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Well, after almost two weeks of pulling my hair out and getting nowhere that I wanted to be, I've pulled the plug on my TypePad account and am self-hosting WordPress. I'm thrilled … WordPress is slick, "problems" are easy to solve, it looks great and gives me (almost) total control. I just started things up yesterday afternoon and am already farther ahead than I was yesterday. Lots more work to do and no time to do it today, but here is my latest work in progress. I have a different look in mind eventually … but the current template will do for now.
(with apologies to karen and others in the six apart universe … )
Five Reasons TypePad Lost My Business:
Interface too hard to use. It feels like one of those things that is intuitive for the people who built it and can visualize the relationship between the structure of the GUI and the architecture … but it is NOT easy for folks who did not participate in its development.
Results poor. No matter how much the various "help" menus assured me I could do this or that with the design, it never quite worked out as it should. Or as I would wish it.
Promised functionality not delivered. Come on. I signed up for TypePad years and years ago, for free I think, under a completely different alias. For reasons beyond my understanding, when I upgraded my old account and started to add folders of content and different blogs, the original folder structure and naming conventions stuck and my new material NEVER appeared anywhere that could have a domain mapped to it. Come on. This isn't rocket science, it is Networking 101. Folder structures. Naming conventions. Pointing. Addressing. Get with the program people. This is what you are supposed to know how to do. Furthermore, widgets promising this or that functionality never worked, nor did they ever really "look" right when placed in the sidebars.
Customer service … too little, too late. I was assured yesteday, after many days of not hearing from anyone and me pleading for information, that they were "working on" the domain mapping problem and would have it fixed "within a week". A week?!? I'm at the second highest level of membership, this has been a stupid problem since day one, the entire crux of why I'm doing this blog switch involves me being able to map specific domains to specific locations … and you are going to take almost three weeks to let me know whether or not this is even possible?!? When your own bumpf assures users that it is "a breeeze"? What other delights await?
I'm paying for this? Given all the above, what exactly is it that I'm paying for? At the second highest level of membership?
I will say that TypePad made membership cancellation easy and they sent me a survey that allowed me to communicate all this effectively and, I hope, constructively. But, as of mid-afternoon yesterday, I'm a total WordPress convert. I'd been afraid of the self-hosting option as being possibly too complex for me, but it turns out that it is pretty damn easy. And I'm already paying for the privilege so this is actually "free" for me.
I feel like my blogging self is almost back on track now after being lost in the wilderness. Hurrah! 🙂


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The peak home renovation seasons traditionally begin in the late spring thru summer. Then again in the fall as homeowners clamor to have their renovation projects completed in time for Christmas. However, depending on the nature of the project you plan, there are some very compelling reasons why renovating in the winter can be the better option.
1. Quality of Service
The basic currency called "time" allows for better service. During the winter months, in general, most contractors and tradesmen have more time to focus on your project more intently. This provides you with optimal customer experience. A great indicator of a contractor with superior customer service is a contractor that is busy year-round. Excellent customer focused contractors are always busy. So, do not let the busy schedule of your contractor discourage you. If they are busy during the winter, it is a good indication that they are worth the wait!
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We all understand that price rises and falls with supply and demand. During the summer months, contractors and their trades are more in demand and thereby make price higher. Winter creates more supply of available contractors which causes prices to fall. When timelines and the availability of labor are tight, some trades will charge more during busy times – because they can. While the best contractor will always work for you to keep costs in line. Avoiding the busiest season for your home renovation project is always a good start.
3. Weather
Mother nature doesn't care that you're renovating. It's a common misconception that it's better to renovate in the summer months because the weather is better. This may be true of some projects. However, what people may not realize is that snow and cold are less likely to affect project timelines. If you are excavating for your new addition it can still be done in the winter, while it certainly CAN'T be done when it rains. And depending on how much rain, perhaps not even for another week or two afterward while the mud pit in your back yard dries up. The same holds true for some other outdoor work like framing, siding, etc. A little snow can be shoveled away. However, the rain pretty much stops everything. As a result, there can be days with no progress on your project.
4. Humidity
On the topic of Mother Nature, humidity is a constant challenge for Kansas City renovation & construction projects. Building materials absorb moisture from the higher humidity in the summer, then it evaporates again in our dry winters. Wood-like hardwood flooring, mill-work and the like will actually have small changes in size between winter and summer. Hence, materials installed during the summer months humidity may start to show hairline cracks or gaps in the winter, particularly where 2 materials are joined together. By having work performed in the dry winter, you take advantage of using the wood when it is its "smallest". Thus helping ensure the likelihood that joints stay tight and your beautiful flooring or mill-work stays that way.
5. Vacation Schedules
To create efficiencies during prime vacation time, many manufacturing plants cease operations for a 2-week period so all their employees can take a vacation at the same time. This means that for products such as custom cabinetry, for example, there are additional lead times involved for manufacturing, delivery & installation.
Contractors and tradesmen take a vacation too. Just like you, tradespeople and suppliers like to take a vacation in the summertime so they can take advantage of the warm weather. During the months of June and July, this can mean that there are up to 30% fewer construction trades available. This will typically have an impact on the timeline of your project, and can even result in possible project delays.
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The global mining industry is characterised by very high investment risk and capital intensity and to be successful in this market, the Kyrgyz Republic and its institutions will have to outperform other resource rich countries in terms of attractiveness and conduciveness of the legal, business, regulatory and security climate to attract such investment. Currently a number of impediments stand in Kyrgyz Republic's way and among them are deficiencies in the legislative base for the sector and capacity of the authorities to effectively implement best practice regulation in Kyrgyz Republic.
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Workshops designed by the project team will provide capacity building and training for State Agency for Geology and Mineral Resources (SAGMR) staff and also for the Ministry of Economy and Antimonopoly Policy (MEAP) and other government agencies.
There are many skilled mining regulatory experts in Kyrgyz Republic, however boosting and supplementing their skills and creating a more modern regulatory environment and structure wherein regulation effectively responds to and adequately balances the legitimate interests of all is a key challenge to all concerned. This project will support these experts in developing their skills.
