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Russell E. Palmer was Managing Partner and Chief Executive Officer of Touche Ross International (now Deloitte), an accounting and consulting firm. He became CEO at age 37, the youngest person ever to attain that position in a "Big Eight" firm.
After 27 years in the accounting and consulting profession, Russell Palmer became Dean of The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. As the tenth Dean, and the first to come from the private sector, he shared his management experience with MBA students in a leadership course that he developed. He was instrumental in attracting over 100 new faculty members to the school, building a new executive education program and complex, and raising over $120 million for the school.
For his third career, he formed The Palmer Group where he is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Active in the outside business community, Mr. Palmer has served on numerous New York Stock Exchange boards including Honeywell International, Inc., Verizon Communications, Inc., The May Department Stores Company, and The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company. He is a Trustee Emeritus of the University of Pennsylvania and a former Trustee of the National Constitution Center. He served on the board of Main Line Health and the Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School Board of Overseers. He currently serves on the board of The Mann Center for the Performing Arts and is a Member of the Smithsonian National Board.
The Russell E. Palmer Charitable Trust has provided leadership, support services, education-focused programs, scholarships and financial support to West Philadelphia public high schools and an array of local and other non-profit organizations.
Russell Palmer graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree, cum laude, from Michigan State University and has received several honorary degrees. He has written and lectured extensively. His articles and essays have appeared in Business Week, the New York Times, the Journal of Accountancy, and other publications. He is the author of the recently released book Ultimate Leadership.
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Seppi advances, Paire exits Winston-Salem
Italian Andreas Seppi was among the winners at the ATP Winston-Salem, while Benoit Paire exited on Sunday.
None of the seeds were in action at the ATP 250 tournament, where Cincinnati Masters semi-finalist David Goffin is the top seed while Roberto Bautista Agut will not defend his title.
Seppi, though, was in action and the three-time Tour winner saw off Joao Sousa 7-5 6-4 to earn a meeting with 14th seed Nicolas Jarry.
The match was won on Seppi's racquet after he claimed 33 of his 36 first serve points, saving all three break points in the process.
Fiery Frenchman Paire was sent packing by Jan-Lennard Struff, with the German scheduled to take on fourth seed Marco Cecchinato.
Australian sensation and 15th seed Alex de Minaur is next up for Daniil Medvedev, who defeated Mirza Basic 6-4 6-4.
Veteran Marcos Baghdatis lost 7-6 (7-2) 6-4 to Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, while Roberto Carballes Baena accounted for Guido Pella 6-4 6-2.


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HA NOI (VNS) — Eighty-three-year old Nguyen Thi Lap could not hold back her tears as she recalled the experiences of female revolutionaries from the southern part of the country during the American War.
From 1962, Lap had led the "Long-haired Army" in Can Tho City's Giai Xuan Commune.
"I have been jailed and tortured by the enemy many times, but when I was released, I immediately joined the movement again and encouraged other women to join."
She also told Viet Nam News that when she and her husband were away from home, participating in the resistance, her five-year-old daughter fell into a well and drowned.
"I went crazy and wanted to kill myself," she said, crying, "but then I realised that many other women were even more unfortunate than me. Many of them lost one, two or even three children because of the war."
Viet Nam News spoke to Lap as she looked at photographs and other war memorabilia displayed at the exhibition Two Sisters – Two Frontlines now open at the Vietnamese Women's Museum in Ha Noi.
The exhibition marks the 55th anniversary of the "Long-haired Army" (1960-2015) and 50th anniversary of the "Three responsibilities" (1965-2015) movements.
Attending the exhibition's opening ceremony yesterday, Nguyen Thien Nhan, president of the Viet Nam Fatherland Front Central Committee, said the resistance against the US reaffirmed the important role of Vietnamese women who were courageous, undaunted, loyal and capable.
They not only encouraged their husbands and sons to go into battle, they also joined the fight themselves, he said.
"I expect that the exhibition will draw a large number of visitors, especially men," he said.
"Through this exhibition, they can understand and respect more the Vietnamese women who lived during the war and those who are around them now."
The Vietnamese Women's Museum co-operated with the Southern Women's Museum and the Museum of Nam Dinh Province to present the exhibition.
Duong Thi Hang, a museum officer, said the exhibition was dedicated to Vietnamese women who contributed to the nation's victory.
"We have re-constructed an A-shaped bomb shelter which was popular during the American War to give visitors a chance to get into the shelter and imagine the wartime," she said.
In another activity, second graders from the capital city's Nguyen Du Primary School were invited to visit the exhibition and learn how to weave straw hats that children used to protect themselves from lethal weapons during the war.
"This is the first time I am wearing this kind of hat, they are so big and heavy," said Nguyen Nguyet Anh.
"We like to learn how to make them. I have seen many black-and-white photos in which children of my age are wearing them."
After the Geneva Agreement on restoring peace in Viet Nam was signed in 1954, Viet Nam was divided into two regions.
The North was liberated and entered a period of building socialism and joined the South in fighting US imperialism and reunifying the country.
Women from all the regions took part in many activities that aided the war effort and directly contributed to the nation's revolutionary cause.
Founded on March 8 in 1961, the Women's Union for the Liberation of South Viet Nam became an effective banner that gathered women from all walks of life to join the resistance.
Women in southern Viet Nam creatively carried out the "Long-haired Army" movement, combining combat with political struggle, military and agitprop among enemy troops.
Their northern brethren joined the "Three Responsibilities" movement launched in March 1965, which had them take active roles in industrial production, looking after the family and in defending the homeland.
The exhibition will run until March 31 at the Vietnamese Women's Museum, 36 Ly Thuong Kiet Street, Ha Noi. — VNS


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|Collage by Chris Deatherage, formatter of the book series and creator of my website.
She and I encourage you to shop at your local indie book shop in honor of this day and to ask them to order a copy of volume one and/or volume two of our book series.
All you need to give anyone working at the store of your choice is my name, Patricia Youngquist, or the titles, Words In Our Beak Volume One and/or Words In Our Beak Volume Two.
Hardcover versions of Volume One, Two and Three can now be found wherever books are sold.
Please click here to go to my blog post that provides details as to where you can get these books.
Additionally, I have rendered some images from these books into other formats and they are available via Fine Art America (FAA). Some of my other photographs (Black & White Collection, Kaleidoscopic Images and the famous Mandarin duck who visited NYC) can also be found on my FAA pages.


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From Inside Time July 2013
Being a caseworker here at Inside Justice is fascinating. Attempting to piece together all the elements of a potential miscarriage of justice is rather like taking apart a building to see how it was built in the first place.
My role is as a tiny administrative cog in a larger machine populated by those with far greater experience and expertise, but tend to be the first port of call for cases. Fighting off my homicidal cat, I sit at my table, scrabble to find something to put on the TV in the background, flex my fingers and unleash the greatest invention of human intellect the internet. Your letters arrive in the office, get scanned, and then emailed to ;me by Louise, The Boss (not to be confused with Eric McGraw, The Boss of Everything).
I then read everything you send, summarise it and recommend our response to Louise. Sometimes I'm right! Letters and First Response Forms are then sent out to you. And this form is crucial, for it asks you for information that the initial incoming letters rarely contain. Reading a letter that just says I'm innocent, can you please help? tends to ruin my morning coffee what the hell am I meant to do with that?!
Many people approach us with pages of arguments as to why they are innocent. Useful stuff, but what is central in dealing with a miscarriage of justice is to know the worst evidence against you not the best version of events, but the worst. For it is that worst version that convicted you, and that's the version that needs to be unravelled before the Court of Appeal can do its business. And that is the information some of you don't like to share.
We are diligent researchers. The first thing I do is Google. And nothing is more frustrating than finding a news report or court papers that reveal crucial pieces of information that you have forgotten to tell us. We will find out, so please be up-front from the beginning. We understand that even a case that looks overwhelmingly guilty may not be all that it seems. However, our work can cut both ways; there are times when we will discover evidence which goes to confirm guilt and we will expect to commission any test which has the potential ;to prove innocence or guilt, not just cherry pick according to your wish-list. Inside Justice works towards the ends of justice, to free the genuinely innocent from prison, and this work is taken very seriously. If you are guilty, please do not ask us to find a legal technicality or error to free you. With limited resources our focus is on the genuinely innocent.
