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Thai Grilled Beef Salad
From EatingWell: May/June 2013
This zesty Thai grilled beef salad recipe is seasoned with fresh herbs, lime and hot peppers. It is fabulously easy to make at home and great for parties. Toasted rice powder, which you make by toasting then grinding rice in Step 3, adds a pleasant, nutty flavor to the dish. Sliced cucumbers and tomatoes are a traditional cooling counterpoint in this Thai salad. For the best flavor, grind the peppercorns fresh for this recipe.
about 1/2 cup steak & 1/2 cup vegetables each
Makes: 8 servings
Serving Size: about 1/2 cup steak & 1/2 cup vegetables each
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Nutrition Profile
Low calorie | Low carbohydrate | Low saturated fat | High potassium | Heart healthy | Healthy weight | Diabetes appropriate | Gluten free |
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- 2 pounds flank steak or boneless sirloin steak, trimmed
- 3 tablespoons fish sauce (see Tips), divided
- 2 teaspoons coarsely ground pepper
- 1/2 cup thinly sliced shallots
- 2 tablespoons jasmine rice (white or brown) or sticky rice
- 1/4 cup lime juice
- 1-2 fresh bird chiles (see Tips) or cayenne chiles, minced
- 1 small clove garlic, minced
- 1 cup chopped fresh basil, preferably Thai basil
- 1/2 cup chopped fresh mint
- 1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro
- 1 European cucumber, sliced
- 2 tomatoes, cut into wedges
- Place meat on a large plate or in a wide shallow bowl. Drizzle each side with 1/2 tablespoon fish sauce and rub it in, then sprinkle with pepper and rub it in. Place shallots in a large bowl and cover with cold water.
- Preheat grill to medium.
- While the grill heats, place a small cast-iron or other heavy skillet over medium-high heat and add rice. Toast, stirring frequently, until the rice is very aromatic (white rice starts to turn pale beige), 3 to 5 minutes. Remove from heat and keep stirring until the pan has cooled a little. Transfer the rice to a clean coffee grinder or a mortar, let cool slightly, then grind or pound into a fine powder.
- Grill the steak 2 to 4 minutes per side for medium rare, depending on thickness. Transfer to a plate; let rest for 10 minutes.
- Drain the shallots and squeeze or pat dry. Return the shallots to the bowl; stir in the remaining 2 tablespoons fish sauce, lime juice, chiles to taste and garlic.
- Thinly slice the meat across the grain and add to the shallot mixture along with any accumulated juice from the plate. Add basil, mint, cilantro and the toasted rice powder; mix well. Transfer to a large serving platter and garnish with cucumber and tomatoes.
Tips & Notes
- Tip: Fish sauce is a pungent Southeast Asian condiment made from salted, fermented fish. Find it in the Asian-food section of well-stocked supermarkets and at Asian specialty markets. We use Thai Kitchen fish sauce, lower in sodium than other brands (1,190 mg per tablespoon), in our recipe testing and nutritional analyses.
- Tip: Look for fiery hot Thai "bird" chiles or fresh cayenne chiles in well-stocked supermarkets or Asian markets. If you can't find them, serrano or jalapeño chiles can be used as a substitute.
Per serving: 202 calories; 6 g fat (2 g sat, 2 g mono); 70 mg cholesterol; 9 g carbohydrates; 0 g added sugars; 27 g protein; 1 g fiber; 515 mg sodium; 607 mg potassium.
Nutrition Bonus: Zinc (32% daily value), Vitamin A (20% dv), Vitamin C (18% dv), Potassium & Iron (17% dv)
Carbohydrate Servings: 1/2
Exchanges: 1 vegetable, 3 1/2 lean meat
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Recipe Categories
- Holiday
- July 4th
- Type of Dish
- Main dish, meat
- Ethnic/Regional
- Thai
- Health & Diet Considerations
- Diabetes appropriate
- Low calorie
- Low carbohydrate
- Low saturated fat
- Heart healthy
- Healthy weight
- High potassium
- Gluten free
- Ease of Preparation
- Easy
- Total Time
- 1 hour or less
- Servings
- 8 or more
- Main Ingredient
- Beef
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Students on a winter outing, Farmington State Normal School, ca. 1917
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These students are out for a winter walk on a Sunday afternoon. Students at F.S.N.S. were encouraged to be active and participate in outdoor activities to maintain their overall health. Walks and picnics were favorite pastimes.
Their destination was The Willows, a private school for girls in the early 1870s. It had been refurbished and opened as a hotel for a short time in the 1890s, but had been unoccupied for many years by 1917.
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- Title: Students on a winter outing, Farmington State Normal School, ca. 1917
- Creation Date: circa 1917
- Subject Date: circa 1917
- Town: Farmington
- County: Franklin
- State: ME
- Media: black and white photograph
- Dimensions (cm): 8 x 6.5
- Collection: 1917 Photo album
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In the mid 1960s, Hall of Fame San Francisco Giants pitcher Gaylord Perry threw pitches that some baseball fans identified as the outlawed spitball. Decades before, pitchers had tried a little of everything to make the ball roll, bounce, and jump to confound the batter, but old-timers agreed that slippery elm bark, chewed as tablets or little slivers, worked best. Perry's pitches, however, were excellent sinkers—not spitballs.
Slippery elm, still available in drugstores and natural product stores today, may also confound herb consumers. As an herb, it is often sold as a dietary supplement. Yet it is also approved by the U.S. FDA as an over-the-counter drug for soothing sore throats, tickly coughs, and other irritations of the mucous membranes of the mouth and throat.
Slippery elm's classification as a drug recognizes its long tradition of usefulness in the United States, but only a few brief scientific papers address its effectiveness, and no clinical studies have been conducted. At the same time, extensive scientific research has documented the effectiveness of other medicinal herbs such as ginkgo, saw palmetto, and echinacea, but these remain relegated to the realm of dietary supplements, and their manufacturers can make no claim as to their medicinal effects.
What is slippery elm? The Pennsylvania botanist Henry Ludwig Muhlenberg (1756–1817) first drew attention to the slippery elm tree in a 1793 publication, in which he named it Ulmus rubra. Later, the eminent French botanist Andre Michaux (1746–1802) named it Ulmus fulva; his was the first book on the flora of North America. Today Muhlenberg's name is accepted as the correct one, although many herb books continue to use the obsolete U. fulva.
Ulmus is the classical name for elms. The species name rubra, meaning red, refers to the rust color of the tree's buds before it leafs out in spring. Our common name "elm" survives unchanged from Anglo-Saxon, Celtic, Gothic, and Teutonic dialects.
Knowing a plant's current scientific name can be essential when seeking information about it. I once visited Harvard University's Arnold Arboretum in Jamaica Plains, Massachusetts, hoping to photograph a slippery elm tree. The afternoon passed as I searched a splendid elm grove for a tree tagged Ulmus fulva, the name I had in my head as the correct one for slippery elm. When I looked the tree up in a botanical manual, I found that I had passed by the slippery elm several times—it was correctly labeled U. rubra.
