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Removing 26-119?
A quick learner from Boston says:
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Is there a trick to removing the 26-119 without breaking off the little tabs?
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Thanks for posting. What we like to do is slide a putty knife under the lever to force it off. That said, they do break quite often if they're older because UV rays make them brittle.

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'Top Gear, Strictly and chillaxing' Future for David Cameron after quitting as PM
DAVID Cameron's final PMQs was full of suggestions about what next for the former Prime Minister – whether it be Top Gear, Strictly or to be the new England manager.
After Prime Minister's Questions this afternoon at the House of Commons, Mr Cameron will head to Buckingham Palace to officially hand the country's reigns to new PM Theresa May.
In his last session at the House of Commons, the top Tory who has led the country since 2010 is expected to bid an emotional goodbye, and probably give his opposite number Jeremy Corbyn a good roasting.
But as he gives up the big job, there are plenty of other options for Dave as he will be well placed for a life in television or pursuing other passions such as tennis, music or chillaxing.
His reputation for chillaxing is so famed, he is 10/1 odds to release a chillaxing guidebook.
Questioners in PMQs even suggested Cameron should go for the top job on Top Gear, take up the baton as England manager, or even become the US president.
It is unlikely he will disappear from the public eye, and he would be well placed for a career in showbiz with the offers probably rolling in already.
Top Gear is looking for a new host after Chris Evans unceremoniously quit amid tanking ratings, and judging how well Boris Johnson did when he took the show's track challenge another politician in the drivers seat is what the show might need.
Cameron is at 100/1 odds from Ladbrokes to be the next Top Gear host.
"Cameron can finally chillax following a hard slog as PM and the betting suggests he'd have no shortage of offers if he fancied dipping his toe into the world of showbiz"Alex Donohue of Ladbrokes
But if motoring is not his thing, Cameron might find himself more at home in the ballroom with Strictly Come Dancing.
He is 33/1 to appear on the next series, but if he fancied something a little grittier the I'm a Celebrity Jungle could also be waiting for him – at a 66/1 chance.
Politician George Galloway made waves when he appeared on Big Brother, famously imitating a cat, so Dave could follow in his footsteps into the Celebrity BB house.
He would probably do quite a good cat impression having spent the last six years living with the DowningStreet cat Larry, and Dave is 50/1 to appear on BB.
His love of music has been well documented, saying in his biography Cameron: Practically a Conservative he likes to sing My Way on his personal karaoke machine.
He was also caught on video humming away to himself as he made one of his last addresses to the press outside Downing Street.
Famously a fan of Paul Weller and Mumford & Sons, Cameron is at 25/1 to release a number one single before the year is out.
Dave's famous gaffes could also pave the way to some new career prospects.
It was claimed DC put a "private part of his anatomy" into a dead pig's mouth while at Oxford University, so the odds of him opening a butchers are 100/1.
He also left his eight-year-old daughter alone in a pub during a lunchtime mix-up, so he is at 20/1 to open his own boozer.
Cameron might make a bid to continue Britain's success in the tennis off the heels of Andy Murray.
Often pictured with a racket in his hand, Dave probably has a little bit of work to do before going pro and winning Wimbledon, but never say never.
Ladbrokes give DC odds of 50,000/1 to win Wimbledon.
Alex Donohue of Ladbrokes said: "Cameron can finally chillax following a hard slog as PM and the betting suggests he'd have no shortage of offers if he fancied dipping his toe into the world of showbiz."
DC resigned just hours after the result of the EU Referendum which saw his Remain campaign defeated.
The keys to Downing Street were handed to Home Secretary Theresa May after a hastily fought leadership contest.
Meanwhile, the Labour Party has been tearing itself apart amid infighting surrounding controversial leftie leader Jeremy Corbyn.


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Where were you born and where do you live now?
I was born in St. Andrew, Jamaica and that's where I live now.
How did you become a Christian and did camp play a role in your spiritual development?
Through normal church attendance and involvement in Sunday School I became convicted of my need for a personal relationship with God. So after one of the services at church I responded to an altar call from the pastor.
I got involved in camps at a late stage as I had never been a camper but served as a counselor. Serving at camps has aided my spiritual development as I've learned much about how God works through our lives to impact each other. It has also opened my eyes to some of the ways God wants to work in my life.
Tell us about your family.
Well there's Mommy and Daddy and I'm the eldest of three girls.
What role(s) do you have in Christian camping? How have you been involved in CCI?
I've served as a counselor and camp secretary in Jamaica Baptist Union (JBU) Intermediate camps for youth ages 15-16. Through JBU I got involved with CCI- Jamaica and now serve as one of the board members.
What do you do on your day off?
When I have free time I may be found watching a show/movie or online reading about something. When I get outside I love the beach and relaxing with friends over a good meal and traveling.
What kind of music do you like? Any favorite recording artists or song?
I guess you could say I have an eclectic taste and it depends on my mood.
What is your favorite Bible verse? Any story that tells us why?
For this season of my life Isaiah 41:10 is a comforting reminder: "Fear not for I am with you. Be not dismayed for I am your God. I will strengthen you and uphold you with my righteous hand."
What's the best advice you've been given?
Think before you speak.
What else should we know about you?
I love to sing and at times I hum unconsciously.
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EPL: Premier League results Game Week 22
Two own goals from Jonathan Walters along with goal from Frank Lampard and Eden Hazard gave Chelsea a comfortable win after the shocking Capital One Cup loss to Swansea.
As expected, Rafa Benitez was under pressure to hand Demba Ba his Premier League debut but the Senegalese could hardly cause any trouble for the Stoke defence. However, Chelsea are the first team in the league to beat the Potters in their own den.
The Blues are currently third with 41 points, 11 behind leaders Manchester United and also have a game in hand which will be played against Southampton on Thursday.
Meanwhile, Aston Villa entered the drop zone after losing 1-0 to Southampton on Saturday. Controversy surrounded the penalty decision as Jay Rodriguez was thought to have gone down without any contract but Ricky Lambert converted from the spot.
Paul Lambert's job is under threat after Villa's poor show in the last five league games, losing four and one drawn. The Villans have now conceded 18 goals in the five matches scoring twice.
Newcastle United are constantly dropping points and are nearing the relegation zone after another disappointing result at Norwich City. The match ended 0-0 which took just two points above the drop zone.
Alan Pardew earlier blamed injury problems to key players for their downfall. The Magpies last won agaisnt league strugglers QPR and have not won in four league games since then.
QPR dropped down to 20th spot after drawing 0-0 to Tottenham at Loftus Road while Reading moved up to 19th after a thrilling 3-2 comeback agaisnt West Brom.
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Animal Kingdom Lodge's Sanaa Restaurant
While at the #MonkeyKingdomEvent last week, I visited the Animal Kingdom Lodge (what a cool place!) and dined at Sanaa, which is located within the resort.
Savor slow-cooked meats, salads and vegetarian specialties as you discover African cooking with Indian flavors.
Step inside this exquisite, East African-inspired eatery, which evokes a traditional spice market, decorated with handcrafted wares under the graceful branches of an acacia tree.
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Start your meal with Indian-style bread service with 3 accompaniments, from sweet mango chutney to spicy red chile sambal.
For your entrée, select from tender meats slow-cooked in gravy—such as beef short ribs and spicy Durban shrimp—as well as vegetarian dishes like the Sanaa vegetarian sampler. A range of sampler platters lets you choose a variety of flavors, and kid-friendly fare like beef burgers, pizza and grilled chicken is sure to please even the pickiest of palates.
