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We have a couple of little nooks in our lounge room – one houses the TV and the other is home to the "doiley cupboard". It's a little cabinet that I inherited from my Nan . . . and it was filled with doileys!
Hanging above the doiley cupboard is a typesetter's or printer's tray. In its previous life it was filled with Helvetica Bold 24 typsetting sorts, but now it's filled with the faces of the ones I love! It's a bit of fun to see these little snippets of reminders of our family hanging on our wall. I was inspired to create this a couple of years ago after seeing a project by Ali Edwards. The whole process was enjoyable for me – starting with scouring antique shops to find a suitable tray, to sorting through and reminiscing about 10os of photos to the actual "cutting and pasting". There are still a few blank spots, but we've still got a whole lot of life left yet to fill it! I love that this is such a novel way to display not only photos, but other little pieces of memorabilia too.
And then there's the wall! There's been some discussion in our house this week of ideas for re-decorating and "the wall" was on the list. I should point out that this was an already existing feature of our house when we bought it – and it's quite a polarising aspect of the room. Some people like (don't really know about love) it and some people definitely don't (the word hate may have been bandied about!). It's a silver wallpaper, chosen many years ago by the daughter of the previous owner. I actually don't mind it (it's not particularly well hung, with joins overlapping etc) or at least the essence of it – it reflects light nicely and I don't find it that offensive, but the ideas man is in no way enamoured by it! I suspect, in the end, that it will go, but for now it's the backdrop to some of may favourite furniture/decorating pieces.
What corner of your home is making your heart sing today?
As I've been all over the internet checking out so many fantastic quilts as part of the Blogger's Quilt Festival, I'm noticing things . . .
Grab yourself one of these . . .
and settle in for some fantastic viewing . . . (I'm not keen to grab photos off other peoples blogs, so just click on the links to see for yourself).
** Warning – viewing these blogs may inspire you to add new projects to your list of things to do! You may find yourself reaching for needle and thread as you read. Don't say you weren't warned! **
White backgounds are great – they seem to make for really fresh looking quilts.
Neutrals are everywhere too, and for good reason – they give a very elegant look to a quilt.
A few people seem to have a bit of circle thing going on, like I do.
Quilts with sentimental meaning are beautiful.
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There are so, so many people just jumping in and taking on projects out of the comfort zones – and coming out the other end richer for it!
There are some fantastic quilt backs out there as quilters are endeavoring to use up there scraps and trim down their stashes.
Art quilts are beautiful.
Quilters all over the world put pieces of themselves into quilts for others – and it lifts the spirits of everyone . . . giver and receiver.
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Oranges are definitely on my list of "I love these". . .
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Funky IS FUN!
There are quilts which you can't help but admire – even when you know that you don't have it in yourself to even think about attempting it.
There are all sorts of ways to include your family in your quilts!
You can be VERY creative with selveges.
Pinwheels always look great.
Hope you have as much fun checking out these blogs as I did!
This is one of my favourite quilts.
It's not the most perfect.
It's not been the most technically challenging.
But it's special because it holds some pretty precious memories . . .
Our craft group booked a quilting retreat a few years back to celebrate the 10 years that we had been getting together to craft. While we had turned our hands to lots of different crafts over the years, and a couple of us had had a go at some patchwork, it wasn't something that all of us had done. But none the less, we booked the weekend! We had a choice of a couple of different projects, but in the end settled on a Mystery Quilt (the pattern's by Lessa Siegele). This project took us out of our comfort zone on so many levels . . . first there was the choosing of the fabric – 5 lights and 5 darks. For novice quilters, not knowing what the end product is going to look like can be quite daunting. Do we choose different colours? What about the colour value? So many questions. So many nerves.
But you know how it goes – when the going gets tough, the quilters go shopping!
We were given instructions for a little bit of preparation before the weekend, but we still didn't have any clue what we were going to end up with!
Even though we were all making the same basic quilt, at a certain point in the construction process we had to draw a number each out of a hat, which gave us all different setting out directions. Needless to say, although we all had the same pieces (and a couple of the girls even had the same fabrics) the end result was a group of totally different and yet equally beautiful quilts.
I found it a real challenge to let go of being "in control" of the process and just have fun with it.
I found it a real challenge to choose fabric for a specific project and not know what the project was (which is funny really because I don't generally have trouble buying fabric for no reason at all!!!).
I found that I really loved the fabrics I'd chosen.
I found that quilting with friends is such good fun.
I found that I should have made the quilt bigger if I wanted to use it on a bed.
I found a new passion.
Oh, and I found that I just love how this quilt looks hanging on my wall!
And that, my friends, is the story of my Mystery Quilt.
I'd like to say a huge THANKS to Amy from "Amy's Creative Side" for organising this little get together and enabling us to "show and tell"! And now, why don't you click back over to Amy's blog and check out some more quilts as part of this wonderful BLOGGER'S QUILT FESTIVAL.
Block 4 stitched – tick.
Block 4 pressed – tick.
Block 4 pieced – tick.
Block 4 of Bronywn Hayes' Catalicious BOM is called "Brutus with Sue and Cynthia". This photo doesn't show the colour very well, but the dark fabric is an aubergine colour, with the other print a buttercup-y sort of colour.
I thought this was going to pretty quick to stitch, but it seemed to take me a little longer than I estimated. But not to worry . . . I'm enjoying seeing all the blocks come together . And I think I'm enjoying satin stitch! If you're like me and struggle a bit with this stitch and you haven't seen this tutorial from Melly, check it out and give her technique a try – it worked for me!
So, that's Block 1 – Brutus The Cat
Block 2 – Friends
and Block 3 – Sisters
I'm trying to use supplies on hand for this project, which is pretty satisfying. These Sawtooth Star blocks will be 18 1/2″ square (finished). I don't usually work with large blocks, so this is a bit of a change for me and I must say, I like seeing progress in the large sizes!
I found this little lavender bag in the linen cupboard the other day – I'd forgotten all about it and was pleasantly surprised to see it. It's filled with lavender grown by a friend of my mum.
I remember I loved doing the monogram on this, and did one like it for my great aunt who shares the "S" with me. I must say that although I had forgotten about it, I was surprised to see "2006" stitched into it. How time flies (I do actually remember making it) – just goes to show the importance of dating our projects – like quilts. In the blink of an eye years pass and before you know it, the details you thought you'd always remember are just a little hazy . . .
