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Middle East Companies
|1. Buzinessware, Dubai
- Dubai, United Arab Emirates (Contact: Arshad}
2. Anorikan Foreign Trade Consultancy Co, Izmir
1392 Sok No:5, Kat:4, Daire: 13 Alsancak Izmir, Aegean, Turkey (Contact: Anil Arikan}
Products/Services: International business consultancy
3. Mobilya Rehberi, Istanbul
Kavacik Istanbul, Turkey (Contact: Halit}
Products/Services: Furniture
4. Vectory For Imp&exp, Damanhour
Aziz Osman St No 35, Shopra Damanhour, Bouhira, Egypt (Contact: Vector Fouad}
Products/Services: Audio products - pa systems
5. Marwan Al-amad, Muscat
Pobox 131 Pc 112 Ruwi Oman Muscat, Oman (Contact: Marwan Al-amad}
Products/Services: Garments
6. Arabian Business Innovation Services Co Ltd, Riyadh
P O Box 9629 Riyadh, Central, Saudi Arabia (Contact: Khalid Al-Warraq}
Products/Services: Corporate Services
7. Slash Group, Madkoor
277 King Fisal St Madkoor, Giza, Egypt (Contact: Sobhi Abdin}
Products/Services: Chicken Farm Requirements & Products
8. Sudafast Cargo Co Ltd, Khartoum
Amarat, Street 15 Khartoum, Sudan (Contact: Gamal Ibrahim}
Products/Services: Cargo
9. Gmb Ic & Dis Tic Ltd Sti, Izmir
1671 Sk No:86 K 1d 3 Karsiyaka Izmir, Turkey (Contact: Gokhan Murat Burge}
Products/Services: Agriculture.food and beverage
10. Poz?t?f Mob?lya Aksesuar San Ve T?c Ltd ?t?, ?zmir
G?lc?kler Mah 787 Sok No 16 Menderes ?zmir, Turkey (Contact: K?r?at Mutlu}
Products/Services: Furniture and Home Accessories
11. Al Namothajyah, Amman
P O Box 942393 Shemeisani 11194 Amman, Jordan (Contact: Essam Mansour}
Products/Services: Analytical Instruments
12. Asia Technology Pioneers Co Ltd, Tehran
Unit7, No10, Vali-e-Asr Crossroad Saeid Street, Naeini Alley Tehran, Iran (Contact: Miss Ahmadi}
Products/Services: Polypropylene Compound, Polypropylene nanocomposite
13. Amaqaljazeerah Est, Alkhobar
P, Obox # 786 Riyad Road Alhosson Commercial Cente Alkhobar, Eastern Provience, Saudi Arabia (Contact: Sarfraz Qamar}
Products/Services: All sorts of gloves & safety items
14. Al Salam Traders, Manama
10/a-19 Manama, Gudaibiya, Bahrain (Contact: Khaja Muneer Uddin}
Products/Services: Oil & Chemicals Suppliers
15. Cerkezoglu Marble Co Ltd, Denizli
Denizli Cimento Yolu Uzeri 3 Km Kaklik Denizli, Turkey (Contact: Nam?k Kulu}
Products/Services: Natural Stone,Marble
16. Azmsock Ltd Sti, ?stanbul
Had?mk?y ?stanbul, Turkey (Contact: Sadik}
Products/Services: Hosiery,socks
17. Eezy Accounting, Manama
317 Manama, Manama, Bahrain (Contact: Satheesh}
Products/Services: Tally Accounting Packeges
18. Jamaluddin Trading Llc, Ajman
P O Box 347 Ajman, Ajman, United Arab Emirates (Contact: Yaseen}
Products/Services: Yarns
19. Khadamaty Al Thakeyah, Madinah
P O Box:5540 Madinah, Saudi Arabia (Contact: Amin Al-Fadel}
Products/Services: Dates
20. Www Goabizzle Com, Kuwait
- Kuwait, Kuwait (Contact: Mrs Michelle Fernandes}
Products/Services: Real Estate
21. StarsLine Electricals Equipment And Trading LLC, Dubai
P O Box: 41554 Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (Contact: Jayafar}
Products/Services: Shop lighting solutions, lighting fixtures, lighting accessories
22. Middle East Plastic Industries, Jeddah
Industrial Area Phase 5 Jeddah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia (Contact: Binod Paswan}
Products/Services: Hdpe,ldpe,pp,pet,pc,ps,abs
23. Nozhanpolymer Company, Esfahan
Mehrabad Street Esfahan, Iran (Contact: Azam Nasr}
Products/Services: Chemicals/petrochemicals
24. Asia Packing Material Industry, Dubai
Dubai Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (Contact: Bhatia}
Products/Services: Paper
25. Argan Industry Co Ltd, Mersin
Cumhuriyet Mh 1654 Sk No:2/8 Mersin, Turkey (Contact: Mehmet Argan}
Products/Services: Aquaculture
26. Mukalla Fish Canning Factory, Mukalla
PO Box 8356 Mukalla, Yemen (Contact: Eng Saleh Bahwel}
Products/Services: Fish seeds Canned Yellow Fin Tuna
27. Al-Mukalla Sea Fisheries & Marketing, Aden
Maalla Main Street Aden, Yemen (Contact: Abdellah Ba Abbad}
Products/Services: Fish seeds Frozen, processed food & meat Meat Fish, seafood, yellow fin tuna, cuttlefish, grouper, Indian Mackerel, catfish , sailfish, octopus, squid, shrimps, lobster, croaker, snapper , barracuda, queen fish ,sea bream ,trevally, kingfish, emp
28. Herbs Egypt, Cairo
26 King Faysal St Cairo, Giza, Egypt (Contact: Mai M}
Products/Services: Herbs & Herbal products Seeds Flavours & food additives Spices Tea Henna Fruits & vegetables values(fresh, processed & d Dried vegetables
29. Armoni Food & Agriculture, Istanbul
No:6, 34779 Atasehir-Istanbul-Turkey Istanbul, Goztepe, Turkey (Contact: Reyan Uttu}
Products/Services: Dairy products Edible oil Sugar
30. Sameks Tarim Urunleri Dis Ticaret Ve Sanayi Ltd, Mersin
Uray Caddesi, No 40 Mersin, Turkey (Contact: A Tekin Ozturk}
Products/Services: Fruits & vegetables (fresh, processed & dry) Beans
31. Trading Island For Import&Export, Alexandria
186 Abd El Salam Aref St, San Stevano Alexandria, Egypt (Contact: Mohamed El Sheikh}
Products/Services: Fruits & vegetables values(fresh, processed & d Onions(red,yellow,golden), Garlic(fresh&dry), Potato, Sweet Potato And Watermelons.
32. Shekarestan, Abadan
Amiry Abadan, Iran (Contact: Mohammad Shahin}
Products/Services: Fruits & vegetables (fresh, processed & dry)
33. Farmex For Export (Egypt), Alexandria
13 Shoutz St Borg Elshabab-Zezenia Alexandria, Egypt (Contact: Ahmed Magdy}
Products/Services: Fruits & vegetables values(fresh, processed & d
34. Illia Ltd, Tehran
- Tehran, Iran (Contact: Hassan}
Products/Services: Healthcare products/equipments Infusion set-syringe-needle-else
35. Omega Med, Cairo
33 B Kasr El-nile St, Entrance 2, Suite 410, Down Tow Cairo, Egypt (Contact: Walid Allam}
Products/Services: Healthcare products/equipments Medical/hospital supplies Orthopaedic appliances & equipments
36. Ultimarad Solutions, Cairo
09 A Elkhashab St Cairo, Unspecified, Egypt (Contact: Mahmoud Morshed}
Products/Services: Healthcare products/equipments Software Radiology Software
37. Nano Medical Co Ltd, Riyadh
P O Box 325775, Riyadh, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (Contact: Anish Daniel}
Products/Services: Medical/hospital supplies Lab Disposables & Rapid Tests
38. Al Bilali Trading Est, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
P O Box # 929, Siricon Bldg, Olay Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (Contact: Syed Minhaj Ahmed}
Products/Services: Medical/hospital supplies Hygiene/health care products X-ray Films and related to Radiology items
39. Submed, Istanbul
Perpa Istanbul, Turkey (Contact: Cuneyt ALACAPINAR}
Products/Services: Surgical dressings Medical/hospital supplies Hygiene/health care products Healthcare products/equipments
40. Alexandria Company For Chemical Industries (mox), Miami
10, Anwar Al Sadat St Miami, Egypt (Contact: Ashraf Abdel Khaleq}
Products/Services: Chemicals Chemicals - fine Chemicals - paper Dyes, Pigments & intermediatries Fertilizers Paint & allied products Petrochemical products Soaps & detergents Solvents All industrial chemicals
41. Fa-ks Co, Tehran
Iranshahr Str Tehran, Th, Iran (Contact: A A Navaei}
Products/Services: Chemicals Chemicals - leather Chemicals - paper Soaps & detergents Leather chemicals, Textile chemicals, Construction chemicals
42. Atessonmez Chemical Industry&Trade Company,
3 Organize Sanayi-Baspinar , Turkey (Contact: Engin Atessonmez}
Products/Services: Chemicals - fine
43. Myra Foreign Trade,
Istanbul, , Turkey (Contact: Tahsin Gun}
Products/Services: Chemicals - industrial chemicals & gases Chemicals - paper Dyes, Pigments & intermediatries Soaps & detergents Solvents
44. Rock Chemie Co, Tehran
Iranshahr Avenue Tehran, Tehran, Iran (Contact: Amir Shirazi}
Products/Services: Chemicals - leather
45. PARSMARMAR Co,
163 3fl Unit 10 Africa Ave , Iran (Contact: Nasrin Tavana}
Products/Services: Oil & lubricants Oil & oil products Petrochemical products Petroleum products Solvents
46. Yastavana, Tehran
Motahari Varavini54 Tehran, Iran (Contact: Mehrabi}
Products/Services: Petrochemical products
47. Behbanshimi Pharmaceutical Co, Tehran
Unit 105, 10th Floor, Block B, Kaveh Building Azadi Ave Tehran, Tehran, Iran (Contact: Mohamad Yahyaie}
Products/Services: Pharmaceutical formulations Veterinary pharmaceuticals Veterinary Medicine,antisepti,Disinfectant
48. Brothers Pharma, Elsalam City /cairo
398 Gmal Abd Elnaser St /elherafeen Elsalam City /cairo, Egypt (Contact: Dr Abdou}
Products/Services: Veterinary pharmaceuticals Vitamins Poultry / cattle feed supplements
49. Techmont Engineering Fze, Sharjah
P O Box: 9051, SAIF Zone Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (Contact: Nissam Sidheeq}
Products/Services: Computer aided design & drafting Finite element analysis Tools - industrial CAD,CFD,FEA and oother allied engineering solutions
