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WhatsApp now got the free voice calling feature as they announced already. This news has been revealed by an Android user who is using the current version of WhatsApp in his Smartphone. He has taken the pictures and recorded the free voice calling feature of Whatsapp and then shared with other people in the Reddit. With that, so many users has came to know regarding this. He is recognized as an Indian and now it's available in India and it's rolling out slowly to each corner of the world. (Must Check: WhatsApp Download For PC).
This feature of WhatsApp works only in the invite-only basis, which means, whoever you wanna make a voice call, they also need to get the present running Whatsapp version. If they have it, then no problems, you can proceed. Actually in older versions of Whatsapp, you'll see Contacts and Chats tabs at the top. Now the Calls tab has been placed at one side of them, you'll notice three quick tabs right at the top.
WhatsApp Free Voice Calls Introduced & Rolling Out
Now you'll feel contacts in your WhatsApp as your mobile contacts because it has got such a good listing organization. When you tap on Calls, it'll show all the contacts and you can dial that number. It also stores your recent dialed numbers which allows you to make a redial speedily without taking much time.
You've call handling settings such as sending a message while you're in a call, loudspeaker and mute option. It's exactly like a mobile dialing and recently WhatsApp has released the Web version WhatsApp.
Firstly, WhatsApp was only in the Android phones but then an android emulator has been created to use WhatsApp for PC and recently it has been released in the Google Chrome web version. It has also got WhatSim to make free calls from anywhere. No one can expect how much time it takes to expand throughout the world but hope it'll come soon.
This is what we got for you about this WhatsApp voice call making feature. I believe you find it useful, share it with your allies and circles. Leave a comment, if you wanna say anything about this topic.


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As Goes Ohio So Goes The Nation
The best news for Democrats since Bush daughter's (yet to be exposed) multiple abortions, has to be the collaring of Ohio Governor Bob Taft for violating ethics laws stemming from some scandilous rounds of golf. A corrupt republican governor could turn over the most heavily fought for swing state in the country. Keep your fingers crossed. His penalty was only $4,000 dollars but it may cost him a boat load more.


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I have been busy trying to get my "Work on Writing' Folders right. This year we have gone for a plastic document wallet where our students will house all their writing tasks. There is a handwriting alphabet laminated card that has capitals, lower case and numbers. We use an old texta - it doesn't matter if it doesn't work - it is just for the flow and formation. There is a card that has the 100 most used words (DOLCH), a card that has the rhyme - ants on the apple - a-a-a, balls are bouncing b-b-b etc (yellow card) and a card that has their name with the font we use in Victoria, Australia.
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This first rubric is about a WOW planning picture. Getting students to see detail, background and use colour makes it easier for them to write. Currently we are basing our writing on Discovery Learning - Me and My family.


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The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg shares his thoughts on the year's Most Engaging Article
In December, we released our annual list of the 100 Most Engaging Stories of the year, and it was filled with authentic and impactful stories that ranged from breaking news to longform portraits of the human experience.
In fact, the number one Most Engaging Story on the list came from The Atlantic, with "My Family's Slave" – a longform, honest, confessional essay on the secret of late author Alex Tizon's life: of growing up with his caretaker Lola, simultaneously a beloved mother figure and slave in his family home.
Chartbeat spoke to Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic Editor-in-Chief, about this story, the others that made our Top 100 list, and how the state of reader engagement has changed in the past year.
Terri Walter, CMO of Chartbeat (TW): First of all, congratulations on publishing the most engaging story of the year. "My Family's Slave" was a wonderful, authentic piece, and it drew massive readership. We've seen personal struggle storytelling top the list across the board this year. Is this a trend we should be watching closely?
Jeffrey Goldberg, Editor-in-Chief of The Atlantic (JG): In a polarized political environment in which people reduce each other to caricatures, when a person like Alex Tizon comes along and tells a gloriously complicated human story, that story connects in remarkable ways.
People value story, people value great writing, people value true emotion.
When we published Alex Tizon's piece, we were at the beginning of the Trump presidency, and Trump was seemingly the only thing on everyone's minds. I had no idea that a tragic, very personal story by an esteemed but not particularly well-known writer would connect in such a dramatic way. But we learned that the marketplace still rewards quality. It's a shocking, original story, and the reader understood that he was being honest.
TW: Can you tell me a little bit more about the reaction and the readership?
JG: We've never had more readers in the Philippines. I'm pleased that we can open up a subject for another country in ways that I would never expect – the miracle of the internet. This was the year in which Donald Trump became president and all of the related drama ensued, and yet "My Family's Slave" was still the most engaging story – about anonymous people from another culture.
It really goes to illustrate the power of epic, human storytelling: Humans are most interesting when they're most complicated.
It's an extraordinarily specific story about a small group of Filipino-Americans, but I was watching this live on Chartbeat and I was sitting there with my mouth open trying to figure out what was going on. We were seeing 80-90K people reading the story at any given moment.
I was asking myself "why?" What was it about that story that moved people? And how do we make more stories like that?
We really believe in narrative and strong storytelling. What is it about that moment, about the story, about the writing, about the presentation, that made a very specific story incredibly universal? We're honestly still trying to figure it out – what was the secret here? But when you marry a heartbreaking story to beautiful writing and put it in the marketplace, the marketplace rewards you. Readers know that this is something extraordinary.
TW: What about The Atlantic article that made the number 5 spot on the list – "Are Smartphones Destroying a Generation" – how does that story fit into this dialogue?
JG: Universal anxieties are ripe subjects. Like any good publication, we're here to understand the worries, hopes, and anxieties of our readers – and we're here to identify them before people know they're worries, hopes, and anxieties. The way technology disrupts everything – from parenting and work to democracy itself – is a huge subject for us.
The job of journalism is to explain why people think what they think and why they worry about what they worry about. It speaks to our universal anxieties.
In this piece, the writer gives voice to the anxiety of the reader. I don't know anyone who doesn't worry about this, but I had never read in one place such a great explanation of what I'm worried about.
TW: Do you think coverage has changed with the Trump administration?
JG: Everything is accelerated, we're doing so much more. We're living in a novel period that we've never experienced, and it only follows that readers want authoritative, well-reported, accurate guidance on what's going on in the world.
It's a merciless atmosphere for journalists, and first and foremost we have to be accurate and we have to be fair. There's no forgiveness. But this is what the Atlantic was made for. We were founded at a moment of national fracturing. In its DNA it's meant to grapple with the biggest questions of the American identity and the American idea, and I think that magazines should listen to their DNA.
Read Alex Tizon's piece "My Family's Slave" here, and see what else made the list of Most Engaging Stories of 2017 here.


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Bonn Juego has been Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Jyväskylä in Finland since 2014 with research, teaching and publication record in the fields of global political economy and development studies, and in the geographical areas of Southeast Asia and the Global South.
As NIAS Guest Researcher, Bonn is initiating a Nordic-wide consortium project on "The Political Economy of Contemporary Nordic-Asia Development Relations." The project aims to generate a new empirical and theoretical understanding of the so-called "private turn" in recent foreign policy of Nordic donor governments focused on economic diplomacy and private sector development. Its findings will have significant implications for both developed and developing countries in terms of democratization processes and feasible development strategies.
Bonn regards NIAS as an important part of his academic nurturing, starting off as a recipient of the SUPRA Nordic Scholarships for MA and PhD in 2005 and 2007, respectively. He earned his PhD in Development and International Relations from Aalborg University, Denmark (2013); MA in Regional Integration from the Asia-Europe Institute, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur (2005); and BA in Political Science from the University of the Philippines (2000).
In addition to his academic appointments, Bonn has professional stint working at the government, a grant-providing foundation, in civil society organizations, in development consulting, and a business school.
