text:
Since sometime between the 14th and 15th century people have been cultivating and processing the coffee bean. Power packed and delicious this unassuming seed is used in a multitude of fantastic ways in almost every major culture around the globe. From the coarsely ground French press coffee method to the finely ground and steam brewed espresso, if you are looking for a little extra energy you can count of the coffee bean to get you going.
Last weekend, a few thousand coffee lovers gathered to taste and sample the coffee and tea industry's current up-and-coming products as well as a few tried and true products. Coffee Fest was held this past weekend at the Washington State Convention Center. The three-day, caffeine-filled event included vendors of all kinds showing their coffee-related products to a very receptive and, obviously, energetic crowd.
The DaVinci Gourmet sponsored "America's Best Coffeehouse Competition" created quite a buzz throughout the entire weekend as coffee houses, espresso bars and latte artists from all over the West Coast competed for cash prizes and bragging rights. The first place in the "America's Best Espresso" competition went to Tony's Coffee Bar while second and third place went to Kuma Coffee, and Olympia Coffee Roasting Company. First place in the "Latee Art World Championship" went to Cabell Tice, second to Nobu Shimoyama, and third place went to Junichi Yamaguchi. The "Best Coffeehouse" prizes went to Slate Coffee Roasters in 1st place, Dog River Coffee and Caffe Ladro Espresso Bar & Bakery, respectively.
Overall a great weekend full of coffee, sweet snacks, new friends, and lots of new information. Coffee Fest is also held this next year in New York on March 7th to the 9th and in St. Louis May 30th to June 1st, I highly recommend attending if you love coffee. Cheers!
If you can't make it to Coffee Fest consider checking out some of the great coffee related events list through Brown Paper Tickets!
Wednesdays, October 9 to October 30 I Coffee Cupping 101 – Kansas City, Missouri Coffee Cupping has been used to evaluate coffee samples by every expert involved in coffee's travel from farmer to roaster, but is rarely experienced by the average coffee consumer. This class will explore aroma and flavor profiles using traditional scientific cupping procedures and look for differing or similar characteristics between coffees based on growing region, altitude, washing method, and roasting.
Saturday, October 26 I Columbus Coffee Tour – Columbus, Ohio This tour will visit three of the premier coffee venues in Columbus. It starts with a visit to Cafe Brioso downtown where your tour guide will discuss espresso drinks and the art of the barista. The second stop will be to Stauf's roastery for a behind the scenes view and to learn about sourcing and roasting coffee. You'll experience a cupping. The tour's final stop will be at Luck Bros in Grandview to hear from Andy Luck about how to improve your coffee making at home. As well as plenty of samples of coffee we'll also be having some snacks along the way. This is a great opportunity to learn more about the art of coffee making and there will be plenty of opportunity to ask questions and some beans to take home.
Saturday, November 9 I Chocolate and Coffee Pairing with Four Barrel Coffee and Dandelion Chocolate – San Francisco, California Gather in the Meso-American Cloud Forest to enjoy a bitter and sweet twist on the typical wine pairing. Taste a host of coffees paired with chocolate. What could be tastier on a fall afternoon? You will learn about how these two wonderful foodstuffs from the forests of Meso and South America are made and their histories. For the tastes you just can't resist, Dandelion and Four Barrel will have chocolate and coffee on hand to purchase.
Saturdays, October 19 to December 14 I All Dessert Food Tour (October-December) – Columbus, Ohio Join this van-based tour featuring some of the best desserts in Columbus. This tour will start at new specialty bakery Kolache Republic. The van will then head downtown to Sugardaddy's popular downtown location to sample some of their sumptuous brownies and blondies, learn about artisan coffee at Cafe Brioso and then head north to the Pattycake bakery in Clintonville. Of course no dessert tour of Columbus would be complete without Jeni's splendid ice cream, so the tour will visit their Clintonville location to try some of their newest seasonal flavors. Finally, the tour will finish with a fabulous dessert cocktail created by mixologist extraordinaire Cris Dehlavi at M Restaurant (there will be a non-alcoholic drink option available for those under 21 or who do not wish to consume alcohol).
Saturdays, October 19 to November 16 I Top Chef Farmers Market Food Tour & Cooking Class – Wilmington, North Carolina Stop wondering how a top chef is inspired by the farmers market. Get in the kitchen and cook alongside a pro. Join culinary tour guide Liz Biro for a coffee tasting and morning treats at Hot Pink Cake Stand or Port City Java. Then, stroll to downtown Wilmington's abundant Riverfront Farmers Market to see and sample at some of Liz's favorite vendors. Pickled North Carolina peanuts, authentic Italian pastries, ginger wine made with local grapes. The array is always delicious and interesting. Afterward, it's off to Aubriana's for a hands-on cooking lesson featuring ingredients purchased at the market. Aubriana's is one of Wilmington's best restaurant and home to top chef Tyson Amick. For the class, Chef Amick demonstrates how to use the local bounty in creative American dishes with European flair, like those served at Aubriana's. You'll never consider frozen vegetables again.


