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I know a person who do not want to go for therapies or medicine in order to quite smoking. But he has great faith in natural treatments. Can anyone suggest me some ideas?
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Like any addict, your friend has to want to quit! So if he is ready...
Therapy is actually a natural method, talking to someone about their addiction. Others have found that hypnotism or acupuncture and meditation also work wonders.So does exercise and staying away from places or friends who smoke - at least temporarily.
A simple google search can find support groups near him and these can help really well too.
I know he doesn't want medication but honestly, he's putting so much poison in his body with cigarettes, that medication - if it works - is nothing compared to the damage that the cigarettes are doing.
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The significant growth in UK's international education demonstrates UK President Eli Capilouto's commitment to "providing access for international students to seek their degrees at UK, allowing opportunities for our students to study abroad and immerse themselves in different cultures, and creating opportunities for faculty exchanges that enrich the academic and cultural fabric of our campus."
International students enrolled at UK has increased by 13 percent, while the number of international undergraduates has increased by 27 percent.
Additionallly, the number of UK students who enrolled in an Education Abroad program during the 2011-12 academic year increased by 39 percent.
The growth in the numbers of students coming and going also reflects how the UK International Center is serving the UK community by facilitating the interaction of global students and scholars, according to Susan Carvalho, associate provost for international programs. "We not only create diverse opportunities for global experiences, but also promote the involvement of UK faculty and students in the international community of scholars to investigate and solve global problems."
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The increase in enrolled undergraduate international students is due to the strong partnership between the Office of Enrollment Management, led by Associate Provost Don Witt, and UKIC's International Enrollment Manager Audra Cryder. According to Gary Gaffield, assistant provost for international partnerships, "Audra has been indefatigable in promoting the University of Kentucky and a true innovator in finding ways to reach international students through both traditional and new media. Thanks to Audra and to her work with social media, tens of thousands of prospective students are hearing why UK is a top choice for study in the USA. She travels constantly, meets hundreds of students each year, and is always finding new ways to reach out to them and show them why they should enroll at UK."
Since last October, for example, more than 70 Omani students have begun studying at UK. Their presence has caused UK's international enrollment of Middle Eastern students to double, and is the positive result of a partnership cultivated by Cryder between the University of Kentucky and the Omani Ministry of Higher Education.
The country with the highest percentage of students attending UK are from China. This reflects UK's growing presence in China through partnerships with Shanghai University, Jilin University, Wuhan University and the China University of Mining and Technology, as well as the bridge-building work of the UK Confucius Institute. To capitalize on these opportunities Cryder is currently working with a team of Chinese students attending UK and Diane Shen, who represents UK in China, to develop new recruitment strategies.
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FERC Hastens Modifications in Oil Pipeline Regulatory Approach
In the past year, FERC continued to provide increased flexibility to oil pipelines seeking to expand their facilities. In 2012, oil pipelines received FERC approval to use net present value (NPV) to allocate new pipeline capacity and to permit certain shippers to release their capacity.
Historically, oil pipelines have been regulated as non-discriminatory common carriers with ease of entry and exit into the business. FERC, therefore, regulates oil pipelines' rates and tariffs, but has no direct jurisdiction over facilities or construction. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, a number of regulatory developments, such as the Buckeye Pipeline case and the Energy Policy Act of 1992, led to simplified regulation of oil pipelines.
More recently, the need for development of and investment in oil pipeline facilities has resulted in significant changes to their regulatory structure. While FERC lacks jurisdiction over the construction of oil pipeline facilities, its jurisdiction over rates and tariffs offer FERC a manner to enhance the construction of oil pipeline infrastructure. Oil pipelines have been reluctant to commit substantial resources to the construction of facilities without a fairly certain means to recover the investment. Common carriers, with published rates, have not historically had a means to ensure that any facilities they construct will be used and will become profitable. FERC has addressed this problem through use of petitions for declaratory order by oil pipelines. Specifically, FERC has permitted oil pipelines to obtain advance approval of rates and tariffs by filing petitions for declaratory order.
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Express Pipeline was the first oil pipeline to file a request for declaratory order. Express was a greenfield project and sought advance approval of tariffs provided for in agreed-upon contracts — of varying lengths and containing discounted rates — with particular shippers. FERC initially concluded that use of a petition for declaratory order was appropriate. Express Pipeline Partnership, 75 FERC ¶ 61,303, order on reh'g, 76 FERC ¶ 61,245 (1996). On rehearing, FERC approved Express' specific proposals, noting that although shippers that obtain capacity during the open season received different rates and terms than those that did not, all shippers had the opportunity to particular in the open season. Express Pipeline, 76 FERC at p. 62,254. Following Express Pipeline, FERC has issued declaratory orders permitting oil pipelines to obtain pre-approval of various rates and terms of service agreed to by oil pipelines and shippers through non-discriminatory open seasons.
