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Friday, May 22, 2015
Bryant Park Shakespeare: The Two Gentlemen of Verona
at Upper Terrace (in Bryant Park), Manhattan
6:30 p.m.–8:30 p.m.
Bryant Park Shakespeare returns with three productions presented by The Drilling Company.
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Category: Fitness, Sports, Outdoor Fitness
ESL Beginners Class
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8:00 a.m.–9:00 a.m.
Spanish-speaking adults will learn the basic structure of English from an ESL instructor.
Category: Education
Shape Up NYC: Mind Body Fusion
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8:00 a.m.–9:00 a.m.
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8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
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Master Story Tellers Exhbition
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8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Classic tales from Hans Christian Andersen, the Brothers Grimm, Edgar Allan Poe, and master story tellers, inspire nineteen children's book artists who create illustrations for…
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@Rubber Duck
The West is far from perfect. We all agree.
But other people's deficiencies don't automatically make you Mr.Right or Mr. Honest. So get off your high horses.
You say you want to learn from the West's mistakes ? Right now, you're replicating their mistakes... of a few hundred years ago...
@Rubber Duck
Take care by the way, some of the stuff you're writing might displease
the Supreme Witchhunting Authority of your country and may get you in trouble. Which would be a very just return of things....you get done to you what you wanted to do to others...
But lo and behold ! This is not a Hungarian site, so the SWA has no sway here...A pity....
@Rubber Duck
Ok, Mr. "Épatons les bourgeois", here's what I think of your media law.
You ie. the defenders of this incredible piece of legislation, in the face of public outcry, you love to talk technical details. You love to turn the spotlight on technical trifles of minimal importance in order to shift the focus off the ignoble spirit of the law.
And the spirit of that law is simply evil. All the pseudo-legality it is packaged into aims to throw dust into the eyes of people. The legal wording is just a cheap trick, a disguise. To disguise the gist: that this is a shut-up law, not a media law. Shame, shame, shame.
"If you so much dislike things, attitudes and ideals European why don't you leave from here and set up your tent on some other (and hopefully) distant continent?"
I wish that was possible but it ain't necessary after all, because "other distant continents" are coming to Europe. Lazy old Europe might have human rights but everything else will belong to China.
Actually I can well imagine that in a few decades we'll have lots of Western immigrants trying to escape the mess that's coming to you soon. You know, there are already whole villages in Hungary entirely owned by Dutch and German pensioners. Maybe you should ask them why they moved here.
And what would be best for Hungary? Learning from the mistakes of the West instead of copying them. Because the West has become a Titanic steaming thought the night at full speed where anyone who utters "iceberg" gets thrown overboard.
"This is the most worrying part - obviously there is a sizable part of the Hungarian population that is willing to go the way of Milosevich, Ceausescu or Chavez"
You forgot to add Hitler, LOL! To cut a long story short: in the future we might well realize that in the Balkan wars, and especially during the Kosovo crisis, the Serbs were actually the good guys. OK maybe not the "good" guys but the better ones, at least if you compare them to the little maffia-states like Albania that the EU will soon accept as members in her all-knowing, incorruptible wisdom.
And don't forget that Chavez is a hero in the eyes of the European Left, just like Ceausescu was the darling of your impeccable Western governments. Pity that the whole EU reeks of double standards and hypocrisy. So does Western public opinion - for you, the EU is usually the big bad useless corrupt dictatorship that should be abolished but whenever it suits you, you demand her to act as the defender of freedom. Certainly not against China or Russia or Iran, oh no, because they are powerful so you better don't mess with them, but when it comes down to a little country like Hungary you guys have such a big mouth all of a sudden. Pathetic...
And now please tell me what exactly is wrong with the media law? Which provisions? Which paragraphs? Because it's incredibly pathetic to whine just because the press tells you you have reason to whine. If you're as smart as you want to appear to, read the law, think with your own head, make your own opinion. And then we can talk.
@Rubber Duck
Alright, so tell me what do you think is best for Hungary and Hungarians ?
Ride horses bareback, live in tents and wage war against the West, like the Magyars did in the good old days when they were the 'scourge of God'. I can certainly see why you'd like that: it would give - so you think - your country some minimal importance, something you seemingly so much crave. You guys are simply frustrated and vent your frustration and anger at anybody who says this is sheer nonsense. If you had your ways your country would be even more marginalized than it is now. You'd simply preside to its downfall.
Go on and carry on calling 'dialogue, diversity and co-operation' dirty words but what that only achieves demonstrating is showing you for the dyed-in-the-wool Jobbik fan you must be.
If you so much dislike things, attitudes and ideals European why don't you leave from here and set up your tent on some other (and hopefully) distant continent ? Everybody would benefit - yourself included.
