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Baked Spinach Gnocchi
|Frozen chopped spinach package
|10 Ounce (1 Package)
|Skim milk
|2 Cup (32 tbs)
|Quick cooking farina
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|Slightly beaten egg whites
|Grated parmesan cheese
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|Nonstick spray coating
|Grated parmesan cheese
|2 Tablespoon
Cook spinach according to package directions, then drain.
Squeeze out excess liquid and set aside.
Meanwhile, in a medium saucepan bring 1 1/2 cups milk to boiling.
Stir together remaining milk and farina.
Slowly add farina mixture to boiling milk, stirring constantly.
Cook and stir about 3 minutes or till thick.
Remove from the heat.
Stir about 1 cup of the hot farina mixture into egg whites, then return all to the saucepan.
Stir in 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese and spinach; mix well.
Line an 8 x 8 x 2-inch baking pan with foil.
Pour mixture into the pan.
Cover and chill about 1 1/2 hours or until firm.
Turn out onto a cutting board.
Cut into 4 x 1/2-ineh rectangles.
Spray a baking sheet with nonstick coating.
Place rectangles on the baking sheet, then sprinkle with 2 tablespoons Parmesan cheese.
Bake in a 425° oven for 25 to 30 minutes or until golden.


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Celgene presents Revlimid Data - Analyst Blog
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combination therapy) in patients suffering from various forms of
non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Celgene presented data from two studies
at the international conference on malignant lymphoma held in
One of the studies evaluated Revlimid in combination with the RCHOP regimen as a first-line therapy in patients suffering from diffuse large b-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) or follicular lymphoma (grade 3b). We note that the RCHOP regimen includes Roche / Biogen Idec Inc. 's ( RHHBY / BIIB ) Rituxan (rituximab).
Data from the study revealed an overall response rate of 98% (74% patients achieved a complete response). The rate of progression free survival witnessed in these patients was 66% at 18 months. Data also revealed a progression free survival rate of 57% at 18 months for patients in the R-CHOP group. Data also revealed a progression-free survival rate of 73% (at 18 months) in patients without the germinal center b-cell version of DLBCL. The comparable figure was 55% in patients with the germinal center b-cell sub-type of the disease.
The other study is evaluating the combination of Revlimid and Rituxan as a first-line therapy in patients with follicular lymphoma. Data revealed that 92.6% patients treated with the combination achieved an overall response rate of 92.6% and 72.2% achieved a complete response. Successful development and commercialization of Revlimid for treating various forms of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma would further boost the sales potential of Celgene's key growth driver.
We note that Revlimid is already approved for the myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) indication in many countries. The drug is also approved in many countries across the globe in combination with dexamethasone for treating multiple myeloma patients, who have been treated at least once for the disease. We note that Revlimid was approved in the EU for the MDS indication earlier in the month.
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The present invention provides exterior building products, such as roofing and siding, shake, shingles, siding, sheathing, panels, planks, vertical siding, soffit panels, fencing, decking, fascia, corner posts, column corners and trim boards in which a plurality of cementitious layers are provided with an improved interlaminar bond by employing a resinous bond promoter, a rheological agent, mechanical means to distribute fibers in a direction which is perpendicular to the machine direction so as to bridge between layers in the product, or a combination thereof. These techniques help to increase interlaminar bond strength to improve the mechanical properties of the product. When certain resinous bond promoters are used, the additional benefits of water absorption resistance and pigmentation throughout the product can be provided with minimal expense. Improvements in interlaminar bond strength of about 10–46% were observed with a percent elongation improvement of about 7%.
1. A building product comprising:
a plurality of individual fibercement layers, said individual fibercement layers comprising, substantially gypsum free, cementitious material having respective reinforcing fibers therein; and
said individual fibercement layers being successively adhered to one another and strengthened by a water resistant, interlaminar bond therebetween, said interlaminar bond comprising, a substantially gypsum free, bond promoter material of an acrylic based resin and water.
2. The building product of
3. The building product of
4. The building product of
5. The building product of
6. The building product of
7. The building product of
8. The building product of
9. The building product of 1, wherein said plurality of individual layers comprise first, second and third layers, and said bond promoter material is disposed between said first and second layers, and between said second and third layers to improve the interlaminar bond strength of said first, second and third layers.
10. The building product of
11. A building product comprising:
a plurality of gypsum free, individual fibercement layers in one of, siding for a building or roofing for a building, each of said individual fibercement layers comprising, cement having therein respective, cellulosic fibers and silica sand;
one of said individual fibercement layers comprising an exterior for a building having said one of, said siding or said roofing;
a gypsum free, acrylic-based bond promoter material disposed at least within an interlaminar bond region between adjacent said individual fibercement layers; and
said one of, said siding or said roofing, having an interlaminar bond break stress of at least 10% greater than without said acrylic-based bond promoter material in said siding or said roofing.
12. The building product of
13. An exterior building product comprising:
a plurality of gypsum free, individual fibercement layers;
a gypsum free bond promoter material successively adhering together adjacent said individual fibercement layers, such that, said bond promoter material increases an interlaminar bond strength of an adhered together said individual fibercement layers; wherein said bond promoter material comprises one or more of: acrylic, polyvinyl alcohol, starch, polyvinyl acetate;
an exterior-facing side on one of said individual fibercement layers; and
a building-facing side on another of said individual fibercement layers.
14. An exterior cementitious building product comprising:
a plurality of successive, individual fibercement layers, wherein each of said fibercement layers contains a respective cementitious mixture, said cementitious mixture comprising, at least gypsum free cement and respective reinforcing fibers therein;
one of said individual fibercement layers having an exterior-facing side;
another of said individual fibercement layers comprising, a rearwardly facing side; and
a resinous, gypsum free bond promoter material comprised of one or more of: acrylic, polyvinyl alcohol, starch and polyvinyl acetate, disposed between said successive said fibercement layers in sufficient quantity to increase the interlaminar bond strength of said building product while improving its resistance to water absorption.
The present application is a continuation in-part application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/288,189, filed on Nov. 5, 2002, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,028,436, and entitled "Cementitious Exterior Sheathing Product with Rigid Support Member."
This invention relates to exterior sheathing products which incorporate cementitious materials, and especially, fibercement sheathing having greater interlaminar bond strength.
Fibercement has been used in the United States building materials industry since the 1980's. This material is used in residential and commercial construction applications as an alternative to wood for siding, roofing, backer board, trim and fascia applications. Fibercement is fire and insect resistant, and is more durable. In fact, it was the fastest growing market segment in the exterior sheathing industry in the 1990's, and by 2005, this material is expected to gain up to 25 percent of the siding market.
Fibercement is, technically, a composite of portland cement, aggregate (usually sand), and cellulose fibers. Cellulose fibers are added to cement to increase its toughness and crack-arresting ability. Fibercement shingle and shake products are widely available from such sources as James Hardie, Inc. under the brand name Hardiplank� and CertainTeed Corporation under the brand name Weatherboards™. These products are produced by the Hatchek de-watering process, which results in a laminated flat sheet reinforced with a significant amount of cellulose fibers, usually about 30–35 percent by volume.
Fibercement materials possess useful properties, but they were at one point in their history believed to be unsuitable for exterior use since they were susceptible to damage due to the effect of freeze-thaw cycles. See Harper et al., U.S. Pat. No. 4,637,860. Freeze-thaw action can cause severe deterioration to fibercement building products. The primary cause of damage is due to the hydraulic pressures that develop as water freezes and expands in tiny fissures and pores of cementitious materials. Once these forces exceed the strength of the material, cracking occurs. During subsequent thawing, the water then moves through the cracks, expanding them further, to cause more damage when freezing occurs again.
