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The present invention relates to a process and apparatus for measuring the cardiac capacity, and more particularly the cardiac stasis, i.e. the quantity of blood in the heart between one heart beat and the next.
Dilution methods and more particularly those using stains or the injection of a cold liquid (thermodilution) are used for measuring the cardiac output. This output can be given by the following formula: ##EQU2## IN WHICH: D is the average circulation rate,
Qi is the total quantity of the indicator or marker injected above the hear (stain or frigories),
Δ(t) is the concentration of the indicator or the temperature variation at the outlet from the heart as a function of the time t, basing these times on the moment of starting the injection of the indicator or a previous time.
In connection with measuring the cardiac capacity (ventricular capacity, auricular capacity or total capacity) attempts have been made using more particularly two processes:
The first consists of comparing the curve Δ(t) after the end of injection with a decreasing exponential and deducing therefrom the ventricular capacity. However, either the indicator is injected into the ventricle, in which case the lack of homogeneity of the mixture leads to considerable errors, or the injection takes place into the auricle or above it, in which case it can be shown that the decreasing curve Δ(t) is the sum of two distinct exponentials and that the comparison with one exponential leads to considerable errors.
The second known process is based on the following argument:
Assuming that at time to a certain quantity Qi of the indicator is instantaneously injected, the curve Δ(t) can then be considered as a histogram as a function of time and the length of stay of the indicating elements (stain molecules or frigories) in the heart, the mean value t of this length of stay can be calculated by the ratio: ##EQU3## by accepting the hypothesis that the molecules of blood have the same length of stay as those of the indicator, the volume V occupied by the blood can be calculated by using the following formula: ##EQU4##
Thus this calculation assumes an instantaneous injection. However, in practice for mechanical reasons it is impossible to reduce its duration to below a considerable fraction of a second, which leads to a considerable error, t normally being of the order of one to three seconds, and moreover due to the mechanical reaction caused by the stream of indicator causes a movement of the catheter so that successive measurements cannot be compared.
It would still be possible to use this process by carrying out a non-instantaneous injection. For this it would be necessary on the basis of a histogram as a function of time and the quantities of indicator injected to calculate an average injection time lag to relative to the start of the injection and to substitute in the formula (3): t - to to t. The difficulties of carrying out such a process are obvious in that it requires besides the measuring integral of the output the measurement of one or two supplementary integrals making separate and complex calculating devices necessary.
Moreover, in view of rapidity of elimination of the indicator it is obvious that this method is very sensitive to the time of injection relative to the phase of the cardiac cycle, whereby the error for this reason alone can reach 25 percent.
The process forming the object of the present invention has totally different bases. It is substantially based on the fact that if there is a continuous injection of the indicator and at a constant flow rate, after a short time the indicator concentrations in the different parts of the heart reach a stationary state. The calculation shows that for a normal heart three or four heart beats suffice for reaching this state with a very good degree of approximation.
Qi being the total quantity of indicator which it is proposed to inject, we will call q(t) the quantity of indicator present at time t above the measuring point of Δ(t) in the heart and in the injection device: q(O) = Qi, q(∞) = 0
It is therefore possible to write: ##EQU5## which is similar to (1) and wherein tm is a priori a random time.
After carrying out an injection with a uniform flow rate for a time sufficient to come close to the stationary state, the injection is suddenly stopped at time tm so that the quantity of indicator present in the heart is obviously q(tm). By combining (1) and (4), we find: ##EQU6##
The two integrals only differ by the initial value of variable t.
Moreover, when the stationary state is reached, the concentration Δm of the indicator in the heart is substantially uniform and constant, being given by the formula: ##EQU7## Di being the flow of indicator (stain or frigorie).
Moreover, obviously: ##EQU8## V being the volume of blood present in the heart at time tm.
The combination of (5) and (7) gives us the ratio: ##EQU9##
This ratio can also be written: ##EQU10##
By combining (6) and (9) and calling ti the length of injection, we find: ##EQU11##
which can also be written: ##EQU12## It can be shown that the ratios (3) and (11) are equivalent if, and only if, the start of injection occurs at the start of a systole. If not, the volume calculated on the basis of (3) is erroneous, but that given by (11) remains correct. This represents an important advantage of the present invention.
The invention therefore has for its object a process for measuring the cardiac capacity or caridac stasis at each beat V by dilution of the indicator (stain or frigories) injected above the heart, wherein a quantity Qi of indicator is injected at a constant flow rate Di for a time ti corresponding to at least two heart beats, wherein the concentration of indicator in the blood (or the temperature variation in the blood) is measured at the end of indicator injection Δm and Δ (t) being the indicator concentration (or temperature variation) as a function of the time t assuming t = 0 at the start of the injection, tm being the time at the end of the injection, the integrals ##EQU13## are measured and then the cardiac capacity (V) is deduced from the thus measured values.
On comparing the calculation of V by means of (9) with that obtained by (10) in the case where the stationary state is incompletely obtained, it can be seen that for a normal heart the error is between three and four times smaller when using (9) rather than (10). However, (9) as opposed to (10) requires the measurement of Δm. However, this is not an inconvenience if for the measurement of ∫Δ dt, a numerical integration process by periodic sampling of the value Δ(t) is used, when the final sample preceding the interruption of injection obviously gives the value of Δm. Use of (9) combined with a numerical integration for the measurement of ##EQU14## forms a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
A first advantage of the process of the present invention is that only a single numerical indication form is used permitting a very great simplification of the integrations necessary for measuring the cardiac capacity.
A second advantage of this process is that it provides for the cardiac capacity measurement a result which is correct and independent of the phase relative to the cardiac cycle of the start of indicator injection.
A particular advantage of the preferred embodiment of the invention is that for a given injection period it permits a much more precise result for the measurement of the cardiac capacity, or for a predetermined precision permits a shorter injection time.
The following description with reference to the drawing given as a non-limitative example relates to a device permitting the performance of the process of the present invention and more particularly according to a preferred embodiment. This device permits the simultaneous display of the cardiac output D and the cardiac capacity V. The attached drawing shows in block form the various functions whose combination constitutes the device.
The device comprises a pick-up 1 which is fitted by catheterization upstream and as close as possible to a right or left ventricle, depending on a half-heart whose capacity and output is to be measured. This pick-up is associated with a converter 2 which transforms the quantity supplied by the pick-up, variable as a function of the indicator concentration into an electrical signal which is applied to the input of an amplifier 3. The converter 2 can optionally have a zero setting, as is the case for thermodilution where the pick-up is a thermistor. The converter is then a measuring bridge with a balancing device.
The indicator is injected by an injector 4. According to the present invention the injector 4 is an electro-mechanical device ensuring a constant fixed flow, e.g. 2.5 cc per second during the injection. According to a preferred embodiment, only the injection period can vary from one measurement to the next.
A sequence generator 5 controlled by a clock 6 controls the different operations, and more specifically the start and finish of injection (i.e. the injected volume) together with the numerical calculations ensured by a calculating unit 9.
Clock 6, which is preferably a quartz, crystal clock supplies a time base to sequence generator 5, but also controls an analogue-digital converter 7 which converts to the analogue signal supplied by amplifier 3 into a digital signal.
A manual release 8 which can comprise a push-button switch is connected to sequence generator 5 whose operation it initiates.
The analogue-digital converter 7 functions permanently and, at equal and sufficiently close intervals of time controlled by clock 6, it converts the voltage supplied by amplifier 3 into a pulse train whose number is proportional to the value of the said voltage. The output of converter 7 is connected to three gates 9A1, 9A2 and 9A3 included in the calculating unit 9 and controlled separately by the sequence generator 5. Each of these gates is connected to a counter 9B1, 9B2 and 9B3 whereby the said counters summate the pulses received during the opening of each gate during the same measuring operation.
Counters 9B1, 9B2 and 9B3 have a simultaneous zeroing device controlled by sequence generator 5. They are also connected to a general register 9C which collects, when controlled by sequence generator 5, the numerical values of the content of counters 9B1, 9B2 and 9B3. In the same way it collects data received by a parameter unit 9D and a programme unit 9E.
The parameter unit 9D contains in permanent or adjustable manner numerical parameters which combined with the numbers supplied by counters 9B1, 9B2 and 9B3 make available all the numerical data necessary for the calculation of the cardiac output and cardiac capacity in the desired units and as a function of the experimental conditions inherent in each measuring operation.
The programme unit 9E contains in permanent manner the instructions for the above-mentioned calculation.
