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Cass Tech tops Brother Rice in clash of defending champions
DETROIT - In the marquee matchup at the Prep Kickoff Classic at Wayne State University, Cass Tech beat Brother Rice in the clash of defending state champions.
Unfortunately, two game delays caused by fights near the entrance of the stadium overshadowed what was a tightly-played, competitive game.
Players fled the field during the third quarter as police tried to take control of an alleged gang-related fight.
For more on the events off the field, read here .
Brother Rice got on the board first, but in very uncanny fashion. On Cass Tech's first drive, Kevin Henry caused and recovered a Deon Drake fumble. The Warriors took the ball down to the Technicians one-yard line, as it appeared Brian Walker crossed the goal line on third and goal. On fourth down, Walker was held short of the goal line and the Warriors turned the ball over on downs.
On the very next play, Cass Tech's Gary Hosey was tackled into the end zone for a Warriors safety.
Joey Alessi added a 33-yard field goal to make Brother Rice's lead 5-0 with 5:09 left in the first quarter.
Cass Tech took its first lead at the 10:17 mark of the second quarter when Damon Webb took a Jayru Campbell swing pass 46 yards for a touchdown. As was the theme for most of the night, the point after attempt was blocked.
Midway through the second quarter, Cheyne Lacanaria hooked up with Joshua Flye on a 19-yard touchdown pass to give Brother Rice a 12-6 lead.
Cass Tech scored moments later on a 44-yard halfback toss pass to Webb. That tied the game at 12-12 after another missed PAT and after the first half.
After the melee in the third quarter, Cass Tech took advantage of a Brother Rice turnover, making it 19-12, but the Warriors had an instant response.
Walker powered into the end zone, but a botched snap caused the Warriors to miss the extra point attempt, falling behind 19-18 in the fourth.
Hosey flew down the field in a flash on a 74-yard touchdown to put Cass Tech ahead for good, 25-18. A Webb interception sealed the deal with under two minutes to go.
Brad Galli is a Sports Reporter at WXYZ Detroit. Follow Brad on Twitter @BradGalli .


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Library Exhibits
We have an ongoing exhibit (updated every other monthly) at our host library, the East Bridgewater Public Library.
Click here for Guidelines for HDP Library Exhibits
New Library Exhibit Display System in East Bridgewater
Jim worked tirelessly for three-plus days to get the new display system up. Thanks for a great effort – it looks very professional!
In addition, we often exhibit our photographs in nearby libraries, please drop by and see our photographs:
October / November – East Bridgewater and Avon
December / January – East Bridgewater and Abington
February / March – East Bridgewater and Raynham
April – East Bridgewater and Pembroke
May, June, July, August, and September – Summer Hiatus
Pembroke, December 2012
Our Library Exhibitions continue to grow as Pembroke Public Library joins the circuit. Special tip of the lens cap to Marian, Ruth, and Dena for making the transitions smoother and fun! The library is located at the intersection of Rtes. 14 and 36.
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Frankfurt Airport was founded in 1924 and has been undergoing major renovations sporadically over the last 15 years. Due to the economics of the city, millions of tons of cargo go through this point every year. The airport provides around 14,000 parking spaces.
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Frankfurt Airport was founded in 1924 and has been undergoing major renovations for the last 15 years. Due to the economics of the city, millions of tons of cargo go through this point every year. The airport provides around 14,000 parking spaces.
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You can take a bus to Frankfurt Airport, found along the 61, 62, and "AIRline" routes. The train to Frankfurt Airport, leaving from the city's main train station, will get you to the terminal within around 10 minutes. A quick alternative is a 15-minute taxi ride to Frankfurt Airport, depending on traffic conditions.
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A valve having a valve body, a valve plug and a deformable valve seat. A generally annular, wedge-shaped space is provided between a portion of the valve seat and a seat support in the valve body. Closing the valve brings the valve plug into single line contact with the deformable seat. Continued closing creates a myriad of line contacts as the seat deforms into the wedge shaped space, occluding any foreign surface particles and bridging surface discontinuities.
1. In a valve having a frustoconically shaped plug for opening and closing the fluid flow path defined by the valve body, the improvement comprising:
a flow path defining passage in the valve body extending between a first surface and an oppositely disposed second surface within the body, said passage having a conical portion and a coaxial generally cylindrical portion said cylindrical portion extending from the smaller diameter end of said conical portion;
a deformable valve seat having a central axial bore, said bore being defined by a conical portion and an integral sleeve-like conduit portion, said conduit portion of said seat being disposed within said cylindrical portion of said passage, said conduit defining portion of said seat extending beyond said passage cylindrical portion into the area defined by said passage conical portion whereby a gap is created between said conical passage portion and said conical seat portion, closing movement of the plug resulting in engagement between the plug and seat along a single line, and further closing movement of the plug deforming said seat whereby a plurality of line contacts are formed, said conical portion of said passage forming an angle with said flow passage axis of α degrees, said conical seat portion forming an angle with said axis of β degrees, angle β being greater than angle α whereby said gap narrows in the direction of the body surface which defines the larger diameter end of said passage conical portion and said seat contacts the valve body about the periphery of said larger diameter end of said passage; and
means for mechanically coupling said seat to the valve body.
2. The valve of claim 1 wherein said valve seat is comprised of a self-lubricating polymeric material.
3. The valve of claim 2 wherein said valve seat material is selected from the group consisting of PTFE of PTFE with a fibrous filler.
4. The valve of claim 1 wherein said valve seat further comprises means for receiving a tool for installing said valve seat.
5. A valve having a body which defines a passage therewithin for flow of fluid therethrough, the body having a seat supporting member with opposed upper and lower surfaces, the passage including an upper conical portion of said seat supporting member and a generally cylindrical lower extension of said conical portion, the valve further having a valve plug for controlling flow through said passage, the valve additionally comprising a deformable seat having a central axial bore, said bore being defined by a conical upper seat section and a lower sleeve-like conduit extension of said conical seat section, said seat section and said conduit extension being disposed within said conical portion and lower extension respectively of said supporting member and being coaxial therewith, the axial length of said conduit extension of said seat being greater than the axial length of said cylindrical lower extension of said conical portion of the passage in said seat supporting member whereby a gap is created between said conical portion and conical seat section, said conical portion of the said passage in said seat supporting member forming an angle with the axis of said portion of α degrees, said seat conical section forming an angle with said axis of β degrees, angle β being greater than angle α whereby said gap is eliminated at the seat supporting member upper surface, movement of the plug to stop flow through said passage resulting in the establishment of single line contact between said seat conical section and said plug, further plug movement towards said seat supporting member deforming said seat conical section whereby a plurality of line contacts are formed.
6. The valve of claim 5 wherein said generally cylindrical extension of said conical portion of said passage on said seat supporting member has a threaded surface whereby said seat is threadably captured in said supporting member.
7. The valve of claim 5 wherein said valve seat is comprised of self-lubricating polymeric material.
8. The valve of claim 7 wherein said generally cylindrical extension of said conical portion of said passage on said seat supporting member has a threaded surface whereby said seat is threadably captured in said supporting member.
