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Feds release all cows gathered during NV roundup
Updated: 04/14/2014 - The Bureau of Land Management says they released 400 cattle that were on public land in southern Nevada from Cliven Bundy.
Updated: 04/14/2014 - The Bureau of Land Management says they released 400 cattle that were on public land in southern Nevada from Cliven Bundy.
Updated: 04/10/2014 - Brett Hurt explains he was so terrified during the stabbing attack that he was afraid he would die.
Posted: 04/09/2014 - A doctor says some victims of a multiple stabbing at a high school near Pittsburgh have suffered injuries classified as life-threatening.
Posted: 04/07/2014 - An Afghan official says a roadside bomb has killed at least 15 people in vehicles that had been diverted from a main road after an earlier attack in southern Afghanistan.
Posted: 04/05/2014 - A black box detector on a Chinese ship picked up signals that are consistent with those of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 that went missing.
Updated: 04/03/2014 - An unstable mental condition may have played a factor in the Fort Hood attack.
Posted: 04/02/2014 - Nationwide marijuana legalization seems inevitable to three-fourths of Americans, whether they support it or not.
Posted: 04/01/2014 - The official death toll from Washington state's mudslide has increased to 27, with the Snohomish County medical examiner's office saying 19 victims have been positively identified.
Posted: 04/01/2014 - President Barack Obama is planning a Rose Garden appearance Tuesday as sign-ups under his health care law surpassed 7 million.
Posted: 03/31/2014 - The Obama administration's health care website is stumbling under heavy traffic on deadline day for sign-ups.
Posted: 03/24/2014 - Authorities say there are 108 names on the list of people who've been reported missing or unaccounted for in the weekend mudslide in Washington state.
Updated: 03/24/2014 - Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak says a new analysis of satellite data indicates the missing Malaysia Airlines plane plunged into a remote corner of the Indian Ocean.
Posted: 03/19/2014 - IBM and its Watson cloud computing system are partnering with the New York Genome Center to help it sequence DNA for the treatment of brain cancer.
Posted: 03/18/2014 - A Ukrainian military spokesman says a serviceman has been killed and another injured when a base in Crimea was stormed by armed men.
Updated: 03/18/2014 - A Seattle TV station has identified the two people killed in a news helicopter crash near the Space Needle.
Posted: 03/18/2014 - President Barack Obama is gathering allied leaders for a meeting in Europe next week to discuss further action in response to Russia's involvement in Ukraine.
Posted: 03/17/2014 - Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree recognizing Crimea as a "sovereign and independent country."
Posted: 03/17/2014 - President Barack Obama says new U.S. sanctions imposed on Russian officials make it clear "that there are consequences for their actions" in Crimea and he's warning that the U.S. stands ready to impose further sanctions if necessary.
Updated: 03/12/2014 - New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio says people are still missing after an explosion leveled two apartment buildings, killing two people and injuring 18 others.
Posted: 03/11/2014 - Interpol has released an image of two Iranians who were traveling with stolen passports on a missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner.
Posted: 03/06/2014 - President Barack Obama is imposing sanctions against Moscow and rejecting plans for a referendum for Ukraine's Russian-occupied Crimea.
Posted: 03/05/2014 - Target Corp. says Chief Information Officer Beth Jacob is resigning effective Wednesday.
Posted: 03/05/2014 - Ukraine's new prime minister says that Crimea must remain part of Ukraine, while the EU says it is freezing the financial assets of 18 people held responsible of misusing state funds in Ukraine.
Posted: 03/04/2014 - The United Nations' drug watchdog agency says that the legalization of marijuana in the U.S. states of Colorado and Washington poses a threat to the international fight against drug abuse.
Posted: 03/04/2014 - RadioShack plans to close up to 1,100 of its underperforming stores in the U.S.


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Maxine is now involved with a web series called The Cell, which is produced by Imani Films. The former WWE diva is now working as an actress. The show is about five women who are marked for death in a government cover up, before being trained on an island by the same government to fight global injustice.
Chris's hot date is accidentally knocked out with a folding chair to the head. The gang then try and figure out how to wake her up.
Chris hits on a girl in a casting house waiting room with unexpected results.
Chris and Ryan take an acting class by one of the world's most unknown actors, AJ Mirkin.
Phil presents Chris multiple reality show offers leaving Chris with a difficult decision to make.
With pirate casting going on in the next room Chris has trouble focusing in his dramatic audition.
Chris makes a bet with Ryan that he can keep his cool, but Ryan's houseguest makes it next to impossible.
There have been a lot of fans wondering what SAWFT, a term utilized by Enzo Amore, means. It has now been revealed that it is how the NXT developmental wrestler spells the word "soft". The intentional misspelling fits in with his hip hop themed gimmick.


