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Federal blogging may be getting a second wind, as a handful of agencies recently have created buzz-generating blogs on Tumblr, a next-generation Web platform that combines blogging with social features.
Blogging -- "blog" is short for "web log" and refers to a site featuring short items conveying information and opinion -- has been around for over a decade, but the format has grown somewhat dated as social media platforms have risen in popularity. Tumblr combines blogging with social sharing, providing opportunities for a fresher approach and a chance to gain a broader audience.
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The General Services Administration led the way by establishing a USA.gov presence on Tumblr.com in April, and Bev Godwin, director of the GSA's Federal Citizens Information Center, said in a recent interview that Tumblr has helped boost USA.gov's traffic by 40 percent since then.
Other agencies that have joined Tumblr include the Defense and State departments, Peace Corps, National Archives and National Endowment for the Humanities, according to Jed Sundwall, president of Measured Voice, which helped the GSA in moving onto Tumblr. He spoke about Tumblr at a recent Webinar sponsored by the GSA's Web Managers University.
Tumblr offers several unique advantages as a blogging platform for federal agencies and officials, Sundwall said.
For one, Tumblr is a popular platform, expanding from 1 billion monthly page views in June 2010 to 102 billion page views in October 2011. A large share of its users, about 37 percent, are aged 18 to 34.
"Tumblr has grown rapidly, and you do not have to pay a penny to host a blog on it," Sundwall said.
The Tumblr platform itself is unique, combining blogging with social sharing. Users may follow and "like" each other and "reblog" content from other users. For a federal agency, there is opportunity to share content with many thousands of followers.
"It is a very useful, powerful blogging platform with the features of a social network," Sundwall said. "Many federal agencies can benefit from it."
Amber Smigiel, online content and social media manager at the Peace Corps, said the agency began using Tumblr to reach its target audience of potential volunteers. The Peace Corps' Tumblr blog also republishes and distributes content from numerous Tumblr blogs hosted by current and former Peace Corps volunteers.
The Peace Corps favored Tumblr because it was easy to get started and offered opportunities to showcase photos and videos as well as to "use a different voice" than other agency communications channels, Smigiel said.
The Peace Corps publishes a blog item at least once a day, Smigiel added.
"We have had some surprising things that are popular, " Smigiel said in the webinar. "People seem to like quotes and that kind of thing."
Primarily, the Tumblr blog is serving as an outreach tool, she added, and currently is generating about 200 referrals a month.
Tumblr has some features that are different from Twitter and Facebook. While Tumblr users follow each other, the Tumblr blogs do not publicly list their followers or indicate the number of followers. Also, becoming a user on Tumblr does not require creating a detailed personal profile or using your real name.
As a result, many Tumblr blogs are extremely creative and individualized, and federal agencies likewise have greater freedom to create a unique visual presence, Sundwall said.
"I've heard it said that no one is especially proud of their Facebook profile. Facebook kind of puts you in a box," Sundwall said. "On Tumblr, on the other hand, people tend to be very proud of their blogs and want to show them off. It is a very different approach."
Despite its many advantages, Tumblr does have some shortcomings. For example, it's not easy to search Tumblr for specific information, because the searches are mostly based on broad categories such as "politics" or "animals" rather than on specific words. Sundwall said Measured Voice recognized that difficulty when it decided to develop and manage its own ongoing listing of federal agencies on Tumblr.
Starting a blog on Tumblr is simple and easy, but understanding and managing all the sharing features takes a bit of trial and error, he said.
"Tumblr does have a bit of a learning curve," Sundwall said.
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Let us drop all the nauseating pieties about democracy and shared values. Supposing Israel were indeed wiped off the page of time, as the Ayatollah Khomeini put it, the serious question is what damage the USA or other countries would suffer except in some of their people's hearts. The answer depends on what kind of Palestinian entity took its place, about which many have opinions but none has knowledge.
There's far more to the Israeli-American love affair, than meets the gullible eye. It's called "geopolitics of the mutual benefit" kind.
Obviously, powerful undercurrents of self-serving (hegemonic) forces are in constant play: machievalia at its devious & sinister worst.
So who can truly predict how things eventually pan out, as the winds of change sweep across the ME. But what is a certainty, is that the mind games will continue unabated, unchanged & unchecked..
It is hard to see Israel as an ally of the US in any normal sense. How many of their troops are in Iraq, or Afghanistan? It is, surely, a dependency. Without the support of the US, how would it survive? Only by seeking accommodation with its neighbors, and mending fences with nations that wish it well but will not support an Israel beyond the 1967 borders. In short, a peace process.
A fall-out from the Wikileaks is that if Israel was not prepared to go forward with the major concessions that, supposedly, the Palestinians were prepared to make, what is acceptable to them?
Polish Jews displaced by WWII on their return to the country of their birth found (with few exceptions) that their property was occupied by others. Local and official hostility to repossession by the lawful owners forced emigration. Sad to see a nation,that has a strong moral call on the West, subjecting people under its control to the lawlessness and despair that its own citizens fled from.
I do hope that the Economist will continue to explain the long term consequences of the US failure to end the Israel/Palestinian conflict. Due to the power of the pro Israel lobbyists in the US, the subject here, in the main stream press, is taboo.
The relationship with Israel was also a marriage of convenience, political convenience: support Israel or lose the American Jewish vote.
But times are changing. Young Jews in America no longer have the blind faith in Israel as their elders did, and this will, in time, reflects itself in the polls. Then Israelis will wish that they had been less belligerent with their Arab neighbors.
Peace in the Middle East was always going to be based on the belief that Israelis must find a way to endear themselves to the Arabs. Geography, itself, makes that a necessity. After all, they are closer to Cairo than they are to Washington.
This article speaks of the geography that brings the United States, Canada and Mexico together. They may differ in attitude, even language, but they are joined by geography. The same has to happen for Israel.
The american affair with Israel is not base on yes, territory or geography or politics it is a religious beaconing which is the strongest love. Also the area that is now called "The West Bank" was once called Judea and Samaria. The Jewish connection to that land goes back 4,000 years and with Jerusalem 3,000 years.
Therefore , then, those who believe that Israel will one day gladly give up the above named areas is delusional. Thus it is logical to assume there is going to be a major war at some point in the future and the state of Israel will ultimately prevail. This is reality. All else of delusional.
Rabbi Dr. Katherine Hans Von Rotes Schild Zilter.