9. The valve of claim 8 wherein said valve seat material selected from the group consisting of PTFE, glass fiber-filled PTFE and carbon fiber-filled PTFE.
10. The valve of claim 5 wherein said valve seat further comprises means for receiving a tool for installing said valve seal.
11. In a valve having a body with a web member therein, said web member having a passage therethrough for the flow of fluid, the flow passage having an axis, said passage being defined by an upper conical portion and a lower bore extension of said conical portion, said web member having upper and lower surfaces, the valve further including a valve plug connected thereto for controlling flow through the flow passage, the improvement comprising:
a seat having a central bore coaxial with the flow passage, said bore being defined by an upper seat and a lower sleeve-like conduit, said seat being disposed within said web member conical portion, said conduit being mechanically coupled to said bore extension, said seat forming an angle with the axis of said flow passage which is greater than that formed by said conical portion of said web member whereby an annular gap having a generally wedge-shaped cross-section is formed between said seat and the web conical portion at the smaller diameter ends thereof, said gap diminishing towards the web member upper surface, said seat being comprised of a self-lubricating polymeric material, wherein movement of the valve plug to interrupt flow initially results in single line contact between the plug and said seat and further movement of said plug in the flow interruption direction deforms said seat into said gap.
The present invention relates to fluid flow control devices. More particularly, this invention is directed to valves having resilient deformable seats.
It has long been recognized in valve construction that interposing a resilient deformable member between the valve seat and movable valve member results in an efficient seal. The reasons for this are many. First, the cooperating components, which are customarily metal members, can not be so precisely formed as to provide perfectly matched seating surfaces. A deformable member has the capability of accommodating irregularities in the seating surfaces. Second, corrosion and flow induced wear create surface imperfections in the seating surfaces. Resilient members compensate for this deterioration, extending the service life of the valve. Also, foreign particles may adhere to the seating surfaces. Such particles serve to hold or prop, i.e., crack, open the valve. The deformable members can often absorb the foreign particles allowing leak proof closure. Finally, resilient deformable valve seats are designed to be replaceable components thereby facilitating valve repair when necessary.
The conventional valve designs which utilize a resilient seat member rely upon a single line of contact between the seat and movable valve member, i.e. the plug, to establish a seal when the valve is in the closed state. Although compression of the resilient seat member may widen the contact line, the area of contact may nevertheless be insufficient to bridge large surface crevices or absorb large foreign particles. Additionally, operating conditions such as high compression, extremes in operating temperature or exposure to certain fluid mediums may cause the resilient member to adhere to the valve member and resist separation therefrom. Ultimate separation, i.e., sliding out of the valve seat and/or plug, can cause scratches in the resiliant member which can lead to failure.
A previous approach to overcoming the above-discussed operating problems employed a "floating" seat member and is shown in U.S. Pat. No. 3,598,145. While the use of a floating seat comprised of a material having a low coefficient of friction has provided an exceptionally reliable valve, failures have nevertheless occured under unusual and exceptionally harsh operating conditions. This was particularly true in high pressure applications with dirty fluids.
Another prior art approach to enhancing valve integrity is depicted in U.S. Pat. No. 3,809,362. The seats of valves of the type as depicted in U.S. Pat. No. 3,809,362 have typically had a region where the seat was subjected to bending about an edge on a supporting metal member. The stresses in this bending region have led to premature failure, particularly when the valve was subjected to extremes in temperature.
The present invention overcomes the above briefly discussed and other deficiencies and disadvantages of the prior art by providing a valve having a novel deformable seat which, while having an exceptionally long service life, may be easily replaced.
A valve in accordance with the present invention comprises a valve body, a movable valve member or plug and a deformable valve seat supported in the valve body. The valve body defines a fluid passageway which includes an aperture in a web member. This aperture has a double profile which includes a frustoconical portion and a coaxial cylindrical bore. The cylindrical bore extends from the smaller diameter end of the frustoconical portion. In a preferred embodiment this cylindrical bore is, at least in part, internally threaded. The deformable valve seat has a central axial bore, coaxial with the aperture in the web member, which is defined by a conical upper seat and a lower sleeve-like conduit. The valve seat is mechanically coupled to the web member in such a manner that the conduit portion of the seat is disposed in the cylindrical bore portion of the aperture in the web member. The conduit portion of the seat extends partially into the frustoconical portion of the valve body passageway, thereby providing a gap between the seat support surface of the web member and the smaller diameter end of the conical portion of the deformable seat. The conical portion of the deformable seat forms an angle with the axis of the aperture in the web member that is greater than the angle formed between the frustoconical seat supporting surface of the web member and the axis of the aperture. Accordingly, the aforementioned gap narrows towards the web member at the larger diameter end of the frustoconical portion of the flow passage surface. The seat is thus in permanent, albeit slidable, contact with the web member at the larger diameter end of the frustoconical aperture in the web member. The deformable valve seat is preferably comprised of a self-lubricating plastic material.
As the valve closes, the valve plug will make contact with the deformable seat along a single line contact. As valve closing continues, multiple linear contacts are created as the seat deforms into the gap. Such contacts occlude any foreign particles. The multiplicity of contacts allows the valve seat to bridge large surface discontinuities. A valve in accordance with the present invention achieves an efficient and reliable seal over a broader range of conditions and for a longer lifetime than prior art valves suitable for the same uses.
The present invention may be better understood and its numerous objects and advantages will become apparent to those skilled in the art by reference to the accompanying drawings wherein like reference numerals refer to like elements in the several figures and in which:
FIG. 1 is a partial vertical section of a valve in accordance with the present invention with the valve member shown in initial contact with the resiliant seat; and
FIG. 2 is a top view of the seat of the valve of FIG. 1.
In accordance with the invention, a valve body (not shown) defines a fluid flow passage 11. Passage 11, in part, comprises a frustoconical seat support surface 12 and a cylindrical threaded bore 13 formed in a web member 14 which is integral with the valve body. The seat support surface 12 forms an angle α with the axis 15 of bore 13. The valve body receives a flow control member indicated generally at 19. In the disclosed embodiment member 19 comprises a valve stem 20 having a valve plug 21 connected thereto. The flow control member cooperates with a valve seat 30 to control flow through the flow passage 11. As is well understood in the art, and as will be discussed in more detail below, the shape of valve plug and the method of controlling the position and movement thereof will be dictated by the end use and may be any means suitable for the operating environment. The present invention may be used as a check-valve wherein a pressure differential in a first direction will seat the valve plug stopping flow and a pressure differential in a second direction will unseat the valve plug allowing flow.
The valve seat 30 in accordance with the invention consists generally of a deformable member having a central bore defined by a lower sleeve-like conduit 31 and an integral upper frustoconical seat portion 32. In the disclosed embodiment, the exterior surface of the conduit 31 is provided with a thread which is complementary to the thread provided on bore 13 whereby the valve seat 30 is mechanically coupled to the valve body. The seat portion 32 forms an angle β with valve bore axis 15. Conduit 31 has a length which is longer than that of the threaded bore 13 and angle β is greater than angle α whereby a gap 34 is provided between the valve seat 30 and the valve body seat support surface 12. The valve seat 30 may, for example, be formed of a self-lubricating polymeric material such as carbon-filled or glass filled polytetrafluorethylene (PTFE). Material thickness and the angles α and β will vary depending on hardness/brittleness factor of the material selected. The seat 32 will preferably have an irregular shaped recess 36, or a plurality of indentations, on its upper surface which may be engaged by an appropriate hand tool during installation and removal of the seat.
