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In April 2014, UAA Students voted that UAA should have a comprehensive smoke-free policy. A comprehensive smoke free policy means:
In the spirit of shared governance, UAA faculty and staff are encouraged to weigh in on this issue. Please take the faculty and staff survey on this site. This survey is open only to UAA faculty and staff, and it will close on Friday, September 26, 2014.
Before taking the survey, please take a moment to review the Frequently Asked Questions about the proposed smoke-free policy, the signed student referendum, and the current UAA smoking policy.
Thank you for visiting this page!
Frequently Asked Questions
What happens if UAA goes smoke free?
UAA won't quit cold turkey. During the transition period to a smoke-free campus, efforts will focus on education and awareness so that everyone on campus knows what the new policy will entail. If UAA goes smoke free, smokers and nonsmokers alike will have the opportunity to propose the best way to implement the new policy including enforcement.
How is the smoke-free policy going to be enforced and who will enforce it?
There will be at least one year of transition where the UAA community will have the opportunity to propose the best way to implement the policy including enforcement. In the interim, enforcement of the new policy will be the same as the current UAA smoking policy.
How much will a smoke-free UAA cost?
The ballot measure that the students voted on DOES NOT include any funding request if passed. Most of the funding associated with the initial implementation of the new policy will be sought from other sources outside of the university. There are also FREE resources available to help smokers quit, such as the Alaska Tobacco Quit Line for Alaska residents, Quit for Life Program and Healthy Roads for UAA employees, and smoking cessation services at the Student Health Center for UAA students.
Don't smokers have rights?
There is no constitutional right to smoke. Alaska state law is clear: "everyone's right to clean air takes precedence over your right to smoke." EVERYONE has a right to breathe smoke-free air. Smokers don't have the right to put others at risk with secondhand smoke. Providing designated smoking areas on campus is not enough protection for everyone on campus because according to the U.S. Surgeon General there is no safe level of exposure to secondhand smoke.
Having a smoke-free campus is about RESPECT. By not smoking on campus, we are respecting everyone's space. Abstaining from smoking on campus is a small sacrifice for the benefit of many. Students, faculty, and staff with conditions affected by smoking and secondhand smoke, such as allergies, cardiovascular disease, and other respiratory illnesses far outnumber the number of smokers on campus.
Does UAA have cessation services for its students and employees?
YES. UAA students taking 6 or more credits and having paid their student service fee, may schedule an appointment for smoking cessation. They can see a family nurse practitioner for help with cessation, information on the Alaska Tobacco Quit Line and prescriptions if needed. For UAA employees, those wanting to quit can enroll in the Quit For Life Program or Healthy Roads. For students taking fewer than 6 credits or non-benefitted employees, the Alaska Tobacco Quit Line is a free resource.
Will e-cigarettes be also prohibited under the comprehensive smoke-free policy?
E-cigarettes are included in the smoke-free policy referendum that won in the spring 2014 USUAA election. The FDA has not approved e-cigarettes and they have not been proven effective to help smokers quit. Nicotine Replace Therapy (NRT) has been proven effective to help smokers quit and is available free of charge. Furthermore, the American Lung Association is concerned about the potential safety and health consequences of electronic cigarettes and claims that they can be used to help smokers quit. Without FDA oversight there is no way for the medical community or consumers to know what chemicals are contained in e-cigarettes or the short and long term health implications of the product.
What will happen to residential students who smoke?
One of UAA's top priorities is the safety and health of UAA students. If UAA goes smoke-free, students who smoke who also live on campus will need to adhere to the policy by smoking off campus. Our campus police already patrol UAA perimeter areas where most smokers would need to go in order to smoke without violating a smoke-free policy. Students who choose to go off campus to smoke would not be treated any different than students who choose to go off campus to study, eat, go out, etc. The Student Health Center also offers smoking cessation services for UAA students who want to quit.
Have other campuses gone smoke-free?
More than 1,200 colleges and universities nationwide already have either a comprehensive smoke-free or tobacco-free policy. Health campuses in the U-Med District have a tobacco-free policy, such as Providence Alaska Medical Center, Alaska Native Medical Center, and Alaska Native Health Consortium.
For questions on the UAA smoke-free initiative, please contact
Gabriel M. Garcia, Ph.D., M.A., M.P.H.
Associate Professor of Public Health


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- A new Quinnipiac Univ. poll of NYC mayoral Dem primary LVs, conducted 7/24-28, shows City Council Speaker Christine Quinn leading Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, 27-21%, with '09 nominee Bill Thompson at 20%, ex-Rep. Anthony Weiner at 16%, Comp. John Liu at 6% and ex-Councilor Sal Albanese at 2%. In the previous poll, conducted 7/18-23, Weiner led Quinn, 26-22%, with Thompson at 20%, de Blasio at 15%, Liu at 7% and Albanese at 1% (release). Weiner continues to spurn calls for him to exit the race, including from de Blasio, who told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" on Tuesday: "The sideshow needs to end" (Hotline viewing).
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Yeah it will
I like to think that when and if we discover the meaning of life, the entire universe will dissolve and a big sign will come up saying, 'Level 2'
Oh, Mock the Week. How did I ever live without you?
I hope that wasn't sarcasm
Amen to that!
No we wouldn't because it would be our new meaning
If we discovered the meaning of life, we'd probably forget it.
HHHHmmm how can we not drag religion into someone's basis of life? Wow thats such a hard question
I don't think religion should get dragged into this.
If worshiping was the actual meaning of life, there would be a lot of meaningless people out there.
And there's no such thing as a meaningless person. Well there is you. . .
Other than 42, my thoughts on the matter are that you should try to go through life trying to make everyone happier than when you first met them. It's not exactly a meaning, just something I think is more important than most things.
Also, going to move this to serious discussion.
I mean no church's are only the largest place on earth for meaning as a matter of fact I'm at one right now
Try chewing on that
Best answer yet! Them and gay people. . .
There can, however, be less meaningful people.
Like black people.
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The biography of Emily Dickinson. This page has biographical information on Emily Dickinson, one of the best poets of all time. We also provides access to the poet's poems, best poetry, quotes, short poems, and more.
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One of the quintessential American poets of the 19th century.. American poet
Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (December 10, 1830 – May 15, 1886) was an American poet. Though virtually unknown in her lifetime, Dickinson has come to be regarded, along with Walt Whitman, as one of the two quintessential American poets of the 19th century. In fact, it is commonly conjectured that Contemporary North American Poetry extends outward along two principal currents, that which flows from Whitman and that which flows from Dickinson. Curiously enough, the two poets are almost opposite in personality, prosody, poetic manifesto and style.
Dickinson lived an introverted and hermetic life, which has inspired numerous biographers and voluminous speculation, mostly about her sexuality, of which little is definitively known. Although she wrote, at latest count, 1789 poems, only a handful of them were published during her lifetime, all anonymously and probably without her knowledge.
Dickinson's poetry is often recognizable at a glance, and is unlike the work of any other poet. Her facility with ballad and hymn meter, her extensive use of dashes and unconventional capitalization in her manuscripts, and her idiosyncratic vocabulary and imagery combine to create a unique lyric style.
During a religious revival that swept Western Massachusetts during the decades of 1840-50, Dickinson found her vocation as a poet. Most of her work is reflective of life's small moments and some larger issues in society. Over half of her poems were written during the years of the American Civil War. Many suggest that the Civil War gave some of the tense feeling in her poetry. Dickinson toyed briefly with the idea of having her poems published, even asking Thomas Wentworth Higginson, a literary critic, for advice. Higginson immediately realized the poet's talent, but when he tried to "improve" Dickinson's poems, adapting them to the more florid, romantic style popular at the time, Dickinson quickly lost interest in the project.
