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U.S. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus will deliver the keynote address during the 2011 Mississippi State University Biofuels Conference Oct. 5-7.
Open to registered conference attendees, the program on the 6th featuring his remarks will begin at 10 a.m. in the university's Foster Ballroom of the Colvard Student Union. University President Mark E. Keenum and conference director Rafael Hernandez also will speak.
Mississippi's former governor who was appointed last year by President Barrack Obama to lead the nation's second oldest military department, Mabus will discuss the value of biofuels and other alternative energies to national defenses commitments. The Ackerman native also was U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia in the Clinton Administration. For more, visit http://www.navy.mil/navydata/bios/navybio.asp?bioID=505 [2].
The conference also will include speakers representing the many stages of biofuel production, from the initial bench-scale level to companies already utilizing biofuel technology in commercial markets, said Hernandez, associate director of MSU's Sustainable Energy Research Center.
"We're telling success stories of how technology takes biofuels from a few gallons to hundreds of thousands of gallons," added the Texas Olefins associate professor in the Dave C. Swalm School of Chemical Engineering.
On Oct. 7, the conference will feature an 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. panel discussion with representatives from the National Science Foundation; U.S. departments of Agriculture, Defense and Energy; Environmental Protection Agency; and public-private Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative. They will discuss current research and development projects of their respective agencies, among other topics.
Glenn Steele, director of MSU's Energy Institute, said the yearly gatherings are designed to share perspectives of leaders in business, government and industry while showcasing leading biofuels and renewable energy research at MSU.
"MSU is developing fuels that can be mixed with gasoline, diesel and jet fuel," Steele said. "We have three different processes at the pilot level and have a number of commercial partners who have begun to take our technologies to the next level."
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Biology faculty presents, publishes on freshwater mussel research
Dr. Chris Barnhart, professor of biology, recently presented new research in the field of freshwater mussel conservation and research, which has been his primary research focus for many years.
Barnhart and former graduate student Megan Bradley taught a course titled "Biology and Conservation of Freshwater Mussels" in August at the National Conservation Training Center in Shepherdstown, W.Va. The course attracted professionals from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Army Corp. of Engineers and Environmental Protection Agency.
Barnhart also gave a presentation on host relationships of native freshwater mussels at the International Meeting on Biology and Conservation in Braganza, Portugal in September.
"Freshwater mussels are important in river conservation efforts worldwide," Barnhart said. "Historically the European pearl mussel was harvested for pearls, and many species of North American mussels were harvested for shells used in button manufacturing. In modern times, the focus has shifted from exploitation to conservation, and endangered mussel species serve as indicators of water quality and ecosystem integrity. The protection of mussel habitats is a means to guide the protection of river ecosystems."
Barnhart contributed to multiple research projects published in 2012, including "A Guide to Missouri's Freshwater Mussels" (Missouri Department of Conservation), "Partial Life-Cycle and Acute Toxicity of Perfluoroalkyl Acids to Freshwater Mussels" (Environmental Toxicology) and "Spatial and Temporal Trends of Freshwater Mussel Assemblages in the Meramec River Basin, Missouri, USA" (Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management).
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Billionaire Bill Gates has said he will help pay for injectable polio vaccines in India, one of the last countries where the disease persists. The current oral treatment has not been successful due to the prevalence of chronic diarrhoea, which prevents the vaccine from working.
Many people who took the anti-obesity drug fenfluramine before it was banned in 1997 carried on developing damage to their heart valves long after stopping the medication, a study of 5743 former users reveals (BMC Medicine, DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-6-34). Of these, 20 per cent of women and 12 per cent of men were affected. For all ex-users, the chances of needing surgery for valve damage was seven times normal.
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New Year's resolutions always seem a little bit cheesy. By February, many people are trying to figure out how to cancel that gym membership or turn their treadmill into a coat rack. However, if you're going to make one decision this year that sticks—resolve to remove cheese from your diet.
Let's be honest—some folks think they just can't give up cheese. However, once you realize just how bad something is for you, it suddenly doesn't seem so necessary! Every year millions of Americans resolve to quit smoking or to cut back on their drinking–and the health reward is huge. The same goes for cheese. Just as giving up smoking can significantly decrease the risk of lung cancer, giving up cheese can lower the risk of prostate and breast cancers.
