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MasterCard says it is extending its zero-liability policy in the United States to include all PIN-based and ATM transactions.
MasterCard says it is extending its zero-liability policy in the United States to include all PIN-based and ATM transactions.
EBay delays news of a massive data breach, and Hewlett-Packard leaks its earnings. Reporting good news are Netflix and GameStop.
The government proposes new rules that would allow consumers to see the total cost of making airline reservations online, including all fees and taxes.
Online shopping site eBay is asking its users to reset their account passwords following a cyberattack on servers storing nonfinancial customer information.
Yelp is making more friends than enemies, but both made themselves known on same day Wednesday, which featured a strong earnings report and word of a law firm's investigation.
The Dow rang up its first record of 2014 Wednesday thanks in part to a strong report on job growth, and despite negligible first quarter GDP growth.
Sector leaders Buffalo Wild Wings, eBay, Yelp and Redbox's parent are among the companies this week reporting quarterly results.
We asked 30 popular personal finance bloggers for their best money tips. What we got was such a wealth of good advice, we couldn't fit it in one column.
There are only a few savings rules so important they deserve to be etched in stone. Follow them, and your savings account will swell to epic proportions.
All it takes a little creativity, chutzpah, and negotiating skills to cut your costs for services like cable, items for sale online, and many other things.
The average U.S. household has $15,000 in credit card debt. Ways to pay it off involve your morning coffee, unwanted gifts and the ease of online shopping.
To offset the cost of a new phone, consider selling your old one. Here are tips on how to optimize your listings and get the most for your gadget.
This digital currency is still mostly flying under the radar. Does this signal opportunity for savvy investors? Or is it a fad you'd be wise to avoid?
Activist investor Carl Icahn is pushing eBay to spin off its fast-growing PayPal division. But despite very different growth rates, the marriage makes them both much stronger.
From Coach carrying its latest financials to market, to a blowout report from Netflix, here's a rundown of the week's best and worst in the business world.
Stocks ended Tuesday mostly higher, led by some of the big names on the Nasdaq. The Dow fell 44 points, but the S&P 500 gained 5 points, and the Nasdaq rallied 28.
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Cutting costs is a great way to improve your financial health, but paring down your expenses will only get you so far. The next step is to earn more.
Americans waited until the last minute to buy holiday gifts, but retailers weren't prepared for the spike in sales.
Stocks rallied again on Friday, completing one of the market's best weeks of 2013. The rally is tied to growing signs the pace of U.S. economic growth is finally picking up.
After two weekly losses, the major averages posted strong gains to open the new week, as Exxon and IBM led the blue chips higher and investors put taper fears on hold.
A pair of great public relations campaigns had everyone talking and shopping Monday, but neither one sparked much market action.
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The Dow jumped to another record high Wednesday, but the Nasdaq was pulled down by electric car maker Tesla, which has a problem most manufacturers only wish they had.
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U.S. markets ended mostly higher Thursday as investors shrugged off the government shutdown and began to focus on earnings, but a few troubled blue chips dragged down the Dow.
From a new tablet from Amazon to Microsoft giving Windows an overdue makeover, here are some of the items that will help shape the week that lies ahead on Wall Street.
If you're in your 30s, your main financial goals might be buying a home and saving for your kids' education. But don't neglect to build up an emergency fund.
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Puerto Iguazu, Argentina
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Although it was a good tour with good guides and everything I mark only one star because the tour didn't visit the Brazilian side of the falls which is actually what is being advertised. If I wanted to visit the Argentina side only then I would have booked the appropriate tour. sorry no recommend
Barcelona, Spain
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Casa Batllo is a must while in Barcelona, this ticket saves you a lot of time. There are always long waiting lines at the ticket office so you won't regret buying this one
Cape Town, South Africa
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The tour was excellent and the encounter with the great whites at their natural habitad a once in a life time experience, absolutely great, thanks
Cape Town, South Africa
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Great tour, nice time out of Cape Town, awesome scenery and our guide David was very friendly, detailed explanation about everything we saw and fun to be with
Durban, South Africa
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If you are in Durban don't miss this tour, its absolutely a must with excellent scenery and great experience going up(and down) Sani Pass. Our guide was very nice with great knowledge and we were very lucky with the weather, great views all the way
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The tour was great, plenty of time in Killarney(if someone did not visit the caves, I didn't) and plenty of time to Glendalough to walk to the upper lake and also enough time to wander arount the monastic site. Excellent tour guide and driver, i would reccoment this tour, it was great for me
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Welcome to the official Roosevelt Neighborhood Association website! We are glad you've stopped by to pay a visit.
On these pages you'll find a wealth of information about the Roosevelt neighborhood and the Roosevelt Neighborhood Association.
Vision Statement
The Roosevelt Neighborhood Association (RNA) is a group of neighbors and local businesses who care about our neighborhood and want to help keep it a great place to live. Please join us! Click on the membership link to find out how you can become a member.
You may reach the RNA leadership by sending a message to RNA Leadership; messages will be forwarded to the appropriate person(s) on the leadership team.
Save the date:
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Laser Cut DVD Sleeves
Distributing large files on optical media continues to provide significant bang for your buck… even in these times of ever-cheaper flash storage. So if you're still using discs as a way to distribute your digital wares, why not show off some creative flair with the packaging that goes along with your promotional CD, DVD or Blu-Ray?
The particularly refined laser cut case pictured above comes from designer Jazz Tigen and it is a great example of the impact that can be achieved when you break away from the standard DVD sleeve.
Here are a few more approaches that others have taken in creating unique CD and DVD sleeves through clever use of laser cutting.
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WASHINGTON (REUTERS) - Google Inc will pay US$22.5 million (S$28 million) to settle charges that it bypassed the privacy settings of customers using Apple Inc's Safari browser, the United States (US) Federal Trade Commission said on Thursday.
The deal ends an FTC probe into allegations that Google used computer code known as "cookies" to trick Apple's Safari browser on iPhones and iPads, so that Google could monitor users who had blocked such tracking.
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In this photo of July 25, 2014, an image of the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez decorated with religious images is seen inside of a small chapel at the 23 de Enero neighborhood in Caracas, Venezuela. Chavez is still venerated by many of his supporters in Venezuela. On September 1, 2014, a member of the Socialist Party, Maria Estrella Uribe, recited a "version" of the Lord's Prayer and asked Chavez for help delivering them from the "evils" of capitalism.
The late Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez remains present in Venezuela through the many pictures and homages to him, but a recent member of the country's Socialist Party took it a step further. Socialist delegate Maria Estrella Uribe rolled out a variation of the "Lord's Prayer" - to Chavez.