The general register 9C is organized in such a way that at the command of sequence generator 5 it supplies in the correct time sequence the numeral data and instruction to a computer 9F which processes the results excepted from the apparatus. According to a preferred variant of the invention, during the calculation the empty parts of the general register 9C serve as an auxiliary store for computer 9F.
The results of the calculations supplied by computer 9F are stored in a results store 9G which in turn controls in a permanent manner, or on request, a digital display unit 10.
The device described hereinbefore operates as follows. For ease of writing we will take: ##EQU15##
The cardiac output D is calculated on the basis of (1) which is written: ##EQU16##
The cardiac capacity V is calculated on the basis of (9) which is written: ##EQU17##
The quantity Qi which represents the indicated quantity injected is, according to the preferred procedure of the invention, proportional to the indicator injection period ti. Moreover, and in particular regarding thermodilution, it can be shown that parasitic phenomena such as thermal diffusion, the special characteristics of cardiac hydrodynamics or the thermal inertia of the pick-up are equivalent, to the first order, to a multiplicative factor applied to Qi in such a way that in (12) Qi can be substituted by a factor K experimentally determined by a physical simulator and which takes overall account:
of the injected indicator concentration,
of the injection period,
and, the first order, of all parasitic phenomena linked with the measurement.
In the special case of thermodilution, it is convenient to write K in the form k(Ts - Ti), Ts being the blood temperature prior to injection and Ti the injected liquid temperature measured outside the patient's body. In this case, k more particularly takes account:
of the injected liquid quantity,
of the heating of the liquid before it reaches the heart,
of the heat capacity per unit volume of this liquid compared with that of the blood. The ratio (12) is then written: ##EQU18##
The operation of the device forming the object of the present invention will be described as a function of ratios (14) and (13) and in the case of the thermodilution.
Firstly, and before carrying out any real measurement, the temperature Ts of the patient is taken and the factor (Ts -Ti) is introduced into the parameter unit 9D according to per se known processes. The quantity k, which can for example be given by tables as a function of the type of catheter, the nature of the injected liquid and the injection flow rate is then introduced into the same unit.
When the catheter is introduced, the converter is set to zero and by means of release 8 the measuring sequence in commenced.
The sequence generator 5 actuates the automatic injector 4 at the same time as it opens gate 9A1, gates 9A2 and 9A3 being closed and counters 9B1, 9B2 and 9B3 being set to zero.
At the end of an injection period ti which can be optionally regulatable (in which case factor k must take account of this), gate 9A2 is opened for a single sampling operation, whereby counter 9B2 then contains a number proportional to Δm. As gate 9A2 is closed, gate 9A3 is opened without delay at the same time as a sequence generator 5 interrupts the operation of automatic injector 4, followed by a sufficiently long wait for Δ (t) to become practically zero. Gates 9A1 and 9A3 are then closed. At this time, counter 9B1 contains a number proportional to S and counter 9B3 a number proportional to S'.
Sequence generator 5 then starts the loading of general register 9C, and then starts the calculating operations by means of computer 9F. General register 9C is organized in such a way that computer 9F can perform the necessary calculations in three stages.
The first stage leads to the calculation of the value of D expressed, for example, in litres per minute, for which it ensures the following operations in accordance with ratio (14):
k×(T.sub.s - T.sub.i) ÷ S = D
the factor k being determined, as indicated hereinbefore, in such a way that it takes account of the measuring characteristics, but also includes a fixed factor which, taking account of the n numerical values supplied by the counters, give D a numerical value expressed in the desired unit, e.g. liters per minute. According to the preferred development of the invention, the calculation of D is carried out with a fixed point taking for D two decimal digits, the second being accurate to one unit.
The thus calculated value of D is reintroduced in a good position into general register 9C, and the second calculation stage is then performed which ensures the following operations in accordance with ratio (13):
D × S' ÷ Δ.sub.m = v
Thus, a number v is obtained which is porportional to V and which must be multiplied by a factor k' to obtain V in a convenient unit, e. g. millilitres. According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, v is calculated as a fixed point k' has a limited number of significant digits, in such a way that the product k'v = V only contains, for example, one decimal digit accurate to one unit.
If moreover, computer 9F is able to supply, for example, eight significant digits, as D expressed in liters per minute with two decimals has a maximum of four significant digits and V expressed in millilitres with one decimal only has a maximum of four digits, it can be seen that the operation:
100,00 k'v + D or 100,000 V + D
gives us eight digits at the output of computer 9F, whereof the first four are relative to V and the four last to D, in such a way that after storage by 9G and display on the display unit 10, V and D can be read side by side, whereby the decimal points not produced by the computer are marked in a fixed position on the display unit 10.
The improvement described hereinbefore, which leads to a considerable simplification of the calculating unit 9, can form the object of numerous variants as a function more particularly of all the numerical values used. In certain cases, for example, computer 9F can have at its output 10 significant digits, whereby only eight are shown on the display unit.
The invention is not limited to the embodiments described and represented hereinbefore, numerous variants being possible thereto without passing beyond the scope of the invention.
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With the Preds ship finally righting itself, i don't want to get too negative, but there's an issue that is cropping up again that is getting ignored in all the Sully's-return and 9-goals-in-2-games press and blog coverage: Barry Trotz kills goalies.
In the Preds win against Pittsburgh on Thurs, The Preds gave up 1 goal in the 1st, then gave up a second goal on a fluky bounce when a Preds player tried to clear the puck and it bounced of not one but two of his teammates and went in the net. Was it a goal that could have been avoided – yes – but nothing that goalie Dan Ellis could have done. But what happened next was a bit odd: coach Trotz pulled Ellis in favor of Pekka Rinne. Trotz said in the post-game press conference that he did it to "change our luck" and that he wasn't unhappy with Ellis' play. Blogger Brandon Felder asked Ellis about being pulled after the game:
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Key words there: "It's the exact same thing as last year." What does he mean by that?…
This is something Trotz has done to 3 starting goaltenders in a row. First Vokoun, then Mason, (both pictured at left) and now Ellis – and Danny knows it. At the end of the 06-07 season, Vokoun was frequently pulled in favor of Mason. The team seemed to play better in front of Mason, and it made sense at the time. Vokoun played well, but Mason was deemed ready for prime-time and Vokoun was one of the players lost during Leipold's march to
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|Condition or disease
|Acute Decompensated Heart Failure Sleep Disordered Breathing
|Device: MV ASV Drug: Optimized Medical Treatment
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|126 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Supportive Care
|Official Title:
|Cardiovascular Improvements With Minute Ventilation-targeted ASV Therapy in Heart Failure (CAT-HF)
|Study Start Date :
|December 2013
|Primary Completion Date :
|December 2015
|Study Completion Date :
|December 2015
Experimental: MV ASV+OMT
Minute Ventilation-targeted adaptive servo-ventilation therapy plus optimized medical treatment
Device: MV ASV
Minute ventilation-targeted servo-ventilation therapy.
Other Names:Drug: Optimized Medical Treatment
Beta Blockers, ACE inhibitor or ARB, loop diuretics and/or spironolactone as appropriate, statin if indicated, aspirin and/or warfarin if indicated
Active Comparator: OMT only
Optimized Medical Treatment for heart failure in accordance with applicable guidelines (ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure and HFSA Heart Failure Guidelines.
Drug: Optimized Medical Treatment
Beta Blockers, ACE inhibitor or ARB, loop diuretics and/or spironolactone as appropriate, statin if indicated, aspirin and/or warfarin if indicated
- Global Rank Endpoint [ Time Frame: Baseline, 6 months ]A rank order response based on survival free from CV hospitalization and improvement in functional capacity measured by 6MWD.
- Six-minute Walk Distance [ Time Frame: Baseline, 6 months ]Change in functional parameters as measured by 6-minute walk test (6MWT)
- NT pro-BNP [ Time Frame: Baseline, 1 month, 6 months ]Change in neurohumoral activation as measured by N-terminal pro b-type natriuretic peptide
- KCCQ [ Time Frame: Baseline, 3 months, 6 months ]Patient-reported outcome of disease specific quality of life
- Biomarkers [ Time Frame: Baseline, 1 month, 6 months ]Biomarkers of inflammation, cardiovascular and renal function (troponin I ultra-sensitive, hs-CRP, creatinine)
- ECHO parameters [ Time Frame: Baseline, 6 months ]Echocardiographic parameters, including LVEF and LVESVI for patients with HFrEF, and E/e' for patients with HFpEF
- Win Ratio [ Time Frame: 6 months ]Patients in the new treatment and control groups are formed into matched pairs based on their risk profiles. For each matched pair, the new treatment patient is labeled a 'winner' or a 'loser' depending on who had a CV death first. If that is not known, they are labeled a 'winner' or 'loser' depending on who had a HF hospitalization first. Otherwise they are considered tied. The win ratio is the total number of winners divided by the total numbers of losers.