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NYIT Architecture Students Design and Build Beach Project
NYIT Architecture Students Design and Build Beach Project
NYIT Celebrates International Education Week
Men's Soccer Wins ECC Championship with 1-0 Victory over LIU Post
Dr. Jerry Balentine New Vice President for Medical Affairs and Global Health
NYIT Management Students Advance to Fed Challenge Semi-Finals
Job Search Strategies
Head in the Cloud? Protecting Your Privacy in a Mobile World
Give 'Em the Business: Resources for Management Students
"Year of Turkey 2014" - Conference: Sustainability in the Hospitality Industry-A Global Perspective
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Herbert Fox is a professor of mechanical engineering at New York Institute of Technology's School of Engineering and Computing Sciences. He first joined NYIT as chair of its Department of Mechanical Engineering in 1970 and later rose to be the first Dean of Science and Technology.
In 1977 he joined Pope, Evans and Robbins, Inc., a consulting engineering firm, as vice president of consulting services, responsible for studies and designs dealing with alternative fuels and energy conservation. His clients in both the public and private sectors include the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the New York State Energy Office and the New York City Public Investment Corp., along with IBM, Lockheed Martin, United Technologies, and Con Edison of New York.
Dr. Fox returned to NYIT in 1982 as senior vice president for scientific research and was promoted to provost in 1986. Since his return to the professoriate in 1987, he has been involved in efforts of alternative fuels for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and Norwalk Transit District, and projects involving fuel combustion, design of orthopedic devices and energy conservation studies for the New York State Energy Office. He is currently working with the Ministries of Infrastructure and Transportation in Israel to implement alternative fueled buses. He earned a bachelor's degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a master's degree and Ph.D. from what is now the Polytechnic Institute of New York University in Brooklyn, N.Y.


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In its recent third quarter reporting, the company posted a 7% decrease in user engagement and a slide in growth of monthly active users: growth increased 23%, but that was down from 24% posted in the second quarter of 2014 and down from 38% reported in the third quarter of 2013. Consequently, Twitter's stock price has fallen in recent weeks, and the S&P downgraded Twitter's debt to junk status, describing the company's risk as significant. So, how did it come to this? Where did Twitter go wrong, and, more importantly, what can it do to right the ship and recruit new users?
Marji McClure
Mar 22, 2007
Company: EdelmanEdelman has been serving clients' public relations needs for more than 50 years. The company, which is the world's largest independent public relations agency, has a workforce of 2,000 employees located in 45 offices across the globe. Chicago-based Edelman launched its me2revolution unit, which is essentially the company's media lab, in May 2006. The me2revolution team consists of experts (such as bloggers) in the social media and word-of-mouth marketing space. www.edelman.com
Business Challenge The goal of Edelman's me2revolution is to help the company's staff and its clients better understand the changing nature of the communications environment and what they need to do to succeed in the marketplace, says Rick Murray, president of me2revolution. "A big part of our job is training them how to do that and develop products and services that enable those changes to take place," says Murray. "Another part of our mandate is one of industry-wide evangelism." Company officials believe this communication shift has staying power and education will lead to a more rapid acceptance of this new culture.
Vendor of Choice: NewsGator Technologies Inc. Denver-based NewsGator Technologies Inc. provides RSS aggregation solutions for a customer base that includes online content providers, enterprises, and individuals. The solutions serve those customers through various modes, from their desktop to wireless devices. NewsGator has a large enterprise business, an on-demand service and a private label operation. The privately-held company has 65 employees. www.newsgator.com
The idea does represent a departure of sorts from Edelman's typical offerings, which don't usually include advertising initiatives, but it is certainly in line with the me2revolution group's goals. A subsequent meeting with NewsGator executives helped cement the idea. NewsGator's private-label platform offering could handle the back-end processes.
"As we understood it, Edelman felt all kinds of brands needed to find a way to be associated with the conversation that is happening around their products, around their position, and around topics that are of interest or related to the brand," says J.B. Holston, CEO and president of NewsGator. "There's this constant conversation folks are having around any particular topic. It may be coming in the form of blogs or podcasts or videos. The content coming out of those sources, that conversation, is determining what's being said on any particular topic."
The companies joined forces to create an advertising platform that would help brands use such social media as online conversations to market their products.


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November 24, 2014
Religion survey babble confuses 103% of readers. Here's why.WASHINGTON—
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November 21, 2014
Concluding PNS service after 26+ years
From Presbyterian Mission Agency—Presbyterian News ServiceLOUISVILLE—
At age 68 and with more than 26 years under my belt with the Presbyterian News Service, I have announced my retirement as coordinator and editor, effective Dec. 5, 2014. And so concludes more than 43 years of ordained ministry in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).Full Story
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The Dones
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Jerusalem's Temple Mount: A launching pad for holy wars?
November 20, 2014
Long Island Presbyterians: Our Puritan beginnings
November 20, 2014
Merri Alexander takes role of senior director for strategic partnership development for Montreat
Orange Your Neighbourhood - End Violence against Women and Girls Now
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November 25 is the International Day to End Violence against Women and the start of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence Campaign! As you may know, this year's UN celebrations will take place under the theme "Orange Your Neighbourhood - End Violence against Women and Girls Now". The initiative led by the Secretary-General's UNiTE campaign focuses on local actions towards ending violence against women and girls, while using orange as the uniting colour of all advocacy efforts.