"Our Chavez who art in heaven, the earth, the sea and we delegates," said Uribe at the PSUV party Congress, " she said in front of his image."Lead us not into the temptation of capitalism, deliver us from the evil of the oligarchy, like the crime of contraband, because ours is the homeland, the peace and life forever and ever. Amen. Viva Chavez!" she exclaimed to applause.
Chavez, who died of cancer in March 2013, came from a poor background, and won over many poor Venezuelans with his large social programs and criticism of the country's elite. Opponents blast what they see as a personality cult to the late leader and accuse current President Nicolas Maduro of using this to distract from shortages of goods, high inflation and crime.
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A beautiful selection of the best-known operetta arias, duets & orchestral music from Vienna's golden age of operetta, including Die Fledermaus, The Merry Widow, The Land of Smiles, The Gypsy Princess, The Gypsy Baron and Countess Maritza.
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Ultimate Operetta Album
There is a vast repertoire of vintage operettas that is slowly disappearing beyond the collective memory of older listeners - and certainly completely unknown to younger listeners. These have melodies about Vienna and Love, amongst other themes, often sung in a foreign language, frequently German, (at least foreign for English speakers). And yet if the words are unknown, or the English translation in one's mind does not stretch beyond the first lines, the tunes themselves are often vaguely familiar, and invite our minds to relax to such lilting melodies. So this double album is a welcome addition to the collection, even if many collectors have some of the tracks scattered across other albums.
Some songs, like Vilja from The Merry Widow, appear more frequently elsewhere; the Die Fledermaus overture is a common track on many albums; and Andre Rieu often serves up White Horse Inn numbers; but other tracks like "Girls were made to love and kiss", sung in German, but with such melodious tunes, certainly ring with me (And yes, this reviewer is a male!).
So the contents here are a "hits" list of extracts from the operetta world, sung in their original language. It's a world of romance and fantasy; but we don't have to take the stories and words literally, and perhaps many times the exact wording escapes us anyway. It is surely the tunes, and a few snatches of lines in our memory, that we respond to. It's a world far removed from modern musicals, and we are seemingly invited back to a more romantic age. I rated this album 5 out of 5.more....
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Ashok Jadhav, the Congress MLA from Andheri, has claimed credit for the installation of additional streetlights, inviting criticism from Ameet Satam, the local Bharatiya Janata Party corporator who had undertaken a hunger strike recently to improve lighting in the neighbourhood.
The civic authority has put up about 50 new streetlights in various parts of Ward no. 62 in the past one month. The work was the result of a successful campaign led by the BJP corporator. Satam even undertook a week-long fast in January.
Some of the areas where the new lights have been installed are Junaid Nagar, Juhu Lane, Lalubhai Park, Barfiwala Lane, New India Colony, Azad Nagar and Upshraya Lane.
On Saturday, some banners appeared in these areas claiming that "additional high voltage sodium vapour street lamp poles has been installed on this road with the efforts of Ashok B Jadhav MLA".
"I never thought that Jadhav would stoop so low to grab publicity," said Satam. The BJP corporator pointed out that Jadhav had also put Gurudas Kamat, the Congress member of parliament, in an embarrassing position by putting his picture also on the banners.
He pointed out that this was not the first time Jadhav had conducted himself in such a manner. "In another instance, after I had got the approval for beautification of a spot under the Juhu Lane flyover Jadhav claimed credit for it. He has not taken up such issues and residents know him well," said Satam.
Some residents have also posted messages on Facebook criticising Jadhav for this act.
"There are several cases where it is difficult to know who got the work done, as one does not follow the process of government approvals. But this job was clearly taken up by Satam. We were witness to the hunger strike. How can somebody else claim credit for this," said a general practitioner.
Meanwhile, residents are understandably happy about the new streetlights that have been put up and they now feel confident to move about in the late hours. While many have to go shopping, many elders choose to visit the temple in the evening hours.
Poor lighting in public places is a major concern that prompted a citizens' forum to undertake a survey in Andheri and other parts of the city. The study found large stretches had insufficient lighting facilities and demanded new street lamps in different places.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has been referred the matter to the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) to work out ways to fix the loopholes and formulate a policy for the city.


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The International ProStar will be the first truck to offer Bendix's Next Generation Active Safety System. The system will initially be available on ProStar sleeper models with ProStar daycab and LoneStar models to follow later in 2015.
December 18, 2014
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance is asking for nominations for the International Driver Excellence Award.
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Builders report order upswings of 20% and more, along with gains
for proprietary diesels and automated transmissions.
November 12, 2014
Today the transportation and logistics world is becoming increasingly global. We want to start giving you a broader global perspective about what's going on in trucking around the world.
July 18, 2014
Nebraska-based trucking and logistics company Werner Enterprises said Friday its Werner Global Logistics subsidiary has signed an agreement in principle to make an equity investment in Hercules Logistics, a logistics and asset-based transportation company headquartered in Shenzhen, China.
June 24, 2014
The new powertrain gets up to 5% better fuel economy than older tractors with manual transmissions, the company says.
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Getting into the festive spirit with Eau des Baux today.
Aoud & Pine by Montale
Remember that while it is perfectly acceptable to criticize the content of a post - criticizing the poster is not.
Mean spirited, nasty, snide, sarcastic, hateful, and rude individuals on Basenotes don't warrant or deserve other individuals' acknowledgement or respect.
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"I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical...It is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government." - Thomas Jefferson
Good morning!
Hypocrites will always be a thorn in my back....and my middle finger will always be the best remedy.....
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Lonestar Memories for me today. When it`s cold outside this one performs brilliantly
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Nasomatto Silver Musk.
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An investment in knowledge pays the best interest
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Habit Rouge vintage EdT for me today.
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4) Lalfeorosa (O'driù) - tie
6) Les Nombres d'Or Vetyver (Mona di Orio)
7) Captain vintage (Molyneux)
8) Tzora (Anat Fritz)
9) Javanese Patchouli (Zegna) - tie
9) Monsieur de Givenchy vintage (Givenchy) - tie
9) Coeur de Vetiver Sacré (L'Artisan) - tie
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Have I told you about the scent of jasmine? Have I spoken about the smell of the sea? The earth is scented. And I perfume myself to enhance what I am. That's why I can not wear a perfume that bothers me. Perfuming is an instinctive wisdom. And like all art, it requires some knowledge of yourself..."
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The port of the Linux Operating System to Mips R4x00 based computers has been announced on the Internet. A complete Linux/MIPS distribution is expected in 1995.
