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BBSRC has announced the finalists in its 2013 Activating Impact and Innovator of the Year competitions.
Professor Tim Dafforn of the School of Biosciences and Matthew Hicks, Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham are finalists for the Most Promising Innovator award for a synthetic biology solution to pathogen detection.
All competitors will find out who has won the prestigious titles at a final in central London on 20th March 2013.
The two competitions form part of BBSRC's Fostering Innovation programme, which also includes the Excellence with Impact awards, celebrating the success of scientists, knowledge exchange practitioners and institutions which have translated excellent research into social and economic benefits.
Activating Impact is a new competition which has been created to celebrate the work of successful Knowledge Exchange and Commercialisation (KEC) teams or individuals that make essential contributions in turning excellent bioscience research supported by BBSRC into real-life applications.
As well as recognising these contributions the competition aims to promote best practice in KEC amongst the bioscience community and stimulate innovative approaches to future KEC activities in the biosciences.
The winning team will receive£50,000 andup to two runner-ups will receive £25,000 to contribute to an aspect of the organisation's strategy for KEC.
Innovator of the Year is an established competition recognising the efforts of BBSRC-funded scientists to take their work beyond the lab and deliver social and economic advantages.
The Innovator of the Year finalists compete in one of the three categories; 'Commercial Innovator', 'Social Innovator' and 'Most Promising Innovator' which reflect the breadth of the benefits delivered by BBSRC's investment in UK bioscience. One of the category winners will be chosen as the overall Innovator of the Year by the independent panel of expert judges.
Winners in each category will receive a £10,000 award to support research, training or other activities promoting economic or social impact. The overall winner will receive a further £5,000 and their department will receive £15,000.
Previous winners include the University of Cambridge's Professor Shankar Balasubramanian, who co-invented Solexa Sequencing, an ultrafast way to sequence DNA. The firm he co-created, Solexa, was sold for $600M.
In 2012 Professor George Lomonossoff of the John Innes Centre won the overall title for his work developing a safe and accessible way to manufacture proteins in plants, which could revolutionise vaccine screening.
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The patent pending Invision Game Timer is yet another example of Dye striving to be the most technologically advanced and stylistically innovative company in the industry. This simple device has added a whole new dimension to the game of paintball.
Easily installed into any Invision system, the timer rests comfortably next to your right ear. The Invision timer voice alert will beep and announce the time as it counts down: 60, 50, 40, 30, 20, 10, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 minute points and the 50, 40, 30, 20, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 second points. After the one second announcement, the timer will tell you "game over". Can be used during Big Games, tournaments or practice. The Invision Game Timer is an item you can count on.
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Have you linked up for Holiday Movie Mania? Linkup is open until December 26!
Holy moly, when did it get to be mid-December?
Heard of this thing called Christmas? It's this awesome holiday that's basically barreling toward us like three wise men on camels in ten — count em — TEN days.
Are you stressed yet? Not me. Hubby and I already gave each other our Christmas presents in our new iPhones and my gift to my family is me driving to West Virginia to visit. For the first time in a long time, I'm not worried at all about who is getting what.
All I'm feeling this year is comfort and joy.
This will be the last Celebrity Roundup from me before Christmas, so I'm really glad Hollywierd gifted me some great news this week — talk about joy. Thanks, celebs. I love it. It's just my size and the color I love. I won't have to return any of these stories for store credit.
I normally NEVER update my Celebrity Roundup after I write it, but this is totally worth it.
Perennially unlucky in love Britney Spears is engaged! Long-time boyfriend and former agent Jason Trawick popped the question during a romantic dinner Thursday night. As an unapologetic pop music fan, I'm truly excited to see Britney clean up her act and get it together. Congrats to the happy couple — a Kay's commercial come to life.
Charlie Sheen gave the Twitterverse a Christmas gift it'll never forget after he accidentally tweeted his personal cell phone number to Justin Bieber instead of sending it via direct message.
I'm going to ignore the fact that celebrities should know better by now and focus on the budding bromance between Charlie Sheen and Justin Bieber. What is the least common denominator here? Let's see, it must be all of Charlie Sheen's pop songs. No, that's not it. Perhaps Justin Bieber's fondness for hookers and coke. Hmm…that doesn't sound right.
At any rate, I should be more shocked that this happened, but I am not because if celebrities start using Twitter correctly, what will I talk about?
HO HO HO! Santa must have dropped off Miley Cyrus's present early this year — or did he? Earlier this week, Miley Cyrus debuted a fuller figure in the chesticles area at the CNN Heroes ceremony, sparking rumors she has been surgically enhanced. She responded to the rumors on her Twitter feed, stating "these babies are all mine!" and "I'm 19. BOOBS GROW PEOPLE!" I'm so sorry we had to talk about Miley Cyrus's boobs today. It could be worse — I could be reporting on the Kardashians.
OH NO. Wah wah waaahhh. I spoke too soon. Get uncomfortable, it's time to talk about Kim Kardashian's sex tape.
During her annual 10 Most Fascinating People of 2011 special, Barbara Walters grilled the pseudo-celebrity about the 2007 sex-tape leak from 2007 and also questioned the Kardashian family lack of talent. Walters asked Kim "You don't really act; you don't sing; you don't dance,…You don't have any — forgive me — any talent! Slow clap for Barbara Walters. Who said she wasn't relevant?
Kim responded that it's more difficult to get a reality show and make people love you for being you. You know you have some kind of personality disorder when you think a reality show to make people like you.
More joy!
- Brooke Mueller, ex-wife of Charlie Sheen, checked herself into rehab two weeks after her arrest on drug and assault charges. All of Charlie Sheen's ex-wives need to go through rehab to get off the drug called Charlie Sheen.
- Rob Kardashian is launching a sock company. Like, you know — socks. For your feet. With colors and stripes and adorable patterns and stuff. I think we've reached the bottom of the celebrity sponsorship barrel.
- Scarlett Johansson, star of the upcoming film We Bought a Zoo, admitted her fear of cockroaches and peacocks. Listen, birds are scary, that's for sure but nothing puts as much fear into my own heart as cockroaches. Go on, girl.
- Angelina Jolie told Anderson Cooper that she and Brad cooked their own turkey this year for Thanksgiving. You and millions of other Americans. Would you like a gold star? Spoiler alert: it's not real gold.
- Katy Perry is starting to fill out her tight little dresses, fueling pregnancy rumors. Looks like she's 6 weeks pregnant with a rice burrito baby.
- Country singer Rodney Adkins was arrested for domestic abuse for allegedly attempting to smother his wife with a pillow. Could we get any more sterotypical, country music singer?
- Howard Stern will be replacing Piers Morgan as a judge on America's Got Talent to the ire of the Parents Television Council. Maybe they should be more concerned with how terrible the talent is rather than who is judging.


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I have quite large mp3 collection (which contains a lot of songs ripped by various people) and noticed that some of them (not too many but still...) contains _a lot_ of silence in the end on mp3 (play length could be something like 10 minutes when actual song is about 3 minutes). I would love to see small app which detects this silence and lists files which contains xx seconds of _extra_ silence at the end of mp3 file. No need to have actual functionality to remove that silence away, just detect it and list those files after scanning to user in some nice way.
(this max length of silence which is okay, should be also configured somehow).
This utility might come handy when you have >1000 files in multiple directories and would like to easily find those which needs some manual post-processing to remove extra length from them.