By her death (1886), only ten of Dickinson's poems (see: Franklin Edition of the Poems, 1998, App. 1) had been published. Seven of those ten were published in the Springfield Republican. Three posthumous collections in the 1890s established her as a powerful eccentric, but it wasn't until the twentieth century that she was appreciated as a poet. Dickinson's poetry was collected after her death by Higginson and Mabel Loomis Todd, with Todd initially collecting and organizing the material and Higginson editing. They edited the poems extensively in order to regularize the manuscripts' punctuation and capitalization to late nineteenth-century standards, occasionally rewording poems to reduce Dickinson's obliquity. A volume of Dickinson's Poems was published in Boston in 1890, and became quite popular; by the end of 1892 eleven editions had sold. Poems: Second Series was published in 1891 and ran to five editions by 1893; a third series was published in 1896. Two volumes of Dickinson's letters, heavily edited and selected by Todd (who falsified dates on some of them), were published in 1894. This wave of posthumous publications gave Dickinson's poetry its first real public exposure, and it found an immediate audience. Backed by Higginson and William Dean Howells with favorable notices and reviews, the poetry was popular from 1890 to 1892. Later in the decade, critical opinion became negative. Thomas Bailey Aldrich published an influential negative review anonymously in the January 1892 Atlantic Monthly:
In the early 20th century, Dickinson's niece, Martha Dickinson Bianchi, published a series of further collections, including many previously unpublished poems, with similarly normalized punctuation and capitalization; The Single Hound emerged in 1914, The Life and Letters of Emily Dickinson and The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson in 1924, Further Poems of Emily Dickinson in 1929. Other volumes edited by Todd and Bianchi emerged through the 1930s, releasing gradually more previously unpublished poems. With the rise of modernist poetry, Dickinson's failure to conform to nineteenth-century ideas of poetic form was no longer surprising nor distasteful to new generations of readers. A new wave of feminism created greater cultural sympathy for her as a woman poet. Her stock had clearly risen, but Dickinson was not generally thought a great poet among the first generation of modernists, as is clear from R.P. Blackmur's critical essay of 1937:
The texts of these early editions would hardly be recognized by later readers, as their extensive editing had altered the texts found in Dickinson's manuscripts substantially. A new and complete edition of Dickinson's poetry by Thomas H. Johnson, The Poems of Emily Dickinson, was published in three volumes in 1955. This edition formed the basis of all later Dickinson scholarship, and provided the Dickinson known to readers thereafter: the poems were untitled, only numbered in an approximate chronological sequence, were strewn with dashes and irregularly capitalized, and were often extremely elliptical in their language. They were printed for the first time much more nearly as Dickinson had left them, in versions approximating the text in her manuscripts. A later variorum edition provided many alternate wordings from which Johnson, in a more limited editorial intervention, had been forced to choose for the sake of readability.
Later readers would draw attention to the remaining problems in reading even Johnson's relatively unaltered typeset texts of Dickinson, claiming that Dickinson's treatment of her manuscripts suggested that their physical and graphic properties were important to the reading of her poems. Possibly meaningful distinctions could be drawn, they argued, among different lengths and angles of dash in the poems, and different arrangements of text on the page. Several volumes have attempted to render Dickinson's handwritten dashes using many typographic symbols of varying length and angle; even R.W. Franklin's 1998 variorum edition of the poems, which aimed to supplant Johnson's edition as the scholarly standard text, used typeset dashes of varying length to approximate the manuscripts' dashes more closely. Some scholars claimed that the poems should be studied by reading the manuscripts themselves.


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This Week… starting October 22, 2012
Municipal Fiestas This Week
Yucatan's XII International Choir Festival will be in full swing this week all around the state. With choirs from Yucatan, Mexico, Venezuela, Uruguay and Colombia, there will be no shortage of gala concerts and sweet sounds in the entire state.
Municipal Festivals and Fiestas Beginning This Week
There are no new municipal festivals or fiestas beginning this week anywhere in the State of Yucatan. However, that doesn't mean that there is nothing going on in the 106 municipalities! There are still some events that are continuing from last week, and these are accompanied by non-stop getting ready for Día de los Muertos.
Festivals and Fiestas!
Valladolid Fiesta: October 15 through October 29
This fiesta is in honor of Cristo Rey (Christ the King). Look for leather goods, jewelry, clothing, and hammocks. This is also the land of the caballero, so horsemanship events and cattle shows will likely be on the agenda as well. For more, see Working Gringos' article on Valladolid: Sultaness of the East. We might also note that, since that article, Valladolid has earned the great honor of being names one of Mexico's Pueblos Magico, and even has its own bici-ruta (streets closed for bicycle riding on Sundays) and Valladolid Sundays (the equivalent of Merida en Domingo).
Izamal Fiesta: October 19 through October 31
This fiesta in honor of honor of Santo Cristo de Citilpech. Processions are related to trade associations, and especially to dairy workers. This city has been important to the Mayans continuously from the 4th century B.C. until today. This is the place where one can find a shrine to its founder, Itzamná, as well as a statue of Pope John Paul II.
Monday (Lunes) October 22, 2012
Look for a list of ongoing events here
Tuesday (Martes) October 23 , 2012
Musical Comedy Theater: Lysistrata
This show is based on the original play Lysistrata, written by Aristophanes and originally performed in classical Athens in 411 BC. Tonight's performance is by the State Theater Company and RIA Theater Company. The free adaptation and direction are by Ricardo Adrian.
Location: Teatro Armando Manzanero, Calle 62 x 61
Time: 8:00 PM Tuesday
Admission: Free
XII International Choir Festival of Yucatan (2012)
Tonight's featured performances will be by the Polyphonic Choir, under the direction of Victor Rubio (Mexico); The Chamber Choir, under the direction of Jonathan Renteria (Mexico); and the Urbi Homines Vocal Ensemble, under the direction of Henry Quinterro (Venezuela).
Location: Teatro Jose Peon Contreras, Calle 60 x 57
Time: 9:00 PM Tuesday
Admission: Free
Movie: Alien
1986 U.S.) Director: James Cameron. Starring Sigourney Weaver, Carrie Henn, Lance Henriksen and Bill Paxton. This movie won two Oscars and went on to win 16 first places and 21 nominations in international festivals.
Location: Centro Cultural Jose Martí, Av. Colon x Calle 20, Garcia Ginerés
Time: 8:00 PM Tuesday
Admission: Free
Wednesday (Miercoles) October 24, 2012
XII International Choir Festival of Yucatan (2012)
Tonight's featured performances will be by the Vocal Ensemble of Yucatan, under the direction of Nestor Rodrigues (Mexico); Ars Viva, under the direction of Juan David Flores (Mexico); and the Ludus Vocaliter Cantoria, under the direction of Lourdes Sanchez (Venezuela).
Location: Teatro Jose Peon Contreras, Calle 60 x 57
Time: 9:00 PM Wednesday
Admission: Free
Movie: Five Broken Cameras
A documentary on a Palestinian farmer's chronicle of his nonviolent resistance to the actions of the Israeli army.
Location: LA 68, Calle 68 at Calle 55, Centro
Time: 9:00 PM Wednesday
Admission: $30 pesos, $15 pesos students
Concert: New Voices of the Mayab
Every year, just about this time, we find out who is winning out in the race for the best of the next generation of interpreters of song in Yucatan. These truly are the stars of tomorrow and will be representing Yucatan throughout Mexico and the world.
Location: Teatro Merida, Calle 62 x 61
Time: 9:00 PM Wednesday
Admission: Free
Documentary: 50 Years of Yucatan Transvestites Shows
This is a documentary by German Pasos, with the support of PECDA-CONACULTA.