Pair your meal with wine from South Africa, beer from India or Kenya, and specialty cocktails like the Malawi Mango Margarita. You can also enjoy refreshing non-alcoholic choices that include tropical juice, pomegranate lemonade and berry smoothies.
Reservations are recommended and can be made up to 180 days prior to your visit. Guests must be 21 years of age and over to order alcoholic beverages.
The flavors of Sanna immediately brought me back to the tastes and smells of India, but not as spicy (hot) as to accommodate families and sensitive palettes. I was impressed with the care the staff took with my shellfish allergy, as they offered various other meats as replacements. My favorite dish was the butter chicken, which includes pieces of extremely tender chicken in a buttery curry (just a hint of curry) tomato sauce. MMMMMM!


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Welcome to my resources page here I 'll be going to tell you about my tools and other things. It's quite hard to tell each and every one. So I am creating this page so that I can share it with anyone.
I recommend you to bookmark it for your reference and convenience. Enjoy!
Blogging CMS:
- WordPress.org: I am using WordPress.org self-hosted platform in my all blogs. One of the awesome cms for blogs with a lot of option and tools. I recommended all of you to go with WordPress.org
There is also the free platform you can choose.
- WordPress.com: A free blogging platform.
- Blogger: Another awesome free Blogging platform. Owned By Google
Well, there are many awesome hosting companies available on the internet.
- Bluehost: I recommend all of you to use Bluehost for you blogs because it's also recommended by WordPress and many other experts.
Update: This site is now migrated to Inmotion Hosting Another Good and affordable Hosting.
Blog Design/Themes
There are many awesome themes for WordPress blog. But I recommend you to spend some bucks and choose a premium one some of my recommendations are below.
- StudioPress (My Recommendation) – secure, beautifully designed, responsive themes SEO optimized and a lot of features which you need.
- Thrive Themes: I am using thrive leads themes well optimized, SEO Optimized and well coded.
- Thesis– a professionally designed WordPress blog theme and template manager – with many options.
Email services:
- Convertkit: One of the famous and awesome email marketing service you need for your blogs.
- MailChimp: Mail Chimp allows us design, send, and track beautiful email newsletters to our readers. Everyone blogger should have an email list.
- SumoMe – a tool to help you collect email addresses through a variety of popups, hello bars, welcome mats, and other innovative tools.
Tools for Graphic Design
- Canva – an online graphic design tool that even someone like I can create decent visuals for my blog with! Great for creating graphics for social media.
Other Blogging Resources and Tools
- Google Analytics – a great free metrics/statistics program. It's an industry standard, you need to have it installed!
Blog Monetization
- AdSense – Googles Ad network – one of the most used monetization strategies for bloggers.
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Volunteer Resources
Guidance on Quality Assurance Project Plans (QAPP)
Volunteer Surface Water Monitoring:
Surface water monitoring by volunteers (Watershed associations, stream teams, school groups, and individuals) is valuable to MassDEP's watershed management approach. High quality data from volunteer programs supports our efforts to assess surface waters, manage non-point sources of pollution (NPS) and calculate total daily maximum loads (TMDLs).
Benefits may include:
- Greater Stewardship: Volunteer monitoring can inspire citizens and groups to protect their high quality waterbodies and habitats and restore those with problems.
- Increased Awareness: Watershed-level information gathered by volunteers is especially useful in finding and reducing local sources of NPS pollution (e.g. carried by runoff from parking lots, construction sites, farms, etc.).
- More waterbodies monitored: With nearly 10,000 miles of rivers and streams, and over 3,000 lakes and ponds in Massachusetts, state and federal agencies don't have enough resources to sample all of our waters. Volunteers collecting high quality data can increase the number of waterbodies that MassDEP can assess, protect, and restore.
In order for MassDEP to use volunteer and other "external" data (i.e. data not collected by MassDEP), we require that the following criteria are met:
- Monitoring is conducted under a MassDEP-approved Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP). Each QAPP includes program specifics, the standard operating procedures (SOPs) for field sampling and laboratory analyses, and other details. Guidance on how to develop a volunteer QAPP can be found below.
- Samples are analyzed by a qualified laboratory. These have proven capabilities for the selected analyses, well-documented SOPs, and a QA plan. MassDEP's Wall Experiment Station maintains a list of Certified Laboratories . MassDEP prefers that samples be analyzed by a state-certified lab.
- Information is documented in a citable report. In addition to data, program reports should include a discussion of quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC) results, as well as data management.
Questions regarding volunteer water quality monitoring can be directed to Therese Beaudoin at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Volunteer Resources
- US EPA: Nonpoint Source Volunteer Monitoring
EPA's volunteer monitoring site with methods, manuals, and guidance documents.
- Surveying a Lake Watershed and Preparing an Action Plan (PDF) file size 1MB
A guide for non-technical volunteers.
- Appendices for the Lake Watershed Survey Guide (PDF) file size 3MB
Sample survey forms, frequently asked questions, guidance on reading maps, and more information for volunteer watershed monitors.
- 2013 Annual Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring Summit file size 7MB
An overview of ways in which volunteer monitoring group activities result in improved water quality and quantity, habitat, swimming and boating, using real-life examples from volunteers in Central Massachusetts. Activities are presented in the context of their nexus with DEP programs (where one exists), as well as with other state and federal agency programs. Non-programmatic actions are also described. November 2013.
- CZM - Coastal Water Quality Publications
Reports, fact sheets, and other publications from the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management.
- Division of Ecological Restoration
DER works with community-based partners to restore aquatic ecosystems. Find technical assistance for stream teams. Subscribe to the "Ebb & Flow" newsletter to learn about the latest restoration projects and also to obtain information on potential sources of funding.
- Example Field Data Collection Sheets:
Guidance on Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP)
These documents contain baseline requirements for various levels of data collection in water quality monitoring projects for inland and coastal water bodies. Any group performing the types of monitoring activities described in these QAPPs may adopt as their project plan.
- Massachusetts Inland Volunteer Monitoring General Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) file size 1MB
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Math geniuses will love this...
The great flood has subsided and Noah gets a command from God, "Release the animals and tell them to go forth and multiply."
So Noah opens the door and stands there as the animals leave. The rabbits come to the door and noah says, "Go forth and multiply."
"We can do that," the rabbits say as they leave. The deer come to the door.
"Go forth and multiply," Noah says.
"Sure thing," they say before bounding into the world. Then the snakes come to the door.
"Go forth and multiply."
"There might be a problem with that, Noah," the snakes reply. "We can't multiply. We are adders." Noah is very alarmed and goes to God for advice.
"Um, God, the snakes can't multiply."
"Don't worry, I'll take care of it." God responds.
A month later, God calls Noah.
"Noah, I think it is time to check on the animals. Go see how they are doing." So Noah checks the animals. There are 1,000 rabbits and 1,000 deer, but there are only 10 snakes.
"Snakes! What is the problem, can't you multiply?!" Noah asks with distress.
"We tried! We just can't!" the snakes respond defensively. Noah goes once more to God for advice. God thinks for a minute and replies.
"Don't worry. I'll take care of it." Well, another month passes by and God gives Noah a command.
"Go and check on all the animals again." Noah goes. There are 1,000,000 rabbits, 1,000,000 deer, and 10,000,000 snakes. Noah stares with his mouth agape.
"Wait! I thought that you guys were adders."
"We still are. God gave us logarithms."
Logarithmic expanding rules state that multiplication inside the logarithm can be expanded as addition outside the logarithm.
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Primitive Doll Skinny Rabbit Franken-Hare!
