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FP50-HE Refrigerated/Heating Circulator
The powerful upper class unit for demanding applications.
JULABO Refrigerated & Heating Circulators for heating and cooling are suitable for external temperature tasks and for temperature applications directly in the bath. A model from three different series' with different capacities can be selected. Powerful circulating pump systems and high heating and cooling capacities guarantee short heat-up and cool-down times. The inevitable dust accumulation that occurs in refrigeration systems is solved by means of an easily removed venting grid, which allows for easy cleaning. Depending on the model, the units are equipped with handles or castors for an easy transportation. All models have a drain tap on the front allowing the fluid to be drained easily. The compact assembly of each unit enables space to be saved in the laboratory.
Your advantages
- Keypad for setpoints, warning/safety values and menu functions
- ICC (Intelligent Cascade Control), self-optimizing temperature control
- ATC3 3-Point-Calibration
- Pt100 External sensor connection for measurement and control
- SMART PUMP, electronically adjustable pump stages
- Adjustable pressure and suction pump
- Early warning system for low liquid level (DBGM 203 06 059.8)
- Adjustable high temperature cut-out, visible via display
- RS232 interface for online communication
- Optional: analogue interfaces
- Integrated programmer for 10 program steps
- Active Cooling Control
- Proportional cooling control
Technical Data
|Order No.
|Model series
|Refrigerated - Heating Circulators
|Working temperature range (°C)
|-50 ... +200
|Temperature control
|Temperature stability (°C)
|Setting / display resolution
|Integrated programmer
|1x10 steps
|Temperature Display
|Heating capacity (kW)
|Cooling capacity (Medium Ethanol)
|Pump capacity flow rate (l/min)
|Pump capacity flow pressure (bar)
|Pump capacity flow suction (bar)
|Bath opening / bath depth (W x L / D cm)
|18 x 12 / 15
|Pump connections
|Barbed fittings diameter (inner dia. / mm)
|8 / 12
|Filling volume (liters)
|Refrigerant stage 1
|Filling volume refrigerant stage 1 (g)
|Global Warming Potential for R452A
|Carbon dioxide equivalent stage 1 (t)
|External Pt100 sensor connection
|Digital interfaces
Optional Profibus
|Ambient temperature
|Dimensions W x L x H (cm)
|42 x 49 x 72
|Weight (kg)
|Classification according to DIN12876-1
|Classification III (FL)
|Included with each unit
|2 each barbed fittings for tubing 8 and 12 mm inner dia. (pump connections M16x1 female).
|Cooling of compressor
|Power requirement V / Hz / A
|230/50/14 Additional voltage versions available
Ample, easy to read VFD Comfort display for simultaneous display of 3 values, warning functions, high temperature cut-off, pump stages (resolution 0.01 °C)
Backlit indicator for selected pump stages and filling volume on Presto® PLUS, Magnum 91 & Forte HT
Comfortable keypad with additional menu functions for pump stages, calibration, control parameters, programmer, warnings, etc.
'Intelligent Cascade Control', automatic & self optimizing adjustment of PID control parameters, temperature stability ±0.005 °C internal, <±0.05 °C external
'Temperature Control Features' for individual optimization, access to all important control parameters, additional settings for band limit, limits, Co-Speedfactor etc.
'Absolute Temperature Calibration' for manual compensation of a temperature difference, 3-point calibration
Proportional cooling control for automatic adjustment of cooling power or temporary switch-off of compressor as needed to save up to 90 % energy in comparison to unregulated cooling machines
Easily removable venting grid for quick and easy cleaning
'Active Cooling Control' for cooling available throughout the entire working temperature range, fast cool-down even at higher temperatures
Reliable and consistent pump capacity, electronically adjustable pump stages
External Pt100 sensor connection for precise measurement and control directly in the external application
RS232 interface for PC connection, e.g. for data communication and recording of measured values
Integrated programmer for the execution of time and temperature dependant profiles, 1 temperature profile with 10 steps max., with real time clock
Maximum safety for applications, optical and audible alarm, allows user to refill bath fluid before the unit shuts down
Maximum safety for applications, optical and audible alarm, convertible to automated cut-off function
Maximum safety, adjustable high temperature cut-off or dry-running protection, additional display of setpoints permits easy and precise adjustments
Classification III (FL) according to DIN 12876-1
Other characteristics
Optional: Electronic module with analog connections for external programming, temperature recorder, standby, alarm (Order no. 8 900 100).
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We would be pleased to submit a non-binding offer for the selected product or answer all pertinent questions.click here for quotation request FP50-HE
JULABO GmbH
Gerhard-Juchheim-Strasse 1
77960 Seelbach / Germany
Tel: +49 7823 51-0
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K2 Global necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 46 diseños de 7 diseñadores freelance.
I need a blog template for use with WordPress. Nothing to fancy. Resources and sample's to use as a starting point are listed below:
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Desired Color Scheme:
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During All-Star Weekend, adidas Originals will launch a limited "Trophy Hunter" run of the TS Lite AMR, a new silhouette inspired by the iconic Forum.
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Italy Destination Wedding: Newly Wed Rome Photo Session By Rossini Photography
Whoever got married knows how hard it is to organize a wedding. Those who married abroad, know how crazy the organization can get when it comes to moving family members and friends from all around the world for a destination wedding. This post is about a big Italian destination wedding which became Take this couple, for example. She's from the States. He's Italian. They were planning a big, italian destination wedding in the lake district , for which they booked our photographic services a year in advance. Then things must have become too complicated, because they decided to call off the big event and have instead a smaller and intimate wedding.
However, they still wanted their portraits taken as "bride and groom". So we planned together a romantic newly wed photo session in Rome. To avoid the massive crowd of tourists and Romans that every Sunday of spring congests the city center, we met at dawn in front of the Trevi Fountain. The bride was truly beautiful. She found a Finnish girl, Janet Helova, who did a great job with her hair and make-up at five in the morning. Her dress was extremely elegant, simple and modern, tailored made in an exclusive boutique in Shangai, Vernissage by Fang.
After the Trevi Fountain, we moved to Piazza di Spagna, then we walked up the Spanish Steps. From uphill we reached the beautiful park of Villa Borghese, which rises above the center of Rome, in which we had fun renting a row boat, a couple of rickshaws, and taking pictures between alleys, paths, lawns, and woods.
It has been a wonderful experience. Weddings are much more of a rush. I usually have no more than half an hour between the ceremony and the reception to take bridal portraits, with the spouses worrying about their guests being left alone. Having for once the chance to organize a full photo-shoot, instead, made it possible to shoot some amazing images whilst wondering around the "eternal city".
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"Chris" Evans (born June 13, 1981) is a totally awesome American actor. I loved him in "The Fantastic Four" (2005) as Johnny, aka the superhero the Human Torchand its sequel, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007), both box office successes. He also starred as Captain America in the critically and commercially successful Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), a role he will reprise in the upcoming team superhero film The Avengers (2012) and a sequel set for 2014. Fun, fun, fun for us Marvel movie goers. And for more fun, I hope you enjoy this tutorial. Please fav, vote, and comment. Thank you all. Peace and love to you.
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@openworld @spirospiliadis When you next have some time to play, wanna twittertennis to translate Tainter http://ilnk.me/2afe to EBdish?
Since I didn't get a response while it was top of my mind, the following post:
The point is :
It is not the strongest nor the most intelligent of the species that survives, It is the one that is the most adaptable to change." Darwin
So let's say:
An Activity Space is a bounded entanglement of waves that move through Espace (Emotive) Cspace (Cognitive) Pspace (Physical) . Aspace can be used to frame a cell, a person, a community, an enterprise, a nation space, the global capital markets. It can also be used to frame an object - a book, a poster, a logo, a building, a tool.
The point is that each of the examples create an Activity Space in which E*C*P is entangled and made visible.
