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An overvoltage device that is formed from a MOV device that is coupled in parallel with a spark gap. This device is coupled upstream from electronic components to protect these components from damage. For example, in one embodiment, the overvoltage device is coupled to a fault circuit interrupter such as a GFCI, across the phase and neutral lines to protect components of the GFCI from an overvoltage condition. In one embodiment the overvoltage device is formed as an MOV physically coupled to a spark gap wherein the MOV and the spark gap are electrically coupled across the phase line and the neutral line in parallel.
1. An overvoltage device comprising:
a) a first lead;
b) a second lead;
c) a metal oxide varistor (MOV) coupled at a first end to said first lead, and at a second end to said second lead; and
d) a spark gap connected to said MOV, and at a first end to said first lead and at a second end to said second lead wherein said spark gap is coupled in parallel to said MOV wherein said spark gap is dimensioned as both a gap between said first lead and said second lead and an amount that said MOV extends beyond said gap between said first lead and said second lead.
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16. An overvoltage device comprising:
a) a phase lead;
b) a neutral lead, wherein said phase lead and said neutral lead are each coupled at a first end to terminations and at a second end to a fault circuit;
c) a metal oxide varister (MOV) coupled at a first end to said phase lead and at a second end to said neutral lead;
d) a plurality of conductive regions disposed on said MOV, wherein said plurality of conductive regions comprise a spark gap coupled to said MOV wherein a first conductive region is coupled to said phase lead and a second conductive region is coupled to said neutral lead wherein said spark gap is coupled in parallel to said MOV across said phase lead and said neutral lead wherein said spark gap is dimensioned as both a gap between said first lead and said second lead and an amount that said MOV extends beyond said gap between said first lead and said second lead;
e) at least one insulator coupled to at least one of said first conductive region or said second conductive region.
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20. A process for creating an overvoltage device comprising:
a) determining at least one surge parameter
b) selecting a type of MOV based upon said at least one surge parameter;
c) determining an appropriate spark gap by determining an amount of distance that two electrodes are spaced apart, and by a distance from at least one of said electrodes to a peripheral region of said MOV wherein the peripheral region extends within and beyond the gap;
d) coupling said spark gap to said MOV; and
e) electrically coupling said overvoltage device to a circuit to be protected.
21. The process as in
determining a type of conductive material;
determining a set of dimensions of conductive material;
determining a spacing between at least two conductive surfaces, or
determining whether to deposit insulative material.
22. A device comprising:
a) a metal oxide varistor (MOV) comprising a body having a first surface and a second surface,
b) a spark gap electrically coupled to said MOV across said first surface and said second surface such that said spark gap is disposed along a periphery of said body wherein the body extends within and beyond the gap.
The present invention relates generally to an overvoltage protection device comprising a metal oxide varistor (MOV) that can modify its operating characteristics to protect a ground fault circuit interrupter during the occurrence of an overload voltage surge.
There is a need to protect AC line powered electronics from voltage spikes. One of the most popular methods of surge suppression is the metal oxide varistor (MOV). The surge suppression requirements for AC line powered electronics have increased in recent years. For example, UL testing now requires ground-fault circuit interrupters GFCIs to survive and function normally after several 6 kV, 3 kA voltage surges. It is also required that any surge suppression device for a GFCI must either survive, or self destruct in a safe manner, when a 10,000 amp current surge is applied. A MOV that is 14 or 20 mm in diameter is typically required to have the joule capacity to survive these high voltage, high current surges. At the same time however, circuit interrupter receptacles and plug-in units are required to be small for aesthetic and practical reasons. In particular, receptacle interrupters must fit into standard size wall boxes.
MOVs are bi-polar ceramic semiconductor devices. They act as an open circuit as long as the voltage across them is less than their maximum continuous operating voltage (MCOV). Above their MCOV, MOVs operate as non-linear resistors with a resistance that decreases as the voltage across them increases. This makes MOVs an effective solution for protecting downstream electronics from over-voltages and voltage transients. Since a MOV is open-circuit during normal operating voltages, it does not consume current. However, during voltages transients above the MCOV, it quickly shunts current away from the downstream electronics. In addition, since it is a bi-polar device it can protect electronics from negative and positive voltage transients.
A typical MOV consists of a ceramic mass of zinc oxide grains (mixed with small amounts of metal oxides) placed between two metal electrodes. The shape of the ceramic mass is typically a disk shape with the metal electrodes on the two flat surfaces, though larger MOVs can be square with rounded corners or even toroids. For smaller MOVs (53 mm diameter and less) a lead is soldered to each electrode and the MOV is encapsulated in epoxy or other insulative material.
Clearly there is a need for improved surge suppression techniques that take up a relatively small volume, clamp at low enough voltage to protect 120/240 v circuits adequately and are resistant to catastrophic failure during high current surges.
This is because a high voltage transient surge can totally or partially damage electrical devices such as Ground Fault Circuit Interrupters (GFCIs) located in homes, factories and commercial buildings. In many instances, the damage can cause only the protective features of the GFCIs to become either partially or fully inoperative while the device itself continues to conduct electricity. Thus, a user of this type of GFCI could still obtain power from the face terminals of a GFCI but not receive the GFCI type protection.
