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DATE & TIME: Saturday, January 4, 7 p.m. (ET)
FACTS & STATS: Ted Constant Convocation Center (9,100) -- Norfolk, Virginia. Television: None. Home Record: GMU 5-1, ODU 4-3. Away Record: GMU 1-2, ODU 1-4. Neutral Record: GMU 1-3, ODU 0-2. Conference Record: GMU 0-0, ODU 0-0. Series Record: Old Dominion leads, 34-21.
GAME NOTES: The George Mason Patriots take aim at their third win in a row as they invade the Ted Constant Convocation Center to face their former Colonial Athletic Association rival Old Dominion Monarchs.
George Mason downed Saint Mary's, 65-63, on Dec. 25 before opening up 2014 with an 80-77 victory over Penn on Thursday. The two-game streak improved the Patriots to a 7-6 overall record. They had lost four in a row to South Florida (68-66), Oklahoma (81-66), Iowa State (79-67) and Oregon State (58-54) before defeating the Gaels. The Patriots will make their Atlantic 10 Conference debut on Jan. 9 at Virginia Commonwealth. They are ranked last in the league in scoring offense at 66.4 ppg and their allowance of 66.9 ppg is the sixth best in the conference.
The Monarchs dropped a 74-68 decision to William & Mary on New Year's Day to fall to 5-9 on the campaign. Old Dominion has now lost two games in a row and eight of its last nine. The Monarchs were downed by the Tribe despite hitting on 50 percent of their field goal tries. William & Mary outscored them by 16 points at the free-throw line in the bout. Old Dominion is scoring only 65 ppg on just 10.8 assists per outing. The Monarchs will make their first-ever Conference USA appearance next Saturday at East Carolina.
Old Dominion leads the all-time series over George Mason, 34-21. However, the Patriots have taken the last five decisions over the Monarchs, including a season sweep last year.
Bryon Allen scored 24 points for GMU against Penn to lead the charge. The Patriots received some help from their bench in the contest. Jalen Jenkins had 10 points and led the team in rebounding with six, and Patrick Holloway tallied 18 points, while making 4-of-7 tries from behind the 3-point line.
Holloway is averaging 16 ppg over his last four games and has knocked down 16 shots from 3-point range during that span. Allen, who has scored in double figures the last six contests, is leading the Patriots at 13.7 ppg, just in front of Sherrod Wright (13.1 ppg), who has been held under 10 points in five consecutive outings. Sophomore forward Marko Gujanicic (9.8 ppg, 5.3 rpg) leads the team on the glass, while Holloway is the squad's go-to player on the perimeter, as he's connecting on 43.1 percent of his shots from beyond the arc.
In their loss to W&M, the Monarchs were led by Aaron Bacote's career-high tying 28 points along with 12 points from Dimitri Batten and 10 from Richard Ross. ODU held its opponent to a lesser 46.7 percent shooting from the field, but the Tribe hit 11 shots from beyond the arc. ODU outrebounded the Tribe, 32-27. Bacote is having a tremendous season with 18.5 ppg and Batten is chiming in with 11.7 ppg. Keenan Palmore (9.7 ppg, 1.3 spg) and Ross (9.1 ppg, 7.8 rpg, 2.8 bpg) are both key players for the Monarchs as well.
The Patriots barely survived a home game against a very weak Penn team in their last appearance. This will be a very winnable matchup for ODU as it has done much better at home, winning four of seven games. GMU is 1-2 in true road games and will rise to the .500 mark if Wright can snap out of his slump.
Sports Network Predicted Outcome: George Mason 67, Old Dominion 63
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This tour was excellent. Our driver was very informative and also very funny! He made everyone laugh and made the tour a lot of fun, while also teaching us the history of the various locations we visited. I would definitely recommend this tour.
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Now understand what actually happened at Pearl Harbour
Great tour! Our group of 3 couples enjoyed it thoroughly! Well worth it...
Surreal experience! Hard to imagine you're standing on the very soil that so many soldiers lost their lives defending. Being on the USS Arizona memorial is a quite moving experience! 100% recommended to anyone in Hawaii and fortunate enough to have some time to visit. My only downside is there wasn't enough time to fully explore the entire memorial but I will definitely look to go back.
This tour was amazing and well worth it. Matt our driver was very informative ( and funny). I believe the time allocated to visit Pearl Harbour and the Arizona Memorial is pretty much perfect. I'd highly recommend this tour and book well in advance as they limit the number of visitors to the Arizona Memorial.
This trip was fantastic- our guide (her name escapes me) was amazing with a wealth of knowledge and a personal touch with her stories of her own life. Such a fantastic day our- pearl harbour and the U.S. Arizona is a humbling experience and very moving- the respect for those lost is felt all around- stunning and a must see
This was very good, our guide was courteous and knowelgable
Our Driver was very amusing with lots of funny stories and jokes as he drove us on the siteseeing tour of the area. The Pearl Harbor tour is a very emotional experience and the video of what happened at this time prior to your short boat trip to the Arizona, is very confronting. There is an amazing collection photo's, equipment used at this time. Would highly recommend this tour to anyone visiting Honolulu as a must visit place regardless of your age .
This tour was amazing!
Very moving and emotional place to visit. It is great to see that even though there are so many people visiting the sight, everyone is very respectful of the significance of the site.
Our tour guide, Gary, was very knowledgable about the history of Hawaii and Pearl Harbour. We were given plenty of time to explore both prior to and after visiting the memorial. One hint, try and book this tour very early as it fills quickly. The memorial site usually closes down at 1:00pm, I was lucky to get the last boat to the memorial site at 12:30. Then at 1:00pm the Navy closed the site and we had to return to the visitors centre. The memorial is under the control of the U.S. Navy not a tour company, so you bound by what the Navy directs you to do.
Another hint you can't take handbags, backpacks, camera bags etc to the visitors centre. You can check your bags for a small $3.00 fee prior to going into the visitors centre. We could leave ours on the bus as it was locked. About the only thing you can take into the centre is your camera and a small purse (very small purse).
Could not get out of the bus when we visited Punchbowl cemetery on the day of the tour. There was a ceremony for fallen Hawaiian soldiers who served in the recent Iraq and Afganistan wars as it was family day in Honolulu. However security did allow us to go around the roundabout and Gary stopped for a short time to allow us to take some photo's. The US military certainly know how to honour their fallen, it was very impressive to see a sea of American flags lining the road to and from the buildings.
Apart from that had a throughly great time. If you can make your own way back to Pearl Harbour, it will allow you more time to really read and watch the videos in the museums about what happened on the day of the attack.