Several features distinguish slippery elm from other eastern North American elms. Its leaves look much like those of American elm (U. americana), but the leaves of slippery elm are sandpapery on the upper surface; those of American elm are smooth. Slippery elm's silky waferlike fruits are smooth-edged and hairless along the edges; the fruits of other eastern North American elms have a hairy fringe. Slippery elm thrives in dry upland soils as well as moist, alkaline stream banks from Maine west through the St. Lawrence Valley to the Dakotas, south to Texas, and east to Florida.
Slippery elm was once harvested for domestic use and export. In the past century, so much slippery elm bark was harvested that the tree's survival was threatened. In 1837, the legislature of Massachusetts commissioned distinguished Boston schoolmaster George B. Emerson to study the state's woody plants. The result was A Report of the Trees and Shrubs Growing Naturally in Massachusetts (1846). In the 1875 revised edition, Emerson decried the tree's decimation in eastern Massachusetts through overharvest of the bark.
In many places I have found it dead or dying, from having been stripped of its bark. . . . It is much to be regretted that the slippery elm has become so rare. The inner bark is one of the best applications known for affections of the throat and lungs. Flour prepared from the bark by drying perfectly and grinding, and mixed with milk, like arrow-root, is a wholesome and nutritious food for infants and invalids.
Slippery elm's importance in history The tawny or buff inner bark lends its highly mucilaginous or "slippery" qualities to many herbal products. It has a faint but distinctive fenugreek-like scent and a bland taste.
European settlers learned of its uses from Native Americans. Midwestern tribes used the fresh inner bark to make a soothing laxative. The Omaha rendered the tallow from fat mixed with slippery elm to prevent rancidity. In 1852, Dr. C. W. Wright reported in a pharmacy journal that when fatty substances and slippery elm bark at a ratio of 128:1 are heated for several minutes, the fat can be easily separated by straining and remains fresh.
In Colonial America, slippery elm emerged as an important domestic remedy, and in some cases as a food; it was sometimes used as a pudding base. The first work on American medicinal plants, J. Schoepf's Materia Medica Americana (1787), listed it as "salve bark." Surgeons during the American Revolution used slippery elm poultices as a field treatment for gunshot wounds, and one soldier, separated from his company, survived in the wilderness for ten days by eating the barks of slippery elm and sassafras. During the War of 1812, U. S. Army soldiers stationed on the Canadian frontier during a bitter winter fed their horses the inner bark of slippery elm after their stores of hay ran out.
Nineteenth-century physicians and herbalists recommended slippery elm for a plethora of ills. Pneumonia, consumption, pleurisy, and other lung afflictions were treated with slippery elm tea; a large dose of the tea was thought to literally slide parasitic tapeworms out of the digestive tract. Skin ulcers, abscesses, inflammations, fresh burns, chilblains, boils, carbuncles, and the sores of herpes, syphilis, and leprosy were treated with bark poultices, which tended to dry out and harden unless kept moist.
When a patient could not keep food down, early-nineteenth-century physicians recommended a broth made from the bark. One writer suggests that slippery elm bark made a good "formula" for weaning infants. A tablespoonful of the bark powder, cooked in a pint of milk, affords a nourishing diet for infants weaned from the breast, preventing the bowel complaints to which they are subject, and rendering them fat and healthy, wrote H. W. Felter and J. U. Lloyd in King's American Dispensatory (1905).
Once an ingredient in cough syrups, slippery elm probably served more as a thickener for the syrup than as a cough suppressant, and it is no longer approved for this purpose.
Slippery elm throat lozenges For over a century, drugstore shelves have held slippery elm throat lozenges made by the Henry Thayer Company. The firm, now located in Lincoln Center, Massachusetts, continues to manufacture the lozenges, as do others.
I use slippery elm lozenges to soothe sore throats and coughs. Sometimes I make my own by mixing powdered slippery elm bark and honey into a thick paste. I roll generous pinches of the paste into marble-sized balls and dust each with a coat of dry slippery elm powder or powdered sugar. I freeze the lozenges in a sealed container until needed.
Modern use Curiously, one of the few herbs approved as a nonprescription drug in the United States is rarely used in Europe, a center of herbal tradition and research. German regulatory texts do not mention slippery elm, although many British herbal works do.
Slippery elm's soothing action results from its carbohydrate constituents, especially mucilage. It also contains a number of sugarlike compounds. In both England and the United States, after soaking a sliver of the bark in water to make it slippery, desperate women inserted the bark into the cervix to mechanically induce abortion. Fatal hemorrhage or infection sometimes followed, and consequently the sale of whole bark was banned.
Slippery elm bark, both powdered and in formulas, serves a useful purpose in treating minor mucous-membrane irritations. The herb has stood the test of time and remains appreciated today.
Further Reading Emerson, G. B. A Report on the Trees and Shrubs Growing Naturally in the Forests of Massachusetts. 2nd ed. 2 vols. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1875. Felter, H. W., and J. U. Lloyd. King's American Dispensatory. 18th ed., 3rd rev. 2 vols. Reprint of 1905 edition. Portland, Oregon: Eclectic Medical Publications, 1983. Foster, S. 101 Medicinal Herbs–An Illustrated Guide. Loveland, Colorado: Interweave Press, 1998. Foster, S., and V. Tyler. Tyler's Honest Herbal. 4th ed. Binghamton, New York: Haworth Press, 1999. Newall, C. A., L. .A. Anderson, and J. D. Phillipson. Herbal Medicines: A Guide for Health-Care Professionals. London: Pharmaceutical Press, 1996. Tyler, V., and S. Foster. "Herbs and Phytomedicinal Products." In Handbook of Nonprescription Drugs. 11th ed. Washington, D.C.: American Pharmaceutical Association, 1996.
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The Taipei Economic and Trade Office (TETO) Jakarta, Indonesia is the representative office of the Government of the Republic of China(Taiwan) in Indonesia. The mission of TETO is to take care of the interests of Taiwan and to promote bilateral relations between Taiwan and Indonesia. The current representative of TETO is Liang-Jen Chang. TETO has five divisions and the functions of each division are as follows: Public Affairs Division: Economic Division: Information Division: Overseas Compatriot Division Service Division Contact us Taipei Economic and Trade Office Jakarta, Indonesia (TETO) ************************************* 17th Floor (Lt. 17) Public Affairs / Economic / Information / Overseas Compatriot Division 12th Floor (Lt. 12) Telephone: Service Division(Consular Enquiries): Emergency Number: 0811-984676 (24 hours) Fax: Email: Web: Other Taiwan related institutions: Taiwan External Trade Development Council, TAITRA: International Cooperation and Development Fund, Taiwan, ICDF: Taiwan Agribusiness Development Center 張良任 Representative Date of Birth: 24 December, 1950 Place of Birth: Taipei, Taiwan Family: Married to Lisa Cheng with two children
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Just like the Core 2 Quad and Core 2 Extreme processors you are more familiar with, the quad-core Xeon CPUs consist of two dual-core dies put into the same package. Each of these dual-core halves features a shared 4MB L2 cache for both cores. So, quad-core Xeon processor has two L2 caches with the total size of 8MB.