I do very much hope, that on the occasion of the media law (but in fact for all other anti-democratic measures forced by Orban) the EU now will take it's declared values for serious and withdraw the Hungarian presidency, and fidesz party will withdraw Orbán from the post of PM.
after such an all-European scandal Orbán is visibly unable to manage, he has nothing to do as a PM. as he couldn't manage the necessary structural reforms, instead of which he implemented the craziest tax-regulations ever and violated private property when putting his hands of the pensions funds. as a PM he had no intellectual input, as he knows nothing about economics, diplomacy, negotiating and cooperating with others. he can't even represent his own ideas: that's why no social dialogue took place during the past 8 months. and he puts the shame on all Hungarians... he should go
You sound exactly like any other third-rate defender of any other third-rate, third-world dictatorship. This is the most worrying part - obviously there is a sizable part of the Hungarian population that is willing to go the way of Milosevich, Ceausescu or Chavez.
@Wonderland Central Europe:
If you don't want to see your children grow up in a pariah country, you already did a big step forward - probably in Hungary they won't have to live as dhimmis and bullied around for not being Muslim. If I was a Western European I'd be worried about the future too. It must be hard for you folks to realize that the fat years are over, and without immigration you couldn't function anymore. Too bad that in exchange for immigration you're giving up your culture and the cohesion of your societies. It's quite amusing to read all these attacks on Orban's media act coming from a media that has watered up the freedom of speech itself in order to appease Muslims. Just think about, for example, the outrage over Sarrazin's theses in the German press, and the cowardice of European politicians when they failed to stand up behind Denmark in the cartoon row.
And btw, what did the Econimist do? She followed a cowardly approach: not printing the cartoons but "defended the right to publish them". That was a moment requiring a solid stand for the sake of a fundamental right but the EU and her press preferred to appease those who attacked this freedom.
Now however the target is a minor European country and brave brave Economist makes no secret of her hatred against our government. However you probably know the Hungarian proverb: the dog is barking, the caravan moving.
And you know what blows this whole thing out of proportion? That probably no journalist, no commentator, no politican criticizing it has read even one single paragraph of it. Paired with the obvious lack of a moral base for acting as a defender of freedom, all this row is a just hysteria, nothing else. Instead your journalists and politicians should mind their own business, of course saying "dialogue" and "diversity" at least twelve times in a sentence... see if the world cares.
A new point after the law enabling total state control over the media, is that the EU can not tolerate this without completely losing credibility. From now on any unsavory dictatorship like Belarus, Siria, Iran and the likes can point with relish to Hungary and explain that THEIR laws are very similar to those accepted in the EU.
The timing of this is the worst possible: the EU will need an example to show that non-European laws and behavior are not acceptable inside the club and Hungary is probably the safest country to be hit on the head: small, insignificant and totally spinning out of control in a nationalist frenzy supported by the majority. Could still serve as a warning for others.
Your comment about the communist apparatchiks ("most of them went from pro-Soviet to pro-Western overnight") rings true. That's pretty much what happened here. But then, again, your whole post is embedded in some kind of feverish building of a conspiracy case.
You dislike the Russians, that's clear, you dislike the West, clear too. Brits are hypocrites, the French c'est Clemenceau and Trianon, Germans are hard taskmasters and the US is bloody Wall Street.. Who could be friends ? The neutral Austrians? ah, noooo, cf.the bloodbath after 1848 and then they took Burgenland (and the bastards wanted Sopron too...), forget them.The Czechs ? Benes !!! The Slovaks ? Are you crazy !!! The Rumanians ? Transylvania !!! The Serbs ? My God...The Jews ? Are you mad ?! The Croats ? They hate Hungarians...and want to kick out MOL...The Italians ? Berlusconi is cool but they want to lay all the Hungarian women and for cheap...The Turks ? Come on...MOHÁCS ! Well, maybe the Poles ? Yeah but they are taking all the regional management jobs across Central-Eastern Europe...
Ever wondered why few people like the Hungarians ????
Forget paranoia, kick hatred, start thinking co-operation and
MERRY XMAS to all !
"The Fidesz .... is now taking back what is left of their country after this rampage, and what is originally the property of Hungarians, including the media, the local currency, "the institutions one by one", and in a very reserved and civilized way, without lynching those (about 100 thousand people, mainly former members of the communist party MSZMP, now socialists MSZP/SZDSZ) responsible to sell out "
1./ I whole-heartedly wish to congratulate you and your Fidesz party for "not lynching the MSZP/SZDSZ guys (about a 100 thousand)". It is a major achievement. Certainly very "reserved and civilized".
I've read recently that your National Tourist Office is working on a revamp of Hungary's (old) image. How about this:
"Come to Hungary, land of reserved and civilized people, who are not lynching their political opponents." Tourists will flock.
2/ One last time, I want to revert to this obsession with Tesco, the banks, the looters etc...If all these players have ever done was stealing from Hungarian people, why didn't Fidesz change the regulatory environment between 1998 and 2002 ? They could have and we wouldn't have all these problems in 2010.
