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Plant used for/Demulcent
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- Demulcent
- Soothes, lubricates and softens irritated tissues, especially the mucous membranes.
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Here is EcoReality's seed inventory for plants that are used as Demulcent:
|common name
|latin name
|days to germ
|days to maturity
|Symphytum officinale (dg fo pf wp)
|Seed: sow spring or autumn in a cold frame. When they are large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and grow them on in the greenhouse for their first winter. Plant them out into their permanent positions in late spring or early summer, after the last expected frosts. If you have sufficient seed you can try an outdoor sowing in situ in the spring.
Division: succeeds at almost any time of the year. Simply use a spade to chop off the top 7cm of root just below the soil level. The original root will regrow and you will have a number of root tops, each of which will make a new plant. These can either be potted up or planted out straight into their permanent positions.Tolerates most soils and situations but prefers a moist soil and some shade. Grows well in heavy clay soils. Best grown in an open sunny site in a deep rich soil if it is being grown for compost material. Plants can be invasive, often spreading freely by means of self-sown seed. The root system is very deep and difficult to eradicate, even small fragments of root left in the soil can produce new plants.
|Damp, often shady localities, in meadows, woods etc, especially near streams and rivers.
|partial shade
|Comfrey is a commonly used herbal medicine with a long and proven history in the treatment of various complaints. The root and the leaves are used, the root being more active, and they can be taken internally or used externally as a poultice. Comfrey is especially useful in the external treatment of cuts, bruises, sprains, sores, eczema, varicose veins, broken bones etc, internally it is used in the treatment of a wide range of pulmonary complaints, internal bleeding etc.
The plant contains a substance called 'allantoin', a cell proliferant that speeds up the healing process. This substance is now synthesized in the pharmaceutical industry and used in healing creams.
Some caution is advised, however, especially in the internal use of the herb. External applications and internally taken teas or tinctures of the leaves are considered to be completely safe, but internal applications of tablets or capsules are felt to have too many drawbacks for safe usage.
The leaves are harvested in early summer before the plant flowers, the roots are harvested in the autumn. Both are dried for later use.
A homeopathic remedy is made from the fresh root, harvested before the plant flowers. This has a very limited range of application, but is of great benefit in the treatment of broken bones and eye injuries.
Edible: young leaves, cooked or raw. The leaf is hairy and the texture is mucilaginous. It may be full of minerals but it is not pleasant eating for most tastes. It can be chopped up finely and added to salads, in this way the hairiness is not so obvious. Young shoots can be used as an asparagus substitute, as are blanched stalks. Older leaves can be dried and used as a tea. The peeled roots are cut up and added to soups. A tea is made from the dried leaves and roots. The roasted roots are used with dandelion and chicory roots for making coffee.
|Anodyne, Astringent, Beverage, Compost, Demulcent, Emollient, Expectorant, Haemostatic, Homeopathy, Refrigerant, Vulnerary
|Mache, Jade; Corn Salad; Good King Henry; Jade
|Valerianella locusta (dg fo pf wp)
|2012-03-28 00:00:00
|120 each seeds in
|Sow in fall, midwinter, or spring—in successions. Mache is truly the tenderest of greens.
|180 each
|Annual or overwintering annual, native to Europe. 50 days to maturity. "Jade" is a select cultivar with elongated, tender leaves. Gently demulcent and tasty salad green is considered to be one of the tonic herbs of spring, providing chlorophyll at times when edible greens can be scarce.
|Demulcent, Food
|Wild Hollyhock
|Alcea rosea (dg fo pf wp)
|Seed: sow April/May or August/September in pots or in situ. Easily grown from seed, which usually germinates in about 2 - 3 weeks at 20°c. When large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and plant them out in the summer.
Division after flowering. Only use rust-free specimens.
Root cuttings in December.
Basal cuttings at almost any time of year.
Succeeds in most soils. Poor soils should be enriched with organic matter. Prefers a heavy rich soil and a sheltered sunny position. Plants are hardy to about -15°c.A very ornamental plant, it is usually grown as a biennial due to its susceptibility to the fungal disease 'rust'. There are many named varieties. Young plants, and also the young growth in spring, are very attractive to slugs.
|sun or partial shade
|0 each
|The flowers are demulcent, diuretic and emollient. They are useful in the treatment of chest complaints, and a decoction is used to improve blood circulation, for the treatment of constipation, dysmenorrhoea, haemorrhage etc.
The flowers are harvested when they are open and are dried for later use. The shoots are used to ease a difficult labour. The root is astringent and demulcent. It is crushed and applied as a poultice to ulcers. Internally, it is used in the treatment of dysentery. The roots and the flowers are used in Tibetan medicine, where they are said to have a sweet, acrid taste and a neutral potency. They are used in the treatment of inflammations of the kidneys/womb, vaginal/seminal discharge, and the roots on their own are used to treat loss of appetite.
The seed is demulcent, diuretic and febrifuge.
Edible: young leaves, raw or cooked. A mild flavour, but the texture leaves something to be desired. They have been used as a pot-herb, though they are not particularly palatable. They can also be chopped up finely and added to salads.
Inner portion of young stems, raw. Flower petals and flower buds, raw. Added to salads.
A nutritious starch is obtained from the root.
A refreshing tea is made from the flower petals.
A fibre obtained from the stems is used in papermaking. The fibres are about 1.9mm long. The stems are harvested in late summer, the leaves are removed and the stems are steamed until the fibres can be removed. The fibres are cooked with lye for 2 hours and then ball milled for 3 hours or pounded with mallets. The paper is light tan in colour.
The flowers are an alternative ingredient of 'Quick Return' herbal compost activator. This is a dried and powdered mixture of several herbs that can be added to a compost heap in order to speed up bacterial activity and thus shorten the time needed to make the compost.
The seed contains 12% of a drying oil.
The red anthocyanin constituent of the flowers is used as a litmus.A brown dye is obtained from the petals.