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Beyonce, to many, appeared flawless onstage during her MTV VMAs medley, but offstage during rehearsals, she was frazzled, not flawless.
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It's the second time the Death Row Records founder was shot at a pre-VMAs party.
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It was an ugly game, but it's time for some links anyway. Mike Chappell, in his Colts Insider column for The Indianapolis Star, says the Colts had hoped to make the Jets one-dimensional by stopping the run and force the erattic Mark Sanchez to try to beat them. They just couldn't: "We wanted to put the game in his hands and hopefully get him to make some mistakes," safety Antoine Bethea said. "Them doing a great job of running the ball, he didn't have to make too many plays throwing the ball." From the couch, it looked like the Colts had no such game plan. I don't know if it's refreshing to know that was, in fact, what they were trying to do; or worrisome knowing that it's exactly what they tried, and failed, to do. I'll go with refreshing. Here's hoping they get things straightened out and take out their frustration on the Browns next week. @MarcusDugan
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As Food Crisis Looms in Niger, Lives Hang in the BalancePosted on Thursday, March 15th, 2012 at 3:55 pm
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For the third time in less than a decade, the Sahel region of West Africa could once again face a food crisis. The most urgent question now is not whether a response is needed, but when it will happen and at what scale. But perhaps the most important question is: what can we do to reduce the likelihood that we will be having the same conversation, facing the same life-or-death consequences, next year, or the year after?
We saw the deadly costs of delayed intervention last year in the Horn of Africa, where widespread hunger in Ethiopia and Kenya and famine in Somalia led to the deaths of as many as 100,000 people, according to figures collected by the United Kingdom's Department for International Development (DfID). While the early warning signs from East Africa were far more severe than that from West Africa (in Niger, food production was 10-15 percent below average in 2011, but was an estimated75 percent below average in Somalia.), we should take them no less seriously, particularly when it comes to the value of early and preventative action. Read the rest of this entry »


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A HUSHED silence often marks the wait for something big. But with gravitational waves, the silence has stayed unbroken for almost a century: we haven't heard a single one since they were first proposed by Einstein in 1916.
That's not for want of trying. LIGO, set up to listen out for gravitational waves, has spent a decade picking up everything from passing jets to storms far out at sea, but not its quarry. Now, it is set to cock a sharper ear to the cosmos. Mind-bogglingly, its detector chamber may soon be even quieter than if it contained nothing at all (see "Einstein's silence: Listening for space-time ripples").
The recent discovery of telltale marks on the cosmic microwave background was indirect evidence for gravitational waves. Detecting these space-time murmurs directly would be another huge advance, opening up an entirely new channel on the universe. So let's hope the silence is broken soon. And that what we hear next is big.
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Bulgaria has to launch reforms that will be in line with the goals in the EU's Europe 2020 strategy as EU funding will go "only to reformed sectors where it will produce the best possible effect," experts and officials said.
The Bulgarian government adopted a draft partnership agreement with the EU for the 2014-2020 programming period outlining the priority areas and operational programmes for which it wants to use about 6.3 billion euros of the total assistance of more than 7.1 billion euros set aside for the country for the next seven years.
The rest of the financing would remain effectively blocked until at least 2016, or is outside the operational programmes funded under the Union's structural and cohesion funds. It includes the money under the EU's new Connecting Europe Facility, the reserve the country is obliged to keep, standing at 5 percent of the total amount, and about 150 million euros earmarked for cross border co-operation.
Deputy Prime Minister and Justice Minister Zinaida Zlatanova attributed the drop in the funding for some of the effective operational programmes to the unprecedented overall reduction in the EU budget for 2014-2020.
"The money for Bulgaria for the next programming period must be allocated for the different operational programmes on the basis of what we have available and in accordance with the national priorities and the EU requirements," she said at a press conference in Sofia on August 21st.
