text: News 1/3 of NYC undocumented immigrants safe from deporation under Obama orders: Report People wait in line to be processed for their New York City municipal ID cards January 14, 2015 at a midtown library in New York. Photo Credit: Getty Images / DON EMMERT By DAN RIVOLI Updated January 15, 2015 5:00 AM Print Share fbShare Tweet Email More than one-third of New York City's unauthorized immigrants would be eligible for protection from deportation under President Barack Obama's executive orders, about 10% fewer proportionally than those who qualify nationwide, according to the Migration Policy Institute. The Washington, D.C., think tank estimated that 37% or 238,000 unauthorized immigrants of the 643,000 in the city would be safe from deportation under protections for young immigrants and parents of legal residents or citizens. Nationally, 5.2 million (46%) of the 11.4 million unauthorized immigrants would be spared, according to the institute. That discrepancy is due to the unique makeup of New York City's immigrant population and how they come here, according to Randy Capps, director of research for U.S. programs at the Migration Policy Institute. "You're talking about a population that is much more heavily Caribbean and South American in New York than is the case nationally," Capps said. Unlike Mexican and Central Americans who get to the U.S. through illegal border crossings, New York City's unauthorized immigrants tend to stay when visas or work permits expire -- a method more suited for adult immigrants and one that has fewer restrictions on gaining legal recognition. For instance, these immigrants can marry out of their unauthorized status. Further, the city has a higher cost of living, keeping people from starting families that would give cover to some unauthorized immigrants under Obama's executive actions. "You have more opportunity to marry someone who is a citizen or green card holder," Capps said. In Queens, the most ethnically diverse county in the country, nearly two-thirds of the unauthorized population is from South America and Asia. Also, 70% live there without children. All told 61,000 in Queens could be saved from deportation since they are the parent of a U.S. citizen or legal resident, while 30,000 unauthorized immigrations would be protected because they came here as a child. "The question in New York becomes, how many people are going to come forward given that the eligible population is small as a share of the total" number of unauthorized immigrants, Capps said. Between the first Obama order in 2012 protecting young immigrants to the U.S. and 2014, there were 32,237 approved applications from New York state, fewer than in Illinois, according to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services statistics. The expanded protections for young immigrants and the new program for parents will be open by spring. "We still see people who qualified in 2012 when DACA was announced and never knew," said New York Immigration Coalition's Camille Mackler, using the acronym for Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. She said the distrust of government among immigrant communities, as well as the multitude of cultures and diversity in educational and economic standing, makes outreach on these protections difficult. "You need to be talking to people who are on the ground in the communities because they have the community's trust," Mackler said. But if these unauthorized immigrants take advantage of the new protections, they will get work authorization along with avoiding deportation. Mark Krikorian of the Center for Immigration Studies, which backs tighter immigration controls, said this will be a boon to their income and could result in more tax payments, but still put a strain on city services. "It's pretty much guaranteed to cost New York City money," he said, "and it's something they don't have any control over." By DAN RIVOLI Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comments We're revamping our Comments section. Learn more and share your input.


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What does successful eating look like after weight loss surgery?
There are five food phases to success after weight loss surgery. Your beginning food stages will consist of rules (do's and don'ts) as well as guidelines and suggestions.
A guideline is for your benefit and means it is somewhat flexible while still allowing you to be successful with weight loss. A rule, however, means it is crucial for health and will help you in avoiding life threatening emergencies.
Immediately after surgery you will be on the clear liquid phase for a few days. This will help you lose weight, but more importantly, it will assist in your healing process. After a few days of clear liquids you will be ready for the next phase of full liquids in which soups, puddings and low sugar yogurts will be added.
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Next, will be the soft food phase. This stage will resemble anything that can be pureed to the consistency of baby food. Remember your new pouch is still healing.
After the immediate healing of about 6 to 8 weeks, your surgeon will release you to begin a regular diet.
Your ultimate goal should be to eat a healthy and whole foods, including all major food groups. Eat protein first, forever and always because protein is essential for good health.
After you have lost all the weight you want to lose, you will resume a lifetime, maintenance phase, which will allow you to gradually find your balance for maintaining a healthy weight.
During your rapid weight-loss phase you are encouraged to eat 70 percent protein, 30 percent vegetables. That would look like 2 to 3 bites of protein to one bite of vegetables. Complete proteins come from foods such as chicken, eggs, fish, cheese and other milk products.
Vegetables are defined as edible plant foods, leafy green vegetables, green, orange, yellow and red vegetables. (not raw, especially early on)
During the weight-loss phase, eliminate all high glycemic index carbohydrates except vegetables. (This would be bread, rice, chips, cookies, candy, cakes, etc.) This will encourage the body to burn fat stores.
After you have reached your goal weight the Bariatric Support Group Center International's recommendations for long-term weight maintenance is 50 percent protein 25-20 vegetables and carbs. Complete or complex carbs can be introduced back into the diet, in moderation. As long as weight is maintained, carbohydrates can be a great addition to provide variety and taste. But if pounds start to creep back on, carbs must be cut back. Make sure refined carbs and sugars are eliminated.
Grains, legumes, tofu and soy and good sources of protein, which are considered incomplete proteins. Good complete protein selections are fish, poultry, low-fat cheeses, and low-fat milk. Proteins to use in smaller amounts (but not eliminated), are beef, eggs, whole milk, beans, legumes, and nuts.
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If someone should say that true faith is the correct holding and confession of correct dogmas, he would be telling the truth, for a believer absolutely needs the Orthodox holding and confession of dogmas. But this knowledge and confession by itself does not make a man a faithful and true Christian. ... The knowledge of correct dogmas is in the mind, and it is often fruitless, arrogant, and proud.... The true faith in Christ is in the heart, and it is fruitful, humble, patient, loving, merciful, compassionate, hungering and thirsting for righteousness..Fr Saraphim Rose says,
Do we perhaps boast that we keep fasts and the Church calendar, have good icons and congregational singing, give to the poor and maybe even tithe to the Church? Do we delight in exalted Patristic teachings and theological discussions without having in our hearts the duplicity of Christ and true compassion for the suffering?––then ours is a spirituality of comfort, and we will not have the spiritual fruits that will be exhibited by those without all these comforts who deeply suffer and struggle for Christ.When we are able to make this transition from the head to the heart, we discover an intense heartfelt desire, a burning from within, for the love of God and to be united with Him. We leave our earthly passions behind and have only one, to be in the loving embrace of God. We experience a sense of willingness to sacrifice all we have for Him. When we speak we no longer search our memory for the proper thing to say based on what we have learned from out readings or studies. Instead the Holy Spirit moves us to say the proper words and do the proper deeds. It comes naturally and in a loving way. We come alive with an inner fire of love. We find an inner peace no matter what difficulties we face.
Elder Porphyrios says,
When you find Christ [in the heart], you are satisfied, you desire nothing else, you find peace. You become a different person. You live everywhere, wherever Christ is. You live in the stars, in infinity, in heaven with the angels, with the saints, on earth with people, with plants, with animals, with everyone and everything. When there is love for Christ, loneliness disappears. You are peaceable, joyous, full. Neither melancholy, not illness, nor pressure, nor anxiety, nor depression nor hell.
When Christ enters your heart, your life changes. Christ is everything. Whoever experiences Christ within himself, experiences ineffable things––holy and sacred things. He lives in exultation...Fr Seraphim writes,
"When those who are rich in the Holy Spirit, really having the heavenly wealth and the fellowship of the Spirit in themselves, speak to any the word of truth...it is out of their own wealth and out of their own treasure, which they possess within themselves when they speak, and out of this that they gladden the souls of the hearers of the spiritual discourse...."
But one who is poor, and does not possess the wealth of Christ in his soul ... even if he wishes to speak a word of truth and to gladden others ... but after he has gone through it, each word goes back to the source from which is was taken, and he himself remains once more naked and poor....
For this reason we should seek first from God with pain of heart and in faith, that He would grant us to find this wealth, the true treasure of Christ in our hearts, in the power and effectual working of the spirit. In this way, first finding in ourselves the Lord to be our profit and salvation and eternal life, we may then profit others also, according to our strength and opportunity, drawing upon Christ, the measure within."It is helpful to seek out a spiritual father who can guide you. He will be able to help you to make this transition. He can help you avoid becoming too intense in your effort to learn doctrine and practice guidelines for this and that. It is God's love we seek and this only comes from the heart.