|Antiinflammatory, Astringent, Beverage, Compost, Demulcent, Diuretic, Dye, Emollient, Febrifuge, Fibre, Litmus, Oil, Ornamental
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This one is pretty slick since they provide YOU with all the information, except the one piece they want. Note, the callers do not ask for your card number; they already have it. Here is how the scam works:Person calling says - "This is (name), and I'm calling from the Security and Fraud Department at VISA. My badge number is 12460. Your card has been flagged for an unusual purchase pattern, and I'm calling to verify. This would be on your VISA card which was issued by (name of bank). Did you purchase an Anti-Telemarketing Device for $497.99 from a marketing company based in Arizona?"When you say "No", the caller continues with "Then we will be issuing a credit to your account. This is a company we have been watching and the charges range from $297 to $497, just under the $500 purchase pattern that flags most cards. Before your next statement, the credit will be sent to (gives you your address), is that correct?" You say, "Yes."The caller continues - "I will be starting a Fraud Investigation. If you have any questions, you should call the 1-800 number listed on the back of your card (1-800-VISA) and ask for Security. You will need to refer to this Control Number." The caller then gives you a 6 digit number. "Do you need me to read it again?"Here's the IMPORTANT part on how the scam work.The caller then says, "I need to verity you are in possession of your card." He'll ask you to turn your card over and look for some numbers. "There are 7 numbers; the first 4 are part of your card number, the last 3 are the Security Numbers that verify you are the possessor of the card." These are the numbers you sometimes use to make internet purchases to prove you have the card.The caller will ask you to read the last 3 numbers to him. After you tell the caller the 3 numbers, he'll say, "That is correct, I just needed to verity that the card has not been lost or stolen, and that you still have your card. Do you have any other questions?"After you say no, the caller then thanks you and states, "Don't hesitate to call back if you do," and hangs up.You actually say very little, and they never ask for or tell you the card number. When a person tried to call back the real VISA Security Department, they were told it was a scam and in the last 15 minutes a new purchase of $497.99 was charged to their card. A real fraud report was made and the VISA account closed.What the scammer wants is the 3-digit PIN on the back of the card. Don't give it to them. Instead, tell them you'll call VISA or Master Card directly for verification of their conversation.The real VISA will never ask for anything on the card as they already know the information since they issued the card. If you give the scammer your 3-digit PIN, you think you're receiving a credit; however, by the time you get your statement you will see charges for purchases you didn't make, and by then it's almost too late and/or more difficult to actually file a fraud report.
A lady received a call from Madrid,
Spain. The Caller said, "Your Grandson is in jail and needs your
help." She replied, "Justin." (Now the bad guys have a
From that point on they used Justin's name. The bad guy told her he was Justin's attorney,"Please don't tell anyone. Justin is ashamed and embarrassed. He needs $2500 now to get out of jail. Again, don't tell anyone, Justin will pay you back." They gave her instructions for wiring the money to Spain. She goes to her bank and draws out $2500, proceeds to wire the money to Spain. She didn't sleep any that night because Justin is in jail in Spain.
(Justin's background: He works for an international
company in Tulsa, married, and has
two kids. He doesn't do drugs.)
Justin's grandma didn't try to call
him, she didn't call Justin's dad (her son). She didn't call Justin's
sister who is an attorney. Later she said she didn't want to get Justin
in trouble. The next day the bad guys call again. "Thank you
for the $2500. But it's not enough to get Justin out of jail. Please send
another $2500 to the same place." She goes back to the bank, draws out
another $2500. Her bank asks her questions, but she didn't want to get
Justin in trouble plus it was her money so she didn't tell them anything.
She leaves the bank and heads to wire the money. The bank calls my
brother. Did I tell you this is my Mother I'm talking about? My
brother gets to her before she arrived at the Western Union office. She
is now mad at all of us because we are not telling her the truth and Justin is
still in jail. My brother had a melt down at that point. I
mailed her the article from the AARP about this scam. She said you
probably made that on your computer.
Elaine Dodd, who is the Vice
President of Fraud train for the Oklahoma Bankers Association said in a recent>
article in the Oklahoman date 7/16/11 that "if they're determined to be
scammed, there's nothing we can do about it. Some people we can get stopped. Others we can't."


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Derwent Poetry Festival 2011
I'm excited to be reading at the fifth Derwent Poetry Festival in Matlock Bath, Derbyshire, 11th-13th November. My collection 'Paper Bullets' was a runner up in the Templar Pamphlet Competition, so some of my poems will be published in Templar's annual anthology, Bliss. The festival includes both new and more established Templar poets, including guest reader Mimi Khalvati. Here's one of the poems I'll be reading:
Peach Orchard
In his leaf-curl hand
he writes root stock numbers
dates and heights of trees,
the gross of summer crops.
Some days he traces ridge-veined drupes
onto the pale lines of his ledger.
There are ghosts in the orchard
they drift between trees
their hair a tangled sweet pea vine,
as if death winnowed them.
He draws their drowned shapes,
notes the colours of their clothes,
the way their shadows
rise some evenings from the roots
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1. tack - noun
· the heading or position of a vessel relative to the trim of its sails
Hypernym(s): bearing, heading, aim
2. tack - noun
· a short nail with a sharp point and a large head
Hypernym(s): nail
3. tack - noun
· gear for a horse
Synonym(s): stable_gear, saddlery
Hypernym(s): gear, paraphernalia, appurtenance
4. tack - noun
· (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind
Synonym(s): sheet, mainsheet, weather_sheet, shroud
Hypernym(s): line
5. tack - noun
· (nautical) the act of changing tack
Synonym(s): tacking
Hypernym(s): change_of_course
6. tack - noun
· sailing a zigzag course
Hypernym(s): sailing
7. tack - verb
· fasten with tacks; "tack the notice on the board"
Hypernym(s): fasten, fix, secure
8. tack - verb
· turn into the wind; "The sailors decided to tack the boat"; "The boat tacked"
Synonym(s): wear_round
Hypernym(s): sail
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Synonym(s): assemble, piece, put_together, set_up, tack_together
Hypernym(s): join, make, create
10. tack - verb
· sew together loosely, with large stitches; "baste a hem"
Synonym(s): baste
Hypernym(s): sew, run_up, sew_together, stitch
11. tack - verb
· fix to; attach; "append a charm to the necklace"
Synonym(s): append, tag_on, tack_on, hang_on
Hypernym(s): attach
12. tack - verb
· reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
Synonym(s): interchange, switch, alternate, flip, flip-flop
Hypernym(s): change_by_reversal, turn, reverse
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The present invention relates to rechargeable batteries which include cell casing components enclosing positive and negative plates, separator material and acid electrolyte. The battery includes a plurality of support members extending from one or the other of the casing components, or from both casing components, the support members passing through the plates to permit uniform compression of the internal components. In its preferred embodiment, the battery includes one or more intermediate cell partitions which permit stacking of individual cells to increase voltage. The partition continues the utilization of the support members. In another disclosed embodiment, the electrode plates contained within any particular cell are punched to permit the support members to pass therethrough, with hole sizing selected so that a small hole will remain at each support location, while also insuring that for each support member, only one of the positive and negative plates will touch it, but not both. Shorting along the support member is thereby prevented.
1. A rechargeable battery comprising:
a first end casing;
a second end casing;
at least one partition located between the end casings each partition having a pair of parallel and spaced apart surfaces abutting either an end casing or another partition, the abutment of two adjacent partitions, if there is more than one partition, and the abutment of a partition and each casing resulting in the creation of a cell so that at least two cells are present;
battery electrode elements, separators and electrolyte located within each cell;
each abutment being sealed; and
a plurality of support members for maintaining a constant spacing between the electrode elements within each cell, the support members being attached to at least one of a partition or a casing and passing through the electrode elements.
2. The battery of claim 1 wherein each partition includes a flat plate and a wall surrounding the plate.
3. The battery of claim 2 wherein the wall extends perpendicularly from both sides of the plate.
4. The battery of claim 2 wherein a plurality of spaced-apart, elongate support members extend from one side of the plate.
5. The battery of claim 2 wherein a plurality of spaced-apart, elongate support members extend from one side of the plate and a plurality of spaced-apart receivers are located on the other side of the plate, the receivers being constructed and arranged to receive the ends of support members from another partition.