50. NCS Collection, Manama
P O Box 5463 Manama, Bahrain (Contact: Elyas E Faraj}
Products/Services: Computer training Debt Collection (worldwide) - Credit Reporting - Invoice Management - Credit & Collection Training
51. Mikropro, Cankaya
Solen Sokak 4/206550 Cankaya, Ankara, Turkey (Contact: Emek Tuzun}
Products/Services: Data entry Internet Software Web publishing E-trade solutions
52. Jobsspar Com, Ksa
Saudi Ksa, Eastern Proviance, Saudi Arabia (Contact: Mohammed Shibli}
Products/Services: Web publishing Software Post your jobs, find a jobs
53. Best Link Technology, Jeddah
- Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (Contact: Bob Ghazal}
Products/Services: Cables & conductors Electronic products, components Electrical/lighting products & components LCD products Lighting Home Automation
54. Sem Heat & Plastic Co Ltd,
Hacilar Organize Sanayi Bolgesi, Kuyucak Mevkii, 1 , Turkey (Contact: Ozlem Gunes}
Products/Services: Electrical goods Water heaters,boilers
55. Arizona Electronics, Dubai
P O Box 62510 Dubai, --, United Arab Emirates (Contact: Naveen}
Products/Services: Electrical goods Consumer electronics (e.g.vcd/dvd players..etc)
56. SunImpex, Dubai
Sharjah Airport Free Zone P O Box : 120982 Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (Contact: Sheryl Joaquin}
Products/Services: LCD products
57. Arabian Spar Corp, Al Jubail
Post Box-1396 Al Jubail, Eastern, Saudi Arabia (Contact: Mohammed Shibli}
Products/Services: Welding electrodes, machinery & equipment Manpower & heavey equipment supply
58. ElasmarGroup, Port Said
Industrial Area / South Port Said Piece No 19/20/21/22 Port Said, Port Said, Egypt (Contact: Mohammed Elasmar}
Products/Services: Denim wear Garment accessories Knitwear, knitted fabrics & hosiery goods Industrial garments Readymade garments
59. Goyal Readymade Garments Trading, Ajman
P O Box 13765, Ajman, Ajman, United Arab Emirates (Contact: Vinay Goyal}
Products/Services: Embroidery & embroiders Fabricators Industrial garments Readymade garments
60. MobiLusso Furniture & Antique Furniture, Damietta
Mehwar Street, Ring Road Damietta, Egypt (Contact: Mohamed Shaheen}
Products/Services: Handicrafts Wooden carvings Brassware, e.p.n.s. & brass handicrafts French antique furniture, Italian interiors design
61. Universal Co Tailoring Suplies, Amman
King Talal St; Amman, Jordan (Contact: Fahed Albakri}
Products/Services: Zippers Buttons Yarns Nonvusable interling 1025 F&1025HF
62. Armoni Engineering Ltd, Istanbul
E Cad No:6, 34779 Atasehir Istanbul, Kalamis, Turkey (Contact: Reyan UTTU}
Products/Services: Ferrous & non-ferrous metals Waste metal, metal scrap
63. Alfa Steel Trading, Assut
Assiut Assut, Egypt (Contact: Eng Ezzat Alfy}
Products/Services: Iron & steel castings Foundary Iron steel Stainless steel Glass
64. Arcosteel, Sadat City
5th Industrial Zone Sadat City, Egypt (Contact: Ahmed Hosni}
Products/Services: Iron & steel castings Stainless steel Steel & stainless steel products
65. Guven Metal San Ve Tic Ltd Sti, Gaziantep
1 Street No:47, Sehitkamil Gaziantep, Turkey (Contact: Serdal BAYAKTEMUR}
Products/Services: Metals & alloys Copper fibre
66. Lido Trading LLC, Sharjah
Al Khan Rd, Industrial Area 10 Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (Contact: Joanna Cheung}
Products/Services: Metals & alloys Stainless steel Steel & stainless steel products Aluminium Ceiling
67. Pmc Madencilik Sanayi Ve Ticaret, Kadikoy
Bagdat Cad 62 K: 2 / 13kiziltoprak Kadikoy, Turkey (Contact: Bulent Bertan}
Products/Services: Minerals & refractories Foundary
68. SHAMMA & Co, Cairo
11 Orabi Street Down Town Cairo, Egypt (Contact: Tarek Foda}
Products/Services: Minerals & refractories Machinery - cement plant Machinery - industrial machinery Machinery - steel rolling mills Process control instruments
69. Kartal Evaporator San, Istanbul
Dolapdere Avenue, Istanbul, Turkey (Contact: Nagip Kartal}
Products/Services: Sheet metals Metals & alloys Aluminium sheet
70. Sunpar Metal, Istanbul
Rami Kisla Cad TEC Oto Sanayii A Blok No:22 Istanbul, Turkey (Contact: Serkan VARLIK}
Products/Services: Steel & stainless steel products
71. Turkcan Jewelery Co, Beyazit / ISTA
Kapalicarsi, Aynacilar Sk Nu:18 Beyazit / ISTA, Turkey (Contact: Piyer & Aleksan & Toni}
Products/Services: Jewellery
72. Ersahin Gold Jewelery, Istanbul
Kuyumcukent Atolye Blogu-2 Kat-10 Sokak-No: 19 Yenibosna Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey (Contact: Mesut Ersahin}
Products/Services: Jewellery Gold pendants and earring
73. Rag Leather Ir, Tabriz
No 140, Next To Iranian Plastic Co, Ashrafiye Laleh St, Azadi Ave Tabriz, Iran (Contact: Amir Arya}
Products/Services: Leather - finished
74. Abdeen Grand Stores, Amman
11 Alyanabee Str Swiefieh Amman, Jordan (Contact: Amer Abdeen}
Products/Services: Leather goods & accessories Home, bedding & lines , luggage & travel gears
75. Nesis SHOES, Konya
Aykent Ayakkabicilar Sitesi 10681 Street Nu : 6 Karatay Konya, Karatay, Turkey (Contact: Mustafa Yilmaz}
Products/Services: Shoes Leather garments Leather goods & accessories Shoe components & accessories Leather - finished Fashion accessories Fashion designers
76. Arcan Ltd Sti, Bursa
Viraca Mah Gazhane Gec No : 6 Mustafakemalpasa / Bursa, Turkey (Contact: Ilker BALCIOGLU}
Products/Services: Machinery - agricultural
77. Arsan Fair Organization Inc Co, Gaziantep
Ordu Cad 16/c 27060 Gaziantep, Turkey (Contact: Orhan Arun}
Products/Services: Machinery - agricultural Machinery - biscuit making Machinery - food processing Machinery - industrial machinery Machinery - plastic processing machines Machinery - rice mill Machinery - rubber Machinery - sugar Machinery - Special purpose Textile / garment machinery Trade fair organization
78. Fopro Industrial Products Co Ltd, Mersin
Kiremith Mah 4406 Sk M Bor Is Merkezi No: 9 K: 1 D:13 Mersin, Turkey (Contact: Cenk Altug}
Products/Services: Machinery - agricultural Machinery - industrial machinery Machinery - rice mill Equipments - poultry Equipments - material handling
79. AL-Faisal Construction Machinery Corp, Amman
1st & 2nd Floor, AL-Faisal Building Off Kanakpura Road, Amman, Jordan (Contact: Eng Mahmoud Khalil}
Products/Services: Machinery - construction
80. Mechanical Industry And Trade Inc, Konya
2 Organized Industry Zone, Kirim Avenue Sari?i?ek St No:7 Konya, Turkey, Turkey (Contact: Salim Alaybeyi}
Products/Services: Machinery - food processing Machinery - grinding
81. Furmak Makine Spares Parts For Looms, Bayrampasa
Ismetpa?a Mah Abdi Ipekci Cad Gun Sok No: 19/B Bayrampasa, Istanbul, Turkey (Contact: Ozgur Yilmaz}
Products/Services: Textile / garment machinery Dornier Looms Spares
82. Nancogroup For Import And Export, Sharkia
Gomhoriya St Kafr Saqr Sharkya Govenourt Post Code 44681 Sharkia, Cairo, Egypt (Contact: Manager: Yasser Arfa}
Products/Services: Textile / garment machinery Weaving looms
83. Moien Textile Co, Tehran
Shahid Rajaee-sanat-hajhabib-No 145 Tehran, Tehran, Iran (Contact: Mehdi Tayebi}
Products/Services: Textile / garment machinery Embroidery & embroiders Textile auxilliaries
84. Madi Mohammed Alhajri & Partners Co, Alkhobar
Po Box 1968 Alkhobar, Eastern, Saudi Arabia (Contact: Narasimhan Ram}
Products/Services: Process control instruments Surgical dressings Electrical goods Electrical engineering Generators Industrial motors Safety valves Machinery - construction Machinery - earth moving Machinery - industrial machinery
85. OKKIRAN Textile, Gaziantep
3 OSB Celal Dogan Blv 26 Nolu Cad No:4 Gaziantep, Turkey, Turkey (Contact: Hakan OKKIRAN}
Products/Services: Carpets, rugs & durries P.P. Carpet mats Yarn
86. Orient Polypropylene Industries Llc, Dubai
P O Box 4032 Ajman Dubai, United Arab Emirates (Contact: Saleem Omer}
Products/Services: P.P. Carpet mats Pp mats
87. Hasirci Tekstil Tic Ve San Ltd Sti, Gaziantep
3 Organize Sanayi Bolgesi Mehmet Batalli Bulvari No :65 Gaziantep, Baspinar, Turkey (Contact: Serpil Talu}
Products/Services: P.P. Carpet mats Pp bcf ysrn
88. Kule Automation-Norton Electronic, Istanbul
Okcumusa Avenue Menevse Trade Building N:54/109 Si Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey (Contact: Sercan KAYTAN}
Products/Services: Equipments - electrical measuring
89. Gebit Ltd, Adana
Seyhan Adana, Turkey (Contact: Ergun Cinar}
Products/Services: Equipments - flat metal processing Machinery - construction Tools - industrial
90. Water Cube Sanitary Ware Trading LLC, Sharjah
Industial Area 10 Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (Contact: Xiaojun Ma}
Products/Services: Equipments - kitchen & canteen Equipments - material handling
91. RR Sales, Dubai
Al-Nahda Road, Al Qusais Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (Contact: Remesh R Pai}
Products/Services: Equipments - marine Equipments - material handling Tools - hand tools & allied Tools - industrial Spare Parts for Heavy Industries