I only made three of these skinny rabbit dolls this year. Okay, I made four, but I'm keeping one.
The blue doll chair that I used for the pictures is not included with the doll. It's my own doll chair. I merely wanted to show her sitting down.
Introducing: Franken-Hare
This skinny rabbit is a healthy 19½ inches tall. She's made of muslin and she's been 'aged' in the South Carolina sun.
Here are her rabbit feet. They are really skinny, but cute. They've also been 'aged', as well as her pantaloons.
She's also wearing a Homespun dress.
And if you'll notice, her deep-set, shadowed eyes are made of vintage buttons. Of course, this makes her a bit blind, but she doesn't need to see anything. She's not going anywhere.
Franken-Hare also has a cute rusty heart-shaped button upon her chest. It's the heart of love and happiness and all that stuff.
And here she is sitting in the chair that I said you couldn't have because it's mine. I got it at Marshall's. I might go back and buy the rest of them. Then I can offer them with my dolls. The white chairs didn't look right, though. They had been damaged. Then again, what could look more primitive, huh?
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Were you to cross the world, my dear,
To work or love or fight,
I could be calm and wistful here,
And close my eyes at night.
It were a sweet and gallant pain
To be a sea apart;
But, oh, to have you down the lane
Is bitter to my heart.
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'Owe You Nothing' sports a twee edge, with downcast lyrics that hinge on sugary vocals, backed by a jagged wall of sound in the latter half. Truth be told, we've heard that sound plenty of times before. But, Wildhoney do add to the mixture, there's accessible pop-centric melodies combined with lo-fi charm, they're delivered with a frenetic energy that bowls the listener over. 'Maybe You're Crazy' is a good example of this. It sucks you in with catchy vocals and then hits with a wave of noise.
If a heavy dose of noise pop is your thing, then Wildhoney's 'Sleep Through It' will be right up your street! It's full throttle most of the way, with a short breath for air during 'Tea Leaves' and 'FSA', otherwise it doesn't let up. The standouts 'Seventeen', 'Fall In', 'Molly' and the title track are worth the price of admission alone. Wildhoney aren't taking themselves too seriously and are producing some really fun noise pop along the way.
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The songs on Sleep Through It tend to take a linear approach, but one that's buoyed by the shading of the music. Concision is the name of the game on tracks like "Owe You Nothing" and album highlights "Seventeen" and "Fall In." Here, the vocals aren't buried in the mix, but presented at an often slightly lower volume, centered for a clarity that works to the group's advantage. This balancing showcases their strength at designing sparkling earworms while guitars warp and peel back around them. The particular clean-guitar tone used on much of the album brings to mind something a friend once referred to as "that 80s alternative" sound: a layered, sweeping timbre you may be familiar with from albums like Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me (The Cure), What Does Anything Mean? Basically (The Chameleons), and Ocean Rain (Echo & the Bunnymen), a sound that only certain chorus pedals can truly replicate.
Some of the last generation of shoegazers have fallen on hard times lately — a quick once-over of the new A Place to Bury Strangers album will help you get my meaning here. But it's good to know that newer bands like Wildhoney are out there. Sure, they haven't exactly changed the game with Sleep Through It, but they've manged to create a deft and thoroughly enjoyable album, and it makes me excited to hear what they'll sound like on their second and third albums.
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Yeah, the issue is that Obama has faggotized the damned armed forces. The Marine Corps, The Air Force, etc., no longer exist as they did. They now WELCOME degeneracy and perversion. I have no respect for anyone who has joined up from this year forward. And this cowardly, scumbag Marine can go straight to hell where he belongs.
What the military needs more than ever is principled warriors. The fags in the military will not last. It will be over. Without a strong and principles military, our country is finished.
This perversion will not last too long. IMO. If it does, we're finished as a Republic.


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Solange Knowles made an appearance at last night's 'Great Gatsby' screening at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. For the decadent film, she wore a decadent dress from Jill Stuart's Fall 2013 collection and Burberry Prorsum satin wedges. The dress is not available yet, but the red wedges are available for $695 at Net-A-Porter.
The look is adorable and really simple to achieve. For fancier events, it allows a little freedom in its shorter cut and more comfortable shoes– as oppose to a long, confining gown and super high heels.
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With a unanimous vote of approval, the final 2014andndash;2015 city budget made it past the Crescent City Council earlier this week, but after some scrutiny from Council members, it's now scheduled to return to the legislative ring for a second round later this summer to deal with unanswered questions about the sewer fund.
Board members expressed concerns about the fund - the black sheep in the city's otherwise generally healthy financial family - saying they were reluctant to approve a plan that includes a fund budgeted at minus $651,000, although Finance Director Emily Boyd said that deficit could decrease by as much as $200,000 depending on 2013-2014 expenditure figures.
But even that's too much for Council members.
"We can't just adopt a budget in the sewer fund that's $450,000 in the red without going back and doing some serious work," Councilwoman Kelly Schellong said during the Monday Council meeting.
Boyd said final expenditure numbers will be calculated in late July. Currently total expenditures are budgeted at about $5 million.
Regardless of what the expenditures turn out to be, the "serious work" will still be required and involves more than just waiting for figures to come in.
According to City Manager Gene Palazzo, that work largely focuses on renegotiating the terms of a $44 million loan that the City is currently paying a 2.4 interest rate on - which comes out to about $2.1 million annually, with a payment due in August. The loan, which was taken out in 2007 for water treatment plant renovations and repairs, is set to be fully paid off in 27 years, Palazzo said.
If the city is successful in renegotiating a zero percent interest rate, the payment would be reduced to about $1 million annually.
"Staff is doing that serious work right now. We're in discussions with the state to retake a look at our loan with the state," Palazzo said at the meeting.
He said he expects those renegotiations to be complete by the end of July or in early August, which is when the updated sewer fund budget will go back to the Council with those debt service adjustments, along with the final 2013andndash;14 expenditures, included.
In the meantime, however, city business must go on, and that required an approved budget, Boyd reminded the Council before they voted to approve.
"We need to move forward with our budget so we can continue to do operations," Boyd said at the meeting. "And so I would ask you to adopt the budget with that caveat that we're not extending the debt service till we return to you."
If the renegotiation is successful and the zero percent interest rate granted, then the proposed sewer fund balance will be looking at positive $400,000. That's a big if, though.
"We're not sure where we're going with them at this point," Palazzo said at the meeting.
The interest rate discussions, which Palazzo said are still in their early stages, are a back and forth process that involves the state examining the cost of operating sewer facilities. Palazzo, who compared the sewer facility loan to a home loan, said the state at least wants to get the principal back, which requires the sewer remain in working order. And that's going to require a healthy sewer fund.
"It's going to cost more if you don't maintain it correctly," Palazzo said.
In the event that the negotiations aren't successful - or are even only partly successful - Palazzo said another sewer rate increase is likely, even though until all these debt service discussions and expenditure calculations are wrapped up in July, it's unclear what that increase will be or when it will take effect.
"The sooner you can get money into the system, the less the rates are in the future," Palazzo said. "If you can start collecting sooner than later - timing-wise, we're looking at that."
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28 September 1984 Comedy 140 mins
One of the best satires ever made in Malayalam, the film is a comic critique on the the corruption prevalent in Kerala, depicted using the activities in a village panchayat. A henpecked politician wants his name attached to a new bridge, even if that means destroying another, perfectly serviceable bridge.
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From his age-clouded eyes, to his scrawny legs, to his "devil" tail with the tuft of hair jutting out at the tip, Rusty isn't exactly a classic beauty.