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This year, FERC issued additional orders that further increase the flexibility afforded oil pipelines to obtain pre-approval of rates and tariff provisions associated with new facilities. In one case, Shell sought a declaratory order for a proposal to reverse the flows on an existing pipeline, called the Houston-to-Houma ("Ho-Ho") Pipeline System. According to Shell, the Ho-Ho Reversal was needed to permit the increased volumes of light, sweet crude from shale production and other production regions in the western United States and Canada to flow to refineries in Port Arthur, Texas and Louisiana. Shell claimed that those refineries prefer light, sweet crude, while refineries in Houston prefer heavier crude oil. Shell estimated the costs of the Ho-Ho Reversal at $100 million and claimed that multi-year, firm commitments from shippers were required to support this level of investment. Shell held an open season that resulted in binding requests for service. Committed shippers participating in the open season will execute three- or five-year contracts to ship (or pay for) specific volumes at tiered rates depending upon the volume selected. Committed shippers also received priority rights to 90 percent of the Ho-Ho Reversal in the event of prorationing. Uncommitted shippers would pay different rates and would be subject to Shell's historical method of prorationing. In addition, if the Ho-Ho Reversal was oversubscribed during the open season, Shell proposed to allocate capacity using an NPV methodology. Unlike the Express Pipeline proceeding, no party objected to Shell's proposals.
FERC issued the requested declaratory order on June 21, 2012. Shell Pipeline Co., L.P., 139 FERC ¶ 61,228 (2012). FERC reasoned that as all shippers had been offered the opportunity to participate in the open season, the differences in rates and terms afforded committed and uncommitted shippers render shippers "not similarly situated by choice." Id. at P 20. FERC went on to note that Shell's proposal to use an NPV methodology to allocate capacity in the event of an over-subscribed open season was unprecedented. Id. at P 22. Nonetheless, FERC noted that Shell had made clear to potential shippers that NPV would be used and, as a result, "[t]here is no issue of discrimination" because all shippers could structure their open season bids accordingly. Id. FERC also pointed out that natural gas pipelines have used NPV to allocate capacity during open seasons. Id.
In a subsequent case, also involving Shell, FERC issued a declaratory order granting preapproval of proposed rates and terms of service, including a proposal allowing committed shippers to assign their contracts along with their shipping history. Shell Pipeline Co., L.P., 141 FERC ¶ 61,017 (Oct. 5, 2012). FERC stated that the assignment rights will permit new shippers to "step into the shoes of the original shipper and . . . be responsible for providing the continued long term financial support of the pipeline." Id. at P 16. In addition, the inclusion of the assignment rights was an important point of the bargain that induced the committed shippers to purchase new capacity. Id. Again, Shell's filing drew no opposition.
These recent orders indicate FERC's continued willingness to provide oil pipelines with the flexibility needed to construct new infrastructure. FERC's actions, along with the lack of shipper objections, indicate that oil pipelines may become more creative in the rates and services they offer to new shippers.
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US 4921554 A Abstract A method of joining two porous bodies of silicon carbide is disclosed. It entails utilizing an aqueous slip of a similar silicon carbide as was used to form the porous bodies, including the sintering aids, and a binder to initially join the porous bodies together. Then the composite structure is subjected to cold isostatic pressing to form a joint having good handling strength. Then the composite structure is subjected to pressureless sintering to form the final strong bond. Optionally, after the sintering the structure is subjected to hot isostatic pressing to further improve the joint and densify the structure. The result is a composite structure in which the joint is almost indistinguishable from the silicon carbide pieces which it joins.
Claims(20) 1. A method of joining two porous sinterable silicon carbide bodies to each other which comprises (i) forming an aqueous slip having a silicon carbide composition which is essentially the same as that used to form the bodies to be joined in combination with at least one sintering aid and a binder which during sintering will burn out and leave essentially no residues, (ii) placing the two bodies to be joined in close proximity to each other to form an interstice there between and filling the interstice with said slip to form a composite structure, (iii) subjecting the composite structure to cold isostatic pressing to form a joint having good handling strength, and (iv) sintering the pressed structure to densify it to at least 90% of theoretical density.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the porous silicon carbide bodies contain at least about 35% porosity.
3. The method of claim wherein the porous silicon carbide bodies contain about 35 to about 50 percent porosity.
4. The method of claim 1 wherein alpha-silicon carbide is used to form both the bodies and the slip.
5. The method of claim 1 wherein beta-silicon carbide is used to form both the bodies and the slip.
6. The method of claim 1 wherein the binder is selected from the group consisting of waxes, thermosetting resins, gums, polyvinyl alcohols, methyl cellulose, thermoplastic resins and mixtures thereof.
7. The method of claim 6 wherein the binder is a poly(ethyl oxyazaline).
8. The method of claim 1 wherein the sintering aid in the slip is present in an amount of about 50 to about 200% of its content in the porous bodies.