I suspect Obama has decent historical perspective, and that is why it has sat on its hands. On the whole, most administrations have had really tough times with the Middle East since WWII:
Truman - Turkey and Iran (Soviet pressure), Arab/Israeli wars
Ike - with Iran, Lebanon, Suez
JFK - some respite, although Turkey had a coup
LBJ - Six Day War, Cyprus
Nixon - October War, Oil shortages, Iraq, Cyprus, Jordan, Terrorism
Ford - Terrorism, Iran (nukes), Egypt and Israel, Iraq, oil prices
Carter - Iran, Lebanon, oil prices, Afghanistan (fine, S. Asia, but near Iran), Coup in Turkey
Reagan - Lebanon (Israeli invasion, and US expeditionary force), Iran, Palestine
Bush Sr - Iraq/Kuwait(beat them handily in a favorable situation)
Clinton - Iraq (wrangling over WMDs, sporadic fighting, a small bombing campaign), terrorism (Saudi Arabia, Yemen)
Bush Jr - Iraq, terrorism, Afghanistan (close by)
Obama - Iraq (winding down), Afghanistan, Tunisia, Egypt, others?
There had been progress, but with great difficulty (no Soviets, Camp David, engagement at least between the PLO and Israel).
Otherwise, I don't think the Palestinians are going to resign themselves to some subordinate status under the Israeli state, although there were some intellectuals speculating on settin up a binational state for the whole area (essentiall become like current Israeli arabs). Not sure how practical that is..
"Two American academics, John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt, made the claim in a book in 2007 that without the Israel lobby George Bush would not have invaded Iraq."
Wrong! Without the Saudi's high oil pressure the Bush/Cheney administration would have not gone into Iraq. The Saudi ambassador Prince Bandar even refused to shave whenever he moseyed into the White House saying he would only do so when the US took military action with or without UN (just as the Saudis have nudged the Chinese to join the boycott on Iran today). Can't give credence to what American academics extrapolates, they have not a clue.
"The statelessness of the Palestinians remains the great unifying cause of the Arab world." Israel is an excuse and the politically made-up quagmire of those Arabs in Palestine, a weapon of mass distraction hitherto most helpful to the dictatorships of the Arab oppressors of fellow Arabs.
Mr Obama not by strength but by guile and having discussed the modus operandi with Israel last year (as usual under the pretext of talking about something else) is carrying out the right strategy in stirring up the uprisings first on the testbed of Tunisia and now Egypt. Hopefully there will be a domino effect that will culturally and economically revolutionise the Middle East and relegate bigoted religious dogma to their respective mosques.
The Saudis no longer have their "family" ally in the White House; they are now dealing with a deviously clever President who doesn't like them nor approve of their bullying skulduggery. It also helped that Hosni Mubarak rubbed Mr Obama the wrong way, it strengthened his resolve and hasten the process.
We have here a bold White House instigated and inspired revolution with the subterfuge backing of Israel, we may safely rest assured that America's relations with the Jewish state will remain steadfast.
Before Israel settled the West Bank, they settled the US Government by pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into campaign coffers. This, not shared values, is what makes America's relationship with Israel so special.
I think the article zeroes in on the dilemma that the US faces in trying to resolve the issue. Fact of the matter is that Obama lacks the historical perpective to understand the special relationship that the US has with Israel. The Arabs; notwithstanding their committment to one another, lack sufficient enthusiasm to usher in democratic regimes, and they are either monarchies out of sync with the pulse of the people; or fundamentalist in temperament bordering on hatred or paranoia as regards Israel. Iran's president typifies this view.
The problems are not intractable as they seem.The Biblical perspective of Israel needs to be understood and appreciated. I think the Palestinians would do well to give up the idea of a Palestinian state, and learn to live and co-habit with the Jews. Hamas has a role to play here, I think it is broadly secular when compared with those who deny the Holocaust, or contemplate building nuclear arsenals with the help of rogue regimes where propped dictators call the shots. Then there are any number of nuclear physicists from countries like the former USSR who are unemployed and are itching to display their knowledge and technical prowess to any one caring to employ them! Taking all of these factors into consideration, the US administration must pave the way for an enlightened Palestinian group to cut across all types of barriers and forge a permanent and lasting relationship with Jewish political factions of almost every party in Israel.
That alone will be the permanent and lasting answer to the troubled /vexed question of a Palestinian State, a win-win solution for everyone,and future generations being sufficiently enabled to live in peace.
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I believe dropping Mubarak like a `hot potato' was aimed at shielding Israel from the worst in the future. The US had to be seen as on the side of the people and had to orchestrate the regime change (as it is doing now) to keep the incoming leaders on its side, so that once again it can begin to arm-twist Egypt into safeguarding Israel. Asking Mubarak to go was not out of any concern for democracy. That's why I am sceptical about the Army taking over (the US is always more comfortable with Armies everywhere: note, Pakistan) and wonder if Egypt will really have a new regime and a new leader committed to Arab/Egyptian goals rather than American ones. Or just more of the same, albeit in a different bottle!
John Randolph of Ronoake once described an opponent's speech as "the concocting of the possible and the probable to create the plausible".
The same can be said of this article, which is a concoction of facts, half facts and outright inaccuracies. Contrary to what Lexington says, history is a major factor. Most of Americas fonding fathers were strongly influenced by the Old Testament, they thought of themselves as the spiritual inheritors of the Israelites, leaving Britain as they had left Egypt. Many of them had studied Hebrew, some even wanted Hebrew to be the official language of the new nation.
To call the Palestinian issue "the great unifier of the Arab world" is a gross exaggeration. Undoubtedly the Palestinian issue rankles within the Arab world, their statelessness a constant reminder of the humiliation of having several Arab states with large armies routed by Israel, which in 1948 had less than 600,000 people and a scantily equipped irregular army. The establishment of a Palestinian state would contribute towards mitigating anti-American sentiment in the region, but would not eliminate it.
Ultimately the appeal of Islamism is the resentment against British and French imperialism in the region. The UK and France may no longer be imperialistic powers, but the US is, for better or worse, perceived as the inheritor of that imperialistic legacy. The secular nationalist regimes that came to power in Egypt, Syria, Iraq and other Arab states, and spectacularly failed their peoples, evolving into brutally repressive and venally corrupt dictatorships, are regarded by many in the Arab world as imperialism's stepchildren, and since the US is seen as Britain and France's successor, the resentment these failed states have generated in their societies is inevitably targeted at the US, regarded as having collaborated with those the autocrats who enriched themselves by robbing and brutally repressing their peoples, in order to ensure itself cheap oil.
This, not Israel is the real cause of the Arab world's anti-American sentiment. Israel is a factor, but not the factor, and anyone who thinks that the abandonment and elimination of Israel will instantly transform the Arab world's Ameriphobia into Ameriphilia is either badly deluded, woefully ignorant or maliciously anti-Semitic, propagating their anti Semitic agenda by saying "Israel is to blame" instead of "the Jews poisoned the wells".