But on this sunny spring morning, the 15-year-old Miniature Pinscher from New Jersey is being photographed with an intensity usually reserved for a Vanity Fair shoot. And kneeling on the creaky maple floor of this rented Manhattan photo studio, drumming her fingers to get her geriatric subject to look into her close-up lens is Amanda Jones, who for all intents and purposes is the Annie Leibovitz of dog photography.
Forget Coach collars and Prada totes. To have your dog's portrait shot by Jones means you — not to mention your pooch — have arrived. Her photographs have an unmistakable intimacy to them, and often reflect a fascination for the parts that make up the whole — the arch of a neck, the splay of a leg, the loll of a tongue. Jones' subjects have made fine fodder for no fewer than four photo books featuring, respectively, Dachshunds, French Bulldogs, Greyhounds, and their diminutive cousins the Iggies, and, of course, mutts.
"I could not do what I do without treats," says Jones, 40, nodding to her industrial-sized bag of Pup-Peroni. After much trial and error, it has become her doggie distraction of choice. "I can break it into little pieces, and it doesn't get greasy and smear all over my camera," she explains, as she crouches down again.
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"Rusty," says Jones, tapping her camera and waving a fingernail-size bit of Pup-Peroni. The dog, who has the decided air of a cranky old man on a park bench, stops and stares. Click, click, click. Huddled on the floor, as if in a modern dance piece, the petite photographer slowly moves her hand in the air, bends her arm over her head, drums her fingers on the floor, and makes a high-pitched whistle — anything to get his attention.
"We call him the Jack LaLanne of Min Pins," beams his owner, Tessa Lavender-Beck, 35, flipping open her cell phone to show off a fuzzy Halloween photo of the diminutive red dog in a muscle suit and foam dumbbells.
No one can argue that Rusty has led a full life. Lavender-Beck got him from a pet store when she was in college. She remembers him as "this insane, weirdo, skinny red dog who'd been marked down three times." Rusty survived dorm life with Lavender-Beck's then boyfriend, now husband, Jon Beck, 34, earning a 5-inch scar in a campus scuffle with a Rottweiler.
"Rusty took the first bite," Beck says, as the Min Pin takes a break to shuffle around the studio.
At her computer, Jones uploads her first batch of photos. On screen, Rusty's eyes are huge and knowing. Near the water bowl, he sniffs and nonchalantly relieves himself on the well-worn floor.
"We've never known each other without Rusty," says Lavender-Beck, reaching for the paper towels Jones keeps handy for accidents. They've also never had any other dog; intensely territorial, Rusty never allowed another four-footer in the household.
Struggling with deafness, severe arthritis, and Cushing's disease, Rusty probably won't be around much longer. And the blank wall under the cathedral ceiling in the couple's duplex calls out for a 2-foot-square portrait of him in all his toothless splendor. Such digital immortality doesn't come cheap: A 90-minute session with Jones, which includes proof sheets and five prints, costs $1,100.
Even at those prices, less is often more. "I kind of let them unfold," Jones says of her subjects. "I try not to pose them."
Her biggest challenge is convincing the dogs to walk on the seamless white paper that she uses as a backdrop. "Dogs just aren't themselves on it," she says. To relax them a bit, she might turn to a rubber chicken toy when a loud squeak is warranted, a latex chicken leg for a more demure squeak, or that kitty captivator, the feather wand.
Rusty is having none of it. The appeal of the Pup-Peroni is wearing thin, and the paper is slippery. He bares his teeth, and his tongue unfurls like a carpet runner. Jones clicks away, but not before Rusty nails her.
"He doesn't have many teeth, so it's more like a hickey," Jones says, looking at the coin-sized souvenir Rusty has left on her wrist.
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A Connecticut native, Jones grew up in a cat-only family; her beloved longhaired Dachshund Lily, now 10, is her first dog. After a stint as a wedding photographer, Jones found herself in San Francisco, photographing dot-com execs and other cubicle dwellers. On a whim, she invited a friend and his yellow Lab Ruby to pop by her studio.
"It wasn't my intention to do dogs only, but it was so much fun," Jones remembers. "The photos came out really well, and people flipped."
She tacked up a flier in a local pet store and did 10 portraits that first year. She estimates she's shot about 1,500 in the last decade.
Today Jones lives in Massachusetts with her husband, a stay-at-home dad, and her 6-year-old daughter who is just starting to learn the difference between a Pug and a Basset Hound. Jones' studio is on the grounds of the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art. Outside the window is an art installation of six trees hanging upside down, suspended in air, with their gravity-defying, sun-seeking branches growing upward.
Jones' schedule is similarly topsy-turvy. She works about half the weekends of the year, booking often sold-out sessions in cities as far flung as New York, San Francisco, Atlanta, and Chattanooga. London is the farthest she has gone for a shoot. She says her human clients vary depending on geography, and that Wisconsinites are "very calm and quiet" compared to New Yorkers who never seem to stop talking. But "dogs are dogs wherever we are," she says.
Jones shoots cats and human babies, too, along with the occasional llama or horse, but dogs are her mainstay. Her most crowded frame included a dozen Golden Retriever pups. She's also shot a family of five with their four dogs.
Her favorite photo of herself is a laminated Polaroid that her husband carries in his wallet. In it, Jones is deadpan, as her Dachshund impishly licks her nose.
Beyond the lens
Jones appreciates characters — perhaps precisely because they have character — and so, despite his orneriness, Rusty has endeared himself to her. "He's got good circles," she says of the dramatic whorls of fur on the back of his thighs.
"I like his gangly legs, his chicken legs," Lavender-Beck adds, as Jones takes a close-up of his paw.
Rusty takes another much-needed break, lying on the blue fleece blanket his owners brought along. His session is almost done, and the next dog — an irrepressible 11/2-year-old Yorkshire Terrier named Rosie whose ears are fringed like expensive throw pillows — is about to arrive. Lavender-Beck strokes Rusty, issuing a comforting "Ssssssh," while still more photos pop up on the computer screen.
While all her subjects are special, the photographer admits to some favorites.
"I love Chihuahuas," Jones says. "I just love their spirit — how feisty they are. They never quit." She's enamored of Great Danes for their sculptural quality. "They do the coolest stuff with their arms and legs and ears."
One of her favorite shots is of three Rhodesian Ridgebacks whose poses — one sitting, one standing, one stretching — form a captivating intersection of bodies. It came at the end of a long photo session — Ridgebacks are not known for their infinite patience, "and I was fried, so tired," she remembers. "And then came this just incredible stretch."
Similarly she senses there's a bit more to Rusty. She has him pose with his proud owners, individually and then together. Lest anyone think him a wimp, Rusty nails Beck on the cheek. Finally, Jones has Beck lie on his back and lift Rusty into the air, balanced on the palm of his hand.
"Nine pounds of terror," Beck intones.
"An offering to the gods," Jones chuckles.
The hour and a half is up, and Lavender-Beck dresses Rusty in his camouflage sweater decorated with Scottish Terrier profiles.
The biggest mistake some clients make is that they wait too long to take their dog's portrait, Jones says. "Sometimes the dogs are so old, they can't hold their heads up," she says softly.
Rusty isn't like that. He's tough and stubborn and positively imperious. Jones has no way of knowing that two days later, Rusty will take an unexpected turn for the worse and the Becks will have to have him euthanized.
But today, thanks to Jones, whose photo of Rusty in midair fills the computer screen, he is immortal.
Denise Flaim is a DOG FANCY contributing editor, the pets columnist at Newsday, and author of The Holistic Dog Book: Canine Care for the 21st Century (Howell, 2003).