Have you heard about the Blogger's Quilt Festival?
Click here to find out about this Quilt Festival that Amy's hosting – and we can all be part of it!
Tell us about YOUR favourite quilt – and I'll tell you about MINE!
Or breakfast bag, really.
I've been taking my brekkie to work in this same poor old plastic bag for quite a while now, and it's well and truly served its purpose and is a bit past its prime, so I thought it was time for a change . . .
So my new model is just little and light – no lining or padding – I just wanted something very simple to throw in my bag. It usually holds a small container each of muesli and yoghurt, so it didn't need to be too big.
I really love the Rural Jardin range of fabrics and this little piece was just right for my bag! Breakfast doesn't need to be boring, you know . . .
Well, I was slightly lagging behind, but have now finished Block 3 of Bronwyn Hayes' Catalicious stitcheries "Sisters (featuring Brutus the Cat)" . . .
This block had plenty of satin stitch, which usually leaves me feeling a little anxious . . . but then I came across this tutuorial by Melly & Me which really helped me A LOT!!! So now I am boldly approaching satin stitch without hesitation!
The stitching on the next block is under way . . . more to come on that later. If you want to get in on this block of the month stitching, it's not too late. Click on the Catalicious button on my sidebar . . . and start stitching.


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Selena Gomez chopped off her long brown waves for a bold bob!
The actress debuted her short hair on Instagram with a shot from the front, and one of her profile.
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This case study discusses use of an emerging technology in the field of condition monitoring, the ability to amplify and analyse video of vibrating components to more accurately diagnose the nature of vibration occurring and the actions that need to be taken to correct it.
The Problem
The necessary actions to manage this vibration needed to be identified and conveyed to site to ensure that appropriate actions were taken.
Routine vibration indicated that the dominant vibration was occurring at 1 and 25 Hz respectively.
The Solution
As it was known from routine vibration analysis that dominant vibration frequencies of 1 and 25 Hz were present, video was able to be filtered at these frequencies to clearly show the different modes of vibration (see attached videos).
Vibration at 1 Hz was mainly observed in the horizontal direction, whilst at 25 Hz vibration was dominant in the vertical direction.
Combined with the routine vibration analysis and strobe inspection, the source of vibration was identified as build up on the fluid coupling inner circumference.
The Outcomes
Recommendations to inspect and repair the fluid coupling were made and able to be acted on to correct the vibration and extend machine life.
Video analysis was again extremely effective in diagnosing and visualising structural issues such as looseness, frame cracks, resonance, inadequate stiffness and differential movement across joints.
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Alright, so as I've found out, doing this, following the post-season, and writing finals all at the same time is harder then I thought, but with one final to go… I should be able to balance it out better. Onto the play-offs!
First Round Review
- Eastern Conference
- MON vs. BOS: I chose Montreal in 5, and figured they would walk right through this series… MON took it in 7 and Price had two bad games, which I think are outshined by his two shut-outs.
- PIT vs. OTT: I called Pittsburgh in 6, claiming that the Sens were the biggest chokers in recent history… well I was right, the Sens are big chokers… bigger then I thought they were. PIT swept.
- WAS vs. PHI: I picked Washington in 7, and they were one shot away from making that happen, but the Flyers persevered in 7.
- NJ vs. NYR: I really thought Brodeur would carry the Devils through when I picked them in 6, didn't really think that NYR would for the most part, manhandle the Devils in 5.
- Western Conference
- DET vs. NAS: I underestimated Ellis in this when I picked the Wings to sweep the Preds, but other than one wicked bounce… Ellis was spectacular, but wasn't enough to get the Preds through as they lost in 6.
- SJ vs. CGY: I picked the Sharks in 7, and I feel as though they are lucky to have pulled it out after blowing a 3-0 lead in Game 3. But they did, and won in 7.
- MIN vs. COL: I picked this one completely by guessing, and was biased because my Dad's team are the Avs, so I chose them in 6, and low and behold, they won in 6.
- ANA vs. DAL: I really thought that the experience of the Ducks would make it impossible for the Stars to win when I picked Ducks in 5… turns out Dallas won in 6, and the Ducks never had a chance!
So in the end, I finished with a 5-3 record and I called 2 of the 5 in the correct number of games. Not bad… but not good at the same time, hopefully the second round is better for me.
Second Round Predictions
- Eastern Conference
- MON vs. PHI: While Briere hauled ass in the 1st Round, he wasn't playing against Komisarek, Markov, & Price. I expect his production to stall, and I believe the Habs too much depth and speed for the Flyers to handle. Canadiens in 6.
- PIT vs. NYR: I was pulling for the Pens vs. Caps, because that would have just been epic, but now this. This is a completely different match-up for the Rangers, and while I under estimated their depth last round, I seriously doubt that they can bring it when they are forced to play defensively. Pittsburgh in 7.
- Western Conference
- DET vs. COL: Let's call this one the "Senior Men's Cup". Colorado's average age is 26.7 while the Wings clock in at 28.2; two of the oldest teams in the league. Still though, I think the wings pull it off and Theodore can't keep playing like this… can he? Detroit in 6.
- SJ vs. DAL: The Sharks could be tired after the physical series with the Flames, and the Stars disposed of the Ducks with ease. The Stars showed that they will not be intimidated and that they can apparently handle anything. Dallas in 7.
So there you have it, I am looking for a Montreal/Pittsburgh Eastern Final, and a Detroit/Dallas Western Final. Now I have to go back to studying.


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I found the views in "What Drives Earnings Management?" ( JofA, Oct.00, page 106) very interesting and thoughtful. The author identified many of the factors buried in GAAP that management can use to "finger paint" earnings per share.
However, when one observes the broad arena in which earnings per share are being managed with ingenuity by corporate executives, the question arises: Is it ever going to be possible to effectively limit these ploys, given the number of variables a willing management can resort to in influencing earnings per share and the degree to which the figures are blindly accepted by Wall Street as accurate measures of corporate performance?