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The focus of my master's thesis is Danish commercial diplomacy in China. My thesis is a qualitative case study of the roles of local Chinese commercial advisors at the Trade Council of Denmark from a stakeholder perspective.
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Lindsay Arthur Tamm, MA, University of Akureyri
The Role of Law for Asian States in the Future Legal Order of the Arctic
Rooted in international law, Polar Law describes the legal regimes applicable to the Arctic and the Antarctic. Lindsay's research combines her BA degree in East Asian studies with the future legal order of the Arctic—a very timely issue considering the recent observer status to the Arctic Council granted to five Asian countries. Her research covers the role of law for Asian States both within and outside of the Arctic Council by looking at overlapping legal regimes including the implementation of the IMO Polar Code, the new legally binding Scientific Cooperation Agreement under the auspices of the Arctic Council, the future fisheries negotiation in the Central Arctic Ocean, and even the wider implications for the Arctic of the newly ratified Paris Agreement. In her research, each of these legal frameworks will be considered not as a whole, but through the lens of Asian State's participation in the future legal order of the Arctic.
Maren Aase, PhD, University of Oslo
Opportunities Lost and Found: The Everyday Politics of Disaster in Bangladesh
Maren Aase is a Ph.D. student working at the Centre for Development and the Environment (SUM) at the University of Oslo, where she also coordinates SUM's interdisciplinary Research School. In her study entitled 'Opportunities Lost and Found: The Everyday Politics of Disaster in Bangladesh' Aase studies the longer term aftermath of cyclone Sidr. Sidr ravaged the southern coast of Bangladesh 15 November 2007. Focussing on local relationships between disaster response and risk, the study sheds new light onto prevailing accounts of 'the case of Sidr' as an example of successful disaster preparedness.
We are currently welcoming two new SUPRA's at NIAS:
Perrine Gouiffès, MA, University of Turku
Casualized Youth: imposed identities and self-agency in a state of crisis in South Korea
"I am currently studying at the Center for East Asian Studies at Turku University, Finland. My thesis project relates to temporary workers in South Korea following the deregularization of the post-1997 labour market. I aim to realize an ethnographic study of service-industry youth workers."
Hanna Ye, MA, Lund University
Cash for childcare and Gender Equality in South Korea: Challenging Women's Childcare Labour and Childcare Choice
"I am currently working on my master thesis project in Sociology at Lund University. My master thesis project looking at the challenges for married women's childcare labour and childcare choice, is to investigate cash for childcare and its implication for gender equality in South Korea."
Emilie Wellfelt, historian/anthropologist, will be a guest researcher at NIAS in October-December 2016. Her research will be into the topic 'Birds of Paradise: The role of trade skins to the introduction of Islam in the Spice Islands'.I have a special interest in material culture and the ideas objects invoke. Mainly I have worked on Indonesian textiles as they are important objects in ritual and economic exchanges, and textile studies have the benefit of opening doors to women's worlds. I speak Indonesian and have over the last two decades spent a lot of time in this fascinating and multifaceted country. In the last few years I have worked on two projects. The first was my PhD research, for which I recently defended my thesis entitled Historyscapes in Alor. This work moves in the borderlands between history and anthropology exploring oral traditions and indigenous knowledge systems among different ethno-linguistic groups on the island of Alor, in southeastern Indonesia. Apart from the empiric contribution I have developed a methodology to handle history that is oral, place- and object-oriented, as opposed to – or rather complementary to – western chronological history based on written archives. I did my PhD at Linnaeus University where I am still associated with Linnaeus University Centre for Concurrences in Colonial and Postcolonial Studies. The second project entitled 'Roos & Ruins: A project to document the Ujir language of the Aru Islands' funded by Volkswagen Stiftung is an interdisciplinary enterprise concerned with documenting the language, culture and history of Ujir, a community in the Aru Islands, the far eastern fringe of Indonesia, between New Guinea and Australia. Historically, Ujir is interesting as it is the easternmost reach of an early spread of Islam into Island Southeast Asia. The research I am doing at NIAS brings together different strands of my interests, while being a rather specific study. I am investigating the potential role of the Bird of Paradise to the introduction of Islam in the Spice Islands (Maluku) in the 15th-16th centuries.Please feel free to contact me in person or by email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Emilija Zabiliute is a South Asia and medical anthropology scholar based in Copenhagen. She has recently defended her PhD dissertation entitled 'Living with Others: Subjectivity, Relatedness and Health among Urban Poor in Delhi" at the University of Copenhagen, Centre for Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies.
India's health indicators show significant disparities across the social class as poor suffer from variety of health disorders and lack of access to care. Emilija's study takes this matter as a vantage point to explore everyday lives and health-seeking practices among urban poor in an informal settlement at the margins of Delhi.Based on a long-term fieldwork among urban poor, formal and informal medical practitioners and at a governmental health clinic dedicated for the poor, the study provides ethnography of everyday lives of the poor and their complex healthcare ecologies in an informal settlement. By taking everyday life as a vantage point to study illness and healthcare encounters, the study explores the effects of kin and neighbourly relatedness in women's health choices and illness experiences.
Apart from her PhD thesis, Emilija's most recent publication is "Wandering in a Mall: Aspirations and Family among Urban Poor Men in Delhi" in the journal Contemporary South Asian Studies. At NIAS, Emilija will be working on developing her thesis chapters into academic publications.
Mette Gabler, PhD, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Creating Slogans for Social Change. An Inquiry into Advertising, Gendered Imagery and the Politics of Change in Urban India
The PhD project focusses on the ideas and understanding of change through the perspectives of individuals engaging in the production of advertising with social or commercial objectives. Thereby, this project is based on the conviction of media's influential power and is set among debates concerning the dynamics between media and social change while contributing with the rarely discussed perspectives of producers and considering change beyond identifications and descriptions.
Konrad Moss, MA, University of Oslo
Maintaining cultural identity in Pondicherry
Konrad is currently working on his MA thesis which is based on field work in the South Indian city, Pondicherry. His focus lies on personal identity and definition of group identity within "Franco-Pondicherrien" and "Tamil-Pondicherrien" communities.
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Sons of Apollo - Psychotic Symphony
On the paper it's a Dream Team. Look : Mike Portnoy on drums (Dream Theater, Adrenaline Mob, Flying Colors, Winery Dogs), Derek Sherinian on keyboards (Dream Theater, Alice Cooper, Yngwie Malmsteen, Black Country Communion), Billy Sheehan on bass (David Lee Roth , Mister Big, Winery Dogs), Jeff Scott Soto on vocals (SOTO, Yngwie Malmsteen, Axel Rudi Pell, WET, Journey) and Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal on guitars (Guns'n'Roses, Art of Anarchy). You have read well these names more than prestigious. This five major teamed up to form this Sons of Apollo. Dream Team, yes it's true on paper, but on record, what about ?
Although in Dream Theater Portnoy and Sherinian had collaborated in only one album of the band : Falling Into Infinity in 1997. Portnoy and Sheehan play together in Winery Dogs (with Ritchie Kotzen). There is in this band musical talent but also of composition.
But who is this Apollo whose five claim the sons? And are not they somewhat presumptuous? Apollo is (among others) the Greek god of arts, song, music, masculine beauty, poetry and conductor of the nine muses. Just that.
Psychotic Symphony contains nine titles, some of which are very long. Example the first title God of the Sun composed alone by Derek Sherinian. A long Arabic intro to keyboards before the entry of the guitar and rhythmic. I tell you right now I'm not a fan of Mike Portnoy's drums playing. Too "complicated" and too technical for me. That said yes of course he's a great drummer. Jeff Scott Soto's vocals are as usual perfect. A huge singer. The chorus flies, all keyboards and guitars out. It is obviously Derek Sherinian who dominates the debates with the keyboards since he composed the piece. The musical end is splendid. Just when Ron Thal's guitar resumes debate. His solo is just right out of who knows where. A long epic piece of 11 minutes.