Harper et al., U.S. Pat. No. 4,637,860, suggested that better freeze-thaw resistance could be achieved by autoclaving a cellulose fibercement mixture with silica sand additions. These inventors also recognized that silica sand additions reduced the density of formed sheet materials to a level below that necessary to achieve sufficient strength and freeze-thaw resistance. Accordingly, the '860 patent suggested compressing the wet mixture in a press to reduce its thickness and increase its density prior to autoclaving. Such a process has been proven to be effective in increasing the interlaminar bond strength ("ILB strength") of fibercement boards when pressures approaching 30 bar are used. See Wierman et al., "The Effects of Pressure on Freeze-Thaw Durability of Fiber-Reinforced Cement Board" (September 2002).
While improvements to the processing of fibercement sheathing have been introduced, there have been some notable disadvantages associated with fibercement products compared to vinyl siding products. Specifically, even with cellulose fiber reinforcement, fibercement exterior panels are susceptible to cracking by nails and screws, especially along their edges. Moreover, while high pressure pressing has improved ILB strength, fibercement trim boards are still susceptible to freeze-thaw delamination failures, and could be improved in this area.
Accordingly, there is a current need in the cementitious exterior sheathing industry for a more durable cementitious siding and trim panel.
This invention provides exterior building products which, in a first embodiment, include an exterior-facing side having an aesthetic appearance, a wall-facing side, and a cross-sectional thickness. The building product further comprises a plurality of layers containing a cementitous mixture, including cement, reinforcing fibers and aggregate. It further contains a resinous bond promoter disposed at least within an interlaminar region defined by two of said layers in said building product to increase the interlaminar bond strength of said building product.
The present invention represents a significant improvement in ILB strength for cementitious building products, such as siding, shakes, roofing shingles, soffiting, and the like. By introducing a resinous bond promoter, such as acrylic, starch, polyvinyl alcohol, or polyvinyl acetate, a rheological agent, or by the use of mechanical means, such as a pin roll, vibration table, or needling machine for piercing or agitating the assembled sheet and displacing the fibers generally perpendicular to the plane of the sheet, thus allowing the fibers to join the sheets together, improved strength between individual layers of cementitious material can be attained. Sufficient resinous additions, manipulation of the fiber, or both, can result in improvements to ILB strength of at least about 10%, preferably about 25%, and most preferably in excess of 40%, with improvements in the percent elongation (a measure of ductility) of at least about 5%, preferably about 7%, and most preferably greater than 15%.
Such improvements in ILB strength and ductility have the potential of increasing the durability of such building products, and may allow lighter density or thinner products to be commercialized. When resinous bond promoters are employed, a further unexpected benefit has been obtained by a significant reduction in water absorption, measured in treated test samples. This testing clearly demonstrates that samples incorporating acrylic-based bond promoters between fibercement layers actually assist the product in resisting water penetration throughout the product thickness, even at its exterior face. Since the preferred bond promoter, acrylic emulsion, is similar to the sealer coater often used for exterior fibercement products, the sealer step in the production of fibercement products can be eliminated, along with its attendant drying and curing steps, to reduce manufacturing costs. In addition to these cost savings, the reduction in water penetration throughout the product limits the amount of water which can contribute to the freeze-thaw effect, and this physical property, in combination with the increased ILB strength, should yield a substantial increase in freeze-thaw resistance.
In a further embodiment of this invention, an exterior siding or roofing product comprising an exterior facing side having an esthetic appearance and a wall-facing side is provided. The product includes a plurality of fibercement layers, and a resinous bond promoter disposed between at least the first pair of the layers in the plurality of layers to increase the inner laminar bond strength of the product.
In still a further embodiment of this invention, a method of manufacturing an exterior siding product is provided which includes the steps of: forming a slurry containing a cementitious mixture including cement, reinforcing fibers and aggregate; disposing said slurry onto a porous belt to form a wet, cementitious member having at least two layers therein; applying a resinous bond promoter to at least an interlaminar region defined by said two layers; dewatering said cementitious member; and curing said cementitious member, whereby said resinous bond promoter increases the interlaminar bond strength of said building product.
In still a further embodiment of this invention, an exterior cementitious building product is provided which includes an exterior-facing side having an esthetic appearance, a rearwardly facing side and a cross-sectional thickness containing a plurality of layers, said building product containing a cementitious mixture, including cement, reinforcing fibers, aggregate and a resinous bond promoter disposed in a sufficient quantity to increase the interlaminar bond strength of said building product while simultaneously improving its resistance to water absorption. This embodiment can be further improved by adding a pigment to the resinous bond promoter so that the product has a color or tint at its exterior surface, or throughout the product.
The accompanying drawings illustrate preferred embodiments of the invention, as well as other information pertinent to the disclosure, in which:
Cementitious "exterior building products," such as, for example, lap siding, roofing and siding shakes, sheathing, and shingles, panels, planks, vertical siding, soffit panels, fascia, corner posts, column corners, decking, fencing and trim boards, and methods for their manufacture, are provided by this invention. As used herein, "cementitious" refers to hydraulically settable materials, including a hydraulically settable binder, such as hydraulic cement, gypsum hemihydrate, and calcium oxide, and water to which components such as aggregate, fibers, and according to this invention, bond promoters, dispersants and a rheology-modifying agents can be selectively added to modify the properties of the mixture. The term "fibercement" refers to a cementitious composition including portland cement, cellulose fibers and sand. In preferred embodiments of this invention, ILB strength can be improved while simultaneously minimizing the degree of water penetration for exterior building products. This is a powerful combination for reducing freeze-thaw failures due to the melting and freezing of absorbed water, since fibercement products modified with a resinous bond promoter are stronger to begin with, and also resist water absorption, which means there will be less water in the pores of the material to freeze. The resinous bond promoters of this invention can be provided in latex or emulsion form in ratios of between 1:2 (50%) to about 1:20 (5%) of resin to water, and can include pigments to provide a stain, tint or color throughout, or partially through the product, UV stabilizers to help assist in UV resistance, and further additives which will be later described herein.
With reference to the figures, and particularly
The preferred shake 100 of this invention has increased ILB strength at conventional thicknesses enables the use of thinner cross-sections, or both, when compared to current commercial products. The shake 100 or other exterior building product of this invention can include a thickness "α" of at least about 0.05 inches, preferably about 0.25–1.00 inches, and more preferably about 0.31–0.75 inches.