9. The method of claim 8 wherein the sintering aid is a combination of boron and carbon.
10. The method of claim 1 wherein the slip further comprises a surfactant.
11. The method of claim 1 wherein the slip has a solids content of about 40 to about 60 weight percent.
12. The method of claim 1 wherein the slip has a solids content of about 52 to about 56 weight percent.
13. The method of claim 1 wherein the cold isostatic pressing is conducted at a pressure of at least about 25,000 psi.
14. The method of claim 1 wherein the cold isostatic pressing is conducted at a pressure of at least about 40,000 psi.
15. The method of claim 1 wherein the cold isostatic pressing is conducted at a pressure of at least about 50,000 psi.
16. The method of claim 1 wherein the sintering is performed at a temperature of at least about 2050 C. for at least about 30 minutes.
17. The method of claim wherein after sintering the joined structure is subjected to hot isostatic pressing.
18. The method of claim 17 wherein the hot isostatic pressing is conducted at a temperature of at least about 1700 C. and a pressure of at least about 22,000 psi for at least about 30 minutes.
19. The method of claim 17 wherein the hot isostatic pressing is conducted in a manner which precludes any gas or other species from entering the joint.
20. The method of claim 19 wherein the manner for precluding is sealing the structure in a material selected from a tantalum can, glass, or a material which will form a glass upon heating.
Description This invention resulted from the performance of United States ORNL/DOE Subcontract No. 86-XSB-045C. This invention relates to a method of joining porous silicon carbide bodies to each other to form more complex shapes, and more particularly to the joining thereof so as to produce a joint which is indistinguishable from the bodies after the composite structure has been sintered. The following publications are representative of the most relevant prior art known to Applicants at the time of the filing of this application. ______________________________________U.S. Pat. Nos.______________________________________4,070,197 January 24, 1978 Coes4,419,161 December 6, 1983 Hailey4,526,649 July 2, 1985 Gupta et al.______________________________________ ______________________________________Other Publications______________________________________GB 2,015,910 September 19, 1979 Carborundum Co.GB 2,022,490 December 19, 1979 OlsonGB 2,137,975A October 17, 1984 Kennedy et al.Iseki et al., J.Mat.Sci 15:1049 (1980)______________________________________ Silicon carbide molded bodies having complex shapes are in practice made of several parts which have been joined together. However, in view of the relatively inert nature of silicon carbide, there has been considerable difficulty in effecting the joining operation, particularly when the end use of the joined silicon carbide pieces will be at temperatures of greater than 1500 degrees C. This is particularly true for beta-silicon carbide. Accordingly the art is replete with various methods for joining silicon carbide pieces. However, none of the prior art joining methods has been found sufficient to bond porous silicon carbide bodies to each other to produce a composite structure in which, after sintering, the joint is able to withstand temperatures of at least 1500� C. without failure under a tensile load. The joining of alpha-silicon carbide parts has been performed in the past generally either by (i) the use of adhesives or glues such as metal alloys, molten silicon, platinum pastes, borodiphenylsiloxane polymers in combination with silicon carbide powders, and the like or (ii) attempting in situ recrystallization of silicon carbide from silicon and carbon. Other methods which have been used include Coes (U.S. Pat. 4,070,197) teaches the use of a silicon carbide containing slip having the same bimodal alpha-silicon carbide composition as the parts being joined, but then after sintering must impregnate the composite structure with 10 to 30% silicon to actually form a bond which has strength Thus the use of a silicon carbide slip by itself was insufficient to form a strong bond. Moreover, the casting slip composition used failed to include any sintering aids, i.e. boron or carbon. Hailey (U.S. Pat. 4,419,161) discloses joining either sintered or unsintered silicon carbide pieces by using metal borides, such as molybdenum boride (Mo2 B5), in a temporary binder which will leave little carbon char. When Hailey tried to use a cement of unsintered silicon carbide containing a carbon source and a sintering aid, he found that the "joints are not mechanically sound and are subject to breakage when exposed to mechanical shock" (Col. 5, 1. 2-6) Another method of joining silicon carbide pieces is Gupta (U.S. Pat. 4,526,649) which teaches first roughening the silicon carbide surfaces to a depth of about 100-500 um by removal of excess silicon or by pitting and then filling the space with a cokable resin and adding liquid silicon to react with the resin at elevated temperatures in the absence of an applied force. GB 2,015,910 teaches the use of a powdered cement comprised of molybdenum disilicide and a binder and heating to above 2030 C. in an inert atmosphere. GB 2,022,490 joins pre-densified silicon carbide parts by first siliconizing them and inserting between them a cement of silicon carbide of the same particle size as the parts being joined in combination with carbon. Upon heating, formation of additional silicon carbide serves to join the parts. GB 2,137,975A suggests putting a carbon source between the parts to be joined and then adding molten silicon to the joint to recrystallize silicon carbide to form a bond. Iseki et al. joins dense sintered silicon carbide parts by placing a sinterable sub-micron silicon carbide powder containing boron and carbon as well as aluminum and iron between the parts and then subjecting the composite to hot pressing at a temperature of at least 1650 C. The parts so joined exhibit a substantial decrease in strength at temperatures above 1500 C. Accordingly, there is a need for a method of joining porous silicon carbide bodies such that, after sintering, the joint is indistinguishable from the parts that have been joined and also does not become a failure point when the composite structure is subjected to a tensile load, particularly at temperatures of above 1500 C. For future silicon carbide applications, there is a need for a joining method which will produce a joint which, under scanning electron microscopic examination, is essentially indistinguishable from the pieces being joined. Thus it is an object of the present invention to produce a silicon carbide joint meeting these criteria. The present invention provides a method of joining two porous silicon carbide bodies to each other which comprises (i) forming an aqueous