Location: Cineteca Nacional in Teatro Merida, Calle 62 x 61
Time: 8:00 PM Wednesday
Admission: Free
Thursday (Jueves)October 25 , 2012
Movie: The Kingdom of Survival
The Kingdom of Survival explores modern skepticism in America, challenges the status quo and uncovers provocative links between survivalist philosophy, ecumenical spirituality, radical political theory, and outlaw culture..
Location: LA 68, Calle 68 at Calle 55, Centro
Time: 9:00 PM Thursday
Admission: $30 pesos, $15 pesos students
Classical Music: Recalling Grand Concerts
This is a concert by the wonderful Chamber Orchestra of the City of Merida. The orchestra is under the artistic direction of Maestro Jose Luis Chan Sabido.
Location: Auditorium of the Olimpo, Calle 61 x 62
Time: 9:00 PM Thursday
Admission: Free
XII International Choir Festival of Yucatan (2012)
Tonight's featured performances will be by the Veracruzano Vocal Ensemble, under the direction of Noel Garcia (Mexico) and the Coro Universitario UCV, Maracay Campus, under the direction of Cesar Liendo (Venezuela).
Location: Teatro Jose Peon Contreras, Calle 60 x 57
Time: 9:00 PM Thursday
Admission: Free
XII International Choir Festival of Yucatan (2012): Tour
5:00 PM: Coro Infantil y Juvenil de Marinilla (Colombia)
Location: Centro Cultural del Nino Yucateco, Calle 59 x 50
6:00 PM: Coral Jesus Pavia (Venezuela)
Location: Centro de Musica Jose Jacinto Cuevas, Calle 59 x 50
6:00 PM: Coral Aurora (Uruguay)
Location: Centro Cultural Juan Acereto, Calle 59 x 36
6:00 PM: Vocal Ensemble Urbi Homines (Venezuela)
Location: Centro Cultural Ricardo Lopez Mendez, across from Liverpool
6:00 PM: Vocal Ensemble Ars Viva (Mexico)
Location: H. Ayuntamiento de Tekax
Admission: Free
Friday (Viernes) October 26, 2012
AFAR Art Opening
Soho Galleries opens a new show, with art from afar… Paris, London, D.F., Oaxaca and Havana. Put it on your calendar and plan to come! Always a gala affair!
Location: SoHo Gallery, Calle 60 x 41
Time: 7:00 PM
Admission: Free
Ticul Fall Shoe Fair: October 26 through November 4
This fair is later and shorter than usual, so do try to set aside the time to make it there. Approximately 50 shoe factories will be represented at the fair.
Movie: Barbeiros
In 1970 Brazil's barbers represented a full 53% of the public services workforce. By 2001 that number had dropped to 4%. Prior to that time, barbershops served the men of Brazil as more than just a means of sprucing up. They were also regular meeting places where conversation flowed easily. Portuguese with Spanish Subtitles.
Location: LA 68, Calle 68 at Calle 55, Centro
Time: 9:00 PM Friday
Admission: $30 pesos, $15 pesos students
MACAY: Opening of the October to December Expositions
For nearly three months, the MACAY will be filled with art from the 1960's through the 1990's. Paintings and photographs will all belong to artists who were working during the last forty years of the 20th century. Every sala will bring back memories for some and provide an artistic education for others.
Location: MACAY, Calle 60 x 61
Time: 8:00 PM Friday
Admission: Free
Saturday (Sabado) October 27, 2012
Children's Workshop: The Happy Skeleton
Come and learn how to do skeletons for your Halloween decorations.
Location: Centro Cultural Jose Marti / Parque de las Americas, Av. Colon x Calle 20, García Ginerés.
Time: 10:00 AM Saturday
Admission: Free (children over the age of 5)
Workshop Experiment: The Clown Juggler
This is one of a series of science experiments taught each week by Maestro Wilbert Camara. The kids love every one of these workshops! Aren't you wondering what this is about? Bring your kid and find out!
Location: Centro Cultural Jose Marti / Parque de las Americas, Av. Colon x Calle 20, García Ginerés.
Time: 12:00 PM Saturday
Admission: Free (children over the age of 5)
Movie: Bananas: At Any Cost?
Banana workers and their families from the Philippines have worrying testimonies about what has happened to them in Banana plantations in the Philippines.
Location: LA 68, Calle 68 at Calle 55, Centro
Time: 9:00 PM Saturday
Admission: $30 pesos, $15 pesos students.
Movie: A Streetcar Named Desire
If ever a movie fit perfectly into a series with the title of Crazy Love, this one does!
Location: Videosala of the Olimpo, Calle 62 x 61
Time: 7:00 PM Saturday
Admission: Free (Adults only)
XII International Choir Festival of Yucatan (2012)
12:00 PM: Boys Choir of Yucatan, under the direction of Gaspar Gamboa, with Maria Teresa Novelo as pianist. And Coro Infantil y Juvenil de Marinilla (Colombia), under the direction of Juan Pablo Agudelo.
8:00 PM: Voces Claras del Centro Estatal de Bellas Arte (Mexico) , under the direction of Margarita Jimenez; Coral Aurora (Uruguay) , under the direction of Rosemarie Rodriguez; and Coral Jesus Paiva (Venezuela) , under the direction of Ingrid Garcia.
Location: Teatro Jose Peon Contreras, Calle 60 x 57
Time: Thursday
Admission: Free
Sunday (Domingo) October 28, 2012
Time change in Yucatan. Move your clocks back one hour
XII International Choir Festival of Yucatan (2012): Closing Performance
What a concert this will be! …and the lineup includes: Niños Cantores de Yucatán, Coro Infantil y juvenil de Marinilla (Colombia), Voces Claras del Centro Estatal de Bellas Artes (Mexico), Ensamble Vocal veracruzano (Mexico), Coro Polifónico (Mexico), Coro Universitario UCV, Campus Maracay (Venezuela), Coro de Cámara (Mexico), Ensamble Vocal Homines urbi (Venezuela), Coral Aurora (Venezuela), Coral Jesús Paiva (Venezuela), Ars Viva Ensamble Vocal (Mexico), Ludus Vocaliter Cantoría (Venezuela), Conjunto Vocal Yucatán (Mexico), and Special Invited Guest: Orquesta de Cámara de la Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, with Miguel Pérez Concha, Director.
Location: Teatro Jose Peon Contreras, Calle 60 x 57
Time: 8:00 PM Sunday
Admission: Free
Video Documentary: The Ultimate Guide to Sharks
These animals have been around for 400 million years and survived the extinction of the dinosaurs. This film details their importance to the marine ecosystem.
Location: Museum of Natural History, Calle 59 next to the Zoo.
Time: 12:00 PM Sunday
Admission: Free
Movie: In the Mood for Love
A man and a woman move into neighboring Hong Kong apartments and form a bond when they both suspect their spouses of extra-marital activities.
Location: Videosala of the Olimpo, Calle 62 x 61
Time: 11:00 AM Sunday
Admission: Free, Adolescents and Adults only
One Hellish Spooky Funky Market-Bazaar
There will be food, baked goods, exotic plants, "indie" arts and crafts, fabulous lines of jewelry, Mexican flair tablecloths and aprons, vintage and beach clothing, hand bags, furniture, sculptures, paintings, all kind of amazing creations…. the list goes on!
Location: Calle 19, in front of the baseball park in Chelem, Yucatan
Time: 10:00 AM to 2:30 PM
Admission: Free, food and soft drinks will be available for purchase.
Hotel Zamna Merida: Going South
It's time for the 2012 – 2013 season to begin at Hotel Zamna in Merida! Where else are you going to find a multiple course dinner, much laughter, many friends and a now famous Zamna prize quiz with really great prizes for the winners? This month, the title of the evening is Going South.