Israel can and should do more to reach a agreement with the Palestinians. However this does not mean that Israel is to blame for all the region's ills, and its anti-American sentiment. It's a factor, not the only one, and definitely not the main one
RP, if it wasn't for the Americans' last-moment intervention in 1973, Tel Aviv and Jerusalem would have been the "ripe, really rotten, fruit" on Sadat's hands. Don't try to spin History now. It is all too well-known. Since then, the US has been bribing the Egyptian despots to toe the US/Israeli line, while pumping billions in Israel to make sure it keeps its military edge over everyone else in the region. Without those billions, both to Israel and its former foes, the "Jewish state" would probably no longer exist (maybe much of the Middle East wouldn't exist either, and would be a nasty radioactive patch of scarred earth. Israel has often threatened to go down with a bang).
In any case, I really doubt the new Egypt, if its revolution is not co-opted by the military, will keep being an accomplice of Israel's crimes. They will not go to war, that is nonsense, but don't expect them to keep cooperating in the siege of Gaza and to act like if nothing happens every time you start slaughtering Palestinians. I expect a Turkey-like approach to Israel from the new Egypt.
ISRAEL adopts a policy of inertia. Simply avoid the question and it will go away. Israel has played every card in the pack banking on the sympathy of the West and all the old ladies in Miami Beach for funding. The Germans are always on hand to give open support to Israel ridden with guilt. The German character has been permanently altered by guilt for the Holocaust. So Israel feels very comfortable and content about booting the PALESTINIANS around and evicting their families in EAST JERUSALEM. The new EGYPT will now take a new course if it manages a functional democracy. The Muslim Brotherhood will demand a more robust attitude towards ISRAELI intransigence. Wars are now impossible between ISRAEL and EGYPT because America will ensure an Israeli victory; even before it starts. But Arabs dont need to wait for Israel to attack IRAN.
1948 is a long time to wait for a PALESTINIAN STATE. The dam has broken as ARABIA unites and questions the western approved status quo. Its time ISRAEL stop punishing the Palestinians. Its time the ZIONISTS gave up their mission to conquer all of PALESTINE. The BIBLE never sanctioned the death of PALESTINE. What chance of peace with PM NETANYAHU....ZILCH.
Israel needs a new government too; not based on wars. Where are the Jewish liberals in ISRAEL? Who stands ready for a new ISRAEL? Ask the American Jewry where they stand?
"...the billions American taxpayers give Israel and Egypt to underwrite the 1979 peace, to all the resentment America's Muslim allies harbour towards the superpower for being soft on the oppressor of the Palestinians".
Lexington is being cheeky here. The 1979 peace was the conclusion of the string of events started by Egypt's failed attack on Israel in 1973. America pressured Israel not to finish Egypt off – not to take Cairo, Alexandria and the Suez Canal which were ready to fall into Israel's hands as a ripe, really rotten, fruit.
That's what the money were offered for, and were being paid ever since. Any new Egyptian leadership (most probably a dictator; Tahrir Square won't break away from the millennia long tradition) will have the choice between another lost war against Israel, and continuation of this arrangement, even if inconvenient.
With the exception of Moslem Brotherhood, all of them would prefer USA as a patron and... the money. But the Brotherhood , if they start hostilities, will not be able to keep it a local war conducted under disguise of Palestinian cause: the Iran's puppets Lebanon and Syria will interfere, and may be Iran itself. That will go against strategic interests of too many states, including some Arab ones.
So the drubbing for the antisemitic axis of evil will be really grandiose this time. The map of the Middle East will undergo very substantial changes.
In your argument, you seem to overlook the fact that Israel and other actors, in the Region as much as in the rest of the world, will always negotiate to their strengths and weaknesses: America's alliance to Israël and America's capability to lean over weak (i.e. unstable, as now plain for all to see) Arab regimes that needed its support have been Israël's best supports. Stronger (as in: "more democratic") Arab regimes will be more able to demand more concessions and more support from the US, and Israël knows that and will adapt its positions and its negotiations tactics accordingly.
A lot of good may ensue, including the end of the colonization if not the colonies, and the actual creation of a Palestinian State: who would complain ?
An addition to accept a point made by Michael Dunne, namely that there is at least one non-oppressive representative government in a major country in the Middle East, although not Arab. Turkey is a very interesting example, even if the military has intervened periodically after Ataturk's amazing about-face for the country in the 1920's. Changing the alphabet was pretty fundamental! It certainly has a very active political scene, a strident and varied press, and has seen orderly change as a result of elections. Truly cause for hope. More ominous is the 1990s rise of Rifaat, and its replacement by AK, which now governs. Although paying lip-service to Ataturk's thoroughly secular state, there is a sort of creeping Islamization, and those acting in God's name tend to be rather less tolerant of others with different views. Again, we shall see how it plays out.
Whoa!! We are a long way from an "Arab democratic spring." This sounds like Wolfowitz and Pearl with their "virtuous cycle" in the Middle East if Saddam Hussein should fall. Without wanting to rain on the parade, it seems to me that today we are witnessing mob-induced changes in several countries in the Middle East, but with no real idea of what will emerge. Are we on the verge of a wave of Islamic republics, such as in Iran? Or will the military eventually intervene to prevent this coming through the ballot box, as in Algeria? Or will there be more failed states, such as in Somalia, Afghanistan, and maybe Iraq? Or will borders simply be redrawn to finally undo the colonial legacy?
We are only at the beginning of this, and no one really knows where it leads. With the exception of Israel, the Middle East has no tradition of democracy at all, and no concept of a loyal opposition, on which functioning democracy is ultimately based. We have seen several dictators fall, but not through an orderly institutional transfer. Within the Communist party in China, one has seen such an evolution in the post-Deng era. Will it come to pass in the Middle East?
I am an Israeli
So I am biased.
But I fear so are your readers and yourself.
My one advantage is I am familiar with facts and not half truths and myths.
The reason that the US has stayed closer to its original position in 1948 than Europe is that they are less fearful of their growing indigenous Muslim population which is ever growing and accepts the Muslim radical narrative.
Most of Europe is trying to adapt to its Muslim population. It's easy and chic to accept the majority radical Muslim narrative. It costs the Europeans nothing. So why not!! Why get into fight over Palestine. And if that's the case it's very easy to convince yourselves that this a moral issue.
There are three narratives. Two of which do not accept partition and two states. One does.
We Israelis are split. We would prefer not to re-confirm partition. We would do so if we believe that our partners would accept partition. It is very convenient that our partners offer us the chance of not facing the reality. But when they do so [ Egypt Jordan] we make peace and give up land.
The Arab world, apart from Egypt and Jordan, has one narrative--- Israel is illegitimate.