Here I would like to remind that unlike its primary competitor, Intel considers this dual-die design of their quad-core processors to be more optimal from the economical standpoint. According to the company reports, the use of components parts with smaller die size increases the production yields by 20% and hence reduces the processors production cost by 12%. However, this approach also has another side to it. Ensuring cache coherency in one quad-core processor with two separate L2 caches will load the processor bus very heavily, because the data between them is transferred through system memory.
The complete list of Xeon X5365 specifications looks as follows:
Intel Xeon X5365 | |
Clock frequency | 3.0GHz |
Bus frequency | 1333MHz |
Processor marking | X5365 |
Stepping | B3 |
Dies | 4 |
L2 cache | 8MB (2 x 4MB) |
Multiplier | 9x |
Maximum Vcore | 1.4125V |
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology | Yes |
Enhanced Halt State (C1E) | Yes |
Execute Disable Bit (XD) | Yes |
Intel 64 Technology | Yes |
Intel Virtualization Technology | Yes |
Packaging | LGA771 |
As you can see, the stepping of quad-core Xeon Clowertown processors coincides with the Kentsfield stepping, which is another proof that they are close relatives.
You can also notice that the core voltage is pretty high, too. It is higher than Vcore of any other existing processors with Core micro-architecture. As a result, the typical heat dissipation of Xeon X5365 has also grown quite high and hit 150W. This high heat dissipation reminds us of the times of NetBurst at least in the server segment, especially since the TDP of those Xeon processors didn't exceed 130W. However, they set the TDP to 150W only for the 3GHz model of the quad-core Xeon Clowertown family. Slower CPUs boast lower TDP of only 120W.
Intel suggest using specially designed all-copper coolers to cool these pretty powerful Xeon X5365 processors:
Of course, they are quite heavy that is why they are installed using special backplate retention.
Note that there is no info on Intel's official web-site today about Xeon X5365 processors. They are currently being shipped in limited quantities exclusively to very few system builders. These quad-core workstation processors working at 3GHz frequency should become widely available in Q3 2007.


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Tag Archives: Robert Birgeneau
Interview: UC Berkeley's new Chancellor, Nicholas Dirks
The second floor of California Hall is bright and airy, with a hushed air of importance. As Berkeleyside ascended the staircase last week, Dan Mogulof, UC Berkeley's head of communications, alerted us to prepare for a shock: The new chancellor was wearing jeans.
When Nicholas Dirks greeted us in his office, he was indeed in jeans, with a pressed pale pink shirt (he made an unnecessary excuse for the jeans: "It's the middle of August."). The tall bookcases in the office were filled with scholarly texts, as well as popular fiction and nonfiction. For a man who oversees the well-being of 36,000 students, more than 1,500 faculty members, 8,477 staff, 130 academic departments, and a $2.2 billion budget, Dirks' desk was remarkably clutter-free. A large Apple display was crowded with email messages. … Continue reading »
Community arts, education projects get boost from Cal
A UC Berkeley fund run by the chancellor's office and designed to build partnerships throughout the city recently named 11 community projects that will receive $252,000 in 2013-14.
The Chancellor's Community Partnership Fund selected a range of education, arts, math and sciences programs to support. The fund has awarded $1.65 million since 2006.
This year's winning projects were selected from a pool of 66 proposals totaling over $2 million in requests. Some of the winners include the Berkeley schools Garden Education Collaborative; a new project to create art installations on San Pablo Avenue; a conflict resolution program at Rosa Parks Elementary; and a math tutoring program at several Berkeley schools. … Continue reading »
The most important stories in Berkeley in 2012
Berkeley in 2012 was filled with drama — a contested election, a failed nomination for a new school superintendent, a few missteps by the Chief of Police, and major changes at the University of California, among other events. Here's a recap of the issues that had the deepest impact on Berkeley, plus a few fun ones thrown in.
City Government
The year got off to a tragic start with the untimely death of 37-year-old City Clerk Deanna Despain. She fell down the stairs of her Oakland home on Jan. 8. Her husband discovered her body when he returned from a late-night meeting. Their daughter was soundly asleep upstairs. Since then, Mark Numainville has been filling in as acting city clerk. In May, after serving as interim city manager for six months, the City Council appointed Christine Daniel permanently to the job. She replaced Phil Kamlarz, who had held the city's top job for eight years. … Continue reading »
Tagged Belli Osteria, Berkeley dining, Berkeley medical cannabis, Berkeley medical marijuana, Berkeley nature, Berkeley Patients Group, Berkeleyside, Cafe Fanny, Christine Daniel, Comal, Darryl Moore, Deanna Despain, Forty Acres Medical Marijuana Growers' Collective, Jesse Arreguin, Kriss Worthington, Laurie Capitelli, Mark Numainville, Max Anderson, Mayor Tom Bates, Measure S, Measure T, Michael Meehan, Nicholas Dirks, Off the Grid, Perfect Plants Patient's Group, Phil Kamlarz, Robert Birgeneau, SEIU Local 1021, Sophie Hahn, Susan Wengraf
UC Berkeley names Columbia dean as new chancellor
Nicholas B. Dirks, Columbia University's executive vice president and dean of the faculty of Arts and Sciences, will succeed Robert J. Birgeneau as UC Berkeley's 10th chancellor, the university announced Thursday.
Dirks is set to begin at Cal on June 1, 2013. Birgeneau announced in March that he would step down in December, but has agreed to serve through May, according to the university.
Dirks was born in Illinois but grew up in Connecticut, according to a statement released by UC Berkeley. He and his wife, Columbia history professor Janaki Bakhle, have a 13-year-old son, and Dirks has a grown daughter from a prior marriage.
Dirks taught in California earlier on his career and has family connections to the state as well; his late father served as vice chancellor and dean for humanities at UC Santa Cruz in the 1970s, and his mother is a longtime California resident.
"This is an opportunity I embrace with both excitement and humility," Dirks said, via the university statement. "I have immense respect for the countless accomplishments of faculty, students and staff at what I consider to be the premier public research university in the world. I look forward to becoming part of the UC community and to contributing all that I can to the further evolution of a campus that is a beacon of excellence, innovation and aspiration for California, the nation and the world."
The university's Board of Regents will vote on the terms of the appointment at a special meeting in late November. … Continue reading »
Cal Memorial Stadium unveiled after 21-month renovation
On Friday, the great and the good of UC Berkeley unveiled the newly renovated Memorial Stadium, the result of more than 30 years of planning, $321 million in pledged funding, many feats of seismic engineering, and 21 months of construction.