Location: Hotel Zamna, Calle 53 #547, Barrio de Santiago, Merida Centro
Time: Party Starts at 7:30 PM to 11:30 PM
Admission: $135 pesos. This is a tickets only, three course dinner event due to catering requirements. Tickets are on sale now from Hotel Zamna reception. Limit: 34 guests. For more information Call: 999-924-0103
Monday (Lunes) October 22, 2012
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Mercado Campesino de Ixil (Ixil Farmer's Market!): All Day: October 21, November 18, and December 16
This market is a joint project between Proyecto Itzaes, Rotary International, palo Alto Rotary, Club Rotario Nuevas Generaciones de Merida and the Town of Ixil, Yucatan. The purpose is to offer local and regional producers and artisans an alternative, local place to sell their products at better prices. This is a tents with tables and chairs kind of event with lots of fresh and prepared foods, local honey, arts and crafts, handmade clothing and much, much more. There will even be live music and pony rides.
Location: Getting there is easy. There are plenty of signs to guide your way from Chicxulub Pueblo.
More Information: If anyone is interested in setting up a tent or table, please contact Simon Clopton at simon [dot] clopton [at] gmail [dot] com. Participation is free and open to the public.
Corridor of the Souls October 26
Altars, processions, music, food and more!
Location: From La Ermita along Calle 66 to Panteon Florido
Time: 6:00 PM
Bird Photography and Drawing Contest: "Unidos por la aves"
Submit photos and drawings at Costco from September 24 through October 31. Winners will be announced at the opening of the Bird-a-Thon on November 23rd at 7:00 PM at the Central Building of UADY (Calle 60 # 491-A x 56, Merida Centro. This contest is open to children, young people, the general public and specialized photographers. The main objective is to promote knowledge, appreciation and conservation of birds in Yucatan and, at the same time, to promote a local market for bird watching. Learn More on the Festival de las Aves TOH 2012 website.
Second Annual Merida IWC Halloween Party October 30
Costume and Dance Contests, Rock n' Roll, FUSBOXX. Everyone is invited! Tickets include botanas, ½ chicken or arrachera sandwich, fries, and a drink.
Location: Hennessey's Irish Pub on Paseo de Montejo
Time: Party Starts at 7:30 PM
Admission: $200 pesos in advance. Tickets available at all IWC functions, Merida English Library or from admin [at] iwcmerida [dot] org.
Merida: 2012 Altars of Hanal Pixan: October 31, 2012 (Wednesday)
The State of Yucatan, along with several different agencies, will present the 2012 Altars of Hanal Pixan in the Plaza Grande on October 31. That night, there will be a traditional procession of souls from Parque Santa Lucia to the Plaza Grande. Some of the previous activities associated with this event are still pending and will be announced next week. They include regional actors dressing as catrinas and skeletons and performing a skit about death. Each year, between 75 and 100 altars are put on display at this event. Candles are lit, traditional foods are cooked and chants, prayers and litanies fill the air. Traditional huts are built and, for some, pens hold chickens and other farm animals. Look for the new Governor to honor the tradition of sampling the food at each and every altar.
Location: Plaza Grande, Calle 60 x 61
Time: during the morning
Admission: Free
Mexican Novemberfest Dinner & Quiz Sunday Nov. 25
Three course Mexican & German menu, followed by the Novemberfest Quiz. Laughter all the way!
strong>Location: Hotel Zamna, Cale 53 #547, Barrio de Santiago, Merida Centro
Time: Party Starts at 7:00 PM
Admission: $135 pesos. This is a tickets only dinner event due to catering requirements. Tickets are on sale now from Hotel Zamna reception. Limit: 36 guests. For more information Call: 999-924-0103
Bow Wow Palooza (Evolución's Halloween Party): Wednesday, October 31
The Shops at La Maison Bleue & Talented Bitches are holding a Howl-o-Ween Party for the Dogs of Evolución. The evening will include Comedy by Mel Blossom, music, local art, a costume contest, shopping, delicious food and drinks by Cafe Crème, Thai Flash and other local vendors. At the end of the party, everyone will be off to Hennessy's Irish Pub to finish the evening in style!
Location: Calle 41 x 58 y 60, Santa Ana
Time: 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM
Admission: $100 pesos. Food & drinks not included in admission. Email allison [at] elestudio41 [dot] com to reserve your tickets.
Purpura Plastika Open House and Art Sale, Monday, November 5, 2012
You are cordially invited to visit Purpura Plastika at their first interactive center for art therapy and human development workshops and offices. They now have their own space to conduct their different workshops for children and adults.
Location: Calle 47, 268 B X 38 Corner. Col. Benito Juarez Norte
Directions: North on Prolongacion Paseo de Montejo,
Right at Calle 47 which is one block past Calle 49/ Av. Camara de Comercio.
Continue on Calle 47 to the corner of Calle 38. Their center (white house) is in a residential neighborhood. Park on any of the streets at this intersection.
Time: 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM
Feria Yucatan at Xmatkuil: November 9 through December 2
This year, there will be more than 1,000 exhibitors and 1,800 artistic, sporting, cultural and recreational events for all ages. The fair provides space for commercial and business activity, while maintaining a family atmosphere. The main attractions will be the rides, the Atayde Brothers Circus, the Robotic Zoo, the Dolphinarium, the Extreme Magic Show and 4-D films. Entrance to these attractions ranges from $10 to $15 pesos. There will be free shows in El Teatro del Pueblo, as well as events in Palenque, the Lienzo Charro, the Pista de Calificaciones and the Plaza Monumental.
Location: at the Xmatkuil Fairgrounds , Calle 50 south of the city.
Time: 10:00 AM to 12:00 AM
Admission: Entrance: $15 pesos per person, Parking: $30 pesos
2012 Merida Music Festival November 18
Eight bands will be featured: Golden Years (oldies Rock & Roll), Colin Gow(60′s & 70′s nostalgia) , Maydel (Cuban singing sensation), Los Lasgori (alternative & contemporary Rock), Amongstequals (Rock & Blues), CopyPaste (funk, rock, blues, soul), Flusbook (R & B), and Yucatan's Symphony Horn Quartet.
Location: Hacienda Dzibikak
Time: 10:00 AM to 12:00 AM
Admission: VIP: $1,000 pesos, includes unlimited food and drinks in an exclusive viewing area. General: $200 pesos in advance, $250 pesos on the day of the event. Free for children under 12. Tickets available at Hennessy's Irish Pub on Paseo de Montejo and at Bierhaus in Colonia Mexico (Calle 23 # 93 x 18 y 20) or Bierhaus (Calle 62 x 57 y 59).
Concert + Intervention: Philip Glass + James Turrell – November 14, 2012
All funds will be donated to a foundation dedicated to preserve the Maya culture. After the concert, there will be a cocktail for all attendees.
Location: Amphitheater of Hacienda Ochil
Time: TBA
Admission: $4,000 pesos
Tennis XXVI Yucatan Cup: November 19 –24
This is a Junior's Tennis Tournament, sanctioned by the International Tennis Federation. If you love watching tennis, this is for you!
Location: Club Campestre de Yucatan, A.C. Calle 30 Diagonal #500, Col. Mexico, Merida
Time: Yet to be announced
Admission: Yet to be announced
Visit the ITF Yucatan Cup website
Third Jose Jacinto Cuevas National and International Piano Competition: November 24 to December 1
Contestants in this competition are all world class pianists. Never miss even one of these performances! We even recommend the practice sessions! Be sure to be there on November 30, where you will be able to watch the three best of the best pianists compete for this award, accompanied by the Symphony Orchestra of Yucatan.