The exterior of the seat 30, i.e., the side facing the web member, is desirably provided with a rounded contour, as indicated at 40, at the junction between conduit 31 and seat portion 32. This rounded contour minimizes stresses and prolongs seat life. A rounded contour may also be provided on the opposite surface of seat 30 at the junction of the cylindrical and conical portions thereof.
In order to increase the surface area exposed to fluid flowing through passage 11, the lower surface of plug 21 may be provided with a recess as indicated at 42.
In accordance with the present invention, as the valve is closed the plug 21 will initially make a single line contact with the seat 32. Multiple linear contacts are subsequently created around any embedded foreign particles on the valve plug 21 as the seat 32 deforms into the gap 34 as valve closing continues. This results in reliable, zero leakage valve closing.
While a preferred embodiment has been shown and described, various modifications and substitutions may be made thereto without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Accordingly, it is to be understood that the present invention has been described by way of illustration and not limitation.
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Sculptor Jaume Plensa to speak at TMA March 14Written by Sarah Ottney | Editor in Chief | firstname.lastname@example.com
Spanish sculptor Jaume Plensa will give a free lecture at 6 p.m. March 14 in the Toledo Museum of Art (TMA) Peristyle as part of the museum's Masters Series.
Plensa's sculpture, "Spiegel," which is German for mirror, is the newest addition to TMA's Georgia and David K. Welles Sculpture Garden.
The piece consists of two large seated figures, each lit from within, measuring 12 feet high and made of a steel latticework of letters from eight different alphabets welded together, but spelling no words.
"He is very sought-after," said Amy Gilman, TMA associate director and curator of contemporary art. "He doesn't do a lot of public appearances like this, so it's a real privilege to be able to bring him here.
"He'll be talking about his own work and introducing our visitors to some of the other works he's created," Gilman said. "That will hopefully allow people to have some context for the work we've acquired for the museum. It's a real privilege and a pleasure to be able to have that kind of dialogue."
Plensa's sculptures, many featuring the human body and letters or words, can be found in public spaces around the world. He is perhaps most widely known in the United States for the Crown Fountain at Millennium Park in Chicago.
"Jaume Plensa is one of the most significant sculptors working today," Gilman said in a news release. "Plensa has a remarkable ability to create work that is at once immediately accessible to the first look while encouraging deeper engagement over the long term."
Response to the piece, which was installed in 2012 at the intersection of Collingwood Avenue and Monroe Street, has been positive, Gilman said.
"Almost from the moment the piece was installed, even before we finalized the lighting, we started getting notes from people we know and on Facebook about immediately being drawn to the piece and basically falling in love with it the way we did," Gilman said.
TMA, which normally closes at 4 p.m. on Thursdays, will stay open until the talk, Gilman said. Pre-lecture food and a drink is available in the cafe for $15 for members or $20 for nonmembers. To purchase dinner tickets, call (419) 255-7000, Ext. 7448.
For more information, visit www.toledomuseum.org.
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I heard Norman Robinson refer to the Iberville Housing Project as a "historic neighborhood" on the news last night. Are you kidding me??? Marc Morial said the same thing. THIS IS NOT A NEIGHBORHOOD!!!! The residents did not build and invest in this area. They did not select this area to raise their family. They filled out the HANO paperwork and were assigned an apartment in an ugly brick building that happens to be located in our commerical district.
I am trying to stay positive about this because I want them to do something, but I heard they are considering keeping most or all of the existing brick buildings. That is pure insanity to me based on the recent struggles we are having with drugs and crime in this City.
The muted color palette of grey and blue is MUCH better. Thanks for making the change. I have to admit that I am getting used to the new design and am able to navigate around NOLA.COM much better now.
Why do we seek to blame anyone except the individuals pulling the trigger? Another sad day for our City and people are blaming everyone except the perps. It is not the fault of the Mayor or the police. It is not the fault of our schools.
The quest for fast money and addiction to drugs is your cause of this violence. Unfortunately, these folks got in the way of a fight over drug territory and market share. May God help the families of the children injured and killed yesterday.
I have said it a bunch of times but I think we need to make New Orleans a Free City and make drug use legal. Tax it. Monitor it. Make the drugs so cheap that our drug dealers can't compete. Allow folks to register as addicts and get free drugs. These people that are profiting from illegal drug sales will have to leave our City and set up shop somewhere else.
Peace Out
Blow writes, "...already-struggling communities that were rendered that way in part because so many men are being extracted on such a massive scale."
What a ridiculous statement. Has Mr. Blow even condescended to visit our NOLA Central Business District much less any other community in Louisiana???? Are these guys just making this up after a round of drinks at their favorite pub? Louisiana does not have a shortage of "unskilled labor" and our college graduates have to leave the State to find a job.
What other part of the story is their Mr. Blow??? I am waiting for your answer on the edge of my seat. Please tell me more about Louisiana's economy and how we are so backward down in Da Bayou!
It seems to me that TP is blazing the trail for all other forms of printed news to follow. Although I do not like the new webpage design, I agree with not providing a daily paper in a digital age.
As far as Saints game coverage, I get that from NOLA.COM anyway. Most of the time I read the Saints articles on NOLA.COM before I pick up the paper on my sidewalk.
Let's face it, does anyone sell vinyl records anymore? Can you even buy a record player? This is a good move as long as they complete a rehaul of the current web design.
karralum says:
"The problem is that most people want to turn a blind eye to the racial disparities and treatments that exists within the New Orleans and surrounding areas. So instead of acknowledging it does exist they would rather ignore it, not talk about it, and refute any mentioning of it."
I can tell you that no one turns a blind eye to the racial disparities and treatments that exist in this country. Mr. DeBerry writes about it a lot. Chris Rock and other comedians write about it and talk about it all of the time. I got it. I would tell you this...growing up is tough for all kids no matter what your color is in this country. I will admit that some folks have it easier than others if you admit that nothing prevents a black person from getting an education and becoming President of the United States!!
People who are willing to murder someone to settle a drug dispute do not deserve to live in our society. I don't care what their color is or who they are. They are the cancer that is killing our City. I think we need to concentrate on how to keep young black men alive and not worry about wardens trading skilled prisoners. I think we need to worry about the fact that young black men are killing other young black men over $100 in drug sales more than a relative needing to catch a ride to Washington Parish to visit their inprisoned loved one.
Peace Out.
Mr. DeBerry says, "All over this state, all over this country, we have shrugged and accepted as normal the high arrest rate and high incarceration rate for black Americans. We don't question it because doing so would reveal something shameful about a country that says everybody has equal standing before the law."