slip having a similar silicon carbide composition to that used to form the bodies to be joined in combination with a binder which during sintering will burn out and leave essentially no carbon residue, (ii) placing the two bodies to be joined in close proximity to each other to form an interstice therebetween and filling the interstice with the slip to form a composite structure, (iii) subjecting the composite structure to cold isostatic pressing to form a joint which has good handling strength, and (iv) sintering the pressed structure to densify it to at least 90% of theoretical density. Thereafter the joint may be subjected to hot isostatic pressing to improve it and to further densify the composite part produced. FIG. 1 is a SEM micrograph of a joint produced by the present invention, i.e. placing a silicon carbide slip between the parts, cold isostatically pressing the structure, and then pressurelessly sintering it. FIG. 2 is a SEM micrograph of a joint prepared as FIG. 1 which was then hot isostatically pressed. The present invention enables the joining of two porous silicon bodies. By the term "porous" is meant a porosity of at least about 35 percent, preferably at least about 38 percent, and indicates that the body has not undergone any substantial sintering until after the joining operation. In the joining of such porous bodies, there are actually two bonds which must form. The first being a secondary bond between the porous bodies which is effective at room temperatures to give the unsintered composite structure sufficient strength to be handled and transported, i.e. from one operation to another. And the second is the primary bond which will hold the pieces together during their eventual use which will quite often be at very high temperatures. It is this dual bonding requirement which makes the joining of porous bodies more difficult than the joining of densified and sintered bodies. The bodies of porous silicon carbide to be joined by the present invention will generally have a density on the order of about 50 to 65% of theoretical, i.e. they contain about 35 to 50% porosity. They comprise silicon carbide in either of its crystal structures, i.e. alpha, beta, or a mixture of the two, together with up to about 5% by weight sintering aids such as boron, carbon, aluminum, and mixtures thereof. In addition, conventional processing aids such as lubricants, surfactants, plasticizers and the like may also be present. Generally the bodies will be prepared by simply pressing the silicon carbide composition into the desired shape, though alternatively casting, injection molding, or extrusion may be used to form them. Under some circumstances it may prove beneficial to prefire the bodies to increase their green strength. This may be performed by heating them to below the sintering temperature of the silicon carbide, i.e. about 1800 C., in an argon atmosphere. Under other circumstances it may be desirable to subject the bodies to a cold isostatic pressing before they are joined. This may be advantageous depending upon the shapes being joined. Further details on cold isostatic pressing are provided below. The silicon carbide slip which will provide the initial secondary bond between the porous bodies is an aqueous mixture of silicon carbide particles which have a similar crystallography and size distribution to those used to form the green bodies. The slip further contains an organic binder to assist in the formation of the initial bond. The binder is preferably one which is clean burning, i.e. during the subsequent sintering operation it will burn out leaving no substantial (preferably less than about 4%) residues of inorganic ash or the like. Examples of appropriate binders include such as waxes, thermosetting resins, gums, polyvinyl alcohols, methyl cellulose, thermoplastic resins and mixtures thereof. A particularly suitable binder which has been found to produce a superior initial bond is Dow Chemical's Experimental Binder XUS 40303.00 which chemically is a poly(ethyl oxyazaline). In addition, the slip contains sintering aids as are in the porous bodies. The sintering aids are generally present in an amount from about 50 to 200 percent of their content in the porous bodies being joined. Surfactants to improve the flowability of the slip may also be present in small amounts. The slip will generally contain about 20 to about 60 weight percent, preferably about 40 to about 60 percent, and most preferably about 52 to about 56 percent solids. A small amount of the slip is placed on at least one of the joining surfaces, the two porous bodies are properly aligned, and they are then pressed and held together. Generally only a slight hand pressure is required though more may be used. The water from the slip is allowed to absorb into the blocks drying the thin, i.e. about 100 microns, joint layer. After only a few minutes, the joined porous body structure is sufficiently stable to be cold isostatically pressed (CIPped). The structure is then placed into the cold isostatic press where it is subjected to three-dimensional isostatic pressing by a liquid. Preferably the pressing is performed by water or a non-flammable organic liquid. A function of the CIPping is to force the remaining moisture out of the joint layer and into the porous bodies to thereby make the joint appear identical to the porous bodies and to produce an effective seal of the joint. The CIPping is performed, as is well known in the art, by enclosing the structure in a rubber bag which is sealed. Oftentimes it is then placed inside a second rubber bag which is also sealed to better keep out the liquid which will press on the structure. To be certain that no liquid is able to reach the structure it may even be desirable to triple bag it. The structure is then CIPped at a pressure of at least about 25,000 psi, preferably at least about 40,000 psi, and most preferably at least about 50,000 psi. This produces a joint with good initial strength and consolidates both the joint and the silicon carbide bodies being joined. The structure is then subjected to elevated temperatures to remove the moisture slowly. Generally this is performed by heating at a temperature of about 50 to 90 C. for from about 5 to about 24 hours. Preferably the slow drying is performed at about 75 C. overnight. The dried structure is then conventionally sintered to form the final strong bond between the joined bodies. Generally the sintering is performed until at least about 95% of the theoretical density is obtained. This is done by heating to a temperature of at least about 2050 C. for at least about 30 minutes in an inert atmosphere. Preferably the sintering is continued for at least 45 minutes. Most preferably it is conducted in an induction furnace in an argon atmosphere of about 15" of mercury to about 2100 C. for about one hour. The resulting