For the dictatorial states in the area it was easy to accept this tenet and they did so. It was then harboured and fostered by almost the whole Muslim world or more correctly those who have Muslim rule.
It seeped into Europe.
There is no Muslim state that is democratic.
There is no democratic state that adopts that Israel is illegitimate.
It is just as convincing to argue that based on the fact that in neither revolution in Tunisia or Egypt was Israel mentioned, that a Muslim democracy will accept the almost non existent Arab narrative that Israel has a right to exist.
The Palestinians in the West Bank will then be nudged to change their stance enough to enable peace.
This is what they want. The majority are now saying it. They don't love us. But they accept our rights to exist. Our majority reciprocate in a mirror image.
Make no mistake; any government in Israel that refuses genuine peace will be thrown out in less than 16 days!!
So the shifting sands may bring democracy.
This will alter the true tenor of the Muslim states.
I have no doubt that that the average Palestinian and probably the average Muslim wants a two state solution. Once the man in the Muslim street is represented and not misrepresented and led then peace will become a workable reality.
Both peoples are tired of fighting.
They are tired of seeing death.
A peace between the Jews and Arabs based on the two narratives that include a right for both states to exist is possible. But we need democratic states .
A democratic Arabian world will provide the 'missing narrative'.
On the establishment of peace the Europeans will have to look to the real cause of their problematic internal relationships.
I am sure both Israeli and Palestinian journalists and diplomats will be only too pleased to offer advice!!!
I like the word "Asset and Liability" used to describe Israel's role in the past and present...overall...unless Israel make friendship with Palestine...the Arab world may see US, its ally and Israel as ugliest nations in the world....revolutions may take place...and Islamic world could lead the hegemony of the world by forming Unions.;;)
It is interesting, the relationship between the United States and Israel. The idea of Israel is more complicated. The Jews during the Holocaust were persecuted because of their religion, and yet the Jews demanded Israel, on behalf of their religion. Surely, I find the idea that the Holocaust justified the creation of Israel, more abominable than the Holocaust, itself. Why is there antagonism towards Israel, today, by her neighbours? The idea of Israel is that the land occupied by Israel, belongs to the Jews, only. Is this not a travesty of the tenets of Judaism? The Jews had the right to settle in Israel, but to say that others who are settled in that land already, are less Israeli's, because they are Muslim, how is this tenet ant different from Nazism? Because of the Holocaust, the state of Israel is justified in letting the Palestinians be without a homeland?
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METHOD OF FORMING A HEAT SHRINKABLE TUBULAR SLEEVE AND BONDING SAME To A TUBULAR MEMBER Filed Jan. 10. 1966 INVENTOR- RICHARD C. WARE'HAM RONALD E. BARRY A florney United States Patent 3,466,210 METHOD OF FORMING A HEAT SHRINKABLE TUBULAR SLEEVE AND BONDING SAME TO A TUBULAR MEMBER Richard C. Wareham, 2371 N. 90th St., Wauwatosa, Wis. 53226 Filed Jan. 10, 1966, Ser. No. 519,664 Int. Cl. B32b 1/08; B05b 13/06 US. Cl. 156-86 5 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE This invention relates to a protective type preformed tubular sleeve and to the method of manufacturing this type of sleeve. It is particularly concerned with a preformed tubular sleeve which can be used to electrically, chemically or mechanically protect the device on which it is mounted.
It is well known that many devices are electrically, chemically or mechanically protected by applying coatings of protective material on their outer surface. Where the protective material includes a fibrous material, difficulties are often encountered in holding the fibrous material in position while resinous materials are applied to the fibrous material to bond it to the particular device to which it is to be attached.
One of the principal objects of the present invention is to provide a preformed fibrous tubular member which can be easily mounted on and secured to a device to protect it either electrically, chemically or mechanically.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a preformed tubular member having predetermined electrical, chemical or mechanical characteristics which can be mounted on a member and shrunk into tight engagement with the member.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a preformed tubular member that can be heat shrunk and adhesively secured in position on a device having a predetermined outer configuration.
A further object of the present invention is to provide a tubular member which is preformed to a rigid predetermined configuration either in cross-section or longitudinal section.
A still further object of the present invention is to provide a fibrous protective sleeve which can be shrunk to a snug fit on a device and will maintain its homogeneous relationship without raveling.
A still further object is to provide a protective device having a cross-section or longitudinal-section of predetermined shape which can be readily secured to a device having a corresponding shape by the application of heat.
A still further object is to provide a method for preparing a tubular member for use as a protective member on an article having a substantially similar shape.
Another object is to provide a method for forming a tubular member which can be shrunk into tight engagement with an article of substantially similar shape and adhesively secured thereto.
These objects are accomplished by using a woven or braided sleeve which has a heat shrinkable fiber interlaced in the sleeve in the direction of required shrinkage. The sleeve is placed on a mandrel having the ultimately desired configuration, but is of slightly smaller dimen sions than the sleeve, but larger dimensions than the part that is to be protected. The sleeve is coated, dipped or sprayed with a liquid binder such as resin, ceramics, etc. which will wet out and penetrate the fiber. The binder will bond the interwoven fabric together at their points of intersection on initial curing and the heat shrinkable fiber will shrink the sleeve to a snug fit on the mandrel. After the sleeve has been cured (completely or partially) and is removed from the mandrel, it will be sufiiciently rigid to retain the shape of the mandrel. If it is considered unnecessary to heat shrink or secure the sleeve to the member to be protected, it is treated at this stage so that it becomes permanently fixed in the preformed shape.
If the sleeve is not to be permanently shrunk it is then coated a second time with a resin either by repeatedly dipping and air drying and/or baking the resin or by spraying and air drying and/or baking until a coating of resin of the desired thickness has been deposited on the sleeve to provide the desired electrical, chemical or physical properties. A preformed sleeve is thus formed which has a partially cured or B-staged resin on its surfaces. When the coated sleeve is to be mounted on another member of similar shape, it is cut to the desired length and placed on the member to be protected. The sleeve and member are baked at a temperature sufficient to heat shrink the shrinkable material to draw the sleeve into tight engagement with the member as well as curing the partially cured or B-staged resin to secure the sleeve to the member.
These and other features and objects of the invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a woven sleeve with one end expanded to show the relationship of the fibrous materials used to make up the sleeve.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the sleeve in FIG. 1 after curing the resin coated on the preformed sleeve.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the sleeve placed on a shaft preparatory to heat curing it into tight engagement with the shaft.
FIG. 4 is a view of the sleeve located on the shaft of an armature for an electric motor.
