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A boy who saved the life of a suicidal man by simply asking him "Are you okay?" has said he did it because he likes to help people who need help. Jamie Harrington, from Ballymun, Dublin, told the Humans of Dublin project about a meeting with a man in his 30s sitting on the edge of a bridge and about to jump off it. After sitting down and speaking to the stranger for 45 minutes, 16-year-old Jamie persuaded the man to go to hospital and seek treatment
2/30 This little boy loves books so much that he cries when his mother stops reading to him
A good book can keep a child entertained for hours, but there aren't many that can actually make babies cry when they end. That's exactly what happened to one little boy, who looks completely engrossed while his mother reads him the book 'I Am a Bunny', a classic children's book about the pattern of the seasons. However, when the story ends and his mother closes the book, he immediately begins crying. The only thing that seems to placate him is opening the book at the beginning and reading the story again. It's heartening to see such a little child so completely in love with a book, but it must get a little wearing for his parents after a while
3/30 Tattoo with a hidden message highlights the invisible battle faced by people with depression
A young woman has brought attention to the invisibility of depression - by getting a tattoo which sends out two opposing messages depending on how you look at it. The tattoo on her leg appears to say "I'm fine" when read by someone looking at her, but reveals its true secret to its wearer when she looks down at it, reading "Save me" instead. Bekah Miles, a 21-year-old US student who has struggled with depression for some years, got the inking on her leg to start a conversation about mental health and give voice to her experience
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4/30 Teen goes to extraordinary lengths to give autistic twin the high school graduation to remember
A teenager has earned herself an army of fans after she finally reached her goal to help her severely autistic twin brother across the stage at their high school graduation. Anders Bonville, 18, from Birmingham, Alabama, was diagnosed with autism when he was two, which left him non-verbal but – along with his sister, Aly – the pair developed their own unique language and set out to alter perceptions of the condition. Aly was called first on-stage to receive her diploma. With her brother being walked quietly behind a curtained area in his wheelchair to keep him calm, she quickly exited to get him before his name was called out. Aly zoomed down the hallway with her brother in his wheelchair so that he would be happy when the big moment came. Although the principal had ordered the audience to hold all applause until the end – the moment Aly took her brother's hand and led him across the stage – the entire hall rose to its feet and erupted into applause – including the principal herself
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5/30 'Forrest Gump' completes 42 back-to-back marathons
A man has completed 42 back-to-back marathons – while dressed as Forrest Gump. Ewan Gordon, 42, from Oxfordshire, copied the popular film character by growing out his hair and beard to complete the 1,050-mile challenge in memory of nine-year-old Thomas Laurie who died last year. Thomas suffered from Cockayne Syndrome – a rare premature ageing disease – which is known to affect just 100 youngsters in the UK. Mr Gordon, a civil servant, ran about 26 miles each day (42km) – the equivalent of a marathon a day – for 42 days, from John O'Groats to Land's End. He said he was inspired to adopt the quirky persona following a bet when a friend said he would sponsor Mr Gordon more money for his charity run if he did
6/30 Charity shop thanks 'true gent' who donated late wife's wedding dress with heartfelt message
A charity shop in Leeds has tracked down the elderly man who donated his late wife's stunning 1950s wedding dress with a heartfelt note. St Gemma's Hospice, which runs a speciality bridal shop in Garforth, described the man as a "true gent" while appealing for help finding him on social media. The stunning vintage gown has a lace bodice and sleeves and full embroidered skirt. A note attached to it read: "I wish any lady who takes this dress to have a life with her loved one 56 years like I did. Happy years. I was a lucky man to marry a lady like mine"
St Gemma's Hospice
7/30 Blood donors in Sweden get a text message whenever their blood saves someone's life
With blood donation rates in decline all over the developed world, Sweden's blood service is enlisting new technology to help push back against shortages. One new initiative, where donors are sent automatic text messages telling them when their blood has actually been used, has caught the public eye. People who donate initially receive a 'thank you' text when they give blood, but they get another message when their blood makes it into somebody else's veins
8/30 Guide dog jumps in front of oncoming bus to save blind owner
When Figo the service dog saw an oncoming mini school bus heading for Audrey Stone, the blind woman he was trained to guide, the golden retriever's protective instincts kicked in: He threw himself at the closest part of the vehicle he could. Police photos show the result: fur stuck to the front driver's side wheel and in the middle of Michael Neuner Avenue in New York, where the bus came to a stop after striking the pair. The driver of the Brewster school bus, carrying two kindergartners to St. Lawrence O'Toole Childhood Learning Center, told police he didn't see the pair crossing the road as they made their way home at about 8:15 Monday morning. But Figo saw the bus coming and leapt into action
9/30 Florida boy grew his hair for two years and endured bullying to donate it to charity
After more than two years growing his hair, a boy from Florida has donated his locks to charity, despite being bullied along the way. Christian McPhilamy, an eight-year-old from Florida, began growing his hair after seeing an advert about paediatric cancer and has now donated four locks, each measuring over 10 inches, to charity
10/30 A police officer who told a student his parents were killed surprised him at his graduation ceremony
Kazzie Portie's parents, Riley and Emily, were killed by a drunk driver. Eric Ellison, an officer at the Orange Police Department in Texas, broke the news to the couple's five children and told the youngest he'd be by his side during graduation
11/30 Cafe asks customer to leave after he tells breastfeeding mother to cover up
An Australian café has been praised for sticking up for a breastfeeding mother after a customer told her to cover up. Jessica-Anne Allen, owner of Cheese and Biscuits Café in Queensland, Australia, has described how she was approached by a male customer in the café on Thursday to complain that he was upset by a woman in the coffee shop breastfeeding her child nearby. The customer asked the café owner, 29, to tell the mother to cover up. When Mrs Allen refused to do so, he took matters into his own hands and challenged the woman himself. Staff at the café then asked the man to leave
12/30 Dog with cancer completes bucket list
When their dog was diagnosed with terminal cancer, Coco's owners put together a 'bucket list' and made sure their hound experienced an exciting few weeks before she died. Before she was put down on 5 May, Coco: visited a beach; took a ride in a helicopter; went in a fire engine; ate a steak at the pub; and also had a Big Mac from a McDonalds Drive Thru, amongst other activities
13/30 Elderly cancer patient who rang 911 because he had no food is inundated with donations from well-wishers
An elderly cancer patient who called 911 because he was hungry and had no food is receiving donations from hundreds of people across America who were moved by his story. Clarence Blackmon was discharged from a private hospital in Fayetteville, in North Carolina, on Tuesday after spending months there for cancer treatment. The 81-year-old returned to his house without any supplies and anyone close by to call for help, leading him to call 911 in desperation and ask for food. An hour-and-a-half later, Marilyn Hinson, the operator who answered that call, arrived at his front door with police carrying bags full of food and made him some ham sandwiches
14/30 Son receives touching 30th birthday card from father who died in 1999
A son has revealed how he only just received a birthday card from his dad who died from cancer over a decade ago, with the father having the foresight to mark his children's milestone birthdays before passing away. It was inscribed with a simple 'Love ya - Dad', and was written such a long time ago that even the corny joke on the inside feels quite charmingly dated
15/30 Chinese student carries disabled friend to school every day for three years so he doesn't miss class
A teenager has been hailed as "the most beautiful student in China" after spending three years giving piggy-backs to his disabled friend so that he doesn't have to miss a class. The story of 18-year-old Xie Xu, who volunteered to look after his 19-year-old classmate Zhang Chi, has been shared widely on Chinese social media and received widespread local media coverage
16/30 Teenage Aldi worker Christian Trouesdale walkes an old man home
A young man from Horwich in Greater Manchester has become an unexpected internet sensation after he was photographed walking a frail old man home from the supermarket. Aldi worker Christian Trouesdale, 18, said he had received a "crazy reaction" with messages of support flooding in from as far afield as Dubai, Canada, the US, Australia and New Zealand. The image of Mr Trouesdale hand-in-hand with a 96-year-old customer on the street outside the shop was first shared by nearby worker and Horwich resident Samantha-Jayne Brady, 23, who said it was "a lovely thing to witness"
Samantha-Jayne Brady