With regard to the process for manufacturing shake, boards and sheathing products of this invention, reference is now made to
The Hatchek process 214 includes a dewatering station or vacuum box 207 for de-watering each layer 204 of cementitious material and an accumulator roll 205 for assembling the layers together into about a 0.25–1.00 inch, preferably about 0.31–0.75 inch (dry cured thickness), multi-layered sheet 206. The cementitious sheet 206 is roll formed at step 216 through one or more further nip rolls or belts, followed by a cutting step 218. In a preferred embodiment, the multi-layered sheet 206 is wet or shear cut at step 218 to provide a 5 ft. wide�12 ft. long sheet dimension. The cutting step 218 can be accomplished by a water jet or cutting knife 306 as shown in
At the layering step 220, which is diagrammatically illustrated in
The pressing and final de-watering of the product is accomplished at step 222, shown also in
The disclosed Hatchek process 214, can be modified to introduce an interlaminar bond strength promoter step 213, such as by introducing the promoter in the mixing step 210, slurry forming step 212, or through a spray head attachment 208, which can be located anywhere along the felt belt 213, and is preferably located proximate to the accumulator roll 205. Such an ILB strength promoter could include, for example, a cement mortar modifier or adhesive, such as acrylic, starch, polyvinyl alcohol, polyvinyl acetate, etc. The bond promoter is desirably provided in a latex or emulsion, such as the acrylic-based cement mortar modifier Rhoplex� E-330, available from Rohm & Haas Company, Philadelphia, Pa. The bond promoter is designed for assisting in promoting better adhesion between the layers 204 of the multilayered sheet 206, such as the layers 101 of shake 100, for example. Alternatively, or additionally, a rheological agent, such as "nano-sized" magnesium alumino silicate, can be sprayed onto the fibercement layer prior to sheet formation at the accumulation roll 205, to encourage flow between the individual cementitious layers 204 to create better interlaminar bond strength. One rheology-modifying agent used to produce such an effect is the Acti-gel™ brand of activated magnesium alumino silicate available from Active Minerals Company LLC, Hunt Valley, Md. Such rheological agents, like the cement modifiers and adhesives discussed above, can also be added to the slurry 203 in the tank 201, or during initial mixing of the slurry 203 ingredients, or through a combination of these techniques. The bond promoter or rheological agent is desirably applied to at least 50% of the surface area of the targeted surface, and more preferably, about 95% of this surface area, or greater. In addition, pigments such as dyes, carbon black or tinting agents could be added to impart shades or color at the surface of the product or throughout the product thickness.
In addition to resinous bond promoters and Theological agents, this invention proposes the use of mechanical manipulation of the wood fiber so that the individual fibers can be oriented in a "z" direction between layers to improve ILB strength. Presently, the fibers of most fibercement products are oriented in the machine direction and are relatively parallel to one another. In addition to using the suggested additives, or apart therefrom, one can use of a series of pins, partially or fully disposed within the layer or layers 101 to pierce the sheet and displace the fibers perpendicular to the machine direction, thus allowing the fibers to join the sheets together. The equipment for this technique can be inserted online and is not assumed to add significant cost to the raw materials. The technique may further, or alternatively, include a piercing wheel, punching die, vibration table, needling equipment, or a smoother surface such as a roll or plate which can be used to upset the fiber location on each, or selective ones, of the layers 101. Alternatively, a device can be configured with barbs to move the fibers as the tool inserts and extracts.
The effect of this mechanical manipulation operation will increase the ILB strength or allow a lighter weight product to be created having the strength of a thicker product made by conventional means. It is also likely to improve mechanical properties such as the flexural modulus of the product, since sheer between the sheets will be improved because of the bridging created by the fibers. Subsequent pressing can close up any voids that occur because of the mechanical manipulation.
Following the pressing and de-watering step 222, the stack 304 of formed boards, fiberglass molds 303 and support members 302 are pre-cured at step 224 in an oven for 12 hours at 140� F. and about 100% humidity. The precuring step 224 provides the now formed cementitious boards with sufficient mechanical properties to be transferred. At this stage, the cementitious product is about 15–20% cured. It is then subjected to a final autoclaving step 226 for 12 hours at about 325� F. in a saturated steam environment. The autoclaving step 226 should be sufficient to substantially cure the cementitious product to about a 99.9% cure. Following the autoclaving step 226, the board is separated from the molds at step 228, and then sent to inventory for a week or two prior to the dry cutting step 230. Dry cutting is typically accomplished with a gang saw including about 10 blades which are capable of cutting multiple products or making multiple cuts in a single product. In this fashion, grooves between boards, scallops, staggered edges and individual shapes can be cut into the cementitious material to provide an aesthetic appearance. Wet cutting with water jet is also suitable for this purpose.
Following the dry cutting step 230, the building product is sealed and primed at step 232. A good PVA or acrylic latex primer coat followed by a tinted finish coat helps to provide the shake 100 with years of weatherability. If a water-resistant bond promoter is used, such as Rhoplex� E-330, in sufficient quantity to be present on the surface of the shake 100, the seal and primer step 232 can be eliminated.
While the steps enumerated in the flow diagram of
The following preferred materials have been selected for manufacturing the cementitious products of this invention.
Aggregates 25, fibers 24, dispersants, and a rheology-modifying agents can be selectively added to modify the properties of the cementitious composition 22. The cementitious composition 22 most preferably includes a known fibercement composition including wood fiber, silica sand and portland cement, with or without an acrylic modifier. A variety of additives can be included within the cementitious composition 22, such as organic binders, dispersants, one or more aggregate 25, fibers 24, air entraining agents, blowing agents, or reactive metals. The identity and quantity of any additive will depend on the desired properties or performance criteria of both the cementitious composition 22 as well as the sheathing or trim product made therefrom.
Organic binders are simply polymers that when added to water under certain conditions form long chains that intertwine and capture the components of the mixture. As water is removed from the mixture, these long chains solidify and bind the structural matrix. Because of the nature of these organic binders, however, they also function to modify the rheology of a composition. Whether the organic material is a binder, or primarily affects the rheology is a matter of degree and is dependent on the concentration. In smaller amounts the organic material primarily affects the rheology. As the amount of organic material is increased, its ability to bind the particles together increases, although it also continues to affect the rheology.
Organic binders can also be added to increase the cohesive strength, "plastic-like" behavior, and the ability of the mixture to retain its shape when molded or extruded. They act as thickeners and increase the yield stress of the inorganically filled mixture, which is the amount of force necessary to deform the mixture. This creates high "green strength" in the molded or extruded product. Suitable organic binders include a variety of cellulose-, starch-, and protein-based materials (which are generally highly polar), all of which assist in bridging the individual particles together.
Dispersants, on the other hand, act to decrease the viscosity and the yield stress of the mixture by dispersing the individual aggregates 25, fibers 24, and binding particles. This allows for the use of less water while maintaining adequate levels of workability. Suitable dispersants include any material which can be absorbed onto the surface of the binder particles or aggregates and which act to disperse the particles, usually by creating a charged area on the particle surface or in the near colloid double layer. The binders and dispersants can be introduced in the dry mixing step 210, slurry forming step 212 and/or sprayed between layers 204 by a spray head 208 onto the accumulator roll 202, for example.
It may be preferable to include one or more aggregate materials within the cementitious layer 22 in order to add bulk and decrease the cost of the mixture. Aggregates often impart significant strength properties and improve workability. An example of one such aggregate is ordinary silica sand or clay, which are completely environmentally safe, extremely inexpensive, and essentially inexhaustible.
In other cases, lightweight aggregates can be added to yield a lighter, and often more insulating, final product. Examples of lightweight aggregates are perlite, vermiculite, hollow glass spheres, aerogel, xerogel, pumice, and other lightweight rocklike materials. These aggregates are likewise environmentally neutral and relatively inexpensive.
Fibers may be added to the cementitious layer 22 in order to increase the interlaminar bond strength, compressive, tensile, flexural, and cohesive strengths of the wet material as well as the hardened articles made therefrom. Fiber should preferably have high tear and burst strengths (i.e., high tensile strength), examples of which include waste paper pulp, abaca, southern pine, hardwood, flax, bagasse (sugar cane fiber), cotton, and hemp. Fibers with a high aspect ratio of about 10 or greater work best in imparting strength and toughness to the moldable material.