Referring to FIG. 1 of the drawing, a sleeve 10 is shown having a fibrous material in the warp 12 and a heat shrinkable material in the woof 14. The material is shown woven in a straight Weave but it could be woven in a twill or satin weave or braided if desired. The fibrous material can consist of any fibrous material that will proved dielectric, chemical or mechanical characteristics suitable for the desired use. Glass, asbestos, cotton, or any other fibrous material which can be woven or braided may be used. The heat shrinkable material can consist of any material that will shrink under heat such as a polyester, vinyl, rubber, acetate, or any combination or modification thereof.
The sleeve as shown is woven with the heat shrinkable material 14 in the woof to provide shrinkage in a radial direction. If the heat shrinkable material is woven in the Warp, the sleeve will shrink longitudinally. It should be apparent that the heat shrinkable material could also be used in both the woof and warp to provide shrinkage in both directions.
The sleeve is placed on a mandrel 16 which has an outer configuration corresponding to the outer configuration of the article onto which the sleeve is to be finally mounted.
The mandrel is provided with an outer dimension slight- 1y larger than the outer dimension of the article to be protected. The sleeve is woven or braided with an inner dimension slightly larger than the outer dimension of the mandrel.
The sleeve is then coated with a resin or varnish of a type to provide the characteristics required for the sleeve. For example, if a high bond strength is required a phenolic, epoxy or any other high bond strength thermosetting resin is used. If chemical resistance is required, an epoxy or any other resin which resists chemical action is used.
As pointed out above, it may be important to have complete wet out of the fibers in the initial coating of resin, i.e., where dielectric strength is important. In other instances, it may only be necessary to saturate or coat the fiber. The initial cost of resin is used for two functions. The first is to assure that the fibers are bonded together at their intersections when the resin is treated to thereby prevent raveling of the heat shrinkable fiber from the other fiber. The second is to provide rigidity in the tube after the resin has been treated and the tube has assumed the configuration of the mandrel.
Treated as used through the specification and claims refers to the treatment of the resin or binder after coating the sleeve. This may be a heating or air drying step to either cure, partially cure, B-stage or air dry the resin. The treatment will depend on the final use which is to be made of the sleeve.
The mandrel may be coated with a release agent if the resin has a tendency to bond the sleeve to the mandrel. Any well-know release agent can be used such as silicone, Teflon (tetrafluoroethylene), wax, etc., as long as it will prevent adherence of the sleeve to the mandrel, and will not contaminate the resin used.
The resin coated sleeve while still on the mandrel is then treated by heating at a sufficient temperature to partially or completely cure or B-stage the resin. At this temperature, the heat shrinkable material will also shrink causing the sleeve to be drawn into tight engagement with the mandrel. The resin bonds the fibrous material and heat shrinkable fiber together at their intersections so that on shrinking of the heat shrinkable fiber, it will draw the fibrous material tightly against the mandrel.
The sleeve will then take on the shape of the mandrel as well as its dimensions. The mandrel can have any shape such as round as seen in the drawing, oval, square, triangular, rectangular, etc. so long as the tube can be removed from the mandrel after curing. If the mandrel has been made approximately of the same dimension as the product onto which the sleeve is to be mounted, the sleeve will easily slip onto the product after removal from the mandrel.
If the sleeve has to have increased strength, all the pores ofthe sleeve should be filled with the resin. A second coat of resin may be applied to the sleeve before it is removed from the mandrel and the sleeve and mandrel subjected to a second treatment.
The above coating steps can be accomplished by spraying, painting or dipping methods using a low viscosity resin. It is possible to use higher viscosity resins if a vacuum process is used to impregnate the fiber with the resin or if only a coating is required.
When the sleeve is removed from the mandrel, it will retain the shape of the mandrel as shown in FIG. 2. The sleeve is then coated with a resin by spraying or painting, or by dipping. After each coating, the resin is treated by either air drying or heating to partially cure the resin or B-stage it. The temperature must be kept low enough so that the heat shrinkable fibers do not shrink since the sleeve has been removed from the mandrel. As many coats of resin varnish of this type may be applied to the sleeve as are required to develop a sufiicient build up of material on the sleeve.
The sleeve now has all of the materials necessary to provide the particular characteristic required when the sleeve is mounted on the particular apparatus for which it is designed. The sleeve can then be cut to the desired length and placed on the article. In FIG. 3, the sleeve 10 is shown mounted on a shaft 20 which is a shaft for an electric motor. The shaft and sleeve are baked at a predetermined temperature for a period of time sufficient to shrink the heat shrinkable fiber and to cure the partially cured resin. Shrinking of the heat shrinkable material will draw the other fiber into tight engagement with the shaft and will also cause the resin to form a bond with the shaft so that the sleeve is firmly secured to the shaft. Referring to FIG. 4, an armature stack 22 is shown placed over the insulated tube after it has been shrunk onto the shaft. The sleeve thus forms an electrical barrier between the armature winding and the shaft. The resin and fibers used in the sleeve for this application are chosen to provide a high bond strength and high thermal resistance. As previously stated, any fiber or resin could be used depending on the final use of the sleeve.
A tubular sleeve is shown in the application, but the sleeve could be made of any configuration such as oval, square, rectangular, etc., depending on the shape of the mandrel. The woven sleeve can be placed on any shape mandrel and when heated will shrink into tight engagement with the mandrel. A protective sleeve as used in this application refers a preformed sleeve having electrical, chemical or mechanical characteristics depending on the type resin and yarn used in forming the sleeve.
The following example is a typical method for making an insulating sleeve for use in an electric motor.
A fiber glass-polyester fiber combination is woven or braided to form the sleeve with the polyester fiber in the woof. It should be understood that the fibrous material in the sleeve must have suflicient thickness to provide the electrical characteristic required for the sleeve. The sleeve is cut to a length of approximately 30 to 36 inches and placed on a mandrel which has been coated with a Teflon (tetrafluoroethylene). Since high dielectric strength is required in the sleeve, 2. low viscosity resin, 15 seconds Demmler Cup No. l, was used to coat the sleeve to assure complete penetration of the fiber by the resin. An alkyd modified phenolic resin known in the industry as a polyester varnish (Westinghouse resin No. B142-l) was used. This varnish thinned to a 10 to 37 /2 solids content provides good wet-out and penetrating qualities. The resin coated sleeve while still on the mandrel is heated at 300 F. for 30 minutes which temperature is also suflicient to shrink the polyester fiber in the sleeve. The sleeve will shrink against the mandrel and assume the round shape of the outer surface of the mandrel as shown in the drawing. If it is desired to again coat the sleeve, a second coat of varnish may be applied to the sleeve while it is still on the mandrel. The sleeve and mandrel are again baked at 300 F. for 30* minutes.