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Headline today on MSN News: Obama visits storm victims, Romney campaigns. The actual article is more fair; however, in the lightning fast world of Internet news, that headlines are all.
Elsewhere, MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell slammed Mitt Romney for -- wait for it -- collecting storm supplies during Hurricane Sandy. Another MSNBC idiot, Martin Bashir, did the same thing, emphasizing that the Red Cross wanted monetary donations and not food or supplies. He (and Mitchell) must've missed the way-too obvious large television screens where Romney was asking people to donate to the Red Cross.
It truly is head-scratching how the MSM can turn something so innocent (and charitable) into something so "sinister." All the while blatantly -- in a fit of journalistic malpractice, really -- ignoring the cover-up that is Boss Obama and the Benghazi terrorist attack non-reaction/lie.
Bill O'Reilly once posited that the bias of the MSM gives the Democrat presidential candidate (in this case Boss Obama) a three-to-five percent bump in poll numbers. Frequent O'Reilly guest Bernie Goldberg thinks it's worse:
I tend to believe that number is much larger. After all, were not just talking about the media promoting Obama and disparaging Romney. Were talking about the stories the media chooses to hype and the ones they choose to downplay. Were talking about the information they willfully omit, and the partisan assertions they fail to challenge. Were talking about the narratives that they help the president advance, and the messages from the Romney campaign that they work to bury. Were even talking about the entertainment industry and late-night comedians, who by their own admissions cant bring themselves to make sharp jokes at the presidents expense.
Again, if a Republican was president and something like what happened in Benghazi, Libya occurred, it would be endless headlines day after day -- especially if the prez offered up the excuses and lies that Boss Obama has. Hell, just look at the much less severe Valerie Plame story, for example. The MSM was determined to find a link to Pres. Bush for the supposed "outing" of a "covert" agent (who was stationed comfortably in Washington, DC), yet it now could care not at all that Boss Obama has offered up numerous conflicting stories about what happened in Libya, most especially why his administration pushed the now-false narrative that a ridiculous YouTube video was responsible for the carnage at our consulate there. (The video whose maker remains in jail, by the way!) Four people, including our Libyan ambassador, were killed, and the reason for these deaths pushed for a week by Boss Obama is a known LIE. And only Fox News and various right-leaning media outlets report on it.
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The US-based art world wunderkind talks about his latest project, Berlin's hot spots, and art's ongoing love affair with fashion.
Out: How did this work, "Larger Than Love," come about? How did it come together for you?
Tim Goossens: Originally I met Shony Rivnay—the artist who made the sculpture—through Thomas Rom, the founder and CEO of a consultancy company called Think You. They connect artists with grants and museums and placements. He knew Shony's work for a long time and found the space we're using, which we actually got for free through his negotiations. I don't know how he does it. He asked me to curate, and we thought it would be good to add another element to it. I knew of a sound artist here, Lindsay Compton, who created a work from scratch relating to the piece, so it became more of an immersive environment.
What are your thoughts on the Internet's effect, or technology's effect, on art over the last few years?
Well, there's someone like Cory Arcangel, who's been doing it for years. Overall, it makes life a lot easier. It also definitely helps in promoting institutions and galleries by using the Internet—especially blogs. It creates a social network. We featured Q&As with some of the artists, asked them to keep a visual diary, and such. We basically documented the installation process from scrubbing the floor to the VIP opening.
Scrubbing the floor must have been pretty glamorous.
Yeah (laughs). I used to work at MoMA PS1 (when it was simply PS1) which was such small team that everyone did a bit of everything. I hope I'm the kind of curator that's very hands on.
PS1 feels like it has a big team. That's interesting.
The budget has definitely gone up, but when I was working there, we had about 15 people.
Wow, it just feels like there's always something going on.
Yes, yes. It was very much like a dysfunctional family. We could yell at each other, but we were still working very closely.
Do you see any general trends in the art world? It seems to be coming back to the forefront of people's minds lately and there's more attention on it. Any thoughts on that?
It's kind of hard to judge as someone who's on the inside of the art world. I don't know if the public has now have become more aware of the art community. It is a Whitney Biennial year, so maybe people are writing more about it because it is, in a way, a big year for the field.
Well there was the Maurizio Cattelan show at the Guggenheim, and now Cindy Sherman's retrospective at MoMA. There are a lot of high-profile exhibits, but there are also a lot of newer names that people haven't heard before.
Maybe it's because the economy is doing better and people are getting ambitious again—like doing their own pop-up galleries. Earlier this week, someone was speaking about the Turner Award in the UK, which is such a mainstream thing, and I wonder how they keep such a wide audience. But we have to ask: Is it art? I don't know if more attention is necessarily a good thing. Institutions in the art world in general could be a little bit more educational about things, less snobby, maybe. I also think that public art is important—that's what I love about cities like New York.
What do you see as the connection between fashion and art? Artists and fashion people have always been very intertwined, its so widespread now. As someone who helps facilitate those relationships, as with Club Monaco (a sponsor of "Larger Than Love") why do you think makes those two worlds meet so often?
At least in the 20th century, it has always been the case. In early-20th century ballets, artists designed the costumes. Or Schiaparelli collaborating with Salvador Dali. Now I think some fashion brands just use it but then you have designers like Miuccia Prada or Comme des Garçons' Rei Kawakubo who don't commission it,
and it feels more respectful. They see something they like and buy the rights to it and they'll use existing artwork in campaigns.
Do you go to Berlin a lot? Are you very familiar with the city?
Yeah, I'm from Belgium originally, and I've been coming here on and off for the last 10 years.
What are your favorite places to visit?
It has changed a lot—they have a Soho House now. I never was a member, but I became a committee member in New York so now I'm a worldwide member and I've actually started hanging out there. We saw Sonic Youth when we were eating there but I did a very New York thing: I was like, Whatever...don't even look at them (laughs). Everyone is raving about this new place called Tausend, which apparently is the new hip club. It sounds like something from Sex in the City, where you need a key to get in. Through Tommy and Lindsay, we're getting some sponsors and throwng a party there.
So you will have the key.
Apparently we get one! And then there's a great store which has been around for a while, called Apartment, its like Opening Ceremony or Seven. They say Berlin is like the biggest village in the world, and it does feel like a village. Perhaps because it's very cheap to live here. People aren't driven in the same way New Yorkers are, I think.
Do you think that affects the art communities in New York versus Berlin. Here you have so much rent to pay, you have to be driven in a different way. Do art scenes reflect the nature of a city?
Definitely. I feel that Americans in New York are so much better about speaking about their work. I still meet people here who don't even have a website. There are still collectives here, but some go elsewhere to show their work.
So what else do you have coming up?
Right now, in New York, I've curated a Stephen Posen show. He graduated in the mid-'60s from Yale in the same year as Richard Serra and Chuck Close. They're like buddies, they were in the Fulbright program together. For the last six years he's taken a break, but I met him, we became friends, and we ended up doing a show together. It's in a penthouse on Gramercy Park, like a pop-up kind of show, that opened last week. I also just started working (as curatorial director) at envoy enterprises, so there's a lot to do there...I'm excited.
"Larger Than Love" opens today at Halle am Wasser, located behind the Hamburger Bahnhof. Photo of "Larger Than Life" (top) courtesy of Facebook; Photos of Tim Goossens courtesy of Grzegorz Lepiarz
This interview has been edited for clarity and length.