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Great tour and highly recommended.
Great Tour. The Tour bus driver was very knowledgeable and entertaining.
It was great! The driver knew his facts and expertly drove us around including Downtown and the Punchbowl.
My wife and I really enjoyed our trip to the Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbour. It really empathized the sacrifice made by those service men and women who lost their lives in World War 2 and particularly at Pearl Harbour.
We were deeply touched by the Arizona memorial and enjoyed the submarine and the rest of the displays.
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The service was great, friendly staff, beautiful amenities, delicious breakfast and gorgeous views
The no shoe policy is a little annoying, but they keep the place nice and toasty so your feet don't get cold, not to big of a deal. The wine tasting didn't really happen because the first couple didn't want to partake however she did give us a glass
Decent hot breakfast.
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It's location and the pool, the outdoor and indoor hot springs.
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Location, and price.
The people were all so nice and friendly. The breakfast was terrific. And their reccomendations for eating out were also perfect. Thanks
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It was a good price for the area. It was clean and had a refrigerator in the room. The front desk staff was very helpful and nice and there was a hot breakfast.
It was very old and worn.
Dirty, smelled very strong like powder deodorant. Very Hot-Swamp Cooler in Room was horrible.
Enjoyed the hot tub.
The constant cloud of marijuana. It was from dawn until dusk. I had no idea we would be smelling that stuff all day. During the day, it was just the smell. But in the mornings and evenings, it was literally a cloud of smoke in the hallway.
The owner is on site and is an excellent host. The hot tub and sauna were absolutely amazing as well!!
great roomsx, great Oublic Spaces, in great shape except for a lot of hallway carpet that they plan on replacing.
Restaurant was excellent, choice of foods excellent. Service great. Special dinner very well done.
Jeesh, where to start. All ratings seem to apply. Add to that general condition was poor for hallways. Security doors did not lock for entry. Plugs would not stay in outlets in room. bathroom sink and toilet malfuntioining with hot water in toilet.
We could hear our upstairs neighbors It was loud. We liked single level type condo much better.
I was soooo pleased at the location (right next to the lake -- beautiful) and the size of the condo. It was in Eagle's Loft and I would highly recommend it. The saddest part was that I could not stay longer to enjoy the hot tub downstairs.
The cabinets in the kitchen and bathrooms needs to be painted or refaced because they were dated. Everything else was excellent.
Staff was really friendly and welcoming. Also, the location is great.
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Mt. Bachelor has one of the deepest snowpacks in the United States. While this year's snowfall has been below average, we're still looking forward to several weeks of sunny days and corn snow on the mountain. We are committed to our reputation as one of the best spring skiing and riding destinations in the world.
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FAIRBANKS— The oil companies say we should not worry about the trans-Alaska oil pipeline shutting down anytime soon.
In a proposed settlement with the state about the "life of the line," the companies say it will be economic to run the line until 2044.
Earlier this month, the companies and the state submitted the settlement agreement to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the Regulatory Commission of Alaska.
The settlement includes a depreciation schedule starting in 2013 that puts the "remaining life" of the line at 32 years.
The settlement stipulates the depreciation factors to use in setting transportation rates.
This is the clearest sign so far of what the oil companies think about the future of the pipeline.
And it should end the discussion in Alaska that the pipeline may shut down in 10 or 20 years. The companies would demand a must faster depreciation schedule if they believed that were true.
The schedule does not include a fixed 30-year depreciation schedule, which is good for the state. The schedule says after five years it will be reopened and subject to renegotiation. The original trans-Alaska pipeline settlement agreed to by the state in 1985 locked the state into a long-term deal that cost the state billions of dollars.
The depreciation schedule shows how capital investments will be recovered in the long term.
The companies are allowed to recover those costs as part of the transportation cost of getting to Valdez.
The depreciation rate reaches zero when the pipeline's economic life is over, which is 2044 according to this settlement.
The original pipeline settlement allowed the oil companies to get 90 percent of their investment back in the first 14 years or so of pipeline operations, an accelerated schedule that increased profits.
HAPPY WITH HIPOW: The Monroe Foundation, which works year-round to support the Catholic Schools, has an annual target of $1.2 million.
It starts the year with the HIPOW weekend, the premier public event of this effort.
Nancy Hanson, the director of the Catholic Schools, says HIPOW brought in more than $650,000 this year, which is more than half of the goal.
"Coupled with the $75,000 raised in August and September to replace windows in Monroe, the fall months of 2012 have been remarkable," she said.
PIPELINE STATEMENT: The final Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed in-state gas pipeline is open for public comment starting Friday.
The 737-mile pipeline from the North Slope to Anchorage would include a 34-mile spur line from Dunbar to Fairbanks.
The main line would be 24 inches wide, while the spur line would be 12 inches.
The EIS says that a proposed large-scale pipeline form the North Slope to Southcentral is uncertain and therefore spur lines to provide gas to Anchorage and Fairbanks "would not be a reasonable alternative."
The document proposes a new stand-alone suspension bridge over the Yukon River to carry the pipeline.
The EIS said the state found that a Richardson Highway route would cost 10 percent more and it "would not in fact present environmental advantages over the project as proposed."
One of the comments that has come up repeatedly in Fairbanks is why the cost of a spur line would be borne by Fairbanks residents only and why the state made assumptions in route selection that don't hold down the cost to this area.
GOOD CHOICES: The three people named so far to the borough municipal gas utility by City Mayor Jerry Cleworth and Assembly Presiding Officer Diane Hutchison represent the type of talent we need on that board.
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The other two appointees, engineer Frank Abegg and Mike Meeks, longtime director of public works at Fort Wainwright, also have the depth of experience needed to take on this difficult task.
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When it's cold in the evening, there's nothing better than a warming dessert. Well, actually, perhaps the best thing is a guilt-free warming dessert. I'm a huge fan of apple pie, apple crumble, apple strudel, basically anything apple-flavoured. But, it wouldn't be too healthy to eat these every night. And let's face it- the best part of these puddings is the sweet apple filling. So I decided to recreate my favourite apple desserts, minus the unhealthy pastry part.
What was I left with? A completely innocent apple treat, which you can enjoy any night of the week. After all, according to that famous saying, an apple a day keeps the doctor away…
Here is the recipe for my sin-free stewed apples. Simple, quick and delicious (I apologize for the lack of photos, I got too excited whilst cooking/ eating to remember to take any).