Because of the inherent complexity of financial reporting and the many different and legitimate purposes for which financial data can be used, it would be very difficult to write standards that would adequately limit executive ingenuity in compiling the earnings per share figure for any given period. Perhaps the best that can be hoped for is to write standards that provide reasonable transparency in the report figures and to educate consumers about the numerous pitfalls that lie behind these figures and limit their accuracy.
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Fighting in eastern Ukraine this year has made over half-a-million people flee their homes, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said Friday
Geneva: Fighting in eastern Ukraine this year has made over half-a-million people flee their homes, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said Friday.
These internally displaced people have been forced to seek shelter in other parts of Ukraine, while hundreds of thousands have fled to Russia and other neighbouring states, the UN Refugee Agency added.
Citing figures from Ukrainian authorities, UNHCR spokesman William Spindler said that some 514,000 people had been internally displaced by the conflict in Ukraine as of the beginning of December, according to a report in the UNHCR website.
Spindler added that most of the internally displaced people in the eastern European country remain in regions close to the conflict, and most were women, children, older people and those living with disabilities.
Ukrainians have also been seeking international protection, with some 233,000 applying for refugee status or temporary asylum in the Russian Federation, according to Russia's Federal Migration Service, the report added.
"Applications for asylum by Ukrainian citizens have also risen in the European Union (EU) this year," Spindler said.
As of the end of October, 8,936 Ukrainians had asked for international protection in the EU, a tenfold increase from the 885 asylum applications during the whole of 2013.
"The number of Ukrainians fleeing abroad could be considerably higher than the number of asylum seekers, however, as many Ukrainians prefer to apply for other forms of legal stay such as temporary or permanent residence permits in other countries," Spindler noted.
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Earlier this month I mentioned that I was shutting down Noshing on Asphalt and that my last post would be on June 26th. Unfortunately one of the {unspecified} life events that I mentioned on my horizon has officially (and unexpectedly) jumped forward. It's now staring me in the eyes, demanding my full attention. I hate it when life doesn't follow my timeline….Ugh. So this Friday will be my last post. I'm sorry to be so vague but since this is a public blog I don't want to advertise everything to the world. A girl's gotta have some secrets, right? 😉
As far as workouts go last week, they were hit or miss. Honestly, more miss than hit since I was dealing with some personal stuff.
Weekly Workout Recap:
Monday: Yoga.
Tuesday: Nada.
Wednesday: 6 mile beach run.
Thursday: Nothing.
Friday: Nothing….again.
Saturday: 7 mile run.
Sunday: House/yard work. Lots of it in 103* heat index. Totally counts as a workout, right?
Speaking of Saturday's long run, I have a confession to make. It almost didn't happen. Friday night, I was the embodiment of a stress eater which is something that rarely happens. I got home late, got some not so great news and didn't have any clean or paleo food prepped. I was tired and didn't feel like going to the grocery store to get ingredients to make anything. So what did I do? I hopped online and ordered pizza.
And I paid for it dearly…..let's just say my body HATED me. When 4:30am came around to get up for the long run I was still feeling incredibly sick. Why did I eat that crap?? I know my body can't handle it. I considered not going but I knew I needed to for my own sanity. So I hauled my butt out of bed, questioned what in the world I was doing, and got dressed. I selected my Zombie Run t-shirt since it was most reflective of my grumpy disposition…and I felt like the walking dead.
I met my favorite running girls for 7-10 miles (ended up with 7) and I was so glad I did. By the end of the run I had perked and felt much better. I ❤ my running girls.
I'm so disappointed with myself and my workout last week but it is what it is. And this week isn't going to be much better. Although, I know I will at least get some exercise this week since I'm committed to a duathlon. YAY!!! This was my first ever duathlon and last year I placed 3rd in my age group. I'm in better shape this year so hoping to come home with another trophy.
Don't forget, today's the last day to enter my Gymboss giveaway! 🙂
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Huma, The Enabler, Stands By Her Man
Apparently Anthony Weiner has not cured his fetish of sending pictures of his penis to women he doesn't know. Knowing this information he and his wife Huma decided to the enter the race for the democratic primary in the New York City Mayoral race. It is pretty much a given whomever the democratic candidate for mayor is, wins the election. There are notable exceptions, but not many.
Yesterday during a press conference Weiner's wife Huma not only decided to stand by her man, but also spoke. She talked about how hard it was on her marriage, how they have gone to therapy to deal with their problems, but she has been able to forgive him, for herself, for him, and their son. Well how nice for her. I am not going to sit in judgement of someone else's marriage. She wants to stay with a man who was having phone sex with another woman while she was taking care of infant, that is her choice. It isn't a choice that I would make, but hey to each their own.
During her press conference yesterday she also talked about how they discussed these issues before making the decision. You decided to go ahead anyway even when you knew that the public wasn't aware of the latest of his phone pals? Did she think it wouldn't come out or did she just not care? I suppose all this negative press that her son will one day have access to doesn't matter. What kind of mother wants her child to read those kinds of stories about their father? I know I sure wouldn't. This man has some deep psychiatric problems. I don't think anyone can deny that at this point. I am not a big believer in the label of sex addict, but in this case it just may fit.
She also stood up in front of the press, and the entire country for that matter, and talked about how this happened "to them". No, sweetie, this isn't something that happened to you. This is something that you and your husband brought onto yourselves. No one forced you two to enter the race. It is not like their aren't other people running in the primary. No one was beating down your doors on bended knee begging you to come and save New York City because no other qualified democrat was wiling to take on the job.
This is about two people who are so hungry for power and prestige that they will willingly throw away their pride and dignity to achieve it. A man who can't control his urges and then so easily lies about those urges cannot be trusted. He is also putting himself in the position to blackmailed. How exactly is this the right thing for New Yorkers? It also goes to show how little they think of the voting public. You are so stupid that you can't see for yourselves that this man is not qualified to hold public office. You will just buy into the rhetoric that they are fighting for the middle class. By democrats own definition of "rich" they are. So what do they know about your plight?
The keys to Gracie Mansion are more important than shielding their son from having an archive of tawdry information available for his reading displeasure. That tells you everything you need to know about both of these people.
Huma, the put upon wife, has enabled her husband's behavior. She is not worthy of any sympathy. Any and all pain he brings into her life and that of her son falls squarely on her shoulders. No wonder the founding fathers warned us of the perils of power.