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Narrowly missing the Western Conference playoffs by one win would take on a different tone if the Suns' 1.8 percent draft lottery chance of moving into the top three came to fruition. It would not only be a golden ticket for a prime prospect but it would also drop Minnesota from No. 13 to No. 14 and make the Timberwolves turn over their top-13 protected pick from the July 2012 Robin Lopez/Wes Johnson three-team trade.
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St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Homeschool Group
You are visiting the Public Page for St. Thomas Aquinas Homeschool Group.
We use Homeschool Life as our primary mode of communication. All activities and their details are made available to registered members on this site. We do use facebook to communicate with not only our members, but other homeschoolers in our community. We're happy to have both resources and hope you'll choose to register for $20/year and gain full access to all our activities via Homeschool Life.
Let's tell you a little about ourselves.
St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Homeschool Group serves the Louisville Metro Area including parts of Southern Indiana, Jefferson, Oldham, Henry, Shelby, Bullitt, and surrounding Counties in Kentucky. We strive to work in a collaborative spirit with the Archdiocese of Louisville. We provide a community for our children where they can grow and socialize. Our Catholic Homeschool group honors Mary and all of the Saints under of the special patronage of St. Thomas Aquinas. The Eucharist is the center of our faith community, in accordance with the Catechism of the Roman Catholic Church. We strive to live as Jesus taught us to "love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind," and to "love your neighbor as yourself" Matthew 22: 37-39.
Our mission is to help grow Catholic families for the greater glory of God and in union with the Magisterium of the Church. We recognize and support homeschooling in a variety of forms from full home curriculum to supplemental education. We affirm parents as the primary teachers of their children.
Here's a sampling of our annual activities, all run by dedicated parents!
- Moms' Night Out (various locations)
- Education Fairs (Held at the Flaget Center)
- Catholic Kids Clubs (Held at Immaculate Conception in LaGrange)
- Homeschool Masses (Held at Immaculate Conception in LaGrange)
- Park Days (Held at Thurman Hutchins Park on River Road)
- Theater Field Trips (Ogle Center, Derby Dinner, etc.)
- History Field Trips (Frazier History Museum)
...and more!
We welcome you to visit our website at http://www.louisvillecatholichomeschooling.com/index.html or our Facebook Page; just search "St. Thomas Aquinas Homeschool Group". You can also request membership from this page.
God bless you on your homeschool journey!