So...what shameful something would it reveal? Would it be that life isn't fair? Maybe that some folks have it easier than other folks? Would it be that some folks don't like other folks cause of the way they look? I think we already know these facts.
Mr. DeBerry, the dead bodies in the morgue were not "profiled" by NOPD. They were murdered.
So, the Louisiana justice system is flawed and our prison system is profiting from government revenue streams based on the number of inmates they keep locked up. I DON'T CARE!!! I care about the folks being murdered at 11am in the streets of New Orleans. Fine, you don't want the police to arrest black folks. Got it. So, what do you suggest the NOPD do to stop the killing????
I have an idea! Why not march against silence? Why not call out individuals who hide drug dealers, murders and rapists? If we can break the code of silence, perhaps the police can arrest people before they get murdered in retaliation for murdering someone else!!!
I agree with the Mayor. Everyone wants a safe community to live and raise a family.
If we were to complete an analysis of all the reasons folks commit murder, I think at least 80% of the time it is done over the sale of illegal drugs. If New Orleans was to take a bold step and declare itself an open City, I believe 80% of your problem would disappear over night. If we legalize drug use in our City, the folks involved in the illegal drug trade will leave our City. To me, this must be done with all the other things the Mayor has proposed to do to fight the cancer in our City.
In concert with legalizing drug use, we should allow folks to register as an addicts and receive free drugs. In that way, we can eliminate the crime associated with addicts trying to steal money to support their habit. Once folks register as addicts, we can get our social network to help them...preferable NGOs can step in at that point.
Although there is a huge Government footprint that has been establish to fight the war on drugs, I think New Orleans will never free itself from senseless violence until drug use is made legal. If Europe can do this, why can't we do it? This is the only way to stop the killing.
Peace Out.
Ahhh...Mr. DeBerry! I have not read a post like this in a while from you. My favorite quote is, "The state's sheriffs are treating inmates as chattel. That was the most infuriating revelation in the series. An inmate can be sent to another prison not because the facility is the best fit but as a gesture of collegiality."
You know what infuriates me? A young man that is 23 years old that is shot to death at 11am on Carrollton. I have to tell you that I really don't care about someone that has broken the law so many times that they have ended up going a Louisiana prison. Let's face it, our legal system is so slow and our DA's have such a heavy workload that going to jail is not a foregone conclusion for most criminals. Why don't you do a story on parole officers? How many folks are on probabtion, house arrest, or parole? Something tells me that it is a lot more than 40,000.
I have a question for you. If jail is so bad these days, where does the saying, "3 hots and a cot" come from??? Jail is a freakin joke. Nobody is scared to go to jail. I read a story of a guy in Florida running a credit card scam out of his jail cell! He had access to a phone!!!! Why do prisoners get to use a phone?
I hardly think today's prison population can be compared to human slavery. I could care less that a prisoner's relative or friend has to get a ride to another Parish's prison to visit. As far as I am concerned, the minute that individual turned his back on God and society for fast money, they are getting everything they deserve. With the food stamps and other welfare today, there is no excuse for stealing or selling drugs. It is a choice made to avoid working at a regular job.
Mr. DeBerry, you really need to go visit some vicitim support groups before you cry so hard for these folks in prison.
Hey Bruce Nolan! You have missed the big reason the Church is re-structuring tuition. It is absolutely in response to the public voucher program.
Someone has sold our Church leaders that there is potentially a windfall of profit available through the voucher program. The problem is that you can't charge the State of Louisiana more than you charge parents not using a public voucher. So...the existing parents get to pay more money so the Church can secure more revenue from the State of Louisiana!!
At one town hall meeting, the parents asked how much money the Church needed and we would pay that amount. The representatives could not answer that question because it is not about a shortfall in funds. It is about getting as many children into the schools with public vouchers as possible to maximize revenue!!! They are trying to make money not deal with shortfalls in funding. (My Opinion)
Instead of hiring consultants to figure out how to maximize revenue for the Archdioese of New Orleans, they should hire consulants to improve their elementary school curriculum and teaching methods. Just as Charter Schools have done, you need to provide a competitive school and parents will do anything to send their children to the school. You won't need to rely on public vouchers for windfall profits!!
Bruce Nolan: I ask you to press the Archdioese of New Orleans for the real reason they are doing this. Why is it ok to lose 30% of your existing children to maximize revenue through public vouchers? At a town hall meeting they admitted that some families will leave, but that the potential to serve under privilidged children with a public voucher would make up for the families they lose!!
Why is it ok to get rid of the multi-kid discount for parents with 3 or more children in the school so the Archdioese of New Orleans does not have to extend the same benefit to the State of Louisiana?
Why not just tell us how much money you need and we will pay it. The reason? There is not a shortfall of funding. This plan is dealing with the projected shortfall of funding if they accept hundrends of children through the public voucher program and they have to upgrade existing facilities to accomodate the large increase in students!!! It is about the potential for windfall profits at the expense of the existing families in the schools!!
I actually like Mr. DeBerry's post. I agree with him that fear of each other is the cause of tragedies like what happened in Florida. I don't think he is trying to blame anyone in his post. He is simply expressing his feelings.
Recall the Gov because he won't listen to you??? How about your local Louisiana politicians listening to you and doing something about it?
Why stop at the Gov? Is it that "your" representatives are ok? You think the Gov is acting alone in his reforms? Why not use the normal political process instead of trying this half baked idea of recalling one of the most popular Govs in LA history???
Fear of each other causes many of the problems in our society. It is the reason Mr. Zimmerman was carrying a concealed weapon. He was afraid that someone may try to hurt him so he armed himself. Unfortunalely for Mr. Martin, he crossed paths with this frightened individual and lost his life.
Instead of rallying to protest the killing of Mr. Martin, we should be analyzing the cause of his death. Fear of each other is the cause of his death.
Why do we fear each other so much? Why can't person walk down a public street without being challenged by an armed neighborhood watchman? The reason is because there are people that steal, rape and murder in our country. This has driven everyone to paranoid delusion and charged them to defend their neighborhood against "thugs" and "gangbangers." Unfortunately for Mr. Martin, he fit the profile and drew the suspicion of Mr. Zimmerman. Fate brought these two together and Mr. Zimmerman had a weapon.
We must reduce fear and suspicion. That will not happen by rallying and screaming hateful things against white people. It won't happen by dressing like a gangsta to protest the killing. It will only happen by realizing that we have nothing to fear from someone because of how they dress or look. As President Obama did a couple of years ago, sit down and have a beer together. Talk about what happened and try to learn. This is a teachable moment. A way to honor Mr. Martin is to work together to make sure this fateful encounter never happens again.
RIP Tommie Thurmond Jr. May God Bless your family and help them during this difficult time.
I grew up in Mid City and used to ride my bike in this area all the time as a kid. There was a martial arts store on Carrollton and my friends and I would ride our bikes there just about every weekend. I never thought twice about it and never had a problem.
Our City is so violent now. It is hard to believe this happened at 11am. This is one of the busiest intersections of our City!!