17/30 8-year-old survivor of abuse writes inspirational 'thank you' letter to social workers
An eight-year-old girl who was abused as an infant has written a thank-you letter to social workers and detectives who helped to rescue her from a home where she had been left paralysed as a result of beatings. Marie Suprenant is not able to walk as a result of the injuries that she sustained before she was taken under the care of a foster parent. "I want to thank you for making me happy by giving me a new warm and safe environment," she writes. "Now I have a home that is nice and I have three nice meals a day"
18/30 Woman praised for defending Muslim woman 'harassed on train for wearing a hijab'
An Australian woman has been described as a "hero" for challenging a train passenger who was allegedly being abusive towards a Muslim woman sat in the same carriage. Stacey Eden claimed an older woman was accusing the unidentified Muslim woman and the man sat next to her of being an Isis supporter because she was wearing a hijab. Ms Eden, from Sydney, said the alleged tirade began "a good ten minutes" before she started filming the woman, later uploading the video on to her Facebook page. Footage from the alleged incident began as the unnamed passenger asked the woman, who was also sat with a pram on the opposite side of the train, "why do you wear it [a hijab] for a man that marries a six year-old girl?" The woman and the man remained silent, but Ms Eden responded: "She wears it for herself, OK? She wears it because she wants to be modest with her body, not because of people like you who are going to sit there and disrespect her"
19/30 Loving parents have got matching tattoos of their daughter's huge red birthmark
Honey-Rae Phillips was born with the large strawberry mark covering half her body. The Daily Mirror reports that Mum Tanya Phillips and dad Adam Philips, who are both from Grimsby, got the tattoos after people starting making comments about it in public. "We wanted Honey-Rae to feel special, that her birthmark was something to feel proud of and not embarrassed by," Ms Phillips told the newspaper
20/30 James Robertson who walked 20 miles to work every day for nine years is gifted new car
James Robertson – who was unable to afford a new car after his last one broke down nine years ago – was recently awarded more than $310,000 in donations by kind strangers who learned of his daily difficulties. Even though the money raised was meant for a new vehicle, a car dealership decided to give him a new one worth around $37,000 (around £24,000) for free in his preferred colour, red
21/30 Stranger gives Kindle to homeless man
An anonymous do-gooder has shunned praise after he gave a homeless man his Kindle. The man from San Diego, California, was visiting Las Vegas last month, when he met a homeless man named Paul, who had read the same, worn book, each time he passed. The man said he had also been down on his luck in the past, and decided to give Paul his Kindle e-reader. A moving photo showing Paul with his Kindle has been viewed over 2 million times on Imgur
22/30 Attacked pensioner Alan Barnes crowdfund passes £200,000 in donations
Pensioner Alan Barnes was mugged outside his home in Gateshead last week in an attack that left him with a broken collarbone and too scared to return to his own house. Katie Cutler, who lives nearby to Barnes, set up a crowdfunding page intending to raise £500 to help the disabled pensioner find a new home. Her efforts have led to more than £200,000 in donations being made
23/30 Man reunited with stolen dog during search for new pet
Richard Brower was "heartbroken" after his dog, a German shepherd called Dozer, was stolen from the Yard of his Alberta home, and his endless searching proved fruitless. But he had no idea that when he started searching for a new German shepherd, he would experience "the closest thing to a miracle" in his life – the Claresholm Animal Rescue Society, unbeknownst to its organisers, had Dozer safe and well, and now he's back at home
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24/30 Bart the 'zombie cat' set to make full recovery following his unlikely return from the grave
Bart, the Florida cat who was buried after his owner found him lifeless in a pool of blood after being hit by a car, is set to make a full recovery when he returned from the grave five days later. Upon his return owner Ellis Hutson took the cat for surgery to remove his eye and have his jaw re-wired, and Bart is expected to return home soon
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25/30 Friendship Nine's civil rights-era convictions overturned by South Carolina court
It is 54 years since the 'Friendship Nine' walked into McCrory's in Rock Hill, South Carolina, and sat down at the whites-only lunch counter in a 'sit-in' that inspired non-violent protests across the South that were an integral part to the civil rights movement. The nine were arrested and convicted of ignoring a segregation order and sent to jail for 30 days, but this week their convictions were finally overturned
26/30 'Humans of New York' blog raises over $1 million for Brooklyn school
Humans of New York, the photo blog that aims to capture daily glimpses into the lives of New York inhabitants, has raised over $1 million dollars for a school in one of the most-crime ridden parts of the city this week, all because of the story of 13-year-old 'Vidal'. The money is for Vidal's school to be able to make contributions towards its pupils' college tuition and to fund trips for sixth-graders to tour Harvard University
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27/30 Mystery man who gave heart-warming note to young mum on train to 'put a smile on her face' has been identified
The stranger who handed a small piece of paper and a £5 note to a 23-year-old mother just to tell her "what a great mum she is" has been identified, after recipient Sammie Welch was so overwhelmed by his kindness she started a Facebook search just to be able to thank him. Ken Saunders, 50, said he "just wanted to put a smile" on Welch's face
28/30 Father calls out his daughter's racist bullies in emotional video
A father has taken to YouTube to shame bullies who bombarded his daughter with racist abuse on social media. Mr Knudson's daughter, from Prior Lake in the US state of Minnesota, was adopted and is of African American descent. He recounted how he approached the parents of the twin bullies only to be told that there was nothing wrong with the abuse. "I have a beautiful African American daughter who I love more than life itself and would do anything for," he said in the video
29/30 This kid thought the postman should get post too
It must be kind of lonely being a mailman, all this correspondence running through your hands every day but none of it addressed to you. It must be kind of lonely being a mailman, all this correspondence running through your hands every day but none of it addressed to you
30/30 Student raises thousands of pounds for homeless man who offered her £3 for a taxi
Christmas is a traditionally a time for giving, particularly to the less fortunate members of society, but one homeless man was prepared to hand over everything he had. The man, named Robbie, offered a 22-year-old student £3 to help her get home safely after a night out - and now she is hoping to raise enough money to help him off the streets
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Definitely words I'd like to live by (Live Simply by theloveshop on etsy).
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Tween-aged girls are in an awkward time between being a little girl and becoming a young lady. The message they often get is that now they need to look like Beyonce and act like Miley.
This situation is being addressed by a new program, a cooperative venture among Jefferson Middle School, Share The Spirit Foundation and Appearances salon. It�s called The Looking Glass Project.
Some eighth-grade girls from Jefferson are spending several Saturdays at Appearances, learning not only the value of good grooming, but the importance of confidence and poise. They have to be there for a couple of hours each Saturday, so it�s a serious commitment.
Share The Spirit is best known for providing shoes to kids who are in need. One of its founders, Tonya Voepel of Springfield, worked with Jefferson principal Karen Crump last year when Karen was at Wanless Elementary School. Those two, along with Bernie Koch, owner of Appearances, met the eighth-graders at Jefferson recently to explain the program and to gauge their interest.
�I have done public speaking most of my career,� Bernie said afterward, �but I�ve never been as frightened as I was in front of those girls. I�m 67 years old! How do I connect with these girls? I was scared to death.�
He must have done all right because six of the girls volunteered to write an essay that would be a component in whether they would be chosen to participate. All six were chosen, and the first few got it going last Saturday by visiting Appearances with their parents.
The girls not only got tips on makeup and nail care from cosmetologists, but also had to approach each member of the staff, all of them strangers, and introduce themselves. That may have been the hardest part.
�I was behind the scenes, listening,� says Karen Crump. �They gave them a thorough tutorial. Etiquette was a big part of it, greeting all the employees all the time they are there, making eye contact. That�s the exciting part.�
I was thinking about how this would pay off someday in a job interview, as well as high school. Coming in for an interview nicely groomed and looking someone in the eye with self-assurance is huge in that situation. (Or, it should be).
Bernie points out that, though his salon is in on the ground floor, any salon could do this. At first I was thinking, well, that puts the emphasis on how these girls look. And that�s what we are trying to get them away from. But then I learned more about it and found out that the girls� confidence and poise is also addressed. That made sense.