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Friday, May 30, 2014
Cupid's Arrow: Sara Raasch Embarrasses Herself. Again.
I don't know whether to say you're welcome or I'm sorry, but either way, HERE.
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You are awesome, Sara.ReplyDelete
You do realize your cat totally video bombed you, right?
Sorry, but I totally laughed out loud during parts of this absolutely riveting performance! You go, girl! (And you sounded better than I prolly would have...) And thanks, b/c I did need some levity- I'm working 7-7 today. *ugh*ReplyDelete
Sara, youuu are adorable. Also awesome and totally brave. I never would have had the guts to willingly do that! Way to go!ReplyDelete
Up until this post, I wanted to gouge my ears out every time I head that song. But now...now I love it and want to snuggle with it at night.ReplyDelete
You are my density, Lorraine! Bravo!
I <3 you. SO much!!ReplyDelete
You are beyond adorable!!ReplyDelete
And you got me singing madly out loud at 9 am in the morning... so go Sarah!! ;)
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Injection Molding
Large Car WindowsMolded in Polycarbonate
A cost-effective means of producing large side and rear car windows from polycarbonate reportedly will be demonstrated by Battenfeld Injection Molding Technology of Germany (U.S. office in West Warwick, R.I.). The company says this is an industry first. It can deliver a 40% to 50% weight reduction compared to glass. The window project was a joint effort with Summerer Technologies, a German maker of in-mold decorating and laser-cutting systems, and Exatec, a joint venture of Bayer AG and GE Plastics. Exatec makes a scratch-resistant plasma surface coating for PC windows.
The window will be produced in a production cell comprising a 2420-ton Battenfeld HM two-platen press and an ABB jointed-arm robot. It will use a new injection-compression process and a special mold technology. Battenfeld's IMPmore process molds thin-wall components with long flow distances at low clamping forces and low molded-in stresses.
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Two-Platen ThermosetPress Has a Toggle, Too
A unique injection press that combines a two-platen clamp with a toggle will be unveiled by Dima Inc., Paramount, Calif., the U.S. subsidiary of Dongshin Hydraulics of Korea. Its new Hytoggle unit is designed for thermoset molding and is offered in sizes from 270 to 650 tons with shot sizes up to 100 oz. Prices are said to be as little as half those of competitive thermoset machines. In this novel clamp, the toggle first closes the mold, then hydraulic pancake cylinders on each tiebar apply clamping pressure. Machines have six or more heat controllers on each platen and use controls and drive components from standard brands such as Barber-Colman, Siemens, Bosch, and Vickers.
Unitized Valve-Gate System Drops in Place
Mold-assembly time can be reduced with a new drop-in, fully assembled, unitized hot-runner valve-gate system from Incoe Corp., Troy, Mich. It does away with the retainer plates used in the construction of a conventional hot half.
New Hot-Runner LineFor Engineering Resins
The new ESP line of hot runners designed specifically for engineering resins comes from Seiki Spear in Japan. The ESP series is aimed at such applications as auto parts, gears, and connectors. Minimum nozzle pitch is 28 cm. The series has separate external heaters on the nozzle body and tip. Seiki's S2000 temperature controller cycles the tip heater on and off to freeze the gate without stringing or drooling. The controls allow balancing cavities by varying body and tip heater temperatures. A new heater-wire material reportedly extends tip-heater life, Seiki Spear products are distributed in North America by Husky Injection Molding Systems Inc., Buffalo, N.Y.
Automatic Gauge ControlFor Older Dies & Air Rings
Blown-film processors now have a way to install automatic gauge control with non-segmented air rings and non-segmented dies. Plast-Control Inc. in Newburyport, Mass., will exhibit for the first time in the U.S. a segmented plate for gauge control that fits between the die and air ring. It controls the flow of air to cool thin spots in the film, just like a segmented air ring, but uses its own separate supply of low-volume air directed at the melt slightly below the air ring. Called Pro-Jet, this novel device uses the same control software as on Plast-Control's segmented air ring. Plast-Control showed the prototype at K 2001 and has installed a dozen since.
Oscillating Haul-Off Has a New Twist
The new Multinip oscillating haul-off replaces a single drive and series of gears with multiple motors to drive each turning bar independently. Shown for the first time by Windmoeller & Hoelscher Corp., Lincoln, R.I., this device ultimately could eliminate the need for a web guide by controlling motor speeds to adjust web position. (That capability is still being developed.)
NPE will also be the first show display of W&H's Filmatic T dual-stack turret winder, previously seen only in prototype at W&H's lab in Germany. The Filmatic T has a small footprint, adhesiveless transfer, reverse winding, automatic roll and shaft handling, and speeds up to 655 ft/min. This will also be the first show for W&H's new Windows XP-based touchscreen controls.
100% Pipe QC Comes to the U.S.
An ultrasonic pipe-gauging system introduced five years ago in Europe to provide 100% quality control for critical applications like gas pipe is just now coming to the U.S. Aurex ERS 36 from Inoex LLC, Lancaster, Pa., measures ID, OD, and concentricity of the entire pipe surface. It also detects holes, thin spots, and inclusions and provides a visual display of the size, shape, and location of such flaws. The device has a ring of up to 36 ultrasonic sensors that fire one at a time in clockwise order, at a rate of 6000 rpm. As each sensor fires, the sensors on either side "listen" for the reflected ultrasound waves, as does the sensor that fired the burst. This triangulated signal means that no part of the pipe wall goes unmeasured, and it pinpoints the exact size and location of flaws. The Aurex system is designed for use with Inoex's gravimetric extrusion control system, which continuously calibrates the ultrasonics.
There have been 150 installations of the Aurex ERS 36 in Europe over the past five years for applications from HDPE gas and hot-water pipe to PVC drain pipe. The first two systems in the U.S. will be installed this month at Coastline Plastics LLC in Yulee, Fla., on lines running CPVC industrial pipe.
Software Checks Profile Die Designs
A new meshing module will make it easier for profile processors to analyze and balance a die before it's built, instead of shaving or adding metal afterward. Compuplast International Inc. in Mississauga, Ont., developed the enhancement for its Flow 2000 CAE software in cooperation with Cortech in Taiwan. The new meshing module lets a processor take a profile die design from any common CAD program and import it into the extrusion version of Flow 2000. Once the design is meshed, the processor specifies flow conditions and material, and then the software's 3D FEM module analyzes the design. The new add-on module will cost about $7500.
The example shown above is a round die leading to a T-shaped profile. It took about half an hour to model, mesh, and simulate on a computer running Windows 2000. A problem area ap pears in red where faster flowing material would cause sink marks in the profile.
New Source Makes Small Parallel Twins for PVC
A long-time maker of single-screw extruders for PVC profiles is bringing its first parallel twin-screw model to NPE. Deltaplast Machinery Ltd. in Concord, Ont., shipped the first four of its new DTS series earlier this year. All were 75-mm models to make PVC fence profiles. The DTS line comes in 75, 94, and 114 mm diam. with 26:1 or 33:1 L/D. The 75-mm model is believed to be the smallest parallel twin-screw for PVC made in North America. This DTS-75 model has a 50-hp AC vector drive motor, Thyssen Henschel heavy-duty gearbox, and closed-loop internal screw cooling. The extruders have an Omron PLC with conventional or touchscreen control station.
Extrusion Monitoring Goes Wireless
Wireless connectivity for remote data collection is being developed for EPIC III machine supervisory controls by Davis-Standard Corp., Pawcatuck, Conn. Wireless data acquisition is made possible by components designed for industrial environments and able to deliver a five-year battery life. Davis-Standard is working with Adaptive Instruments in Hudson, Mass., to develop these components for extrusion data collection. One target market would be to collect process data from older machines that aren't computer controlled. Wireless data collection can also bridge long distances inside a plant (up to 3000 ft between base stations) and may be more convenient or cost-effective than conventional hard wiring. For instance, operators or supervisors could use handheld wireless devices to read EPIC control data from multiple lines.
At NPE in Chicago next month, Davis-Standard will show wireless collection of process data from a Killion cast-film line running in the booth. The new hardware and software will be commercially available for EPIC III controls after the show.
First Demo of Direct Foam Extrusion
Direct extrusion of a foam profile will be demonstrated publicly for the first time at NPE, says Leistritz of Somerville, N.J. Its demonstration will use an extremely long, 52:1 L/D, corotating twin-screw model ZSE-50 (50 mm diam.) with a 150-hp motor. Melting and mixing of a polyolefin and additives is done in the first two barrel sections. Then supercritical CO2 is injected in a special barrel section using a high-pressure injection port and a piston pump. The remaining nine barrel sections function as a heat exchanger with intensive water cooling.
Foaming is traditionally done in a tandem set-up with a single- or twin-screw extruder followed by a separate heat exchanger. Leistritz's system melts, mixes, foams, and cools all in one extruder. Leistritz has delivered such systems commercially for at least five years, including one installed since 1998 at the National Research Council of Canada in Boucherville, Que.
New Pressure Sensors Are More Rugged & Reliable
A new family of non-filled extrusion pressure sensors is said to overcome drawbacks of previous unfilled sensors, known as "silicon-on-sapphire" types. Such transducers have suffered from shortcomings in repeatability, stability, linearity, and zero shift, according to officials at Dynisco LLC, Franklin, Mass. Dynisco's new SPT (Silicon Pressure Transducer) series is said to be as accurate as standard filled sensors. They are also much more rugged and durable. There is no fill material to degrade from heat exposure over time, and there are no internal mechanical components that are sensitive to rough treatment. SPT sensors are suitable for food and medical applications as well as general extrusion.
Dynisco says SPT transducers are suitable for service at up to 350 C (660 F). They can measure pressure from 250 to 30,000 psi and are reportedly much more accurate at low pressures than are push-rod or oil-filled sensors. In addition, the same sensor detects both pressure and temperature, so there is no need for a separate thermocouple. Since the sensor is immediately behind the diaphragm, faster temperature response is said to result.
U.S. Debut for High-Output PVC Kneader
The first major redesign in 20 years of the Buss PVC Kneader from Coperion Corp., Ramsey, N.J., will make its U.S. debut. The new Quantec line is said to have two to three times higher output than before and costs 30% less. A much larger feed port and conical feed zone eliminate the need for a costly crammer feeder. The processing section adds a fourth row of flights and kneading pins, and the flights overlap, forming a labyrinth. This is said to increase conveying efficiency, reduce backflow, and reduce scrap on start-up.
The show model is the Quantec 50 from Coperion's lab. Designed for 900 lb/hr, it has a 50-mm barrel with 9:1 L/D plus 120-mm, 6:1 discharge extruder. Sizes range up to 140 mm (20,000 lb/hr). Coperion is also developing a longer Quantec Kneader with up to 14:1 L/D and barrel vents for PVC calendering.
Pelletizing Just Got A Lot Quieter
Sound-damping construction is said to make new water-ring pelletizers and pellet dryers much quieter than previous models. These new products come from Dynisco LLC in Hickory, N.C. The new Beringer pelletizers boast much better consistency of pellet size and shape, thanks to improved die plates and knife mounting, as well as better temperature and speed control. Output capacity has also been increased by 10% to 15%. Two models, WRP 12i and 35i, have capacities of 2640 and 7700 lb/hr, respectively. Another improvement is much faster cleanout for product changeover. Dynisco says it has provided easier access to the interior of the pelletizer and has eliminated places where pellets can hang up.
Sound damping is said to greatly reduce noise generation by new TD10 pellet dryers. Also, improved moisture extraction boosts their throughput. They come in sizes to match the WRP pelletizers.
Engineering Resins Extend Their Reach
A host of new engineering plastics grades will occupy the booth of GE Plastics, Pittsfield, Mass. The biggest surprise is they will be joined by a brand-new thermoset family based on polyphenylene oxide (PPO) chemistry. GE says it is based on a new thermosettable PPO that reacts with unnamed monomers. This Noryl ETX line, which is to be commercialized shortly, boasts some cost-performance advantages over vinyl esters and epoxies. Notable properties are said to include high strength and ductility, good electrical properties, and low moisture take-up. This thermoset may have potential in automotive valve covers, fuel-cell conductive plates, electrical transformers, and windmill blades.
GE Plastics is also expanding its existing line of engineering thermoplastics with a palette of novel grades. GE says it has added more "crystalline-like" properties to its Noryl PPO/PS family, while retaining the benefits of its amorphous structure. New Noryl CRX grades have enhanced oil and chemical resistance while retaining good processability. Potential end-uses include fluid handling parts, automotive under-hood parts, and connectors.
In addition, GE's polypropy lene/PPO Noryl PPX now comes in several high-melt-strength grades for sheet and profile extrusion and thermoforming.
GE also unveiled the first clear version of its Lexan EXL silicone-polycarbonate copolymer. Compared with standard PC, the result is said to be dramatically improved toughness, especially at low temperatures, plus improved processability and mold-release properties, as well as better uv resistance. Until now, Lexan EXL has been opaque and thus limited mainly to outdoor parts like mailboxes, electrical housings, and auto-bumper energy absorbers. Clear EXL grades, to be commercialized late this year, open up potential in eyewear, water bottles, medical devices, lighting, and building products. GE plans to introduce clear EXL grades that are flame-retardant, too.
Ultem XH6050 is a new polyetherimide (PEI) claimed to have "the highest glass-transition temperature of any injection moldable thermoplastic on earth." A Tg of 249 C (480 F) makes it viable in projector and auto headlamp reflectors, as well as flexible circuit boards and dual-ovenable trays.
Other new Ultem grades are: 1010X, a low-ionic version for semi-conductor handling systems; ATX200, an alloy with 300% higher flow for use in thin-wall molding; and 1000E, a high-impact grade that is FDA-approved for food-service and medical uses.
GE Plastics plans to introduce a high-performance version of its Geloy ASA weatherable capstock resin. Geloy XTW enhances weatherability performance by 200% to 300% versus existing Geloy grades, while gloss retention is 80%. This opens new potential in window profiles, siding, and sheet for thermoformed parts of spas, boat hulls, and recreational and agricultural vehicles.
GE has also expanded its Cytra line of ABS/PBT alloys with low-gloss, high-impact XCT200; low-gloss, high-heat XCT300; and glass-filled, low-gloss, high-stiffness XCT500. The new slate enhances the ability of ABS/PBT to compete against PP and PP alloys in auto interior trim such as glove-box covers.
There's Lots New In Acetal
NPE will see a number of recent developments that boost the performance of Delrin acetal homopolymers from DuPont Engineering Polymers, Wilmington, Del. One major handicap to increased acetal use has been resistance to decoration, but new modified grades are more amenable to painting, printing, plating, hot stamping, and in-mold decorating. Also new are warp-resistant grades for large, flat molded parts, driving acetals into markets previously restricted to amorphous resins. A third step is the emergence of high-melt-strength grades dedicated to thermoforming. These are new options for auto interior panels, machine and appliance housings, and sports products. Finally, higher levels of adhesion make possible hard/soft overmolding without tie layers when using specially modified Delrin with modified grades of certain styrenic TPEs.
PVC Gets Softer Than Ever
Teknor Apex Co.'s Vinyl Div. in Pawtucket, R.I., has set a precedent with its new family of super-soft vinyl pellets that have Shore hardnesses as low as 39 A while also being processable on standard injection or extrusion equipment. This combines the softness of PVC plastisols with the cost benefits of high-speed processing. Up to now, limited ability to absorb plasticizer has kept melt-processable PVC grades above 50 Shore A hardness. Teknor's new grades target industrial belts, rollers, step pads, caps, plugs, grips, and other parts that until now have been made by dip, slush, or rotational molding. The three grades have 39, 45, and 50 Shore A hardnesses.
Mold Releases for RTM, Nylon & TP Elastomers
Three new mold releases for specific applications will be featured by Axel Plastics Research Laboratories, Woodside, N.Y.
·Xtend 825 is a semi-permanent, high-slip release specially designed for thermoset RTM composites, especially with non-gelcoated parts and difficult resins like DCPD polyesters. Xtend 825 is a reactive resin solution that cures to a densely cross-linked film. It provides multiple releases from the "B" or plug side of molds. This solvent-based product contains no HAPS (hazardous air pollutants) and can be applied at 100 to 200 F, so there is no need to remove RTM molds from service for each new release application.
·MoldWiz INT-1117EL is an internal mold release designed to improve processing and release of new EPDM-containing TPOs, TPEs, and TPUs for products ranging from footwear to automotive mechanical goods and electronic keypads.
·MoldWiz INT-38-HM is an internal release that improves flow and release of nylon and other engineering resins that are dried at temperatures up to 125 F. It has a drop melt of 252 F, so users can now blend the lubricant and resin prior to drying with no fear of melt-out. Available as a 100%-active pellet or free-flowing powder, it is a proprietary formulation of modified fatty acids that are suitable for food contact, Axel says.
Zinc-Enhanced Phosphite Stabilizers for Soft PVC
New zinc-enhanced phosphite heat stabilizers reportedly improve heat stability and long-term weathering of flexible PVC compared with conventional mixed-metal stabilizers. By replacing mixed-metal types, new PhosBoosters from Dover Chemical Corp., Dover, Ohio, allow processors to completely eliminate toxic heavy metals and substantially reduce VOCs.
These products are also said to reduce problems of plate out and moisture blush. The result is reduced scrap and downtime required for color changes. Processors can also reduce pigment cost, particularly for clear and light colors, says Dover. During processing, they reportedly prevent degradation and yellowing.
Dover marketed the first generation of PhosBoosters in 2001 as partial replacements for mixed metal stabilizers. This second generation, which serves as complete replacements, includes the 600 series for filled applications, 700 series for clear applications, 800 series for FDA applications, and 900 series for foams.
They're Tough In the Cold
New pelletized impact modifiers are designed to toughen PBT, PC, PC/PBT alloys, and nylon at ultra-low-temperatures down to -131 F. Abust and Mebust tri-block copolymers from PolyChem Alloy, Inc., Lenoir, N.C., are high-butadiene ABS and MBS types, respectively. These non-melting additives can be mixed with engineering resins at temperatures above 480 F and are stable even above 580 F.
These free-flowing, pelletized modifiers are said to improve handling and minimize flammability concerns associated with powdered modifiers.
Smooth Processing Of Polyolefins
Two improved fluoropolymer processing aids are the latest addition to the Dynamar line from Dyneon, Oakdale, Minn. Dynamar FX 9614X and FX 5922X are FDA-compliant, free-flowing granular products that are said to offer significant performance improvements over the earlier Dynamar FX 9613 and FX 5920A, resulting in lower use levels and cost savings. They reportedly eliminate melt fracture and reduce extrusion pressure and die build-up in a wide array of polyolefins. They also reduce apparent melt viscosity.
Materials Handling
Low-Cost Dryers Debut
The first in a new line of simple and economical dryers will be displayed by Motan, Inc., Plainwell, Mich. The Luxor 200S has a stationary twin-desiccant tower design and is designed to be used with Motan's ETA central drying bins. Motan says the low-cost unit is aimed at processors who want the benefits of central drying but don't need advanced control options like data trending. Unlike other low-cost dryers, the Motan S series includes PLC control, audible and visible alarm indication, and safety features such as airflow indication sensors.
Portable Dryer/Loader Cuts Drying Time in Half
A new dehumidifying dryer/loader combination is said to cut drying time by 50%. The compact, portable Multi-Jet 3 (MJ3) from Matsui America in Chicago can feed multiple process machines and is suited to injection molders with limited floor space.
The unit has a honeycomb desiccant rotor and both primary (to the dryer) and secondary (to the press) conveying systems, all in a single cabinet. The desiccant rotor's large contact area effectively dries resin in half the usual time and stabilizes dew point at a constant –40 F, according to Matsui. A touchpad simplifies programming. Pellets are conveyed using warm, dry air and delivered for the next loading cycle on a just-in-time basis.
Dryers From a New/Old Player
A new line of desiccant dryers for injection and blow molding processes boast high energy efficiency and reliability, simplified controls, and easy maintenance. They have been introduced by the new Molding Div. of Process Control Corp. in Atlanta. The company has re-entered the dryer market after nearly 20 years, using the basic design of an earlier series and updating it with current technology. The D-series dryers are engineered for throughputs of 15 to 2500 lb/hr and can handle high-temperature materials like PET. The portable DP series comes in sizes of 15 to 100 lb/hr.
All of these dryers are designed to dry at 0.6 cfm/lb/hr of process air, which is said to be 40% lower than most competitive equipment, resulting in significant energy savings. They have an Allen-Bradley Micro-Logix 1200 PLC with touchscreen interface.
New Options for Testing Melts and Solids
Dynisco Polymer Test in Morgantown, Pa., has broadened its line with three additional types of testing and sample-preparation equipment. The firm has also updated two other lines of instruments.
·Dynisco's first Izod and Charpy impact tester is the new API (Advanced Pendulum Impact) model. It offers high rigidity and a pendulum arm with low-friction precision bearings—both features designed to improve accuracy by avoiding unwanted energy dissipation. PLC control and menu-driven software also provide easy operation, Dynisco says. Price range is $25,000 to $35,000.
·Another brand-new product is the LME lab mixing extruder. It's designed to extrude test samples from very small amounts of developmental materials—5 to 10 g/hr. Instead of a screw, the benchtop unit has a smooth conical, heated rotor. Dynisco offers sheet, tubing, cast-film, and strand dies. The unit, which costs $10,000 to $12,000, is not suitable for rigid PVC.
·Another first for Dynisco is The LMM lab mixing molder. It uses the same plasticating rotor as the LME but feeds the melt to a hand-operated compression mold for producing test-sample disks. The benchtop unit costs $10,000 to $12,000.
·One updated unit to debut at the show is the HDV3 HDT and Vicat tester, which replaces the model HDV2. The main improvement is in the oil bath, which is said to heat multiple samples with improved temperature uniformity from sample to sample. Upgraded software also provides enhanced data capture, such as recording of sample creep over time.


