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Granular absorbent products with low amounts of paper fiber are described. The absorbent products are made from recycled paper and include less than about 10% of paper fibers having a length sufficient to be retained on a 100 mesh screen. A process for making such granular absorbent products is also provided. The granular absorbents are useful for absorbing liquids spilled on the floor, and are crushable when walked on to provide greater resistance to slipping, and yet have a high resistance to attrition.
1. A granular absorbent material comprising: a plurality of irregular, generally spherical granules containing kaolin clay and cellulose fibers, less than 10% of the cellulose fibers in the granules having a size to be retained on a 100 mesh screen, the granules having a water absorption capacity of at least about 0.90 ml/g, and a bulk density of at least 24 lbs/ft3, at least some of the cellulose fibers communicating between the surface of a granule and the interior of the granule, the granules having a low resistance to crushing and a resistance to attrition of at least 95%.
2. The granular absorbent material of claim 1 wherein the granules retain their integrity when wet.
3. The granular absorbent material of claim 1 wherein the granules have a porous outer surface.
4. The granular absorbent material of claim 1 wherein the granules have a size distribution wherein less than 60% of the granules have a size of 16 mesh or greater.
5. The granular absorbent material of claim 1 wherein the granules have a capacity for the absorption of oil of at least about 0.80 ml/g.
6. A granular absorbent material comprising: a plurality of irregular generally spherical granules containing kaolin clay and cellulose fibers, less than 10 percent of the fibers in the granules having a size to be retained on a 100 mesh screen, the granules having a resistance to attrition of at least 95 percent and being crushable under foot when spread on a floor, the granules when crushed having a coefficient of friction of about 0.59.
This application is a divisional of application Ser. No. 09/042,011, filed Mar. 13, 1998, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,019,873 which is a continuation-in-part application of application Ser. No. 08/929,601 filed Sep. 15, 1997, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,888,345 which is a continuation-in-part of application Ser No. 08/857,302 filed May 16, 1997, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,807,465 which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/482,843 filed Jun. 7, 1995, now abandoned, which is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 08/118,186 filed Sep. 9, 1993, now abandoned. The subject matter of these prior patent applications is incorporated herein as if fully set forth.
The present invention relates to floor absorbent materials for absorbing water, oil and other liquids from a floor.
When paper such as ledger or magazine paper is recycled by first breaking the paper down into a pulp slurry containing its individual components, long cellulose fibers are recovered that are useful for making tissue or other paper products. The slurry also contains a significant amount of other materials including primarily kaolin clay and short cellulose fibers which are not useful for making tissue. In an effort to make the maximum use of materials in the pulp slurry, various products have been developed.
One of the products that has been developed is a granular absorbent product that is made by a process that is known as the KAOFIN process and is described in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/852,419, filed May 8, 1997, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,882,480 which is incorporated herein by reference for its disclosure of the process for making absorbent granules. The granular product of this process is described in our copending applications, Ser. No. 08/857,302 filed May 16, 1997 now U.S. Pat. No. 5,807,465; and Ser. No. 08/929,601 filed Sep. 19, 1997, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,888,345 which are incorporated herein by reference for a disclosure of the granular absorbent product made by the KAOFIN process.
Desirable characteristics for granular absorbent products include a high rate of absorption of liquids, a high bulk density, and a high resistance to attrition. For example, U.S. Pat. No. 4,343,751 (the '751 patent) discloses a process for making absorbent pellets from clay that may be used as a floor absorbent. The '751 patent discloses the use of paper sludge in amounts between ten percent and fifty percent of the total mass of the agglomerated solids. However, the absorbency is less than ideal as seen in the examples which include pellets having 50% paper sludge and 50% clay fibers, a bulk density of 38 lbs/ft and only 78% absorbency (see Chart 2, sample 008).
Another example is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,019,564 (the '564 patent) which is directed to non-clay agricultural granules. The granules are formed by the agitative agglomeration of a plant fiber slurry and resembles a clay granule in all respects except for its chemical inertness.
Clay products, such as those described in the '751 patent, have the disadvantage of low absorbency when mixed with paper sludge, and relatively high attrition rates when the fiber content is low, as described in the '564 patent. When used as a floor absorbent, it is desirable that the granules retain their integrity after absorbing water or oil from the floor.