Actually it was not Western banks who for many years fed off on old Hungarian people - who knew nothing about banking and traditionally kept their savings in old type "savings deposit books" - savings accounts that paid ridiculously low interest on deposits compared to newer types of accounts...Now, who was the bank that somehow "forgot" to inform/update their old customers ? It was good old Hungarian OTP...
Tesco, Metro, Spar didn't specifically bully corner groceries (themselves by the way mostly in foreign hands, Meinl, Match). New ww trends in retailing did. There was a ww power shift that benefited retail chains. Paradoxically, some of the biggest losers were powerful suppliers (Procter&Gamble, Coca Cola etc.)who lost their capability to dictate to retail; so after all, there was cause for rejoicing: the big fish were eating other big fish ! What a glorious sight for local traditionalists, don't you think !?
Rubber Duck:
re The Economist
LOL or not LOL, the truth of the matter is that the Economist has been around for some time - to the worldwide enjoyment of people - and will still be around, alive and kicking, when Mr Orban will long be gone...and forgotten.
re Mohamed cartoons
What do you think the Economist should have done ? Arm itself up to its teeth and gone to war against religious fanatics ? I don't recall them by the way as "wanting to appease" those guys...Having said that, do you know how difficult it is to reason with fanatics ??...I am only beginning to understand...
Fyi, I'm a Dutchman married to a Hungarian lady and with children who are half-Hungarians. I do like Hungary a lot which is exactly what made me say what I said.I simply believe what's happening now is not going to serve Hungary and Hungarians. Certainly not in the long term.
In the short term, I am not ruling out some positive developments - now that the government is swimming in the money - well, actually, others people's money....but let's not be petty-minded...
Longer term, they are going to run out of money, luck and favor (with the international community and their own people). I don't want my children to grow up in a pariah country. And why ? Because a group of misguided people living in the past are chasing naked power, hypocritical religious purification, utopistic reestablishment of former weight of big Hungary...
Why some people simply cannot face reality ? Hungary is no longer a heavy weight in the international arena, actually it is a relatively insignificant (and poor) player. Politically, economically, demographically. Is this a reason to commit collective suicide ? NO!! This country simply needs to reinvent itself but certainly not in the way it is doing it now. By looking forward (please, please !) and not always backward. By choosing other friends than the Berlusconis of this world.
Zataman, I think you called somewhat derogatively Britain 'land of appeasment' and I tend to agree with you. But then came one Churchill...Shall we look into what Hungary was doing during the same period ? A country that to this day has not come to terms with its wartime behaviour.
Aphydsicist: one can choose private or public (between pension funds)
Either you have no idea or you are lying.
To embb:
Constitutional rights to private property is a sine qua non for a democracy in any shape or form. Not grasping that is either evil or ignorant - or both.
Might I suggest "The True Believer" by Eric Hoffer? I found that book the best, by far, for explicating why people (anywhere, anytime) choose leaders like Mr.Orban, and his ilk. There really is nothing new here. It is just that one would have hoped that people would aspire to make new mistakes- and not keep repeating the same ones over and over...
Aphysicist: Maybe you could comment on the fact that the right to private property is not seen a a full constitutional right in Hungary anymore?
You might have deep-orange spectacles on, but even a physicist might be able to figure out what the consequences of such a legislations would be.
WonderlandCentralEurope: Now that would take very long to explain - though would be a thrilling analysis to perform - why only a minority cares and why - like under a bad spell - Hungarians are just taking everything lying down from the incumbent regime.
Well, it is not a unique phenomenon: it is like a virus that shows itself in almost all of the CE countries. This is indeed a Wonderland, in the sense that people want to believe in a wonder instead of the simple and exhausting efforts to get closer to Europe. Orban is simply the Hungarian equivalent to Ceausescu or Milosevic - the only question is how come he came so late.
These figures all promise the "national heaven in one country" in isolation from the world made up of enemies anyway. The poor idiots who failed in their life will happily embrace the ideology, that they are in fact the best people of the world and the failure is due to the "foreigners, westerners, jews or any combination of the above".
Of course after a while there will be a pretty destructive awakening - but possibly not for the idiots who post here but for their children. It was the children who got gunned down in Romania or in the Balkan wars - I can only hope that Hungary will get off more easily though history is not in our favour.
December 23.
Orban's Christmas gift for Hungarians. Orban's party just voted for new laws to place such preconditions against strikes to make them virtually impossible. This is in a country where strikes were very
rare in the last 60 years. But Orban preempts the future.
Hungary like much of the rest of the world is quickly becoming a 1 party government and both the left and the right is for the moneyed elites and by the elites. Orban's populist "anti-corporate" $800bn taxes on large corporations and his "anti-bank" $1 bn seemingly populist taxes on the much hated banking sector comes as a trojan horse who's belly carries a 16% flat tax giveaway to the moneyed gentry, something not even the ultra right wing post Reagan Republican Party could yet realize.
