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Any amicable discussion of Coyne ended there.
September 17, 2012, marked three years since Coyne signed his name to a DKP contract, and five days later he jogged back into the ring in a small but crowded stadium in Sheffield, England, the strains of Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the U.S.A." blasting on the sound system.
In less than a minute, Coyne landed a right hook to his Hungarian opponent's temple, sending him to the canvas. Thirty seconds after that, Coyne felled him again and left him reeling in a corner before the referee stopped the fight.
"Number one is not good enough. World champion is good enough," a beaming Coyne told a British sportscaster in the locker room afterward. "There's a lad down in Wales who can't seem to find an opponent to fight him — maybe I can solve that problem for him."
Within weeks, "the lad," a.k.a. Nathan Cleverly, came calling. His promoter, Frank Warren, had taken note of Coyne and was eager to get some American television exposure for Cleverly in the hope of drawing out the other American world-title holders, like Philadelphia's Bernard Hopkins. Coyne, who hadn't heard a peep from King about the Sheffield fight or renewing their three-year contract, figured he was a free man. The deal for the Staples Center fight with Oscar De La Hoya's company Golden Boy Promotions came together quickly.
Coyne packed his things and met up with Moran and his trainer Michael Moorer in Philadelphia. And while Coyne was ecstatic about a chance at Cleverly, Moran had concerns.
"Ryan was very confident that we were beyond King," says Moran. "But you never know with Don."
A month before the fight, Moran got the e-mail that he'd been dreading — Warren's people had heard from King. He was claiming Coyne was still under contract with DKP, invoking a line in the contract that says King can extend the deal without Coyne's consent.
"You cannot enter into any discussions, negotiations or agreements of any kind, directly or indirectly, with Coyne without securing DKP's expressed written consent," King's attorneys wrote in a letter to Warren. "My client intends to enforce all of its rights, including, all remedies at law and equity as well as immediate injunctive relief, unless you confirm to me, in writing, by October 17, 2012, that you will cease and desist your actions and have no further contact with Coyne."
Coyne and Moran answered in kind by retaining the services of another Don King adversary — Patrick English, an attorney with a long track record of successfully litigating against DKP. English was reluctant to take the case. ("I get these calls all the time," he says.) However, once he heard Coyne's story and saw the version of the contract Coyne signed, he changed his mind.
"Ryan signed a particularly bad version," English says. "There are more loopholes in terms of responsibility [for DKP] than you can even imagine. [Ryan] has to do this, that and the other thing unless somebody sneezes in Cincinnati."
Specifically, English takes the position that because King did not offer Coyne any fights for more than a year — the deal says Coyne was owed at least two per year — the contract is null. Furthermore, he considers the conditions under which Coyne signed — under pressure and without counsel — an act of fraud.
After days of back and forth, King filed for an emergency injunction to stop the fight. Finally, after the WBO declined to sanction the fight — normally a routine part of the process — Frank Warren Promotions essentially threw up its hands. Though English believed they had a solid case, the legal arguments didn't matter. The fight was off. Moran had the task of phoning Coyne in his hotel room with the news.
"For it to evaporate the way it did — that was a crippling blow," says Coyne. "I was in a dark place. And kind of still am. It's hard to stomach."
A week later King sued Coyne for breach of contract. He's asking for $75,000 in damages.
L ast Saturday Don King lost his sole remaining titleholder when Bernard Hopkins took the IBF light heavyweight belt from Tavoris Cloud in a 12-round decision in New York. The defeat marks the first time in four decades that King has not had an active champ among his stable of fighters.
In the weeks leading up to the March 9 fight, the rhetoric had been intense, but not between Hopkins and Cloud — rather, the 48-year-old Hopkins was gunning for his old promoter.
At a press conference onstage at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, Hopkins, dressed in a black sweatshirt with a black skull cap pulled just over his eyes, seemed to be bickering inaudibly with King, then suddenly addressed the assembled crowd.
"Don's workers," he hollered.
There was a single yelp in return.
"You'll be looking for another job after March 9," Hopkins yelled. "I know there is a short staff over there, I hope the last seven leave, too."
A nervous titter swept through the reporters.
On a conference call days before the big night, Hopkins crowed many times that his victory will force King into retirement and close the doors at Don King Productions.
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Shooting Reported at Sikh TempleMultiple people were reported shot at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wis., according to local media. The shooter was a white male who had two handguns, according to early reports. The shooting reportedly took place around 10:45 a.m. local time, between eight and 20 people are thought to have been injured, and the victims may have included a police officer. The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reported that police in Oak Creek are not providing further information on the shooting yet. The paper reported that emergency medical-transport helicopters were called to the scene, along with the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office.http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2012/08/05/shooting-reported-at-sikh-temple.html
Seriously, you guys are the meanest people I have ever met. I hope you are happy and feel really good about yourself.
Would not be surprised if the shooters thought Sikh is the same as Muslim. Is a peker-wood redneck.
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Yes, let's blame rednecks for the racial stereotypes of the U.S., they obviously are the only racists in the U.S., let's forget this happened in Wisconsin, and not the south but yes! Blame the redneck.-Nam
Would not be surprised if the shooters thought Sikh is the same as Muslim.
The men (and boys) have the last name of Singh and the women (and girls) have the last name of Kaur. This gets a little confusing enrolling their kids in school, with spouses who have different last names, and siblings who have different last names.
Sikh men, who for religious reasons are supposed to be named Singh as their surname, sometimes instead take Singh as their middle name, such as Mudhsuden Singh Panesar, better known as Monty Panesar. Sikh women, who for similar reasons normally take the surname Kaur, may instead take it as a middle name: a notable example is Parminder Kaur Nagra.
Quote from: Nam on August 05, 2012, 01:48:02 PMYes, let's blame rednecks for the racial stereotypes of the U.S., they obviously are the only racists in the U.S., let's forget this happened in Wisconsin, and not the south but yes! Blame the redneck.-NamI am from Southern Ohio, right at the foothills of the Appalachian range... just for the record.... not "the south" yet I am familiar with the stereotype. Also, I was generalizing the attitude associated with generally hate-oriented-crime at an attempt at humor in a non-humorous situation. I do not think that region is necessarily an indicator of tolerance or bigotry. I will apologize if my comment offended you Nam, offending would be the opposite of my intention.
I don't know about "America bashing," but I certainly feel shame and disappointment in my country after incidents like this. Especially when we can't even have a reasonable public discussion about gun control, but the usual suspects chime in with talk about "Christian values" or connect the crimes to atheism or evolution or lack of prayer, etc. I'm betting we'll see politicians in the NRA's pocket come out again today and say the problem would be solved if only everyone walked around with concealed weapons!
I'm sure I am not the first to mention this on fact on this site, but I find it the utmost example of hypocrisy that the majority of the pro-life people are the same group that are staunchly opposed to actually helping (financially) out that fetus once it becomes a CHILD.