Then let's say:
It is in principle impossible to view Espace waves. What is possible to see manifestations of movement in Pspace. Art and Music are the prime examples. What Art is popular at what time for whom can produce insights on the E waves. But the E waves themselves can not be directly experienced. To make it even more interesting, the very act of seeing, changes the nature of the E waves.
"Social <-[ Aspace of interest ] complexity can be recognized by differentiated social and economic roles" [ Increase in nested Activity Spaces]
[ the existence of a class of information producers and analysts who are not involved in primary resource production] evo of Cspace Actors.
"complexity requires a substantial "energy" subsidy" [ Pspace is energy producer. Cspace is energy user. ]
"it tends to create new layers of bureaucracy, infrastructure, or social class" [Activity spaces with in Cspace Power Actors]
"When a society [ Activity space] confronts a "problem," [ A Pspace constraint on an Activity Space of interest]
When Cspaces can mash up to create new Bounded Cspaces synchronized with behavior in P space, stuff is mo betta, fasta.


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MEKONG DELTA, Vietnam — "Hello! Hello!" they say cheerfully in English.
The children run to the edge of the dirt path, grinning and waving and shouting.
Sometimes it's an adult calling out a greeting accompanied by a smile.
Even the occasional rooster gets in on the action.
On a tour bus, we'd be whizzing by in air-conditioned comfort, invisible to the natives. But we're on bicycles, hot and sweaty as we ride through the front yards of these friendly folks' lives — getting a high-five, seeing their smiles up close, smelling their lunches cooking.
Heat and humidity be damned. This is the way to sample an exotic culture.
Our small group of 10 came together for nearly two weeks in December on REI Adventures' Saigon to Angkor cycling trip. Led by our always smiling and joking main guide, Phat, and the somewhat more serious but always friendly and helpful Rith, we pedaled nearly 300 miles through parts of Vietnam and Cambodia. A few days the mileage was negligible, fewer than 20 miles. On the other end of the scale there was a 62-mile day and two near 50.
The sights were amazing and sometimes moving: the expanse of the legendary Mekong River, the surreal war relics of Vietnam's Cu Chi tunnels area, the iconic splendor of Angkor Wat and Cambodia's other temple sites, the tragedy of Phnom Penh's Genocide Museum.
But ultimately it's the people who provide the lasting mental images of a visit to a foreign land: Phat telling of the impact of the Vietnam War's aftermath on his family; Rith sharing his experience of being orphaned by the murder of his parents at the hands of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia; the owner of a nondescript eatery in a Vietnamese village posing proudly for a photo at her front counter; a young man riding his motor scooter down a dusty red road with several full-size bed mattresses strapped to his back.
The region's history is messy, and Westerners, notably the French and Americans, brought large doses of misery to Indochina. Yet it's the easily recognizable Westerners who are so warmly embraced by the locals, even those old enough to have lived through the Vietnam War and its aftermath. And it's not just because Westerners are pumping money into a tourism industry that gives a big boost to both countries' economies. These people are just plain friendly.
Our trip started in the chaos of what the Vietnamese government calls Ho Chi Minh City, but what the locals still call Saigon. No biking there, thankfully. Just trying to cross a street clogged with motorbikes isn't for the meek. The best bet? Get behind a local and walk right into the maelstrom — quickly.
After getting acquainted at our hotel the first day, we boarded a minibus the next day for a short ride north to escape the traffic of Ho Chi Minh City. Then we rode our Trek bikes on a mix of paved and unpaved trails, an itinerary we would repeat again and again in the coming days.
Our destination this day was Cu Chi and its tunnel system, which housed sometimes thousands of people during various unpleasantries with the French and Americans.
Anyone who lived through the years of the Vietnam War, even if experiencing it from the safety of the nightly TV news, can't help but be affected by the war museum at Cu Chi. There are camouflaged pits with the sharpened bamboo stakes to impale GIs, a display of various booby traps designed to kill unsuspecting U.S. troops, and, in the background, the near-constant sound of gunfire coming from a firing range. Visitors pay to shoot a variety of rifles that were used by U.S. and Viet Cong troops. Kind of unsettling.
But thoughts of Cu Chi can be replaced by memories of boating through the intriguing Cai Rang Floating Market at Can Tho in Vietnam or strolling through the crowd at the very touristy Skun in Cambodia, where vendors hawk fried spiders and other delicacies. Or kids being kids as they mugged for our cameras at a primitive "monkey bridge" alongside the trail at a small stream in Vietnam.
Our days became a melange of bike riding, river crossings on frail ferries that shuddered as their anemic engines labored, one-on-one talks while in the saddle and shared meals of seafood, chicken, pork and, of course, rice, all served family style.
And always the smiles and the friendly cries: "Hello! Hello!"
If you go
The trip: REI Adventures offers this cycling trip only in the slightly cooler months from November through February. Trip dates are Nov. 17-28, Dec. 1-12 and Dec. 22-Jan. 2, 2014. Dates in 2014 are Jan. 12-23 and Feb. 9-20. Pricing in 2013 for REI members is $3,099 per person double occupancy or $3,375 for nonmembers. Because an REI membership is just $20, you know what to do. Pricing in 2014 is $3,599 and $3,999. There also is a $250 holiday supplement for the Dec. 22 (Christmas) and Feb. 9 (Tet) trips. If you're traveling alone, they can match you with a roommate. The price includes 11 nights' lodging, all meals, excellent English-speaking cycling guides, support vehicle, bike, all ferry and boat charges and admission at places such as Cu Chi and Angkor Wat.
REI Adventures: 800-622-2236, tinyurl.com/mlpvgun
The biking: You don't have to be a superstud biker to do this trip, but you do need to train for it and be in shape. Our longest day was 62 miles, but that was broken into manageable chunks, and all of the routes were virtually flat. Because of the heat (in the 90s most days, with very high humidity), we generally rode no more than an hour straight before meeting the support van for a break. Riding ranged from narrow dirt paths to wider paved paths to paved and unpaved roads. Sometimes we were alone, sometimes we were in fairly congested areas with lots of people and bike/motorbike/vehicle traffic.
Getting there: It's a long haul to Vietnam. You're generally looking at a minimum of 24 hours in transit, and you also deal with crossing the International Dateline, assuming you're flying west.


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WFP is scaling up to reach some 2.7 million people across South Sudan with food aid this year as the country reels from poor harvests, high food prices and violent conflicts. Copyright: AFP/Bosire Bogonko
Hunger is on the rise across South Sudan as poor harvests, soaring prices and conflict push millions to the edge of survival. In response, WFP plans on feeding more than 2.7 million people there this year. WFP Country Director Chris Nikoi says that approaching rains, poor infrastructure and high levels of malnutrition make the emergency operation a race against time.
How many people in South Sudan are at risk of going hungry this year?
4.7 million South Sudanese will struggle to meet their food needs in 2012, which is about half the population of the entire country. One million of them are already severely food insecure and will need assistance to meet their food needs.
Operationally, what are some of the biggest challenges that you face in getting food assistance to the people who need it?
South Sudan is one of the most underdeveloped countries in the world. Once the rains begin, 60 percent of the country will become inaccessible because there aren't enough roads. We are always racing against time to get food assistance to the right locations before the rains.
In addition, the border-closure between Sudan and South Sudan has meant that we've had to find new ways to bring food into the country. To get around the bottlenecks that form along shipping routes from Kenya, we've now opened a separate corridor to bring food in from Djibouti. We're also sourcing food from countries like Tanzania.
What are the main factors behind the current hunger crisis in South Sudan?
The first factor is the failed harvest, caused by the late rains in October and November. The second is conflict, which forced 350,000 people from their homes this year. Conflict leads to displacement and displacement interferes with farming. Then, there is the border closure between Sudan and South Sudan. This has made the situation worse. At the same time, hundreds of thousands of South Sudanese are now returning home from Sudan [increasing the numbers of people needing food – ed].