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Jay E. Brett, a longtime Buffalo lawyer, died Tuesday. He was 82.
Born in Somerville, N.J., Mr. Brett moved to Buffalo during his high school years and attended Lafayette High School.
He went on to graduate from Cornell University, where he was involved with the debate team and was a member of the ROTC.
Mr. Brett served in the Army in Korea.
Using his ROTC scholarship, he put himself through Harvard Law School.
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Indiana Secretary of State Todd Rokita's Indiana Investment Watch program to raise public awareness of the dangers of investment fraud online
September 13, 2010
Online public education initiative will use national grant to raise awareness of investment fraud perpetrated online
INDIANAPOLIS – Investment fraud perpetrated online is growing more and more common. To help educate and protect Hoosiers, Indiana Secretary of State Todd Rokita's Indiana Investment Watch program is launching an online public education initiative next week that will target those who may be most susceptible to falling victim.
"Driven by actual case examples and real threats to Hoosiers, we are going to proactively fight fire with fire by inserting our educational message about safe investing into the spaces where fraudsters potentially solicit victims," Secretary Rokita said. "As technology continues to advance, fraudsters are adopting more unconventional approaches to soliciting victims, and the Internet provides them with a wide-open hunting range."
Funded through a grant from the Investor Protection Trust, Indiana Investment Watch has created online advertisements, websites and videos to illustrate how four fictional companies would promote investment opportunities. The content is designed to show four common types of fraud found online: Ponzi schemes, online trading fraud, offshore and foreign currency investments and oil and gas schemes. The ads highlight common techniques used by fraudsters and will appear on newspaper and financial-related websites as well as when Hoosiers are online searching for investing opportunities and related terms.
Anyone clicking on the ads or websites will receive a message from Indiana Securities Commissioner Chris Naylor explaining that the investment is an example of fraud. From there, they will be redirected to the Indiana Investment Watch website where they can learn in more detail how to avoid falling victim to fraud and read about real cases in Indiana and across the nation.
"Through the design of this program, our objective is to reach people before they fall victim to fraud" Commissioner Naylor said. "We want everyone to know what steps to take to avoid investment fraud online. Most importantly, we want Hoosiers to contact our office if they feel they've been, or could become, a victim in a scam like these."
Earlier this year, the Indiana Securities Division worked with Johnson County prosecutor Brad Cooper to obtain a criminal conviction of an Indiana woman who solicited victims using the website Craig's List. In addition to asking people to invest money in her fake company, Wanda Robertson also asked for their personal information. She later used this information to apply for loans and credit cards. Following the investigation by the Indiana State Police with assistance from the Prosecution Assistance Unit, Robertson plead guilty to three Class C felony violations of the Indiana Securities Act and was sentenced to four years in prison, to be followed by four years of probation.
"The ads, websites and videos all incorporate techniques fraudsters commonly use to solicit victims," Secretary Rokita said. "Promises of guaranteed returns with no risk, exaggerated returns on investment and claims of insider information – these are all tactics my office has seen in our investigations of investment fraud."
The entire project has been designed in such a way that it can be used by other state securities regulators to educate and protect constituents. Based on results here in Indiana, the Indiana Investment Watch staff will work with the Investor Protection Trust to assist other states in implementing the program.
"Online investment scammers are just a click away on your computer at home or at work," said Don Blandin, president and CEO of the Investor Protection Trust. "These high-tech con artists may not stick a gun in your face, but they can rob you just the same. This next phase of the Indiana Investment Watch program will help Hoosier investors learn to recognize Internet investment fraud schemes before it's too late."
To view the ads, websites and videos, and to learn more about avoiding investment fraud perpetrated online, please visit http://www.in.gov/sos/securities/3724.htm.
About Indiana Investment Watch
Indiana Secretary of State Todd Rokita created the Indiana Investment Watch program to increase financial literacy in Hoosiers and to educate them about various types of securities and mortgage loan broker fraud. The program is not funded by taxpayer dollars, but rather by the money collected from settlements in securities fraud cases.
For more information, please visit http://www.indianainvestmentwatch.com/. If you feel you have been the victim of investment fraud, please call the Secretary of State's Securities Division at 1-800-223-8791.
About the Investor Protection Trust
The "Indiana Internet Fraud Campaign" is funded by a grant from the Investor Protection Trust (IPT). The IPT is a nonprofit organization devoted to investor education. Since 1993 the IPT has worked with the States to provide the independent, objective investor education needed by all Americans to make informed investment decisions. http://www.investorprotection.org/.
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Seven passengers were burnt to death and 40 injured early today when a luxury bus hit a bridge railing and caught fire near a Karnataka town, a police official said.india Updated: Nov 14, 2013 13:29 IST
Seven passengers were burnt to death and 40 injured early on Thursday when a luxury bus hit a bridge railing and caught fire near a Karnataka town, a police official said.
The horrific accident took place near Haveri town, about 330 km from here in northern Karnataka.
The incident came close on the heels of the October 30 Andhra Pradesh accident in which 45 passengers were burnt to death in a similar private-run luxury bus fire at Mahbubnagar in Andhra Pradesh.
Thursday's accident "took place around 2.45am when the luxury bus of Volvo from Bangalore to Mumbai hit the railing of a bridge on National Highway 4 (NH 4) at high speed and caught fire as its fuel tank burst," Haveri superintendent of police M Shashi Kumar said.
As many as 43 men and six women were onboard the ill-fated bus operated by the city-based Nationals Travels.
The bus left for Mumbai late Wednesday from the city centre and crossed a hamlet Kunimallahalli, 15 km from Haveri, when it caught fire.
"We are yet to identify the...victims as their bodies are fully burnt. Six of the injured have been rushed to a state-run hospital at Hubli, as their condition is critical due to severe burns," Kumar said. Hubli is around 50 km from Haveri.
"The bus driver is absconding while its cleaner is injured and is in a hospital at Haveri," Kumar added.
The bus operator, meanwhile, said he was not able to get in touch with the driver after the incident. "He (the driver) was trained and it doesn't appear to be his fault, though we are waiting for more details," he said on being asked whether the accident happened because of the driver's fault.
Most of the passengers were asleep when the fire broke out and the flames started leaping up from beneath.
The survivors managed to escape by shattering the emergency exit window and jumping from the burning bus.
State transport minister Ramalinga Reddy rushed to the spot.
"Overspeeding appears to be the cause of the accident... We are ordering a probe to ascertain the reason though the driver could be at fault for driving so recklessly," Reddy told reporters.
(Karnataka bus accident helpline no: 08375237368, 08375232143)
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I still remember the very first muffin I baked when I just picked up baking was a vanilla muffin. I was a newbie then always settled for recipes with less ingredients. I did not even know what tepid water was! Perhaps, I can move myself up to Intermediate Level in baking now after five years of baking. Any comments?
Calories: 285 cals/muffin
Ingredients (makes 6 muffins):
1 cup All-purpose Flour, sifted
½ cup Fine Granulated Sugar
1 tsp Baking Powder
¼ tsp Salt (omit salt if using salted butter)
1 no. Large Egg, lightly beaten
1 tsp vanilla essence
½ cup Buttermilk
¼ cup Butter, melted
½ cup Chocolate Chips
- Preheat oven to 200°C. Line a muffin tray with paper cases.
- In a large mixing bowl, bring all dry ingredients together EXCEPT chocolate chips and mix well with a whisk.
- Make a well in the centre, add in wet ingredients and mix until just combined.
- Add in chocolate chips, mix briefly. Transfer batter into muffin cases, 90% full.
- Fill an empty mould half full with water.
- Bake at 200°C for seven minutes, then turn the oven temperature down to 170°C and continue to bake for another 15-18 minutes.
- Cool on rack.
Cook's Notes:
- For buttermilk substitution, mix ½ tbsp white vinegar with enough full cream milk to make ½ cup.
- Higher temperature at the beginning of baking process helps to produce dome top muffins.