I have always enjoyed cooking, but boy did I take for granted my kitchen and oven in the States! Since moving to Korea I've had to adapt the way I cook completely. From having no counter space, to replacing ingredients with things available here, to trying to make delicious cakes in a small toaster oven, I've done it all! There have been a lot of failed experiments and total disasters in my tiny kitchen(stories I may have to share soon!), but along the way I've learned a lot about how to make your tiny kitchen as efficient as possible and still make delicious food!
Korea is known for having low obesity levels, with only an estimated 4% of people being obese, much lower than the 35% of Americans, or 25% of Brits. It's true that the percentage of overweight Koreans is increasing, but nowhere near as drastically as other Western countries. And I don't find the trend at all surprising; In fact, I've found it a lot easier to maintain a healthy-eating lifestyle since living in Korea.
Everyone loves a good comforting meal, especially at this time of year when every day it's getting colder and darker outside; what better thing is there to do than settle down in a cosy room with some delicious comfort food. In Korea, my favourite comfort food is my beloved Dolsot Bibimbap, a steaming-hot bowl of veggies, rice, egg and spicy pepper paste, perfect for warming you up on a cold autumn night.
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Happy Pepero Day from Korea! If you're not familiar with this special day, it's one in which people exchange Peperos (chocolate sticks) with their loved ones, kind of like Easter without the religion. According to reports, the celebration started because people believed if you partook in the Pepero celebration, you would become taller and thinner, especially if you ate your Peperos at exactly 11:11 on November 11th- 11:11, on the 11th day of the 11th month. And if you're really superstitious, you should make sure you eat the Peperos 11 seconds after 11:11, for the ultimate thinning/ heightening effect. Eating loads of chocolate to make you taller and thinner? I like that kind of logic!
There's been a big change in nutritional advice over the past few years; while before, fatty foods were seen as the worst thing for your diet, evil options which instantly add inches to your waist and clog your arteries, nowadays it's sugar which is viewed as the enemy. Things with a higher fat content like eggs are suddenly 'superfoods', and nutritionists are advising increased consumption of such foods, advising people to restrict their sugar intake instead.
In the past month, there's been a distinct change in season; evenings are darker, the temperature has dropped by about 10 degrees, and I've gone from wearing sandals and skirts to covering up with a coat, gloves and scarf. I'm only one pair of wellies and a thermal vest away from my full-on winter gear.
If someone had told me 5 years ago, even 2 years ago, that I'd move to Korea, I'd have thought they were joking: I'm a homebody with a close family and friends, and have never really had the 'travelling bug' tempting me to go out and explore the world. The thought of leaving everything behind would have seemed absurd, something only someone way more adventurous than me would do. Even when I did a TESOL course with the intention of going abroad, I always imagined going to Europe and making frequent trips home.


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First seed catalogue :)
So we start another winter planning our spring with the first catalogue. T&T Seeds arrived today; first one for me. Haven't even opened it yet since I won't be ordering anything new for spring...........maybe. :) I certainly don't need anything and will actually need to give away seed before it is no longer viable. Still updating my list........ it has been an unusual fall to say the least. :(
If anyone is looking for something in particular, please drop me a line and I will check if I have it before I get my update posted.
Sending everyone a virtual hot beverage and some quiet catalogue time. :)
Lol, Marcia! Eye candy in bed; I like that idea! In fact, I indulge myself every season!
I did notice that T&T also has Vanilla Strawberry Hydrangea this year! Then I closed the catalogue.......:)
I'm a print girl too. Did anyone notice in T&T's note to customers that there is a P.S. that says "A sad goodbye to a longtime mail order competitor "McFaydens Seeds" They closed their mail order portion"
I"m kinda sad over that I like ordering from McFayden. Cheryl
I'm sure all the online sources are giving some seed companies a run for their money.
I like the print catalogues, too. I've just got the Stokes catalogue so far - besides Wm Dam, I'm not sure which other ones I'll get because I've only been ordering from Stokes & Wm Dam. I've got a shopping cart already started at Stokes - I thought I might try the Toscana Strawberries, Santa Cruz Begonia and the new hanging pansies, and they all need to be started early.


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Model's documentary exposes fashion's darker side
PARIS Discovered at age 14 outside her Manhattan school, Sara Ziff was quickly swept up into the high-glamour whirlwind of the fashion industry, jetting to Paris and Milan for shoots and shows and getting paychecks with an astonishing number of zeros.
She and her boyfriend, a film school graduate, started taking home videos backstage on a lark, but the couple's hobby bloomed into something bigger - an inside peek behind the industry's high-gloss facade into its darker side of body image problems, drugs and even sexual abuse.
Ziff, a blue-eyed blond who walked for luxury supernovas including Louis Vuitton and Chanel, says the couple's documentary, "Picture Me," shows an industry sometimes out of control.
"It's sort of the 'Wild West,' with people feeling the rules don't apply in fashion, for some reason. I'd like to be a part of making some sort of changes in that way," Ziff, 28, told The Associated Press.
She and her boyfriend and co-director, Ole Schell, were in Paris Monday to promote the movie among the fashion glitteratti, who are flocking to the city for the spring-summer 2011 ready-to-wear show, which begins Tuesday. The movie, which is currently playing in Los Angeles, is scheduled to be released in Paris next month.
Shot over a period of five years by Ziff, Schell and their model friends, "Picture Me" makes a convincing case for the need for some sort of regulation in an industry where girls begin their careers at age 14 or even as young as 12.
Ziff waited until after high school to pursue her career in earnest. Soon, she was gracing mammoth billboards in her native New York and out-earning her father, a neuro-biologist and professor at New York University.
In the film, we see Ziff evolve from a wide-eyed ingenue into a harried and emotionally strung-out young woman.
She's often in tears, reeling from the sheer exhaustion of the brutal monthlong fashion show calendar, or upset about a tactless comment from one of the professionals backstage. Ziff says the industry tends to see models as objects to be poked, prodded and painted, rather than as sensitive young women.
The movie also prods what Ziff calls the "sordid and salacious" underbelly of fashion, with her and her friends talking on camera about the taboo subjects of cocaine use backstage, bulemia-clogged toilets and photographers' unwanted sexual advances.
Ziff, and Schell, 35, insist they hadn't initially set out to make a tell-all documentary.
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National groups on both sides of the political divide poured money into the recall elections over the past months. Supporters of stronger gun laws would surely have preferred that Giron and Morse had won.
But before the media returns to promoting the myth of National Rifle Association electoral dominance and suggests that the recall of the two Colorado state senators proves that all elected officials who push for stronger gun laws risk their jobs, here are a few things they should consider.