What are the main reasons people have fled their homes this year?
The first is violence between neighbouring communities. At the end of 2011, there was a major conflict broke out that affected over 140,000 people. The second is the violence in South Kordofan and the Blue Nile region which has driven 100,000 Sudanese refugees across the border into South Sudan.
We know that WFP is now working to provide emergency food assistance in South Sudan. What are we doing to build longer term food security in the country?
The weather shocks will come, but the important thing is to build resilience. We're working with communities to help them grow more food, improve storage facilities and improve their access to markets. In fact, we're helping to build a whole network of feeder roads that will make it easier for farmers to get their produce to markets. Another important measure is providing children with proper nutrition to ensure their proper cognitive and physical development, because the future of South Sudan rests on them.
What is the key to insuring food security in South Sudan in the long term?
Only 4 percent of the arable land in South Sudan is currently cultivated. There is huge potential for agriculture. In order to reach that potential, however, communities need peace and stability so they can focus on their livelihoods. Providing food assistance to communities that need it is an important way of supporting that kind of stability.
This picture was taken in South Sudan where nearly half of the population is at risk of going hungry. Getting food to them is tough. It's a country the size of France with less than 60 miles of paved roads. So how are we doing it?
Here's the man in charge of our operation to explain: http://bit.ly/AzGelV


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I was just pondering the above question when you hear people accusing non believers of having science as their religion. A patently ridiculous notion but I think it would be amusing to list our gods (heroes) and how the list is constantly growing or being eliminated as we learn more.
And is there a single book or even one pure science example?
So many heroes that we could be accused of worshipping or should that be honouring?
Aristotle,Socrates,Newton,Dawkins, Darwin, Hiitchens, Leakey,Tobias, Hawking,Einstein,Copernicus,Galileo, Curie,Higgs,Sagan, etc, etc, etc
This doesn't even come close to scratching the surface in my very un-educated reading and understanding.
I think it does however illustrate fully the ridiculous notion that religion is a science.
Each of the great minds above is being built upon all the time and quite often refuted completely as we discover more.
Compare that to Christianity or Islam whichare based on one book which is supposedly irrefutable.
I think that this is quite an amusing response to anybody who does suggest that religion is a science. What do you guys think?
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Nicely put Pat.
The idea of then discussing the gods in science as a religion amuses me as it would be never ending and highlighting the ever changing nature of the field in the quest for understanding and enlightenment. In religion an unchanging book (relatively) that may not be questioned. Idiotic.
Loren says it for me. B. Fletcher offers good lab work. May I add to the list?
I agree whole heartedly with B. Fletcher.
My unconsidered response would be to tell the apologist to study their "science" book really, really closely and then use what they learned from it to build an airplane. Then find a nice cliff, and take flight.
Thanks Loren. I fully agree however this more of an attempt to humorously point out the idiotic suggestion that science is a religion. Logic is rarely well received.
Alleging that religion is a science is laughable at best. Religion starts with a conclusion then attempts to justify it. Science starts with evidence and allows itself to be led where the evidence takes us. Religion wants to insist that it is RIGHT, regardless. Science corrects itself, throws out what doesn't work and adopts what does, though it also continues to scrutinize what it thinks it knows. There is no method to religion; all it has are its holy books and the assertions ex cathedra of its leaders. Science is almost wholly about method, about discipline, about trying to prove a new concept wrong before accepting it.
Religion is about what they want to be true. Science is about what IS true.
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(CNN) - Jane Fonda may be preparing for a new role – that of former First Lady Nancy Reagan.
Fonda's publicist confirmed to CNN that the actress is in talks to play the wife of the 40th president of the United States in the true-life story of Eugene Allen, an African-American man who worked as a butler in the White House from 1952 to 1986.FULL STORY
@Dr Knowitall
What ever producer should be shot ! Jane Fonda is nothing more than the mud puddle at Nancy's feet. I regularly avoid any Hanoi Jane featured movies.
But you would watch Sarah Palin if she was playing the role of "Joe" McCarthy.
Sniffit - I can also ridicule those things I abhore. It's a free country. I have no problem with the existence of opposing viewpoints.
Yeah, right. Just as long as you can control them the way you deem necessary (Citizens United).
I just have a problem with the stupid ones, such as "if we keep giving the rich more and more money, they'll someday reach a magical threshhold where they no longer wish to horde and consolidate it all, at which opint it will rain down upon all of us peons like the rich taking a big money p-ss all over us."
And your solution is to take from them. Here's a novel idea! Why don't YOU go MAKE IT yourself?!!
GI Joe - Raygun didn't bring them down. That was alrready decided peacefully by the previous administration
Jimmy Carter??? BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Jimmy Carter, only brought down two things, THIS country and himself.
To all you neocons that judge the value of your women by how "pretty" they are, and are always asking why liberal women are so ugly, well, Jane is one HOT 75 year old "libtard"!
Nance needs to get the name of her surgeon, maybe he can fixed those botched "owl eyes" that some quack gave her.
She was right about us propping up a corrupt regime. All of us who lost friends and loved ones should be placing the blame on our politicians who put us in a war they would not let us win. BTW, I am a veteran.
HA. all the tightie righties are in a lather about this one. Jane can't play Nancy. How can she become a walking Pez dispenser?
She can play who ever she wants, but Vietnam Vets still won't forgive her for what she did.....


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Some lawmakers who oppose the pipeline say it appears likely Obama will sign off, triggering their calls to mitigate environmental and political fallout
President Barack Obama is being pressed by opponents of the Keystone XL pipeline to tie any approval to measures that would curb climate change, reflecting mounting pressure on the administration to mitigate the project's impact if it goes forward.
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, a Rhode Island Democrat, is among those who want to see new steps to limit greenhouse-gas emissions in the U.S. if TransCanada Corp.'s petition to build the US$5.3-billion pipeline to carry tar-sands oil from Canada to U.S. refineries is approved. Other lawmakers and those advocating tougher climate-change protections say the administration could extract concessions from Canada, such as a higher carbon tax in Alberta, where the pipeline originates.
"He touted himself as the environmental president, and he's going to have to make sure that if he decides to go with it that there is some kind of balance," said Representative Elijah Cummings, a Maryland Democrat.
Most congressional Democrats, including leaders in the House and Senate, have joined environmentalists in fighting the project backed by the oil industry, labor unions, the Chamber of Commerce and Canadians. Some lawmakers who oppose the pipeline say it appears likely Obama will sign off, triggering their calls to mitigate environmental and political fallout.
"I think it's going to happen," said Representative Jim Moran, a Virginia Democrat and member of the House's Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition. "The odds look pretty strong right now."
Four Years
In a deliberation that has stretched over four years, Obama first rejected the pipeline because its original route took it through Nebraska's Sand Hills region, a national natural landmark. Calgary-based TransCanada changed the route and filed a new application, now under review by the State Department, which must act on pipelines crossing an international border.
Environmental groups dismiss the State Department's March 1 draft assessment that said the pipeline won't raise the risk of global warming, because the oil from Alberta would find its way to market with or without the line. They say Keystone will show whether Obama will fulfill an inaugural-address vow to tackle global warming.
A decision is expected by year's end. The administration hasn't said whether it could try to offset any approval with other environmental policy changes.
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Secretary of State John Kerry, who fought for climate change legislation during 28 years in the Senate, may seek green offsets as part of the decision, although such action may be modest and unlikely to spark resistance from pipeline advocates, said two officials with knowledge of his thinking.
In Canada, Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver has said his government isn't designing upcoming oil and gas emissions rules to appease the U.S. on Keystone, although Alberta provincial officials say they're discussing the possibility of tougher emissions standards.