Location: Yet to be announced
Time: Yet to be announced
Admission: Yet to be announced
Opening of the Exposition: Astillas… de un mismo palo
"Chips… of the same suit" presents contemporary Cuban graphics by three young Cubans. Please visit the website of In La'Kech Gallery for more information on the artists, their work and this event.
Location: La Galeria In La "Kech (Calle 60 3595-A x 73 y 75, Merida Centro
Time: 8:00 PM
Admission: Free
Arte a Mano Show by AANY: December 1 & 2
Mark your calendars for the Yucatan Peninsula's best show of handmade arts & crafts! This show is in its fourth wonderful year now, and features reasonably-priced handmade items by many different artisans. You can buy everything from handmade knives to baskets, sculptures, jewelry… the list goes on. More details to follow soon!
Location: CANACO Center off Avenida Itzaes (same place as last year)
Time: 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM, both days
Admission: Yet to be announced
2013 Planned Pethood Sterilization Clinic
Clear your calendars for the following days. If you can't be there, please consider sending donations as more information on what is needed comes in.
January 6 and 7 (Sunday and Monday): Progreso
January 8 (Tuesday): Cholul or Progreso
January 9 (Wednesday): Day of Rest
January 10 – 13 (Thursday – Sunday): Merida
Goal: 300 animals spayed or neutered per day (2,100 animals !!!)
We will bring you more information as it becomes available.
Have an event you want us to publicize? Just email the information to: info [at] yucatanliving [dot] com. We publish every Monday night.


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Last month Samsung ramped up the anti-Apple rhetoric with a new ad campaign that depicted iPhone users as "wall huggers," constantly tethered to a power outlet due to the inferior battery in their non-Samsung smartphones. Today Cnet reports that the company has taken its campaign one step further by trolling real-life iPhone users at power outlets throughout major airports.
The new ads take the form of posters near power outlets that read, "Samsung Galaxy S5 with Ultra Power Saver Mode," followed by a tagline that appears to poke at Apple's own recent ad campaign: "So you have the power to be anywhere but here." If you'd like to take a gander at the latest salvo in the ever-escalating flame war between Apple and Samsung, you'll be able to do just that very soon at JFK, O'Hare, and Midway airports. Samsung says even more airports could be getting the ads if they're successful in the first three.
Apple is currently planning to announce the iPhone 6 on September 9th, though rumors say it doesn't look like the new model will provide much hope for the "wall huggers."
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34 Responses to "Samsung trolls iPhone-toting 'wall huggers' at power outlets in major airports"
i can't imagine for the life of me why i would ever want to go into a power saving mode, where most of the features on my phone don't work…i would much much rather plug in for 20 minutes and get 35 percent of my batter back than sit with a dark phone where only text and phone works? you nailed it sammy, great job on the add campaign…"Buy a samsung and turn it 90 percent off" you'll definitely have a better experience!
I bet Apple is going to say, "Now even with the quad core display, with over 50 million pixels projecting into your retina, we still managed to get that same 7 hour battery life that you've come to expect from your iPhone."
What's a quad core display?
Samsung could power their phones with a miniaturized fusion reactor that lasts for centuries and I still wouldn't want to buy one.
I personally think this is great. Apple really needs to step up their game in terms of battery life.
Well done Samsung! Not that I use an Android phone, but Apple needs to step up and finally improve battery life. I really like my Mac, but as for a phone, I'm more than happy with a Lumia 1320 which btw lasts easy three days without a single charge and syncs with everything I need from my Mac.
This is good advertising, period.
The need to plug an iPhone in the wall almost constantly is a joke in terms of usability. I am guessing that the iPhone 6 will make these obsolete. Because with the 6, Apple will finally use Samsung's own "trick" for improving battery life: A huge screen can fit a huge battery underneath. with 4.7 and 5.5″, I believe the wall hugging and / or extra-battery-pack carrying will come to an end.
Sorry, but I have to disagree. Increasing the surface area doesn't gain you much when you decrease the thickness.
I think that the iPhone 6 is going to be their slap in the face that people are sick of the relentless push to ultrathin at the expense of all else.
The brightness of S5 only 60% of 5S. That allow S5 to stay 2 hrs longer or 20%. Just need to set 5S to same brightness as S5, you can achieve more then 20% longer B Life.
I travel every other week and see people scouring the airport for outlets to charge their iPhones, Androids, Windows phones and Blackberries. This is not an Apple battery issue. But the marketing is very clever! But that is why I carry a Mophie juice pack for my iPhone 5, no waiting for outlets.
Thats a spot on advertisement. Thats exactly me with my 5S.
My name is Eli and I am a Wall Hugger.
Does that mean Samsung's taking all their existing charging stations out of airports?
If I'm away from wifi, I have to swap the battery usually by 4pm in my samsung. I know the android army will call it a feature that I CAN swap the battery, but that doesn't change the fact that I can't get to the end of my workday on a single charge on my samsung, unless I turn off so many features that the phone no longer meets my needs. My old iPhone 4s at least usually made it till almost bedtime.


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A ceiling ventilation inlet includes a housing having an air inlet aperture, an air outlet aperture, and a baffle supported for linear movement adjacent the air outlet aperture. A spring is positioned such that the baffle moves dependant upon air pressure difference between the confinement space and the external environment. Air entering the housing opens the baffle and enters the livestock confinement building in a 360 degree dispersion pattern. The spring causes the baffle to direct the flow of air into the confinement space at a near constant rate so as to optimize ventilation. The greater the air pressure difference between the confinement space and the external environment the greater the air outlet area becomes. Since the inlet is responsive to the pressure difference and the air outlet area increases or decreases in size, the airflow velocity entering the confinement space may be optimized at a near constant rate. Mathematical equations and limiting parameters define the relationship between the geometrical design of the ceiling ventilation inlet and the optimum and acceptable range of properties for the spring.
1. A ventilation inlet for a livestock confinement building, comprising:
a housing having an air inlet aperture and an air outlet aperture;
a baffle located adjacent the air outlet aperture, the baffle being supported for movement between a closed position and an open position; and
biasing means connected to said baffle, the biasing means having a sufficient spring constant and positioned such that air flow exiting the air outlet has a velocity which is automatically maintained substantially in the range of one hundred inches per second to three hundred and twenty inches per second.
2. The ventilation inlet of claim 1 wherein the housing is cylindrical.
3. The ventilation inlet of claim 1 further comprising a flange formed integrally with the air outlet aperture.
4. The ventilation inlet of claim 1 wherein the outlet aperture is formed with a smooth transitional radius.
5. The ventilation inlet of claim 3 wherein the flange extends outwardly from the air outlet aperture.
6. The ventilation inlet of claim 3 wherein the baffle contacts the flange when the baffle is in the closed position.
7. The ventilation inlet of claim 1 wherein the baffle includes a hinged portion supported for movement between a first position, whereby the baffle substantially covers the air outlet aperture, and a second position, whereby airflow is substantially unrestricted by the baffle.
8. The ventilation inlet of claim 1 wherein the baffle includes a baffle shaft having one end connected to the biasing means.
9. The ventilation inlet of claim 1 wherein the baffle includes a parabolic center to promote laminar air directional change within housing.
10. The ventilation inlet of claim 8 further comprising means for limiting movement of the baffle shaft to a substantially linear path.
11. The ventilation inlet of claim 10 wherein the means for limiting movement is positioned substantially normal to the shaft.
12. The ventilation inlet of claim 1 wherein the biasing means is selected after specifying air inlet velocity, air exit velocity, inlet opening diameter, exit opening diameter, baffle deflection, and standard air density, and after selection of minimum and maximum exit air velocities desired.
