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A water- and oil-porous sack contains a hydrophobic, compliant, oil-absorbent, copolymer material arranged in a number of bodies that (a) are generally cylindrical, (b) are porous, (c) have at least one passageway parallel to the axis of the cylinder, and (d) are dimensioned to float on water with the axis parallel to the surface of the water. The material is formed with a binder in a novel extrusion process. The inventive sack is sewn to create a number of pockets, and the seams create fold lines that permit the sack to dip below the water to allow debris to pass. The inventive sacks can be suspended below a storm drain and used in conjunction with known catchbasin inserts.
1. A device for separation of hydrocarbons from flowing water comprising:
(a) a sack comprised of a mesh material that is porous to both water and oil;
(b) wherein each sack forms a plurality of separate compartments, each containing a material buoyant in water; and
(c) a multitude of bodies contained within at least one of the compartments, each of the bodies being buoyant in water;
(d) wherein each of the bodies is comprised of styrene-butadiene-styrene and ethylene propylene diene monomer.
2. The device of claim 1 wherein the sack is square and is formed into four compartments, each having a corner at the center of the square.
3. The device of claim 1 wherein the sack is rectangular and is formed into four compartments by a pair of division lines that intersect at right angles.
4. The device of claim 1 further comprising a handle coupled to the outside of the sack.
5. The device of claim 4 wherein the sack is square and is formed into four square compartments by a pair of division lines that intersect at right angles, and wherein the handle is connected to the sack at the intersection.
6. The device of claim 5 wherein the sack is sewn together along the division lines.
7. The device of claim 5 wherein the handle is formed from a strip of material extending across the top surface of the sack.
8. The device of claim 5 further comprising strips of material sewn along the pair of division lines separating the compartments of the sack.
9. The device of claim 1 wherein the sack is sized to fit a catchbasin in which it is intended to be placed.
10. The device of claim 1 wherein each of the multitude of polymer bodies is a tubular body formed to surround an axial hole of the polymer body and that has its longest dimension parallel to the center axis of the axial hole.
11. The device of claim 1 further comprising a multitude of additional bodies, of a different shape that are also comprised of an oil-entrapping polymer and also contained within the sack.
12. The device of claim 1 wherein the sack is rectangular, and further comprising attachment devices on each edge at the perimeter of the sack.
13. The device of claim 1 wherein each of the multitude of bodies substantially consists of styrene-butadiene-styrene block copolymer and ethylene propylene diene monomer.
14. The device of claim 13 wherein each of the multitude of bodies consists of styrene-butadiene-styrene block copolymer and ethylene propylene diene monomer.
15. The device of claim 14 wherein the ethylene propylene diene monomer is in the range of about 10-30% by weight.
16. The device of claim 13 wherein the external surfaces of each of the multitude of polymer bodies contain a multitude of fissures.
17. The device of claim 1 wherein, for each of the multitude of polymer bodies, the styrene-butadiene-styrene is predominately in the form of a multitude of granules and the ethylene propylene diene monomer is predominately in the form of a multitude of granules, and where the multitudes of granules are bound together.
18. The device of claim 17 wherein each of the multitude of polymer bodies is formed from a multitude of granules of styrene-butadiene-styrene block copolymer in the range of about 4�20 mesh and lacking talc.
19. The device of claim 17 wherein the multitude of granules of styrene-butadiene-styrene have been unmelted and the multitude of granules of ethylene propylene diene monomer have been plasticized.
20. The device of claim 19 wherein each of the multitude of polymer bodies:
(a) is a tubular body formed to surround an axial hole of the polymer body and that has its longest dimension parallel to the center axis of the axial hole;
(b) substantially consists of styrene-butadiene-styrene block copolymer and ethylene propylene diene monomer; and
(c) has an external surface containing a multitude of fissures.
This application claims the benefit of the filing of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/048,789, filed on Jun. 6, 1997.
This invention is in the field of systems and methods for recovering hydrocarbons from water that passes into storm drains, catchbasins, or reservoirs.
The continuing incidence of oil spillage into storm drains and other water collection systems results in enormous annual costs, both financial and environmental.
Known systems for the clean-up of oil spilled into catchbasins include polypropylene filters, which are inadequate in filtering the oil over a long time and in the large quantities often spilled. In addition, debris often clogs known systems, preventing effective collection of oil. Also, water flow may vary considerably.
There has been a need for some time, therefore, for better oil-recovery systems that would (1) permit more complete cleanup, (2) work for a longer time, (3) contain oil quickly, to collect large "pulses" of oil, (4) permit the oil to be absorbed without being clogged with debris, and (5) to permit oil to be absorbed regardless of water flow rate.
Accordingly, it is a primary object of the present invention to achieve a more effective system for recovering oil from water passing into storm drains or the like.
It is another object of the invention to provide methods and apparatus for effectively containing oil spills flowing into storm drains, over a range of flow rates.
It is another object of the invention to provide methods and apparatus for ameliorating oil spills by entrapping the oil in an oil-sorbent material.
It is another object of the invention to provide a means of improving the collection of spilled oil.
It is another object of the invention to provide collection systems that do not cause debris clogs.
The present invention achieves the above and other objectives by use of a water- and oil-porous sack containing with a hydrophobic, compliant, oil-absorbent, copolymer material arranged in a number of bodies that (a) are generally cylindrical, (b) are porous, (c) have at least one passageway parallel to the axis of the cylinder, and (d) are dimensioned to float on water with the axis parallel to the surface of the water. The material is formed with a binder in a novel extrusion process. The inventive sack is sewn to create a number of pockets, and the seams create fold lines that permit the sack to dip below the water to allow debris to pass. The inventive sacks can be suspended below a storm drain and used in conjunction with known catchbasin inserts.