text:
Get our superfast unlimited fibre broadband
Great-value deals on unlimited broadband
Flexible and affordable sim only deals with no contract
Our network reaches over 99% of the UK, so we've got you covered
Low on minutes, data or texts? Just add one of our bolt-ons
Quick and easy access to your account, services, bills and tools
View and manage your mobile account, tariff and usage
As many of you will know, this year we have been fundraising for Roundabout, a homeless charity supporting young people with temporary shelter and life skills in the city of Sheffield. We've had a fantastic year learning more about the charity and getting involved in fundraising activities. Our valiant team of Plusnet runners will be taking on their last fundraising challenge on Sunday at the Plusnet Yorkshire Marathon and we'll let you know our grand fundraising total in the coming weeks. In the meantime, here's a note from Amy, the Fundraising Manager at our recipient charity talking about Plusnet's support over the last year. Amy Casbolt from Roundabout had this to say:
When Roundabout was invited to pitch to become Plusnet's charity of the year, we knew we'd be up against stiff competition. With lots of worthy causes and well known charities, we knew that our relatively low profile and the stigma attached to our cause might mean we would be unsuccessful. I attended the pitch with two of our young people Todd and Mark, both who had been homeless and faced challenges growing up, had been forced to sleep rough over Christmas and were staying in Roundabout's emergency hostel. We told the smiley people at Plusnet about our charity, how we helped 150 of Sheffield's most vulnerable young people every day and why we needed Plusnet's help to renovate our emergency hostel, a building in desperate need of a re-vamp. Despite being nervous for the pitch, we enjoyed telling people at Plusnet about our work and went away with crossed fingers hoping to hear back. A week or two later, we received a call to say we had been chosen as Plusnet's charity for 2012/13. We were overjoyed with the news (in fact, I ran down the corridor high fiving people!) For a relatively small charity, with a big fundraising challenge, we knew with the support of staff at Plusnet we could achieve so much more. Over the last 12 months we have worked closely with the Plusnet team. They have braved dizzy heights and abseiled down their building, have taken part in a dragon boat race, organised quiz nights and worn some very snazzy Christmas jumpers to name a few activities; all to raise vital funds for Roundabout. Plusnet's help has also gone further than financial support. Their clever techie people helped with our phone systems at our hostel, and their staff have decorated our properties and given PR and Excel training and support. The last challenge for the Plusnet team, will be for the runners taking part in the first ever Plusnet Yorkshire Marathon. A team of 20 runners, running an incredible distance all to raise money for our cause. Roundabout would like to thank everyone who has been involved in their charity partnership over the last year. Those who have donated their time or money, taken on a challenge and the hard working charity committee who put lots of time into arranging events. Your support has enabled us to renovate our emergency hostel for young people. Create a training room to teach them life skills, and create more bedrooms (extremely important when we are forced to turn away upto 25 young people each week.) You have helped to raise our profile, provide career opportunities for hard working young people who might otherwise have not been given the chance, and decorate our homes to make them more comfortable and homely for the young people who live there. Thank you for believing in Roundabout and the young people we support. We are truly grateful.
To find out more about Roundabout, go to www.roundabouthomeless.org Have you taken on any challenges to fundraise for charity? We'd love to hear what you've been up to...tell us by leaving a note on the comment board below.
You must be a registered user to add a comment here. If you've already registered, please log in. If you haven't registered yet, please register and log in.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Hydrogen Production Using Reduced-Iron Nanoparticles by Laser Ablation in Liquids
A recyclable energy cycle using a pulsed laser and base-metal nanoparticles is proposed. In this energy cycle, iron nanoparticles reduced from iron oxides by laser ablation in liquid are used for hydrogen generation. The laser energy can be stored in the base-metal nanoparticles as the difference between the chemical energies of iron oxide and iron. According to the results of an experiment on hydrogen production using the reduced iron nanoparticles, the reaction efficiency of the hydrogen generation at a temperature of 673 K was more than 94% for the ideal amount of generated hydrogen.
1. Introduction
It has been expected that the application of hydrogen, produced by using clean, renewable energy, such as solar power, will solve the problem of global warming and depletion of fossil fuels. Many researches on hydrogen production have been conducted around the world [1–6]. Among them, the researches on generating hydrogen on the basis of the reaction of a metal with water are particularly interesting for the following reason: the method used to produce the hydrogen is very simple and low cost. Magnesium [2, 3], aluminum [4], and iron [5, 6] have already been used to generate hydrogen. Iron has the advantage of high safety in regard to handling because it hardly reacts with water at low temperature when compared to magnesium and aluminum. In some researches, metal nanoparticles were used to generate hydrogen [6]. It is important to increase the surface area of the metal particles by "micronizing" the particles to improve the reaction efficiency of metals with water. Moreover, the generated metal oxides should return to metals by reducing to realize an energy cycle.
The metal oxides can be reduced to the metal and broken into nanoparticles by using pulsed-laser ablation in liquid [7–13]. This process consists of three steps: first, the metal oxide is heated to a high temperature in a short time by irradiating laser pulses onto a metal-oxide powder in the liquid. Second, after the laser pulse is irradiated, metal oxides are evaporated, and metals are atomized; the separated oxygen is rearranged as the outer shell of the metal particles. Third, after the metals are separated from their oxides near the irradiation point of the laser pulse, the metal atoms are aggregated by cooling, and nanoparticles are produced rapidly. As physical mechanisms, namely, the ablation mechanism of the metal oxide in the liquid, coulomb explosions [14, 15] and thermal ablation have been proposed. With this pulsed-laser ablation in liquid, high reduction efficiency is obtained because the liquid also works as a coolant. Recombination between oxygen and metal particles is prevented because liquid cools the generated metal particles rapidly. Furthermore, it has the advantage that it can create nanoparticles with low cost easily because the produced particles can be collected easily.
As shown in Figure 1, an energy cycle produced by using a pulsed laser and base-metal nanoparticles has been proposed [16]. In general, the metal nanoparticles generated by pulsed-laser ablation in liquid have been applied only to thin-film coatings owing to the high cost of the laser oscillator. As shown in Figure 2, many kinds of solar-pumped lasers have been developed [16–18]. They can directly convert from incoherent solar light to laser light. And they have an advantage in terms of consuming almost only solar power when generating a laser beam. Now, optical-optical conversion efficiency of solar-pumped lasers has been improved to almost 60% (i.e., from solar light to laser light) by improvements in optical technology [18]. Moreover, these lasers can generate laser pulses with high energy and high peak intensity. Accordingly, they can be used for reducing metal oxide and fabricating metal nanoparticles in our proposed energy cycle. The production of hydrogen by using reduced metal powder with nanometer-order diameters by continuous wave (CW) or pulsed laser has not been reported until now except for our report. In this study, iron nanoparticles were synthesized by reduction by pulsed laser in liquids, and the reaction efficiency of producing hydrogen by reacting the fabricated metal nanoparticles with vaporized water was experimentally investigated.
2. Experimental Setup
2.1. Laser Ablation in Liquids
The required energy for reducing iron metal oxides is determined as follows. Fe2O3, Fe3O4, and FeO are generally known as "iron oxides." According to crystal structure, there are many types. The chemical formula for the reduction of Fe2O3 is given as The chemical formula for the reduction of Fe3O4 is given as Here, is the enthalpy energy required for reducing unit mol Fe. The basic enthalpy energy required for reducing Fe2O3 to Fe3O4 is 39/2 kJ per unit mol of Fe3O4. These chemical reactions are all endothermic reactions. It is clear from (1) and (2) that the required chemical energy to separate the iron and oxygen atoms is large. As for the temperature required to change the Fe2O3 to Fe3O4, 2100 K is required, once the temperature is reduced to 1700 K. After Fe2O3 is changed to Fe3O4, the Fe3O4 must be heated to 1900 K to reduce it to FeO. Iron can then be obtained after heating the FeO to a higher temperature still. It is generally considered that FeO did not exist to change Fe3O4 and iron by disproportionate ambient temperature. After FeO particles are generated, they will change to iron and Fe3O4 particles due to the disproportionate reaction below 850 K.
The following metal-oxide powders were used to reduce and produce metal nanoparticles: Fe2O3 powder, 98% purity, mean size: 45 μm (325 mesh); Fe3O4 powder (Kojyundo Chemical Laboratory, Japan), mean size: 1 μm; and iron powder (Kojyundo Chemical Laboratory, Japan), mean size: below 5 μm. Since the metal oxides are small, it is supposed that the size of the powder in the case of laser ablation in liquids is submicron.
Experimental setups based on laser ablation in liquid to reduce metal-oxide powders are shown in Figure 3. The experimental setup based on the laser ablation in liquid to reduce Fe2O3 powders using a low-repetition Nd:YAG pulsed laser (Surelite II SLI-10 Continuum; wavelength: 1064 nm; pulse duration: 8 ns; repetition frequency: 10 Hz) is shown in Figure 3(a). The diameter of the output laser beam was 6 mm (e−2). A pear-shaped silicon-glass bottle was used to reduce the Fe2O3 powders. Laser pulses are entered to a mirror in the horizontal direction, and they change direction to the vertical direction under the glass bottle. The laser pulses were irradiated on the bottom of the glass bottle. About 4% of the irradiated laser energy was reflected on the surface of the bottle by the Fresnel reflection. The laser pulses were focused in the acetone liquid at a distance of 15 mm from the bottom of the glass bottle. The quantity of acetone in the bottle was 30 mL. Oxygen in the acetone was removed by using argon for eight minutes. Here, the irradiation fluence was evaluated to be more than 20 J/cm2. Free convection was thus generated in the glass bottle. The effect is the same as that caused by the mixing. The irradiation time was 20 minutes. To obtain reduced 50 mg of iron nanoparticles, the reduction experiment was repeated 14 times. The total weight of the Fe2O3 powder used was 70 mg.
The experimental setup based on laser ablation in liquid to reduce Fe3O4 powders by using a high-repetition Nd:YAG pulsed laser is shown in Figure 3(b). In this study, we used high-repetition microchip Nd:YAG pulsed laser. Maximum output-averaged laser power was 250 mW, laser wavelength was 1064 nm, repetition rate of the laser pulses was 18 kHz, and pulse duration was 8 ns. A beam with a diameter of 6 mm (1/e2) was focused by using a lens with a focal length of 50 mm. The diameter of the focused beam was thus 20 μm at the front of each glass bottle. Glass bottles with a diameter of 20 mmΦ and length of 38 mmL were used in the experiment. 100 mg of Fe3O4 was confined in the glass bottles with 5 mL of pure water and stirred. The water was mixed by magnetic stirrer (rotation velocity: 1200 rpm) during laser pulses irradiation. Laser pulses were irradiated to the water with the metal oxides in glass bottle for 10 minutes. Here, the fluence of the irradiated laser pulse was estimated to be 4.5 J/cm2. After laser irradiation, the water was removed from the glass bottle, and the powder was dried. This process was repeated five times. The reduced powder was collected, and a part of all the reduced iron nanoparticles with the weight of 100 mg was picked up and measured. The reduced iron nanoparticles were used for the hydrogen production.
Fluence (J/cm2) and the intensity (W/cm2) of the irradiating laser pulses are important for reducing metal oxides by laser ablation in liquids. The fluence must be adequately more than 0.1 J/cm2 to heat the metal-oxide particles to a high temperature over their melting point, and the intensity must be over sub 0.1 GW/cm2 due to induction of avalanche ionization and extraction of electrons from the metal oxides.
The conditions for the irradiation intensity of the laser pulses and the high absorption coefficient are adequate for reducing Fe3O4 powders. However, for reducing Fe2O3 by using the high-repetition Nd:YAG pulsed laser, the absorption coefficient at 1064 nm wavelength is low, the irradiation intensity and fluence are low, and it has been found that the reduction of Fe2O3 using a high-repetition Nd:YAG pulsed laser is hard. Accordingly, in this study, a low-repetition Nd:YAG pulsed laser was used for reducing the Fe2O3 powder. Additionally, it has already been found in our experiments that the Fe3O4 powders can be reduced by using this low-repetition Nd:YAG pulsed laser.
Analysis of crystal structure by X-ray Diffraction (XRD) (MAXima_X XRD-7000, Shimadzu, Japan) was performed to check the quantities of iron in the Fe3O4 powders irradiated by the high-repetition Nd:YAG pulsed laser. K-α X-ray radiation of copper was irradiated onto the samples.
2.2. Hydrogen Production
The method used for hydrogen production is described in the following. The chemical formula for reacting Fe3O4 powders with vaporized water is given as And the chemical formula for reacting iron powders with vaporized water is given as In (3), the enthalpy energy is for per unit mol Fe to react with vaporized water. In the reaction of Fe3O4 with water, the water must be at high temperature and vaporized. The reaction of Fe3O4 with water is endothermic, and the reaction of iron with water is exothermic. It is clear that a certain amount of energy, which is required for reducing metal oxide, is needed for reacting Fe3O4 with water. Thus, the reaction for hydrogen production using Fe3O4 powder is difficult at 673 K. Equation (4) shows that 12% of the stored potential energy when the metal oxide was reduced is wasted as heat. The experimental setup for generating hydrogen is shown in Figure 4. A photo of the reaction container is shown in Figure 4(a), and experimental setup for generating hydrogen is shown in Figure 4(b). The outer size of the aluminum container was 20 × 20 mm2 × 9 mmt, and the container is solid and does not react with pure water at up to 973 K. The inner size of the aluminum container was 5 × 8 mm2 × 3 mmt. The center of the device was placed on the reduced iron nanoparticles placed on an aluminum-foil sheet, and steel wool was set between the container and the right aluminum tube to prevent outflow of the powder. The aluminum container was heated in the range of 523 to 673 K by hot plate (CHP-170AN, Asone, Japan). Pure water at a temperature of 295 K was injected into the container from the left aluminum tube. Once the water was absorbed, the steel wool combusted, and the water was vaporized and reacted with the iron powder. After the reaction, hydrogen was extracted from the right aluminum tube. The generated hydrogen was collected by the water-replacement method. The generated hydrogen was gathered in a silicon glass bottle.
When iron nanoparticles were used for hydrogen production, it was necessary to heat them. Compared with these results using reduced Fe nanoparticles, micron-diameter iron powder with a weight of 100 mg irradiated laser pulses was used for the hydrogen production. The reduction process was repeated 10 times. The synthesized iron nanoparticles were also used for the hydrogen production.