Hope this explanation of "problem" makes some sense..:)
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Homesickness. Nemours Kids Health website. Available at: http://kidshealth.org/kid/feeling/home%5Ffamily/homesickness.html. Updated April 2012. Accessed November 13, 2013.
Homesickness—expert advice for parents. American Camp Association website. Available at: http://www.campparents.org/homesickness. Accessed November 13, 2013.
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Sao Paulo is a state in southeast Brazil. It is the major industrial and economic centre of the Brazilian economy.
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The FIFA World Cup 2014 will be held in Brazil. It takes place from 12 June to 13 July 2014. It will be the second time that Brazil has hosted the competition, the previous being in 1950. The national teams of 32 countries will join the second biggest sports event in the world (after the Olympic Games). A total of 64 matches are to be played in twelve cities across Brazil, with the tournament beginning with a group stage. For the first time at a World Cup Finals, the matches will use goal-line technology. Twelve locations will be World Cup host cities: Belo Horizonte, Brasília, Cuiabá, Curitiba, Fortaleza, Manaus, Natal, Porto Alegre, Recife, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador and São Paulo. They cover all the main regions of Brazil and create more evenly distributed hosting than the 1950 finals in Brazil provided, when matches were concentrated in the south-east and south. As a result the tournament will require significant long-distance travel for teams. Brazil opens the tournament against Croatia, played in Sao Paulo on the 12th of June, and the final will be played on the 13th of July in Rio de Janeiro.
Sao Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport (GRU) is the busiest airport in Brazil and located about 25 kilometres from the city centre. This airport is a major hub for South America making it possible to fly almost from any major city in South America and Brazil to and from here. The passenger traffic is split between two terminals and has over 260 check-in counters. Around 40 airlines from this airport serve dozens of cities in Brazil, and countries in South America and beyond. Some of the main international cities served are Buenos Aires, Mexico City, New York JFK, Amsterdam, Toronto, Beijing, Madrid, Paris, Miami, Tokyo, Los Angeles, Seoul, Lima, Frankfurt, Johannesburg, Chicago, Lisbon and London.
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Congonhas-São Paulo Airport (CGH) only offers domestic flights with around 5 airlines serving several dozens of destinations throughout Brazil.
Terminal Rodoviário Tietê or Metropolitan Bus Terminal Tietê is the place to travel by bus to and from São Paulo from Brazilian and international destinations. If you are in South America, you can choose to travel to São Paulo by bus. The main international destinations are:
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The DeLorean is Back!
There has never been another car quite like the DeLorean. Once a promising start up, the DeLorean Motor Company made their mark on automotive history with the DMC 12. It was only available for a few years, but for generations of Americans, it remains an icon of the 80's.
DMC On Good Morning America
August 27th 2007, the DeLorean was featured on Good Morning America in the streets of New York City in Times Square.
DMC on FOX Business
A Fox Television News Feature where CEO Stephen Wynne discusses how the current DeLorean Motor Company continued the timeless legacy of the world's most loved movie car and legendary classic.
A Time Machine or a DeLorean
VP James Espey talks with Houston Chronicle reporter Kristin Finan who test drove the DeLorean.
DeLorean Ghost Ride
Mark (first dancer) from Los Angeles produced this short film with his friends Joel and Scott. Nobody saw the video for over a year, and then MySpace put it on their front page leading to +1 million views!
The DeLorean Story
DeLorean segment from History Channel program Modern Marvels.
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CEO Stephen Wynne demonstrates how to personally install the DeLorean door, louvre and luggage compartment struts.
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Aluminiumcomposite panel is a sandwich structure material of 3 visible layers,the front and rearback sides are coated aluminium coils,and the middle layer is low density polyethylene (LDPE),all materials heaten then laminated into the stable sandwich panel. According to different usage and requirement from customers,we can match different materials to get various of quality.
Exterior usage panel will be coated with 70% PVDF material,and laminated with flexible polyethylene core in order to get weatherproof performance and shapability during installation. Customers may choose fireproof core material,virgin core material for different quality,or recycled core to balance the purchasing cost.
Panels for interior will be coated with Polyester material for economic consideration, 3mm panel is suggested for the purposes.
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Arrest after search by bomb squad
Posted: February 19, 2014|
A SALTASH man has been arrested and bailed in connection with suspected dangerous chemicals.
A property in Parkway was searched on February 13 by the Royal Navy bomb disposal experts at about 10am.
Police officers discovered some items and chemicals of concern while executing a search warrant.
The Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) examined the items which were not found to be dangerous.
A police spokesman said: "The area was cordoned off as a precaution and EOD remain at the scene while the search continues."
The area was cordoned off as a precaution and the Royal Navy bomb disposal experts remained at the scene while the search continued. Police also attended and cordoned off Church Road and part of Parks Way.
Witnesses reported at least two police vans in the area and a van with 'RN bomb disposal' on the side. Residents were reportedly forbidden from entering their homes in Church Road. One witness who lives nearby said that activity seemed to be surrounding a particular house.
A Ministry of Defence spokeswoman said: "The Southern Dive Unit have been sent to an address in Saltash to assist Devon and Cornwall Police."
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We really considering the fact that all establishment yesterday were close even those convenient stores. My husband bought a smart cycle for our daughter as one of her gift- did not notice that this learning system needs batteries. We have some batteries but it requires those big sizes. My hubby was looking and found two batteries that he took out from our flash light. Too bad, the game needs four batteries. Our daughter was so anxious to start playing her smart cycle. My husband was getting frustrated because he does not like to spoil our daughter's excitement. He decided to go down town and look for a store that is open. Luckily, one convenient store was open and they sell the batteries that the smart cycle require. It was a blessing. He came home with a big smile because our daughter can play. Though, the smart cycle is connected to the television still the bicycle requires the batteries to make it work as it is where you have to put the cartridge.


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Sacsayhuamán is often overshadowed by Machu Picchu, but this towering ancient Incan fortress—filled with exquisite stone masonry and dramatic vistas—is worth a visit. Giant carved stone blocks form zig-zagged rows of walls, prompting visitors to question how these bricks were crafted and how they were placed here. During your visit, check out the speculated Inca throne as well as the foundations of the fortress' three towers that have since fallen. Also, take a few moments to walk around the Explanada, a parade platform where revelers gather for the Raymi Festival of the Sun. Another interesting feature is Tambomachay, a nearby spring that served as a bathing site for the Incan elite.
Recent travelers remark that the ruins are not only an eye-catching spectacle but also a pleasant place for a leisurely stroll with arresting views of Cusco. "It would be easy to go to Cusco and never even know that this extraordinary Inca site exists, but don't miss it. The base stone walls are incredibly impressive," says one TripAdvisor user.
You'll find Sacsayhuamán located approximately two miles northwest of Cuzco's city center. You can reach Sacsayhuamán on foot via a strenuous 25-minute walk from the Plaza de Armas. There are two clearly marked entrances, but don't expect much direction once you start exploring the grounds. To hear the legend behind Sacsayhuamán's fascinating stonework, join a guided tour. Tours cost roughly 30 PEN (about $11 USD) and depart from the site's entrances. You can explore Sacsayhuamán every day between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. Guards at the site's entrance will ask you to show your Boleto Turístico. This "tourist ticket" is a required to enter Sacsayhuamán; it costs 130 PEN (about $48 USD) and provides admittance to 15 other Cusco's attractions. You can pick one at the main tourist office or at OPEC (located north of the historic center), which opens its doors from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
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Inca Museum (Museo Inka)0.7 miles away
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PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Koreans have been celebrating in the streets today, after the launch of the country's first satellite in space. But elsewhere around the world, leaders are reacting with concern.