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On Thanksgiving Day,
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Toys for Tots is a programs that has been around for decades. It is a program sponsored by the US Marines. They need your help in making sure that children who would otherwise go without presents on Christmas, have presents underneath their tree.
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A sequel to Ben Stiller's 'Zoolander' has been a long time coming. The original movie, which followed the hilariously dumb misadventures of a male model named Derek Zoolander (Stiller), opened in the fall of 2001. 13 years later, work is finally starting to ramp up on the follow-up. Actor and writer Justin Theroux will direct 'Zoolander 2' (which should be called '2lander,' for obvious reasons), and Stiller will reprise his role as Zoolander, along with Owen Wilson as his model buddy Hansel and Will Ferrell as the world's most evil fashion designer Mugatu. Deadline says that the returning cast now has its first new addition in the form of the lovely Penelope Cruz.
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Regional history
As one of the main repositories documenting the history of western Massachusetts and New England, the Department of Special Collections and University Archives collects primary materials relating to the political, cultural, economic, and intellectual life of our region, and the lives and experiences of its residents.
Concentrated in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the collections in SCUA touch on many aspects of the history of the region with developing depth in immigration, labor, work, and industry, social change and movements for social change, and literature and the arts. Among the more valuable collections for the political history of the region is the papers of Silvio O. Conte, Republican congressman from the First District of Massachusetts from 1959-1991. A member of the House Appropriations Committee (and its ranking minority member from 1979-1991), Conte is particularly remembered for his work in Health and Human Services, education, and the environment. SCUA also holds collections for state representatives John Haigis and Maurice Donahue, as well as other figures involved in political life in the Commonwealth.
Although the Department holds materials relating to individual communities in western Massachusetts, the history of the Quabbin watershed is a particular focal point. SCUA collects books printed in the Quabbin region and more generally, in rural New England prior to 1900, as well as manuscript, printed, and photographic collections relating to Quabbin towns.
Significant collections
- Business and industry
- In addition to collections relating to organized labor and the labor movement, SCUA attempts to document the experience of work and the business community to provide a rounded understanding of work life in New England. For a more complete listing, see our guide for Labor, Work, and Industry.
- Civic organizations and charities
- Collections ranging from the records of charitable organizations that provide social services to groups that foster civic engagement and social justice, benevolent and ethnic self-help societies, to organizations that support social and professional communities.
- Family history
- SCUA has a strong interest in "family collections," typically collections that include correspondence, photograph albums, family and farm accounts, and other materials that reveal the every day lives of New Englanders. Researchers on family life and genealogy should note that many collections indexed under other subjects contain personal and family information of some importance. Our printed materials collections include many local and county histories, genealogies, and other resources which may be useful for understanding family life.
- Immigration, demography, and ethnicity
- SCUA is particularly rich in collections documenting the Polish immigrant community in Massachusetts, but our holdings include fine material on Southeast Asian immigrants and African Americans.
- Medical history
- Collections include daybooks and medical accounts of physicians, primarily from the nineteenth century, personal papers of physicians, and some materials on public health policy.
- Military history
- Although SCUA has scattered holdings relating to earlier wars, the department houses interesting materials relating to World War II and the War in Vietnam, with the latter concentrated on the antiwar movement.
- Political life and culture
- The distinctive political culture of Massachusetts and formal and informal political activity in the Commonwealth. Although the collections extend back into the nineteenth century, our focus is primarily on the post-World War II period.
- Printing in rural Massachusetts
- SCUA collects books, broadsides, and other materials printed in rural New England prior to 1900. The collections include a growing collection for the printers in the Quabbin region, Solomon and John Howes, but also includes works printed in small towns throughout Berkshire, Hampshire, Hamden, and Franklin Counties.
- Quabbin Regional collections
- Collections relating to all aspects of life and the legacy of the four towns inundated by the Quabbin Reservoir: Dana, Greenwich, Enfield, and Prescott, as well as surrounding communities such as New Salem, Petersham, and Wendell. In our rare books holdings, we have a number of works printed in Enfield or Greenwich, mostly by Solomon and John Howe.
- Religious life
- Our efforts to document the spiritual lives and religious commitments of New Englanders has resulted in a number of manuscript and archival collections. Our social change holdings include a number of collections on spiritually-motivated social reform, and our rare book holdings include hundreds of published sermons and other printed materials relating to religious life in the region.
- New England regional history
Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union. New England Joint Board
ACTWU New England Joint Board Records, 1974-1987.
Call no.: MS 241
Records of the New England Joint Board of the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union include union administration files, company files, and publications. Company files document interactions between the union and companies such as Best Coat Co.; Healthtec, Inc.; Image Wear; M & M Pants Co.; Soloff & Son, Inc.; and Wear Well Trouser Co.
- Clothing trade--Labor unions--New England
- Labor unions--New England
- Textile workers--Labor unions--New England
- Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America. New England Joint Board
ACWA New England Joint Board Records, 1939-1976.