The sleeve is removed from the mandrel as a substantially rigid tubular structure, and is then coated with a varnish having a 40 to 60% solids content. The sleeve is air dried after each coating and is also baked at a temperature of 200 F. The coating and baking steps are repeated a number of times until sufficient resin coating has been built up on the surface of the sleeve to meet the desired result. A maximum temperature of 200 F. is recommended for this step since it is important that the temperature is not raised to a level that would cause excess shrinking of the polyester fiber.
The preformed resin coated insulating sleeve is then slipped onto the armature shaft. If the mandrel has been properly sized the sleeve will just fit on the shaft. The shaft and sleeve are then baked for one hour at 300 F. and then four hours at 350 F. The polyester fibers in the sleeve will shrink again at this temperature drawing the other fibers in the sleeve into tight engagement with the shaft. The partially cured resin in the sleeve will cure a; this temperature and securely bond the sleeve to the s aft.
If a tube is to be made to chemically protect an item, a fiber glass polyester fiber sleeve is formed as above. The sleeve is placed on a mandrel of the desired dimensions and an epoxy resin is used to coat the sleeve. The sleeve, while still on the mandrel, is heated to approximately 300 F. for 30 minutes to shrink the polyester fiber in the sleeve into tight engagement with the mandrel.
When the sleeve is removed from the mandrel, it will have a substantially rigid tubular configuration conforming exactly to the configuration of the mandrel. A coating of epoxy resin is then applied to the tubular structure and is treated by heating or air drying. This step is repeated until a sufficient resin coating has been built up on the surface of the sleeve to make the desired result. As indicated above, it is important that the temperature of the sleeve is not raised above 200 F. or the polyester fiber will shrink and the sleeve will lose its predetermined dimension.
Once the above steps have been completed, the sleeve is then ready for use on the device for which it has been designed. It can be cut to the desired length and slipped onto the device and treated to produce the final tight fit on the device.
If a sleeve is to be made for mechanical strength only, polyester resin is used in place of the epoxy resin or the phenolic resins indicated above. Once the initial steps have been completed, the preformed tubular member can then be placed on an article and heat shrunk into tight engagement and adhesively secured to the article.
If the final application of the sleeve is to be a preformed tubular member without any shrink characteristics, the temperature applied to the sleeve after it has been coated and while still on the mandrel, should be raised sufiiciently to permanently set the heat shrinkable material. Temperatures in the range of 400-450" are normally considered sufiicient to accomplish this result. At this elevated temperature, the shrink characteristic of the polyester fiber will be completely eliminated and the resin will assume a substantially complete set providing a strong tubular member that can he slipped onto a device having the same shape as the tubular member or used as a tube by itself. It is possible to make a tube of very rigid characteristics with this process and also of shapes other than those shown in the drawings. For example, the sleeve could be placed on items having oval, square, rectangular or any other shape and when heated will shrink into tight engagement with the shape of the mandrel. By raising the temperature sufficiently high, a permanent set will be induced in the heat shrinkable fiber producing a permanent tubular member which can be used on an article having substantially the same shape.
Tubular members have been described which either have been partially treated so that they still have heat shrinkable characteristics or are treated to have a permanent set for particular applications. It is also possible to process the tubes so that they can be bent to conform to different shapes for particular applications regardless of whether the heat shrinkable fiber has been shrunk only to the mandrel size or has been permanently set at elevated temperatures. The tubular members can be bent by applying coatings of resin and treating the resin to either partially cure it or B-stage it. The tube can then be bent into any desired shape.
I claim:
1. The method of making a preformed protective sleeve which can be shrunk on and bonded to an article having a predetermined outer configuration comprising the steps of:
weaving a fibrous material to form a sleeve, weaving a heat shrinkable fibrous material into said sleeve in the direction of required shrinkage,
sliding said woven sleeve onto a member having an outer contour conforming to the outer contour of the article to be protected,
applying a coating of resinous material to said woven sleeve while on the member,
curing the resin coating on said sleeve while said sleeve is on the mandrel by heating at a temperature sufficient to shrink the heat shrinkable fibrous material into engagement with the mandrel and to cure the resin coating and bond the fibrous material together, and
removing the now rigid sleeve from the member.
2. The method of claim 1, including the additional steps of applying to the sleeve additional coatings of resinous material, and curing each additional coating of resinous material at a temperature sufficient to cure the resin without shrinking the heat shrinkable fiber.
3. The method of making a preformed insulated sleeve for an electric motor shaft, comprising the steps of:
weaving fibrous materials having a dielectric characteristic to form a sleeve, weaving a heat shrinkable fibrous material into said sleeve in the direction of required shrinkage,
placing said sleeve on a member having an outer dimension slightly larger than the outer dimension of the electric motor shaft,
coating said sleeve with a resin to saturate the fibrous material in the sleeve, heating the saturated sleeve at a temperature sufiicient to shrink the heat shrinkable material into tight engagement with the outer surface of the mandrel,
removing the sleeve from the mandrel and coating the sleeve with additional resin, heating the additional resin coating to B-stage the resin, placing the sleeve on the shaft of the armature, and
heating the sleeve to a temperature sufficient to shrink the sleeve into tight engagement with the shaft and to cure the B-staged resin coating.
4. The method of making a permanently set tubular protective sleeve, comprising the steps of:
weaving a fibrous material to form a sleeve, interweaving a heat shrinkable material into the sleeve in the direction of required shrinkage,
placing the sleeve on a member having a predetermined outer configuration,
coating the sleeve with a resinous material while still on the member, heating the resin coated sleeve while on the member to shrink the heat shrinkable fiber into tight engagement with the member and to cure the resin, and
removing the now permanently set sleeve from the member.
5. The method according to claim 4 including the steps of coating the sleeve with a second coat of resin after removal from the member,
heating the sleeve to B-stage the resin, and repeating the last coating and heating steps until the required characteristic is achieved.
References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,474,375 6/1949 Shearer et al 66-171 2,539,301 1/1951 Foster.
3,037,529 6/1962 Hancik.
2,647,816 8/1953 Battista 156-86 XR HAROLD ANSHER, Primary Examiner P. DIER, Assistant Examiner US. Cl. X.R.
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Mar 21st, 2003, 08:17 PM
Michaele Krajicek (14) has been given a wildcard for the tournament in Rosmalen.
Source: Dutch Teletext.
Mar 21st, 2003, 08:22 PM
I thought 14 year olds where not allowed on the wta tour anymore?
Mar 21st, 2003, 08:25 PM
14 yr olds can play 1 event bigger than a $10K
Mar 21st, 2003, 08:25 PM
I thought 14 year olds where not allowed on the wta tour anymore?