Gunman kills 8 at Seal Beach salonA suspect is arrested. A custody dispute is blamed in the worst mass killing in county historyOctober 12, 2011|By Tony Barboza, Louis Sahagun and Nicole Santa Cruz, Los Angeles TimesA gunman apparently enraged over a custody dispute walked into a crowded Seal Beach hair salon where his former wife worked and opened fire, killing eight people and critically wounding another person in the deadliest shooting in Orange County history.
For those of you who thing this kind of thing is a "rare" occurrence. This is a list of all the mass shootings in America since 1991.
Frank, not to throw stones, but as someone pretty new to the site. Where are you from exactly? I am just curious.
Quote from: Garja on August 06, 2012, 01:02:03 PMFrank, not to throw stones, but as someone pretty new to the site. Where are you from exactly? I am just curious.He's from the U.K. where citizens aren't allowed to have guns ... except for ... the ones that are allowed to have guns.
The two most important laws came in the wake of two national tragedies. Michael Ryan's massacre of 16 people in Hungerford in 1987 led to the banning of all modern semi-automatic rifles, the range of guns that can be fired rapidly without needing to be reloaded. Nine years later, Thomas Hamilton killed 16 schoolchildren and their teacher when he opened fire at a school in Dunblane. Parliament banned all handguns and there is now a mandatory five-year jail sentence for possession.Since then, we have seen moves against criminal conversion of imitation firearms - a tactic used by backstreet engineers working for gangs.
You cannot own an automatic weapon or a handgun and if you a caught with either you will get five years in prison.
Quote from: Frank on August 06, 2012, 02:38:49 PMYou cannot own an automatic weapon or a handgun and if you a caught with either you will get five years in prison.Can you own a gun of any kind? Yes or No Frank?(the answer for those of you who don't follow Frank is Yes)
Quote from: Garja on August 06, 2012, 01:02:03 PMFrank, not to throw stones, but as someone pretty new to the site. Where are you from exactly? I am just curious.I'm from the UK. For future reference if you wish to know where posters are from just click on their name and check their profile,
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INDIANAPOLIS — Jadeveon Clowney finished his stay at the NFL scouting combine Monday by confirming what many scouts thought about the former South Carolina star — as well as leaving some questions unanswered.
In his four-day trek through the league's annual gathering for the draft's top prospects, Clowney showed both breathtaking athletic potential and curious decision-making, multiple scouts and personnel executives told ESPN.com.
It's all part of the pre-draft puzzle for Clowney, a player many believe is the most physically gifted player on the board.
Clowney, who had his work ethic questioned by his own coach this past season and who raised eyebrows with a below-average performance in the bench press, still blistered the turf inside Lucas Oil Stadium by clocking at 4.53 seconds in the 40-yard dash.
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How did Keith Moon play!!!!!!!
He played by the seat of his pants! Almost like he had tied a rope to his belt and lowered himself down from the rafters over the drum kit just good enough to be able to reach everything. when he got behind a drum kit his mind set was... if you don't like my driving then get the hell off the sidewalk! When he drank...If 3 were good then 10 would be better.
He loved the attention but I think it was becoming harder and harder to keep up playing the role of the crazy party animal drummer. Age was starting to catch up and I think he was getting tired of playing the role. Anywhere he went people expected him to play the role so they could get their laughs.
I think he was trying to make the adjustments to give up the booze and re-invent himself.
I can't often help but wonder what may have been If he or bonham could have gotten sober and re-appeared back on the scene some time in the eariy 80's. Just Imagin what one of those guys would have done if they got their hands on some of the modern updated gear that was on the way.
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This module allows the user to run demo script files illustrating the use of IRIS Explorer. The user can step through a demo interactively, or allow it to run automatically using a timer. At each step of the demo, commentary text is displayed on the module control panel and also in the IRIS Explorer log window. The user can save the map at any time, which might provide a useful starting-point for their own map development.
The script files are written in a language which is a (slight) extension to Skm, the standard IRIS Explorer scripting language. In a script file, lines which contain a comment character (;) in the first column are output to the 'Text' window of the module. In addition, a comment of ;PAUSE causes the demo to pause at that point.
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This is the list of available demos. The module looks for the demo script files in the folder pointed to by the EXPLORERDEMOHOME environment variable, or, if this is not set, it looks for them in the 'demo' folder in the installation directory (pointed to by EXPLORERHOME).
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The cycle of Western involvement in the peace process usually involves Benjamin Netanyahu proposing an idea, the West rejecting it, trying and failing its own way, and then quietly proposing Netanyahu's idea while pretending they came up with it. It was certainly that way with the concept of a peace deal built around a land-swap–which Netanyahu proposed in his first premiership during the Clinton administration only to have Clinton ignore him. The land-swap idea eventually became central to final-status negotiations.
The Obama administration may be about to repeat the pattern with regard to Netanyahu's commonsense–and therefore much maligned–"economic peace." The concept centers on the fact that since the two sides have not been able to make much progress on the traditional negotiating track, steps could be taken to go around official channels and improve the daily lives of Palestinians. Netanyahu hadn't received any help from the Obama administration or the government of Mahmoud Abbas to take such action, so he reached out to the Jordanians and worked to encourage foreign investment in the West Bank on his own. It wasn't just a theory, either; as Daniel Doron wrote in 2011, the concept of "economic peace" is the only strategy with a proven track record of success:
For the first 20 years of its occupation of the West Bank and Gaza—from the 1967 war to the 1987 intifada—Israel generally followed a laissez-faire economic policy in the territories. It kept open bridges with Jordan and did not interfere in Palestinians' internal affairs. Israel's maintenance of law and order facilitated rapid economic growth, and its introduction of technical innovations revolutionized Palestinian farming. Crowds of Israelis ate and shopped in Arab towns and markets. During this time, the real income of Palestinians nearly quadrupled. Enhanced wealth created social mobility, loosening the grip of clan and family. Education levels rose, and so did health levels. Palestinian women were the greatest beneficiaries of these changes.
There were remarkably few terrorist attacks during this period. The few that happened were mostly perpetrated by Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) hirelings. Not that the Palestinians were enamored of Israeli occupation: No one likes an occupation. But, realizing the economic benefits it had brought them, many Palestinians found the occupation a lesser evil than oppressive Jordanian and Egyptian rule.
The first intifada brought an end to the goodwill, and the Oslo process empowered Yasir Arafat. The terrorist Arafat needed Palestinian misery to justify his transformation of the Palestinian polity in his image, and so he wasted no time bringing about such misery.
