnam war in my household. As a result, my entire knowledge of Vietnam prior to reading this book came from Hollywood movies. Yet no movie could capture the mystery, intrigue, confusion and frustration of the real story. Karnow's point of view is clear and objective. Having listened to the entire book, I still can't tell you his personal opinions about Vietnam. His research includes interviews and commentary from American, South and North Vietnamese. His treatment of all sides appears to be firm, but not hypocritical. He does not indulge himself in Monday morning quarterbacking, but instead illuminates the reasoning at the time for the actions that were taken.
The book is also comprehensive. Starting with ancient Vietnam and leading up to the modern age, the listener experiences the whole of Vietnam's history. Having listened and reflected on the book for a long time, it is one of the most satisfying I have ever heard.
David H. - Lands Designer
"A Must Read Even For a Vet."
I learned so much from this book, even though I lived through it (1967-1969)and at one of the big pushes by the viet cong against the whole country - 'The Big '68 'TET' offensive'. I have listened to all 4 parts over and over and have learn something new every time. The amazing history of this country and the way this country (USA) just kepted on getting in deeper and deeper. The author has done a "fantastic job" on putting together the history of a place I knew so little of at the young age of 20 - Thank you.
"Excellent Narrator"
First I should say that the narrator does an excellent job of evoking the speaking styles of various real personalities - LBJ, Nixon, Kissinger, etc. - without stooping to an imitation of their accents.
At one point the book quotes an American in 1990s Vietnam saying, "Vietnam is a country, not a war." Despite its title this book is a history of the US war in Vietnam, not the country itself. The author takes care to switch back and forth between different perspectives - the US government, the North Vietnamese leadership, US soldiers, and occasionally the Chinese and Soviet governments. But these are detours; the focus generally stays on the US presidents and their top advisors from start to finish. Not having been alive at the time, I felt that I learned quite a bit about the reasons for the US actions from start to finish. By claiming to stick to the perceptions of the White House, the author often avoids making his own interpretations. For example, he describes at least four occasions over several years when Robert McNamara visited Vietnam and each time reported that the US military was making no progress despite the enormous amount of money spent, ordinance expended, and Vietnamese killed. This is basically the central message of the book, but Karnow presents it not as his own view, but as that of successive White House cabinets. It's an approach with advantages and disadvantages, but it works overall.
I was irritated at first at how much time the "updated" first chapter of the book spends on discussing the first Gulf War - which the US had carried out just before this revised edition was published. Now I appreciate the out of date introduction: it shows that even the revised edition came out before the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, so that the listener can be sure that the author didn't alter this Vietnam book to create parallels with the latest conflicts. Listening to this, I found the parallels going much further then I'd imagined possible.
"Definitive History of Vietnam - Outstanding!"
I am an avid history buff, and most of my "listening" reading is historical. I first read Stanley Karnow's history of Vietnam when it was first published years ago, and it was terrific. So I was interested to reread it via Audible. I find myself learning different things when I listen to a historical work after reading it. I am even more appreciative of Karnow's work after my second go around! If you want to understand what Vietnam was all about, this is by far your best source.
Karnow was a journalist who spent a great deal of time in Vietnam, before, during and after the war. He gives the history and background of the country, going back centuries and including all the external forces that have plagued Vietnam through the ages. He spent lots of time with the people, and his interviews with major political and military figures from all sides - French, South Vietnamese, North Vietnamese, Cambodian and of course American - are fascinating. His understanding and insights into the military and political strategies and machinations of all factions are amazing. This is an extremely well-researched book that is so well written that it is hard to put down. The narrator (Edward Holland) does a great job, too. He reads at a comfortable pace with a good story teller's involvement that has me convinced he is genuinely immersed in the material. One of the best histories I have experienced through Audible.