The project encountered some unexpected obstacles along the way, not least the presence of a group of protesters who spent 19 months perched in trees on the university property in a bid to prevent their removal. "Very colorful, as only Berkeley can produce," said UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau recalling the episode. He stressed, however, that he was confident everyone will be nothing less than awed with the revamped shrine to Cal football. … Continue reading »
'Remarkable job' helps Cal navigate through tough times
Chancellor Robert Birgeneau lauded UC Berkeley's continued excellence at the annual state-of-the-university press conference yesterday, citing its top five position in a leading ranking of global universities, the continued flood of applications from highly qualified students, the leading number of National Science Foundation fellows in graduate programs, and a flurry of other statistics.
But Birgeneau's exuberance was tempered at his last start-of-term press conference (he announced he'll step down as Chancellor at the end of December) by talk of the "unprecedented" disinvestment in higher education in California, and the threat of further dramatic cuts if Proposition 30, Governor Jerry Brown's ballot measure to raise taxes, fails on November 6.
"The progressive disinvestment [in higher education] has not had as large an impact on Berkeley as we had feared, but it has had an enormous impact on the higher education system," Birgeneau said. "It's the obligation of the state and its people to support its public institutions. Education is a public good, not a private good." … Continue reading »
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Cal Chancellor Birgeneau to step down by year end
UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau announced today that he will step down from the chancellorship at the end of this calendar year. Birgeneau has been chancellor since September, 2004.
His term was dominated by both financial struggles, as state funding of the University of California system was steadily squeezed, and controversy over the handling of campus protests in recent years.
Birgeneau plans to return to his academic post in the Departments of Physics and Material Sciences and Engineering. In his message to the UC Berkeley community, he wrote that he hopes he has "at least one more truly significant physics/materials science experiment still to come in my academic career". … Continue reading »
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Criminal charges filed against four Occupy Cal protesters
Three UC Berkeley students and one professor have been charged with resisting arrest and other charges in connection with their participation in a Nov. 9 Occupy Cal protest.
Professor Celeste Langan, who became well-known after a video was posted on You Tube showing a UC Berkeley police officer grabbing her hair and yanking her to the ground, has been charged with resisting arrest and remaining on the scene of a riot, according to Assistant District Attorney Teresa Drenick.
Ricardo Gomez, Zakary Habash and Ramon Quintero have also been charged with resisting arrest and some other misdemeanors, said Drenick.
Langan, a professor of English, is scheduled to be arraigned on March 16 and the others are scheduled to be arraigned on March 21. … Continue reading »
Berkeley students march to protest public education cuts
Hundreds of students in Berkeley took part in protests Thursday against cuts to public education.
On campus, a Day of Action at UC Berkeley began with teach-outs and protesters wrapping California Hall in caution tape. Many Cal students marched to Oakland to join other protesters at Frank Ogawa Plaza from where a march on Sacramento is set to depart.
Several hundred Berkeley High students left campus at 2:40 pm and converged on Old City Hall on MLK Jr Way. There they listened to performers and speakers. There were chants, including ones calling for money for schools and against wars. Some students were dancing.
Lab choice may prove beneficial to Berkeley in long term
By Lance Knobel and Frances Dinkelspiel
In late September and early October, Dr. Jeff Ritterman, a member of the Richmond City Council, went down to Berkeley West Biocenter on Potter Street, one of the divisions of Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. Both times, Dr. Ritterman arrived before 8 am and staked out a spot in front of the entrance. As scientists came to work, Dr. Ritterman handed them a 4×6 postcard with a picture of the Richmond shoreline, signed by a resident of that city. It was a pitch for placing LBNL's second campus in Richmond.
"I knew the decision would be important to (lab) employees," said Dr. Ritterman, who served as head of cardiology at Kaiser Richmond for 30 years and became a city councilman in 2009. "I knew people had some concerns about Richmond and I wanted to reassure them and make an extra effort." … Continue reading »
Chancellor apologizes for Occupy Cal police response
Chancellor Robert Birgeneau issued an apology today for police tactics during Occupy Cal protests on November 9 on campus.
In a recording made while en route to spending Thanksgiving with his children and grandchildren on the East Coast, Birgeneau said he took full responsibility for the events that day and would do "his very best to ensure that this does not happen again."
The manner in which the police handled Occupy Cal protesters on that November night has come under scrutiny and attracted attention. … Continue reading »
Shaken Cal Chancellor recalls Kent State, Virginia Tech
[See update at foot of story.]
"Now we're there along with Kent State and Virginia Tech," said a visibly upset Chancellor Robert Birgeneau at the end of a press conference today about the shooting at the Haas School of Business. No students, faculty or staff were injured in the incident — the only injury was to the unidentified suspect.
The chancellor received news of the incident at his home, following a lunchtime meeting there. He had thought the main focus of the day would be the Occupy Cal protests. "We're very pleased with the way the students have conducted themselves today," Birgeneau told the press conference. "I have confidence in our students that they'll stay focused on the important issues, which are disinvestment in higher education by our state and higher tuitions."
But the first shooting on the Cal campus for over 20 years changed the tenor of the day.
According to UC Police Chief Mitch Celaya, there is no evidence that the suspect had any connection to the protests. Throughout his description of the events leading to the shooting, he cautioned that his department was at a "very preliminary stage" of the investigation. The press conference was held at 4:00pm, less than two hours after the incident. … Continue reading »
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UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau said it's time for corporate California to step up to the plate and help fund the university.
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Box 3* | 110,100 |
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Risk of forfeiture lapses before retirement.(p8) |
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Risk of forfeiture lapses at retirement.(p8) |
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Box 5 | 200,000 |
Box 11 | 120,000 |
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Box 3 | 27,000 |
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Wages | 50,000 |
Minus: deferral | 35,000 |
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Minus: payments from a nonqualified plan | 75,000 |
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Haji Fazal Kadir Khan Sherani, President, Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industry and its Vice President Sheikh Shakeel Ahmed Dhingra have urged the Chairman of National Accountability Bureau NAB), Admiral Fasih Bukhari to stop harassment and keep the recovery notices, issued to 1024 traders/consumer dealers of Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM), in abeyance and in the meantime hold a meeting with the representatives of Pakistan Steel Re-Rolling Mills Association to resolve the issue amicably.
They argued, "These notices are based on the false assumptions as the record available with the dealers clearly proves that all the purchases have been made as per the listed prices of PSM products and the dealers have no control over the prices of the PSM products.
However, they lamented that the NAB is punishing them without any solid evidence and serving them with notices".
FPCCI Chief Haji Fazal Kadir Khan Sherani added that it was not logically possible for 1024 consumer dealers and traders to act in connivance with the officials of PSM to secure wrongful gains on account of purchases of PSM products. He disclosed that the real culprits have absconded from the country and now the PSM is trying to rope in innocent parties that made purchases as per their routine at the prices offered by PSM.
The President of FPCCI castigated for issuance of the recovery notices on the basis of faulty forensic reports, which had already been rejected by FIA, PSM and the Ministry of Industries & Production. He informed that the traders and consumer dealers served with recovery notices had also been issued clearance certificates by PSM.