The surprising, successful launch of a three-stage rocket raises the stakes in the international standoff over North Korea's expanding atomic arsenal. The rocket is similar in design to one that would be capable of carrying a nuclear-tipped warhead as far as California.
The U.N. Security Council is condemning the launch, and says it will consider "an appropriate response." The White House calls it a "highly provocative act that threatens regional security." Even China, the North's most important ally, is expressing regret.
But in North Korea's capital, residents poured into the streets after the announcement, to celebrate the launch by dancing in the snow.
The launch was North Korea's fourth attempt since 1998. A launch attempt in April failed in the first of three stages, raising doubts about whether the North could fix what was wrong in just eight months. But those doubts have now been erased.
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Yes.You can install games and other applications to your phone with Nokia Suite.
If you come across an application you would like to install on your device, double-click the application's installation file, or drag the file onto your device's image in the device area. Then click OK in the dialogue that opens. This will start the application installation.
If you are starting the application installation from the internet, click the download link of the application, and choose to open it with Nokia Suite in the dialogue that follows.
Check that the game or application is compatible with your phone model (typically the extension of the filename is .SIS, .SISX, .JAR. .N-GAGE or .WGZ, NTH (Series 40 devices only). If you are unsure whether or not your device is a Series 40 device, check the applicable device's technical specifications from your local support site.


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pearl 2000 series roadster, roc 'n' soc or tama ergo rider
These 3 are:
* pearl 2000 series roadster
* roc 'n' soc
* Tama ergo rider
What one would you recommend and why?
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The Roc'n'soc with a backrest. I saved some $$ and got the ergo rider which was comfy, but i couldn't get good speed or control with double bass unless i sat on the edge and then it wasn't comfy at all. When some buddies of ours moved into our studio with us, the drummer brought his roc'n'soc, which i started using and i loved it. Great control and speed with double bass and maintained comfort. I'm selling my tama and buying the roc'n'soc.
I don't want to work, I just want to bang on the drums all day!
Re: pearl 2000 series roadster, roc 'n' soc or tama ergo rider
dios is right, for db work, your seat is going to matter a bit more.
For anything else, it's comfort, comfort, comfort.
I have a Roc-N-Soc, and the Ergo rider.
I've had the RNC for about 9 years (or more, lost count), and the Tama for about 31/2-4 years.
Both are road worthy, comfortable seats, and I don't think you'd go wrong with either of them.
Sit on each set at the height you like and see which one feels better right away.
With the Ergo, there is a black plastic insert on the seat bottom. It's there if you like the top to swivel a little, but I took mine out--I prefer it stay put, but I have heard of them breaking from a GC drum dept manager I know. That was a couple years ago, and they may have fixed that. Just passing the info on.
With a backrest, I liked the Ergo better than the RNC (when I tried them out), but it makes the seat pretty heavy. If the shop has them check that out too--unless you don't care about a backrest.
My band Artificial Agent here: http://drummerworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=116637
Re: pearl 2000 series roadster, roc 'n' soc or tama ergo rider
Thanks for the advice guys!
I am going to go down my local shop at the weekend and try them all, I am looking for one witth a backrest to help my posture so I can improve it while im young :)
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Letters to the Editor: 07.20.06
Brooks Peterson's column, "Kinky is a Maroon" on July 17, was biased.
Peterson described Carole Keeton Strayhorn as "a Republican who opted to run as an independent." Why didn't he describe Kinky Friedman that way? Kinky has previously run for office as a Republican, said he agrees with Bush's foreign policy and that Bush has handled issues in the Middle East well, and that he voted for Bush/Cheney in 2004.
Moreover, Kinky tried to bolster the misimpression that he's independent by saying that he voted for Gore in 2000, but Kinky's voting records debunk him because Kinky didn't vote in a single election between 1994 and 2004. Why does Kinky get a free pass for lying about how he voted?
Finally, Peterson says Kinky offers no "weasel-wording." How about when Kinky testified at Max Soffar's trial that he's against the death penalty while Kinky's Web site says the opposite? How about when the Dallas Morning News asked about Texas abortion laws, and Kinky said, "I have mixed feelings on parental notification" and "I'm not sure" about the law that requires physicians to give women medically unreliable information?
How about Kinky's conflicting positions on immigration, from building a wall, to out-sourcing security to Mexican generals, to amnesty? That all qualifies as "weasel-wording."
John Gsanger
Israel's plight
Ref: Charles Krauthammer"s Viewpoints Page column in the July 16 Caller-Times, "Issue has always been Israel's right to exist."
What if Great Britain was still attacking the United States of America because we had become a new nation back in 1776? Would this not be terrorism? In 1776,the world acknowledged the United States of America as a new and free country.
The fact that Hamas, Hezbollah and all Arab nations refuse to recognize Israel as a country, is the true cause for the cycle of violence in the Mideast. Muslim Arabs continue to attack a free Jewish state recognized by the world since 1946. Israel has given back all the occupied territories won in the 1967 six-day war, in which they destroyed their attackers. They have complied with U.N. resolutions to relocate their Jewish people from their homes in occupied lands and give back all territory won from the Arab nations. Yet the Arabs continue to attack Israel.
Occupation has never been the issue. For the Arab nations, the destruction of Israel is the only agenda. May God have mercy on them, because the true warriors of god, the Israeli military, will not.
Candido Garza Jr.
Bruising politics
It's not even August and already several precinct chairs are being bullied and/or having vicious gossip circulated about them to get them to vote a certain way or not vote a certain way for the District 33 state representative position.
It's disgusting what some people who call themselves Democrats will do to intimidate precinct chairs. But, I guess all is fair in love and politics. Not!
Let's set the record straight. The person for state representative, District 33, should be qualified with knowledge and experience, not just an ability to win a race based on name recognition.
When Vilma Luna ran in 1993, she was not as well known as today, but she was qualified for the job. Notwithstanding your preference in how you vote in future elections, vote for the person who is qualified for the office.
Coretta Graham
Turn new leaf
This letter is in response to Mr. William Jonas' letter, July 7, "Pressure building." Thanks for the warning.
As a liberal who believes strongly in individual rights, intellectual liberty, free competition, the essential goodness of the human race, and a philosophy based on progress, I will be a little more aware. Your desire to "punish" comes under the individual rights heading but could negate the goodness. However, we do agree this November the mountain will reap its reward as we elect new, rational, sane, kind, politicians whom are also tired of the destruction of America.
Luci Walker
About the circus
I want to thank the local radio station and individuals who counter-protested at a recent PETA event for helping show the abuse and neglect that the circus animals suffer. I want to assure people that there are PETA supporters here in Corpus Christi and those who protest are not simply people from out of town.
While I respect their counter-protest, I believe that the issues have been confused. The PETA protestors were protesting the abuse of circus animals and nothing else.
While many PETA members are also vegetarians, and although it is healthy to limit the amount of meat that you do eat, the protest was about the disgusting treatment that the elephants and other animals in the circus have to endure.
The facts show that these animals suffer severely. It has nothing to do with eating meat or being a vegetarian but the fact that these live animals are mistreated and constantly abused for your entertainment. Please reconsider visiting the circus on this and all future visits until they no longer use animals for people's entertainment.