This message announces the availability of version 0.9.2 of Linux/68k. It can be ftped from directory /pub/linux/680x0 at tsx-11.mit.edu. A precompiled kernel executable can be found in vmlinux-0.09pl2.gz in the "kernel" subdirectory.
The corresponding "bootstrap" program for the Amiga is available in file amiboot-1.8.gz in the "kernel" subdirectory. If available, the "bootstrap" program for the Atari will be found in file "ataboot-0.2.gz" in the "kernel" subdirectory (the author of this ANNOUNCE-* file cannot compile such a "bootstrap" program and thus is waiting for one from someone else).
The source patch for the this version of the kernel can be found in linux-0.9.pl2.diff.gz in the "src" subdirectory.
Lars Wirzenius posted in comp.os.linux.announce: ..I'm taking over maintenance of the Linux Software Map, or LSM for short. I'll start by making a number of changes; see the new LSM template below. In addition to changes to the template, you might want to prepare yourselves for some initial confusion on my part while I make myself comfortable with the new job. :-)
Hopefully everything will go well. Don't wish me luck, send me constructive criticism.
I am uploading to sunsite a database in the new form and a tool for browsing it. The tool, called lsmtool, is not all that well written, and is somewhat prone to crash. You have been warned. It also requires Publib, a library of C functions I've written, which you will have to get separately.
I would be grateful if anyone who keeps the LSM on WWW or makes it otherwise available would contact me. There might be something that I can do to make your life simpler, and at the very least, I can list URL's in the README.
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Valencia striker David Villa insists he's not interested in a Premiership move.
The 26-year-old's stunning form at Euro 2008, where he has scored four goals for Spain in two appearances, has reportedly attracted the attention of Real Madrid, Barcelona, Liverpool and Chelsea among others.
"I left the club to compete in Euro 2008 and, when it ends, I hope to be going back to Valencia," Villa told Valencian radio station Radio 9.
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Isn't it always the way that the simplest recipes are often the best. This has the potential to be an outstanding dish as long as you get the best and freshest fish. It's greatness is in it's simplicity which highlights the freshness (or not!) of the fish.
I substituted Mahi Mahi in place of the trout and Macadamia Nuts instead of hazelnut, and followed the rest of the recipe. It was wonderful! The leftovers were even better the next night. I would double the sauce next time as it was very good on the rice too! Definitely a keeper!!!
The seafood lady wouldn't skin the trout so I used tilapia filets instead. Didn't have hazelnuts so I used almonds coarsley chopped and followed everything else. It was delicious!
This dish was so good. I prepared it with the suggested side dishes and all of the flavors blended beautifully. I would definitely make this again.
Delicious, fast and easy. A great way to serve fresh trout. I'd suggest skinning the trout first, simple to do if the trout it fresh. Remove the head, hold near the tail, and pull the skin from the head area towards the tail. Easier than cleaning corn. Instead of frying for six minutes a side, try three minutes a side then remove, put in baking dish, and then bake at 350 for five minutes.


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Anti-Hunger Leader ProMedica to be Honored at New York Gala
Washington, DC, December 2, 2013 – ProMedica, a Toledo, Ohio-based nonprofit healthcare system, will be honored with the 2013 Alliance to End Hunger Partnership Award for its leadership in fighting hunger at the 10th Annual Gala to End Hunger, co-hosted by Bread for the World. Veteran journalist Bill Moyers will deliver this year's keynote address. Read more »
Congressional Attempts to Weaken Social Safety Net Put Latinos at Risk
Washington, DC, November 26, 2013 – Bread for the World today released its annual analysis of hunger and poverty in the Latino community. The findings show that programs on the congressional chopping block, such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly food stamps), have prevented an increase in food insecurity in Latino households since the beginning of the recession in 2008. Read more »
New Report Warns that Reduced SNAP Funding Could Affect 6 Million Americans
Washington, DC, November 25, 2013 – In releasing the new 2014 Hunger Report today, Bread for the World warned that reducing funding for food stamps by $40 billion, as the House of Representatives is pushing to do, would increase hunger for six million Americans. Read more »
Bread for the World Celebrates Passage of Funding for AIDS Program
Washington, DC, November 21, 2013 – Bread for the World applauds Congress for passing the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) Stewardship and Oversight Act of 2013. It extends important provisions and reporting requirements that will help strengthen the program, which has widely been credited for curtailing AIDS in Africa and other developing countries. Read more »
Bread for the World Applauds Senate Committee Vote on Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act
Washington, DC, November 14, 2013 – Bread for the World is encouraged by today's advancement of the Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act (S. 1271), led by Senators Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Ben Cardin (D-Md.). Passed unanimously by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, this legislation establishes guidelines to ensure that U.S. foreign assistance funds are administered in a transparent, accountable, and effective way. Read more »
New Supplemental Poverty Figures Affirm Need for Anti-Poverty Programs
Washington, DC, November 7, 2013 – The U.S. Census Bureau released its new Supplemental Poverty Measure yesterday, just five days after automatic cuts to SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or food stamps) took effect. Read more »
Bread for the World Institute Earns 4-Star Charity Rating for Seventh Consecutive Year
Washington, DC, November 6, 2013 – For the seventh consecutive year, Bread for the World Institute has received Charity Navigator's coveted 4-star rating for sound fiscal management and commitment to accountability and transparency. This recognition positions the organization among the top 2 percent of all charities in the country. Read more »
Bread for the World Urges Congress to Protect Food Stamps and Improve International Food Aid in the Farm Bill
Washington, DC, October 30, 2013 – As millions of families brace for automatic cuts to SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or food stamps), members of the House and Senate meet today to finalize a farm bill that will impact vital anti-hunger programs—specifically SNAP and international food aid. Read more »
Bread for the World Commends Bipartisan Effort to Avert Financial Crisis, Calls for End to Sequestration
Washington, DC, October 17, 2013 – Bread for the World is relieved that the government has re-opened and the country avoided ruining its creditworthiness, but warns that the automatic cuts known as sequestration will continue to harm the working poor and struggling families. Read more »
Bread for the World Calls for Sustained U.S. Leadership as New Data Shows Hunger Remains High
Washington, DC, October 2, 2013 – The number of chronically hungry people all over the world has dropped by 26 million, according to a new report from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Still, hunger in both the United States and around the world remains high. Read more »
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"A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle." — Gloria Steinem
"Take my wife, please!" — Henny Youngman
Now that we've offended just about everybody, here's an old joke to illustrate a serious situation facing married feds.
Husband and wife are having a serious talk. She asks if she dies, would he remarry. He quickly says yes. He likes having a partner, so yes.
Then she asks, "Would you two live in this house, our house, the one that we built and paid for?" Mr. Smooth says yes, he likes the den, the yard and the neighbors.