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Although the space at River Place Pointe was marketed as a sublease from eLoyalty Corp., brokers for Misys worked out a five-year lease directly with landlord FIC Realty Services Inc.
The owner of a 186,000-square-foot office building in the Arboretum area is looking for tenants to fill the space after Computer Sciences Corp. empties the project later this year.
Although 9500 Arboretum might be one of the few large contiguous office projects on the market, brokers say it constitutes only a fraction of a growing pool of properties vying for tenants in a softening market.
Austin companies seeking space are finding their glass half-full of available real estate, thanks to a recent surge in subleasing.
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An article on Medical News Today discusses the recent healthcare summit at the White House that discussed the nursing shortage and the threat it poses on patient care in the United States. In the article they highlight a study by Dr. Peter Buerhaus that found that 80% of nurses believe the nursing shortage affects their ability to deliver quality care.
The University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC), an alliance of 103 academic medical centers and 210 of their affiliated hospitals, is asking hospitals to focus on nursing staff retention, especially during the economic downturn in support of Obama's administration's call to action.
The article discussed the UHC's call for a greater emphasis on retaining new nurse graduates and highlighted their work with the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) to create the UHC/AACN Nurse Residency Program. The one-year program provides a curriculum and support aimed at new graduate nurses by giving them the tools they need to survive the intense pressure that comes with being a nurse in a hospital. So far the program has had great results in improving nurse retention. One hospital system that has implemented the program saw its turnover rate for new nurses go from 34% to 7% after just two years.
I don't know the numbers for other industries, but the number of young nurses leaving the profession seems very high. I have not run across the same thing for allied health specialties like physical therapists, occupational therapists or imaging techs. Is this because of a disconnect between what the student nurse is promised versus the reality, is the atmosphere too intimidating, are they not practicing in the specialty they wanted, are the older nurses hostile to the new nurses? From what I read these are all a big part of it, but with the nursing shortage so high it is important to address these issues as early as possible regradless of which one is the biggest contributor.
One way is implementing the UHC's program at your hospital or creating your own similar program. Have you?
Another is to give your new nurses the tools they need. If your new nurses are dealing with this, RealityRN is a great website for them to check out. They can let off steam and talk to other nurses who have dealt with first year burn out in their nursing careers and get advice.


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The coat was made of polyester rather than animal skin and was bought by either the First or Second Doctor on the planet Thraxis. (AUDIO: No Place Like Home)
The Doctor wore it during his second incarnation when visiting the Himalayas. He wore the coat to protect himself from the cold, but the coat led him to being mistaken for the Robot Yeti who had been killing villagers. The Doctor was able to prove his innocence and stop the Yeti. (TV: The Abominable Snowmen)
The Doctor wore the coat again when encountering the Ice Warriors. (TV: The Ice Warriors)
He wore the coat while on an adventure, running past one of the many versions of Clara Oswald after she entered the Doctor's time stream. (TV: The Name of the Doctor)
He wore the coat when he visited his old friend the Brigadier in the 1980s. (TV: The Five Doctors)
He wore the coat when he visited a village near Lake Garda in 3300 BC. (PROSE: Loop the Loup)
At one point, the Fifth Doctor stopped and studied the coat in the TARDIS wardrobe. (AUDIO: No Place Like Home)
The Sixth Doctor once donned his predecessor's fur coat, recalling how useful it had been against the Yeti. (AUDIO: Beyond the Ultimate Adventure)
The Seventh Doctor once tried the coat on while trying to find a new costume. He hid his new costume under it. (TV: Time and the Rani) He later donned it again when he encountered the Ice Warriors with Frobisher (COMIC: A Cold Day in Hell!) and again when exploring an ice world. (PROSE: Cold Fusion)
The Eleventh Doctor wore the coat to cope with the cold Trenzalore temperatures in the Outland. (PROSE: Strangers in the Outland)
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- The appearance of the Second Doctor in his fur coat in The Name of the Doctor was archive footage taken from The Five Doctors.


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Injection Molding Design Review
Plastic injection molding uses a combination of thermal principles and pressure to create the parts and components you need for your business. Plastic material is melted into a liquid state and then forced into a mold under high pressure. The part quickly cools and solidifies to create the unit.
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There I was talking to some friends just the other day
They said I better give it up and find some other way
But what about the beauty in the experience
My duty is taking it giving it taking it giving it
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A team of researchers has developed a high-temperature catalyst biomass gasification system they say can double the amount of biofuel that can be produced with an acre of biomass, and with no char byproduct.
The biofuels industry might be a different arena if there were a gasification technology with the capacity to convert 100 percent of the carbon from biomass into carbon monoxide, increasing twofold the amount of biofuel that can be produced from a single acre of feedstock. Now, imagine a system that does it without producing char.
Paul Dauenhauer, assistant professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst Department of Chemical Engineering, says he and his team of researchers from the department and the University of Minnesota have developed that system.
It began four years ago when Dauenhauer started designing a biomass gasifier that would use a high-temperature catalyst, but without the harmful byproduct biochar. His research has evolved and the team-led by him and University of Minnesota Professor Lanny Schmidt-now says it can alter the char-free process to convert all the biomass carbon to the essential biofuel element carbon monoxide instead of a mix of carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide. "When I got started in this, I wanted to find a process that would allow me to use wood fibers and switchgrass and things like that directly with catalysts," Dauenhauer says. "Now, since I've been able to have that breakthrough, the question is, what can I do with it? What's exciting about this current research is that since now we're able to use catalysts directly with biomass, we can do all sorts of crazy things like add methane and carbon dioxide and it does all the chemistry in a single reactor."
Char-Free Challenge
Inside the special catalytic reactor sits a hot surface that melts the cellulose immediately upon contact into a liquid droplet that is essentially melted sugar. The heat transfer is dominantly from the surface, at least 10 times higher than transfer from the hot air in the reactor, Dauenhauer says. "It makes it really easy to heat the biomass up extremely fast," he says, adding that the reaction takes place so quickly it cannot be seen with the naked eye, so the team used a high-speed camera to capture the event. "The fact that the biomass forms this liquid is very exciting for researchers such as myself because now we know how these things convert and we can use it to make reactors," he says. The discovery has already led to more research into how wood chips are converted into fuel.