92. Ugur Hurdavatcilik As, Gebze
Gebze Plastik?iler Organize Sanayi B?lgesi (GEPOSB) 5 Cadde No:3 Gebze, Kocaeli, Turkey (Contact: Ms Betul Ayvaci}
Products/Services: Tools - hand tools & allied Steel & stainless steel products Rainwear
93. Hay Firca San Ve Tic Ltd Sti, Gaziemir
215 Sokak No:2 Aydin Mahallesi Gaziemir, Izmir, Turkey (Contact: Yildiray Yaliniz}
Products/Services: Tools - hand tools & allied Equipments - material handling Brushes, brooms, mops
94. Multicards Jeddah, Jeddah
Salma Center, Madina Rd Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (Contact: N M Salim}
Products/Services: Tools - industrial
95. Acasan, Konya
Busan Org San Konya, Turkey (Contact: Semih ACA}
Products/Services: Tools - industrial Automotive parts, components & spares Nuts and bolts
96. Jordan Valley Conferences I Exhibitions Services, Amman
P O Box: 841070 Amman, Amman, Jordan (Contact: Hanna NASSAR}
Products/Services: Tour Operator Hotel Reservation Travel Agent Marketing Services Events managment Company (Conferences, Exhibitions, Incentives, Tours Services
97. Dirham Tours LLC, Dubai
Sheikh Zayad Road Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (Contact: Bilal}
Products/Services: Hotel Reservation
98. HighDubai Com, Dubai
- Dubai, United Arab Emirates (Contact: Mohammad}
Products/Services: Buying/ sourcing agents Cargo agents Commission agents Consultants & negotiators Foreign exchange dealers Freight forwarders / brokers Import / export licences International trade & finance Merchant exporters Trading house
99. Al-Rodah Trading Co Ltd, Hodeidah
Al-Matraq St Al-Rodah Building P O Box No 3169 Hodeidah, Yemen (Contact: Abdul Hafeez H Alkadasi}
Products/Services: Buying/ sourcing agents Commission agents Import / export licences Trading house Textile and others
100. Gebeit Navigation & Trading Co Ltd, Khartoum
El-Horriya Street, Ava Sarabamon Bldg, 5th Floor Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan (Contact: Victor Luga Bissada}
Products/Services: Clearing & forwarding agents Freight forwarders / brokers Shipping agents Transporters, transport agents
101. Rawatan Trade And Freight Services Company, Port Said
5 Mohamed Mahmoud Str Port Said, Port Said, Egypt (Contact: Medhat Khafaga}
Products/Services: Commission agents Trading house Freight forwarders / brokers Cargo agents
102. Almersad Plastic Co L L C, Deira,dubai
Flate No 902, Rigga Palace, Opp Etesalat, Almaktom St Deira,dubai, ., United Arab Emirates (Contact: Bukhari}
Products/Services: International trade & finance Hdpe,ldpe,lldpe,pp
103. Unit Trust Of India Care Andrew, Arabian Gulf
Post Box 20234 Manama Bahrain Arabian Gulf, Bahrain (Contact: Andrew}
Products/Services: Investment International trade & finance
104. Al-iqbal For Trading, Aden
P O Box: 5653, Maalla Aden, Yemen (Contact: Iqbal Ahmed Abdulkader}
Products/Services: Investment Merchant exporters Trading house International trade & finance Commission agents Marketing Services Natural Stones, Precious & Semi-precious Stones, Mineral Specimens, Limestone, Calcium Carbonate, etc..
105. Arabian Supply, Al Khobar
Post Box 368 Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia (Contact: George}
Products/Services: Trading house General
106. Hazmat Chemicals Trading LLC, Dubai
P O Box 63169 Dubai, United Arab Emirates (Contact: Joy Victor}
Products/Services: Flooring - vinyl Foam / rexine, p.u. Products Metallyzed polyester film Plastic moulding Plastic products Plastic raw material Plastic sealing devices Plastic polymers Polyester film Chemicals
107. Al Nabaa Commercial Services,
P O Box 5463 Manama-Kingdom Of Bahrain , Bahrain (Contact: Ebrahim F Jawad}
Products/Services: Plastic products Supply of Card Embossing Machines - Plastic Card - Marketings Services
108. Al-watan Al-gali Est, Riyadh-11525
P O Box: 59418 Riyadh-11525, Saudi Arabia (Contact: Engr Tariq Khayyam}
Products/Services: Plastic products Plastic raw material
109. Petro Gold International, Dubai
P O Box 52207 Dubai, United Arab Emirates (Contact: J P Goenka}
Products/Services: Plastic raw material
110. Middle East Waste Management Ltd, Jeddah
Industrial City Phase Five Jeddah, Makkah/ Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (Contact: Binod Paswan}
Products/Services: Plastic raw material Hdpe,ldpe,pp,pet,pvc,pc
111. G M International Group - Kuwait -(Petrochemicals), Fahaheel
Dabbous St (Souk Sana Building) Fahaheel, Kuwait, Kuwait (Contact: C Moosa Koya , Mr Tamim}
Products/Services: Plastic raw material Plastic polymers Plastic Raw-Meterials and Petrochemicals
112. Mineral Circles Bearings, Dubai
P O Box No-27691, Jebel Ali Freezone, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (Contact: Hassanein Alwan}
Products/Services: Automobile electrical spares Automotive parts, components & spares Roller Bearings,Industrial Bearings,Automotive bearing,Wheel Bearing
113. Goo-far Fuel Filtration Systems, Istanbul
Tepe�ren Mah. Demokrasi Cad. 135/15 Orhanl� Istanbul, Tuzla, Turkey (Contact: Gokhan Uttu}
Products/Services: Automobile filters Automotive parts, components & spares Fuel filtration systems
114. Tepsi Co, Aleppo
Aleppo-Syria-Bustan Kul Ab PO Box : 9660 Aleppo, Syria (Contact: Fadi Tepsi}
Products/Services: Automotive chains & sprockets Roller Bearing
115. KiSAN OTOMOTiV LTD STi, Izmir
129/8 Sk No:40 4 San Sit Bornova Izmir, Kemalpasa, Turkey (Contact: Erol Guven}
Products/Services: Automotive parts, components & spares Truck and Auto window regulators
116. Saas Trading, Dubai
- Dubai, United Arab Emirates (Contact: Satish}
Products/Services: Automotive parts, components & spares Automobile electrical spares Automobile filters
117. TUNCAPRM Loj D�s Tic Auto San Ve Tic Ltd, Izmir
1472 Sok No 24 Kat 3 Daire 5 Alsancak Izmir, Turkey (Contact: Murat Tunca}
Products/Services: Automotive parts, components & spares Brakes Ferrous & non-ferrous metals
118. Aviate Point, Dubai
Po Box 28088 Dubai, United Arab Emirates (Contact: Nazeer}
Products/Services: Automotive parts, components & spares Truck components & spares
119. QSI Middle East, Dubai
Al Shatha Tower, 25th Floor Office No 2516 Dubai, United Arab Emirates (Contact: Zubair Bagadia}
Products/Services: Marketing Services
120. Esdannosco, Lattakia
Lattakia Lattakia, Syria (Contact: Angls Antiago (Ehssan)}
Products/Services: Marketing Services Sugar Icumsa, Urea, Sulphur, oils.
121. Bullfinder Com, Dubai
Business Bay, The Prism Tower, Office 1003 Dubai, United Arab Emirates (Contact: Bullfinder}
Products/Services: Marketing Services
122. HMB Shipping & Trading Co Ltd, Port Sudan
Mohamed El Neil Street Port Sudan, Red Sea State, Sudan (Contact: Nizar Baasher}
Products/Services: Containers Ships agent - stevedore - freight forwarders
123. Britmart Sdn Bhd, Begawan
Unit 12, Ground Floor, Bunut Centre Building, Simp Begawan, Brunei Darussalam (Contact: Linda Bk Chang}
Products/Services: Containers Clearing & forwarding agents Cargo agents Courier services Freight forwarders / brokers Insurance Packers & movers Shipping agents Transporters, transport agents Party bouncers/inflatable items
124. Royal Plastic Factory, Riyadh
Industrial City Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (Contact: Anway Mohammed}
Products/Services: Packaging materials
125. Moon Trading, Dubai
Po Box 91417 Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (Contact: Mohammed}
Products/Services: Packaging materials Food packing(Plastic, Aluminum, Papper)
126. Penguen, Istanbul
Daha Sonra Bildirilecek Istanbul, Turkey (Contact: Tolga Karabag}
Products/Services: Packaging materials
127. EPM Trading Fze, Dubai
PO Box 80029 Dubai, Deira, United Arab Emirates (Contact: CB Chowdhary}
Products/Services: Packaging materials Sacks - hdpe
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Stamford Apple Day organisers make 'desperate' appeal for...apples!
Posted: October 03, 2012|
The organisers of Stamford Apple Day are making a 'desperate' appeal for members of the public to bring windfall fruit to Saturday's annual event.
The fruit is needed to make apple juice drinks for visitors to the special day, organised by Stamford Community Orchard Group, and being held at Stamford Arts' Centre from 10.30am to 4.30pm.
Max Winslow, chairman of the group, said: "We are in desperate need of apples to be donated as this year's record-breaking rain, frost and the lack of pollinating insects has resulted in a poor harvest.
"We need buckets and buckets full of them to turn into apple juice drink.
"We would be extremely grateful to anyone who can bring their windfalls along to the event."
Visitors are also invited to bring along apples for identification by The East of England Apples and Orchards Project - which is hoping to find some of the long-lost Stamford varieties. The project will also be showcasing more than 200 varieties of English apple.