Maybe she will be 15 at that time, I dunno
Mar 21st, 2003, 08:27 PM
okee thanks TBE.
no she became 14 just a short time ago. I think in Februari (but I am not sure about that)
Mar 21st, 2003, 08:28 PM
okee thanks TBE.
no she became 14 just a short time ago. I think in Februari (but I am not sure about that)
I see...but TBE solved the problem ;)
Mar 21st, 2003, 08:31 PM
he is the walking wta rules book :D
Mar 21st, 2003, 08:38 PM
I have heard a lot of good things about her, so I hope she will prove it here :D
Mar 21st, 2003, 08:51 PM
She's doing well. Currently ranked #1 on the European Junior Tour 14&Us.
Mar 21st, 2003, 08:57 PM
I meant they can only have 1 WC at age 14 at a WTA event.
below is the full ruling for a 14 yr old
b. (i) Between the date of a players fourteenth (14th)
birthday and the day before her fifteenth (15th) birthday a
player may participate in a maximum of seven (7) ITF
Womens Circuit Tournaments, only four (4) of which may
be for prize money of greater than $10,000, plus regional
Fed Cup Qualifying, and one (1) exhibition/non-Tour
event. The number of ITF Womens Circuit Tournaments
a player may participate in will be reduced if the player
receives a Wild Card into or accepts a Feed-Up position
into a WTA Tour Tier I-V Tournament as provided in
Sections 1(b)(ii) and 3.
(ii) These players are permitted to receive a maximum of
three (3) Wild Cards as follows: one (1) Wild Card into the
Main Draw or Qualifying Draw of any WTA Tour Tier I-V
or ITF Womens Circuit Tournament, and two (2) Wild
Cards into the Main Draw or Qualifying Draw of any ITF
Womens Circuit Tournaments.
(iii) These players may earn a WTA Tour ranking;
however, these players may not participate in WTA Tour
Tournaments, including the Championships, by direct
ranking acceptance. These players may not participate in
professional Grand Slam events.
Mar 21st, 2003, 09:10 PM
She had a great start on the junior circuit but she is getting pegged back a bit now. by that i mean she isn't winning quite so much but she still is doing a pretty good job. she started the junior circuit by winning 3 tournaments straight so you can't really do anything but go down.
Mar 25th, 2003, 05:23 AM
Michaela should be able to become junior #1 soon,
she skyrocketed her ranking to TOP 10 in a matter of
a few months, Slams wouldnt be too far from her...:)
still remember the person who won
a title at 14.....yes, Lucic,
hopefully she will break Lucic's record..
dont know why she can get a WC into MD though,
i would rather give her a WC to qualies....
Mar 25th, 2003, 07:11 AM
any pic of her?
Mar 25th, 2003, 09:19 AM
there are no qualies at S'Hertogenbosch.
Mar 25th, 2003, 09:27 AM
hopefully SILVANA BAUER gets another wildcard...
Mar 25th, 2003, 09:56 AM
there are no qualies at S'Hertogenbosch.
King Aaron
Mar 25th, 2003, 03:05 PM
Great for Michaela! Looking forward to Rosmalen. :)
Mar 25th, 2003, 03:37 PM
there are no qualies at S'Hertogenbosch.
why not?.....doesnt make sense though......
Mar 25th, 2003, 04:10 PM
why not?.....doesnt make sense though......
the men´s tournament is held at the same time, and thats why they don´t have a qualifying
they need the courts for men´s qualifying
Mar 27th, 2003, 03:29 PM
hopefully SILVANA BAUER gets another wildcard...
She (Silvana Bauer) quits from the sport :eek: Just read that on Dutch Teletext :eek: She said she didn't enjoy it anymore. Her coach said she couldn't handle the pressure....
Mar 27th, 2003, 03:36 PM
omg Silvana.... :sad: :sad:
and she's only 16, and 2-3 weeks away from her 17th
very disappointing news :(
Silvana was one that had alot of big shots.
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I am not much of a gardener but last year I planted some habeneros, they grew like WEEDs, I got BUCKETS of them it was unbelievable and they were so hot that amateur pepper eating tough guys couldn't stand them.
Now they grew fine but now I want some bhut jokokias, and I want them to be as hot as possible. I am thinking of getting this http://www.amazon.com/Hydrofarm-CK64050-Germination-Station-Heat/dp/B000HHO1RO and starting them indoors as it is only 65 degrees F in here however I need to get a light for them as that does not have one. Is that and a florescent light a good start or do you have a better cheap alternative?
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Smokemaster, I'm lolling at your re-purposed trays that appropriately warn their contents are "HOT". Truth in advertising? :-p
Thanks for posting pics of your setup. As a newbie, I'm always looking for ideas. And my mother happens to have two of those shelves sitting unused in her backyard... I think a burglar might head back there sometime soon. ;-)
What Smokemaster said (especially) the 85F range for Bhuts. I started a 72 cell tray (one Bhut seed per cell) for farmer friends in mid December. By Jan 2nd I had an 89% germination rate, 64 out of 72 sprouts.
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) spent a significant amount of money to produce the first season
of House of Cards, the company's first original series. Several
reports estimate that the company spent as much as
$50 million
on the first 13 episodes. The next season is believed to be just
as expensive. Unlike other TV shows, Netflix does not plan to
release the ratings for House of Cards. In a
letter to investors
, co-founder and CEO Reed Hastings explained why.
"Linear channels must aggregate a large audience at a given
time of day and hope the show programmed will actually attract
enough viewers despite this constraint," he wrote. "With Netflix,
members can enjoy a show anytime, and over time, we can
effectively put the right show in front of members based on their
viewing habits. Thus we can spend less on marketing while
generating higher viewership.
"For linear TV, the fixed number of prime-time slots mean that
only shows that hit it big and fast survive, thus requiring an
extensive and expensive pilot system to keep on deck potential
replacement shows. In contrast, Internet TV is an environment
where smaller or quirkier shows can prosper because they can find
a big enough audience over time. In baseball terms, linear TV
only scores with home runs. We score with home runs too, but also
with singles, doubles and triples."
Procera (a real-time analytics company) found that, on one
unnamed broadband network,
11 percent of Netflix subscribers
watched at least one episode of House of Cards. On another
unnamed broadband network, the company found that two percent
watched one episode on the Saturday following House of Cards'
Only 1.3 percent of those subscribers tuned in for a second
episode, indicating a drop of more than 30 percent. This is
among new TV pilots
, particularly those that receive a ton of media attention. A
one-time decline should not be enough to hinder a show's
long-term success. However, continuous declines will likely
lead to cancellation
Reed is right in his belief that "smaller or quirkier shows
can prosper" online. However, House of Cards is anything but
small. Even if it cost half of what is currently being estimated,
Netflix still spent an enormous amount of money to produce the
new series.