In operation, an MOV is connected in parallel with the device that is to be protected such as but not limited to a GFCI. At low voltages the MOV has a very high resistance. At high voltages, the varistor has a very low resistance so that when a high voltage transient surge appears on the power supply line, the MOV, which appears as a low resistance, prevents the transient voltage surge from reaching the device. As stated above, conduction through an MOV begins when the voltage across the MOV reaches a maximum continuous operating voltage, referred to as the varistor voltage. As the voltage increases, the MOV's resistance drops rapidly and may approach zero. Because the resistance of the MOV decreases as the voltage increases, the MOV diverts transient current through itself and not through the device that is connected in parallel with and down stream of the MOV. After the occurrence of the voltage transient surge, the MOV returns to its normal high resistance state and is ready for the next high voltage surge.
However, another characteristic of an MOV is that during operation, the MOV will increase in temperature as it conducts high voltage surges. If the voltage surges are well spaced, the MOV can cool down between events. However, if the events are closely spaced, the MOV will not have enough time to cool down and this heating of the MOV will allow additional current to flow through the MOV. The additional current will further raise the temperature of the MOV, and this will continue until the MOV destroys itself. This condition is known as thermal runaway. When in its thermal runway state, an MOV can explode and possibly cause extensive damage to surrounding components.
One way of protecting the MOV itself is with a thermal protection device wired in series with and located to be heated by the MOV element. The melting point of the thermal protection device is set to be at a temperature below that which will cause the MOV to enter its thermal runaway state. As the temperature of the MOV rises, a point will be reached where the thermal protection device will melt and disconnect the MOV from the circuit. When the circuit is a GFCI, it will no longer be protected by the MOV and the full impact of the high voltage transient pulse will be applied to the GFCI. Thus, when an overload condition occurs, the over voltage transient surge is free to be absorbed by the GFCI that was being protected.
The peak surge current rating of an MOV is a function of the area of the disc itself. To protect a GFCI from destructive high voltage transient surges, test have shown that a relatively large MOV is needed. Unfortunately, it is difficult to connect an MOV of this size to a GFCI and still fit the GFCI and the MOV into a single outlet box.
What is needed is an overvoltage device which can protect a circuit during an overload voltage surge, that is small enough to fit into a relatively small enclosure such as a single gang electrical enclosure.
One embodiment of the invention relates to a fault circuit interrupter having an overvoltage device in the form of a MOV element that is connected such that it forms a MOV element in parallel with a spark gap. The MOV element is physically and electrically connected to a spark gap, wherein when the voltage rises to a level that provides a temperature below that at which the MOV will enter into its thermal runaway state the spark gap acts to allow this excess overvoltage to dissipate by extending across the spark gap, thereby relieving the heat pressure put on the MOV. In this case, the spark gap material is located on the a surface of the MOV and is electrically connected in parallel with the MOV. Generally, when a high voltage surge crosses the MOV, the components of the MOV heat up. The higher the voltage in the surge, the greater the heat created in the MOV. In addition, the higher the voltage of the surge, the greater the chance for the use of a spark gap which is adapted to react in the case of large voltage differences between two plates on an MOV forming a spark gap.
Therefore, as a voltage surge occurs on this MOV, if this voltage surge is greater than a minimal threshold value, the spark gap will be acted on by this excess voltage to allow the voltage to dissipate before the MOV heats to a breakdown state. Thus, this spark gap is electrically connected in parallel with the MOV element to help dissipate excessive voltage. In addition, in one embodiment, the spark gap can be covered with a heat sensitive material on the surface of the MOV such as an insulator element which can be a coating of epoxy which cracks and/or breaks away, at least partially from the surface of the MOV element during the occurrence of a high voltage transient surge, or it can be a solder that sputters to form an arc path during the occurrence of a high voltage transient surge. In operation, when a GFCI is subjected to a high voltage transient surge above a certain magnitude, the heat sensitive material forms a spark gap which is in parallel with the MOV and prevents the GFCI from going into its thermal runaway condition.
Thus, prior to the MOV entering its thermal runaway state, it goes from being only an MOV to an MOV in parallel with a spark gap which can be used to protect a set of downstream components during the occurrence of a high voltage transient surge.
With this design, the size and shape and distance between the metal components forming the spark gap can be adjusted to adjust the threshold voltage at which the spark gap becomes operational. The threshold voltage is set so that the spark gap becomes operational at a voltage level that is below a level that would generate sufficient heat to destroy a MOV. In this case, during surges with high voltage conditions, a high voltage potential across an MOV would generate a relatively high current which would result in the heating and eventual destruction of the MOV. When this spark gap becomes operational, it shunts this surge current around the MOV such that much of the current passes around the spark gap rather than across the MOV. In addition with this design, once the spark gap is operational above the threshold voltage, the higher the voltage, the greater the percentage of current that passes through the spark gap rather than the MOV, thereby protecting the MOV.
In addition, with the coupling in of the spike or spark gap, the size of the MOV can be reduced such that the MOV only needs to function in a pre-defined range with the remaining excess voltage being handled by a spark gap coupled in parallel with this MOV to form a compact overvoltage device. Furthermore, additional MOV devices or redundant MOVs are now not required because this type of MOV is protected via the incorporated spark gap which is coupled in parallel to the MOV.
Thus, because these two components forming the overvoltage device, the MOV and the spark gap which are coupled in parallel, the MOV can be saved from any extreme overvoltage spikes due to the parallel positioning of the spark gap.
Other objects and features of the present invention will become apparent from the following detailed description considered in connection with the accompanying drawings. It is to be understood, however, that the drawings are designed as an illustration only and not as a definition of the limits of the invention.