Another problem encountered with granular floor absorbents is that the granules are generally spherical and tend to roll across the floor. When a worker steps on the granules, there is a danger that the granules will cause the worker to slip and fall as the granules roll under his shoes.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide an improved granular absorbent product made from recycled waste paper and having a high absorbency, a high resistance to attrition, and a relatively high bulk density. It is a further objective of the present invention to provide a granular absorbent product that has a bulk density sufficiently high to provide an effective commercial absorbent that can be used to absorb oil and water and other liquids. It is another object of this invention to provide a granular absorbent that resists rolling when stepped on by a worker after it has been spread on the floor to absorb the liquid. Another object of the present invention is to provide a process for making such an improved granular absorbent product.
These objects are accomplished by the present invention which comprises a low fiber content granular absorbent product made from recycled paper and containing kaolin clay and paper fiber. The paper fiber contains less than about 10% by weight of fibers having a length greater than the width of the openings in a 100 mesh screen (0.149 inches) and an absorbency for water of at least 0.90 ml/g and resistance to attrition of at least 99%.
An important feature of this invention is that fibers suitable for papermaking, referred to generally as long fibers, are efficiently removed from the pulp slurry, so that the secondary stream contains a major portion of fibers that are too short for papermaking, referred to generally as short fibers. The procedure utilized for determining fiber length is described in TAPPI method T233 (1995). Using this procedure, it was determined that less than 10% by weight of the fibers in the secondary stream were retained on the 100 mesh (U.S. standard) screen, which has openings of 0.149 mm.
The preferred granular floor absorbent of the present invention is crushable when walked on by a worker and has a coefficient of friction greater than 0.50, but has a resistance to attrition of at least 99%.
A preferred embodiment of this invention is disclosed in the following description and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a preferred embodiment of the process of this invention for making an improved absorbent granular product.
The process of this invention utilizes waste paper that is collected from offices or other sources that contain primarily recyclable paper grades, including magazines (with clay-based coatings) and writing grades (with laser print, photocopier print and other inks).
Referring to FIG. 1, waste paper, such as office waste paper and magazines, is supplied to a hydropulper 2 along with water, caustic agents, such as sodium hydroxide, and dispersants to separate the fiber from the other components of the waste paper and to form a pulp slurry. Plastics, debris and other foreign objects are removed by conventional means. The pulp slurry from the hydropulper, which contains more than 95% water, passes through a pipe 4 to a washer 6 where several conventional washing steps are performed. In the washer 6, the slurry flows over wire screens where fibers having a length sufficient for papermaking are retained on the screens and the secondary stream containing short fibers and other solids passes through the screen. The stream of fibers useful for papermaking is conducted out of the washer through a pipe 8. The screens have slotted openings of about 100 to 300 microns in width. Fibers having a sufficient length to be suitable for papermaking preferably collect on the surface of the screens, while small particles, such as kaolin clay, short cellulose fibers, cellulose fines and other suspended solids pass through the screens in a secondary stream. Some of the fibers suitable for papermaking may also pass endwise through the screens into the secondary stream. The fibers that are retained on the screen are subject to further cleaning, de-inking and processing, indicated at 10, before being supplied through a pipe 12 to a papermaking machine 14.
The secondary stream from the wire screen washer 6 flows through the pipe 16 to a dissolved air flotation clarifier 18 in the form of a slurry typically containing less than 1.5% solids, including cellulosic fines, short cellulose fibers and inorganic materials. The percentages stated in this specification are weight percentages unless specifically stated otherwise. Typically about 50% of the solids by weight are inorganic materials such as kaolin clay, calcium carbonate and titanium dioxide. The remaining solids are organic materials, typically cellulose fibers which would pass through a 100 mesh screen, cellulose fines, some sugars, tannins and lignins.
Prior to introduction of the mixed slurry to the dissolved air flotation clarifier 18, a flocculating polymer and air are added as indicated in FIG. 1. Suitable dissolved air flotation clarifiers are commercially available. A flocculating polymer, such as Drewfloc� 441 or 442 from Ashland Chemical Co., or Calgono TRP 945, and air are added to the secondary stream in the pipe 16 before it enters the clarifier. The slurry fills the clarifier 18, and the flocculated suspended solids float on the air bubbles to the surface of the clarifier. At this point, the mat of solids, which has a consistency of 3-7% is skimmed or raked off the surface and removed from the clarifier through the pipe 20. Some portion of clarified water from the clarifier 18 is conducted back into the hydropulper 2 through the pipe 22 to be reused.