Nearly 3.65 billion euros are being set aside for operational programmes "Transport and Transport Infrastructure," "Regions in Growth" and "Environment" for the next seven years, down from the more than 4.4 billion euros earmarked for the programmes in the same areas for the 2007-2013 programming period. The financing in the area of human resource development is also being cut, while money for operational programmes "Innovation and Competitiveness," "Science and Education" and "Good Governance" will increase to a total of 1.9 billion euros.
The resources for the operational programmes are "indicative, providing a framework," officials at Zlatanova's office told SETimes, noting that only "minor, if any, changes may be made in them eventually" after the EC's comments that Bulgaria expects to get within the next eight weeks.
The government is determined to have a programme focusing on science and education. Education Minister Aneliya Klisarova listed four specific priorities that would include scientific research and new technologies, the education-business-labour market link, the role of education in social inclusion and lifelong learning.
Since "education is the key to success and personal development … undoubtedly, there is a need of bigger investments," Yanka Takeva, the head of the teachers' union, told SETimes. The efforts should focus on raising "the teachers' qualification, and improving the [schools'] material and technical and didactic base, i.e., the technical devices," she said.
"The funding for any of those sectors hinges on a specific requirement — be it amendments to a certain law, the adoption of a new one, or of a strategy," Tomislav Donchev, former Bulgarian minister responsible for EU funds management, who was involved in the negotiations on the new package, told SETimes.
Donchev noted that the EC will keep an eye to ensure that the strategy is implemented and that the respective law is observed. "Meeting the ex-ante conditionality and, particularly, the reform requirements will be the main challenge," he said.
At the end of 2016, if the EC sees no progress in the implementation of the required reforms, it will have the right to block the funding for the sector where reforms have not been implemented.
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Quoted for Truth: Episode 5
Our weekly video game news discussion show with John Davison, Brendan Sinclair, and Tom Mc Shea. Topics: Radical Entertainment closure, Final Fantasy 7 remake, Tomb Raider sexual assault controversy and more!
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who else think MARIO ALL STARS on the intro :D
The death of the mid-tier games is the death of ALOT of creativity. Indie games can rock. I love Machinarium and Fez. But for a bit of polish mixed with a bit of creative risks, you NEED the mid-tier.
And these big, often American, publishers ONLY aim for AAA games. It's as if they want every game to be a Micheal Bay flick. As a long time gamer, that shit is getting really old really fast.
the Hitman games have always been one of my favorite franchises. i have put so many hours into blood money and 2
Activision used to be a great company up until around the time modern warfare came out and then they started just throwing money into that franchise and screwed everything else over.
this show has such an odd schedule. I can never tell which week will have a new episode.
just a thought why don't activision focus on making the mid tier games like prototype instead of the crappy men in black movie game tie-in's that we all know are terrible. As a business why invest in something that has minute returns, when you can invest in a more lucrative option that could reap higher dividends with more input. Something is really wrong with activision, i mean they dropped sleeping dogs which is shaping up to be awesome.
Tomb Raider sexual assault controversy.... that is stupid you can find worst thing on TV but nobody care about that because that is a mature content, no should be the same thing in this game, why the controversy, the polemic?
I second the podcast suggestion.
You should make this a podcast guys and add subscription link (i.e itunes) to take the podcast on the go.
Great show, keep it up guys!
No Final Fantasy VII until Square Enix tops original? lol RIP FFVII remake :'')
really don't see what everyones problem is with tomb raider (aside from the rape thing although its a vague attempt before he gets his head blown off) but iv always liked tomb raider but as i got older i felt it needed to be darker and grittier like i used to like batman with Adam West but as i got older i felt it needed to be darker and grittier
The big companies do their business with the mindset for endless profit, and the only way to change it, it's by being pushed to the edge of bankruptcy. For them there's none mid tier gaming, it's only numbers and expectations.
Activision school for killing developer studios:
1) Make the studio create an expansive game.
2) Postpone the game's release to PC.
3) State the game's sells failed.
4) Close studio.
5) Release the PC version.
6) ???
7) Profit!
Great talk.
audio only version PLEASE~!
I still do not get why people buy call of duty...its one of the least creative and most boring games out there today. The first three was fun...then they just lost it...