The Oslo process put an end to the hopes of the actual Palestinian moderates by ludicrously applying the label to the murderous Arafat and his henchmen. Israel's repeated attempts to make peace with Arafat's thugs were met with a second intifada destined to be more violent than the first. That's the legacy of those who shunned economic peace in favor of symbolic and pound-foolish handshaking ceremonies in front of the cameras.
Though Netanyahu's penchant for historical lecturing irks those who think he's talking down to them, perhaps what really bothers them is that they prefer their mythmaking not be undercut by the historical record. Even those who favored then, and who still favor now, the discredited Oslo strategy should at least be willing to admit the obvious humanitarian appeal of "economic peace" initiatives. But when Netanyahu first announced this track, Fadle Naqib, then director of the Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute, told Bitterlemons that it "contains an element of racism." That is, Palestinian economic professionals rejected proposals to improve the Palestinian economy and the quality of life of Palestinians in the West Bank on the basis that suggestions that Palestinians may want the living standards enjoyed by their neighbors was nothing more than cultural bias.
But Netanyahu has always understood that such attitudes go a long way toward making real peace impossible. When the New York Times Magazine recently published a cover article calling for a new intifada against Israel, it focused on a village leader in Nabi Saleh who has a no-show job from the Palestinian Authority and uses his free time to agitate against Israel. Anyone who thinks such a system of governance can foster an atmosphere of peace is delusional.
If the offer of improved living standards bothered people like Naqib when they came from Netanyahu, just imagine how furious they are going to be when they read today's Wall Street Journal:
The Obama administration is mapping out an economic strategy in the Palestinian areas of the West Bank, using both U.S. government funds and private-sector involvement, in a bid to restart direct peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians….
The Obama administration is betting that economic improvements will encourage Palestinians to view peace talks positively. It plans to pair the investment with a focus on allowing greater freedom of movement by Palestinians throughout the West Bank and an easing of Israeli restrictions on business.
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In Dodge City, Old West gunfights give way to gangs with rifles and baseball bats (Dodge City, KS): Dodge City has a rich history as an Old West frontier town, where cowboys and gunslingers could take a break from the trail and get their fill of saloons and brothels.
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Prison gangs haphazardly tracked (Ohio): Thirteen years after a gang-led riot at the Lucasville prison, Ohio still lacks a uniform system of monitoring gangs in its prisons.
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Alleged Chicago gangster busted in Columbus (Columbus, GA): After more than two years on the run, an alleged drug dealer and gangster from Illinois was nabbed in Columbus early Tuesday, authorities said.
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Police investigate shooting outside restaurant (Salt Lake City, UT): What started out as a verbal confrontation quickly turned into a gunfight behind the Denny's restaurant in downtown Salt Lake. Now police are looking for the gunmen.
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15 arrests as violent gang is hit again (North Richmond, CA): In a second such raid this year, 200 federal and local law-enforcement officers targeting one of Northern California's most violent street gangs swooped down on North Richmond on Wednesday, arresting 15 people on drug charges.
Source: San Francisco Chronicle Date: October 26, 2006
Graffiti surge spells increase in gang activity, Fort Pierce residents fear (Fort Pierce, FL): The graffiti in a quiet central Fort Pierce neighborhood started small and inconspicuous. Residents between Edwards Road and Virginia Avenue just east of U.S. 1 saw miscellaneous markings appear on a few street signs and telephone poles in recent years.
Source: Fort Pierce Tribune Date: October 26, 2006
Police plead for parents' help (Mission Hills, CA): Los Angeles police and a coalition against gangs called on Thursday for community support to help quell a recent surge in gang violence.
Source: The Daily News of Los Angeles Date: October 26, 2006
Neighborhood gangs lead to patrols at Everett-area high school (Everett, WA): A Snohomish County sheriff's deputy has been assigned to Mariner High School because of gangs - not at the school, but in the neighborhood.
Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer Date: October 25, 2006
Sweep targets Sacramento street gangs (Sacramento, CA): About 420 officers from 17 federal, state and local law enforcement agencies fanned out across Sacramento County on Wednesday, searching for more than 330 suspected street gang members in what officials called their largest such coordinated sweep ever in the region.
Source: The San Diego Union-Tribune Date: October 25, 2006
State using new software to track growing gang activity (Wilmington, NC): The state is cracking down on gangs. It involves a new piece of software that tracks individuals thought to be part of gangs.
Source: WWAY NewsChannel 3 Date: October 25, 2006
Tagging takes deadly detour as graffiti crews become gangs (Los Angeles, CA): Once armed with spray-paint cans and etching tools, San Fernando Valley taggers are now toting guns and other weapons as violence among their crews is becoming as prevalent as their graffiti.
Source: The Daily News of Los Angeles Date: October 25, 2006
Santa Rita inmates charged after attack (Dublin, CA): Five Santa Rita jail inmates are facing assault charges for allegedly attacking another prisoner with a hand-fashioned blade.
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Officials, lawyers debate proposed gang injunction (San Francisco, CA): The American Civil Liberties Union stated Monday that it would challenge a civil injunction sought by The City to prevent members of a Bayview street gang from congregating and conducting gang activity in a specified area.
Source: The Examiner Date: October 24, 2006
Suspected gang members attack school resource officer (Orem, UT): Three suspected gang members are in custody after attacking a school resource officer. It happened yesterday, at Timpanogos High School in Orem.
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Two shootings gang-related, police believe (Lakewood, NJ): Police say they suspect that two of three shootings that happened Friday night and early Saturday morning are gang-related.
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Taggers spread gang image (Des Moines, IA): The writing is on the wall: Des Moines police expect 2006 to be a record year for graffiti. Officers have fielded 942 graffiti reports this year. That compares with 740 last year, 441 reports in 2004 and 357 in 2003.
Source: The Des Moines Register Date: October 24, 2006
Judge OKs Southside Chiques injunction (Ventura County, CA): Ventura County Superior Court Judge Vincent O'Neill issued a permanent injunction Monday against the Southside Chiques gang, the second-largest street gang in Oxnard.
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Views differ on gang solutions (San Francisco, CA): Though collaboration was the theme at a U.S. Department of Justice summit on Monday, lawmakers, law enforcement officers and activists presented divergent views on how to solve Northern California's gang problems.
Source: Monterey County Herald Date: October 24, 2006
Elmore County debates existence of area gangs (Elmore County, AL): When a Wetumpka High School student was caught with a 9 mm semiautomatic pistol near Wetumpka Junior High School, District Attorney Randall Houston attributed the incident to increased gang-related violence and fighting.
Source: Montgomery Advertiser Date: October 23, 2006
Troy high school security officer jumped by students (Troy, NY): Troy High School's security coordinator breaks up a gang initiation, on campus, and gets jumped himself. The school's security chief saw what he thought was a two-student on one fight, and tried to break it up.