Next she says, "You two wouldn't sleep in our bed, would you?" Without missing a beat he says yes, "because the mattress is only a year old and its paid for."
Now near tears, she says, "You wouldn't give her my golf clubs, would you?" Finally catching on, Mr. Sensitive says, "Certainly not. No dear, no. Besides she's left-handed."
Which begs the serious question facing many married feds. When they retire, each will get a federal annuity (pension) for life. They can also provide a survivor benefit for their spouse by taking a 10 percent reduction in their pension. That was one of the questions we (benefits expert Tammy Flanagan and I) got in last week's online Q&A chat. One of them was from Jonathan who said he and his wife are about the same age, both GS-14s. He's CSRS; she's FERS. He said they were each thinking about providing a survivor benefit for the other. He asked Tammy if he was missing anything. Her reply:
The biggest question you have to ask each other is this:
How dependent are you on your spouse's CSRS (or FERS) retirement benefit? If the answer is: "If my spouse's retirement stopped, I would have to sell the house and move in with the kids (or a one-bedroom apartment, or sell the second home we enjoy in Florida, etc.)." Then, it seems that you should provide a survivor annuity for your spouse. Since you both have retirement benefits of your own, would you be able to live on just your own retirement (and inherited TSP) if your spouse were to predecease you? Maybe you could if the house were paid off? You have the larger annuity (CSRS) so it might hurt even more if your benefit stopped and your spouse had to live on just her FERS benefit and Social Security that depends on how much service she had and how much you both have been able to save in your TSP and other retirement accounts. If that's the case, then carry enough life insurance to pay off the mortgage (or other debt) so that would make it easier for the surviving spouse to pay their monthly expenses without the other retirement. If you are living off both retirement incomes in your retirement, then it might make sense to consider leaving a survivor annuity for each other. The age difference and health differences isn't a big factor since this does not determine who will die first you might not see that bus coming down the street when you are crossing!
I recommend that you both get retirement estimates run with and without the survivor benefit and consider all of the what-if scenarios. Another option is a partial survivor annuity and add some additional life insurance, if you are insurable. Keep in mind that within the first 18 months of retirement you can go back to the full survivor annuity if you waived it or elected a partial (there is a stiff penalty to do this, so only if there was an extreme life event that occurred that would make you rethink your election).
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Yikes! I just took at hot bath with DH completely forgetting that it's a big NO-NO during pregnancy! Ahh! I REALLY hope everything is okay!
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I wouldn't worry, I'm sure it's totally fine. :) Before I knew I was pregnant w/my DD I took several hot baths, and she's fine. Hope you enjoyed the bath w/DH... Oh, and also... could your profile pic be any cuter?? I love it!!!
No worries! I took super scalding showers and an occasional hot bath for my aching back..... I would stay away from hot tubs but baths cool quickly, so I wouldn't worry too much! Maybe be conservative about it if you are worried. =)
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its not a no-no. as long as youre in water under 101, your fine
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Glad there are other Muldaur/Pulaski fans. I find McFadden (infact most of TNG) dull.
I think TNG is an excellent show for Seasons 3-5 but I'd agree McFadden's performance and character was dull. Compared to McCoy and Bashir, Crusher was a blank slate. There is no character there at all.
Pulaski was a big improvement.
I couldn't agree more. Dr. Crusher had two notes 1.) Ask Picard a question to get out some exposition and internal feelings, occasionally flirt with him and 2.) Heal the sick no matter where in the timeline, the Prime Directive, or anywhere else they may be. Dull and boring.
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A vapor recovery apparatus which withdraws multicomponent vapor mixtures from processing apparatus (such as gas sterilizers) by condensation at two or more progressively colder levels while maintaining an appropriate balance between components during steps of capture and phase change. Two cold traps provide progressive partial condensation at multiple temperature levels and serve to reduce input energy requirements at least 50% compared to a single cold level. The components in the recovered mixture may include (a) recyclable ozone depleting, global warming and valuable CFCs or HCFCs, (b) hazardous materials and (c) contaminants such as water vapor and air. The system maintains safe balance of component materials by immediately and constantly draining the condensate from a warmer temperature stage into the liquid holding section of a colder trapping zone. The system separates vestigial air or air used as a carrier gas from the condensed mixture, and purges it without an unacceptable release of recyclable materials and also it controls water vapor so that frost or ice can not impair performance. After the cryocondensation procedure, valves isolate the system from the processing apparatus, and the system warms the captured condensate to above room temperature. Warming the condensate pressurizes it for transfer to a vessel used for shipping the captured mixtures for reclaiming and reuse. Opening a drain valve in the second cold trap allows captured condensate to flow from the now higher pressure recovery system to the transport vessel without any mechanical pump.
1. An apparatus for recovering a mixture of chemical compounds used as a vapor mixture in predetermined proportions of said compounds within a chamber, said apparatus comprising:
a main fluid conduit extending from said chamber, through a first valve and connected at its outer end to a vacuum pump;
a first branch conduit extending from said main conduit through a second valve;
a first cold trap connected to said first branch conduit
first cryosurface means within said first cold trap and connected to a first low temperature refrigerant source;
a second cold trap and a second cryosurface means within said second cold trap which is connected to a second low temperature refrigerant source that circulates refrigerant thereto at a lower temperature than said first refrigerant source;
a second branch conduit extending from said second cold trap through a third valve to said main fluid conduit;
a vapor conduit interconnecting said cold traps for carrying vapor from said first trap to said second trap; and
a condensate conduit connected to the lower end of said first cold trap for conveying condensate to said second trap.
2. The apparatus as described in claim 1 wherein said vapor mixture is comprised of a sterilant material and a blanketing material.
3. The apparatus as described in claim 2 wherein said vapor mixture comprises almost 12% by weight of ethylene oxide and about 88% by weight of CFC-12
4. The apparatus as described in claim 1 wherein said first refrigerant source maintains said first cryosurface means within a temperature range of -5� C. to -40� C. and said second refrigerant source maintains said second cryosurface means within a temperature range of -95� C. to -11O� C.
5. The apparatus as described in claim 1 wherein said first and second cold traps each comprise upright cylindrical chambers and said second trap is situated at a level below that of said first trap.
6. The apparatus as described in claim 5 wherein said first and second cryosurface means are fluid conduit coils located within said first and said cold traps, respectively.
7. The apparatus as described in claim 2 including:
an input conduit connected to said chamber;
supply conduits connected to said input conduit extending from separate sources of steam, air and sterilant material; and a shut-off valve in each said supply conduit.