The Gun Laws Supported By Giron And Morse Are Popular Statewide. On March 20, Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper signed three gun violence prevention measures into law: requiring a background check on all gun sales except those between family members, imposing a $10 fee to process background checks, and limiting firearm magazine capacity to 15 rounds. Giron and Morse's support for these measures was the catalyst for the recall efforts. An August 22 poll by Quinnipiac University found that the majority of voters in Colorado approve of the specific pieces of the gun law package -- they expressed support for expanded background checks by an 82 to 16 percent margin and support for the limit on magazine capacity by a 49 to 48 percent margin. While Giron and Morse were defeated, the legislation they support is popular with state voters at large.
The Recall Turnout Was Extremely Low. A very small number of voters determined the recall election. In fact, voter turnout in Morse and Giron's districts were both substantially lower in the recall election compared to the 2010 state senate elections. Only 21 percent of 84,029 registered voters in Morse's district voted in the recall election. A mere 9,094 people voted in favor of recall; he lost his seat by a margin of 343 votes. Turnout was about 11,000 voters higher in Morse's 2010 senate election. Turnout in Giron's district was only 36 percent; 10,000 more people voted in her 2010 Senate election. Deriving national trends from low-turnout recall elections seems unwise.
Efforts To Recall Other Members Who Supported Stronger Gun Laws Failed. Opponents of stronger gun laws didn't intend to recall just Giron and Morse; they originally targeted two other lawmakers as well. But an effort to recall Sen. Evie Hudak was suspended by organizers three weeks before the deadline. And an effort to recall Rep. Mike McLachlan also failed when the Colorado Secretary of State reported that no signatures were turned in before a deadline.
Fox & Friends host Gretchen Carlson and Fox News contributor Keith Ablow distorted research findings to warn of a "terrifying link" between video games and mass shootings while dismissing the role of high powered firearms in those incidents.
During the September 10 edition of Fox & Friends, Carlson claimed, "brand new research suggests there is a terrifying link between video games and violent behavior," before showing images of recent mass shooters who purportedly "were big gamers." Ablow -- claiming that all of the shooters were "addicted to violent video games" -- said that a recent study that found "watching violent video games increases aggression and decreases empathy" to support his claim that video games are linked to mass shootings.
Carlson concluded the segment by saying, "This whole is issue is so much more complicated than just gun control, there are so many other factors, mental illness [and] video games are just two of them":
In fact, the author of the research cited by Carlson and Ablow -- which was actually published in 2010 -- has stated that video games cannot be the sole cause of mass shooting incidents, despite being a proponent of the claim that a relationship exists between video games and real world violence. Ohio State University professor Brad Bushman published the survey of other studies that found a link between playing video games and aggressive thoughts cited by Ablow during his Fox & Friends appearance.
However, in explaining his research on video games in a March 20 New York Daily News op-ed, Bushman wrote, "It is crucial to understand there is no single cause of a crime like [Sandy Hook shooter Adam] Lanza's, and no responsible scholar could claim that violent video games cause murder."
Furthermore, other research disputes the link between violent video games and real world violence.
A Colorado newspaper has repeatedly run an anti-Semitic ad depicting New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who is Jewish, as a puppet-master who controls a state senator the ad's sponsor is seeking to recall from office for supporting stronger gun laws.
The September 8 and 9 editions of the Pueblo Chieftain featured the half-page advertisement. The group responsible for the ad, Pueblo Freedom and Rights, is credited with starting the campaign to recall the ad's target, State Sen. Angela Giron, over her support for legislation that expanded background checks on gun purchases and imposed a 15-round limit on firearm magazine size. Early voting is underway with the election concluding on September 10.
The depiction of a Jewish leader as a puppet-master is widely acknowledged as anti-Semitic imagery because of its relation to conspiracy theories about Jewish control of the political process or global economy.
The ad apparently is a play on the fact that a group backed by Bloomberg has contributed a substantial amount of money in opposition to the recall effort. The recall elections targeting Giron and Senate President John Morse (D-Colorado Springs) have drawn significant outside spending both for and against the recall, including more than $361,000 spent by the National Rifle Association in favor of the recall.
The Chieftain's decision to allow the publication of Pueblo Freedom and Rights' ad follows a call by progressive groups for a local media outlet to disaffiliate from the Chieftain over its coverage of the recall election.
Washington Times senior opinion editor Emily Miller's new book, Emily Gets Her Gun: ...But Obama Wants to Take Yours, is filled with falsehoods about the gun debate and promotes the National Rifle Association's conspiracy theory that President Obama is planning to confiscate privately held firearms.
Reacting to news that the Obama administration will use executive action to curb gun violence, The Drudge Report titled its top story, "HEAD FAKE: OBAMA GOES AFTER GUNS."
Obama reportedly seeks to restrict the importation of military grade firearms for civilian sale and close a loophole that allows felons to obtain highly dangerous guns without a background check. In contrast to fearmongering by Drudge Report, neither policy will interfere with the rights of law-abiding gun owners.
Conservatives are using a comment from former President Bill Clinton's speech at the memorial celebrating the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington to falsely suggest that background checks are required for all gun sales.
During his speech, Clinton stated, "A great democracy does not make it harder to vote than to buy an assault weapon."
Clinton appeared to refer to two conservative legislative priorities: Their passage in several states of voter ID laws and other laws that make it harder for people to vote, especially low income and minority voters; and their effort to block earlier this year federal legislation to strengthen and expand the background check system to prevent felons and the dangerously mentally ill from purchasing firearms.
Responding to Clinton's comment, Fox News contributor Erick Erickson facetiously wrote on his RedState.com blog that Clinton had "called for the elimination of background checks to purchase guns." Erickson claims that "purchases of firearms in every state must go through a firearms background check" and thus concludes that since one "does not even need photo identification in every state to vote... I take this statement to mean Bill Clinton wants background checks for gun purchases eliminated."
At TownHall.com, fellow Fox News contributor Katie Pavlich similarly wrote:
Clinton's words came in reference to voter identification laws being passed all over the country which require voters to show government issued photo identification in order to vote. Federal gun laws also require people purchasing firearms to show government issued photo identification. In addition, firearms purchasers are required to undergo a background check.
In fact, under federal law background checks are only required on those who seek to purchase a firearm from a licensed dealer; no such check is needed for those who buy them from private sellers, including at gun shows and online.