Obama may have some offset options, said Daniel Weiss, director of climate strategy at the Center for American Progress, a Washington policy institute with ties to the administration. That includes making a firm commitment to issue new U.S. rules on limiting carbon emissions from existing coal- fired power plants, said Weiss, who opposes the pipeline.
Coal Rules
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will soon issue a standard that will effectively bar construction of new coal- fired power plants that lack carbon-capture technology. The rule, opposed by companies such as Southern Co. and American Electric Power Co., won't cover older plants, with the administration saying such rules likely will come later.
Meanwhile, the administration could seek environmental concessions from Canada, with the government agreeing to "adopt real and steep reductions" in carbon pollution from tar sands oil production and other sources, Weiss said.
Alternatively, the U.S. could push Alberta for changes, including adopting a tougher carbon tax than the C$15-per- metric-ton levy for companies that emit above current limits. The money goes into a fund that invests in emissions-reducing technology.
Industry groups backing the pipeline say linking approval to climate-change initiatives isn't appropriate.
"We really do believe that the Keystone project stands on its own and is fully justified on its own," said John Kerekes, Midwest regional director for the oil-industry backed American Petroleum Institute. "We don't think that the greenhouse gases issue is as big as some have made it out to be."
Executive Powers
Whitehouse says the administration can best achieve its goals by using executive powers to force changes in U.S. climate policy. That's because Obama's efforts in Congress to combat greenhouse gases or aspects of the pipeline project have been stymied at a time when Republicans control the House and some Democrats from oil producing states side with industry.
"If you were to count on Congress to pass it, it's not going to happen because polluters own the place," he said.
He's seeking some carbon emission changes that would "more than offset" increased pollution from the project.
Moran says the U.S. should press Canada to take some actions of its own.
"This will benefit Canada a great deal, and it will benefit those involved in shipping the exporting oil and gas a great deal," he said. "What benefit it has for the United States in the long term is more questionable."
'Tough Negotiators'
"We should be tough negotiators," Moran added. "Even though we're close allies, they would do the same if they were in our position."
In Canada, where the government last year imposed a carbon cap for coal-fired power plants, officials have said that while they now are working on new rules governing emissions by the oil and gas industry, there will be no proposed carbon tax. They haven't ruled out other environmental policies that could be politically helpful to Obama if he approves the project.
Alberta is weighing further action. Wayne Wood, spokesman for the province's environment minister, Diana McQueen, said the government is reviewing policy for the oil and gas sector and is in "very early discussions" with the federal government and industry.
"We certainly are aware of the fact that we do need to do this review, and we do need to probably set some new targets," he said in a telephone interview.
Political Cover
The Alberta government may be able to allay concerns about the environmental effects of the pipeline, said Michal Moore, professor of energy economics at the University of Calgary.
"It neutralizes some of the critique and it offers a tremendous amount of cover for the political institutions to say, 'See, we are capable of causing change on the part of the principal producer,'" said Moore, former commissioner of the California Energy Commission. "That's the right message."
At the same time, some analysts in the U.S. said pressing Canada to take concrete environmental steps risks adding more time to the lengthy approval process. It's more realistic for the Obama administration to seek changes in policy at home, said Christine Tezak, managing director of ClearView Energy Partners LLC.
"This project has been under a tremendous amount of pressure," Tezak said. "It's been rerouted. It's been restudied. I don't know how much blood you can get out of a turnip at this point."
Future Pipelines
If the project is approved, the administration may simply want to marry any future pipeline approval with the promise of power-plant rules for existing generators, said Michael Levi, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and author of "The Power Surge," which examines the fight over the future of U.S. energy policy.
"I really doubt the administration wants to invest a lot of time in trying to change Canadian energy policy," Levi said, adding that China and India have far-higher carbon emissions. "To the extent that there's a trade to be done domestically, it's not about the companies that would be affected directly by the pipeline. It's not about oil companies so much as changing how we use energy — changing our power plants or our cars or trucks."
Still, the potential for other approaches remain, including a U.S. border tax on Canada's heavy crude, said Richard Dixon, executive director of the Alberta School of Business. The State Department may already have laid the groundwork for that in its analysis of the project when it compared the impact of Canadian oil to other crudes used in the U.S., he said.
Such work would have to precede the creation of a border tax, Dixon said.
"This is exactly the kind of modeling and statistical analysis that needs to be done to provide for doing that type of taxation system," Dixon said in an interview. "They want to avoid the political bias and say okay, if we're going to use hard numbers, what do those numbers look like?"


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Tickets have gone on sale for numerous dates across the region in which actress Joanna Lumley talks about her career.
Her first ever live tour, It's All About Me begins in the autumn next year with dates in Oxford (October 17), Cambridge (October 21), Coventry (November 1), Leicester (November 6), Northampton (November 9) and Aylesbury (November 10).
Joanna will take audiences through her hilarious and interesting adventures from her incredible career spanning more than four decades, recounting some never heard before stories. She will also be joined on stage by friend and producer Clive Tulloh, who will put to Joanna questions from the audience that they've always wanted to ask, making the show a unique and hilarious night to remember.
On announcing It's All About Me, Joanna said: "The thought of this tour next year, travelling across the British Isles and Ireland, has completely taken over my waking hours. It's utterly thrilling to start planning the stories I can tell, and the rapture (and gratitude, to be fair) with which I shall greet the audiences. Nothing like this has come my way before, and I may have to be dragged off with a hook at the end of each show. Oh people! This is especially for you from me, with masses of love. I think it will be fabulous."
Joanna Lumley icon, national treasure, activist, comedy actress and all-round top girl is barely off our TV screens and appears to have been a permanent fixture in our sitting rooms since she burst onto our screens as Purdey in the New Avengers in 1976. Now in a nationwide tour she will take us through the random journey that started in London in the swinging 60's. Beginning as Jean Muir's house model and muse, progressing to becoming a full-blown photographic model, featuring in knitting patterns, mini-skirts, toothpaste commercials and the occasional front cover.
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Alongside iconic hairstyles Joanna started to develop a nice side line as adventurer and activist; popping up all over the globe she was often seen gasping at the Northern Lights, turning her bra into espadrilles and finding the source of the Nile.
Then as Patsy Stone in Absolutely Fabulous she became a degenerate role-model for a generation. Winning two BAFTAs, Joanna emerged as one of the best comedy actresses of her generation. For 25 years the adventures of Patsy and Edina have sporadically lurched across our screens culminating in AbFab The http://www.royalandderngate.co.ukMovie in 2016.
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For church leaders who covered up sex abuse, it is time to face the music
Today begins the much anticipated trial of Msgr. William Lynn, a Philadelphia priest accused of child endangerment for his role in the cover up of child sex abuse allegations. The trial has major implications for the church, as it marks the first time a church official is facing criminal charges for failure to remove an accused priest from ministry.
Lynn, in his role as secretary for clergy for the Philadelphia archdiocese, was responsible for investigating abuse allegations and ensuring that appropriate action was taken against priests who posed a threat to children. A Philadelphia grand jury determined that he failed in that role and recommended he face charges along with the priests who actually committed the abuse.
Meanwhile Bishop Robert Finn of the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph is facing his own legal trouble for failure to report to authorities a priest who was in possession of child pornography. Finn avoided indictment in one county last fall by making a deal with the prosecutor but he may not be so lucky in the second county where he faces charges.
Finn is claiming he wasn't the diocese's designated reporter and thus didn't know he was required under Missouri law to report the information to the authorities. Finn is pointing the finger of blame at his vicar general, who also claims that he wasn't ever told it was his duty to report such cases. Prosecutors aren't buying their defense of "I thought he was going to do it," and Finn may face criminal misdemeanor charges.
It is hard to believe that it has taken this long for charges in the sex abuse scandal to make their way to the top. Victim advocacy groups have long been calling for the bishops and other high ranking clergy who swept abuse allegations under the rug to be held accountable, and if the criminal charges in Philadelphia or Kansas City-St. Joseph stick, it could set a precedent for a whole new wave of cases against church leaders.