Coming Home is fast, again with an excellent chorus. Soto is huge. We can just blame the production of Portnoy and Sherininan "to flatten" the instruments. That said, no one is drawing attention to him, the egos of some seem to be put aside. Many guitars and we like that. Same rhythm for the long Signs of the Time with an always successful chorus. A musical bridge of the most nervous before a jazz rock lull like Jeff Beck knows to play, welcome. Sublime Sign of the Times. Rhythmic is most sulphurous. Keyboards, Jeff Scott Soto's broken voice for a dark Labyrinth where Portnoy does a little less about using the double bass drum. A well-done piece, where Mr. Thal's clear guitars are splendid. Ron Thal can play all kinds of music. It turns to jazz and progressive rock in the middle of this long piece (more than nine minutes). Then we come back to the construction of the piece. It's a real group, I told you. The musical end is magnificent, the Sherinian solo flirting with the Arabian.
We slow down with Alive and its intro with the clear guitar then Soto's clear voice too. Definitely a great singer. A rock song quite dark even in its lyrics. The chorus flies away and returns to earth. For me who am not very progressive rock, THE piece of the album. Solo of keyboards that gives way to a guitar solo came out... we do not know where from. Alive is a moment of happiness.
The musical respite is short-lived since we are back on a speed road with Lost in Oblivion with guitars and rhythmic aggressive (Sheehan is excellent too). Let's not forget that the Portnoy / Sheehan pair is found in Winery Dogs, a rock band, however. No respite for 4 and a half minutes. Another amazing chorus.
Figaro's Whore is a one-minute instrumental composed by Sherinian. Not really essential but the keyboardist shows his talent (does he really need?).
Divine Addiction is a success. It takes the pace of the Deep Purple's Perfect Strangers era. Ron Thal plays the role Ritchie Blackmore and Derek Sherinian play Jon Lord's organs. The choirs are very beautiful and Jeff Scott Soto is equal to the greatest. The solo of Ron Thal is magnificent of presicion and humanity.
The last title is long, more than ten minutes. It is a dark instrumental, violent, percussive, dominated by strange keyboards. Opus Maximus, since it is its title, slows, is even full of sensitivity and feeling before starting "gradually". The Thal / Sherinian agreement is irreproachable and masterful. The rhythmic softens (yes) and it resumes like a cavalry in the plains of the far west. An epic title.
Technical, real songs, feeling, musicians out of the ordinary: Sons of Apollo is a real group with five personalities with temperaments well forged. Apparently it is urgent to admit that Apollo has found his sons. They are Ron, Mike, Derek, Billy and Jeff.
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[artist id="1219435"]Bow Wow[/artist] knows what it's like to be in the spotlight as a young artist in a high-profile relationship with another singer (in his case, [artist id="1801883"]Ciara[/artist]), and he knows how intense the media glare can be.
But he also reportedly told OK! magazine that while he hasn't spoken to former tour mate Chris Brown or [artist id="1940303"]Rihanna[/artist] since their alleged altercation on the eve of the Grammys, which resulted in Brown's arrest on suspicion of making criminal threats, he was shocked by the picture that leaked last week showing Rihanna bruised and battered following the alleged incident.
"Just shocking," Bow Wow reportedly told the magazine. "I mean, we heard what happened but we really didn't get a visual for it. But I mean, hey, man. The picture speaks for itself."
The rapper, promoting his latest album, New Jack City II, said that when he first heard about the alleged incident, he was skeptical. "I mean, being in the business, the first thing is, 'Ah, it's false, another rumor, bloggers just wanting to have traffic to their site,' " he said. "But when the story was unfolding, it was kind of shocking to all. Chris is a good friend of mine. We've had the opportunity to tour together. And then Rihanna, she's just a beautiful person. Period. Never done no wrong to nobody."
But Bow Wow, who was the target of much speculation during his teenage romance with Ciara, pleaded for the singers' privacy until the facts of the case are more well known.
"I've been in a high profile relationship before and I know how it feels when everybody's in your business," he said. "It just puts more pressure. And the only way they're going to get over the situation is just to let them deal with it. And that's what I really want to do. I'm praying for them both.
"At the end of the day," he continued, "I've always believed in whatever happens with people's business ... my mom always told me don't get into [it]. And the situation is so major I think they just need their space and I think they need to deal with it."
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Wednesday, 30 January 2013
Guest Post: Elizabeth Kay – Travel Broadens the Pen
9 comments:
- Susan Price said...
Loved this, Liz. Thanks - and Liz will be blogging for us every month from March onwards.
- 30 January 2013 at 10:10
- Mark Chisnell said...
Great post, and boats still work for isolation, Liz, so long as you break the radio and satphone and keep them far enough offshore!
- 30 January 2013 at 10:35
- Hywela Lyn said...
Fascinating post, Liz. Much as I love modern technology and comforts, I also love wild places. I write futuristic, so have things like sunspots and alien activity to stop my characters' signals for help from getting though! :)
- 30 January 2013 at 15:37
- Guido said...
Have your characters visit New Zealand. Large stretches with feeble or no signal.
- 30 January 2013 at 17:53
- glitter noir said...
Wonderful. This post made me want to reach for my old traveling shoes. You know, I'm doing just that as a I type.
- 30 January 2013 at 21:40
- Dennis Hamley said...
That was lovely, Liz. It's good to know what the origin of The Divide was. And Beware of Men with Moustaches sounds wonderfu. I shall get it: I reckon it's my sort of book. Guido, your new Zealand advice is spot on, though it has other attractions besides feeble signals!
- 31 January 2013 at 13:04
- Katherine Roberts said...
Good to see you here, Liz! Good luck with the Kindle book.
As for those pesky mobile signals, I just zap them with a bit of magic...
- 31 January 2013 at 18:49
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|Nonlinearity detection using fault-generated second harmonic
|Di Stefano et al.
|Battery-operated condition monitor
|Distortion measurement system
|Jones et al.
|Portable telephone line test set
|Distortion measurement system
|Circuit to reduce harmonic distortion in a triangular wave-form function generator
|Instrument for measuring harmonic distortion in telephone transmission
|Distortion analyzer with automatic tuning circuit
|Narimatsu et al.
|Distortion measuring device
|Kristensen et al.
|Apparatus for detecting faults in buried cables including means for applying a composite signal having fundamental and even harmonic frequency components
|Electrical test instrument
|Visual indicator of harmonic distortion
third means connected to said second means for selectively varying the single, predetermined harmonic which is indicated by said modified signal.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention pertains to apparatus for measuring and indicating harmonic distortions in conductors, such as power lines. More particularly, the present invention pertains to a portable, simple-to-use, and highly versatile instrument for quickly measuring and indicating a range of individual harmonic distortions in conductors.
2. Description of the Relevant Art
There are known devices for detecting and/or displaying harmonic distortion in conductors. Such known devices are for example, disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 2,782,366, 3,916,296, and 3,927,281.