An opinion piece for The Washington Times suggested that "every schoolteacher in America should be armed in the classroom," ignoring that schools -- where guns are typically not permitted -- are among the safest places for young people.
In an August 26 op-ed, Steve Siebold, a motivational book author, also suggested that the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, that left 20 children and six educators dead could have been prevented if teacher Victoria Soto, who was killed in the attack, had been armed with a gun:
If we look back at Sandy Hook last year, first-grade teacher and hero Victoria Soto, who was fatally shot after hiding her kids in a closet and telling the gunman the kids were in the gym, might still be alive had she been armed and able to defend herself. So could a lot of other children and teachers who tragically died that day.
In advocating for the arming of all teachers, and insisting that "If teachers aren't comfortable with that, they may need to find a new profession," Siebold left out key facts about past mass school shootings. For example, he cites the 1999 Columbine High School mass shooting to buttress his claim that, "Arming our teachers and training them how to use a firearm properly will translate to fewer heinous acts taking place." In fact, an armed guard twice exchanged fire with one of the two shooters but was unable to stop the shooting.
The Daily Caller's Guns and Gears section published an opinion piece that suggested "[b]ecause Black Democrats are fine for house work, but not for doing heavy lifting," white leaders should choose replacements for the current heads of civil rights organizations.
Guns and Gears is the firearms-themed section of the Daily Caller that publishes press releases and opinion pieces from the National Rifle Association and other gun organizations, along with commentary on firearms issues.
In his August 26 op-ed, retired U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Jerry Curry stereotyped African-Americans as violent, suggested that black teenagers must "follow the work rules laid down by white Americans" to achieve greater success, and accused the Obama administration of encouraging "racial violence."
Discussing the tragic killing of World War II veteran Shorty Belton by two African-American teens, Curry criticized African-American civil rights leaders for not "leading huge civil rights demonstrations protesting the murder of Mr. Belton and demanding that black parents, families, communities and churches get and keep their black teenagers under control." Notably, there is no evidence that Belton's killing was race-related.
Still, Curry wrote, "If America's black leadership isn't going to take charge of and clean up their own mess, white leaders will have to do it for them," and added, "You can't expect white Americans to keep looking the other way while black teenagers beat their fellow white Americans to death. Evidently black leaders seem to think it is alright for black teenagers to profile Shorty Belton and kill him and they need not comment on how wrong it is, but it's not right for a white policeman to profile someone black and kill them."
Colorado newspaper The Pueblo Chieftain failed to note Colorado voters' overwhelming support for the state's new gun background check law and instead provided a misleading generalization that "Colorado voters oppose the state's stricter new gun-control laws."
In response to the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, and the movie theater mass shooting in Aurora, Colorado, Gov. John Hickenlooper signed three gun violence prevention measures into law on March 20. The new laws expand background checks on gun sales, limit magazine capacity to 15 rounds, and impose a $10 fee on background checks. State Sens. Angela Giron (D-Pueblo) and John Morse (D-Colorado Springs) are facing a September 10 recall election over their support for the new measures.
The Chieftain's claim about the popularity of Colorado's new gun laws in the lead story for August 23 was based on a new Quinnipiac University poll that paradoxically found that the majority of voters oppose "the stricter new gun control laws in Colorado" by a 54 to 40 percent margin, but approve -- to varying degrees -- of the specific pieces of gun violence prevention legislation. The August 22 poll found that voters support requiring a background check on every gun sale by an 82 to 16 percent margin and support the limit on magazine capacity by a 49 to 48 percent margin. Quinnipiac did not ask voters about their opinion on the background check fee.
Unlike other major Colorado newspapers, the Chieftain reported on the general opposition to "the stricter new gun control laws" but failed to acknowledge support for the specific measures.
NRA News promoted an ad targeting Colorado Senate President John Morse, who is facing a recall election over his support for stronger gun laws, that baselessly suggested Morse used taxpayer money for haircuts and golf outings. The allegations in the ad stem from a 2011 ethics complaint filed against Morse that was unanimously dismissed by a bipartisan ethics panel, a fact the ad does not disclose.
The ad features Laura Carno, the founder of pro-recall group I Am Created Equal, claiming that Morse "charged us for days when you got your hair cut and when you went golfing" while a graphic stated, "Tell John Morse Don't Golf And Get Haircuts On Our Dime." From the August 21 edition of Cam & Company on NRA News, the media arm of the National Rifle Association:
CARNO: Senator Morse, the ethics investigation against you wasn't trivial. When you reimburse yourself with our money, it should be for work you do on our behalf. But Senator Morse, you charged us for days when you got your hair cut and when you went golfing. We didn't elect you to be king, Senator Morse. Every dollar you spend comes out of our pockets. And Senator Morse we don't want to pay for your haircuts and golf games.
Tellingly the ad featured a quote from an April 12, 2011, Associated Press article, ignoring that the article was about the complaint being dismissed:
National Rifle Association Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre baselessly warned that proponents of stronger gun laws could implement a firearm "confiscation scheme" in his latest unhinged column for The Daily Caller.
Despite LaPierre's warnings of a draconian gun registration and confiscation scheme that he wrote "could happen to us if we fail to stand and fight," the plot LaPierre described is illegal under current federal law, has not been proposed by the supporters of stronger gun laws LaPierre singled out in his column, and would likely violate the United States Constitution.
LaPierre's column was published on August 19, the day before BuzzFeed reported that the NRA itself uses a variety of data collection methods to gather information on gun owners. In an article that described myriad ways the NRA collects data on gun owners, BuzzFeed contributor Steve Friess noted the tension between the NRA's warnings about government gun owner databases and the gun rights organization's own actions:
The National Rifle Association has rallied gun owners -- and raised tens of millions of dollars -- campaigning against the threat of a national database of firearms or their owners.
But in fact, the sort of vast, secret database the NRA often warns of already exists, despite having been assembled largely without the knowledge or consent of gun owners. It is housed in the Virginia offices of the NRA itself. The country's largest privately held database of current, former, and prospective gun owners is one of the powerful lobby's secret weapons, expanding its influence well beyond its estimated 3 million members and bolstering its political supremacy.
That database has been built through years of acquiring gun permit registration lists from state and county offices, gathering names of new owners from the thousands of gun-safety classes taught by NRA-certified instructors and by buying lists of attendees of gun shows, subscribers to gun magazines, and more, BuzzFeed has learned.
LaPierre's Daily Caller column is demonstrative of the outlandish gun registration and confiscation plots the NRA warns of while apparently simultaneously collecting information on gun owners for its own purposes.