13. A ventilation inlet for a livestock confinement building, comprising:
a housing having an air inlet aperture and an air outlet aperture;
an air regulating means including a baffle having sufficient size and shape to cover the air outlet and a baffle shaft connected to the baffle supported for linear movement in a substantially vertical direction, the air regulating means capable of movement between an open position and a closed position;
biasing means for providing force to the air regulating means in a direction which would move the air regulating means toward the closed position, the biasing means including a bracket connected to the housing, a cantilever bar supported for pivotal movement about a pivot point by the bracket, a spring connected at one end to the cantilever bar and at the other end to the housing, and a baffle connector connected at one portion to the baffle shaft and at another portion to the cantilever bar.
14. The ventilation inlet of claim 13 wherein the baffle moves from the closed position to the open position responsive to air pressure within the housing such that air flow exiting the housing is maintained at a speed in the range of approximately 500 to 1600 feet/min.
15. The ventilation inlet of claim 14 wherein the spring has a proportionality constant sufficient to maintain the airflow speed exiting the air outlet aperture at approximately 1000 feet/min.
16. A ventilation inlet for a livestock confinement building, comprising:
a housing having an air inlet aperture and an air outlet aperture;
a baffle located adjacent the air outlet aperture, the baffle being supported for movement between a closed position and an open position;
biasing means connected to said baffle for providing force on the baffle in a direction to move the baffle from the open position to the closed position, the biasing means comprising a bracket connected to the housing, a member connected to the bracket and supported for pivotal movement about a pivot point, the member also being connected to the baffle, and a spring connected at one end to one of the housing and bracket and at another end to the member.
17. The ventilation inlet of claim 16 wherein the pivot point for the member is at a prescribed position for correct mechanical advantage between a first connection point located where the member is coupled to the baffle and a second connection point located where the member is coupled to the spring.
18. The ventilation inlet of claim 16 wherein the pivot point for the member is at the location of connection of the member to the bracket and the spring is connected to the member at a prescribed position for correct mechanical advantage between the pivot point and where the member is coupled to the baffle.
19. The ventilation inlet of claim 17 wherein the member is a lever arm.
20. The ventilation inlet of claim 18 wherein the member is a cantilever arm.
21. A method for optimizing a ventilation inlet for use in a livestock confinement building having a housing with an air inlet and an air outlet and a baffle located adjacent the air outlet, the baffle being supported for movement between a closed position and an open position, the method comprising the steps of:
determining air inlet diameter, Di ;
determining air outlet diameter, De ;
determining standard air density, ρa ;
determining force on the baffle in the closed position, FC ;
determining force on the baffle in the open position, Fo ;
determining deflection of the baffle in the closed position, dC ;
determining deflection of the baffle in the open position, do ;
selecting a desired minimum and maximum exit air velocity, Vmin and Vmax ;
selecting a biasing means for attachment to the baffle based on the values determined in previous steps, the biasing means selected and positioned such that a proportionality constant, KC, defined by the equation (Fo -FC)/do -dC), remains substantially in a range between 0 and 1/2 ρa π (De 3 /Di 2) (Vmax 2 -Vmin 2) so that air exiting the air outlet will have an automatically maintained velocity substantially in a range between the minimum selected exit air velocity, Vmin, to the maximum selected exit air velocity, Vmax.
22. The method for optimixing a ventilation inlet of claim 21 maximum baffle deflection, dmax, is determined by the equation dmax =(Di 2)/(4*De).
23. The method of optimizing a ventilation inlet of claim 21 further comprising the step of determining the proportionality constant at point A, KA, by using the equation
wherein XA represents distance between a pivot point and point A, and XC represents distance between the pivot point and point C.
24. The method for optimizing a ventilation inlet of claim 21 wherein Vmin is 500 feet per minute or more and Vmax is 1600 feet per minute or less.
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/485,726 filed on Jun. 7, 1995 abandoned.
This invention relates to a method and means for improving mechanical ventilation for livestock confinement buildings.
A good ventilation system for livestock confinement buildings is essential for the health, well-being, and development of the confined animals. The ventilation system accomplishes the following three tasks: air exchange between the interior of the building and the exterior environment to replenish oxygen and to remove moisture, waste gases and dust, air circulation within the building to produce an evenly tempered, uniform living environment for the animals, and heating or cooling to maintain the temperature within a chosen optimum range for the animals.
Two alternative types of ventilation systems are generally used to provide ventilation for animals, either natural ventilation systems or mechanical ventilation systems.
Natural ventilation systems rely upon the wind passing through openings, such as windows or continuous openings along the sides of the building, and upon thermal currents created by the natural buoyancy of heated air within the building. Fresh air therefore enters the building and circulates through the confinement space and then exits on the down-wind side of the building and through vents in the ridge or other high point in the roof, removing moisture, waste gases, and dust with the exiting air stream. Although natural ventilation may be less costly to construct and to operate, ventilation reliability is unpredictable because its operation is greatly dependent upon the forces of nature, over which the system generally has only minimum control.
Mechanical ventilation systems use powered exhaust fans to slightly reduce the air pressure within the building and thereby causing fresh air to be drawn into the space to be ventilated while the fans discharge the moisture, gases, and dust from the building. The incoming fresh air is conveyed into the building through specific air inlet locations. The air inlet locations are chosen by one skilled in the art of ventilation according to specific engineering practice so that these locations cooperate in developing good fresh air distribution throughout the building.
The air inlet locations are generally equipped with devices called air inlets that attempt to regulate the volume flow of fresh air, its incoming speed, and its direction into the building. The air inlet regulates the volume flow of the fresh air to balance the fresh air requirement of the animals with the need to conserve or expel heat from within the building and to proportionately match the variable exhaust capacity of the exhaust fans. The air inlet controls the speed of the incoming air to regulate the distance that the air stream penetrates into the ventilated space and the circulation pattern that results within that space. The air inlet also directs the incoming air into the building. In the wintertime the goal is to maximize mixing time for the incoming cold air with the warm interior air and therefore avoid stressful drafts. In summertime the goal is to optimize the cooling effect of the incoming fresh air on the animals.
Mechanical ventilation systems use a wide variety of means and methods for air inlets including both automatic self-regulating air inlets that respond only to the slight vacuum created by the exhaust fans and also manually set and power-driven air inlets with regulation devices which sense the operation of the exhaust fans or the vacuum that they create. Automatic self-regulating air inlets are generally preferred over manually set air inlets because the latter require continuous supervision labor and are preferred over power-driven air inlets because the latter are more costly, complicated, and less reliable in operation.
Automatic self-regulating air inlets may be designed specifically for use in the ceiling, on the sidewall, or with slots in the juncture between the ceiling and sidewall of the building.
The proper operation of automatic air inlets is generally effected by wind pressure. This wind pressure, by its very nature, is variable and unpredictable. Its effect on the performance of air inlets and, by extension, the ventilation system can be seriously detrimental to achieving the goals of the ventilation system.
This invention relates to specific methods and means that define the design and construction of an improved automatic self-regulating air inlet device which minimizes the effect of wind pressure on air inlet performance and which is positioned in the ceiling joists, between the roof and the confinement space, of confinement buildings.
Therefore, a primary objective of the present invention is the provision of an improved method and means for ventilating a livestock confinement building.
A further objective of the present invention is the provision of an improved method and means for ventilation which accurately and proportionately controls the volume of the incoming air stream.
A further objective of the present invention is the provision of an improved method and means for ventilation which accurately controls the speed of the incoming air stream to maximize its mixing time and tempering effect with the warmer interior air when the incoming air stream is cold in winter, to optimize its cooling effect in summertime, and to provide a smooth automatic transition between these two operating extremes.
A further objective of the present invention is the provision of an improved method and means for ventilation which accurately controls the direction of the incoming air stream so that the direction is generally along the ceiling. When the volume of incoming air is reduced in wintertime, a near constant velocity will promote mixing and tempering of the colder incoming air with the warmer air higher in the room. When the volume of air is increased in summertime, a near constant velocity promotes cooling of the animals by more immediate contact and a greater volume of circulating air.