We must find a way to reach young men in our community to end this violence. I agree that legalizing drugs would go a long way to reduce the violence. I think a combination of enhancing NORD and legalizing drugs may be the only way to stop the violence. Reaching out to young men through competitive sports is a proven method to changing a person's chosen path in life. Teach them to value life and serve God.
If Charlotte wants their name back, then New Orleans should get its name back. Hey MJ! Go to Utah and work the deal.
I have commented many times on the healthcare debate. Throughout the debate, I always felt like we were concentrating on the wrong issue. It should not be our goal to ensure that every American has health care insurance. It should be our goal to reduce the cost of health care. I feel like that is accomplished by increasing the supply of healthcare services and reducing demand for those services. This law did not address either side of the economic equation. It simply created a new entitlement in this country with no way to pay for it! I think that the Supreme Court will have a difficult time with this law because it is such an emotional issue. No one will disagree that we want health care, but it is illegal to force someone to buy insurance. Say what you want about auto insurance, you can choose to walk or ride a bus and not pay for auto insurance.
I feel like the model for the future of healthcare in this country should be neighborhood primary care clinics that provide free primary health care services. The key is to ensure everyone participate in a wellness program with a primary care doctor. Once our clinics are up and running, we should see a sharp decline in ER visits. Especially if you have to pay for an ER visit and you can go to a clinic for free. Next, you should have health insurance available that is like flood insurance. You can have insurance policies of a last resort just like they do for home and flood insurance. So, the folks with pre-existing conditions or tragic illness can get healthcare without going bankrupt.
I think the best thing that can happen is the US Supreme Court strike down the mandate and force our law makers to take another crack at getting out healthcare law right. We must deal with the economics of providing healthcare in this country. The only thing this law did was spread the cost against a larger segment of the population to make it cheaper at an individual level. Cost will continue to skyrocket because the new law did nothing to deal with the costs!!
Hey Gerry V!
Please accept my compliments for a good post and even better comments. As a long time Saints fan, I will always have admiration for SP, ML, GW, and all the coaches/players from 2009. They brought us a Superbowl victory and I will never forget it. As far as the current situation, I just think they were trying to win. When I was in high school, my coach told me that the person that said, "It is not if you win but how you play the game." was a loser. We were told to play to win. I think our team was playing to win. If you are trying to get your team playing on the edge of good vs great, the coaches and players were looking for any kind of motivation to get to great. I know you know that every other team is doing the same thing. I think that is what makes this so hard to accept. The Saints are being held to a different standard than the rest of the league. I understand they lied to the commish, but what the commish has done is made everyone pay for SP, ML, and GW's lie. Hit them where it hurts...not the fans.
Peace out!
I wish the police would arrest the idiot that did this to the young man so people will calm down. I agree that is a shame that every murder is not treated with the same reaction as people have with this tragedy. Not sure what the difference between a drive by shooting and this incident. To say the police arrest people who commit drive by shootings or other gang rivalry murders is laughable. Those murderers rarely get caught because of the code of silence within the neighborhoods. Bottom line is that any murder is a tragedy not just this one.
I think that everyone has decided Zimmerman is guilty based on the media reports and 911 tapes. Whatever happened to innocent until proven guilty? Sanford Police needs to arrest the guy so he can have a fair trial. Let a jury decide whether he is guilty not an angry mob led by Al Sharpton!!
I got a ticket on HC. I don't usually drive in that area, but I went to a Christmas Party at Monkeyhill. Merry Christmas to me! I was going 31 in a 25! Penalty? $75.
I paid it. I know a lot a people that just refuse to pay. Instead of turning people off and giving people one more reason to avoid Orleans Parish, I think this program should be abandoned immediately. I would rather pay higher taxes than be subjected to these damn cameras. I guess we will wait until someone slams on their brakes to avoid running a red light and gets rear ended to prove that this is not about public safety. All the safety data shows the cameras don't work. Just need to extend the yellow light time and people won't be in the intersection when the light turns red!!
I have an idea, just use cameras at school zones. In my opinion, this is the only traffic law that should be enforced with cameras because a speeding vehicle could hurt or kill a child. If people know that all school zones have cameras, then they will avoid school zones. That seems to be a good outcome. I am sure the businesses on Magazine appreciate the fact that people now avoid their street do to the stupid traffic cameras.
Mr. DeBerry, I am trying to follow your logic. It is the police department's fault that people are afraid of the police department?
And then you present this gripping tale of fear, "...neighborhood teen confided to him that he saw a wounded Ricky well before 9:05 a.m. Saturday. That teen decided that calling the police would bring more trouble than assistance, more chaos than order. He declined to sound the alarm. So all night, Ricky's body lay behind an abandoned house in the 2200 block of Terpsichore Street."
How about adminstering first aid himself? How about telling his guardian or parent? How about going to a church at 9:06am and telling the pastor? I think this is a tale of neglect and lack of a moral compass in a young person more than fear of the police!!!!
Let's face it. The only people that fear the police are people that break the law. If they don't break the law themselves, maybe someone they live with or love is a criminal so they fear for that person.
Whenever a bad shoot happens, there is plenty of regret to go around. The police are not perfect and there are probably some bad cops in the ranks. But, I don't think this incident will increase the level of fear in criminals or those that fear the police for other reasons. It just highlights how far our young men have fallen from traditional values of God, family, and duty to one's country.


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More Witcher 3 details come to light.
More details have emerged about CD Projekt RED's upcoming RPG The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.
First off, this will be the final chapter in the story of Geralt of Rivia.
This Is The End, Beautiful Friend
Studio head Adam Badowski explains that CDP believes that they "should end the series on a high note. Technology has progressed to where we can finally tell the story the way we want, with the visuals we want, in the world we imagined. This will be the ultimate fantasy RPG experience, and while we're hardly out of stories to tell, we believe it's time for us to look to new worlds and new horizons to keep pushing the boundaries of what we can create."
That's a bit disappointing, but you have to admire a studio that knows when to call it quits on an IP and move on to "new worlds and new horizons."
It's too easy to languish in success until everything that made a franchise great has evaporated. I'm happy to see CDP try their hand at other IPs like Cyberpunk 2077 and, hopefully, something entirely new at some point.
If I Had A Pony, I'd Ride Him On My Boat
I speculated yesterday that we might see mounts at play in the new open-world Witcher game. Turns out, this is true. But not just horses—Geralt will be able to sail his way around the world also.
"Imagine playing a dark fantasy game with the same great nonlinear story as in the previous Witcher titles," says Badowski, "but now told in a world you can explore freely with no artificial boundaries. The war-ravaged world is so huge that to reach further places you will need to ride a horse or sail a boat to get there."
I am imagining this right now, actually, with the gentle, lilting voice of Lyle Lovett playing in the background. My mind's eye is a frenzy of medieval warfare and soft Texas country music.
CD Projekt RED Learns From Their Mistakes
By that I mean, CDP actually listens to the major complaints fans have about their games and responds in kind. For instance, The Witcher 2 made use of these really annoying things known as QTEs, or Quick Time Events. Quick Time Events essentially rip away the regular mechanics of the game and replaces them with timed button pressing.