Call no.: MS 193
Organized in Chicago in 1914, the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America was formed after a split in the United Garment Workers, and quickly became the dominant force for union in the men's clothing industry. Within a decade of its founding, ACWA had more than 100,000 members across the U.S. and Canada.
Records of the New England Joint Board of ACWA consist of general correspondence, membership lists, press releases, and collective bargaining files for companies such as Arlan's Department Stores, Bedford Shirtmakers Corporation, Ethan Ames Company, Holyoke Shirt Company, Lawrence Clothing Company, and Whitney Shirt Company.
- Clothing trade--Labor unions--Massachusetts
- Labor unions--Massachusetts
- Textile industry--Massachusetts
- Textile workers--Labor unions--New England
- Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America. New England Joint Board
Linguistic Atlas of New England
Linguistic Atlas of New England Records, 1931-1972.
Call no.: MS 330
The Linguistic Atlas of New England project, begun in 1889 and published 1939-1943, documented two major dialect areas of New England, which are related to the history of the settling and dispersal of European settlers in New England with successive waves of immigration.
The collection contains handwritten transcription sheets (carbon copies) in the International Phonetic Alphabet, with some explanatory comments in longhand. Drawn from over 400 interviews conducted by linguists in communities throughout New England in the 1930s, these records document the geographic distribution of variant pronunciations and usages of spoken English. The material, taken from fieldworkers' notebooks (1931-1933), is arranged by community, then by informant, and also includes audiotapes of follow-up interviews (1934); phonological analyses of informants' speech; character sketches of informants by fieldworkers; fieldworkers' blank notebook; and mimeograph word index to the atlas (1948).
- English language--Dialects--New England
- Linguistic Atlas of New England
New England Federation of Agricultural Students
New England Federation of Agricultural Students Records, 1907-1915.
Call no.: MS 333
The New England Federation of Agricultural Students was organized in 1907 for the purpose of bringing together agricultural students of New England colleges for the study and advancement of agriculture and allied sciences and to learn about each others' work. The Federation organized annual contests in fruit grading and packing, poultry, field crops, and stock.
Correspondence (1915), minutes (1915), constitution, treasurer's report (1914-1915), records of the secretary and treasurer (1907-1915), contest scores and results (1914), and judging regulations (1913-1916).
- Agricultural education--New England--Societies, etc.--History
- Agricultural students--New England--History
- Agriculture--Competitions--New England--History
- New England Federation of Agricultural Students
New England Historical Association
New England Historical Association Records, 1965-1999.
Call no.: MS 352
Records of the New England Historical Association including an organizational history, constitution and meeting minutes, correspondence, financial records, membership lists, committee reports, meeting programs, and newsletters.
- History--Study and teaching
- New England Historical Association
New England Homestead
New England Homestead Farm Accounts Collection, 1883-1884.
Call no.: MS 113
The New England Homestead, a magazine published in Springfield, Massachusetts from 1842 to 1969, conducted a contest in 1884 to which farmers submitted notebooks recording their farm accounts for the one year period, April 1, 1883 to March 31, 1884.
The collection includes bound and unbound farm accounts submitted as entries to the contest contest. The Library holds The New England Homestead, 1842-1850 on microfilm, and 1894-1968 in bound volumes.
- Agriculture--Accounting--Competitions--New England
- Agriculture--Economic aspects--New England--History--19th century
- Agriculture--New England--Accounting--History--19th century
- Contests--New England
- Farm management--Competitions--New England
- Farm management--New England--History--19th century
- Farmers--Competitions--New England
- Farmers--New England--Economic conditions--19th century
- New England--Economic conditions--19th century
- New England Homestead
New England Intercollegiate Lacrosse League
New England Intercollegiate Lacrosse League Records, 1893-1977.
Call no.: MS 331
When Charles Marsters founded the Boston Lacrosse Club in 1913, the club was the only one in New England to play teams from outside of the region. Under Marsters's leadership, however, participation in the sport rose steadily at both the high school and collegiate level, helping establish New England as one of the centers of the American game. In 1935, he and Tom Dent founded the New England Intercollegiate Lacrosse League (NEILL) to continue to build the sport.
The NEILL records document the growth of lacrosse from informal club team play to a more regulated, interscholastic and intercollegiate varsity sport. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence, minutes, and agendas kept by co-founder Charles Marsters and a handful of other NEILL officers, but with material documenting the growth of the sport at UMass Amherst from the 1950s onward and the addition of women's lacrosse as a collegiate sport. The collection also includes some printed material (including rulebooks), news clippings, and photographs.
- College sports--New England
- Lacrosse for women--United States
- Lacrosse guide
- Lacrosse--New England--History
- School sports--New England
- University of Massachusetts Amherst--Sports
- Boyden, Frank L. (Frank Learoyd), 1879-1972
- Marsters, Charles E
- New England Intercollegiate Lacrosse League
New England Post-War Marketing
New England Post-War Marketing Plans Collection, 1937-1950.