U.S. Pat. No. 2,782,366 discloses "oscillographic apparatus for analyzing the performance of amplifiers, modulators, detectors and the like." The disclosed apparatus comprises a circuit including a test oscillator, a group of potentiometers, amplifiers tuned to first, second and any other desired harmonic, a battery, and a group of oscilloscopes for providing output displays. This known apparatus has many disadvantages. For example, it is very bulky and difficult to use, especially in remote locations. Also, this apparatus can only be used in testing individual parts which have been disconnected/isolated from their normal use, and harmonic distortion in voltage signals.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,916,296 discloses a high sensitivity/high resolution distortion analyzer including a parallel-T circuit bridge that is tuned by adjusting two variable elements, typically a resistor in one branch of the circuit and a capacitor in a second branch of the circuit. The turning is achieved by separate feed-back circuits that utilize a +45° or a -45° phase-shifted signal derived from an input voltage signal. This apparatus is substantially easier to use than that disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 2,782,366, but still has several problems and disadvantages associated therewith. For example, the apparatus is still quite inconvenient to use (especially in remote locations) because the operator is required to turn off the power to an electrical component before connecting the analyzer thereto (resulting in expensive down time), and because the operator is required to adjust the variable elements. Also, the disclosed analyzer, like that disclosed in patent U.S. Pat. No. 2,782,366, is limited to analyzing the harmonic distortions of a voltage signal, and does not include any means for selectively choosing various single harmonics to be measured.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,927,281 discloses an instrument for measuring harmonic distortion in telephone transmission lines. The instrument measures the harmonic distortion introduced during telephone line transmission, and can distinguish between the harmonic distortion introduced at the send terminal and that introduced in the receiver terminal The disclosed instrument comprises a frequency phase lock circuit which generates "disturbance-free", in-phase and quadrature voltage signals of a received test tone, the disturbance-free generated tones being different from the transmitted test tone as a result of possible frequency shift along the transmission channel and phase shifts in the terminal equipment at both ends. As disclosed the instrument is connected to an oscilloscope 50 for providing an output display. This instrument has associated therewith substantially the same problems and disadvantages as discussed above with regard to the analyzer disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 3,916,296.
Conventional distortion analyzers, including those discussed above, have many problems and disadvantages associated therewith, and have as a whole failed to fulfill a need in the art for a portable, simple-to-use and highly versatile instrument which can be used for quickly and easily locating and measuring problem-causing harmonic distortion in substantially any conductor while the conductor is in normal operation.
The present invention has been designed to overcome the many problems and disadvantages of known harmonic distortion analyzers, and to satisfy a great need in the art, as discussed above.
According to the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for locating and measuring harmonic distortion in a conductor, the apparatus comprising a first means detachably connectable to a conductor for providing an input signal indicative of electrical energy in the conductor, a second means connected to the first means and receiving the input signal therefrom, the second means providing a modified signal indicative of the strength of a single, predetermined harmonic of the input signal, and third means connected to the second means for selectively varying the single, predetermined harmonic which is indicated by the modified signal.
Additionally, the apparatus according to the present invention may further comprise a fourth means connected to the third means and receiving the modified signal therefrom, the fourth means providing a display of the modified signal, and a fifth means interconnected between the first and second means for automatically controlling a gain of the input signal so that the input signal remains essentially constant despite variations of the electrical energy in the conductor.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a portable, simple-to-use and highly versatile instrument for measuring a range of individual harmonic distortions in electrical conductors, and for readily locating sources of such harmonic distortions.
Another object of the present invention is the provision of such an instrument which can be readily attached to conductors, such as power lines, while electrical energy is continuously present therein, or in other words, without circuit interruptions.
A further object of the present invention is the provision of such an instrument capable of producing accurate harmonic measurements and indications over very large voltage and current ranges.
Still another object of the present invention is the provision of a fast acting auto-gain circuit acting on an input signal from the first means to thereby eliminate the need for manually zeroing the instrument as circuit loads vary, and so that harmonics can be easily and accurately read while the amount of electrical energy in the conductor is changing.
Yet another object of the present invention is the provision of such an instrument which is very compactly and efficiently arranged in an impact-resistant, water-resistant case such that an operator can easily carry and manipulate the instrument with a single hand.
Other objects, advantages and salient features of the present invention will become apparent from the following detailed description, which, when taken into conjunction with the annexed drawings, discloses a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a portable instrument according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a main circuit of the instrument shown in FIG. 1.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram of an internal, rechargeable power supply of the instrument shown in FIG. 1.
FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of the main circuit for the instrument.
FIG. 5a is a schematic diagram of the power supply circuit, and FIG. 5b is a schematic diagram of a low battery indicator circuit for the power supply.
Referring to FIG. 1, there is shown a portable instrument according to the preferred embodiment of the invention, which is generally indicated by reference numeral 1. The instrument includes a carrying case 2 which internally houses the main circuit 4 shown in FIG. 4, the power supply circuit 6 shown in FIG. 5a and the low battery indicator circuit 9 shown in FIG. 5b; a clamp on current transformer 8 which is selectively connectable to the main circuit 4 through a signal input jack 32; a power on/off switch 10 and a corresponding power on indicator light 12; a display scale 14 for indicating the level of harmonic distortion; a selector switch 16 which permits an operator to select a particular harmonic which is to be shown on the display scale 14; a low battery indicator light 18; a battery charging cord 20 and a corresponding power input jack 22.
The case 2 is preferably constructed from a moldable, impact-resistant, water-resistant plastic, and has the circuits 4, 6, 9 permanently mounted in a base portion 24 thereof below a face plate 26. The power supply circuit 6 preferably includes the pair of rechargeable battery packs 28, 29 (See FIG. 5a), which battery packs would be recharged when necessary using the removable charging cord 20. However, circuit 6 could have any other appropriate/desired construction. For example, the circuit 6 could include a single battery pack and a voltage inverter.
The current transformer 8 is selectively connectable to the main circuit 4 through a signal cord 30 which plugs into the signal input jack 32 on the face plate 26. The depicted, preferred current transformer 8 is a conventional, readily available component constructed as two halves 34, 36, each including a portion of the transformer core 35 at one end thereof. The halves 34, 36 are pivotally connected together such that the portions of the transformer core 35 can be opened by manually squeezing together a pair of handles 38, 40 at opposite end of the halves 34, 36 thereof. The current transformer 8 also includes a biasing means (not shown) for normally holding the core end of the transformer in a closed position. Then, the current transformer 8 can be easily attached to/around substantially any conductor by simply squeezing the handles 38, 40 together, positioning the opened end of the current transformer next to the conductor, and releasing the handles so that the opened end of the transformer clamps around the conductor. Thus, the current transformer can be clamped around the conductor without interrupting the circuit, thereby enabling measurements during plant operation.
The current transformer 8 preferably has a frequency response to at least 5 kilohertz so that higher harmonics are not attenuated and so that the transformer provides an accurate input signal over a large measurement range. Also, the transformer is preferably insulated to permit measurements in bus bar systems energized up to very high voltages, such as up to 600 volts AC.
The harmonic selector switch 16 permits an operator to choose the particular harmonic which is to be measured by the instrument. The selector switch is preferably constructed as a rotatable dial which locks into a plurality of positions corresponding to the various harmonics. For example, is an preferred construction of the invention, the selector switch 16 could be rotated to eleven different positions corresponding to current or voltage amplitude for the fundamental, 2nd harmonic, and odd harmonics 3rd through 19th. These harmonics are the most likely to cause problems in electrical power systems.
The display scale 14 provides output readings for the instrument, which readings show the current amplitude of the selected harmonic as a percentage of the fundamental current amplitude. As shown, the display scale 14 is preferably constructed as a multi-step light bar and a corresponding printed scale reading 0% to 100%.
Optionally, the instrument 1 may also include a recording device (not shown), such as a paper chart and a marking tool, which could record the output readings over a period of time.
When the instrument 1 is not being used, or is being transported, the signal cord 30 and the charging cord 20 are disconnected from their associated jacks 22, 32 and a lid 25 of the case 2 is secured over the base 24 by latches 27. Also, a padded carrying case (not shown) may be used for conveniently carrying the case 2, the current transformer 8, the signal cord 30 and the charging cord 20 during transportation or periods of non-use.