6. The battery of claim 4 wherein a plurality of spaced-apart elongate support members extend from one of the casings.
7. The battery of claim 5 wherein a plurality of spaced-apart receivers are located on one of the casings and are constructed and arranged to receive the ends of support members from a partition.
8. The battery of claim 4 wherein the support members are pins having a circular cross section and a pointed end.
9. The battery of claim 5 wherein the support members are pins having a circular cross section and a pointed end and the receivers are sockets.
10. The battery of claim 1 wherein the electrode elements include positive and negative electrode plates and separators therebetween, the electrode plates comprising conductive foil substrates pasted respectively with positive and negative active material.
11. The battery of claim 10 wherein the plates are punched to create openings to receive the support members and wherein the size of the openings is selected so that each support member will contact one polarity of plate, but not both.
12. The battery of claim 11 wherein the openings for each of the positive and negative discharge plates include smaller openings and larger openings, the openings being arranged such that when plates of opposite polarity are placed adjacent one another but separated by separator material, the smaller holes of the positive electrode plates will be aligned with the larger holes on the negative electrode plates.
13. The battery of claim 1 wherein each cell include a vent opening, a vent tube and an elastomeric vent cap.
14. The battery of claim 1 wherein the electrode elements within each cell include a pair of lead foils pasted with negative active material, a lead foil pasted on both sides with positive active material located between the negative active material and separators between each confronting pair of active material layers.
15. A battery cell comprising a casing including positive and negative electrode plates, separators and electrolyte and a plurality of support members passing from the casing through the electrode elements, and wherein the plates are punched with openings of two different sizes to receive support members, the size of the openings being selected so that each support member will contact at least one of first polarity plate, but not contact any plate of opposite polarity.
16. The cell of claim 15 wherein the openings for each polarity of plate include smaller openings and larger openings, the openings being arranged such that when plates of opposite polarity are placed together but separated by separator material, a small hole of one polarity plate will be aligned with a larger opening hole on a plate of opposite polarity.
17. The cell of claim 15 wherein the support members are pins, the casing includes parallel and spaced apart planar walls, and wherein the pins extend from one wall and are joined to the other wall.
18. The cell of claim 17 wherein sockets are formed on the other wall to receive the pins.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to the field of lead-acid batteries and more particularly to relatively flat, rechargeable batteries of the recombinant variety. Still more specifically, the present invention relates to structures for building higher voltage batteries from individual battery cells without interwall redundancies and for preventing shorting within the individual cells along support members contained therein.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Small rechargeable batteries are becoming increasingly important with the continuing development of portable electronic appliances, such as uninterruptible power systems (UPS). The batteries which are used with such devices are frequently referred to as flat pack batteries. It is highly desirable that such batteries be compact and light in weight yet have a high storage capacity.
Advances have been made in this technology in recent years, even using conventional lead-acid battery technology. Lead-acid batteries suffer from disadvantages relating to the weight of the plate materials (lead plates and lead-containing active materials) and the weight of the containers which are required to hold the plates and electrolyte. Lead-acid batteries, however, have very good power delivery characteristics and may be repeatedly recharged and even overcharged, with only minimal damage to the cells. Moreover, the power curve of lead-acid batteries is relatively predictable. Such features are not readily achievable with other batteries, such as nickel cadmium batteries.
One type of lead-acid battery is the recombinant battery which differs from conventional lead-acid batteries (for example, automobile batteries) in that there is no flowing electrolyte in the system. Substantially all of the electrolyte is maintained in separator material, typically made of a glass fiber mat, located between the plates. The gasses evolved during the electrochemical reactions which take place in lead-acid batteries are absorbed and recombined within the battery rather than being vented in the normal case. With such systems, the battery can be sealed and made maintenance free. Other recombinant systems still use valves to relieve any undesirable build-up of pressure within the cells of the battery.
One particularly important development in the field of recombinant lead-acid batteries is described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,996,128 issued Dec. 26, 1991 to Aldecoa and Miller entitled "Rechargeable Battery" (hereafter, the "'128 patent"). The battery described in this patent includes a thin plastic casing having generally rectangular top and bottom portions, the casing including lead foil sheets for the positive and negative plates, each foil being pasted with an appropriate active material. Separator layers are placed between the active material. Another embodiment is described, wherein a single positive plate is located at the center of the casing, while two negative plates are disposed on either side, the latter being separated from the positive plate by layers of separator material. Further embodiments are described, including multi-layer batteries of the bipolar variety.
Common features of the batteries described in this patent are the support members which extend through the plates. The support members in the illustrated embodiments are plastic pins which may extend from one or the other of the casing portions, which pass through the plates and are attached to the opposite casing portion (for example, by vibration welding). Alternatively, pin segments from each casing component may pass partially through the cell and are joined at their tips by an appropriate process such as vibration welding. The support members are provided in a pattern which insures even support and which permits even compression of the battery components when the periphery of the casing portions are sealed. Other recombinant lead-acid batteries are described in the background section of the aforementioned '128 patent. That patent is specifically incorporated herein by this reference.
While the battery described in the '128 patent represents an improvement over earlier designs of flat pack, rechargeable lead-acid batteries due to its ability to provide uniform support and compression across the battery elements, several problems still remain to be solved. One is the ability to stack individual cells to build the voltage for a final battery and another is the potential for a short to develop along the support members. The development of a flat pack, rechargeable lead-acid battery which overcomes these drawbacks would be a significant advance in this technology.
The present invention features an intermediate cell partition for permitting a plurality of individual cells to be stacked to produce higher voltage batteries. The invention further features an intermediate partition which can itself contain a plurality of plates for increasing the specific power of each individual cell. The present invention also features a system for preparing the positive and negative plates in such a way that shorting along support members is avoided. The latter feature is accomplished in the most preferred embodiment by creating alternating smaller and larger holes in the positive and negative plates at the locations where the support members penetrate the plates. Alternating the hole sizes along a particular support member results in insuring that one small hole will remain in either the positive or negative plate to insure proper support member location, while the larger hole in the opposite polarity plate will be spaced apart from the support member. Accordingly, shorting is prevented since only one of the positive and negative plates will contact the same support member, but not both.
The intermediate partition in its most preferred form includes a plurality of pin-receiving sockets on one surface and a plurality of pins on the opposite surface, the sockets and pins having a coincident axis. The partition includes a wall around the plate and extending from both sides thereof, the depth of the wall defining the area for containment of battery plates when two or more of the partitions are combined.
A battery including a plurality of individual cells is formed by providing a first outer casing portion and placing the cell components (plates and separator) within it, the first outer portion will include either sockets or the pins on its inner surface, the outside surface being generally flat. A first intermediate partition is then placed over the first outer casing portion such that the pins and sockets interact with the opposite component of the first outer portion. Coupling of the pins and sockets takes place, e.g., by vibration welding. Additional cells are created by placing cell components on the first partition and adding additional intermediate partitions one upon the other. Finally a second outer casing portion is placed over the last partition. As each step in the assembly process proceeds, joining of the periphery of the partitions and the pin support members proceeds, e.g., by vibration welding.