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Ufa Ranks First Among Metropolises In Shipping Volume Per Capita
Activity of Ufa industrial production in 2015 was characterized by positive dynamics. Industrial production index reached the level of 100.8 per cent versus the previous year. This was reported during a regular operational meeting in the municipality on March, 15 2016.
Industrial production growth was provided by increase in mining by 2.1% and manufacturing industries by 0.9%. The growth of economic activity in 2015 was observed in the sectors of manufacturing, such as: clothing manufacture (137.5%), manufacture of leather goods and footwear (107.7%), manufacture of rubber and plastic products (102.9%), manufacture of machinery and equipment (103.0%), electrical equipment production (102.0%), manufacture of transport equipment (104.6%).
Oil production has set at the level of 97.2% versus the production in 2014, 99.6% - chemical production. Manufacture of food products is characterized by one of the minimum values of the index among industrial enterprises (84.7%), due to reduced production volumes of dairy products, bakery products, soft drinks.
In the production and distribution of electricity, gas and water the index was 99.6% versus 2014, where the production of electricity increased by 2.5%, while the supply of thermal power decreased by 1.2%.
Ufa ranked second among million-plus cities in the total volume of products shipped based on the figures of 2015. The capital of Bashkortostan ranked first Ufa in shopping volume per capita.
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Battle of the Atlantic Trailer (2002)
01 January 2002 Factual, Foreign
Hitler's submarines, his "Grey Wolves," made their first appearance in 1939, and by 1942 had brought the Allies to the brink of defeat. Churchill would later admit, "The only thing that ever really frightened me during the War was the U-boat peril." At the most desperate hour, the capture of an Enigma machine and the invention of radar would prove instrumental in turning the battle, and therefore the war, around. This three-part series includes eyewitness accounts from former U-boat crew members and fascinating images of U-boats in action, along with dramatic reconstruction, to bring this crucial struggle for control of the "saltwater highways" into focus.
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A holy fear of God motivates us to trust his mercy we see more clearly what he has done for us in Christ.
Courage to face our greatest fears will not come from our self-confidence, but confidence in God's powerful promises to act on our behalf.
We fight sinful fears and anxieties by fighting against unbelief and fighting for faith in God's ongoing grace toward us. The way we fight this "good fight" is by meditating on God's many and rich promises to us and by asking for the help of his Spirit.
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The talks given by the journalists were very well structured and that made the biggest difference – people who know how to structure and present content.
They also stuck to time meticulously and used 5 minute mini presentations to keep things moving between longer talks.
It's the only one I'll be going to next year.
On the other had, Marketing Week live, of which I was a super premium special talk guest was the worst 2 days of this year.
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His belongings were found abandoned on a roadside hours later.
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Boost in oil price fuels growth in UK production sector
The UK's production sector posted its strongest growth for six months in March, suggesting a slightly better start to the year for the economy than first feared.
The pound rose to a five-month high against the US dollar after official figures showed the sector grew by a better-than-expected 0.5%, boosted by a bounce from North Sea oil and gas.
Within production, manufacturing also beat forecasts with expansion of 0.4%, led by pharmaceuticals, while its performance in February was revised up too.
The figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) now show the production sector grew by 0.1% in the first quarter, compared to a previous estimate that it shrank by 0.1% over the period.
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Vicky Redwood, chief UK economist at Capital Economics, said the data "tentatively suggest that the recovery in the sector is starting to get back on track", amid hopes that the wider upturn can be rebalanced.
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On October 1st, Mark Lawrence and I launched the pre-order period for The Broken Empire.
Fans of Mark's work flooded to the website. And in a very short amount of time—minutes, really—more than 200 orders were placed. You guys added books to the shopping cart, the shopping cart contacted PayPal, and you guys purchased your books by moving money from your PayPal accounts over to the Grim Oak Press PayPal account.
As many of you have pointed out, more than a hundred pre-orders did not "Complete" but instead switched over to "Pending Review" status on PayPal. They were red flagged.
And today, when some of you began writing me to let me know your orders had been "Denied" by PayPal, I called them.
After informing the PayPal customer service rep that I haven't had very good customer service this week, I explained what happened. He checked with his manager, they looked over the account, and then they informed me that Federal regulations red flagged those orders. When a great deal of money moves into an account over a short period of time, the Federal government flags it for terrorist review and ascertains whether or not it is for legitimate purposes.
In short, the Federal government told PayPal to deny those orders.
Because obviously we are a bunch of terrorists.
I can't tell you how angry I am. Seething is a good word, I think. No. A great word.
I now have to figure out who has been denied and who hasn't and fix that in the Grim Oak Press database. And then I have to figure out who was denied for Lettered Editions and reach out to them so they can pay.
Please, look at your order on Grim Oak Press as well as in PayPal.
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- If you ordered a Lettered Edition of the book and you've been denied, I will be reaching out to you.
- If you ordered a Limited Edition of the book and you've been denied, I bet you can place an order now and it will go through.
I'll try to address this tomorrow. But I am flying out to NYCC on Tuesday and won't be back for a week thereafter. I will have time to address this more then.
Many apologies to you guys who were denied!
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I don't know about every day training. Although in today's technological environment it's pretty simple to develop a tool that can be accessed at any time to give and to receive training motivation etc.
Training is very important. I feel bad for sales people who work in dealerships that offer no training, like mine. The sales people just "get by" month to month and can't afford to pay for the training their selves. Watching free videos online can only get you so far. It's not personalized for the individuals strong and weak points. Any suggestions?
Agree in full with the above! Athletes train daily, watch footage and nit pick every thing about them it's why Usain Bolt breaks records. So why would you not do it in business?
Shawn— I hear what you are saying… Desiring to be in a workplace that values and promotes effective training. My suggestion is to take matters into your own hands. Invest in YOURSELF, in YOUR CAREER, and in YOUR EARNING POTENTIAL. You obviously value positive input, that's why you find yourself on this blog! I just recently started a new job, and knew I needed to increase my skill set to achieve my goals. I decided to invest $200/mo in Cardone University— a decision that got mixed reviews from co-workers (That's expensive— I can't afford that—I already know everything I need to know) Bottom line— my income and production is roughly double that of who have been in the same place for years. A $200 investment yields a $3000 dividend— definitely more expensive to NOT SPEND THE $200! Get better, stay positive, keep adding skills, stay strong! Create a positive change in a humble way… Life will get very exciting! Thanks to Grant for being a mentor… You've made a difference in my life and I will bless others as a result.
Training is a pre-requisite for success. Since success is a habit, training too must be a habit; a constant never-ending habit to continually sharpen your edge and skills personally and professionally. People like Grant thankfully sharpen themselves and share it with us- challenging us. Thank you for that GC!
Love it Grant! I am plugged into your content every single day. My life and business has never been better. Thanks for leading the way. =)
That's awesome Scott!
It sounds like you're right on track Gerald!
I agree with what you are saying Byron. I actually asked my employer about helping me out and getting me into the Cardone University and was shot down. I'm a huge fan of Grant. I personally have a short attention span for boring people and Grant never fails to keep my attention when I'm watching him. Ziglar, Verde, these guys just bore me to death personally. I looked into the CU and seen the prices, $1800 for the whole thing or $200/ month. I think these prices are more than fair considering the outcome. I'll do some digging and try to make some room in my budget for this $200/month. I believe whole heartedly that this is what needs to be done.
Thanks Grant. I did call today around 3:30pm and the sales dept was pretty busy I guess. Just waiting on a call back. Thanks for the response!