Specimens for water absorption and mechanical testing were prepared by a Hatchek process diagrammatically provided in
These ingredients were added with water (77% by weight of water and the above ingredients). The Rhoplex� E-330 latex water emulsion, which is hydrophilic, can be applied (as will be described below) in an amount of about 0.1–5.0 wt %, more preferably, 0.2–0.8 wt %, based on the weight of the starting ingredients. A small amount of defoamer was also employed using a flow rate of about 2.2 g/hour.
The Rhoplex acrylic emulsion was applied using a plurality of spray nozzles. A spray rate of 1.5 g/m per nozzle at 40 psi was used. Each nozzle had a 80 degree spray zone intended to cover 10.1 inches if the orifice was 12 inches from the felt. Approximately 6 nozzles were used to cover the entire sheet (1.5 g/m/nozzle�6 nozzles=approximately 9 g/m rate). The orifice size of the nozzle was approximately 0.094 inches and the spray pattern was approximately flat.
In a first experiment, ILB strength measurements were employed using the ASTM C 1185 99 test method on 6 test and 6 control samples. Portions of these boards were also hydrostatically tested for water absorption against a base line. The break stress test results are included below in Table 1, and the water absorption test results are graphically depicted in
To summarize, the ILB strength for the test samples in Table 1 showed a 12% increase in strength with a 29% reduction in standard deviation. Four of the test samples and one of the control samples exceeded the limits of the machine limits, so the full extent of the improvement in ILB strength was not measurable for all samples. Additional portions of these boards were tested for M.O.R. and percent elongation and the test samples achieved a 2.8% drop in peak stress and a 7% increase in percent elongation, although the standard deviation was large.
The water absorption test indicated that the test sample stabilized very quickly at about 2 hours and had a moisture increase from a baseline of only about 1, compared to the control which absorbed almost 5.6 times more water over 7 hours, as shown in
The same Hatchek process used for Working Example I was employed again to make a series of boards to develop the optimum loading ratio of Rhoplex E-330 to water. Using the same spray parameters, a pink trial (ratio of 1 part E-330:0 part water), gray trial (1:2), green trial (1:10), and blue trial (1:20), were performed. Attached below are the strength vs. concentration ratio measurements for the control and test samples which were cut from the same board in each ratio grouping.
The results appeared to support a finding that diluted compositions including E-330 and water were more readily distinguishable from pure E-330, and that ILB strength increases of 12.84% (pink) up to 46.08% (green) were possible using the resinous bond promoter techniques of this invention. The grey trial netted an increase of 26.13%, and it appears that the pink and blue trials were within the standard deviation and not statistically significant.
Finally, it is noted that the chemistry for the Rhoplex E-330 emulsion was based on an acrylic emulsion which is chemically similar to the sealer coat often used for fibercement sheathing products. Rhoplex E-330 does not yellow and has good UV resistance. During the above tests, it appeared that the Rhoplex E-330 emulsion left a coating on the embossed face of the product. The loading of a pigment or tint into the Rhoplex� system could presumably give the same type of finished appearance as the exterior sealer often used in commercial fibercement products. It was concluded that the use of a modified Rhoplex composition in lieu of a sealer coater could be used to free up equipment, reduce cycle time, reduce delamination of the present sealer layer, reduce costs relative to using both systems and increase performance.
From the foregoing, it can be realized that this invention provides cementitious building products which are stronger and more resistant to cracking than currently available commercial fibercement products. The preferred siding and roofing shakes and siding of this invention can have a much higher break stress and absorb less water, which should enable them to resist freeze-thaw damage to a greater degree than prior fibercement products. The cementitious layers of this invention can be joined to each other with adhesive bonds, cement modifiers or adhesives, or be reinforced with rheological modifying agents to increase ILB strength. Although various embodiments have been illustrated, this is for the purpose of describing, and not limiting the invention. Various modifications, which will become apparent to one skilled in the art, are within the scope of this invention described in the attached claims.
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Once again in Mankind's History, the spiritual evil which resides behind the actions of conspiring men and their secret organisations, becomes apparent and clear to the eye.
Human Nature lends itself to the enticements of Satan. God in Heaven knew this was the case and saw that Mortality would be the perfect test for his children. A Spiritual test.
God also saw the end from the beginning and showed to the prophets how Time would play out, the supposed majesty of men's dreams and blood and carnage of men's realities.
"There must be opposition in all things." The words of a prophet who was a king and a general – King Benjamin.
No matter how many times the evil bands were wiped out, History shows that Satan revealed again the secret Oaths and Covenants by which evil always is shared among men.
In Ancient America, two bands of men rose up, more than once, with the desires to rule and to inherit glory and dominion. While the rest of Humanity, in other parts of the world, also conspired to achieve the same ends, those in America are so typical we will use them to exemplify evil in the hearts and minds of men in the world today.
We will also show how their plans can be fulfilled, despite being visible to all the world, in the Year 2015.
The two groups being used to exemplify evil here are, the King-Men and the Gaddianton Robbers.
King-Men: The king-men were organised about 67 BC, in opposition to the Law and Religion of their day. They refused the rule of their Chief Judge and instead insisted that they would be ruled over by a king, of their own choosing. As usual, behind their desires was the promise they had of obtaining increased wealth, power and position. As usual, the king-men already were wealthy and influential in their sphere, but as usual they coveted more.
As is repeatedly the case with human nature, the king-men lived in a time of peace and plenty for themselves but a time also of challenge for the rest of their community. They desired to change to customs to please themselves. The king-men desired that the law should be altered in a manner to overthrow the free government and to establish a king.
Eventually the king-men were defeated and compelled by a military leader to defend the freedoms and customs of all the people.
It seems like a small thing, and it was in itself. But this is typical of so much that we see in the world today. People set up and sustain kings and priests who rule with blood and horror but who favour their chosen. Whether it be tyrants in Africa or the Saudi king, or despots in Asian and Latin American nations, we see 'rulers' who are sustained by individuals and groups who feel they will benefit personally through this support.
Tragically, we see also instances of such tyranny surviving through the ages, often being torn by adversity but yet they have survived. These long-standing tyrannies include Islam and the Catholic Church among many others.
Gaddianton Robbers: "There was one Gadianton, about 50 BC, who was exceedingly expert in many words, and also in his craft, to carry on the secret work of murder and of robbery; therefore he became the leader of the band…" The Gaddiantons were Oath Takers.
Probably most people today do not think of the great financial houses and bankers of the world, the Rothschilds and etcetera, as guilty of murder and robbery. The wars that mankind fight are invariably for the sake of wealth and dominion, Free Trade and of course, Profit.
Who am I to dispute that the wealth of the Rothschild Family alone is $700 Trillion? Who am I to deny that such wealth gives men leadership among their companions, and that they together conspire to benefit themselves at the expense, any expense, of the entire human race.
In the case of the Gaddianton Robbers, it was very difficult, probably impossible, to remove them until the arrival of White Men on the North and South American Continents.
In the case of the White Men who came, they brought their own king-men and Gaddianton Robbers with them.
2015 – The Year of the Dagger
This year has the hallmarks of being pivotal in the entire History of Mankind. There are even 'Signs in the heavens', as though to alert us to the warnings of the prophets.
We see the growing probability of another Arab war in the Middle East. That problem is Islam, which now is fourteen hundred years old and thriving on a massive resurgence of its power all over the globe. The point to the Middle Eastern component of this Islamic war to establish its Caliphate is that the prophets were most explicit about this event.
On the other hand, History shows us the inevitable outcomes elsewhere in the world where Islam claims the right of its Umma and demands Dhimmis everywhere submit to their rule, at pain of death or slavery.