"very well writen history by an eyewitness"
The author was a Vietnam correspondent beginning in 1959. He was there! He managed to get personal interviews with many of the top key players before and after the fall of Saigon laying out an extraordinary vista from the initial intercourse with Europeans to the deluge at the USA's ignoble retreat there. Beautifully done, verging on poetic at times. I may not agree with many of the conclusions he leads towards in this tome but it is well thought out and clearly expressed. Bravo! Well done!
The reader does an excellent job as well.
"Good book"
Overall the book was good. I especially liked the earlier part of the book that discussed the history of the region. I would have liked the book to have included more on the military (tactical and strategic) component and less on the diplomatic component, though this might be asking too much from a book on the Vietnam War. I definitely recommend this, as it may be one of the best books on the Vietnam War.
"Expected More"
I have read a great deal about the Vietnam War - and lived through it. So, I always wanted to read this book. I am sad to say that the book falls short of its reputation. So mch of it is official issue and even worse, there is hardly any historical context. Try the book by Neil Sheehan.
"A classic worth re-reading"
While I read this book years ago, listening to it was like reading an entirely new book. Seeing Viet Nam in light of our experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan it is clear that as a country we cannot benefit from our past.
Impossible -- too long.
"Great information about a complex subject"
The story line was easy to follow and provided great information
The detail and ease with following the timeline and information provided
No extreme reactions other than a frustration at knowing the outcome to some extent.
I joined mission Audible in April 1997, contributed in some small way to its growth and maturity, and left at the end of 2012.
"Know History - or be doomed to repeat it"
Karnow's book is a masterpiece. Sweeping in scope, it takes the listener from the earliest known history of Vietnam through colonialism's darkest times and up through the years immediately after the Vietnam War (with the United States). It is deeply detailed and draws intimate and moving portraits of many of the important people over the last 100 years - Vietnamese, American and French. Karnow's journalistic credentials serve his telling well. The interviews are amazingly revealing of motivations and character. One wonders if the Bush White House had only really understood this history if the United States would have made the serious foreign policy mistakes of the last 8 years. The reader does a superb job of capturing the passion of this story. Highly recommended.
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ESSEN, GERMANY — The decision of Bayer AG (Hall 6/A751-3) to use carbon dioxide as a feedstock is based on sustainability, industrial value creation, market acceptance and climate protection, but not replacement of fossil resources, according to Christoph Gürtle from Bayer's polyurethanes process research department.
Gürtle, who spoke Oct. 9 in Essen at the Nova Institute conference on CO2 as a feedstock for chemistry and polymers, said it is possible to incorporate as much as 43 percent CO2 in aliphatic and cyclic polycarbonate. Bayer is targeting PU as "an all-rounder among plastics."
Use of CO2-based polyol was developed in a joint CAT catalytic center laboratory set up by Bayer and RWTH Aachen University in Aachen, Germany, in 2009, as a step toward implementation in 2010 of a "dream production" project. Bayer opened a CO2-based polyol pilot plant in 2011 and is planning a production plant, scheduled to start up in 2015 in Dormagen, Germany.
The plant should produce "reasonable amounts for industry, several thousand metric tons," Gürtle said. "This is a new chemical process, involving going from a mini plant to several thousand tonnes just to make sure everything is working properly." Gürtle sees great potential for CO2-based polyols in flexible PU foams, because they account for 36 percent of the 2.8 million-metric-ton PU slabstock market.
He described CO2-polyol development as a stage in continuous innovation in PU flexible foams. Gürtle said it took Bayer scientists 40 years to find a sufficiently efficient catalyst to enable production of polyol from CO2.
An RWE AG electricity power station near Cologne supplies scrubbed CO2 flue gas to Bayer Technology Services GmbH in Leverkusen, Germany, which is responsible for CO2 development and conversion. The gas from RWE "is not ideal for direct use for CO2-based polyols used in mattresses, since sulfur and nitrogen have to be removed," Gürtle said. Bayer MaterialScience AG uses the cleaned CO2 to make CO2-polyol, having moved from batches to a continuous process in early 2013. The polyol produced is evaluated in foam mattress trials on Bayer's PU slabstock pilot line.