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I want to share a couple of items to the history of AOL's success. Jan Brandt left Field Publications as Advertising Director just at the time that Primedia, then K-III Communications, bought Field and included it with the Direct Marketing Group, of which Newbridge Communications (formerly Macmillan Book Clubs) was the anchor. Gryphon Editions was a division of Newbridge. I think the Field acquisition occurred in 1991. I also think Jan went to AOL directly from Field. Newfield, as it was renamed, slowly began to deteriorate. In 1993 K-III's senior management, headed by Bill Reilly, directed Newbridge to review the situation, and I was directed to look at the direct marketing results and interview the top marketing people. I found the businesses were overall in pretty bad shape. Newfield had been doing everything they could to make their numbers, which is mandatory for a highly leveraged company. However, doing so papered over some developing problems. I found the staff was very capable. Generally, they were aggressive direct marketers, significantly more aggressive than we at Newbridge were. For whatever reason, K-III decided a housecleaning was in order. The Newfield people became demoralized and several very good people, chief among them Dan McLoughlin (I may have misspelled his last name)went down to work for Jan. You are right that these folks worked incredibly long hours, and they became incredibly wealthy for their hard work. In addition, I learned at the DMA in New Orleans in 1997 (I think) that AOL was going to completely abandon the hourly rate structure for a flat monthly fee. There had been numerous complaints and even legal challenges to the hourly billing. This billing change and the aggressive marketing of Jan, Dan and their colleagues really sent AOL into the stratosphere. The other thing that AOL had going for it was that it was the best ISP available for dial-up. AOL has always been very easy to use, computer savvy. I think the Time-Warner/AOL merger really took AOL's eye off the ball in terms of being a premier Internet company. At K-III and Newbridge we used to refer to synergy as the "S" word. It was never to be used. At the time of the merger, the stock market had highly valued AOL because of its growth curve. However, the seeds of its decline were already germinating, just as Newfield's decline had not been readily apparent. There was tremendous gamesmanship in terms of making the numbers. Bob Pittman's nickname was Bob "Pitchman." Frankly, I'm surprised that AOL's subscriber base has remained as high as it is. There is no reason that someone with high-speed Internet access has AOL. My reason for continuing is that my small, New Jersey, customer service office strongly prefers AOL to the Verizon mailbox. Also, many of our customers know our AOL address. AOL needs to make a fundamental change to keep high-speed users. While permitting the service to be absolutely free is great for me, I think it will likely be the end of AOL as we know it. Is AOL better than Yahoo or MSN? No. I don't think Jan or Dan or anyone can put this business together again. Time-Warner really needs to spin AOL off as a free-standing operation again, and maybe they can merge with someone like Google to bring them back up to speed.
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APWG Report on Author Earnings Misses the Mark
Report Sends Wrong Message to Writers and Misses the Opportunity in Self-Publishing
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, June 11, 2019, London, UK: There's a revolution underway in the publishing industry. Independent authors are writing, publishing, licensing rights, and earning significant incomes in one or more business models. But the All-Party Writers Group's (APWG) report released today remains stuck in the age-old earnings battle between trade publishers and their content providers.
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Westerly Nature Cruise & Seal Tour with Save the Bay — Westerly, RI
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Anyhoo. He found me slumped over my computer, banging my head on the desk, and felt so bad for me that he loaded all the photos he took of the adventure onto a thumbdrive and stuck it into my laptop. Let's see if I can figure out what to do with it!
Here are a few images from the next two days of our West Texas adventure, exploring Marfa and Alpine from our base in Marathon, despite the epic heat wave that hit, causing temperatures to soar up to 103 or higher and afternoon blackouts to occur both afternoons, which lasted into the night. Believe it or not, we still managed to have a great time!
|So Many Extraordinary Dwellings, Everywhere We Looked
|Loved the historic Hotel Paisano in downtown Marfa,
|Stopping by to check out El Cosmico, which is owned by the same lady that owns several of our favorite quirky boutique hotels in Austin and San Antonio.
|Are they giant cooking vats, or hot tubs?
|At El Cosmico, you can choose from Teepees, Tents, Yurts, or Vintage Campers to stay in. Just make sure the one you choose has AC, if you come in the summer!
The area around the old Holland Hotel in downtown Alpine, just across from the railroad station, is where we found the best shops and galleries of all three towns. Plus, it was just a short walk from the wonderful Reata Restaurant, -- sister the the Reata in Ft. Worth -- where we lunched on their legendary Texas cuisine. I recommend asking for a seat in the bar area, which wraps around this magnificent old tree, and looks out on a beautiful patio and wall mural from the movie Giant, where they got their name.
Well, wish us luck on the computer repairs/replacement, or it may be a while before you see my next post!


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In this episode of Indie Film Weekly, we dissect Netflix's balancing act between the indie and studio worlds—and whether the company really cares about cinema at all.
Co-hosts Jon Fusco, Emily Buder, and yours truly, Liz Nord discuss a handful of game-changing Netflix news, and how indie theater guru Tim League threw down the gauntlet against the streaming giant. We also cover why getting your film graded "F" could be a good thing, according to IMDB, and a sad goodbye to indie film producer Robin O'Hara (Raising Victor Vargas, Gummo).
We hear from two directors whose films are hitting theaters this month: Alice Lowe of Prevenge and Sarah Adina Smith of Buster's Mal Heart. Charles Haine joins us for gear news, including an app that lets you shoot in LOG mode on your phone and his review of the new Sigma Cinema Zoom lenses.
As always, the show also brings news you can use about gear, upcoming grant and festival deadlines, this week's indie film releases, and other notable things you might have missed while you were busy making films.
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Adoro te devote, latens Deitas, quae sub his figuris vere latitas: tibi se cor meum totum subjicit, quia te contemplans totum deficit. *** Godhead here in hiding, whom I do adore, Masked by these bare shadows, shape and nothing more, See, Lord, at thy service low lies here a heart, Lost, all lost in wonder at the God thou art.
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Late have I loved you!