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There's a little surprise in this unassuming cardboard box: a physical side-scroller, a paper-based re-imagining of Nintendo classic Super Mario Bros.. It's all powered by servos, some open source code and a little device named the Teagueduino.
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Developed by the folks at Teague Labs, the Teagueduino is an open source electronic board that "allows you to realise creative ideas without soldering or knowing how to code, while teaching you the ropes of programming and embedded development." Or so says the ongoing Kickstarter project (hint hint!) that promises to "help you discover your inner techno-geek and embrace the awesomeness of making things in realtime".
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Something Swish is an over-arching brand that will sit over a number of homeware and giftware arms. Current products only include sculptures and minimal homewares but this is to be expanded upon in the future.
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Rather than having a number of disassociated brands/logos we have decided to group our two sculpture-based businesses under the one brand and also provide the opportunity to expand into other companies or businesses that may include homewares and giftwares.
Something Swish currently delivers a high quality range of sculptures to a diverse distributor base. The current sculpture products are distributed exclusively across Australia through Something Swish only. Products delivered through Something Swish are special items that create a focal point in a home and add a touch of class. Current sculptures offer a unique way to transform a space with designs and finishes not seen before in Australia. The following words best represent the brand personality we wish to have.
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- Current logos that sit under the Something Swish brand are very similiar and plain with just initials reveresed out of a box and typefaces very indiscreet. Something Swish can afford to be a little more flamboyant but needs to retain a sense of style and simplicity.
- Could possibly include a motif that could be used separately
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Pot Roast with Mushroom Gravy
Total TimePrep: 20 min. Cook: 8 hours
Makes8 servings
- 1 pound small red potatoes, halved
- 2 cups fresh baby carrots
- 1/2 pound sliced fresh mushrooms
- 1 medium onion, cut into six wedges
- 2 celery ribs, cut into 1-inch pieces
- 1 boneless beef chuck roast (3 pounds)
- 1 can (14-1/2 ounces) reduced-sodium beef broth
- 1 can (10-1/2 ounces) mushroom gravy
- 1 package (1-1/2 ounces) beef stew seasoning mix
- Place the potatoes, carrots, mushrooms, onion and celery in a 5-qt. slow cooker. Cut roast in half; place over vegetables. In a small bowl, combine the broth, gravy and seasoning mix; pour over roast.
- Cover and cook on low for 8-9 hours or until meat is tender.
Nutrition Facts1 each: 386 calories, 17g fat (7g saturated fat), 115mg cholesterol, 915mg sodium, 20g carbohydrate (5g sugars, 2g fiber), 37g protein.
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This is a very easy and quick roast to prepare for crockpot. Great Taste and very tender. I cooked 1 hr. on high and then 8 hrs. on low. Can also use boneless cross rib roast. I used baby bella mushrooms. I used frozen pearl onions after defrosting them a bit.
Aug 29, 2012
Love, Love, Love this pot roast. Added 3 cloves of fresh pressed garlic and did not use the mushroom gravy. I used a jar of Hienz beef gravy instead. After cooking for the 6 1/2 hrs as recommended, I wisked 1/4 cup of Wondera & about 1/2 cup of water, turned cooker on high and stirred into the mixture. I let it cook about 15 more min. stirring once. The gravy turned out perfectly for my rice. This takes so much less preparation than my oven pot roast and is just as good. I will use it exclusively from now on. Thank you for this one!
Oct 30, 2011
Came out great - except the meat doesn't need to cook that long - about 6 hrs on low or 3-3 1/2 on high. This recipe is great for a Sunday when you feel like kicking back and not fussing in the kitchen.


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The following activities were designed to facilitate as well as enhance teacher instruction on a variety of topics under the larger heading of "Greenhouse Gases and Earth's Changing Climate." Topics range from the simplistic to the more complex- from Dr. Seuss' "The Lorax" to computation activities focusing on the formation of CFCs and the Rule of Ninety. Each group of activities is preceded by a Teacher Background section intended to provide a thorough yet condensed version of the science incorporated within the teaching activity. It is assumed that the teacher has at least a general knowledge of scientific terminology and processes within the disciplines of Earth and Physical science.
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- Module #1: The Earth in Space This unit is about the Earth and its systems.
- Teacher Background Information: Earth in Space
- Teaching Activity: Gaia and Life
Students will define a living thing, provide evidence for a thing to be living or not, and evaluate whether an ecosystem is alive.
- Teaching Activity: Modeling the Earth System
Students will make a simple model of the Earth system, which will require them to observe, keep records, and analyze the activities of their models and variables that affect them. Students will then report their results to the class and write a summary of their research.
- Teaching Activity: Reading Geologic Time
Students will identify and understand the divisions of geologic time scale and analyze what geologic and biologic changes have occurred throughout geologic time. Students will also create a scale model of the geologic time scale to describe the different eras, periods, and epochs.
- Teaching Activity: Satellite Imagery and Remote Sensing
Students will understand how satellite imagery is used to observe and interpret Earth's atmospheric conditions, and they will evaluate the advantages of different types of satellite images.
- Teaching Activity: Do You Really Need a Thneed?
Students will identify the needs of a society on development and technology, and they will identify the positive and negative impacts of development and technology on society and the environment.
- Module #2: Energy From the Sun This unit is about Waves, Light, and Energy.
- Teacher Background Information: Energy from the Sun
- Teaching Activity: The Electormagnetic Spectrum- Visible and Invisible Light
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- Teaching Activity: Prism Colors
Students will display the colors of the visible spectrum contained in sunlight.
- Teaching Activity: Resonance Rings
Students will show how atoms and molecules in the Earth's atmosphere absorb energy through resonance.
- Teaching Activity: Wavelength and Energy
Students will demonstrate the relationship between wave frequency and energy in the electromagnetic spectrum.
- Teaching Activity: Red Sky, Blue Sky
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- Teaching Activity: Spectral Messages
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- Module #3: The Major Earth Systems This unit is about how water and living things interact.
- Teacher Background Information: The Major Earth Systems
- Teaching Activity: How have the atmosphere and living things interacted over time?
Students will construct and cumulative line graph depicting changes over time, identify major geologic events on the same graph, and plot the percentages of various gases present in the Earth's atmosphere. Students will also interpret the graph relating the events to the changes in the atmosphere and make a prediction about the outcome of the investigation.
- Teaching Activity: The Hydrologic Cycle
Students will model the relationship between the states of matter (specifically water) and heat energy. Students will also simulate the Earth's water cycle and evaluate/ quantify the exchange of water within the Earth's hydrologic cycle.
- Teaching Activity: Water Vapor Investigation
Students will simulate the capacity of air to hold water vapor and see that it varies with temperature. Students will also create a model to explain the relationship between "capacity" of air to hold water and the actual amount of water vapor in the air.
- Module #4: The Earth's Atmosphere This unit is about the Earth's atmosphere and its various patterns of temperature, pressure, and height.
- Teacher Background Information: The Earth's Atmosphere
- Teaching Activity: The Development of the Atmosphere
Students will describe the formation of the Earth's atmosphere, explain how chemical reactions in the atmosphere produced nitrogen, hydrogen, and carbon dioxide, and describe the formation of the ozone shield.
- Teaching Activity: Researching the Earth's Atmospheric Gases
Students will research the Earth's atmospheric gases and illustrate that information in a spreadsheet. Students will also compute the approximate percentage of the Earth's atmospheric gases by volume.
- Teaching Activity: Characteristics of the Earth's Atmosphere
Students will identify the characteristics of the layers of the Earth's atmosphere and analyze the spatial relationships of the atmospheric layers and interfaces.