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United States Patent Office 3,428,476 Patented Feb. 18, 1969 3,428,476 METHOD FOR PRODUCING HYDROGEN DIFFUSION CELLS Robert C. Langley, Millington, and Herbert Myers, Newark, N.J., assignors to Engelhard Minerals & Chemicals Corporation, a corporation of Delaware No Drawing. Filed June 22, 1965, Ser. No. 466,115 US. Cl. 117-62 5 Claims Int. Cl. C230 3/00; B44d 1/44 ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A method for forming a non-porous hydro gen-permeable palladium alloy film on a porous ceramic support wherein a film of palladium dispersed in a vitreous glaze is first deposited on the support, and a thin film of an alloying metal is deposited on the palladium film and heated to effect interdilfusion of the alloying metal with the palladium. a
This invention relates to apparatus for the separation of hydrogen from a mixture of gases by diffusion through a non-porous hydrogen-permeable membrane and, in particular, concerns novel means for producing a coated ceramic body for use in such apparatus.
It is known that hydrogen will permeate and diffuse through non-porous films of certain metals, notalbly palladium and palladium-containing alloys. Heretofore, diffusion apparatus for the separation of hydrogen from a mixture of gases has employed thin films of palladium or alloys thereof in the form of thin-walled tubes, or thin foils. Since the rate of diffusion of hydrogen is a function of the surface area of the non-porous septum employed, its thickness, the pressure difierential across it and the temperature, means have been sought to provide a septum of minimum thickness adequately supported upon a pressure-resistant and temperature-stable structural support in order to maximize the rate of flow of hydrogen through the septum.
In copending application Ser. No. 465,861 of Langley et al., filed June 22, 1965, now Patent No. 3,344,586, diffusion apparatus adapted for the separation of hydrogen from a mixture of gases is disclosed, which apparatus employs as the diffusion element a porous ceramic support coated with an integral thin film ofpalladium or pallacontaining hydrogen by diffusion through a non-porous palladium membrane is well known, and it is also known that certain alloys of palladium, e.g. palladium containing from 25-40 weight percent silver offer certain advantages in hydrogen diffusion over the pure metal.
'In efforts directed toward the production of thin nonporous hydrogen-permeable palladium alloy films on porous ceramic supports, especially palladium-silver alloys, it has been found that at elevated temperatures of the order of 1000 C., palladium-containing alloys react with the porous ceramic support resulting in selective migration of the alloying metal (e.g., silver) from the alloy into the ceramic, leaving an alloy area deficient in this metal. If the alloy was selected to prevent failure of the palladium film due to fl-phase formation when cooled in hydrogen, the sections of alloy deficient in the alloying metal lost to the ceramic by migration, do fail. Further, it has been found that at elevated temperatures, e.g., 700 C., palladiu-m-silver alloys react with glazes which may be employed to produce the palladium glaze films disclosed in the aforesaid Ser. No. 465,999, or which may be used to seal surface portions of the porous ceramic supports.
According to the present invention, substantially nonporous hydrogen-permeable palladium-containing alloy films are formed on porous ceramic supports by a twostep method, in which a firmly-adherent palladium film is first deposited on the support by firing at temperatures of about 1000 C., and the palladium film is then coated with an alloying metal and alloyed by heating, in a non-oxidizing atmosphere, preferably in the presence of hydrogen, to effect inter-metallic diffusion of the alloying metal into the palladium film.
In the practice of the present invention, the palladium film can be deposited as a thin, continuous, non-porous film on a porous ceramic support by application of organic solutions of palladium metallo-organic compounds such as have heretofore been employed in the decorating art. In
dium alloy. Such apparatus is designed so as to subject the porous ceramic elements thereof only to compressive isostatic pressure, and the apparatus is designed to eliminate the application of force in tension or shearing forces such as would be encountered by application of pressure to the edges of the ceramic diffusion element. Thus, ceramic supports which are capalble of resistingextremely high isostatic compressive forces have been for the first time adapted for practical and commercial utilization in high pressure diffusion apparatus. I V
In the aforesaid patent application, there are disclosed suitable methods for the application of a thin film of a hydrogen-permeable non-porous metal to the surface of a porous ceramic support. In particular, a novel method for the preparation of a diffusion element suitable for use in such diffusion apparatus, which consists in coating a porous ceramic support with a thin film of a vitreous glaze containing palladium, or palladium alloys permeable to hydrogen, is claimed in copending application Ser. No. 465,999, filed June 22, 19615. The present invention is particularly concerned with a novel method for applying thin films of palladium-containing alloys to porous ceramic supports, and constitutes an improvement in the methods heretofore known or disclosed for such purpose.
The separation of hydrogen from a mixture of gases the decorating art, palladium films from organic solutions give relatively thin films of the order of 500-1000 Angstroms per coat. Such thin films are unstable at high temperatures, and it has been found advantageous in preparing a non-porous continuous film to apply multiple coats with each application fired only to 250-350 C. When a total thickness of from about 1.0 micron (10,000 A.) to about 2.0 microns has been applied, the film is thermally stable when fired at about 1000 C.
Using the aforementioned technique, non-porous strongly adherent palladium films can be prepared on a porous ceramic support by employing the following typical formulations:
I Grams Pd Resinate solution '(9% Pd) 3.0 Chloroform 2.0 Oil of peppermint 3.0
Grams Dichloro-bis-di-n-butyl sulfide palladium II dissolved in toluene (20% Pd) 2.0 Rosin dissolved in terpineol (40% rosin) 0.5 Oil of camphor 7.5
' coats until the desired final thickness of the film is at tained.
A preferred method for producing a palladium film on porous ceramic consists in applying a slurry of powdered palladium and a powdered glaze material in water to the surface of the disk and thereafter firing to provide a glaze coating having particles of palladium dispersed throughout the coating, as more fully described in copending application Ser. No. 465,999 of Langley et al., filed June 22, 1965.
In such a film, continuous metal paths are provided from one surface of the glaze coating to the other by employing from about 50 to 95 weight percent palladium metal in the coating. In preparing such palladium-glaze films, conventional high temperature ceramic glazes are employed which have expansion characteristics and softening temperatures so chosen as to minimize problems of differential expansion and loss of film integrity at the Operating temperature of the diffusion unit. Satisfactory glazes generally consist of admixtures of alumina and silica containing various other oxide components, including e.g. boria, calcium oxide, strontium oxide and the like, which components are incorporated in the glaze to provide specific thermal expansion and softening properties. Among the commercially available glazes which have been found satisfactory for this purpose are Pemco P-170l, Corning 7056 and Ferro 3292.