joint is essentially indistinguishable from the silicon bodies which FIG. 1 is a scanning electron micrograph of a joint prepared as described above. If it is desired to further consolidate the joint and/or further densify the entire structure, the structure may be subjected to hot isostatic pressing (HIPping). Suitable conditions for the HIPping include temperatures of greater than about 1700 C., pressures greater than about 22,000 psi, and a time of at least 30 minutes at temperature. Preferable conditions are at least about 1850 C. and at least about 25,000 psi for at least about 45 minutes. Most preferably, the conditions are at least about 1950 C. and at least about 30,000 psi for about one hour. To prevent any potential damage to the joint from the HIPping, it is preferably conducted in such a manner that no gas or other species is allowed to possibly enter the joint. This may be accomplished by any of several methods. For instance, the HIPping may be conducted by enclosing the composite structure in a tantalum can (as disclosed in such as U.S. Pat. No. 3,932,178) and evacuating the can prior to increasing the temperature and pressure. Alternatively, the structure may by enclosed within a glass or a material forming glass upon heating (the "ASEA" process disclosed in such as U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,081,272, 4,112,143, 4,256,688, 4,446,100, and 4,455,275, the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference). FIG. 2 is a scanning electron micrograph of a joined structure which has been prepared as above and then "ASEA" HIPped. As can be seen the joint is essentially indistinguishable from the bodies which have been joined. The silicon carbide parts joined according to the present invention can be machined to their final shape without this raising any particular problems. The following specific examples are provided by way of information and not limitation. They demonstrate the preparation and testing of the joints of this invention. All parts and percents are by weight unless otherwise specified. Beta-silicon carbide powder doped with 2% carbon and 1% boron as sintering aids is pressed into 1"�1"�2"bricks in a hardened steel die at a pressure of 4,000 psi. A reactive slip is prepared as follows: 10 grams of <325 mesh predoped submicron betasilicon carbide powder (Superior Graphite BSC 059) is added with stirring to 9 grams of a 10-1 solution of Dow Experimental Binder XUS 40303.00 in deionized water; 0.03 grams of a surfactant (Aerosol OT from Fisher Scientific) is added to give a flowable but viscous dispersion. A few drops of the slip is then placed between two pressed blocks which are to be joined. The blocks are properly aligned and then pressed together. The water from the slip is allowed to be partially absorbed into the blocks but the slip is not allowed to dry completely as it must remain plastic to be able to form the final joint. The completed joint is then placed inside a rubber bag and the bag tied tightly. This bag is inserted into a second bag which is also tied shut. The multi-bagged structure is then cold isostatically pressed to a pressure of 55,000 psi in conventional CIPping equipment from Autoclave Engineers. A joint with excellent green strength is obtained. The structure is placed overnight in an oven at 75 C. to slowly remove all of the moisture present. Co-sintering of the blocks and the joint is then performed by heating the structure in an induction furnace in an argon atmosphere of 15" of mercury to 2,100 C. for 1 hour. This achieves densification to about 95% of the theoretical density and produces a strong composite structure. To evaluate the strength of the joint at room temperature, test bars of 2 mm�3 mm �30 mm are produced and tested in four point bending with the joint plane perpendicular to the tensile face of the bar. The results of the tests which were replicated on seven samples are as follows: ______________________________________ Flexural Strength______________________________________Mean 26,800 psiMin. 18,300 psiMax. 35,100 psiS.Dev. 6,100 psi______________________________________ These results demonstrate that a strong uniform joint is produced by the method of this invention. It should be noted that only one of the bars broke at the joint, thus demonstrating that the joints formed are at least as strong, if not stronger, than the silicon carbide blocks which have been joined. The procedure of Example I was repeated except that after the co-sintering operation the joined structure was subjected to glass encapsulated hot isostatic pressing (HIPping) according to the ASEA technology at 1900 C. for one hour under 207 MPa (30,000 psi) pressure of Ar. Eight replicates were made. The results of the flexure testing at both room temperature and at 1530 C. were as follows: ______________________________________ Flexure Strength, psi Room Temperature 1530 C.______________________________________Mean 42,000 37,000Min. 35,500 31,000Max. 50,600 70,000S.Dev. 5,000 13,300______________________________________ These results demonstrate that even stronger, more uniform joints are produced by adding a hot isostatic pressing step to the method. It should be noted that three of the test specimens broke at the joint during the room temperature test, but that only one of the test specimens did so at 1530 C. The procedure of Example I is repeated except that no cold isostatic pressing step is used. The joint falls apart after the sintering operation, i.e. no substantial bond is formed in the absence of the cold isostatic pressing step of this invention. The procedure of Example II is repeated except that the beta-silicon carbide is replaced with the alpha form in both the bodies being joined and in the slip which joins them. Again, a strong non-porous joint is produced. The procedure of Example II is repeated except that the binder is replaced with each of the following: a. methyl cellulose b. polyethylene glycol c. dextrin d. polycarbosilane e. polyvinyl alcohol In each case a strong uniform bond is produced which is essentially indistinguishable from the bodies being joined as shown by scanning electron microscopic examination. The procedure of Example I is repeated except that the pressure at which the structure is CIPped is reduced to only 40,000 psi. The resultant joint is slightly weaker than that of Example I but still exhibits sufficient strength for most high temperature applications. 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Thou Shalt Gas !Apr 27th, 2012 02:34 AM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
Thinking of getting a second amp exclusively to use with my Les Paul / SG
I play in 2 bands one, is a wedding/corp band where I play a tele/LP through a Line 6 Flextone III (POD XT amp) and the other is a more casual affair where we play blues, rock and new country.