Other aspects of the invention will be appreciated by those skilled in the art after a reading of the detailed disclosure of the present invention below.
FIG. 1 is an illustration showing an application of the inventive system in connection with a spill.
FIG. 2 is a perspective, cut-away view of a storm drain catchbasin having the inventive system installed.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a preferred sack used with the inventive system.
FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a known catchbasin insert with an alternative embodiment of the inventive system.
FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a preferred form of copolymer body used in the preferred sack of FIG. 3.
FIG. 6 is a detail view of a cross-section of the preferred body, such the one shown in FIG. 5.
Common numerals are used in the several figures to indicate similar elements.
The system includes the application to the oil spill of sacks containing a quantity of appropriately formed bodies comprising copolymer-based materials that absorb and entrap crude or refined hydrocarbon products, including crude oil of any viscosity and gasoline or other refined fuels. For purposes of this application, the term "oil" refers to any hydrocarbon material.
The inventive system is designed to ameliorate an oil spill such as depicted in FIG. 1, in which oil is accidentally discharged or spilled, such as at a loading terminal, and flows into a fluid receptacle such as a catchbasin or storm drain 100. Drain 100 can be part of a municipal sewer or waste water system or any private collection system, such as a gas station.
Also, oil may be spilled on the ground and subsequent water flow, such as from rain, can cause the oil to flow into catchbasin 100. This is referred to as "non-point-source pollution."
Sack Structure and Deployment
FIG. 2 shows sack 10 suspended below storm drain 100 and floating on waste water 12. Fluids entering the catchbasin, including oil and water, flow through sack 10 into water 12 and ultimately through outlet pipe 14 to a waste water system.
In a preferred embodiment, sack 10 is square, measures about 65 cm. across, and contains about 2.5 kilograms of material that can entrap oil. Although FIG. 2 shows a square sack 10, other configurations, such as rectangular, circular, or irregular, are also possible. Sack 10 can be sized to fit the catchbasin.
Handle 16 is sewn to sack 10 and used to hold it in place below drain 100 with connector strap 18. Alternative forms of attachment are possible, including fasteners (not shown) that connect sack 10 to the walls of the catchbasin, such as located at the middle of each side of the square or rectangular sack 10. Handle 16 can be formed from a strip of material that extends across the top surface of sack 10 or around the top and bottom surfaces, as illustrated in FIG. 2. Alternatively, handle 16 can substantially consist of a strap sewn or otherwise attached to the center of sack 10, as illustrated in FIG. 3.
Sack 10 will float on the surface of water 12, and oil coming into contact with the material contained inside sacks 10 will become entrapped by those copolymers. Because the copolymer material is hydrophobic, however, it will not become water-logged. Further details of the copolymer material are specified below. It has been found that sack 10 containing copolymers will float on the surface of water for at least several months, and perhaps indefinitely, without sinking, releasing the oil, or allowing oil to emulsify.
Sack 10 is formed from two layers of relatively stiff mesh material sewn together. The copolymer-based material described below is placed inside sack 10 between those two layers. The layers can be formed of polypropylene or plastic netting. In one suitable embodiment, a woven plastic mesh with 5 to 7 counts per cm. was used. The material is preferably buoyant and strong. It is necessary, however, that the sack material have enough porosity to allow passage of the spilled oil to the absorbent material contained therein.
As shown in more detail in FIG. 3, the two layers are sew together along peripheral seams 20 to close sack 10. Double and triple stitching, or zigzag stitching, techniques are preferably used to prevent seam rupture or load failures. Other forms of attachment, such as heat bonding, can alternatively be used. Internal seams 22 are also shown in FIG. 3 in the preferred embodiment, dividing the copolymer material among four separate compartments in each quadrant of sack 10. Seams 22 form lines along which sack 10 can easily bend.
The use of internal seams 22 provides two advantages. First, the internal dividers assist in preventing accumulation of copolymer material at certain spots within sack 10. Second, seams 22 form bend lines, which allow clearing of debris.
Regarding the first point, the effectiveness of the system is at its highest when the copolymer bodies disburse uniformly throughout the entire width of sack 10, as opposed to being formed into a pile. This permits coverage of substantially the entire surface of water 12 with a minimum of copolymer material. Also, dispersion prevents copolymer bodies from forming into layers that can cause one such body to block another from encountering oil flowing into the catchbasin.
Regarding the second point, debris such as leaves, trash, and twigs tend to flow into storm drains 100, particularly during storms or other times of high water flow. While debris does not hamper the filtering qualities of sack 10, it is also important that sack 10 not clog or restrict the storm drain. The preferred embodiment of sack 10 is capable of permitting clearing of even substantial quantities of debris accumulated in drain 100 on top of sack 10. When the quantity of debris weighs enough to overcome the buoyancy of the material in any two adjacent quadrants of sack 10, those quadrants will sink, and sack 10 will bend along internal seams 22, dipping below the water surface. The flow of water or the weight and lack of buoyancy of the debris itself will then cause the debris to pass below sack 10 and become partially or completely submerged, permitting it to exit outlet pipe 14 (see FIG. 2). After the debris clears, the submerged quadrants of sack 10 will float again to the surface.
In the preferred embodiment, approximately 20 copolymer bodies of the sort shown in FIG. 5 and described below are contained in each quadrant of sack 10 of FIG. 3.
FIG. 4 shows an alternative embodiment of the invention, in which catchbasin 100 is fitted with catchbasin insert 102, known in the art. Insert 102 permits fluid overflow as shown by the arrows in the figure. Placed inside insert 102 is a bag 110 containing copolymer bodies of the sort shown in FIG. 5 and described below, or alternatively smaller pieces of the same copolymer material, from pea size to gravel size (as shown in FIG. 4). In the alternative form, the smaller pieces can be formed by cutting or pulling apart copolymer bodies formed as described below or independently.