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The premium version of Rowi has been updated today, which introduces features implemented in the recent Rowi "Lite" release. Without repeating ourselves too much, this update to both versions of the Windows Phone Twitter client makes use of the Aviary SDK (see our earlier exclusive first look) for photo manipulation and editing.
As well as catering for the die-hard amateur photographers, version 2.1 also brings support for TweetMarker (website), a service that synchronises accounts across multiple clients and platforms. The update is rolling out for the paid version of Rowi as we speak, so fear not if you haven't received the notification just yet.
If you haven't got Rowi, you can download the app from the Marketplace.
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Black Elk platform explosion caused by contractors, investigator says
A third-party investigator concluded that a failure by contractors to follow standard safety practices caused the November 2012 explosion and fire on an oil production platform operated by Black Elk Energy Offshore Operations LLC in the Gulf of Mexico
A third-party investigator concluded that a failure by contractors to follow standard safety practices caused the November 2012 explosion and fire on an oil production platform operated by Black Elk Energy Offshore Operations LLC in the Gulf of Mexico (OGJ Online Nov. 16, 2012). The platform was on West Delta Block 32 about 17 miles southeast of Grand Isle, La.
An 8-month investigation by ABSG Consulting found that, while production was shut in, workers welded on piping that was connected to a tank containing crude oil and flammable oil vapors without following Black Elk's safety practices. The piping leading to the tank had not been isolated and made safe for welding activities as required by Black Elk safe work practices. The flammable vapors in the piping ignited and within seconds reached the first oil tank and then two connected tanks.
Black Elk contracted with Grand Isle Shipyard to perform the construction work. Although Grand Isle committed in its contract to not use subcontractors on Black Elk projects, all of the workers performing the welding involved in the incident were employed by DNR Offshore & Crewing Services, a subcontractor of Grand Isle. ABSG determined that use of the DNR Offshore subcontractor without notifying Black Elk was one of several causes of the incident.
ABSG also determined other causes were that Grand Isle and DNR Offshore employees failed to adequately follow safe work practices for performing welding and failed to stop work when unsafe conditions existed. The workers involved in the incident were from the Philippines. "Filipino offshore oil workers have a deserved reputation for competence and professionalism," said John Hoffman, Black Elk's president and chief executive officer. "A serious issue in this case was Grand Isle's apparent failure to provide proper safety training and appropriate supervision."
ABSG was retained by Black Elk to investigate the Nov. 16, 2012, incident that resulted in the deaths of three workers and injuries to others. ABSG performed an extensive investigation to determine the causes of the accident, coordinated its investigation with the US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, and provided recommendations to prevent a similar incident in the future.
In conducting its investigation, ABSG reviewed thousands of pages of documents and records; collected and preserved physical evidence from the platform; performed fire and explosion modeling of the incident; and utilized industry-accepted causal analysis methodologies to determine the causes of the incident.