Late have I loved you, O Beauty ever ancient, ever new, late have I loved you! You were within me, but I was outside, and it was there that I searched for you. In my unloveliness I plunged into the lovely things which you created. You were with me, but I was not with you. Created things kept me from you; yet if they had not been in you they would not have been at all. You called, you shouted, and you broke through my deafness. You flashed, you shone, and you dispelled my blindness. You breathed your fragrance on me; I drew in breath and now I pant for you. I have tasted you, now I hunger and thirst for more. You touched me, and I burned for your peace.
~ St. Augustine, Confessions of St. Augustine
"Sin" is a term we hear a lot of in this blessed penitential season, and that is as it should be. Yet in our culture, so many don't know what sin is; there is, as John Paul II called it, a "loss of the sense of sin."
According to St. Thomas Aquinas in Summa Theologica, sin is "disordered love." We commonly understand sin to be a rejection of God's love and an abuse of freedom. We sin with our free will, in turning away from God, in turning away from holiness. God loves us so deeply he specially created us all to be in eternal union with him; each one of us is precious. He gives us gifts, andit is through this giving that we reject His love, which wounds him greviously.
Why would we do such a thing? Why do we constantly reject God's love?
Perhaps there is a more practical question; HOW do we reject God's love?
We reject him in simple ways, constantly, without even thinking twice about it. We personally sin when we reject gifts he has given us, and we sin socially as well, for every gift is given to us for the purpose of building up his kingdom.
I have always been on the artistic side; those things in which I always excelled surrounded the arts; music, writing, literature, theater. I have always loved beauty. I have always been drawn to that which was true and good and beautiful, but in simple ways. I have always been a romantic, even somewhat of an idealist.
Yet somehow, I rejected all of that in favor of pursuing "a career." I saw no way to "make money" through my artistic pursuits, so I gave them up. I also began to see them as a form of weakness so out of hand I saw no place for them in my life. Out the door they went.
There has always been an ache in my soul, striving to bring me back to what I had thrown away. And truth be told, I have never forgotten those things I always wanted to be, primary of which may not surprise you: a writer.
In second grade, I told my Mom that I wanted to write and illustrate my own books. Period. That's what I wanted to do and that was what I was GOING to do, gosh darn it! Oddly enough, that same year in school we learned how to make "books". We had to write a story and illustrate it on the folded construction-paper pages that made up this project. Being that we were very limited in the format, my imagination was cramped, lending to a very boring factual book about birds. It really was a terrible book. I "wrote" another one for extra credit. That was equally as bad. I'm quite sure I no longer have these books. I hope not, in any case; if I ever do succeed in becoming a famous author no doubt these atrocities would be pulled out and sent to a museum after my death.
But a spark was there, and even through the bad results my teachers encouraged me to pursue these talents and aptitudes that I had. As I matured and became more "driven" and "worldly", one by one, I began to reject my God-given gifts until there was nothing left. No wonder I've been so miserable in my professional work for so long; God gave me what I needed, and I chose to make my own path, cutting with the dull machete of my own willfulness through this jungle that is the world. God, in his infinite grace, has kept his hand upon me, yet He does not interfere with our freedom to reject him, no matter how much that rejection wounds him.
Just lately, I have realized that my rebellion was a complete rejection of God's love; I rejected Him through the gifts he so lovingly bestowed upon me. We all have talents and aptitudes in different things. We all have some sort of gift God gave us for the purpose of sharing it with others in order to build and strengthen His kingdom.
I rejected those gifts so many years ago, and now, I realize the love that went into each gift. I know that some of those will never be returned to me; others, in His infinite mercy, God has left with me, like tools just waiting to be picked up. The Kingdom still needs builders. The Kingdom needs architects. The Kingdom needs laborers, and workers for the vineyard. Our gifts are the tools He gives us for this work, and we are to use these tools with much love in order to fulfill the directive of Jesus to "love others as I have loved you."
I contemplate the words of St. Augustine, so poetic in their bittersweet testimony of love. The romantic in me recognizes the remorse of the great Saint, and my soul anguishes as I realize his very words apply to me as well. I adopt them as my own for he expressed so much better than I the understanding of the rejection of God's love.
In my search for worldly success, I rejected those things God gave me; no doubt at least ONE of them, had I been faithful enough to use it, would have lead me to a special place in which to put that gift to use. I pray it is not too late. I am late indeed, in loving God, but I pray, that in His infinite mercy, He welcomes me back to the vineyard and helps me clean and polish my rusty tools. There must be a place somewhere for me, and for all of us, in this place.
In a way, those of us who have rejected these gifts from our childhood are prodigals; we have rejected or perhaps misused our inheritance. We must be willing to come back to God and re-offer what we have, or even beg for the restoration of what he gave us before we had a chance to reject him. Maybe God has something new for us, or maybe a better version of the old gift. We won't know unless we take a step forward and ask with contrite hearts for another chance to serve Him, offering back to Him in sincerity those things he lovingly gave us so long ago.
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- Terry Nelson said...
I was thinking of you when I wrote this:
"Some blogs are very personal, and because of that, they are incredibly interesting, they allow us to know a soul more deeply, and we discover something about ourselves in relationship to the person communicating with us."
This is a good post.
- Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Adoro, I hope your mom kept those two books you wrote in the second grade. I'll bet they aren't nearly as terrible as you think. For a second grader to write any kind of book is an achievment. I kept anything like that my kids did. The latest treasure is a full-length sci-fi fantasy novel on CD written by my oldest son. Like you, he has a day job he doesn't like, but which pays his bills. But some day he's going to achieve his dream of being a published author. And you will succeed at God's dream for you, whatever that may be. He gives us not just second chances, but many chances, to praise Him by using His gifts. I will pray that you find the unique path that God is guiding you on.
- Wednesday, March 28, 2007
- Adoro said...
Terry, ~ Thank you. I take that as a huge compliment from you!
Melody ~ Those "books" were truely atrocious! They consisted of two pieces of cut cardboard attached to a length of beige construction paper folded a few times to make "pages". The "cover" was covered by bad fabric. I think I had a crayoned-in sentence on each page with such inane things like "Birds fly and they eat worms." I had crayon-colored pictures of cardinals and blue jays. Mom recently got rid of all of our old stuff..if those "books" are in existance, they'd have to be in my possession. I might consider burning them! LOL!