The embodiment of FIG. 4 adapts the invention for use in storm drains that include inserts like 102.
Copolymer Bodies
FIG. 5 shows an example of a suitably formed copolymer body 300, for use inside sack 10.
The principal ingredient of bodies 300 is a copolymeric material that is known to sorb oil but not water. Preferably, the material is compliant or flexible.
Particularly suitable types of copolymers fall within the class of thermoplastic elastomers, such as styrene-butadiene-styrene ("SBS"), which is a styrenic block copolymer. Styrenic block copolymers were developed for applications that require impact resistance, and this is still their primary use. SBS is highly sorbent, non-toxic, and remains coherent after it is oil saturated. An alternative styrenic block copolymer is styrene-isoprene-styrene ("SIS").
In a preferred embodiment formed in accordance with the preferred process described below, SBS material formed into granules is mixed with granulated binder material. In that embodiment, granular porous SBS with about 30% styrene has been found suitable, when sifted to retain particles in the range of sizes between 4 and 24 mesh. Preferably, the SBS product is manufactured without talc, contrary to the standard manufacturing process, to enhance inter-granular bonding in the formed body.
The binder material is a compliant or flexible, hydrophobic, olefinic polymer material in a granular form and having a melting point lower than that of the oil-absorbent copolymer. Polyolefin thermoplastic elastomers, such as ethylene propylene ("EP") rubber or ethylene propylene diene monomer ("EPDM") have been found suitable. The binder prevents formed bodies 300 from crumbling while being handled in dry form, yet also absorbs a certain quantity of oil. In a preferred embodiment, EPDM granules sifted to retain particles between 12 and 24 mesh have been found suitable.
About 70-90% by weight of the material of bodies 300 consists of SBS and the remainder of EPDM binder. As explained below, the SBS and EPDM granules are mixed and formed into bodies 300 in a way that results in SBS granules in an EPDM matrix.
Because of the desire, as noted above, to allow the copolymer material to remain in a flat layer, it is desirable to create a relatively large body 300, so that the material does not pile on top of itself. An additional advantage is that a relatively large body 300 is less likely to accidentally fall out of the bag. However, large bodies result in a greater distance between outer surface 310 and center surface 320, which is disadvantageous because oil would require a much longer time of exposure to soak into the center. Because in real oil spills, a particular quantity of oil may encounter body 300 only sporadically, in a large body, the center material largely remains unused.
A preferred embodiment that solves this dilemma uses a generally tube shape for bodies 300. For example, a cylinder with an outer diameter from about two to five centimeters has an hole about one to two centimeters in diameter along the longitudinal axis, resulting in a body 300 that has all of its material less than about a centimeter or two from the nearest surface.
The relatively large inner hole allows water and oil to pass through and between the bodies 300 easily, thereby improving the chances of oil encountering a copolymer surface. Also, removal of material from the center of body 300 reduces the amount of material in each body, without significantly reducing the quantity of oil absorbed, which further improves the quantity of oil entrapped per unit quantity of copolymer.
Multiple holes parallel to the cylinder's axis can be used in addition to the axial hole or instead of it. For example, in one arrangement (not shown) three holes are arranged on radial planes separated by 120� C. angles, the holes being equidistant from the axis of the cylinder. This arrangement permits enhanced flow-through of oil even if the oil layer does not intersect the cylinder along the axis, for example if some of the bodies 300 are partly submerged.
Bodies 300 should be formed with a length exceeding the outer diameter of the cylinder. This restriction is important, because it ensures that bodies 300 will float on the water with the axial hole parallel to the surface of the water, permitting better pass-through of oil. When afloat in oily water, bodies 300 tend to physically block pockets of oil from flowing to other bodies 300 outside those pockets. The inclusion of axial holes, and their orientation parallel to the surface of the water, counteracts this tendency. In addition, in some circumstances, the preferred hole orientation permits more oil to remain inside the axial passageway, permitting more time to complete the absorption process.
Bodies 300 can be supplemented with different-shaped bodies in sacks 10. Using such a mixture of bodies 300 is advantageous over the use of a uniform type of body, because regular-shaped bodies can become arranged in a more fitted-together fashion, reducing the quantity of interstitial space, which thereby lowers the encounter rate.
The generally cylindrical exterior 310 of bodies 300 is preferred, as it reduces the area of contact between adjacent bodies 300. The pressure from many bodies 300 in sack 10 and the softness of the constituent materials tends to meld bodies 300 together, with the consequential tendency to lower the encounter rate. A reduced contact area counters this undesired effect.
Another undesired effect is called "matting" or "gel blocking," in which the first quantity of absorbed oil combines with an outer layer of grains in body 300 to form a barrier, preventing unabsorbed oil from continuing into the part to reach inner layers of grains and be absorbed thereby.
To increase the surface area of the bodies 300, consequently permitting faster oil absorption and less gel blocking, without increasing the distance from surface to center, it is desirable to have inner and outer surfaces 310 and 320 roughened somewhat. The same is true of end surfaces 350 and 360. The preferred process of formation discussed below promotes this goal. Alternatively, cutting or stamping bodies 300 from sheets of molded material has been found to roughen surfaces 310, 320, while first cutting the sheets from blocks roughens surfaces 350,360. Also, the sheets or parts can be molded in a rough-sided dimple mold.
Also to reduce gel blocking, bodies 300 preferably have numerous fissures 370 extending into bodies 300 from some or all exterior surfaces and passing between the grains of SBS. Again, the preferred formation process discussed below promotes this goal.