Gürtle says carbonate groups in CO2 polyols contribute to increased viscosity. This depends on functionality and CO2 content. CO2-polyol based PU foam "looks as good as today's material, maybe even better," Gürtle says, "and it has an intriguing point: heat of combustion is a bit lower."
PU slabstock foam produced from CO2-based polyol shows thermal stability matching PU from conventional polyols. Onset temperature and mass loss are identical and there is no thermal sensitivity difference. Gürtle concludes that the CO2 is fixed inside the PU backbone.
"There is systematic reduction in heat combustion with increasing CO2 content in flexible foam made with CO2-based polyol," Gürtle said.
Niklas van der Assen of RWTH Aachen University continued the presentation, showing life-cycle analysis results based on CO2 capture from lignite power station flue gas, through to production with epoxides into polyol, with the resulting CO2-polyol reacted with isocyanate to produce PU foam.
Production using 1 kilogram of CO2 in conventional polyol involves 3.59 kg of equivalent CO2 emissions; a CO2-polyol with 20 percent CO2 input is just 2.99 kg. For the 0.6 kg reduction, raw material replacement accounts for 0.49 kg, using captured CO2 for 0.14 kg, partly offset by 0.03 kg higher emission due to CO2 transport and the reaction starter used for the reaction to polyol. Polyol with 30 percent CO2 had 2.64 kg of equivalent CO2 emissions.
Van der Assen said using captured CO2 and substituting epoxides results in climate benefits. "The more CO2 used, the better," he said. There also are resource efficiency and other environmental benefits. "It works, very good foam properties are obtained, along with an improved CO2 footprint," van der Assen said.
Major chemical plants making their own ammonia and ethylene oxide produce CO2 that could be supplied via pipeline for CO2-based polyol, van der Assen said, and Gürtle added that steam methane reforming used to produce hydrogen also produces CO2 as a byproduct.
Xiaoqing Zhang of the polymer engineering department at CSIRO Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization in Melbourne, Australia, presented opportunities in CO2-based biodegradable polymer materials, focusing on polypropylene carbonate with up to 48 percent CO2 content, as a copolymer of carbon dioxide and propylene oxide.
Zhang referred to rare earth tertiary complex and double metal cyanide complex catalysts, saying the catalyst is key to polymerization efficiency and also to competitive pricing.
Zhang said industrial PPC products from China, Germany and the United States are dimensionally stable between minus 5° C and 50° C, have the same 85 percent transparency as PE and offer better moisture barrier properties than polylactic acid and PVC. But these amorphous-structure PPCs have glass transition temperature and mechanical strength lower than that of PLA.
He said that with PLA typically costing $3,000 per tonne, Chinese-made PPC has been offered at the same price. At some future time, Zhang expects the PLA price to fall to $1,400-$1,500, but PPC to drop to $950-$1,100 per metric ton.
To increase PPC molecular weight for a 40°C Tg PPC (compared 55-60°C for PLA), Zhang suggests end capping, use of 1-2 percent of bifunctional epoxide and a high amount of multifunctional epoxide, to encourage cross-linking. CSIRO has made fine-wood-flour-reinforced PPC compounds with such high-molecular-weight PPC, compounding it at 170°C, followed by compression molding.
PPC compounds have ductile failure, PLA ones brittle failure. Zhang said PPC can be foamed, extruded and compression molded. Further work will focus on blending and grafting of high-molecular-weight PPC, use of chain extension agents and cross-linking of low-molecular-weight PPC.
In a paper on sustainability of CO2 sources, Dietmar Wechsler of Wuppertal Institute advocated production of polymers from hydrogen derived from electrolysis, run by renewable energy and captured CO2 from fossil power plants, blast steel furnaces and cement kilns. Wechsler warned, however "you will not always have coal plants in the future." Conventional energy costs for electrolysis are still too high, so politicians should seek renewable energy storage solutions, Wechsler said.