The stream from the clarifier 18 flows through the pipe 20, and a second flocculating polymer, such as Drewfloc� 453 from Ashland Chemical Co., is added to the slurry to promote dewatering in a dewatering press 40. The dewatering press may be a belt press or a series of presses, such as a belt press followed by a nip press or a screw press to achieve the desired solids content in the filter cake produced in the dewatering press or presses. The belt press 40 can be any suitable commercially-available unit, such as a Belt Filter Press from Komline Sanderson. Depending on the volume of material being processed, several belt presses may be arranged in parallel to provide the desired capacity. Process white water from the belt press 40 is preferably conducted to the hydropulper through a pipe 42. If a series of presses is used so that the belt press is followed by a nip press or a screw press, the dewatered cake may have a solids content as high as 55%.
As shown in FIG. 1, the effluent stream includes a process white water stream 23 from the papermaking machine 14, an overflow stream 24 which would previously have been discharged to a sewer, and a white water stream 25. The process white water is returned to the washer 6. The overflow stream 24 is supplied to a fiber recovery process 26 where the stream passes through screens that separate the long fibers in a similar manner to the washer 6. Long fibers with water are supplied through the pipe 28 from the fiber recovery unit 26 to the washer 6. A slurry essentially free of papermaking fibers flows through the pipe 30 to the pipe 16 upstream from the addition of the flocculating polymer and air. The white water stream 25 from the papermaking machine is supplied to another flotation clarifier 27 where the flocculated suspended solids are removed in the same manner as in the clarifier 18. The Rotate from the clarifier 27 flows through the pipe 34 to mix with the fotate from the clarifier 18 to form a single concentrated stream in the pipe 20. The flocculating polymer is added to the flotate in the pipe 20 upstream from the belt press 40.
The filter cake is discharged from the belt press 40 in the form of a sheet of wet particles which readily falls apart. At the outlet of the belt press, the filter cake has 35-45% solids, preferably 36-40% solids. If a nip press or screw press is used for further dewatering of the cake from the belt press, the solids content of the cake may be increased up to 55%. The filter cake is conveyed by means of a screw conveyor 44 from the belt press 40 or the secondary press, if used. The filter cake breaks up as it passes through the screw conveyor 44.
From the screw conveyor 44, the granulated but still moist material (35-55% solids) is directed into a conveyor dryer 46. The conveyor dryer 46 preferably includes a housing through which the granular material moves while supported on a moving belt. The belt is porous and hot air is circulated though the belt to dry the granules. A preferred minimum solids content is 90% by weight, and preferably greater than 95%.
The dried granules are conveyed from the conveyor dryer 46 to a pin mixer 48, such as the Turbulator from Ferro-Tech. The pin mixer 48 has a cylindrical shell and a rotatable shaft mounted on the central axis of the shell. The shell is stationary and is supported on a frame so that the central axis of the shell is substantially horizontal. The shaft has radial pins that are spaced from the interior wall of the shell. The dried granules from the conveyor dryer 46 are deposited in the shell at one end of the shell. The rate of filling of the shell should be adjusted so that the cake material substantially fills the volume of the shell. A surfactant such as Surfonic L 24690, from Huntsman Chemical, or any other suitable wetting agent is added to the granules at the rate of 5-10 lbs./dry tar of granules.
The granules are advanced through the pin mixer by the rotating pins. It is believed that the granules develop slight cracks that allow it to be crushed under foot, and yet retain a high resistance to attrition during shipment.
After the pin mixer 48, the granules, still warm from the dryer 46, pass through a vibrating screen classifier 50 to remove granules that are too large or too small for ease of handling. It is advantageous to pass the granules through a dust removal device 52 to remove any remaining dust particles and loose fibers. For dust removal, it is preferred to use a fluidized bed deduster, such as is manufactured by Witte, Inc. of Washington, N.J. The deduster removes balls of fiber that form in the conveyor dryer and pin mixer. These fiber balls are preferably returned to the hydropulper for recycling. The presence of the fiber balls in the granules is unsightly, but does not hinder the effectiveness of the granules.
The granules made in accordance with this process are readily crushable when placed on the floor and stepped on by a worker. The following table shows a comparison of the crushable granules of this invention (referred to as CRUSHABLE WORKFORCE) with the absorbent granules made by the process of our copending patent application Ser. No. 08/929,601 now U.S. Pat. No. 5,888,345 (referred to as WORKFORCE), and a proprietary clay absorbent material:
The values stated in the above table are an average of various samples of the granules made by the process as described above.