8. A method for recovering a vapor mixture of chemical compounds used in an enclosed chamber, said method comprising the steps of:
providing a recovery apparatus for drawing the mixture from said chamber into a first cold trap;
cooling the mixture in said first cold trap to a first temperature level which causes partial condensation of said mixture.
draining condensate from said first cold trap to a second cold trap;
drawing vapor from said first cold trap into said second cold trap;
cooling said second cold trap to a temperature level that is lower than said first cold trap so that all vapor therein is condensed and combines with condensate from said first cold trap; and
draining the combined condensate from said second cold trap for storage or reuse.
9. The method of claim 8 wherein said first cold trap is cooled to a temperature range of -5� to -40� C. and said second cold trap is cooled to a temperature range of -95� C. to -110� C.
10. The method as described in claim 8 wherein said enclosed chamber is a sterilizer and said vapor mixture is comprised of ethylene oxide and CFC-12.
11. The method of claim 8 including the further steps of:
heating the combined condensate to above room temperature until the pressure of the condensate increases to a suitable level for transfer to a storage container.
12. The method of claim 8 including the steps of:
providing a valve for isolating the enclosed chamber from the recovery apparatus;
closing said valve after all of the vapor has been drawn from said chamber;
allowing additional vapor and moisture to desorb from products and walls within said chamber over a predetermined time period;
opening said valve after said time period;
admitting a pulse of air into said chamber to remove therefrom said desorbed additional vapor and moisture and force it into the recovery system to condense the additional vapor.
This invention relates to a method and apparatus for recovering multicomponent vapor mixtures, and more particularly for recovering vapor mixtures used in sterilizing processes.
In various industrial processes multicomponent vapor mixtures are used and after their use it may be necessary or highly desirable to capture and recover such mixtures for reuse or to prevent the escape of particularly contaminating constituents to the atmosphere. For example, many hospitals and some industrial manufacturing processes employ a process called gas sterilization which comprises the following steps: (1) A pressure and vacuum sealed enclosure or vessel is loaded with articles to be sterilized. The sterilizer and its contents are preconditioned by evacuation down to a moderately low pressure level, typically about 75 Torr (26 in. Hg Vac.), backfilled with low pressure steam and then re-evacuated. This evacuation-backfill cycle is repeated several times to remove most of the air and to prewarm and moisten the articles to be sterilized. (2) A sterilant gas, typically a 12-88 weight percent mixture of ethylene oxide and CFC-12 (dichlorodifluoromethane), is introduced into the preconditioned and evacuated enclosure until the pressure reaches approximately 11/2 atmospheres. This condition is held for a predetermined period adequate to sterilize the articles in the enclosure. Heretofore, the now moist sterilant gas was removed from the enclosure by evacuation and was either discharged into the atmosphere or the sewer. This practice created serious problems. First of all, ethylene oxide by itself is flammable, explosive and toxic, while the blanket vapor, dichlorodifluoromethane or CFC-12 damages the ozone layer in the atmosphere and is a global warming gas. Therefore it became desirable, if not essential, to provide a process for capturing and recovering at least the CFC and preferably both components of the mixture.
The aforesaid problem of capturing the vapor constituents from a sterilizer were further aggravated by the fact that after the initial post-sterilization evacuation step, a continuous air flow at a controlled flow rate was normally introduced into the sterilizer and maintained at slightly below atmospheric pressure. This air wash stream absorbed sterilant gases which desorbed from the sterilized articles and the enclosure's surfaces. Following the previous air wash step, the air flow was stopped, the enclosure evacuated (again, to the atmosphere) and then backfilled with air to slightly less than atmospheric pressure, This air pulse cycle, with a pause each time after backfilling with air, was repeated for a number of cycles or a period of time until the sterilized articles were satisfactorily outgassed.
Because of the explosive potential and toxic risks of ethylene oxide and the ozone depleting characteristics of CFC-12, a satisfactory method for recovering and preventing the release of such sterilizing vapor mixtures became imperative.
The use of several known, conventional types of apparatus and methods for recovering, disposing or otherwise handling multicomponent vapor mixtures have serious disadvantages and have been considered to be impractical.
For example, a procedure entailing the vapor compression then cooling of the vapor mixture to condense it has been suggested. However, in order to attain a high capture rate of around 99%, mechanical evacuation and compression of vapor requires a very high pressure ratio, in excess of 100 to one. High pressure ratios create high discharge temperatures. This may cause deleterious effects when compressing mixtures containing chemically unstable components such as ethylene oxide. This method also lacks the inherent ability to separate significant amounts (more than a few percent ) of non-condensible gases such as air at allowable release rates for captured materials. Also, the pumping system may introduce lubricants or other contaminants into recovered materials and requires a high energy input. Therefore, this vapor compression procedure is now used only for those sterilizers which do not employ air for back-filling or air washing but use steam only.
Another suggested method for handling vapor mixtures involved membrane separation of selected vapors. However, membranes are limited to separating specific vapors and must be combined with other technologies, such as catalytic destruction or chemical scrubbing, to adequately process mixtures for desired recovery. Also, their useful life may be limited and require periodic replacement.
Similarly, the use of sorption onto charcoal or molecular sieves has been considered, but sorption, at ambient, low or cryogenic temperatures, has similar limits as those for membranes. Sorbents can become polluted or create acidic conditions and hence less effective over a number of cycles of use and require significant maintenance or replacement.
Cryogenic condensing and separation of recyclable materials was another possible approach to the problem of handling vapor mixtures. However, expendable cryogens, e.g. liquid nitrogen, require special transportation, handling and sometimes logistics problems, thereby entailing high operating costs, and some attendant safety risks. Such cryogens also require supplemental separation techniques particularly for removal of components which freeze well above nitrogen's boiling point.
Catalytic destruction of combustible components is another vapor handling technique, but catalytic disposer units can only remove combustible portions of mixtures and therefor must be used in combination with other apparatus such as membranes or scrubbers. Also, they cannot dispose of nor convert CFCs into benign materials, and the method in general requires a high energy input.
Chemical (typically acid) scrubbing of vapors to remove and render benign selected components is a well know process used for vapor control, but scrubbers remove only those components with which the chemical reacts. Other components such as halocarbons require additional apparatus for recovery.
In summary, all the above prior methods and apparatus considered for handling the moist vapor mixtures such as those used in sterilizers entailed serious disadvantages and failed to solve the problem.
It is therefore one object of the present invention to provide an apparatus and method for capturing multicomponent mixtures existing only in a vapor phase, including ozone depleting and possibly hazardous materials, and for recovering and/or recycling, such mixtures comprising condensible vapors, non-condensible air, moisture or their contaminants.