Referring to FIGS. 2 and 4 there is respectively shown a block diagram and a schematic diagram of the main circuit 4 of the instrument 1. The main circuit 4 comprises an input signal conditioner 50 which receives an input signal from the current transformer 8, auto-gain circuit 52 which receives a conditioned input signal from the conditioner 50, a buffer 54, a filter 56 which filters the input signal and provides a modified signal indicative of the strength of a single predetermined harmonic of the input signal (corresponding to the harmonic chosen using the selector switch 16) relative to the strength of a fundamental harmonic of the input signal, a programmable clock or frequency synthesizer 58 which includes the harmonic selector switch 16 and is connected to the filter 56 for permitting the operator to selectively vary the single, predetermined harmonic which is indicated by the modified signal, an amplifier 60, and a display circuit 62.
According to the preferred embodiment of the present invention the instrument 1 is used to measure a current input signal from the current transformer 8. However, it is within the scope of the present invention that the instrument 1 could alternately be used to measure the harmonic distortions of a voltage input signal by connecting the main circuit 4 between the conductor and ground. For such use, it would normally be necessary to provide a stepdown transformer between the conductor and the main circuit 4 to assure a sufficiently low voltage input signal. Also, because voltage harmonics normally constitute a significantly smaller percentage of the fundamental than corresponding current harmonics, it would be desirable to modify the display circuit 62 and display scale 14 so as to provide output readings over a smaller percentage range of the fundamental, such as 0% through 10%. The input signal conditioner 50 shown in FIG. 2 is indicated as having both a current to voltage portion and a voltage to voltage portion corresponding to a current input signal and a voltage input signal, respectively.
The auto-gain circuit 52 is constructed of fast acting, state of the art electronic components which are initially factory calibrated, thereby eliminating any need for manually zeroing the meter before each use, or as the amount of electrical energy in the conductor varies. This feature of the present invention desirably permits harmonics to be easily read while the load is changing. Thus, data can be taken to show the dependence of a single harmonic or several harmonics upon changing load conditions, and such data can provide a great deal of insight as to the source of problem-causing harmonics.
The preferred embodiment of the auto-gain circuit 52 comprises a voltage to current converter or (rectifier) 64, a buffer 66, a current control, variable gain amplifier (or cell) 68 and an operational amplifier (op amp) 70. Note, there are available compandor chips, such as NE 571 which combines elements 64-70 and NE 572 which combines elements 64-68, that could be used in the present invention. The automatic gain circuit 52 receives an input signal from the signal conditioner 50 and controls the gain of the input signal to provide a substantially constant output signal to the buffer 54. Rectifier 64 and op amp 70 receive power input from the battery 28 at terminals 72, 74, respectively, while op amp 70 is also connected to battery 29 at terminal 76. Buffer 54 is connected to battery 29 at terminals 78, 80.
Filter 56 preferably, comprises a multiple-order programmable, switched capacitor filter 82, such as LTC 1061 CN, and an amplifier 84. The filter 82 would preferably be programmed as a band pass filter using known software, and would be connected to battery 29 at terminals 86, 88. However, the filter 56 could comprise any other desired or appropriate means. For example, the filter 56 could be constructed as an active filter using op amps.
The frequency synthesizer or programmable clock 58 could, for example, comprise a source clock 90, a phase lock loop 92, a pair of divide by n CMOS counters 94, 96, a programmable logic array (PAL) 98, the harmonic selector switch 16, and a pull-up resistor network 100 associated with the switch 16. The source clock 90 is preferably a one kilohertz source clock, such as a PXO-1000 programmed as a one kilohertz source clock, while a 4046 chip could be used as the phase lock loop 92, 4522 chips could be used as the counter dividers 94, 96, and an EPROM chip, such as TMS 2516, could be used as the PAL 98. Of course, any other desired source clock 90 could be used, in which case a different, appropriate PAL 98 might also have to be substituted for the TMS 2516. Components 90, 92, 94, 96, 98 and 100 are each connected to the battery 29 at terminals 102, 104, 106, 108, 110, and 112, respectively. The filter 56 is connected to the frequency synthesizer 58 through the output of the phase lock loop 92.
As shown, the preferred display circuit 62 could, for example, include a plurality of LEDs 114 corresponding to the number of steps in the display scale 14 and at least one linear programmable chip 116, such as LM 3914, which has been appropriately programmed in a known manner. However, it will be understood that the display circuit 62 and the display scale 14 could be alternatively constructed as any other desired display means, such as an analog type dial meter. Also, the display scale 14 could include multiple light bars corresponding to the number of harmonics measured, and the main circuit 4 (including the display circuit 62) could be modified to provide a simultaneous display of each of the measured harmonics as a percentage of the fundamental.
Referring to FIGS. 5a and 5b there is shown a power supply circuit 6 and a low battery indicator circuit 8 according to the present invention. The power supply circuit 6 preferably includes the pair of rechargeable battery packs 28, 29, as discussed above, as well as a recharger circuit 114 for the battery packs. The battery packs 28, 29 preferably have different voltage outputs. For example, battery pack 28 could have a +12 volt DC output, while battery pack 29 could have a +5 V and a -5 volt DC output. The battery recharger circuit 114 has input terminals 116, 118 which would be connectable to an appropriate power source, such as 120 volts AC, through the recharger cord 20 when necessary.
The low battery indicator circuit 8 includes an amplifier 120 and a pair of LEDs 122, 124. LED 122 functions as a voltage reference, while LED 124 lights to indicate low battery at indicator 18. As indicated, the low battery indicator circuit 8 is preferably connected to battery pack 28 at terminal 126.
As discussed above, the main circuit 4 of the harmonic distortion measuring instrument 1 permits the instrument to be used for measurements on systems having a wide range of voltages (for example, up to 600 volts), and will provide accurate harmonic readings over a very wide range of line currents (for example, over a range of 10-1000 amps). The depicted main circuit to 4 could also be used to measure line currents in the range of 0-10 amps, but such measurements would not be as accurate as measurements in the range of 10-1000 amps. It will be understood, however, that the depicted main circuit 4 is merely a preferred embodiment, and that the circuit 4 could be modified for accurate use in any voltage range and any current range.
Operation of the instrument 1 is as follows.
Initially, an operator would connect the current transformer 8 to the main circuit 4 by plugging it in to the input jack 32, and would then clamp the current transformer 8 around a desired conductor, such as a power line. The current transformer must be connected to the input jack 32 before it is clamped around the conductor, or a high voltage will be developed on the transformer leads and this can present a severe shock hazard.
For making the actual measurements, all that an operator is required to do is turn on the instrument 1 using the on/off switch 10, and then turn the harmonic selector switch 16 to the desired harmonic. Normally, the selector switch will initially be turned to the fundamental harmonic, whereby the display scale 14 should read 100% if there is sufficient current in the conductor being measured. The operator then would turn the selector switch to each other desired harmonic and could record the harmonic amplitude measurements indicated by the display scale 14. Subsequently, the operator would interpret the recorded data to determine the sources of problems that have been encountered with particular conductors.
An exemplary data record sheet, including exemplary data, is shown in Table 1.
In reference to Table 1, the auto-gain feature of the instrument 1 was used to determine/record the amplitude of harmonic distortion in the conductor while a suspect harmonic source, such as an SCR drive, was turned on and off. In this manner, the auto-gain feature is particularly useful in locating equipment that is causing (is the source of) harmonic distortion. From the data in Table 1, the operator would be able to trace motor overheating and excessive bearing wear to the fifth harmonic component in the motor current when the SCR drive is operated at high power. The harmonic current causes the motor rotor to "cog" and has the effect of hammering on the bearings. The extra current also increases the operating temperature of the motor.