How these and other features of the invention are achieved will become apparent to those skilled in the art after reading the present specification.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a six cell battery made according to the most preferred form of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a front view of the battery shown in FIG. 1, with a cap element removed;
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of an intermediate cell partition useful in the present invention and illustrating the support member side thereof;
FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the opposite side of the intermediate partition shown in FIG. 3 and illustrating the sockets;
FIG. 5 is a partial cross-section taken along the line 5--5 of FIG. 2 showing internal battery components of the battery shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 6 is a partial cross-section taken along the line 6--6 of FIG. 2 showing the illustrative vent structure of the battery of FIG. 1;
FIG. 7 is a top view of a positive plate prepared according to the most preferred form of the present invention and illustrating the alternating pattern of smaller and larger holes; and
FIG. 8 is a top view of a negative plate prepared according to the most preferred form of the present invention and illustrates the alternating pattern of smaller and larger holes.
In the various figures, like reference numerals are used to indicate like components.
Before proceeding to a detailed description of the preferred embodiment of the present invention, several general comments are in order with regard to the scope and applicability thereof. First, the electrode substrates (preferably lead foil), active materials, separator materials and electrolyte are not described in great detail in the following specification, but they can readily be selected from those well known to the art, including those described and illustrated in the '128 patent.
Second, the illustrated battery includes six cells, which could be, for example, 2 volt cells. The resulting battery would be a 12 volt, rechargeable flat pack battery. Other cell combinations could be employed without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention.
Third, the plate of the cell partitions described later herein is located at the mid-point of its surrounding wall. The partition could, however, be constructed with the plate nearer the top or the bottom of the wall.
Also, while a particular arrangement is shown for the electrode components in the battery cells, namely the configuration discussed in connection with FIG. 5 of the '128 patent, the other electrode structures shown in the '128 patent could be used and are deemed to be within the scope of the present invention. Furthermore, it should be mentioned at the outset that the preferred material for the casing and partition components is ABS (acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene), a material commonly used in the battery art. Other moldable, thermoplastic resins (such as polycarbonates or high density polyethylene) could be substituted therefor without departing from the scope of the invention, as long as they are capable of withstanding the harsh acidic environment and the temperatures to which the type of battery would normally be exposed. Also, the particular valve arrangement described in connection with FIG. 6 should not be considered as limiting, as a wide variety of such valves are known in the battery art and, in and of themselves, the illustrated valves do not form part of the present invention.
FIG. 1 illustrates a six cell battery 10 made according to the most preferred form of the present invention. Battery 10 includes a top casing element 11, a bottom casing 12 and five intermediate cell partitions 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17. Before proceeding further with the description, it should be indicated that a first cell (described later in connection with FIGS. 5 and 6) is formed between top casing 11 and the upper portion of cell partition 13, the second cell is formed between the lower portion of partition 13 and the upper portion of partition 14, etc. The sixth cell is formed between the lower portion of partition 17 and the bottom casing 12. Also shown in FIG. 1 are a pair of terminals 20 and 21, as well as a cap 23 adapted to secure vent caps and to cover the inter-cell connections which will be illustrated in subsequent drawings.
FIG. 2 shows the battery of FIG. 1 with cap 23 removed, and it can be seen from this figure that six rubber vent caps 25 are provided, one for each of the six cells. A slot 26 in the vent tube 28 within caps 25 is also illustrated in phantom for each of the vents, as well as the central opening 30 of the vent tube itself. The inter-cell connections are illustrated in this figure but will be best understood by reference to FIG. 5.
FIGS. 3 and 4 show reverse sides of the same element, i.e. partition 40. Partition 40 includes a flat plate 42 which in the illustrated embodiment is rectangular. A wall 44 surrounds plate 42 and extends on both sides thereof. For purposes of discussion, FIG. 3 will be referred to as the top view, while FIG. 4 will be referred to as the bottom view. The top side of plate 42 is given the reference numeral 47, while the bottom side of plate 42 is given the reference numeral 48.
Wall 44 includes a pair of spaced apart, semicircular cutouts 49 and 50 at the center of one of its shorter sides, it being appreciated that when two partitions 40 are placed on top of one another (or a partition and a casing) the openings 49 and 50 will align to form a hole used for injection of electrolyte into the resulting cell. The hole is then plugged after electrolyte addition. At the opposite side of wall 44, a pair of parallel and spaced apart rectangular tabs 52 and 54 are provided. Tabs 52 and 54 are perpendicular to wall 44 and are spaced between the middle of that end and the corners of partition 40. Another pair of semicircular openings 55 and 57 are provided between tabs 52 and 54, these openings being combined with partitions or casings to form an opening for a vent tube shown in greater detail in FIG. 6. A vent cap cradle 60 is also located between tabs 52 and 54 on either side of openings 55 and 57. Cradle 60 includes a pair of semi-cylindrical elongate recesses 61 and 62, each designed, as will be more fully appreciated hereafter, for holding the rubber portion of the seal.
Partitions 40 also include a plurality of support members 65, shown in the illustrated embodiment to include generally cylindrical bodies 66 having conical points 67. Sixteen of the support members 65 are shown in the illustrated embodiment, but it should be appreciated that the number and spacing thereof may be varied. It is important, however, that the pattern for the support members 65 be such as to allow even support and compression of battery elements which will eventually be inserted into the cells. The shape of support member 65 can also vary and may include tapering, conical members or members with a square or rectangular cross-section, and the like. Support members 67 are perpendicular to and extend upwardly from side 47 to a level above the plane defined by the edge 70 of wall 44. They are preferably formed integrally with the other components of partition 40, such as by injection molding.
Another feature of partition 40 is illustrated in FIG. 4, i.e., sockets 72 for receiving the points of support members 65. The pattern and number thereof will obviously be consistent with the pattern on side 47. If the shape of the support members 65 is varied, the shape of sockets 72 would vary accordingly. The illustrated sockets are annular, as best seen in FIG. 5.
While not specifically illustrated, it should be appreciated that support members will be provided on bottom casing 12 and that sockets will be provided on top casing 11.
Proceeding next to FIG. 5, the six cells of battery 10 are illustrated in partial cross-section. The individual cell components will be described for one cell in FIG. 5, and it should be understood by those reading the specification that the cell arrangements are the same in the other cells of battery 10. The upper cell of battery 10 includes a first electrode substrate 75, preferably being made from lead foil, for example lead foil having a thickness of less than about 0.05 inches. A thickness of about 0.01 inches is preferred. Negative paste material 76 is applied to foil 75, the paste being selected from those generally known in the lead-acid battery art. Another combination of a lead foil substrate 77 with negative active material 76 pasted thereover is located at the opposite side of the cell. At the center of the cell a positive electrode substrate 80 is shown, also preferably being made from lead foil. This electrode differs from the negative electrodes in that it is pasted on both sides with positive paste material 81. A glass mat separator 83 is disposed on either side of the positive paste 81.