The most obvious prediction of anyone I talked to is that the tax hikes on corporations will be a 1 time deal with a short expiration date while the ultra libertarian regressive tax rates will be here to stay for the foreseeable future. This will kill demand in the economy. As an ardent capitalist and pro free market individual I cannot help but view this as a right wing anarchist attack on the very entrepreneurial system and the spirit of free markets that was created between 1946 and 1982 in the USA during a period of most progressive taxation and most sustained development in western history.
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[ APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING THE OXYGEN INDEX OF LIQUID AND NON-MOULDED SOLIDS [75] Inventors: Gordon L. Nelson, Schenectady;
Jimmy L. Webb, Ballston Lake, both of NY.
[73] Assignee: General Electric Company,
Schenectady, N.Y.
[22] Filed: Nov. 20, 1972 [21] Appl. No.: 308,281
[52] US. Cl 73/15 R [51] Int. Cl. G0ln 25/00 [58] Field of Search 73/15, 36
[56] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 3,011,337 12/1961 McGlynn 73/36 3,292,417 12/1966 Hayden et a1 73/15 [4 June 28, 1974 3,593,563 7/1971 Marmor et a1 73/36 X 3,662,586 5/1972 Suga 73/15 OTHER PUBLICATIONS Wendlant Thermal Methods of Analysis lnterscience Publishers 1964 QD515W4C.2 pg. 186-188.
Primary Examiner-Herbert Goldstein Attorney, Agent, or FirmLeo l. MaLossi; Joseph T. Cohen; Jerome C. Squillaro [5 7] ABSTRACT The utility of apparatus designed and operated for the determination of the oxygen index of a moulded polymer body has been greatly extended by making structural modifications to the prior art apparatus (intro- 3 Claims, 3 Drawing Figures APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING THE OXYGEN INDEX OF LIQUID AND NON-MOULDED SOLIDS BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The standard method of test for flammability of plastics using the Oxygen Index Method bears the ASTM designation: D2863-7O (Annual Book of ASTM Standards 1970 Part 27 .luly, pages 719-722). This Oxygen Index Method is based upon work described in the paper Candle-Type Test for Flammability of Polymers by Fenimore and Martin (Modern Plastics, November, 1966, page 141). As is stated in the ASTM Standard At least specimens 70-150 mm long by 6.5 i 0.5 mm wide and 3.0 1-0.5 mm thick shall be cut from the materials being tested. It is also noted that, if other than standard size specimens are used, differences in oxygen index may occur. The ASTM Standard and the Modern Plastics article are incorporated by reference.
In an article by DiPietro and Stepniczka [Journal of Fire and Flammability 2, 36 (1971)], in'order to accommodate plastic specimens that are not physically self-supporting, specimens of the size 0.3 X 2.5 X 2.5 cm were used and mounted in a sqaure cup-shaped holder with inner dimensions identical to those of the specimens.
Thus, according to the prior art, oxygen index determinations can be reliably made for polymers only when the polymers can be (and have been) fabricated in order that samples can be cut from a solid moulded piece.
It would be of particular value to the art to be able to determine the oxygen index not only of polymers, but also of non-polymeric systems and that there be no limitations as to the amount or volume of material that may be used in making such a determination thereby eliminating the limitations that the material be capable of fabrication and that sufficient of the material will have been prepared to enable fabrication.
Although Wolfhard and co-workers have reported [Combustion and Flame, 1, 53, 155 (1957)] studies of the flammabilities of gaseous and volatile liquid fuels using oxygen indices, workers in this field do not appear to have developed an apparatus or method for the determination of the oxygen index of other than moulded polymer samples or highly volatile fuels. Thus, there is a need for apparatus and process enabling the measurement of oxygen indices of liquids, non-polymer solids and polymer samples available in small (unmoulded) quantities as powders or pellets.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Commercial apparatus for the determination of oxygen index has been modified by replacing the moulded polymer sample clamp with a metal support and a readily removable reservoir for containment of the sample. In the process of this invention there is no limitation as to the amount or volume of the sample required, it merely being necessary to ignite the quantity of sample that is convenient at an oxygen index higher than needed to support combustion and then reduce the we ygen flow until the flame oscillates badly. The lowest oxygen index needed to maintain the flame in this oseih lating condition is recorded as the endpoint.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING The exact nature of this invention as well as objects and advantages thereof will be readily apparent from consideration of the following specification relating to the annexed drawing in which:
FIG. 1 is a schematic representation of apparatus for the determination of oxygen index according to'the aforementioned ASTM Standard as modified for the conduct of the process described herein;
FIG. 2 is a three-dimensional view of an embodiment of support means for the removable receptacle shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 3 is a' three-dimensional view of a simple receptacle to be employed in connection with and supported on the support shown in FIG. 2.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT The apparatus 10 for making oxygen index deterrninations as modified in accordance with this invention is shown in FIG. 1. The sample to be tested is provided with a known atmosphere prepared by metering oxygen (from tank 11) and nitrogen (from tank 12) through critical flow orifices l3, 14, respectively, mixing the gases in tube 16 before entry thereof into base 17 for supporting test column 18 made of heat-resistant glass. Commercial grade (or better) oxygen and nitrogen should be used. Base 17 contains non-combustible material to mix and evenly distribute the gas mixture fed thereto. Glass beads 35 mm in diameter in a bed 80-100 mm deep have been found suitable. As the mixed gas is passed through bed 19, the'flow of gases is smoothed providing laminar flow up through test column 18 at a free stream velocity in the range of from about 3 to about 10 cm/sec.