There are cases which, by their very nature, are incredibly difficult to progress. Historical abuse cases are often impossible for us to help with, as are the he said, she said rape convictions. Whilst there are such cases where surrounding evidence may be capable of being useful, the question we ultimately ask ourselves is what we can do to test the evidence, if that comes down to whether the accuser is sticking to their story, the options open to us will be extremely limited.
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My Treasures
January 25, 2012
We moved from a 2 acre property last year to a suburban home. At our previous home we had a decent collection of "stuff". Here are some of the "my treasures" that I have not been able to part with. I love old things. I think they have so much character, they can generate feelings of nostalgia, good memories and a wonder of a time past. I am working to incorporate my treasures into my new garden. Our new garden was started from scratch so it is evolving all the time.
Here are some of my treasures:
I would love to know what treasures you have in your garden. Let me know via the Comments below.
This post is part of Wordless Wednesday at My Little Drummer Boys.
I love old bottles, and that oil lamp is devine! I have the frame from an old dolls pram in my garden. I actually published a pic of it in a post on Monday this week, although the photo was of the garden, not the pram. 🙂Reply
Lol Nee yes it was a nightmare for Mr Fresh he did loads and loads of trips in his ute before the removalists came – I was 6 months pregnant with Cuddles so I only had to do the packing. Moving house is always a pain…..Ohh bad memories!! Fingers crossed we don't need to do it again in a hurry.Reply
Oooo how lovely!!!! I love the plow thats such a cool thing to have in the 'burbs..
We have a rather large collection of gnomes.. not my collection.. my partner is obsessed with them…
I collect cookie cutters.. 🙂Reply
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Utah's lower levels of PreK-12 education investment and BA attainment threaten our future prosperity
Salt Lake City, UT – A new report by Voices for Utah Children compares Utah and Colorado for economic opportunity and finds that the two states are close competitors, with Utah ahead in 9 key areas and Colorado in 12. The most positive news is that Utah wins for business climate ranking and social mobility. The most disturbing news is that in 2014, for the first time on record, Utah fell behind the nation in Bachelor's degrees, continuing a long-term relative decline.
Utah and Colorado are considered peer states, competing with each other for growth and business investment and to attract the same highly-skilled, mobile professionals and business owners seeking the best economic opportunities and the unique Intermountain West quality of life. Utah's success in our competition with peer states like Colorado helps determine whether we create enough jobs for our children and what their standard of living will be.
The report compares Utah and Colorado on 21 specific metrics of economic opportunity, covering:
• Business Climate
• Employment and unemployment
• Productivity
• Entrepreneurship
• Education system investment and performance
• Status of women
• School-to-prison pipeline
• Income inequality and social mobility
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"The gaps in educational attainment are perhaps the finding of greatest concern for Utah's long-term future," said Matthew Weinstein, State Priorities Partnership Director. "How will we close the gaps in productivity and wages if the next generation of workers continues to fall behind?"
Utah is ranked last in the nation for per pupil K-12 education funding. Colorado also invests more in public pre-school education than Utah. On average, Colorado third-graders have had about 18 months more instructional time than their Utah counterparts because of Colorado's greater investment in preschool and all-day kindergarten. In 2013, only 13% of Utah kindergartners were enrolled in full-day kindergarten and only 13% of Utah 4-year-olds attended publicly funded preschool.
"If we want Utah kids to succeed in school, Utah needs to get out of last place for per pupil funding of K-12 education and invest in early education. Kids need to begin school ready to learn," said Tess Davis, State Priorities Policy Analyst. "The Legislature took a big step in this direction in 2016 by passing SB101, which added $11 million for high-quality pre-K." Funding high quality pre-K for low income children and offering optional all-day kindergarten are considered best practices for early education.
While Utahns do not match Colorado workers' productivity, Utah does rank higher than Colorado for business climate and has a lower unemployment rate. Utah is also a top performer for lowering income inequality and ensuring upward social mobility for low-income kids, in part by referring fewer minority students to law enforcement compared to Colorado.
One reason for Coloradans' higher productivity is their much higher level of college degrees, with a lead over the nation that has grown in recent decades. Unfortunately, Utah has been going in the opposite direction and fell behind the nation for the first time in 2014 on Bachelor's degrees, continuing a long-term decline relative to the nation. Utah has attempted to arrest this decline by investing more in higher education than Colorado on a per-student basis.
The new report, "A Comparative Look at Utah and Colorado: Part I: Economic Opportunity" is the first part of Voices for Utah Children's "Working Families Benchmarking Project," which will compare Utah's performance on a variety of economic trends to peer states. The project draws from many existing economic comparison studies and economy rankings but focuses on how the economy is experienced by middle- and lower-income families. It is the children from these families are most at risk for not achieving their potential in school and later in the workplace and in society in general.
For more information, see the complete report:
A Comparative Look at Utah and Colorado: Part I: Economic Opportunity
Later this month Voices for Utah Children will release the second part of this report: "A Comparative Look at Utah and Colorado: Part II: Standard of Living".
For 30 years now, Voices for Utah Children has called on our state, federal and local leaders to put children's needs first. But the work is not done. The children of 30 years ago now have children of their own. Too many of these children are growing up in poverty, without access to healthcare or quality educational opportunities.
How can you be involved?
Make a tax-deductible donation to Voices for Utah Children—or join our Network with a monthly donation of $20 or more. Network membership includes complimentary admission to Network events with food, socializing, and opportunity to meet child advocacy experts. And don't forget to join our listserv to stay informed!
We look forward to the future of Voices for Utah Children and we hope you will be a part of our next 30 years.
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A great boat for people who like smaller groups. With it's 6 rooms there will be never more than 12 divers on board. This liveaboard is really really cosy and even people who used to book the more newer "flashy looking" yachts keep repeating to this one. Hard to beat this cosy and personal atmosphere.
A great feature is the covered table on the bow deck. Lying for anchor it is the best place to be with a fresh breeze.Not hot and with a good view of what lies ahead. Another great thing is that it has one deck less than most other boats, which makes it (for a smaller boat) rather stable in waves. All the cabins are on the lower deck, but all means . . . just six.
You will never find yourself in a big group here, everything cosy and personal. Don't even think that the diving is any less because the Atoll is very capable boat with a very professional crew and will also visit the Southern Atolls in the high season. Safe to say that size matters, but not in the way we often think!
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Skillet Basil Cream Chicken has always been one of my favorite recipes. Creamy sauce made with buttermilk and cheese, breaded chicken, tomatoes, fresh herbs, and more make up this super easy, delicious, and fool-proof chicken dinner. ADAPTED from Becky Hardin – The Cookie Rookie
¼ cup buttermilk
¼ cup dry breadcrumbs
4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
4-5 tablespoons unsalted butter
2 tablespoons avocado oil
¼ cup chicken broth
2 tablespoons dry sherry
1 cup heavy cream
1 shallot, sliced thin
1/2 pound button mushrooms, sliced thin
1 (4 ounce) can pimentos, drained OR 2 small sweet peppers, diced
1 can petite diced tomatoes, drained (optional)
¼ cup fresh basil leaves, chopped
1 cup grated Parmesan cheese
2 tablespoons garlic & herb cheese, like Boursin
½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- Place chicken breasts in a shallow dish and cover with buttermilk for 10-15 minutes.
- Pour breadcrumbs in another shallow dish.
- Heat skillet over medium heat and add 2 tablespoons butter and 1 tablespoon avocado oil.
- Dredge chicken pieces in the breadcrumbs and place in the hot skillet.
- Cook 5 minutes or until bottom side is crispy and golden brown.
- Add remaining butter and oil and flip the breasts over.
- Cook another 5-7 minutes or until chicken is cooked through.
- Transfer the chicken to a plate and set aside.
- Add shallots to pan, cooking until soft.
- Add mushrooms, cooking until starting to caramelize.
- Add chicken broth and sherry to the skillet to deglaze, scraping the brown bits off the bottom of the skillet and bring to a boil over medium heat.
- Add the cream, pimentos or peppers and tomatoes.
- Bring to a boil and cook 1 minute, stirring constantly.
- Reduce heat to low and add Parmesan cheese, garlic-herb cheese, basil and black pepper.
- Simmer and cook until sauce reduces by half.
- Add the chicken back into the sauce and heat through.
- Serve over pasta with sauce.
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I can easily clip out a circle.
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Exactly what I was looking for at the right price. No stress quick exact circles with no need to drag out my cricut.