History is very plain about what comes next. Civilisation must fight the Barbarian until only one party exists.
Deeply intermingled with all this king-man battle for rulership, modern Gaddiantons are pulling their purse strings, hoping to manipulate an outcome which will favour themselves. The suggestion has been made that the Illuminati, the New World Order and others who reside in the murk of financially contrived anonymity, desire Earth's population reduced.
Earth's population will be reduced. It is foreseen that five and a half billion people, or so, will die, according to the prophets regardless of the calculations of modern talking heads, such as representatives of the Islamic State, Obama, the Rothschilds, et al.
But their assumption is that they will continue to maintain control despite the massive break in Civilisation's hold on Humanity. They are 'sure' they can do it.
All this simply harks back to the original premise of God, however. Mankind was to be presented with the opportunity to exercise free will and choice. As was known to God, the choice made generally was 'Free Will Run Riot'.
So now we come to that point in the Trajectory of God's Plan for His Children where the consequences of spiritual evil become lethal, and for most of mortal humanity, final.
2015 looks like being a year when the momentum for mutual destruction will carry the human race over the cliff and into the abyss. This will not happen all at once!
2014 showed that the end has already begun. 2014 also showed that, no matter how clear and present the evidence, the majority of people will continue to hang on to 'normalcy'.
The dagger is famous as a tool of treachery, and was always the preferred weapon of those who wished to strike suddenly, perhaps while the back was turned, or Using the Left Hand.
Those who will strike treacherously this year are not only 'Moderate Muslims' but also elected governments, FEMAs and 'Homeland Security Agencies' all over the world. We should expect to see the thinly disguised tyranny more plainly revealed. The barely held grip of the Despot savagely reinforced.
Angels are in the World. Death walks freely among us.
2015 will be the Year of the Dagger.
One of the most important parts of this video is right at the end…
He makes the point that even the majority of Muslims do not know the true nature of Islam.
The truth is that 95% of Muslims know only what they are told by their local Imam, and he only tells them what they need to know, for the purposes of 'Stealth Jihad'.
I'll have Guran add David Wood's links in the margin also.
They are part of the Global Taqqiya, or 'Strategic Lie'.
The victims of Islam are 'found', rather than taken. Wherever this evil spreads it envelopes those in its path with horror, devastation, suffering and death.
Neither Gender nor Age are bars from suffering as Islam marches forth again, out of the desert sands and into the private lives of its victims everywhere.
From thirty thousand feet, or even from fifteen thousand which is the more common dropping zone, the carnage and suffering on the ground is invisible. Occasional dust clouds mark the fall of bombs. The identities of those who converge on pallets of aid: food, water and even weapons cannot be verified from the air.
The hope is that cargoes drop into the right hands. Media coverage suggests that some went elsewhere. In terms of logistics, there is not enough aid in all the world and not enough weapons to 'solve' the problem of Islam, whether it be IS, ISIS, ISIL or any other manifestation of Islam, under any other acronym.
This is not to say that, since the West cannot win this war from the air there will have to be 'boots on the ground'. Far from it.
While we carefully exact pinpoint punishment in Iraq, Syria, Iran, Baghdad or Kobane, those at home, in the Media and political Talking Heads, are defending our enemies. They demand that Islam be exalted and upheld as a dignified religion of peace.
We will war from the skies in our day.
But we are wasted up there. First the Battle Ground of Opinion must be won in the hearts of ourselves. Then men everywhere, on the ground, will kill our enemies wherever THEY are found.
Every sacred cow, regardless of political persuasion, race or seeming wealth, will suffer the terrible fate of those used by Islam in their hope to frighten us from our retribution. Raiofoz assures me, 5.5 Billion people must die, but no… Dragons are not yet go.
We dealt before with the extraordinary delay while an International Coalition of the Willing was corralled into 'the business of Iraq'. Or was that 'seduced'? Never mind. By the time it was boots on the ground the real enemy had fled, leaving incompetent militaries to face the might of American Shock and Awe – which came as neither. The beauty of seeing those magnificent B52s taking off from Britain was unforgettable though. Grace and beauty of the skies.
But the real war was fought far from the heat and dust of killing fields on the banks of the Euphrates.
The real war was fought on polished leather seats in air conditioned parliamentary palaces and was won and lost on nuance and tact. Carefully phrased video bytes of Talking Head gravity. Sweeping declamatory calls to the masses: backed up by ever more reliable opinion polls. More reliable because fewer and fewer armchair politicians were alarmed by the banal content on their television screens.
Far from the radioactive dusts of the desert, denizens of the Hague and the UN wrestled with the collective consciousness and looked for an acceptable compromise that would look and sound good but avoided by all means… the Problem. By the time they settled on what was considered a 'favourable outcome', the depleted uranium in the forgotten desert dust had not even begun its journey toward its four billion year half-life.
The discussions dealt with what was preferable among powerful men, and their agents.
This was and is, the Lawfare, which is waged against Nations almost as if the real deaths are the least important part of politics. The wheeling and dealing. The bribing and bragging. The placing of Nations and People in situations where they have no option but Warfare.
The appeals to United Nations bigots. The turning to the International Criminal Court, as if war could be war without there being crime. Holding 'War Crime' over the heads of individuals who must obtain not only their own survival but the survival of their masses. Not the masses of downtown London or New York City. Not yet.
The careful framing of Treaties meant to bind the actions of people with no knowledge of morals and no cultural reasons for restraint.
And so now we see the same methods used across the same field. For decades we have watched the shadow of the pendulum pass over the areas of current debate and anguish.
Should Russia be allowed to do this?
Should Ukraine be prevented from doing that!
Should Assad be able to rule?
Should Israel be permitted to exist?
Should all this continue without anybody, anywhere, pointing to the enemy? Islam!
It's refreshing to see Russia at least making the common sense statement that the USA has no right under International Law to demand any conditions, anywhere, outside the USA and so, Russia will not debate or consider American demands or suggestions.
There isn't much fertilizer attached to that!
But see the same tactics being applied elsewhere. Syria must submit (a nice Islamic demand) to the demands of Obama, while the USA bombards Syrian Military Units in Syria?
See Turkey carefully negotiating its terms for being both a global whore and quisling, in combining the malice of Wall Street with the Terror of Iran.
Lawfare. The practice of subterfuge to undermine the defensive capabilities of people who are not at war. Yet! It's called the Compromise by some. By others it's known as The Big Lie.
None of this clearly addresses the great shadow that has gathered over the world. War comes.
Massive War, on every conceivable level.
Dragons are not yet Go.
Reply to: Obama Responds to ISIL By REUTERS et al
Obama's Personal 9-11
It may be that, by targeting ISIL terrorists and their supporters 'everywhere', Obama has finally given himself the Key to the USA Police State.
As an Islamist himself, Obama knows there is an unending supply of Muslim sympathisers throughout the USA.
Obama also knows, there is a vast army of enthusiastic opponents of Islam and of the implied Police State that it will take to root 21st Century Terror out of the USA. Obama knows those 'Minute Men' are among his greatest enemies.
Some will say the 'Islamic State' was created for this moment and for this reason, but this is not so. The Islamic State, the Caliphate and Islamic Jihad were created on the orders of The False Prophet Mohammed, long before the disingenuous Obama came upon the scene.
But what the heck! Let's get in there and do damage!
That's what the Military is for!
A Street Grid has been carefully drawn, you can count on that and your street is on it.