Device 20'for accommodating the sample and the containment therefor is seated in receptacle 21 and consists of holder 22 and reservoir 23 resting thereon. The use of metal pin 24 for affixing reservoir 23 to the upper rim or collar of holder 22 is optional. If used, pin 24 is passed through holes 26, 26a in holder 22 as well as through hole 27 in projecting portion 28 of reservoir 23. A convenient reservoir may be obtained by employing a size A ceramic crucible cover, which has the configuration shown in FIG. 3. Metal support 22 need have no specific configuration other than to be adapted at its lower end for support thereof and adapted at its upper end for receiving the particular removable receptacle employed holding it about the periphery to expose the underside thereof in the event it be necessary to apply heat to the receptacle to melt the specimen contained therein. 1
None of the following: sample size, geometry of the reservoir or sample or depth of sample contained in the receptacle 23 was found to have significant effect on the accuracy of the results. For example, use of a crucible or of a crucible cover gave similar results. Also, total flow of the gas mixture through the test column had no appreciable effect on the results.
Conduct of the test itself consists of introducing a quantity of sample (liquid or particulate solid) into reservoir 23, supporting loaded reservoir 23 on the collar shaped extremity of support 22, establishing the requi: site gas flow to purge the system. setting the gas flow at an oxygen index higher than is presumably needed for the sample, igniting the sample and gradually reduc ing the oxygen flow until the flame oscillates badly. The lowest oxygen index needed to maintain the flame in this oscillating condition is recorded as the endpoint.
The igniter (not shown) should be a tube connected to a hydrogen, propane or natural gas source. The tube is inserted into the open end of the column to ignite the test specimen (or to melt the test specimen prior to ignition) utilizing a suitable flame eg from about 6 to 12 mm long.
A ceramic crucible cover (about 1 inch in diameter) was utilized for making the oxygen index determinations set forth in Table 1. In each instance the sample was placed in the reservoir brim fullv Thus, the improved apparatus and the new method conducted therein greatly extends the utility of oxygen index as a technique for the determination of material flammability by permitting the ready determination of the oxygen index of liquids of normal and low volatility and particulate solids (both polymeric and nonpolymeric). Stringent limitations in the existing ASTM method have been removed; thus, there is no limitation as to the amount or volume of specimen to be employed nor is there any need that the specimen shall have been fabricated in order to permit the preparation of requisite dimensioned samples. Also, the method itself is considerably simpler than that described in the ASTM Standard because turning down the oxygen until the state of flame oscillation is reached as the end condition is considerably simpler than monitoring the burning of a specimen until that specimen burns a 50 mm length in a period of 3 minutes.
Determination of the actual oxygen index from the pressure readings on the precision gas gauges 31, 32 is straightforward. A graph is available plotting pressure as a function of gas flow for the particular orifices employed. When the oxygen flow has been reduced to the endpoint, the pressure reading for oxygen and nitrogen are used and reference is made to the graph to acquire the actual gas flows. The relationships for determining oxygen index are as follows:
OXYGEN INDEX [OJ/[O [N X where [0 and-[N are oxygen and nitrogen gas flows, respectively.
In those instances in which it is found that the maximum oxygen input at a given nitrogen setting is not enough to exceed the oxygen index of the material, it is merely necessary to cut back on the nitrogen flow and then proceed in the normal manner. Also, if desired, instead of turning down the oxygen flow, the nitrogen flow can be turned up.
' What we claim as new and desire to secure by letters Patent of the United States is:
1. 1n flammability testing apparatus in which oxygen index determinations are made wherein a test column made of transparent heat-resistant material is supported on a base, said column is in flow communication with means passing through said base for introducing gaseous material, said gaseous material passing through said column after traversing flow distribution means disposed in the path of flow, means for disposing in said column a sample to be ignited, said sample-disposing means being supported by said base, a source of a first gas under pressure in flow communication with said introducing means via first flow measuring and controlling means and a source of a second gas under pressure in flow communication with said introducing means via second flow measuring and controlling means, the improvement in the combination recited above of sampledisposing means comprising a receptacle for containing sample material and means for supporting said receptacle, said supporting means being formed in part with an annular portion for holding said receptacle with the underside thereof exposed, said receptacle being readily separable from said supporting means.