All the lessons learned from training have a "Shelf Life". We can extend that shelf life with repetitive training.
Yes Shawn! Call my office so you can get on a program that will guarantee your success.
You're right that parents shouldn't rely solely on the educational system and you should expose your daughter to new things. Find out what she is interested in and passionate about and that is where she will excel.
I listen to Grant`s audio every day, it`s great
Great points Grant. I just been thinking about introducing more training into my daughters life – maybe just 15-20 mins a day working on a graphics software tutorial or something. After all we shouldn't just rely on academia to 'teach' the next generation – there are simple daily or weekly tasks they can work to complete to develop their abilities, confidence and understanding that being committed to continual growth brings results.
She's doing great with her thaiboxing and swimming but I'd like her to get more use from her laptop than games or watching kids shows. She's 11.


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Dimitri Keriotis's short story collection The Quiet Time is forthcoming from Stephen F. Austin State University Press. His stories have appeared or are forthcoming in the Beloit Fiction Journal, Flyway, BorderSenses, Evening Street Review, and other literary journals. He teaches English at Modesto Junior College and co-coordinates the High Sierra Institute. He and his family live in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada.
We've all heard the news about the economy creeping back to life. This notion recently became real when a colleague and I wanted to bring writer Suzanne Roberts to Modesto Junior College to read from her memoir Almost Somewhere. I hit up my dean for some money for a P&W matching grant, and without pausing, he said, "I can find something for you." As I walked out of his office, I wondered if I'd heard him correctly. The last time I asked for money I'd been laughed out the door.
Ours is a familiar story: Over the past few years of the Great Recession, the funding for nearly all things literary went bone dry. Our college's literary journal—Quercus Review—though ten years strong with submissions from such heavy hitters as XJ Kennedy, Naomi Shihab Nye, Amiri Baraka, and Wanda Coleman was killed from the college budget in Robespierre guillotine fashion. And support for author events didn't fare much better. Whereas we'd previously brought a poet to campus in the fall and a prose writer in the spring, and were able to pay them four figures, we found ourselves clawing at a few lost quarters found in the faculty lounge furniture. Hard times had hit. When I talked with friends at other campuses, they told me more of the same. I thought our college's lit-event life was long dead.
But all hope was far from lost. Writer Daniel Chacón, who'd once taught at MJC, contacted me about coming to read and visit classrooms. When I told him that I wasn't sure if I could scrape together a three-digit compensation, he said, "I understand. Whatever you can do will be fine." Chacón's response led the way, encouraging us over the next few years to invite other authors. We knew better than to try to offer two readings a year, so we scaled it down to one. Over the next three years we were able to average a reading a year because the writers essentially repeated Chacón's message. It seemed as if an overall understanding spread across the literary community: We'll do what it takes to breathe life into the events that keep our community alive. But still, we had to pay the artists something. Even when they said that they would come for free, and a couple did, it would have been criminal to take them up on it. One year we tapped a forgotten fund designated for literary events established back in the day, which allowed us to pull together enough funding to apply for a P&W matching grant. Another year we knocked on any door whose office had the faintest smell of money. The only one that came through was that of the Associated Students, the student government. After that we walked into a desert. Those who'd supported us in the past not only didn't throw us a bone, they all but slammed their doors in our faces. We felt strongly about continuing our practice of visiting authors, and we became scared of what would happen if we stopped. While we could handle not offering our community a reading one year, we worried that the Pooh-Bahs in charge of the money would get used to writers not coming to campus, which would make it tough to bring them back when better times returned. Keeping our momentum up, though our number of readings had dropped by a half, was vital. We'd been lucky enough to receive P&W matching grants in the past, but what if you had nothing for P&W to match? Feeling gutsy, I called P&W's LA office and asked this question. I nearly fell out of my chair when they encouraged us to apply anyway. We did, and P&W allowed our wheels to keep turning.
No doubt we have yet to fully return to fat times, but it seems like we've made it through the financial bottleneck. This past fall poet and memoirist Suzanne Roberts did come to campus, and this spring we're bringing poet Patricia Smith. We're able to offer greater compensations than we have in years. It's a nice feeling, returning to flusher times that result in writers being rewarded more than has been possible of late. No doubt such rough times will return someday, but the lean times have taught us that we never have to completely do without literary inspiration.
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Following recent coverage in the national media about policing of the Olympic Games London 2012, the Chief Constable of Humberside Police Tim Hollis has reassured local people about the cost of any additional demand on policing.
Mr Hollis said:
"The primacy must be delivering a safe and secure Olympic Games and, if additional demands fall upon the police as a result of the Group 4 situation, I have no doubt that the service will do what is necessary to ensure a successful Games.
"As Chief of Humberside, however, I would reassure local people than I will take robust steps to ensure that the cost of any such additional demand does not fall on local forces. It cannot be acceptable for the failures of a private company to fall upon the shoulders of the public sector, be it the military or the police.
Mr Hollis, who oversees the national unit which coordinates requests for mutual aid in respect of the Olympics, said: "Where responsibility lies for recent events is for others to determine. My commitment is to ensure that the pre-planned contribution by Humberside Police to the Games is delivered on time and that we strive to minimise the impact upon local policing. At this stage, no additional requests for mutual aid have been received by this force but nationally plans are still being revised.
"I do also consider this experience will have long term implications. In recent years we've heard a great deal of how the private sector can take on aspects of the policing in a more cost effective manner, and I don't doubt that there is an element of truth in that, but it is not a panacea. On this particular occasion they have been weighed, measured and found wanting and the Military and Police have stepped up to recover the situation - but at a cost."


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Thread: Setting Serial downwards
01-06-03, 11:46 #1Registered User
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Unanswered: Setting Serial downwards
The Alter Table .. modify .. (.. serial(?)) statement allows the next value of a serial to be changed.
This cannot be moved below the maximum value it has been set to on a table - even if the higher serials have been deleted.
We have rather a large table where the serial has been set to a ridiculously large value (suspect an insert with corrupt value from inside an esql/c program).
Is there any way to set the next value to a lower value - other than by unloading, dropping and reloading the table ?
How is the constraint which forces the serial number upwards implemented ?
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You could change the column to an integer datatype.
Set the values as you wish an then alter the table to reset the column to a serial datatype. If you have an index on the serial column, you might consider to drop it first and recreate it afterwards.rws
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> Nice One,
> It's not the first time I've met this problem.
> We tried on a development box - 170K rows - took about a minute.
> Few questions
> Didn't drop the index - any risk there ?
> The conversion to integer was virtually instantaneous - does this
> simply involve changing a system table ?
> The conversion to serial was more time consuming - was it recreating > the maximum serial ?
> Any need to lock the table or stop logging ?
> The target table has around 14 Million rows and as we would like to
> keep any outage to a minimum we would rather avoid dropping and
> recreating the index if that is safe.
You don't have to drop/recreate the index.
It is faster to drop and recreate it.
The conversion is very easy. serial is an int8 datatype, so no conversion needed. Informix just creates a new version of the table to have the least downtime as possible. Once you have lots of time you could reset the table to version 1, but that might take some time.
The conversion to serial was more time consuming because he had to check for any duplicates. So once you converted to integer, recreate the index and than convert back to serial.
Just make sure you don't create a long transaction. That might be a disaster. make sure you have enough log space, or just tur off logging (not really the best solution).
Anyway, goodluck!rws
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Is there any implication to not setting the version of the table back to 1 ?
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Just a little performance.