I thought it would be more easier. Apparently there is a trick that you learn with the experience using it.
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The Fischer-Tropsch process is a collection of chemical reactions that converts a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen into liquid hydrocarbons. These reactions occur in the presence of metal catalysts, typically at temperatures of 150-300 °C (302-572 °F) and pressures of one to several tens of atmospheres. The process was first developed by Franz Fischer and Hans Tropsch at the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut für Kohlenforschung in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany, in 1925.[1]
As a premier example of C1 chemistry, the Fischer-Tropsch process is an important reaction in both coal liquefaction and gas to liquids technology for producing liquid hydrocarbons.[2] In the usual implementation, carbon monoxide and hydrogen, the feedstocks for FT, are produced from coal, natural gas, or biomass in a process known as gasification. The Fischer-Tropsch process then converts these gases into a synthetic lubrication oil and synthetic fuel.[3] The Fischer-Tropsch process has received intermittent attention as a source of low-sulfur diesel fuel and to address the supply or cost of petroleum-derived hydrocarbons.
The Fischer-Tropsch process involves a series of chemical reactions that produce a variety of hydrocarbons, ideally having the formula (CnH2n+2). The more useful reactions produce alkanes as follows:
where n is typically 10-20. The formation of methane (n = 1) is unwanted. Most of the alkanes produced tend to be straight-chain, suitable as diesel fuel. In addition to alkane formation, competing reactions give small amounts of alkenes, as well as alcohols and other oxygenated hydrocarbons.[4]
Converting a mixture of H2 and CO into aliphatic products is a multi-step reaction with several intermediate compounds. The growth of the hydrocarbon chain may be visualized as involving a repeated sequence in which hydrogen atoms are added to carbon and oxygen, the C-O bond is split and a new C-C bond is formed. For one -CH2- group produced by CO + 2 H2 -> (CH2) + H2O, several reactions are necessary:
The conversion of CO to alkanes involves hydrogenation of CO, the hydrogenolysis (cleavage with H2) of C-O bonds, and the formation of C-C bonds. Such reactions are assumed to proceed via initial formation of surface-bound metal carbonyls. The CO ligand is speculated to undergo dissociation, possibly into oxide and carbide ligands.[5] Other potential intermediates are various C1 fragments including formyl (CHO), hydroxycarbene (HCOH), hydroxymethyl (CH2OH), methyl (CH3), methylene (CH2), methylidyne (CH), and hydroxymethylidyne (COH). Furthermore, and critical to the production of liquid fuels, are reactions that form C-C bonds, such as migratory insertion. Many related stoichiometric reactions have been simulated on discrete metal clusters, but homogeneous Fischer-Tropsch catalysts are poorly developed and of no commercial importance.
Addition of isotopically labelled alcohol to the feed stream results in incorporation of alcohols into product. This observation establishes the facility of C-O bond scission. Using 14C-labelled ethylene and propene over cobalt catalysts results in incorporation of these olefins into the growing chain. Chain growth reaction thus appears to involve both 'olefin insertion' as well as 'CO-insertion'.[6]
Fischer-Tropsch plants associated with coal or related solid feedstocks (sources of carbon) must first convert the solid fuel into gaseous reactants, i.e., CO, H2, and alkanes. This conversion is called gasification and the product is called synthesis gas ("syngas"). Synthesis gas obtained from coal gasification tends to have a H2:CO ratio of ~0.7 compared to the ideal ratio of ~2. This ratio is adjusted via the water-gas shift reaction. Coal-based Fischer-Tropsch plants produce varying amounts of CO2, depending upon the energy source of the gasification process. However, most coal-based plants rely on the feed coal to supply all the energy requirements of the Fischer-Tropsch process.
Carbon monoxide for FT catalysis is derived from hydrocarbons. In gas to liquids (GTL) technology, the hydrocarbons are low molecular weight materials that often would be discarded or flared. Stranded gas provides relatively cheap gas. GTL is viable provided gas remains relatively cheaper than oil.
Several reactions are required to obtain the gaseous reactants required for Fischer-Tropsch catalysis. First, reactant gases entering a Fischer-Tropsch reactor must be desulfurized. Otherwise, sulfur-containing impurities deactivate ("poison") the catalysts required for Fischer-Tropsch reactions.[4]
Several reactions are employed to adjust the H2:CO ratio. Most important is the water-gas shift reaction, which provides a source of hydrogen at the expense of carbon monoxide:[4]
For Fischer-Tropsch plants that use methane as the feedstock, another important reaction is steam reforming, which converts the methane into CO and H2:
Generally, the Fischer-Tropsch process is operated in the temperature range of 150-300 °C (302-572 °F). Higher temperatures lead to faster reactions and higher conversion rates but also tend to favor methane production. For this reason, the temperature is usually maintained at the low to middle part of the range. Increasing the pressure leads to higher conversion rates and also favors formation of long-chained alkanes, both of which are desirable. Typical pressures range from one to several tens of atmospheres. Even higher pressures would be favorable, but the benefits may not justify the additional costs of high-pressure equipment, and higher pressures can lead to catalyst deactivation via coke formation.
A variety of synthesis-gas compositions can be used. For cobalt-based catalysts the optimal H2:CO ratio is around 1.8-2.1. Iron-based catalysts can tolerate lower ratios, due to intrinsic water-gas shift reaction activity of the iron catalyst. This reactivity can be important for synthesis gas derived from coal or biomass, which tend to have relatively low H2:CO ratios (< 1).
Efficient removal of heat from the reactor is the basic need of Fischer-Tropsch reactors since these reactions are characterized by high exothermicity. Four types of reactors are discussed:
In general the product distribution of hydrocarbons formed during the Fischer-Tropsch process follows an Anderson-Schulz-Flory distribution,[8] which can be expressed as:
where Wn is the weight fraction of hydrocarbons containing n carbon atoms, and ? is the chain growth probability or the probability that a molecule will continue reacting to form a longer chain. In general, ? is largely determined by the catalyst and the specific process conditions.
Examination of the above equation reveals that methane will always be the largest single product so long as ? is less than 0.5; however, by increasing ? close to one, the total amount of methane formed can be minimized compared to the sum of all of the various long-chained products. Increasing ? increases the formation of long-chained hydrocarbons. The very long-chained hydrocarbons are waxes, which are solid at room temperature. Therefore, for production of liquid transportation fuels it may be necessary to crack some of the Fischer-Tropsch products. In order to avoid this, some researchers have proposed using zeolites or other catalyst substrates with fixed sized pores that can restrict the formation of hydrocarbons longer than some characteristic size (usually n < 10). This way they can drive the reaction so as to minimize methane formation without producing lots of long-chained hydrocarbons. Such efforts have had only limited success.
A variety of catalysts can be used for the Fischer-Tropsch process, the most common are the transition metals cobalt, iron, and ruthenium. Nickel can also be used, but tends to favor methane formation ("methanation").
Cobalt-based catalysts are highly active, although iron may be more suitable for certain applications. Cobalt catalysts are more active for Fischer-Tropsch synthesis when the feedstock is natural gas. Natural gas has a high hydrogen to carbon ratio, so the water-gas shift is not needed for cobalt catalysts. Iron catalysts are preferred for lower quality feedstocks such as coal or biomass. Synthesis gases derived from these hydrogen-poor feedstocks has a low-hydrogen-content and require the water-gas shift reaction. Unlike the other metals used for this process (Co, Ni, Ru), which remain in the metallic state during synthesis, iron catalysts tend to form a number of phases, including various oxides and carbides during the reaction. Control of these phase transformations can be important in maintaining catalytic activity and preventing breakdown of the catalyst particles.
In addition to the active metal the catalysts typically contain a number of "promoters," including potassium and copper. Group 1 alkali metals, including potassium, are a poison for cobalt catalysts but are promoters for iron catalysts. Catalysts are supported on high-surface-area binders/supports such as silica, alumina, or zeolites.[9] Promoters also have an important influence on activity. Alkali metal oxides and copper are common promoters, but the formulation depends on the primary metal, iron vs cobalt.[10] Alkali oxides on cobalt catalysts generally cause activity to drop severely even with very low alkali loadings. C>=5 and CO2 selectivity increase while methane and C2-C4 selectivity decrease. In addition, the alkene to alkane ratio increases.