Amazon (NASDAQ:
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for top talent, the company
launched a
small studio
to lure newcomers and existing Hollywood talent. The company
pays $10,000
to option a series for its development slate. If the series goes
into production, Amazon will pay $55,000 to its creator and up to
five percent of net merchandising receipts from toy and T-shirt
licensing. The produced series will then be distributed via
Amazon Instant Video.
Amazon will surely spend more than $65,000 to produce a new
series. However, it seems unlikely that any of the
greenlit sitcom pilots
will cost $50 million.
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Winnipeg Free Press - PRINT EDITION
Former quarry a hidden gem
Gravel family proves mining isn't a millstone
BIRDS HILL -- It's East St. Paul gold, or so people used to call it.
The gravel business led to settlement of this rural municipality on the northeast flank of Winnipeg.
CP Rail first dug the quarry at Birds Hill in the 1870s to provide ballast for the transcontinental railway. The City of Winnipeg purchased the quarry later and used the gravel for everything from building roads and house foundations to filling sandbags. Hundreds of people were employed in the quarry at one time.
The Swistun family came later, purchasing the quarry in 1960 and operating it as Birds Hill Gravel and Stone Ltd. But Swistun brothers Bill and Don had a vision for the quarry after its operational life came to an end.
"Their vision was that you could prove to people mining doesn't have to be a negative thing. It can be a positive thing if done right," said Bill Swistun's son Michael.
The brothers wanted to make the old quarry into a park. Actually, they wanted it to be more like a habitat showpiece for the community. In the mid-1980s, the family started rehabilitating the site. They sloped and stabilized cliffs, made bike and walking paths and planted trees on the north bank (the south bank maintained its natural growth). Then the family turned the park over to the municipality. The RM only pays for maintenance.
Today, Silver Springs Park is one of those hidden gems, little known outside the small community of East St. Paul.
"It's a habitat-reclamation project," said Van Whitehead, whose house borders one end of the park. Whitehead took the Free Press on a bike tour of the park. "People in East St. Paul are well aware of it. I don't think it's known much outside the municipality."
Actually, thousands of people drive by the rear of Silver Springs Park every day on Highway 59, between Springhill Ski Park and Birds Hill Provincial Park, and never know it. It's only recognizable from the highway by a bead of boulders strung across the rise on the west side.
Real estate development didn't become the main industry in East St. Paul until the first new subdivision in 1979. Before that, the RM relied on the gravel industry, fur ranches (silver fox), market gardening plus the Imperial Oil refinery, which has since moved -- although its site on Henderson Highway still provides tank storage.
The quarry was dug out of one of the largest hills in the area. The terrain here was formed by a glacial esker, when gravel in the form of fluvial sediments was deposited by a river inside a glacier. Today, Garven Road virtually follows the path of that old glacial river, Swistun said.
The park is a vast space. The excavation site is about 73 hectares and the south bank is 21 metres deep. That big empty space used to be gravel -- more than 20 million tonnes -- before the material ended up in our roads. Being close to the city, the quarry helped keep construction costs low.
The park is also a staging area for both the Trans Canada Trail, which runs through it, and the floodway's non-motorized recreation trail, called the Duff Roblin Parkway Trail. At the end of Garven Road on the west side of the floodway, there's about a 40-car parking lot for people wanting to get on the floodway trail, which includes a bridge into Birds Hill Provincial Park.
"You have a lot of people who say mining is destructive, but if you want to have a modern society, you have to have mining," said Swistun.
The Swistuns levelled the quarry bottom and sloped the sides so they wouldn't be a danger. They had topsoil hauled into the quarry and planted native grasses and more than 1,200 trees and shrubs. They also built a causeway to an island on the lake. Inland Aggregates assisted with the rehabilitation. It started to look like a park by the 1990s. There was never a grand opening. It just slowly evolved.
People also canoe and kayak on the lake. The vegetation is an oak-aspen mix, including pin cherry and chokecherry bushes, and even horsetail, a plant species 100 million years old. There are plenty of birds, including geese and sandpipers.
The south slope is a popular tobogganing site in winter. The municipality also clears an ice-skating trail. Visitors can park along Birds Hill Road, near Neyedli Drive.
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UW Medicine and Seattle Children's are launching a sports concussion program for children, teen and adult athletes to evaluate, treat and provide medical clearance to return to sports. Beginning this summer, patients will be seen at Harborview Medical Center and Seattle Children's Hospital.
The UW Medicine/Seattle Children's Sports Concussion Program will help school and team coaches meet the provisions of a new state law that prohibits young athletes showing signs of a concussion from returning to play without a licensed health-care provider's approval. The law is named after Zackery Lystedt, a Maple Valley teenager who suffered a traumatic brain injury while playing football in October 2006. After sustaining the injury, Zackery returned to play because no one recognized the signs and symptoms of his serious brain injury.
"Concussions can be a serious health problem and they require immediate recognition and proper management," said Dr. Stanley Herring, co-medical director of the Sports Concussion Program, medical director of the UW Medicine Spine Center at Harborview and a team physician for the Seattle Seahawks and Seattle Mariners. "With this program, our community is taking an important step forward to protect athletes who play organized sports."
"We see many children, as well as adults with sports injuries at Seattle Children's and Harborview Medical Center," said Dr. Richard G. Ellenbogen, co-medical director of the Sports Concussion Program and professor and chairman of the UW Department of Neurological Surgery. "This collaborative program enhances our ability to diagnose head injuries and provide appropriate treatments to keep young athletes safe and healthy."
The comprehensive program is composed of health-care providers in Rehabilitation Medicine, Neurological Surgery, Neuropsychology, Sports Medicine and Radiology. In addition, the program will provide education on the prevention and treatment of concussions to parents, trainers, athletes, athletic directors and many others involved in youth sports.
As many as 3.8 million sports-and-recreation-related concussions occur each year in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "Early identification of an athlete with a concussion is critical, as athletes who return to play too soon following initial injury are at risk for brain injuries, some of which can be catastrophic as happened to Zackery Lystedt," said Richard H. Adler, President of the Brain Injury Association of Washington. "The Sports Concussion Program brings together some of the nation's top experts on concussions and brain injuries, and will greatly advance the treatment of these injuries to our kids."
Concussions can happen to any athlete, even without losing consciousness. Prevention and proper treatment are essential. Young athletes should seek medical care immediately if they experience any symptoms after a blow or jolt to the head. For more information, visit: www.cdc.gov or www.biawa.org
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As part of Everyone Active's commitment to its legacy pledge of getting 500,000 children active we are pleased to announce the following offer:
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