Maria Barbosa of Netherland's Wageningen University and its AlgaeParc algae production and research center, described the 13 million-euro project SPLASH, which stands for Sustainable Polymers from Algae Sugars and Hydrocarbons. There are 20 partners in the 2012-16 project, including Fraunhofer UMSICHT (Hall 6/E68), an exhibitor at K 2013.
Algae have 20-60 percent oil content and can produce 20,000-50,000 liters of oil per hectare per year, compared with annual palm oil production of 6,000 liters per hectare, Barbosa said. Algae grow in freshwater and seawater, using residual nutrients, and produce valuable co-products such as starch and proteins.
She said the global micro-algae market is below 10,000 tonnes per year. In the SPLASH project, algae allow in-situ extraction and isolation of sugars and hydrocarbons for further processing into polymers. These include innovative polyesters and copolyesters from sugars, as well as polyolefins.
Algae production in industrial plants uses blue-tinted transparent ultraviolet-resistant PVC pipes. Georg Fischer Piping systems received a SolVin innovation award at K 2010 for algae processing plants with such pipes. In 2011 the company acquired Harvel Enviroking in the U.S., a company that was also producing blue-tinted, UV-resistant, transparent pipes for algae production, now operating as Georg Fischer Harvel LLC in Easton, Pa.
In her presentation, Barbosa referred to polyethylene furanoate bottle development as a bio-based alternative to PET. Although not mentioned by Barbosa, Avantium Chemicals BV announced in May its intention — with Alpla Werke Alwin Lehner GmbH & Co KG, Coca-Cola Co. and Danone — to introduce a PEF bio-based PET bottle by 2016, using YXY catalyst technology to convert furan dicarboxylic acid to PEF through reaction with ethylene glycol.
Avantium said it was supplying its development partners with PEF made in a Geleen, Netherlands, pilot plant and planning a 50,000-tonne-per-year commercial plant, scheduled for 2016 start up to enable the full commercial launch of PEF bottles.
In a paper on CO2 as a substrate for a sustainable biotech industry, Klaas Hellingwert of Amsterdam University in the Netherlands, referred to various means of photosynthesis, including use of cyanobacteria. He recommended photosynthesis based on three-dimensional illumination with light-emitting-diode lights. Based on 70 percent LED efficiency and 50 percent photovoltaic efficiency, it would be possible to achieve conversion into fuel with 35 percent efficiency using 700 nanometer photons. Overall 10 percent efficiency with 0.1 MW per acre would mean "a field of solar panels on non-fertile soil would drive natural photosynthesis more efficiently than plant photosynthesis on its own."
Hellingwert said this solution does not compete with food supply or create a minerals problem and needs little water. But "designer organisms" should be developed for maximum efficiency.
Mathias Reckers of the LIKAT Leibniz institute for catalysis in Rostock, Germany, and I. Peckermann of Bayer Technical Services GmbH promoted carbon capture and utilization rather than carbon capture and storage, saying CO2 should be considered as an economical and abundant raw material rather than waste.
Jeanette Hilf of Johannes-Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany, said use of CO2 as a direct building block for aliphatic PC "may eventually enable elimination of toxic reactants such as phosgene" by using appropriate catalysts for CO2 copolymerize with epoxides. Functionality distributed randomly at the polymer backbone could provide for tailored hydrophilic and hydrophobic properties, as well as biodegradability.


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Sudan: Combating human trafficking in the east
19 December - In Eastern Sudan, thousands of asylum seekers, refugees and migrants from neighbouring countries are at risk of being trafficked every year. Leaving behind lives of poverty, discrimination and exploitation, these people risk everything in the hope of a better life. Tragically, this exodus from a life of suffering is often more perilous than they anticipated.
Those most vulnerable are newly-arrived asylum seekers, mainly of Eritrean origin, who cross the border into Eastern Sudan. Both 2011 and 2012 saw a significant increase in the number of asylum seekers being kidnapped and trafficked in the east. In 2012 the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) reported an average of 30 kidnappings per month. However, this number is likely to be much higher as many people are kidnapped before they have the chance to register as asylum seekers. Many trafficking victims may also initially give their consent to being smuggled, only to be coerced later on.