Experts from the town's orchard group will be on-hand to offer advice on growing and looking after apple trees.
"A hundred years ago Stamford was famous for its apple growers and over 40 new varieties were created here. Only six are now available, with Peasgood Nonsuch being perhaps the best-known.
"This is the ninth Stamford Apple Day and celebrates this lesser-known aspect of the town's history," added Mr.Winslow.
Other attractions on Saturday will include family games, including pin the maggot on the apple and apple bobbing.
There will also be a tombola and stalls, many of them selling apple-related gifts and produce.
Stamford Community Orchard Group is a registered charity. Its aims are to preserve the old orchards that still exist in the town, establish new orchards and rediscover old apple varieties. The group has planted and manages a community orchard, at the end of Christ Church Close, and has an exciting new site on Uffington Road where members are busy planting different varieties of fruit trees.
For more details about the group visit www.scog-web.org.uk

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This document provides several steps for troubleshooting the following
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This message appears quite often on new installs of the Cisco Customer
Response Solution (CRS) application. �In most cases, the problem is a
configuration step that is overlooked.
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meet the following prerequisites:
Cisco CRS configuration
Cisco CallManager configuration
Enable trace and capture Agent logs
The information in this document is based on the software and hardware
versions below.
Cisco IP Contact Center (IPCC) Express 3.0 and
Cisco CallManager 3.0 and later
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a specific lab environment. All of the devices used in this document started
with a cleared (default) configuration. If you are working in a live network,
ensure that you understand the potential impact of any command before using
This message often appears on new installs of the Cisco CRS
application. �In most cases, the problem is a configuration step overlooked
during the install.
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Cisco Agent Desktop or Supervisor can't login.
The first step is to get a clear definition of the problem and, if
possible, a screen shot of the agent desktop error message along with agent
logs the indicate the problem or error message. Here are some questions to ask
to help isolate the problem:
Does this affect only one agent or all agents?
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isolate problem to a specific machine.
Verify the agent user name and password by going to the Cisco
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help troubleshoot the problem:
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and�verify that it is successful.
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read/write access) in the
Desktop_cfg\Desktop\License folder on the CRS
If failed, add the Everyone user to the permission list and test
(user should be able to write to the License Directory and the Agent should
then login).
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The present invention provides heating elements and methods for their fabrication and use. The heating elements of this invention include a spirally shaped structure having a plurality of spiral forms, and may contain a thermally conductive, electrically insulated polymeric coating, such as a fluorocarbon resinous coating of about 0.001-0.020 in. in thickness. The preferred spirally shaped heating elements of this invention provide a lower, preferably substantially lower, flux or watt density than that for a Tubular Heating Element of substantially similar Active Element Volume (in3), wherein said spirally shaped heating element has the same or greater overall wattage rating (total watts) than the Tubular Heating Element. The heating elements of this invention preferably have an Effective Relative Heated Surface Area of about 5-60 in2/in3, with a target range of about 20-30 in2/in3, but can generate a heat flux of about 10-50 w/in2.
1. A method of manufacturing a heating element comprising:
winding a first resistance heating material in a continuous spiral path having a plurality of spiral forms disposed in three dimensions along a longitudinal axis, and connected by "u" shaped bends, coating a portion of said resistance heating material with an electrically insulating, polymeric material, whereby said resulting heating element has a first radius of curvature at ambient temperature, and a second radius of curvature at 160� F., as measured on the surface of the polymer material, which is substantially greater than said first radius of curvature.
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5. A method of manufacturing a heating element comprising:
winding a first resistance heating material in a continuous spiral path having a plurality of connected individual spiral forms disposed in three dimensions along a longitudinal axis, a plurality of said connected individual spiral forms including a plurality of partially overlapping turns, coating a portion of said resistance heating material with an electrically insulating, polymeric layer, whereby said resulting heating element has a first radius of curvature at ambient temperature, and a second radius of curvature at 160� F., as measured on the surface of the polymer material, which is substantially greater than said first radius of curvature.
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10. A heating element comprising a first resistance heating material wound in a continuous spiral path having a plurality of spiral forms disposed in three dimensions along a longitudinal axis, and connected by "u" shaped bends, at least a portion of said first resistance heating material coated with an electrically insulating, polymeric material, whereby said resulting heating element has a first radius of curvature at ambient temperature, and a second radius of curvature at 160� F., as measured on the surface of the polymer material, which is substantially greater than said first radius of curvature.
11. The heating element of
12. The heating element of
The present application is related to U.S. application Ser. No. 09/275,161 filed Mar. 24, 1999, which is a continuation in part of U.S. application Ser. No. 08/767,156 filed on Dec. 16, 1996, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,930,459, issued on Jul. 27, 1999, which in turn is a continuation in part of U.S. application Ser. No. 365,920, filed Dec. 29, 1994, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,586,214, issued on Dec. 17, 1996, which are all hereby incorporated by reference.
This application is also related to U.S. application Ser. No. 09/309,429, filed May 11, 1999, U.S. application Ser. No. 09/369,779, filed Aug. 6, 1999, and U.S. application Ser. No. 09/416,371, filed Oct. 13, 1999, which are also hereby incorporated by reference.
This invention relates to electric resistance heating elements, and more particularly, to plastic insulated resistance heating elements containing encapsulated resistance material.
Electric resistance heating elements composed of polymeric materials are quickly developing as a substitute for conventional or "standard" metal sheathed heating elements, such as those containing a Ni—Cr coil disposed axially through a U-shaped tubular metal sheath. Good examples of polymeric heating elements include those disclosed in Eckman et al., U.S. Pat. No. 5,586,214, issued Dec. 17, 1996; Lock et al., U.S. Pat. No. 5,521,357, issued May 28, 1996; Welsby et al., U.S. Pat. No. 4,326,121, issued Apr. 20, 1982, and J. W. Welsh, U.S. Pat. No. 3,621,566, issued Nov. 23, 1971, which are all hereby incorporated herein by reference.
Eckman et al. '214 discloses a polymer encapsulated resistance heating element including a resistance heating member encapsulated within an integral layer of an electrically-insulating, thermally-conductive polymeric material. The disclosed heating elements are capable of generating at least about 1,000 watts for heating fluids such as water and gas.
Lock et al. '357 discloses a heater apparatus including a resistive film formed on a substrate. The first and second electrodes are coupled to conductive leads which are electrically connected to the resistive film. The heater also includes an over molded body made of an insulating material, such as a plastic. Lock et al. '357 further disclose that their resistive film can be applied to a substrate, such as a printed circuit board material.
Welsby et al. '121 discloses an electric immersion heater having a planar construction which contains an electrical resistance heating wire shrouded within an integral layer of polymeric material, such as PFA or PTFE, which is wound around end portions of a rectangular frame. The frame and wound resistance wire is then secured in spaced relationship with one or more wrapped frame members, and then further protected by polymeric cover plates which allow for the free flow of fluid through the heater.
J. W. Welsh '566 discloses a single planar resistance member having a dipped coating of thermoplastic material, such as PTFE, nylon or KEL-F, a 3M product. Welsh teaches that his element can be self-cleaning, since the heated wire is free to expand within the insulation, which is flexible.
The problems associated with metal sheathed elements in immersed fluids are generally known. These problems are caused by the industry's need for high watt densities. High watt densities can cause high external sheath temperatures which can damage fluid and increase scale build-up, and high internal heating element temperatures which limit heater life.
The formation of hard lime scale on container walls and heating elements can be traced to the calcium carbonate (CaCO3) content of the water in combination with the scarcity of nucleation centers in ordinary water. When the concentration of the calcium carbonate exceeds its solubility, solidification often begins on the surface of the heating element. Hard lime scale begins with a few starting points on the surface of the element which attach firmly to it and extend crystals which cling to one another in a dendritic crystallization mode. This process continues as further solidification of the mineral occurs, growing layer by layer over each successive formation of dendrites. See Kronenberg, "Magnetic Water Treatment De-mystified", Green Country Environmental Associates, LLC, Jan. 19, 2000, which is hereby incorporated by reference.
Scale produced by residential water heaters operated on hard water at approximately 160� F. consists principally of calcium and calcium carbonate. Differences in water quality at various sites do not generally exert a strong influence on scale composition. Minor metallic constituents, such as magnesium, aluminum and iron, generally comprise less than 3% of the scale composition.
There is a slight improvement in scale resistance associated with polymer sheathed fluid heating elements; however, there remains a need in the heating element industry to improve this technology. Some of these weaknesses associated with polymer heating elements are known to include (1) the low thermal conductivity of polymeric coatings which generally prevents thick polymer coatings from being used; (2) the need to use a greater surface area to keep the polymer below its heat deflection temperature, while providing for the application's heating requirements; (3) the high manufacturing costs associated with larger surface area heaters, and (4) the management of mechanical and creep stresses due to the differences in the coefficient of thermal expansion between metallic and polymeric materials.
The present invention provides flexible spirally shaped heating elements comprising a resistance heating material having a plurality of spiral forms distributed around a central axis, said resistance heating material containing an electrically insulating polymeric coating. This heating element has a flux or watt density which is significantly lower than that for a tubular Heating Element of substantially similar Active Element Volume (in3), but having the same or greater overall wattage rating (total watts) that the Tubular Heating Element.
In another preferred embodiment of this invention, a flexible spiral shaped heating element is provided which includes a resistance heating ribbon or wire insulated within a thermally conductive, electrically insulating polymeric coating. The resistance heating ribbon or wire is disposed into a spiral form having an external dimension sufficient to fit within a 1.0-1.5 inch opening of a standard residential hot water heater, yet provides an "effective heating surface area" (herein defined) which is at least two times greater than the effective heating surface area of a conventional metal-sheathed tubular heating element of roughly the same external dimensions.
More preferably, the spirally shaped heating elements of this invention include a surface area of about 5-60 in2/in3, and preferably about 10-30 in2/in3, which represents a great deal of improvement over Welsh '566, which presents an effective heating surface area of only about 2 in2/in3, and Welsby et al., which presents a slightly greater surface area, but is incapable of being retrofitted within an existing 1.0-1.5 inch standard opening in a hot water heater.