2. The improvement recited in claim 1 wherein the receptacle is a ceramic cup.
3. The improvement recited in claim 1 wherein the receptacle is connected to the supporting means therefor by a removable connector.
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- In this work we present the setup and first tests of our new BIO IN detector. This detector was constructed to classify atmospheric ice nuclei (IN) for their biological content. It is designed to be coupled to the Fast Ice Nucleus CHamber FINCH. If one particle acts as an ice nucleus, it will be at least partly covered with ice at the end of the development section of the FINCH chamber. The device combines an auto-fluorescence detector and a circular depolarization detector for simultaneous detection of biological material and discrimination between water droplets, ice crystals and non activated large aerosol particles. The excitation of biological material with UV light and analysis of auto-fluorescence is a common principle used for flow cytometry, fluorescence microscopy, spectroscopy and imaging. The detection of auto-fluorescence of airborne single particles demands some more experimental effort. However, expensive commercial sensors are available for special purposes, e.g. size distribution measurements. But these sensors will not fit the specifications needed for the FINCH IN counter (e.g. high sample flow of up 10 LPM). The newly developed -low cost- BIO IN sensor uses a single high-power UV LED for the electronic excitation instead of much more expensive UV lasers. Other key advantages of the new sensor are the low weight, compact size, and the little effect on the aerosol sample, which allows it to be coupled with other instruments for further analysis. The instrument will be flown on one of the first missions of the new German research aircraft "HALO" (High Altitude and LOng range).
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I am very interested in this unit that allows you to plug a 2 outlet 120v box into a 3-prong dryer outlet. Each outlet has a separate 20amp breaker wired to it. I have an unused dryer outlet in my place and would like to open it up for additional power needs. Here's the link to what I want:
Problem is no-one at that site is responding to my messages which makes me think they are out of business. Additionally I can't find any other product like it. How hard would it be to make one of these myself? Any help is appreciated.
It looks like it's a cord, a box, a couple of 20A circuit breakers and a couple of receptacles. The hardest part of making one would be the metal work for the enclosure.
If you really have an unused dryer outlet, why not just change the breaker to a single pole 20A, cap the red wire on both ends (won't be used), and replace the dryer receptacle with a normal 120V/20A receptacle. It certainly would be less expensive than this solution.
I don't have easy access to the breaker box to change it that way...I'm in a loft in NYC and changing the whole thing would require the landlord and an electrician...etc etc. I just want to be able to access the power as I don't have many outlets in my place.
I've done a little more research and now I'm not sure it's a dryer outlet. It has a three prong dryer receptacle but the old tenants used it to run a ceramic kiln. They mentioned it was 3-phase power. It's connected to a double pole 40amp breaker.
Is there any chance of purchasing or making some setup like the link I listed to allow me use of this outlet without changing the whole thing from the breaker to the outlet?
"They mentioned it was 3-phase power." What do they know?
Since this may or may not be true, the FIRST thing to do is determine what is there at present.
Go to the link and identify the receptacle that is in your apartment.
Here is a link that might be useful: Configurations
There is no such thing as a "dryer outlet" or a "kiln outlet". There are outlets that are normally used for kilns or dryers and certainly you can use a kiln of some sort on an outlet that is used for a dryer.
Right now, identify the outlet on that nifty chart that bus driver linked. If you can look at your panel tell us if there are three main breakers or two?
Alrighty. Here's some more info. If I can I will try to post pictures when I get home later. In the breaker box for my unit there is a 40amp 2pole breaker which powers this specific outlet only. 3 6 guage wires run from the breaker box to an industrial safety switch just above the outlet. The outlet is currently fitted with a nema 10-30 receptacle that the previous tenants told me they switched out so a dryer could be attached. One red wire is connected to the Right pole, one red wire is connected to the Left pole, and one red wire wrapped in white electrical tape is connected to the middle pole. Prior to that the outlet was fitted with a nema 6-50 receptacle (which I still have) and powered a large ceramic kiln. I have never used this outlet for anything.
Based on your description, you don't have a ground in this 240/120V single phase circuit. If you're still inclined to re-purpose this circuit, I'd at least make sure that the receptacles are GFI protected. I'm not sure where (or if) you can buy such a device.
Thanks for the info everyone. I think the 2 to 4 breaker box is the way to go. The wires are running in metal conduit. It's actually installed along the ceiling and wouldn't be too hard to run new wires from the breaker box...but if I don't have to I'd rather not. I'm assuming with the 40amp double pole breaker that powers the current outlet I can install two 20 amp single pole breakers in the box which will power two separate receptacles...
"Is this in metallic conduit? If so, that is your ground. "
If the plug is 3-prong there may not be an adequate ground available, even with metallic conduit.