UNHCR and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) are implementing a comprehensive strategy to support the Government's efforts to protect migrants, as well as other potential victims, from the risk of human trafficking.
A strategy to end human trafficking
At its core, this strategy highlights the need for a range of responses to address human trafficking. According to Kai Nielsen, UNHCR's Representative in Sudan, the fight against human trafficking cannot be separated from the extreme vulnerability of migrants.
"We cannot lose sight of the underlying reasons why human trafficking has become so pervasive," Nielsen says. "Addressing human trafficking means we must also address issues such as the exploitation of migrants, gender discrimination, poverty and the legislative capacity of authorities across the region.
"It is important that we develop a more focused and regional strategy which recognizes that the problem of human trafficking extends far beyond the East, Khartoum and even Sudan itself."
UNHCR and IOM, in collaboration with the Government of Sudan, have developed a range of interventions. Improving security in border areas has been a key part of the response, with the opening of a new Reception Centre at Hamdayet on Sudan's border indicative of efforts to establish a secure point of first contact for asylum-seekers and migrants within Sudan.
Additional responses include improving security in refugee camps, expanding psychological treatment offered to trafficking victims, developing the legal means to prosecute traffickers and establishing special programmes for unaccompanied children.
Significant progress has been made
Significant progress has already been made says UNHCR's Nielsen. "The Government of Sudan has been very determined in its efforts to combat human trafficking. Since 2012 the Government has prosecuted 25 traffickers. Furthermore security in refugee camps, and in areas between Sudan's international borders and refugee camps, has been stepped up."
The overall number of kidnapping and trafficking incidents has decreased substantially in 2013, with a total of 89 incidents reported to UNHCR up to the end of November, compared to 324 cases in the same period last year.
UNHCR and IOM have appealed for US$5 million to continue this work in 2014.
The lucrative business of human trafficking
In Kassala state on Sudan's eastern border there have been numerous reports of migrants, including women and children, being kidnapped and forcibly taken to other areas of Sudan or neighboring countries.
Unaccompanied minors and children separated from their parents are particularly vulnerable, with traffickers often viewing them as easy kidnapping targets. Many of these minors are first hosted in the unaccompanied children's centre at the Shagarab refugee camp. However, according to UNHCR the relative security provided in Shagarab is short-lived, with two-thirds of children leaving the camp shortly after arrival, increasing their risk of being kidnapped and trafficked.
The issue is not merely confined to Sudan's eastern border regions. Khartoum has reportedly also become a hub for the trafficking trade, acting as both a transit and destination point for traffickers. The lack of registration of refugees in urban areas has complicated efforts to protect vulnerable people in the capital from human traffickers. However, through the recent resumption of refugee registration in Khartoum, increased community outreach and active protection interventions, UNHCR has been able to support more victims in urban areas.
Trafficking victims are routinely held hostage for long periods of time, and their families are often contacted with extortion demands ranging between $5,000 and $40,000. Accounts of severe sexual and physical violence are frequent. When families are unable to pay the ransom, the violence intensifies.
"The abuse, exploitation and violence inflicted upon so many trafficking victims demonstrates a complete disregard for human life," says Mark Cutts, Head of OCHA in Sudan. "No matter who the victims are or where they come from, we must do everything we can to end this abhorrent practice."
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One of my patients has silicone breast implants. She gave birth to a healthy baby boy but is afraid to breastfeed because she read in a magazine that the baby might be affected by silicone secreted in the milk. How should I advise her?
Neither silicone nor its components could be measured in the breast milk of women with silicone implants. Your patient should be able to breastfeed safely.