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And most importantly with this stuff be smart. Look around for things that will help as you'd be surprised what you can find.
And most importantly with this stuff be smart. Look around for things that will help as you'd be surprised what you can find.
When all else fails, choose orks as your army. You can pretty much make anything into an ork vehicle or model.
But seriously...plasticard, random bits around the house. It's amazing what you learn can be made into something with some primer and dry brush. Coke cans make excellent refinery towers, old bottle caps and straws make interesting features. Really no end to what you can do in this hobby.
Well said! I give any scrabbly bits of junk to any Ork players that are asking for it, though because they're getting marine stuff by the bucket load their kits are looking less and less scratch built!
I want someone to do a kickstarter for Coke can toppers, so that you can literally buy 10 of the things, stick a topper on it, boom, instant silo.
I think choosing your colour scheme carefully is a good idea too. I wish, that when I started collecting, I'd painted my Chaos Space Marines in Black Legion colours. Then I could have Plague Marines, Berzerkers etc and use the same vehicles whatever was in them. As it is my Plague Marines and Berzerkers and normal CSM (Alpha Legion) all have their own rhinos in different colours which is unnecessary duplication, and when I bought a Heldrake I had to decide which army to make it match.
Likewise taking all iconography off Imperial Guard forces would allow you to use them as traitor guard, loyalists or Ad Mech. Just blu-tack relevant icons on before the game!
I was thinking the same with the banners, might paint them lurid pink and purple etc and have them for the marines, make them a little duplicitous (I'm thinking of those triptych sign things that were in the second Ravenor book, where people didn't even know they were reading em)Delete


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Autism grants for kids may help pay for learning equipment, safety measures, supplements, biomedical treatments, therapies, and sometimes specialized child care. These private and government grant programs are set up to off set costs in caring for a autistic child. Grants are typically paid to the service provider not to the family. Some grant for autistic children will be need based while other grants will be measured on the individual child's need.
To buy equipment to teach and make a home safe for a autistic child apply for mini grants with community based organizations that offer help to children. To get started go to www.autismcares.org.
Grants for assistance with Summer Camp, youth programs, sport programs and other activities can be found through various resources. While there are few grants designed just for the autistic child for extra curricular activities the funds usually fall short. In many cases autistic children or other children with special needs will be favored in scholarship programs for nonprofit and private groups. In most cases all you have to do is ask. For instance the YMCA, boy and girl scouts, and the boys and girls clubs all offer fee waivers for kids with disabilities due to grants they receive as a organization. Just remember the limits of your child, you may have to make special arrangement to make sure your child is comfortable and safe. You may have to give tips to staff on how to teach your autistic child. Do not be afraid to contact camps and activities directly created for autistic children, many times camps receive grant money from foundations to serve children who can not pay for services.
To help pay for health care if families income makes to much to qualify for Medicaid, sign up for the Katie Beckett Waiver or Deeming Waiver program at your local family service center. The program is set up for kids with disabilities. The waiver takes the family income out of the picture and looks at the income/assets of the child. If the child qualifies for the waiver and are approved most of the autistic child's health care costs will be paid for. If the child does not qualify for the free program ask to be signed up for the TEFRA Option under Medical Assistance program. The program is a lot easier to get into and offers similar benefits to the other programs but requires the family to pay a small fee.
To pay for expenses to diagnostic testing prior to diagnosis for children suspected to have autism contact the Children with Special Health Needs (MCSHN) organization. Program gives grants to pay for glasses, hearing aides, and dental care. Grant money given is based on family's income.
To pay for travel expenses to take your autistic child to therapy, specialist, and doctor appointments talk to your family services counselor. You must keep a log of what dates you will be traveling, where you will be going and why. A doctors not is usually required. Be prepared that you will probably have to go to the office closest to you residence. If you are picking a provider not just based on the location you will have to show hard facts on why you must go to that location or the grant may not cover the expenses.
For free in home therapy for kids under the age of three contact your local Early Childhood Intervention Center. They help with early intervention and will teach parents steps they can take to help their children on a daily basis. School therapy is a free service offered through most public schools that is funded through state and federal grant funding. Schools are required to give individual and group therapy sessions to school aged children with autism and various other disabilities. which I have little faith in after sitting in on sessions. Schools may receive grant funding to allow students to attend school through summer months that have trouble retaining what they learn.
For a extra monthly check to help pay for expenses consider signingup for SSI. Supplemental Security Income will send a monthly check to families who are caring for children of severe developmental delays. Some autistic children may fall into this category. Assistance is based on income but if you are considering staying home to take care of the child with autism the check from SSI can really off set costs. To sign up go to the local Social Security office. Take with you: physician records, therapy records, and any other tests that show your child is developmentally disabled.
If you need help taking care of your autistic child in your home. A grant for a Personal Care Assistant is available in some areas of the US. Your case worker through family services can help you decide what type of Assistant your child can qualify you for. In some cases even family members may be able to be paid to be the personal care assistant. http://www.cga.ct.gov/2001/rpt/olr/htm/2001-r-0796.htm
A Family Support Grant from the social services department helps pays for costs such as computers, special clothing, special diets, equipment needed, transportation expenses, and medicine. You must first get a referral through family services.
Grant programs that provide Home/Community-Based Services Program and Community Living Assistance & Support Services are set up to help a autistic adult child learn to live in a group or independent setting. Waiting lists are long so make sure to sign up for the program at least a year before such services will be required. In some instances I have seen a individual on the list for up to two years.
Needing financial assistance? The Helping Hand Program created by The National Autism Association has created a grant program specifically for families of children with autism who are in financial crisis. www.nationalautismassociation.org
Contact the program ACT Today at potential.act-today.org to apply for grants to cover family expenses spent to accommodate the needs of a autistic child.
Autism Speaks (www.autismspeaks.org) also offers family services grants for projects in the areas of education, recreation/community activities, equipment/supportive technology, and young adult/adult services.
Most autistic grants do not pay for daily living expenses. With all the missed work trying to go to therapy appointments and other training programs finances can be tight. Do not forget to look up other organization that can help with daily living expenses. For longer term help contact your local family service center for health care for kids, food assistance, and referrals to other assistance programs. Also visit www.modestneeds.org for help on individual needs. Autism grants for autistic children under the age of 18 through agencies like the National Autism Association, United Health care Childrens Foundation, and more. The grant is used to help offset the medical bills associated with autism. The grant is paid directly to the medical vendor, which helps ease the financial burden associated with autism.
Agencies such as family services have a lot of programs and participants to keep track of. It is not possible for agents to know all programs that can help your child. Take it upon yourself to search out grant programs and educate your program provider as needed.