Dauenhauer says the achievement of the liquid droplet without char is all in the reactor design. "If you design your reactor with different heating rates, and basically a different geometry will do this for you, it'll make the particle heat up really slowly and instead of seeing the liquid, you'll actually see char formation and things like that," he explains. A lot of processes make biochar, but when using high-temperature catalysts, the biochar will coat the catalyst, rendering it less effective.
"So the benefit of touching particles with this high-temperature surface is you get this conversion to a liquid due to the high heating rates," Dauenhauer says. "It basically makes the particle convert down a chemical pathway that's very favorable for making gasses and volatile organics." In addition, the reactor needs to control the heat flow to keep it moving in the right direction and allow the particles to hit the hot surface while permitting the heat to get to it. The team is using a rhodium-based reforming catalyst, but has also demonstrated its process with a nickel-based catalyst and will continue research into cheaper catalysts in the future, although the main focus is the reactor design, Dauenhauer says.
Carbon Conversion
With existing gasification technology, only about 50 percent of biomass carbon is converted to carbon monoxide, the remainder emitted as carbon dioxide, according to Dauenhauer. The team's design, however, recovers all the carbon in the biomass and, with the right balance of carbon dioxide and methane, converts it all to carbon monoxide.
The team used Dauenhauer's ternary diagram (see page 45) to accomplish the perfect combination of fuel, oxygen and carbon dioxide that would facilitate the reverse water-gas shift (RWGS) reaction. "If you operate the reactor within that teardrop, you can actually get all of your biomass carbon back as carbon monoxide," he says. But in order to do that, researchers had to co-feed hydrogen into the reaction to supply the energy needed to drive the RWGS reaction, they say. In lieu of a hydrogen injection, the team adds methane to create hydrogen inside the catalytic reactor. "Using this catalyst, now we can add the carbon dioxide, the biomass and, instead of adding hydrogen, we actually generate the hydrogen within the reactor and use it right away," he says. "Everything happens within a single reactor. That's why I get so excited. It does so many things at once."
The system could be set up near an existing natural gas power plant, providing ready access to methane and carbon dioxide. The team has a ways to go before its project is ready for commercialization, although Dauenhauer believes it may be ready in as few as two years. While the hot surface reaction has been tested on aspen trees, cellulose, starch, polyethanelene and municipal solid waste, the team has only used pure cellulose in experiments with carbon dioxide and methane additives.
Mixed Reactions
The response from the research community to the team's findings has been mixed, Dauenhauer says, and one crucial aspect of the process has yet to be determined: economics.
"As always, there are two questions: Does the process work; and is it economic compared with other uses of biomass?" says Peter Flynn, mechanical engineering professor at the University of Alberta. Biomass gasification and subsequent Fischer-Tropsch conversion to liquid fuels are just not economic processes, Flynn says. "[The researchers are] getting a higher yield of syngas from the biomass by using methane, so in effect, they have a way of turning biomass and methane into a precursor of liquid fuels," he explains. "But today, if you just turn biomass into liquid fuel, it's not as attractive as other things you can do with the biomass and if you turn natural gas into liquid fuel, it's not as attractive as other things you can do with natural gas, unless you've got a stranded field [of natural gas]. So I don't know if putting these two things together will make favorable economics. But it is something new."
The process might modify the actual yield from the process for the same capital cost, says Doug Bull, thermochemical projects manager for Iowa State University's Center for Sustainable Environmental Technologies. "That's how it might help the economics because they might actually get more product for a similar cost of plant equipment," Bull says. Understanding both the chemistry that's happening and the reactor that can double the yield of carbon monoxide does change the economic analysis considerably, Dauenhauer says. "If you derive twice as much fuel from an acre of land as before, you're doubling your return potentially," he says.
Bull agrees with Flynn that gasification is not economic, adding that fast pyrolysis is pulling ahead in popularity with its cheaper cost and simplicity. Even the U.S. DOE is shifting more toward pyrolysis, Bull says, as investment is risky for costly gasification processes. At the end of May, the DOE allocated up to $11 million over the next three years for research and development of biomass pyrolysis for advanced biofuels.
Both Bull and Flynn are skeptical of some of the details of the team's process, having not experimented with the reactions themselves. "They're sort of just modifying the reaction chemistry to get more of the gasses they desire," Bull says, adding that complete conversion of all the biomass carbon is a difficult feat. "They might be able to increase it dramatically, but I don't think entirely all of it would be [converted]. I'm pretty sure they'd still have a little bit of carbon dioxide, even if it's only like 5 percent." The reaction can only be forced to a certain point, he explains. Dauenhauer says the amount of carbon dioxide that is converted to carbon monoxide depends on where inside the teardrop shape the reactor is operating. "The closer the reaction conditions are to the center, the higher the conversion of CO2," he says. Even some of the carbon dioxide added to the process is converted, he adds.
Since char production has been a problem in biomass gasification, a system that eliminates it would be a significant development, Flynn says, although there are other proposed solutions. "They are saying they have found a spot they can operate where they don't produce any char, and if that's true, it's a big deal." It's one of two reasons the process is intriguing, he adds, along with methane that in effect can be converted to liquid transportation fuels. "It sounds reasonable. I know enough to say to it sounds reasonable."
Dauenhauer says the ultimate goal of the research is to answer the scientific questions that will lead to a wide array of new biomass processes and reactions. "In terms of the university, we're focused on generating the intellectual property that American companies and start-up companies can use to get these new types of processes and reactors into the field as quickly as possible."
Lisa Gibson is a Biomass Magazine associate editor. Reach her at email@example.com or (701) 738-4952.


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Revolution Sweet Ginger Peach is a light tasting black tea with the flavor of peach and ginger. It has a lovely peach aroma as well. The ginger root gives the tea a warm orange cast, and is healthy too. It really is very mild for a black tea, and has a very light color in the cup.
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Let's start this off by asking yourself a questions, be honest no one will know the answer except for you. Do you spend an hour or more on Facebook a day? Well if you do use it this much I hate to say it but you might be addicted. Not to worry though, I have done some research for you and found out what you can do to beat this addiction. I have also found a number of signs that tell if you are addicted or not, and what makes it so addicting. Believe it or not there is actually a name for it, FAD, or Facebook Addiction Disorder, and ironically there is a Facebook page on Facebook addiction, so don't worry you aren't alone.