3. Results
3.1. Reduced Iron Nanoparticles from Iron Oxides
The XRD analysis shows that the iron nanoparticles have a lot of . The results of analyzing iron powders by XRD are shown in Figure 5. In common cases, determining the quantity of iron was difficult because the peak spectrum of Fe3O4 is larger than that of or at the same quantity. Two components of , at angles of 42.8 and 75 degrees, can be seen in Figure 5. The component was clearly recognized. The spectrum peak of iron at 42.8 degrees was evaluated by extracting the Fe3O4 component and is nearly as high as that of Fe3O4 at 43.1 degrees. Thus, the reduced iron nanoparticles contain a large quantity of but a negligible quantity of Fe3O4. In the common case, the and Fe3O4 components are recognized at angles of 44.7 and 43.1 degrees. The component is normally observed. However, it has been already reported that when a CW laser or a pulsed laser was used to heat the surface of a stainless plate, is changed to by a high temperature generated by laser [19].
As for Fe2O3 reduction, it is easy to judge the state of iron oxides by their color when laser irradiation was conducted. The color of the Fe2O3 in the glass bottle changed from red to black. And some reduced iron nanoparticles became glossy. The color of the iron was silvery-white. As for Fe3O4 reductions, when the reduced iron was observed, the color of a few iron particles was gray, and most of the remaining powder was black. However, inside the reduced iron was pure iron, and only the outside of the reduced iron was oxidized. The mean size of the produced iron nanoparticles was measured by a particle-size analyzer to be a mean size in the order of 20 nm.
3.2. Hydrogen Production
Density of generated hydrogen was measured by a hydrogen meter (Finch-Mono II, Japan). The obtained hydrogen was diluted once with 500 mL air, and the density was measured. The density of the hydrogen was compared with that of the hydrogen produced by electrolysis. It was thereby confirmed that the hydrogen concentration was near 99% and almost the same as that produced by electrolysis.
Hydrogen production was conducted using reduced iron nanoparticles from Fe2O3 powder. The experimental results are shown in Figure 6. The instrument for producing hydrogen was heated by the hot plate at up to 673 K. About 25 mL of hydrogen was obtained, when the instrument was heated at 673 K. The theoretical volume needed for generating hydrogen using 50 mg of iron nanoparticles was 26.1 mL, when all of the Fe2O3 particles (with the weight of 70 mg) were reduced. The maximum reaction efficiency using reduced iron nanoparticles from Fe2O3 powder was evaluated to be 96% from the experimental result.
Hydrogen production was produced by using 100 mg of pure iron powder in the reactor. The experimental results are shown in Figure 7. The reactor was heated at 523, 573, 623, and 673 K, and 25 mL of water was used. Most of hydrogen (35 mL) was obtained when the temperature of the heated reactor was at 673 K. The theoretical volume to generate hydrogen using iron powder with a weight of 100 mg is 53.3 mL. The maximum volume of hydrogen was generated at 673 K, and the reaction efficiency for hydrogen generation was evaluated to be 66%, while less than 0.3 mL of hydrogen was obtained using Fe3O4 particles with the mean size of 1 μm, when the instrument was heated at 673 K.
Hydrogen production was conducted using iron nanoparticles (with a weight of 100 mg) made from pure iron powder irradiated by a high-repetition-rate microchip Nd:YAG pulsed laser in water. The experimental results are shown in Figure 8. The reactor was also heated at 523, 573, and 673 K. The amount of water used was 20 mL. The maximum volume of generated hydrogen was 50 mL at reactor temperature of 673 K. The reaction efficiency for hydrogen generation was evaluated as about 94%. The theoretical volume of hydrogen that can be generated is 53.3 mL. It has been found that the reaction speed and efficiency using iron powder irradiated by laser pulses were improved because the mean size of the iron powder became 10 nm order, and the surface area of reacting iron particles increased. A maximum amount of hydrogen was also observed at 673 K.
Finally, hydrogen production was conducted using reduced iron nanoparticles (with a weight of 100 mg) from Fe3O4 powder irradiated by the high-repetition-rate microchip Nd:YAG pulsed laser in liquid. The reactor was heated at 523, 573, 623 and 673 K, and 25 mL of pure water was used. The experimental results are shown in Figure 8. The maximum amount of hydrogen obtained was 50 mL, when the temperature of the reactor was 673 K. The reaction efficiency of the hydrogen generation was evaluated to be 94% for a theoretical volume of generated hydrogen of 53.3 mL.
4. Discussion
Fe2O3, Fe3O4, and iron powders were reduced by using laser ablation in liquid. Iron oxide was chosen as a metal oxide for the energy cycle because the Clarke number was the third, and the iron amount in recoverable reserves, which could be mined economically and technically, is about 10 times that of aluminum oxide. Iron is easy to obtain and use.
We discuss the absorption of laser pulses to metal oxides. The absorption process of a laser pulse by metal oxides has two possibilities: normal linear absorption and multiphoton absorption. In this experiment, in laser ablation in liquids, the latter mainly occurs. Smaller particles make electrons in the metal oxides more active, and electron emission will thus occur actively. The absorption coefficients of Fe2O3 and Fe3O4 are markedly different. Fe3O4 powder should be used for the energy recycle because its absorption coefficient at 1064 nm wavelength is high, and after producing hydrogen, Fe3O4 powders are mainly produced.
If a CW laser is used for reduction of the metal oxides, the reduction efficiency will be low because the generated temperature of the metal oxides is low. The CW laser has a low peak power, and it cannot heat the metal oxides up to a melting temperature in a short time. Moreover, the low intensity results in no avalanche ionization and less electron ejection.
The coulomb explosion and thermal ablation had been proposed as the ablation mechanism of the metal oxide in the liquid. The coulomb explosion was mainly considered in this study. It has been suggested that metal-oxide particles are broken into pieces in the Coulomb explosion. Firstly, the metal oxide is heated to over its melting temperature, at which it changes to form a gel. Electrons in the atoms of the metal oxide are ejected by the intense electric field of the irradiated laser pulses. After the particles become positively charged, the metal oxides repel each other by the same positive charge. Finally, a plasma is produced and atomized. In the case of using water for laser ablation, a subreaction occurs. In the coulomb explosion, the ejected electrons and oxide atom react with the water, and OH− ions are generated. As a result, the water becomes alkaline. This phenomenon had already been observed in some experiments.
Two lasers, high- and low-repetition-rate Nd:YAG pulsed lasers, were used to reduce Fe2O3 and Fe3O4 by laser ablation in liquid. It was found that the high-repetition-rate laser attained higher reduction efficiency than the low-repetition-rate laser. The reduction efficiency of the metal oxides generated by using the high-repetition laser pulses was higher than that for the low-repetition pulsed laser for the same averaged laser power. The reduction efficiency will depend on the interaction time between the metal oxides and laser pulses. The emission time of electrons should be determined by a single factor, namely, multiplication of pulse duration and repetitive rate. Thus, it will be possible to reduce 100 mg of metal oxides in less than 10 minutes by using a high-repetition-pulse laser. Moreover, metal with more than 200 mg of oxides can be reduced in 10 minutes. Reduction of metal oxide will occur in single laser pulse.
We conducted hydrogen production by using small instrument for hydrogen production and the reduced iron. Hydrogen was produced by using a small instrument and the reduced iron. As a consequence, the obtained reaction efficiency of hydrogen generation using iron nanoparticles reduced by laser pulses was 94%, which is high enough in the case that the particles have oxide shells. It means that the reduction of the metal particles by laser ablation in liquids was almost complete. Moreover, power generation in the hydrogen fuel cell was confirmed.
If the particle sizes of the iron nanoparticles were less than 10 nm, it is predicted that iron nanoparticles will react with water completely by heating the temperature of the instrument for hydrogen production to be close to 373 K.
For producing hydrogen using iron nanoparticles reduced from Fe3O4, a dispersing agent for protecting the condensed nanoparticles is commonly used. An agent was not used in the present study because the condensation should not affect the reaction efficiency. In the case of using water for producing hydrogen, the surfaces of the produced iron nanoparticles are oxidized. However, the oxide surface did not affect the reaction efficiency of hydrogen production.
An energy loss occurs in the process of producing hydrogen for the produced iron nanoparticles. The energy loss is one eighth of the stored energy in the iron nanoparticles as the difference of the potential energy between iron oxides and iron in the reducing process. It is small and converts to heat. However, only 43 mg of water is needed to react with 100 mg of pure iron. In this experiment, the weight of the water used was 25 g. Thus, a lot of water was wasted without reacting with the iron nanoparticles. To eliminate this waste, first, the water should be confined in the reactor to improve the reaction efficiency with iron nanoparticles. Second, the reaction efficiency of the iron nanoparticles should be suppressed to 90% because the production rate of hydrogen degrades remarkably. It introduces to save the required water and electricity to heat and to recycle efficiently.
Solar energy or other natural energies are considered as sources of laser power for laser ablation in liquid. However, the most suitable lasers for energy cycles are considered to be solar-pumped lasers because common lasers have low electro-optical conversion efficiency.
In the future, we will establish a clean-energy hydrogen-production cycle that is simple, low-cost, no-carbon, and recyclable by combining a solar-pumped laser and laser ablation.
5. Conclusion
Fe2O3 and Fe3O4 powders were reduced with high efficiency by Nd:YAG pulsed lasers based on laser ablation in liquids. It was experimentally demonstrated that the produced iron nanoparticles can be used for hydrogen generation in an energy cycle. For hydrogen production using the reduced iron nanoparticles, the reaction efficiency of the hydrogen generation at a temperature of 673 K was more than 94% for the theoretically ideal amount of generated hydrogen. Fe3O4 powders remain after the hydrogen is produced, and they should be reduced by pulsed laser. Iron nanoparticles are reproduced and used for producing hydrogen again.
The laser pulses should be generated using a natural energy source, such as solar power or wind power. Furthermore, the laser pulses can be generated directly from solar light by using solar-pumped lasers. It has been expected that our proposed energy cycle by using pulsed laser and the Fe nanoparticles will be realized. The proposed energy cycle using a pulsed laser and iron nanoparticles is expected to provide simple, low-cost, and no-carbon production of recyclable hydrogen.
P. Charvin, S. Abanades, F. Lemort, and G. Flamant, "Hydrogen production by three-step solar thermochemical cycles using hydroxides and metal oxide systems," Energy and Fuels, vol. 21, no. 5, pp. 2919–2928, 2007.View at: Publisher Site | Google Scholar
M. S. Mohamed, T. Yabe, C. Baasandash et al., "Laser-induced magnesium production from magnesium oxide using reducing agents," Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 104, no. 11, Article ID 113110, 2008.View at: Publisher Site | Google Scholar
M. Uda, H. Okuyama, T. Suzuki, and Y. Yamada, "Hydrogen generation from water using Mg nanopowder produced by arc plasma method," Science and Technology of Advanced Materials, vol. 13, Article ID 025009, 2012.View at: Google Scholar
X. Jiang, M. Watanabe, H. Onishi, and R. Saito, "Applications of recycled materials to fuel cell and related technologies," Transactions of the Materials Research Society of Japan, vol. 29, no. 5, pp. 2507–2510, 2004 (Japanese).View at: Google Scholar
P. B. Tarman and D. V. Punwani, "Hydrogen production by the steam-iron process," in Proceedings of the 14th Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, vol. 11, pp. 286–293, 1976.View at: Google Scholar
K. Otsuka, T. Kaburagi, C. Yamada, and S. Takenaka, "Chemical storage of hydrogen by modified iron oxides," Journal of Power Sources, vol. 122, no. 2, pp. 111–121, 2003.View at: Publisher Site | Google Scholar
A. Henglein, "Physicochemical properties of small metal particles in solution: "microelectrode" reactions, chemisorption, composite metal particles, and the atom-to-metal transition," The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol. 97, pp. 5457–5471, 1993.View at: Publisher Site | Google Scholar
M. S. Sibbald, G. humanov, and T. M. Cotton, "Reduction of cytochrome c by halide-modified, laser-ablated silver colloids," The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol. 100, pp. 4672–4678, 1996.View at: Google Scholar
M. Kawasaki and N. Nishimura, "Laser-induced fragmentative decomposition of ketone-suspended Ag 2O micropowders to novel self-stabilized Ag nanoparticles," Journal of Physical Chemistry C, vol. 112, no. 40, pp. 15647–15655, 2008.View at: Publisher Site | Google Scholar
H. Wang, A. Pyatenko, K. Kawaguchi, X. Li, Z. Swiatkowska- Warkocka, and N. Koshizaki, "Selective pulsed heating for the synthesis of semiconductor and metal submicrometer spheres," Angewandte Chemie, vol. 49, no. 36, pp. 6361–6364, 2010.View at: Publisher Site | Google Scholar
S. Taniguchi, T. Saiki, T. Okada, and T. Furu, "Synthesis of reactive metal nanoparticles by laser ablation in liquids and its applications," in Proceedings of the 421th Topical Meeting of The Laser Society of Japan, Laser Technology for 21st Century, RTM-11-56, pp. 25–30, 2011.View at: Google Scholar
V. Amendola, P. Riello, and M. Meneghetti, "Magnetic nanoparticles of iron carbide, iron oxide, iron@iron oxide, and metal iron synthesized by laser ablation in organic solvents," Journal of Physical Chemistry C, vol. 115, no. 12, pp. 5140–5146, 2011.View at: Publisher Site | Google Scholar
T. Okada, S. Taniguchi, T. Saiki, T. Furu, K. Y. Iida, and M. Nakatsuka, "Synthesis of Fe and FeO nanoparticles by laser ablation in liquids and its applications," in Proceedings of the the 1st Advanced Lasers and Photon Sources, pp. 81–82, 2012.View at: Google Scholar
J. Purnell, E. M. Snyder, S. Wei, and A. W. Castleman Jr., "Ultrafast laser induced coulomb explosion of clusters with high charge states," Chemical Physics Letters, vol. 229, pp. 333–339, 1994.View at: Google Scholar
K. Yamada, K. Miyajima, and F. Mafune, "Ionization of gold nanoparticles in solution by pulse laser excitation as studied by mass spectrometric detection of gold cluster ions," The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, vol. 111, Article ID 033401, 2007.View at: Google Scholar
T. Saiki, T. Okada, K. Nakamura, T. Karita, Y. Nishikawa, and Y. Iida, "Air cells using negative metal electrodes fabricated by sintering pastes with base metal nanoparticles for efficient utilization of solar energy," International Journal of Energy Science, vol. 2, no. 6, pp. 228–234, 2012.View at: Google Scholar
M. Weksler and J. Shwartz, "Solar-pumped solid-state lasers," IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, vol. 24, no. 6, pp. 1222–1228, 1988.View at: Publisher Site | Google Scholar
T. Saiki, M. Nakatsuka, and K. Imasaki, "Highly efficient lasing action of Nd3+- and Cr3+-doped yttrium aluminum garnet ceramics based on phonon-assisted cross-relaxation using solar light source," Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 49, no. 8, Article ID 082702, 2010.View at: Publisher Site | Google Scholar
C. Cui, J. Hu, Y. Liu, K. Gao, and Z. Guo, "Morphological and structural characterizations of different oxides formed on the stainless steel by Nd:YAG pulsed laser irradiation," Applied Surface Science, vol. 254, no. 20, pp. 6537–6542, 2008.View at: Publisher Site | Google Scholar