- Sleep parameters [ Time Frame: 1 week, 1, 3, and 6 months ]Sleep and sleep disordered breathing parameters (AHI, nocturnal hypoxemia, CSR cycle length)
- HF Hospitalization [ Time Frame: 2 days, 1 week, 1, 2, 3, and 6 months ]Rates of hospitalization or urgent clinic visit for worsening of heart failure and for any reason
- Death [ Time Frame: 2 days, 1 week, 1, 2, 3, and 6 months ]Rate of Cardiovascular and all-cause death
- Time dead/hospitalized [ Time Frame: 6 months ]Total days dead or hospitalized at study end
- DASI [ Time Frame: Baseline, 6 months ]Patient-reported outcome of disease specific quality of life
- EQ-5D-5L [ Time Frame: Baseline, 6 months ]Standardized self-report questionnaire that is used as a measure of general health outcome
- PHQ-9 [ Time Frame: Baseline, 6 months ]Self-administered instrument for screening, diagnosing, monitoring and measuring the severity of depression
- PSQI [ Time Frame: Baseline, 3 months, 6 months ]A subjective measurement of the quality and patterns of sleep in the older adult
- ESS [ Time Frame: Baseline, 3 months, 6 months ]A self-administered questionnaire which provides a measurement of the general level of daytime sleepiness
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|21 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients 21 years or older
- Patients with prior clinical diagnosis of heart failure (HFrEF or HFpEF), or de novo diagnosis of HFpEF indicated by a local BNP≥300 pg/mL or NT pro-BNP≥1200 pg/mL on admission without systolic blood pressure >180 mmHg or atrial fibrillation, or diagnosis of HFrEF indicated by documented evidence of prescribed beta-blockers and ACE-inhibitors or ARBs for at least 4 weeks prior to admission
Hospital admission for acute decompensated HF as determined by:
Dyspnea at rest or with minimal exertion
- AND At least two of the following signs and symptoms:
- Orthopnea
- Pulmonary rales beyond basilar
- Chest congestion on x-ray
- BNP≥300pg/mL or NT pro-BNP≥1200pg/mL
- Pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) ≥25mmHg during current hospitalization
- Presented to hospital or clinic at least 24 hours prior to consent
- Patient stable enough to stop oxygen use for duration of polygraphy test or have access to dual lumen cannula for polygraphy test
- Sleep disordered breathing (SDB) documented by polygraphy with an AHI≥15 events/hour
- Patient is able to fully understand study information and sign a consent form
Exclusion Criteria:
- Right-sided heart failure without left-sided heart failure
- Sustained systolic blood pressure <80 mmHg at baseline
- Acute coronary syndrome within 1 months of randomization
- Active myocarditis
- Complex congenital heart disease
- Constrictive pericarditis
- Non-cardiac pulmonary edema
- Clinical evidence of digoxin toxicity
- Need for mechanical hemodynamic support at time of randomization
- Oxygen saturation ≤85% at rest during the day or at start of nocturnal oximetry recording or regular use of oxygen therapy (day or night)
- COPD exacerbation as the primary reason for hospital admission
- Current use (within 4 weeks of study entry) of any PAP-therapy (eg, fixed, bi-level, or APAP)
- Life expectancy < 1 year for diseases unrelated to HF
- Transient ischemic attack (TIA) or Stroke within 3 months prior to randomization
- CABG procedure within 3 months prior to randomization, or planned to occur during study period
- CRT implant within 3 months prior to randomization , or planned to occur during study period
- VAD implant planned to occur during study period
- Heart transplant list Status 1a or 1b
- Status post-transplant or LVAD
- Prescribed inotrope therapy anticipated at discharge
- Chronic Dialysis
- Known amyloidosis, hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy, arteriovenous fistulas
- Primary hemodynamically significant uncorrected valvular heart disease (obstructive or regurgitant) with planned intervention within 6 months of randomization
- Pregnant, or planning to become pregnant
- Cannot tolerate ASV treatment during run-in
- Cannot perform 6MWT at baseline
- Occupation as a commercial driver or pilot and plan to be performing these activities during the study period
- Inability to comply with planned study procedures
- Participation in pharmaceutical or treatment-related clinical study within 1 month of study enrollment
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01953874
|United States, Alabama
|The Heart Center
|Huntsville, Alabama, United States, 35801
|United States, California
|VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
|Los Angeles, California, United States, 90073
|United States, Colorado
|VA Medical Center
|Denver, Colorado, United States, 80220
|United States, Georgia
|Mercer University
|Macon, Georgia, United States, 31201
|United States, Illinois
|Northwestern University
|Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60611
|United States, Maryland
|University of Maryland
|Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21201
|United States, Missouri
|St. Luke's Hospital of Kansas City
|Kansas City, Missouri, United States, 64111
|Washington University School of Medicine
|St. Louis, Missouri, United States, 63110
|United States, North Carolina
|Duke University Medical Center
|Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27710
|United States, Ohio
|University of Cincinnati
|Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, 45267
|United States, Pennsylvania
|Penn State Hershey
|Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States, 17033
|Jefferson Heart Institute
|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19107
|United States, Virginia
|Sentara Cardiovascular Research Institute
|Norfolk, Virginia, United States, 23507
|United States, Washington
|University of Washington
|Seattle, Washington, United States, 98195
|Heart and Diabetes Center - North Rhine-Westphalia (HDZ-NRW)
|Bad Oeynhausen, Germany
|Principal Investigator:
|Christopher O'Connor, MD
|Duke University
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
|Responsible Party:
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01953874 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|First Posted:
|October 1, 2013 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|January 5, 2016
|Last Verified:
|January 2016
Keywords provided by ResMed:
heart failure
congestive heart failure
acute decompensated heart failure
chronic heart failure
left-sided heart failure
heart failure decompensation
sleep apnea
sleep disordered breathing
central sleep apnea
obstructive sleep apnea
cheyne-stokes respiration
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Heart Failure
Respiratory Aspiration
Heart Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
Respiration Disorders
Respiratory Tract Diseases
Pathologic Processes


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4 months ago I had work done to my car including 4 brand new hankook tires (mounted and balanced) along with R&R, LF bearing, wipers, oil change, alternator, tensioner, belt, tune up, new boots, front brakes, rotors, outer tie rod ends with brake tie rods. All for 1554.97 on 3/6/13. Now my 2 front tires are badly worn on the inside of both and as I accelerate I hear a humming noise sounds like the tire. Also going 50mph my car shakes and the humming gets louder with speed but once I get to 90mph the shaking stops. Now the humming noise only occurs as I drive strait pushing on accelerator. NOT when I turn. When turning the humming stops. I haven't been in a wreck or hit any potholes I don't know why after 4 months new tires are ruined now or why I have these other problems when I had so much work done to it all at once. What is the problem with my car and is it safe to still drive it?
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Cry about...
Internet Explorer Troubleshooting
The PROGRAM.EXE is linked to the missing export OLEAUT32.DLL: VarNot
When attempting to run a program (for the first time) a message box containing the following error is displayed:
The PROGRAM.EXE is linked to the missing export OLEAUT32.DLL: VarNot
Where 'PROGRAM.EXE' is either the name of the executable or the name of the program, either way it will vary from what is shown above.
What the error means:
The program that is being run requires a later version of OLE Automation
- This error can be resolved by downloading the latest DCOM service
pack from Microsoft (http://msdn.microsoft.com):
- At the last time of checking, for Windows 95 the latest version was "DCOM95 for Windows 95 version 1.3" (download from http://www.microsoft.com/com/dcom/dcom95/dcom1_3.asp).
- At the last time of checking, for Windows 98 the latest version was "DCOM98 for Windows 98 version 1.3" (download from http://www.microsoft.com/com/dcom/dcom98/dcom1_3.asp).
- Alternately download the latest version of Internet Explorer - this will update the DCOM components at the same time.
About the author: Brian Cryer is a dedicated software developer and webmaster. For his day job he develops websites and desktop applications as well as providing IT services. He moonlights as a technical author and consultant.


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Ly Fin
Principle of Management
National University of Management
Faculty of Management
Major: International Business
Lecturer: Chuck Chung
Case Study#2: Steelton
1. Sem Khevin 2. Cheu Lyfin
3. Chen Votey 4. Taing Eamhong
5. Mam Puth Barmey
Based on old report from company, workers loaded about 30 pieces per hour over an 8-hour shift. At this pace, it will take the six students 6 weeks to finish the task.