It will be appreciated at the right side of FIG. 5 that the positive electrode is offset slightly to the left in alternating cells, as illustrated at reference numeral 84. This is to permit the negative plate foils 75 and 77 to pass between the tabs 52 or 54 and the channel 62, as illustrated at 85, i.e. a double layer lead foil. That double layer is joined to the single layer 86 of the positive electrode from the adjoining cell. Three such combinations exist on the side illustrated in FIG. 5 and two are present on the opposite side as will be appreciated from FIG. 2. Single foil connections are made to terminals 20 and 21. The connection of plates from adjacent cells in batteries, in and of itself, is well known and does not form part of the present invention.
The vent arrangement for battery 10 is best illustrated in FIG. 6, showing the rigid tube 28 which rests within the circular opening formed by matching openings 55 and 57 of adjacent partitions or top or bottom casings. Tube 28 opens to the interior of each cell and permits gases which are not absorbed to be vented to the atmosphere when the pressure within the cell exceeds a predetermined value. As previously mentioned, tube 28 includes a slot 26 at its end remote from the cell and a central aperture 30. The portion of tube 28 which is outside the cell is encased in a rubber cap 25, which rests in the semi-cylindrical portions 61-62 of cradle 60. The vents just described are urged against the end wall 44 of the partitions 40 by cap 23, illustrated in FIG. 1.
It will now be appreciated that battery 10 may be formed by the sequential buildup of individual cells starting, for example, with the placement of electrode elements 75-78 and 80-81 over support members 65 extending upwardly from lower casing 12. The electrode elements would be punched to accommodate the support members as is known from the '128 patent. The first partition 40 would then be placed over lower casing 12 so that the sockets 72 thereof fit over the tips 67 of the support members 65. Again, it should be mentioned that, while sockets are preferred, they are not required, and the tips of support members may be vibration welded to a flat surface of the partition. This will create a joint line 90 (see FIGS. 1 and 2) about the periphery of the battery 10 and fusion between the tips 67 and sockets 72. The next electrode grouping is placed over the support members 65 of the first partition 40 and another partition is placed thereover, so that its side 48 is downwardly directed and so that the socket 72 will receive the support members of the first partition. The welding and building process is continued until all cells have been completed by the addition and sealing of upper casing 11 to partition 13. For reference, the individual cells are numbered in FIG. 6 as cells 92 to 97. Electrolyte is added and the fill openings sealed. Following the formation of the inter-cell connections, the vents are then inserted and held in place by cap 23.
As previously mentioned the number of partitions and cells can vary widely and stacked batteries, such as battery 10, may be combined with similar batteries to provide batteries of even higher voltage and capacity.
Another embodiment of the invention is illustrated in FIGS. 7 and 8. In these figures a positive electrode plate 101 and a negative electrode plate 102 (e.g. pasted foil) are shown in top view. Each of plates 101 and 102 includes lugs 103 such as those illustrated in FIG. 5, but these plates differ from the plates shown in the previous drawings in that they are designed for use with a support member system which includes twenty-four elements instead of the sixteen illustrated in FIG. 3. The unique feature of the plates shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 is that an alternating hole pattern is provided for each, including a series of small openings 105 and a series of larger openings 107. As can be noted from a comparison of the two figures, where a small hole 105 is provided in one of the plates, a larger hole 107 is provided for the other plate. In other words, if one plate were stacked on top of the other (with separator material therebetween) the small hole could be viewed through the larger hole 107. The use of plates 101 and 102 will eliminate the possibility of shorting along the support member, because the support members are of a diameter about the same as the diameter of the smaller holes. Therefore, the smaller holes serve to properly locate the plate over the support members, while the larger holes 107 will surround and be spaced apart from the outer circumference of the support member.
The illustrated plates are designed for use with pin-like support members such as those previously illustrated. The concept would work equally well if the support members were square or rectangular in cross section, with corresponding adjustment of the openings.
While the present invention has been described in connection with a preferred embodiment and an alternate embodiment for the electrode plates, the invention is not to be limited thereby but is to be limited solely by the scope of the claims which follow.
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St. John's students have a long history of achievement, from standardized testing to state-wide academic competitions, from athletics to service projects.
Our parents also achieve on behalf of the school, from events that recruit new families to appreciation lunches for current faculty and staff, and from creating fundraisers to support our students to raising funds for our sister school in Uganda.
Below are highlights of some of St. John's recent accomplishments:
In 2013 - 2014, the St. John's Middle Division Latin Team took first in the regional Latin Forum for an unprecedented 10th year in a row and first for an amazing fourth year in a row at state. Nationally, only 447 7th graders received perfect scores on the National Latin Exam in 2014, and five of them were at St. John's. Less than 1.5% of the over 140,000 students who took this exam in 8th grade received perfect scores, and four were at St. John's.
St. John's students in Form V (3rd grade) and up take the challenging ERB (Education Records Bureau) standardized test each year, as do thousands of students at the nation's best independent schools. In 2014, our students overall scored in the 91st percentile in Writing Concepts & Skills and in Writing Mechanics, and in the 92nd percentile in Quantitative Reasoning. Our Form X students (8th grade) scored in the 94th percentile in Quantitative Reasoning and in the 95th percentile in Vocabulary, as well as in the 90th percentile in Mathematics.
St. John's second Odyssey of the Mind team took gold at the regional competition, second place at state, and went on to the World competition in summer 2014, where they placed 10th.
Beginning in Form V (3rd grade), St. John's students compete in the WordMasters Challenge, a difficult vocabulary competition based on completing analogies which develops verbal reasoning abilities, addresses higher-order thinking skills, and emphasizes logic and reading comprehension. Competing in the difficult Blue Division of the Challenge in 2013 - 2014, two of St. John's 4th grade classes placed among the top ten teams in the nation in the second meet of the year. In addition as an example of individual St. John's students' success, two of the 66 third graders (out of 6,588 who took the test) in the nation who achieved perfect scores were St. John's students, as were three of the 28 fourth graders (out of 8,110), and one fifth grader out of 30 nationally (out of 8,676) who had a perfect score.
Thirty-five Form IX (7th grade) students qualified to take the ACT or SAT for the national Duke University Talent Identification Program in 2014. Eighteen took one of the tests, and of that eighteen, eleven students received state recognition for their scores and two received national recognition.
Seventeen students in Forms VII through X (5th through 8th grades) received perfect scores on the National Mythology Exam in 2014.
St. John's student athletes have won League or Tournament championships in all of the following sports in the past three years:
In addition, the St. John's athletes as a group have won the League's Sportsmanship Award for four years in a row, an unprecedented success.
In partnership with St. John's Church, students on all three campuses collected canned goods and donated more than 3,200 pounds of food to the homeless families of Metropolitan Ministries for Thanksgiving 2013.
During Lent 2013, the students raised more than $3,000 of their own money for the construction of a medical center that will serve the students of our sister school in Uganda.
Students also participated in the annual Dads' Club Day of Service in February 2014.