Sheikh Shakeel Ahmed Dhingra, Vice President informed that the allegations leveled against PSM traders and consumer dealers are totally incorrect and falsified by the fact that they got less supply during the alleged period as compared to the periods before, because had there been any collusion, these people would have been allocated more material by the PSM.
Moreover, he continued that the responsibility of corruption and mismanagement fall entirely on the shoulders of PSM management, however, it seemed that the traders and consumer dealers are being made scapegoat.
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Cell is a peer-reviewed scientific journal publishing research papers across a broad range of disciplines within the life sciences.[1] Areas covered include molecular biology, cell biology, systems biology, stem cells, developmental biology, genetics and genomics, proteomics, cancer research, immunology, neuroscience, structural biology, microbiology, virology, physiology, biophysics, and computational biology. The journal was established in 1974 by Benjamin Lewin[2] and is published twice monthly by Cell Press, an imprint of Elsevier.
Benjamin Lewin founded Cell in January 1974, under the aegis of MIT Press. He then bought the title and established an independent Cell Press in 1986.[2] In April 1999, Lewin sold Cell Press to Elsevier.[3]
The "Article of the Future" feature was the recipient of a 2011 PROSE Award for Excellence in Biological & Life Sciences presented by the Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division of the Association of American Publishers.[4]
Impact factor[edit]
According to ScienceWatch, the journal was ranked first overall in the category of highest-impact journals (all fields) over 1995–2005 with an average of 161.2 citations per paper.[5] According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2013 impact factor of 33.116, ranking it first out of 291 journals in "Biochemistry & Molecular Biology".[6]
Contents and features[edit]
In addition to original research articles, Cell's "Leading Edge" section publishes previews, minireviews, reviews, analysis articles, commentaries, essays, correspondence, and Snapshot (a reference tool presenting up-to-date tables of nomenclature, glossaries, full signaling pathways and schematic diagrams of cellular processes).[1] Features include "PaperClips" (short conversations between a Cell editor and an author exploring the rationale and implications of research findings)[7] and "PaperFlicks" (video summaries of a Cell paper).[7][8]
Content over 12 months old is freely accessible, starting from the January 1995 issue.[9]
- Emilie Marcus, 2003–present
- Vivian Siegel, 1999–2003
- Benjamin Lewin, 1974–1999
- ^ a b "About Cell". Reed Elsevier. Archived from the original on 2010-03-23.
- ^ a b Elsevier: Cell: Home (accessed 12 December 2008)
- ^ http://www.paperpub.com.cn/admin/upload/file/2009109142854546.pdf
- ^ "Cell Press Wins Prestigious PROSE Award for Article of the Future". Press release. Cambridge, MA: Elsevier. February 8, 2011. Retrieved 2013-12-14.
- ^ Schafer, Nancy Imelda (October 24, 2005). "Highest-Impact Journals (All Fields), 1995-2005". In-cites.com. Retrieved 2013-12-14.
- ^ "Journals Ranked by Impact: All Journals". 2013 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2014.
- ^ a b "Cell website".
- ^ "''Cell'' PaperFlicks". Youtube.com. Retrieved 2013-12-14.
- ^ "Emilie Marcus, Executive Editor". Cell Press. Elsevier. Retrieved 2008-12-12.


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==Unforgotten Realms: Episode Seven==
Edit: Thanks for the front page Tom, if I was a woman and you were single I would totally let you buy me a drink and pretend I was interested.
I would suggest watching the episodes in order but who are you to take orders from me. Screw that watch this episode.
I rewrote this episode right about after Christmas. I decided it was time this cartoon infacted looked like a cartoon and with the help of Dogman-Senpai and my brother we re-did the look. Another fan who goes by the slick name of Wuschell also made a sweet intro song so this episode pushes my would be animating skills to it's limit. With that in mind, I also knew that ever since episode four, people told me they liked previous episodes rather then newer ones. I went out of my way to try and make this funny on so many different levels for so many different people. From the hardcore D&D fans, to the internet gaming addicts and then back to just the common guys who likes the funnies, hopefully this cartoon has something in it for everyone.
Rated 5 / 5 stars
Ow, my durability
I wouldn't mind taking a aggro management class. It would help to know when girls are PMS'ing to avoid them.
¡Potentially Sexist!
Now here's Petey with the drum solo!
Rated 4.5 / 5 stars
Way Better
The pace and sense of timing and quality of animation totally takes a huge turn upwards in this episode, and the scores and awards are way better than what they should've been earlier the storyline has gotten really weird and more interesting.
Rated 4.5 / 5 stars
Fantastic as always!
Another fantastic episode. A new animation style is quite an upgrade, and at first I didn't like it because it made the episode look too neat. The scrappiness of the animation goes hand in hand with the slightly poor quality voice acting, a trait of the series that doesn't take itself too seriously.
Excellent references used here. WoW seemed to be the main influence for the dungeon party.
Also excellent work with the new intro- it really was impressive!
All round an excellent episode with fantastic jokes, some original some not so much. Lengthy and hilarious, as all good times should be.
Do you do all the voice acting yourself?
Rated 5 / 5 stars
aggro line, party members that you don't even know, and the physics of how a gnome and human can wear the same boots at the same price.
now I have to backtrack to watch this from the beginning lol nice.


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Really good chance here boys and girls. If you haven't experienced the wonders of sarms! It's the future of muscle building and athletic enhancement.
Sarms1 is looking for loggers for GW-501516, S4, MK-2866(Ostarine) and LGD-4033. I will be reviewing each and every applicant thoroughly and making selections in one week... Please respond in this thread and pm me if you are interested...
One special scenario in particular that SARMS1 would like to see is someone that is running tren to stack it with GW and report on the way GW counteracts the cardio problems that are had during tren usage... This scenario makes for an ideal candidate for a GW log...
If you are an experienced sarms user, someone who has never used them and wants to try them, or someone looking to melt some serious fat and still build lean muscle, then this is a perfect opportunity for you!
Take advantage of this generous opportunity... Thank you!
Really good chance here boys and girls. If you haven't experienced the wonders of sarms! It's the future of muscle building and athletic enhancement.
Hey Dylan,
I am interested in logging either MK-2866 or LGF-4033 for SARMS1.
I finished my blast 2 weeks ago, I am currently cruising on 250mg of Test E / week. I would like to add some sarms to my cruise and see if I can gain some lean mass before my next blast.
i pmed you about logging something for you.
Same here. I want to run a triple stack and switch to a new pro-hormone line I read about... Cut the fat with the triple and bulk with the PH... Then cut back down with GW only for four weeks into an EQ, Tren, test HRT stack. I'd run the tren for 12 weeks (6 weeks into the eq), eq for 20 and test hrt for 20 as well (2 weeks into eq). Then I'll run the GW 2-3 weeks into the tren E so I can continue to run it 2-3 weeks after my last tren pin. I'll PCT with osta, peptides, and some natty anterior pituitary agonists.