The final arrival of 'The Caliphate' is almost comic relief. At least, to those of us who knew all along anyway.
But the Talking Heads will of course still be in denial as they are led 'Down To The River', where Pity and Compassion gloss their fingernails and look the other way.
No. This is not the end. This is not really the end of the beginning. This is Islam dipping its toe tentatively in the water to see if it's safe to step in.
We have watched for months now as the inevitable caravan of death and destruction has played out. Shock and horror protests from the West as biological and germ weapons, which were sold by the West to Saddam and made their way to Syria, were of course used. All the usual glib accusations and the coat with the long tails spread across the evidence.
We were meant to see evil.
We were not meant to see the real evil.
And No, again. We do not yet mean the evil of Islam. We mean the evil of those who feel their dominion is so great that they can contain and control Islam. The faceless ones, the ones whos names are on the lists the world is meant to scorn. Regularly published, presumed to be the wealth and power of the planet. They mean you to see what they say. They mean you to respond to every twitch on your puppet strings. But they are blind. They cannot see.
Because the ones I speak of attend Satanic gatherings and rites, they believe they are master of not just their fate but yours and mine. They know, they think, they are Master Mahan.
They are complicit in a grander plan than is spoken of at CNN and FOX. They consider that their status as Uber Meisters absolves them from even the guilt of the desires of their hearts.
Like the dilemma of Pandora, the box in their hands will be impossible to close.
The ones of whom I speak are as evil as they secretly feel they are, but their knowledge does not protect them from either the Law of Consequence, or from what comes. Islam is not their Little Helper, nor is it the whole of their problem.
Increasingly and more plainly, the reality of mortal life is becoming plain and the words of the prophets so much easier to read. The whole world is a battle field in which Mankind is asked to choose, whether to be enticed to do good or enticed to do evil.
The life of this Solar System is but a moment in the life of a Man.
At this moment in Eternity, each individual has the chance to choose, as if a Railway Man, setting the switch for the remainder of their eternal life. Choosing where the line will run.
Mortal life entails death and destruction. "Every creature that hath within it the breath of life must die." The angels know you. They watch as you make every choice in this life. And they know that you, whoever and wherever you are, will die. Death with the angels is almost nothing. Death is no greater than Birth to them. They watch… God, Angels and These Witnesses see each moment of your life. You cannot hide.
So it will be, when Islam works up its cowardly bravery enough to challenge openly for dominion of Earth, vast death will come. Master Mahan will struggle to exert his false dominion over the evil he thinks that he contrived. Dominion will fight against dominion. Wealth against wealth. Neighbour against neighbour. Strangers in your street will eat your children. If you get sick there will be no doctor and you will die. Probably, you will pray to die. Finally you will pray to the Living God who is your Father.
There is a Devil. He is a person, just like you. He has become a prisoner to the choices he made and he wants you to be a prisoner eternally too. Satan hates you forever and he wants you to suffer with him. Did you know, Satan is your Brother?
Compared to the evil you thought you were aware of in this world, you know nothing. It is not a matter of bad people doing bad things. It is a matter of your brothers and sisters, once born into this mortal world, being enticed to do evil.
The one you call Jesus Christ also is your Brother. But he is more than that. Jesus Christ is Jehovah, the Creator God of this world. Whether you choose to believe or not, and despite the urgings of all these in the world who wish you to believe otherwise, you will eventually accept the truth about who you are and who Jesus is.
If you doubt these words, you will find out on the other side of the veil of death.
The angels are there too.
Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has shone center-stage in her role with Media and representatives of other nations. Like a duck taking to water, she took on the mantle handed her by the International Community – that of lambasting Russia and declaring, "We will bring out people home… right away!"
Then of course, reality began to set in and the false timeframe began to slip, along with the allegations of Russian guilt. It was still possible, in the early days, to maintain a face of bravado addressing the EU and reading her prepared statement. All the correct words and delivered with the appropriate firmness and finely spaced pauses.
Away from the fine buildings and closer to the battle ground in Ukraine, the tawdry nature of the political game being played in Europe has become plainer. It will not, after all, be simply a case of collecting the dead Australians and heading home girt with the laurels of success.
Probably a year will pass before anybody can begin the process of removing dead bodies from Europe. The processes of DNA identification, plus verification and identification of each PART of each body, will take time. Some bodies were dismembered in the air and some were torn in the crash. To blithely assume it was a matter of collecting a few dozen dead bodies and returning to Australia was always naïve.
On top of the complex practicalities of identification, the logistics of operating in a war zone compound the problems. Access to a war zone can be guaranteed but nobody can guarantee a safe exit.
From the very beginning, Western Media adopted the assumption that Separatists on the ground were at once tampering with 'evidence', including bodies, and had no legal right to be in the small area of the crash site. This was wrong. Separatist forces in Eastern Ukraine are citizens of Ukraine and they had to fight to stay in the area to protect the crash zone which extends for fifty kilometers or so and which they have no intention of handing to invaders from what they consider an illegitimate government in Kiev. It matters also that they consider they have officially and legally seceded from Ukraine and seek to preserve their own national identity.
Into this morass of conflicting interest (war is conflict), Julia Bishop expected to waltz with ease and international approval but now she admits, "It's more complicated than that."
She and her international protection force and recovery team cannot even get to the site, in light of the 'conflict' which was at first naively ignored.
The forces at play in Eastern Europe did not come into power overnight. These ethnic and nationalistic differences have evolved literally over thousands of years and within recent decades have also become the interests of vast economic powers with multi-national aims and intentions.
The instant attempt to simply sheet home the airborne disaster as an 'act of the Russians' was always a planned scenario. The fact the planning became obvious, expressed within hours in many quarters as a 'False Flag' action, even caused the USA to publicly back down from such accusations.
Nevertheless, the disingenuous allegations continue that 'Russian weapons' are being used. What is ignored is the patently obvious fact, Ukrainian forces use Russian weapons, so such allegations are purely vexatious and intentionally hypocritical.
Only now, in the second week, do we begin to see rational responses on the ground… meaning international forces remain safely in a town sixty kilometers from the battle ground and await permission, under some sort of truce flag, to enter the area. Once the majority of the corpses/body parts had been removed, neither Kiev nor Donetsk felt there was cause to surrender the ground.
The probability of creating an international conflict of far greater proportions, if armed troops from either the Netherlands or Australia (or anywhere else) were to engage either side, has ensured discretion rather than valour has prevailed.
So for all the mad dash to assert Russia was a villain and to scoop up the bodies of loved ones, we now see a more steady and realistic pause taking place, both on the ground and within international politics.
There has been a U-Turn.
Corpses will be reunited with their identities, over time, and with the majority of their painstakingly identified body parts, to be repatriated to their several homelands in due course.
Blame, rather than justice, will gradually become a shroud of darkness associated with the obvious perpetrators – even if the downing of the plane does turn out to have been a tragic accident. We are far from that point. To this day, the media breathlessly announce the 'Black Box' reveals the plane was downed by, "an explosion", "shrapnel" and "a missile", as though any one of their simplistic statements is more than words.
The truth will congeal around the perpetrators like drying blood. It will possibly turn out that the real perpetrators were far away, in Washington, The Hague, Kiev or any of the financial hubs of the corporate multinationals who think they ARE the world.
One World Order? Of course, whatever it is!
Greed? Undoubtedly.
Lust for power and dominion? Political corruption mixed with 'Grace and Favour' under-the- counter payments of money and interests? We know all this without being told.
What is more interesting is that, despite this business of one, two or three or more aircraft being shot down or simply disappearing, the War goes on.