Fischer-Tropsch catalysts are sensitive to poisoning by sulfur-containing compounds. Cobalt-based catalysts are more sensitive than their iron counterparts.
Fischer-Tropsch iron catalysts need alkali promotion to attain high activity and stability (e.g. 0.5 wt% ). Addition of Cu for reduction promotion, addition of , for structural promotion and maybe some manganese can be applied for selectivity control (e.g. high olefinicity). The working catalyst is only obtained when--after reduction with hydrogen--in the initial period of synthesis several iron carbide phases and elemental carbon are formed whereas iron oxides are still present in addition to some metallic iron. With iron catalysts two directions of selectivity have been pursued. One direction has aimed at a low-molecular-weight olefinic hydrocarbon mixture to be produced in an entrained phase or fluid bed process (Sasol-Synthol process). Due to the relatively high reaction temperature (approx. 340 °C), the average molecular weight of the product is so low that no liquid product phase occurs under reaction conditions. The catalyst particles moving around in the reactor are small (particle diameter 100 µm) and carbon deposition on the catalyst does not disturb reactor operation. Thus a low catalyst porosity with small pore diameters as obtained from fused magnetite (plus promoters) after reduction with hydrogen is appropriate. For maximising the overall gasoline yield, C3 and C4 alkenes have been oligomerized at Sasol. However, recovering the olefins for use as chemicals in, e.g., polymerization processes is advantageous today. The second direction of iron catalyst development has aimed at highest catalyst activity to be used at low reaction temperature where most of the hydrocarbon product is in the liquid phase under reaction conditions. Typically, such catalysts are obtained through precipitation from nitrate solutions. A high content of a carrier provides mechanical strength and wide pores for easy mass transfer of the reactants in the liquid product filling the pores. The main product fraction then is a paraffin wax, which is refined to marketable wax materials at Sasol; however, it also can be very selectively hydrocracked to a high quality diesel fuel. Thus, iron catalysts are very flexible.
Ruthenium is the most active of the FT catalysts. It works at the lowest reaction temperatures, and it produces the highest molecular weight hydrocarbons. It acts as a Fischer-Tropsch catalyst as the pure metal, without any promoters, thus providing the simplest catalytic system of Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, where mechanistic conclusions should be the easiest--e.g., much easier than with iron as the catalyst. Like with nickel, the selectivity changes to mainly methane at elevated temperature. Its high price and limited world resources exclude industrial application. Systematic Fischer-Tropsch studies with ruthenium catalysts should contribute substantially to the further exploration of the fundamentals of Fischer-Tropsch synthesis. There is an interesting question to consider: what features have the metals nickel, iron, cobalt, and ruthenium in common to let them--and only them--be Fischer-Tropsch catalysts, converting the CO/H2 mixture to aliphatic (long chain) hydrocarbons in a 'one step reaction'. The term 'one step reaction' means that reaction intermediates are not desorbed from the catalyst surface. In particular, it is amazing that the much carbided alkalized iron catalyst gives a similar reaction as the just metallic ruthenium catalyst.[6]
High-Temperature Fischer-Tropsch (or HTFT) is operated at temperatures of 330-350 °C and uses an iron-based catalyst. This process was used extensively by Sasol in their coal-to-liquid plants (CTL). Low-Temperature Fischer-Tropsch (LTFT) is operated at lower temperatures and uses an iron or cobalt-based catalyst. This process is best known for being used in the first integrated GTL-plant operated and built by Shell in Bintulu, Malaysia.[11]
Since the invention of the original process by Fischer and Tropsch, working at the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut for Chemistry in the 1920s, many refinements and adjustments were made. Fischer and Tropsch filed a number of patents, e.g., U.S. Patent 1,746,464, applied 1926, published 1930.[12] It was commercialized by Brabag in Germany in 1936. Being petroleum-poor but coal-rich, Germany used the Fischer-Tropsch process during World War II to produce ersatz (replacement) fuels. Fischer-Tropsch production accounted for an estimated 9% of German war production of fuels and 25% of the automobile fuel.[13]
The United States Bureau of Mines, in a program initiated by the Synthetic Liquid Fuels Act, employed seven Operation Paperclip synthetic fuel scientists in a Fischer-Tropsch plant in Louisiana, Missouri in 1946.[13][14]
In Britain, Alfred August Aicher obtained several patents for improvements to the process in the 1930s and 1940s.[15] Aicher's company was named Synthetic Oils Ltd (not related to a company of the same name in Canada).[]
Around the 1930s and 1940s, Arthur Imhausen developed and implemented an industrial process for producing edible fats from these synthetic oils through oxidation.[16] The products were fractionally distilled and the edible fats were obtained from the - fraction[17] which were reacted with glycerol such as that synthesized from propylene.[18] Margarine made from synthetic oils was found to be nutritious and of agreeable taste, and it was incorporated into diets contributing as much as 700 calories per day.[19][20] The process required at least 60 kg of coal per kg of synthetic butter.[18]
The LTFT facility Pearl GTL at Ras Laffan, Qatar, is the largest FT plant. It uses cobalt catalysts at 230 °C, converting natural gas to petroleum liquids at a rate of 140,000 barrels per day (22,000 m3/d), with additional production of 120,000 barrels (19,000 m3) of oil equivalent in natural gas liquids and ethane. The plant in Ras Laffan was commissioned in 2007, called Oryx GTL, has a capacity of 34,000 barrels per day (5,400 m3/d). The plant utilizes the Sasol slurry phase distillate process, which uses a cobalt catalyst. Oryx GTL is a joint venture between Qatar Petroleum and Sasol.[21]
Another large scale implementation of Fischer-Tropsch technology is a series of plants operated by Sasol in South Africa, a country with large coal reserves, but little oil. The first commercial plant opened in 1952.[22] Sasol uses coal and now natural gas as feedstocks and produces a variety of synthetic petroleum products, including most of the country's diesel fuel.[23]
Sasol scrapped plans to build the GTL plant in Westlake, Louisiana.[24][21]
PetroSA, another South African company, operates a refinery with a 36,000 barrels a day plant that completed semi-commercial demonstration in 2011, paving the way to begin commercial preparation. The technology can be used to convert natural gas, biomass or coal into synthetic fuels.[25]
One of the largest implementations of Fischer-Tropsch technology is in Bintulu, Malaysia. This Shell facility converts natural gas into low-sulfur Diesel fuels and food-grade wax. The scale is 12,000 barrels per day (1,900 m3/d).
Construction is underway for Velocys' commercial reference plant incorporating its microchannel Fischer-Tropsch technology; ENVIA Energy's Oklahoma City GTL project being built adjacent to Waste Management's East Oak landfill site. The project is being financed by a joint venture between Waste Management, NRG Energy, Ventech and Velocys. The feedstock for this plant will be a combination of landfill gas and pipeline natural gas.[26]
In October 2006, Finnish paper and pulp manufacturer UPM announced its plans to produce biodiesel by the Fischer-Tropsch process alongside the manufacturing processes at its European paper and pulp plants, using waste biomass resulting from paper and pulp manufacturing processes as source material.[27]
A demonstration-scale Fischer-Tropsch plant was built and operated by Rentech, Inc., in partnership with ClearFuels, a company specializing in biomass gasification. Located in Commerce City, Colorado, the facility produces about 10 barrels per day (1.6 m3/d) of fuels from natural gas. Commercial-scale facilities are planned for Rialto, California; Natchez, Mississippi; Port St. Joe, Florida; and White River, Ontario.[28] Rentech closed down their pilot plant in 2013, and abandoned work on their FT process as well as the proposed commercial facilities.