Another object of the invention is to provide an apparatus for recovering multicomponent vapor mixtures which significantly reduces the required energy input (by at least 50% compared to a single cryogenic temperature capture system) while retaining a capture efficiency of at least 99% for a vapor mixture such as OxyFume-12 (88% R-12 and 12% by weight ethylene oxide) starting at a dew point as low as -15 C. and mixed with water vapor and air.
Another object of the invention is to maintain a safe balance between the blanketing vapor and the toxic or hazardous components of a mixture, e.g. the R-12 and ethylene oxide of the above example, during all stages of capture.
Other objects of the invention are to provide a method and apparatus for recovering multicomponent vapor mixtures which: (1) separates benign non-condensible gases (e.g. air) from recyclable materials and safely disposes of such gases without an unacceptable release of captured components; (2) extracts hazardous, environmentally undesirable or valuable vapors from their point of use and transfers them in either liquid or vapor phases as required, from the recovery system to vessels for transport and reclamation, without using mechanical pumping means that might introduce contamination; (3) provides a capture efficiency of at least 99% for a mixture comprising 88% (weight) CFC-12 and 12% ethylene oxide; and (4) is able to operate properly under any of three distinct modes: (a) Evacuating the source enclosure from an initial pressure of one to two atmospheres, when it contains almost all condensible materials with little non-condensible air present, down to a vacuum; (b) Pumping out (evacuating) the source enclosure after it has been backfilled with air, the air serving as a carrier gas for both the residual vapors in the apparatus and vapors desorbed from products within the apparatus, and therefore to separate and capture condensible vapors at a low concentration in the mixture, and (c) Removing condensible vapors from a steady flow of a carrier gas, typically air, flowing at a steady rate from the source enclosure to the recovery system; and comprising a compact integrated recovery system capable of achieving the above objectives at lower total (acquisition, installation and operating) cost and lower energy requirements than other prior art technologies.
In accordance with the principles of the invention the aforesaid objects are accomplished by an apparatus which can be connected directly to a chamber such as a medical instrument sterilizer which contains the vapor mixture that is to be recovered. An outlet conduit from the mixture chamber or sterilizer has a first branch conduit through a capture valve to a first level cooling tank or cold trap. This outlet conduit also connects to one side of a precondition valve whose other side is connected to a vacuum pump. Between the precondition valve and the vacuum pump is another branch conduit connected to a second cooling tank or cold trap, preferably at a lower level. The upper end of the first cooling tank or cold trap is connected by a vapor transporting conduit to the second cooling tank. The lower end of the first cooling tank is connected to a conduit which transports condensate by gravity flow to the second cooling tank. The first cooling trap has an internal coil or cooling surface which is cooled by a first outside refrigerant source to an operating temperature range of -5 to -40 C. and the second cold trap assembly has an internal coil which is cooled to a range of -95 to -110 C. After a normal sterilization process wherein the sterilizer is filled with a vapor mixture of steam, ethylene oxide and CFC-12, the vapor mixture is drawn directly into the apparatus by a cryo pumping action and a vacuum pump. With the preconditioning valve closed and the capture valve open, the moist sterilant vapor mixture flows into the first cold trap which is at a low pressure. Volatile vapors start condensing on the coil of the first cold trap and the steam condenses as frost. The sterilant vapor, a mixture of two compounds, partially condenses within the first cold trap. The condensate formed in the first cold trap is drained into the reservoir section of the second trap. The colder coil or cryosurface in the second trap induces flow of uncondensed vapor from the first cold trap to the second cold trap and this vapor is ultimately condensed on the colder coil. The condensed vapor from this coil blends with the condensate from the first trap in the reservoir of the second trap and hence the condensed sterilant mixture promptly returns to its original safe ratio of the blanket material, CFC-12, to ethylene oxide. Thus, this reconstituted mixture can be transported for reuse without being dumped into the atmosphere.
Other objects, advantages and features of the invention will become apparent from the following detailed description of a preferred embodiment thereof, presented in conjunction with the accompanying drawing
The attached drawing is a diagrammatic representation of an apparatus embodying principles of the invention.
With reference to the drawing a recovery apparatus 10 is shown which withdraws a multicomponent vapor mixture from a processing chamber which, in the example shown, is a gas sterilizer 12. Such sterilizers are commonly used in hospitals and laboratories for sterilizing surgical implements and the like. In use, as previously described, the sterilizer is filled with a sterilant gas, typically a 12-88 weight percent mixture of moist ethylene oxide and CFC-12 (dichlorodifluoromethane). As described below, the apparatus 10 functions to remove and recover the gas mixture from the sterilizer and to provide a condensate end product comprised of the original mixture constituents in substantially the same proportions as when first supplied to the sterilizer.
Connected to the sterilizer 12 is an input conduit 14 which in turn is connected to three supply inputs 16, 18 and 20 for admitting either steam, air or sterilant to the sterilizer. Each input has its own supply valve 22, 24 or 26 for controlling flow from a separate supply source (not shown).
An output fluid conduit 28 extends from the sterilizer to carry the moist gas mixture from it. This conduit is connected through a first or precondition valve 38 to a vacuum pump 40. Branching from conduit 28 at a junction 29 is a conduit 30 which passes through a controllable second or capture valve 32 and extends to a first cooling chamber or trap 34. This trap has within it a coil 36 providing a cooling surface, the ends of which extend out from the cooling trap 34. The ends of the coil 36 are connected to a suitable refrigerant source (not shown) which is capable of supplying refrigerant to the coil in a temperature range of -5 to -40 degrees C. Such a refrigeration source may be an apparatus such as shown in U.S. Pat. No. 3,768,273.
At a short distance from the junction 29, the conduit 28 is connected through the precondition valve 38 and thereafter to the vacuum pump 40. Connected to the conduit 28 between the valve 38 and the pump 40 is a branch conduit 42 which extends through a third valve 44 from a second cooling chamber or trap 46. This trap is preferably situated lower than the first cooling trap 34. Within the trap 46 is a cooling coil 48 whose ends extend outside the trap to a refrigeration source (not shown) which furnishes refrigerant to the cool 48 at a temperature range of -95 to -110 degrees C. Such a refrigeration source may be of the type shown in the previously mentioned U.S. Patent.
A conduit 50 for carrying vapor from cooling trap 34 is connected to the upper end thereof and extends to cooling trap 46, preferably at a location just below its cooling coil 48.
To the bottom end of the cooling trap 34 a conduit 52 is connected for carrying condensate therefrom. The other end of this condensate conduit is connected to the lower, colder cooling trap 46 near its bottom or reservoir end so that condensate will flow from trap 34 to trap 46 by gravity.