The coefficient of friction was measured according to ASTM Standard C 1028-89 using an ASM 725 static coefficient of friction tester manufactured by American Slip Meter Co. The accepted standard for non-hazardous materials is a coefficient of friction of at least 0.50, ASTM D 2047-93.
The crushed samples were made by placing a sample of granules made by the process described above, and walking on the samples to cause some or all of the granules to disintegrate. The crushed granules were then tested as explained above.
Resistance to attrition of the granules is between 95 and 100%. This percentage is based on the following test procedure. A weight of 75 grams of sample is shaken on a limiting screen (60 mesh) for ten minutes and 50 grams of the material retained is then shaken in a pan for ten minutes with ten steel balls (⅝″ in diameter). The entire 50 gram sample is then shaken on the limiting screen (60 mesh) for ten minutes. The percentage of the original 50 grams retained on the limiting screen is the resistance to attrition cited above.
The granular product of this invention is particularly useful as a floor absorbent because it has a relatively high bulk density as compared to the higher fiber content granules. They nevertheless have a high resistance to attrition.
While this invention has been illustrated and described in accordance with preferred embodiments, it is recognized that variations and changes may be made therein without departing from the invention as set forth in the claims.
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Laying the Groundwork for Curiosity's DAN The heritage for investigations with the Dynamic Albedo of Neutrons instrument on NASA's Curiosity rover comes from NASA's Odyssey orbiter. The orbiter has performed global mapping of neutrons, showing varying degrees of hydrogen in the Martian soil as indicated on this chart. The hydrogen is an indicator of the presence of water. Now, Curiosity will continue this research on the ground at Gale Crater. In addition to using neutrons that are produced by galactic cosmic rays, as was the case with Odyssey, the DAN can generate pulses of neutrons on its own. This will contribute to more efficient studies of water-bearing minerals along Curiosity's path through Gale Crater. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Russian Space Research Institute
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Brown was unfazed by his performance, which included a pair of drops, and said he is ready to be the team's unquestioned No. 1 receiver over the full campaign. "I was going against top cover cornerbacks last year and faced them every week in practice, so there won't be much of a transition for me," Brown said. "This year will be a lot better for me, and I'm going to show even more." When asked how he might perform statistically for fantasy purposes, Brown said he'll be "a little better. I have a lot of confidence in my ability to do what's needed."
Brown is definitely looking like a top No. 2 fantasy receiver for 2007, and even though he has caught only five passes this preseason, his exhibition performances won't be remembered much as he is set to deliver his best fantasy season yet. Brown is a very good bet to crack the 1,000-yard mark in 2007. His starting mate, Kevin Curtis, however, is truly a value performer to watch. The ex-Ram is finally getting a chance to start, and is ready to come through with a breakthrough season.
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A woman in her 80s who has lived in Evergreen for several decades lost more than $16,000 in a telephone scam involving a caller who said he was her son and had been arrested for drunken driving.
She called the Canyon Courier because she hopes to stop others from being victimized, but she asked that her name not be used.
A 47-year-old Wheat Ridge man died in a fall in the 1000 block of Lookout Mountain Road about 4:15 p.m. Monday.
The man was on an outing with friends when he stepped over a guardrail to take a picture, lost his footing and fell about 60 feet, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office.
Foothills Fire & Rescue retrieved the body. The identity of the victim was not released.
Wouldn't it be more fun to have a car without having the responsibilities that come with it?
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Usually, receiving a gift doesn't generate controversy. Well then, why is the stimulus package Congress approved not receiving overwhelming support from all of us citizens? Perhaps it's because we can't understand or support the way the politicians came up with it.
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But we're jumping ahead on Iraq (while we're falling behind at home). The reality today is that lives keep being lost, dollars continue to be spent, and troops still redeploy. It ain't over, folks.
I am just back from a brief trip to Bosque del Apache Wildlife Refuge. Three friends and I drove down together and a fifth drove over from Arizona to join us, so we made five musketeers. We took one day to drive down and one to drive back with a few stops along the way and had two full days on the refuge. Bosque del Apache is one of the gems of the National Wildlife Refuges. It is managed largely for the sand hill cranes and snow geese which winter there in great numbers but it is also very people friendly.
The month of February was devoted to awareness of size and growth of the human population. Did you miss it? Creators of Global Population Speak Out (gpso.wordpress.com) wanted you to catch some of the qualified scientists that spoke publicly on reducing the 218,000-person net gain the planet experiences each day. Bringing new voices into the discussion of population issues is hoped to break down the taboo that exists on this topic.