Robert Bonilla
Caution for Demos
Your editorial "Gleeful Texas Democrats are exploiting DeLay's downfall" (July 10) did a good job of pointing out how convoluted the DeLay story has become. Texas Republicans will forever be beholden to Tom DeLay for his leadership and resources during the 2002 election cycle, which gave control to the Republicans for the 78th Legislature (2003).
They were able to pass a much needed, comprehensive congressional redistricting plan, something the 77th (2001) Democratic-controlled Legislature could not or would not do. As grateful as we are, some Republicans (including myself) had deep concerns about Majority Leader DeLay's "porkbarrel" tactics not being good governance.
Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle, through his indictment, and the rules of the Republican congressional caucus, caused DeLay to step down from his leadership role, thereby solving some of my concerns about good fiscal policies.
The Democrats seem to think keeping his name on the ballot is a negative for the Republican Party. From my partisan view, they have gotten all they can get out of the DeLay "story" (but there are election tactics to be considered which get even more convoluted). While the Democrats are gleeful, just remember the old adages "those who laugh last laugh loudest" and "only time will tell."
Asa Yeamans
Sink the ships
I say, here we go again with the City Council dumping more burdens on the taxpayers of Corpus Christi.
These three ships should be used as sacrifices at the next Buc Days celebration. I say, sell flaming arrows for $5 a piece and let them become reefs for the fish. You would make more money having dive trips to look at them than you do now. Shame on the City Council for sticking it to us again.
Donivan Babcock
Hustling kids
I was annoyed at the blatant marketing campaign toward children during the first "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie. Now I'm fed-up. I heard a mock news report for the current movie on a child-oriented cable network. At least the child reporters clearly announced that the movie was PG-13.
I took my four-year-old to get a kid's meal and in it was a stuffed toy of "Captain Jack." The toy was such a cartoonized version of Jack that I did not switch it out for a toddler toy. But come on. They are marketing the movie to children even though the rating suggests the content may not be appropriate for children under 13.
Parents ultimately make the decision on whether the movie is appropriate for their kids, but give me a break. They are trying to mobilize a closed market into convincing their parents to take them to a movie that carries a PG-13 rating.
How many children over the age of 13 versus the number of kids under 13 order kid's meals? I can't be the only parent who has noticed these tactics.
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In reference to Mr. Valdez's July 14th letter ("Need Latino chief"). That was probably the most racist comment I have ever heard in my life. He would rather hire a person based on skin color and the sound of their surname than on track record and suitability for the job. That offends me more than anything ever has before. Based on that argument, maybe now I go apply for affirmative action protection, being a minority and all.
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HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) – An arts program for special needs dance students, based in Huntsville, was invited to dance at the Celebration of Dance gala event in Los Angeles this weekend.
Their performance aims to change the world, starting with how the dance world accommodates people who are different from others.
At Merrimack Hall on Wednesday morning, Debra Jenkins looked at costumes to be worn by the dancers performing at the Music Center in Los Angeles Saturday night.
The costumes are the final touch for the dancers who hope to change the world of dance. Jenkins said the group got the invitation to perform on July 11th. They've been in rehearsals daily, tweaking their dance entitled "Change the World."
"Our program is one of those that you really have to see it to understand it," said Jenkins.
Jenkins is the co-founder of Merrimack Hall. She said the cast includes five young dancers from Element School of Dance, and five others who have special needs, including Down Syndrome and autism.
The song they chose is fitting: John Mayer's "Waiting on the World to Change."
Jenkins said the dancers depict a reality many special needs children experience at the hands of children and people who are different from them.
"Being shunned, being left out, and being marginalized, which is something that happens to them every day and that's what makes it so very powerful," said Jenkins.
The Dizzy Feet Foundation, an organization that caters to the underserved, gave Merrimack Hall $10,000 to support the program. But Jenkins said they didn't quite understand how the local students were underserved until a Dizzy Feet board member saw the dance in person.
"Our students are underserved because they live with challenges and disabilities that prevent them from participating in mainstream arts activities," said Jenkins.
She explained this arts program has already changed the world of those who've helped with the dance.
"The arts is now expanding to kids with special needs and it's just a blessing that the arts is now available to them," said Melissa Reynolds. She helped choreograph the dance with Hayley Henderson and both of them admit it's an experience that has changed them.
"The most important thing that I've taken away from it is that everybody just needs a lot of love in their life," said Henderson, the owner of Element School of Dance in Huntsville.
The cast hopes the 1,200 people who see them dance in Los Angeles will be changed by their message and go back to their communities and offer arts classes to special needs people across the country.
"We're waiting on the world to change," added Jenkins. "And the students in our program are waiting on the world to change. They're waiting for a world that sees that we're all more alike than we are different."
There will be a free performance of the dance Wednesday night at the Merrimack at 7 p.m.
Donations are welcome, as the group still needs to raise about $3,000 to make the trip to California. They plan to fly out of Huntsville on Thursday morning.


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Hey dude any size up to 16. I have this phone and i just wanted something so i could take pics and transfer the pics to my puter. Need a mini sd to be able to do it. Thats my understanding.
What size SD do you need exactly, what's the max capacity your device can handle?
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I think the usage of sit vs set is a regional thing. We don't use the two words exactly the same way here in Australia that the English do.
Shouldn't it be "I can set my cactus down on a table" or "I can sit my cactus on a table"?
I think we're just going to have to agree to disagree on Jinx's sea of dribble.
One last thing,
I've been thinking about other word pairings that are very similar in phonetic pronunciation, spelling, and meaning. I came up with a few, but, for an example, consider the following:
Think about the difference between the words "sit" and "set"
I can set something on a table.
I can sit something on a table.
If I were to say
"I sit my cactus on the table."
It sounds awkward, less natural compared to:
"I set my cactus on the table."
I assume this is because "sitting" usually refers to a person or other conscious something.
I can say
"I set my son on the table."
"I sit my son on the table."
and have them be allllllllllllmost interchangeable.
Still, the difference remains. The subtle difference in meaning requires that the words differ, expanding and exacting our communication.
If Jinx really meant to say that there was a pool of human saliva that the comments were drowning in, he should have used a verb phrase in his comment like this:
"the comments are already drowning in a sea of dribbling"
The stone conservatory is a drooling idiot, the window slit is the idiot mouth, the weather stains are the drool... not a slow trickle, just the hanging saliva. The weather stains are water, but standing in for saliva as the window is standing in for the mouth.
I wish I'd started off by quoting Poetry, I didn't like my first response
Ahh but don't you see? Even in the poem you quoted, what's more likely the meaning of that line?
"The weather-stains for the dribble"
Is it
"The weather-stains for the saliva"
"The weather-stains for the slow trickle"
Does the author intend to mean the weather that day is made of saliva or simply water?
I understand the difference is subtle, but that's the reason for a DIFFERENT word.
Keep in mind that Jinx described his own meaning as human saliva.
I would really love you to have persuaded me that I was wrong, but I really think the two words are just too closely related.
I did come across the wonderful descriptive phrase "brain-dribble" from Henry Duff Traill, but not in a sense that helps either of us.
I also came across a Henry Lawson poem, One Hundred and Three, from 1908, which includes this passage:
They double-lock at four o'clock and the warders leave their keys,
And the Governor strolls with a friend at eve through his stone conservatories;
Their window slits are like idiot mouths with square stone chins adrop,
And the weather-stains for the dribble, and the dead flat foreheads atop.
Meh. The noun form is the one that's really important because that's how it was used in the sentence.