The thin palladium or palladium-glaze coatings on porous ceramic supports prepared by the aforementioned techniques are converted to palladium alloy films by coating with an alloying metal in finely divided form or in the form of a soluble organo-metallic compound in an organic solvent, and firing at a temperature sufficient to cause intermetallic diffusion of the alloying metal into the palladium substrate. Multiple coats of the alloying material may be employed, each coat formed from solution being thermally decomposed to metal (below the intermetallic diffusion temperature) prior to application of the next. Sufficient alloying metal is deposited to provide an alloy having desirable hydrogen permeability. For example, in the case of silver, it is desirable to provide sufficient silver to effect conversion of the palladium to an alloy containing from about -40% by weight silver. Such alloys exhibit a practical level of H diffusion and stability to B-phase transformations as compared to pure palladium.
Typical silver and gold solutions which are known from the decorating art and which are suitable for application -by brushing were prepared as follows, although it is to be understood that similar known formulations are equally applicable in the present invention:
Preparation of a silver solution containing 7.15% Ag by weight A silver solution having a viscosity suitable for application by brushing was made as follows:
. Grams Silver naphthenate (32% Ag) 3.35 Toluene 11.13
The silver naphthenate was dissolved to a stiff gel by stirring mechanically for 2 hours at room temperature. 0.52 grams of t-octyl amine were then added and, with stirring continued for a few more minutes, the solution became fluid. The amber brushing solution then contained 7.15% Ag by weight or approximately .01 mole of silver naphthenate and .004 mole of amine.
Preparation of a gold solution containing 17% Au by weight A solution containing 17% Au by weight was made by dissolving gold sulforesinate in a mixture of oil of rosemary, nitrobenzene, chloroform and ethyl acetate, with these solvents present in proportion of 313:2:2 by weight. This solution had good brushing properties.
Preparation of a gold solution containing 12% Au by weight A solution containing 12% Au by weight was made by diluting the above solution with oil of peppermint. This diluted solution also had good brushing properties.
Alternatively, the gold or silver may be applied as finelydivided powders, e.g. 325 mesh, used dry or in aqueous or organic suspension. Preferably, the finely divided metal powder is applied as an aqueous slurry.
The ceramic supports to which the palladium-glaze films of the present invention are applied shall be highly resistant to physical and thermal shock, sufficiently porous for gas to flow through, and should preferably have a smooth surface [finish in order to be able to coat a thin unbroken layer of the palladium-glaze film.
As more fully disclosed in copending application Ser. No. 465,861 referred toabove, a satisfactory porous ceramic support can be prepared from a mixture comprising generally from 50-90% by weight alkali aluminum silicates, l050% clay and from 0-10% silica. It has been found that the free silica content should not exceed 10% by weight of the ceramic mix to provide a fired ceramic of low thermal expansion and good resistance to shock.
It has been further found that the ceramic body should be free of reducible components such as lead, iron or tin, for example, since the gases being separated provide a reducing atmosphere within the diffusion apparatus and reducible components could react adversely with the thin Pd-containing film.
In practice, the porosity of a ceramic mix such as that described above may be provided by adding carbon to the mix and firing the mix at a temperature and for a time sufiicient to burn out the carbon powder while keeping the temperature as low as possible so as to reduce as much as possible the densification of the ceramic body formed by the melting of alkali aluminum silicates in the mix.
The particular components and their percentage in the mix may be varied to some extent and still produce thermal and structural properties which will be suitable for providing a ceramic support for a non-porous gas-permeable membrane coated thereon in accordance with the invention. In practice, nepheline syenite has proved a particularly suitable alkali aluminum silicate, and the clay component is preferably made up of a mixture of kaolin, which is included for its purity, and ball clay, which provides plasticity and strong bonding power. In preparing the ceramic parts of the ceramic body, the silicate, clay and silica are thoroughly mixed dry and then glycerin or water mixed with a binder, such as polyvinyl alcohol, methyl cellulose, acrylic resin, or polyethylene glycol, for example, is mixed in the dry materials to form a cohesive plastic mass suitable for molding into the desired shape. An emulsion of microcrystalline wax has also proved to be a good binder and lubricant. As discussed above, carbon powder, such as fine carbon black, is incorporated in the mix to provide porosity. The carbon black is suitably provided in the amount of 20-40 by weight, of the total weight of the other dry ingredients of the mix.
The green-molded parts are fired in a periodic furnace which is progressively heated from room temperature to about 1100 C. over a 24-hour period. The furnace is then allowed to cool slowly to about room temperature again before the fired parts are removed. The firing may also be done in a continuous furnace, in which case the time required would be reduced to about one-third the time required in the periodic oven.
A specific example of the ingredients and the process for producing a suitable porous ceramic support is as follows:
Preparation of support A dry mixture of 25% Georgia kaolin, 15% Tennessee ball clay, 55% nepheline syenite, and 5% silica is made by tumbling these ingredients in a bottle for several hours after which 200 mesh carbon black is added and thoroughly mixed in by further tumbling for about 8 hours. The porosity of the finished piece is largely determined by the amount of carbon black used and for a porosity of 40-50%, which is preferred in accordance with the invention; the proportion of carbon black to the other ingredients is about 20 to 40%.
When the dry mixing is complete the mixture is dampened with a fluid which serves as .a binder and lubricant. The moisture content is preferably about 2530% which supplies the moisture necessary to be able to press the mass into the desired disk shape satisfactorily. The fluid is suitably 3-10% glycerine as the binder and the remainder water as the lubricant.
The fluid is mixed in to dampen the mixture thoroughly. Then the mixture is pressed into the desired disk shape (e.g. 1-3 inches by As-inch thick) in a stainless steel mold at 5000 p.s.i. These disks are then air dried overnight and fired in a periodic furnace which is raised to a temperature of about 1100 C. progressively over a period of about 24 hours.
In general, it is preferred to have the porous ceramic supports as thin as possible, consistent with strength, to reduce the resistance of gas to flow. Preferably, the porous ceramic supports are /s-% inch in thickness, and channels may be provided within the support to reduce the effective thickness to about $1 -34; inch.
The palladium-containing film of the invention should be sufficiently thin to provide high rates of hydrogen diffusion, but not so thin as to result in porosity which would decrease the purity of the separated diffused hydrogen stream. In general, a film thickness of 0.05 mil to 1.0 mil, preferably 0.1 to 0.4 mil has been found effective. In practice, the film may be produced from a single coat of metal powder or metal powder and glaze, but preferably is formed by coating with multiple layers thereof with intermittent firing until a film of desired thickness is built up.
The following examples are given to set forth in detail certain preferred embodiments of the invention, it being understood that the invention is not to be limited to the specific details set forth herein.
Example I Pemco glaze P-l70l in the form of 325 mesh powder was mixed with 325 mesh powdered palladium in a weight ratio of 91% palladium-9% glaze. Water was added to form a slurry suitable for applying by brush and a thin coat of the slurry was :painted on a porous ceramic support of the type described hereinabove. The coated disk was fired at 1000 C. with a one-hour soak.