I actually have a novel I wrote when I was 12...and rewrote and rewrote and I've started again as an adult but through adult eyes this time. Can't seem to finish the story or get the right storyline. But I have the beginnings of other novels. One of these days I'll have to sit down, make an outline, and just do it. Maybe one day God will grant me my dream of being a published author (actually, He has), but in a way in which I can actually make a living on it.
All in God's time and through His will.
God bless you! How awesome to have a full-length novel by your son. That is a treasure indeed.
- Wednesday, March 28, 2007
- Fr. V said...
The thing that I like best about your blog is the different angle from which you attack topics than I even think to try. So cool and thanks!
- Wednesday, March 28, 2007
- Unknown said...
Just musing here.
Jeepers, if a guy had one of Shakespeare's or Mellville's or Clemens/Twain's or Tolstoy's first attempts at age 7 or even older, they might be quite collectible.
Hang on to those, Adoro.
Or give them to me. I have a lifestyle I'd love to become comfortable with that I might be able to afford once you hit it big. [GR]
- Wednesday, March 28, 2007
- Adoro said...
Fr. V. ~ It has to come from God because I don't think I could string two words together without him. So..if it's good, the credit goes to God...if it's not good...blame me. :-)
Ray ~ Don't get too far ahead of me here! No one has offered me any lucrative contracts, no matter how much I'm begging for one. Besides...I found some typos in this piece (oh, and word on the street is that CatholicDaily is going to publish this piece sometime next week....) :-)
- Wednesday, March 28, 2007
adoro te devote,
Art--my pearls that I threw to the pigs. The pigs trampled them into the mud--and I don't think I can recover them.
But as in the parable of the prodical son, when the father see's his son coming home to meet him, the father RUNS to the son.
Perhaps if we make the effort to ask our Father to return to us our gifts--will our Father run to meet us, show us where in the mud are our pearls help us to clean them and enjoy the gift.
I am afraid to search for the pearls--so long ago lost.
- Thursday, March 29, 2007
- Adoro said...
Only God can find them. Great analogy!
- Thursday, March 29, 2007


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Ingeniero Agroindustrial. Universidad Nacional de Colombia, sede Palmira, firstname.lastname@example.com
PhD. Facultad de Ingeniería y Administración, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, sede Palmira, firstname.lastname@example.com
PhD. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Universidad del Valle, firstname.lastname@example.com
Received for review April 4th, 2011, accepted August 3th, 2011, final version August, 12th, 2011
ABSTRACT: Films of different concentrations of glycerol/starch (G/S) blends were prepared and analyzed by impedance spectroscopy (IS), differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). The dc-conductivity of the films increases by increasing both the glycerol content and temperature. A power-law dispersive behavior of the frequency-dependent conductivity at high frequencies has been observed in all G/S films in the blend compositions prepared, similar to that observed in other solid ionic conductors and known as a "universal dynamic response." The electrical conductivity enhancement is consistent with the subtle changes in the -OH glycerol groups coordination with the starch chains introduced by increasing the glycerol content and temperature. A stable single phase is revealed under the electrical measurement conditions up to approximately 100 °C for all concentrations, but the stability can be maintained up to higher temperatures (∼150 °C) at glycerol concentrations below G/S = 0.4.
KEY WORDS: cassava starch, glycerol, electrical conductivity, phase behavior
RESUMEN: Se prepararon películas de diferentes concentraciones de glicerol/almidón (G/S) y se caracterizaron a través de espectroscopía de impedancia (IS), calorimetría diferencia de barrido (DSC) y termogravimetría (TGA). La conductividad dc de las películas incrementó con el incremento en el contenido de glicerol y la temperatura. La dependencia de la conductividad con la frecuencia mostró un comportamiento de ley de potencia a altas frecuencias para todas las películas, similar al que se observa en otros conductores iónicos sólidos, el cual es conocido como "respuesta universal." El incremento en la conductividad eléctrica es consistente con el aumento en grupos -OH a medida que se incrementa el contenido de glicerol y la temperatura. Para todas las concentraciones, y bajo las condiciones de las medidas eléctricas, se observó una fase estable hasta aproximadamente 100 °C; la estabilidad se mantiene hasta temperaturas del orden de 150 °C a concentraciones de glicerol por debajo de G/S = 0.4.
PALABRAS CLAVE: almidón de yuca, glicerol, conductividad eléctrica, comportamiento de fase
In recent years, the analysis of natural polymers derived from renewable sources, such as starch, has gained importance [1]. Many studies have been conducted to understand the various properties of the films produced from this biopolymer [2-6].]]> The industrial use of starch is based on its biodegradable nature, low cost and abundance in availability [3]. It can be used as a polymeric matrix in short shelf life products [7]. Starches can have different grades of semi-crystallinity and grain size depending on their botanical source [8,9]. Starches from corn, cassava, wheat, or rice are commercially available and have specific properties that suit many applications at the industrial level [10]. The production process of biopolymers is based on plasticizing the native starch in the presence of a plasticizer rich in hydroxyl groups such as glycerol [11,12]; nevertheless, the plasticizing effect of some other compounds such as water, citric acid, and some polyalcohols, have also been analyzed [2,6,13,14].
The plasticizer increases the flexibility of the film due to its capacity to reduce the amount of internal hydrogen links between polymer chains, thereby reducing the glass transition temperature (Tg) [15,16]. Due to the flexibility of these biopolymers, their main applications are in the field of surface plastic coverings such as capsules and low humidity environment packing [17]; nevertheless, it is probable that depending on the nature of the plasticizer, the electrical conductivity of the biopolymer would increase, thus opening the path to new applications such as solid polymer electrolytes. This functionality has attracted much attention in recent years for its use in a variety of electrochemical applications such as humidity sensors, rechargeable batteries, and fuel cells [18,19].