Call no.: MS 083
Includes reports, addresses, articles, proposals, memos, and correspondence regarding post-war marketing plans in New England for agricultural products in general, and for dairy products in particular, including the Every Other Day Milk Delivery campaign.
- Agriculture--Economic aspects--New England--20th century
- Dairy products--New England--Marketing--History--20th century
- Farm produce--New England--Marketing--History--20th century
- New England--Economic conditions--20th century
Western New England Poetry Collection
Western New England Poetry Collection, 1977-2008.
Call no.: MS 561
Since 2004, the Florence Poets Society has been a hub of the poetry communities in Western Massachusetts, promoting the sharing, reading, and publication of works by its members. The group has sponsored outdoor poetry festivals, poetry slams, and readings and it has encouraged publication of poetry through its annual review,
Established in partnership with Rich Puchalsky and the Florence Poets Society, the Western New England Poetry Collection constitutes an effort to document the vibrant poetry communities in Western New England. The collection includes all forms of poetry, from the written to the spoken word, in all formats, but with a particular emphasis upon locally produced and often difficult to find chapbooks, small press books, unpublished works, and limited run periodicals. The collection is not limited to members of the Florence Poets Society, and additions from poets in Western New England are eagerly welcomed.
- Poetry--New England
- Florence Poets Society
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Steven Spielberg predicts that movie-goers will have to pay a premium to see big budget films like Iron Man.
But smaller budget movies like his Oscar-winning drama Lincoln will cost audiences a fraction of the price, according to the Oscar winning filmmaker.
Speaking at a special event to mark the opening of the new School of Cinematic Arts building at the University of Southern California, the director said the movie industry was in danger of self-destructing, Stuff.co.nz reported.
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May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month, but it isn't just humans who need to be concerned about the pitfalls of too much sun exposure.
As a veterinary oncologist, I meet many vigilant pet owners who want to know how they can keep their pets healthy and identify cancer early on. The good news is that veterinarians can usually treat skin cancer successfully — as long as it's promptly identified.
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Normally, mast cells play a role in allergic responses — they are responsible for the itching, swelling and redness in your skin when you contact an allergen. Although dogs and cats who suffer from allergies are not more prone to developing mast cell skin tumors, certain breeds of dogs — including Labrador Retrievers, Boxers, Pugs and Golden Retrievers — are predisposed to developing this type of tumor.
Owners of these dogs need to be especially vigilant about unusual skin masses, but any pet owner should be concerned about raised, hairless, pinkish-yellow masses, which could be mast cell tumors.
Mast cell tumors in cats look very similar to those in dogs. Because mast cells induce itching, swelling and redness, mast cell tumors may be red, itchy and periodically swell up and then disappear.
Our own doctors see every freckle as a potential melanoma. Melanoma also occurs frequently in dogs, but much less so in cats. Melanomas of the haired skin in dogs are usually benign — the bad ones occur in the mouth, on the gums and where the nails meet the toes. And although orange cats frequently develop freckles on their lips and gums, these flat accumulations of pigment are normal and known as lentigo simplex.
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MANCHESTER - A city man out on bail on charges of operation under the influence of liquor or drugs, conduct after an accident and operating after suspension, was arraigned in Circuit Court-Manchester District Division Tuesday on five misdemeanor charges of assault, one of criminal mischief and one of contempt, for allegedly committing a new crime while out on bail.
Bruce Labarge, 34, of 55 Billings St., is accused of pushing his girlfriend, spitting tobacco in her face, pushing her back into a television set, picking her up and throwing her on a bed and then punching her in the head. The criminal mischief charge alleges the television set was broken when the woman was pushed against it.
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The woman told police the incident began when she asked her boyfriend, who holds her medications, for them and he would only give her half. She said an argument ensued, resulting in the assaults.
When police located Labarge later at his residence, he said the woman was the aggressor, but police said inconsistencies in his account prompted his arrest.
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I have again problems with my IR-sensors.
I have two of these http://www.dfrobot.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=36_55&product_id=114 connected to input pin 6 and 7 on my 28x1 picaxe projectboard. And even when there's no program on the microcontroller the sensors think that there's something infront of them, but there isn't.
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these things pull low when they sense something. so you'll want a 10k pullup resistor from the input to V. Plus, the light will be on even if it's not seeing something, and will be brighter if it sees something. if there is no change at all in the light, you're hooked up wrong.
This sensor is not an analog
This sensor is not an analog sensor it just provides a HIGH or LOW. You have to set the treshhold by adjusting the screw (say 30cm) by trying. If this treshold is reached then the sensor switches.
Then make sure you turn in
Then make sure you turn in the right direction ;-)
No kidding, I was turning them on my setup a lot left, right, left and again right...then I checked the data sheet and saw that the minimum distance was lower than I expected. they arre working in a small range only...try it out.
Edit: Oh yeah...use the serial monitor to watch the values while turning the screw.
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This colossal temple is the largest in Greece and it took over 700 years to complete. Originally it had 104 Corinthian columns that reach 17 meters high, of which only 15 remain. The credit for its completion goes to Adriano who pla...