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I just received a XO laptop through the G1G1 program and I will be giving it to a Brazilian child. I was thinking to get another one but I would rather wait to January since I just got this one and I have so much in the budget for this year .
Will the G1G1 initiative end at the end of December or will I be able to get another one in January?
According to what I read, last year it was possible to get a XO only until the end of December. How about this year (2008)?
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28 August 2012
Written by Ricky Chu / Photography by Icon Media
We're raised with the perception that red is a stimulating color and for the most part it's pretty accurate. Models wear red lipstick, fire is red, Christian Louboutin shoe bottoms are red, and red headed girls are known to be feisty. Yup, that's red. Los Angeles resident Dallas Tung's 2006 Infiniti G35 carries on the red tradition because it truly stimulates every one of the senses. It seems like building a car in L.A. would be easier, but it can get more complicated if you want to be original. While there are endless supplies of aftermarket parts, manufacturers and distributors in the City of Angels, there are also a countless number of fixed up cars rolling around that you have to compete with at the shows. And that's not even getting into how many G35 Coupes Infiniti has put on the streets over the years. This wasn't going to be a cakewalk for Dallas, but we Angelinos don't back down from many challenges, which is probably why people don't care too much for us.
For Dallas, standing out from the herds of sport compacts in a city full of enthusiasts was priority. A Ken Style front bumper matched with an APR rear bumper and wide fenders all custom wrapped in carbon fiber was just the tip of the iceberg. Dallas sprung the extra cash for a Top Secret vented hood, JDM taillights and blacked out headlights.
And of course, he had the entire thing sprayed down in a downright vicious red hue based off the Rosso Vik Lamborghini.
With the extra girth, Dallas needed something to fill up the gapping wheel wells so he ordered a set of custom carbon HRE 545R rims in absurd 20x10 (f) and 20x12 (r) sizes matched with Pirelli PZero tires of equal monstrosity. Though with all these goodies, Dallas has to be careful driving his beauty up the steep driveways and mammoth potholes Los Angeles has come to offer.
Dallas' next goal was to test the limits of the VQ35DE engine. While the 3.5 liter V6 engine can hold its own, it was left in the hands of SM Motorsport to beef up the bottom end with Brian Crower connecting rods, Cosworth piston rings, and ARP head and main studs. Amazingly, the 745 hp and 660 lb-ft of torque was achieved with a GReddy Tuner Turbo Kit and a ridiculous fuel system.
Though it is an off-the-shelf bolt on kit, the GReddy kit still comes with two very ballsy TD06SH turbos to shell out the boost. But often forgotten with forced induction taking the spotlight is a fuel delivery system that can keep up with the flow or else your engine goes boom. Assisting in the delivery are a fuel rail and high pressure pump pushing some very expensive high octane petrol through the 1,000cc Injector Dynamics fuel injectors. All this controlled by an UPREV engine management system makes Dallas' G35 deadlier on the streets than supercars with triple the price tag of his Infiniti, though he did shell out over $100,000 on this build. That could buy 10 houses in Detroit. Just drop in the bucket, yeah?
Inside Dallas' G35 is kept simple, but effective. The stock and Recaro racing seats were both custom wrapped in a combination of leather and alcantara making you feel like you're sitting inside a fancy party limo rather than a high performance street car.
His I.C.E selection is narrowed down to a Kenwood 7100 DVD head unit, Audioson 950 watt amplifier, two JL Audio subwoofers, and three monitors in the trunk all custom installed in their own enclosures.
These components work in conjunction with each other trying to battle the already ear deafening roar of an HKS high-power exhaust. Oh yeah, everything is accented in red of course.
Okay, so I lied earlier. The one sense Dallas' G35 doesn't stimulate is taste, but only because we haven't tried to lick it…yet. But four out of five isn't bad and if you're able to track Dallas down at a car show, maybe he'll let you run your tongue across one of the fenders. Don't count on it though, he'll probably just think that you're weird for asking. We're pretty sure Dallas will be busy with other things like adding to his trophy collection where he wins Best in Class at just about every show he enters. For now, just sit back and enjoy this red menace.
Vehicle: 2006 Infiniti G35
Owner: Dallas Tung
Location: Los Angeles, CA. USA
Engine: 3.5 L VQ35DE
Estimated Max Horsepower: 745 hp
Estimated Max Torque: 660 lb-ft
Curb Weight: 4,000 lbs
GReddy TT 20G tuner kit with twin TD06SH turbochargers
R35 intercooler
HKS SSQV blow-off valve
Cosworth intake manifold
Brian Crower connecting rods
ACL bearings
ARP head and main studs
Turbo XS 5 bar map sensor
Injector Dynamics 1,000 cc fuel injectors
CJM (fuel pump, return system, fuel rail kit)
Koyo radiator
GTM fan shroud
ARC oil and radiator caps
Stillen (oil & power steering cooling kits, oil pan spacer, engine torque damper)
Earl's stainless steel braided lines
Full wire tuck
Nismo thermostat
NRG power steering tank and oil catch can
HKS Hi-Power 4-inch exhaust with custom piping
ACT Streetlite flywheel
Carbonetic triple disc clutch and LSD
Eibach sway bars
Top Secret coilovers
Roberuto cup kit
ARC titanium front strut bar
GTSPEC underbody front and rear tie bars
Stillen front and fear camber kit
HRE 545 R wheels – 20 x 10 (f), 20 x 1 (r)
Pirelli PZero tires – 285/25R20 (f), 325/25R20 (r)
AP Racing 6/4 piston big brake kit
Hawk ceramic racing brake pads
Gorilla racing lug nuts
Custom carbon fiber wrapped Ken Style wide body front bumper, fenders, APR rear bumper, side skirts
Rosso Vik Lambo Red paint
Carbon fiber trunk
Blacked out headlights
Top Secret vented hood
JDM taillights
Custom gas door
Carbon fiber wrapped roof
Custom two-tone leather and Alcantara interior
Recaro topline racing seats
Carbon red interior trim
Nismo titanium shift knob
Carbon fiber red kick plates
Sport steering wheel
Three gauge pillar pod
Upgraded black carpet
Razo competition sport pedals
Kenwood 7100 DVD/Navigation
Audison LRX 950 watt
JL Audio W3 10 inch
AEM Uego wideband O2 sensor, Defi gauges, Kenwood monitors
SM Motorsports
Auto Explosion Auto Body
BLK Diamond
SM Motorsport did the engine build assisted by Randy Riggs with the engine details, Auto Explosion did all of the body work on the car also al the carbon fiber work. BLK Diamons did all the interior work.


text: Sijun Forums :: View topic - My First Digital Painting - Need Feedback Log in to check your private messages Sijun Forums Forum Index >> Work in Progress View previous topic :: View next topic Author Topic : "My First Digital Painting - Need Feedback" jlr-licajunior memberMember #Joined: 10 Dec 2008Posts: 2Location: nyc Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 8:17 am I just did my first digital painting. It's nothing fancy, I just stuck with practicing shapes and blending. Would love to build up to do figures, but figured I'd start with the basics. I would love some constructive feedback though. find it here Thanks in advance ps. if someone can help me post images, that would be great. My BBCode doesn't seem to be working for IMG? Back to top medmemberMember #Joined: 22 Dec 2006Posts: 230Location: LA Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 8:52 am There you go. As for a critique; You've achieved a decent value scale (darks and lights). It seems you've used photo reference, yes? Which is not a bad thing of course, but I would recommend painting from life (doesn't have to be with oils, digital is fine). When you paint from life, you read form and depth more effectively because you're seeing two images (assuming you have two eyes) instead of one flat image interpreted by a camera lens. Learning to blend is tricky, because it can be done in many ways. All it is really is controlling color contrast and value contrast. One way to blend is to literally have a smooth gradient between two colors, which can be achieved by using a Wacom tablet's pressure sensitivity with opacity. Simply getting used to merging two colors on your canvas by a few brushstrokes, there are plenty of videos on YouTube that demonstrate this. Another way to blend is a form of an optical trick, letting your brain blend colors for you. For example, you can do this by setting two solid colors next to each other without a smooth transition (blending), and your eye can read it as two colors blended when zoomed out. This is kind of a painterly style, and sometimes looks blocky. For your painting, I would recommend using broader brushstrokes to communicate the color and value. If you're interested in really learning the fundamentals of painting, I would recommend painting a lot from life. Drawing is quite vital as well, especially for figures. I've come to realize that painting IS drawing with a wider stroke. And color. I would also recommend reading a book titled "Everything I know about Painting" By Richard Schmidt. It has very helpful information on understanding how to see, a lot on color theory, and a good load about how to use values. As a disclaimer, anything I said is not based on some kind of official rules or anything. It's just what I've gathered from experience etc...you can paint however you find works for you. I hope that didn't bore you lol -Med Back to top jlr-licajunior memberMember #Joined: 10 Dec 2008Posts: 2Location: nyc Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 1:01 pm Thanks for the speedy reply. I'm impressed that you can tell I used a photo. Which I really had to, because I was trying to use my wacom tablet and I haven't used it before. The candle would have burned down before I would have had a chance to capture it otherwise. I'm going to be taking a drawing class starting 2009, but I think I'm going to stick to painting digitally as it much less expensive than doing the real thing. I know it's kinda like cheating, but don't want to invest too much money to start. Thanks for the feedback!! Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Sijun Forums Forum Index -> Work in Progress All times are GMT - 8 Hours Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Digital Art----------------Digital Art DiscussionWork in ProgressGallery/Finished Work Miscellaneous----------------Random MusingsArchive : Sep99 - Dec00 You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum Powered by phpBB © 2005 phpBB Group


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Religions need books because they don't have gods.