text:
ARTICLE BY Sneaker Freaker
adidas Originals Blue Label Collection
Adidas Originals turn it on with these re-ups of some classic silhouettes. Playing with interesting materials, adding extra panels, extending lows to mids and using different patterns and colours, it's a refreshing start to the new year, and is part of the Three Stripes' boxing-inspired Blue Label apparel and footwear collection. The release date is set for January 31st at select adidas Originals stockists. Pics via Hypebeast.


text:
Voice Of Vashon
Vashon's FM Station and Alert Service
VoV TV
KVSH 101.9FM – A to I
KVSH 101.9FM – J to Z
Retired Shows
About Voice of Vashon
COVID Stories – Wesley Paulson
September 26th, 2020 by Voice of Vashon
Wesley, thank you for connecting with us during the COVID History Project in partnership with the Vashon Heritage Museum. We are so very thankful for YOU, firefighter, EMT and volunteer at Granny's. Thank you for your commitment to your community!
Connect Now and become a Voice of Vashon sustaining partner to keep your island connection strong.


text:
11 Sep Exploring East of Eden
I'm happy about that.
As I coast along the two-lane highway through the California haze, I think about how my life is changing.
I enjoy this time alone. All I must do is accelerate, turn, brake — movements that have become second nature after years.
The day passes like an old, grainy film. I drive speedily along the highway and stop to glance around at train crossings.
There's no rush; I occasionally pull over along the route to take a few pictures.
All I can do is smile.
I enjoy exploring the distinct cities and pastoral interior of my home state. Golden hills rise and fall like rolling waves and extend as far as I can see.
This agricultural heartland is dotted with scattered black trees, reminiscent of stories by the 20th-century author John Steinbeck.
He called this East of Eden.
I feel like there's much to reflect on. But in the car, I lose myself in the tales Steinbeck has intertwined with this barren earth.
East of Eden is a book about morals. It tells the story of two families growing up in the Salinas Valley beginning in the late 1800s and continuing for a handful of decades.
Adam Trask is a kind man who strives to live a life unlike his father's. Adam raises his sons Cal and Aron on their Salinas ranch.
Yet by giving his kids the independence to pave their way, he realizes he hardly knows them at all.
Steinbeck paints a picture with his words of Central California and the early 1900s.
Cities such as King City, which I've generally regarded as not much more than a pit stop from Northern to Southern California, were cultural hubs in the early 20th-century.
According to Steinbeck, acres were given to anybody who wanted them, even if the land was unworkable.
After coming from the East Coast's dense cities, people couldn't believe they could get so much for so little. As I pass the endless fields now, I could imagine the freedom they must have felt.
It's beautiful — this vast rural state. The more of it I see, the more I appreciate its history and unique scenery.
In East of Eden, the characters struggle to remain moral when regularly tempted to be otherwise.
Our consciousness is our constant companion; to keep it clear takes doing what isn't always easy, but what feels right in our heart and soul.
Perhaps this is something which we're born with, an inner moral compass that if left alone would guide us to a virtuous life.
The characters in the story long to be decent, yet they're human beings with faults that arise from living on this earth.
Day in and day out, our moral compass is tested. We are challenged to keep our hands clean and our hearts pure.
This life is a battle — one worth fighting indefatigably for what we know is right.
East of Eden is a story of redemption, for no day is a wasted opportunity to be who we long to be. The Trask brothers Cal and Aron are based on the biblical brothers Cain and Abel.
Cal, based on Cain, wants more than anything to be noble, yet can't seem to change his ways. Aron studies to become a priest, a leader among people, similar to a shepherd leading sheep. He's compared to Abel, a "keeper of sheep" (Gen. 4:2).
As a reader, I felt like I grew with the brothers and could feel for them, not only seeing them for their mistakes but their desire to change.
Excellent writing provides this human connection. We don't love characters who are perfect, as they're difficult to relate to.
The best characters in stories grow and evolve; we too change as readers and can see why they may do what they do.
It's only human to fall to temptation. Yet like the characters in the story who are genuinely good inside and desire to get better, we all deserve a chance at redemption.
No day, no moment, no life is a waste when our inner moral compass is challenged, yet we aspire to rise to the occasion.
I'm grateful to read stories about this place so close to my home. Steinbeck's scenes and characters and endearing moments have stayed with me.
A great story becomes a part of you and blends realities; I look out into boundless fields and envision East of Eden.
As the sun rises again to illuminate the earth, each new day is a gift to be treasured. The possibility to be good and foster a life of peace is always within reach.
Drives inspire thoughts like these.
A subtle turn and a step on the gas takes me anywhere I want to go.