The fire district board voted March 10 to downgrade a vacant, part-time/permanent, administrative assistant position to a part-time, maximum six-month position at an annual pay rate of $25,000.
The move echoes the board's decision last year to downgrade the human resources position from full-time to part-time, conditional only for six months, meaning the 30-hour job could be either extended or terminated at the end of the period.
The action came in a regular meeting of the Evergreen Fire Protection District board on March 10.
For Jeffco District Attorney Scott Storey, eight is definitely not enough.
Term limits mean that Storey must leave office when his second four-year term ends in 2012, but he's determined to stick around. And so, he will soon propose to the county commissioners that the limits be extended to let him seek another term.
"As it applies to the DA, and as it applies to those offices that are not necessarily policy-makers but have a specialty attached to them — like the sheriff, for example — I felt like eight years is not enough," Storey said.
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All are available at your library. Some even loan out video games. (ours doesn't, but we organize video game nights for the kids; I'm working on organizing a 'video game swap' at the next one so people can trade the games they're not playing with other people)
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In Outlook for Mac 2011 Essential Training, author Alicia Katz Pollock provides a comprehensive overview of the full-featured email, calendar, and scheduling application from Microsoft. The course covers the key fundamentals of the program, including sending and receiving email, creating and managing contacts, and scheduling tasks and appointments. It also covers Outlook 2011 organizational features such as the Media Browser, Conversation view, My Day, the Scrapbook, and more.
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First, it was HDB flats. Now, childcare centres are also being built more quickly via prefabrication in a move to ease the supply crunch.
NTUC First Campus, the biggest childcare operator here, has recently built a childcare centre in Sengkang by a method that has been used for decades to help shave the time to construct flats.
The childcare centre - believed to be the first such facility to use the prefabrication method - was finished in just 41/2 months.
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While letting owners of four-room Housing Board flats sell part of their lease back to the Government is a good move, it will probably appeal to only a small section of the population, said property experts and academics.
They do not expect a spike in applications in response to this extension of the Lease Buyback Scheme, which was previously for three-room and smaller flats. Rather, the scheme will continue to have a limited appeal, they said - to low-income households who are short of retirement funds on the one hand, and savvier owners on the other.
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The Marten 49 is a great design by Riechel & Pugh, built by Marten - Azzura marine, a sad story because they bankrupted in 2009. Its commercially hard to make boats in NZ away from the main markets even if one does great boats and the Marten 49 is one of the best.
Since the mid-1980's New Zealand's Marten Yachts has been at the forefront of groundbreaking innovations in racing yacht construction. They have been involved with the build of many high profile boats including Kingfisher, Mari Cha III and New Zealand America's Cup challenge boats, pioneering the advance of super strength materials and techniques including autoclaved pre-pregnated high modulus carbon materials.
...Since 2000 the company has moved their focus to the production of the ultimate performance cruising boat, launching a range of Reichel-Pugh designed cruiser racers, the first of these being the Marten 49. ...
In 2005 Marten Yachts became part of the rapidly growing Australian based company Azzura Marine which has an impressive marine portfolio,
'The Marten Yachts product range is very exciting. We are offering something more than the traditional cruiser racer; these are yachts that provide engineered exhilaration.
'Steve Marten recognised that Porsche and Ferrari and a lot of road cars are derived from race cars and a lot of that technology, and he wanted to replicate that in the Marten Yacht design.
'People love to drive around in a classy piece of equipment and that is what the Marten is. It's a fast performance cruising yacht and is a very nice cultured product.
'Steve's vision combines the best parts of an engineered race boat with some very contemporary cruising features; user friendly features like a lift keel, a useable carbon fibre anchor assembly and high quality materials are found throughout the boat.
'It is an all carbon boat and we are using SP's latest technology - the Sprint method from SP or Infusion, as some know it. We as a group, have been learning from Steve and he is enjoying seeing his vision coming to fruition.'
By combining the talents of designers Reichel/Pugh and the skills of design engineers at SP Technologies with the experience of Marten Yachts and Azzura Marine, a range of luxury yachts has been created possessing outstanding pedigree - race-bred performance qualities with a spacious, functional layout.
The yachts are clearly intended for the owner who wishes to combine the excitement of a performance racing yacht with the ability to make fast comfortable passages, whilst short-handed or cruising.