At the Primary Division every year, students are "Bucket Fillers" of kindness, love, and good deeds for each other. This concept is based on Dr. Donald O. Clifton's metaphor of the "bucket" and the "dipper," or those who add to a person's happiness and those who take away from it, and as illustrated in the book "Have You Filled a Bucket Today? A Guide to Daily Happiness for Kids" by Carol McCloud, required reading for Primary Division students.
At the Lower Division, Forms VI and III pair up as Reading Partners and read together every Friday for 40 minutes, enhancing the skills of our 1st graders and encouraging compassion and mentoring skills in our 4th graders. To read more about the work we do at St. John's to encourage kindness and empathy, click here.
In the Primary Division, parent readers join the classrooms each week to read a special book. In the Lower Division, parents volunteer in the library during lunch and recess through the Friends of the Library program.
We have an active Parents' Club that raises hundreds of thousands of dollars for the School each year and which has more than 60 committees to create and run fun and enriching events throughout the year like Lower Division Reading Partner Parties, Primary Division Circus Day, Middle Division dances and socials, fundraising "Spirit Nights" at local businesses, and our largest annual Parents' Club fundraiser, Celebratio.
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Health-care law puts Supreme Court atop a slippery slope
June 19, 2012
By Erin Daly
As we near the end of the Supreme Court's term, many Americans are awaiting a decision on health-care reform with anticipation or trepidation. By the end of the month, the court is expected to decide whether the reform law's requirement that individuals purchase health insurance is constitutional. The principal argument of those in favor of the mandate is that individual decisions to purchase or not purchase health insurance substantially affect interstate commerce — to use the language the Supreme Court has used for nearly a century — and therefore fall within Congress' regulatory powers.
Beware Doctor-assisted Suicides
June 21, 1990
By B. D. COLEN
Whenever the hard choices of bioethics are debated, there are those who warn that a particular course of action will start society down a "slippery slope. " The usual presumption is that the normative values by which we live our lives stand like a forest at the top of the slope, preventing moral erosion, while the figurative gates of Auschwitz stand at the slope's bottom. The adherents of the slippery-slope theory argue that, once society steps onto the slope, it is difficult, if not impossible, to climb back up and prevent an ever faster ride to the bottom.
Let the 'slippery slope' slip off to oblivion
August 14, 2005
By Chris Satullo
Did I miss something? Was America transported overnight to the Himalayas? Everywhere you look, bold signs warn that the nation is teetering on the edge of a slippery slope. Or so the fevered advocates tell us. They warn that if the nation takes this small step, or that one, it will slide pell-mell into chaos, degradation, tyranny or some other circle of the civic inferno. Every such slope, the partisans warn, is unfathomably steep and icy. Every tiny step down the slope is irrevocable and fatal: Let pharmacists refuse to dispense a contraceptive on moral grounds and soon they'll be refusing to sell you Advil if you voted for Kerry.
The slippery slope of Mt. C-Section
March 24, 2004
By JENNIFER GRAHAM
IN THE MATTER OF Melissa Rowland, the Utah woman who gave birth to a stillborn son after refusing to have a C-section, you can support the murder charge, or consider it an affront to justice, but can we all agree on one thing? That, truly, this woman is a loon? This has nothing to do with allegations of child abuse, or baby selling, or whatever else Rowland did with her messy life before gaining notoriety for murder by natural childbirth. It's because she said - allegedly - that the cut of the scalpel would "ruin" her life.
On The Slippery Slope A Liberal - And An Anti-abortionist, Too
February 28, 1988
By Nat Hentoff
As a former board member of the American Civil Liberties Union, who continues to agree with many of its positions, I am nonetheless considered a bewildering heretic by many of the ACLU's officers and members. They can't understand how I became pro-life. The lawyer for the ACLU's Reproductive Rights Division refers to me rather contemptuously as having been "born again. " Yet I remain an atheist. What changed me on the question of abortion were a number of handicapped infants who were killed by their parents and doctors because their "quality of life" was regarded as below standard.
Fear of a slippery slope on vouchers keeps schoolchildren on the edge
June 14, 2001
By Matthew Miller
Here's how ideologically constipated the debate over schools has become: New Hampshire Republican Sen. Judd Gregg's call for a tiny and inoffensive voucher pilot program was considered too radical to include in the hollow education reform endorsed by the Senate. President Bush's own puny school-choice pilot was shouted out of the bill months ago. But Gregg's amendment was even meeker. It would have given interested local districts a mere $50 million to test a school-choice program of their own design, voluntarily.
Stop & Frisk: About Time, Or A Slippery Slope?
January 31, 2007
LAST WEEK, we asked if it made sense, with the level of homicides and other violence on our streets, to let police stop and frisk people to uncover illegal weapons. Your responses: It's about time Crime has reached epidemic proportions, and it is definitely time for drastic measures. While individual rights are a major concern, the right to live in a safe environment is essential to one's well-being and peace of mind. Much effort has been put forth to address the problem, but at the core is a mentality that makes it OK to kill for minor infractions, and a prison sentence is considered a rite of passage.
Slippery Slope Rhetoric In Action: The Battle Over One-gun-a-month Legislation
February 11, 1999
By Matthew Miller
When Los Angeles the other day became the first big city to limit citizens to one handgun purchase each month, it struck a blow not only against illegal gun traffickers but against the "slippery slope" rhetoric rampant in America's political culture. You hear it almost daily: "Yes," says zealot X or interest group Y, "the proposal at hand seems harmless enough. But the chain of further steps it will set in motion involves unambiguous evil. " The paranoia is bipartisan. A ban on "partial birth" abortion becomes tantamount to Roe v. Wade's repeal.
Martin Makes Cut With A Great Escape He Tested His Withered Leg To Reach The Ball On A Slippery Slope Before Rallying In Austin.
March 7, 1998
By Joe Logan, INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
Talk about flirting with disaster. Casey Martin looked for a time yesterday as if he might well miss the cut. And then he looked as if he was literally walking into a situation in which he could break his fragile, famous leg. But Martin recovered from both brushes with catastrophe in style, first making like a mountain goat to reach his ball, then making like a grizzled tour veteran to salvage his round, before finishing Day Two of the...
Ruling On Suicides Shows U.s. Has Hit Bottom Of Roe's Slippery Slope We Have Created A ``culture Of Death'' In Our Country Whereby No Human Life Is Safe.
March 26, 1996
By Roger Mahony
All of us who have been speaking up for, and striving to protect, each precious human life are still in shock over the incredible decision by the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which held by an 8-3 vote that a state of Washington statute banning assisted suicide violates the due process clause of the 14th Amendment "insofar as [it] prohibits physicians from prescribing life-ending medication for use by terminally ill, competent adults who wish to hasten their own deaths. " The 1973 U.S. Supreme Court abortion decisions started us as a nation down the "slippery slope" toward endangering all human life at every stage of development, and the angle and rate of descent have been increasing over the years as various courts continue to dismantle protections for God's great gift of created human life.