The objective of this study is to assess the effect of glycerol on the electrical and thermal properties of cassava starch plastic films. Earlier investigations have reported that the addition of polyalcohol such as glycerol or ethylene glycol improves the conductivity of various polymeric systems [20]. With the objective of understanding the ionic conduction mechanisms and their relations to the phase behavior of glycerol/starch films, this paper investigates the effect of the synthesis route on the dynamics of ionic conduction, which are examined as a function of the temperature and frequency of the applied electric field. Special emphasis is put on the dependence on water content in partially hydrated membranes. As a matter of fact, the usual polymer electrolyte membranes such as Nafion â (developed by DuPont de Nemours, USA, in the 1960s) are somewhat unusual electrolytes in that, in the presence of water, which is readily absorbed by the membranes, they become highly ionic conducting materials. However, the most significant drawbacks of these commercially available proton-exchange membranes (PEMs) are the relatively high cost, the dependence on high levels of water content for conduction, and instability at temperatures in excess of 100 °C.
2.1 Materials
Cassava starch HMC 1 was supplied by the International Center of Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Colombia. The cassava was planted in the southwest of Colombia, in the Valle del Cauca province. The moisture content of the starch was determined by drying the sample in an air-oven at 105 °C for 24 h until constant weight and the value was 13.7 ± 0.3 wt % (wet basis). Glycerol commercial grade was 99 %.
It is important to point out that the cassava starch used to prepare the membranes was initially gelatinized using an aqueous solution of 3.0 wt % concentration at 70 ± 0.5 °C. If the solution was instead thermally treated at temperatures lower than 62 °C, then semi-crystalline starch granules precipitate from the solution. Even more, as it was previously reported [21], at about 62 °C, amylase starts to escape from the solution; and, as a consequence, the viscosity of the resulting gel increases considerably.
Preparation of glycerol/cassava starch films
Glycerol/ starch films at various concentrations were prepared by using a previously reported solution casting method [17,22,23]. As was described above, the cassava starch was previously gelatinized at 70 ± 0.5 °C during 15 min under a constant agitation of 250 rpm. Glycerol, which acts as a plasticizer, was added in different proportions into identical starch suspensions in beakers at 70 ± 0.5 °C and treated at this temperature during an additional 15 min under a constant agitation of 250 rpm. The mixtures with a gel texture were then spread over Teflon containers and dried at 50 °C for 18 hours in a SASSIN mlw oven, until they became solid. We obtained smooth, uniform in thickness, semitransparent to the visible light, and thin membranes.]]> The thickness of the resulting films was done in triplicate and was determined with a precision micrometer (Mitutoyo Tokyo, Japan). It varied between 0.06 and 0.17 ± 0.01 mm. The films were stored in desiccators with silica gel for a period of 96 hours and then transferred in sealed polyethylene bags to the various instruments for analysis. We prepared five Glycerol/Starch (G/S) concentrations, in the weight ratio, G/S = 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4 and 0.5, respectively.
2.2 Films characterization
2.2.1 Moisture Determination
The moisture content of the films with the concentrations prepared was determined following the AOAC (1990) standard [24], by drying the sample in an air-oven at 105 °C for 24 hours until constant weight was reached; this determination was performed at least twice.
2.2.2 Impedance Spectroscopy (IS)
The electrical measurements were made for glycerol/cassava polymer films by an ac impedance method. The polymer membranes were sandwiched between SS304 stainless steel, ion-blocking electrodes, each of a surface area of 0.785 cm2, in a spring-loaded stainless steel holder. The measuring cell was located in a sealed, temperature-controlled chamber [25]. A Pt 100 temperature sensor was kept close to the G/S polymer membrane for temperature measurement. Each sample was equilibrated at the experimental temperature for at least 2 min before measurement. The complex impedance measurements were carried out using a LCR meter (Wayne Kerr 6420, New Boston, USA) controlled by a computer, in the frequency range from 20 Hz to 3 MHz at an excitation signal of 100 mV. Possible nonlinear effects were checked at amplitudes of up to 500 mV over the entire frequency range for a typical cell. The impedance of the composite polymer membrane was recorded at various isotherms in the temperature range between 30 and 150 °C. All sweeps were carried out in a sealed chamber. The experimental temperatures were maintained within ± 0.1 °C by the temperature-control of the shielded chamber. All polymer membranes were studied at least three times.
2.2.3 Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA)
The TGA measurements were made using a thermogravimetric analyzer (TGA 2920 TA Instruments, New Castle, DE, USA), under a flow of dry N2 (50 ml/min). The films were weighed directly into an aluminum pan (2-3 mg). The pans were heated from 30 to 330 °C at a rate of 10 °C/min. The weight loss and weight derivatives were determined from the TGA curves by means of the Universal Analysis 2000 software provided by the TA Instruments Company. All G/S polymer membranes were studied at least three times.
2.2.4 Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC)
The DSC measurements were made using a modulated differential scanning calorimeter (MDSC 2920 TA Instruments, New Castle, DE, USA) under a flow of dry N2 (50 ml/min). Films were weighed directly into an aluminum pan (3-5 mg), which was hermetically sealed. An aluminum empty pan was used as a reference. The pans were heated from -20 °C to 300 °C at a rate of 10 °C/min. The calibrations of the DSC temperature and heat flow were done according to the standard ASTM (D-3418) [26], using the pure indium (melting point 156.4 ºC) with the same heating rate used for the DSC measurements (10 ºC/min). The transition temperatures (onset, To; peak, Tp; and conclusion, Tc) of the observed thermal events were determined from the DSC curves by means of the Universal Analysis 2000 software provided by the TA Instruments Company. Calorimetric enthalpy (DH) associated with the thermal events was determined by numerical integration of the area under the peak of thermal transition. All G/S polymer membranes were studied at least three times.
3.1 Moisture Determination
The moisture content of the glycerol/starch (G/S) films with concentrations G/S = 0.1 and G/S = 0.2 was 7.3 ± 0.1 wt % (wet basis), and that of the films with concentrations G/S = 0.3, G/S = 0.4, and G/S = 0.5 was 10.1 ± 0.1 wt %.