What he said was:
"...it's already lost in a sea of dribble"
What that means is:
"...it's already lost in a sea of the act of dribbling"
"...it's already lost in a sea of a small quantity"
"...it's already lost in a sea of a slow trickle"
The real issue here is the snide response I didn't like and the unwillingness of people to admit they're wrong and correct a mistake.
Ironically, by saying "it's already lost in a sea of dribble," then defending the misuse of that word @Jinx was adding to the drivel on the internet without realizing it.
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"I AM SO TIRED, I CAN HARDLY CUT MY MEAT," sighs young country singer LeAnn Rimes as she saws listlessly at a piece of brisket with a plastic knife. She's sitting with her grown-up band members under an oak tree at the hospitality house of the Wyoming State Fairgrounds, and she came by her respite the old-fashioned way: She earned it.
Arguably the hottest item in American music this summer, the Garland teenager, her band and crew, and managers-parents Wilbur and Belinda Rimes flew into Denver from Dallas this August morning on a six-thirty flight, then drove rental cars 230 miles north to Douglas, Wyoming, for the state fair gig. Last week she spent four days in Nashville (appearing at a charity golf tournament and performing at a private party for HBO), did a one-nighter in Livingston, Louisiana, put in a private-party appearance in Dallas, and—on her first free day in more than a month—attended a bowling party in advance of her fourteenth birthday. There were also sit-downs with reporters from Newsweek, Entertainment Weekly, and Rolling Stone and dozens of radio interviews. Tomorrow, she and her entourage will drive back to Denver and fly to a date in Bremerton, Washington, followed by a few days of business in Los Angeles, a one-nighter in Anchorage, another in Vancouver, a video shoot in San Francisco, and four dates in the Midwest opening for Wynonna. Then, finally, she'll get some time off.
The reason for all the fuss is LeAnn's throbbing version of "Blue," a song written for Patsy Cline 35 years ago by legendary Metroplex deejay Bill Mack. Soon after it was released back in April, it peaked at number ten on the country charts, but its novelty and nostalgia value and LeAnn's stunningly mature voice made it one of the most talked-about singles of the year. LeAnn's first nationally distributed CD, also titled Blue (Curb), came out in mid-July; the meticulously balanced set of traditional and contemporary country tunes entered the country charts at number one, setting a new record by selling 123,000 copies in one week, and it has gone as high as number three on the pop charts. Not surprisingly, she's up for the Country Music Association's Horizon (newcomer) and Single of the Year awards.
Not since fourteen-year-old Seminole native Tanya Tucker hit with "Delta Dawn" in 1972 has a teenage Texan made such a splash, but LeAnn is only the most visible of an array of barely adolescent Texas acts electrifying the music scene this summer (see page 134). There's fourteen-year-old Quindon Tarver of Plano, who made it to number 31 on the urban music charts in June. There's Radish, a Greenville band being touted as the next big thing in alternative rock—even though its leader is only fifteen. And there's thirteen-year-old Jennifer Peña of Corpus Christi, who is being groomed to take the place of Selena atop the tejano charts.
But right now, on this day in Wyoming, LeAnn Rimes doesn't seem like the leader of a youth movement—far from it. Dressed in a faded gray T-shirt tied at her navel and jeans and white sneakers, wearing no makeup, her reddish-blond hair pulled back, the little girl with the big voice is so nondescript that I don't notice her until her father introduces us, and even then I have to look twice to make sure she is the prodigy who in public can look maybe a decade older. With unfailing politeness but zero enthusiasm, she grins and bears it and tells her story one more time. leann was born and raised in jackson, mississippi. she began taking tap at age two; eventually her instructor heard her sing and steered her toward song and dance. At first her idols were pop singers like Barbra Streisand and Judy Garland, but she soon started listening to country stars like Patsy Cline and then Reba McEntire and Wynonna. At five, she won her first singing competition and told her parents she wanted a career in show business. "How I knew, I don't know," she says today, "but I did."
One day Wilbur came home from raccoon hunting and found his daughter standing next to three newly won trophies that were nearly as tall as she was. An around-the-house guitar picker himself, he decided there might be something to this show biz stuff, so he sold his coon dogs to help finance her career and—when she was six—took a job selling seismic tools in Dallas, where she'd have more places to sing. LeAnn did some musicals and theatrical productions, but mostly she plugged into the Opry circuit around the Metroplex: Garland, Mesquite, Greenville, and Grapevine. "It's just amazing what she has done," exclaims Belinda, a bright-faced woman who nonetheless worries about whether it isn't all too much too soon. "She'd be sleeping in the car as we drove to the next Opry, and then she'd get up on the stage and sing 'Crazy,' and then get right back in the car and go to sleep."
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The Weatherford Art Association will meet at 7 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 26 at the Firehouse Gallery, 119 W. Palo Pinto in Weatherford. Guest artist, Dana Strittmatter, will have an art critique at 6 p.m., and all members are encouraged to bring a piece of art for the critique. The general meeting will begin at 7 p.m. with guest artist John Stout presenting a drawing demonstration as a precursor to a drawing workshop he will offer on Dec. 8. For more information on the workshop, visit weatherfordart.com.


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LAKE ARIEL — For Joe and Joann Roedel hurricane Sandy came crashing right into their home near Lake Ariel. Sandy's strong winds knocked over this tree, crushing their pick-up truck and smashing into their roof.
"The house shook and I don't get scared that much and this I said what the heck was that?" said Joe Roedel.
"We heard the biggest boom that I ever heard and our lights flickered and then went out and my husband came out on the front porch and saw this," said Joann Roedel.
Another car got hit by the branch too. The wind left the family with two vehicles and a home damaged plus no power.
"It was the worst I've ever heard it and I'm a country girl. I've lived up here my whole life and that's the worst I ever heard it," said Joanne.
In nearby Hamlin, it's hard to miss all the trees that are down, wires too.
Route 191 was blocked by a dangling pole and all along Route 590, businesses are closed because there is no power.
The Weis Market is open but only on a limited basis, no refrigerated products.
"It's nice of them to do this at least. I didn't think we'd be allowed in without the lights back on," said Chris Lamas, of Paupack Township.
This has become a spot to seek essentials for those without power. Even the simple essentials.
"Well I wanted coffee that was basically it. Gas stations are closed. I was surprised they were open here," said Nancy Heater, of Mount Cobb.
We did find a crew out working for PPL, but they have a lot of problem areas to get to.
Power crews certainly have their challenges. First they have to get to the outages and a lot of roads are blocked by trees. Plus once they fix one job, more are popping up. Wires here just came down, you can see them smoking on the ground.
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Clients not picking up tasks
I recently deployed the altiris 7x agent to a few dozen computers and it seemed to be going great. But when I wanted to deploy a software package (using deployment solution) 1/3 of the computers didn't get past the restart command. Basically I was just sending a restart command using deployment solution and then running a silent MSI install. On 22 computers it worked great, on 11 the restart didn't work and just timed out after 30 minutes. The restart job did have the checkbox to end applications set.
Not sure what is going on there. But I also noticed that none of the computers I tried were able to access the real time monitoring solution either. It says I have invalid WMI credentials (which is crazy as I'm using domain admin).
Any thoughts on these?
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I would take a look at the client firewall status of these clients.
Also there is a tool to help troubleshoot client related issues.
I had a similar issue, the Windows\Temp folder was full and was not downloading the packages corretly. I emptied the folder, stopped and restarted the Altiris Agent service, the task went right through..!