National Rifle Association board member Ted Nugent is well known for making inflammatory remarks during his performances, as evidenced by an infamous video from a 2007 concert where the machinegun-toting rocker called then-Sen. Barack Obama a "piece of shit" and then-Sen. Hillary Clinton a "worthless bitch."
Fan videos posted online from Nugent's "Black Power 2013" tour -- which he named as a way to pay "tribute to our black heroes nightly" -- indicate that Nugent has only ramped up his rhetoric, launching inflammatory attacks on President Obama and using violent imagery to describe his opposition to the federal government.
Among the lowlights, Nugent attacked the "lying racist in the White House," "criminal pieces of shit in the IRS," "dirty cocksuckers in the government," "the jack boot Nazi motherfuckers in the Department of Justice," "fucking retarded mongrels" who support animal rights, and "well-fed motherfucker food stamp cocksuckers." He also drew a comparison between the American Revolution and the present, stating, "When the British came to take our guns we met them at Concord Bridge and we blew their fucking brains out," and warned his audience, "keep a fucking gun in your hand, boys."
As a musician and conservative commentator, Nugent is to many the public face of the NRA. Nugent has had a longstanding relationship with the gun rights organization, serving on its board of directors since 1995. In the group's 2013 board elections Nugent was second only to Fox News contributor Oliver North for most votes in favor of reelection. Nugent is also a fixture of the NRA's annual meeting, delivering talks in 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013. After the 2012 meeting, Nugent drew the attention of the Secret Service for saying he would be "dead or in jail" if Obama was reelected as president. An NRA memo indicated that he was paid $50,000 by the NRA for a "spoken presentation" in 2011. Nugent is also the author of a song, "I Am The NRA" that includes the lyrics: "If you hate tyrants and dictators and are ready to give freedom a whirl/Celebrate the NRA and the shot heard round the world."
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The "ethics complaint" against Colorado State Sen. Angela Giron reported on by The Pueblo Chieftain and Colorado ABC affiliate KRDO was never accepted by the Colorado Secretary of State for review, as revealed in an open records request by a local government watchdog group.
Reacting to media coverage of the complaint -- which alleged that Giron's listing of her state email address on her campaign website constituted a violation of ethics rules -- Colorado Ethics Watch director Luis Toro told Media Matters in an August 6 interview that the allegation was "extremely thin" before predicting that it would be "almost certainly dismissed as frivolous." Toro also questioned why the complaint did not appear on the Secretary of State website, noting that it is standard procedure for even a frivolous complaint to be posted and then referred for adjudication.
Giron is facing recall over her support of legislation to expand background checks on gun sales and limit firearm magazine capacity to 15 rounds.
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[Colorado Ethics Watch, accessed 8/16/13, personal email address redacted]
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Reacting to an August 12 court decision which will necessitate that the recall election be conducted with polling centers instead of solely through mail-in ballots, BFDF spokesperson Jennifer Kerns said the change could stymie what she described as a plot by Chicago-based groups hired by Morse's campaign to commit voter fraud by sending in fraudulent ballots from out of state. From the August 13 edition of Cam & Company on NRA News:
KERNS: The state of Colorado, in keeping with its crazy election year tradition, the state of Colorado passed a very controversial same day voter registration bill that completely changed the election laws in the state of Colorado and turned this election into an all mail ballot election.
Well we've been bracing ourselves for massive amounts of voter fraud including ballots possibly even being mailed in from Chicago. As you know, John Morse and his campaign, as they say follow the money in politics, he has hired -- even his own political consulting firms are from Chicago. They represent the Chicago Federation of Labor, the AFL-CIO and AFSCME, some of the hardest players in politics. So we've been bracing ourselves for an all mail-in ballot situation where you could potentially have ballots coming in from people out of the state.
Kerns added, "I think it's much harder for the Democrats to cheat if they have to do it in person. They have to spend their time and treasure busing people in to try to commit fraud."
The registration fraud scenario described by Kerns -- where out of district or state individuals would use Colorado's same day voter registration law to obtain mail-in ballots -- has circulated in state conservative media, but is in fact based on a misreading of Colorado's new election laws.
Colorado newspaper The Pueblo Chieftain is misrepresenting Colorado's new voting law in order to stoke fears that a recall election targeting Democratic State Sen. Angela Giron will be marred by fraud. The paper's editorial board falsely claimed that the new law would allow individuals who live outside of Giron's district to vote in the election "but then later say they had a change of heart and have abandoned plans to move into that jurisdiction."
Giron is facing recall over her support of legislation to expand background checks on gun sales and limit firearm magazine capacity to 15 rounds. Ballots in the election are to be mailed to voters beginning on August 19.
Claiming that "the Democrats who control the Colorado Legislature have passed a new voting law, one which literally invites fraud," the Chieftain editorial board distorted Colorado law to manufacture a voter registration fraud scenario:
Under the law passed this year, people need only to swear under penalty of perjury that they have lived in Colorado for at least 22 days and reside or plan to reside in the precinct or county where they wish to vote. Once they have done that, they are allowed to cast ballots.
The problem is, if there were groups from outside a jurisdiction who want to affect an election in that jurisdiction, they could vote under the conditions outlined in the new law, but then later say they had a change of heart and have abandoned plans to move into that jurisdiction.
The Chieftain's claim that voting is allowed by those who only profess an intention to move into the district is false. In fact, the new law allows an individual who has already moved into a district to vote immediately, so long as they attest to their intent to stay. Voting from outside of the district is not allowed. Furthermore, prior to the enactment of new voting laws Colorado already had a rarely used same day voter registration provision known as "emergency voting." As the Colorado Springs Independent explains:


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This quest is available after completing By the Light of Ishgard. Speak with Alphinaud in the Coerthas Central Highlands at X12-Y16. He will send you to confront Joellaut with the new information you have. Speak with him and he will turn you away, suggesting you speak to Prunilla. Speak with her once and she will turn you away, so use the /doubt emote on her to get the truth from her.
After her confession, head just outside town to find a snow mound, underneath of which is a box. Examine the box, then bring your evidence to Drillemont to complete the quest.
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breaking dormancy - effect of rootstock (persimmon)
A couple years ago I planted 4 persimmon seeds (D. virginiana) where I wanted a persimmon tree. One of them is now leafing out, while the others appear completely dormant. They are within a 2 or 3 foot circle, so I doubt microclimate is the reason, and am guessing that it's just genetic variation. I'm now wondering, if I graft the same variety on all of them, would the rootstock influence when the grafted portion breaks dormancy? In other words, would the graft on the early growing rootstock also start growing earlier than a graft on one of the later growing seedlings?