Four additional coats were similarly applied by brushing on a thin coat of the slurry and firing to obtain a nonporous coating. The palladium-glaze film thus prepared was tested for H diffusion at 600 C. and 15 p.s.i.g. H upstream and atmospheric pressure downstream, and found to have a permeability of about 200 cc. H /minute/ square inch.
, A solution of silver naphthenate complexed with t-octyl amine (as described hereinabov e) was applied over the thus formed palladium-glaze film. Multiple coatings were applied, each coating being thermally decomposed to silver at 250 C. before application of the next, until sufficient silver was deposited to give a Pd/Ag net ratio of 3:1.
The coated diffusion element was tested for hydrogen diffusion at 600 C. and 15 p.s.i.g., and found initially to be impervious to hydrogen since all the silver was at the surface. The diffusion element was held in hydrogen at 600 C. for about 6 hours, during which time diffusion of hydrogen gradually increased to about 200 cc./rninute/ square inch, indicating that alloy formation was proceeding to completion at 600 C.
6 Example II A palladium-glaze film on porous ceramic support was prepared as described in Example I. The coated diffusion element was then painted with the previously described organic solution containing 17 weight percent gold. Multiple coats of the gold solution were applied, each coat being fired at 300 C., until a gold weight equal to 25% of the initial palladium weight has been applied. The entire surface was gold in appearance, and at 600 C. and 15 p.s.i.g. pressure differential exhibited negligible hydrogen diffusion.
The coated diffusion element was then maintained at 600 C. in hydrogen for 16 hours. Diffusion of hydrogen rapidly increased to 200 cc./minute/square inch and the film finally lost its gold appearance and resembled palladium in color.
Exampe III Multiple coats of a palladium-glaze film were formed on a porous ceramic disk by applying an aqueous slurry of powdered palladium and glaze as in Example I. Each coat was fired at 925-l000 C. and after application of 16 coats, the palladium-glaze film was 0.0002 inch thick. Hydrogen diffusion at 500 C. and 15 p.s.ig. hydrogen pressure was found to be 65 cc./minute/ square inch.
The diffusion element was then coated with the previously described organic solution of gold sulforesinate containing 12% gold by weight. Multiple coats were applied with intermediate firing at 300 C. After sufficient coats had been applied to provide a film having a palladium: gold ratio of 10 by weight, the diffusion element was heat treated in hydrogen at 630 C. for 16 hours.
The resultant diffusion element was tested for hydrogen permeability at 500 C. and 15 p.s.i.g. pressure (differential) and exhibited a diffusion rate of 445 cc./minute/square inch. This rate is about seven-fold the rate of the starting palladium-glaze film.
Example IV A porous ceramic is coated with palladium by brushing on a solution of palladium resinate dissolved in oil of peppermint and chloroform and containing 4.5% Pd by weight. Twelve coats are applied with each fired at about 350 C. in air to thermally decompose the resinate to metal. After 12 coats, a palladium film about 1.2 microns thick is on the substrate. This film is then fired to 1000 C. in air with a one hour soak to compact the film and bond it to the substrate.
The silver naphthenate solution described above is then applied by brushing over the palladium in several coats with each fired at about 200 C. in air. When a silver weight equal to /3 the palladium weight has been added, the coated ceramic is heated for 4 hours at 600 C. in hydrogen to form a 75:25 Pd:Ag alloy in situ.
Example V A palladium coated porous ceramic disk was prepared with multiple coats of 325 mesh palladium powder suspended in water. Each coat was fire-d in air at 1000 C. with a 30 minute soak at peak temperature.
To the palladium coated surface of the porous ceramic substrate, 325 mesh gold powder in a water slurry was applied by brushing. Sufficient gold was added to provide a weight ratio of 4.5 palladium to 1 gold. The disk was fired to 1000 C. in a nitrogen rich air mixture for /2 hour. The resultant film resembled palladium in color indicating that an alloy had been formed. The film diffused hydrogen, further indication that a hydrogen permeable alloy had been formed.
What is claimed is:
1. A method for forming a non-porous hydrogenpermeable palladium alloy film on a porous ceramic support which comprises the steps of coating the support with 7 a thin adherent non-porous film of palladium dispersed in a vitreous glaze, said film containing at least about 50% by weight palladium, depositing a thin film of an alloying metal selected from the group consisting of solver and gold on said palladium film, and heating the supported coating in a non-oxidizing atmosphere at an elevated temperature to efiect interdiifusion of the alloying metal with the palladium.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the alloying metal is silver.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein the alloying metal is gold.
4. The method of claim 1 wherein the alloying metal is deposited in the form of an organo-metalli'c compound dissolved in an organic solvent.
5. The method of claim 1 wherein the alloying metal is deposited in an amount to produce an alloy consisting of 1040% alloying metal, the remainder being palladium.
References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 5/1935 Domm 117-71 5/1948 Jira 117-227 3/ 1957 Kahan 117-71 2/1958 De Rosset 55-16 2/ 1960 DAndrea et a1 117-227 11/1960 De Rosset 55-16 2/1961 Hill 117-71 10/ 1964 Janakirama-Rao et al. 252-514 11/1965 Fitch 117-227 X 2/ 1966 Hoffman 252-514 ALFRED L. LEAVITI, Primary Examiner. 5 C. K. WEIFFENBACH, Assistant Examiner.
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Robin Morris Collin, a law professor at Willamette University College of Law, received a 2012 Oregon Women of Achievement Award from the Oregon Commission for Women.
Morris Collin became the first law professor to teach sustainability at an American law school in 1993. She joined Willamette's staff in 2003, and she currently heads the school's Certificate Program in Sustainability Law.
The Oregon Commission for Women recognized Morris Collin because of her long record of environmental stewardship, which includes serving as chair of Oregon's Environmental Justice Task Force.
Morris Collin will receive her award in a ceremony with Gov. John Kitzhaber in October.
Since 1985, the Oregon Commission for Women has presented a Woman of Achievement Award to Oregon women who have achieved recognition for leadership and success in their area of expertise, promoted the status of women in society, reflect a commitment to equity and diversity and serve as exemplary role models.


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Ira Baker, age 85, of East Rochester, went home to be with the Lord Feb. 27, 2011, in Aultman Hospital.
He was born Feb. 5, 1926, in Rogers.
Ira loved life, and enjoyed traveling and camping with his wife, Evelyn (Bowman) Baker. They married in 1979 and have spent the last three decades seeing the sights on trips to Alaska, Nova Scotia and throughout the U.S. He was a handyman and enjoyed woodworking projects. He built many beautiful furniture pieces - even a dulcimer - for family and friends. He was a dairy farmer in Summitville for many years, and worked as a miner and truck driver. He owned an excavating business and operated a sawmill west of Augusta. He was a World War II US Navy veteran, a member of Minerva First Christian Church and Loyal Men's and Women's Sunday School Class.