Moreover, the ability for the present spirally shaped heating elements to expand and contract during heating presents a tremendous opportunity to reduce scaling of hard water deposits. The elements of the present invention are capable of developing changes in their radius of curvature, which are approximately 2-10 times greater than the minimal expansion associated with the flat ribbon of Welsh, and provide even greater expansion opportunities when compared to fixed coated wire elements, such as those described by Welsby et al, which are constrained by a frame.
The claimed heating elements, in the presence of water, can run at watt densities (or flux) of less than 20 watts per square inch, and desirably about 5-15 w/in2, with a target of about 7-12 w/in2. It is generally known that a lower watt density will reduce fluid damage and minimize scale generation.
The preferred spirally shaped heating elements of this invention can yield watt densities of less than 50%, and preferably about 10% to about 30% of the watt density of a standard Tubular Heater Element having the same Active Element Volume (in3). These heating elements minimize fluid damage, such as in the case of oil in engine block heaters or space heaters, for example, by minimizing the carbonization created by high heater surface temperatures. The elements and methods of fabrication provide a low cost heater with a minimum number of components and electrical connections.
Other improvements provided by this invention include its relatively low flux or watt density, therefore creating very low element surface and internal temperatures in immersed fluid heating applications. The polymer coatings of this invention can be provided in thicknesses of about 1-20 thousandths of an inch to provide a very low temperature differential between the resistance heating element material and the surface of the polymer coating. These flexible spirally shaped heating elements are also free to expand and contract with changes in the temperature of the heating element. This reduces mechanical stresses due to differences in the coefficient of thermal expansion between the various metallic and nonmetallic components of such heaters. The flexing also helps to break up and shed any built up scale on the heater surface. These preferred embodiments also permit nearly the entire surface area, or at least about 90-95% of the surface area of the heating element to be heated. This prevents discontinuities, or abrupt changes in the flux density of the heater surface, thereby minimizing mechanical stresses due to unheated areas in the preferred polymeric insulating coating.
The spirals of this invention, depending on the rigidity of the resistance wire, may be supported on a rod, with or without physical attachment to the rod, such as by pins, rivets or adhesive. They may be sealed or partially contained within a fluid-soluble coating or band, which dissolves quickly to permit the element to expand to its operational dimensions, which dimensions can be larger in diameter than the typical 1-1.5″ diameter standard water heater tank opening, or any other standard opening desired.
The accompanying drawings illustrate preferred embodiments of the invention, as well as other information pertinent to the disclosure, in which:
FIG. 1 is a side, cross-sectional view of a preferred heating element embodiment of this invention, including an optional element container;
FIG. 2 is a top, plan view of an alternative spirally shaped heating element of this invention;
FIG. 3 is a side, elevational view of the spirally shaped heating element of FIG. 2;
FIG. 4 is a partial, cross-sectional view, taken through line 4—4 of FIG. 2, showing a preferred construction of the heating element; and
FIG. 5 is a side, elevational view of an alternative shaped heating element without a central core.
The present invention provides polymeric heating elements useful in all sorts of heating environments, especially those for heating liquids in industrial and commercial applications, including pools and spas, food service (including food warmers, cheese and hot fudge dispensers and cooking surfaces and devices), water heaters, plating heaters, oil-containing space heaters, and medical devices. The disclosed heating elements can serve as replaceable heating elements for hot water service, including hot water storage capacities of 5-500 gallons, point of use hot water heaters, and retrofit applications. They can be used for instant-on type heaters, especially with the disclosed element container. As used herein, the following terms are defined:
"Additives" means any substance added to another substance, usually to improve properties, such as, plasticizers, initiators, light stabilizers, fiber or mineral reinforcements, fillers and flame retardants.
"Composite Material" means any combination of two or more materials (reinforcing elements, fillers, and composite matrix binder), differing in form or composition on a macro scale. The constituents retain their identities: that is, they do not dissolve or merge completely into one another although they act in concert. Normally, the components can be physically identified and exhibit an interface between one another.
"Spiral" means one or more looped or continuous forms of any geometric shape, including rectangular and circular, moving around a fixed point or axis; multiple spirals need not be centered on the same point or axis; a spiral can include, for example, a coil of wire located substantially in a single plane, a springlike structure having a longitudinal axis, or a series of coils connected by "u" shaped bends.
"Spirally" means shaped like a spiral.
"Coefficient of Thermal Conductivity" means the property of a material to conduct thermal energy (also known as "K-value"); it is typically measured in w/m-� C.
"Flux" means the heat flow (W or watts) per unit area (in2 or m2) of a heating element; it is also referred to as the Heat Flux or Watt Density of a heating element.
"Scale" means the deposits of Ca or CaCO3, along with trace amounts of other minerals and oxides, formed, usually, in layers, on surfaces exposed to water storage (especially heated water).
"Effective Relative Heated Surface Area" (in2/in3) means the area of heating element exposed to the solid, liquid or gas to be heated, excluding internal or unexposed surfaces, ("Effective Surface Area", in2 )over the volume of heating element immersed in the material or fluid ("Active Element Volume", in3), excluding flanges or wiring outside of said material or fluid which may make up part of the element.
"Integral Composite Structure" means a composite structure in which several structural elements, which would conventionally be assembled together by mechanical fasteners after separate fabrication, are instead adhered together, melt bonded, or laid up and cured, to form a single, complex, continuous structure. All or some of the assembly may be co-cured, or joined by heat, pressure or adhesive.
"Reinforced Plastic" means molded, formed, filament-wound, tape-wrapped, or shaped plastic parts consisting of resins to which reinforcing fibers, mats, fabrics, mineral reinforcements, fillers, and other ingredients (referred to as "Reinforcements") have been added before the forming operation to provide some strength properties greatly superior to those of the base resin.
"Tubular Heating Element" means a resistance heating element having a resistance heating wire surrounded by a ceramic insulator and shielded within a plastic, steel and/or copper-based tubular sleeve, as described in, for example, U.S. Pat. No. 4,152,578, issued May 1, 1979, and hereby incorporated by reference.
Other terms will be defined in the context of the following specification.
Element Construction
With reference to the drawings, and in particular to FIGS. 1-4 thereof, there is shown a preferred flexible spirally shaped heating element 200 including a resistance heating material 18 having an electrically insulating coating 16 thereon. The coated resistance heating material 10 is desirably shaped into a configuration which allows substantial expansion during heating of the element. More preferably, this substantial expansion is created through a series of connected, spirally shaped forms such as those disclosed in the spirally shaped heating elements 100, 200 and 300. Due to their length and non-constricting nature, such spirally shaped forms have the ability to expand and contract at a rate which is greater than a shorter, confined flat sinus member, such as that described by Welsh '566, or a wire which is fixed on a stamped metal plate, as shown by Welsby et al. '121. The preferred flexible spirally shaped heating elements 100 and 200 of this invention preferably are self-supporting, but can be wound around a central axis 14 of a core 12 and terminate in a pair of power leads 118 or 11. The core 12 desirably is of an insulating material, such as wood, ceramic, glass or polymer, although it can be of metallic construction if made part of the resistance heating function, or if the resistance heating material is coated in a polymer, glass or ceramic such as described in the preferred embodiments of this invention.
The power leads 11 and 118 are desirably terminated in a conventional manner such as by compression fittings, terminal end pieces or soldering. Plastic-insulated cold pins can also be employed.
The preferred heating element construction of this invention can be disposed within an element container 114, preferably including a molded polymeric material such as, polyethylene, polystyrene, PPS or polycarbonate. The element container 114 preferably allows enough room for the spirally shaped heating element 100, 200 or 300 to expand without constriction. The element also can optionally include a temperature or current sensing device 122, such as a circuit breaker, thermostat, RTD, solid state temperature sensor, or thermocouple. The temperature or current sensing device 122 can be disposed within the insulating coating 16, in the wall of the element container 114, in the core 12, or disposed in close proximity to the heating element 100, 200 or 300.
When an element container 114 is employed, it is desirable that the container have one or more openings, such as liquid inlet and outlets, 120 and 121. This permits the cold water to enter in the liquid inlet 120, and hot water to exit the liquid outlet 121. Alternatively, such a device can act independently of a water storage tank, as in for example, a point of use hot water dispenser or oil preheater, whereby fluid pipes are connected to the liquid inlets and outlets 120 and 121.
As shown in FIG. 3, the spirally shaped heating element of this invention can include a pair of axes of thermal expansion 17 and 19. Desirably, the spirally shaped heating element 100, 200 or 300 can expand at least about 1%, and more desirably, about 5-100% along such axes 17-19, as it unwinds and opens, to relieve mechanical stresses and improve descaling.
As shown in the preferred embodiments, FIGS. 2-5, the spirally shaped heating elements 100, 200 and 300 of this invention can include multiple connected spirals of coated resistance material 10 or 310 arranged along a common center line.
In the element 100 of FIGS. 2 and 3, the first pair of spirals is connected by a 180� turn of wire connecting the outer or inner ends of the first spiral. The third consecutive spiral is connected to the second spiral with a 180� turn of wire at the opposite end of the second spiral from the connection formed between the first and second spiral. This pattern is continued for the remaining spirals, alternating the 180� turn of wire connections between inter and outer ends of each spiral. These 180� turn connections are formed during the winding of the element which can be accomplished on a fixture having a plurality of pins for enabling the coated resistance heating material 10 to be wound and plastically deformed into a set spiral shape. The unconnected ends of the first and last spiral are connected to electrical leads (not shown). The individual spirals can be oval, rectangular or oddly shaped and, depending on the rigidity of the resistance wire or ribbon employed, may be supported without a core 12, as in element 300 of FIG. 5, and with or without an inner 180� turn. Optionally, the inner 180� turn can be fixed to the rod 12 by a pin 13 as shown in FIG. 3, or alternatively, by adhesive bond, weld, ultrasonic or solder joint.
The resistance heating material 18 may be a metal alloy or conductive coating or polymer, and may have a positive temperature coefficient of resistance for limiting heat or power in the case of overheating. The resistance heating material 18 may or may not be insulated within an insulating coating 16, depending upon the requirements for electrical insulation and the medium used or required application. The resistance heating material 18 of this invention may have a round, flat or other cross-sectional shape and may be solid or in powder form, and may be made of more than one alloy with different thermal expansion rates to increase the expansion or contraction of the spirally shaped heating elements 100 or 200 of this invention, with resulting improvements in the shedding of scale. Such bimetallic wire, having a longitudinal seam, is often used in residential thermostats, for example.