I've never been a fan of Tomb Raider but if they would've tackled heavier subjects than Lara's bra size I could see myself buying it. Under the condition that they did it well. This is a major blow to the industry as a whole.
well i for one finish like 95% of the games i buy .... but then i really pick the one's i like and know i will finish ....btw missed quoted for truth
Yay, Quoted For Truth is back. I missed you guys so much.
Good show. Keep up the good work.
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Well first of all its important to differentiate Bioware and EA - Bioware was on a tight leash from EA & needed to finish 2 fast 2 soon, but to be fair, it was their own decision to sell out - so its again on them in the end. Second of all, Bioware insisted on a bitter sweet ending (?games are suppose to be fun?), the music is too much! it creates such a mood of loss and no matter what you choose - there is this unshakable sense of a failure and loss. That's, in my opinion their major mistake - this kind of emotionally engaging, story driven games are supposed to elevate, so to leave players with an atmosphere of sadness after countless invested hours, in my opinion, deserves the strong blow back burn their reputation of a *game*developers is going to feel for a while
Please make this into a podcast.
YES. The went into the studio as I was hoping. HUZZAH!
YES. The constant pile of games that gather on my table from September to December is staggering... Spread those big AAA games out and I'm more inclined to play some of the AA games or even the downloadable titles that was spoken of during the talk about Activision.
as for me a would love to buy ff7 if they made it again.as for lara so called rape scene.as long as the whole story of it connects i will be fine with it.we are really seeing the scene in a trailer out of context with the rest of the story to really full judge it properly
Yay! Thanks for the episode. Also, I like seeing you guys in the recording room rather than the TV studio set up. I imagine it is much more efficient to produce.
Good point about the middle tier games. I'm not into the boom of indie games like a lot of people seem to be nowadays and these AAA titles are all going the "BUY MORE and save!" route with "Season Pass", "Elite" and "Premium" offerings, I mean soon they'll be requesting to save your CC information on file. There need to be other options.
Watch out tom actevision is coming for you. :P
prototype 2 better than infamous 2?
Prorotype 2 after 3 years from the first what did they improve other than graphics and more moves? not to mention the game is easier than the first and i didn't want to finish it cause it was so easy and boring, prototype 2 was terrible.
Infamous 2 had interesting character, better melee better powers, visuals etc, the only thing that was worse is the story, it was better in infamous 1.
Combat was so much better in infamous 2 and the new powers.
Activision also closed the dev who made Spider-man web of shadows.
@buccomatic That's not necessarily true. Those three games you listed are well worth more than $40 at least. Such a price reduction would cripple the industry.
@InSayNine I like the video version because you can scan to the topics way easier...you can pretty much have it run in the background in low quality without looking at the video.
@TheGuardian03 What's coming for him?
@TheGuardian03 people still arguing about infamous and prototype ? weird.
@greasemonkey42 its more about taking it on the go than anything until gamespot US get a REAL podcast back up and running
@buccomatic "So the very fact I won't pay more than $20 for an...."
"okay i broke down and paid $25 for Gears of War 3 and then bought the season pass..."
So you've spent $55 on Gears of War 3 between the game itself and the season pass.
Bazillion isn't a real number, and there are many other factors you're not considering. A huge contributor to C.O.D's success is that it's MULTI-PLATFORM, Gears is 360 exclusive and Alan Wake was 360 exclusive until just recently being released for the PC.
Gears of War 3 sold over three million copies during its first week post release, whereas Rayman Origins sold slightly over 50,000 one month post release. It boils down to content, not price.
The "short games" market continues to be profitable along with current prices, so it's safe for me to assume that not too many other gamers share your point of view.
To each his own, I salute you for your frugality.