1. If you were the supervisor in charge, what would you do?
2. What would motivate the students to work harder?
3. What can you change about the way the work is done to deal with the unavoidable physical fatigue?
Solution of the case
- Divide the students into 2 teams
- Work 7days/week (8 hours/day)
- Load 360 pieces/day/team (45 pieces/hour)
- Give 15 minutes break after working for 2 hours
- Bonus payment for additional pieces
- If job will be done on time, give 2 weeks break
Job will be done if quota is met.
Support to solution
- Teams stimulate friendly competition
- 15 minutes break decreases physical fatigue
- Additional benefit and minimum wage while offering 2 weeks - - break and bonuses _ motivate them and increase efficiency
Introduction of the case
As the day-shift supervisor at the ISG Steelton, I has recruited
6 students
to work this summer.
Job description
: work as a team, pick the pieces of metal, get metal into the rail car.
Scrap metal field
: each stack of metal contains 390 pieces, and each piece weighs 92 pounds and a bout 1 yard long.
Stack of metal
Workers loaded about 30 piece of metal/1 hour over an 8 hours shift
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Inquiry into Indigenous economic development in Queensland and review of the Wild Rivers (Environmental Management) Bill 2010
On 17 November 2010 the House of Representatives referred the Wild Rivers (Environmental Management) Bill to the Committee for Inquiry and Report by the end of the autumn period of sittings in 2011.
Submissions addressing this Bill will be received as part of the committee's broader inquiry into indigenous economic development.
On the 3 November 2010 the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, the Hon Jenny Macklin MP referred the following reference to the Committee.
The Committee should examine the scope for increasing sustainable Indigenous economic development in Queensland and including in the Cape York region having regard to the aspirations of Indigenous people and the social and cultural context surrounding their participation in the economy.
The Committee should consider:
The inquiry should pay particular attention to the following:
The Committee should also make recommendations as to what initiatives might be pursued in order to promote economic development while preserving environmental and cultural values.
The Minister has proposed that the Committee report by no later than March 2011.
NOTE: The Bill was introduced by the Leader of the Opposition Mr Tony Abbott MP on Monday 15th November 2010. A copy of the bill is available through this link.
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Golfers play all Cookeville courses in one day
Filed Under: Belle Acres
Harold Penley and Bob Weaver played all five of the Cookeville area golf courses on June 22, 2015. Their day began at Southern Hills Country Club. With direction from official starter Johnny Anderson, Penley executed the first tee shot at 5:06 a.m. Thirteen hours and 29 minutes later the pair had played 90 holes total.
"It is something we had occasionally talked about doing for the past five or six years. This turned out to be the year," Weaver said.
They were assisted for part of the day by Lee Campbell performing caddy duties.
According to the SwingbySwing.app web page (see previous post below) created for each round, it took the duo 1 hour and 59 minutes to tour Southern Hills. Penley carded a 79 while Weaver hacked out a 91.
Ironwood Golf Course was next in rotation where Elaine Garrison sent them off shortly after 7:30 a.m. 36 six holes and two courses down by 9:36 a.m. Penley 79, Weaver 93.
"When I told some others we were going to do this they told me I was crazy. I told them I had some crazy friends too," Penley stated.
Upon arriving at Cookeville Golf Club two foursomes were waiting at the first tee so with permission from club pro Matt Manzaro the round began on number 10. The 18 holes required 2 hours and 16 minutes, finishing at 12:51 p.m. Penley 81, Weaver 77.
The White Plains round required two hours and 26 minutes and both players admitted "hitting the wall" on the back nine. Penley 81, Weaver 83.
The nine-hole Belle Acres circuit was traveled twice making the total for the day 90 holes played. Penley 79, Weaver 85.
The last putt fell at 6:35 p.m. completing the "Cookeville Pentathlon of Golf".
"We really appreciate the cooperation of the course operators, especially Johnny Anderson and Southern Hills for enabling us to make an early start," Weaver said.


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Iranian woman spends 3 nights outside Mumbai's T2 after being robbed
The beautician had gone to Bengaluru along with her son for an English speaking course, was robbed by locals; she somehow managed to return by bus, but lost her phone in the journey
A trip to India turned out to be a nightmare for an Iranian national after she was robbed of her valuables in Bengaluru, lost her phone while making her way to Mumbai, and had to spend three nights outside the international airport.
Alinejad Kohnehshahri Mina (35) got robbed in Bengaluru and lost her mobile phone while coming to Mumbai
Officials at Terminal 2 of Mumbai international airport noticed her on the premises on Thursday and contacted officials from Iran Air, who arranged for her to go back home. Alinejad Kohnehshahri Mina (35), and her son, Mohammadanial (5), landed in India on February 20 to attend an English speaking course in Bengaluru.
Mina, a beautician in the Iranian capital of Tehran, first arrived in Mumbai by Iran Air's flight IR 810 and departed for Bengaluru on the same day. She stayed in the southern city in a paying guest facility in RT Nagar.
Within a week, Mina said, three locals robbed her handbag containing all her valuables and majority of cash, leaving her and her son stranded in an unknown city. Somehow, she managed to contact a friend, who arranged for a bus ticket to Mumbai and sent it to her via email.
Misfortune struck even on this journey when Mina lost her mobile phone. She came back to Mumbai on March 10, sans any means of contacting anyone and with some money. She then made her way to the arrivals area at Terminal 2 and sat on a bench on the city side.
Speaking to mid-day, Mina said, "I had my return ticket from T2 on March 20. So I had decided that I would stay at the airport till then." Mina fed her child using the little money she had left. Security personnel at T2 spotted the duo at 11 am on Thursday (March 12), perched on a bench on the city side of the arrivals lounge.
They struggled to understand her story, since she speaks a few words of English and they didn't speak Persian. Somehow, she managed to communicate that she had been robbed and had been staying at the terminal for three days.
"The woman kept changing places in the arrivals section and, hence, wasn't spotted easily. However, she confined herself to the east side of the area since Thursday and got noticed," said a security official from T2.
Officials then contacted personnel from Iran Airlines, and it was decided to send Mina and her son back home by IR 811 departing for Tehran yesterday at 2.30 pm. At the time of going to press, her flight had been delayed and was scheduled to take off at 11.30 pm.
Official speak
"We have been taking care of Alinejad and her son since Thursday morning. She will fly back to Tehran at 11.30 pm today (Friday)," said P K Mehra, station manager for Iran Airways.


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As noted before, the January 31st episode of WWE RAW scored a 3.48 cable rating with 5.29 million viewers. This was the most viewers for RAW since March 29th, 2009, the night after WrestleMania where Shawn Michaels gave his farewell. This was also the highest rated episode of RAW since August 30th, 2009, the 900th episode special.
This week's show opened strong with a 3.81 quarter rating. In a segment breakdown, Santino Marella & Vladimir Kozlov vs. Nexus lost 784,000 viewers, which is very bad for that point in the show. Randy Orton punt kicking Husky Harris and the confrontation with Ted DiBiase & Jerry Lawler gained 337,000 viewers.
Daniel Bryan vs. Tyson Kidd lost 304,000 viewers where Edge vs. The Miz gained 220,000 viewers in the 10pm segment. This is better than last week's Edge vs. Miz at 10pm segment but still low.
Eve Torres & Natalya vs. LayCool and the Usos vs. Mark Henry & The Great Khali dance-off lost 129,000 viewers. The preview of The Chaperone with Triple H lost 172,000 viewers while the RAW Rumble main event gained 1,198,000 viewers and did a 4.04 final quarter rating. This was the first time RAW had an overrun rating of over 4.0 in a while.


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Wednesday, September 14, 2011
So maybe that's why I'm feeling introspective. I've felt weird about this birthday for a couple of months now. Not because I feel old, or uncomfortable about my age. I'm happy with my life - the way it looks, the things I've accomplished. I have regrets, but I don't think I'd want to live the kind of life where I didn't.
It turns out, as birthdays go, this was a good one. The people I love called and emailed and visited and tweeted and posted and sent cards and gifts and love. I felt connected, and blessed. Contracts came in the mail, for a short story that's going in an anthology that I am thrilled to be part of. This was not a surprise, as the check arrived a few days ago, but I liked receiving a tangible symbol of what I want from my life on a day where I was thinking about my life, and what it looked like. I taught a class, on a subject I loved, and had great conversations with my students. And as the day turns over, I will be writing.