Ira "Pop" as he is known to family, is survived by his wife, Evelyn; children, John (Evelyn) Baker of Carrollton, Richard (Darcy) Baker of Carrollton, Mary Ann (Jim) Brown of Salineville, Linda Benington of Carrollton, Brad (Regena) Bowman of East Rochester, and Bob (Crystal) Bowman of Mechanicstown; 48 grandchildren and great grandchildren, a brother, Dale Baker of Lisbon; and sister, Goldie Thomas of Lisbon.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Gloria Stockman; a son, Edward; brother, Glen Baker, and a sister, Grace Allison.
Funeral services will be held March 2 in Gotschall-Hutchison Funeral Home in Minerva with Mr. Ralph Norman officiating. Burial with full military honors was in Grove Hill Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Minerva First Christian Church. Friends unable to attend may sign the online register book at www.gotschallfuneralhome.com.
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This was very tasty! I baked the veggies in the marinade for ten minutes and then served them over cooked couscous. I will definitely make this again.
We tried this sauce on kabobs and grilled them. I didn't care for them, but everyone else thought they were good. I guess if we had more time, we would have tried a marinade and soaked the veggies, but since we had to make them quick, this seemed to work well. The sauce didn't have much zip.
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This is one of the best sauces for vegetables I have ever tasted! And, so simple and easy to prepare. Grilled or baked, your vegetables come out tasting wonderful!
This recipe tastes much better than it sounds. I made it for a group of 4H kids with zucchini, squash, mushrooms, and tomatoes and they really liked it.
I used this on broccoli and cauliflower and the family loved it.
Made this with mushrooms, red and yellow peppers, and broccoli. Really enjoyed it. It's a keeper
This was very good! We are not big fans of clove, but surprisingly this was an excellent recipe! We made beef kabobs with veggies and used this on mushrooms, zuchinni, yellow squash, red,yellow and green bell pepper and onion. They came out grilled to perfection! Of course we use a different marinade for the beef (beef or chicken marinade, listed in allrecipes too) Very tasty! Thanks for the recipe and making our tummies happy!
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"This recipe is perfect for 1.5-quart ice cream makers. It's easy to make and tastes great. Making gelato takes some trial and error to figure out the custard bases, flavors, and the quirks of your ice cream maker. Once you conquer the technique you won't believe what you can do."
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1/2 cup
white sugar
egg yolks
1/2 teaspoon
vanilla extract
1 cup
chopped fresh strawberries
Okay, I used this as a general idea for my first try with my Lello ice cream maker. I think this recipe is great if you're trying to cut out a lot of the fat, and if you're expecting ice cream, look elsewhere, as this is meant to be a gelato- big difference in texture and flavor, folks.
I don't use a measure so I'll just give you the run down: I used fat-free half and half as well as a little fat-free yogurt instead of milk, defrosted berries, and the rest is the same, except I did a little less on the sugar and doubled the vanilla because I love it!
Sadly the motor on the Lello wasn't working, but being determined to have this, I hand churned it for the 20 minutes and the finished product was pretty remarkable! Smooth and tasty indeed.
Now, four hours later, it's been in the freezer and I give it a try: the creaminess is still there and the berry flavor is too! Because it's lower in fat, it is a little on the stiff side. If I had added a stabilizer it might have fared better, but I'd still make it like this nonetheless. The lesser amount of sugar is immediately apparent, and you can definitely tell this isn't store-bought. If you're used to or like that sugary taste, add more sugar, but the creaminess and berries bring a nicer flavor to this. I can't imagine buying a berry ice cream from the store after this. Now if only I can get this machine to work! Enjoy!
I really hate to rate recipes low, especially newer ones. However, this wasted A LOT of ingredients, because it didn't work for me at all. I cooked the custard on medium as suggested. I was worried about that, because I only cook puddings on medium low. I however, wanted to follow the directions. It took longer than suggested to thicken and then by the time it did it started some separation. I thought the pale skin toned color looked kind of unappetizing to. I really like custard ice cream and honestly, couldn't wait to try this. I have made many ice creams over the years in my ice cream maker. I did notice that this had no cream in the mix. I found that to be very odd to for ice cream. I had high hopes either way. The texture was slightly grainy, from the separation, and it never hardened up one bit in the ice cream maker. It was just a cold liquid. I am so dissapointed, as I have to toss it out. I don't know what else to do with it. I would love to hear about others results. I would like to try it again on medium low, like I normally do, but fear wasting more food ingredients.
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The lack of cream in this recipe makes it lower fat but also incredibly fiddly. Gelato should have *some* cream in it, and this doesn't. Because of the lack of cream, it's absolutely essential to use whole milk. Even with whole milk, heating the custard even a little bit too quickly will result in curdling, which is what I assume happened to the previous reviewer. All stoves are not the same, and slavishly following the recipe to the letter when you know medium is too hot for custard on your stove is a near guarantee that you'll have a failure. If you can get the heat just right to get this very low fat custard to thicken without curdling, then it's pretty tasty. It took me three tries and a dozen eggs to manage it, though. If you're not an extremely experienced gelato maker, I'd recommend passing this recipe over in favor of one that contains at least a 3:1 ratio of milk to cream.
For my first time making gelato or any ice cream, i was very happy with this recipe. For the comment previous to me... i don't think you understand that this is a gelato recipe not a ice cream one. The thing i like about gelato is that is lower in fat due to the lack of cream in it. the portions were just right and i've started to experiment with other flavors.
I will not be using this recipe again. I have been making homemade ice cream for a long time and this is the first time I have ever failed to get a consumable product.
Tried 2 times. Never thickened. Curdled both times.
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Serving Size: 1/4 of a recipe
Servings Per Recipe: 4
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 243
Calories from Fat: 77
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RALEIGH, N.C. – The NC State women's volleyball team will have its first true ACC road trip of the season this weekend, when it travels north to face Boston College on Friday, Oct. 4 and Syracuse on Sunday, Oct. 6. Friday's match is slated to begin at 7 p.m., while first serve is scheduled for 1 p.m. against the Orange on ESPN3.
The Wolfpack (10-4, 1-1 ACC) is coming off a strong performance in its last match against Notre Dame, defeating the Fighting Irish, 3-1, Sunday afternoon in Reynolds Coliseum. As a team, the Pack recorded an attacking percentage of .377 – a season-high for the squad. It also had a season-best 58 kills in the match, contrasted with just 12 attacking errors – its lowest total of the year.
Junior Dariyan Hopper led the Wolfpack offense with 17 kills and a career-high .640 hitting percentage. The offense seemed to be firing on all cylinders as four different players tallied double-digit kills.
NC State will look to carry the momentum from that match into this weekend's contests, as the Pack will travel out of state for the first time in conference play.