In the drawings, wherein similar reference characters denote similar elements throughout the several views:
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For example, the first and second conductive regions are in the form of the metal coating or plate 14 and 24 that are coupled to MOV disc 12 via any known adhesive or via deposition of metal such as via any known deposition technique such as for example vapor deposition. Conductive region 14 is attached to MOV disc 12 such that it forms a gap region 17 a (See
This gap region can be varied to any degree desirable so as to form a spark gap 15 which has particular overvoltage properties. As shown in
This type of MOV can, in at least one form, be incorporated into a GFCI which has enhanced surge suppression, however, this type of MOV may be beneficial to any number of electrical devices. For example, the embodiments shown in
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This circuit has a test button 226, and a reset button 230, such that when either button is pressed it acts upon the circuit to change its state. For example, when the reset button is pressed, a circuit is therefore created with top rectifier (D3, D4, D5 and D6) and resistor R4′ where a current flows through R4′ from the positive point of the top rectifier to the negative point of the top rectifier. The current through R4′ is detected by differential transformer DT causing integrated circuit (IC) 140 to drive Q1 which shorts R1 and C1 to ground thereby activating relay or coil K1 which causes electrically nonconductive reset arm to kick to move breaking the circuit comprising R4′ and the top rectifier. A spring kicks the reset arm back with the levers now positioned below their respective wiper arms because the reset button is still being pressed. Alternatively, when the test button 226 is activated, power flows through the rectifier formed by D3, D4, D5, and D6, thereby supplying power to coil K1 driving pin 290 to trip, causing movable contacts 252 and 262, on contact arm 250, (See
The placement of this overvoltage device 10 is designed to protect these valuable and sensitive components from an overvoltage surge which could disable many of the above described components. For example, if an overvoltage surge passed through either phase line 234 or neutral line 238 this surge could damage IC 140 thereby rendering the fault circuit detection unusable. At this point, a user would not have any indication that the IC 140 was damaged and yet would not have any fault circuit protection due to the damaged integrated circuit. Depending on the configuration necessary, the different implementations disclosed in
The examples shown in
In addition, the overvoltage device can be designed or manufactured in such a manner so as to optimize the size and functionality of the device. For example, during a user or manufacturer can first determine in step 1 the appropriate surge parameters. Next, in step 2, selects the type of MOV is selected. Next, in step 3 the appropriate spark gap is determined. This step can include a series of steps such as step 3 a which includes selecting the type of material for the conductive coating or plate to place on the MOV. Different conductive materials such as copper or copper alloys, aluminum, lead, tin, solder, or other conductive materials can be used to optimize the spark gap characteristics of this overvoltage device. Furthermore, in step 3 b the the dimensions of this coating or plate such as the thickness and the surface area of the coating or plate can be determined. Next, in step 3 c the spacing available or created for a spark gap based upon the amount of surface area for the metal coating, can be determined. For example, the manufacturer or user can determine the dimensions such as those shown in
In at least one embodiment the spark gap is set such that it has a threshold or breakover voltage of approximately at least 3000 volts. This breakover voltage is the voltage at which the spark gap becomes operational and transfers electric current from one conductive region such as conductive region 14 to another conductive region such as conductive region 24. In all of the above embodiments, the spark gap is designed to work in both directions, that is the arcing can originate from conductive region 14 and extend to conductive region 24, or work in the opposite direction wherein the arcing originates in conductive region 24 and extends over to conductive region 14.
Accordingly, while only a few embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it is obvious that many changes and modifications may be made thereunto without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.
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BMC Public Health 2010, 10:448 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-10-448Published: 30 July 2010
Evidence on interventions for preventing unhealthy weight gain in adolescents is urgently needed. The aim of this paper is to describe the process evaluation for a three-year (2005-2008) project conducted in five secondary schools in the East Geelong/Bellarine region of Victoria, Australia. The project, 'It's Your Move!' aimed to reduce unhealthy weight gain by promoting healthy eating patterns, regular physical activity, healthy body weight, and body size perception amongst youth; and improve the capacity of families, schools, and community organisations to sustain the promotion of healthy eating and physical activity in the region.
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Since 2000, I have focused on understanding the behavioral ecology and social structure of a relatively little studied species of macaque–wild Tibetan macaques in China. Working in collaboration with Consuel Ionica and Jinhua Li, I have investigated dominance style, post-conflict affiliation (reconciliation), patterns of male competition and cooperation, and variations in the expression of female kin bias in this species. We have also investigated patterns of conflict prevention, third party post conflict affiliation, and behavioral stress indicators among adults. A common aim in our studies is to test and refinement of theories concerned with the evolutionary origins of social diversity among human and nonhuman primates.
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Our study group of Tibetan macaques has been monitored by various researchers since 1986 and has been used as a tourist attraction since 1994. This have given us the opportunity to assess the effects of management for tourism by comparing behavior and infant mortality before tourist management began, during several years of management and during a temporary suspension of management in 2003. We found markedly higher rates of infant mortality and aggression among adults in the provisioning area in years of tourist management. Many of the infants died from wounds following fights among the adults. We have been examining specific aspects of tourist management to determine which of them may be responsible for increases in aggression and mortality.
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DALLAS - Dallas County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday became one of only a handful of law enforcement agencies in the United States so far to receive a new database link that will automatically check the criminal and immigration histories of all individuals booked into its jail. This new process provides local officers as much information available about individuals they arrest, and helps to more efficiently identify criminal aliens for potential deportation.