So that is the shape of my life today. And I no longer feel weird about this day. I feel grateful for it. Thank you for sharing it with me.
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Happy birthday!ReplyDelete
If the title of your post is your age as of today, we are exactly the same age. (Well, give or take a few hours. I don't know what time I was actually born.)
I occasionally comment on your LJ posts - I am karalianne over there. You have a career similar to the one I wish I had. *minor jealousy* :)
It is. And happy birthday to you, too. I wish you so much happiness.ReplyDelete
Hurrah for birthday twins.
(I haven't been cross-posting as much on LJ. I forget, or I don't want to bother re-entering all the links, etc. It's bad, I know, but oh, I've been busy.)
Glad you had a good birthday! Hopefully next year will go just as well.ReplyDelete
Happy Birthday! A little late, but birthdays are a week-long event in my family.ReplyDelete
I hope you had a happy birthday!ReplyDelete
Your blog is actually syndicated to LJ at http://strangeinkrss.livejournal.com/
I did.ReplyDelete
Also, whoa. I (obviously) had no idea. The internets are full of magic.


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It's Like GoldPosted by Jeff Summers on Nov 5, 2006 in 2006 Off Season | 0 comments
The first couple of weeks after the season and post season have ended; Major League Baseball tries to let the fans down gently. There is all-star traveling road show to Japan where several players go to Japan to play against their Japanese counterparts in exhibition games. Given the time differences and lack of media coverage these tend to be minor stories on the back pages of the sports page. The tour is followed by the annual awards season where baseball hands out various accolades for players or plays of the year. It starts with the comeback player of the year that is awarded during the World Series and culminates with the Hall of Fame ballot results after the first of the year. Catcher Johnny Estrada was a candidate for comeback player of the year but did not even make the finals. The awards this year went to Jim Thome in the American League and Nomar Garciaparra in the National League. It is hard to argue with those choices as both players had great years.
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WYOMING, Mich. (WOOD) — A 34-year-old Wyoming man was killed in an industrial accident at a plastics plant in Wyoming Friday.
The accident happened Friday around 5 p.m. at the Grand Rapids Plastics building at 4220 Roger B. Chaffee in Wyoming.
Co-workers tell 24 Hour News 8 a worker was cleaning an injection molding machine when he got caught inside and was killed.
Family members tell 24 Hour News 8 the victim is 34-year-old Russel Scharenbroch Jr. They say Russel was a loving husband and father of six children; he would help anybody he could and did everything to support his family.
There will be a candlelight vigil for Russel at Grand Rapids Plastics at 9 p.m. Saturday.
24 Hour News 8 has reached out to several Grand Rapids Plastics representatives, but they have not not returned our calls.
Check back at woodtv.com for updates.


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LA Weekly, 8/1/8/99
by Greg Burk
I HAD THOUGHT MOST OF MY EXPOSURE TO DON PRESTON came from occasional dips into the dogmatic world of Frank Zappa, with whom he keyboarded and sang on dozens of albums. Then I started looking at his credits, and realized I was wrong. Oh, Preston was on that Gil Evans record. And that one by Carla Bley. And those others by the Residents, John Carter and John . . . Lennon. And the score to Apocalypse Now. He'd been in my ears a lot, and I hadn't realized it. Typical: Preston isn't the kind of guy who runs around yelling, "Look what I did!" He just does it.
Sure, I've seen him play beautiful jazz piano in clubs -- standards, even. And he's well known for some Zappa-moonlighting projects with the Grandmothers, and as a pioneer in electronic music. But I didn't know he'd been one of the first to play synthesizer in a band, before Moog went public. And won L.A. Weekly Theater Awards for music in a bunch of plays. And how about all those film scores (even if I didn't recognize most of the titles)?
"You haven't seen Blood Diner?" Preston jokes over lunch recently. Well, actually, I think I did catch that one.
"Now I'm very relaxed, because I'm 'retired,'" says Preston, who'll be 68 next month. With his placid demeanor and essential sureness, he could pass for a monk. "I get a Social Security check, I get a check from the Musicians Union, I'm getting royalties from films and records I've done. The money is not a worry anymore. I'm just relaxing, and I play what I want to play."
Of course, he's not really retired. And he's always played what he wanted, the jazz trio being a format he's returned to lately, building on tunes by Lee Konitz and John Lewis as well as writing new stuff, such as an individual take on the sonata.
"I just improvised it and recorded it on the sequencer. Then I had to go in there and change notes, change rhythms, until it's finally right, and now it's a beautiful piece. There's hardly any resemblance at all to what I started with. But the spontaneity of improvising is still there. It has a shape, especially if you think, when you're improvising, that you're writing a song."
When he's on synthesizer, Preston is one of the few musicians who doesn't make you painfully aware that he's Playing the Synth, an instrument that too often serves as a crappy substitute for an organ. You're more likely to wonder where that roiling cloud in the music came from, or notice that the ground seems to be moving.
Those are a couple of sides to his approach. Other times, Preston lets go and allows the music to come out, almost unconsciously. The ideas flow fast onto the piano and nearly bump into each other, calm beauty competing with passionate seizures.
"When I play a concert, my primary goal is to be open to whatever spirit resides in me -- in each one of us -- to take over, do the playing for me. It's a separate entity that's not part of our mind. That part of myself can come up with things that are so complex, so interesting, so fantastic, I'm totally surprised. It's thrilling when that happens."
Not everybody thinks like that. Maybe we forget how. Preston is grateful, sort of, for the way the nuns tried to make him forget. At the Catholic boarding school where his folks parked him as a child while they were divorcing, the brides of Christ used to slap his hands when he made mistakes on the piano. The discipline backfired.
"I probably would have been a studio musician," he says. But thanks to the intimidation, "When I start to sight-read music, I panic, and my eyes cross. I can't see the notes."
So Preston was forced to fall back on the natural improvising and writing ability he discovered while listening to his pianist-composer father. After finding a compatible teacher, he eventually started his music career in the military, while stationed in Trieste with Herbie Mann.
"I really didn't choose to be a musician. I just was a musician. And unfortunately, I didn't learn any skills about how to make money or how to further my career. Lee Ritenour once told me, 'The only reason I made money is I went to business school and learned how to operate a business.' I didn't even know what a business was. I haven't made a lot of money, and I've been ripped off, but it's made me kind of lean and hungry, and my playing reflects that. At least it gives me a lot of energy."
ONE THING PRESTON NEVER LACKED WAS CONFIdence. In 1962, he had the balls to approach John Coltrane after hearing the saxophone god in a Detroit club. "I told him, 'It's your duty to progress beyond where you are, and lead the people who are following you into new realms of music.'" Not long after, Coltrane began venturing into the explosions of multiphonic sound that would characterize the middle '60s. No doubt Eric Dolphy, Cecil Taylor, Ornette Coleman and Pharoah Sanders had more pull than Preston, but there can't have been many white guys advising the king of the tenor to shred his meal ticket.
Preston was equally irreverent toward Zappa; in 1991, he sued his primary collaborator over royalties. The statute of limitations rendered the suit toothless with regard to past distributions, though Preston did end up getting more checks from then on -- at the cost of estrangement from Zappa and his family. Nevertheless, Zappa's 1993 death from cancer had an impact.
"I felt very moved. Because there was still a lot of history between us -- not that we agreed on everything. I was sorry to see him go, even though I probably could have saved his life."
Preston is referring to the healing methods of self-help maven Louise L. Hay, which, despite a lack of any Big C scares in his own life, have been a guiding influence on him. Diagnosed with cancer a couple of decades back, Hay sidetracked the Reaper with her own program, and is still writing books and passing the word. "You can't drink a gallon of cappuccino every day," Preston says of Zappa's usual practice. "You have to change everything -- your living habits, your thinking habits." Regardless, he says, "I still have a hot fudge sundae occasionally."
Aside from his music, Preston has been doing yoga for 35 years, attends the nondenominational Agape Church, plays tennis almost daily, and has a sideline selling the eggs of praying mantises -- insects he raises just so he can observe their dining rituals and specialized movements.
"It's the only insect that can turn its head," he marvels.
Preston also admires some of the current electronic music, much of which he feels wouldn't exist without his old correspondents Throbbing Gristle, avatars of noise from the mid-'70s till 1981.
Asked the difference between noise and music, Preston takes a stance worthy of his borderless career. "There is no such thing as noise, is there?" he says. "It's all music."


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Don't Whack Your Teacher Mature Content
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43 16 flame throwers 13 fuly upgraded guns 1 lightningtower
it ever ends
beat it :)
Its a really good game. I only made it to 47. Haha. Flamethrowers are the way to go.