3-wire dryer and rage circuits where a safety compromise from the start.
Many of the loads had 120 V portions (the drum motor in dryers, and the stove top elements in ranges) and shared the neural-ground.
The large size of the conductors typically made for very small voltage drops, so the device chassis did not have a very significant voltage present even at full 120 V loading.


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Young performers surprise in DHS production of "Phantom of the Opera"
We all know what to expect at a high school play.
"Our Town" or "Grease" with lots of parts so everyone gets to be in the play. A person with a script offstage so they can whisper (usually loudly enough to be heard by the front rows of the audience) forgotten lines to an actor. Sets that resemble backyard constructions. Singers who sometimes are only in the neighborhood of the music coming from a student band or orchestra.
Parents whispering to each other and at least one actor who stares into the audience, trying to find out where his parents are sitting.
If that's your idea of a high school play, let me suggest that you get yourself to Dominican High School to see an absolutely stunning production of the longest-running play in Broadway history, "Phantom of the Opera."
I want to make something very clear, right from the start. I'm not saying this was a great production for a high school. This was a great production.
When you have a play like "Phantom," which first hit the stage almost 30 years ago, was a very popular movie and has songs that are classics, it's tough to come up with any surprises. But my visit to the cavernous Dominican theater Sunday was not just a surprise, it was an outright shock.
Phantom is a tough show to mount. It requires great singing and elaborate special effects (a falling chandelier, a flat-bottom boat that moves across the stage) and faith to the dramatic arc and story that is told.
I normally only see professional productions and I was a little apprehensive about seeing seeing some high schoolers take on a play as difficult as this one.
I purposely sat in the back of the theater so I wouldn't be able to see that the faces of these children looked like...well...children.
From the moment that a high school junior named Sadie Piatt stood center stage and sang the thrilling and sensitive "Think of Me," this ceased to be a production in some high school. It became a glorious play performed gloriously.
Earlier this year I saw a professional national tour of "Chorus Line" at the Milwaukee Theater. This production staged by these kids put that one to shame, absolute shame. The singing was better, the dancing was better, the production values were better, the sound was better, all of the technical stuff was better. Not even close.
This production was guided by Jeff Schaetzke who has been musical director for many professional companies and is the drama teacher at Dominican. It was obvious that he set a high standard for these kids and helped them live up to it, rather than lower a standard so everybody could be comfortable.
All of these kids had intense focus on the job at hand. The dancers were together all the time. The singers were on pitch and sang with the gusto some of those songs demand. They understood this was a play, not a concert. They sang and acted.
Let me talk for a minute about the principals. The principal roles are double-cast so this is about the cast I saw Sunday.
I already mentioned Piatt who, as Christine, had the role that young female actors would kill for. Her voice was laden with the beauty and emotion that riddled Christine's body and mind. She is a fragile wisp and Piatt, whose voice is matched by her prettiness, had it down cold.
As the Phantom, Jarred Bedgood had a flinty and soaring tenor that captured both the threat and the pathos of the poor man. When he suffered, you heard the suffering. When he was a threat, you cringed at the sound of his voice. He has a couple of the most famous songs in the show and was thrillingly spot-on with all of his singing as well as his fluid body.
Christopher Vance played Raoul, the sorrowful suitor of Christine. There is some humor in Raoul and Vance easily captured it. He also has a strong voice that is especially strong in the higher ranges for a tenor. He is also a wonderfully disciplined actor.
And then there is Carlotta, the resident prima donna of the opera. A young woman named Mykiliah Thompson took Carlotta places I've never seen before. She has impressive range for a young soprano and can convey a wide variety of both wickedness and vulnerability with her voice. She's a lovely presence on stage with the kind of swagger that the winner of the NBA slam dunk contest shows. I don't think anyone wants to mess with Mykiliah.
Schaetzke has been the theater director at Dominican for 16 years. He has directed some great shows at the school and has, I'm sure, taught a lot of kids that acting requires high standards, discipline, attention to craft and the ability to love what you do. If every school building was full of teachers like this man, we'd have no problems with education in our country.
Dominican is a small school with just around 300 students. They probably had a third of the student body involved in this production.It's obvious that the entire school gets involved in helping make this show a reality.
Dominican is also a Catholic school and, in a first for me, Schaetzke led a prayer before the opening notes of the performance.
The heathen in me says there was no need for a prayer because Schaetzke and his kids had this one well in hand.
The believer in me says that God hear the prayer and then sat back, put his feet up on the seat in front of him and watched this mini-miracle unfold before him.
"Phantom of the Opera" will be staged at Dominical Thursday through Sunday. Information is available at dominicanhighschool.com.
DHSter | Feb. 18, 2013 at 10:04 p.m. (report)
Absolutely. I've seen ten years of Dominican shows, and this one is by far the best. Schaetz has outdone himself, the talent of the students is simply amazing, and the tech is fantastic.