In one example, a body 300 measuring about 4 cm. across and about 7 cm. long, with a 1 cm. diameter axial hole, was found suitable. That body 300 was formed of 78% SBS and 22% EPDM and had a bulk density of about 0.6 g/cc and weighed about 35 grams. The bodies can absorb up to 10 times their weight in oil.
The bulk density of the resulting body is controlled, also to reduce gel blocking. With the preferred bulk density, the SBS granules in bodies 300 are also less likely to clump to each other when soaked with oil, which also improves sorbency. Similarly, the SBS grain sizes identified above are selected to avoid gel blocking from either overly large chunks or agglomerated small-diameter, powdery particles.
With the preferred materials discussed above, bulk density greater than 0.75 g/cc tend to prevent the oil from entering the bodies, while bulk density smaller than 0.35 g/cc cause the bodies to fragment, either when dry or after absorbing oil. For example, copolymer bodies with a bulk density in the preferred range have enough inter-granular voids to permit oil to penetrate substantially throughout the thickness of bodies 300 without causing them to fall apart.
Forming the Copolymer Bodies
One method of forming bodies 300 applies a modified extrusion process. SBS and EPDM granules are placed in the hopper of an extruder of conventional design, for example, a two-inch Bonnot lab extruder with a hot-water external barrel heater. The extruder heats the granular material to a temperature not exceeding 120� F., far below normal extrusion temperatures for plastic products, and preferably about 105� F.
In the barrel of the extruder, the EPDM quickly become plasticized, as a result of heat, pressure, and mechanical agitation by the screw and barrel in combination. The extruder's screw mixes the plasticized EPDM and the unmelted SBS, forming a matrix of EPDM surrounding SBS granules. Because the SBS is not melted, some air bubbles remain in the mixture. The softening process occurs quite rapidly in the extruder, permitting very short dwell times (such as less than one minute), which permits rapid manufacturing.
The partially plasticized composite material is pressed through a circular die with a central rod or mandrel, at a flow rate of about 6 g/sec. To form the cylindrical structure with the axial hole shown in FIG. 5. In one example, a 10 cm. long die was used.
Upon passing through the die, the SBS granules, which have been compressed somewhat by being forced through the die, re-expand, "fluffing" the extruded material while it cools and hardens. The expansion is further assisted by air remaining in the mixture. The extruded material is cut into suitable lengths to form the final bodies 300.
When cooled and resolidified outside the extruder, the EPDM matrix 390 (see FIG. 6) forms a durable but permeable structure for the SBS granules 380 and provides mechanical integrity to the resulting bodies 300. Thus, bodies 300 formed in accordance with the preferred method do not break or crack absent extreme elastic deformation, despite the presence of fissures 370. Also, fragments of such bodies do not detach easily from bodies 300 in the form of flakes, crumbles, or dust, even with rough handling.
The fluffing effect (typically undesired in extrusion processes) is beneficial because it forms inter-granular fissures 370 in the EPDM matrix, throughout the structure. However, the fissuring is not so great as to cause loss of structural integrity. As noted above, fissures are preferred to facilitate rapid passage of oil into bodies 300 and to reduce the incidence of gel blocking, permitting continued absorption.
Although the invention has been described with reference to specific embodiments, many modifications and variations of such embodiments can be made without departing from the innovative concepts disclosed. Thus, it is understood by those skilled in the art that alternative forms and embodiments of the invention can be devised without departing from its spirit and scope.
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In "The Two State Solution Illusion," the Vancouver Sun National Post has a devastating report on a meeting earlier this week with Khaled Abu Toameh, the Arab West Bank and Gaza correspondent for the Jerusalem Post, held while Ottawa's political leaders were meeting at the same time with Mahmoud Abbas:
[W]hile the Conservatives condemned Israel's settlements as an obstacle to a peaceful "two-state solution", with Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff and Abbas also mouthing support for the same vision for Israel and the Palestinians, Toameh couldn't help but chuckle. "I laugh when they talk about a two-state solution," he said. "It's unreal. It's not going to work. But we all have to say we support it, maybe because that's what [U.S. President Barack] Obama wants."
. . . [Toameh] dismisses [the idea of a two-state solution] because, as those living in the territories well know, the Palestinians cannot even co-exist with themselves, let alone with Israel. Since Yassir Arafat died-"the only good thing he ever did," Toameh says-life for the average Palestinian has gone from miserable to worse; the territories descended into low-intensity civil war, with 2,000 Palestinians killed in the last three years amidst the political and revenge-motivated attacks of Hamas on Fatah and Fatah on Hamas, as well as the marginal mayhem of terrorist groups such as the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine, Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades and the Popular Resistance Committees. For the first time, more Palestinians are killed from internecine violence than in conflicts with Israel.
Toameh thinks neither Fatah nor Hamas actually govern in their respective areas, and that both have proven themselves incapable of doing so:
Neither [Fatah or Hamas] party enjoys credibility or actually governs in any real sense the anarchic territories, where unemployment exceeds 60%-though Hamas is at least closer to legitimacy, enjoying far more popular support than Abbas does (Palestinians see Western support for Fatah as Zionist meddling, he says, driving them further into the arms of Hamas and other jihadists). "Abbas doesn't even have power in downtown Ramallah, where he works and lives," he says.
. . . Far from demonstrating a capability to create a functioning, responsible civil society, he says, Palestinians have only proven their willingness to tolerate chaos, mob-rule and terror. They watched as, instead of building hospitals and schools and infrastructure with the billions sent to Ramallah and Gaza, Arafat lined his own pockets, Fatah fattened its cronies, and Hamas purchased weapons. . . .
. . . Palestinians have opted to make for themselves a new Afghanistan, a savage playground of corrupt warlords and Islamist fanatics. The world already has enough states like that. And any so-called solution that proposes to create another is no solution at all.