The spirally shaped heating elements 100, 200 or 300 of this invention may be formed with a wire or ribbon which is precoated with a polymer, thermoplastic or thermosetting resin before winding, or the wire may be wound with uncoated wire or ribbon, and then coated with a polymer by spray coating, dip coating, electrical coating, fluidized bed coating, electrostatic spraying, etc. The disclosed cores 12 may form a portion of the heating element or may be used merely to form its shape prior to disposing the core 12.
The spirally shaped heating elements of this invention, when used for residential water heating applications, are preferably designed to fit within a 1-1.5 in. diameter standard tank opening of typical hot water heaters. They are designed to have an "effective relative heated surface area" of about 5-60 in2/in3, desirably about 10-30 in2/in3.
The flexible, spiral shaped heating elements 100, 200 and 300 of this invention preferably include a resistance metal in ribbon or wire form and about 30-10 gauge sizes, preferably about 16-20 gauge, with coating thickness of about 0.001-0.020 inches, preferably about 0.005-0.012 inches. Desirable element examples have used 20 gauge Ni—Cr wire having a PFA coating of approximately 0.009 inches, resulting in an effective relative heated surface area of approximately 28 in2/in3, and sized to fit within a 1-1.5 inch diameter opening of a typical water heater.
The preferred coated or uncoated resistance wire or ribbon should be stiff enough to support itself, either alone or on a supporting carrier or core 12. The core 12 of this invention can be rod-like, rectangular, or contain a series of supporting rods or pins, such as a locating pin 13. A carrier, not illustrated, would be a metal or polymer bonded to, coextruded with, or coated over, the resistance heating material 18. The stiffness of the electrical resistance ribbon or wire can be achieved by gauge size, work hardening or by the selection of alloy combinations or conductive or nonconductive polymeric materials which are desirably self-supporting. This allows the spirally shaped heating element 100, 200 or 300 to provide differences in the radius of curvature during heating, and a much greater effective relative heated surface area than conventional tubular heaters (about 5 in2/in3) or cartridge heaters (about 4 in2/in3).
In further embodiments of this invention, the spirally shaped heating element 100, 200 or 300 can be constructed in a narrow diameter of approximately 1-6 in. which is thereafter expandable to about 2-30 inches, for example, after it is introduced through the side wall of a tank or container. This can be accomplished by retaining the spirally shaped heating element within a water soluble coating, band or adhesive, such as starch or cellulose, which is dissolved upon heating or by direct contact by a liquid, such as water. Alternatively, a low melting temperature coating, band, or adhesive, can be used, such as a 0.005-0.010 application of polyethylene or wax, for example.
Upon replacement of such spirally shaped heating elements, the flange 12, and any associated fasteners (not shown), can be removed with the coated or uncoated resistance heating material 10 being pulled through the 1-6 in. standard diameter opening. In the instance where a element container 114 is not employed, the spirally shaped heating element 100 can be removed through small openings by bending and deforming the individual spirals. Damage to the heating element at this point is not of any consequence, since the element will be discarded anyway.
General Elements Materials
The preferred electrical resistance heating material 18 contains a material which generates heat when subjected to electric current. It can be coated by an insulating coating 16, or left uncoated. Such materials are usually inefficient conductors of electricity since their generation of resistance heat is usually the result of high impedance. The preferred electrical resistance material can be fashioned into at least 2-1000 spirals. The resistance heating material can take the form of a wire, braid, mesh, ribbon, foil, film or printed circuit, such as a photolithographic film, electrodeposition, tape, or one of a number of powdered conducting or semi-conducting metals, polymers, graphite, or carbon, or one of these materials deposited onto a spiral carrier surface, which could be a polymer, metal or other fluid-resistant surface. Conductive inks can be deposited, for example, by an ink jet printer onto a flexible substrate of another material, such as plastic. Preferably, if a wire or ribbon is used, the resistance heating wire 18 or ribbon contains a Ni—Cr alloy, although certain copper, steel, and stainless-steel alloys, or even conductive and semi-conductive polymers can be used. Additionally, shape memory alloys, such as Nitinol� (Ni—Ti alloy) and Cu—Be alloys, can be used for carriers for the spirals.
The resistance heating wire 18 can be provided in separate parallel paths, for example, a pair of wires or ribbons, separated by an insulating layer, such as polymer, or in separate layers of different resistance materials or lengths of the same material, to provide multiple wattage ratings. Whatever material is selected, it should be electrically conductive, and heat resistant.
Since it is desirable for the electrical resistance material 18 to be in a spiral form that is capable of expanding and contracting when heated or energized, a minimum gauge of 30 g is desirable, preferably about 30-10 g and more preferably about 20-16 g, not including the insulating coating 16. In practice, it is expected that the electrical resistance material 18, in the preferred wire or ribbon form, be wound into at least one curved form or continuously bending line, such as a spiral, which has at least one free end or portion which can expand or contract at least 0.5-5 mm, and preferably at least about 5-10% of its original outer dimension. In the preferred embodiment, this free end portion is a 180� looped end, shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. Alternatively, said expansion and contraction should be sufficient to assist in descaling some of the mineral deposits which are known to build up onto electrical resistance heating elements in liquid heating applications, especially in hot water service. Such mineral deposits can include, for example, calcium, calcium-carbonate, iron oxide, and other deposits which are known to build up in layers over time, requiring more and more current to produce the same watt density, which eventually results in element failure.
The insulating coating 16, if employed, is preferably polymeric, but can alternatively contain any heat resistant, thermally conductive and preferably non-electrically conductive material, such as ceramics, clays, glasses, and semiconductive materials, such as gallium arsenide or silicon. Additionally, cast, plated, sputter-coated, or wrought metals, such as aluminum, copper, brass, zinc and tin, or combinations thereof, could be used, if the resistance wire or material is insulated in a coating such as glass, ceramic, or high temperature polymer, or if electrical shorting is not an issue, such as in connection with the heating of dry materials or non-flammable gases, such as air.
The preferred insulating coating 16 of this invention is made from a high-temperature polymeric resin including a melting or degradation temperature of greater than 93� C. (200� F.). High temperature polymers known to resist deformation and melting at operating temperatures of about 75-85� C. are particularly useful for this purpose. Both thermoplastics and thermosetting polymers can be used. Preferred thermoplastic materials include, for example: fluorocarbons (such as PTFE, ETFE, PFA, FEP, CTFE, ECTFE, PVDF, PVF, and copolymers thereof), polypropylene, nylon, polycarbonate, polyetherimide, polyether sulfone, polyaryl-sulfones, polyimides, and polyetheretherkeytones, polyphenylene sulfides, polyether sulfones, and mixtures and co-polymers of these thermoplastics. Preferred thermosetting polymers include epoxies, phenolics, and silicones. Liquid-crystal polymers can also be employed for improving high-temperature use, such as for example, RTP 3400-350MG liquid crystal polymer from RTP Company, Winona, MN. Also useful for the purposes of this invention are bulk molding compounds ("BMCs"), prepregs, or sheet molding compounds ("SMCs") of epoxy reinforced with about 5-80 wt % glass fiber. A variety of commercial epoxies are available which are based on phenol, bisphenol, aromatic diacids, aromatic polyamines and others, for example, Lytex 930, available from Quantum Composites, Midland, Mich. Conductive plastics, such as RTP 1399X86590B conductive PPS thermoplastic, could also be used, with or without a further resistance heating material, such as those described above. Applicant has found a thin layer, about 0.005-0.012 in of PFA to be most desirable for this invention. Tests have shown that the thin polymer coatings and high Effective Relative Heated Surface Area of these elements arrests scale development by increasing the water solubility of Ca and CaCo3 proximate to the element, providing greater element life.
It is further understood that, although thermoplastic resins are desirable for the purposes of this invention, because they are generally heat-flowable, some thermoplastics, notably polytetraflouroethylene (PTFE) and ultra high-molecular-weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) do not flow under heat alone. Also, many thermoplastics are capable of flowing without heat, under mechanical pressure only. On the other hand, thermosetting polymers are usually heat-settable, yet many thermosetting plastics such as silicone, epoxy and polyester, can be set without being heated. Another thermosetting material, phenolic, must first be made to flow under heat, like a thermoplastic, before it can be heat-set. For the most part, however, thermosetts are known to cross-link and thermoplastics do not.
As stated above, the insulating coating 16 of this invention preferably also includes reinforcing fibers, such as glass, carbon, aramid (Kevlar�), steel, boron, silicon carbide, polyethylene, polyamide, or graphite fibers. Glass reinforcement can further improve the maximum service temperature of the insulating coating 16 for no-load applications by about 50� F. The fibers can be disposed throughout the polymeric material in amounts of about 5-75 wt % prior to, or after coating or forming the final heating elements 100 or 200, and can be provided in single filament, multi-filament thread, yarn, roving, non-woven or woven fabric. Porous substrates, discussed further below, such as ceramic and glass wafers can also be used with good effect.
In addition to reinforcing fibers, the insulating coating 16 may contain thermally conducting, preferably non-electrically conducting, additives in amounts of about 5-80 wt %. The thermally-conducting additives desirably include ceramic powder such as, for example, Al2O3, MgO, ZrO2, Boron nitride, silicon nitride, Y2O3, SiC, SiO2, TiO2, etc., or a thermoplastic or thermosetting polymer which is more thermally conductive than the polymer matrix of the insulating coating 16. For example, small amounts of liquid-crystal polymer or polyphenylene sulfide particles can be added to a less expensive base polymer such as epoxy or polyvinyl chloride, to improve thermal conductivity. Alternatively copolymers, alloys, blends, and interpenetrating polymer networks (IPNs) could be employed for providing improved thermal conductivity, better resistance to heat cycles and creep.
In view of the foregoing, it can be realized that this invention provides flexible, spirally shaped heating elements which provide a greatly improved effective relative heated surface area, a higher degree of flexing to remove scale, and much lower watt densities for minimizing fluid damage and avoiding scale build up. The heating elements of this invention can be used for hot water storage applications, food service and fuel and oil heating applications, consumer devices such as hair dryers, curling irons etc., and in many industrial applications. Although various embodiments have been illustrated, this was for the purpose of describing, but not limiting the invention. Various modifications which will become apparent to one skilled in the art, are within the scope of this invention described in the attached claims.