Just completed it on hard difficulty (default). On the last level (51) I had 4 flamethrowers, 4 light towers, and 40 ice cannons.
Mak3ithurt, it actually ends on 51. Towards the end you definitely gotta spam light towers and electric towers. Very awesome game. Playing this with song number 2 is definitely the best game ever.
50 does this end?
never mind the symbols
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Zay Zay The 5-Year-Old Comedian Is Taking The World By Storm [VIDEO]
Possibly one of the worlds youngest comedians, Zay Zay, is going in on parents being lazy!There is this new young sensation by the name of Zay Zay and he is talking about something that we all know to well. Probably because we have either been that little kid or maybe we are those parents. Get a laugh and check out the young comedian who is on his way!
This was too funny! Who else but a child could make you laugh about something that we should actually feel guilty about (Not!!!) You can find more clips about Zay Zay as he also has a twitter page and website and facebook page as well as more clips on You Tube!


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1PM EST, 7/9/11: All the houseguests are waking up around now. Keith now wants to talk to Rachel, but Brendon tells him that he has all day long to talk to her, because she is half asleep. Porsche overhears the conversation in the purple room as Keith suggests putting up Lawon and Kalia instead of him and Porsche. Keith bases Lawson because he "stirs the pot" and "puts people against each other". Brendon tells Rachel he'll tell her what Keith told him. Brendon and Keith hug. Brendon says they'll talk again later together. Brendon then asks Adam if he can talk to him and Rachel later. He agrees.
2PM EST: In the backyard, Shelly encourages Brendon and Rachel to wait a while before having any kids. She admits that she is glad she waited until she was 33 to have a child. Brendon says that he doesn't even have his PhD yet and Rachel already wants a kid. Porsche is whispering to Jeff and Jordan in the candy room what she overheard earlier. She says that Brendon and Rachel don't use the Power of Veto because she wants Keith to go home. Again, she seems convinced that Keith will be leaving the house if the nominations stay the same.
In the storage room, Keith and Adam are talking. Keith says he wants the veto used on him so Lawon could be evicted. Adam says the "can't stand Kalia". In the HOH room, Jordan seems annoyed that Porsche said that Jordan threw the veto competition last night. Brendon also shares with Rachel, Danielle, and Jordan what Keith told him. A producer then tells the houseguests to go to the backyard. The feeds are cut for over 20 minutes.
3PM EST: In the backyard, Cassi, Brendon, and Lawon were shown and Cassi asked Brendon if they wanted Keith out. Brendon asked what they wanted to do. Cassi admits that they initially wanted Porsche out, but now they want Keith evicted. In the have not room, Keith told Dominic that he talked to Brendon earlier about Lawon. Dominic told him not to confront Lawon in front of the whole house. Dominic admits that Keith's plan to get Lawon and Kalia on the block may work, but if it doesn't, it's looking like Keith is gone. Dominic said that Keith could trust him and that he wants him to remain in the house.
4PM EST: Rachel and Jordan are in the candy room talking about the upcoming HOH competition. Jordan says that she isn't very good at puzzle games. Keith told Dominic that he doesn't believe that Lawon has the newbies' best interest at heart. Porsche enters the room and Dominic leaves. Porsche admits she is afraid that Keith making big moves in the house will target her because they are partners. Porsche suggests that the two of them talk to Rachel and Brendon in private. Lawon tells Dominic that he is going to keep his word and evict Porsche. He says he knows Keith is talking about him, but he'll worry about him later.
Dominic talks to Jeff and Jordan for the first time regarding the game. Jeff says the house is divided based on the way they came in. Dominic asks if Rachel will use the Power of Veto, but Jeff and Jordan dodge the question. Dominic tells them that he doesn't want it to be a case of the alumni vs the newbies. Jordan says it's not. Brendon comes and joins the conversation, also noting that this is the first time Dominic talked game with them. Dominic continues to talk about there being sides in the house. Both Brendon and Jeff deny that there are any sides. Brendon admits to Dominic that people "on your side" are already on "our side". Brendon said that they trust Dominic for now, but if this conversation gets back to them by another party, they'll know he's untrustworthy.
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kook04 wrote: maybe cuts are the biggest learning curve, here.
but from what I have read a good setup would be to get a high density incoloy 5500W element
Pamulli wrote:I also wonder about reactions between the alcohol and the heating element? Everyone is very concerned about material safety on this board, but I haven't seen any real mention of the makeup of these hot water heater elements and if there is any danger with them being in direct contact with the alcohol?
I also wonder about reactions between the alcohol and the heating element?
My assumption is that for a 240 setup, things get substantially more complicated. Correct?
So, here is what I am thinking...
Run 2 seperate elements in the keg, one from a simple light switch and one from a dimmer/triac setup above. When heating up the wash, turn on the switch and turn up the dimmer. After it has been heated, turn off the switch and use the dimmer/triac setup for controlling temp. Sound like a good plan?
Guys after some experimentation with my heating elements I have come to the conclusion that two factors are involved. One is thermal convection and the other is element surface area.
For those that find they are burning their beer, they can either get an element with a greater surface area, or for those like me who are stuck with what they got - simply ramp up the heat slowly at the beginning of warm-up to allow beer around the element to heat up and convect. If you put it on full blast the stuff around the element doesnt mix and gets really hot and burns. So i heat up with a 'power curve' now.. all good
240 a/c operates the same as 120 a/c, it is just bigger, so you have to use 240v rated components.
newerbrewer wrote:240 a/c operates the same as 120 a/c, it is just bigger, so you have to use 240v rated components.
Hmmm, does anyone have a schematic drawn up for a 220 setup instead of the 110? Would I use a different triac? Different resistor? Obviously, I'd use a bigger load dimmer and wire gauge.
I can only seem to find the lower voltage drawings. Could someone point me in the right direction?
Andy239 wrote:If you have a standard keg, how are you getting inside to hold the nuts from the bolts that go through the flange? Am I missing something?
tobben79 wrote:They have $20 digital controler.
And a $30 relay
Wire controler to relay switch
Wire 220 to the in posts and the element to the out posts
Then add 220 to the controler
Poof you have a fully controled temp to about a half degree
If need one built let me know
tobben79 wrote:It is definitely not that you need one to that degree. But some of us over build things. I looked all over for controling heat to accomplish a all most self running still.
I look at it this way if I can set the set points for either turn off at a certain temep ie alcohol st ops coming and water starts 190deg just say it turns off. Or to set it to get up to magic temp of say 175 and hold for x amount of time. This takes a hobby to a next level of control.
I will say im new to distilling but no were new to brewing or heating and cooling. And yes my brain dose not stop untill it builds things to the fullest capability of that object at hand.
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Auction Site BidCow to Sell Home Furnishings Surplus
Consultant Ed Borowsky Heads New Company
Ray Allegrezza — Furniture Today, August 24, 2009
HIGH POINT — A group of industry veterans has launched an online auction site designed to enable suppliers and retailers to buy and sell surplus home furnishings inventories, wholesale lots and related goods. Called BidCow (COW is an acronym for closeouts, overstocks and whatever), the site is at www.bidcow.com. It offers opportunistic buys of all major furniture categories including living room, dining room, bedroom, youth and more, as well as mattresses, lighting and decorative accessories. Longtime industry consultant Ed Borowsky is CEO of BidCow.
"Up until now, everyone knew that the economy has resulted in lots of excess inventory, but there wasn't an effective and efficient way to make those goods available to interested parties both nationally and globally," said Borowsky. "Nobody profits from inventory sitting unsold in a warehouse," he said. "Even worse, due to the glut of finished goods, when a seller's utilizing the service of wholesale buyers, he may only recoup 10 to 20 cents on the dollar." Borowsky said he believes that with its competitive online auction model, BidCow will help sellers get maximum bids on their goods, in part via the platform's global reach.
While there is no charge to sellers posting on the BidCow site, there is a nominal fee charged at the conclusion of a successful action. Sellers looking to offer goods on the site can post listings via a template that provides simple step-by-step instructions, including how-to video tutorials. In addition, the site offers a help line with instructional support. BidCow offers users a variety of selling options, including minimum bids, buy-it-now, quantity options, payment requirements and more.
Borowsky said the combination of a global audience coupled with the excitement and competitive nature of an auction will allow sellers to realize the greatest possible return from their surplus goods.
"And BidCow has an equal number of benefits for buyers," he said. Knowing that the biggest challenge most retailers face today is getting shoppers into the store, "smart buyers will take advantage of the values offered on the BidCow site as a means of driving today's value-driven consumers through their doors," he said.