And when you do a migration, that's the first thing it does. So your migration might take some more time. This is actually one of the biggest time-consuming issues of a migration.
Hope it helps.rws
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> Query on Versions
>Hi Roelwe,
>I date back to earlier versions of Informix (4) where the table was >converted (I think) when you changed the type of a column.
>I have also (briefly) worked with Ingres.
>In Ingres 2 (if I remember correctly) a table has versions.
>Each page on the database carries the version which applies to that >page.
>If you change the table structure (options were limited) this only >changed the header of the table.
>Each page was then converted between versions as it was updated.
>Have Informix implemented this - if so from what version and where >can I read up on it ?
>Sorry to be a pain - but I'm curious.
No problem in beiing curious.
informix and Ingres merged their technology and it resulted in (I think it was ) version 5.
The table versioning of Informix is implemented since then. (More than 10 years) Oracle did it 2 years ago ...
I think you should find it somewhere in the documentation. It is available on the web.rws


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Red-Blooded American Girl II (Hit & Run) (Hot Blooded) (1998)
College boy Trent is returning home for the holidays when he crosses the path of bad-girl Miya at a truck stop. When he agrees to give her a ride, he becomes part and parcel to all her twisted desires.
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There are nine tracks on Purgatory, Homestretch's recent full-length. They clock in somewhere near the 23-minute mark of uncompromising far-flung fringes of excess. From opener "Daybreak" to the existentialist "Bhairava" to the slower-tempo tirade of "Azazel," this album works well because it is well thought-out.
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The invention relates to an apparatus and method for an electrochemcial sensor having an electrode comprising a thin film and, more particularly, an electrode having a minimal porosity
Monitoring toxic gases is a great concern in relation to environmental pollution, occupational health, and industrial emission control. Known methods and apparatuses have been developed to detect the presence of gases. For example, gas chromatography, ion chromatography, electrolytic conductivity detection, and conductometric measurement are typically used to detect gases. However, these manners for detecting gases have generally been expensive and cumbersome.
Electrochemical sensors were provided to overcome these limitations. Electrochemical sensors typically operate at room temperature, provide a signal which varies linearly with concentrations of analyte species, have short response time, and exhibit acceptable sensitivity with high durability. In addition, electrochemical sensors are compact and can be used for continuous monitoring.
Known electrochemical gas sensors typically include gas diffusion electrodes in contact with a conductive medium, such as electrolyte. Sensors typically measure gas by diffusing it through an electrolyte. The electrolyte is in contact with electrodes, which in turn permits a measurement of current flow between them. The gas generally undergoes either oxidation or reduction to produce yielding a signal in the form of a current, which is typically larger than the background current. Hence, there is generally a correlation between a measurement of current flow and the concentration of a particular gas.
The cornerstone of these sensors generally has been on optimizing the electrode/gas/electrolyte interface in order to achieve higher sensitivity. However, known sensors having thick films of electrolyte require longer gas diffusion times and, therefore, have slower response times.
Recently, planar thin film sensors have been developed by constructing three planar electrodes on alumina substrate and covering them with a thin polymer electrolyte, such as Nafion. J. A. Cox and K. S. Alber, Amperometric Gas Phase Sensor for the Determination of Ammonia in a Solid State Cell Prepared by a Sol-Gel Process, 143, No. 7 J. Electrochem. Soc. L126-L128 (1996) developed a solid state cell in which microelectrode arrays were coated with a film of vanadium oxide xerogel for detection of ammonia. However, this film needs to be soaked in a solution in order to provide ionic conductivity. Soaking the electrolyte tends to cause a thick layer of electrolytic solution, which floods the electrode surface. Flooding negatively affects sensor response time due to the thick layer of electrolytic solution through which gas must diffuse.
Another contributor to flooding is an electrode surface having crevices or pores, where electrolytic solution may accumulate. Because a difference of only a fraction of a micrometer differentiates between a desirably thin film of electrolyte and a thick film of electrolytic solution that floods the electrodes, crevices or pores in the surface may affect sensor sensitivity. Similarly, wicking, where solution seeps into or beneath the electrode surface, negatively affects sensor response time for the same reasons as crevices/pores.
Lower temperatures may also negatively affect an electrochemical sensor's efficiency for the response time is typically slower. This may be due to a host of factors, including a higher viscosity of the solution used to wet the electrolyte.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,716,506 to Maclay et al. ("Maclay") relates to an electrochemical gas sensor for detecting gases and taking into account relative humidity and air temperature. The patent discloses thin film platinum electrodes for increasing a sensor's sensitivity. The patent also discloses that the electrodes may be electrodeposited, or electroplated in acid. The reference further discloses that electrodes may be sputtered onto a substrate. However, nowhere does Maclay disclose an electrode comprising a thin film for minimizing flooding of the working electrode. Also, Maclay does not disclose an electrode surface that minimizes crevices or porosity for preventing flooding and/or wicking. Further, nowhere does Maclay disclose an acidic solution for use in a sensor operating below 0� C.
What is desired, therefore, is an electrochemical sensor having improved sensitivity and response time. What is also desired is a sensor that prevents flooding and/or wicking of the electrode surface. What is further desired is a sensor operational at lower temperatures.
Accordingly, it is an object of the invention to provide an electrochemical gas sensor having an electrode surface free from pores or crevices.
It is another object of the invention to provide an electrochemical gas sensor having an electrode that deters wicking.
It is also an object of the invention to provide an electrochemical gas sensor having an electrode that deters flooding.
It is yet another object of the invention to provide an electrochemical gas sensor having consistent sensitivity whether operating above or below 0� C.
Still another object of the invention is to provide an electrochemical gas sensor having improved sensitivity and response time by maximizing the quantity of interfaces between gas, electrode, and electrolyte.
These and other objects of the invention are achieved by an electrochemical gas sensor having a substrate, substrate surface for depositing electrodes thereon, counter and sensing electrodes for measuring current flow, an electrolyte for providing an electrical connection between the electrodes, and an electrode surface having a predetermined porosity, pore size, and thickness for deterring flooding.
The electrode surface may further have a porosity of between 2% and 5% or, preferably, less than 1%. The lower the porosity, the less likely flooding will occur. A nonporous surface is ideal for then electrolyte could not gather in the crevices, thereby contributing to flooding.
The electrode surface may further have a pore size of between 0.05 and 0.12 micrometers at a pore's greatest measurement or, preferably, less than 0.01 micrometers. The smaller the pore size, the less likely flooding will occur. A nonporous surface is ideal for then electrolyte could not gather in the pores, thereby contributing to flooding.
The electrode surface may further have a thickness of between and 0.2 and 1 micrometers or, preferably, less than 0.1 micrometers for the thinner the electrode, the less likely pores or crevices will form in the electrode. An ideal thickness would be such that a nonporous electrode surface is formed for the electrode would lack the necessary depth to permit a pore or crevice to completely form.
Another aspect of the electrochemical gas sensor includes an acidic solution for hydrating the dry or solid state electrolyte. The acidic solution enables the sensor's response time and sensitivity to be consistent in lower temperatures and, more specifically, below 0� C. The sensor may further include a reservoir for containing the solution used to hydrate the electrolyte.