text:
George and Amal Clooney are brand new parents of twins Ella and Alexander. The couple being parents for the first time was very protective of their twins. After their delivery, the A-list couple brought their twins to their Lake Como house which was renovated to ensure that the mansion is child-friendly.
They are also careful not to expose their babies to the public particularly to the paparazzi for their protection and privacy. However, despite the couple's efforts to protect their children, a French magazine; Voici magazine was able to publish photos of the twin without permission.
How the illegal pictures of George Clooney twins were taken
The magazine photographers climb their fence, and the tree nearby and illegally took photos of the famous twins as reported by Radar Online. The photos were published and right after the couple discovered the illegally-taken photos, they took action to sue the illegal publisher. george clooney said that the agency, the publisher, and the photographer would be sued. The "Hail, Caesar!" actor said that the safety of their children demands it.
The magazine published the never-before-seen photos of Alexander and Ella Clooney. Despite being in seclusion and high-end security, photographers still found a way to take photos of Amal Alamuddin's babies.
The Clooney twins came at a time the couple was facing divorce rumors. In 2016, the veteran actor and his lawyer wife were rumored to file for divorce due to cheating on the part of the actor and the extravagant lifestyle and lavish spending of the barrister. Besides, Clooney's lack of desire to have children has reportedly fired up Amal's desire to separate from her husband.
The rumors were debunked even before they conceived their twins. The babies changed Clooney's views about having children. In fact, long before the twins were born, the actor has already accepted his role as a father and so far, he is enjoying the experience.
Clooney twins illegally photographed with their parents
Interaksyon reported that the photos showed George and Amal Clooney in swimming suits each carrying their twins inside their Lake Como residence.
The couple that values their privacy announced the arrival of their twins but did not release photos of them.
The publisher of the illegal photos has not yet reacted to George Clooney's statement as of this time. The 56-year-old celebrity and his 42-year-old wife ensure that those who invaded their privacy will be persecuted. The couple was recently spotted dining out after the birth of


text:
We are updating this post with new developments.
Three days after the German co-pilot Andreas Lubitz flew a plane into the French Alps, apparently intentionally, killing himself and about 150 other people, details about him and the crash continue to trickle out. Here are the latest:
The co-pilot may have been hiding a medical condition
Investigators searched Lubitz's apartment and found ripped-up doctor's notes that allowed the pilot sick leave from work the day of the crash, prosecutors told the AP.
An unnamed German aviation official told the AP that Lubitz's file in the Federal Aviation Office also included a note indicating a need for "specific regular medical examination," which could refer to either a physical or mental condition. The details and severity of the illness are unclear, the Associated Press reports.
The CEO of Germanwings' parent company, Lufthansa, said Lubitz had passed the airline's health evaluation.
Raw data from the transponder supports the theory that the crash was deliberate
Flight Radar, a flight tracking website, analyzed the plane's transponder data and found that someone manually changed to autopilot setting's altitude from 38,000 feet to 96 feet, "and 9 seconds later the aircraft started to descend."
All Lufthansa passenger airlines will adopt the "rule of two"
Joining a number of other airlines implementing new cockpit security measures in the wake of the crash, Lufthansa announced today that it is changing its procedures so "two authorized persons must be present in the cockpit at all times during a flight." Lufthansa owns Germanwings, as well as a number of other airlines.
Germanwings is reconsidering its "Get ready to be surprised" advertising campaign
The airline has removed 65 digital ads that were placed throughout London's underground tube system. Some of the ads urged potential customers to "Get ready to be surprised, visit Germany," according to the London Evening Standard.


text:
The role of matrix metalloproteinase genes in glioma invasion: co-dependent and interactive proteolysis.
Vanmeter, Timothy E., Rooprai, Harcharan K., Kibble, Mavis M., Fillmore, Helen L., Broaddus, William C. and Pilkington, Geoffrey J. (2001) The role of matrix metalloproteinase genes in glioma invasion: co-dependent and interactive proteolysis. Journal of Neuro-oncology, 53 (2) . pp. 213-235. ISSN 0167-594X [Article] (doi:10.1023/A:1012280925031)
Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are cation-dependent endopeptidases which have been implicated in the malignancy of gliomas. It is thought that the MMPs play a critical role in both metastasis and angiogenesis, and that interference with proteases might therefore deter local tumor dissemination and neovascularization. However, the attempt to control tumor-associated proteolysis will rely on better definition of the normal tissue function of MMPs, an area of study still in its infancy in the central nervous system (CNS). Understanding the role of MMP-mediated proteolysis in the brain relies heavily on advances in other areas of molecular neuroscience, most notably an understanding of extracellular matrix (ECM) composition and the function of cell adhesion molecules such as integrins, which communicate knowledge of ECM composition intracellularly. Recently, protease expression and function has been shown to be strongly influenced by the functional state and signaling properties of integrins. Here we review MMP function and expression in gliomas and present examples of MMP profiling studies in glioma tissues and cell lines by RT-PCR and Western blotting. Co-expression of MMPs and certain integrins substantiates the gathering evidence of a functional intersection between the two, and inhibition studies using recombinant TIMP-1 and integrin antisera demonstrate significant inhibition of glioma invasion in vitro. Use of promising new therapeutic compounds with anti-MMP and anti-invasion effects are discussed. These data underline the importance of functional interaction of MMPs with accessory proteins such as integrins during invasion, and the need for further studies to elucidate the molecular underpinnings of this process.
|Item Type:
|Research Areas:
|A. > School of Science and Technology > Natural Sciences
|ISI Impact:
|Item ID:
|Depositing User:
|Repository team
|Date Deposited:
|21 May 2009 11:48
|Last Modified:
|13 Oct 2016 14:14
Actions (login required)
|View Item
Additional statistics are available via IRStats2.


text:
Parent Support Organizations
Parent support organizations provide an invaluable service to our school system. Many of the student programs and activities could not exist without these organizations. Numerous parent volunteers unselfishly give money and time to their local schools with the intent to make things better for their children. The Baldwin County Public School System greatly appreciates the time, effort and financial support that these organizations provide to our students.