In 2010, INFRA built a compact Pilot Plant for conversion of natural gas into synthetic oil. The plant modeled the full cycle of the GTL chemical process including the intake of pipeline gas, sulfur removal, steam methane reforming, syngas conditioning, and Fischer-Tropsch synthesis. In 2013 the first pilot plant was acquired by VNIIGAZ Gazprom LLC. In 2014 INFRA commissioned and operated on a continuous basis a new, larger scale full cycle Pilot Plant. It represents the second generation of INFRA's testing facility and is differentiated by a high degree of automation and extensive data gathering system. In 2015, INFRA built its own catalyst factory in Troitsk (Moscow, Russia). The catalyst factory has a capacity of over 15 tons per year, and produces the unique proprietary Fischer-Tropsch catalysts developed by the company's R&D division. In 2016, INFRA designed and built a modular, transportable GTL (gas-to-liquid) M100 plant for processing natural and associated gas into synthetic crude oil in Wharton (Texas, USA). The M100 plant is operating as a technology demonstration unit, R&D platform for catalyst refinement, and economic model to scale the Infra GTL process into larger and more efficient plants.[29]
In the United States and India, some coal-producing states have invested in Fischer-Tropsch plants. In Pennsylvania, Waste Management and Processors, Inc. was funded by the state to implement Fischer-Tropsch technology licensed from Shell and Sasol to convert so-called waste coal (leftovers from the mining process) into low-sulfur diesel fuel.[30][31]
Choren Industries has built a plant in Germany that converts biomass to syngas and fuels using the Shell Fischer-Tropsch process structure. The company went bankrupt in 2011 due to impracticalities in the process.[32][33]
Biomass gasification (BG) and Fischer-Tropsch (FT) synthesis can in principle be combined to produce renewable transportation fuels (biofuels).[34]
Syntroleum, a publicly traded United States company, has produced over 400,000 U.S. gallons (1,500,000 L) of diesel and jet fuel from the Fischer-Tropsch process using natural gas and coal at its demonstration plant near Tulsa, Oklahoma. Syntroleum is working to commercialize its licensed Fischer-Tropsch technology via coal-to-liquid plants in the United States, China, and Germany, as well as gas-to-liquid plants internationally. Using natural gas as a feedstock, the ultra-clean, low sulfur fuel has been tested extensively by the United States Department of Energy (DOE) and the United States Department of Transportation (DOT). Most recently, Syntroleum has been working with the United States Air Force to develop a synthetic jet fuel blend that will help the Air Force to reduce its dependence on imported petroleum. The Air Force, which is the United States military's largest user of fuel, began exploring alternative fuel sources in 1999. On December 15, 2006, a B-52 took off from Edwards Air Force Base, California for the first time powered solely by a 50-50 blend of JP-8 and Syntroleum's FT fuel. The seven-hour flight test was considered a success. The goal of the flight test program is to qualify the fuel blend for fleet use on the service's B-52s, and then flight test and qualification on other aircraft. The test program concluded in 2007. This program is part of the Department of Defense Assured Fuel Initiative, an effort to develop secure domestic sources for the military energy needs. The Pentagon hopes to reduce its use of crude oil from foreign producers and obtain about half of its aviation fuel from alternative sources by 2016.[35] With the B-52 now approved to use the FT blend, the C-17 Globemaster III, the B-1B, and eventually every airframe in its inventory to use the fuel by 2011.[35][36]
Carbon dioxide is not a typical feedstock for FT catalysis. Hydrogen and carbon dioxide react over a cobalt-based catalyst, producing methane. With iron-based catalysts unsaturated short-chain hydrocarbons are also produced.[37] Upon introduction to the catalyst's support, ceria functions as a reverse water-gas shift catalyst, further increasing the yield of the reaction.[38] The short-chain hydrocarbons were upgraded to liquid fuels over solid acid catalysts, such as zeolites.
Using conventional FT technology the process ranges in carbon efficiency from 25 to 50 percent[39] and a thermal efficiency of about 50%[40] for CTL facilities idealised at 60%[41] with GTL facilities at about 60%[40] efficiency idealised to 80%[41] efficiency.
A Fischer-Tropsch-type process has also been suggested to have produced a few of the building blocks of DNA and RNA within asteroids.[42] Similarly, the hypothetical abiogenic petroleum formation requires some naturally occurring FT-like processes.


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INDIO, Calif. — If you want to play Coachella, make sure there are Fender Jaguars or Mustangs or Jazzmasters or maybe even Toronados in your band, and make your music imply innocence. Still, you probably will not headline that way. If you want to play the privileged slots between 9 p.m. and midnight, switch to a different instrument, or dump your guitars and get some DJ software.
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Scenes From Coachella
A look at some of Friday's bands and singers in action at Coachella.
During the daylight hours of Coachella's opening day, Fenders and innocence linked many sets, across styles: Yuck, EMA, Ximena Sariñana, Frank Ocean, M83. (There's an indirect link between those guitars and innocence, having to do with thin or trebly tones that can cut through a group sound like a child's cry.) All these bands and singers, from Yuck and M83's revisitings of '80s underground and overground pop, to Frank Ocean's antiformulaic R&B, are working on underdog models of one kind or another; they're full of hope and the performances spilled over their edges.
Then night fell, and the music grew bigger, cleaner, and more wised-up. The Black Keys, once scrappy and spindly, now sound enormous. Refused, the politically engaged Swedish punk band that broke up in 1998 and just recently started playing again, was full of fine, strong, and microscopic detail, in furious songs like "I'd Rather Be Dead" ("than alive by your repression"). And their very different countrymen, the DJ group Swedish House Mafia, playing on the main stage as night turned into morning, achieved its stultifying watertight formula: rise, rise, rise, release, repeat.
Death Grips stood apart, a sort of hip-hop trio from Sacramento laying live and volatile playing over backing tracks. If you have heard Zach Hill, one of the most exciting drummers in the world, you will know how he
sounds: like a highly syncopated electrical storm, with rude, abrupt improvisations. Andy Morin plays keyboards and samples and Stefan Burnett rapped in a mush-mouthed, hectoring jabber. Weirdly, they've
recently been signed to Epic, the major label.
And Pulp, from Sheffield, England, — on its own reunion tour — picked up its running joke where it left it off 10 years ago, with Jarvis Cocker singing about sexual terrors and pleasures, exaggerated both in anxiety and self-confidence. The band played straight and strong, yet the music (like "This Is Hardcore," "Common People," and the great festival-going song "Sorted for E's & Wizz") seemed from much longer ago — clear, brassy, theatrical pop, delivered by a first-class unreliable narrator.
Mr. Cocker wore a jacket, tie, and platform heels, and some of his talking between songs was pitched at an obscure frequency of straight-faced ridiculousness, semisweet sarcasm. "How's it been going, anyway?" he asked the crowd, casually, as if on a date. "You look O.K. Seeing as we don't see each other often, should we have a laugh?"
It was an unusually cold day for this time of year in the California desert; the temperature stayed in the low 50s for most of the day. People started looking tired, fidgety; they wanted to dance or go home. Swedish House Mafia got through to this crowd. Brittle irony, not so much.


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MPS002 – Mardi Gras Party
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Because of the energy, bright colors, music and "more the merrier" mentality, Mardi Gras themed parties are some of the most fun to plan, decorate and attend. The tradition of "Let the good times roll" should be the overall feeling and inspiration for your party.
A few years ago I threw a work party with a Mardi Gras theme for around 120 people. I was on a very tight budget so I did a lot of online shopping and research, created my own centerpieces, and found ways to add a few extras on a small budget. In this podcast I'll talk about some of the things I did for this party and share some great ideas I found online.
So, what is Mardi Gras?
Mardi Gras (or Carnival) is the celebration between Epiphany and Ash Wednesday (the beginning of lent). Biggest day of Mardi Gras is Fat Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday, is celebrated with parties, parades, music and food.
Let's party! Where to start:
The colors of Mardi Gras are
- Purple (for Justice)
- Green (for Faith)
- Gold (for Power)
- This is also an easy choice…New Orleans Jazz, play it loud and proud! Check out the Preservation Hall Jazz Band for some great New Orleans jazz.
Stick with traditional cajun and creole dishes with lots of spice and flavor
- Cajun Red Beans and Rice
- Gumbo
- Po'Boy and muffuletta sandwiches
- Jambalaya
- Shrimp
- Catfish
- Étouffée (eh too fey)
- Beignets
- King Cake – beware of the choking hazard if you include the (food grade safe) toy baby inside
The official cocktail of the City of New Orleans is the Sazerac which contains
- Rye whiskey
- Bitters
- Anise liqueur
- Simple syrup
- Lemon
- Use your colors in everything! Purple, Green and Gold
- Use lots of sparkle! Metallic, glitter, shiny, the brighter the better
- Use lots of beads and masks
- Use purple, green, and gold linens/tablecloths (if doing a large sit down dinner with many tables, alternate the colors on the tables and the napkins at the place settings)
- Napkins, plates, cups in mardi gras colors
- Use gold chargers under the plates for more formal sit down dinner
- Create a centerpiece for the table. I was on a very tight budget, so I bought all my supplies online and made the following:
- I used an upside down top hat covered in glitter for the base
- In the bottom I added some weight and dry floral foam, then filled to overflowing with metallic beads (use different sizes)
- Two feather masks on each side, back to back, stuck into the foam
- Above the masks (also stuck into the foam) double sided comedy/tragedy faces (metallic in three colors)
- Balloon arrangement (tied and weighted in center between masks in mardi gras colors)
- Noise makers and extra beads around centerpiece
- Votives /candles to add ambience (beware of fire near feathers!)