Somehow, I don't think freezing all settlement activity is going to solve this problem, nor will any grand new plan.

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Agritourism is a growing industry in Indiana as more rural communities establish U-pick farms, scenic byway tours and wineries. Other examples are agriculture festivals, roadside markets and camping and hiking destinations.
The Indiana Rural Recreation Development Project (InRRDP) was developed in 2005 by Nathan Schaumleffel, assistant professor of recreation and sport management at ISU, as a way for rural communities to combat population decreases through the economic impact of agritourism.
"Well-developed agritourism systems in rural areas have the potential to reverse negative economic trends by bringing in visitors and creating new jobs and local business ventures for rural residents," Schaumleffel and ISU graduate Melissa Ramsey wrote in an article in the fall 2006 issue of Indiana Business Review.
Schaumleffel says rural communities must work together to attract tourists. He says touring rural areas can offer many benefits to the individual , as well as the community itself.
The InRRDP first worked with the town of Rockville, helping the town conduct a Recreation and Leisure Needs Assessment for Teens. After months of research and field work, the assessment found area teens wanted more recreational sport opportunities outside of competitive high school sports and the town responded by purchasing and installing a soccer field.
Schaumleffel says the InRRDP is currently working with Clay City to develop a master plan for parks and recreation.
Schaumleffel is also hosting on November 30 a free rural recreational development training workshop for park and town board members, non-profit and faith-based leaders and extension agents from communities of 7,000 residents or less.
Topics to be covered include sustainable community recreation development, Indiana state laws for parks and recreation, master planning, playground safety and funding opportunities.
Other speakers include: Brian Blackford of the Indiana Office of Tourism Development, Bob Bronson of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Kathleen Welssenberger of the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs and Greg Delp of the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Rural Development.
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I got the new touch panel from Armen (thanks), it installed fine and solved my problem, but now I am curious, (possibly dumb question coming up) , do I need to remove the plastic sheeting from both sides of this panel or just the back, is the touch panel actually the plastic? cause I put it on with the plastic sheet still on the front and it seems a bit dull.
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EVANSVILLE - Ace Purple, the top-hat wearing, cane-carrying symbol of University of Evansville sports teams, has changed very little since the late 1970s.
Now that UE's basketball teams are moving next season to the new Downtown arena, university officials say it's time for a mascot makeover.
An online survey is allowing UE students, faculty, alumni and friends to give their thoughts about Ace Purple's future look, said Lucy Himstedt, director of University Relations.
Ace Purple's history begins in the late 1960s. The image of a cigar-smoking, turn-of-the-century riverboat gambler was created by Evansville Press cartoonist Larry Hill.
Ace Purple at the time brandished a club with a spike on one end and carried a gun, and his facial features included a sneer.
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I've been using FreeMind for about two years. Here's a good post from a while back, which lays out the main points of why it's so great.
Effective brainstorming is the art of recording disjointed data (human thoughts) in such a way that they may then be grouped, sorted and prioritised. FreeMind's tree-like structure encourages the user to start with the big stuff and whittle down to the details – but by the time you're adding details, they're falling into groups: making them much easier to manage.
FreeMind has also proved useful when managing other kinds of clumsy data. At work, for example, I look after multiple sites, each with multiple internet connections. The complexity of this model is quite overwhelming at first, even with a relatively small number of connections – each DSL line runs over a phone line, and the providers of both may be (and usually are) different from each other and have different billing cycles. I document all the lines, accounts, providers, technical data etc. in a FreeMind map, then, when a bill comes in, I can look at one document and work out what I'm paying for and where in seconds. Reporting faults is just as easy.
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8. Dizziness or Lightheaded-ness. Feeling faint and shaky is one of the common effects of heart attack in women. You may even wonder if you're coming down with a virus, as the feeling can be similar to the sensation that often gets you to say "I think I need to lie down for awhile," when you have the flu.
9. Memory Loss and Inability to Concentrate. "What was I doing?" The woman in the video asks, stopping in the middle of the kitchen and looking around vaguely. Memory slips, fuzzy thinking, an inability to concentrate, and a feeling of spaciness can all leave you wondering if you're experiencing the onset of midlife memory and cognitive issues.
10. Pressure in the Chest. This last symptom is the most similar to a man's traditional heart attack, except the feeling in the chest is often described as pain and that's not how women experience it. Women are more likely to feel like a heavy weight is pressing down on them, or as if they can't breathe because something's compressing the lungs.
The other point this video makes with pointed humor is women's tendency to ignore their own needs – even when they're fairly dire – while trying to be "perfect" in others' eyes, often to a level of absurdity. The final ironic image in the AHA video is the woman, when told the ambulance will be there in two minutes, looking around in a panic at the trashed house and saying, "how about ten?"
The AHA is getting a lot of traction for this video — women are sharing it in droves — because it taps into an issue that's all too real: how we exhaust ourselves caring for others, yet take our own health for granted. We laugh as the woman in the video waves her husband off to work saying "I'm fine" because we can relate — we know what it feels like not to be able to ask for help even when it's desperately needed. The sad reality is that this is one of the key reasons heart attacks in women go dangerously unrecognized and under-treated. And it's not just women — these surprising signs of an unhealthy heart are missed in men and women alike.
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Police are appealing for witnesses after a crash yesterday afternoon between Box and Batheaston which left a motorcyclist with serious injuries.
Wiltshire Police were called to the two-vehicle collision on the A4 Bath Road at the junction with Shockerwick Lane just before 4pm.
The crash involved a blue Ford Transit van and a black Yamaha motorcycle, both of which were travelling south towards Batheaston.