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BigC | Feb. 18, 2013 at 6:24 p.m. (report)
What a great and accurate article. Both casts are tremendous. They can shine in large part due to the stage crew and manager and the adult directors.
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BigC | Feb. 18, 2013 at 5:36 p.m. (report)
Mr. Begel is correct. Dominican has a proud history of dozens and dozens of students involved at every level under the leadership of Schaetzke and his colleagues in choreography and technical/stage production. Phantom had so many dedicated and skilled students, most unseen dressed in black doing fantastic work behind the scenes. A noteworthy shout out is due to Senior Callie Brauer, the latest in a long line of student Stage Managers!
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The mission of the Orpheum's High School Musical Theatre Awards program is to support, promote and enhance high school musical theatre throughout Memphis and the Mid South.
Modeled after the Tony™ Awards and now in its sixth year, The Orpheum's High School Musical Theatre Awards recognize achievements in all areas of high school musical theatre. This event is part of the National High School Musical Theatre Awards program which includes 30 programs from across the country.
The Orpheum welcomes any high school within a 100 mile radius who meets the eligibility requirements as a participant in the program. Please see the Rules and Guidelines for eligibility.
Each submitted musical goes through an adjudication process where community judges attend the high school productions. The HSMTA judges are arts professionals within the Memphis community specializing in performance, directing, sound and lighting design, costume design and music orchestration and direction.
The year of High School Musicals concludes in a celebration of the passion, dedication and energy of all students and teachers involved in producing musical theatre. Participants gather at the historic Orpheum Theatre for a night of performance and awards presentation.
The 2015 Orpheum High School Musical Theatre Awards will be held on Monday, May 11, 2015, at 7pm. The schools participating in 2014-15 are:
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Bartlett High School
Bolton High School
Briarcrest Christian School
Christian Brothers High School
Collierville High School
Cordova High School
Corinth High School
Evangelical Christian School
Germantown High School
Harding Academy
Hernando High School
Houston High School
Hutchison School
Jackson Christian School
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Millington Central High School
Memphis University School
Northpoint Christian School
Overton High School
Ridgeway High School
Southside High School
St. Agnes Academy
St. Benedict at Auburndale
St. George's Independent School
St. Mary's School
Tipton-Rosemark Academy
Whitehaven High School
White Station High School
Wynne High School
Follow Orpheum Theatre Students and Families Facebook Page throughout the year for information each participating schools performances. Click Here to view videos from The National High School Musical Theatre Awards.
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Important Dates & Deadlines
- April 11, 2015 - Deadline for all performances (Shows past this date will not be eligible for participation)
Technical and Creative Achievement Awards will be given for individual contributions by students. In order to evaluate the specific contributions made by students in technical and creative capacities, awards in these areas utilize a student-created portfolio in addition to production feedback. Students must be nominated by their director for their work on the submitted HSMTA musical.
Important Dates and Deadlines:
- Feb. 23, 2015 - Student Applications due
- March 23, 2015 - Student Portfolios due
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Winners of the 2014 Orpheum High School Musical Theatre Awards:
Outstanding Chorus
West Side Story, St. Benedict at Auburndale
Outstanding Small Ensemble
The Jets in St. Benedict at Auburndale's West Side Story
Outstanding Student Orchestra - **TIE**
South Pacific, Collierville High School
Hairspray, Germantown High School
Outstanding Music Direction
Dr. Jemmilou Rye & Stephen Womack, Evangelical Christian School's Into the Woods
Outstanding Dance Execution
West Side Story, St. Benedict at Auburndale
Outstanding Featured Dancer
Gary Gwynn in Whitehaven High School's High School Musical
Outstanding Production Number
"Gee Officer Krupke" in St. Benedict at Auburndale's West Side Story
Outstanding Hair and Makeup
Hairspray, Germantown High School
Outstanding Costumes
Into the Woods, Evangelical Christian School
Outstanding Set Design
Spamalot, Memphis University School
Outstanding Artistic Element
The Shootout in Annie Get Your Gun, Northpoint Christian School
Outstanding Production Materials
Annie Get Your Gun, Northpoint Christian School
Outstanding Front of House
The Wiz, St. Agnes Academy
Student Technical Achievement Award
Brandon Lau, Germantown High School
Student Creative Achievement Award
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Outstanding Collaborative Partner
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Outstanding Collaborative Partner
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Outstanding Featured Actress
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Outstanding Featured Actor
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Outstanding Supporting Actress
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Outstanding Supporting Actor
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Outstanding Direction by a Teacher
Marques Brown, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, St. George's Independent School
Outstanding Actress in a Lead Role
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Outstanding Actor in a Lead Role
Maclean Mayers as Edna Turnblad in Germantown High School's Hairspray
Outstanding Achievement in Musical Theater
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee St. George's Independent School
Outstanding Overall Production
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People's Choice Award
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