Why is Facebook so addicting? Well Facebook is designed for people to let everyone know about their interests, current activities, thoughts, and any other information or events they would like to share. This pretty much lets a user be completely self-obsessed if they want without others thinking less of them. The site also provides the user with a self-esteem boost, whenever someone comments on your posts it makes you feel important because other people are taking the time to look at your profile. Basically it is making you think that people are really taking an interest in your life, whether they actually are or not isn't important.
Another reason why it is addicting is that it helps with loneliness; however this may not be the case for a lot of people. But if someone doesn't have an active social life outside of technology or is just feeling lonely at that particular point in time, simply logging on to Facebook and seeing what all your online friends are doing satisfies that loneliness. You can also chat with any of your friends who are online, so really what need is there to meet up with them in person right? I mean besides having human contact of course.
Facebook also has the options to create an event listing and show all the people that have confirmed if they are coming. Why is this addicting? Well if you constantly need to know what everyone else is doing, then you will probably constantly check to see what new events are there and who all is attending your event or other events.
Facebook is also addictive in creepy kind of way, I'm referring to Facebook stalking or creeping. For those of you who don't know, this is where you constantly look at other people's pages or sometimes one other person's page in particular. You can find out everything they are doing or thinking depending on how much they post. You can look at their pictures to see previous activities they've done and who with, or you can eavesdrop so to speak on their conversations. Some people like doing these things because you can do it without the other people even knowing and it gives them a little bit of a thrill. The problem is that some people take it too far and turn online stalking into real stalking by finding out where other people are or where they are going to be and "randomly" showing up.
Some other reasons that make Facebook so addicting is that it has fun games that you can play, although they are simple it gives the user some satisfaction knowing what your porn star name would be or when you are going to die, or when other people accept your invite to be part of your game. Finally the simplest reason for the addictiveness of Facebook is that you just get bored and the site just happens to be so easily on hand to occupy your time. These are just some of the reasons for addiction, there are probably tons of others but I think I covered the main points.
So now you know why Facebook is addictive and you're probably wondering or worrying if you are addicted to it. There are many signs that you can look for in your behaviour to see if you have this addiction or not, I will tell you about the common ones. First sign would be, as I stated above, is that you use it around an hour a day or even just every day. This is pretty self-explanatory so I won't go into further detail. The second sign is that you continue to put off doing work or studying to go on Facebook, once again pretty self-explanatory.
Third sign is that you feel the need to check it before you go to bed and when you wake up. You probably do this because you don't want to miss out on anything and although you decided sleep was important enough to add to your schedule, you still want to make sure that you get updated on the events that happened overnight.
Fourth sign is that you actually lose sleep or choose Facebook over sleep. This means that you have trouble sleeping at night because you think that there are people posting things online that you are missing out on and have the need to know what they are. Or that you cut down on how much sleep you get because you want to stay up as late as possible or wake up early as possible so that you don't miss out as much.
Fifth sign being that you update your status at least three times a day, because you want everyone to know what you are thinking at that moment or what you are doing at all times.
The sixth sign, which is a bit extreme, is that the thought of logging off Facebook gives you anxiety or going an extended period of time without it makes you go through withdrawal. You crave being logged in and seeing what everyone is doing and don't want to log off for fear of missing out on something.
Seventh sign of addiction is that you have the Facebook app on your phone and receive automatic updates whenever something new is posted or someone comments on your postings. With all the new technology out there it makes it very easy to stay connected, and when you are addicted, like I said before being away from the site is a problem, so you use your phone whenever you aren't near a computer to see what's new.
Finally the eighth sign is that you become obsessed with old loves, you add an ex as a friend because you want to see what they've been up to. This can lead to problems if you are in a relationship because your partner might not appreciate you talking with past boyfriends or girlfriends. And if after you add them as friends, start talking to them more and more this will probably lead to an end in your current relationship. One site I found said that someone who started talking with their old boyfriend got out of hand. They spent hours talking to each other and she made some inappropriate comments on how she was unhappy with her marriage. A relative happened to see these comments and told the girl's parents who then told her husband.
Those of you who think that they are addicted should listen up, although it is a problem there are things you can do to help or cure your addiction. A good thing to do although it might not be too successful is to set a time and limit for your Facebook usage. Schedule in a time period that is less than an hour a day and that doesn't interfere with more important things like work or studying. However you may need help from someone to make sure that you actually stick to this schedule.
Cut down the amount of people you have added as friends to those that are the most important, or even better the ones that you can't just go and talk to in person. If you cut out the people that are close by, then you will not be able to get constant online updates on their life and this will force you to get out of the house and actually interact with them in person.
You could quit cold turkey, this is a pretty hard task to accomplish for many people but if you do succeed then you will have a lot more time for other things in life, and can even reward yourself for fighting the urges. Best way to do this would be to just delete your account.
Another thing you can do would be to make an incredibly obscure password that you won't be able to remember. Write it down and get someone to hide it or just put it away somewhere yourself so it becomes more of a hassle to log on. And you would obviously have to make sure you de-select the password remember tool for the site.
A good way to beat this addiction would be to take up a hobby or other activity that you enjoy that takes you away from any opportunities to log on to the site. Be creative and do some research, you will find hundreds of other ways to help with your cure, if all else fails you could always join a support group. There might be a Facebook support group out there or you could just sit in on other addiction related support groups, might help.
You've heard what makes it so addictive, the signs of addiction and what to do about it. I just want to state that I don't have anything against Facebook, I myself use it however after doing all this research have determined that I am nowhere near being addicted but do know some people who are. The first step is to recognize and admit that you have a problem then you can take action to solve it. I hope that this helped make some of you aware of this growing problem.
P.S. I apologize for the grammar and punctuation of this article, it was written as a speech I did originally.


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This is the fourth post in a blog series highlighting communities that were profiled in the new Knight Foundation and NLC joint report, Bright Spots in Community Engagement. The report showcases 14 U.S. communities that are building greater civic participation and engagement from the bottom up. Previous blog posts included an in-depth look at Philadelphia, Detroit, and Chicago.
"This is a city that prides itself on, and has a long history of, successful community engagement. There is an underlying culture of engagement that is a part of how the city is governed. What we designed was not your father's comprehensive planning process."