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1 boxThis collection contains a variety of
material on several subjects including education, organizations, land,
buildings and objects. The first series consists of booklets containing
9th grade Social Studies lesson plans designed by the Wicomico Board of
Education with the purpose of replacing Civics. The second series
contains records from the State Teachers College. The third series
includes building surveys completed in preparation for an exhibit.
1 boxThis collection contains records related to
Teackle Mansion and the surrounding area.
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manuscripts. The bulk of the collection is devoted to life and
activities in and around Cambridge, Maryland touching on issues of
economics, business, religion, customs, current events and daily life.
Included in the collection is a series containing theses written by
Salisbury University students on the subjects of African and Native
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histories covering the people and places of the Chincoteague and
Assateague Islands. Series I. Thesis, 2000 - 2002 This series contain
theses written by Salisbury University students in pursuit of their
graduate degrees in history. Subjects include colonialism,
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environment. Series II. Gertrude Price, 1888 - 1980 Gertrude Price was a
researcher from Cambridge, Maryland. This series includes typed
transcriptions from the Cambridge, Maryland newspapers touching on
current event and social and economic topics. It also covers the history
of the Phillips Packing Company one of the leading employers in the town
and the Zion Methodist Church in Cambridge. Series III. Oral Histories,
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Corvallis residents can rest easy this week after USDA Wildlife Services officials caught and euthanized a 46-pound cougar that had recently deemed a threat to human health and safety.
Posts Tagged 'hunting gear'
Cougar Caught After Attacking Family PetsSaturday, September 25th, 2010
Washington Poacher Caught and ChargedTuesday, August 31st, 2010
A Washington man was arrested and charged with four gross misdemeanor counts of illegal poaching last week, according to a Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife press release.
Park Rangers May Have New Role as Public Health OfficialsTuesday, August 31st, 2010
There may be a new role for America's park rangers in the near future: public health educator.
Plan ahead for late-year hunting seasonWednesday, June 30th, 2010
1. Damascus Bowie Knife
Every hunter needs a good Bowie knife, and the Coast Damascus Bowie is the best around. With a stainless steel blade, stag bone handle and brass accents, this knife is both tough and good-looking. The 11-inch blade comes with a leather sheath and is a perfect all-purpose hunting knife.
Proposed ODFW Regulation Has Some Hunters Up in ArmsMonday, May 10th, 2010
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is considering implementing a new regulation that has some hunters up in arms.
The proposed hunting regulation would make orange vests and hats a mandatory part of every sportsman's hunting equipment, requiring hunters to wear them at all times while hunting. Currently, Oregon is one of only ten states that don't require such attire. The proposal comes after the hunting-related death of a 15-year-old boy last fall. The boy was wearing camouflage clothing at the time he was shot.
Valuable Hunting Tips from the MidwestWednesday, November 25th, 2009
Coast recently published a new article detailing some valuable hunting tips. What makes this particular article unique from others like it, however, is that it's written from the perspective of a Midwest hunter whose particular geographical location poses a number of interesting challenges, namely that of incredibly short hunting seasons. Make no mistake, though, the article's tips will help improve any hunter's experience, no matter his location.
"Having the right hunting gear is essential for a successful trip, any hunter knows that," reads the article. "And when your season lasts only a handful of days, it's particularly imperative — especially since one piece of shoddy or forgotten equipment can ruin an entire trip."
Turkey Time: What You Need to Land the Perfect BirdWednesday, November 4th, 2009
With Thanksgiving right around the corner, I'm sure many of you hunters have already been thinking about Turkey season. Coast recently published a new article, Seven Turkey Hunting Gear Must-Haves, that details all the essential equipment you'll need to capture the perfect bird for your holiday meal — that is, if your wife doesn't beat you to it at the local grocery store.
The article lists the seven items and provides a description explaining why each is important and necessary for a successful hunt. For instance, one of the suggested pieces of equipment is a reliable hunting knife specifically for field dressing (which preserves the meat more effectively) in addition to other various uses — a good knife just plain comes in handy in the outdoors.
Free Bird Hunts for YouthThursday, August 27th, 2009
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) is hosting 14 pheasant hunts for youth (17 and under) during the month of September. Additionally, youth 15 and under have the opportunity to participate in a youth-only waterfowl hunt September 26-27 (before the official opening of waterfowl season in October). All the hunts will include a review of safe hunting practices and most will offer the chance to practice shotgun skills prior to going hunting.
In order to participate in the bird hunts, youth must have passed a certified hunter education class and must be accompanied by an adult (21 and older) who may not hunt during the event. Participants are encouraged to bring their own hunting gear, however, extra blaze orange clothing and eye protection will be available at all events.


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Manchester City set to pip Liverpool to signing of £30m Benfica man Nico Gaitan
MANCHESTER CITY are ready to snatch £30million-rated Benfica winger Nico Gaitan away from Liverpool.
The two teams went toe to toe in the title race and could be set for another battle.
Brendan Rodgers' Reds were favourites to sign the Argentina international before City's interest.
Gaitan is hot property after an excellent season in Portugal.
He is also on Inter Milan's radar but City are understood to be leading the chase to sign him.
Benfica do not want to negotiate until after the World Cup, though, when Gaitan's asking price could soar.


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The Meaning of Kol Nidrei
The extraordinary history and lesson of this moving prayer.
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Published: September 1, 2010
Published: September 1, 2010
(12) Eleanor, September 26, 2012 2:29 PM
(11) Anonymous, September 17, 2010 11:16 AM
Thank you for providing the historical context for the origins of Kol Nidrei. How wonderful that conversos were provided with an avenue for connection to Judaism in spite of their conversions. I am perplexed, however, about how this legalistic formulation pertains to me? I find the melody haunting; its deeply plaintive qualities express a heartfelt yearning that helps me connect with a deep yearning within myself, and for that I am profoundly appreciative and grateful. However, I have never found the words to be meaningful. Would you please convey how the content of Kol Nidrei could be meaningful to someone with no individual or familial history of conversion, for whom Judaism is deeply meaningful?
(10) Geoff, September 17, 2010 10:38 AM
(8) BJ, September 16, 2010 5:10 PM
Heartfelt thanks


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Mississippi Senator Trent Lott and Georgia Congressman Bob Barr Have Connections to White Supremacist Group Council of Conservative Citizens
When a race hate scandal engulfed a right-wing group in 1998, politicians ran for cover. They didn't stay away long
By Heidi Beirich and Bob Moser
Earlier this year, while President George W. Bush went to Topeka, Kan., to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Brown vs. Board of Education, the CCC's Web site published a story about the historic impact of the decision. The writer was Edgar Steele, one of America's most vociferous anti-Semites.
"Just a lousy fifty years," Steele lamented. "After hundreds of thousands, even millions, of years of evolution, it took just fifty years [for America] to devolve into something on par with Senegal."
Since the 1999 scandal stripped much of the remaining varnish off the CCC's mainstream pretensions, the extremist views expressed on its Web site and in its newspaper have become increasingly direct, even crude. "What do you call ... four blacks, three hispanics, three Russian Jews, and one white guy?" the CCC home page asked last year. "The FBI's Most Wanted List!"
Another home page ran photos of accused Beltway snipers John Muhammad and John Malvo, 9/11 conspirator Zacharias Moussaoui and shoe-bomber Richard Reed. "Notice a Pattern Here?" asked a caption underneath the four photos. "Is the face of death black after all?"
After the NAACP declared its boycott of South Carolina because the state continued to fly the Confederate battle flag over the Capitol dome, the CCC distributed a mock advertisement proclaiming, "South Carolina Now Has Whiter Beaches!" The ad urged Caucasians to vacation in South Carolina and "enjoy a civil liberty that has been denied to them for many years at hotels, restaurants and beaches: the freedom to associate with just one's own people."
In 2002, the Web site featured a photo of Daniel Pearl, the "Jewish Wall Street Journal reporter" who had just been decapitated by Islamic terrorists. In the photo, Pearl was shown with his "mixed-race wife, Marianne." The headline above the couple's picture read: "Death by Multiculturalism?"
The danger "of race-mixing" has been a consistent theme since the days of the White Citizens Councils. "God is the author of racism," according to a story on the CCC's Web site in 2001. "God is the One who divided mankind into different types. ... Mixing the races is rebelliousness against God." Along with such theological arguments, Citizens Informer has published countless stories detailing "scientific" evidence for white people's inherent superiority.
Writing about Brown vs. Board of Education last spring, contributor Michael Polignano noted that many commentators were using the anniversary to talk about "how far America still falls short of racial equality."
According to Polignano, that lack of progress "should surprise no one, because racial inequality is genetic and cannot be changed by social programs. ... Blacks are on average probably less intelligent than Whites and more aggressive, impulsive and prone to psychopathologies."
Flexing Their Muscles
The CCC's increasingly bald extremism hasn't just been rhetorical. This spring, national officer Sam Dickson, an attorney, represented the Council at neo-Nazi David Duke's prison-release party in New Orleans. Along with leaders of America's neo-Nazi and Holocaust-denial movements, Dickson signed Duke's "New Orleans Protocol," pledging to work with other hate groups to achieve their collective dream of a white America.
Even though it has largely left "respectability" behind, the Council still wields a big political stick in Mississippi, where it claims some 5,000 members. The Council helped organize opposition to a 2001 referendum to change Mississippi's state flag to a less Dixie-fied design (the flag included a miniature representation of the Confederate battle flag). The referendum's thumping defeat in a racially polarized vote — 64% to 36% — was a major victory for the CCC.
The Council also flexed some muscle in last year's gubernatorial election, which pitted incumbent Democrat Ronnie Musgrove — who led the fight to change the Mississippi state flag — against Republican Haley Barbour. During the campaign, the CCC Web site ran a photograph of Barbour posing with Council luminaries at the Black Hawk Barbecue, a CCC fundraising event for "private academy" school buses.
When the photo caused a stir, Barbour was quick to call the CCC's segregationist views "indefensible." But he refused to ask that his picture be taken down from the Web site. It was a matter of principle, Barbour explained. "Once you start down the slippery slope of saying, 'That person can't be for me,' then where do you stop?" he asked. "Old segregationists? Former Ku Klux Klan?"
State NAACP President Eugene Bryant wasn't buying that argument. "If you cannot say what's right and do what's right and tell people when they're wrong," Bryant told The Associated Press, "then we really don't need a governor like that."