I didn't engage in procreation when I became a mom. I adopted a little girl who needed a family. And it was the most joyous, amazing, life altering thing I've ever done. I recognize families as those families define themselves. I don't care about legal documents that state that someone is married to someone else, or bloodlines of children or siblings. I recognize the reality of complex families, with absentee parents or step parents or weekend dads and weekday moms. I recognize the grandmas raising their grandchildren, and the young adult siblings raising their little brothers or sisters. Laws need to catch up to reality. Gay and lesbian families are not going to go away. And whether they have kids or not, they are real families.
i find it hilarious how some people makes a big deal about procreation. The way i see it, we're already well over 7 billion, so what if some people don't want to have kids or can't procreate?
1) Homosexuals can't procreate (Gay rights issue)
2) It's important to keep your bloodline going (Abortion issue or people whom choose not to have children)
3) If people think like you do then human race would die out (This is said to Gays or to child-free individuals)
4) Having children is so important and miraculous.
5) it's important for the establishment of civilization
I personally cannot have children and i don't want to have children.
I don't think that can cause any problems to society. People may say it's selfish, but we're all selfish.
Greybeard, what exactly are you doing?
Quote from: Timtheskeptic on June 05, 2012, 08:53:41 PMGreybeard, what exactly are you doing?I think he is spot on.
...3) Some people thinks that a person is selfish because they refuse to have children.
Quote from: Timtheskeptic on June 05, 2012, 08:53:41 PM...3) Some people thinks that a person is selfish because they refuse to have children.And I think that sometimes its the other way around. No one should have a child UNLESS they want one, they are prepared to properly care for it, and have a support network in place to help them. It takes a village ...Anyone who does NOT want a child would be foolish to have one. And, yes, I understand that some people change their minds. That's fine. But what about all the people who don't want kids, somehow end up with them, and end up treating them poorly, or neglecting them, or otherwise opting out of the process? The last thing we need is encouragement for people to take a chance on something as important as child-rearing.
Greybeard, what exactly are you doing? 1) I have my reasons why i don't want kids, that is all i'm saying. I didn't say i would not like it, i just don't need a kid. I'm emphatizing the point that it's not so important.2) The points i made which you responded were not my own but what i hear people say, you clearly missed the ones which i made a respond about.
3) Some people thinks that a person is selfish because they refuse to have children.


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Tim Hortons opened a second restaurant on Grand Island Thursday morning with hopes for adding a third or even a fourth.
Wendy and Bryan Clark of Williamsville, owners of Clark Holdings Inc., opened the new Tim Hortons at 2366 Grand Island Blvd., to go along with their other Island location on the boulevard at Staley Road.
Jon Maurer, regional marketing manager for Tim Hortons, said opening the smaller (1,340 square feet, seating nine) restaurant is an example of a new "hybrid" restaurant philosophy serving a growing drive-thru market.
"We have started doing this in areas around Buffalo. With Grand Island's other location, we have such a strong, loyal customer base over there. So this is really meant to just offset traffic at that drive-thru," Maurer said. "The dining room is nice over there, so people can still enjoy that."
"The franchisee is the same owner, and we want to help that restaurant and the customers that come through it to give them a faster way to start their day by having a second restaurant."
"And we're far enough away from the other restaurant to give a different traffic pattern somewhat," Maurer said.
The new restaurant, managed by Tom Nugent, will employ about 20 people. The company is still hiring workers and taking applications throughwww.timhortons.com.
"It's a full menu here: breakfast, lunch, soup, sandwiches," Maurer noted.
Islanders can look forward to a grand opening celebration in the next two weeks, with a free doughnut with a coffee purchase.
If the new restaurant is successful, Bryan Clark said, the company could add two more locations on the Island.
"I think Grand Island is great, it's just taken us a long time to get the second location," Clark said. "But a third and fourth, I'm hoping will follow. I think the Island's capable, but just we've just got to see how quickly this one picks up."
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Patlite introduces NHL Series Network Monitoring Light Towers. These towers help maximize productivity by notifying the administrator of any network abnormalities as they develop via LED lights, audible alarms and e-mail notifications. Monitoring is available via SNMP trapping, pinging and user-background applications. A test switch operates all tower functions directly for simple self-diagnosis. Event notification reports are easy to set-up and automatically email to up to eight email addresses.
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On a day that sees DOMA being struck down, and Prop 8 dropped, I find it ironic that if American society had been more enlightened 50 years ago, I probably wouldn't be here.
I've written about my father and his life before. He was a gay man from south Georgia…not a pleasant existence, I'm sure. He tried to fit into society, marrying my mother and having a child. As much as he loved me, and he loved me quite a bit, I'm sure of it, I suspect that some portion of his soul was dead from the time he became aware of his sexuality. I don't know, because my father and I never spoke about it, but to live your life feeling out of step and hated by those around you because of their ignorance and fear, well, that has to make living hell in so many aspects. Dad, I wish you were here today. But he's not, having died of AIDS in the early '90s. Dad, it's a new day.
Now, just as Loving v. Virginia didn't wipe away the hatred toward blacks, the courts rulings today only give people human rights via the law. It's not going to change those diseased, hateful bigots who hide behind their "god" in order to cloak their fear and envy in loftier terms. To them I have one thought.
Your god is dead.
Now, I don't happen to believe in a deity, but even if some "supreme being" created us (for the sake of argument, it's utter rubbish), then they wouldn't create someone just to turn around and hate them. No, your god is dead. So, to the Bryan Fishers, Tony Perkins, Betty Bowers, and the rest of the hatemongering faction, I have a simple statement for you:
Keep your hate to yourself. It's not legal, moral or in defense of anything. So shut up while society evolves. And like evolution, being gay isn't a "choice" or a "theory". It is simply the truth. I know it, my dad knew it, and deep down, you know it too.
So today is a new day. Now, you can keep on hating, but its a losing cause. If you want to spend your time on this precious earth hating, well, your choice. Nobody will respect your opinions anymore, of course, because we don't HAVE TO.
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Bertha Anna Rusch (nee Drews) of Waukesha passed away Wednesday, March 13, 2013, at the age of 97. She was born in Wausau on Dec.
28, 1915, the daughter of Herman and Clara Drews. She married Carl Rusch in 1937 and they made their home in Waukesha where Carl had his own business, Rusch Electric Motor Co., until his death in 1979.
She is survived by a son, Gerald (Lin) Rusch of Ankeny, Iowa; two daughters, Marilyn (Donald) Robertson of Salem, S.C., and Carol (Martin) Findling of Carol Stream, Ill.; one sister, Helen Nass of Mount Horeb; eight grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Carl; her parents, Herman and Clara Drews; a brother, Elvin Drews; and a sister, Ethel Drews.