3.2 Impedance Spectroscopy
Impedance spectra of films gave Nyquist plots. Figure 1 shows several typical (-ImZ vs. ReZ) plots taken at T = 30, 70, 100, 110, 130, and 150 ºC for the film G/S = 0.3. Note that the Nyquist plots show in the operating frequency range a well-defined arc passing through the origin in the high frequency limit, which is related to the conduction process in the bulk of the films. It can also be noticed that the extrapolation of the arc to the ReZ axis, whose intercept is the bulk resistance of the film, R, decreases with increasing temperature, thus showing some kind of thermal activated process.
Figure 1. Representative impedance plots for the G/S = 0.3 film at 30, 70, 100 ºC (a), and 110, 130, 150 ºC (b)
The dc conductivity, s, was calculated from the Nyquist plots as usual, using the formula, s = d/AR, where d is the thickness, and A is the contact area of the film; R is obtained from the intercept of the arc with the ReZ axis, as indicated above. Figure 2 shows the temperature dependence of the dc-conductivity for the G/S films in the blend compositions prepared, plotted as Log s vs. 1000/T. Based on the least square analysis of the corresponding data, they were better fitted to the Arrhenius rather than to the VTF (Vogel-Tamman-Fulcher) type-models, if two segments, one at low temperatures and another one at high temperatures, are selected (see Fig. 2-b for a representative fitting for the dc-conductivity data of the G/S = 0.4 film). The activation energy, , is calculated from the fitting parameters, according to the Arrhenius model, , where kB is the Stefan Bolztmann's constant (8.6171E-5 eV/K). Table 1 gives the activation energy for all the G/S film compositions prepared, in two temperature ranges: 50-80 ºC () and 90-150 ºC (), respectively, for the compositions G/S = 0.1, 0.2, and 0.3; while in the case of those for G/S = 0.4, the data were fitted in temperatures ranges 30-90 ºC (), and 100-150 ºC (), respectively. However, the data for G/S = 0.5 were analyzed only in the low-temperaure region, 30-100 °C (), since at higher temperatures the sample showed high thermal inestability. Note that the activation energy in the high temperature region is lower that of the low-temperature region, except for the sample with the lowest glycerol content (G/S = 0.1). This change in slope is often observed in polymer electrolytes [27,28] and it is generally associated with a thermal change in the polymeric complex, between two different elastomeric phases with different water content.
]]> Figure 2. Log dc-conductivity vs. inverse temperature plots for the G/S films (a), and Log dc-conductivity vs. inverse temperature plot for the G/S = 0.4 film. Solid lines are linear fittings to the Arrhenius model (b)
Table 1. Arrhenius activation energy, , for the G/S films. The energy of activation was calculed as the product between the slope of the matematical model by (-1), by Stefan Bolztmann's constant (KB)
It is important to stress that the VTF-type thermal activated process of the dc conductivities is usually observed for dehydrated polymer electrolytes, in which the dominant mechanism for ion transport depends on the chain motion of polymers. However, when the polymers are hydrated, the dc conductivity is better fitted to an Arrhenius-type model, as is the case in the present work.
Figure 3 shows the dependence of the dc-conductivity on glycerol concentration, G/S, in which s vs. glycerol content is plotted at several isotherms. Increasing the temperature and concentration of glycerol, the dc-conductivity increases. The highest
Figure 3. Dc-conductivity vs. glycerol concentration plots at eight different temperatures
conductivity value, 2.13 E-04 Scm-1, is that of the G/S = 0.5 film, found at 100 ºC. Thus, the ionic conductivity of the prepared G/S films are in the range of the typical solid electrolytes, such as ionic crystals, glasses, composites, and polymer-salt complexes, which lie in the range of 10-6 £ s £ 10-1 Scm-1, a characteristic of dilute ionic solutions [17,18].
We have dealt so far with the dc-conductivity of the G/S films and its dependence on glycerol concentration and temperature. Much effort has also been devoted during the last few decades to understanding the dynamics of ionic transport in ionic conducting materials. One of those research activities is focused on the origin and properties of the long-range ion motion, and electrical relaxation is the most commonly used experimental tool used to access ion dynamics. Figure 4 shows typical plots of the frequency dependence of the real part of the conductivity, s' (w), for the G/S = 0.3 film, presented in a double-logarithmic scale at several isotherms (the ac-conductivity, , was calculated from the complex admittance data, where G and C are the parallel conductance and capacitance, respectively). Power-law dependence seems to appear in Fig. 4 at the high frequency range, which is quite evident at lower temperatures; and a crossover to a frequency independent dc regime (dc-conductivity plateau), occurs at low frequencies. The crossover defines a characteristic relaxation frequency, which increases with increasing temperature. The observed dispersive behavior of the frequency-dependent conductivity at high frequencies has been interpreted as a result of the many body interactions between charge carriers. It is important to stress that the values of , obtained by the extrapolation of the dc-conductivity plateau (low-frequency region) shown in Fig. 1, coincide within the experimental error with those obtained by using the values of R given by the Nyquist plots (Fig. 1), by extrapolating the circular arc to the real axis of the impedance plots.
]]> Figure 4. Real part conductivity vs. frequency for the G/S = 0.3 film, presented in a double logarithmic scale at several temperatures
Identical results to those reported for the G/S = 0.3 film in Fig. 4 were found for all films. These profiles have been widely observed in highly structural disordered materials like ionic conducting glasses, conducting polymers, amorphous semiconductors, and doped crystalline solids [29]. This feature is often referred to as "universal dynamic response." Thus, these observations indicate that charge transfer mechanisms based in ion migration mediated by either ion-ion or ion-polymer chain interactions, similar to those found in other ionic materials, are also responsible for ionic conductivity in the G/S polymeric complexes.
3.3 TGA thermal analysis
Figure 5 shows TGA (a) and differential gravimetric analysis (DTG) (b) curves of the G/S polymer films prepared. The TGA and DTG curves of the G/S = 0.5 polymer film reveal three main weight loss regions. The first region in the 30-100 °C temperature range is due to the evaporation of physical weakly and chemically strongly bound water; the total weight loss of the membrane is about 10 wt % at 100 °C. The second transition region in the 100-230 °C temperature range, which also appear as a peak in the DTG curves is due to the degradation of glycerol in the polymer membrane; the total weight loss corresponds to this stage about 23 wt % at 230 °C. The third peak at about 300 °C is due to the degradation backbone of starch polymer membrane; there is a total weight loss of about 78 wt % at 327 °C.