Cruising yachts are mostly of traditional design and manufacture. Marten Yachts take a completely new approach, with detailed design, America's cup type construction methods and use of materials that combine to provide superb performance and unrivalled functionality.
Details such as full carbon fibre construction and a lift keel for improved draft and performance when racing and reduced draft for accessibility to harbours and anchorages when cruising, combined with modern clean deck layouts with pop-up cleats and flush carbon hatches, help to compliment the overall design and performance standards.
Sail-World.com : Marten Yachts thriving with Azzura
The Marten 49, is a 2006 design that was years ahead of its time and today still looks like a brand new boat, a very nice one. Its performance is as astonishing as ever, considering that this is a boat with a great cruising interior and a lifting keel that allows it to cruise almost everywhere.
The boat weight, 9,500kg, is impressively low and even more impressive if we consider that almost half of it (4600kg) is ballast, almost all in a bulb at 3.6m when down and 2.1m when up. This and the fact that the boat is not narrow (4.17m) make this a boat incredibly stiff and Powerful, able to be sailed short handed or raced with a full crew.
About the performance you only need to look at the race map:
World Cruising Club - Fleet Viewer
The Marten 49 has been great part of the race battling with a Baltic 78 (a fast and very good sailboat ) and will arrive not far away from the Gunboat 62
among much bigger boats right among the first.
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SOL admitted over 4,800 students in one day
Delhi University's School of Open Learning (SOL) will make it to the 2014 edition of the Limca Book of Records for admitting a record number of students in one day – in the last admission season. "The letter from the Limca Book of Records came to us last week. In the previous admission season for the academic year 2011-2012 we admitted more than 1,25,000 students in five undergraduate courses. The admission process was from June 1 to October 3. All the admissions were completed through an automated admission module and in a single day we admitted more than 4,800 students," said Dr. O.P. Sharma, who was in charge of admissions at SOL.
"Despite constraints, we were able to efficiently serve the students and that is the most important thing," said SOL Director Prof. H.C Pokhriyal.
However, efficiency is no mean feat especially if you have to contend with 40-plus temperatures, high humidity levels and even higher tempers, insist the officials.
"We had a detailed plan and trained the staff members before the show could even begin," said Aditya Prasad, a Campus Centre Law student whose group was in charge of crowd management.
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Task number one involved making proper entry and exit points at the gates itself.
"We had measured the area inside the campus and had planned the number of people to be allowed on a square foot basis. There was this scary moment, when people lined up outside were trying to push inside and our guards were pushing them back physically," he said, adding that the institution had requested for 50 Delhi Police personnel but the local police station had sent just two constables to help out.
There were also other arrangements that had to be made. "We had fire tenders on standby; doctors and nursing assistants were in attendance and we even had a psychological intervention plan that was to play soft soothing music. There was a help-desk and water stall. However, the final two days were overwhelming, especially the last day, July 31, when the record number was admitted. Even the principal's office was made into an admissions window; we started at around 9 and had to wind up by 4-30 p.m.."
But the effort paid off and the SOL managed to not only enrol a record number of students but also found its name mentioned in the record book.
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a Boswell, John. 1994. Same Sex Unions in Pre-Modern Europe. New York, NY: Vintage Books.
b Duberman, Martin Bauml, Martha Vicinus, & George Chauncey Jr., Eds. 1989. Hidden from History: Reclaiming the Gay and Lesbian Past. New York, NY: NAL Books.
c Emman Bernay, Ed. 2008. Homosexuality. New York, NY: Greenhaven Press.
d Endersbe, Julie K. 2000. Homosexuality: What Does It Mean? Mankato, MN: Capstone Press.
e Crompton, Louis. 2003. Homosexuality & Civilization. Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.
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h Lau, Steffi. "Homosexuality in China." US-China Today. March 10, 2010. Accessed: July 15, 2011.
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Earlier this year King Barack ordered military priests not be allowed to read a letter to Catholic troops written to them by their Bishop because He didn't like what was being said about his Gay troops edict.
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Doctors making house calls, but for how long?
Making house calls, but for how long?
In-home visits by a few physicians to the elderly and severely disabled may fall victim to cuts in Medicare
ROSANNA RUIZ, Copyright 2007 Houston Chronicle | October 31, 2007
Photo By Johnny Hanson/For the ChronicleSix House Call Doctors Texas physicians care for 1,000 Houston patients.