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text: Nova Scotia Sparkling Wine: Big Time Bubbles from the Edge Remy Charest May 26, 2011 FCG, Food & Conversation 8 Comments Vines at L'Acadie Vineyards, a maker of remarkable sparkling wines in Nova Scotia At the top of my list of wine regions to visit, this year, is a rather unlikely place, if you haven't been introduced to its constantly surprising wines: Nova Scotia. Over the last few months, I've had the chance to taste more and more wines from Canada's easternmost vineyards, planted in the valleys between the Atlantic Ocean and the Bay of Fundy. I've been regularly impressed by the beautiful freshness of many of their whites and some of their reds, and especially, their stupendously good sparkling wines. The bubblies are what should really bring the wine-loving world to Nova Scotia, with some offerings that are just off the charts. Benefiting from a cool and long growing season, producing grapes with good flavors, high acid and moderate alcohol, the region, according to many, shares many parameters with the best-known sparkling wine region in the world: Champagne. This comparison might be taken as the brainchild of an overeager marketing agent, but from what I've tasted, it's much more than that. I discovered Nova Scotia sparkling wine in 2009, as I was preparing an article on Canadian winemakers for EnRoute magazine. Before that, my only experience of Nova Scotia wine had been those of veteran winery Jost Vineyards, whose vidal icewine had won the overall prize at the All-Canadian Wine Championships in 1999, and whose Maréchal Foch I'd also appreciated when I visited during summer vacation, a couple of years late. However, as I was researching the EnRoute article, I was told that Peter Gamble, one of the most knowledgeable consulting winemakers in Canada, had been working on a new project in Nova Scotia. Investigating further, I discovered Benjamin Bridge, founded by mining-industry magnate Gerry McConnell, whose main goal is to produce world-class sparkling wines—and who hired Raphaël Brisebois, a bubble specialist who notably worked with Piper-Heidseck in Champagne, to guide it specifically in that direction. The results are more than convincing. They're truly spectacular. Every time I think back to when I first tasted Benjamin Bridge's Brut Reserve Méthode Classique sparkling wine, I have to pinch myself. Fresh, crisp, intense, a true brut with an absolutely exceptional mineral backbone, the 2004 Brut Reserve is up there with some top grower champagne, in my opinion. Twice, I served it blind to wine-savvy friends, telling them I had a grower Champagne for them, and both times they accepted that statement without even raising an eyebrow. The third time I tasted this blend of mostly chardonnay, pinot noir and pinot meunier, with a dash of vidal and l'acadie, in the good company of Nova Scotia sommelier Jonathan Wilson, during the recent edition of TasteCamp, in Niagara, I was bowled over once again by its remarkable purity and structure, the delicious vinous notes it has started to acquire, as well as its promise of a long, long life. It is a truly remarkable wine. Jean-Benoît Deslauriers (center) with Benjamin Bridge co-owners Devon and Ashley McConnell-Gordon Jean-Benoît Deslauriers, Benjamin Bridge's Québec-born winemaker, who holds the fort there with the help of the visiting Gamble and Brisebois, points out that grapes for that wine were a perfect example, already, of what Nova Scotia can produce. Thanks to a 2004 growing season that saw no frost until November (there is rarely any before the end of October, the grapes were picked late with what Deslauriers describes as "optimal" qualities: "18 Brix, phenomenal phenolics, a pH just under 3 and brown pips and stems." He points out that lab tests of that wine pointed out that the Brut Reserve had over twice the dry extract of Dom Pérignon, an indication of the density and aromatic intensity that a wine can produce. Asked if that was an exceptional year, Deslauriers replies that it was rather a great measuring stick for the region's potential. "The natural strengths of the Nova Scotia terroir are the freshness and minerality, the citrus notes… That's what we do best. Even 2010, a remarkably warm year, keeps us within those parameters, remaining fresher than what they get in Champagne." The winemaker also points to the very low yields—generally around 1 ton per acre, compared with closer to 6 on average, in Champagne—as an indicator of the quality levels that Nova Scotia can potentially achieve. Bruce Ewert Another winery that has been producing remarkable sparkling wine is L'Acadie Vineyards, where Bruce Ewert and his wife Pauline Scott have been working since planting vines in 2005. Ewert, who had notably established a good reputation making sparkling (and more) in the Okanagan Valley before moving out east and putting a lot of his hopes in a grape also called