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Is this still an issue? Try using RAADv2 to view the client logs for a problem computer that's part of the 11 who time out. Timeouts can be caused by differences in time zones. You may need to extend the task timeout to several hours as a troubleshooting step.
If this is still a problem, please let us know what you see in the Symantec Management Agent logs.
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Thanks for your contribution,but in the future you may just want to say "I agree with Mike" instead of reposting his comments (summarized) as your own.
Of course if you're going to plagiarize someone, Mike is a good choice!
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No matter who is elected president, the doctrine embraced by President Bush will be retooled at the very least or possibly even tossed out entirely.
Defining the "Bush doctrine" has been open to debate, but it essentially boils down to dealing pre-emptively with emerging threats.
That was the argument Bush used to invade Iraq, an argument that proved questionable when weapons inspectors hunting for hidden caches of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons came up empty-handed.
That invasion was at the heart of the Bush doctrine. It has colored everything the president has done in the foreign policy world, and it will color everything the next president does.
Barack Obama has made much of his opposition to the war from the beginning, a war that John McCain supported. The two's views remain starkly different.
Obama opposed the surge of more than 30,000 troops into Iraq and still believes that it failed in its goal to produce a political solution.
Obama says he believes that all troops can be pulled out within a 16-month period after the election, although he would keep a residual force in Iraq and in the region to conduct targeted counter-terrorism missions against al Qaeda in Iraq and to protect American diplomatic and civilian personnel. Obama has never said how large a force would be needed. He is opposed to permanent bases.
McCain was a strong critic of the early strategy in Iraq but was a vocal supporter of the troop surge. Because of the surge's success in bringing greater security to Iraq, McCain does not want a timetable for withdrawal, preferring a "conditions-based" approach.
In a speech earlier this year, McCain said, "I intend to win the war and trust in the proven judgment of our commanders there and the courage and selflessness of the Americans they have the honor to command. The costs in lives and treasure we would incur would we fail in Iraq will be far greater than the heartbreaking losses we have suffered to date. I will not allow that to happen."
Both candidates want more troops in Afghanistan after a dramatic increase in violence there in the last year. Both know that in order to get those troops without increasing deployment time for individual soldiers and Marines, there will have to be an additional drawdown of American forces in Iraq.
McCain has suggested that NATO fill the gap, but there has been little appetite for that among U.S. allies.
Because Obama has advocated an immediate drawdown in Iraq, troops could be more readily available for a shift to Afghanistan under an Obama presidency.
If there is another Sept. 11, 2001, plot being hatched, it is almost certainly being planned in Pakistan's lawless tribal areas.
The subject of Pakistan has brought some of the most heated debate between the two men, but if you look beyond the verbal fireworks there is not a great deal of difference between the positions of McCain and Obama -- or, for that matter, Bush.
McCain ridiculed Obama for saying he would go after high-value al Qaeda targets along Pakistan's border, whether Pakistan approved or not. McCain would go after them as well; he just wouldn't talk about it in public. Earlier this year Bush signed a secret order allowing raids into Pakistan, and there has been a marked increase in activity along the border.


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The Department of Defense today announced two individuals and five teams have won awards from the Defense Standardization Program Office (DSPO) for outstanding contributions during the last fiscal year. The awards were presented this month during a ceremony at the Pentagon, Hall of Heroes.
Since 1987, DSPO has recognized individuals and organizations that have effected significant improvements in quality, reliability, readiness, cost reduction, and interoperability through standardization. The DSP mission is to identify, influence, develop, manage, and provide access to standardization processes, products, and services for warfighters and the acquisition, logistics, and systems engineering communities. In addition, the program promotes interoperability and assists in reducing total ownership cost and sustaining readiness.
The following are the Defense Standardization Program award recipients for fiscal 2010:
Larry Crane, U.S. Air Force, 520th Software Maintenance Squadron, D Flight, Common Air Craft Portable Reprogramming Equipment (CAPRE) Program, developed the software and firmware needed for transferring mission-critical and other data to aircraft avionics systems.
Beverly Wilson, Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), Land and Maritime, developed and implemented process improvements to identify and pursue part standardization opportunities by analyzing weapons systems provisioning data to identify parts not covered by standardization documents, and where appropriate recommend actions be taken to cover these documents.
An Army team from the Army Materiel Command (AMC) successfully crafted a business case for implementing a single contract -- rather than 35 separate contracts -- for the procurement of industry standards and specifications. Members of that team include: Tim Edwards, Gloria Miller, Paul Fritts, Barbara Bishop, and Cynthia Lee.
An Army team with representatives from four organizations, developed a test method, and the accompanying military standard, for measuring the resistance of materials used on the leading edge of helicopter rotor blades to protect them from particle or sand erosion. Members of that team include: Richard Squillacioti, Marc Pepi, Lynne Pfledderer, David Stone, and Andrew Phelps.
An Army Armament Research, Development, and Engineering Center (ARDEC)-led multi-service team supported the development and approval of a Joint Modular Intermodal Container (JMIC) standard that establishes general design guidelines and associated tests for JMICs. Members of that team include: Doug Chesnulovitch, Roy Smith, Jay Abernathy, John Weed, Gary Adams.
A Navy-led team developed a Joint Counter Radio-Controlled Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Electronic Warfare System (JCREW) that will defeat evolving RC-IEDs globally, with less interference with friendly systems and significantly reduced operating costs. Members of that team include: Mike Craft, Keith Plumadore, Bruce Strackbein, Adam Webb, and Jim Ryan.
A team from the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Troop Support developed a process to standardize and streamline subsistence line items of supply to meet criteria and requirements of the upcoming commercial off the shelf, Common Food Management System (CFMS). The team standardized the DLA catalog which required reviewing 110,000 food items and identified more than 54,500 items to be archived or canceled due to obsolescence or duplications. Members of that team include: Catherine Capriotti, Carolyn Dempsey, John Robinson, Scott Koch, Jeffrey Nienstedt, and Carol Willey.


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Cricket Customers Get Turn-by-Turn
Prepaid carrier Cricket Communications announced the availability of Cricket Navigator, a new voice-guided turn-by-turn navigation solution that will be exclusive to Cricket customers.
The new Cricket Navigator will feature a few extras, including gas price search, hyper-local search, traffic updates and local entertainment information.
"Cricket users have been buzzing for a premium turn-by-turn navigation solution, and we believe Cricket Navigator will be just what they've been looking for," said Jeff Toig, vice president/general manager of voice/data services for Cricket, in a statement.
Cricket Navigator will be powered by TeleCommunication Systems (TCS).
Cricket Navigator can be downloaded from Cricket's Games and Apps catalog and is currently available on the Samsung MyShot II device. Over the coming weeks, the application will be rolled out to more phones and will be available on the majority of Cricket devices by the end of this summer.
Cricket Navigator will be offered in Cricket's new nationwide $50 and $60 rate plans and available as a bolt-on to the new nationwide $30 and $40 rate plans.