A memorial service will be held at a later date at Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church in Waukesha.
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When her baby sister, Kinzley, was born, 6-year-old Kayleigh Schmehl fell in love.
When her baby sister, Kinzley, was born, 6-year-old Kayleigh Schmehl fell in love.
"Kayleigh always got in Kinzley's crib and laid there with her, and she would always say how lucky she was to have her little sister," said mother Stephanie Schmehl. "Now I look at her and say, 'You don't know how lucky your little sister is to have you.'"
Kinzley, who's 20 months old, was born with Hurler syndrome, a rare genetic condition. Last summer, she needed a bone-marrow transplant to save her life. Her older sister wasn't just a perfect match -- she was the only viable donor doctors could find.
To prepare her body for the transplant, Kinzley underwent chemotherapy. During treatment, she lost all her hair.
For Schmehl, who lives in Galena with her family, it was a visual reminder of the challenges her daughter must overcome.
"I remember taking her little comb and brushing it through her hair and seeing it come out in clumps," she said. "It was reality setting in for me, to see everything she was going through."
Kinzley herself was too young to mind going bald. But after a successful bone-marrow transplant, she is a reminder to children undergoing chemotherapy for cancer and other conditions -- and losing their hair in the process -- that recovery is possible.
Now, she's also a poster child for a charity event to cure childhood cancer through the St. Baldrick's Foundation.
In the next six weeks, volunteers are raising money by pledging to have their heads shaved at an event set for St. Patrick's Day, March 16, at Fado Irish Pub, 4022 Townsfair Way in Columbus.
Anyone can sign up to participate by registering at the website stbaldricks.org, then collecting money through small fundraising efforts or soliciting donations from family, friends and local businesses in the weeks leading up to St. Patrick's Day.
This year, organizers will kick off collection season with the Great Guinness Toast event, set from noon to 9 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 16, at Fado. The family-friendly party features live music under a heated outdoor tent.
At the event, the Otterbein University baseball team and the Olentangy Braves Little League team will raise money by shaving their heads one month early to encourage participation.
St. Baldrick's events take place nationwide each spring. In 2012, the organization raised $33.5 million, with all funds going to support research to treat and cure pediatric cancer.
In Columbus alone, about 50 "shavees" raised $32,000 for the cause last year, said local organizer Stacey Brewster.
Traci Shirk, media and public relations specialist for the St. Baldrick's Foundation, said shaving one's head is a powerful way to show support for young cancer patients.
"The kids don't have the choice to lose their hair, so these men and women are stepping up to shave their heads and make a statement," she said.
She added it's a great way to spread awareness about the cause when friends, family members and co-workers ask about it.
Shirk said plenty of brave women have stepped up to participate. So far this year, 2,000 women across the country have registered to shave their heads for the cause, alongside 10,000 men.


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The Chemical History of a Candle
Lecture IV.Hydrogen in the CandleBurns into WaterThe Other Part of WaterOxygen
Michael Faraday
you are not tired of the candle yet, or I am sure you would not be interested in the subject in the way you are. When our candle was burning we found it produced water exactly like the water we have around us; and by farther examination of this water we found in it that curious body, hydrogenthat light substance of which there is some in this jar. We afterward saw the burning powers of that hydrogen, and that it produced water. And I think I introduced to your notice an apparatus which I very briefly said was an arrangement of chemical force, or power, or energy, so adjusted as to convey its power to us in these wires; and I said I should use that force to pull the water to pieces, to see what else there was in the water besides hydrogen; because, you remember, when we passed the water through the iron tube, we by no means got the weight of water back which we put in in the form of steam, though we had a very large quantity of gas evolved. We have now to see what is the other substance present. That you may understand the character and use of this instrument, let us make an experiment or two. Let us put together, first of all, some substances, knowing what they are, and then see what that instrument does to them. There is some copper (observe the various changes which it can undergo), and here is some nitric acid, and you will find that this, being a strong chemical agent, will act very powerfully when I add it to the copper. It is now sending forth a beautiful red vapor; but as we do not want that vapor, Mr. Anderson will hold it near the chimney for a short time, that we may have the use and beauty of the experiment without the annoyance. The copper which I have put into the flask will dissolve it: it will change the acid and the water into a blue fluid containing copper and other things, and I purpose then showing you how this voltaic battery deals with it; and in the mean time we will arrange another kind of experiment for you to see what power it has. This is a substance which is to us like waterthat is to say, it contains bodies which we do not know of as yet, as water contains a body which we do not know as yet. Now this solution of a salt (
) I will put upon paper, and spread about, and apply the power of the battery to it, and observe what will happen. Three or four important things will happen which we shall take advantage of. I place this wetted paper upon a sheet of tin foil, which is convenient for keeping all clean, and also for the advantageous application of the power; and this solution, you see, is not at all affected by being put upon the paper or tin foil, nor by any thing else I have brought in contact with it yet, and which, therefore, is free to us to use as regards that instrument. But first let us see that our instrument is in order. Here are our wires. Let us see whether it is in the state in which it was last time. We can soon tell. As yet, when I bring them together, we have no power, because the conveyerswhat we call the electrodesthe passages or ways for the electricityare stopped; but now Mr. Anderson by that [referring to a sudden flash at the ends of the wires] has given me a telegram to say that it is ready. Before I begin our experiment I will get Mr. Anderson to break contact again at the battery behind me, and we will put a platinum wire across to connect the poles, and then if I find I can ignite a pretty good length of this wire we shall be safe in our experiment. Now you will see the power. [The connection was established, and the intermediate wire became red-hot.] There is the power running beautifully through the wire, which I have made thin on purpose to show you that we have those powerful forces; and now, having that power, we will proceed with it to the examination of water.
I have here two pieces of platinum, and if I lay them down upon this piece of paper [the moistened paper on the tin foil] you will see no action; and if I take them up there is no change that you can see, but the arrangement remains just as it was before. But, now, see what happens: if I take these two poles and put either one or the other of them down separately on the platinum plates, they do nothing for me; both are perfectly without action; but if I let them both be in contact at the same moment, see what happens [a brown spot appeared under each pole of the battery]. Look here at the effect that takes place, and see how I have pulled something apart from the white something brown; and I have no doubt, if I were to arrange it thus, and were to put one of the poles to the tin foil on the other side of the paperwhy, I get such a beautiful action upon the paper that I am going to see whether I can not write with ita telegram, if you please. [The lecturer here traced the word juvenile on the paper with one of the terminal wires.] See there how beautifully we can get our results!
You see we have here drawn something which we have not known about before out of this solution. Let us now take that flask from Mr. Andersons hands, and see what we can draw out of that. This, you know, is a liquid which we have just made up from copper and nitric acid while our other experiments were in hand; and though I am making this experiment very hastily, and may bungle a little, yet I prefer to let you see what I do rather than prepare it beforehand
Now see what happens. These two platinum plates are the two ends (or I will make them so immediately) of this apparatus; and I am about to put them in contact with that solution, just as we did a moment ago on the paper. It does not matter to us whether the solution be on the paper or whether it be in the jar, so long as we bring the ends of the apparatus to it. If I put the two platinums in by themselves they come out as clean and as white as they go in [inserting them into the fluid without connecting them with the battery]; but when we take the power and lay that on [the platinums were connected with the battery and again dipped into the solution], this, you see [exhibiting one of the platinums], is at once turned into copper, as it were; it has become like a plate of copper; and that [exhibiting the other piece of platinum] has come out quite clean. If I take this coppered piece and change sides, the copper will leave the right-hand side and come over to the left side; what was before the coppered plate comes out clean, and the plate which was clean comes out coated with copper; and thus you see that the same copper we put into this solution we can also take out of it by means of this instrument.