We played this weekend with the second band using a blues junior for the tele and the Flextone for the LP and the tone on the Valve Blues Junior just blew the Flextone away.
So as my singer also plays guitar, and we need 2 amps anyway thinking of getting a second valve amp and dedicating thank to the LP with its own pedalboard.
thinking along the lines of 15-20 watts.
Maybe the egnater tweaker or bogner alchemist ?
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you have done so well...Apr 27th, 2012 02:37 AM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
Marshall Class 5, mic it.
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Home of the Goodyear blimpApr 27th, 2012 04:15 AM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
Why not another blues jr? Lesters sound good thru them.Or maybe a Vox AC15.
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Carr Mercury. You'll never look back.
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Seasonal musicianApr 27th, 2012 07:07 AM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
Dr Z has several in that wattage range...Carmen Ghia, Maz Jr, Monza, Z-28. Depends on what flips your switch the best...12AX7's or EF86's for preamp, EL84's or 6V6's for power.
They're all great and unique.
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Thou Shalt Gas !Apr 27th, 2012 08:05 AM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
I'd like to get something diff to the BJ for variety
Thought of the class 5 but though 5 watts wouldnt be enough on stage even miced.
Will research the Carr and Dr.Z but dont think I can get them this side of the pond.
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Reissue Princeton? The Vox AC15C1 is pretty nice, once you dial it in where you want it. The Princeton will be a LOT lighter...
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i did the same thing. i love my Dr Z maz jr with a strat, but for my LP / SG i wanted that classic plexi sound. i got an Orange Tiny Terror head and oh boy! it smokes!
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I'm arrogant and a moronApr 27th, 2012 02:19 PM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
No love for the Bugera?
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Fender Vibrolux Reverb
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Bugera sounds a little too much like it might be the Italian word for "booger."
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I have a class 5 head, plenty loud for micing.
I used it last week when I sat in with an old band I used to be a member of, before I left for Louisianna.
It had enough volume to hear on stage and, well miced is miced.
Might kick the tires on one.
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I've been playing my LP through my Carr Rambler and my modified CVR lately. Sounds sweet.
LP's always sound good through a Twin Reverb, too.
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Thou Shalt Gas !Apr 28th, 2012 04:10 AM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
dont really want anything made by behringer with valves although i dont mind there mixers etc.
seem like I need to go and test the class 5 as well as the egnater rebel 20 and tweaker
vibrolux and twin will be be way too loud at 40 and 65 watts (and heavy)
princeton looks like the ticket but might be out of budget
thanks for the comments
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North GnarlyingtonApr 28th, 2012 07:31 AM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
If you're looking at the Marshall Class 5 you should also consider the Pro Junior. I have both and I find them to overlap a lot in their characteristics. New, the prices are close, but the ProJr is more compact and, at 15 W, is distinctly louder. I just set up both side by side with an a/b box, using my LP, no pedals in the way. Both deliver a nice crunchy overdrive when dimed, but there is a clarity that the ProJr has, partly due to volume, and in spite of the speaker and cabinet size difference. If I had to pick one it would be the ProJr.
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playing the blues without paying duesApr 28th, 2012 02:02 PM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
not sure what a deluxe reverb would go for- a lp drri and a pedal are a good combo--just played at a blues jam with that and got a lot of compliments.
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Man up and get something with real El-34's, preferably 4 of them. And a 4x12 cabinet.
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Thou Shalt Gas !Apr 29th, 2012 01:50 AM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
thanks how would the pro junior differ to the blues junior
4 x 12 ? no thanks !