A further objective of the present invention is the provision of an improved method and means for ventilation which minimizes the effect on air inlet performance of exterior wind pressure on the air inlet.
A further objective of the present invention is the provision of an improved method and means for ventilation which is totally automatic in operation without the need for manual or power-assisted supervision or adjustment.
A still further objective of the present invention is the provision of an improved method and means for ventilation of a livestock confinement building in order to provide optimum air distribution which minimizes stagnate air spaces and localized drafts while providing optimum air exchange within the confinement living space.
Another objective of the present invention is the provision of an improved method and means for ventilation within a livestock confinement building which is economical, efficient in use, automatic in operation, and which results in a desirable and durable assembly.
The present invention utilizes a ceiling inlet having a cylindrical inlet sidewall including an inlet aperture and an outlet aperture, and a flange located adjacent the outlet aperture. Mounted adjacent the outlet aperture is a baffle. This baffle is connected for piston-like movement and can move between a first closed position wherein no air is allowed to enter the livestock confinement space and a second open position wherein air flows into the livestock confinement space. The baffle is also hinged so that a first and second baffle portions can fold down for substantially undirected and uninterrupted airflow into the confinement space.
In order to ensure the movement of the baffle is constant and linear respective to the inlet housing, the baffle shaft is supported for linear movement by a guide tube which is connected to the cylindrical sidewall. The upper end of the baffle shaft is connected to a cantilever bar. The cantilever bar is also connected to a biasing means spring, while the bar itself is supported for pivotal movement. The biasing means spring, through its mechanical connection to the baffle shaft, exerts a force on the baffle which tends to hold the baffle in a closed position until air pressure difference between the confinement space and the external environment is sufficient to move the baffle toward its second, or open, position.
Due to the positioning of the baffle adjacent the outlet area of the cylindrical inlet housing, the baffle also acts as a directional member forcing incoming air into a flow direction along the ceiling of the confinement space. Due to the invention's unique construction, regardless of airflow velocity, the baffle imparts substantially the same influence on the direction of the air flow. However, as the volumetric rate of air flow changes, the baffle will adjust and tend to force the air flow velocity towards a consistent predetermined rate in the confinement space in order to project the fresh air further into the confinement space and into the air mass above the animals that contains the highest heat and moisture content.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a ceiling ventilation inlet.
FIG. 2 is a perspective cutaway view of FIG. 1.
FIG. 3 is an elevational view of a ceiling ventilation inlet with baffle sections hinged open.
FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line 4--4 of FIG. 3 with the baffle in a closed position.
FIG. 5 is a sectional view with the baffle shown in a slightly open position.
FIG. 6 is a sectional view with the baffle shown in the open position.
FIG. 7 is a sectional view showing an overall ventilation system and its effect in a livestock confinement building.
FIG. 8 is an isolated view of the cantilever mechanism defining relative dimensions used in describing the present invention.
FIG. 9 is a perspective cutaway view of an alternative embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 10 is a sectional view defining certain dimensions of a preferred embodiment.
Referring to the drawings, numeral 10 generally refers to a ceiling ventilation inlet of the present invention which comprises a cylindrical sidewall 12 having an air inlet aperture 14 and an air outlet aperture 16. A flange 18 is formed integrally with the air outlet aperture 16 of the ceiling inlet 10. Flange 18 is designed to engage the ceiling of a livestock confinement space.
As best shown in the cut-away view of FIG. 2, a baffle 20 of approximately the same size and shape of the air outlet aperture 16 is positioned adjacent thereto. Baffle 20 is connected to baffle shaft 22, a hollow cylindrical tube which is supported for linear movement in a generally vertical orientation. Baffle shaft 22 includes an upper guide channel 24 and a lower guide channel 26 cut at different heights in the longitudinal dimension of baffle shaft 22. Upper guide rod 28 extends through upper guide channel 24 and is fixed at both ends to the cylindrical sidewall 12. Lower guide rod 30 extends through lower guide channel 26 and also is coupled at both ends to the cylindrical sidewall 12. Because the upper and lower guide channels 24, 26 are not colinear along the longitudinal dimension of baffle shaft 22, the use of the upper and lower guide rods 28, 30 prevents all but vertical movement of baffle shaft 22 relative to ceiling inlet 10.
Cantilever bracket 32 is attached to cylindrical sidewall 12 and is generally C-shaped with the center portion of the "C" being fitted against sidewall 12. Extending downwardly from the upper portion of the C-shaped bracket 32 is the first and second pivot plates 34, 36. First and second pivot plates 34, 36 are spaced apart so that cantilever bar 38 can be positioned therebetween. Pivot pin 40 extends from the first pivot plate 34 to the second pivot plate 36 through an aperture (not shown) in cantilever bar 38. Cantilever bar 38 then pivots about pivot pin 40.
Connector pin 42 connects baffle shaft 22 to the cantilever bar 38. Connector pin 42 is hooked into baffle shaft 22 at baffle connection point 44. Connector pin 42 is attached to cantilever bar 38 at cantilever connection point 46.
At the opposite end of cantilever bar 38, the biasing means connector point 48 is shown. Biasing means 50 is connected at biasing means connector point 48 of the cantilever bar 38 and extends to eyebolt 52. Eyebolt 52 is connected to the lower portion of bracket 32.
Additionally, baffle 20 can be manually opened to allow constant air flow without change of direction or velocity. Baffle 20 includes hinges 54, 56 which are connected to hinge plate 58. By opening the baffle 20 as shown in FIG. 3, fresh air can be injected into the confinement space without the effect of the direction and velocity control of the present invention.
The general operation of the ceiling inlet 10 is best shown in FIG. 7. Livestock confinement building 60 is shown having an exterior air inlet 62. When the air pressure within the livestock confinement building 60 is less than the air . pressure externally, air is drawn into the exterior air inlet 62 and subsequently through the ceiling inlet 10 as shown by the arrows in FIG. 7. This difference in air pressure is achieved, as stated earlier, by either natural methods or mechanical systems such as the power exhaust fan 64. Once air is drawn into the ceiling inlet 10 and its housing 12 the air pressure difference should be sufficient to cause the baffle 20 to move towards an open position and allow air to escape from the area created between the air outlet aperture 16 and baffle 20. The size of this air outlet area will depend on the distance from baffle 22 to the air outlet aperture 16. Because the air outlet area extends 360 degrees around the ceiling inlet, ventilation in each and every direction is enhanced and air exiting the housing 12 travels in a 360 degree pattern of dispersion.
In operation, and specifically referring to FIGS. 4 through 6, the ceiling inlet 10 of the present invention accomplishes at least all of its stated objectives by constantly altering the size of the air outlet area to compensate for a lower or higher fresh air volumetric flow rate into the confinement building.
FIG. 4 shows baffle 20 in a closed position, covering air outlet aperture 16 and resting against flange 18. The structure shown in FIG. 4 will exist typically when the air pressure inside the housing sidewall 12 is lower than or substantially equal to the air pressure inside the livestock confinement space 66. Should the air pressure within the cylindrical sidewall 12 rise to a level where it is greater than the air pressure in the livestock confinement space 66, the resulting pressure will force baffle 20 and baffle shaft 22 to move in a linear fashion downwardly thereby creating an air outlet area. This situation is shown in FIGS. 5 and 6. The air outlet area in FIG. 5, shown best as the area between flange 18 and baffle 20, will increase (to that size shown in FIG. 6) should the air pressure within the housing 12 increase.