Also, the operator would note the concentration of harmonic current in the capacitor. Since capacitor impedance decreases with frequency, the presence of harmonics causes a large increase in capacitor current, resulting in heat dissipation. When the SCR drive is at idle, the decrease is manageable, but with the drive operating a high power, the capacitor current is near the limit for both the capacitor and the fuse. This could explain a capacitor fuse blowing which was observed. With the SCR drive at high power, enough harmonic distortion exists in the line to affect computer circuits.
On the basis of the data shown in Table 1, the operator would be able to recommend a desired course of action. In this case, a course of action would be recommended which would improve the overall power factor and reduce the harmonic interference. For example, a tuned fifth harmonic filter or trap, sized to improve the power factor to the desired value, could be connected to the line at the SCR drive. This should reduce the harmonic currents at the small capacitors. If the problems with high capacitor currents continue, as determined by a recheck with the instrument 1, replacing these capacitors with a trap is another possibility.
Harmonic distortion measurements obtained using the instrument 1 could obviously be used for many other purposes. For example, detection of the second harmonic of electrical energy in a conductor can be used to indicate DC current components. Also, the harmonic levels in each leg of a three-phase system could be measured separately to determine if the phases are equally loaded.
Although there has been described what is at present considered to be the preferred embodiment of the present invention, it will be understood that the invention can be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof. For example, the modified signal which is being provided to the display circuit 62 could also (or alternatively) be provided to a computerized energy management system which would automatically control the power in the conductor to be within a desired range. Similarly, the modified signal could also be provided to an appropriate alarm means, such as an audio alarm, a visual alarm, etc., which would be activated (for example) whenever a measured harmonic exceeded a predetermined maximum, percentage of the fundamental.
The described embodiment is, therefore, to be considered in all aspects as illustrative, and not restrictive. The scope of the invention is indicated by the appended claims rather than the foregoing description.
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by Marissa Meyer
In this stunning bridge book between Cress and Winter in the bestselling Lunar Chronicles, Queen Levana's story is finally told.
Mirror, mirror on the wall,
Who is the fairest of them all?
Fans of the Lunar Chronicles know Queen Levana as a ruler who uses her "glamour" to gain power. But long before she crossed paths with Cinder, Scarlet, and Cress, Levana lived a very different story – a story that has never been told . . . until now.
Marissa Meyer spins yet another unforgettable tale about love and war, deceit and death. This extraordinary book includes full-color art and an excerpt from Winter, the next book in the Lunar Chronicles series.
Fairest is the story of the evil Queen Levana, and the prequel story for Marissa Meyer's Lunar Chronicle series. For those not familiar with the series it contains three full length novels (Cinder, Scarlet, Cress), two short stories (Glitches, The Queen's Army) and now a short novel with Fairest. The final novel, Winter, is scheduled to come out the Fall of 2015. The Lunar Chronicles is a science fiction re-telling of the classic fairytales Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel, and Snow White.
I received Fairest as a birthday gift and initially began reading it in February. You may be surprised it took me so long to finish the novel considering how much I love the other books in the series, but I just couldn't get into the story. This has nothing to do with Meyer's writing and story development. Her writing is good and the story moves well. It has everything to do with Levana as a character. I just don't like her because I have never been fond of the Evil Queen despite her many reincarnations over the last ten years. Charlize Theron's portrayal is by far my favorite, though I was less than impressed by the Snow White and the Huntsman film.
Anyways, a story about the Evil Lunar Queen wasn't going to be my favorite of the series, but I still wanted to read it. It should have been half the length, a novella instead of novel, because we spend far too much time delving in to the frantic, and often childish thoughts of Levant, resulting in her seeming more whiny instead of powerful and terrifying. I loved the glimpse into her psyche; how lost and confused she was, how desperate in her love, and how much she hated herself. I just wish the power of the final scene with the mirror resounded through the entire story.
I still recommend it to fans of the series. Fairest adds depth to the Queen, and provides a wonderful view on the early lives of some well known characters from the other stories. We get to see Cinder and Winter as children and even a few hints of Dr. Erland's life on the moon. Plus, its always fun to learn a character's backstory and Levana's is interesting…
Have you ready Fairest? What is your favorite story in the Lunar Chronicles?


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Iowa Christian conservatives are split on former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich's right-to-life record.
Here are examples of Gingrich's previous statements on abortion and stem cell research that give some social conservatives pause.
The New York Times on April 10, 1995, reported, "House Speaker Newt Gingrich on Sunday supported the availability of federally financed abortions for poor women who are victims of rape or incest and expressed opposition to organized school prayer, positions that are at odds with many conservatives in his party."
Also asked that year on CBS's "Face the Nation" whether he agrees with Republicans who oppose federal abortion payments in cases of rape or incest or to protect the life of the mother, Gingrich answered: "No. First of all, I think you should have funding in the case of rape or incest or life of the mother, which is the first step."
Later that year, Gingrich urged his colleagues in the U.S. House to accept language in an abortion bill that would not completely ban abortions under federal employee health plans, leaving in place exemptions in cases of rape, incest or to save the life of the mother, the Washington Times reported on Aug. 7, 1995.
Bill O'Reilly on "O'Reilly Factor" asked Gingrich on July 19, 2001: "Stem cell research, should President Bush approve some federal funding for that?"
Gingrich answered: "Well, I agree with Senator Bill Frist, as the only medical doctor in the Senate and as a world-class heart surgeon. I think that there are ways to have appreciation for life, to recognize the sanctity of life, but nonetheless to look at fertility clinics where there are cells that are sitting there that are not going to be used to create life. They literally today, they're unregulated, they can be thrown away. And I think the president, I hope the president, will find a way to agree that there ought to be federally funded research."
On ABC News' "This Week" on July 8, 2001, Sam Donaldson asked: "So he should approve stem cell research on embryos?"
Gingrich answered: "On embryonic cells that, that are pre-fetal."
Gingrich helped quash an effort to deny Republican Party funds to candidates who opposed legislation outlawing so-called partial birth abortions, according to a Jan. 21, 1998, article by the Associated Press.
The Republican National Committee at its winter meeting that year wanted to deny party campaign funds to Republican candidates who opposed banning most late-term, or partial-birth, abortions.
Gingrich addressed the RNC meeting on Jan. 16, 1998, calling for tolerance of candidates who support partial-birth abortion, saying he would campaign for them.
"It's the voters of America who have a right — in some places they're going to pick people who are to my right, some places they're going to pick people who are to my left and in both cases, if they're the Republican nominee, I am going to actively campaign for them, because when they get to Congress, whether they are a moderate Republican from the northeast, whether they are a very conservative Republican from the south or west, whatever their background."
The AP reported that Gingrich said he opposed the "barbaric" abortion procedure, and would continue to vote to ban it. But he argued that the resolution was the wrong way to eliminate partial-birth abortions.
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Providing sound, reliable and up-to-date life cycle inventory data is of great importance for the nickel industry
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The life cycle data collected by the nickel industry can be found in major databases, such as GaBi and ELCD. In addition, the Nickel Institute is in permanent dialogue with other public and commercial database holders to replace outdated nickel product life cycle data.
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Lincoln Cathedral is playing host to a celebration this Bank Holiday Weekend in honour of the engineering achievements of the city.
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Inside the cathedral, a long interactive timeline by Optima displays progress of engineering in the city, from the Romans to the present day. The timeline is over 50 feet in length. Representatives from a variety of local engineering firms, including Siemens, Dynex and Micrometrics, are on hand throughout the event to talk to people about engineering, from their job roles to getting into the field.