Photo By JOHNNY HANSON PHOTOS/FOR THE CHRONICLEDr. Darcey G. Kobs III visits Sarah Slusher, 22, at her uncle's home in southwest Houston where she and her family are living. She has been in a vegetative state since an January 2006 car accident. Moving her would require an ambulance. For more photos, visit chron.com/metro.
THE black leather medical bag he carries completes the anachronistic image of a physician who makes house calls.
Dr. Darcey G. Kobs III, like the country doctors of old, knows his patients by name and doesn't rush through his exams. More importantly, he gives his patients the medical care they would otherwise do without. He's one of a half-dozen doctors and physician assistants in the Houston area who make their living through in-home visits.
House Call Doctors Texas, a group similar to the Visiting Physicians Association, started here and in Austin in 2000 with plans to expand to Dallas and El Paso. About 1,000 patients in the Houston area are now being served with about 30 new ones signing up each week, said Bob Buckholtz, a spokesman for the group.
While many of their patients are bed-bound and elderly, more able-bodied clients are also accepted.
One patient, Sarah Slusher, 22, has been in a coma since a January 2006 car crash. Kobs has regularly visited her bedside in southwest Houston for the past year. If not for him, Slusher would have to rely on an ambulance to get to her regular checkups.
"It's such a blessing," said Kaye Slusher, Sarah's mother.
While the number of physicians willing to make house calls has grown slightly since Medicare increased reimbursements in 1998, pending cuts may reverse the trend. The potential program cuts also come at a critical time now that baby boomers are Medicare eligible, said Constance Row, executive director of the American Academy of Home Care Physicians.
"We are calling this service an endangered species for Medicare patients," Row said. "People who do not have backup insurance are going to be particularly hard hit. Physicians cannot provide on Medicare reimbursements alone now and the situation will become even more severe."
Row, and those associated with House Call Doctors, insist that these types of preventative health care services actually save millions in annual Medicare costs.
Earlier this week, Kobs made the rounds at a southwest Houston assisted-living facility where he found one resident's heart racing. The man was severely dehydrated, Kobs concluded, after the resident explained he had been suffering from a virus.
"Drink lots of fluid," Kobs told him, "even if you don't feel like it. That's the only thing that will keep you out of the emergency room."
Paula Schurman, general manager of Hearthstone Assisted Living, said Kobs' visits relieve relatives of the burden of getting their loved ones to frequent medical appointments. There is no physician on duty at the facility.
"It's a wonderful concept and it's become a godsend," Schurman said.
Kobs, who followed in his physician father's footsteps, said he prefers this brand of medicine rather than being tied to an office-based practice.
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Why this game is failing...to me
THis game is failing because there is no PVP in it worth playing. I admit I am also an Eve player and when STO came out I thought it was going to be great. BUt since there is no OPEN pvp, this game is nothing but a grind. No epic battles, no invading the neutral zone, nothing that made Star Trek the great franchise that it is. Its nothing but WOW in space. So hopefully this will change or this game will be gone in another year. And I hate that thought.
This game wishes it was wow in space. At least then we would have more than 2 game types... that are done poorly.
cryptic claims "pvp is strong" and "has a number of things going for it right now", but then again, cryptic makes more claims than all the rice in china. The "massive" klink revamp may or may not "include some updates to PvP", and they may or may not "have some new stuff in the work for PvP as well".
All we can do is wait and see, I'm not getting my hopes up.
Reason I don't think the game will die: role players.
Most of them don't pvp and are okay with playing the same missions over and over. Or creating them in the foundry.
Sad tho. Half the time I'm in game I'm kinda poking around in kerrat doing nothing. Chatting up in opvp. Testing out yet another build. Nothing new. Hate leveling. On the bright side my doffs get great missions.
We are (us forumites) suppossedly the smallest subsection of STO players....
might be smallest, but one thing they need to remember. We are the largest amount of players based on a single aspect of the game.
It's like EvE. 0.0 space has their smallest player population. I think 60, 000 or so (yes 60k) but its the largest group of players in the game playing one type of content.
The others who play this game are spread around doing other stuff. This game can still cater to the pvp crowd and the pve crowd, the pve stuff is already there, we just need some love.
doesnt matter tho, we enjoy being here and helping others with their builds and piloting..and welll just ideas in general. i dont have the time to post in the shipyards forums, i'd be doing nothing on my free time but read and write about sto.
gg "forumites"
gg opvp
It's good for Klingons, since they inheritantly rule PVP. I certainly thought Klingon ships were a lot weaker than Federation ships because of size, technology, and power. I mean, I shouldnt bang on a midget Klingon whatever ship all day and nothing happens. Seriously, I can't even weaken their shields. And it's a tiny little ship and I'm a friggin cruiser. PVP is pretty darn stupid if you ask me.