text:
Pam puts 110% toward meeting your expectations.
"Pam is hands down, the best realtor we have ever dealt with. She puts 110% toward meeting your expectations, taking as much time...— Kim and Tom Miller
Pam Heinrich–REALTOR®
Serving YOUR Real Estate Needs
For ANYTHING Real Estate in North Texas and Surrounding Communities
"Pam is hands down, the best realtor we have ever dealt with. She puts 110% toward meeting your expectations, taking as much time...— Kim and Tom Miller
"Pam is wonderful! Actually, that is an understatement – she's seriously the best out there! When I first started my...— Janice Grove
Pam was great to work with! I highly recommend her. She promised certain thingsand she delivered. With the uncertainty in the...— Dennis Daigle
"Given how crazy the real estate market has been, we had no idea what to expect when we decided to put our house up for sale. Pam...— Jan Gulley
A HUGE shoutout to Pam Heinrich, The Go-2-Girl-4 Real Estate. She was amazing in helping my daughter Caitlin & son-in-law...— Kimberlee Davis
Pam & her team were such a pleasure to work with! We couldn't have asked for any better services on selling our home! She...— Vanesa & Gopal Pabari
My husband and I were moving from CT to TX and the market was beyond "hot". Houses were listing on on Thursday, with showings on...— The Jackson Family
What a delight working with Pam on the sale of our home! She is professional and highly knowledgeable regarding the market and...— Julie & Jim Tommaney
Pam is very professional!! She was referred to us by a friend ! We are very thankful for her. She has the best team! She sold our...— Rafael & Claudia Carias
Pam and Taylor were amazing in our process of buying our first home! They both were super responsive and took care of all our...— Kyle & Elizabeth Lankford
Pam is literally the best at selling homes! She and her team have the entire process down to a science. Everything is taken care...— Pauline O'Bryan
Pam was GREAT to work with. We were moving from Illinois and had some apprehensions about finding a house and working with a...— Jordan Martens
I'm writing this review from our new home. It wouldn't have been possible for us to live here, in our desired school district,...— Aimee Henderson
We had a great experience working with Pam Heinrich to sell our home. From the first meeting she told us the steps to take to...— Mike Meagher
Great experience! Smooth process and transaction!Pam's professionalism and knowledge are assets you're looking for when selling...— Cedric Servais
Pam went above and beyond in selling our house! From giving recommendations for us to prepare our home for the showing, to...— Reed Keech
If you are looking for a real estate agent in the Dallas area Pam is your girl. My husband and I started working with Pam while...— Lillian Halloran
Pam works hard to sell your home. She and her team are honest and straightforward with guidance on how to market the home. Pam...— Polly Bowley
Our own personal North Texas Guru. We came down here with Chicago Real Estate minds and were graciously taught the DFW market in...— Eric Halloran
Our family had the privilege of Pam and her team assisting us in selling our home and purchasing acreage. Pam is extremely...— Debra Larson
Pam is absolutely fantastic! She listens to understand the needs of her clients. She has a great team working with her, yet Pam...— Darrell Edwards
My wife and I are now first time home-owners, and we are so glad to have worked with Pam and her team. Having a helpful,...— Stephen Hunt
Pam provided a wonderful buying experience. She always went above and beyond, she was always available day or night and on a...— Rudi Holt
Like her slogan says, she is your "go to girl" for your real estate needs. To be honest, the process for selling your home can...— Sherry Sewell
I can't speak highly enough of Pam Heinrich as our real estate agent. Her professionalism, knowledge, honesty, integrity...— Mark Simon
I don't think words can quite explain how amazing Pam and her team are! Communication is top notch, always willing to answer my...— Griffin Gregory
This is the third time we have used Pam to buy or sell a house. To say she is the best of the best is an understatement! Pam...— Julie Wilmoth
Pam was absolutely phenomenal throughout the entire buying process from beginning to close. She provided a wealth of knowledge...— Brant Burchfield
Pam is amazing! My husband and I found a lake house on Christmas Eve and we knew it was the one. I texted Pam and told her that...— Paige Burchfield
Pam is AWESOME! I am so glad we called her. She was very quick to respond and very professional. She is very knowledgeable, has...— Bret Newman
Pam is a super star when it comes to real estate.— Stephanie Eason
After reading dozens of reviews on local realtors Pam really stood out to us. I'm so glad we chose her, she and her team have...— Joshua Hoff
Pam and her team were amazing from start to finish! They helped me sell a home remotely and made the entire process so...— Ryan Hilz
As a complete newbie in Texas, I reached out to Pam to help me get a feel for the North Dallas area and find a home to buy. She...— Rich Danhakl
Pam Heinrich is professional, personable, knowledgeable, quick, and just fun. She kept us up to date on every aspect of buying...— The Jacksons
We are a retired Military Family. We are used to moving, renting, buying, and selling. We have worked with countless realtors in...— Mike & Maria Stiney
She deserves all her stars and more. I want to thank Pam and her team for their expertise on the sale of our home that was sold...— Richard & Loretta Zang
Pam was great through the whole buying process. Not only did she negotiate a very fair price on the house that I purchased but...— Gene Reister
It's as though she "goes to bat" for her client, insisting that every step of the process be done the "right" way, with no...— Michael La Sage
Simply put, Pam is a rarity. Pam, Taylor, and the rest of her team are wizards. You will not find another realtor who is more...— Buyer and Seller 2020
The Heinrich Home Team went above and beyond my expectations. I have sold 6 homes in the past, and this was by far my best...— Julie & Greg Regh
Pam and her team were awesome on all counts - communication, expertise, trustworthiness, attention to detail, and professionalism.— Carol Duckworth
I may be a nurse working exhausting hours in the middle of a Pandemic however, Pam is the real hero in my book!— Kristine Cutts
A couple of weeks later the house was put on the market and within 48 hours we had 5 offers with two above the asking price!— Hopie Munoz, Mary & Mickey Taylor
She is professional, knows the market, and has the best personality.— Mike & Patti Small
She has incredible patience, total honesty and a heart of gold! Having been friends for many years and cancer survivors together...— Lee & Peggy Melton
She's got a great heart, and tireless dedication to helping her clients. She is absolutely the best real estate agent I have...— David & Dawne Marx
Pam and her staff were outstanding from our first appointment through out our selling experience. Through her efforts, our home...— Kennith Martin
First class service. Great advice. Answered all my questions even way after hours. Very courteous and made me comfortable with...— Laird Bookwalter
Pam knows her stuff!! She is 5 steps ahead at all times and creates hours in a day to make sure her clients get everything they...— Seller 2020
Pam Heinrich's team exceeded my expectations! They were considerate of my situation and needs. The response was very professional...— Elizabeth Gonzalez
Pam was extraordinarily helpful in both helping us find a new home that met our needs, and then helping us prepare and...— Chuck Lawson
She answered every question with confidence and accuracy, and the house was sold and finished in less than six weeks.— Anna Lawson
I would have no hesitation in recommending Pam to anyone needing an expert in the real estate field. She gave me the tips that I...— Leonor Yurkovich
Pam is definitely your go-2-girl!! She walked me through the buying process like it was a piece of cake. She was always available...— Julie Gallant
Pam's expertise and down to earth personality made selling our home a pleasure!— John & Karen Herbert
We bought our house 18 years ago and knew nothing about selling our home. Pam was referred to us by a good friend and we...— Lisa Millett
Without a doubt...Pam and the team are Awesome! We couldn't have done it without her.— Chad Certain
My fiance and I were nervous when we set out to buy a home. Aside from the jitters associated with being a first-time buyer and...— Daniel Mikelonis
"Pam did an amazing job in helping me sell my home in Carrollton, Texas for a great price. From the initial meeting, through...— Greg Hidalgo
"Pam was the realtor who helped my handicapped sister sell her home. As the trustee to my sister's estate, I dealt with all of...— Karen Kinslowsmith
Pam was an invaluable asset in our search for a home! I wholeheartedly recommend her. We moved from AZ to TX and I was referred...— Phil Workman
"Pam is by far the best real estate agent I have ever worked with. When I met her for the first time she immediately was able to...— Steve Becker
I highly recommend Pam to represent you as a buyer or seller. She lives up to her catchphrase as the "go-to-girl". Our house sold...— Bryan Wright
She knows the market, knows the business and above all has a demeanor that can relate to anyone - a buyer or a seller. She did...— Shareef Defrawitt
Pam did a great job for us. She was very responsive to all of our needs and her experience and network are first class. We...— Roy Wallace
Simply put, Pam is the best Realtor we have ever encountered over a lifetime of transitioning from one home to another. Pam is...— Charles Crane
Pam was fantastic from the start! If you need someone who works non-step and all hours of day/night, contact Pam. House sold and...— Kyle Demers
Pam walked us though each step in the process and stayed in constant communication every step of the way. No problems, no...— Brian Nordberg
Pam did a fantastic job. She helped me sell and buy houses in a very short timeframe. She knows the market and she knows the real...— Terry DeWille
She anticipated all our questions before we even asked them. She has a keen understanding of real estate law, city codes, vendor...— Lisa Holt
Her timing of listing on our property was right on. She is extremely amazing with communications and responses. My expectations...— Balaji Srinivasan
She is on the ball from start to finish getting the job done smoothly and she makes it seem so effortless, although all the work...— Kimberlee Davis
Pam kept me informed the whole way through each process. She was able to advise me from day one about successfully listing and...— Vicki Evans
She's been there for difficult questions and random ideas for making the house have they extra bit of "pop". I could not...— Bill Lowrey
She is extremely knowledgeable about DFW, the buying process, VA loans, as well as general upkeep of a home. She has great people...— Kevin Judd
She is responsive, thorough and a first rate negotiator. Her high energy and positive attitude make working with her fun and she...— Julie Wilmoth
"She is open and honest, a delight to be around!"— Natalie Vasquez & Matthew Vella
"I would recommend her to everyone!"— Kristina & Billy Palmertree
She is an expert in her field. I know from experience as we did six transactions within last two and a half years!— Yasmeen Mitha
"Pam is a fabulous negotiator and probably saved us thousands of dollars! We will never use anyone else if we ever move again"— Bo and Jessica Lewis
Pam was informative and kept on top of things during the entire process— Vickie Moore
" She is very professional and was able to get a contract on my house quickly within days of putting it on the market! "— Jennifer Miller
Puts a lot of effort in being the best. Very pleased with her performance. I rate her a 10!!"— Brenda McNair
She is by far the best agent in the industry. I highly recommend Pam as your "Go To Girl" when purchasing or selling your home.— Danny Smith
She has helped me sell and buy homes before and I had full trust in Pam Heinrich when I listed my house with her again. Within...— Blerta Kolica
We had over 30 people come through, received multiple offers over asking price and were in contract by the 3rd day. Pam was...— Kenny Dupre
She is really one of a kind. Very concerned, determined, and also very friendly. She is the best realtor we have ever had. Thanks...— Afsaneh Behgooy
Hi Pam, Me and my wife would like to thank you for all your effort and very professional sale of our house. It has been our...— Ahmad Behgooy
She was prepared on the first meeting prior to her becoming my agent (comparables and analysis). Very knowledgeable on the entire...— Jessie Butler
Very responsive and knowledgeable on real estate in Collin county. Would definitely recommend.— Nikki Vance
She and her team use all the latest tools available to get the job done. She is there every step of the way and knows exactly...— Ricardo Guerrero
Pam can also read people really well and has superb negotiation skills. I will use her again !!!— Diane Balogh
"No problem. There is always a solution!" She was FULL of answers, advice, expertise and the resources we needed to get the...— Christine Courtade
We were so very lucky to have you and to be able to get a house so quick where we wanted and the ONLY reason for that besides it...— Alison Teramano
Pam made selling our house an absolute breeze. Her organization and attention to detail are unparalleled, which is probably why...— Nicole Pearce
Pam's experience was evident as she knows the details of the issues that can come up. She has contacts for any kind of repair...— David Chester
We were able to get an offer on our old house very quickly, and she was able to negotiate with the seller of our new home to pay...— Daniel Veibell
Pam was great in every aspect of this whole process! She kept things organized and easy!— Saya Sepehri
Being first time home buyers, I was worried that this was going to be a long and stressful process. She really helped ease our...— Sara Kelly
She was on her game, anticipating all our needs. Buying and selling a home can be very stressful. Pam's professionalism was...— Christie Newcome
She is so professional and absolutely organized with tremendous knowledge of real estate.— Mickey Salehi
When unknown problems popped up --Pam immediately stepped up with perfect solutions keeping my stress level low & the ball...— Amy Broach
Pam absolutely went above and beyond what I would expect from a realtor....I can't say enough about how supportive she was...— Julie Symanik
Her expertise in real estate as well as her professionalism made selling my home a breeze.— Dorothy Newby
I wanted to sell my house quick, but it needed a little work. Pam gave me the no nonsense list of what it would take to sell and...— Jim Kirk
She is very personable, professional and respectful. She has all the major skills and resources to help you sell or buy real...— Imran Rajwanii
She helped negotiate much better prices than we would have been able to get on our own. Pam is truly remarkable in that she is...— Stephanie Charitonenko
In a fast and furious housing market, Pam never stopped working for me in finding the perfect new home that met my specific needs!— Mark Kapocsi
I can claim she is a reliable/dedicated realtor you can trust! She organized open-house 4 times in order to invite more potential...— Woong Ho Bang
Pam you and your team did a wonderful job thank you— Cecil Howard
Even though she has many clients, she was always quick to respond to any of our questions and would explain things to us as many...— Louis and Shanna Pujol
When searching for a realtor to sell our home, we chose a realtor that has sold the most homes in our area. When the house was...— B&K Witwer
Pam was very personable and always available when I called her. It is easy to see why Pam is so successful at her profession. If...— Darren Lovell
Selling a home is a stressful time and Pam was extremely patient and always on target with our goal in mind. We highly recommend...— Shackleford
She knew what I needed and it happened. I would not have been able to make it through the process without her guidance and...— Kristy Aldrich
Pam made it easy. From prepping the house to sell, to staging and hosting an open house, She took care of all the little details.— Bradly Tomberlin
Buying and selling a house is one of the most stressful things a person can do, but Pam can help make it stress free!— Kari G.
Words cannot express how wonderful a person and a realtor Pam is. She is such a people person, going over and above for her...— Alyson Johnson
Thanks Pam, we love our home and Allen. The best thing that has happened for us ever, was finding you. You are an awesome Lady.— Wes Price
Your professionalism and your sweet smile put us at ease the moment you walked through our door. This experience has truly been...— The Kirklands
Pam sold my home and helped me find a new home in no time flat! She was so fun to work with and really knows her real estate...— Michelle Stevens
"Incredibly Efficient" is the phrase that comes to mind when I think about Pam. When they say there's no such thing as...— Mark and Pam Pulliam
I can rest assured knowing Pam is constantly working to ensure all parts of my real estate transaction are not overlooked and...— Lindsey King
Not only is she great at staying in contact with you as her client, but she is also a great liaison between you and the party on...— Jennifer and Darrell Bost
We met by accident when I called on a rental since we were having no luck getting a contract with our then current agent. She...— Jerryme and Brandi Mathis
I referred you to them having every confidence that you would take great care of them and keep their best interests at heart, and...— Brenda Patterson Davis
We want to thank you for all the time and effort you spent to help us in buying our new home, and for selling our previous home....— Carlos and Courtney Garcia
As first time home buyers, we had a very good idea of what we wanted but on a tight budget. Pam was always very professional,...— Adedapo Adegeye
Pam didn't give up on me and continued to respond to each text message saying "I've gotta go look at this one right...— Laura Gilmore
I could not have asked for a better realtor and friend to be in my court in one of the hardest moves that we will ever make....— Wendy Norman
Pam did a great job identifying the aspects of our property that brought it value and advertised it effectively to potential...— John and Sandra Cooley
You are the BOMB!!! I can't imagine having felt better taken care of than I did through the process of buying my home. You...— Amy Nell Saylors
I always knew that I did not have to feel nervous to ask questions. You gave me list of information I needed through the process...— Carmen DeLeon
Thank you for all the work to sell our home (in 24 hrs), especially with the demanding (to say the least) buyer's agent. We...— Cherlyn White
Pam was great with helping us selling our house. She came in and gave great suggestions from how to arrange things to what we...— Cherri Hardcastle
We sold our property in few days as if it happened in a dream. Everything happened in a smooth flow without any issues. Pam...— Bharathi and Family
Simply put, I could not imagine finding anyone better than Pam Heinrich. She is resourceful, knowledgeable, has boundless energy,...— Rob Rians
She quickly discerned my unspoken preferences, and I benefited from her considerable experience and insight into homes in general.— Roy Burnett
We are blessed beyond words to have had the opportunity to work with Pam. She made us feel like we were always her priority and...— Ann and Ray Allen
Pam is so busy, but never makes you feel that she is too busy for you. She always has a positive attitude even if you're a picky...— David and Sara Blacker
She worked with us throughout our buy-sell arrangement to make it a good experience overall. Despite the challenges to buyers in...— Andy Paulson
Pam was a complete go-getter when it came to listing and selling our home. She is the professional you want representing you when...— Sheli and Clint Guinn
She is diligent with keeping you on-track. So if you're a procrastinator...then Pam is the girl for you....because she will make...— David and Marti Daniels
Pam was wonderful to work with. She stayed on top of everything from the sale of our old house (in one day!) to the purchase of...— Kathy and Steve Snyder
When working with Pam on the purchase of our new home in Watters Crossing, we immediately recognized her expertise in negotiating...— Rich and Natania Cook
Pam is the best in the in Real Estate Market.— Patrica Vargas
Thank you Pam for helping us sell our home! It sold quickly and the process was well organized. You answered any and all of our...— Angela Foster
We appreciated Pam's opinions, feedback and positive attitude throughout the entire process. We valued the personal attention,...— Wendy and Michael Thrash
She is very quick to respond to questions and concerns. Her directions and instructions for preparing our current home for sale...— Tammy Lunday
Thank you so much for all you did to help us sell our home. Thanks for staying in constant contact with us throughout the...— Doug and Janette Toney
We found a great home and she also followed up to make sure that it all went smoothly. When we buy a house next year, I will only...— Farrah Haak
Pam was honest and up front with all of the aspects of selling my house. I had told her how much money I wanted out of my house...— Phillip Barbee
Pam spent a lot of time with us up front figuring out what we were looking for and she took us out multiple times looking at...— Cameron and Kate Gross
Pam had a challenging Buyer and I had a challenging Seller, it was just a challenging sale... but she handled everything that...— Ryan Cave, The "Caveman"
I don't know what I would have done without her!! Pam also works with a great title company who went above and beyond to help me...— Rebecca Watt
Pam was my FAVORITE transaction of 2012. She made added the 'Fun' to Funtastic. Pammy is a Professional, Knowledgeable,...— Heather Anderson
Pam was a pleasure to work with! She extremely knowledgeable and responsive. She helped us sell two houses and buy our dream...— Joey Miller
I would absolutely use you again & no one else, as it's clear your aggressive yet extremely personable & you get stuff done in a...— Brent and Elena Turner
Pam helped me buy my Condo and helped me sell that Condo a few years later. She is the best and keeps you informed about...— C. Foster
You have been so helpful in a stressful situation with the buyer. I really appreciate you getting that worked out. Your staging...— Rosemary Long
Pam has enormous energy and a true "love" for the business. She cares so much for her clients and will do "whatever it...— Donna Hunt
With Pam by our side, her extensive knowledge in the real state field, her work ethics, professionalism, good sense of humor,...— Josefina Amaya
She took care of everything for us from staging the house and make it ready for showings, to working out the fine details after...— Christian Elmalouf
Even though we had some challenges with selling our home you kept us reassured that everything will get worked out at the end and...— Blerta Kolica
In a few words, she was awesome. The moment we decided to hire her we could feel her advocacy. She wasted no time trying to find...— Ed Doss
Pam was able to understand our individual 'wants and needs' and not only helped us sell both of our homes, but with her...— Paula Nordstrom and Joey Miller
Buying and selling real estate can be a daunting task for some but I believe with Pam's good nature and her quick wit that she...— Erica Travis
Your knowledge and easy going attitude made the process so smooth and effortless. We really appreciate all you have done and hope...— Christy Allen
She held my hand the entire way through the process and it could not have gone any smoother. Pam helped me with the purchase of...— Laura Gilmore
Her advice on how to prepare our home to appeal to buyers was valuable and on the mark. Pam's calm expertise greatly helped our...— Dana Ousley
Great Spirit, Pretty, Extremely HELPFUL, Positive, Observation skills, Inquisitive, Patience, Does not consider "settle" as an...— Teresa and Jesus Gaona
Pam really went over and above and did things for me that probably I should have been doing. She stayed on top of my loan daily...— Carolyn Foster
Working with Pam was pure joy. Not only was she incredibly knowledgeable but she was loads of fun to work with. My selling...— Lynn Burdick
Her ability to get my house shown almost immediately was impressive! She was always available when I had questions.— Sandy Axelrod
She walked us through every step and made selling our house seem effortless. She listened to our needs and met all of our...— J. Moody
You always delivered what you promised-- you returned phone calls promptly and courteously, made contacts for me and gave quick...— Phyliss Bounds Pruitt
It was a pleasure working with you as well and you most definitely have my endorsement as far referring you to any of my friends,...— Danny and Lindsey Smith
Pam is very professional and know the value of friendship. I would not hesitate to recommend Pam as either a Real Estate Agent...— David Chester
You are such a delight to work with and made this transition in my life go so smooth. I will for sure pass out your cards to...— Carrie MacQueen
Pam got everything done lightening fast from start to finish and we even had an offer in an hour before we even put our house on...— Jennifer Tucker
Pam kept me informed the whole way through the process. She was able to advise me from day one about successfully listing and...— Vicki Maden
The listings provided to me met my criteria and helped me shortlist my choices. Working with Pam was smooth as silk. I love Pam...— Kavitha Reddy
She is great at suggesting things to do around the house to make it look more presentable. She knows EVERYONE in the house...— Jennifer Watkins
She is high energy and is dedicated to her sellers and buyers. I have used her 3 times now and love her.— Jamie Hyatt
She provided sound advice on how to stage my home which resulted in a wonderful offer within 24 hours of going on the market. She...— Debra Hoerner
She is full of knowledge and truly cares about her clients. She knew exactly what needed to be offered to get us the house of our...— Shannon Wootton
I can't thank you enough Pam for your work, professionalism, and attention to every detail during the process. I highly...— George Debner
She staged our house well; kept everything moving and kept us calm! Thanks Pam for all you do and your attention to detail! Pam...— Sandra Lovesey
2 Weeks and our house was sold – results speak loudest. Pam is personable yet professional. She was a joy to work with and...— John Shannon
When I told others who my realtor was, the response was always "Oh, you are in great hands", which of course I already knew....— Wendy Norman
Her professional opinion was important as we received a poor offer that put all the risk on us. Just a week later we got the...— Alyson Johnson
Previous experiences (multiple over the last 45 years) have shown that I have to watch and check everything with agents. Not so...— Walt Glass
Pam is a great communicator with a wealth of knowledge and resources. She took charge, kept us informed and got us a great price...— Rolinda Dunlap
Pam kept me informed the whole way through the process. She was able to advise me from day one about successfully listing and...— Happy Client
She was familiar with our neighborhood and worked with us to price it competitively. Pam would always respond quickly when we had...— Michelle Knoerzer
Her experience and manner kept us focused and calm. You will not find a better agent that knows the area and market.— Debbie Greszler
We ran into a snag with a builder and she was there to help us out in every way that she could. Every step of the way, Pam helped...— Jennifer Antonini
Pam was extremely personable and professional. Her tips, frequent communication and expertise made the whole process, from...— Dana Burk
Pam possesses all the attributes necessary to be an excellent broker: she knows her market extremely well; she is diligent,...— Jennifer K. Hughes
She was very attentive, caring, thoughtful and yet, when it came to the hard decisions, she nurtured and was helpful in guiding...— Liz Washington
We were out of state clients and we never had any delays getting responses from Pam, she was always there, day or night.— Darryl Terramano
Pam walked us through the process every step of the way. She negotiated a great deal for us and protected us from unreasonable...— Oralynn Quirez
We have found our perfect home thanks to Pam and we couldn't recommend her enough!!! Thank you so much from the bottom of our...— Brittany Good
She guided me through every step of the process, she made me feel confident in the approach and decisions we made and she sold my...— Edna Sue Johnson