L'Acadie. From this hybrid—somewhat clunky in warmer climates, but deliciously crisp in Nova Scotia—he has produced some truly solid wines, including the delicious 2007 Prestige Brut, which I reviewed here on PalatePress. And he has also created some even more surprising wines: his traditional method rosé, with its beautiful, luscious red fruit notes, is largely made from carbonically-macerated Maréchal Foch, an unlikely source for a sparkling wine. Ewert certainly has an edge over Benjamin Bridge, at this point: he has available wines, at more accessible prices—and they are certainly worth seeking out. BB's sparkling release of about 1200 highly-priced bubblies—960 bottles of the 75$ Brut Reserve and about 300 bottles of the 2004 Blanc de Noirs, priced at 120$ a bottle—sold out almost instantly. Fortunately, volumes are set to increase as years go by. Drinking L'Acadie Brut in the meantime is by no means a consolation prize. Success breeding desire, more Nova Scotia wineries have also turned to bubblies. "With good reason, insists Deslauriers. It' nice to see the industry concentrate on something at which we can excel. This is where the terroir leads us." Though drinking trends may lead wineries to produce red wines to satisfy general demand, he hopes that climate and quality will lead the way. For exmple, he says, "Nobody expects Alsace to make big reds, and you wouldn't want it any other way." Among newcomers in the sparkling sphere, Domaine de Grand Pré released their first sparkling wines in 2010—and if their deliciously clean and fresh still L'Acadie is any indication, it sounds very promising. I'm also hoping to have the chance to taste inaugural releases, later this year, from Gaspereau Vineyards, from whom I've already enjoyed a zippy, aromatic dry Muscat and a remarkably ageworthy, finely crafted red blend Vitis. Blomidon Estate Winery is also set to release a Blanc de Blancs chardonnay sometime this year, and from all the fun I had tasting their fresh, crisp, finely fruity baco noir (yes, you read right: baco noir), I'm confident that this one should be worth the trip as well. Of course, you'll notice from this last paragraph that I'm enthusiastically mentioning wines that are not bubbly at all. Wines which are all the more reason for me to get out there and get a better sense of what's going on in this still tiny but vibrant emerging wine region. As a post-scriptum to this Canadian wine story, the results of the All-Canadian Wine Championships just came out this week, giving good marks to several Nova Scotia wines, as well as reds, whites, stickies and bubblies from Ontario, British Columbia and Quebec. Results can be seen here. Rémy Charest is a Quebec City based journalist, writer, and translator. He has been writing about wine and food for over 12 years in various magazines and newspapers. He writes two wine blogs (The Wine Case, in English, and À chacun sa bouteille, in French) and, as if he didn't have enough things to do, he also started a food blog in English, The Food Case, and one in French, À chacun sa fourchette. Pingback: Nova Scotia sparkling wine : Big time bubbles from the edge » Nova Scotia Model() Sandy Ward Great post! I have surprised people with NS wines at blind tastings as well. I hope to get some BB on their next release. What is your favorite NS red wine that is still available? http://www.palatepress.com Remy Charest Sandy, Thanks for the good words. Next traditional method sparklings from BB should be released towards the end of the year – but you'll still have to be quick to get them. As for reds, I can't say that I have tasted a representative range, but I believe the baco from Blomidon and the Vitis from Gaspereau – both of which I liked a lot – were delicious, fresh and neat. http://yycwine.com Adrian Bryksa It makes me terribly sad that these amazing wines are produced in the same country I reside in and I will probably never legally be able to buy them, unless of course I travel to Nova Scotia, buy and drink them there. http://www.palatepress.com Remy Charest I certainly understand that – they don't reach Québec either. But there is significant pressure to make that evolve. Fingers crossed. 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Casting Refractory - This is NOT a drill!
Well I've done it. Over the last 4 days I've cast an oven entirely out of refractory castable (Mizzou Castable Plus). I'll break this up into a few posts with attached pix.
First I used Solid works to model a Volto Basso with a 42" diameter and 17" height. I used the sketch from that to make 1/2" plywood ribs for the forms you see in the pics below. The cutaway is what allows you to remove the forms from the oven later, barely.
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Next I fiberglassed the forms with 4 oz S Glass and Epoxy. These are just what I have laying around. E-glass and polyester, or heck even a coat of urethane will probably do.