Figure 5. TGA (a), and differential gravimetric analyzer curves DTG (b), for the G/S films
Furthermore, the TGA and DTG curves for the rest of the G/S polymer films with less glycerol content (G/S = 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, and 0.4) also exhibit three main weight loss regions. The first stage, similar to that of the G/S = 0.5 film, e.g., is shown in the 30-100 °C temperature range, as well the fact that due to the evaporation of water and the total weight loss, it is about 10 wt % at 100 °C. However, in the second transition region, which is also shown between 100 and 230 °C for all polymer films, no peak in the DTG curves are observed; but the rate of weight loss with temperature increases with increasing glycerol content, due to the degradation of glycerol in the polymer films. Similar to the TGA curve for the G/S = 0.5 film, the third region shows a peak at about 300 °C which is due to the degradation backbone of the starch polymer membrane and there is also a total weight loss of about 78 wt % at 327 °C.
3.4 DSC thermal analysis
Figure 6 shows a plot of heat flow vs. temperature between 10 and 240 ºC obtained by differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) for the G/S polymer films equally hydrated as shown by the TGA curves (Fig. 5). A broad endothermic peak between approximately 30 and 150 °C is observed in the DSC curves on heating for all G/S films concentrations which is associated with water content in the films and its interaction with the polymer matrix (starch + glycerol). Table 2 summarizes the change of enthalpy (DH) and the corresponding peak's temperature for each G/S concentration. The enthalpies are given in J/g by dividing the enthalpy obtained from the DSC data by the total mass of the sample. It should be emphasized that the measured enthalpy corresponds to the total energetic of the biopolymer molecular interactions, i.e., of the starch + glycerol + water constituents (gel type biopolymer) and not for the starch component only. It is found that DH decreases as the glycerol content increases in the G/S films with concentrations of up to G/S = 0.4 indicating that water molecules are less bound when the glycerol concentration increases. However, for the G/S = 0.5 films, DH increases again because of the contribution of the enthalpy associated with the degradation of glycerol. It should be stressed that in the whole operating temperature of the DSC measurements (from -20 to 300 °C), no other thermal event was observed in the DSC curves in the temperature ranges between -20 and 30 °C as well as between 150 and 300 °C, except for the exothermic events that start to appear at about 240 °C, associated with the degradation backbone of starch polymer membrane.
]]> Figure 6. DSC curves for the G/S films
Table 2. Change of the enthalpy (DH) and the transition temperatures for the G/S films
The effects of adding glycerol, which is rich in hydroxyl groups and acts as a plasticizer, to the cassava starch were mainly on increasing dc electrical conductivity of the prepared biopolymer films, where the film G/S = 0.3 present the critical concentration on the increase dc-conductivity (see Fig. 3), which may be due to the increased presence of hydroxyl groups in the films. Its addition, it was also important to reduce the biopolymer intermolecular forces, the mobility of its polymeric chains, and to improve the mechanical characteristics of the resulting film, such as the film extensibility [30]. The concentrations of plasticizer were chosen based on our preliminary experiments and the reproducibility of the electrical measurements, which are very sensitive to the homogeneous incorporation of it, as well as to the water content in the films. In fact, when the films are equilibrated in an open cell at a high relative humidity (~70 RH %), we observed that the ionic conductivity steadily decreases when temperature is increasing, due to the evaporation of water from the films. This is why special attention was placed on maintaining the water content in the films for the electrical measurements constant, and since the conductivity vs. temperature sweeps act as a heat treatment (that diminish this water content). Besides, the sample geometry and the cell configuration used for the electrical measurements helped to control the water evaporation at a very low level during the data acquisition. Therefore, the data in Figs. 1-4 reflect the increase of the ionic transport with increasing temperature at almost constant water content or in a single phase, which is stable in a wide range of temperatures above room temperature, depending on the glycerol content.
Furthermore, the dc conductivity shows a thermally activated process with a well-defined activation energy, , in wide temperature ranges (see Fig. 2 and Table 1); these results corroborate homogeneous or single phase film. For example, the G/S = 0.5 film shows a constant phase up to approximately 100 °C, with a single Arrhenius-type activated process, whose activation energy is = 0.19 eV. Meanwhile, for the other films (G/S = 0.1-0.4), a break in the activation process is observed at around 100 °C that may be due to a change between two different elastomeric phases due to different content in them, as pointed out in Section 3.2. This observation is correlated with the TGA results (Fig. 5) for identical films, in which at about 100 °C the evaporation of water takes place under the TGA measurement conditions (open can under a flux of N2 gas). From the analysis of the TGA (Fig. 5) and DSC results (Fig. 6), the broad endothermic peaks observed in the DSC curves for all films between 30 and 150 °C under a constant N2 flux could rather be associated with the interaction starch-water-glycerol in the film. Thus, the results of DH (Table 2) might be taken as the basis for evaluating the extent of interaction the G/S polymer films and water. This is so because, according to the TGA results, all the films lost an equal amount of water up to 100 °C (~10 wt %). The fact that DH decreases with the increasing of the glycerol content from 10 to 40 wt % indicates that the interaction of the water molecules with the G/S polymer backbone decreases with increasing glycerol. When 50 wt % of glycerol was added, DH increases again because the contribution of the enthalpy associated with the degradation of glycerol starts to be appreciable at this concentration, mainly above 100 °C. Due to the plasticizing effect of glycerol and water on the starch films, the endothermic peaks could not be associated with a melting stage of the films.
In summary, the results from partially hydrated cassava starch gelatinized membranes plasticized with appropriate content of glycerol and under controlled gas atmosphere, indicate that although water is an important factor in ionic conductivity, temperature also plays an important role in overcoming the activation barriers for ion motion, which we believe is mainly of a proton nature. Apart from a vehicular mechanism, water could also participate in the transport by a Grotthus-type mechanism transferring protons between neighboring sites provided by the glycerol [26].