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By TheKeeper
So I currently have a 6 gallon planted tank that has been set up and running for 3 weeks. Im about to purchase my red cherry shrimp to put in this tank. There is plenty of algae in the tank for them to eat, so food should be fine for the beginning correct? Plus it is heavily planted meaning there is plenty of organic matter to be consumed at all times, so they shouldn't really need to be fed ever? Also i see that drip acclimation is best for getting them used to there new home. If i did this till the tank is half empty for provided them with as close conditions as possible without emptying the tank. Am i good to just refill the tank afterward or from now on when i do water changes do they all need to be dripped in? Also is it true that adding calcium to the tank is beneficial for the shrimp to molt?
Im a pretty experienced fish keeper, just haven't ever had with shrimp so I dont want to kill all these expensive shrimps due to lack on knowledge. Any more knowledge or advice that can be given to me is high encouraged, even if it seems simple.
Some specs of the tank, tanks does have a filter, that has small openings that could suck up baby shrimp. Its a small filter and has algae growth on the openings so it really does reduce the flow a bit, where i dont see it becoming a huge issue. The tank is co2 injected, but thats pretty nailed down so nuking them with co2 is highly unlikely. The tank has a soil bottom capped with coarse sand. The vast majority of the bottom of the tank is carpeted with plants but they still have a way to go. There is no lid on the top of the tank. The tank does have some natural river stones in it with the brown algae growth on them. And a lot of the plants have the white "bugger" algae growing on them or around them. The tank receives about 10 hours of light a day. I know i put a lot of un-important information here, but maybe a pro will see a problem here and be able to inform me so I can correct it. Thanks for your time and consideration in advance!!!!
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By TheKeeper
Ive done alot of research but let me explain my set up for you. I have a 6 gal tank that is approx 12 inch tall. It is a fertilized and currently has a DIY co2 on it, i did this by taking a 2 liter bottle and adding sugar and yeast, it is connected to a special co2 bubble (whatever they are called). The tank also has high lighting and is completely planted carpeted and bigger plants. Im about to be adding in my cherry shrimp and know that gassing them with co2 is possible at night. And im wanting to avoid this of course. Yet i dont want to spend alot of money upgrading my co2 system. The co2 bubblier is only 8-9 inchs from the water line. The majority of the bubbles reach the surface meaning not all the co2 is dissolving or there are other gasses present. Im wondering if I can get away with this co2 delivery system. Or what simple upgrades could be made so that it doesn't run at night? from what i understand it would be at night i would gas the shrimp? Also I do a 50% water change 1 if not 2 times a week.
Options ive thought of-
1. Instead of a 2 liter bottle maybe like a 12 oz bottle, scale back the yeast and sugar so there is less co2 being produced
2. Releasing the pressure in the DIY bubblier before bed. so it would take maybe 4-6 hour for the pressure to build up again and start bubbling
3. Upgrading system (Dont want to do this really, but i though of it)
By Shrimp>Wife
Hi Everyone,
I was inspired to make the stainless steel immersion tubes found in the following thread:
I made mine with the following materials
- x metres of annealed seamless stainless steel tube grade 316. Outer Diameter 12.7mm, Wall Thickness 0.9mm, ASTM 269. I got mine from Midway Metals in Sydney for $5 per metre.
- A hand bender, rated to bend thin walled stainless steel. Got one from ebay for $99.
- A tube cutter, again make sure it will cut thin wall stainless steel. I got mine from ebay for $32.
For 60cm tanks I recommend 3 metres of tubing
For 30cm tanks I recommend 2 metres of tubing
Your hand bender will have an inherent bend radius, using this you can calculate the length of tube that you will use up with each bend whether it be 90 degrees or 180 degrees and pretty much how much tube you will need depending on your design.
NOTES: I used 12.7mm tubing as you can then squeeze 12/16mm aquarium hosing on to it snugly (if you are paranoid use hose clamps as well). I also used 12.7mm OD tubing as its the maximum diameter you can get a hand bender for that is rated to bend stainless steel. Do not get thicker than 1.0mm walled stainless steel it will be a nightmare to bend. Make sure your stainless steel is annealed seamless tube this is specifically made for severe manipulation. This is for freshwater application only... the guys at midway said this would last 3 months in a saltwater tank lol. Good hand benders are each made for one specific diameter only, make sure you get the right one for your tube diameter.
I am happy to post links to the ebay items if I'm allowed to.
I'm pairing this with an Eheim 2213 and a Resun cl 200 chiller to chill 2 x 60cm tanks and ultimately 3 x 60cm, I'll update once this is done and give some feedback on the temp differences. I hope the info is useful.
By jessaweeshrimp
I am setting up a new tank and currently have a 36" 12 gallon, a 30 gallon long, a 20 high, a 10 gallon and a 29 gallon. I am now setting up a 75 gallon. I am using a Submersible and a HOB and a UG with Power heads.
My question revolves around running the Powerheads in reverse and feeding them with CO2 from a Citric/Baking soda set up. Will the CO2 hurt the plants being delivered to the roots first for maximum diffusion? I do use Seachem Excel in my tanks trying to give the plants the edge over the algae.
I have also used the H2O2 and CO2 punch technique successfully but haven't chatted too much about ferts and CO2. Does anyone see any concerns with my plan?
By Zebra
This is the new and improved steriliser.
its basically just 40mm pvc pipe end cap with spacers made from 40mm pipe.
2 wires connected to mesh close together in the water.
Splits the H20 on a molecular level, pretty cool for how simple it is.
Normal copper wire will work but it will dissolve within a few minutes, ive just used stainless steel BBQ skewers, these also worked well to just hang the whole unit from the side of the tank, and the stainless steel mesh from a tea strainer.
Then air line tubing to prevent the rods touching, and some heat shrink to hold it all together,
You just have to do tight connections like unless you have a SS welder,
I'm just using 12v DC so in theory I could easily add a fader to control the intensity of the steriliser just like the fancy ones.
I might do an actually write up on it later or something. For now I'm getting this bad boy in my zeb tank.
its working great, now how long should I have it on for? Haha
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Last week, the Chicago Tribune published a letter to the editor written by Peter Flowers, President of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA). ITLA is a statewide organization whose members, including the Chicago injury attorneys at Levin & Perconti who represent injured workers and consumers. In his letter to the editor, Mr. Flowers addresses insurance reform following the Illinois Supreme Court's recent ruling against arbitrary caps on victims' compensation.
Mr. Flowers set the background by informing readers that this was the third time the issue of caps was before the court and the third time that the Illinois Supreme Court ruled in favor of the citizens' right to seek just compensation. Following the decision, those who side with the insurance industry have had an unfavorable reaction to the Illinois Supreme Court ruling and in opposing its decision have spread fiction and chosen to ignore the facts of caps. Opposers state that the absence of caps caused an exodus of doctors from Illinois; however, the truth is that since 1963, the number of doctors in Illinois has increased.
Another piece of fiction that is often spread to readers statewide and physicians statewide is that insurance premiums for doctors rose because of the lack of caps on damages for medical mistakes. The truth is that the rise in insurance premiums has more to do with insurance company greed – the state's largest medical malpractice insurer recorded profits of $124.2 million from 2006 through 2008. The little decrease that happened when the caps were in place occurred because of insurance reform and state mandates.
Most people often forget is that compensation for victims is not a "prize." Illinois medical malpractice victims suffer from the medical mistakes for the rest of their lives; they deserve to seek justice. Mr. Flowers addresses that the solution to rising insurance premiums for physicians will happen by reforming the insurance industry. Reforms work and should be re-enacted so that doctors are not faced with unconscionable increases in their premiums while insurance companies make enormous profits. When insurance companies are held accountable, health care in Illinois will improve.