I couldn't help but throw in a shot of the view from the PPP (Pizza Picnic Pavilion) site. Site, as the only thing there right now is the oven, the rest will come.
The stand is fairly standard, so no details on that.
The hearth pour is different in that the pearlcrete is limited to the actually footprint of the oven. I poured the platform and left an area in the center where the solid concrete with rebar is 3" thick. This will be fine as the bulk of the ovens weight bears on the perimeter. On this I poured (and I use the term loosely) 4" of pearlcrete. I did use the cement mixer for this and it worked fine with no apparent degradation of the pearlite.
On that I poured 2" of the Mizzou Castable Plus. I chose Mizzou in consultation with Dave at ANH refractories because it has a density, specific heat and thermal conductivity that is very close to fire brick. You can see the cooking surface pour in its form, which is really to get the straight edge at the front to tile up to later.
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Then, I set up the mold segments on the cooking surface and screwed them to and endplate that defines the midline of the dome. I added and additional form for the arch and on top of that went an 8" concrete footing tube.
Here is where the wheels came off! I was under the impression that this material was intended to be troweled onto a vertical surface. WRONG! Conrete just like poop flows downhill. Needless to say we scrambled like mad to set up some outside forms. This also necessitated multiple pours, which may cause problems down the road. All the pours were in rapid succession so bonding should be good, but you never know. If I cast another oven, I will make matching female tooling for the outside. As it is, the wall of the oven varies from 2-1/2" - 4-1/2". What can I say, it is what it is, highly experimental.
The last pic shows the nesting form tubes for the chimney. The outside just peeled off in a spiral, the inside will either burn out during the curing phase, or will be cut out later.
At this point old timers will be gasping "where is the reinforcement in the arch ?". But,not to worry, Mizzou is a short fiber reinforced concrete. It's a bit like the new fiber reinforced stucco. Any reinforcement would actually be detrimental, as the refractory expands twice as much as steel! So, either the steel stretches, or the oven breaks. At any rate this shell feels bombproof!
Oh yeah, elves came and layed some nice granite tile last night. Must be in cahoots with my wife.
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Now we just need to get the forms out of the oven. This was enough of a challenge when I had open access with only half of the oven cast.
Let me back up a bit. I reused the 4 segment molds to cast the second half of the dome, and yes they're in there good.
I reached in with my trusty cordless drill and made a pilot hole for a big lag bolt through two ribs in the first form. I bolted a honkin' chain to it and with a mighty yank, out it came. And so on for all but the last form, which was up against the first half of the dome and was destroyed in the process of removal. Bummer, BUT the shell is cast and suffered no damage during demolding.
The shell now sat there at 100F from baking in the sun. I build a small fire and ramped up from that to 350F over about 3 hours, holding my breath all the while. Phew, no loud CRACK ensued, and all is apparently well. Tomorrow, I'll camp out down at the PPP, and see how far I can go without insulation on the outside. For the detail oriented the dome hit 350F, while the floor only hit 210F and the outside of the top hit 150F.
I'm planning to pearlcrete the outside tomorrow and to fire again Thursday ramping up and Friday all day hard to drive out moisture in the pearlcrete. Aggressive, yes, but if the shell is still crack free I don't care if the few show in the insulation. If all goes well, Friday night is first pizza. Otherwise, Saturday.
More next week. Triumph or disaster? Stay tuned.
At any rate I am STOKED,
Enz, out.
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Details, details. The ones I've left out that is.
I should have mentioned sheeting the forms. I used an 1/8" Italian poplar bendable plywood from Southern Lumber. At $35 a sheet, it's probably the cheapest thing at Southern. You can see the sheeting in the last pic in the first post.
Mold release: I used an old tin of Meguires past wax. I figure it will burn off before the first pizza, besides it's only on the dome and no the cooking surface.
I'm sure that there will be many more questions.
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Where to start? The location is wonderful. The form work looks very precise.
How long from pour to fire? Are you worried that it has had long enough to cure before firing? I don't know much about castable refractory - but when I used to work on boilers - any shut down time was unacceptable - so we would press castable insulation into service very quickly and never had any failures there. But the two materials could be very different animals.