For instance, when you fight certain bosses in the game, or engage in boxing, suddenly you're not fighting with the same basic mechanics you've learned, instead you're watching as different buttons appear on the screen which you then must press just at the right time or fail at the QTE.
It's one of those video game ideas that must have sounded neat ten or fifteen years ago that everybody hated but still kept appearing in game after game after game (I'm looking at you God of War.) Well, CDP is promising an overhauled combat system and no QTEs.
"Open world free-roaming exploration is an adventure in itself as the player will gallop through war-ravaged lands, sail misty waters and track down dangerous beasts for money," write the developer. "An improved combat system will allow players to feel like a real monster-hunter, a witcher who uses his superior senses and fighting skills to survive in a dark fantasy world–while he embarks on a quest to save his loved ones. The new core mechanics of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt immerse the player in the experience completely, with no Quick Time Events, only intuitive RPG gameplay."
A New Teaser:
And, to celebrate the announcement, CDP is slashing the cost of both the original Witcher and the sequel in half for the next 72 hours on Steam and GOG.com.
So here's what we knew yesterday:
- The Witcher 3 is called Wild Hunt, so we can expect to learn more about Geralt's past.
- The game will be 30 times the size of The Witcher 2, with an open world larger than Skyrim.
- Built using REDengine 3, the game will almost certainly be "next-gen."
- This also makes it possible to execute such an enormous world with no load screens, making it truly seamless.
- There might be mounts.
- Geralt has a wicked-smart looking beard.
We can add to the list:
- There will be mounts.
- Also sailing!
- No Quick Time Events!
- This will be the last Witcher game.
What would really make all of this superb, however, would be an announcement that CDP was including state of the art DRM, eleven day-one DLC packs, and a mobile tie-in. Because really, all of this freedom in CDP's work is just making everyone else look bad. DRM-free, free DLC. Come on guys. Tone it down….
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A laminated mat for growing lawns or other vegetation on soil comprises a base sheet of water-pervious, bio-degradable web material. Joined to the base sheet by an adhesive binder is a bed formed of dried gel particles, seeds, and dried compressed peat particles. Secured to the bed of seeds, gel, and peat particles is an upper laminate comprising a fibrous, porous veil which protects and retains the bed therebelow. The upper veil is water pervious to pass water therethrough to the bed of gel particles, peat particles, and seeds. The gel particles absorb up to 200 times their weight in water, facilitating wetting of the peat particles and seeds, and creating sufficient weight in the mat to resist high wind lift forces. The bio-degradable veil also easily expands to retain the web, expanded peat and gel particles and the seeds entrained thereby.
1. An improved laminated mat for growing vegetation on soil, comprising,
a lower base sheet laminate of water pervious web material, said material being quickly biodegradable upon wetting;
a seed bed including a plurality of seeds, granules of dehydrated gel material, and dried peat particles, said granules being rehydratable substantially immediately upon wetting to form a heavy gelatinous substance which anchors said mat to the soil, wets said seeds and said peat particles, and maintains moisture in said bed, said peat particles being expandable upon wetting to surround and form a mulch for said seeds;
means for adhesively securing said seed bed to said base sheet; and
an upper veil laminate of fibrous, non-woven, porous web material and means for adhesively securing said veil to said seed bed, said veil comprising means for expanding with said peat particles to maintain the structural integrity of said mat after biodegradation of said base sheet, said veil being slowly biodegradable to deteriorate after germination and rooting of said seeds.
2. The laminated mat of claim 1, wherein said means for adhesively securing comprises a water base adhesive material which dissolves upon wetting.
3. The laminated mat of claim 1, wherein said base sheet is formed of a tissue paper materal.
4. The laminated mat of claim 1, wherein said dried peat particles comprise peat which has been dried, compressed, broken into particles, and screened to a predetermined particle size range.
There are known in the prior art many forms of mat or carpet products which are intended for growing lawns and other forms of vegetation. These products generally include some sort of fibrous material which provides structural integrity to the mat, and a mulch material which is often mixed with the seeds to be germinated. These products also include some form of joining these various materials together, including stitching, adhesives, and the like. Generally speaking, these products have not gained wide acceptance due to failures in some aspects of their designs.
For example, most mulch material used in these products expands upon watering. Often, the expansion of the mulch material breaks whatever bond is provided with the fibrous structural material of the mat, with the result that significant portions of the mulch and seed mixture are washed away from the mat. Stitching methods for joining the materials to form a mat tend to limit the expansion of the mulch material, forming an irregular surface and also decreasing the survival rate of the germinating seeds.
Also, many of the prior art mat products fail to protect properly the seeds during the germinating and sprouting periods. As the seeds are covered only by a thin layer of mulch material, they are prey to birds and the deleterious effects of strong sunlight. Furthermore, these products often require frequent watering to prevent dehydration of the seed and seedlings, since the water retention capacity of the thin mulch layer is low. The prior art mat products are also subject to lift forces generated by winds of at least moderate strength. Often wind pegs must be used to stake down the mat, later to be removed before mowing. The labor involved is thus duplicated in time and expense.
The present invention generally comprises an improved mat for growing lawns or other vegetation upon soil. It is characterized by an unique construction which retains the mulch material after it is watered and expanded, and which also allows free water flow therethrough. Also, the construction of the present invention quickly absorbs a great amount of water to protect the seeds and mulch material during the vital germination and sprouting periods, and to add weight to the mat sufficient to resist lift forces on the mat caused by ambient winds.
The construction of the mat of the present invention includes a base sheet of web material which is easily degradable upon wetting, and which quickly becomes part of the underlying soil. An adhesive binder joins to the base sheet a bed of seeds mixed with dried gel granules and dried compressed peat particles. The peat particles are also prescreened to remove smaller particles and dust which interfere with the adhesion of the binder.
Joined to the top of the bed of seeds, gel granules, and peat particles by an adhesive binder is a fibrous veil comprising an unwoven, porous fabric formed of bio-degradable synthetic fibers. The veil is bonded to the bed of seeds, gel granules, and peat particles to provide structural integrity to the mat after the mat has been placed on soil and watering has substantially dissolved the base sheet.
The fibrous veil serves other important functions. It protects the seeds and seedlings from direct sunlight, and also greatly ameliorates the eroding effects of wind, water, and the like. The veil is particularly characterized by its ability to expand laterally in concert with the expanding wetted gel granules and peat particles, so that the particles and seeds are well secured during the germination and sprouting phases.
After the mat is applied to a soil surface, water is applied either by irrigation or natural rainfall to rehydrate the gel granules and to initiate swelling of the peat particles. The gel granules quickly absorb approximately 200 times their weight in water, adding so much weight to the mat that high winds cannot lift it. The rehydrated gel keeps the seed bed moist, hastens the rehydration of the peat particles, and causes the base sheet quickly to dissolve. The sprouting seeds easily may send roots through the deteriorated base sheet, and may send shoots upwardly through the fibrous veil. The fibrous veil biodegrades after a period of months, after the seedlings are well established and rooted in the underlying soil.