Millions of women worldwide have silicone breast implants, either for esthetic reasons or as part of reconstructive surgery (eg, after mastectomy). During the last few years, claims have been made that silicone implants cause connective-tissue autoimmune disease in women,1 but repeated scientific reviews have failed to confirm these reports.2-4 Subsequently, several reports (mainly from one group) suggested a sclerodermalike syndrome exhibited as esophageal dysfunction in the children of mothers with silicone implants.4 These studies were heavily criticized, mainly for selection bias (ie, the children studied were chosen from a certain interest group and were not randomly selected).5 Despite this, silicone-implanted women were advised through popular magazines and Internet sites (but not through the peer-reviewed medical literature) not to breastfeed.
In one case, an American physician suggested through his website that, in addition to not breastfeeding, women should consider treating their infants with the antimalarial agent hydroxychloroquine (Plaquenil), which is used as a second-line drug for connective-tissue diseases. Hydroxychloroquine was never approved for use in children and is highly toxic to them in overdose. Above all, the suggested "treatment" was offered for a disease not generally accepted by the medical community.
The advantages of breastfeeding to the health and well-being of infants are well documented.6 It has been shown in both developing and developed countries that breastfeeding has a protective effect in terms of both infant morbidity and mortality. Most women who have breast implants and have preserved mammary glands can breastfeed; women who obtain implants after mastectomy cannot.
The Motherisk Program is one of very few programs worldwide that counsel women on the safety of breastfeeding while taking drugs or being exposed to chemicals. In addition to critical review of all published data, we conduct original studies in areas where such information does not exist.7 The notion that women were told not to breastfeed led us to publish the first measurements of silicone in the breast milk in two of our patients. There was no evidence of exposure in their infants.5 Subsequently, Semple and colleagues measured silicone levels in the milk of 15 silicone-implanted women and compared them with levels in 34 women with no implants.8
Results indicated similar concentrations of silicone in women with implants (55.5±35 ng/mL) and controls (51.0±31ng/mL). The mean silicone level measured in store-bought cow's milk was 708.9 ng/mL, and in 26 brands of commercially available infant formula was 4402 ng/mL. The authors concluded that lactating women with silicone implants have levels of silicone in their breast milk and blood similar to control women.
Physicians should support women with breast implants who wish to breastfeed, because there is no evidence of any fetal risks. In contrast, formula feeding is associated with increased morbidity among infants compared with breastfeeding.
Supported by a grant from the Medical Research Council.
- Spiera H. Scleroderma after silicone augmentation mammoplasty. JAMA 1988; 260:236-8.
- European Committee on Quality Assurance and Medical Devices in Plastic Surgery. Consensus declaration on breast implants. Regensburg, Ger: European Committee on Quality Assurance and Medical Devices in Plastic Surgery; 1998.
- The Independent Review Group. Silicone gel breast implants. Cambridge, Engl: Jill Rogers Associates; 1998.
- Levine JJ, Ilowite NT. Sclerodermalike esophageal disease in children breast-fed by mothers with silicone breast implants. JAMA 1994;271:213-6.
- Liau M, Ito S, Koren G. Sclerodermalike esophageal disease in children of mothers with silicone breast implants [letter]. JAMA 1994;271:767-70.
- Taddio A, Ito S. Drug use during lactation. In: Koren G, editor. Maternal-fetal toxicology; a clinician's guide. New York: Marcel Dekker; 1994. p. 133-219.
- Ito S, Blachjman A, Stephenson M, Eliopoulos C, Hortlash N, Koren G. Prospective follow-up of adverse reactions in breastfed infants exposed to maternal medication. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1993;168:1393-9.
- Semple JL, Lugowski SJ, Buines CJ, Smith DC, McHugh A. Breast milk contamination and silicone implants: preliminary results using silicone as a proxy measurement for silicone. Plast Reconstr Surg 1998;102:528-33.
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Chinese Lieutenant General of the People's Liberation Army Wang Guanzhong spoke at the Shangri-La Dialogue (Asia Security Summit) in Singapore on June 1, 2014. He outlined China's regional defense plans and responded to Japanese Prime Minister Abe's and U.S. Secretary of Defense Hagel's remarks about China's policies and actions in the region.