He said BidCow will be rolled out in a three phases.
Phase one, underway now, involves the advertising and marketing of BidCow.com. "Our goal is to present this innovative concept to the home furnishings industry via a campaign designed to educate buyers and sellers on the features and benefits of the site," Borowsky said.
As part of phase two, which kicks off on Aug. 31, the site will provide a two-week window to allow sellers to list their inventories and upload product pictures and related information pertaining to the merchandise listed for sale. Also, during this phase, buyers and sellers will be invited to register on the site.
Upon the successful conclusion of an auction transaction, sellers will be able to arrange for payment through their existing financial providers.
However, sellers can also set up through the Retailers Processing Network, a division of the Michigan Retailers Assn., which has offered credit card and ACH Internet transaction programs at competitive rates since 1962. The programs will be available through the bidcow.com site.
During phase three, BidCow will celebrate a grand opening when an auction bell will ring at noon (EST) on Sept. 14.


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Motive Power Changes and Notes for September 1963
This list is correct to the following dates: L.M.R., A September 7, 1963; E.R., September 21,1963; N.E.R., September 14, 1963; Sc.R., September 7, 1963; S.R. September 16, 1963; W.R., August 31, 1963.
Shed Closures, Openings and Code Changes
Tunbridge Wells West shed (75F) closed
New Locomotives
2,750 h.p. Diesel-electric Co-Co: D1537/D1538/D1539/D1540/D1542-41A; 1,250 h.p. Diesel-electric Bo-Bo: D5221-14A; D5226/D5227-18A; 1,750 h.p. Diesel-electric Co-Co: D6858/D6862/D6863/D6864/69-87E; 900 h.p. Diesel-electric Bo-Bo: D8525/D8526/D8527/D8536/D8540/D8542-66A; 3,300 h.p. Electric Bo-Bo: E3083-LMW.
Locomotives Reallocated
London Midland Region: W/E August 3 (additional): 45645-24L.
Locomotives Withdrawn
1151, 2872/2894, 3626, 3766/3781, 4907, 5050/5087, 5154, 5225/5233/5262, 5416, 5554, 5608/5614/5690, 5919/5948/5977, 6138, 6319/6379, 6919, 8458, 9793, 31402, 31637, 31818/31820/31825/31826/31851/31865, 31918/31922, 33008/33011/33016/33021/33024, 42151, 42425/42486/42487, 42668, 42711/42723/42750, 42873, 43342, 44015/44046/44074, 44126/44190, 44202/44262/44297, 44303/44370, 44411/44419/44444, 44539/44596, 44750, 45010/45049, 45199, 45315, 45555, 45625, 46101/46116/46149, 47248, 57269/57291, 57566/57592, 57634/57689/57690, 60048/60061/60066/60073/60082/60097, 60107, 60861, 61069/61074, 61455, 62032, 63375, 63400, 63596, 63736/63784, 63840, 63925/63928/63935/63937/63938/63941/63942/63949/63956/63960/63963, 64568, 65331, 68015. 90006/90086/90097, 90186/90193, 90228/90231/90260, 90435/90440/90461/90475/90487, 90500/90531/90536, 90609/90671.
Motive Power Miscellany
London Midland Region
The winter schedules feature the first rostered Type 4 diesel working in Furness territory. An English Electric unit from Carlisle Upperby depot, after covering the 6.20 a.m. Carlisle-Crewe and the 11.20 a.m. Euston-Workington from Crewe to Preston, is next booked to head the 4.3 p.m. ex-Manchester Victoria from Preston to Barrow and the 6.28 p.m. Workington-St. Pancras back from Barrow to Preston; it then powers the 1.10 a.m. Preston-Crewe parcels, but the conclusion of the diagram is not known. Prior to the introduction of this diesel duty, the 4.3 p.m. Manchester-Barrow and 6.28 p.m. Workington-St. Pancras were being covered quite frequently by one of Crewe North's increased allocation of "Britannia" Pacifies. On September 1 Class V2 2-6-2 No. 60802 travelled south of Carlisle with the 9.50 p.m. Perth-Euston; it reached Carnforth, but had to be taken off there through shortage of coal and replaced by a Class 5 4-6-0, whereafter it returned north two days later on the 4.16 a.m. Carnforth-Carlisle freight.
Eastern Region
Early in September the A.E.I. Birmingham-Sulzer 2,750 h.p. diesel-electric prototype No. D0260 Lion was transferred to the E.R. and was introduced on a turn covering the 4 a.m. Kings Cross-Leeds and the next day's up "Yorkshire Pullman."
North Eastern Region
The customary large-scale reallocations of motive power at the commencement of the winter timetable had some points of interest. Three B.R. standard Class 5 4-6-0s have been despatched to the W.R. and five more, together with four Class 3 2-6-2Ts, to the S.R.; in exchange York depot has acquired five Class 9F 2-10-0s from the S.R. and three more from the W.R. Stourton depot has collected seven B.R. standard Class 3 2-6-0s from Dairycoates, Thornaby and York depots; on September 17 No. 77013 was observed as far afield as Rose Grove, covering a Skipton turn on the 8.40 a.m. Skipton-Rose Grove Class 7 freight and the 12.15 p.m. Rose Grove-Hunslet empties.
Southern Region
All diagrammed steam working through Oxted ceased at the conclusion of the summer timetable and since then diesel traction has monopolised the Oxted line, except for an occasional Class W 2-6-4T sent out as a Type 3 diesel replacement on freight working. Tunbridge Wells West motive power depot has been officially closed, although four locomotives still stable there each night, and its stud of Class 4 2-6-4Ts has been dispersed principally to Brighton, but some have gone to Eastleigh and Feltham. Three Bridges has the redundant Class H and M7 0-4-4Ts and still finds three duties for them on the East Grinstead service, of which one trip reaches Tunbridge Wells West.
Western Region
The first Brush Type 4 diesel-electric was expected at Old Oak for crew training on October 18. This type is to take over the Paddington-Wolverhampton service, on which the L.M.R. disfavours the use of "Western" class units; the latter will go to South Wales, as they are displaced by Brush units, releasing Hymek Type 3s for the West Country and London area local freight. As a result of Hymek transfers to Devon and Cornwall, 18 N.B. Loco. Co. Type 2 diesels are expected to be at London area work from Old Oak by the end of the year. Reading diesel depot is being extended to provide extra accommodation for diesel locomotive servicing.
Scottish Region
The winter timetables have once more brought dieselisation of the Glasgow Buchanan Street-Dundee express services, but not, as before, with N.B. Loco Co. Type 2 units. Birmingham R.C.W. Type 2 units of Eastfield depot, Glasgow, are rostered to the 7.15 and 9.15 a.m. from Glasgow and the 12 noon and 2 p.m. back from Dundee; one of these units goes back to Dundee on the 5 p.m. from Buchanan Street, regaining Glasgow on a fitted freight. The 7.45 a.m. and 4 p.m. trains from Dundee and the 11.15 a.m. down from Glasgow are covered by a B.R./Sulzer Type 2 diesel of Inverness depot. A steam turn remains in the service, the 3.15 p.m. from Glasgow and 8 p.m. back from Dundee, which at the commencement of the new arrangements was being covered by St. Rollox Class A3 Pacific No. 60090, relieved occasionally by Class 5s of Perth on Saturdays. Another new diesel roster takes an Inverness unit through to Glasgow on the overnight train; the diesel then covers the 10 a.m. Glasgow-Perth, the mid-day service from Inverness back to Glasgow and finally the 7.15 p.m. fitted freight from Sighthill through to Inverness. The 4.25 p.m. ex-Inverness is usually steam-worked out of Perth, Mondays to Fridays, but on Saturdays and Sundays it is covered by a Derby B.R./Sulzer Type 4, which powers the Sunday 5.5 p.m. Glasgow-Aberdeen as far as Perth. On September 13 Class Al No. 60140 of York was noted at Bonnybridge on the 3.35 a.m. newspaper train from Carstairs; on September 12 St. Margarets A3 Pacific No. 60043 was recorded here on the London-Stirling car-sleeper, and on September 22 York Al No. 60121 was on Stirling shed after working this train.


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: The Music of Her Life by Magiclivesintwined
Short story
Ginny ran away to america during the final battle leaving behind just a note. Now she's back with a new friend Jess in tow, but thats not all the duo are a new music sensation in america and they've come to england to see if they can make it. How will everyone react to ginny's new life and apperance? and Can she return to the world she left behind?