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Keep the pm's coming guys... There are plenty of really good opportunities here... I appreciate the interest so far... Thank you...
pm sent with my cycle... didnt realize i was on that much shit lol
yeah and ill be adding in more tren 4 weeks out too
Me, me, pick me. Would love to do cutter log of either S4, GW(peferrably both). Would also enjoy a recomp with lgd and 4033. Very dedicated to lifting and cardio.
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Lgd and GW, pardon me.
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keep the pm's coming guys... there are a lot of great applicants so far...
I love Ostarine. One of my favs.
Good opportunity here guys
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I thoroughly agree... Ostarine's versatility makes it highly desirable... It was designed to prevent muscle wastage but one thing that often gets overlooked within its many positives is the healing properties... Ostarine helps to heal so effectively, whether its a severe injury or a pesky, nagging injury... this is a very desirable attribute ON ITS OWN... That's just a small section of the qualities it possesses...
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Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a chronic anxiety disorder most commonly characterized by obsessive, distressing, intrusive thoughts and related compulsions. Compulsions are tasks or "rituals" which attempt to neutralize the obsessions. OCD is distinguished from other types of anxiety, including the routine tension and stress that appear throughout life. The phrase "obsessive-compulsive" has become part of the English lexicon, and is often used in an informal or caricatured manner to describe someone who is meticulous, perfectionistic, absorbed in a cause, or otherwise fixated on something or someone. (Wikipedia:Berrios G E,1985)
Ryuji seems to be one, yeap.
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2008-10-24, 22:29 | Link #4 |
singing heartbreak
You do that at your house, you do that at your girlfriend's house, you do that at a person-whom-you're-taking-care-of house, but you don't do it in the men's toilet . Of course, I was under the impression that in that scene, it was his assigned duty to clean the bathroom, hence the reason Ryuuji told that other guy he could leave, and he'd finish it.
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My mom's like that. Can't stand filthy things and she become a good cleaner for that. Ryuuji is just like my mom, a guy who likes cleanliness and I don't think Ryuuji is meticulous, though since i can't find this aspect so far.
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Cleaning the school is a standard duty in Japan - it increases the community spirit in taking care of public works and tends to reduce vandalism. Ryuuji, however, clearly takes the job way over the top.
Ryuuji has already entered my Very Small Pantheon Of Favorite Male Leads. His narration isn't sarcastic but quite humorous.
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Ryuji's attitude toward cleaning reminds me more of a sport than OCD.
I myself feel particularly good after cleaning my kitchen, bathroom or even my room; this feeling is I think connected to an endorphine release following the effort, similar to the one experienced when doing sport. Now if we consider cleaning in a sport perspective, Ryuji would be already into it's extreme sport form: the sole endorphin is not enough and he is already looking for the adrenaline rush. I think that the progressive nature of his attitude toward cleaning is pictured in the anime: at first he was mainly conscious of his own interior, later Taiga's house provided him a larger challenge and it is only in episode 4 that we see him overconsciously cleaning the school's men lavatories. Novel material would concur, as: Spoiler for novel material:
2008-10-25, 19:18 | Link #10 |
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I think Ryuu's nature is a reaction to his mum, who is basically slovenly. Lots of children turn out the opposite of their parents as a rebellion against them, this is just an extreme example. Of course it's also intended as a role reversal comedy element, however more WRT Taiga than Ryuu's mum though I feel.
Personally though I find his character rather tedious and the comedy element of it quickly falls flat, I hope he doesn't stay so obsessively domesticated for the whole series.
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I also hope that he stays that way for the same reason as Cat Megex. Those scenes make me smile. Beside, they don't show that side of him enough for it to be intrusive.
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Baka Inu~
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Yup. He's one of the very very few male leads who deserves a harem at least. Lol.
He's very good in cooking, cleaning and also a brave dude too (being able to get along with someone like Taiga takes a lot of guts). He's very capable and kind too (like doing something even he was never asked to do it). It's sad that he is always misunderstood as delinquent because of his eyes (I kind of relate to this because I have the same kind of eyes). |
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My survey of two females watching this say they like Ryuuji and wish there were more guys like him. They haven't seen enough of Kitamura but think he seems a bit distant. Heh, not quite a sufficient sample size though...
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OCCASIONALLY, a politician comes along who seems too principled to be thrown into an electoral dogfight in a giant democracy. Marina Silva, the candidate of the small Green Party in Brazil's presidential election in October, is such a candidate. What she lacks in party machinery she is trying to make up with ethical force. Her immediate aim is to make it to the run-off ballot. This will not be easy: a recent poll gave her only 10% of the vote. But that is not bad given that many Brazilians, like voters elsewhere, do not count saving the planet as one of their priorities.
Ms Silva was born in Acre, in Amazonia. Her father, a migrant from the poor north-east, found work there as a rubber tapper. It was a hazardous place to grow up: of Ms Silva's 11 brothers and sisters, only eight survived beyond infancy. Malaria, hepatitis and other forest diseases bequeathed health problems to the adult Ms Silva, including a collection of allergies to things from seafood to air-conditioning.
She worked as a maid to put herself through university in Acre (later she earned a postgraduate degree too). She campaigned with Chico Mendes, an environmental organiser from Acre who was murdered by a landowner in 1988. She was a founding member of the Workers' Party, along with Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, a trade unionist of similarly modest origins. When he became president in 2003 he made Ms Silva, who had entered politics as a state deputy and federal senator, his environment minister.
In government she lost arguments, some better-founded than others, over the introduction of genetically modified soya, the paving of the BR-163 road through the Amazon and nuclear power. She was accused of filling her ministry with greens (to which she pleads guilty) and fellow evangelical Protestants (a charge she rejects). In 2008 she resigned shortly after another minister was handed responsibility for reforming the law on land tenure in the Amazon. She refused to criticise Lula publicly.
Ms Silva's main campaign theme is that Brazil has a moral responsibility to become a high-tech, low-carbon economy as an example to other developing countries. In a tacit critique of Lula's fondness for a big state and for Fidel Castro, she also says that Brazil must lower its tax burden and not cuddle up to tyrants. Guilherme Leal, who owns Natura, a big cosmetics firm, and is one of Brazil's richest men, is considering a request to be her running mate. She still has a lot of ground to make up. "My grandfather told me that the animal with the shortest legs has to run the farthest," she says, before rushing off to her next campaign appointment.


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I took some, about five toffees to school, so that I can have them on the way and can also give it to my best friends.
Since I was late for my usual bus, I had to wait for another 20 minutes for the next bus. So I thought of having one of my toffees. But at that time, a small family consisting of father, mother and a child came to the bus stop. I didn't notice them at first. I took my toffee, removed its wrapper and put it into my mouth. But when I threw the wrapper away, the boy noticed the wrapper and I saw him looking at it. His face seemed to be very pleasant. And since I had four more toffees I thought of giving one to him.