I will only make a few remarks, in contrast with the lengthy remarks by Mr. Abe and Mr. Hagel to condemn China. I have two considerations. First, as a Chinese proverb goes, it is not polite not to reciprocate. Second, this dialogue is meant to be a forum for everyone to discuss and speak out. And truth can emerge from discussions and debate. Since Mr. Abe and Mr. Hagel have voiced their views about China, I would like to comment on their views, as a way of discussion.
I think the Chinese delegation, the other Chinese as well as many foreign friends attending that session would share my thoughts that the remarks of Mr. Abe and Secretary Hagel staged provocations to China. A foreign friend of mine told me that it was unimaginable for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and US Secretary of Defense Mr. Chuck Hagel to make such unwarranted accusations against China. He was right. Those remarks were totally beyond my expectation.
I feel that the speeches of Mr. Abe and Mr. Hagel have been pre-coordinated. They supported and encouraged each other in provoking and challenging China, taking advantage of being the first to speak at the Dialogue. The focus of Mr. Abe's speech was on China, although he did not name China openly. No matter whether he named China or not and how he tried to whitewash his speech, I believe the entire audience understood that he was targeting China. Mr. Hagel also focused his remarks on China and the entire audience could feel it. Mr. Abe, overtly or covertly, explicitly or implicitly and directly or indirectly condemned China. Mr. Hagel was more frank and straightforward when he made unwanted accusations against China. As for their different approaches and attitude, I would say I prefer those of Mr. Hagel. If you have something to say, say it directly. As an invited government leader, Mr. Abe is supposed to promote peace and security of the Asia-Pacific region with his constructive ideas in line with the principles of the Shangri-la Dialogue. Instead, in violation of those principles, he was trying to stir up disputes and trouble. I do not think this is acceptable or in agreement with the spirit of the Dialogue. Mr. Hagel was more outspoken than I expected. And I personally believe that his speech is a speech with tastes of hegemony, a speech with expressions of coercion and intimidation, a speech with flaring rhetoric that usher destabilizing factors into the Asia-Pacific to stir up trouble, and a speech with unconstructive attitude. Therefore, one can judge from the two speeches, as well as Mr. Abe and Mr. Hagel's deeds: who is really stirring up trouble and tension in the region and who is initiating disputes and spat? China has never initiated disputes over territorial sovereignty and the delimitation of maritime boundary. China only takes countermeasures against others' provocation. Moreover, China has never initiated provocations on any bilateral or multilateral occasions or at the Shangri-La Dialogue. Who has initiated the ongoing debate? This is well-known to all. Second, from the speeches of Mr. Abe and Mr. Hagel, we know who is really assertive. Assertiveness has come from the joint actions of the United States and Japan, not China.


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Thread: Rope Fish fell in Hot Water :(
02-11-2013, 07:36 PM #1Member Platy
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Rope Fish fell in Hot Water :(
Hi all, Unfortunately today while cleaning my tank one of my rope fish stayed hiding in one of my rock decor. I went to put the rock enclosure in hot water (its was hot but still warm enough for me to leave my hands in) to clean off some brown algae. The whole piece did not fit so I flipped it over and 5 seconds later i could hear one of my rope fishes swim or jump up and out of the rock decor and on to the floor. Picked him up right way with my hands because i didn't want him to squirm away while i got a net and put him in the tank. I am not 100% sure which one it was that fell in the the hot water but one of the rope fishes lips seem to be a little red compared to the other rope fish (first degree burn maybe or just irritated?) Gills seem to be working fine and he is swimming around like nothing happened while the other one which shows no signs of damage is hiding around which is also normal. I know hurt fish will tend to act normal so they do not become pray.
What should I look out for?
Is he really just acting like he is fine by swimming around calmly but could actually be hurt?
Or if he was really hurt would be hiding in a dark place like they normally do anyways?
Any Advice would be great!
And yes I learned my lesson to make a count before I start to clean my aquarium!