The Erechtheion is an Ionic masterpiece that was built 421-406 BC and it's the most famous temple - the famous tribune of the Caryatids. It's a polychrome portico with 6 columns (originally) with female figures, all the figures are ...
The Parthenon is the emblem of the city of Athens. It is very impressive when you arrive there, although you'll already have seen it a thousand times on the TV or on postcards you´ve been sent, but it´s not the same as being there i...
Oh, the monuments in Athens! In the majestic Agora of Athens, always under the watchful eye of the Acróplolis, rises the Hephaestion, a beautiful, marble temple with Doric columns. It is located in the Agora, as I said before. For t...
Located on the southwest slopes of the Acropolis in Athens, this grand building is also known as the Odeon of Herodes Atticus or Herodeon. Dating back to 161 BC, it was built by Herod Atticus in honor of his wife Grid who had died t...
We had to return another day as the museum has very different opening hours. Before going, make sure to check that it will be open. I liked it a great deal, however, if you don't bother with an audio guide or a guide, you may not un...
From this small crag, for some a simple rock, you have one of the best views of the sprawling city of Athens. You can see the hills of Licabetos, Filopappos or Ardeto, the dwindling green areas of the city, the Far Piraeus. From her...
The Tower of the Winds, also known as Horologion, is a beautiful, well preserved tower located in the old part of the Roman Agora at the bottom part of the Acropolis. The eight facades have the winds blowing in every direction carve...
Piraeus is the port in Athens. It is an essential part of the city, even though it's quite far from downtown. It has shipyards, factories manufacturing agricultural machinery, glass, textiles, and chemicals. As you head towards Athe...
Parliament is guarded by evzones, which are guards dressed in the traditional uniform of a short skirt and brogues with pompoms. On the hour, three replacements arrive parading along Vasilissis Sofias and it makes for a picturesque ...
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier monument is next to the parliament building, in front of Syntagma Square. The tomb of the unknown soldier in Paris, is always guarded by Greek guards, Evzones, and is dedicated to the brave soldiers w...
At the bottom of the Acropolis this is the first thing you see upon entering. It's well preserved and I can not believe that theater was born here. It was built in the fourth century BC, had capacity for 17,000 people and was used a...
It has ancient treasures of the Acropolis of Athens arranged harmoniously and with different atmospheres created by light from the windows, according to the time of day. It's built on stilts in the Athenian archaeological site and i...
This tiny church, which looks more like a chapel from in any village in Greece, is almost eaten by tall, modern buildings in the center of Athens. It's an oasis of calm and tranquility between the vortex and the rush of the Greek ca...
This small market is in the Plaka tourist district, close to the Acropolis and the ruins and monuments which are most visited in the centre. It is rather surprising since antique and flea markets tend to be a bit further away from t...
The first place we visited in Athens was Monastiraki square. At first glance, Monastiraki square is very busy and crowded. There fresh fruit stands and balconies full of colorful flowers give the place a very special feeling. And, o...
Near "Vouli", where the Greek parliament is based, this large park is adored by all the inhabitants of the city. It has an area of 16 hectares and although formerly called "Royal Gardens", was renamed the "National Garden" by decree...
10 km from Athens is the port of Piraeus, one of the largest in the Mediterranean. First it was an island, then the port of Athens and currently a city with its own character. Piraeus boats depart linking Athens with the Aegean isla...
This market does not appear in the guide, but it is not necessary, as you'll find it just off the metro line 1, Piraeus. In fact if you look to the left from the subway booths and shops you will see it at about 300 meters. The marke...
The Odeon was an indoor concert hall measuring 51 x 43 meters and with a ceiling 25 meters long. The building could accommodate about 1000 spectators seated in 19 rows of benches surrounding the marble stage. Two doors allowed entra...
Opened in 2001, this new airport was created to accommodate the passengers who came to attend the Olympic Games in 2004, since the airport that was there before it was too small for such an event. Modern, the airport offers numerous...
I recently had the opportunity to travel in the Zenith, a Pullmantur cruiseship, and the experience was amazing. The ship departed from Athens (price included a flight from Barcelona) and cruised around some of the Greek islands, Du...
This Greek food shop is on Tripodon street in Plaka. It is easily recognizable as it's Plakas' busiest street, perhaps the most touristy. It is a must for those who want to see Acropolis on foot. It's in a corner with numerous neon ...
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A mixed matrix adsorbent is found for use in the removal of light alkanes from a gasoline stream. The mixed matrix comprises two adsorbents with one adsorbent having an LTA type structure and the other adsorbent having an MFI structure.
1. A process for removing low octane components from gasoline, comprising:
passing gasoline over a mixed matrix adsorbent comprising at least two adsorbents for selectively removing low octane components; and
passing a high molecular weight desorbent to remove the low octane components from the mixed adsorbent.
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a first adsorbent comprising an LTA zeolite in an amount from 5% to 95% by volume of the mixed matrix adsorbent; and
a second adsorbent comprising an MFI type molecular sieve in an amount from 5% and 95% by volume of the mixed matrix adsorbent.