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August 14, 2014
By Matt Breen, Inquirer Staff Writer
Temple football coach Matt Rhule said he feels bad for the person who has to sit next to his son this week at the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pa. Nine-year-old Bryant Rhule is "out of his mind" about the Taney Dragons, his father said. The Rhules live in Center City, and Bryant Rhule plays for a younger Taney team. He attends the World Series each year with his grandparents, who live in Montoursville. "I wake up at 5:30 every morning and he's up with the app on his phone like, 'Look, Dad, look,' " Rhule said after Tuesday morning's football practice.
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March 26, 2014
AS IF it's not bad enough that right-wing politicians have come between a woman and her doctor in decisions regarding her reproductive rights, now her boss may be able to join them. The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments today about whether a company can refuse to include no-cost contraceptive coverage in its health-care plans, as mandated by the Affordable Care Act, because of the owners' religious beliefs. We're not talking a religious company. We're talking a secular, for-profit company, or, in this case, two companies whose cases have been joined for argument purposes.
Penn profs deliver messages at Davos conference on jobs and growth
January 31, 2013
By Peter Vanham, For The Inquirer
DAVOS, Switzerland - Be optimistic, and invest more in hiring and training young people, instead of complaining about their lack of skills. That was, in short, the message from two Philadelphia academics who came to the World Economic Forum here last week. Peter Cappelli and Katherine Klein were part of a delegation from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School that came to this ski resort. They advised the world's most influential business leaders - the CEOs of Citibank, Bank of America, Coca-Cola, and Goldman Sachs, to name just a few - on how to achieve economic growth and job creation.
S.J. men sue Subway over short sandwiches
January 24, 2013
By Barbara Boyer, INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
Size matters says two New Jersey men who sued Subway, the sandwich franchise that advertises "footlong" sandwiches. The two men - from Burlington and Ocean Counties - measured their footlongs after seeing allegations from others that the sandwiches are falling short. They sued on Tuesday following a national debate in the social media about the size of the footlongs. Subway issued a statement on Wednesday saying officials had not received a copy of the lawsuit and it does not comment on pending litigation.
Phil Sheridan: U.S. women keep the dream going for future generations
August 9, 2012
By Phil Sheridan, Inquirer Columnist
LONDON - The rivalry with those varmints north of the border was finally on. The U.S. against Canada: Yuengling vs. Molson, states vs. provinces, the Red, White, and Blue vs. the Great White North. That was the feeling Monday night, as the Americans and Canadians waged a soccer war for the ages. It was physical, it was intense, it was emotional. It took a goal by Alex Morgan in injury time of overtime for the U.S. women to advance to the gold-medal game. Just 14 hours later, it was time for Round 2: the United States and Canada in the quarterfinals of the Olympic women's basketball tournament.
Health-care law puts Supreme Court atop a slippery slope
June 19, 2012
By Erin Daly
As we near the end of the Supreme Court's term, many Americans are awaiting a decision on health-care reform with anticipation or trepidation. By the end of the month, the court is expected to decide whether the reform law's requirement that individuals purchase health insurance is constitutional. The principal argument of those in favor of the mandate is that individual decisions to purchase or not purchase health insurance substantially affect interstate commerce — to use the language the Supreme Court has used for nearly a century — and therefore fall within Congress' regulatory powers.
Tell Me About It: Her ex will be there; should she bring the new beau?
July 19, 2011
By Carolyn Hax
Question: I have a dilemma related to my ex-hus- band. We've been divorced a year, separated two. We were together more than five years. We were both very hurt by the breakup, but ultimately it was my decision to leave. There was no infidelity, no abuse. It was complicated but not vicious. Since the divorce, we've talked only to work out tax/financial issues, since we have no children together. It was always amicable, but awkward. This summer, my good friend from college is getting married to my ex's oldest friend (they actually introduced us)
In Ocean City, battle brewing over BYOB proposal
July 1, 2011
By JASON NARK, email@example.com 215-854-5916
ON A TRANQUIL, tree-lined street in Ocean City, a woman with a sunny smile soaked the blue and pink hydrangeas in front of her bungalow one recent summer morning. Startled at first by a reporter, her warmth returned when she spoke of her deep roots in "America's Greatest Family Resort," the generations that had come and gone right there on Asbury Avenue over the past century. When asked about the dark sign nailed to the porch of her peach-colored cottage, though - the one that read "Don't Change Ocean City" with a little crossed-out beer bottle on it - storm clouds arrived.
4 out of 5 Daily News writers pick Flyers over Sabres
April 14, 2011
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ED BARKOWITZ THERE ISN'T a team in the Eastern Conference that the Flyers can't beat. And, as they showed in their struggles against lowly Atlanta, there isn't a team they can't lose to, either. The inconsistency is maddening, but this team undoubtedly responds when it must. The most significant response will need to come from rookie goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky, who was yanked in the regular-season finale. Nobody in the East has been better than Buffalo recently, so this won't be a quick, first-round walk like last season, when the Flyers disposed of New Jersey in five.
Letters: Alcohol question risks ambience of Ocean City
February 24, 2011
I am sorry to see that the issue of alcohol has been brought up again in Ocean City ("Shore BYOB battle brewing," Saturday). The argument that business there is hurting because alcohol is not available is hogwash. Have you noticed the crowds on the boardwalk and the long lines at restaurants? I realize that the restaurateurs are only asking that customers be permitted to bring wine or beer into their establishments, but that is one slippery slope. If this passes, next there will be a proposal to allow bars and liquor stores.
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|The Art and Orchid Gallery purchased this carabao netsuke from a dealer from Bali, Indonesia claiming its origin as Bali. It is more likely of Chinese origin for collectors. Also, based on the hundreds of Japanese netsuke that we can reference, this piece does not have the character or workmanship to be of, or for, the Japanese market.[120B, 197C, 25D, 216C] By the beginning of the Meiji Era, the Japanese in commerce with foreign countries adopted the Western-style, smoked cigarettes and abandoned tobacco pouches and their associated paraphernalia. All of this information and a similar example of amber carving (in 508AOG) confirms our belief that they are Chinese carved yellow-brown amber. As seen from the photos, this piece is a resting carabao. As resin carvings sometimes exhibit, this piece has an inclusion (twig) in the body. References available upon request. Size: ~ 1" H x 2" x 1 1/8"; Weight: ~ 21 grams;


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HENRICO COUNTY, Va. (WTVR) – The teenager shot in the head during a high school house party early Sunday morning in Henrico County is alert and talking, according to Henrico Police Lt. Rick Schurz.
Due to the age of the victim, CBS 6 is waiting for police or her family to release her name before we publish the name given to us by friends and witnesses.
Lt. Schurz said the girl was shot while driving away from the home along the 11000 block of Hilbingdon Road in Henrico's West End.
He told CBS 6 reporter Catie Beck that the bullet smashed through the back windshield of the victim's car before it hit her in the head.
He said there was a passenger in her car at the time and that investigators found "numerous" shell casings outside the home.
When police arrived at 1:20 a.m. Sunday, the shooting suspects had left the area, Lt. Schurz said. He added officers were able to interview some of the people who witnessed the shooting but investigators were still looking for other witnesses.
Lt. Schurz said, police had not identified a shooting suspect.
The weekend shooting came during a Saturday night house party.