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The national competition is open to teams of 2 to 3 students from any part of the island of Ireland. Students from Northern Ireland must be aged between 15 and 18. Students from the South must be in transition year, 5th year or 6th year. Teachers register the teams.
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- The winning national posters will be announced on June 1st, 2012.
- Winners (1st place) of the national competition will be awarded the CSO John Hooper medal for statistical analysis. In addition the following prize money will be awarded:
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Publisher: Second Wind Publishing LLC
Keywords: one, deaths
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Who has stolen Bob Stark's identity? Why is he being pursued by the henchmen of a shadowy multinational corporation? What does it have to do with his old friends from his brutal days of service in Vietnam?
Author: Bertram Katzung
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Medical
Keywords: basic, science, lange, pharmacology, clinical
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Published: 2006-12-05
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The current science of pharmacology -- and its clinical applications -- at your fingertips A Doody's Core Title ESSENTIAL PURCHASE! 4 STAR DOODY'S REVIEW! "This remains the gold standard of useable texts for teaching pharmacology to medical students. In my opinion, this is the best edition.... continue to use this book as a required resource for all courses that I teach to medical and allied health professions students....I also use this as the major resource for an elective offering in Advanced Pharmacology for third and fourth year medical students. This book continues to be the
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Keywords: toast, beef, chipped
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Published: 2003-05-20
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Chipped Beef on Toast is a collection of mostly humorous stories about life in the military. While some are based on the author's adventures, most are the result of interviews with veterans. This is a work of fiction. Veterans will, however, recognize as real or possible the many crazy things that can happen. The story of Stone Bear is different. While it may offend many Japanese, it deals with issues that need to be remembered.
From Within the Frame: Storytelling in African-American Studies (Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory)
Author: Bertram D. Ashe
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: criticism, cultural, theory, literary, studies, storytelling, african, american, frame
Number of Pages: 144
Published: 2002-06-14
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The book explores the written representation of African-American oral storytelling from Charles Chesnutt, Zora Neale Hurston and Ralph Ellison to James Alan McPherson, Toni Cade Bambara and John Edgar Wideman. At its core, the book compares the relationship of the "frame tale"-an inside-the-text storyteller telling a tale to an inside-the-text listener-with the relationship between the outside-the-text writer and reader. The progression is from Chesnutt's 1899 frame texts, in which the black spoken voice is contained by a white narrator/listener, to Bambara's sixties-era example
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: recording, magnetic, theory
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Published: 1994-04-29
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Published: 2000-09-04
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Published: 2005-03-01
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For centuries scholars have debated the true identity of the author of the magnificent body of poems and plays attributed to William Shakespeare, the actor and co-owner of a successful theater company who hailed from Stratford-upon-Avon. And yet many credible voices -- Mark Twain, Sigmund Freud, and Walt Whitman, to name a few -- have challenged conventional wisdom, proposing alternative candidates from rival playwrights Ben Jonson and Christopher Marlowe to Queen Elizabeth herself, in what has become a centuries-old parlor game. In this provocative and convincing new book, historian and at


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Let the Bon Temps roll.
Entertainment Weekly reports that married True Blood co-stars Anna Paquin (Sookie) and Stephen Moyer (Bill) are are expecting their first child, due this fall.
Stephen already has two children from previous relationships, and this will be the first for Anna, who tied the knot with her handsome British hubby in August 2010.
As if that's not enough to be excited about, the fifth season of our favorite supernatural series hits HBO on June 10.
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Edward, Elmhurst Memorial recognized for quality in cardiac carePosted by Edward Hospital, Community ContributorJuly 15, 2013
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois has recognized Edward Hospital and Elmhurst Memorial Hospital as among the first hospitals in the nation to receive a Blue Distinction Center+ Cardiac Care designation as part of the Blue Distinction Centers for Specialty Care program.
Edward Hospital & Health Services and Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare recently merged to create one of the larger integrated health systems in Illinois.
"We are proud to be recognized by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois for meeting the rigorous cardiac care selection criteria set by the Blue Distinction Centers for Specialty Care program," said Pamela Dunley, Chief Operating Officer/Chief Nursing Officer, Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare. "Although our door-to-balloon times are far better than the national average and our patient safety and quality scores are outstanding, our award winning cardiology services will continue to find new ways to improve in order to provide only the highest level of quality care to all our patients."
To receive a Blue Distinction Center+ for Cardiac Care designation, a hospital must demonstrate success in meeting general quality and safety criteria (such as preventing hospital-acquired infections) and cardiac-specific quality measures (related to lower rates of complications and death following cardiac surgery; and non-surgical procedures, such as cardiac stent placement) and, additionally, must show better cost efficiency relative to their peers. Only those facilities that first meet Blue Distinction's nationally established, objective quality measures are considered for designation as a Blue Distinction Center+.
The health system created by the merger of Edward and Elmhurst Memorial provides comprehensive healthcare to 1.7 million residents in the west and southwest suburbs of Chicago – it includes three hospitals, 50 locations, 7,700 employees, 1,700 staff physicians and 1,700 volunteers.
Elmhurst Memorial Hospital, founded in 1926, opened a new, 866,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art acute care hospital in 2011, with 259 private patient rooms, a modern emergency department and technologically advanced surgical suites.
Edward Hospital in Naperville, established in 1907, has 309 private patient rooms and offers advanced cardiac care at Edward Heart Hospital, the most up-to-date cancer diagnosis and treatment at Edward Cancer Center and world class stroke care through the Edward Neurosciences Institute.
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Bitcoin true believers really do hope, even perhaps intend, that their new currency subverts and supplants a state-based system they believe to be non-consensual and coercive. In the end, however, the state's role will be vindicated.