I worriy that the vermilulite/cement mix will not cure fully if only given a day before the first big fire.
How much do you think you have invested in materials at this point?
I loved the part about having to yank the form out with a chain. I cannot believe the amount of excitement we have here on a daily basis.
Again - Beautiful Job, beautiful location, and nice elves....
My oven progress -
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Thanks Christo!
In a word Yes, I was worried about the quick cure, even though Harbison Walker specs a 24 hour cure and 100F/hour ramp after that for up to a 9" pour. But all is well! I fired up to 300F Monday night, 650F last night and up to operating temp today. The floor reads right at 900.F and the dome is at about 835F. So, I made nachos for lunch. Mmmmmmmm. 45 seconds, any more and they immolate. A huge load off of my mind at any rate. First pour was Thursday night and the second Saturday, so six days from forms to pizza temp.
I have come to the same conclusion on the pearlcrete and will wait until after this weekends pizza to insulate the top. I'm having no trouble getting to pizza temps firing with red oak anyhow.
Cost at this point is about $1650. The castable was $980. The granite was $100. The rest is concrete, rebar, blocks pearlite and forms. The forms were made from one sheet of 1/2 ply, a sheet of 1/8" Italian poplar bendable ply and epoxy and fiberglass I had on hand. Under 2 kilobucks, when its all said and done. Of course now I need to pour a 20 x 20 patio and build a pavilion with the rest of the outdoor kitchen. The oven is the cheap part.
Time to make dough for Friday.
Happy Fourth Everybody!
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looks good!
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Yo.. What is the latest on your oven? It's awesome.. Any more pictures?
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Thanks for the encouragement. Like so many others, after the shell is done and pizzas are flowing, I need to take a break. My house and family need some attention.
I'll be laying on 6" of perlcrete in a few weeks and after that it's stucco time. The next pictures should be of a completed oven.
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This harness was everything I wanted. The speed adjust tightening mechanism is very handy and this harness has worked perfectly for both indoor and outdoor climbing. The gear loops have plenty of space and overall this harness is great value for the low price point.
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It's comfortable and very easy to adjust. And I got it when there's a discount. Very good purchase.
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I have been climbing in this harness for a few weeks now and I absolutely love it! This Harness is incredibly comfortable and has not been restricting on any of the climbs thus far.
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A great harness for the climbing indoors. The speed adjustments are great. A few nits: I do miss from the original Momentum model was the velcro strap. The new leg strap adjustments take a bit of getting used to--not as convenient as the original Momentum harness IMO. Still a great harness overall.
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Can't say anything bad about this package. Has everything I need to climb and it all works great. The harness is very comfy, the carabiner and belay device are perfect, and the chalk is great for keeping away moisture. I will definitely stick with black diamond products as I progress with climbing.
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didn't realize it was a men's harness, doesn't say on the website title however, it fits well on a woman the waist belt in front of you is kinda of pulled outward even when you are not belaying; it is just angled away from you a bit; not a problem really, but just appears strange color is actually a dull green, not the best; picture on the website shows a bright yellow? overall, comfortable for a woman, also comfortable on the legs, feels light, yet safe, much more flexible freedom for movement during climbing
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I'm just getting into climbing and needed something reasonable to get me started. This is a great package deal! The harness fits me perfectly. The belay device Is basic, but that's all I need. I'd recommend this to anyone.
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the momentum harness package was exactly what I needed, it fulfills my needs as a begining climber.
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I've been climbing for about 6 months now. Both bouldering and top rope. This is my first harness. It does everything I could ask and for the price I couldn't beat it. Extra chalk bag and chalk was just a nice added bonus. Pretty solid comfort but only have the gym harnesses to compare too. Overall a really nice buy. I'd recommend it too anyone.
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I think my review summary explains my experience with this harness! Climbed 3 times since purchasing it about a month ago. I'm pleased to announce that I've made it to the ground safely. I will say that being female in a men's harness does have more bunching in the crotch but it personally doesn't bother me enough to complain about it. Overall good comfort in the legs and waist, plus I couldn't beat the price!
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