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Elegant Wedding Cakes for Gumps San Francisco/
Most of these cakes were made for the Gumps Bridal show I participated in a few months ago. I was fortunate to have Natalie Wi of Allure West Studios take these amazing shots for me. The designs were inspired from china patterns, and other decorative elements that were on display at Gumps. I hope you enjoy them.


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Main Dining
Fleetwood's On Front St.'s Main Dining Room
Join us on our Main Dining Room and Bar Level which is adorned with Mick Fleetwood's photographs and memorabilia from his personal collection, as well as his gold plated drum kit. This space is transformable into a formal dinner party, a casual fluid reception or a dance party with live entertainment and dance floor. This level can also be added onto an Exclusive Rooftop buyout to accommodate groups of 150+ for a complete 2-level restaurant buyout.


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A recent Semiconductor Intelligence Newsletter reviewed the present lineup of analog semiconductor companies. The newsletter said that one of the current changes involved Renesas Electronics' announcement of an agreement to acquire Intersil Corp. for US$3.22 billion. This follows July's announcement that Analog Devices Inc. (ADI) will acquire Linear Technology Corp. (LTC) for $14.8 billion. These deals are certain to cause a shakeup in the analog IC market. According to IC Insights' ranking of analog IC suppliers for 2015, ADI, LTC, and Renesas stood at number four, eight, and 10, respectively.
Comparing 2015 analog rankings with those of 20 years ago, from 1995, reveals some interesting changes. The table shows Gartner's (then known as Dataquest) 1995 analog rankings, IC Insights' rankings for 2015, and the Semiconductor Intelligence (SC-IQ) forecast of 2016 rankings.
Only three names from the 1995 list remain on the 2015 list: STMicroelectronics (ST), Texas Instruments (TI), and ADI. However, several of the analog businesses from 1995 are represented in 2015 under different names through various spinoffs, acquisitions, and mergers.
For example, Philips, number two in 1995, spun off its semiconductor business as NXP Semiconductors in 2006. NXP is number seven on the 2015 list. National Semiconductor, number three in 1995 (at that time, National included Fairchild Semiconductor, which was spun off in 1997), was acquired by TI in 2011, solidifying TI's number one ranking. TI further bolstered its analog position with acquisitions of Silicon Systems in 1996, Unitrode and Power Trends in 1999, and Burr-Brown in 2000.
Motorola (number four in 1995) divested its semiconductor businesses as ON Semiconductor in 1999 and Freescale Semiconductor in 2003. In 2015, ON Semiconductor agreed to acquire Fairchild, with completion expected within a few months (ON's number nine 2015 ranking doesn't include Fairchild). In another move, NXP acquired Freescale in December 2015 (NXP's 2015 number seven ranking includes Freescale).
Siemens, number nine in 1995, spun off its semiconductor business as Infineon Technologies in 1999. In 2015, Infineon rose to number two on the chart. Some of Infineon's growth was due to the acquisition of International Rectifier in January 2015.
NEC (number 10 in 1995) combined its semiconductor business, NEC Electronics, with Renesas Technology in 2010 to form Renesas Electronics. Renesas Technology was formed in 2003 as a joint venture of the semiconductor business of Mitsubishi (number 13 in the 1995 analog rankings) and Hitachi (number 16).
Two companies from the 1995 rankings, Toshiba and Sanyo, are both still in the analog business, but as can be seen, dropped out of the top 10.
Thus, only three companies in the 2015 ranking don't have ties to companies in the 1995 ranking. Skyworks Solutions was formed in 2002 with the merger of Alpha Industries and Conexant's wireless division. Maxim Integrated wasn't even in the top 20 in the 1995 analog rankings, but moved up to number six in 2015 by raking in over 10 times the revenue of 1995. Much of Maxim's growth was driven by acquisitions, including Dallas Semiconductor and Volterra, and product lines from Vitesse and Zilog. LTC came in at number 18 in 1995, and moved up to the eighth spot in 2015. LTC's growth was primarily organic, with few acquisitions.
Maxim has been mentioned as both a potential acquisition target and a potential buyer. Bloomberg reported in January 2016 that TI and ADI each investigated an acquisition of Maxim, but both decided the price was too high. And it was reported in August that Maxim was in the bidding for Intersil before Renesas closed the deal.
Predicting 2016's Rankings
What will the analog rankings look like when 2016 is over? TI will certainly remain number one with over $8 billion in analog revenue. ADI will move to the number two slot, with over $4 billion in revenue that includes LTC's earnings. The ADI and LTC merger will not be completed until 2017, but their revenues are combined in 2016 for comparison.
Infineon and Skyworks should be three and four, but there's a chance Skyworks could pass Infineon. Maxim and NXP will likely remain at six and seven. ON will add over $300 million in analog revenue with the Fairchild acquisition, and move up from number nine to number eight. However, ON won't officially pass anyone on the list, just move up one with elimination of LTC. Renesas will add over $500 million in analog revenue with the Intersil acquisition and move up one spot to number nine (Renesas and Intersil are combined for comparison in 2016, even though the deal will not be complete until 2017).
The ADI and LTC combination will open up a spot in the top 10 in 2016, which should go to MediaTek. The company added about $400 million in analog revenue with the acquisition of Richtek Technology in October 2015.
Disappearing Pioneers
The proposed acquisition of Intersil by Renesas will lead to the further disappearance of two pioneers in the semiconductor industry. Intersil was formed in 1999 when Harris Corp. spun off its semiconductor business. Harris had previously purchased the General Electric (GE) semiconductor business in 1988. The GE semiconductor business included RCA Solid State, which GE purchased from RCA in 1986. Harris began its semiconductor operation in 1967 with the purchase of Radiation Inc.
Also in 1967, the original Intersil was founded by Jean Hoerni, one of the founders of Fairchild and inventor of the planar process. GE bought Intersil in 1981. The Intersil name was revived with the 1999 spinoff from Harris.
GE and RCA were early leaders in the semiconductor market. GE was one of the original licensees of the AT&T transistor patent and RCA was an early licensee. The two companies also did significant semiconductor research on their own. The history of early GE and RCA research is detailed in the excellent "Transistor History" website created by Mark P. D. Burgess.
In addition, GE and RCA were leaders in consumer electronics and primarily used many of their semiconductors internally, but they also sold on the merchant market. GE was a major supplier of discrete semiconductors in the 1960s, while RCA was a top 10 merchant semiconductor supplier in the mid-1970s.
Now, after the Intersil acquisition, Renesas Electronics will contain the remnants of five semiconductor companies that began semiconductor research in the 1940s and 1950s: GE, RCA, NEC, Hitachi, and Mitsubishi.
Semiconductor Intelligence LLC is a consulting firm providing market analysis, market insights and company analysis for anyone involved in the semiconductor industry - manufacturers, designers, foundries, suppliers, users or investors. Semiconductor Intelligence LLC publishes a newsletter that analyzes all aspects of the semiconductor industry.
IC Insights, Inc. is a semiconductor market research company that offers complete analysis of the integrated circuit (IC), optoelectronic, sensor/actuator, and discrete semiconductor markets with coverage including current business, economic, and technology trends, top supplier rankings, capital spending and wafer capacity trends, the impact of new semiconductor products on the market, and other relevant semiconductor industry information.


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Day One
By now I am old enough to say I have seen a few of these, but January 1 is by far and away one of the greatest days of the year.
It's optimistic by design. We have not screwed it up too bad and nobody is particularly mad at us yet. Maybe we have not gone back to work so we are still in the Christmas/NYE afterglow. The reasons do not particularly matter – the fact is it's Day One.
Day Ones kickstart us. We can let go of what held us back, slowed us down, or kept us from starting altogether, and we can now embrace the new future we are being called to explore. Day One is a new day and we all need it.
Maybe this is why the Bible so frequently emphasizes new. In Ephesians, the Apostle Paul hits this all over the Bible theme when he writes –
You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness – Ephesians 3: 22-24
When we move into a Day One we see our best self, God's best for us, and we hone in on what certain words really mean – true, righteous, holy. Day One restores these words and allows us to recenter and grow.
The truth is the opportunity to do this is always available. We do not need a calendar to tell us when we can make a fresh go, but the truth of human experience may be that we do. A first day, a new year, are built in chances for us to make the new start we most need.
So take advantage of it – today is Day One.
It's funny, I work with highly missional people devoted to Kingdom work. The only way orphans get loved, medical missions get built, or kids in some of the worst poverty on the planet learn is by the sheer power of God and the faith of God's people. Yet, even in these faithful organizations there is doubt.
How will we be able to care for more kids?
Where are the resources to make learning available?
In the face of evil poverty and neglect, what can be done?
Even the most faithful need the chance a new start offers.
If it helps you, come along with us in 2016. Like rocktheword on Facebook, follow us Twitter, subscribe to our blog from our home page, say a prayer for our ministry, but we intend to step into 2016 and make it Day One for you, us, and those we help.
First 2016 Day One success story: We helped University United Methodist in Lake Charles, Louisiana, with a little advice on fundraising. Results? Double-digit budget growth for the new year and $130K raised for much-needed renovations. Cost to the church – zero.
It's Day One.
(if you found Jesus in this comment & share, like on FB, follow on Twitter – thanks!)