The Departments of Homeland Security (DHS) and Justice (DOJ) have made enhancements to their respective biometric systems - the Automated Biometric Identification System (IDENT) and the Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS) - to improve interoperability between the two systems and enable this new information-sharing process. The interoperability between IDENT and IAFIS is the cornerstone of the program called "Secure Communities," U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) comprehensive plan to identify and remove criminal aliens from local communities. In collaboration with the Justice Department and other Department of Homeland Security components, ICE plans to expand this capability to more than 50 state and local law enforcement agencies throughout the nation by next spring.
"Interoperability will create a virtual ICE presence at every local jail, allowing us to identify and ultimately remove dangerous incarcerated criminal aliens from our communities," said Julie L. Myers, Homeland Security Assistant Secretary for ICE.
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As part of the routine booking process at most detention centers, an individual's fingerprints are checked against IAFIS to obtain information about the detainee's criminal history. The new process also simultaneously checks the detainee's fingerprints against the full IDENT system which holds biometrics-based immigration records. If the individual's fingerprints match those of a non-U.S. citizen, the new automated process electronically notifies ICE's Law Enforcement Support Center (LESC) for officials to evaluate the case and take appropriate action when necessary. Additionally, the local law enforcement agency receives biographic identification information about any non-U.S. citizen they arrest on criminal charges. Law enforcement officers can use this information to verify the identity of the person they have arrested.
Dallas and Harris county sheriffs' offices are the two Texas locations of the seven total sites nationwide that have so far participated in a pilot version of interoperability between the DHS and DOJ databases. Under this pilot, these sites receive limited immigration history information.
Dallas and Harris counties, and other agencies including the North Carolina sheriffs' offices in Gaston, Buncombe, Henderson and Wake counties, have participated in a pilot version of interoperability between the DHS and DOJ databases. Under the pilot, these sites receive limited immigration history information.
Local law enforcement officials do not have immigration law enforcement authority to take action against immigration violators - unless they are trained and authorized by DHS. Harris, Gaston, Henderson and Wake county sheriffs' offices have signed agreements with ICE which authorizes their "287(g)-trained" officers to enforce immigration law under ICE supervision. Named for the section of law under the Immigration and Nationality Act, 287(g)-trained officers already have access to the DHS databases. However, officers must run fingerprints separately on the IAFIS and IDENT systems. This new interoperable system streamlines the process for jail officers and fully checks both the criminal histories and the immigration records of everyone processed into the jail. Currently, only those referred to officers with immigration enforcement authority have their immigration histories checked.
DHS's ICE and US-VISIT program are working with the FBI's CJIS division to make this program possible. US-VISIT manages the IDENT database, and CJIS manages the IAFIS database. ICE's LESC serves as a national enforcement operations center by providing timely immigration status and identity information to local, state and federal law enforcement agencies on aliens suspected, arrested or convicted of criminal activity.


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Dynamite (n.) [MeSH]↕
compound; chemical compound[Classe]
chose composée d'azote (fr)[ClasseParExt.]
explosive; explode[Classe]
substance (fr)[Classe...]
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dynamite (fr)[termes liés]
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explosive compound - explode, explosive[Hyper.]
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Dynamite is an explosive material based on nitroglycerin, initially using diatomaceous earth (AE: kieselgur; BE: kieselguhr), or another absorbent substance such as powdered shells, clay, sawdust, or wood pulp. Dynamites using organic materials such as sawdust are less stable and such use has been generally discontinued. Dynamite was invented by the Swedish chemist and engineer Alfred Nobel in Krümmel (Geesthacht, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany), and patented in 1867. Its name is derived from Greek roots δύναμις dýnamis that literally mean "connected with power."
Dynamite is usually sold in the form of sticks about 8 in (20 cm) long and about 1.25 in (3.2 cm) in diameter, with a weight of about 0.5 lb (0.23 kg).[1] Other sizes also exist. The maximum shelf life of nitroglycerin-based dynamite is recommended as one year from the date of manufacture under good storage conditions.[1]
Dynamite is a high explosive, which means it detonates rather than deflagrates. While trinitrotoluene (TNT) is used as the standard for gauging explosive power, dynamite has more than a 60% greater energy density than TNT.
Another form of dynamite consists of nitroglycerin dissolved in nitrocellulose and a small amount of ketone. This form of dynamite is similar to cordite, and is much safer than the simple mix of nitroglycerin and diatomaceous earth. Military dynamite achieves greater stability by avoiding the use of nitroglycerin and uses much more stable chemicals.[2] Public knowledge of dynamite led to metaphoric uses, such as saying that a particular issue "is political dynamite" (for example at this link).
Dynamite is mainly used in the mining, quarrying, construction, and demolition industries, and it has had some historical usage in warfare. However the unstable nature of nitroglycerin, especially if subjected to freezing, has rendered it obsolete for military uses.