Mississippi voters disagreed. In November, Barbour easily defeated Musgrove. Ironically enough, before he became governor, Barbour had been best known as a former Republican National Committee chairman — preceding Jim Nicholson, the man who called the CCC "racist" and asked party members to cut their ties with the group.
See No Evil
During the 1998-1999 controversy, as Southern politicians were making haste to distance themselves from the CCC, Gordon Baum shot back a warning. The Council ceo told The Washington Post that by shunning the group, the Republican Party was "doing a pretty good job of running off" white, working-class voters in Dixie.
"The Wallace-Reagan Democrats are the ones who made the Republicans have enough votes to win," Baum said. "Sometimes it's remarkable how dumb [party leaders] are. They let the liberal media run their campaigns. They apparently don't even know why these people vote Republican."
Five years later, it is rare to find an office-holder, even in the Council's Mississippi stronghold, who will admit to being a CCC member. But those "Wallace-Reagan Democrats" are not being ignored — not by the 23 Mississippi lawmakers who've attended CCC events in the past four years.
Some of these officials said that despite its national notoriety and deep roots in Mississippi, they weren't fully aware who they were talking to when they addressed the CCC.
"I know very little about the group," Kay Cobb, presiding justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court, told the Intelligence Report. During her 2000 campaign, Cobb said she "accepted every offer to speak" — a policy that led her to two separate CCC events that year.
At the first one, Cobb introduced speaker Virginia Abernethy, a retired Vanderbilt University psychiatry and anthropology professor and self-described white "separatist" who serves on the hate group's editorial advisory board (see White Supremacy); also attending that day were Baum and Tom Dover, national CCC president. Cobb said she spoke "at the invitation of an elderly couple, friends of the family."
She said she has "never been" a member of the CCC, "which I perceive to be a very small, loosely knit group of ultra-conservative, mostly older, white, rural citizens."
Asked about his speech to the Great Southern CCC in Jackson this February, state Rep. Bill Denny first told the Intelligence Report, "I have no idea who in the world that might be. I can't imagine taking an invitation like that." But during the interview, Denny's recall improved. He remembered that another legislator had "called and asked if I would come over to speak to some groups in his district."
Though he was asked to "speak on the Voting Rights Act," Denny said he was under the impression that the CCC was "a business group." Instead, he says, it turned out to be "kind of a rough-looking group, I'm telling you."
Denny paused thoughtfully, then added, "I gotta be careful what I say."
Some of Denny's colleagues said they knew a little more about the CCC — but not enough to stop them from meeting the members. "I think that it is an organization that preserves some of the symbols of something, like the Sons of Confederate Veterans," said state Rep. Gary Chism, who has spoken at three CCC gatherings since 2001.
State Rep. Danny Reed said he had "seen some of their literature from the national organization" and could understand why the CCC had been designated a hate group. But Reed still saw no problem with addressing the Webster County CCC twice during his latest campaign, in April and September of 2003.
"I'm not a member," he said, "and I haven't been to any meetings except when I was speaking." Plus, he said, "I'm not familiar with any activities that the local organization has been involved in that would be considered a hate crime or anything like that."
When state Rep. John Moore was asked about his two speeches to CCC chapters, he replied with a question: "Is the NAACP on you-all's hit list?" Told that it was not, Moore joked, "Well, they need to be." In a more serious vein, Moore said that he would "not brand" the CCC "as a KKK-style organization," and added that he felt "very comfortable" meeting with Council members.
"They had folks there in suits and ties, and folks who just left the garage," Moore said. "It was very diverse occupationally."
State Rep. Tommy Woods, the rare legislator who will still 'fess up to being a CCC member, strongly disputed the hate-group label. "That's not true, lady," he told the Intelligence Report. "It's very conservative, Christian people that believe in Jesus as their savior. I've never known any one of them to do anything that would cause anyone any suffering. They've helped people. We've had blacks come to our meetings and had no problems."
Shannon Warnock tells a different story. While she was serving as Haley Barbour's campaign liaison to conservative groups, Warnock accepted an invitation to speak on his behalf to the Greater Jackson and Southern Magnolia CCC. Warnock says that Barbour, perhaps sniffing trouble after his own encounter with Council members at the Black Hawk Barbecue, warned her it was "not a good idea" to go.
But Warnock went anyhow — and, after being bombarded with intemperate questions and intolerant attitudes, came away convinced that "hate group is probably an appropriate term" for the CCC. "It was the low point of my campaign experience," said Warnock.
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Forge voters OK liquor sales, but other side may contest results
On Thursday, city residents and property owners voted to approve liquor by the drink, 952-798.
Shortly after voting ended Thursday night, election commission chairman J.B. Matthews announced the results to a crowd that gathered at the City Hall polling place. The response was muted. Supporters and opponents of liquor by the drink were in the group.
Tuesday's vote came after a judge, citing polling irregularities, voided the Nov. 6 referendum that legalized liquor by the drink.
The Sevier County Election Commission will meet to certifiy the vote on March 21.
"We're pleased, quite obviously," said Ken Maples, chairman of the pro-liquor campaign group Forging Ahead. "The voters reaffirmed what they voted for in November." He spoke at City Hall.
Now, Maples said, "We wait for the result to be certified, and then we start to work with our opponents to bring the city back together. We're going to start the healing process."
"We're disappointed," said Jess Davis, co-chairman of the anti-liquor group Concerned Churches and Citizens of Pigeon Forge. He said his group may contest the election on the grounds that some people who voted as property owners were not eligible to do so.
Davis spoke at his restaurant, Wood Grill Buffet. He dined there Thursday night to break the seven-day fast he said he undertook as a campaign activity.
A Concerned Churches attorney will examine recent property transfers, Davis said. "He says that if they're not transfers for the purpose of business and not voting, they're not legitimate."
Davis criticized the controversial practice of 1 percent voting, meaning owners of property in that small an amount can vote. "Whether we challenge or not, it's not right," he said. "We didn't do that (encourage property owners to vote) because it's not right."
If Concerned Churches contests the result, "It's not sour grapes," Davis said. "It's part of the election process."
Forging Ahead had poll watchers inside the voting precinct, but Concerned Citizens did not. Officials said Concerned Citizens did not file the necessary paperwork to have poll watchers finside the voting precinct on referendum day. The group did have a poll watcher, Jim Bishop, on hand for most of the early-voting period.


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- Willamette
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- Dolorean Takes the Slow Road
Dolorean Takes the Slow Road
Alex James [CLA '99] is going places. - The trip thus far from highly recruited soccer prospect to singer-songwriter praised in The New York Times has been artistically invigorating, though not particularly swift.
"It's like an ongoing process of finding out who you are," James says. "You graduate from college with a degree in writing and move to Portland with all these ideas - and a sense of entitlement. That changes after a while."
James, 26, drives a truck for a wine distributor by day ("I get a lot of song ideas while driving around," he says). He's also the key man in Dolorean, a Portland band that got a recent shot in the arm with a contract from the North Carolina record label Yep Roc and some glowing ink in the Times.
While growing up in Silverton and attending high school there, James was a jock who took a liking to music when groups such as Mudhoney, Nirvana and Soundgarden were getting big back in the early '90s.
"I'd listen to Willie Nelson, Simon and Garfunkel and stuff like that around the house," James says. "In high school, I started getting into these Seattle bands. Then I kind of moved away from being a jock and started hanging around theater people."
After landing a role in his high school's production of "Godspell," James began going to "hootenannies" thrown by the folks running the theater department, who were also active in the local Roman Catholic church.
"These guys were really into folk music," James recalls. "We'd sing Beatles songs, Bob Dylan, Mama and the Papas. ... Some of it was corny, but they had chord books lying around, and that's how I learned to play guitar."
James went to Willamette University on a soccer scholarship, but gradually his desire to write and play music superseded his athletic ambitions.
Finally, with degree in hand, he moved to Portland a few years ago and hooked up with members of the Standard, a local band signed to Chicago's Touch and Go label. With keyboard and arranging help from the Standard's Jay Clarke and some recording with bassist Rob Oberdorfer, James developed his songwriting style and found his voice.
"There are some songs that I recorded early on that make me cringe," he says. "But there were others that led me to believe I was going in the right direction."
The bulk of "Not Exotic," Dolorean's debut full-length album, was recorded at Larry Crane's Jackpot Studio under the supervision of local producer and engineer Jeff Saltzman. Through some connections in the Standard, James signed a two-album deal with Yep Roc. But the cherry on the sundae was still to come.
In the Nov. 9 edition, New York Times writer Kelefa Sanneh noted that James and his band are part of "the legacy of the late Elliott Smith: a generation of indie-rock songwriters ... using their own ramshackle voices to sing their own stories of creeping sadness and fleeting joy."
Sanneh further describes "Not Exotic" as "a wild, passionate album."
James admits he didn't see that one coming. "It's really great to get that write-up," he says with a reasonable measure of pride. "It will probably open doors that weren't even there before."
"Not Exotic" is an austere but evocative record full of music that sits somewhere on a lost highway between Smith's tuneful melancholy and Wilco's weedy experimentalism. The tempos are languid and stately, but the songs differ in mood and subject matter.
"Jenny Place Your Bets" depicts a crumbling relationship likened to a poker game, with the narrator getting cold feet because he's afraid to reveal his hand ("When I start losing is when I start cheating .../When you finally show your cards you'll be the only one who's playing").
"Hannibal, Mo." is the story of two young lovers who go for a midnight swim with the notion of drowning themselves rather than be torn apart. Unfortunately, only the girl drowns. It's rather like a murder ballad without the murder.
"I didn't really know about the depth of tradition with these kinds of songs," James confesses. "I was just experimenting with the narrative form in songwriting. I guess it's a suicide ballad."
James is excited about the possibilities offered by his band and about the new songs he's written, which are still mostly on the slower side of things. Despite a love of loud Seattle bands and obscure '60s garage-rockers such as the Misunderstood, he feels no inclination to pump up the speed or volume.
"I wouldn't even know how," James says. "I just got my first electric guitar the other day."
Alex James graduated from Willamette in 1999 with a degree in English.
This article was written by John Chandler and appeared in The Portland Tribune on December 5, 2003.
© 2003, The Portland Tribune. Reprinted with permission.