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Media Release 17 November 2011: "Australia needs concrete action to meet APEC efficiency targets"
Media Release 20 April 2011: "Bridge the gap or lose jobs" (Delayed Tax Breaks for Green Buildings)
Media Release 30 March 2011: "Energy efficiency industry backs Garnaut"
Media Release 21 February 2011: "Australian Industry Group faces Energy Shock"
Media Release 2 December 2010: "Conference congratulates City of Sydney, pushes efficiency into the spotlight"
Media Release 2 November 2010: "Tenants able to select efficient buildings"
Media Release 24 June 2010: "While climate tops the agenda: new plan gives 50% of solution for govt"
Media Release 2 February 2010: "Energy efficiency in industry - the giant awakens"
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shouldn't the government pay for operations, can we stop Food Stamp people from buying food that makes them fart or that smells bad when cooking, can we ban eating everything but plain yogurt?
we should eat the fat people which will reduce glaobal over population, reduce global warming, put them out of their fat life, be a good source of food & fuel . if squemish we could send to poor nations and label "meat & meat bi product" which would also help exports imbalance. I think it would reduce the deficet as well as make nude beaches more enjoyable. A win, win, win win. would that make Phil happy. I would not like a world without Oprah but for the good of thin people she must be gone.
yes ,the good old days when rich people were fat and it was a sign of wealth & poor people were malnourished. lots of meddeling in other people's lives here rather than worrying about real issues. I believe that everyone should only drink raw milk & eat raw food but to impose that on everyone would be idiotic at best. Cows have feelings & souls, the only moral thing to eat are insects ( which have lots of protien) & raising insects for food has been proven to be economiclly fesible to eliminate all starvation. Feed Food Stamp people bugs!
It is the Lawyers, Not the medical community who dictates this. I have been through this & have 3 doctors in the family. The only way to convince someone with dementia not to drive is to lie to them which is what we resorted to and sold the car fast!
How did these facts get past the Liberal censors? Everyone understands this fact yet educators, big business, Republican politicians, banks, the USA etc is always vilified for any issues yet the solution that would provide significant improvement is just ignored so blame can be assessed.
I think Obama should just change the constitution to be able to veto any Supreme Court decision that he does not like and maybe change the Congress name to the Politburo. We are heading towards Argentina, Greece and away from America,
The most important healthy eating advise is to" Stop eating processed foods", eat fresh, local, and learn how to make delicious dishes with herbs & spices. A Grain, a bean, & something green. Fish 2x per wk, only 3 days of meat. PS all low fat stuff has no taste especially milk. Eat less & better and you won't have to eat tasteless cleverly advertized substitutes.
The Strategic Petro Reserves were established in case of a major crisis like war, natural disasters or other havoc that threatened the security of the USA. Anyone with a mild understanding of economics and world history understands that we are facing a real crisis in America and it is occupying the White House so it would appear that only by flooding the market with oil (or the drastic measure of drilling for our own oil & gas) will gas prices subside.
all politicians wear masks and in this instant news and social media environment everyone is plays masquerade. discovering the true nature is the voters charge. I don't care if they flip flop, or say opposing things when addressing different audiences. what is important is how they vote, lead and work with others to achieve the most achievable result even if it isn't perfect. love Gingrich, Santorum, but voting Romney. Obama is slightly more cleaver at concealment than Republicans or allowed by media to mask true intent.
they have nukes & Germany didn't and the nukes can be portable so as far as a threat to ordinary citizens it is not even close. remember 9/11? If you make security decisions based on finances then your enemies will always defeat you. Basic Sun-Tzu.
I am sure of one thing that Obama will denounce in the strongest of terms which is being interpreted by the world as talking tough for the ignorant public while carrying a very small stick and waving it furiously from behind someone else who has no stick at all all the while giving them gifts paid for by American taxes. This president is totally ignorant of history so we are doomed to reapeat it. Can anyone think Chamberlin.
This is what we have become. Laughable.
Oil Companies gouge consumers with low margin mark ups (under 10%) while Apple runs 100+% markups, hoards cash overseas & we think it is a big deal when they are going to pay some dividends which means that they want to bring this overseas cash home before Obama taxes it.
can my pre-teen get free condoms if birth control is a health issue? I love how people just write personal attacks when they don't agree. now that is an example leftist dialogue or strategy.
Doctors prescribe these pills but men need a partner to verify? all men are pigs & should be denied, all women should get anything they say is a health care item for women. How about using the same for the contraceptives. Have all men sign agreements when they have sex. We could publish & celebrate the more partners the more free stuff the women earns..........................and people think there is nothing wrong.
This doesn't mean that they won't be closed but that now it may take longer, waste more money and delay a painful process but the Vatican does follow church law.
I think all 30 year old students attending a Catholic College at a cost of over $200,000 and are having so much sex that they need Government financial support should have assistance just like the woman who won $1,000,000 & still deserves Food Stamps. No income no matter how much they have or spend or borrow should qualify them for my tax dollars.
Under the current socialism the hope is that the women who won a million and is still on Food Stamps may have to pay more taxes (but still deserving of the Stamps).
TFA to the rescue. Let's make Wendy Koop rich while trusting students to teachers who stay 2 years when all research suggests that it takes 3 years to become competent. No mention in the article of research into TFA & teacher quality. TFA is complete opposite of all countries that we wish to emulate. Another reason why Kasich will lose Ohio for Romney & allow Obama 4 more years.
Remember when morals did matter and no women would celebrate all the sex she was having and if she did everyone would call her typical names for someone without morals. I guess society considers open sex just antiquated. Sad. That is why Santorum garners so much support. Some religions were put her to death. We should be allowing free speech not castigation for promoting morals.
In a state where the voters are allowed to cross over ( I voted Hillery in '08) & the dictator's desire to ruin Romney, I'd say that this is a great victory.


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A method of preparing a composite cathode active material having superior cell characteristics includes mixing and milling starting material, carbon and an organic complexing agent. The mixture is heated at a first temperature in an inert atmosphere to form a composite precursor, and then the precursor is ground and heated at a second temperature in an inert atmosphere to produce a carbon-containing composite cathode material having high electronic conductivity. The said composite cathode has a general formula of LiFe1−xMxPO4—C, within 0≦x<1, M is selected from the group consisting of Co, Ni, V, Cr, Mn and a mixture thereof.
1. A method of preparing a composite cathode material consisting of the steps of:
(a) Mixing and milling together the starting materials carbon and an organic acid complexing agent with not more than the weight percentage of carbon being in the range from 1 to 10% versus the theoretical weight of the cathode active material which is calculated from the weight of staring materials under non-aqueous condition conditions to form a mixture;
(b) Heating the mixture at a first temperature of from 250° C. to 450° C. under an inert atmosphere to form a composite precursor;
(c) Grinding and pelletizing the resulting composite precursor to form a pellet; and
(d) Re-heating said pellet at a second temperature of from 500° C. to 950° C. under an inert atmosphere to form the composite cathode;
wherein the composite cathode material has a general formula of LiFe1−xMxPO4—C, with 0<x<1 and M is selected from the group consisting of Co, Ni, V, Cr, Mn and a mixture thereof.
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1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a cathode active material having superior cell characteristics in rechargeable electrochemical cells, more particularly to a carbon-containing composite cathode having a general formula of LiFe1−xMxPO4—C, within 0≦x<1, M is selected from the group consisting of Co, Ni, V, Cr, Mn and a mixture thereof.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Lithium-ton batteries have been a main power source for portable electronic devices, such as cellular phone, laptop, camera and camcorder because of their high energy, high power and long cycling life. These batteries currently use a lithiated transition metal oxide, such as LiCoO2, LiNi1−xCoxO2, or LiMn2O4, as the cathode active material. Such materials contain toxic transition metal and also are high cost; moreover, they are unsafe at the fully charged state. Therefore, extensive researches have recently been focused on searching for the alternative cathode active material that is safe and environmental benign.