A teenager who said he attended the party told CBS 6 a group of teenagers showed up to the house and started to steal items, like iPhones, from other party-goers.
"They were giving high fives and then all of the sudden, iPhones were gone and it was crazy," he said. "All of the beer was out of the room."
Lt. Schurz did not confirm that witness account, but did say "multiple persons" were not allowed into the party. The witness told CBS 6 the shootings happened after the party guests were asked to leave.


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Situated on 750 acres...
...and encompassing an extinct volcano that reaches an altitude of 1,200 feet at its peak, down through rain and bamboo forests, to the shores of Buca Bay, is where the free clinic and other facilities of the Mission at Natuvu Creek are located. It lies on the eastern coast of Vanua Levu, Fiji's 2nd largest island.
Built to serve the rural people of Fiji, the clinic offers an expanding array of medical services.
The Mission also promotes job training and entrepreneurship through the development of grass-roots industries such as tourism, coconut harvesting, and food production. In addition, the Mission is initiating plans for the construction of a secondary school that will be largely scholarship-based and will offer excellence in education while enabling local children to stay with their families rather than travel to the cities.
Finally, the Mission serves as a base for visiting individuals, families, and teams seeking to serve the people of Fiji and enjoy Fiji's unspoiled beauty. The Mission at Natuvu Creek is a non-denominational faith-based organization.
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In 1998, Steve Arrington, former lead diver with the Cousteau Society and founder of the Fiji-based Dream Machine Foundation, asked California dentist, Marta Tooma, to lead a group of dental students from Loma Linda University on the Foundation's first dental outreach program to Fiji. The accommodations were primitive and the equipment minimal, however, the need was so profound everyone felt compelled to return. While Fijians are surrounded by extraordinary natural beauty, they live with limited medical and dental care especially in outlying areas.
In 2000, an 850 acre parcel of land at Buca Bay became available and was purchased by the Tooma Family Foundation. 100 acres were donated to the Dream Machine Foundation to allow for their future expansion with youth.
The Tooma's themselves desired to build a beautiful, state-of-the-art facility to give back to the generous and kind people they had come to know and love.
"When mission groups leave Fiji, they will often make a gift of their non-essential clothing to the impoverished local people. We made a practice of this until one trip Marta's bags were lost in transit. The local people made a gift to her of their best outfits, for many their only nice one. Rather than giving out of their surplus, the Fijians gave their very best. Our desire was to build a clinic, not just to meet the basic needs of the people, but to build a world classfacility, an extravagant gift to the people of Fiji that is a reflection of the extravagance of God's love."
And so, in 2005, after much planning and countless miracles, the process of building the Mission at Natuvu Creek (MNC) began. Wayne and Lois Oldham and their two children accepted a call to become the general contractor to oversee the construction. The facilities were completed in mid-2008, when Anibal Kalbematter, M.D., and his wife, Nani, R.N. took up full-time residence as Medical Director and Managers of the Mission.
Development continues with ongoing medical outreaches expanding into
an increasing numbers of specialties and the goal of beginning construction
on a secondary school by the end of 2011.
Since 1998 and that first dental outreach, thousands of patients have received free medical care by hundreds of volunteers. God has answered many prayers and opened many doors for the project to move forward.


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Currently, the City of Saint Charles has 22 parks serving residents and visitors. These parks offer a wide variety of opportunities from swimming to nature trails.
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Parks & Recreation Board MembersTJ Slattery, President
Valerie Lanning, Vice President
Sandy Bichel, Secretary
Tom Smith Treasurer
Kathy Mudrovic, Member
Linda Roche, Member
Mike Ryan, Member
Betty Barro, Member
Brad Nowak, Member
Rod Herrmann, City Council Liaison
Laurie Feldman, Alternate Council Liaison
Parks & Recreation Staff
- Chris Atkinson, Assistant Director of Parks and Recreation
- Todd Kassabaum, Chief Park Ranger
- Nick Donze, Maintenance Superintendent
- Missy Hollander, Aquatics Coordinator
- Teresa Martchink, Recreation Coordinator
- Don Borgmeyer, Enterprise Superintendent
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The 2012 Summer Olympics are being held in London beginning July 27 and concluding on August 12. Officially known as the Games of the XXX Olympiad, the games will comprise 32 sports and 302 events. Locally, you can catch all of the exciting coverage on NBC. In the mean time, however, you can catch up on the stories of past Summer Olympians at the Library:
Rome 1960: the Olympics that changed the world by David Maraniss
Something in the air: American passion and defiance in the 1968 Mexico City Olympics by Richard Hoffer
Berlin Games: how the Nazis stole the Olympic dream by Guy Walters
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Judge Robert Dierker Sticks It to the City, Wins His Right Light Camera Case
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|The author of "Tyranny of Tolerance" prevails over red-light tyrants.
Drivers aplenty have fought the big-$$$ tickets -- and won -- but Dierker's case garnered attention because he demanded a trial in the very same circuit court....where he sits on the bench. (See a Daily RFT interview with Dierker here.)
Dierker represented himself in the case, which was tossed to a judge from outstate Missouri.
Dierker's on vacation this week, says a court spokesman, and a copy of the special judge's decision was not available yesterday.
Dierker apparently prevailed in his argument that the city couldn't prove he was the person driving his car the night the ticket was issued. More details to come.
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text: Somewhat unusual in the Episcopal Church, Christ Church in Ponte Vedra Beach has expanded to include two other locations – San Pablo Road in Jacksonville and farther south in South Ponte Vedra at Serenata Beach. These locations are not considered separate churches, missions or parts of an "outreach" program. There is one Christ Episcopal Church with three campuses and multiple opportunities – a broader church community in which the worship services, ministries, fellowship and programs at any location are available to all.


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In the pdf version page 30 refers to the constant @Process::RLIMIT_INFINITY@ which represents one's systems infinity constant. The text suggests comparing that constant with the 'hard limit' shown as the 2nd element in the array produced when 'p Process.getrlimit(:NOFILE)' is typed within irb. I get the array within irb but can't figure out how to access @Process::RLIMIT_INFINITY@.
I've tried @Process::RLIMIT_INFINIT@ at the command line and @p Process::RLIMIT_INFINITY@ within irb but both produce errors. Just searched on google to no avail. Any thoughts on how to access unix constants on my mac osx system?
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Whoops. That's a typo in the book. It should be
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(Memphis) Legendary Memphis songwriter and producer David Porter is sharing his plans for revitalizing the music and entertainment industry in Memphis.
Porter spoke Wednesday to employees and guests at Medtronic Spine during a Black History Month event.
The Memphis-based medical device maker and its African-American Employee Resource Group, MECCA, invited Porter to be the keynote speaker for a "Legends of Memphis Celebration."
Porter is a graduate of Booker T. Washington High School in Memphis.
Years later, he teamed up on hit songs and music production with Isaac Hayes at Stax Records.
They wrote classics such as "Soul Man," and "Hold On, I'm Coming."
In 2005, Porter was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Last year, Porter launched his "Consortium, MMT" (Memphis Music Town).
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