text:
Can people make you question yourself?
On the whole I think I'm a pretty good Mummy, I love my children 'to infinity and beyond' and I try to always do what is best for them, they are my priority and I would never do anything to harm them.
Today was my afternoon with Beanie Boy alone as Little Bean was at Nanny and Grandad's house. Normally we stay in and snuggle for the afternoon but today I decided to pop to the supermarket to pick up a few bits and pieces. It was a cold afternoon but not particularly windy and no rain. I considered where I would be going and what we were doing before I left the house and dressed Beanie Boy accordingly. He had a long sleeved vest, a long sleeved top, trousers, socks, booties and scratch mitts. Whenever he is in his car seat he always has a large blanket over him which is folded in half and half again. We were going from our back door to the car (about 10 steps) and from the car to the Supermarket front door (about 200 yards) so I didn't feel it was necessary for him to wear a hat. If we were going out for an afternoon stroll then he would DEFINITELY have been wearing his hat and some warmer gloves. Before I put him into his pushchair I wrapped him up in his blanket and made the blanket into a hood. So in my mind, he was warm enough! But apparently not, as I was leaving the supermarket I felt a tap on my shoulder and turned to see a man behind me. He pointed to Beanie Boy and said "no good, he needs a hat!". I looked at him in disbelief and eventually said "no thank you, he's fine" and then as I looked to the man he was walking with they both began to shake their heads and TUT at me!!!!! I was fuming!! How dare they judge me and tell me how to care for my baby?
On the way home I began mulling this over in my mind, were they right? Should he have had a hat on??? Was my baby cold because I hadn't dressed him appropriately. I felt his head and to me he felt very warm, he hadn't woken up at all and was still sleeping soundly so I would read that as him being warm and snuggly? Was I failing as a Mum?
Earlier in the day I had attended a Breastfeeding Peer Counsellor group and we were all talking about our experiences of early breastfeeding. All of the other Mums said that they kept a log of the times and length of feed, and times/contents of nappies. I didn't do this? Should I have been doing this? Did I miss the antenatal class where they told you that you should be keeping a log of feeds and nappies, or did this idea just come naturally to some Mums, if so, why not me?
I can't believe that one little comment from someone could have unsettled me so much, I refer back to my initial paragraph – "On the whole I think I'm a pretty good Mummy, I love my children 'to infinity and beyond' and I try to always do what is best for them, they are my priority and I would never do anything to harm them" – why should I let a stranger make me doubt myself so much!! I don't know – he just did!