In general, however, in order to optimize ventilation and decrease unnecessary drafts, a flow velocity of approximately 1000 feet/min. of air entering the livestock confinement space 66 is desired. In order to achieve a near constant flow velocity without manual adjustments, it is important that baffle 20 move up and down between its open and closed position to compensate for different air pressures within the cylindrical sidewall 12. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 5, air pressure in the housing is just slightly higher than the pressure in the confinement space 66, the baffle will move slightly downward and provide a minimal air outlet area thereby forcing the fresh air entering the confinement space 66 to travel at the desired velocity into the confinement space 66. However, should the air pressure within cylindrical sidewall 12 be relatively high, baffle 20 will move even more downwardly to an open position so as to compensate for the higher air pressure difference and allow more air to escape at the same or similar velocity. Again, while a velocity in the range of 500 to 1600 feet/min. is appropriate, it is believed the optimum air velocity rate is approximately 1000 feet/min.
The balance force needed to resist the flow force acting on the baffle can be determined by using standard flow equations accepted by those skilled in the art of ventilation. The parameters used in the equations are shown in FIG. 10 and listed in Table 1.
TABLE 1______________________________________PARAMETER DESCRIPTION______________________________________Vi Air Inlet VelocityVe Air Exit VelocityDi Inlet Opening DiameterDe Exit Opening Diameterd Baffle Deflectionρa Standard Air Density______________________________________
The flow force on the baffle is equivalent to the velocity pressure acting on the projected baffle area. The velocity pressure, Vp, is calculated using the equation below.
Vp =1/2*ρa * V2
The velocity, V, used in the above equation is the desired exit air velocity from the intake. The recommended exit air velocity for ventilation intakes is in the range of 500 to 1600 feet per minute (fpm). If the exit air velocity is below 500 fpm, the resultant mixing of fresh air and confinement building air is insufficient for good ventilation. If the exit air velocity is above 1600 fpm, the pressure difference between the interior building space and the exterior environment space is greater than the pressure difference created by the ventilation fans. The result of this latter condition is inadequate air supply for the animals in the confinement space.
A proportionality constant, Kc, is defined as the difference in forces between the open, Fo, and closed, Fc, baffle locations divided by the deflection, d, (or downward distance) of the baffle.
Kc =(Fo -Fc)/(do -dc)
The flow force proportionately enlarges the baffle deflection until the exit opening area equals the inlet opening area. When this latter condition exists, the baffle is at its maximum open distance and the inlet opening area, not the baffle, regulates the volumetric amount of air entering the confinement space. As the inlet opening area increasingly controls the volumetric air flow, the rate of increase of the pressure force on the baffle is proportionately reduced and becomes a function of the inlet area.
As defined in FIG. 10, the maximum baffle deflection, dmax, is determined to be:
dmax =(Di)2 /(4*De)
If the exit air velocity is maintained absolutely constant, the proportionality constant must be zero. If a designed relationship between exit air velocity and baffle deflection is chosen, the proportionality constant is calculated using the equation below.
Kc =1/2ρa π(De 3 /Di 2)(Vmax 2 -Vmin 2)
Vmin =Exit Air Velocity when baffle begins to open
Vmax =Exit Air Velocity when baffle is at desired opening (d) and;
Vmin and Vmax range between 500 fpm (100 in/s) and 1600 fpm (320 in/s)
d ranges from 0 to dmax
The design objective of the present invention using the foregoing design equations and concepts with a defined exit air velocity range is an inlet that functions automatically throughout the entire operating year. The minimum exit air velocity occurs during the winter season when volumetric air requirements are reduced owing to lower pressure differences between the interior confinement space and the exterior environment. At these low volumetric wintertime requirements, if the intake design operates to develop high pressure differences, unplanned air infiltration into the building through cracks and other openings causes undesirable drafts and improper fresh air distribution.
For summer ventilation, a maximum exit air velocity is chosen to develop the maximum volume of airflow to the confinement space at an acceptable pressure difference. The goal for this choice is optimum ventilation efficiency.
If the values below are used in determining the proportionality constant Kc, the range can be shown to be:
0<Kc <166.154×10-3 * (De)3 /(Di)2
ρa =1.113×10-7 lbf *s2 /in4
Vmin =100 in/s (500 fpm)
Vmax =320 in/s (1600 fpm)
The value of the calculated proportionality constant, Kc, is used to determine the means and method necessary to automatically counteract the flow force which acts on the baffle.
In order to calculate the necessary proportionality constant for spring 50 in the preferred embodiment, and allow for a constant velocity, the following formula has been derived:
FA =force at point A to counter force at point C
FC =force of baffle on cantilever
KC =proportionality constant of optimum design
KA =proportionality constant required at point A to produce proportionality constant at point C
XA =distance from pivot point to point A
XC =distance from pivot point to point C
This formula would apply to both center pivot points and end pivot points on the cantilever bar 38. The proportionality constant, KC, of the optimum design is determined using the equations previously defined. If the minimum exit air velocity is 170 in/s and the maximum exit air velocity is 290 in/s then Kc =9.65×10-3 * (De 3 /Di 2).
After the optimum proportionality constant and the geometrically determined constants have been calculated for a proposed geometry as defined by FIG. 8, the design specification for the ceiling inlet is established.
An alternative design of the preferred embodiment is shown in FIG. 9. As in the earlier described design, the inlet 10 has a cylindrical sidewall 12 having an air inlet aperture 14 and an air outlet aperture 16. A flange 18 extends from outlet aperture 16. Finally, baffle 20 is supported for piston-like movement by its connection to baffle shaft 22. In this design, the up and down motion of baffle 20 is regulated by the guide assembly bracket 25 having an aperture 27 through which shaft 22 extends. Bracket 25 permits baffle shaft 22 to move longitudinally. However, lateral movement of shaft 22, and therefore baffle 20, is curtailed. This is enhanced by collar 29 which is attached to bracket 25.
Further, the cantilever bracket 32 of the earlier embodiment is eliminated. Cantilever bar 38 is supported for pivotal movement by the cantilever support 33 so that bar 38 pivots about point 40. One end of bar 38 is connected to the biasing means 50. In this embodiment, biasing means 50 is connected to bracket 25. The other end of bar 38 is connected to connecting rod 43 which, in turn, is connected to shaft 22.
Finally, this embodiment utilizes well-known principles of aerodynamics. Baffle 20 has a parabolic neck 21 which provides for a smooth transition between baffle 20 and shaft 22. Further, the flange 18 has a curved lip 19 which has a radius of curvature of approximately one-tenth the diameter or width of air outlet 16. Baffle 20 contacts the lip at tangential point 70.
In the preferred embodiment, the structure may be constructed of a variety of materials. For example, the entire structure can be manufactured from wood, insulated metal, fiberglass-reinforced plastic, or from a variety of alternative plastic materials. The materials of the present invention can be varied without detracting from the spirit or the intent thereof. The ceiling inlet can quickly and easily be installed in a livestock confinement building and therefore meets all of its stated objectives.
In addition to those structures shown in the drawings, other structures or materials may be utilized without detracting from the invention. For example, while the use of a spring cantilever supplies the necessary biasing force for the baffle 20 in the preferred embodiment, other means exist for accomplishing the same function. Other such structures could include a constant force spring, a counterweight and pulley system, a simple spring utilized without a cantilever arm, a flexible rod or torsion spring, a lighter duty spring used in combination with a counterbalanced and pivot cantilever bar, and a cam type operator and counterweight system. Each of these devices could be adapted and arranged to provide the necessary force on the baffle 20.
In the drawings and specification, there has been set forth a preferred embodiment of the invention, and although specific terms are employed, they are used in a generic and descriptive sense only and not for purposes of limitation. Changes in the form and the proportional parts as well as in the substitution of equivalents are contemplated as circumstances may suggest or render expedient without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention, as further defined in the following claims.
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