Fig. 73
Putting that solution aside, let us now see what effect this instrument will have upon water (F
73). Here are two little platinum plates which I intend to make the ends of the battery, and this (C) is a little vessel so shaped as to enable me to take it to pieces, and show you its construction. In these two cups (A and B) I pour mercury, which touches the ends of the wires connected with the platinum plates. In the vessel (C) I pour some water containing a little acid (but which is put in only for the purpose of facilitating the action; it undergoes no change in the process), and connected with the top of the vessel is a bent glass tube (D), which may remind you of the pipe which was connected with the gun barrel in our furnace experiment, and which now passes under the jar (F). I have now adjusted this apparatus, and we will proceed to affect the water in some way or other. In the other case I sent the water through a tube which was made red-hot; I am now going to pass the electricity through the contents of this vessel. Perhaps I may boil the water; if I do boil the water, I shall get steam; and you know that steam condenses when it gets cold, and you will therefore see by that whether I do boil the water, or not. Perhaps, however, I shall not boil the water, but produce some other effect. You shall have the experiment and see. There is one wire which I will put to this side (A), and here is the other wire which I will put to the other side (B), and you will soon see whether any disturbance takes place. Here it is seeming to boil up famously; but does it boil? Let us see whether that which goes out is steam or not. I think you will soon see the jar (F) will be filled with vapor, if that which rises from the water is steam. But can it be steam? Why, certainly not; because there it remains, you see, unchanged. There it is standing over the water, and it can not therefore be steam, but must be a permanent gas of some sort. What is it? Is it hydrogen? Is it anything else? Well, we will examine it. If it is hydrogen it will burn. [The lecturer then ignited a portion of the gas collected, which burnt with an explosion.] It is certainly something combustible, but not combustible in the way that hydrogen is. Hydrogen would not have given you that noise; but the color of that light, when the thing did burn, was like that of hydrogen; it will, however, burn without contact with the air. That is why I have chosen this other form of apparatus, for the purpose of pointing out to you what are the particular circumstances of this experiment. In place of an open vessel, I have taken one that is closed (our battery is so beautifully active that we are even boiling the mercury, and getting all things rightnot wrong, but vigorously right); and I am going to show you that that gas, whatever it may be, can burn without air, and in that respect differs from a candle, which can not burn without the air. And our manner of doing this is as follows: I have here a glass vessel (G) which is fitted with two platinum wires (I K) through which I can apply electricity; and we can put the vessel on the air pump and exhaust the air; and when we have taken the air out we can bring it here and fasten it on to this jar (F), and let into the vessel that gas which was formed by the action of the voltaic battery upon the water, and which we have produced by changing the water into it; for I may go as far as this, and say we have really, by that experiment, changed the water into that gas. We have not only altered its condition, but we have changed it really and truly into that gaseous substance, and all the water is there which was decomposed by the experiment. As I screw this vessel (G H) on here (H), and make the tubes well connected, and when I open the stop cocks (H H H), if you watch the level of the water (in F), you will see that the gas will rise. I will now close the stop-cocks, as I have drawn up as much as the vessel can hold, and being safely conveyed into that chamber, I will pass into it an electric spark from this Leyden jar (L), when the vessel, which is now quite clear and bright, will become dim. There will be no sound, for the vessel is strong enough to confine the explosion. [A spark was then passed through the jar, when the explosive mixture was ignited.] Did you see that brilliant light? If I again screw the vessel on to the jar, and open these stop-cocks, you will see that the gas will rise a second time. [The stop-cocks were then opened.] Those gases [referring to the gases first collected in the jar, and which had just been ignited by the electric spark] have disappeared, as you see; their place is vacant, and fresh gas has gone in. Water has been formed from them; and if we repeat our operation [repeating the last experiment], I shall have another vacancy, as you will see by the water rising. I always have an empty vessel after the explosion, because the vapor or gas into which that water has been resolved by the battery explodes under the influence of the spark, and changes into water; and by-and-by you will see in this upper vessel some drops of water trickling down the sides and collecting at the bottom.
We are here dealing with water entirely, without reference to the atmosphere. The water of the candle had the atmosphere helping to produce it; but in this way it can be produced independently of the air. Water, therefore, ought to contain that other substance which the candle takes from the air, and which, combining with the hydrogen, produces water.
Just now you saw that one end of this battery took hold of the copper, extracting it from the vessel which contained the blue solution. It was effected by this wire; and surely we may say, if the battery has such power with a metallic solution which we made and unmade, may we not find that it is possible to split asunder the component parts of the water, and put them into this place and that place? Suppose I take the polesthe metallic ends of this batteryand see what will happen with the water in this apparatus (F
74), where we have separated the two ends far apart. I place one here (at A), and the other there (at B); and I have little shelves with holes which I can put upon each pole, and so arrange them that whatever escapes from the two ends of the battery will appear as separate gases; for you saw that the water did not become vaporous, but gaseous. The wires are now in perfect and proper connection with the vessel containing the water, and you see the bubbles rising; let us collect these bubbles and see what they are. Here is a glass cylinder (O); I fill it with water and put it over one end (A) of the pile, and I will take another (H), and put it over the other end (B) of the pile. And so now we have a double apparatus, with both places delivering gas. Both these jars will fill with gas. There they go, that to the right (H) filling very rapidly; the one to the left (O) filling not so rapidly; and, though I have allowed some bubbles to escape, yet still the action is going on pretty regularly; and were it not that one is rather smaller than the other, you would see that I should have twice as much in this (H) as I have in that (O). Both these gases are colorless; they stand over the water without condensing; they are alike in all thingsI mean in all
things; and we have here an opportunity of examining these bodies and ascertaining what they are. Their bulk is large, and we can easily apply experiments to them. I will take this jar (H) first, and will ask you to be prepared to recognize hydrogen.
Fig. 74
Think of all its qualitiesthe light gas which stood well in inverted vessels, burning with a pale flame at the mouth of the jar, and see whether this gas does not satisfy all these conditions. If it be hydrogen it will remain here while I hold this jar inverted. [A light was then applied, when the hydrogen burnt.] What is there now in the other jar? You know that the two together made an explosive mixture. But what can this be which we find as the other constituent in water, and which must therefore be that substance which made the hydrogen burn? We know that the water we put into the vessel consisted of the two things together. We find one of these is hydrogen: what must that other be which was in the water before the experiment, and which we now have by itself? I am about to put this lighted splinter of wood into the gas. The gas itself will not burn, but it will make the splinter of wood burn. [The lecturer ignited the end of the wood and introduced it into the jar of gas.] See how it invigorates the combustion of the wood, and how it makes it burn far better than the air would make it burn; and now you see by itself that every other substance which is contained in the water, and which, when the water was formed by the burning of the candle, must have been taken from the atmosphere. What shall we call it, A, B, or C? Let us call it Ocall it Oxygen; it is a very good, distinctsounding name. This, then, is the oxygen which was present in the water, forming so large a part of it.
We shall now begin to understand more clearly our experiments and researches, because when we have examined these things once or twice we shall soon see why a candle burns in the air. When we have in this way analyzed the waterthat is to say, separated or electrolyzed its parts out of it, we get two volumes of hydrogen and one of the body that burns it. And these two are represented to us on the following diagram, with their weights also stated; and we shall find that the oxygen is a very heavy body by comparison with the hydrogen. It is the other element in water.