- Teaching Activity: Temperature and Pressure Patterns in the Troposphere
Students will construct a graph which illustrates the temperature and air pressure patterns in the Earth's atmosphere, and they will draw conclusions from those graphs regarding the temperature, pressure, and altitude relationship.
- Teaching Activity: Convection Currents
Students will illustrate convection currents in water.
- Teaching Activity: Changing Atmospheric Gases
Students will create and analyze a line graph of atmospheric gas concentrations over time.
- Teaching Activity: The Atmsopheric Pipeline
Students will calculate the approximate value of storm precipitation, estimate the surface water evaporated to supply the storm, evaluate the amount of fresh water runoff from the storm, and explain how topographic features affect precipitation amounts.
- Module #5: Earth's Radiative Heat Budget This unit is about the energy that the Earth receives and emits.
- Teacher Background Information: The Earth's Radiative Heat Budget
- Teaching Activity: Distribution of Solar Energy
Students will describe and illustrate the distribution of solar energy received by the Earth.
- Teaching Activity: Insolation and the Earth's Surface
Students will create and use a small scale model to observe the factors affecting both energy absorption and emission in Earth materials.
- Module #6: The Greenhouse Effect This unit is about the Greenhouse Effect.
- Teacher Background Information: The Greenhouse Effect
- Teaching Activity: Modeling the Greenhouse Effect
Students will form a model of the heating of the Earth's atmosphere and be provided with an opportunity to build and test a physical model analogous to the atmospheric greenhouse effect. Students will also practice setting up a controlled experiment, recording data, graphing, and analyzing results.
- Teaching Activity: The Greenhouse Effect- Fact or Theory
Students will understand the greenhouse effect and recognize the difference between a scientific face (the greenhouse effect) and an unproven scientific hypothesis (global warming).
- Teaching Activity: Life in a Bag
Students will understand that gases un the atmosphere affect the temperatures at the Earth's surface and model the Earth's greenhouse effect by using student's bodies as the Earth.
- Module #7: The Greenhouse Gases This unit is about Greenhouse Gases and the Earth.
- Teacher Background Information: The Greenhouse Gases
- Teaching Activity: Atmospheric Trace Gases Involved in Global Change
Students will create a data table of information on the atmospheric trace gases that are radiatively active and play a significant role in global change. Students will also analyze information on specific trace gases and evaluate how it contributes to their role in global change.
- Teaching Activity: What's So Special About CO2?
Students will understand the concept of resonance frequency and simulate the resonance frequency of certain molecules using models with different characteristics.
- Teaching Activity: Now What's a Billion?
Students will provide a visual model of the specific units (millions, billions etc) used in the measurement of the abundance of gas species in the atmosphere.
- Teaching Activity: Understanding PPM-PPB and Gas Concentrations
Students will illustrate ppm and ppb concentration levels. Students will also correlate those concentrations to the amount of greenhouse gases in the environment.
- Module #8: The Greenhouse Effects of Earth, Venus and Mars This unit is about the greenhouse effects of Earth, Venus, and Mars.
- Teacher Background Information: Earth, Venus, and Mars
- Teaching Activity: Interpreting a Data Table (The Goldilocks Effect)
Students will analyze a data table of the characteristics of Venus, Earth, and Mars. Students will also present the information from the data in a visual format, and identify those factors which appear to be the most important in determining the habitability of a planet.
- Teaching Activity: Analyzing a Feedback Mechanism
Students will relate climate change to the theory of feedback mechanisms through a problem solving activity.
- Teaching Activity: Creature Features
Students will define adaption and describe several adaptions that would help a creature live on Venus or Mars. Students will also research information on Venus and Mars in preparation for designing an alien creature.
- Module #9: Earth's Climate System This unit is about Earth's climate.
- Teacher Background Information: Earth's Climate
- Teaching Activity: Factors that Affect Climate
Students will identify the factors that affect the climate of a region and identify and analyze the effects that various factors have on the climate of a hypothetical region of the globe.
- Teaching Activity: Worldwide Climate Zones
Students will identify the Earth's climate zones by isotherm boundaries and analyze a map of the Earth's climate zones.
- Teaching Activity: Climate Ratios
Students will understand the relationship between precipitation and potential evapotranspiration in classifying climate types. Students will also use climate ratios to classify climates into four types: arid, semiarid, subhumid, and humid.
- Teaching Activity: Climatograms
Students will create climatograms of ten identified regions of the globe and focus attention on the relationship between climatic factors and biota.
- Module #10: Natural Climate Change This unit is about how climate has changed naturally over the last few thousand years.
- Teacher Background Information: Natural Climate Change
- Teaching Activity: Sunspots and Climate Change
Students will plot the location of sunspots by latitude/ longitude on a grid of the Sun, and they will also recognize the pattern in sunspot location that occurs as a result of heat transfer and the rotation of the Sun. Students will create a line graph using data to illustrate that sunspots occur in cycles. Students will also evaluate and draw conclusions about the behavior of sunspots based in the background information and the data provided.
- Teaching Activity: Moving Plates, Changing Climates
Students will plot the locations of the earthquakes around the globe, analyze fossil evidence and hypothesize regarding the events that determined their locations, and determine the arrangement of the Earth's continents in the past as a result of fossils evidence. Students will also understand that the movement of the Earth's crustal plates over time has influenced regional climate conditions.
- Teaching Activity: Volcanoes and Climate Change
Students will locate major volcanoes around the world using latitude and longitude, explain how the latitudinal location of the volcanic activity may affect global climate conditions, and use the Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI) to predict the potential of a volcanic eruption to affect global climate. Students will also examine the dispersal of aerosols throughout the atmosphere after a volcanic eruption.
- Teaching Activity: Tree Rings- Clues to Time and Cycles
Students will analyze the growth of tree rings and determine what information can be determined about growth and environment conditions from analyzing a cross section of a tree trunk.
- Teaching Activity: Logs of Straws (Dendrochronology)
Students will simulate investigations using tree ring core samples, conduct a 50 year climate history, and record the chronology of the tree rings on a time line to highlight significant social, personal, and scientific events.
- Teaching Activity: Analyzing Greenhouse Gases and Temperature Over Time
Students will learn about changes that have taken place in greenhouse gas and average annual temperatures within the recent past (to 160,000 years ago). Students will also make graphs of actual research data and find trends as illustrated by the graphed data and draw valid conclusions.
- Teaching Activity: Using Radioactive Decay to Determine Geologic Age
Students will understand the concept of radioactivity and radioactivity and radioactive decay and simulate the radioactive decay process using the imaginary chemical element "Zorkium".
- Module #11: The Enhanced Greenhouse Effect This unit is about the Enhanced Greenhouse Effect
- Teacher Background Information: The Enhanced Greenhouse Effect
- Teaching Activity: Rising Greenhouse Gas Concentrations
Students will compute the percent growth for each of the greenhouse gases for different time segments from 1850 to 2030. Students will also create a line graph showing the percentage of growth from 1850-2030.
- Teaching Activity: Creating a Greenhouse Gas Index
Students will analyze greenhouse gas emissions on a global scale, compute the total greenhouse gas emissions for 50 countries, and rank countries by their per capita greenhouse gas emissions.
- Teaching Activity: Using Sound Waves to Study Climate Change
Students will describe the characteristics of sound waves and their movement through different mediums, apply the use of sound waves to map the ocean floor, and analyze the relationship between the speed of sound in water and temperature. Students will also illustrate the uses of acoustic monitoring in the global change research.
- Module #12: Global Fossil Fuel Use This unit is about Global Fossil use, combustion, and hydrocarbons.
- Teacher Background Information: An Energy History
- Teaching Activity: Unquenchable Thirst
Students will analyze a graph of US Consumption from 1875 to 1980 and evaluate the energy content of different types of fuels.
- Teaching Activity: Naming and Creating Hydrocarbons
Students will identify hydrocarbon molecules by the number of carbon atoms and create structural formulas for 10 hydrocarbon molecules.