Every so often in American politics a party nominates an insurgent, not because of his/her experience, but simply because their message strikes a resonate chord with the most active faction of the party at that time.
Between 1960 and 2008, 50 U.S. Senators sought the Presidency and lost. U.S. Senator Barack Obama broke the nearly half-century "Senate Curse" in 2008 by wining the Presidency.
The big question for Democrats is this: What kind of deal is worse than the sequester, which Paul Ryan has said is the Republicans' fallback position. In other words, what would make Democrats throw up their hands and say: "You want it? You got it." -- and mean it?
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), who is embroiled in controversies about plagiarism, could learn from Obama instead of making lame and silly excuses that are being brilliantly dissected by Rachel Maddow of MSNBC and others.
If you're a true libertarian, own it. But be prepared to be questioned vigorously about the role government has played in your life and your successes, and be prepared to defend decreased literacy and increased poverty, increased labor abuses and a vanishing social safety net.
In two weeks, Tea Party leaders in Congress will pull back from the brink... or not. But what if the very plan is to go over the edge?
It's time to bring all the troops home, secure our borders like Fort Knox and reduce our foreign policy to negotiation, trade embargoes and other fiscal restrictions.
We need to have policies that help all students to succeed, and not just the few. Ayn Rand and her philosophical followers would have us be concerned only about future "strivers." Our better nature, most religions, and our country's core beliefs call for us to help all.
Former Congressman Paul responded to MSNBC correspondent Wagner's challenge by flatly refusing to reconsider his planned appearance at the Fatima Center conference and by accusing Wagner of "Catholic bashing."
This family drama suggests that things are are not getting "better" for the GOP, the way activists promise LGBT teens it will get better for them. In fact, the new generation of the Cheney family suggests the GOP is evolving into something scarier.
To continue the discussion about the future of news from my recent column "Citizen Bezos": Al Jazeera America is now on air with promises to offer in-...
It has become conventional thinking that bipartisanship is moribund in American politics. Recent elections of Tea Party Republicans have cemented this mindset. Ironically, the increasing partisan polarity may actually have the unintended result of effectuating a new bipartisanship.
Maybe "doomed" is a little overstated, but he's certainly facing an uphill battle that his campaign hasn't seen since he first ran 30 years ago. Here are four reasons the minority leader may soon be saying farewell to the upper chamber.
Generally speaking, there's nothing wrong with agreeing with someone who is otherwise loathsome. But what's too often overlooked with Rand Paul is that which specifically informs his so-called civil libertarian views.
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NUMBER OF HOMELESS FAMILIES CLIMBING DUE TO RECESSION: Recovery Package Should Include New Housing Vouchers and Other Measures to Prevent Homelessness
by Barbara Sard
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New data indicate that the number of homeless families with children has climbed in recent months and continues to mount. Although the recovery package that Congress will consider in coming weeks is expected to include measures to restore several million jobs, an unusually large number of people are still likely to fall into severe poverty and to be at risk of homelessness, due to the depth of the recession. As a result, it is important that the package include funding for effective homelessness prevention strategies. Such measures could be included for a cost equal to just one-half of one percent of the cost of the overall package.
Goldman Sachs projects that the unemployment rate will rise to 9 percent by the fourth quarter of 2009 and continue rising into 2010. If unemployment reaches 9 percent and the increase in poverty, relative to the increase in the unemployment rate, is within the range that occurred in the last three recessions, the number of poor Americans will rise by 7.5 – 10.3 million. Moreover, the number of people in "deep poverty"–with incomes below half of the poverty line–will rise by an estimated 4.5–6.3 million if unemployment reaches 9 percent. This would represent an increase of about 900,000–1.1 million families with children that fall into deep poverty and thus are at risk of housing instability and homelessness.[1]


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Representative Anthony Weiner Admits He Sent The Lewd Twitter Pic
So the world is happy today as we brought another great politician to his knees over something as insignificant as his sex life. Honestly how ridiculous is it that we, a country of porn addicted, medical marijuana smoking, naked picture sending people. Holds in such high regard the sexual preferences of our leaders? Let me be the first to say that I don't care what Rep. Weiner did, cause he is a great congress member and that's all he should be judged on. I find this to be a side-show and completely unimportant to the current national debate. Furthermore I also want to say that the endless digging into politicians private lives is one of the worst things about American politics. This is a democracy which means it's for the people, by the people. And guess whats interesting about people? They make mistakes, they cheat on their wives, they do stupid things, and occasional they send naked pictures of themselves to one another. This does not make them bad people or unfit to lead us, it just makes them people. Which lets face it, is not a bad quality to have when your job is representing other people.
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The Hazard Lady Bulldogs hit the road last week to take on the Whitley County Lady Colonels. The Lady Bulldogs fell behind early, but put together a strong rally to pull out the win.
Hazard opened the game with a pair of runs, but turned three runs over to Whitley County in the bottom of the frame.
The Lady Bulldogs tied the game in the second inning, and once again gave up the lead in the bottom of the inning (4-3). Hazard exploded for four runs in the third inning, and this time held strong in the bottom of the inning. Neither team would score down the stretch, giving the Lady Bulldogs the 7-4 road win.
Hazard stats: Lyndsey Jones 1 run and 1 hit, Maddison Niece 1 run, 3 hits and 1 RBI, Elizabeth Ratliff 1 run and 2 hits, Kelsie Handshoe 1 run, 2 hits and 2 RBI, Tori Wells 1 run, 2 hits and 1 RBI, Aaliyah Stupart 1 hit, Makenzie Herald 1 run and 1 hit, Jordan Fugate 1 run. Chandler Maggard got the win recording 7 strikeouts.