Dynamite was invented by Alfred Nobel and was the first safely manageable explosive stronger than black powder. Nobel obtained patents for his invention: in England on May 7, 1867 and in Sweden on October 19, 1867.[3] He originally sold dynamite as "Nobel's Blasting Powder". After its introduction, dynamite rapidly gained wide-scale use as a safe alternative to gunpowder and nitroglycerin. Nobel tightly controlled the patents, and unlicensed duplicating companies were quickly shut down. However, a few American businessmen got around the patent by using a slightly different formula.[4] The invention was celebrated by anarchists, who recognized its suitability for propaganda by the deed.[5]
Classic dynamite consists of three parts nitroglycerin, one part diatomaceous earth and a small admixture of sodium carbonate. This mixture is formed into short sticks and wrapped in paper. Nitroglycerin by itself is a very strong explosive, and in its pure form it is extremely shock-sensitive (that is, physical shock can cause it to explode), and degrades over time to even more unstable forms. This makes it highly dangerous to transport or use in its pure form. Absorbed into diatomaceous earth or more commonly sawdust, nitroglycerin is less shock-sensitive. Over time, the dynamite will "weep" or "sweat" its nitroglycerin, which can then pool in the bottom of the box or storage area. (For that reason, explosive manuals recommend the repeated turning over boxes of dynamite in storage.) Crystals will form on the outside of the sticks causing them to be even more shock, friction or temperature sensitive. This creates a very dangerous situation. While the actual possibility of explosion without a blasting cap is minimal, old dynamite is still dangerous.
For several decades beginning in the 1940s, the largest producer of dynamite in the world was the Republic of South Africa. There the De Beers company established a factory in 1902 at Somerset West. The explosives factory was later operated by AECI (African Explosives and Chemical Industries). The demand for the product came mainly from the country's vast gold mines, centered on the Witwatersrand. The factory at Somerset West was in operation in 1903 and by 1907 it was already producing 340,000 cases [22 kilograms (50 pounds) each] annually. In addition, a rival factory at Modderfontein was producing another 200,000 cases per year.[6]
One of the drawbacks of dynamite was that it was dangerous to manufacture. There were two large explosions at the Somerset West plant during the 1960s. Some workers died, but the loss of life was limited by the modular design of the factory and its earth works, and the planting of trees that directed the blasts upward. There were also several less notable but still newsworthy explosions at the Modderfontein factory. After 1985, pressure from trade unions forced AECI to phase out the production of dynamite. The factory then went on to produce ammonium nitrate emulsion-based explosives that are far safer to manufacture and to handle.[7]
In the United States, in 1885, the chemist Russell S. Penniman invented "ammonium dynamite", a form of explosive that used ammonium nitrate as a substitute for the more costly nitroglycerin. These dynamites were marketed with the trade name "Extra". Ammonium nitrate contains 85% of the chemical energy of nitroglycerin. Dynamite was manufactured by the E. I du Pont de Nemours Company until the mid-1970s. Other American dynamite makers of that time period included the Hercules Corporation, Atlas, Trojan-US Powder, Austin, and several other smaller firms. Dynamite has been mostly phased out in favor of water gel explosives, which are cheaper to manufacture, and in many ways are safer to handle.[8]
It is a common misconception that trinitrotoluene (TNT) and dynamite are the same thing, or that dynamite contains TNT. Though both substances are high explosives, there is little similarity between them. Dynamite is an absorbent mixture soaked in nitroglycerin then compacted into a cylindrical shape and wrapped in paper. TNT is a specific chemical compound called 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene. (Military dynamite is a dynamite substitute, also formulated without nitroglycerin, containing 75% RDX, 15% TNT, 5% SAE 10 motor oil, and 5% cornstarch to be the equivalent of dynamite composed of 60% nitroglycerin, but much safer to store and handle.[9])
A stick of dynamite contains roughly 2.1 MJ of energy.[10] The energy density (joules/kilogram or J/kg) of dynamite is approximately 7.5 MJ/kg, compared to 4.7 MJ/kg of TNT[citation needed].
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Flowers. Just to add to the early blowout, Eddie Roay took a punt 60
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More than 1,200 fans spilled from the bleachers to the edge of the jungle to hear The Click Five from the U.S., Placebo from the U.K., Grammy Award-winner Duncan Sheik, Australian pop star
"We're here to call attention to human trafficking, a form of slavery that is as big a problem today as perhaps anytime in history," Placebo lead singer
USAID is supporting the MTV EXIT campaign in
U.S. Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission Piper A. Campbell told the crowd to be wary of job offers that seemed too good to be true and urged them to report suspected traffickers to authorities, community leaders or non-governmental organizations. Volunteers distributed MTV EXIT anti-trafficking bracelets and wallet-sized leaflets in the Khmer language with hotline numbers to concert goers.
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Starting, Tuesday, Jan. 8, Peel residents will receive free support and information about Hepatitis C. (Hep C) in the only such initiative in the Peel Region.
The program —C'ing Tomorrow — by Regeneration Outreach Community and the Bloom Clinic will take place weekly on Tuesdays at Grace United Church, 156 Main St. N. from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Hepatitis C is a highly infectious disease that can be contracted from transfusions and infected needles. It's spread when people share body fluids containing the virus during such activities such as sharing needles, spoons, straws and other drug related equipment; getting tattoos or body parts pierced with used or non-sterile needles. Infection can cause inflammation of the liver, cirrhosis and other complications including liver cancer.
Regeneration Outreach Community and the Bloom Clinic—which is part of the Bramalea Community Health Centre — received funding from the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care to run the support meetings, explained Cassie Fischer, clinical counsellor, the Bloom Clinic.
"There was definitely a need for such a program," she said. "Hepatitis C is actually quite quickly growing and I think not a lot of people really have an idea of what the disease is or how it is transmitted. Often people impacted by hep C are people who may be marginally housed or who use injection drugs and have mental health issues. So, typically, people with hep C haven't been easily identified and are sometimes difficult to treat because of all the other needs they have."