But I wasn't able to give it. I think it was because he was with his parents. I thought, if I was that boy I would have refused it, and if his parents were like mine, they would have never allowed me to have it. I had the fear that they may refuse. It took me 10 minutes to make my mind, but finally I puckered up courage and gave the toffee to the boy. He accepted it whole heartedly and his parents smiled (might be because I was in my uniform). I was happy too. Just then my bus came and I left. But I was thinking why was it too difficult to give a toffee to a stranger. Then I came up with the answer — the world has changed much and we cannot trust anyone. This was the cause and I thought about a world that would make incidents like this common. But I never encourage any one to have anything from strangers. Let's pray for a better world.
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I took an SCBA facepiece(mask) in today for a replacement fastener. I was told that the facepiece(mask) was cracked where the regulator snaps into the facepiece. I was surprised since this is a brand new SCBA. The technician told that they had replaced several of the facepieces and that the manufacturer was "aware" of the problem. The tekkie even told me that the manufacturer had already developed a new facepiece(mask) and would be replacing the old ones as the problem arose.
Does this sound a little nuts? Why isn't there a recall on the facepiece(mask)? This is an industry leader in SCBAs and they are, according to the technician that I spoke with, aware that the facepiece, even on new and never used SCBAs are cracked where the regulator is snapped into the facepiece and are only dealing with it on a need basis? A major problem, as was described to me, and they aren't recalling these facepieces?
Me, being a reasonable man, will tell them this: if there is a failure of this facepiece that causes serious injury or death to one of my guys and I will own their company. I am shocked and dismayed that a problem of this magnitude has not been addressed through a product recall. New and improved facepieces(masks)should be retrofitted to every SCBA out there with this problem.
I recommend that everyone check their facepieces where the regulator snaps into the facepiece(mask) and if it is cracked, contact your vendor immediately.
Has anyone else had this problem? Let me know.
Chief, not for nothing, but if this is a known problem by the manufacturer, can you let us know who it was and model so we can be more on the lookout if we use that type?
I don't want to go and bash any company and figure thats the reason they are nameless, but this information may help others. Any company can have a bad batch once in a while."This thread is being closed as it is off-topic and not related to the fire industry." - Isn't that what the Off Duty forum was for?
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As it just so happens, during a recent weekly inspection, I rejected a face mask for something similar. One of the plastic tabs that hold the regulator to the face mask was badly cracked. It looked like stress cracks though, not a design flaw.
This was not a new face mask and I dont think it was a quality issue, just wear and tear on an old mask.
Nor have I seen more than two in three years.
It did raise the hair on the back of my neck though, good lord, what if the regulator popped off if a fire!
Re: Product Recall?
Does this sound a little nuts? Why isn't there a recall on the facepiece(mask)? This is an industry leader in SCBAs and they are, according to the technician that I spoke with, aware that the facepiece, even on new and never used SCBAs are cracked where the regulator is snapped into the facepiece and are only dealing with it on a need basis?
My mothers car developed a severe vibration that was finally traced to the drivetrain, more specifically a tranny problem. The Service Mgr. happened to be an old family friend and told us that there was no TSB or recall notice on the problem yet, but it was a recognized design / production flaw with the tranny and that if a customer "complained enough" they were authorized to repair it at no cost, however they were NOT to do this across the board, only if a complaint was made.
Why - simple - It's all about the $$$$.
How much would it cost in shipping charges alone to exchange all these "possibly defective" Masks ??
Next add in:
- the cost of manufacturing all the new parts that they are "giving away"
- the possible lost future sales due to reduced consumer confidence
- loss of current sales due to order delays (all the new masks being made are going to replace ones already sold, so no new packs are being sold because they have no masks available)
From a purely business perspective, it's easy to see why recall notices on anything are extremely slow in coming.
Now to hop to the other side of the fence, from the perspective of Life Safety - I agree 100% that this should be something the Mfg. should fall all-over themselves trying to correct.
However the sad fact remains, the more wide spread the problem, the "cheaper" it is for big business to gamble with our lives. After all - how many individual wrongful death / disability claims are these going to result in (the gamble) and would paying them all off be cheaper than doing a full blown recall ?
A sad but true statement of life in these Uninted States.Take Care - Stay Safe - God Bless
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This is a question that is not totally topic related, but I have to ask it:
Chief, you commented about the Manufacturer being "aware" of the problem. My question (from the Engineer point of view) is when anyone takes a piece of equipment in for service, and after it gets repaired etc, you would normally talk to the "Techie" who worked on it, right?
Here is my question: Not too long ago I took a couple generators and a chop saw for regular maint. After all was said and done, the techie gave me some "Manufacturer Suggestions" on how to use the equipment and some service/maintenance proceedures. When I got back with the gear, and passed on what was pointed out to me. The comments that I got back regarding the generators came from the DC: "I want a second opinion." On the chop saw, I had asked specifically about changing the disc, and the durability of the one currently in use (it is starting to show signs of wear). I was told that it still had a fair amount of life in it, and was given some handling procedures as well.
For two FFs I got told that the Techie was "wrong" and didnt know what he was talking about. One of the two guys uses a chop saw regularly where he works. I will give that he has a lot of experience with the tool, but as with many things, does he use good practices? Just because someone uses something everyday does not necessarily make him/her a good operator. In my opinion, the guy who has spent most of his working life rebuilding and repairing someone elses damage has the better credibility.
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Chief, I can somewhat understand why you may not want to name the manufacturer in question. But, I respectfully must say that your unwillingness to name them in these forums with your warning to us is really no different the the manufacturer's lack of warning.
If you feel that this is a big enough problem, which it is, please let us know. I doubt you would have a problem in an automotive discussion naming "Ford" or "Chevrolet" if there was a known problem. Why hold out in here on your brother and sister firefighters?
Again, I mean no disrespect, but I think the warning warrants giving the complete information.
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None taken!
Let's face it; there are only a handful of SCBA manufacturers. They are Scott, MSA, ISI, Interspiro and Draeger. I had hoped that anyone reading the post would go back to their stations and perform a visual inspection of the mask, regardless of manufacturer.
I did not mention the manufacturer, because in another thread, I stated that I would recommend their product to anyone purchasing new SCBAs and I still would, but this problem with the facepiece needs immediate attention. Plus, I had just learned of the problem and had not contacted the company. I am in the process of doing that today.
As I said originally, I am troubled when an SCBA technician tells me that the manufacturer is "aware" of the problem and has not corrected it.
So, to answer your question without answering it, Gordo; MSA, ISI, Interspiro and Draeger ARE NOT having problems with their facepiece or so I am told.
TC & SS.Last edited by ChiefReason; 01-08-2003 at 09:31 AM.
01-08-2003, 09:29 AM #8Let's face it; there are only a handful of SCBA manufacturers. They are Scott, MSA, ISI, Interspiro and Draeger."This thread is being closed as it is off-topic and not related to the fire industry." - Isn't that what the Off Duty forum was for?
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Bonesy: I getting old!
I didn't mean to leave Survivair off of the list. I knew I would forget one, but Gordo had me backed into a corner.
Survivair IS NOT having a problem with their facepiece inasmuch as they were not mentioned in the conversation that I had with the SCBA technician.
I have contacted Scott. The person that I spoke with this morning was aware of a problem with facepieces and gave me the name of another customer service rep to speak with. I will share.