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JOHNSONBURG – Visibility issues are being addressed in Johnsonburg as the top 10 inches of the retaining wall running parallel to state Route 219 at the Main Street intersection will be leveled off.
During the month of November, the VFW Post 5887 in Ridgway has made over $50,000 in donations to countless area organizations. The club typically picks a few organizations to contribute to over a three month period, but found themselves with more funds than usual for the month and took the opportunity to go above and beyond for the Holiday season.
JOHNSONBURG – Some of the players were different Tuesday night but the result was still the same for the Johnsonburg Rams.
Fueled by two 24-point performances from seniors Cameron Grumley and Cole Peterson, the Rams registered their 10th straight win over visiting Elk County Catholic, 63-58.
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This is a great question, I'd like to ask what is your goal in playing edrums.. Mine is simple, I want drums to sound great in any room, concert hall etc. .I want control over the volume in small rooms, I don't want to have to mic every drum ( I only use real cymbals). There are lots of choices, I've been playing all kinds of edrums for over twenty years, and have spent and wasted thousands and thousands of dollars...If you are looking for a real looking set cause they are the only choice in my mind are Space Muffins by Boom Theory. If you play in Jazz or use your snare for more than just playing on two and four, but need the nuances, need to play brushes, no snare on the market edrums I'm talking about here will give you the sound and playability you need.. Here is a solution presented to me by Al of Boom Theory...He is building me a set of Space Muffins and to go along with the kit is an acoustic snare. I play jazz, there just isn't an edrum snare including space muffin snare that will allow you to play brushes. Roland lied about this, and I like Roland stuff, but as yet the perfect module and edrum snare does not exist, if it does I'd love to know.
There is nothing I've ever used that tracks like Space Muffins, they are gorgeous drums but they're edrums..The module you pick is a huge deal, don't skimp, yu won't be happy if you do..The DDrum 4SE by Clavia is the only module I've used including top end Rolands that track perfectly, but you gotta have the right edrums, my pick Boom Theory. The sounds in the DDrum 4SE especially in the Mega kits are stunning. Just some of my thoughts, trying to save those of you who are new to edrums a lot of money. Everyone has their favorite stuff, because I've played everything out there my choice after 40 years of drumming is Boom Theory drums and the DDrum 4SE module..Hope this helps..Steve Amatucci
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Call for unity over Neath Port Talbot Council's budget
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A CALL for unity has been made as Neath Port Talbot Council prepares to usher in multi-million pound spending cuts and higher council tax bills.
Cabinet members yesterday agreed to recommend the authority's budget for the 2013-14 financial year, ready for the full council to consider today.
Assuming it's approved, council tax bills will go up by 3.87 per cent, while the main departments including social services and education will between them have to cut spending by £7 million.
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Speaking at yesterday's cabinet scrutiny committee meeting, council leader Ali Thomas said: "In every department there are some difficult decisions to be made."
Mr Thomas said directors were having discussions with senior managers about sustaining services, but at the same asking them to make cuts.
"It isn't an easy job for any of us," he said. "We all feel this pain and I'm sure in due course we will resolve everything, but it takes time. Nothing is fixed overnight."
Mr Thomas added: "Difficult times call for unity. In unity we have strength. We need to stick together and we need to be constructive.
"The UK's present financial state is serious. It's a very sick financial environment and, along with everybody else, we have a responsibility to nurse it back to health."
Several councillors also had a swipe at the Coalition Government over its spending cuts and welfare reforms.
Councillor John Warman said these had created a climate of austerity and uncertainty.
"What we are trying to do is fight back for the people of Neath Port Talbot," he added. "I don't think there should be any criticism of this authority for fighting its corner."


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So I waited until the finale of "Battlestar Galactica" to write my last two picks, and "ST:TNG" loses its top spot because Galactica's finale just worked so well. (That said, the proximity of the show's ending may be weighing on my choice, but there can always be a revised list in the future.) Anyway, "Next […] [Read More]
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As promised, I'm going to list my five favorite sci-fi TV shows to mark the upcoming end to "Battlestar Galactica." After much thought, I decided to make "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" my fifth spot. Boldly going where no Star Trek series had gone before, "DS9″ tackled season-long storylines while exploring such themes as ramifications […] [Read More]


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On March 16, Barack Obama issued another Executive Order – one of many giving him increasingly more power and diminishing the power/authority of Congress. With this latest order, he empowers himself with the authority to declare martial law and seize American resources and manpower in a sweeping power grab that should disturb every American. This is more evidence of the Obama administration's attempt to destroy our Constitution.
With his quietly announced "National Defense Resources Preparedness" Executive Order (EO), Obama places himself and certain government bureaucrats above the law. It grants the power "to commandeer all U.S. domestic resources, including food and water, as well as seize all energy also forcibly draft U.S. citizens into the military and force U.S. citizens to fulfill "labor requirements" for the purposes of "national defense." There is no Congressional oversight allowed, only briefings.
On May 1, President Obama signed another Executive Order "Promoting International Regulatory Cooperation" which inches the U.S. toward World Governance (his ultimate goal). This order opens the door for the United States to give up economical and environmental sovereignty through the promotion of a single international regulatory system.
This should cause every reader to shudder with fear and disgust. Our Constitutional rights and beautiful country are systematically being destroyed. Obama's plans for gun control/seizure and huge tax increases are being kept relatively quiet until after the election. Remember his campaign promise of "no tax increases on anybody making less than $250,000 per year? He lied!
If he is re-elected, huge tax increases on everyone are coming in 2013; all carefully designed to be effective after the election. Three examples of many: one percent tax on most bank transactions (think about it and add it up, it's huge); 2.3 percent on every real estate sale; and a Medicare increase from $96.80 to $247 in 2014.
Make certain you vote in November to change the direction of our country.
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