The prior art closest to the present invention is U.S. Pat. No. 4,190,981, issued on Mar. 4, 1980 to Lawrence C. Muldner.
FIG. 1 illustrates a base sheet and an adhesive material used in forming the improved mat of the present invention.
FIG. 2 illustrates the application of dehydrated gel granules to the structure shown in FIG. 1.
FIG. 3 illustrates the application of seed to the structure shown in FIG. 2.
FIG. 4 illustrates the application of compressed, screened peat particles to the structure shown in FIG. 3.
FIG. 5 illustrates the structure of FIG. 4, after the application of adhesive material over the bed of seeds, gel granules, and compressed peat particles of the structure shown in FIG. 4.
FIG. 6 illustrates the improved mat of the present invention after the application of the fibrous veil to the structure shown in FIG. 5.
The present invention generally comprises a mat-like laminated structure 11, as shown in FIG. 6, which is adapted to grow lawns or similar vegetation on a soil surface. The mat 11 includes seeds of the desired vegetation, a mulch material which provides protection for the seeds and a growth medium for the seeds, a gel substance for water retention, and structural material which maintains the integrity of the mat and protects the seeds and mulch during germination and sprouting of the seeds.
The mat 11 comprises laminated layers of selected materials which are assembled in a sequence depicted in FIGS. 1-6. As shown in FIG. 1, the fabrication of the mat 11 begins with a base sheet 13, which comprises a biodegradable material. In the preferred embodiment, the base sheet 13 is formed of light tissue paper weighing 8 to 11 pounds per three thousand square feet. The tissue paper is mechanically roughed or scarfed to increase the bonding thereto of subsequent laminations. Also the tissue paper may be perforated to increase water flow through the mat 11.
It should be noted that the tissue paper provides substantial structural integrity to the mat 11 prior to use of the product, i.e., during manufacture, storage, and shipping. However, after the mat is in place and watered, the tissue paper base sheet 13 deteriorates rapidly, losing a substantial portion of its strength upon initial wetting.
An adhesive binding material 15 is then applied to the scarfed surface of the base sheet 13. Preferably, the adhesive binder comprises a water base rubber adhesive compound which is easily biodegradable and which provides a high tack factor. The water base adhesive loses most of its binder properties upon wetting. The adhesive material 15 is sprayed onto the base sheet by conventional techniques.
After the adhesive layer 15 is applied, a layer of dehydrated gel granules 17 is dispersed onto the adhesive. The gal granules 17 are known in the prior art, and are available commercially. One such product, sold under the tradename TERRA-SORB, is available from Industrial Services International, of Bradenton, Fla. The gel granules 17 have a consistency similar to sawdust; upon wetting, the granules will absorb approximately 200 times their dry weight in water and form a gel mass.
Next, seeds 19 of the desired kind of vegetation are dispersed upon the adhesive material 15, as shown in FIG. 3. Following this step, particles of dried, compressed peat 21 are spread in a thin layer over the adhesive binder 15, the gel granule layer 17, and the seed layer 19 to form a bed of seeds mixed with the compressed peat particles. The peat particles are formed by first drying the peat to a moisture content of 20% or less, then compressing the peat to form dense cylinders. The cylinders are then cut up and passed through a grinder or hammer mill to form particles of compressed peat. The particles are screened on 1/8 inch mesh to obtain particles in the size range of 1/16th to 3/8th inch. The screening step removes smaller, dust-like particles which would otherwise be absorbed by the adhesive binder and would reduce the adhesion of the laminations.
It should be noted that upon wetting, dried peat expands greatly. If the compressed peat particles are larger than the aforementioned size range, they will expand upon watering to produce an uneven and irregular upper surface. Further, dried compressed peat forms a lamination which is structurally superior to that which is formed by undried or loose peat. Also, the dried peat increases the shelf life of the mat 11, as it does not provide sufficient moisture for the germination of the seeds 19.
Another adhesive binder material layer 23 is then applied over the bed 27 of seeds, gel granules, and peat particles as shown in FIG. 5. This adhesive binder material may also comprise a water base rubber adhesive, or any other similar adhesive material.
As shown in FIG. 6, a fibrous veil of unwoven fabric having a cotton-like texture is then applied to the adhesive layer 23. The adhesive material 23 binds the fibrous veil 25 to the bed 27 of seeds, gel granules, and dried, compressed peat particles. The veil 25 serves a multitude of functions in the mat 11 of the present invention. The fibers of the mat permit water to pass therethrough, while protecting the bed from destruction from excessive water run-off or high winds. Also, the fibrous veil 25 controls evaporation of water from the seed bed so that a moist growing medium is maintained. The veil also protects the seeds from direct sun, and helps prevent severe temperature changes in the bed 21.
An important characteristic of the veil 25 is that it is easily laterally expandable. As the peat particles are wetted and caused to expand, the fibrous veil 25 expands with the particles to retain and protect the peat particles and the seeds.
In the preferred embodiment, the fibrous veil has a loft ranging between 1/8th and 1/4th inch, this loft being sufficient to retain the expanding peat particles within its non-woven structure. The veil is composed of biodegradable synthetic fibers having a denier of approximately 61/2, and a weight in the range of 4/10s per ounce per square yard to 8/10s per ounce per square yard. The synthetic fibers are biodegradable in a period of 12 to 18 months after planting, so that the seedlings are well established before the veil disintegrates. It may be appreciated that the germinating seedlings may easily pass through the unwoven fibers of the veil, while the roots of the germinating seedlings easily may pass through the peat particles and tissue paper to penetrate the soil therebelow.
The light absorption associated with the color of the fibers forming the fibrous veil may be very important in areas having extreme climates. In locales having hot climates and little water, the fibers may be white to reflect a substantial portion of incident sunlight and prevent the mat 11 from overheating and damaging the seeds. Conversely, in cold climates the fibers may be a dark color or black to absorb more sunlight and maintain a temperature in the mat sufficient to foster germination.
The gel granules contribute significantly to the effectiveness of the mat of the present invention. Immediately upon initial watering, the gel granules absorb so much water that the mat becomes quite heavy. The added weight provides excellent resistance to lift forces on the mat created by high winds. As a result, there is no need to stake down the mat when it is installed at a growing site. A great amount of labor is saved, especially when it is considered that any stakes or pegs must be removed before the first mowing or cutting.
Furthermore, the rehydrated gel totally wets the paper base sheet, hastening the bio-degradation of the sheet before the seeds sprout and encouraging the roots to penetrate into the underlying soil. The gel also wets the entire seed bed and maintains moisture therein, facilitating rehydration of the peat particles and keeping the seeds optimally wetted for sprouting.
The mat of the present invention is easily used to form a lawn or the like merely by unrolling the mat onto a prepared soil surface and then watering the mat. Upon watering, the gel granules rehydrate within a few minutes to form a gelatinous material. The gelatin is so heavy with absorbed water that the weight it imparts to the mat prevents high winds from lifting the mat. The gelatinous material also hastens the wetting of the peat particles and the paper base sheet. As a result, the base sheet biodegrades very quickly, and the rehydration of the peat particles is hastened significantly. The tissue paper base sheet begins to deteriorate immediately, and the dried peat particles expand to several times their dry size. The fibrous veil 25 expands with the peat particles, providing the structural strength to maintain the seed bed as an integral unit while the seeds begin to germinate. It should be noted that after the initial watering, the fibrous veil provides the primary structural strength for the mat 11, although the loft, non-woven nature, and placement of the veil above the seed bed provides this structural function without any interference with the germination and rooting of the seeds.