– Larry Schooler, Community Engagement Consultant, City of Austin
The City of Austin, Texas has grown dramatically over the last decade. Between 2000 and 2010, the city saw a 37% increase in population. Many new residents have come to the city with a diploma in-hand; 43% of adults 25 and older in Austin now have a bachelor's degree or above.
The city has seen strong growth in the manufacturing and technology sectors in recent years, and the region's rapid growth led Forbes to rank the Austin metropolitan area first among all big cities for the best places for jobs in 2012.
Austin's original comprehensive plan was adopted in 1979, and was updated in 2008. However, the update process exposed the need for a more extensive overhaul of the plan to better fit the significant growth projections for the city over the next three decades and reflect the community's values and vision for the future.
In 2009, Austin began a three-year process for creating a new, 30-year comprehensive plan. Most cities have planning processes that solicit public input, but Austin chose to use a more aggressive participation strategy, establishing community engagement as an overarching goal of the process. City leaders wanted to ensure that the comprehensive plan was developed and essentially written by the citizens of Austin.
Austin's community engagement efforts used a diverse set of tools and strategies to engage more than 25,000 residents in the development of the final plan, Imagine Austin, which was adopted unanimously by the city council in June 2012.
Citizens had the opportunity to participate in a four-part community forum series; respond to surveys; provide input through social media; and attend neighborhood meetings, bilingual gatherings, and special events targeted to youth and younger families. The city also developed the "Meeting-in-a-Box," a self-conducted small gathering of friends and neighbors to brainstorm ideas about how Austin should grow and allocate its resources that comes prepackaged with invitations, scripts, and questions. City leaders reported that this tool was particularly successful with harder-to-reach groups.
Austinites Make Their Voices Heard
Similar to the success of the participatory budgeting process in Chicago's 49th Ward, Austin succeeded in engaging the community beyond just the people that Chicago Alderman Joe Moore refers to as "meeting junkies." Garner Stoll, assistant director for Austin's neighborhood planning and zoning department, summed up the success of the city's community engagement process:
We wanted to gauge a broad base of the community's values and,
in the process, hopefully recruit new leaders. Looking back, it often
felt long and difficult, but in the end we developed a better plan because
we were challenged by our citizens. The community engagement effort
helped the task force and the city council reach consensus on the final
plan because they could be confident that it reflected the values and
preferences of the citizens of Austin.
While the planning process appears to have been successful, it is an open question whether it will lead to sustained community engagement. The city is off to a good start though. It has a dynamic Imagine Austin website and maintains a very active social media presence around the plan's implementation. There is even an Imagine Austin speaker series that focuses on issues discussed in the plan, such as creating more walkable communities.
Imagine Austin is a big plan with big ideas, and it will take strong, continuous effort to ensure the plan is implemented in a way that reflects shared community values and vision.


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Creative Solutions have a commitment to take high quality and innovative arts and media practice into new locations. The key personnel have years of experience and specialist skills in project & event management, socially engaged arts practice, public art, creative consultation, broadcast quality video and DVD production.
'I have taught for over twenty years and this project is by far the most successful in terms of pupil enrichment that I have ever been involved in'
-Creative Partnerships co-ordinator
Please browse through our website at some of the many projects we have delivered.


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Last month we explained that text thumb is a real problem that can develop from repeatedly typing away on smartphones. In a day when smartphone use is constant and everywhere, it's sadly not the only risk associated with excessive use. For over-users of smartphones that can't seem to put them down, there's also text neck.
Like text thumb, text neck is a repetitive stress injury that arises from continuously performing the same activity—namely, texting. In this case, though, it's not the motion of the thumbs that can cause damage, but the craning of the neck to look at the screen that's become so characteristic of most smartphone use these days.
Biologically speaking, our necks were not made for texting. Neck muscles and joints can handle our normal everyday movements, but they are not built to withstand being flexed for countless hours every day. In addition, the average human head weighs about 10 pounds in a neutral position (with ears over shoulders), but the further the head tilts forward, the more the pressure increases on the neck.
So when you spend a good chunk your free time belting out texts or watching the latest viral video on YouTube, you're pushing your neck past its limits, and over time, text neck can result. Aside from pain or soreness in the neck, the condition can also lead to headaches, shoulder, arm or wrist pain. In severe cases, it can even cause muscles to adapt to fit the flexed position, which can reverse the natural curvature of the neck and make it painful to straighten it properly.
Though it's far-fetched to recommend ceasing all or even most texting in today's world, but as with text thumb, there are additional measures you can take to reduce your chances of developing text neck. Here are some basic steps you can take:
- Keep your feet flat on the floor, sit up straight, roll your shoulders back and keep your eyes directly over them (so your head isn't tilted forward); it also helps to hold the phone a bit higher to maintain good posture
- Take regular breaks every few minutes while using your phone to look upwards or straight ahead while tucking the chin back towards the neck
- Dictate messages instead of typing them out as often as possible
- Use the app Text Neck Indicator (only available for Android), which alerts users if the smartphone is being viewed at a dangerous or safe angle
- Perform strengthening exercises, which will build up muscles in the neck and shoulders to better prepare them for the strain from craning
- Perform stretching exercises to increase flexibility and range of motion
Cleveland Physical Therapy Associates understands the importance of smartphones in today's times, but we don't like to see patients in pain from overusing these devices. If you're experiencing pain or soreness that may be from too much texting, we can help with exercises and other advice on minimizing neck strain. For more information or to schedule an appointment with one of our physical therapists in Shelby, NC or Kings Mountain, NC, call us at 704-471-0001.


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Proposed Cycling Law to be Trialed
As early as April this year, a trial will be conducted whereby motorists will be forced to give cyclists at least one metre clearance when passing. This will mean that motorists must maintain a minimum distance of one metre when passing a cyclist in a 60kph or less zone, and 1.5 metres when travelling above 60kph. Safe passing distances are one of the biggest issues facing cyclists in Queensland, so this is a great step forward into improving safety for cyclists on Australian roads. If you would like to know more, read the full article at http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/cyclists-to-get-a-metre-clearance-within-months-20140129-31n68.html.