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Sunday, December 30, 2012
Attention all RPG Kickstarter Publishers
Better yet just factor it into the pledge levels and if you think the freebies from the stretch goals is going to blow your shipping budget then learn to factor that in as well.
Nothing more will sour a kickstarter then having to make a second payment to get the items you been patiently and generously, waiting for.
And I am not naming names as the company in question has done outstanding work in all other aspects.
Note that the shipping payment is NOT automatic. In my case it was an email requesting that I pay via PayPal. So if you have an issue you will have some time to respond rather than seeing money out of your account.
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- paulg said...
the company in question has done outstanding work in all other aspects
Well, I went in for the one book, based on a promise in the Kickstarter pitch of a cover by a certain artist. They decided to use an artist of lesser quality instead.
So, not outstanding in all other aspects as far as I'm concerned.
- December 30, 2012 at 10:54 AM
- Rushputin said...
The separate shipping charge shouldn't have been a surprise: I certainly knew it was coming.
I'm not thrilled about it, mind you, because yeah: they really should have just rolled it into the pledge levels, etc, but they really did try to make it clear that they'd be charging for shipping separately.
- December 30, 2012 at 11:22 AM
- Greyhawk Grognard said...
Not sure which KS you're specifically addressing here, but one nice thing that Kickstarter now does is allows you to put in automatic upcharges for overseas rewards.
So in my case, I factored the shipping into the pledge levels, and added something to cushion the foreign shipping costs, if applicable. It's quite handy-- wish they had had that feature when I did my first one!
- December 30, 2012 at 11:54 AM
It happened to me with a popular old school Kickstarter, where $5 for international postage morphed into a plea after the fact for a "donation" to cover the badly underestimated postal costs - like around $45 extra underestimated. While it was made clear that it wasn't compulsory, it was a damned if you do, damned if you don't situation. Don't pay the extra and you'd feel like an arsehole. Do pay the extra and you feel like you were taken for a ride (especially given that you made the pledge based on the original price including postage). The newly calculated total costs basically doubled the price of the original Kickstarter.
As far as I see it, the moral of the story here is for the publisher, not the customer. Do your bloody homework properly before you launch your crowdfunding project, otherwise you run the risk of pissing off your customers and may even turn them off purchasing any future product from you again. Better to overestimate the costs and chuck in a bonus afterward than hike up the costs or send out a begging letter once the Kickstarter has ended.
- December 30, 2012 at 2:47 PM
- Steven D said...
I also pledged the same KS project you were referencing and knew the shipping invoice was coming since day one. Not sure how I knew that but this came as no surprise...
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An inclusive offer and an alternative to extreme sports like teambuilding and similar offers.
Saga has developed a set of activities that we call "samskaping". Co-creation is one of our core products, because the activity is rooted in the practice and the values that apply to the making of the Saga Trollheimen. Everyone has an entrepreneur within themselves, but how can we better succeed in creating something together?


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The 'Woodstock' pendant, inspired by the timeless form of a guitar pick, has a beautiful story to tell. The center is inlaid with dinosaur bone, found in the American West, that is at least 100 million years old. Surrounding the fossil dinosaur bone is hand-forged mokume gane, made by twisting 89 layers of copper, nickel silver and brass into a remarkable and unique metal tapestry. All housed in a stainless body coated with black diamond, and presented on a braided Kevlar cord with sterling clasp.
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Mokume gane
Mokume gane was developed in the 1600s in Japan, allegedly by an Akita prefecture metalsmith named Denbei Shoami (1651 to 1728). He used the mokume gane technique to dress up samurai swords.
The mokume gane technique involves fusing several layers of different metals, and artistically exposing sections of lower layers. The metal is often made to display a pattern that mimics wood grain. A variety of metals can be used to give different arrays of coloration.
Layers of metal are pressed together and fused with heat. The forged layers are carved to expose lower layers and are then pressed again. The carving and pressing is repeated to develop the pattern.
Today, some of the finest mokume in the world is made here in the USA, and William Henry is proud to offer a range of this material on our collections. Our mokume is generally made with copper, brass, and nickel silver in either a 45 or 89 layer billet, forged and patterned by hand.
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Dinosaur Bone is probably the most exotic of our fossil materials — the fossil comes from a 100 million year-old Apatosaurus. Found and sourced in Utah, dinosaur bone offers the possibility of owning one of the most ancient zoological testaments of the planet. The colors can vary from red to brown, black and green, depending on the minerals surrounding the bone as it became petrified.
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The "Dreaded Potter's Thumb Crack" has struck again. Arriving on February the first, credit must be given to my yearly culprit for punctuality. Still at Stage One (very tiny) I will take care so that it doesn't split through Stage Two right into the advanced, Stage Three when a potter reaches for the Super Glue. (If only all problems were this small.)
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It's easy. Just make these parts… one tall circle thing, four flat things, and make extra pointy things so you can choose the best one later.
Take the flat things and cut some circles.
Put two circles together like this. Use your Bison tool to trim the little circle a bit.
Now, attach the conjoined circles to your tall circle thing. You are making a teapot! When you look through the bottom, you will see your fingers. Not mine.
Cut a circle from your third flat thing and attach a bottom to your teapot.
Use the last flat thing to make a lid.
Cut a hole in your tea pot. Don't forget to do this! Malcolm told me he forgot to do this once. That teapot did not work!
Attach a pointy thing over the hole.
Attach a different pointy thing as a handle. Use a damp brush to smooth things over.
Now only take sneak peek pictures and make people wait until NCECA to see your tea pot! Because you are ornery that way.
You can see more sneak peek pictures on my Instagram feed. @taradawley
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When I was a kid, and newly vegetarian, my dad would always buy me gifts that involved fur, bones or taxidermied reptiles. He thought it was soooo funny – and it kind of was. But little did he know, he was actually instilling an appreciation, an aesthetic even, for fur, bones and all things taxidermied. Thanks, Dad.
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Grayling, MI 49738
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Located Northest of Grayling, MI in Lovells Township on the North Branch of the AuSable River. In addition to making fly rods I also work part time in fly shops in the area. I am not saying living and working by a world class fishery makes you a better Rod maker. But I don't think it hurts either.
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I didn't catch the fish - But I did make the rod.
I am a well-seasoned (old) fly fisherman, and know a good rod from a poor one. I have been fly fishing for many years, and have been building and making rods since 2000. In order to ensure I could provide a quality rod - I attended workshops with three well known and respected Rod makers and made over 14 rods before offering a rod for sale. I like to make cane rods, and I like to see folks fishing and enjoying the rods I make.
I don't do presentation rods and I don't restore investment quality collector rods. Life is too short. I make solid, well-constructed cane rods for trout fishing.
High end fly rods are a luxury regardless of what material they are made of. However, a quality cane rod is a luxury every trout fisher should have. With that in mind, prices making cane rods accessible is desirable. A quality cane rod does not have to cost much more than a high end graphite rod. Having said that, the operative term is "quality". Know what you are buying, and where it came from. My rods are planed to exacting tolerances using the best material, tools, and practices. The ferrules and hardware components I don't make are from reputable fabricators known for producing quality products. I do not like or use cut rate components.
I make cane rods for trout fishing because that is want I want to do. I sell rods because it helps to pay for some of my bad habits and I can only fish so many rods. I really like to see folks using and enjoying the rods I make.
Fishing a bamboo rod is not just neat thing to do. It provides a nexus with the tradition and history of the sport of fly fishing that is getting lost in the hustle to engineer the slickest line, the fastest rod,and the sportiest shirts.
The goal of this shop is to make a rod you can use the rest of your life and pass on to your son/daughter with the expectation they will be able to pass it along someday as well.
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Grayling, MI 49738
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