The finished mat 11 weighs approximately 15 to 20 pounds per one hundred square feet. This relatively light weight is due to the use of light materials and compressed, dried peat particles, and facilitates easy handling of large pieces of the mat 11 when configured in a spiral wound roll.
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today I pray giving thanks for all the simple treasures,
appreciating the ones i love for all their simple measures,
today i leave all the pain and nightmares in the past,
today is a day of hapiness for the time being make it last,
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BYU football will become an independent program in 2011, with the other Cougars sports programs moving to the WAC, sources have confirmed for the Salt Lake Tribune.
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 27, 2007 Nevada Air National Guard commander Brig. Gen. Robert V. Fitch said he couldn't perform his military job -- sometimes requiring weeks of overseas travel -- without the superb support he receives from his civilian employer, Sierra Pacific Resources.
The company is among 15 businesses and organizations selected to receive this year's Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award. Fitch nominated Sierra Pacific Resources for the annual award, which honors businesses and organizations that provide exemplary support for employees in the National Guard or reserves.
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A leader in Utah's theater scene received a big honor for her Broadway work.
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You know when you're playing pick-up basketball, and there is a 6-foot-10 guy with bulging arms and an incredible vertical and doesn't seem to miss any jumpers while you're warming up? Yeah, you're going to want to pick him first, right?
Well, not according to Sergio Garcia. He thinks that the United States Ryder Cup team is better off without Tiger Woods, the 6-foot-10 guy in this analogy, and he believes that not having the best player in the world on your squad actually helps. Eureka!
"Tiger's absence made a difference. It made some of the other players step it up. They wanted to show everyone they could win without Tiger. Maybe when he's there, he's the leader and everyone falls in behind him. Without him, everyone wanted to be the leader. They played amazing golf. You could see a different energy in the team."
You know, Sergio does have a point here. In 2002, when the US lost to Europe 15.5 to 12.5, Tiger's 2.5 points probably didn't help much. Oh, and in '04, when he was mistakenly paired with Phil Mickelson, his two points weren't a factor as the Americans only mustered 9.5 total. But he's probably referring to 2006, when Tiger got three of the American's 9.5 points. Yeah, that must have been the case.
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University President Lee Bollinger announced Gillian Lester, the acting dean of the University of California, Berkeley, Law School, as the next dean of Columbia Law School on Wednesday afternoon.
Lester, who will become dean on Jan. 1, 2015, will replace David Schizer, who announced in July that he would step down as dean at the end of the academic year after 10 years—the tenure limit for Columbia Law School deans.
Columbia law professor Robert Scott will serve as interim dean beginning July 1 and serve until Lester takes over in January.
"I'm honored to take on the leadership of Columbia Law School at this pivotal time," Lester said in a press release. "I'm looking forward to working with its distinguished faculty, talented students and accomplished alumni."
Lester, who graduated from Stanford Law School and the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, focuses on employment law and policy. She began her teaching career at the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1994, and joined the faculty at Berkeley in 2006.
At Berkeley, she also served as the co-director of the Berkeley Center on Health, Economic & Family Security and as associate dean for the school's J.D. program. She became acting dean last year, after then-Dean Christopher Edley Jr. took a medical leave.
"Professor Lester brings accomplished scholarship, admired teaching and first-hand academic leadership experience at a great peer institution to her new role at Columbia," Bollinger said in a press release. "I believe this is a great appointment for the School, and promises over the coming decade to help Columbia Law School flourish at a time of both challenge and opportunity in the field of legal education."
Bollinger announced in September the creation of a 12-member search committee, chaired by Scott and law professor Richard Briffault, to find a replacement for Schizer.
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The Dean of the law school must recommend an external investigation of the blatant conflict of interest of the Columbia President and Professor of Law Lee Bollinger since he is one of the directors of Graham Holdings Company.
This is one of the worst imaginable conflicts of interest because of Kaplan's depredations in test prep. That Columbia requires the SAT and TOEFL, among other options, is a fatal conflict of interest for President and Professor Bollinger.
It is hard to imagine a more damaging conflict of interest, one that goes to the heart of academic integrity.
I would strongly suggest that he resign from Graham Holdings Company immediately and apologize for his conflict.
Columbia should also trigger an external investigation into the effects of such tests as the SAT. The effects of such slovenly practices are evident at Columbia. Sound admissions curricula would not be difficult to establish.
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Bollinger's role on the Graham Holdings board doesn't create a conflict. Even if it did, he could resolve the conflict by abstaining from decisions about Kaplan.
The SAT is owned by the College Board. Neither CU nor Graham Holdings has any financial stake in it. That the SAT matters to both is a good reason for the Graham board to include university leaders, not to exclude them.
Besides, it's not the law dean's job to recommend investigations. Anybody can do that, including you. But there has to be some plausible justification.
I appreciate your engagement with the matter of the President's conflict.
That you did not notice that your argument is incoherent might be taken as a sign that Columbia U routines are broken.
You propose that even if there is a conflict it could be cured if the President stayed away from votes on Kaplan.
But if there is a conflict, there is a conflict. It could not be saved by considering whether the President formally voted on or made formal, documented decisions on matters with implications for Kaplan, whether at Graham or Columbia or both.
If the SAT "matters" (my point is that it is hard to conceive of any world in which the SAT could "matter" in a comparative sense in promoting learning, if you consider the excellent books that have been produced over the past 25 years, ones that could easily be put to use in a national admissions curriculum, replacing SAT manuals forever), then the President cannot lead a university that requires the SAT and TOEFL, among other options, and be a director of a company a unit of which provides commercial prep for these very tests.
If that were possible, "conflict of interest" would be a meaningless concept.
[The SAT is owned by the College Board. Neither CU nor Graham Holdings has any financial stake in it. That the SAT matters to both is a good reason for the Graham board to include university leaders, not to exclude them.]
This is muddled reasoning. The financial interest of Graham is in Kaplan, a commercial operator in relation to the SAT. The duty of the University is to provide the best admissions processes, ones that will strengthen cognition before admission and give students the best opportunities to adapt to university learning. The SAT is a very poor tool in achieving this goal. As a director of Graham, the President has an implicit incentive to avoid confronting the reality of the comparative uselessness of the SAT and of TOEFL.
Therefore, his conflict is patent. It is a "common sense" one. We would be more likely to become entangled in factitious reasoning about it if we were victims of silly high school programs, the SAT, and defunct admissions procedures generally.
The law school should not allow the President to teach there. He would be setting a bad example if he lectured there from now on.
She was only named dean because she is a woman. At Berkeley a number of staff commented that they are happy to see her leave. More than once she was described in language that cannot be diplomatically quoted but that boils down to a
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