This could have important consequences for those of us growing Asian persimmons where late frosts can be a problem, especially in a year like this. My Tam Kam is starting to leaf out, but the last frost date is a month away.
I'll graft at least a couple of them and see next year if there is any difference, but I am curious if anyone has insight on this.
Grafting does 2 things:
1 - The rootstock gives growing characteristics, such as disease resistance, size, hardiness, suckering, etc.
2 - THe scion gives the fruit characteristics, such as taste, size, etc.
It may be variation of the seedlings, but you could have also lost a few (it happens). You sure the buds are alive on the "dormant" ones? If youre worried about late frost, id graft on the later leafing rootstock, to help delay flowering time (another reason people choose certain rootstock).
As far as I know, you only worry abou tfruit type in regards to scion, the root stock does the rest.
The phenomenon that you are witnessing is very real and can be an important determinant in the cold hardiness of grafted Asian persimmon trees. I have reada couple of anecdotal accounts of this and see it in my orchard on a yearly basis - some American persimmon trees break dormancy several weeks later than others and do this consistently from year to year. I have a tree from EL that consistently shows some frost damage on the leaves after budbreak during a normal year; this year the tree leafed out earlier than the others and is now toast after a 25F exposure. Most of the other trees I grafted myself onto rootstock that I know to be late in breaking dormancy and none of these show any foliage damage. The latest breaking American persimmons have in my experience been from the Morris Burton lineage and these are just now showing the earliest signs of breaking bud.
I have several Asian persimmons and one American and a couple hybrids. Just like how the varieties have different characteristics such as early bud break, so would be seedlings grown trees.
Bud break is influenced by the warm weather causing the sap to flow, the rootstock have a direct impact on sap flowing causing the buds to wake up. So I'm sure rootstocks that leaf early can cause the scions to grow earlier.
So far, the two persimmons that are still dormant for me are Hokkaido and Nikita gift. Regardless of the rootsock these two are known to break dormancy late.


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Cynthia Nixon has had a love affair with the Upper West Side since her childhood. A product of NYC public schools, this Tony- and Emmy-award winning actress is living with her children in the neighborhood where she, too, was raised.
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May 18, 1965 E. R. SLATER 3,183,553
CRAMMER FEEDER FOR EXTRUDER Filed Nov. 10, 1961 FIG. 2
- ERNEST R. SLATER BY: MZ WW HIS ATTORNEY United States Patent ice 3,183,553 CRAMMER FEEDER FOR EXTRUDER Ernest R. Slater, Berkeley, Calif, assignor to Shell Oil Company, New York, N.Y., a corporation of Delaware Filed Nov. 19, 1961, Ser. No. 151,467 3 Claims. (Cl. 18-12) The invention relates to devices for feeding powdered materials, particularly those of low bulk density, into an extruder barrel for compact-ion therein.
Extruders (sometimes called screw presses) of the type herein considered include a cylindrical or tapered barrel having a restricted discharge orifice at one end and a rotatable feed screw mounted Within the barrel and constructed to force powdered material through the barrel. Because of the resistance of the orifice the powder is compressed and, in the case of thermo-pl-astic materials, e.g., polymers of monomeric alkylenes, such as polyethylene and polypropylene, melted due to the heat developed from the work required to build up the pressure as well and, in some cases, supplemented by heat transferred through the barrel from external heating means.
Difficulty has been encountered in feeding powdered material of low bulk density to such extruders, particularly when such material is not free-flowing, and recourse has been had to pelletizing the powdered material to facilitate feeding. Apart from the inconvenience of resorting to the added operation of pelletizing the powder, this becomes objectionable when it is necessary for other reasons to handle such material in the condition of low bulk density as when mixing thereof with other :powdered material, such as coloring agents, is desired.
It is the object of the invention to promote the flow of powdered material having a low bulk density into the barrel of an extruder.
Further objects are to provide an improved cr-ammer feeder for feeding such powdered material from a hopper into the said barrel; and to provide a crammer feeder wherein mixing powdered materials can be effected, to promote the homogeneity of the powdered material fed to the screw press, both when similar material from different sources is supplied, and/or the material includes particles of a wide range of sizes among which segregation would be detrimental, and/ or when additives, such as coloring agents, are to be dispersed therein.
In summary, the cr-ammer feeder according to the invention includes a hopper having a tubular discharge spout which is adapted to be connected to the barrel of the extruder to supply powder thereto under positive pressure, said spout containing an auger having a shaft extending upwards from the auger and carrying agitating blades which promote flow of the powdered material into the auger and for effecting intimate mixing of the powdered material. The said blades are, in the preferred embodiment, inclined to the vertical radial plane through the shaft, so as to function like fan blades to tumble the powdered material by lifting it and letting it fall and thereby effect both mixing and causing the material to enter the flights of the auger upon falling. The hopper may have a top closure and a gas outlet having a filter for discharging gas.
The term powder, as used herein, denotes finely subdivided solid material having diameters from about 2 to about 1,000 microns. The invention will be described as applied to the compaction of thermoplastic material, particularly polyolefins, having particle diameters distributed throughout the range of from to 500 microns.
The invention will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this 3,l3,553 Patented May 18, 1965 specification and showing one preferred embodiment thereof, wherein:
FIGURE 1 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view through the extruder and crammer feeder;
FIGURE 2 is an end view of the extruder; and
FIGURES 3 and 4 are sectional views taken on the lines 3-T and 44, respectively, of FIGURE 1, showing the blade arrangement.
Referring to the drawings in detail, the extruder includes a barrel including rear and front tubular sections 5 and 6, a restricted discharge orifice device including bored sections '7 and 8, and Within the barrel, a rotatable screw 9 having a drive end it) which extends out of the barrel for connection to suitable drive means. Electrical heating elements 11 surround the barrel along the length thereof. The orifice device includes a screen pack 12, consisting of layers of wire mesh screens, fitted to strain out impurities such as dirt, and a die valve 13 for increasing the backpressure and reduce surging. The section 8 is a die and has a plurality of outlet passages 15. The front barrel section 6 has a vent opening 16 through which volatiles can be discharged. The rear section 5 has a lateral inlet opening 17 through which the powdered material is admitted from the spout 18 of the feeder device to be described.