text:
Hi! Simply click below and type your query.
Our experts will reply you very soon.
Find Residential & Commercial Property in Daulatpur Una Una. Property Advisor Hoshiarpur is providing Una Daulatpur Una Properties Sell Rent Classifieds database . Contact with us for instant Buy sell Agricultural/Farm Land, Individual Houses / Villas, Commercial Shops, Commercial Lands /Inst. Land, Residential Plot, Factory / Industrial Building, Showrooms, Farm House, Industrial Land / Plot, Office Space, Warehouse/Godown, Business Center.
Daulatpur Una
Land / Plot Area : 2000 Sq.ft.
Property Type : Residential Plot
10 Lac
Property by Category
Locations in Una
Property by City


text:
Robert Chanate is a member of the Kiowa Nation and can be reached at rckiowa [at] gmail.com and twitter.com/rckiowa. He is from Carnegie, OK and currently lives in Denver, CO. He is also co-authoring a forthcoming book with Gyasi Ross called "The Thing About Skins," and the website and publishing company for that handy, dandy book is www.cutbankcreekpress.com.
Russell Means: The Man I Knew
The leader of the American Indian Movement, Oglala citizen and indigenous patriot remembered.
Robert Chanate


text:
Home | Picture of the Week | Photo Albums | Monthly Newsletter | Calendar
The Jackman Journal
|Volume 2
June 2004
Summer has Begun!
Summer is finally underway! I was so looking forward to not having school anymore and being able to have more free time. Then I started my job for the Shakespearean Festival and realized that all my time is once again taken up. It has been a lot of fun learning new things and playing everyday. Working with Mike Taft has been great as well, he is an amazing player and very talented. I feel like I am going crazy trying to put together so much music in such a short amount of time, but everyone is the same boat and we all seem to be making it.
I am really looking forward to July and August when the Festival is in full swing. I won't have rehearsals everyday anymore and I will be able to spend all day with Damon and Alicia. We have such great things planned for the summer, such as biking and hiking and swimming and all sorts of fun things. We are also looking forward to friends and family coming to see the Festival and to visit us. Anyone is welcome to come.
Getting Bigger
I am doing so well. I have begun to walk, that has been the greatest thing for me so far. I am really starting to be like the bigger kids! I had a lot of fun playing with my cousins at Great-grandma Jackman's 90th Birthday party. I especially look up to Nathan. He is such a neat guy. I can't wait until I am that big and can do so many more things, like walk without falling down and talk so people can actually understand me. It will be great!
Love my Boys
This past month has been great we spent a good part of the month visiting family and also having the Spence's visit us here in Cedar for a few days. Damon loves playing with his Uncle Logan.
I have enjoyed my Pilates & Yoga class, and recenty chopped off all my hair (Bob's not too happy about that!) I am looking forward to teaching Piano & Clarinet lessons soon, and just got called to be Visiting Teacher Supervisor which is a great way to know the girls in our ward better.
I love spending time with my two boys all day. Damon is in such a fun stage right now. He is playing "peek-a-boo" with us, and of course sticking out his tongue! We get to start him on meats and protein this month which I'm sure he will love.
It's so fun to watch Bob getting ready for Festival, especially all dressed up in his costumes. We will miss him while we're in DC.
|© 2004 Robert Jackman


text: The Fae Lord's Lady – by Lisa Kumar by Sheri Fredricks | Jan 26, 2016 | UncategorizedThe Fae Lord's Lady Natalie Danvers lives a picture-perfect life. She has a great boyfriend, a good job she loves, and friends aplenty. But to her, she feels as if she's merely existing. Something indefinable is missing, which colors every aspect of her... Read more


text: Bible Verses About Overcoming- Struggles come in all shapes and sizes - fears, addictions, persecution, and worries can all seem to take over our thoughts. God tells us that we will face trials, but that we should not lose hope! Be encouraged, God has called you an overcomer! Use these Bible verses about overcoming struggles to lift your spirits and renew your mind.


text:
Norse mythology tells of the Kraken, a legendary sea-dwelling monster that was said to devour ships, whales and humans. Although most likely the story stems from sightings of a giant squid, the legend of this sea beast lives on in San Diego's Subtext Gallery at their Release the Kraken! art exhibition celebrating their fifth anniversary.
This found art concept show features "vintage aquatic paintings re-imagined by over 30 artists":
Each artist was given a painting with a body of water in it, and then asked to "Kraken-ize" it by adding some sea monsters, hydro-creatures or aquatic beasts of their liking.
Release the Kraken! opened on August 12, 2011 and will run until September 11, 2011. A PDF preview of the entire show with a price list is available.
via Hi Fructose
images via Subtext Gallery and Hi Fructose