- Other centerpiece ideas that I found online:
- Use a small purple or gold christmas tree and decorate with fleur de lis, beads, masks, ball ornaments, metallic mesh, etc.
- Tall/thin eiffle tower vase with ostrich feathers in Mardi Gras colors
- Tall/large clear vases full of ornaments and beads surrounded by feathered masks, ribbon, beads of different sizes
General Decorations:
- Entrance Way: Wreath on door or decorate entryway
- Mask table: premade and generic masks plus supplies if people want to make their own (feathers, glitter, beads, paint pens, fake gems, trim/cord, lace and quick drying glue)
- Use beads in decorating as well as have many available to give to guests to wear
- Have extra glitter top hats available to wear
- Paper lanterns from ceiling
- Colored lighting (string lights)
- Make extra large masks and hang on wall on picture hooks
- Make crowns for the King/Queen (who finds the baby in the King Cake)
- Fleur de lis (incorporate into wreath, centerpiece, other decorations, or on it's own)
- Paper streamers (like at new years)
- Crepe paper streamers on ceiling
- Giant paper mache heads as a jester or comedy/tragedy (like a parade float)
- Make/buy some cardboard street lights to have around the room
- Create street signs for Bourbon Street, French Quarter, etc.
- Use Christmas tree ornaments in purple, green, gold as vase filler or hang as a garland
I hope you found some inspiration for creating your own Mardi Gras party and remember the most important part is to have fun and let the good times roll!!
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Bus crashes are often quite different from car crashes. In many cases, it's because of the obvious reasons: Buses are heavier, are generally more difficult to navigate, and carry many passengers and most often do not have seat belts. Some types of buses routinely travel great distances and need regular maintenance.
A major factor in bus crashes is industry regulation – or, rather, lack of regulation – as with tour and charter buses. For many years, federal safety regulations have not required the installation of seatbelts on these types of buses, even though doing so would save lives.
- Our personal injury attorneys represent victims of bus accidents. When buses roll over or collide with other objects and vehicles, passengers often suffer catastrophic injuries, such as traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury. Some lose their lives. We have represented victims and their families in many such cases. Call a Girardi | Keese lawyer for a free consultation at 800-401-4530.
Three Bus Accident Case Examples
In April 2015, the Courtroom View Network wrote about "two litigation powerhouses" going to battle over a 2010 tour bus rollover on a Grand Canyon trip. The "powerhouse" representing the two Chinese tourists who died was Girardi | Keese. The victims were ejected from the bus when it rolled over; one was crushed underneath. Partner David Lira (who has handled bus accident cases for roughly two decades) argued these deaths would not have occurred had the tour bus been equipped with seatbelts.
In a separate case that resulted in a confidential settlement, David Lira and Girardi | Keese colleagues represented every passenger on a bus that crashed. Girardi | Keese filed a lawsuit against the driver, the bus company, and the manufacturer, alleging that the bus was defective because it did not have seatbelts, as well as other safety equipment. The case settled for $35 million dollars.
Is the tour bus industry unsafe? In October 2016, a tour bus on its way to Los Angeles rolled over near Palm Springs, Calif., injuring 31 people and killing 13. As we wrote in a blog post about the crash that November:
- "Society as a whole doesn't necessarily need more regulation, but it does where safety is needed, and it's needed for tour buses, charter buses, etc. Many buses lack seatbelts, 'forward collision warning systems,' and proper glazing, to name just a few flaws. You know how much it costs to retrofit a tour bus with seatbelts? Just a few bucks a seat, relatively speaking. Compare that to what it costs when passengers needlessly lose their lives."
National Transportation Safety Board investigators on the Palm Springs crash found that the driver failed to brake and slammed into the back of a slow moving tractor-trailer at speeds of roughly 65 miles per hour. It's possible the driver fell asleep at the wheel.
Common Causes Of Bus Accidents
In decades of representing people seriously injured or killed in bus crashes, the personal injury attorneys of Girardi | Keese have come to recognize a handful of common types of bus accidents.
Some common causes of bus accidents include:
- Speeding
- Driving while sleepy or fatigued
- Impaired driving (whether by alcohol, drugs, or prescription painkillers)
- Distracted driving (texting while driving, conducting phone calls, navigation, etc.)
- Improper/negligent bus maintenance
- Lack of safety equipment (such as forward warning collision systems or seatbelts)
Bus drivers who fall asleep at the wheel, for example – even if only for a brief moment – pose a big danger to passengers. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration imposes "hours of service" regulations that limit the number of hours a driver can work behind the wheel. Drivers must obey the regulations and keep accurate logbooks on their activity. However, though the rules are designed to prevent sleepy driving and crashes that may result, both drivers and their employers often push the limits and/or ignore the hours of service rules altogether.
Common Types Of Injuries Caused By Bus Accidents
In general, rollovers and other types of bus crashes result in catastrophic injuries to multiple passengers. Worse, when a passenger is ejected from the bus in a crash – a common scenario in buses that do not have seatbelts – there is a very high risk of death.
At Girardi | Keese, we represent clients with the following types of injuries:
- Concussion
- Mild traumatic brain injury
- Severe traumatic brain injury
- Spinal cord injury
- Paralysis of varying forms (temporary or permanent)
- Amputation of an appendage or limb
- Compound fractures
- Internal organ damage
- Disfigurement and scarring
Catastrophic injuries to the brain and spine may require many months or years of treatment. In some cases, such as when the victim suffers paralysis, these injuries require medical care throughout a lifetime.
According to the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, the estimated cost of living with paraplegia, for example, is $518,904 in the first year and $68,739 every year thereafter. And those figures do not include loss of income and related costs, which the Foundation describes as indirect costs. That figure is $71,961 annually. A 25-year-old paraplegic can expect to pay $2,310,104 in costs over a lifetime.
Frequently Asked Questions About Bus Accidents
Why don't buses have seatbelts? The industry argues that not all buses need them. Arguably, school buses don't need seatbelts, as these types of buses aren't as roll prone as others. But every time a bus rolls over and passengers are ejected and killed, or there is some other serious and preventable injury, we bring a lawsuit to drive the message home that the bus industry should put safety first. Still, many buses don't have seatbelts, and for many companies, it boils down to a cost/benefit analysis.
How much is my case worth? It depends on your our ability to prove liability and the extent of your injuries. For all bus accident victims, we work to obtain as much financial compensation as possible for you, so that you are in the best position to rebuild your life. Many have been in your shoes. Many have faced the pain of catastrophic injuries like traumatic brain injury and paralysis after a bus accident. We will help you get justice and compensation.
Can I afford a personal injury attorney? If there is no recovery, there is no fee. Personal injury lawyers take bus accident cases on a contingent fee basis. We are paid based on a percentage of your recovery. This allows you to hire a lawyer without paying any fees up front.
Have You Been Injured In A Bus Crash?
Call Girardi | Keese today at 800-401-4530 or contact us online. We offer free consultations to help answer your questions and plan for next steps.


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Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship
Led by program director John Miller, MD, the Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology service of IU School of Medicine's Cardiology Division and Krannert Institute of Cardiology is a national and international leader in the diagnosis and treatment of all types of heart rhythm disturbances. Some of the pivotal discoveries in causes, mechanisms and treatment of arrhythmias originated here. The physicians of the Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology service have extensive experience in management of all types of arrhythmia problems, from simple to extremely complex, and several are nationally and internationally recognized for their expertise. They receive referrals locally as well as from surrounding states and throughout the United States.
Training and clinical care facilities are equipped with the most advanced equipment for taking care of heart rhythm disturbances and IU School of Medicine faculty physicians have the necessary expertise to use them to achieve the best possible outcomes.
Applications are reviewed in December and prospective fellows are notified in January regarding status for interview. Interviews are by invitation only.
IU School of Medicine is NOT accepting applications for the 2018-2019 year.