Extending from the conical or dished shaped lower end of cooling trap 46 is a conduit 54 having a drain valve 56 for removing the reclaimed condensate from the apparatus 10.
The detailed operation and method employed by the apparatus 10 will now be described together with an explanation of a typical sterilization process.
For preconditioning, sterilizer 12 first is evacuated by vacuum pump 40 via conduit 28 and through precondition valve 38. Following this, valve 38 then is closed. Steam is now admitted into sterilizer 12 via conduits 16 and 14 through valve 22. When sterilizer 12 reaches a predetermined pressure, steam valve 22 is closed and preconditioning valve 38 is reopened for a repeat of the evacuation step. After several such cycles and then a last evacuation step, valve 26 opens to admit sterilant gas into sterilizer 12 via conduits 20 and 14 until the sterilant's pressure reaches a predetermined pressure equivalent to a dew point of about -10 to -15 C. The gas then sterilizes the implements or products therein. After the sterilization cycle, the recovery system begins its capture of the gases and vapors for reclaiming and recycling.
During or before the sterilizer's preconditioning and sterilizing steps, trapping (condensing) coils or surfaces 36 and 48 in cold trap assemblies 34 and 46 are precooled to operating temperature levels, between -5 to -40 C. and -95 to -110 C. respectively. Vacuum pump 40 purges air from cold trap assemblies 34 and 46 via conduit 42 and evacuation valve 44 any time a significant amount of air accumulates.
Accumulated air is detected by (a) measuring the temperature of cryogenic surface 46, (b) calculating the sterilant's vapor pressure at this temperature and (c) comparing this pressure to the pressure within cold trap assembly 46. The difference between the pressure in the cold trap and the vapor pressure at cryosurface temperature of cryosurface 46 indicates the partial pressure of air present. Vacuum pump 40 withdraws the air via conduit 42 and through evacuation valve 44 until the two pressures are near each other. The evacuated air carries only trace amounts of sterilant vapor out of cold trap assembly 46 to the vacuum pump 40 because of the cryogenic temperature and geometry of the cryosurface 48 which permits only minimal bypass flow.
After the sterilizer 12 completes its sterilization cycle and with supply valves 22, 24 and 26 preconditioning valve 38 closed, the capture valve 32 is opened. A mixture of moist sterilant vapor and residual air flows from the sterilizer 12 via conduits 28 and 30 into cold trap assembly 34 which is at low pressure. Volatile vapors start condensing on the cryosurface 36. Almost all of the steam (water vapor) condenses in the form of frost on surface 36. The sterilant vapor, a mixture of two compounds which do not form an azeotrope, partially condenses. The condensate is richer in the higher boiling component, ethylene oxide, and vapor is richer in the more volatile (lower boiling) component, typically a blanketing vapor such as CFC-12. The condensate formed in cold trap 34 drains via conduit 52 to the reservoir section of cold trap 46. Cryosurface 48 in cold trap 46, which is at a very low temperature, induces flow of the uncondensed vapor and residual air from cold trap 34 via conduit 50 to cold trap 46. There this vapor condenses on cryosurface 48 and drops into and blends with the condensate from cold trap 34 in the reservoir section of cold trap 46. Thus, the condensed sterilant mixture promptly returns to its original safe ratio of CFC-12 to ethylene oxide.
Capture valve 32 is closed to isolate sterilizer 12 from the capture system. Air admitting valve 24 is opened to backfill sterilizer 12 with air to nearly one atmosphere pressure and then is closed. Sterilant vapor and moisture, now desorbing from the sterilized products and the walls of the sterilizer 12, diffuse into the air. After a predetermined time, air admitting valve 24 is closed and capture valve 32 is opened. The capture system then removes this air and moist sterilant mixture in the same manner as described above except that the fluid flowing is now principally air. Cold trap 34 precools this fluid stream to almost the temperature of cryosurface 36 with little or no condensation of volatiles because of their low partial pressure. This fluid stream flows via conduit 50 to cold trap 46 where its cryosurface 40 removes by condensation volatile vapors due to its very low temperature. Vacuum pump 40 removes the air, now essentially free of sterilant, via conduit 42 and through evacuation valve 44. A predetermined number of these air pulse cycles may be repeated or an air wash cycle may follow.
This cycle is similar to the air pulse described above except that when the sterilizer 12 is backfilled with air until it reaches a pressure just below one atmosphere, air admitting valve 24 remains open when the capture valve 32 is opened. A controlled flow of air flows into the sterilizer and vacuum pump 42, with evacuation valve 44 open, operates continuously for a predetermined period. This optional process provides a flushing process for removal of absorbed sterilant from sterilized products and sterilizer 12. Air admitting valve 24 closes at the end of the air washing period and the capture system and vacuum pump 40 continue to operate for removal of residual air and vapors from sterilizer 12. Additional air pulse cycles may follow the air wash cycle as determined necessary to remove residual sterilant vapors from sterilizer 12 and the sterilized products therein.
After completion of the capture processes, capture valve 32 and air purge valve 44 are closed to isolate the captured moist sterilant condensate within the capture system. The condensate in the reservoir section of cold trap 46 and cryosurfaces 36 and 48 are heated to above room temperature until the pressure of the condensate increases to a suitable level for transfer. The heat source can be electric resistance heaters. A preferred embodiment is a modified version of U.S. Pat. No. 4,535,597. This arrangement utilizes heat rejected from the cooling system to quickly reheat a cryogenic surface. (See Cooling System described below). A transport cylinder, not shown, is connected to drain valve 56. Drain valve 56 and the cylinder's valve are opened to allow transfer of the now warm (moist and used) sterilant liquid via conduit 54 from the capture system to the cylinder. Drain valve 56 and the cylinder valve are closed and the capture cycle is ready to be repeated.
Dividing the cold trapping process into two temperature levels or steps reduces the required input power by at least one-half. Energy is saved because a large portion of the heat load for condensing the mixture is handled at warmer temperatures. More than one-half the sensible and latent heat (cooling) energy required for the total cold trapping effect is above about -30 C. with the remainder between -30 C. and -95 to -105 C. The input power required for the same refrigeration effect at the colder level of about -100 C. is three times as great as at the warmer level of -30 C.