There are a trillion more options in EVE online, in building your ship and battling your buddy. I think STO is going for a more simplistic approach to appeal to a more general audience. Not saying it is better, but that's the way it is. It just sucks when you can't get the simplistic approach balanced or working correctly.
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Currently, the Big Walnut Local School District offers half-day Kindergarten at its three (soon to be four) elementary buildings. Students attend either a morning Kindergarten session or an afternoon session. During the Thursday, January 9, Big Walnut Board of Education meeting District Superintendent Steve Mazzi said the School District is exploring the option of starting an optional, fee-based All-Day Kindergarten.
While the Ohio Department of Education mandates full-day Kindergarten, Ohio's 614 school districts have the option to waive the requirement in favor of half-day Kindergarten for economic reasons.
Since that January 9 Board meeting district administrators have been reviewing the results of an online survey seeking input about offering a fee-based All-Day Kindergarten; and on January 23 Assistant Superintendent Angie Pollock conducted a parent informational meeting at General Rosecrans Elementary School to explore the same topic.
Pollock said 100 chairs were set up for the informational session; almost every seat in the room was taken. She said there had been a few negative comments about a fee-based All-Day Kindergarten on the online survey, but last Thursday evening's audience was positive.
During the informational meeting Pollock confirmed that the school district would move forward with an optional, fee-based All-Day Kindergarten during the 2014-15 school year.
"With the re-opening of Harrison Street Elementary, our buildings will have space available to accommodate classrooms for all-day Kindergarten students," Pollock said. "What we're trying to do is meet the community's needs, but we have cost objectives. There are some folks who want us to provide all-day Kindergarten without additional cost, but currently the state funds Kindergarten at half the rate as grades 1 through 12 students. For us to fund the other half all at once would require six additional teachers, and that would be cost prohibitive."
Pollock said based on current salary and benefit costs, the All-Day Kindergarten option would cost approximately $275 monthly, or $2,475 each school year.
Pollock also said as per Ohio Revised Code, if the district offers a tuition-based Kindergarten, it must also be offered for free or at a reduced rate to those who qualify.
"If a family qualifies for free lunch, they will be permitted to attend All-Day Kindergarten for free," Pollock said. "A reduced fee at 50 percent of the rate, $137.50, would be available for those who qualify for reduced lunch."
Pollock said the fee reduction is based on the same criteria used to qualify for reduced lunches based on federal guidelines. To apply, families may go to < bigwalnut.k12.oh.us >, click Food Service, the Free and Reduced Lunch Application is near the bottom of the page under Meal Pricing and Financial Assistance.
"A lot of folks already pay for daycare anyway," Pollock said. "Some families are paying $600 a month for child care for the second half of the school day. They would be thrilled at $275."
Pollock said she has met with the directors of daycare facilities serving the district's Kindergarten students during the half day they are not in school; she said she understands the district's All-Day Kindergarten option would impact their businesses.
"They have all been real positive," Pollock said in a phone interview on Friday following her visits with day care directors. "We already collaborate with them on academic issues, and we really appreciate their collaboration. They're all very much on board with our All-Day Kindergarten. It's obvious they are all focused on the best interests of the students."
Pollock said a Kindergarten registration process revision is in progress; that district administrators are reworking the registration packet that normally goes out to parents of children entering Kindergarten. She said the new registration packet should be completed and ready for registration in the next couple of weeks.
Pollock said the district would have no difficulty hiring qualified teachers. She said that's an area of teaching where many excellent teachers are seeking work.
"I doubt if every Kindergarten student in the district would go to full-time; we would be pleased with half the district enrolled," Pollock said. "Worthington started full-day optional Kindergarten 10 years ago with half their district. Now most of their district takes advantage of the option.
"If we have limited interest or are unable to hold an all-day section in each elementary school, parents will have the option to attend an available section in another elementary building," Pollock continued. "Parents would be responsible for transportation, if this is the case. Students would return to their home school building for first grade."
Bell times for next year will be approximately 8:45 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. for all Big Walnut elementary buildings, Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 4, Pollock added.
Pollock also said to contact her at the District Administration office or any elementary building principal with questions.
Parents who are unsure which elementary their child will attend, contact the district transportation department