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By Katherine Kerr, APR
In between all those emails from retailers demanding attention for Black Friday and Cyber Monday, you are probably getting appeals from charities asking for donations on Giving Tuesday.
Giving Tuesday was started in 2012 to create a day of international giving in response to commercialization and consumerism between Thanksgiving and Christmas. With all the focus on Black Friday sales and Cyber Monday, it is easy to forget that nonprofits doing good works around the world need your help. Just like retailers, most of their money comes in between Thanksgiving and the end of the calendar year. Donations at year end determines their financial stability for 2018. Almost all charities will tell you that demand for services and expenses have gone up and are expected to continue that trend.
If you're like me, you probably have more stuff than you can say grace over. My sons agree I have too much "junk" and they complain about all the stuff they'll have to sort through when I finally die.
But every year, they want to know what they can get me for Christmas. And my birthday. And Mother's Day.
Almost every time I ask them to give to a charity. It's not because I'm bucking for sainthood; it's because I really do have everything I need or want. And if I want something, I tend to get it myself.
A gift to a charity I've selected or that is important to them means a great deal more to me than some item they spent precious time worrying whether I would like it, or if it was the right size or color. And it a charitable gift doesn't add to the mounds of stuff I already have!
If you are in the same situation, or if you're trying to figure out what to get that hard-to-shop-for person, please consider a gift to a nonprofit. A gift to a faith community where your loved one worships or a cause your family member cares about can be meaningful.
Fortunately, some charities are blessed to have generous donors who will match or multiply gifts that come in on Giving Tuesday. Please consider a gift to them so your donation will be leveraged to do even more.
For most of us, it is better to give and not receive.


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Taken over the course of seven years during his daily walks, "We" is a photographic series created by Zhang Bojun (张博钧, born in 1964 in the Heilongjiang province and now based in Beijing). "We" explores the Chinese people, migration, and the dashed dreams of life in the big city, where workers, who represent the vast majority of the urban population, are unable to settle. Every day for seven years Zhang took photographs, broke them down, then reassembled them into a swarm of people who are at once identical and distinct.
This large digital photo series is open to interpretation. One can see it either as a purely formal experience or an uncompromising social commentary. Zhang's daily walks exposed him to the anxieties of his fellow citizens. For him, "every person is a mirror in which I can see myself." This empathy led him to understand what he calls, "the survival mechanisms and social hierarchies," and transform them into repeating visual patterns. These gigantic patchworks show that each human life only has meaning once it has been considered with distance and relativism. This large-format series—the images are over a meter wide—is also evidence of the trend in Chinese photography for digital photography and bold montages. The repeating patterns echo the routines of daily life.
More information:
• His page on OFOTO Gallery
• Original article: CABOS. M. 2014. "We: Zhang Bojun in Shanghai." L'Oeil de la Photographie.


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Peppermint Popcorn Bark
1 bag popped popcorn
10 candy canes crushed
1 package white chocolate coating
Pop bag of popcorn and let cool. Remove un-popped kernels.
Crush Candy Canes
Add Candy canes and popcorn to large bowl
Melt Chocolate coating as instructed on package.
Pour melted chocolate and carefully stir until all the popcorn and candy cane pieces are coated.
Turn out onto wax paper and spread.
Allow to cool and harden.
Once hardened enjoy or seal in a gallon sized ziplock bag!


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India-NREL Energy Activities
India Buildings Activities
"The NREL tasks for buildings in India began in FY08 under the Building and Efficiency Task Force of the Asia Pacific Partnership (APP). NREL's efforts under the APP build on core DOE/NREL capabilities in building energy simulation and focus on key collaborative activities in the commercial building sector in India. All activities outlined below target priority sectors where significant near-term opportunities exist for improving building design and energy standards, and where significant GHG emission reductions can be achieved through collaborative efforts. The tasks are intended to provide the energy simulation tools, preliminary data, and training to help create low-energy buildings in India.
India Solar Activities
NREL will conduct several activities to mobilize private investment in large-scale and distributed solar projects in India and US-India solar business partnerships through the following activities: • Review the proposed effort with US and international solar companies and project developers to ensure that it will have maximum value in advancing solar investment in India • Identification of sites in NW India with the best technical and economic solar power producing potential in partnership with MoNRE and as a model that they can replicate in other regions; • Inform solar policy and reform through engagement of Indian state policy officials, assessment of current and potential policies on project economics, and expert assistance; • Develop a solar project design and finance tool for investors and developers; • Explore development of US-India city partnerships, building on the US experience with the Solar America Cities effort and linking to India's Solar Cities program; and • Conduct outreach activities including support workshops and investment facilitation.
The goal of all these efforts is to facilitate deployment of large-scale and distributed solar in India in collaboration with key Indian partners, building on the knowledge and relationships established through activities under the US-India Energy Dialogue. At the broader, coordinating and policy level, the Indian partners are the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) and the Solar Energy Centre (SEC). At the technical level, cooperation will include additional partners such as the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), and others.
India Wind Activities
NREL will collaborate with India on low-wind speed activities to remove informational barriers and facilitate deployment of these technologies in India.
The goal of all these efforts is to assist India in developing a low-wind speed turbine technology program in order to facilitate deployment of these technologies. India has identified exploration of wind power development in regions with low wind speeds as a priority and is working to establish programmatic activities to support this development. The Centre for Wind Energy Technology (C-WET), a research institution under the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, has existing testing, standards, and certification activities and they are looking to expand these activities to include technologies appropriate for lower wind regimes. C-WET will serve as the primary Indian partner in these activities but engagement may extend to scientists in other government agencies and the academic and enterprise sectors. NREL will keep EERE and the wind program managers informed of progress and will work to engage other national labs, as appropriate."[1]
- ↑ National Renewable Energy Laboratory, EERE Supported International Activities FY 2009 Annual Operating Plan (August 25, 2009)


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Our programs are for children between 2 years 9 months and 6 years old. Choose Lunch Bunch or Full Day and 2, 3, 4 or 5 days per week.
preschool and pre-k Lunch bunch Programs
8:30AM - 1PM* Hingham
9AM - 1PM* Abington and Bridgewater
preschool and pre-k Full Day Programs
7AM - 5:30PM (6PM in Hingham)
summer program
7AM - 5:30PM (6PM in Hingham)
*Actual start/end times vary slightly for parking lot safety.
Preschool Program (2 yrs 9 mos - 4 yrs old)
The most important things that the children learn in the Preschool Program are social and listening skills as well as the ability to follow directions. Your child will also learn how to meet and interact with new friends, listen to stories in a group environment, etc. We also work with them on their socioemotional and cognitive skills. While we have a very strong underlying academic focus, the primary goal is for each and every day is that it is FUN!
Pre-Kindergarten Program (4 - 6 years old)
Children in the Pre-Kindergarten program are preparing to transition to either public or private school kindergarten. We continue working on the development of their fine motor skills, letters and numbers writing and recognition and some beginning math and pre-reading skills. The children are also expected to follow multi-step directions as they progress. We regularly collaborate with the public schools to ensure that the children will enter kindergarten feeling self confident, secure and ready to learn in their new environment!


text: Since 1946, fun rodeo action and stiff competition. 72nd Annual Yuma Jaycees Silver Spur Rodeo. Sanctioned by the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association. Includes all 7 professional rodeo events (Steer Wrestling, Saddle Bronc, Bareback, Barrel Racing, Bullriding, Tie Down Roping, Team Roping). We have Mutton Busting for the youngsters in which they ride sheep for trophy buckles. Vendors, food and great rodeo entertainment.