Trapping in two steps creates two condensate streams. It might be considered more logical to keep these condensate streams separate until transferring the captured materials into storage or shipping containers. However, ethylene oxide is a hazardous material and will burn or explode when exposed to air and not mixed with enough blanketing gas to make the mixture safe. The arrangement of the present invention which provides two temperature level trapping serves to fractionate the CFC-12 and ethylene oxide mixture causing condensate from the warmer trap to be rich in ethylene oxide and that from the colder trap to be rich in CFC-12. Thus, a hazardous situation could exist if air somehow was mixed with the condensate from the warmer trap. This potential problem is solved in a novel way by promptly draining this condensate into the colder trap where the two condensate streams mix and the remaining vapors are rich in the blanketing material. The extra cooling required to subcool the warmer condensate to the colder trap temperature is not significant because it is only sensible heat without a phase change. In this manner, a safe balance of the component materials is maintained throughout the two step trapping process.
A number of refrigerating systems can be employed for refrigerating the cold traps 34 and 46 in this trapping system 10. Expensive expendable cryogens require constant transport and handling and therefore are not best suited. A single stage vapor compression refrigerator can cool the -30 C. trap and a conventional multi-compressor cascade system can, with difficulty, produce the necessary cooling for the -95 to -110 C. trap. A preferred cooling system is described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,768,273. FIG. 1 in this patent illustrates two refrigerant evaporators, 28 and optional 51, which operate at lowest and intermediate temperatures respectively. Such a system provides the required cooling and, when modified as mentioned the Recovery and Transfer section above, it can provide the required reheating for transfer of the captured materials. In this manner, no mechanical pumps are needed to move and possibly contaminate captured sterilant.
While the foregoing apparatus 10 is particularly adapted for reclaiming a sterilant gas mixture, the principles of the present invention could also be applied for reclaiming gas or vapor mixtures with various constituents used in other devices.
To those skilled in the art to which this invention relates, many changes in construction and widely differing embodiments and applications of the invention will make themselves known without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. The disclosure and the description herein are purely illustrative and are not intended to be in any sense limiting.
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When I connect my Lumia 820 the music plays fine in my two Nokia Play 360 speakers.
When I connect one of my win8 labtops through Bluetooth the music often drops out and the quality get very bad. If I connect with a minijack-cable or turn of one of the speakers the music stays fine without problems.
Any sugestions what I can do to tix it, so I can play in stereo from Xbox music on a win8 labtop? Tried to update the Bluetooth-driver, but it did not help!
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I've tried a lot of devices and operating systems and every single time I found that using two Play 360 speakers resulted in volume dropouts every ten to thirty seconds. The amount of time before the dropout problem begins varies, it can be anything from one minute to half an hour.
Included device connections (over the past two years) include:
Symbian (N8 and 808)
WindowsPhone (Lumia 620, 720, 925, 1020)
Windows 8/8.1 (HP laptop and MacBook Air)
Ubuntu 12.4 (HP Laptop)
OSX latest and previous versions (MacBook Air)
I've seen mention of firmware updates for the speakers but I can't find anything official online.
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I've seen mention of firmware updates for the speakers but I can't find anything official online.
Firmware updating for the Nokia Play 360 can be accomodated at a Nokia Care Point.
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Hi there,
I have the same problem. Unstable stereo with a windows 8.1 laptop and Lumia 820 and 925 (with wp 8.1 DP).
Here my results till now.
- Reset/clear speakers (Power and - ) does not solve it.
- If I use wifi (internet radio / Nokia MixRadio / youtube etc) the problem appears sooner.
- If I use downloaded music the problem does only appear ones a while. (much less)
- If I swith off the Wifi and/or mobile data on my phone and play downloaded music the problems still is there.
- Looks as if the problem is less If I am near my router (strong WIFI??).
- Distance of phone to the speaker is not the problem. If the phone is on top of the speaker or 2 meters away in both cases I have the problem.
- Distance between the speakers is also not the problem. 50 cm or 6 meter give the problem.
-Still have to check if the problem also happens If I use mobile data.
The only way I do not have the problem is if I connect the left box via the 3.5 mm cable to my phone or laptop.
My best guess is that it is related to "interference/connection problem" of wifi and or bluetooth".
Furthermore I guess it is a kind of fundamentel problem with the Play 360 otherwise a solution should already be found. Maybe this is why the Nokia MD-51W (newer version) does not have the ability to pair with eachother.
12-08-2014 17:01
> Firmware updating for the Nokia Play 360 can be accomodated at a Nokia Care Point
I've spoken to six Nokia Care Points, been into three, left the speakers with one. The result: none of them will deal with out-of-warranty accessories in any way whatsoever.
I think I've had a total of five online chats with Nokia regarding this problem, and it wasn't until earlier this year that they suggested a firmware update at a Nokia Care Point, so I suspect that the solution has only recently been possible. Anyway, it was their suggestion, every time, to go to a Nokia Care Point which awalys proves to be pointless.
Today they said that any Nokia repair centre would be able to carry out the firmware update, such as Carphone Warehouse, so I called a couple of CPWs while still on chat to the Nokia online support, and both CPWs said they couldn't do it.
Nokia have now taken my contact details and said that their Service Recovery Team will call me.
*holds breath*
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ARLINGTON - Scientists today sent the first beam of protons zooming at nearly the speed of light around the 17-mile Large Hadron Collider (LHC), located at the CERN laboratory near Geneva, Switzerland. The LHC is the world's most powerful particle accelerator. The University of Texas at Arlington built components for the ATLAS particle detector at the LHC and is the lead institution for the SouthWest Tier 2 computing facilities that will analyze data from the giant detector. UT Arlington Professor of Physics Kaushik De is the computing operations coordinator for the ATLAS in the United States.
The first circulating proton beam is a major accomplishment on the way to the ultimate goal: high-energy beams colliding in the centers of the LHC's particle detectors. The scientists participating in these experiments will analyze these collisions in search of extraordinary discoveries about the nature of the physical universe. Beyond revealing a new world of unknown particles, the LHC experiments could explain why those particles exist and behave as they do. They could reveal the origins of mass, shed light on dark matter, uncover hidden symmetries of the universe and, possibly, find extra dimensions of space.
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Our state (Connecticut) requires that ANY vessel that stays in state waters more than X days (I think it is 30?) pay the state registration fee, even if it is Documented. Our 36' boat costs $180.
I would certainly prefer to continue getting renewals at no cost, but can understand that with the Coast Guard being hit with major budget cuts due to the sequester, (thank you GOP) they are looking to recoup costs wherever they can.
My 35' boat costs $172.50/year it CT. I don't have to have it documented, but it is. If a $26 annual fee is instituted, I will drop the federal documentation and put the state registration number on the hull.
"Thank you GOP"? paulk needs to get his facts straight on the bipartisan roots of the sequester. Besides, the USCG budget was not whacked like the DoD budget as a result of the sequester, so you can't blame the fee on that.
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