I had better, perhaps, tell you now how we get this oxygen abundantly, having shown you how we can separate it from the water. Oxygen, as you will immediately imagine, exists in the atmosphere; for how should the candle burn to produce water without it? Such a thing would be absolutely impossible, and chemically impossible, without oxygen. Can we get it from the air? Well, there are some very complicated and difficult processes by which we can get it from the air; but we have better processes. There is a substance called the black oxide of manganese; it is a very black-looking mineral, but very useful, and when made red-hot it gives out oxygen. Here is an iron bottle which has had some of this substance put into it, and there is a tube fixed to it (F
75), and a fire ready made, and Mr. Anderson will put that retort into the fire, for it is made of iron, and can stand the heat. Here is a salt called chlorate of potassa, which is now made in large quantities for bleaching, and chemical and medical uses, and for pyrotechnic and other purposes. I will take some and mix it with some of the oxide of manganese (oxide of copper, or oxide of iron would do as well); and if I put these together in a retort, far less than a red heat is sufficient to evolve this oxygen from the mixture. I am not preparing to make much, because we only want sufficient for our experiments; only, as you will see immediately, if I use too small a charge, the first portion of the gas will be mixed with the air already in the retort, and I should be obliged to sacrifice the first portion of the gas because it would be so much diluted with air; the first portion must therefore be thrown away. You will find in this case that a common spirit lamp is quite sufficient for me to get the oxygen, and so we shall have two processes going on for its preparation. See how freely the gas is coming over from that small portion of the mixture. We will examine it and see what are its properties. Now in this way we are producing, as you will observe, a gas just like the one we had in the experiment with the battery, transparent, undissolved by water, and presenting the ordinary visible properties of the atmosphere. (As this first jar contains the air, together with the first portions of the oxygen set free during the preparation, we will carry it out of the way, and be prepared to make our experiments in a regular, dignified manner.) And inasmuch as that power of making wood, wax, or other things burn, was so marked in the oxygen we obtained by means of the voltaic battery from water, we may expect to find the same property here. We will try it. You see there is the combustion of a lighted taper in air, and here is its combustion in this gas [lowering the taper into the jar]. See how brightly and how beautifully it burns! You can also see more than this: you will perceive it is a heavy gas, while the hydrogen would go up like a balloon, or even faster than a balloon, when not encumbered with the weight of the envelope. You may easily see that although we obtained from water twice as much in volume of the hydrogen as of oxygen, it does not follow that we have twice as much in weight, because one is heavy and the other a very light gas. We have means of weighing gases or air; but, without stopping to explain that, let me just tell you what their respective weights are. The weight of a pint of hydrogen is three-quarters of a grain; the weight of the same quantity of oxygen is nearly twelve grains. This is a very great difference. The weight of a cubic foot of hydrogen is one-twelfth of an ounce; and the weight of a cubic foot of oxygen is one ounce and a third. And so on we might come to masses of matter which may be weighed in the balance, and which we can take account of as to hundred-weights and as to tons, as you will see almost immediately.
Fig. 75
Fig. 76
Now, as regards this very property of oxygen supporting combustion, which we may compare to air, I will take a piece of candle to show it you in a rough wayand the result will be rough. There is our candle burning in the air: how will it burn in oxygen? I have here a jar of this gas, and I am about to put it over the candle for you to compare the action of this gas with that of the air. Why, look at it; it looks something like the light you saw at the poles of the voltaic battery. Think how vigorous that action must be. And yet, during all that action, nothing more is produced than what is produced by the burning of the candle in air. We have the same production of water, and the same phenomena exactly, when we use this gas instead of air, as we have when the candle is burnt in air.
But now we have got a knowledge of this new substance, we can look at it a little more distinctly, in order to satisfy ourselves that we have got a good general understanding of this part of the product of a candle. It is wonderful how great the supporting powers of this substance are as regards combustion. For instance, here is a lamp which, simple though it be, is the original, I may say, of a great variety of lamps which are constructed for divers purposesfor lighthouses, microscopic illuminations, and other uses; and if it was proposed to make it burn very brightly, you would say, If a candle burnt better in oxygen, will not a lamp do the same? Why, it will do so. Mr. Anderson will give me a tube coming from our oxygen reservoir, and I am about to apply it to this flame, which I will previously make burn badly on purpose. There comes the oxygen: what a combustion that makes! But if I shut it off, what becomes of the lamp? [The flow of oxygen was stopped, and the lamp relapsed to its former dimness.] It is wonderful how, by means of oxygen, we get combustion accelerated. But it does not affect merely the combustion of hydrogen, or carbon, or the candle, but it exalts all combustions of the common kind. We will take one which relates to iron, for instance, as you have already seen iron burn a little in the atmosphere. Here is a jar of oxygen, and this is a piece or iron wire; but if it were a bar as thick as my wrist, it would burn the same. I first attach a little piece of wood to the iron; I then set the wood on fire, and let them both down together into the jar (F
77). The wood is now alight, and there it burns as wood should burn in oxygen; but it will soon communicate its combustion to the iron. The iron is now burning brilliantly, and will continue so for a long time. As long as we supply oxygen, so long we can carry on the combustion of the iron, until the latter is consumed.
Fig. 77
We will now put that on one side, and take some other substance; but we must limit our experiments, for we have not time to spare for all the illustrations you would have a right to if we had more time. We will take a piece of sulphur: you know how sulphur burns in the air; well, we put it into the oxygen, and you will see that whatever can burn in air can burn with a far greater intensity in oxygen, leading you to think that perhaps the atmosphere itself owes all its power of combustion to this gas. The sulphur is now burning very quietly in the oxygen; but you can not for a moment mistake the very high and increased action which takes place when it is so burnt, instead of being burnt merely in common air.
Fig. 78
I am now about to show you the combustion of another substancephosphorus. I can do it better for you here than you can do it at home. This is a very combustible substance; and if it be so combustible in air, what might you expect it would be in oxygen? I am about to show it to you not in its fullest intensity, for if I did so we should almost blow the apparatus up; I may even now crack the jar, though I do not want to break things carelessly. You see how it burns in the air. But what a glorious light it gives out when I introduce it into oxygen! [Introducing the lighted phosphorus into the jar of oxygen.] There you see the solid particles going off which cause the combustion to be so brilliantly luminous.
Thus far we have tested this power of oxygen, and the high combustion it produces, by means of other substances. We must now, for a little while longer, look at it as respects the hydrogen. You know, when we allowed the oxygen and the hydrogen derived from the water to mix and burn together, we had a little explosion. You remember also that when I burnt the oxygen and the hydrogen in a jet together, we got very little light, but great heat; I am now about to set fire to oxygen and hydrogen mixed in the proportion in which they occur in water. Here is a vessel containing one volume of oxygen and two volumes of hydrogen. This mixture is exactly of the same nature as the gas we just now obtained from the voltaic battery; it would be far too much to burn at once; I have therefore arranged to blow soap bubbles with it and burn those bubbles, that we may see by a general experiment or two how this oxygen supports the combustion of the hydrogen. First of all, we will see whether we can blow a bubble. Well, there goes the gas [causing it to issue through a tobacco-pipe into some soapsuds]. Here I have a bubble. I am receiving them on my hand, and you will perhaps think I am acting oddly in this experiment, but it is to show you that we must not always trust to noise and sounds, but rather to real facts. [Exploding a bubble on the palm of his hand.] I am afraid to fire a bubble from the end of the pipe, because the explosion would pass up into the jar and blow it to pieces. This oxygen then, will unite with the hydrogen, as you see by the phenomena, and hear by the sound, with the utmost readiness of action, and all its powers to then taken up in its neutralization of the qualities of the hydrogen.
So now I think you will perceive the whole history of water with reference to oxygen and the air from what we have before said. Why does a piece of potassium decompose water? Because it finds oxygen in the water. What is set free when I put it in the water, as I am about to do again? It sets free hydrogen, and the hydrogen burns; but the potassium itself combines with oxygen; and this piece of potassium, in taking the water apartthe water, you may say, derived from the combustion of the candletakes away the oxygen which the candle took from the air, and so sets the hydrogen free; and even if I take a piece of ice, and put a piece of potassium upon it, the beautiful affinities by which the oxygen and the hydrogen are related are such that the ice will absolutely set fire to the potassium. I show this to you to-day, in order to enlarge your ideas of these things, and that you may see how greatly results are modified by circumstances. There is the potassium on the ice, producing a sort of volcanic action.
It will be my place when next we meet, having pointed out these anomalous actions, to show you that none of these extra and strange effects are met with by usthat none of these strange and injurious actions take place when we are burning, not merely a candle, but gas in our streets, or fuel in our fireplaces, so long as we confine ourselves within the laws that Nature has made for our guidance.
Note 1.
A solution of acetate of lead submitted to the action of the voltaic current yields lead at the negative pole, and brown peroxide of lead at the positive pole. A solution of nitrate of silver, under the same circumstances, yields silver at the negative pole, and peroxide of silver at the positive pole. [
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