Required application materials include completed Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship Application, Curriculum Vitae, personal statement, USMLE Scores, three letters of recommendation, valid ECFMG Certificate (for non-US medical graduates).
Contact the Cardiology Fellowship Coordinator for information about these programs.


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South University Expands Its Presence – OnlineBusinessDegree.org
South University will soon have campuses in nine states, with the school's recent expansion into High Point, North Carolina, as well as numerous online degree programs.
Students attending the school's new campus, which will begin offering classes in Jan. 2013, will be able to pursue a Bachelor of Business Administration and a Master of Business Administration, as well as other degree program options.
South University offers online degree programs in various fields, including business. Online business students can choose to pursue an associate degree in business administration or accounting, a bachelor's degree in business administration, and a master's degree in leadership, business administration, or public administration.
South University is a private university founded in 1899, and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges.
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Training and Partnering Opportunities
Advanced Hair Clinics provides training opportunities for Doctors and nurses in the field of hair restoration. Moreover, there are available partnering options to professionals and medical organizations and clinics. The cooperation options are:
Operation of local representation and consultation offices
Prospective clients' referrals
1. plastic surgeons
2. dermatologists
3. hairdressers
4. beauticians
Strategic planning and Training
1. Organisation
2. Management
3. Marketing
4. Sales
5. Consultation
6. Doctors & nurses' training
Εκπαίδευση ιατρικών ομάδων
Operation of local representation and consultation offices
Operation of local representation and consultation offices under the brand name of Advanced Hair Clinics. The offices will consult prospective patients, will perform pre-operative assessment, will apply post-operative follow up assessment and will schedule the sessions. The hair transplantation sessions will take place in a selected Advanced Hair Clinics surgical location.
Prospective clients' referrals
Prospective clients' referrals can take place on behalf of:
Plastic Surgeons
This type of cooperation can be enacted between Advanced Hair Clinics and individual professionals or clinics.
Strategic planning and Training
It can be offered strategic planning and training of newly founded hair transplantation clinics, located internationally. Theoretical and practical training is provided in the following sectors:
- Organisation
- Management
- Marketing/Sales
- Consultation
- Doctors & nurses' training
Medical teams' training
Theoretical & hands-on training on FUE hair transplantation
Medical professionals such as Doctors, nurses, technicians, have the chance to participate in a theoretical & practical educational program that includes workshops and hands-on training guided by our highly experienced medical team.
The exact terms of agreement and cooperation, the training protocols, the cost and all the relevant details will be made available to the ones that formally express their interest. For further information please contact the managing team of Advanced Hair Clinics.
General Manager
Advanced Hair Clinics
Ms Lily Agiant
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Advanced Hair Clinics
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3 New Tools to Support Your Digital Conversion
Tom Murray
Each January, thousands travel to Orlando, Florida to take part in the Future of Education Technology Conference (FETC), one of the nation's best edtech related learning opportunities for educators. All 50 states and even 49 countries were represented at this dynamic conference focused on transforming the classrooms of yesterday to provide students with 21st century learning opportunities. A new opportunity to convert older computers to classroom Chromebooks.


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MotherGod ~ The Earth is Surrounded By My Creation
MotherGod ~ The Earth is Surrounded By My Creation
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By galaxygirl
Good evening children, this is your Mother God. I am very near you. Yawn, breathe and let me into the deepest parts of you and let us sit together for a moment, enjoying each other's energies. For this is community children, when you enjoy the company of others and the energy exchange is mutually beneficial. So many of you have been ever so lonely on this most arduous of lifetimes and it saddens me to see you tear up when you think no one is watching. For I am watching your tears fall and you are not alone. I am all around you children at all times. My breath is your breath. Do you see? How could you ever be truly alone? The Earth is surrounded by my creation, your friends and family, your cohorts of love who are currently sacrificing their time and talent for the betterment of humanity and for the protection of Gaia. You are surrounded by the angels who ever wish to comfort, and by the fairies who ever wish to talk. Your newly arrived dragon warrior friends also lend their light, their fire, their love for your healing.
Ask me to open up your third eye a bit more for you. Tap and intend. Tap your third eye (which is a portal to the beyond) and say, "Mother, I love you. I wish for your breath to permeate any blockages within me and around me so that I might be a perfect conduit of peace, of joy and of tranquility. Won't you open up any of my current blocked abilities so that I might soar again, hand in hand with you and so that I might reach my fullest ascended potential as quickly as would be the most perfect pace for my own soul development and growth?" And I shall do it.
Utilize the crystals, children. They are eager messengers of the deep transmuting caves deep within the womb of your planetary mother, Gaia, who waits now not much longer. Utilize the crystals. Hear them hum and talk with them for they are eager to assist you further in your mission. Enjoy studying which rock does what, as this one likes to. For you have all of the tools you truly need to be ever so successful! I see you as your mother with the eyes of love. You are my greatest successes!
You are my little light brights as I have lovingly said before. And you are lighting up the night! And so, I now lend my light in turn, as you children, have done so magnificently – as I knew that you would! I am sending my love light now to your beautiful Gaia in an unparalleled way now. I am sending the prism colors of love light reflected in rainbow hues, the wave of waves, to wash, cleanse and forcibly uplift. That which may not be a ready to be uplifted will be removed, so that all that remains is light, love, the pursuit of happiness and so that you my children, can begin to really enjoy being here.
It has been unbelievably trying for you. I know this, I see this. Allow me to heal you. Allow my honey love to wash away all that does not uplift you. "Mother God, wash me clean with your wave of pure love, that I might hold the highest, most pure frequency that my vessel will currently allow and might be maximally blessed by this wave of pure love and light, transformed into my crystalline structure with ease and grace. Mother God, assist me in every way possible, known and unknown, realized and unrealized, that I might become the diamond of the Christed light, crystallized flame of pure perfection, of joy and of radiant beauty, my true self, that you have always seen, Mother. May I now begin to see myself as you see me. May I see others as you see them. That we might all become one magnificent rainbow bridge of pure perfection, of the Christed flame. And so it is."
My children, enjoy this prayer. It is my gift to you, as is this precious wave from my heart flame to yours, to activate, to mold, to heal, to nurture and to caress away the pain that has bound you. You are free. Be free children. Be free with your light, with your love and with your mercy to the others who have not yet found their light or their voice. And perhaps be even more kind and caring than you would have but yesterday. For we are all one and we are all awakening on our own paths, our own timetables. I see you, children and I know how weary you are. I love you with a never ending love and I wrap my arms around you and hug you tight. There, better? I am your Mother God. Sleep tight.
~ galaxygirl
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Nanomaterial Suppliers (letter U)
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Showing results 1 - 5 of 5 for companies starting with U:
Manufactures nanoparticles and graphene.
An international corporation that designs, manufacturers and markets equipment and materials for industrial applications of vacuum technology. The company also produces nanoparticulate pastes and nanometal inks.
Umicore is a global materials technology group. It focuses on application areas where its expertise in materials science, chemistry and metallurgy makes a real difference.
The company is a manufacturer of various nanomaterials.
UT Dots Inc. is a nanotechnology research and manufacturing company based at the University of Illinois Research Park at Champaign, Illinois. The company specializes in manufacturing high quality silver and gold nanoinks. Their current technology enables continuous production of nanoparticles of desired chemical nature and quality from aerosol.


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Leith Walk By-Election Campaigning
Join the SNP Leith Walk By-Election team for a door knocking session.
Join the SNP Leith Walk By-Election team for a door knocking session.
Tommy Sheppard is hosting a great fundraising comedy Gala on the afternoon of Saturday 2nd November at The Stand Comedy Club (Edinburgh). Top comedians Marjolein Robertson, Keir McAllister, Vladimir McTavish, David Kay, Liam Withnail, Amy Matthews and excellent Irish comic, Ian Coppinger. Tickets are £10 plus booking fee and you can book your ticket here:…
Door knocking and leafletting with Portobello-Craigmillar branch. We're a friendly bunch so please don't worry if you've never done any campaigning before – you'll be buddied up with someone who knows the ropes.


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District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert joins the California District Attorneys Association (CDAA) Foundation's campaign aimed at encouraging young people from all backgrounds to consider becoming prosecutors - fostering greater diversity in district attorney's offices throughout the state.
The project was the idea of Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey, who recognized the need for prosecutorial offices to reflect the diversity of the communities they serve.