Genres: Drama, Humor, Romance Era: Post-Hogwarts Characters: Ginny, Harry, Hermione, OC, Ron
Advisory: Mild Language, Mild Violence, Scenes of a Sexual Nature
Published: 2006.07.03 Latest Chapter: 2006.07.17 Updated: 2006.07.17 Status: WIP (1702 words)
: Starts With Goodbye by Magiclivesintwined
Song fic
Wonderful banner by Midnight Cityscape. Kristina Nelson was in love with Sirius Black. They had a life, they had love, and they had a future. But one halloween Changes all of that.
Genres: Romance Era: Hogwarts Characters: Lupin, OC, Sirius Pairings: Sirius/OC
Advisory: Mild Language, Mild Violence, Scenes of a Mild Sexual Nature,
Published: 2006.05.20 Latest Chapter: 2006.06.04 Updated: 2006.06.04 Status: COMPLETED (2434 words)
: Note To Love by Magiclivesintwined
(Wonderful banner by via the doll from The Dark Arts) Harry has one more Horocrux left. What happens when he finds out that Him, Hermione, Ginny and Ron have been transported back to the Marauders era. Love cross overs, traitors and duel what else could go wrong. Well if you ask that and you are Harry Potter anything and everything is the answer.
Genres: Humor, Romance, Action/Adventure Era: Marauders Characters: Ginny, Harry, Hermione, James, Lily, Lupin, OC, Pettigrew, Ron, Sirius Pairings: Harry/Ginny, James/Lily, Ron/Hermione, Remus/OC, Sirius/OC
Advisory: Mild Language, Mild Violence, Scenes of a Mild Sexual Nature,
Published: 2006.05.14 Latest Chapter: 2006.05.24 Updated: 2006.05.24 Status: WIP (3465 words)
: The Begining of the End by Magiclivesintwined
(Beautiful banner by Moonys Aimee. thank you) Harry has left the Dursleys for the last time and is back at the burrow until school. Harry gets back what he has lost, meets new people, and discovers many secrets. Will he be able to deal with all this and trying to save the world. Its just the normal day in the life of famous Harry Potter.
Genres: Romance, Action/Adventure Era: Hogwarts Characters: Fred/George, Ginny, Harry, Hermione, Lupin, OC, Ron Pairings: Harry/Ginny, Ron/Hermione, Other Pairing
Advisory: Strong Language, Mild Violence, Scenes of a Sexual Nature
Published: 2006.01.29 Latest Chapter: 2006.05.14 Updated: 2006.05.14 Status: WIP (13363 words)


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This vincotto is a product of the Calogiuri family based in the Puglian city of Lizzanello (the very heel of the boot).
Vincotto (meaning cooked wine) is a velvety vinegar made by cooking and reducing the grape must from two distinct grape varietals, Malvasia and Negroamaro, for a period of fifteen hours. It is then aged for four years in oak barrels, allowing the taste and consistency to develop. During the third year of aging, raspberries and the wine vinegar are added to the original Vincotto. While there are some overtones of a fine Balsamic, this "elixir" must never be confused with Balsamic vinegar.
Raspberry Vincotto Vinegar is sweet, a little bit tart, and truly delicious. Use it on ice cream, desserts, in a seltzer, in fresh berry compotes, drizzled over mascarpone cheese, or on a salad. This is a natural product without any alcohol, colorants or preservatives.
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Twitter Authoritarianism: Trump's Attacks on the Judiciary
Donald Trump's attacks against the judicial branch continue to escalate, and they may be a sign of what is to come. Trump recently launched a series of tweets criticizing U.S. District Judge James Robart for placing a temporary restraining order on Trump's travel ban, and continued his criticism of the judiciary after the ban's defeat in the Ninth Circuit Court. His comments attacking the legitimacy of an individual judge are unprecedented for a sitting president, and create an atmosphere where judges who rule against Trump will face public attacks and widespread death threats online.
Even more concerning than his attacks on Robart's individual legitimacy have been Trump's attacks on the power of the judiciary as a whole. On February 5, in the wake of his infamous tweet calling Robart a "so-called judge," Trump tweeted again, saying, "Just cannot believe a judge would put our country in such peril. If something happens blame him and court system. People pouring in. Bad!" Taken at face value, this is a clear statement of Trump's intention to use a terrorist attack as political capital to consolidate his executive power. Trump seems to believe that the judiciary should not have the power to limit his "national security" actions, regardless of their constitutionality, and appears to be willing to go to extremes to maximize his power.
Some argue that Trump's tweets are hyperbolic and merely petty rants, and therefore are not representative of his real policy intentions. Admittedly, it would be nice to brush away Trump's litany of angry tweets against the judiciary as an emotional reaction that has no basis in executive intention. However, the clearly unconstitutional and arguably autocratic-leaning sentiments expressed in Trump's tweets have been backed up by statements from his administration. Stephen Miller, Trump's senior policy advisor, appeared on several Sunday news talk shows on February 12, and while on Face the Nation with John Dickerson, he was asked what the White House had learned from its experience with the executive order. Miller responded by asserting that "we have a judiciary that has taken far too much power and become, in many cases, a supreme branch of government." Miller finished by ominously stating, "The end result of this, though, is that our opponents, the media, and the whole world will soon see as we begin to take further actions, that the powers of the president to protect our country are very substantial and will not be questioned."
Many Americans believe that our hallowed American democratic institutions are simply too deeply established to fall to the whims of one reckless and authoritarian president. However, the power of the presidency is greater than it has ever been before. In many ways, the democratic system of the United States depends on a well-intentioned and moralistic president. The courts cannot enforce their decisions without a cooperative executive branch. It is absolutely possible that in the wake of a national security crisis, Trump could successfully order the Department of Homeland Security, or a different arm of the executive apparatus, to carry out his orders in the face of judicial opposition.
Even if the Trump administration does not reach this level of direct defiance of the judicial branch, the White House may very well engage in both covert and overt tactics to continue to markedly undermine the authority and legitimacy of federal judges. As in the Robart case, decisions against Trump's orders may be followed by public ridicule of judges, possibly leading to consequences much more serious than Twitter insults. Trump has garnered a vicious online following that attacks and threatens his public opponents, with supporters at times going so far as to release the private information of opponents and journalists online, a practice known as "doxing." Judges might begin to face the threat of damaging personal leaks if they make a decision against Trump's wishes, creating an environment in which there is a legitimate deterrent to making judgments against the administration, no matter their validity. These online "troll armies" are an increasingly common tactic used by Russia (both domestically and to influence elections abroad), China, Turkey, and other authoritarian regimes. In many ways, the use of these unofficial but state-sponsored online armies is the ideal circumstance for quasi-authoritarian leaders who exist in states that proclaim democracy – it is essentially an anonymous and relatively untraceable way to intimidate opponents and influence public perception. As this tactic continues to evolve, it is clear just how dangerous it could be in the United States: online intimidation could serve as a potent tool for the Trump administration to erode the effectiveness of the checks and balances of the American democratic system.
Hopefully, the Trump White House's assault on democracy never amounts to more than a few empty threats and hyperbolic tweets. But in the wake of a tumultuous and disputed election, American democracy is cracking under pressure. As the second month of the Trump presidency begins and the administration continues to attack the judiciary, the press, and others, the American people and the media must remain vigilant.


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Extended Learning Time: We offer support services for schools in the Rochester City School District that have extended learning time. Our prevention educators develop and deliver prevention education curricula and workshops, and our child family therapists establish relationships with parents, guardians and caregivers to foster the success of their children.
Learn 2 Earn: The Center for Youth offers Learn2Earn to assist youth in establishing and successfully attaining educational and employment goals. Learn more.
New Beginning: The Center for Youth, in partnership with the Youth and Justice Program of the RCSD, has developed an academic alternative program, featuring a personalized learning environment –The New Beginning Program is a ground-breaking approach that addresses the academic and social-emotional issues of young men, ages 16-21 that have experienced personal challenges. This school offers a structured, consistent, predictable and supportive environment that promotes positive relationships that are imperative to the young men's sense of security, safety and self. Learn more.
Prevention Education Services (PES): Our team of prevention education specialists offers research-based, interactive workshops geared toward schools and other youth organizations in Monroe County. Evidence-based prevention programs such as Botvin's Life Skills help children and teens make healthy decisions. Examples topics include:
School-Based Counseling: Our school-based counselors provide crisis-intervention counseling to students, families or groups as well as referral services.
The Center is welcoming to all youth and strives to provide services that are respectful of the many cultural, ethnic, religious, and GLBT identities youth represent.