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"how would the pro junior differ to the blues junior"
Blues Jr- more expensive, bigger speaker, reverb, master volume...there are ongoing Pro Junior and Blues Junior threads going on in the post 1985 Fender amps forum.
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Back in the dim and distant, I had a few issues of Hellblazer. To be honest, I was too young for them. Not in the don't look at the nudity and smoking and blood and slashy knives and naughty words kind of way, but in an I don't get it kind of way. I was barely twenty, and the comic was just about four years old at this stage. I wasn't ready.
Skip to about... Ooh, five years ago. I happened to catch sight of a cover to Hellblazer #300 (the last ongoing issue) on Tinternet. And I thought, wait a tick, that bloke looks familiar. It wasn't till a while later that I realised it was the end to something I had started long before.
Skip to last year. I was doing the Thursday Shop, otherwise known as Comics Wednesday in the States. (With the time zone as it is, I shop for new comics on a Thursday.) What do I see? A new collection of the first nine issues of Hellblazer, which may or may not be considered Jamie Delano's best work for the title. He did pretty much invent it, off the back of an arc in the Swamp Thing.
I was older, I was more cynical, I was deep into comics and constantly looking for 'new'. Bored of the usual straight white American dude saving the world, my weekly Thursday Shop consisted of titles like Saga, NextWave, Captain Marvel, Trillium, Young Avengers, and the like. Faced in this climate with the prospect of finally getting to grips with John Constantine, I thought I might as well.
It'd be more accurate to say that John Constantine got to grips with me. The sweeping story arcs, the way he was so down-to-Earth Scouse, the one-liners that covered a desperate lurch for salvation, the constant threat of losing everything if he just let the facade slip enough for people to realise he didn't actually have all the answers; it was intoxicating. I went through nothing less than five issues in a sitting. Sod work and getting back late from a lunch break - there were literally hundreds of issues on my iPad, goddammit, and John wasn't going to read himself (except that one time with Ellie and the priest with the talking door).
As poor John lurched from one skin of the teeth pyrrhic victory to the next, I slowly fell in love with the comic. So many issues, so many artists, so many writers, so many subtle differences in how they saw his character - there was a never-ending Pandora's Box of adventures. Once it was opened, and I ripped through three hundred issues, I realised that one thing had indeed been trapped inside: Hope. All I wanted was to believe that there was more, that what transpired in Hellblazer #300 (the last scene of which I still debate), was not the end. It couldn't be, right? There had to be more.
I found graphic novels. I found specials. I found DC's attempt to fit him into their Justice League line-up. Sadly, for me, these DCverse comics were just not right. They did not gel. It was the fact that John was no longer the focus of the book - now it was him against a pantheon of DC people, set against DC places and names. Gone were my trips to Liverpool, or Australia, or Northern Ireland. Gone were my Kit, Epiphany, Gemma. In their places were things I did not know because they were not of Hellblazer; the comics took me twice as long to read, as I spent equal parts reading the comic, and searching Wikipedia to find out who the apparently famous person was that John was up against. It became a chore - like their New 52 Constantine title. It wasn't John; it was a shiny ret-conned blonde bloke who occasionally talked like him, but shared none of the actual real secret of magic with him at all.
It was not my John.
Now I know what you're thinking. Let me just say in my defence: my favourite Doctors are Two, Five, Nine, Ten, and the beginnings of Eleven. It's true that I have turned my back on New Who, but that is not down to the change in actor or personality, it's down to my hate-hate relationship with Steven Moffat's writing. I like Star Trek the original series and The Next Generation, while my first love is DS9. I liked the 2009 reboot of Star Trek (Into Darkness not so much), because in my head it was a compromise - if you liked the original and not the reboot, the original had not been overwritten. Conversely, if you like the reboot but had tried to watch the original but not liked it, you still had your own version that did not overwrite the original. That's why I'm perfectly fine with Into Darkness failing on a lot of levels; Wrath of Khan still happened (and is still better), just in the other timeline. Long and short: I like change. Change is good - mostly.
So back to John Constantine.
Still reeling from the ending of Hellblazer, and finding that there were no more issues, I heard a rumour that Warner Brothers were looking at making a TV series called Constantine. I was intrigued. Then I was worried; would they be able to pull off some of the storylines from Hellblazer? Were they even going to bother? And who the bloody hell were they going to get to play John? Because if it was another Keanu Reeves, pretending to be English or not, then I was definitely out.
Skip to late last year. I had seen new series come along - caught up with Game of Thrones, tried watching The Flash (no-go - who wants yet another secret identity secretly in love with his best friend but can't tell her oh and did I mention they stuffed his mother in a fridge to give him daddy issues about rescuing him from prison? Blah blah blah.), tried Arrow (yeesh - but I have been told to ignore season one and head straight to season two. Seeing as I stuck with it for about seven episodes and then decided I was done torturing myself, I don't know if I'll bother) and Forever (really good, but in such a nice quiet way, it's sure to get cancelled). Gotham started, and I've enjoyed that more and more. Agents of SHIELD continues to improve, so I'm glad I stuck with that one. Supernatural has come back with a triumphant tenth season, which I'm still addicted to and still enjoying. So what was I going to get with Constantine?