- Teaching Activity: Demonstrating Fractional Distillation
Students will discuss how fossil fuels are formed and why they are considered an environmental problem. They will also demonstrate how fossil fuels are broken down through the process of fractional distillation.
- Teaching Activity: Incomplete Combustion
Students will observe the effects of incomplete combustion, evaluate the effect of temperature increase on by-product production, and analyze the effect of continued use of energy inefficient fuels on the environment.
- Module #13: World Population Growth This unit is about world population growth.
- Teacher Background Information: The Explosion of Human Population
- Teaching Activity: Modeling Exponential Growth
Students will use dice to model exponential growth, change the variables and attempt to slow down and stop exponential growth, and relate this problem to human population trends and other human behaviors.
- Teaching Activity: Population Dynamics
Students will make predictions and analyze the age make up of different populations, create an age pyramid, and evaluate the factors in the environment and in human society that affect the size of the population.
- Teaching Activity: Population and World Diseases
Students will create two pie graphs comparing the causes of death in developing and developed nations, analyze data comparing the causes of death in developing and developed countries, and create a map illustrating the availability of health care around the world. Students will also compute and analyze the possible growth of infectious diseases as a result of global warming and compute the increases in the distribution of infectious diseases for 2050.
- Module #14: Global Temperatures This unit is about global temperatures and how they are changing.
- Teacher Background Information: Paleoclimatic Evidence Using Stable Isotopes
- Teaching Activity: Paleoclimatic Evidence and Stable Isotopes
Students will graph 18O and mean annual temperature data, analyze the relationship between the 18O Value and the mean annual temperature, and trace the steps in ice core acquisition and analysis.
- Teaching Activity: Making a Model of Half-Life
Students will model the half-life of a simulated radioisotope.
- Teaching Activity: CO2 and Temperature- Is There a Connection
Students will evaluate the data from two graphs based on analysis of an ice sample taken by Russian scientists at Vostok Station in East Antarctica and hypothesize about the correlation between CO2 concentrations and global surface temperatures.
- Teaching Activity: Air Trapped in Ice
Students will observe air bubbles trapped in ice cubes and compare them to air trapped in glacial ice.
- Teaching Activity: Ice Core Observations
Students will briefly describe the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, illustrate how information on ancient climates is preserved in ice cores, and interpret an "ice core" from the Greenland Ice Record. Students will also simulate ice core formation.
- Module #15: The Global Carbon Budget This unit is about Carbon and the Carbon budget for the world.
- Teacher Background Information: The Global Carbon Budget
- Teaching Activity: The Unique Carbon Atom
Students will discuss and compare the physical and chemical properties of carbon and silicon, identify as many sources of carbon and silicon as possible, and view a videotape about carbon v. silicon-based life forms. They will also analyze the possibility/ probability of silicon- based life on other planets and "design" a habitat/ planet for a life form based on silicon.
- Teaching Activity: The Carbon Dioxide- Oxygen Cycle
Students will describe the natural cycling of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the Earth system and analyze changes in the Earth's carbon cycle as a result of human activity.
- Module #16/17: Sources and Budget of Carbon Dioxide This unit is about the sources and budget of Carbon Dioxide.
- Teacher Background Information: Carbon Dioxide
- Teaching Activity: Getting to Know Carbon Dioxide
Students will gain familiarity with the basic properties of CO2.
- Teaching Activity: Industrial CO2 Emissions
Students will calculate the per capita heating value contributed by several different countries and illustrate that data in several different formats.
- Teaching Activity: Where and How Is Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Monitored by NOAA-ESRL
Students will locate the NOAA/ ESRL Cooperative Air Sampling sites around the world and learn how concentrations of CO2 and other greenhouse gases are measured at the Mauna Loa Observatory, Hawaii.
- Module #18/19: Sources and Budget of Methane This unit is about Methane (CH4) sources and its budget.
- Teacher Background Information: Methane
- Teaching Activity: Methane Gas Production
Students will build a simple methane generation system, simulate methane production in the natural environment, and determine some of the conditions necessary for the optimum production of methane.
- Teaching Activity: Ruminant Animals and Methane Emissions
Students will read and discuss a scientific article about ruminant animal contributions to global methane concentration, evaluate the process being used at present to measure methane emissions from ruminant animals, and calculate the average amounts of CH4 contributed by different animal species on a daily basis.
- Teaching Activity: Methane and Populations-What's the connection
Students will create a line graph of atmospheric methane concentrations over the past 450 years and analyze the correlation between world population trends and the rise in methane concentrations.
- Module #20/21: Sources and Budget of Nitrous Oxide This unit is about the sources and the budget of Nitrous Oxide (N2O).
- Teacher Background Information: Nitrous Oxide
- Teaching Activity: The Nitrogen Cycle
Students will describe the steps in the Earth's nitrogen cycle and create a simple diagram of the nitrogen cycle.
- Teaching Activity: Nitrogen Fixation in Root Nodules
Students will examine the structure and function of root nodules in legumes and evaluate the effect of over-use of fertilizers in the natural cycling of nitrogen.
- Module #22: Sources of Chlorofluorocarbons This unit is about the sources of Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs).
- Teacher Background Information: Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
- Teaching Activity: Formulas and Codes for Carbon Compounds
Students will understand the relationships between atoms in simple carbon compounds, compute the number and types of atoms in CFC and HCFC compounds using their code numbers, and arrive at the chemical formulas for CFC and HCFC compounds using the Rule of 90.
- Module #23: Climate Model Predictions This unit is about climate modeling.
- Teacher Background Information: Computer Models and Climate Prediction
- Teaching Activity: Flaws in Computerized Climate Models
Students will gain an understanding that there are many questions about the reliability of computerized climate models.
- Teaching Activity: How Might Global Warming Affect Australia?
Students will analyze the effects of global warming on Australia as predicted by climate models, understand why computer models of global warming show a wide range of predicted effects for Australia, and analyze the difficulties in planning for the possible effects. Students will also recognize that not all of the effects would be harmful.
- Teaching Activity: Climate Models and Sea Level Change
Students will gain an understanding of how difficult it is for climate models to predict sea level increases on the future and examine the possible impact of sea level rise along the Gulf Coast alone.
- Teaching Activity: Climate Modeling Spreadsheet Activity
Students will model the relationship between certain variables in the Earth system affecting climate and use a spreadsheet model to test hypotheses about how changes in the Earth[s temperature and energy balance will affect the Earth's temperature. Students will also learn about the processes and interactions involved in maintaining the Earth's energy balance and gain an appreciation for their complexity. Finally, students will learn about and appreciate computer modeling as an investigative tool.
- Module #24: Climate Change Scenarios This unit is about what could happen in the future with climate change.
- Teacher Background Information: The Potential Effects of Climate Change
- Teaching Activity: Global Warming and Biodiversity
Students will infer what will happen to various kinds of organisms as conditions in their habitats change and predict which kinds of organisms will survive and which will become extinct.
- Teaching Activity: Global Warming Projections
Students will trace the effects of a gradual climatic change on a model ecosystem which is simplified from a real situation and explain ways in which environmental factors interact to set limits on geographic ranges.
- Teaching Activity: Climate Change and Sea Level Rise
Students will describe the change in water level when water is exposed to heat, differentiate between thermal expansion and melting snow and ice fields as they relate to sea level rise, and predict the impact of rising sea level on coastal areas.
- Teaching Activity: When Polar Ice Caps Melt
Students will simulate the melting of the polar ice caps and the effect it would have on the world's coastal regions.
- Teaching Activity: Icebergs
Students will gain an understanding if the relationship of ice to water and density as the ration between mass and volume. Students will also compute the density of different quantities of water, and they will understand why ice floats.
- Teaching Activity: Environmental Chain Reaction
Students will communicate the concept of a chain reaction regarding environmental events and evaluate environmental events and how they might influence life on Earth.