The screw 9 includes a rear section 19-26, an intermediate section 21 and a front section 22-23. The rear section is shaped to provide a gradually decreasing flight depth throughout most of its length 19, for compressing the powdered material and the front part 2d, thereof has a uniform flight depth to meter the flow of solids. The intermediate section has a constant flight depth and uses a two-start thread. The front section has, throughout most of its length 22, flights of decreasing depth, and the front part 23 has uniform flight depth to meter the flow.
Athough a specific extruder or screw press having a cylindrical barrel was described, no claim for invention in the press per se is made, and it is to be understood that the invention is not restricted thereto. Screw presses of various types being well known, further details of the press are not described herein.
The feed device includes a hopper 24 having a frustoconical bottom 25 to the central opening of which the tubular spout 18 is fitted. The hopper has a top closure 26 having a bearing 2'7 for a vertical drive shaft 28 which extends upwards through the closure. The shaft is driven rotatably by a suitable drive mechanism 29 which is advantageously capable of operating at a variable speed. The hopper further has an inlet 30 and a filter box 31 provided with a vent 32 to which suction can be applied to draw off gas and thereby facilitate influx of the powdered material through the inlet 30.
The shaft 28 carries an auger or screw 33 which includes an upper part 34 situated above the spout throughout several flights and enlarged radially and shaped to sweep the lower part of the frusto-conical hopper bottom 25. Fitted to the shaft above the auger for rotation therewith by collars 35, 36, is a plurality of, e.g., four, agitator blades 37. The blades may be narrow strips of metal arranged in tiers, as shown, and are inclined upwards outwardly from the collar 35 to a support frame, also made of strip metal, which includes horizontal parts 38 extending out from the collar 35, inclined parts 39 and vertical parts it? which sweep the bottom 25 above the auger and the lower part of the cylindrical hopper 24, respectively, and horizontal parts 41 which are fast to the collar 36. Each blade is tilted at an inclination to the vertical radial plane through the shaft, typically 30 to the horizontal as shown in FIGURE 4, so as to have the action of a propeller to lift powder when the blades are rotating. Only a limited numberv of tiers of blades is used, to avoid excessive agitation and provide a large, vertically unobstructed space.
In operation, powdered material, e.g., polypropylene having a bulk density of about 12 lbs. per cubic foot and particle diameters distributed throughout the range of 5 to 500 microns, together with a small amount, e.g., 2% by weight of a mastermix consisting of equal parts by weight of the said powder and a pigment, is charge-cl asse ses at 30 by applying suction at 32. Feed may be continuous or intermittent. The shaft 28 is driven at a speed of to 60 r.p.m. to agitate the powder and effect an intimate mixture of the mastermix containing the pigment and the other powdered polypropylene. The blades 37 elevate the powder within the hopper, causing it to tumble downwards; they also move the powder toward the central axis. These motions result in the dual effects of mixing and feeding the powder into the auger 33. The blade parts 39 and 40 further aid to prevent arching. The polypropylene powder is not free-flowing and tends, without these blades, to bridge or adhere to the walls of the hopper; this was found to cause slow and irragular entry of the powder into the auger. By the use of the blades this tendency was effectively overcome and excellent, uniform flow of the powder was achieved.
The auger forces the powder into the opening 17 of the extruder barrel is slightly compacted form. In this state the powder is not compressed sufficiently to cause fusion but compaction is adquate to insure steady flow of the powder into the flights of the screw 9, which is rotated. In the extruder the powder is compressed principally in the rear section 19 and is melted due to the heat developed from the work of compression and to heat which flows from the heaters 11. The front part 20 of this screw section, of uniform flight depth, acts as a metering section. The material passes thence along the intermediate section 21, past the vent opening 16, through which volatile constituents escape. The material is then re-compressed in the front section 22 and again metered in the front part 23, being further heated by work of compression and from the heaters 11. The molten material flows through the screen pack 12, past the pressure-regulating die valve 13, and the die 8, from which it is expressed as strands suitable for cutting into fusecl pellets after discharge from the opening 15. 7 It is evident that the feeder, consisting of parts 18 and 24-41, crams the powder into the barrel 9 to insure effective feeding into the latter. It was found that lowdensity powder which is not free-flowing, such as that uniform, i.e., that there is not tendency toward segregation on the basis of particle sizes, and that a pigment powder mastermix is uniformly distributed.
1 claim as my invention:
1. A crammer feeder for feeding powdered solid materials under pressure to the barrel of an extruder and to mix said materials before movement to said barrel, said feeder comprising:
(a) a feed hopper having a bottom carrying a tubular discharge spout adapted to be connected to said extruder barrel,
(b) an auger within said spout having threads for forcing powder downwards from thehopper and having a drive shaft-extending upwards through the hopper, and
(c) mixing blades on and rotatable with said shaft extending radially outwardly therefrom near to the said bottom so as to sweep at least a part thereof, said blades having narrow widths to, leave larger circumferentially contiguous open spaces and being inclined with respect to the vertical radial plane through the shaft in a direction opposite to said threads to lift said powdered materials during rotation of the shaft in a direction in which the auger forces powder downwards andetfect mixing of said materials within the hopper.
2. A crammer feeder as defined in claim 1 wherein said mixing blades are arranged in vertical tiers, there being at least two tiers, said blades being formed of narrow strips and extending upwardly form said shaft.
' 3. A cramrner feeder asdefined in claim'l wherein:
(a) said hopper bottom has a frusto-conical shape, and (b) said auger has an upper part which is situated above the spout throughout several flights of the auger and is radially enlarged, the bottom of said upper part being shaped frusto-conically to sweep the lower part of said frusto-conicalbottom.
References Cited'by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS.
266,700 10/82 Langlois 222 -242 682,390 9/0 1 Schrader' 1812 1,361,346. 12/20 Nichols 18-12 2,011,055 8/35 Kl-ugh 1812 2,369,359 2/45 MacWilliam et al 1812 2,370,469 2/45 Johnson et al. 181'2 2,384,521 9/45 Anderson et al. 18-55 2,541,201 2/51 Buecken et al. 18-55 2,604,659 7/52 Eppler 1812 2,690,634 10/54 Ketchpel et a1. 198-64 XR 2,791,802 5/57 Weber 18- -12 3,008,184 11/61 Fritsch 1812 3,047,034 7/62 Sassmannhausen et a1. 222-24 7 FOREIGN PATENTS 85,219 3/58 Denmark. 351,755 3/61 Switzerland.
MTCHAEL V. BRINDISI, Primary Examiner.
ROBERT F. WHITE, Examiner. i
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CHENNAI: Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) leader Vijayakant will launch his campaign for the Lok Sabha polls from Kancheepuram on March 22.
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