In the meantime, have your facepieces inspected.
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Our MSA, ISI, Interspiro, Draeger and Survivair's dont have the problem either (as far as I know) so I guess I saw exactly the same problem as you did (or your tech did).
In my case there were stress cracks around the bottom tab of the face mask that holds the regulator. Tab didnt flex or move in any way but it looked scary enough for me to show my Lt, he agreed and we pulled the mask out of service.
I have seen this failure on two masks. The masks have not failed when in service. Both masks were old(er).
Yes, we all look a little closer at our masks now (we inspect every week anyway but now we look a little closer at the face mask).
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Facepiece Cracking!
Chief Reason,
I have been a service tech. for 14 years. This is a problem that has been around for a while. From the masks that I have seen with the problem it is mostly from leaving the mask attached to the regulator all the time. When you leave the regulator attached all the time to the facepiece you putting pressure on the connection area. Scott has replaced all of the mask that I have found the problem with. Everyone need to make sure that they do a inspection on their SCBA no matter what brand they use.
Stay Safe!
Very tactful reply Chief. I do appreciate it. Is that why you call yourself ChiefReason? HA HA!
Thanks for bringing this to our attention.
Good Day!
Oh yeah, sorry about backing you into that corner.Lt. D. Gordon
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Bunker Gear Too
Check your bunker gear as well. The same thing happened in 1999
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From the Manufacturers of Body-Guard, Cairns Protective Clothing , Fire-Dex , Fire-Gear, Globe Firefighter Suits, Janesville, Quaker Safety, and Securitex Brands of Turnout Gear Regarding the Wear Life of Moisture Barriers
(Note MORNING PRIDE is not on this list)
The moisture barrier is the most fragile protective component in your gear. While everyone would like to understand exactly what causes moisture barriers to wear out, and when it will happen, it is likely to happen before other elements of your protective clothing wear out. For this reason, every fire fighter and fire department should inspect their gear on a regular basis, as stated in our user guides. Particular attention should be paid to the moisture barrier, regardless of what brand it is.
Aldan Industries, Inc., the producer of the majority of the moisture barriers being used today, has written to manufacturers of NFPA compliant turnouts to advise them that some of their "BREATHE-TEX® moisture barriers used in fire fighters turnout garments are showing signs of degradation." The letter from Mr. Edwin T. Winter, Chairman/CEO of Aldan, goes on to say that their "investigations suggest that the garments may have been subject to attack resulting from storage conditions, length of service, care and/or maintenance." Mr. Winter also indicates there are a number of factors that may cause this degradation to occur over time.
Full Article at above link
Another manufacturers 11/10/99 "recall" program for BREATHE-TEX® denies the similarities between that product and other Aldan offerings such as BREATHE-TEX PLUS®. It also fails to address the importance of inspecting and checking all moisture barriers on a regular basis.
That "Other manufacturer" is MORNING PRIDE. Rather than having a firefighter get hurt they shelled out BIG $$$ to replace all the breath-tex that they have sold. Did they have to do that, no they did not not but rather than risking a problem they did. As a firefighter I should not have to be double and triple checking and preforming "special tests" to make sure that my protective equipment is safe to use
There is a simple field test you can perform to check any moisture barrier: Place your liner on a flat surface (or over a bucket) with the dry thermal barrier facing down and dry moisture barrier facing up. Pour about 1/2 cup of water on the moisture barrier and wait a few minutes. If the water passes through the moisture barrier and wets the thermal barrier, your liner should be removed from service and repaired or replaced. Perform this simple test in high abrasion areas (like the broadest part of the shoulders, at the knee, or the seat of the pants), or where you have detected other potential damage to the shell or thermal barrier. It is difficult to determine with any certainty whether your moisture barrier leaks by looking at either the film or the fabric its laminated to. Do the test! Or have the test done by a reputable turnout cleaning and repair company.
If you do this test on your gear, and there is leakage, or you detect leakage, contact your local dealer or original manufacturer about repair or replacement of the moisture barrier.
01-09-2003, 09:45 PM #14here's another one. One manufacturer used a gong-bell type low air alarm attached to the hose fitting that the bottle screws into. For years they used a SINGLE screw to hold the bell on. They discovered that if the screw backed out and the bell fell off, the pack would not be useable, so they switched to a two screw setup. but did nothing about their older packs. In late july, the US flagged merchant ship M/V PATRIOT, a 800' comercial oil tanker, suffered a major engine room fire. While the fire was fought using the fixed CO2 system, crew members still needed to enter the superstructure which had a heavy smoke condition on all decks to operate emergency controls. One crewmember, just prior to entry suffered a complete SCBA failure due to this single screw design. Good thing it failed then and not a few minutes later!!! After the fire, the manufacturer issued a notice and a retrofit kit to convert all single screw units to twin screw units. typical big business.
Odd that this is mentioned. Yesterday we had a failure of one of these packs, but it was the two screw type. It was a smaller home so he was able to make it out quickly. The low pressure bell didnt ring, he was able to suck what was left out and make it out of the home. When we got back to the station i looked on the internet and found the info about the bell's. We have 7 older packs with the single screw, so we called the manufacturer today and they are sending us 7 upgrades, but we haven't found out what the problem is with the dual screw that went bad yesterday. We never recieved the notice from the manufacturer about the air packs, when we called today to order the upgrade kit we asked why. Turns out they never had us listed as using there product, weird how its the only brand we've used since the 50's
We have experienced a few packs (a while ago) that had the 2 screws and they had become so loose, the bell clacker was not hitting the bell hard enough to be heard. Can't blame the manufacturer on that, we missed them during our inspections.
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Just to update everyone:
I inspected all SCBA masks yesterday. The older masks and the newer MSA masks had no visible cracks. Out of five(5) newer Scott masks; masks that are less than a year old, four(4) out of five(5) masks had visible cracks in the retainer ring that is welded to the facepiece. The cracks were perpendicular and on the ring itself. That is; when you snap the regulator in, the retainer ring is resting up against the backside of the regulator. The ring provides the seal on the backside of the regulator. Again, this condition was found in masks that are relatively new and have not been subjected to abuse, lens cleaning agents, over-torquing of the fasteners on the facepiece lens or extreme fire conditions.
I don't know if these cracks are visible to the naked eye. I used a magnifying glass, but then, I wear bi-focals.
I encourage everyone to look at their masks and if you're not sure what to look for, take them in to an authorized agent.
The bell didn't fall off it failed to operate, it was a dual screw type. We recieved our upgrade kits today for the 7 older packs, it's a hex head bolt with lock-tite on it.LOL We are starting on our grant for 2003 which will include 14 new NFPA compliant packs, with 5 rit kits. Hope fully we will be awarded this, we are hard up for scba's. We have 2 engines, 55' telesquirt and 100' tower, and a rescue, we plan on out fitting the rescue with 2 SCBA's and running it as a rit truck. We are still in the running for the 2002 fire act, still no dear john.
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