The C'ing Tomorrow initiative will look at providing help and support for hep C, not in isolation, but as part of the other emotional and mental challenges the individual may have.
The idea behind introducing weekly support and information session was to provide a safe space for people, said Fischer.
Program topics covered during the session are flexible and will be based on the needs of participants.
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What do you think, when will the first snippet be online for us to discover? Any thoughts?
What do you think, when will the first snippet be online for us to discover? Any thoughts?
So far this tweet and rolling stone have both said REALLY good things about Burn it Down. Is it usually like this? I don't remember the Catalyst being so talked about. Basically what I'm asking is, are there usually comments like these about the lead singles? Or is Burn it Down special?
These f****** are laughing away to the bank and cashing a check. Asking you to have compassion have some respect.
LP on Loveline is always a barrel of laughs. Yo, Xero21, you up for some shoutbox fun again? Haha.
To answer an earlier question: LP usually have not been media darlings and their music hasn't always gotten glowing reviews. To have Burn It Down so highly praised is different for sure. What that means remains to be seen.
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Oh shit that tweet is going to kill us of excitement, i can't wait to hear Burn it Down... We need snippets or something AAAGGHHH
"Formerly known as VicV8V"
Can I get this stream on their website? I'm being lazy and not reading the post again..
i keep on getting all these fantasies on how the single is going to sound like, i never been so excited and so speculative about a single
mason jar" ... because no-one's done that for years, apparently! ;D
At this rate, the single/album are going to be so overhyped that there will be no way to live up to it. On the other hand, if it still is able to live up to it, well...
I hate Loveline... I can't wait to miss it...
The cycle repeated as explosions broke in the sky
all that I needed was the one thing I couldn't find
And you were there at the turn waiting to let me know
We're building it up to break it back down
We're building it up to burn it down
We can't wait to burn it to the ground
The colors conflicted as the flames climbed into the clouds
I wanted to fix this but couldn't stop from tearing it down
And you were there at the turn caught in the burning glow
And I was there at the turn waiting to let you know
You told me yes you held me high And I believed when you told that lie
I played that soldier you played king And struck me down when I kissed that ring
You lost that right to hold that crown I built you up but you let me down
so when you fall I'll take my turn and fan the flames as your blazes burn
A fire needs a space to burn, a breath to build a glow.
Until now, the acclaim of the media about the new album is kinda scaring me...
I keep thinking Mike and Chester will both sing the hook and say something like "We'll burn it down together"
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"We do not see things as they are. We see things as we are." This Talmudic quote from Rabbi Shemuel ben Nachmani notes that seeing is not always vision. What we see in life is more than what the eye beholds. A person or circumstances right in front of us can be merely the surface of someone or something more profound.
The United States must forever recall the struggles, moves, and marching of the women and men across the Edmund Pettus Bridge. Fifty years ago, ordinary people walked for the right to stand up and be counted. To the naked eye, those sojourners lacked political clout as much as they did fiscal wherewithal. Those citizens were not persons of means, but their intentions were good. They meant well. They meant to do whatever — to get the right to vote.
No whips, dogs, horses, or hoses would stifle their efforts. The Americans who marched from Selma to Montgomery may not have looked like much, but their actions changed this country's political horizon and racial landscape. Yes, a yearning in their loins propelled them to create social change. They were going to vote at any cost, at any price.
In this week's lectionary passage, a man crippled from birth wanted "change." Actually, he wanted coins or any alms that Peter and John could offer (Acts 3:1-11). To this man, the two disciples were in better shape than he was. From his view, he could surely benefit from whatever they had to offer. Yet, Peter exposes their impecunious state: "Look on us. We don't have a nickel to our names."
There was nothing spectacular or dazzling about Peter or John.
"Come to the living God … Come to stand alongside those who sufferCome to those who seek freedom … Come to resist all that offends God's justiceCome to Jesus as He hangs on the Cross … Come to the living disturbing God."
DURBAN, South Africa — A precursor to Easter sunrise and call to commitment is the now 30-year ritual Good Friday packing of the International Exhibition Center with 3,000+ ecumenical congregants participating (with dance, choir, prayers, and prophetic preaching) in the call to "Arise – Act for a Just Society." Anglican Bishop Rubin Phillip set the scene with a moving historical reminder of the reason for the 1985 first march to the central prison. It was to protest the silencing of the 16 Durban "treason trialists" (including congregational deacon Archie Gumede, and Frank Chikane, post-apartheid member of the first multiracial Assembly, Apostolic pastor, and future President Nelson Mandela staff chief). Family members of the incarcerated and current elected leaders carried a cross to city hall, calling all to love mercy and act justly. We paused to give thanks for their courage at the one remaining wall of the prison now in the front plaza of the iconic convention center. When the first march 30 years ago stopped to sing and pray, "voices were heard from inside the prison joining in the singing of Good Friday hymns."
Archaic prayers, hidden keys, and secret religious orders — such are the elements of the latest episode of the USA Network's biblical conspiracy action series Dig.
Add in a modern re-enactment of one of the most harrowing stories in the Hebrew Bible, and the result is a swirling, baffling stew of religious themes and imagery.
This is your spoiler alert! Read on if you are up to date on Dig or a glutton for punishment.
"It's all about the End of Days, the Second Coming, Armageddon, the Rapture," Debbie (Lauren Ambrose) says in what is the clearest explanation by any character of what is going on in Dig to date.
"In order to bring about the Second Coming, the Temple in Jerusalem needs to be rebuilt."