- Module #25: Controlling Global Warming This unit is about what we could do to slow climate change.
- Teacher Background Information: The Future of Climate and Life
- Teaching Activity: Global Warming Research
Students will research climate change and be given/choose an issue. Students will debate the issue, discuss the arguments afterwards, and then prepare a written summary.
- Teaching Activity: Changes on Kamaeha's Island
Students will be provided with insights into the effects of global warming on a society and culture very different from our own, and they will be provided with experience of looking at environmental issues from viewpoints that may be very different from their own. Students will also be introduced to the concept of an international forum for discussing environmental problems and possible solutions.
- Teaching Activity: World Conference on Global Change
Students will research information about different interest groups to be represented at a world conference on global warming, plan their strategy for participation in the world conference, and plan proposals for effect, positive and cooperative global actions that will be satisfactory to all interest groups represented.
Science Reading Selections
- El Nino
- One Big, Bad Iceberg
- Soup or Sandwich
- The Dancing Cats of Minamata
- Theory of Continental Drift
- Where did all the Dinosaurs Go
- Year of the Fires
Problem Solving Activities
- Does Air Have Mass
- What Causes an Ice Age
- An Island Trip
- Don't Eat That Fish
- Solving an Ancient Puzzle
- Ages Ago
- Untrue Confessions
- Checking the Temperature
- A Different Viewpoint
- Density Disaster
- Planetary Weather
- Dinosaur Power
- The Case Against Water
- Reaching for the Stars
- A Year Without Summer?
- In Search of Buried Treasure
- From Dinosaurs to You
- When You're Hot, You're Hot!
- People Eating Dinosaurs?
- Shipwrecked!
- A Day in the Life of a Drip!
- Alert at the North Pole!
- What Causes Summer?
- Completing the Squares
- Heating Land and Water
- People Are Part of the Environment, Too
- Salt Free Clouds
- Too Hot to Fly
Concept Maps
- Steps to Constructing a Concept Map
- Carbon Dioxide- Oxygen Cycle
- Earth's Climate
- Earth's Heat Balance
- Electromagnetic Spectrum
- Fossil Fuels
- Greenhouse Effect
- The Earth System
- The Earth's Atmosphere
Resource List
- Tom Conway - Chemist, ESRL Global Monitoring Division
- Louise Belnay - Teacher, Adams County School District - Hodgkins Middle School
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Or, was it her sister?
I was puzzled about this every time I saw the entry on the various census records. In 1850, John E. is listed as a 2 year old female living in the household of Elzaphan and Martha Everman in Carter Co.,KY. He/she is the seventh daughter in the family.
But, just 10 years later, John E. is listed as an 11 year old male!
Good grief!!! I just didn't know what to think.
Life went on, and I didn't really pursue the situation, because John was not really a direct ancestor. He/she was the brother/sister of a direct-line grandmother. I was raising a young family (4 children under 5!), and did the best I could in just getting a pedigree chart maintained and extended.
I listed my Offill family with the old Family Registry (remember those at the Family History Centers?). It appeared on subsequent microfiche, and I went on to other families.
Then, out of the blue, I received a small package in the mail from a man in California that I'd never heard of. He had seen my entry on the Family Registry, and enclosed a note saying, "I bet you're wondering about my g-g-grandmother, John Ellen Offill."
John was a woman! I'd seen her listed as John Allen, John Ellen, John everything. He even enclosed a picture of her.
John Ellen Offill Campbell
What a handsome and stylish woman!
There were a couple of other pictures that even showed her cooking at an old cookstove. John married a man named John Andrew Campbell, and the two Johns appear on the 1925 Linton Co., Iowa State Census as husband and wife.
I'm not quite sure how she acquired the name of John. My best guess is that this family was "daughtered out", and had always wanted a son. John was the name of both of her grandfathers. They feminized it by adding Ellen to it. Some recorded it as "Allen". Then, she married a man by the name of John.
Sometimes, things are just not as they appear. I have now learned to include all of the siblings of my grandparents. This is how "genealogy" becomes "family history".


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Pancheros Mexican Grill, a fast-casual Mexican restaurant known for its burritos, announced its 19th Iowa location in Altoona.
To commemorate the newest addition to the franchise's home state, Pancheros will be offering its burritos for $1 on May 29 from 4p.m. to 6 p.m.
The key to Pancheros' burrito experience lies in its plastic spatula, "Bob the Tool," which evenly mixes ingredients to deliver a mouthful in each bite.
Pancheros also prides itself in serving burritos filled with ingredients like marinated grilled meats, bold salsas, and fresh vegetables.
Pancheros' menu also includes other Mexican favorites, such as quesadillas, tacos, burrito bowls, and salads.
To add a spicy kick to patrons' burritos, the Mexican food franchise offers two proprietary signature hot sauces: the Greenade, a green jalapeno sauce with hints of citrus; and the Flavolcano, a red sauce concocted with seven different peppers for a balance of smoke and heat.
"Our Iowa fans have come to expect only the best from Pancheros and the latest Altoona location will be no exception," says Rodney Anderson, president of Pancheros Mexican Grill. "I am certain this location will be well received and look forward to its success."
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Marcus Thornton scored a season-high 24 points after losing his starting spot to rookie Ben McLemore, and the Sacramento Kings snapped a five-game losing streak by beating the Brooklyn Nets 107-86 on Wednesday night.
Greivis Vasquez had 17 points and 12 assists, and Isaiah Thomas added 19 points, six assists and six rebounds to help the Kings blowout Brooklyn. Sacramento led by 18 points in the second quarter and 23 late in the third before holding off a brief rally in the fourth.
Brook Lopez had 16 points and nine rebounds, and Deron Williams finished with 13 points and seven assists as the Nets lost their third straight game.
After acquiring Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce from Boston this offseason, the championship pedigree has yet to blend in Brooklyn so far this fall. The Nets are 2-5 this season, including 0-4 on the road.
The Nets never sustained any kind of rhythm, even after DeMarcus Cousins picked up his fourth foul and was taken out early in the third quarter. They played slow and looked like aging veterans — especially against Sacramento's young and athletic rotation — and were often embarrassed on both ends.
First-year Kings coach Michael Malone had challenged his players to play with more energy and intensity, and he shook up his lineup in hopes of sparking change. McLemore, the seventh overall pick out of Kansas, made his first start along with Jason Thompson — moving Thornton and Patrick Patterson to the bench.
The announced crowd of 15,122 roared when McLemore finished an alley-oop from Vasquez on a fast break in the first quarter, though the rookie struggled for most of the game. McLemore finished with two points on 1-of-8 shooting.
Leave it to Thornton to turn in his best performance of the season. He scored 13 points in the second quarter, including three 3-pointers, and tossed a lob that Cousins dunked with one hand to give the Kings a 43-25 lead.
Thornton finished 10 of 19 from the floor. He also had four rebounds and two assists.
The Nets answered with 11 straight points, with Williams keying the spurt despite favoring his left ankle for a minute after slipping on teammate Andray Blatche. Cousins also was called for a technical foul — his second this season — after the Sacramento center shouted at official Joey Crawford.
The Kings closed the half leading 52-40, but they blew away Brooklyn after the break. Vasquez fed Patterson for a layup that put the Kings up 80-57 with 42 seconds remaining in the third quarter.
Williams' floater sliced Sacramento's lead to 84-72 early in the fourth. Then Jason Terry was called for a foul and a technical foul after elbowing Vasquez, part of a 16-8 run that gave the Kings a 100-80 lead to put the game out of reach.
Nets lose third in row
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Marcus Thornton scored a season-high 24 points after losing his starting spot to rookie Ben McLemore, and the Sacramento Kings snapped a five-game losing streak by beating the Brooklyn Nets 107-86 on Wednesday night.