The authors are grateful for the financial support received from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia and DIPAL through the project-codes QUIPU 2010100772 and 2010100729. They are also grateful to Teresa Sánchez of the CIAT Palmira (Colombia) for supplying the cassava starch, and to the Laboratorio de Nutrición Animal, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Palmira.
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A root canal is the normally occurring anatomic space within the root of a tooth. It contains the pulp chamber (within the coronal part of the tooth), the major canal(s), as well as extra intricate anatomical branches that may link the origin canals per various other or to the surface of the origin.
At the facility of every tooth is a hollow location that houses soft cells, such as the nerve, capillary, as well as connective tissue. This hollow location contains a reasonably vast room in the coronal section of the tooth called the pulp chamber. These canals go through the facility of the origins, similar to the method pencil lead runs through a pencil. The pulp obtains nutrition via the capillary, and also sensory nerves bring signals back to the mind. A tooth can be spared pain if there is permanent damages to the pulp, using root canal therapy.
Root canal composition contains the pulp chamber and also root canals. Both consist of the dental pulp. The smaller sized branches, referred to as accessory canals, are most frequently discovered near the root end (pinnacle) however might be come across anywhere along the origin size. The complete number of root canals per tooth relies on the number of tooth roots varying from one to 4, five or even more sometimes. In some cases there is greater than one root canal per root. Some teeth have an even more variable internal makeup than others. An uncommon root canal form, complex branching (specifically the existence of horizontal branches), and several origin canals are thought about as the primary root causes of root canal therapy failures. (e.g. If a secondary root canal goes unnoticed by the dentist and also is not cleaned as well as sealed, it will stay infected, causing the root canal therapy to stop working).
The particular attributes as well as complexity of the internal composition of the teeth have been extensively studied. Utilizing a replica strategy on hundreds of teeth, Hess explained as very early as 1917 that the internal space of dental origins is often a complicated system composed of a main location (root canals with round, oval or irregular cross-sectional shape) and also side components (fins, anastomoses, as well as accessory canals). As a matter of fact, this side component might stand for a relatively big quantity, which challenges the cleaning stage of the instrumentation procedure in that cells remnants of the important or lethal pulp in addition to transmittable aspects are not easily removed in these areas. Hence, the image of root canals having a smooth, conelike form is normally also radical as well as underestimates the reach of root canal instrumentation.
The area inside the origin canals is filled with an extremely vascularized, loosened connective tissue, called dental pulp. The dental pulp is the cells of which the dentin section of the tooth is composed. The dental pulp aids the complete formation of the second teeth (adult teeth) one to 2 years after eruption right into the mouth. The dental pulp also nourishes and moisturizes the tooth structure, making the tooth much more resistant, less weak as well as much less prone to crack from eating hard foods. Furthermore, the dental pulp provides a warm and cold sensory feature.
Origin canals offering an oblong cross-section are found in 50– 70% of root canals. In addition, canals with a "tear-shaped" sample prevail when a solitary root includes two canals (as happens, for instance, with the extra mesial root seen with the lower molars), nuances that can be harder to value on timeless radiographs. Recent studies have revealed that use cone-down CT can identify accessory canals that would have been missed in 23% of situations, which can, subsequently, lead to apical periodontitis. The upper molars, in particular, are predisposed to have an occult accessory canal in nearly fifty percent of clients.
Root canal is also a colloquial term for a dental operation, endodontic treatment, wherein the pulp is cleared out, the area sanitized and afterwards filled.
When rotating nickel-titanium (NiTi) data are used in canals with flat-oval or tear-shaped cross sections, a circular birthed is produced due to the rotational action of the steel. Additionally, small cavities within the canal such as the buccal or linguistic recesses may not be instrumented within the tooth, possibly leaving residual illness throughout disinfection.
Tissue or biofilm remnants along such un-instrumented recesses may bring about failure because of both insufficient sanitation and the failure to properly obturate the root-canal space. Consequently, the biofilm must be removed with an anti-bacterial throughout root canal therapy.
A dental implant (also recognized as an endosseous implant or fixture) is a medical part that interfaces with the bone of the jaw or head to support a dental prosthesis such as a crown, bridge, denture, facial prosthesis or to act as an orthodontic anchor. The basis for modern dental implants is a biologic process called osseointegration, in which materials such as titanium create an intimate bond to bone. The implant component is very first placed to make sure that it is most likely to osseointegrate, then a dental prosthetic is added. A variable amount of recovery time is required for osseointegration before either the dental prosthetic (a tooth, bridge or denture) is affixed to the implant or a joint is positioned which will certainly hold a dental prosthetic.


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January 18, 1947 - October 2, 2018
John was born on January 18, 1947 in Pekin, Illinois to Donald E. Hilst and Addie Eileen Stockert (Hilst) and passed away in Carrollton, Texas on October 2nd, 2018 at the age of 71.
John grew up in Pekin and graduated from Pekin Community High School in 1965. He then started his career at Keystone Steel and Wire in Bartonville, IL. In 1982, he moved his family to Texas where he continued his career at Cargill followed by Mary Kay Cosmetics from where he retired in 2009. John was always a hard-worker and while maintaining his primary career, he opened and grew his own company T.J. Computer Services.
John had a great love for baseball and especially appreciated the history of the great ballparks with Wrigley Field being his favorite. He grew up a huge Cubs fan and became a Texas Rangers fan after his move to Dallas.
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Shirley Reynoldd
October 11, 2018 7:41AM
Dear Terry, John will be missed dearly, but in those lonely times, Just remember, John served his purpose with us and you'll will be together again my friend. God Bless
Diana Woods
October 10, 2018 7:19PM
My sympathy and concern goes out to Terry, Kevin and Gregg in the loss of John. May God bring peace and healing.
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Linda Ash
October 10, 2018 5:27PM
Terry, my heart goes out to you. I only had 1 chance to talk with John but he sounded to be a nice and funny guy. I'm sure he will be missed by all his family and friends. RIP John
Terry Gee
October 10, 2018 10:10AM
My sweet John, I can't believe you are gone. My love for you is unfailing and I miss you dearly. We had a wonderful 26 years together and great memories. You will never be forgotten. You will always remain in my heart and my thoughts. Until we meet again my love. I love you!