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This application is a Division of prior copending application Ser. No. 11/548,473 which was filed Oct. 11, 2006, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference thereto.
This invention relates to an improved process for upgrading gasoline through selective removal of low octane constituents from the mixture of hydrocarbons that make up gasoline.
Gasoline is upgraded by improving, or raising, its octane number. The octane of a gasoline is its knock-resistance, which is a measure of the gasoline's resistance to autoignition. The autoignition causes the gasoline to prematurely combust and subsequently produces a knocking sound in an internal combustion engine. The knocking reduces the efficiency of the engine. The octane number is correlated with higher activation energies for a reaction to proceed, and therefore higher octane numbers have higher activation energies and a reduction in autoignition of a gasoline air mixture. Generally, gasoline is upgraded by reformulating the gasoline constituents by isomerization and aromatization. Gasoline is also upgraded by removing lower octane constituents from the mixture of hydrocarbons that make up gasoline. The lower octane constituents can be removed in several ways, but adsorptive separation provides an efficient method of selectively removing lower octane constituents from the mixture. This process technology is known as simulated moving bed process. The lower octane constituents are primarily smaller normal alkanes, such as normal pentane and normal hexane.
Improvements in the separation of light normal alkanes from gasoline can save equipment and energy costs.
The invention provides a mixed matrix adsorbent for use in the separation of light normal alkanes from a gasoline stream. The mixed matrix adsorbent comprises at least two adsorbents that selectively remove light normal alkanes, wherein one of the adsorbents has an LTA zeolite structure and the other of the adsorbents has an MFI type structure. In one embodiment, the first adsorbent is an A-zeolite and the second adsorbent is silicalite. In a preferred embodiment, the mixed matrix adsorbent has an LTA zeolite in an amount between 50% and 95% by volume and the MFI type adsorbent is in an amount between 5% and 50% by volume.
Another aspect of this invention comprises the process for removing light normal alkanes from a gasoline stream. The process comprises passing a gasoline stream over the mixed matrix adsorbent which selectively adsorbs the light normal alkanes. The process further comprises passing a heavy desorbent over the mixed matrix adsorbent for removing the light normal alkanes from the adsorbent for later processing. This provides for a less expensive method of boosting gasoline octane numbers, and for subsequent recovery of light normal alkanes from a stream comprising the desorbent and light normal alkanes. In a preferred embodiment, the heavy desorbent is a normal alkane in the C8 to C12 range.
Other objects, advantages and applications of the present invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art from the following detailed description.
The improvement of the octane of gasoline entails selectively changing the composition, and primarily this means selectively removing the chemical constituents that are low octane components. The components to be removed are primarily normal alkanes such as normal pentane (n-C5) and normal hexane (n-C6) with minor amounts of normal heptane (n-C7). Currently, the method of improving the octane of gasoline is to use a commercial zeolite adsorbent, comprising a calcium exchanged LTA zeolite, for removing the light normal alkane constituents in the gasoline. The process uses a light desorbent comprising normal butane (n-C4) and isobutane (i-C4) during the desorption phase to remove the light alkanes form the adsorbent.
The removal of lower octane constituents from is performed using a simulated moving bed (SMB) process. The simulation of a moving adsorbent bed is described in U.S. Pat. No. 2,985,589 (Broughton et al.), which is incorporated by reference in its entirety. In accomplishing this simulation, it is necessary to connect a feed stream to a series of beds in sequence, first to bed no. 1, then to bed no. 2, and so forth for numerous beds, the number of beds often being between 12 and 24. These beds may be considered to be portions of a single large bed whose movement is simulated. Each time the feed stream destination is changed, it is also necessary to change the destinations (or origins) of at least three other streams, which may be streams entering the beds, such as the feed stream, or leaving the beds. The moving bed simulation may be simply described as dividing the bed into series of fixed beds and moving the points of introducing and withdrawing liquid streams past the series of fixed beds instead of moving the beds past the introduction and withdrawal points. A rotary valve used in the Broughton process may be described as accomplishing the simultaneous interconnection of two separate groups of conduits. There are numerous patents and publications describing the mechanical aspects and internals of the SMB apparatus.
The use of the SMB process for removing light normal alkanes from gasoline uses a zeolite adsorbent that preferentially adsorbs normal alkanes. A desorbent is chosen to displace the light alkanes during the desorption phase of the process, and the desorbent must be appropriate to enter the pores of the zeolite. Currently, the desorbent is a lighter, or smaller, alkane that can readily displace the normal pentane and hexane from the zeolite, but not too light as to present operational problems, such as operating at high pressures. The convenient desorbent is a mixture of normal butane and isobutane.
The use of heavier desorbents produced unacceptable results when used over a single adsorbent in the standard commercial practice.