Head coach Bryan Bunn is undefeated against the BC Eagles in his tenure at State, posting a perfect 5-0 mark. None of Bunn's squads have faced the Syracuse Orange, but NC State leads the all-time series 4-1.
Sophomore outside hitter Katty Workman leads the squad with 217 kills on the year, followed by senior middle hitter Melissa McTighe with 115. Junior Kellie Barnum serves as the team's setter and has tallied 483 assists this season. The team's libero, freshman Madison Lydon, leads the group with 197 digs.
Last season, NC State collected a 3-0 sweep against Boston College in Reynolds Coliseum.
The Orange use a balanced offensive attack as two players are tied for the team-lead in kills. Junior Nicolette Serratore has tallied 150, while sophomore Silvi Uattara has achieved the same total. Freshman Erica Handley is the sqaud's setter and has dished out 426 assists. Serratore also leads the defense with 139 digs on the season.
Sunday's contest will be the first meeting between the two schools as league opponents. NC State owns the series record by a 4-1 tally, with the last meeting in 1998.


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Caroline Lewelling Sexton, age 80 of Seymour, passed away peacefully Sunday, February 17, 2013. She was preceded in death by her husband, Hubert Paul Sexton Sr.; parents, Roy and Lela Lewelling; sisters, Louise Galyon and Gladys Myers; and brothers, Willie, Rich, A.J., Wade, and Bruce Lewelling.
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Kropp: Rio Mesa, La Reina press on
There are only two Ventura County teams remaining in the CIF-Southern Section girls' tennis playoffs and today both of them take the court to play their biggest matches of the 2008 season.
Rio Mesa High, a junior-dominated team that has given glimpses it had the talent to make a deep run into the postseason, travels to San Juan Capistrano to face St. Margaret's in the semifinals of the Division IV playoffs at 2 p.m. At the same time, 40 miles to the north, La Reina will be mixing forehands and backhands with Valencia/Placentia in a Division III semifinal.
Since they will be facing the No. 1 seed in their respective divisions, both teams have a huge task on their hands. But Rio Mesa (19-1) and La Reina (17-1) haven't gone this far by accident. They both have talented and deep squads.
Following Tuesday's hard-fought 10-8 quarterfinal win over Santa Ynez, Rio Mesa practiced for approximately two hours Wednesday to prepare for St. Margaret's, a team that has been ranked No. 1 in the division most of the season and has won its three previous playoff rounds by scores of 18-0, 18-0 and 14-4. The Spartans' most useful preparation for postseason, however, might have come when they played late-season non-league matches against La Reina and Valencia/Valencia.
"Playing those matches helped us tremendously," Rio Mesa coach Steve Worthington said. "It was a very good decision to schedule La Reina. We hadn't played them in decades. It was an excellent match (a 10-8 Rio Mesa win). In the other match, even though we lost to Valencia by 10 games (9-9, 79-69), it was good for our singles and especially helpful for our doubles."
Rio Mesa heads into today's Division IV semifinal with many of its top players playing well. In singles, Sonia Landeros is a perfect 9-0 in her postseason sets, several of them 6-0 scores. Sarah Zook is 8-1 in singles and Candace Scholler, who has been troubled by an oblique strain, dominated in her last two sets in singles on Tuesday after losing a 6-4 set.
A crucial turning point in Rio Mesa's win over Santa Ynez came in an early doubles set between the Spartans' Meghan Richardson and Savannah Arnot against the Pirates' Katie Monser and Brittany Feighner. Richardson and Arnot prevailed in a tense tiebreaker 7-6 (5), but not until squandering four set points.
La Reina also had a few suspenseful moments in its Division III quarterfinal victory over Wilson/Long Beach on Tuesday. The Regents came away with an 83-80 victory in games after splitting the 18 sets 9-9.
Today, La Reina will be trying to reach the championship round for the first time since 1995. That year the Regents won the Division V title with a 12-6 victory over Rim of the World. La Reina will be facing a team in Valencia/Placentia that won the Division IV title last year, has been ranked No. 1 in Division III most of the season and won its previous playoff rounds by scores of 17-1, 12-6 and 15-3.
A day after its victory, the Regents were back on the court to take part in a light practice on Wednesday.
"The girls are a little sore and tired," La Reina coach Bowie Hahn said. "(Wednesday) will mostly be a strategy session to review (Tuesday's match) and prepare for Valencia."
In defeating Wilson, singles players Ellie Workman, Taurie Bjerken and Hilary West all won two of their three sets.
"We will have to play a bit stronger against Valencia," Hahn said.
Passing shots: The CIF-SS Individual Championships begin regional play at four sites on Saturday. Ventura County players who have advanced this far through their league tournaments will be playing at Cate High and Carpinteria High. Among area singles players competing are Moira Hedberg of Oxnard (Pacific View League champion), Abigail Phillips of Oaks Christian (Tri-Valley League champion) and Sabrina Man-Son-Hing of Calabasas (Marmonte League champion). Among area doubles team competing are Tianna Wilson-Linsey Wilson of Simi Valley (Marmonte champions), Monica Gray-Julia Maddox of St. Bonaventure (Tri-Valley champions) and Scholler-Zook (Pacific View champs). The three other regional sites are Claremont, Arcadia and Corona del Mar. ... The top four players in singles and top four doubles teams from each regional advance to the final rounds Dec. 4-5 at Seal Beach. ... Marcos Giron of Thousand Oaks almost added another doubles title to go along with his Boys' 18s title at the 106th annual Southern California Junior Sectional Doubles Championships at Fountain Valley. Giron and partner Sarah Lee of Los Angeles, seeded No. 2, played in the Mixed 16s final on Sunday and lost to No. 1 seeds Clarke Spinosa of Claremont and Kaitlyn Christian of Orange 6-3, 6-3. Rain during the first weekend of the tournament (Nov. 1-2) caused the mixed division to conclude the tournament a week later. ... Dominique Schaefer of Oxnard has reached the final in Girls' 12 singles at the So Cal Junior Championships (Ventura County) at Sunset Hills Country Club. Schaefer, who is unseeded, will play No. 1 seed Elizabeth Ryan in the championship match on Saturday. Helen Decesare of Weil Academy is in the final of Girls' 16 singles. ... Thousand Oaks' Sam Querrey has finished the 2008 ATP Tour season with a ranking of No. 39. The 21-year-old American was 28-26 for the season with one title (Las Vegas) and finished with $546,835 in earnings.
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Here is the thing. I agree this has the makings of a tough game. However, Miami needs to get back to basics and should be a pissed off team. We shall see
I agree they should be motivated after an embarrassment. However, Sherman and Coyle have shown little to no ability to adapt or change their schemes to produce different results. They keep running the same old crap that they have all season and teams have figured it out. As they say the tapes don't lie and we've seen the results the past few weeks.
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