The invention and its particular features and advantages will become more apparent from the following detailed description considered with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Substrate 12 includes known or novel materials used for forming a supporting surface 14 upon which the electrodes are placed. The substrate has a surface that has a porosity of less than 25% and a pore size of less than 15 micrometers at a pore's greatest distance. Preferably substrate 12 has a porosity less than 5% and a pore size less than 0.15 micrometers. Substrate 12 having the above-mentioned characteristics generally permits a film of electrode material to be deposited in a manner that has a porosity of less than 5% and a pore size not exceeding the smaller of either a width or length of the film at a pore's greatest measurement. The reason for such a generally flat surface is so that desirably thin film electrodes may be deposited thereon free from unnecessary pores or crevices, thereby reducing wicking and porosity, both of which disadvantageously affect sensor sensitivity. Substrate 12 ideally has no porosity so as to provide an ideally flat surface upon which electrodes are deposited. It is also desired for the electrodes to likewise have a porosity of less than 25% and, preferably, less than 5%. The electrodes' pore size are less than 15 micrometers and, preferably, less than 0.15 micrometers at a pore's greatest distance. Most preferably, the electrodes are deposited in a manner that has a porosity of less than 5% and a pore size not exceeding the smaller of either a width or length of the electrode at a pore's greatest measurement. Ideally, the electrodes have no porosity. However, such electrode requirements will not be met unless substrate 12 upon which the electrodes are deposited is also subjected to similar standards of porosity and pore size.
Suitable substrate materials include glass or any electrically insulating material. Substrate 12 and surface 14 should be made of a material that is a poor conductor of electricity so as not to interfere with proper functioning of electrochemical gas sensor 10. Such a material may be classified as an insulating material.
Housing 11 may, but need not, be of the same material as substrate 12. Housing 11 includes known or novel materials used in the art for making electrochemical gas sensors.
First and second electrodes, 20 and 22, are essential for proper functioning of electrochemical gas sensor 10. A measurement of current is taken between first and second electrodes, 20 and 22. Electrolyte 30 is in contact with both first and second electrodes and acts as a conductive medium to carry current in the form of ions between first and second electrodes, 20 and 22. It should be known that current may flow to or from either electrode and that first and second electrodes are interchangeable. Hence, either electrode may act as a sensing or counter electrode, depending on the direction of the flow of current. For pictorial and exemplary purposes only, first electrode 20 is the counter electrode and second electrode 22 is the sensing electrode.
When an unknown gas mixture comes into contact with electrochemical gas sensor 10 it undergoes oxidation or reduction and increases the current flow between the electrodes. For the sensor to function, the unknown mixture must diffuse through the electrolyte to the sensing electrode, where the gas sensing occurs. The thickness of the electrolyte film determines the sensor response time and sensitivity; the thicker the electrolyte film, the slower the response and the lower the sensitivity.
First electrode 20 includes any electrically conductive material for permitting current measurement. Generally, a metallic material, such as platinum, is used for these types of materials provide sufficient conductivity. However, any known or novel material suffices so long as it is electrically conductive for permitting a measurement of current.
Second electrode 22 includes all the limitations of first electrode 20, including an ideally nonporous and non-wicking surface or a surface having negligible porosity and/or wicking. Having both electrodes made of the same material is best for conductivity but need not be required for proper functioning of sensor 10. First electrode 20 being of a different material than second electrode 22 still permits sufficient conductivity and efficiency.
Second electrode 22 is desirably thin, such as a thickness less than 10 micrometers and, preferably, less than 1 micrometer, so as to reduce wicking and porosity, both of which are undesirable and negatively affect response time and sensor sensitivity. Second electrode 22 is deposited in a manner that has a porosity of less than 5% and a pore size not exceeding the smaller of either a width or length of second electrode 22 at a pore's greatest measurement. When the electrode is a thin film, essentially any crevice or pore formed in the electrode surface would in fact be a hole all the way through the electrode for the thin film lacks the depth necessary to completely form a crevice or pore. Hence, second electrode 22 is ideally nonporous and non-wicking or having negligible porosity and/or wicking. The invention does not require first electrode 20 or third electrode 24 to have a thickness similar to second electrode 22 for sensor 10 to function properly.
In addition, electrochemical gas sensor 10 may further include third electrode 24 deposited on surface 14. Third electrode 24 is not necessary for proper functioning of electrochemical gas sensor 10 but provides a more desirable sensor for sensitivity, accuracy, selectivity, and/or repeatability are improved. If first electrode 20 operates as the counter electrode and second electrode operates as the sensing electrode, third electrode 24 functions as a reference electrode which helps in controlling the potential of working electrode independent of counter electrode potential. Third electrode 24 includes all the limitations of both first and second electrodes, 20 and 22, and may further be interchanged with either of first and/or second electrode, 20 and/or 22. However, for the purposes of
Electrolyte 30 is a conductive medium for carrying a flow of current between first and second electrodes, 20 and 22. Electrolyte 30 also carries a current between third electrode 24, if applicable, and either first or second electrode. Electrolyte 30 further includes a conductive medium in the solid state, such as Nafion.
Solid state electrolyte is advantageous in that it permits the thickness of the electrolytic layer to be less than an electrolytic layer in a liquid state. Generally, electrolyte 30 is between 1-1000 micrometers thick An electrolyte having this thickness permits quicker gas diffusion and quicker sensor response time. However, if solid state or dry electrolyte is used, it needs to be wetted in order for sensor 10 to function properly. Dry electrolyte is known to have poor electrically conductive properties.
Hence, solution 84 functions to improve the sensor's sensitivity by wetting electrolyte 30. Solution 84 includes liquid electrolyte, water, or an acid solution. Solution 84 is contained in reservoir 80 within the sensor. However, a controlled wetting is desired for flooding of the electrodes causes the sensor to malfunction. Flooding the electrodes with solution 84, particularly at the sensing electrode's surface, negatively affects sensor sensitivity and response time, as mentioned above.
Empirical data suggests that the composition of solution 84 affects the functionality of sensor 10 in lower temperature environments. At room temperature, at or about 25� C., or higher, solution 84 may comprise of water, liquid state electrolyte, an acidic solution, or other solution for wetting solid state electrolyte 30.
However, at temperatures below 0� C., the composition of solution 84 becomes more important. Solution comprising an acidic solution provides better sensor performance than water. Therefore, sensor 10 includes an acidic solution when operating in an environment below 0� C.
Electrolyte 30 further includes layer 32 on second electrode 22. Layer 32 is more specifically depicted in FIG. 2. The purpose of layer 32 is to increase the quantity of interfaces between gas, electrolyte, and electrode to include the surface of sensing electrode 22 for gas diffuses throughout layer 32, which is in contact with the surface of sensing electrode 22. Without layer 32, the interface in the approximate area of sensing electrode 22 would be substantially smaller, limited to an area where electrolyte 30 comes in contact with sensing electrode 22. This contact area would generally be a linear contact point defining an approximate circumference of the electrode.
Layer 32 further has a thickness less than 2 micrometers, such that gas diffusion time is minimized. Ideally, layer 32 should be as thin as possible to maximize sensor sensitivity. Hence, sensor 10 may further comprise layer 32 having a thickness of less than 1 micrometer. An electrolyte having such reduced thickness permits faster gas diffusion and, thus, faster response times. Layer 32 is an electrolytic medium including all the limitations of electrolyte 30 and may be, but need not be, the same material as electrolyte 30.
Layer 32 is in a solid state or dry electrolyte for it has more structural integrity than liquid state electrolyte, thereby permitting a consistently uniform thickness over sensing electrode 22. This enhances sensor repeatability and facilitates functionality for liquid state electrolyte would be difficult to maintain in a fixed position on the surface of sensing electrode 22.
Although the invention has been described with reference to a particular arrangement of parts, features and the like, these are not intended to exhaust all possible arrangements or features, and indeed many other modifications and variations will be ascertainable to those of skill in the art.
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