Source and Image: http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/cyclists-to-get-a-metre-clearance-within-months-20140129-31n68.html


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4 cups white sugar
1 cup coconut oil, melted
Red food coloring
Peppermint essential oil or peppermint extract
3 glass jars (330 ml)
Melt coconut oil in microwave if yours is not liquefied and mix with sugar (you can use more or less depending on consistency you want).
Add a few drops of your peppermint oil or 1 tbsp peppermint extract, depending on how strong you want it to smell.
Divide your sugar mixture into two equal sized portions.
Mix in a few drops of red food coloring to one portion and leave the other white.
Add your sugars to the jar in layers.
Using the heel of your hand on the bottom of the jar, you can compact each layer down so it can fit more of the scrub in.
Alternate between your pink and white layers.


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Random Encounters: The Chronicles Of The Lord Of Weapons
Random Encounters
Random Encounter #1-I
Random Encounter #2
Random Encounter #3
Random Encounter #4-I
Random Encounter #4-II
Mortal Chapter 1
Mortal Chapter 2
Mortal Chapter 3
The Stories of The Hellslayer Knight
The Stories of the Hellslayer Knight ~ Chapter 1
The Stories of the Hellslayer Knight ~ Chapter 2
The Stories of the Hellslayer Knight ~ Chapter 3
The Tales of Jak the Reaper
The Tales of Jak the Reaper ~ Prologue
The Tales of Jak the Reaper ~ Chapter 1
The Tales of Jak the Reaper ~ Chapter 2
Dark Hunters
Chapter 1
The Universal Protectors
Leo: The Becoming
Leo: The Passing
The Characters
Random Blog
Author: Nicodemus Zamoran
Random Encounter #1 ~ The Mysterious Stranger
will be rewritten in the future. Rewritten Version: Date Unknown
New York City-10:49 p.m.
The streets were silent in this area. Only a woman wearing a dark red, long sleeved shirt and blue jeans could be seen. She had auburn hair, clear blue eyes, and she looked like she was around 20 years old. It was raining as she walked home from work. It had been for a few hours now and she was soaked to the skin.
I'm probably going to have pneumonia,
she thought to herself. A car passed by, it's headlights illuminating the woman…and a stranger who was just coming out of a nearby ally that she had passed. He was tall and muscular, wearing all black clothes and a ski mask. His intent was clear in his dark brown eyes. He pulled out a long, sharp knife and slowly snuck up behind the lone woman. He slipped his hand over her mouth and placed the knife against her throat.
"Keep quiet or I'll slit your throat," he said as he dragged her back to the ally.
After they were in the ally, he threw the woman to the ground and pinned her down with his hands around her neck.
Oh god, this can't be happening,
she thought to herself as his hands tightened around her neck, squeezing her windpipe shut. He took one hand from her neck and reached down, intending to unzip his pants. Before he could do so, someone at the entrance of the ally spoke.
"Get off her," the mysterious stranger said. The man in the ski mask looked at the man. He was silhouetted by the street lamp on the other side of the street. His cloak fluttered in the wind. The man in the ski mask felt a fear unlike any other he has ever felt before and involuntarily loosened his grip on the woman's neck, allowing her to breathe again. She was also looking at this man, hope in her eyes.
There was a flash of lightning, illuminating him for a few seconds. He had short black hair and his eyes were a deep red. He was thin, which dispelled the feeling of fear that the man in the mask had felt seconds before.
He got off of the woman, but pulled her up by her hair, the knife on her throat again. The mysterious stranger raised his hand and the blade jerked out of his hand and flew past the stranger. The man in the mask then felt that fear again, but this time, he knew why. The stranger wasn't normal.
Who is this guy?
He thought to himself. He let go of the woman and she ran past the mysterious stranger and around the corner, but stopped and looked back. The mysterious stranger was still standing there, staring intently into the ally. The man in the mask suddenly burst from the ally, aiming to punch the stranger in the face, but he dodged easily and swiftly kicked the man in the chest. As the man in the mask doubled over in pain, the stranger grabbed him and lifted him into the air. He was saying something to the man in the mask, but she couldn't hear what was said.
"I should kill you right now, but scum like you aren't deserving of death. You deserve something far worse." The mysterious stranger said as he help up the masked man. Suddenly, the stranger's eyes started to glow white and a vortex. Faint screams issued from it, sending chills down the woman's spine. The masked man felt a cold fear as the stranger slowly moved toward the vortex. He started struggling, kicking at the stranger with all his might, but it didn't have any affect. As he was pushed into the vortex, he saw the man's face one last time. It would be the last face he would ever see again.
The vortex closed and all was silent again. The stranger turned his head to look at the woman. His eyes were a dark blue now, which intrigued the woman. There was a flash of light, and the man was gone, no indication that anything had happened except the knife that was lying in the street. She then turned around and started for home again, a slightly dazed look in her eyes. She would always remember this night, and she would always remember the mysterious stranger who had saved her.
The time was 11:05 p.m.
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Ciencias de la Tierra
The northern Chile subduction zone constitutes a seismic gap where no great interplate earthquakes (Mw > 8.8) have nucleated since 1877. Active normal faulting occurs conspicuously in the Coastal Forearc at the southern end of this gap, between 22.7°S and 24°S. There, upper crustal extension is present right above a suggested subduction segment boundary of the Nazca-South America interplate contact. In this work, by using Coulomb Failure Stress Change (CFS) models, we explore the effects of coseismic and interseismic stages of the subduction earthquake cycle on the reactivation of pre-existing upper plate normal faults in this area. We attempt to unravel the first-order interplate conditions required to explain this extensional pattern, putting specific focus on the influence of the megathrust segmentation defined by the Mejillones Peninsula. It is suggested that the restricted occurrence of active normal faulting in the study area is tightly related to the structure of the interplate seismogenic zone. Positive CFS values are induced in the study area by the coseismic and interseismic stages of the subduction earthquake cycle, in a region characterized by lower coupling beneath the Mejillones Peninsula. We propose that fault reactivation in this zone is particularly favored during the coseismic stage by earthquakes occurring offshore of the Mejillones Peninsula and surrounding areas. In the adjacent subduction segments, coseismic and interseismic CFS values tend to counterbalance each other, resulting in no tensional conditions capable to cause normal fault reactivation. We suggest that the coupling variation in the seismogenic zone is long term controlled by the geological structure of the upper plate.