Here's a quick summary of some of the religion references in this week's episode:
Faced with a fierce enemy driven by Muslim extremist ideology, the government has cracked down on funding for al-Shabab, the Somali group that claimed responsibility for killing 148 mostly Christian students at Garissa University College a week ago.
This week, Kenya froze the accounts of 85 groups and individuals, including bus companies and Muslim rights organizations, allegedly linked to the group. It has closed down one hotel in Eastleigh, a neighborhood in the Nairobi commonly known as Little Mogadishu because of its large concentration of ethnic Somalis.
But the freeze on Muslims for Human Rights and Haki Africa, two nongovernmental organizations, raised questions, since they are known for their work on improving the lives of Kenyans and fighting for human rights of all citizens.
"I am amazed that these human rights organizations are believed to have been supporting terror," said Sheikh Juma Ngao, the national chairman of the Kenya Muslim National Advisory Council.
"I think the government needs to provide some evidence."
As she embarks Sunday on her 2016 presidential campaign, one facet of Hillary Clinton, 67, is unchanged across her decades as a lawyer, first lady, senator, and secretary of state: She was, is, and likely always will be a social-justice-focused Methodist.
1) She was shaped by a saying popular among Methodists: "Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can," says Paul Kengor in his book " God and Hillary Clinton ."
As a girl, she was part of the guild that cleaned the altar at First United Methodist Church in Park Ridge, Ill. As a teen, she visited inner-city Chicago churches with the youth pastor, Don Jones, her spiritual mentor until his death in 2009. During her husband's presidency, the first family worshipped at Washington's Foundry United Methodist Church, and Time magazine described her membership in a bipartisan women's prayer group organized by evangelicals.
2) Clinton's been known to carry a Bible in her purse but, she told the 2007 CNN Faith Forum, "advertising" her faith "doesn't come naturally to me." Every vote Clinton made as a senator from New York, she said, was "a moral responsibility." When asked at the forum why she thought God allows suffering, Clinton demurred on theology, then swiftly turned her answer to activism: "The existence of suffering calls us to action."
If someone offered you the chance to live in a world designed to look and feel like the real one, but is actually a tidier, more ordered Stepford-ish facsimile, would you take it? For many Christians today, the answer appears to be yes.
Call it Newton's Third Law of modern Christianity, but for every event, there appears to be an equal and opposite corresponding Christian event. There are Christian music festivals and book festivals; Christian versions of TED Talks; the upcoming International Christian Film Festival in Orlando, Fla.; and earlier this month, even a Christian Fashion Week.
While it might seem tempting for Christians to lock themselves away in anti-secular bubbles, where they could wear nothing but Christian clothing and eat nothing but Christian food (Chick-fil-A, I'm guessing?), the ramifications of doing so are polarizing at best, and deeply destructive at worst.
Just look at the recent spate of religious freedom laws being passed around the country. Regardless of whether you view the RFRAs as discriminatory or necessary, the nut of their existence essentially boils down to separateness.
At their core, they are laws designed to keep one group of people from being forced to interact with another.
While I am thankful for the ministry I went to for support — there was no other place for gay Christians to go in 1991 to admit the truth — I am sorry that they and I prescribed a one-size-fits-all story for every gay and lesbian person. I'm sorry we preached an incomplete gospel and wrongly told LGBTQ people they could and should do more to be acceptable to God. Doing so was deeply hurtful and damaging to many who never experienced the kind of change we thought possible.
For too long, same-sex attraction has been categorized as sinful and in need of repairing. Such stigma has caused LGBTQ people crippling shame and fear. As a child I experienced and as an adult I perpetuated that stigma. I profoundly regret my support for and promotion of reparative therapy.
And that's why I stand with President Obama in calling for a ban on this practice for minors and for greater measures to protect adults seeking this niche therapeutic intervention.
This ban is in no way an attempt to strip parents of their ability to be good parents or to keep them from helping their child to navigate the complexities of sex and sexuality. Nor is it an infringement on religious liberties.
1. 'A Rape on Campus:' What Went Wrong?
Columbia University's Journalism school released its report detailing the journalistic failures of Rolling Stone's viral story 'A Rape on Campus,' which initiated, and later may have stifled, an honest conversation about the prevalence rape on college campuses. Read the full report. "[Writer Sabrina Rubin] Erdely and her editors had hoped their investigation would sound an alarm about campus sexual assault and would challenge Virginia and other universities to do better. Instead, the magazine's failure may have spread the idea that many women invent rape allegations."
2. The Courage of Bystanders Who Press 'Record'
"Despite the fact that the world can now see Eric Garner being killed by an illegal chokehold — despite the fact that New York City Police Department banned chokeholds years ago — film of the incident did not result in the officer, Daniel Pantaleo, being charged. But thanks to the efforts of Ramsey Orta, who filmed Garner's death, we know."
3. Hope but Verify: The Iran Nuclear Framework"House Speaker John Boehner recently said this about the broader instability in the Middle East: 'The world is starving for American leadership. But America has an anti-war president.' In the context of our faith — or even in the context of conservative ideals — is leadership that prevents war something to be maligned?"
4. How the Presidential Candidates Found Their Faith"This season's crop of presidential candidates reflects this country's many contradictions in faith." Newsweek explores the faith backgrounds of the apparent 2016 field so far.
In the midst of my family's Easter celebration yesterday, I decided to check Facebook. Most of my friends posted comments like "Happy Easter!" and shared pictures of their celebrations.