At first, the War ebbs and flows. Allegations and U-Turns appear to swirl amidst the lies and the blood of innocents.
When death becomes universal and blood flows like a flood, it will be interesting to see if all 298 corpses from MH17 ever return to their proper homes.
Against this backdrop and timescale, public opinion and the posturing of Julia Bishop are just elements of the current U-Turn in Ukraine.
by Avi Goldreich
(Translated from the Hebrew by Nurit Greenger.)
The time machine is a sensation that nests in me when I am visiting Mr. Hobber old books store in Budapest, Hungary. Hobber learned to know my quirks and after the initial greeting and the glass of mineral water (Mr. Hobber is a vegan) he leads me down the stairs to the huge basement, to the Jewish "section."
The Jewish section is a room full of antiquity books on subjects that Mr. Hobber sees to be Jewish. Among the books there are some that are not even worthy their leather binding. However, sometime, one can find there real culture treasure. Many of the books are Holy Books that may have been stolen from synagogues' archives: Talmud, Bible, Mishnah, old Ashkenazi style Siddur, and others. Customarily, I open them to see who the proprietor is; who was the Bar Mitzvah boy who received the book two hundred years ago and to whom did he pass the book at the end of his days. It is simply curiosity.
Many of the books are written in the German language. They are books of Jewish rumination written by Christians or assimilating Jews. Sometime one can find a hand written Talmud volume that is very expensive; thousands of Euros, set in the specially aired cabinet. Hobber knows their value. Sometime one can find a bargain such as the book Palestina by Hadriani Relandi — its original professional name Palaestina, ex monumentis veteribus illustrata, published by Trajecti Batavorum: Ex Libraria G. Brodelet, 1714. One can find such original books in only few places in the world, also in Haifa University.
[Original link for places where the book could be found and details about the author, etc.. Now below]:
http://libri-antichi.posizionamento-web.it/ palaestina-ex-monumentis-veteribus-illustrata.html
The author Relandi[1], a real scholar, geographer, cartographer and well known philologist, spoke perfect Hebrew, Arabic and ancient Greek, as well as the European languages. The book was written in Latin. In 1695 he was sent on a sightseeing tour to Israel, at that time known as Palestina. In his travels he surveyed approximately 2500 places where people lived that were mentioned in the bible or Mishnah. His research method was interesting.
He first mapped the Land of Israel.
Secondly, Relandi identifies each of the places mentioned in the Mishnah or Talmud along with their original source. If the source was Jewish, he listed it together with the appropriate sentence in the Holy Scriptures. If the source was Roman or Greek he presented the connection in Greek or Latin.
Thirdly, he also arranged a population survey and census of each community.
His most prominent conclusions
1. Not one settlement in the Land of Israel has a name that is of Arabic origin.
Most of the settlement names originate in the Hebrew, Greek, Latin or Roman languages. In fact, till today, except to Ramlah, not one Arabic settlement has an original Arabic name. Till today, most of the settlements names are of Hebrew or Greek origin, the names distorted to senseless Arabic names. There is no meaning in Arabic to names such as Acco (Acre), Haifa, Jaffa, Nablus, Gaza, or Jenin and towns named Ramallah, El Halil and El-Kuds (Jerusalem) lack historical roots or Arabic philology. In 1696, the year Relandi toured the land, Ramallah, for instance, was called Bet'allah (From the Hebrew name Beit El) and Hebron was called Hebron (Hevron) and the Arabs called Mearat HaMachpelah El Chalil, their name for the Forefather Abraham.
2. Most of the land was empty, desolate.
Most of the land was empty, desolate, and the inhabitants few in number and mostly concentrate in the towns Jerusalem, Acco, Tzfat, Jaffa, Tiberius and Gaza. Most of the inhabitants were Jews and the rest Christians. There were few Muslims, mostly nomad Bedouins. Nablus, known as Shchem, was exceptional, where approximately 120 people, members of the Muslim Natsha family and approximately 70 Shomronites, lived.
In the Galilee capital, Nazareth, lived approximately 700 Christians and in Jerusalem approximately 5000 people, mostly Jews and some Christians.
The interesting part was that Relandi mentioned the Muslims as nomad Bedouins who arrived in the area as construction and agriculture labor reinforcement, seasonal workers.
In Gaza for example, lived approximately 550 people, fifty percent Jews and the rest mostly Christians. The Jews grew and worked in their flourishing vineyards, olive tree orchards and wheat fields (remember Gush Katif?) and the Christians worked in commerce and transportation of produce and goods. Tiberius and Tzfat were mostly Jewish and except of mentioning fishermen fishing in Lake Kinneret — the Lake of Galilee — a traditional Tiberius occupation, there is no mention of their occupations. A town like Um el-Phahem was a village where ten families, approximately fifty people in total, all Christian, lived and there was also a small Maronite church in the village (The Shehadah family).
3. No Palestinian heritage or Palestinian nation.
The book totally contradicts any post-modern theory claiming a "Palestinian heritage," or Palestinian nation. The book strengthens the connection, relevance, pertinence, kinship of the Land of Israel to the Jews and the absolute lack of belonging to the Arabs, who robbed the Latin name Palestina and took it as their own.
In Granada, Spain, for example, one can see Arabic heritage and architecture. In large cities such as Granada and the land of Andalucìa, mountains and rivers like Guadalajara, one can see genuine Arabic cultural heritage: literature, monumental creations, engineering, medicine, etc. Seven hundred years of Arabic reign left in Spain an Arabic heritage that one cannot ignore, hide or camouflage. But here, in Israel there is nothing like that! Nada, as the Spanish say! No names of towns, no culture, no art, no history, and no evidence of Arabic rule; only huge robbery, pillaging and looting; stealing the Jews' holiest place, robbing the Jews of their Promised Land. Lately, under the auspices of all kind of post modern Israelis — also hijacking and robbing us of our Jewish history.
[1] From http://www.answers.com: "Adrian Reland (1676-1718), Dutch Orientalist, was born at Ryp, studied at Utrecht and Leiden, and was professor of Oriental languages successively at Harderwijk (1699) and Utrecht (1701). His most important works were Palaestina ex monumentis veteribus illustrata (Utrecht, 1714), and Antiquitates sacrae veterum Hebraeorum."
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If halacha has any authority, then the 'priests' of the Temple Institute should authorize and conduct a survey of the Temple Mount. Using the appropriate washing, anointing and sanctification, legitimate Cohanim should be set apart, to act in the Levitical Priesthood.
There MUST be some legitimate Cohanim in Israel. A hallmark of Jewry is to be able to trace one's lineage, if necessary all the way back to Adam. This was why the Samaritans were cast out.
But who is clean and who can be cleansed? No doubt, the first man chosen to be among the select group who would perform this task would be found to have participated in Gay Pride Parades in the streets of Jerusalem. All Cohanim possess the Birthright to the Levitical Priesthood but to act in the priesthood, each man must be found to be worthy and righteous.
Worthiness owes nothing to modern sectarian concepts of morality. Orthodox males in the lineage, who keep kosher and who keep themselves aloof from 'the sins of the world' must be available. Likely these same men are held in contempt by modern Jewish and Israeli society.
Such men should be sanctified and set to the task of survey, and to identify all the points of the Temple Mount. The bases of the pillars before the Holy Temple have been located. From these beginnings it must be possible to halachically define the bounds of the Temple and from there the courtyards.
Thus it would be possible, especially for the devout, to ascend and to make their spiritual offerings even before the Holy Temple is rebuilt.