I would think if he was hurt badly, he would either hide a lot, stop eating, or both.
It might just be best to keep a close eye on him for the next week or two and complete a lot of extra water changes. As it sounds like he had some of his skin damaged, lots of fresh clean water will help that heal up fasterIf you take your time to do the research FIRST, you can successfully set-up and keep ANY type of aquarium with ease.
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The major danger is something that was brought up yesterday - bubble 'disease' . That is, when a fish is expose to hot water oxygen in their blood stream can come out of solution and form bubbles causing minor to massive damage (so, it isn't a disease at all but the name of the problem.) If it is massive damage it will show very quickly and the fish will very likely die. Minor damage will distress the fish to th extent the damage has occured but they should recover - consider extra air. Gill damage may also be part of it and I'd suggest some aquarium salt for regular fish but 'rope fish' might not tolerate such a treatment. Others might know more on that issue.Knowledge is fun(damental)
A 75 gal with eight Discus, fake plants, and a lot of wood also with sand substrate. Clean up crew is down to just two Sterba's Corys. Filters: continuous new water flow; canister w/UV, in-tank algae scrubber!! Finally, junked the nitrate removal unit from hell.
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If he doesn't look stressed or act stressed I think he is probably alright. Like Cliff said, keep a close watch on him, or all of them since you aren't 100% which one it is now, and keep the water clean with extra water changes.When I go fishing I just throw sharp rocks in the water and wait for the dead fish to float to the top... Kingfisher
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I think my fish is adjusting well to the four gallon, He's laying on his side attempting to go to sleep on the bottom of the gravel.
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02-11-2013, 10:50 PM #5Member Platy
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Little Update.. He is still swimming around no problem and is not skittish at all so he seems to have no stress , His eye's show no signs of wear and tear which i would assume is a very good sign seeing as that is probably their most sensitive area. He opened his mouth and it all looked good in there too! (just a lil red around its mouth). Like said I will defiantly keep a close eye on them and do a few changes a week!
Sounds liike he is fine - in order for the hot water to create the bubbles in their blood stream, the oxygen levels in the the fish's blood need's to be near saturation, which is not common for most aquarium situations. I believe the fish is in the clear.Knowledge is fun(damental)
A 75 gal with eight Discus, fake plants, and a lot of wood also with sand substrate. Clean up crew is down to just two Sterba's Corys. Filters: continuous new water flow; canister w/UV, in-tank algae scrubber!! Finally, junked the nitrate removal unit from hell.
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Update... Rope Fish are doing Great! Dancing around at night time and eating their krill..
so glad he's okay. I'm sure you've been horribly worried.30 g FW planted:corys, female ABNP, blue angel, harleys, zebra danios, rummies,
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Judging from the vigorous bubbling I see in the background, it's clear your tank has plenty of oxygen from surface agitation. Sounds like your fish is fine. The water couldn't have been that hot, or he would have been scalded. The abrupt change in temperature would have been the greater concern here, I would think. Looks like he's none the worse from the experience, but as others here have advised, keep an eye on him for awhile.20 gal. high: planted; 7 white cloud minnows, several RCS, 2 blue shrimp, 5 Amano shrimp, several snails; Azoo air. 65 gal: planted; 6 rosy barbs, 6 yellow glofish, 3 red glofish, 3 zebra danios, 5 white cloud minnows, 3 dojo loaches, 6 crimson spot rainbow fish, 12 large Amano Shrimp, several snails; AC110.
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That's a beautiful fish! I love their downward facing fins. Is this a type of goldfish?


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"This relationship dates all the way back to 1977 when THAI became one of our earliest customers, placing its first order for the original A300 series," explained Kiran Rao, the Airbus Executive Vice President for Sales & Marketing.
Since then, THAI has operated a full range of aircraft from Airbus' product line: the A300, A310, A330 and A340, followed recently by the A320. In addition to now expanding its operational lineup with the first of six A380s on order, THAI also is a customer for future deliveries of Airbus' A350 XWB, which is entering production.
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