But this meme also appeared on my feed:
The meme is attributed to Richard Dawkins' Foundation for Reason and Science and is meant to debunk Christianity and Easter as just another example of an ancient myth. The reasoning goes like this – Christianity has so much in common with other ancient myths, so how can we take Christianity seriously?
The meme shows the ancient Assyrian and Babylonian goddess Ishtar and makes a few claims against Christianity. The first is that "Ishtar" was pronounced "Easter." The second is that Ishtar was the goddess of fertility and sex and so her symbols were an egg and bunny. The meme concludes that Easter is merely a copy of the Ishtar myth and its roots are "all about celebrating fertility and sex."
Megan McArdle of the Daily Beast did an excellent job debunking the meme.
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Indiana Severe Storms and Flooding (DR-1766)
Incident period: May 30, 2008 to June 27, 2008
Major Disaster Declaration declared on June 8, 2008
Updates and Articles, Blogs, and News Releases
July 24, 2008
News Release
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- After reviewing additional documentation, officials of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) have reclassified 116 occupants of the Candlelight Mobile Home Park, in Columbus, as owners of their residences. The decision makes these occupants eligible for further federal disaster assistance. "We're happy for this change," said FEMA Federal Coordinating Officer Mike Smith. "We want everyone to get the maximum amount of assistance available to them as allowed by law."
July 23, 2008
News Release
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- To date almost 4,000 Indiana residents have sought advice from Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) experts on repairing and rebuilding flood-damaged homes.
July 23, 2008
News Release
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- Please note, due to a misprint we are confirming the new location of the Bartholomew County Disaster Recovery Center as of Monday, July, 28, 2008 below. New Location Was Printed As: Columbus Enterprise Development Center4902 N. Warren St. Columbus, IN 47201 New Location Should Be: Columbus Enterprise Development Center4920 N. Warren St. Columbus, IN 47203
July 22, 2008
News Release
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- FEMA Disaster Recovery Centers (DRCs) in Marion County and Johnson County will close on Thursday, July 24; reopening Friday, July 25 as U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Disaster Loan Outreach Centers (DLOCs). The Owen County Mobile Disaster Recovery Center (MDRC) will be open through Friday, July 25, thereafter will revert back to a SBA DLOC on Monday, July 28. Also, the DRC in Columbus, IN is changing locations.
July 21, 2008
News Release
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- At the request of Governor Daniels, governmental agencies affected by the recent storms, tornadoes and flooding have been given a 30 day extension to notify the State they wish to participate in the FEMA Public Assistance (PA) program. Agencies and eligible nonprofits should get their requests in as soon as possible.
July 19, 2008
News Release
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- Today, in an abundance of caution, FEMA notified Indiana flood victims who are residing in 11 FEMA-provided manufactured homes with exterior water heater compartments of the following: While conducting routine maintenance of manufactured home units in Indiana, FEMA identified a substance suspected to be mold on the doors and door-jams of exterior water heater compartments in a number of the units sent to Indiana. Initial tests identified the substance as mold.
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When there is a threat of disease during pregnancy, mothers produce less aggressive sons with more efficient immune systems, researchers at The University of Nottingham have discovered.
The Royal Society journals have reported that the earliest turtles known to live in water have been discovered on a Scottish island.
The UK's Royal Society is conducting an investigation to determine if ambitious engineering schemes could reduce the impact of global warming.
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Go straight to the countdown!
An introduction: As the '90s drew to a close, I nattered on for 20 weeks straight about the best albums of that decade via a list I would radically revise today. It was a mess, a poorly meshed mix of undeniable titans and idiosyncratic choices that pushed some obvious landmarks aside. (Basehead's Play with Toys but not Sublime? Moronic.)
I spent most of 2009 insisting that I would do the same (but get it right) for this past decade, this most musically all-over-the-map era that no two people I've ever met can ever agree what to call. But eventually I procrastinated to the point that I no longer cared –- by which point I remembered that every scribe worldwide and all their cousins would spend from Thanksgiving to New Year's frantically posting their most awesomest pet sounds of the decade in hundreds-long batches of tweets.
How very boring.
So I thought I'd put together a list you might not find everywhere else.
I call 'em the O.C. Oughties: the 50 best albums Orange County hath wrought this past decade.
From 2000 to 2009, that is. Because you're aware the decade hasn't actually ended yet, right? But, then, it also didn't start in 2000, so I guess that counting game is permanently screwed ...
Just what's required for these shiny discs and intangible downloads to qualify for such a list?
Two things:
1) Above all, the album actually has to be pretty damn great start to finish. A very fine exemplar of its scene at the very least. Better yet something that merits getting put back into heavy rotation on your playlist as seasons and moods change.
2) It has to have had some impact, some relevance to O.C.'s rich but still overlooked or snickered-at contributions to popular music. Obviously the more impact you've had, the more likely you are to rank high -– which makes it easy for me to laugh at anyone who disputes No. 1. (That said, were this based strictly on personal preference, No. 2 would be No. 1 and No. 1 would fall to at least 5 or 6.)
Impact is listed second, by the way, because impact isn't everything –- and local importance can sometimes trump national success. Big Sandy makes fab retro records that sell a fraction of the numbers Saosin posts, but the fact that he's become a beloved county treasure gives him esteem Saosin doesn't quite have, not when plenty of well-versed rock fans still can't tell them apart from Atreyu.
Now, a confession: this list is inherently flawed.>