The present invention has unexpectedly found that light normal alkanes can be removed from gasoline using a heavy desorbent when a mixture of adsorbents is used in the separation process. Instead of using a single adsorbent, the process uses at least two adsorbents, where each adsorbent is preferentially selective for normal alkanes. The adsorbents comprise an LTA zeolite in an amount from 5% to 95% of the adsorbent by volume and an MFI type molecular sieve in an amount from 5% to 95% of the adsorbent by volume. In the adsorbent, the LTA zeolite is preferred to be in the range from 50% to 95% by volume of the mixed matrix adsorbent, with a more preferred amount in the range from 70% to 90% by volume. The MFI adsorbent is preferred to be in an amount from 5% to 50% by volume with a more preferred amount from 10% to 30% by volume of the mixed matrix adsorbent.
In a preferred embodiment, the LTA zeolite selected is an A-zeolite, and it is preferred that the A-zeolite is exchanged with at least one alkali or alkaline earth metal cation. Preferred metals for substitution include sodium and calcium. The preferred MFI molecular sieve adsorbent is silicalite.
While this description primarily addresses the removal of light normal alkanes from gasoline, the operating conditions are therefore cited for performance of an SMB system with respect to this separation. It is preferred to operate the adsorption zone at conditions which include a temperature between about 60� C. and 180� C. (140� F. to 356� F.) as this provides better selectivity and capacity, and preferably between about 80� C. and 120� C. (176� F. to 248� F.). The separation process is preferably operated at a pressure from about 0.45 MPa (50 psig) to about 1.5 MPa (200 psig). The selection of operational conditions are chosen to maintain the gasoline in the liquid phase.
In the separation process, the feed mixture moves through a series of adsorbent beds, contacting the feed mixture with each of the beds. The light normal alkanes, normal pentane, hexane, and heptane, in the mixture is preferentially adsorbed onto the adsorbent in the beds. With the present invention, the adsorbents can be combined with both adsorbents mixed during the fabrication of the adsorbents such that adsorbent pellets include both adsorbents, or the adsorbents can be a physical mixture of the adsorbent pellets in each adsorbent bed. In the embodiment that the adsorbents are combined in each pellet, the pellet can have the first adsorbent in the pellet interior and the second adsorbent on the pellet exterior, or the pellet can have the second adsorbent in the pellet interior and the first adsorbent on the pellet exterior. The fabrication of adsorbent pellets is known in the art, as described in U.S. Pat. No. 6,649,802 and is incorporated by reference in its entirety. When the adsorbents are physically mixed, each adsorbent bed will contain the adsorbents as a mixture of the two adsorbents in the desired ratios as described above.
In an alternative arrangement, each adsorbent bed comprises two or more adsorbent sections, wherein the adsorption sections are layered, such that the feed mixture first contacts one of the adsorbents in a first section, and then contacts the other adsorbent in a second section. The sections will be sized to accommodate the first adsorbent and the second adsorbent to the appropriate volume ratios as described above. After passing through the adsorption sections, the feed mixture passes to the next adsorbent bed in the system which is also comprised of layered adsorption sections.
In an alternative, the process comprises a plurality of adsorbent beds, wherein the adsorbent beds are disposed in a sequential manner and alternate the adsorbent in each bed, such that the feed mixture flows over a first bed having the first adsorbent, then flows over a second bed having the second adsorbent, followed by a bed having the first adsorbent, and continuing in an alternating manner for the type of adsorbent. The beds would be sized according to the appropriate volumes for the adsorbents as described above. Likewise, the process can begin with the second adsorbent and continue in an alternating manner.
When the two adsorbents are used in separate layers, or separate beds, the liquid can flow over the adsorbents in either order, i.e. flow over the LTA zeolite adsorbent and then the silicalite adsorbent, or flow over the silicalite adsorbent and then the LTA zeolite adsorbent.
In addition, the removal of light alkanes allows for directing the light alkanes to other process units and processing the light alkanes through isomerization or other reactions to produce larger chemical constituents that can be added to gasoline or other high value products.
A mixed matrix adsorbent of a calcium exchanged LTA zeolite and silicalite was used in an 80:20 ratio by volume with an LOI of 3.6 wt. %. The LOI, or Loss on Ignition, is the level of hydration of the adsorbent as reported on a volatile free basis. A test was also performed using the commercial adsorbent with a heavy desorbent for comparison with the use of a heavy desorbent and the mixed matrix adsorbent. The results are for a pulse test using normal decane (n-C10) as the desorbent. The temperature of the test was 177� C. (350� F.), and the composition of the feed mixture to be separated for the test comprised: n-C5, n-C6 and i-C8 in relative weight percentages of 14:7:79.
It is desirable to have a uniform recovery of n-C5 and n-C6. By having n-C5 and n-C6 separate adds expense and causes a loss of n-C5 through zone I of the SMB process. Use of a single adsorbent with a heavy desorbant indicated uniform recovery of n-C5 and n-C6 was not achievable. To obtain uniform recovery, a mixture of adsorbents was used. The tests produced a uniform recovery of the n-C5 and n-C6 from the feed which is demonstrated with the n-C6/n-C5 selectivity of close to unity.
While the invention has been described with what are presently considered the preferred embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but is intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included with the scope of the appended claims.
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