Firstly, the pilot was pretty bloody shaky. I'm glad that they decided to drop the companion-cum-storyline there and go with Zed a few episodes later. However, two things struck me from the outset: one, they'd picked a winner with Matt Ryan, and two, they weren't going to shy away from certain subject matter, even on their timeslot.
I was intrigued. They even went with one of the best story arcs from Hellblazer a few episodes later in the form of Gary Lester and the hunger demon. It was racking up to be a vast improvement, but pretty much nothing was going to stop me watching it once I'd got used to John's somewhat clean trenchcoat (part of me is begging them to do a version of The Devil's Trenchcoat story arc. I would die happy). They were making it a little darker without sacrificing colour; where Supernatural tends to bleed the colour out and whack up the contrast, Constantine is all about colour and bright spillage of blood and make-up. One thing I do like is the cinematography and the way the editing is handled. A lot of gore is performed offscreen for your imagination, and even if it just to get round the programming rules, it's still a neat way for you to get your gore on without getting taken off the air. They may have changed a few elements about the characters - I thought Chas was darker in the comics, and obviously his penchant for Jack Harkness'ing his way out of permanent death is a new one. But hey, they're rolling with it and they're making it more interesting. Take Zed Martin, for instance. Not the bird we were given in Hellblazer, past her 'gifted' roots and her talents, but definitely a change for the better. They've developed a women on screen who, one, is not white, two, is not dependant on anybody, and three, can literally take care of herself, despite hiding that side of herself. Her attitude and the fact that she's a capable character, instead of being just a hanger-on or a sidekick, makes me watch for her - the woman with her own life and agenda - as much as for John. Try saying that about any other series.
Angélica Celaya, then, should be headed for big things. When this series is cancelled, as inevitably all good shows are by large networks who worry too much about instant ratings gratification and not enough about long-term merchandising rights and blu-ray sales, then I look forward to seeing what she does next. Charlie Halberd, the ever-present Chas, is also going to become a staple of US TV, I hope. Harold Perrineau, as the argie-bargie angel Manny, already has a long list of telly credits under his belt (not least of all the wonderfully sublime The Unusuals), but I know he'll be back.
Matt Ryan, though. He's the best not-John that ever John'd. They may have had to bleach his hair and they haven't bothered covering up his own tatts, but he fills John's shoes like they were made for him. He was seven years old when Hellblazer first started, but that hasn't stopped him from apparently being told by his comic-shop-owner-mate that if he gets John wrong, he runs the risk of not waking up the next day. He seems to have taken it to heart - the swagger to his walk, the shoulders that pin themselves back when he's about to cast a spell, the sneaking-in of the network-forbidden cigarettes, the borderline dodgy/creepy look he gives people when he's working through how to get out of the jam he's in - he is to John Constantine what David Tennant was to the Doctor for many people. When I go back to read Hellblazer comics now? Yep - he sounds like Matt Ryan's soft Scouse / hint of his own Welsh.
One thing I will say is that he's Shakespeare trained. So when you ask him to act like he's possessed by a demon and just wants to terrorise and hurt people, then that's what you get. He is a does-what-it-says-on-the-tin kind of actor. He puts his back into every scene he's got without having to chew scenery, often accomplishing more with a single shifty look than lines of dialogue. I cannot stress enough how much he deserves an Emmy for his performance in episode nine's 'Saint of Last Resorts, part 2'.
The episodes themselves do not back down: you will see kids possessed and people in the wrong place at the wrong time dying, and other people scammed into a plot twist you didn't see coming. You will get more bodily fluids than a Farscape snot-fest. You will get John giving people lip (apparently insults like 'wanker' and 'tosser' and 'pile of wank' get past US censors. It makes me wonder if they know what they mean), you will get Angry!John raging at people, and Zed being quietly amazing, and Chas just trying to hold everything together. You'll probably enjoy it, too.
Understandably, I'm upset that it's going to get cancelled. We can vote online and petition and beg and make noise about this show as much as we like, but I know it's going to get cancelled. Because the good shows always are. I will still keep making noise and telling NBC how much I want the show to continue, but seeing as all they look at is instant ratings, I have my doubts about it working.
My parting shot? Watch this show. Watch it before it disappears. You'll be glad you did.


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Monday-Saturday: 9:00am-6:00pm |
Nakano Campus (1F of High-Rise Wing ) |
Monday-Friday: 9:00am-8:00pm Saturday: closed (Subject to Change) |
Japanese Language Program for Beginners
Those who would like to participate in this program are asked to contact Japanese Language Education Center at the beginning of each semester.
Student Consultation Room
Student Consultation Room in Izumi Campus
Campus Harassment Prevention Committee
The following is just some examples of the events:
- President's Cup Japanese Speech Contest
- Sports game watching including Tokyo Big6 Baseball League
- Field Trip
- Japan Cultural Experience
- Year-End Party
President Fukumiya, the hosts of the contest, and the contestants