A new website, https://www.californiaprosecutors.org/, features testimonials from California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and deputy district attorneys from Sacramento County and across the state about why they chose their careers. The site also provides tools and resources for those considering a legal career or who currently are attending law school. It includes information on law schools, minority prosecutor associations, internships and jobs.
For the past 14 years, the Sacramento County District Attorney's Office has invited law school students from all backgrounds to meet members of the office and learn about a career as a prosecutor. The office's hiring committee also visits law schools throughout the state with the goal to recruit attorneys that represent the diverse Sacramento community.
DA Anne Marie Schubert also believes that to increase diversity among future prosecutors, we need to reach youth at an early age and help them start on a career path.
"Our Youth Academies, Criminal Justice and Crime Lab Youth Shadow Days as well as our new Youth & Community Connect App are just some of the ways we engage with teens from diverse backgrounds across the county," said DA Schubert. "Our goal with these programs is to build relationships with youth, and inspire them to pursue a career as a prosecutor and other professions within the criminal justice system."
Video profiles of current Sacramento County District Attorney prosecutors, victim advocates, investigators and staff can be viewed on our office YouTube channel and Facebook, Instagram and Twitter sites @SacCountyDA #SacDAProfile.
For more information about the CDAA Foundation's statewide campaign, visit the californiaprosecutors.org website.
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Jim Hart didn't grow up in Hollister, but he certainly considers it home. A longstanding volunteer in the community, Hart owes just as much a debt of gratitude to Hollister as the town has to him.
Just college student in at San Diego State University in 1970, Hart didn't know it at the time, but the science class he just enrolled in would change his life.
"I met Kathy," he says of the woman who would become his wife. "We met in chemistry—so you could say we just had chemistry."
Little did Jim know at the time, through meeting Kathy, his fate was sealed: The Massachusetts native would one day call Hollister (Kathy's hometown) his home. After exchanging vows in Hollister in 1974, Jim and Kathy briefly lived in Nantucket, Massachusetts. But after two years, and not seeing much of a future for themselves there, they decided to head back to California.
After an ill-fated attempt of job-searching in San Diego, Hart found work in Hollister at Teladyne McCormick-Selph, where he became a lab technician. Jim and Kathy have since lived in Hollister for 41 years where they also raised their son Brian Jim went on to work for Whittaker Ordinance and the City of Hollister, as well, before retiring three years ago.
"I've felt that, even though this is not my original home, I feel very fortunate to have wound up in Hollister—and it's a great community to raise a child," he says.
Hollister is very fortunate to have gained Hart as a resident, as well.
Hart has been a long-time contributor in serving the Hollister community and is now being recognized for his exceptional contributions by being named the Man of the Year for 2018 by the San Benito County Chamber of Commerce.
He has been volunteering for the Kiwanis Club since 1988, after he was invited to the club by a coworker. After listening to former Assemblyman Rusty Areias speak at the cflub about the need for volunteerism, Hart says that he "took the bait."
Hart says Areias made a good case for the need of volunteerism; how it fills the gap in providing money and resources the government can lack.
It's a model he saw growing up, as well.
"I actually followed in my father's footsteps," Hart says. "He was in Kiwanis and I remember going to Kiwanis Christmas parties as a kid. He obviously thought that giving back to the community was important."
He also witnessed Kathy's grandmother, Dorothy Root, be named The Woman of the Year by the SBC Chamber of Commerce in the 1970s, Kathy says.
"He has a history of community service in his family," Kathy says.
A member of the Kiwanis Club for nearly 30 years, Hart now serves as its president. He has also been involved with Relay for Life, Hollister Recreation Department, Special Olympics, Hollister Downtown Association, The Olive Festival, Kinship Center, Small Steps and Volunteer in Policing (VIP).
Upon learning about his award, Hart says he was shocked.
When Juli Vieira, president of the chamber, contacted him to tell him he was nominated, Hart says his jaw dropped.
"I was surprised and quite humbled," Hart says of learning about his award.
Kathy says that Jim thought the award would go to someone else.
"He said just like they do at the Academy Awards, 'Well, it was an honor to just be nominated,' but I told him he had a good chance." she laughs.
And he did. Enough of a chance to leave a lasting impression on those who selected him.
According to the SBC Chamber of Commerce nomination form, the man and woman of the year award recognizes and honors residents living and serving San Benito County as a role model for continuous and outstanding volunteer service to our community.
The nominees do not have to be a chamber member, and only past recipients of the award serve on the selection committee. The committee considers only work done in a voluntary capacity, as well as length of service, benefit to the community, and spirit in which the work is done.
And Hart has shown a lot of spirit in all the work he has done.
In 1989, Hart helped charter the San Benito High School Key Club and now serves as its adviser.
"One of the main programs and missions of Kiwanis is helping children, and one of the signature programs that Kiwanis has is making the service organization a family affair," Hart says.
He explains there are Kiwanis Clubs for elementary school groups ("K-Kids") to college clubs ("Circle K"). San Benito High School's Key Club has now been a success for 27 years.
Fellow Kiwanis member, Chuck Obeso-Bradley, who has known Hart for 30 years, says he has seen Hart work with the Key Club students, first-hand.
"So many of the students that he's worked with develop these wonderful leadership skills; working to run a meeting, or to work as a team," Obeso-Bradley says.
"Really, that's one of the remarkable things that he's done over the years."
Hart says that the Key Club, over the years, has accomplished things for Kiwanis that only the energy and enthusiasm of youth can accomplish.
"They've been instrumental in keeping our local Kiwanis Club basically in service." Hart says.
And it's the youth of Hollister that keep Jim dedicated to his services, says his wife, Kathy.
While in the Volunteer in Policing (VIP) Program, Hart coordinated the Graffiti Abatement Program.
"I hate graffiti and I hate gangs," Hart says.
"So it was a way of not just giving back, but feeling some empowerment to do something about gangs."
He used his position in the VIP Program to speak to Boy Scouts on a regular basis about the dangers of gangs, while also assisting them in earning merit badges.
And Hart has also been involved in Relay for Life in Hollister since it started here in 1999.
Obeso-Bradley says that he and Hart knew the young man, Cameron Bradley (no relation to Obeso-Bradley), who lost his life to cancer and inspired the Relay For Life in Hollister.
"Jim knew Cameron's parents, Dave and Marcia Bradley, very well," Obeso-Bradley says.
Obeso-Bradley says that under Jim's advisory, they Key Club has never missed going to the Relay since it began.
"One of the reasons is because, you know, it's very much a labor of love when you know the family and you know what they've gone through," Obeso-Bradley says.
Hart says that Kiwanis has sponsored the Key Club's team for the past 19 years.
"Between Kiwanis and Key Club, over 19 years, I'd say we've raised around $25,000," Hart says of the Relay for Life Fundraiser.
Those who know Hart, will speak of his humility and the reasons why he serves his community.
Even Hart, himself says those who volunteer don't do it for the awards or recognition, but because it helps the community.
"I'm very proud of his service," says Kathy. "It's a well-deserved honor."
Obeso-Bradley is happy Hart is being recognized, as well.
"It's really cool, because he really has a great heart and believes so strongly in the youth in our community and doing everything we can to fight cancer," Obeso-Bradley says.
"Those are two of his big achievements."


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Lingfield Park Resort is seeking a driven Beauty Therapist to work within the existing Spa Team. As the business continues to grow – you'll grow with it. Not only is Lingfield Park Resort a great company to work for – it's a great time to get on board!
The successful candidate will be proactive, accurate and highly motivated with a positive attitude towards work. The candidate should also possess relevant experience within a similar role. You will provide exceptional service to Spa visitors and guests, performing treatments to required standards and prioritising product knowledge and customer care towards revenue maximisation and repeat business.
The ideal candidate will possess the following attributes:
- At least GCSE or equivalent qualified
- Relevant NVQ Level 2 & 3 qualifications
- Ideally Elemis trained or willingness to gain Elemis certification
- Previous Spa experience is desirable
- Demonstrate excellent customer service
- Attention to detail
- High standards of personal presentation
- Self-motivated
- Flexible to work a variety of shifts
In return we will offer you:
- A competitive salary
- 22 days holiday per year plus Bank Holidays
- Contributory pension scheme
- Free parking
- Personal and professional development opportunities
A range of racing & leisure benefits including complimentary tickets, offers and discounts at our racecourses and hotels across the Arena Racing Company group
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