But this will not happen. This failure and all the other failures, such as endorsing the pride of homosexuals and courting the 'good will' of the gentile world, amounts to the abomination of the Temple Mount and of Jerusalem, by Israel and the Jews.
The prophets have long spoken of this day.
Come away, even to the Isles of the Sea, while the Lord cleanses His House and the Holy City. We are told few will survive in Jerusalem. The people there will be destroyed until at last the walls will be broken and the survivors will break free: to escape across the brook and up the Mount; to meet again their true Messiah.
Not only the Arab mosques are an abomination upon the Temple Mount. The divisiveness of the Jews has been an abomination there also. "When ye are not one, ye are not in Me."
In that day, because the Jews will not honour their God, the Lord will thoroughly cleanse His habitation with fire. He will not spare the city.
Isaiah states, "Few men will survive".
If Israel Doesn't Care, Israel doesn't Matter!
These are deliberate and provocative statements which, if not instantly rebutted, become the internationally accepted narrative on the worthlessness of Jews and Israel.
If Israel concedes then Israel has no legitimacy.
It's not a matter of, "The whole world knows the truth."
It's a matter of, "The whole world suspects Israel knows the truth."
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We are trying to create a random number generator to create serial numbers for products on a virtual assembly line. We got the random numbers to generate, however since they are serial numbers we don't want it to create duplicates. Is there a way that it can go back and check to see if the number generated has already been generated, and then to tell it that if it is a duplicate to generate a new number, and to repeat this process until it has a "unique" number.
The easiest way to fix this problem is to avoid it. Use something that is monotonically increasing (like time) to form part of your serial number. To that you can prepend some fixed value that identifies the line or something.
So your serial number format could be NNNNYYYYMMDDHHMMSS, where NNNN is a 4-digit line number and YYYY is the 4 digit year, MM is a 2 digit month, ...
If you can produce multiple things per second per line, then add date components until you get to the point where only one per unit time is possible -- or simply add the count of items produced this day to the YYYYMMDD component (e.g., NNNNYYYYMMDDCCCCCC).
The point of a serial number is that they're NOT random. Serial, by definition, means that something is arranged in a series. Why not just use an incrementing number?
With a truly random number you would have to store the entire collection and review it for each number. Obviously this would mean that your generation would become slower and slower the larger the number of keys you generate (since it would have to retry more and more often and compare to a larger dataset).
This is entirely why truly random numbers just are never used for this purpose. For serial numbers the standard is always to just do a sequential number - is there any real real for them to be random?
Unique IDs are NEVER random - GUIDs and the like are based on the system time and (most often) MAC address. They're globally unique because of the algorithm used and the machine specifics - not because of the size of the value or any level of randomness.
Personally I would do everything I could to either use a sequential value (perhaps with a unique prefix if you have multiple channels) or, better, use a real GUID for your purpose.
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Red Head Recap…….What just happened
Well for those of you who didn't make the trip, I am sure you are as curious as we all are as to what happened at the Birthday Bash, it has taken us a week or so to soak it all in, but here is the recap that will go down in History………For those of you that were there, I am sure this will bring back a few memories
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Cabo Uno ~ Un Perfecto Tequila!
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10. San Diego State RB Ronnie Hillman
The Aztecs believe they've mined a feature back to go along with their high-powered passing game. A lightly-recruited true freshman out of La Habra (Calif.) High School, he's started his career with 215 yards rushing and five touchdowns, including four in the blowout of New Mexico State.
9. East Carolina QB Dominique Davis
It has to be frustrating for Boston College to watch Davis, who got booted out of Chestnut Hill for academic reasons. As the new triggerman in the Pirates' Air Raid offense, he's found new life, opening with eight touchdowns and a pick in a pair of wins.
8. Nebraska QB Taylor Martinez
Taking a page out of the old Husker playbook, Martinez is doing most of his damage with his feet. The precocious redshirt freshman has now rushed for 284 yards and five scores in two games to rank No. 7 nationally.
7. The Michigan State ground game
Playing offense up to Mark Dantonio's liking, the Spartans rank No. 11 nationally on the ground and are getting contributions from multiple sources. In the opener, Edwin Baker and Le'Veon Bell went for more than 100 yards, while Baker ripped off 183 more on Saturday. The pair averaging almost nine yards a carry.
6. The Cal D
Okay, it's early and you never want to get too sucked into this program, but the defense is off to a terrific start. In Saturday's unexpectedly easy rout of Colorado, Cal had six sacks, three picks, and allowed one meaningless touchdown when the game was out of reach.
5. South Carolina RB Marcus Lattimore
A star has been born in Columbia, and he might be ready to carry the Gamecocks to new heights under Steve Spurrier. Just a few months after arriving on campus, Lattimore was the story in South Carolina's 17-6 defeat of Georgia, running for 182 yards and two scores on 37 carries.
4. The Florida pass defense
Somewhat lost in the hysteria surrounding the offense has been the play of the secondary, which has allowed one touchdown pass while picking off eight others. The combination of Janoris Jenkins, Jeremy Brown, Ahmad Black, and Josh Evans held South Florida passers to 6-of-23 for 86 yards in Gainesville.
3. Oregon
Giving literal meaning to a point-a-minute offense, the Ducks have now scored 120 points in the first 120 minutes of the 2010 season. Even the defense and special teams got in the act in Knoxville, fueling a run of 45 unanswered points in a 48-13 comeback smackdown of Tennessee.
2. Oklahoma
Authors of the most impressive win of the season so far, the Sooners trucked visiting Florida State and basically ended QB Christian Ponder's Heisman campaign … while Landry Jones' may have just begun. The sophomore sparkled, going 30-of-40 for 380 yards and four touchdowns.
1. Michigan QB Denard Robinson
Back for a return engagement, Robinson actually topped his opening day performance versus Connecticut. In one of the epic individual efforts in Wolverine history, he ran for 258 yards, threw for 244 yards, accounted for three scores, and led Michigan on the game-winning drive in the waning moments in South Bend. Good luck finding a No. 16 jersey in Ann Arbor.
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Saturday's scheduled Honor Flight will be going on as scheduled, despite the ongoing government shut down.
Honor Flights fly veterans from all around the country to Washington D.C., in order for them to experience the recently unveiled World War II monument. When the government instituted a partial shut-down last week, the open-air monument was ringed with barricades and closed to the public. That was until an Honor Flight from the Gulf Coast/Mississippi Chapter pushed aside the barricades, and staked a claim to their own monument. Their actions were captured on video, which immediately went viral.
The monument has thus-far stayed open to the Honor Flights, but representatives of North Country Honor Flight are still wary.
"The Park Service had the common sense to leave them alone, but maybe when the media loses interest, the barricades will go back up," said Daniel Kaifetz, Director of North Country Honor Flight.
He explained that the government is letting Honor Flights in one bus at a time, under what they are calling a freedom of speech exemption. They could cancel that exemption however, by enforcing a requirement that gatherings over a certain size require a permit. With several honor flights already behind them, Kaifetz discussed how moving an experience it has been for the veterans who are able to go. Of the 16.5 million people who served in the armed forces during WWII, only 1 million veterans are still alive.
"I tell them you carry 15 of your war buddies with you. They're seeing it through your eyes, the 15 million who couldn't go," said Kaifetz. The feeling of closure that most of the Honor Flight participants are experiencing is profound, said Kaifetz. He has seen veterans talk about the war for the first time in nearly 70 years.
"It's a life changing experience for so many people," he said.
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