U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,910,382, 6,391,493 and 6,514,640 proposed lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4) as a candidate for the cathode active material of rechargeable lithium and lithium-ion batteries. This material does not contain toxic heavy metal element and starting materials for its synthesis are low cost, compared with the current cathode materials of LiCoO2, LiNi1−xCoxO2, and LiMn2O4, while provides highly thermal stability. Furthermore, the LiFePO4 has a theoretical capacity of 170 mAh/g and a flat discharge potential of 3.4 V versus Li/Li+. These properties make it an attractive candidate for the cathode material of rechargeable batteries. However, LiFePO4 has very low electronic conductivity, the cell using it suffers high electric polarization and poor rate capability. To overcome these problems, a carbon-coating method has been proposed to enhance the electronic conductivity of the LiFePO4 cathode active material. Meanwhile, this method offers an additional advantage. That is, the carbon at high temperature becomes highly reductive, which consequently provides a reductive environment to protect Fe(II) in the LiFePO4 cathode from being oxidized by oxygen in air.
U.S. Pat. No. 6,632,566 discloses that the preparation of LiFePO4 should be conducted under an inert atmosphere having high purity such as N2 and Ar, or under a reductive atmosphere such as a H2/N2 mixture and NH3. Otherwise, Fe (II) in the product will be oxidized to Fe (III) by a trace amount of oxygen contained in the inert gas, which reduces capacity of the LiFePO4. On the other hand, LiFePO4 is an inherently poor electronic conductor. CA Patent 2,270,771 teaches that mixing a small amount of polymer into the starting materials can significantly enhance electronic conductivity of the LiFePO4 as the polymer thermally discomposes to form an electronically conductive carbon that subsequently coats onto the surface of LiFePO4.
Following CA Patent 2,270,771, Huang et al (Solid-State Lett. 4: A170-A172, 2001) heated a composite of the phosphate and a carbon xerogel formed from a resorcinol-formaldehyde precursor to prepare a LiFePO4—C composite, in which the composite cathode achieved 90% theoretical capacity at C/2. However, the procedure of making the composite cathode is rather complicated and very costly, whereas the composite contains about 15% (by weight) of carbon, which reduces the overall specific capacity of the composite cathode since carbon itself does not participate in the cell reactions. To alleviate these concerns, Chen et al (J. Electrochem. Soc. 149: A1184-A1189, 2002) heated a mixture of the starting materials and inexpensive sugar to get a LiFePO4—C composite having reduced particle size and small content of carbon, while providing comparable rate capability. However, the composite cathode such-made suffers a dramatic decrease in the tap density, which hence reduces volumetric energy density of the battery.
WO2004001881 discloses a solution method for preparing LiFePO4—C composite cathode. This method includes dissolving the starting materials in a 1:1 (molar ratio) aqueous solution of polycarboxylic acid and polyhydric alcohol. After polyesterification of the acid and alcohol, the solution is evaporated and then heated in an inert atmosphere to produce the LiFePO4—C composite. Because of the formation of a complex between metal cations and the resultant polymer, the resultant composites such-made are fine and their particle sizes are very uniform. This method is not efficient as additional care is required to prevent oxidization of the Fe(II) ions in the solution by air.
A common characteristic of the above processes is that the enhancement in the electronic conductivity of the LiFePO4—C composite is based on the formation of carbon on the surface of the cathode active material through a thermal decomposition of the organic polymer or small compound, whereas the thermal decomposition is greatly affected by the heating temperature and time. Low temperature and insufficient heating time cannot produce highly conductive carbon, while high temperature and long heating time not only induce growth of the product particle size but also cause reduction of the LiFePO4 by the resultant carbon. Therefore, electronic conductivity of carbon is limited by the trade-off between these two opposite effects.
On the other hand, Prosini et al (Electrochim. Acta, 46: 3517-3523, 2001) proposed an alternative method for the preparation of the LiFePO4—C composite by mixing 10 wt. % of carbon black, instead of organic polymer and compound, into the starting materials and then heating the resultant mixture at 800° C. for 16 h. U.S. Pat. No. 7,025,907 issued Apr. 11, 2006 to Kohzaki et. al. also used the similar approach, that is adding elemental carbon in one form or another mixed into the starting materials as the source of conducting carbon, but with special care taken in the heating step to not convert the iron present from ferrous (valence II) to ferric (valence III). The shortcoming of these methods is obvious. First, the physical contact between carbon and LiFePO4 particles is limited by the solid-state phase. Second, the content of carbon is high, which will induce reduction of the LiFePO4 active material due to the strong reductive property of carbon at high temperature. To solve these problems, U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,797,431, 6,811,924 and 6,814,764 propose a high speed hall-milling method to increase the physical contact of carbon and LiFePO4, while still employs as high as 10 wt. % of carbon black. This method adds a high-speed ball-milling step for from tens to over a hundred hours before the heating step. Such an approach is timely ineffective and cannot avoid the reduction of the LiFePO4 due to the presence of significant excess carbon.
U.S. Pat. No. 7,060,206 teaches the use of a significantly high amount of elemental carbon as both the reducing agent and carbon source. In another aspect, it teaches that the reducing carbon can be provided by a mixture of elemental carbon and organic precursor material. The organic precursor taught in this reference is a family of carbohydrate compounds, such as sucrose, which are incapable of complexing the transition metal ions and ineffective in reducing the particle size of the final products. Furthermore, the presence of the significantly high amount of carbon may reduce the product into the inactive Fe2P.
U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,720,112, 6,730,281 and 6,884,544 teach a carbothermal reduction method for the preparation of the LiFePO4—C composite active material, in which much excess amount of carbon is mixed with the mixture of lithium phosphate and iron (III) oxide in a stoichiometric molar ratio. The LiFePO4 cathode active material is formed through the thermal reduction of Fe(III) oxide by carbon. Because of the presence of significant excess amount of carbon, it is possible for the LiFePO4 to be reduced to FeP2, which consequently reduces the electrochemical characteristics of the composite cathode.
Accordingly, an object of this invention is to provide a method of preparing a cathode active material having superior cell characteristics through synthesis of a carbon composite represented by the general formula of LiFe1−xMxPO4—C, wherein 0≦x<1, M is selected from the group consisting of Co, Ni, V, Cr, Mn and a mixture thereof
Another object of the present invention is to provide a cost efficient method for the preparation of the said cathode.
These and additional objects of the invention are accomplished by two calcinations steps at different temperatures and the use of both elemental carbon and an organic complexing agent as the carbon sources.
A snore complete appreciation of the invention will be readily obtained by reference to the following Description of the Preferred Embodiments and the accompanying drawings in which like numerals in different figures represent the same structures or elements. The representations in each of the figures are diagrammatic and no attempt is made to indicate actual scales or precise ratios. Proportional relationships are shown as approximates.
It has been found that the above objects are achieved by a process shown in
In step (1), starting material for lithium source is selected from the group consisting of LiOH, Li2CO3, CH3COOLi, LiNO3, Li2C2O4, LiHC2O4, Li3PO4, Li2HPO4, LiH2PO4 and a mixture thereof. Starting material for iron source is selected from the group consisting of FeO, FeCO3, Fe(CH3CO2)2, Fe(NO3)3, FeC2O4, Fe3(PO4)2, FePO4 and a mixture thereof. Starting material for M source is an oxide or a salt having the similar anion as Li and Fe sources. Starting material for phosphate anion source is selected from the group consisting of H3PO4, Li3PO4, Li2HPO4, LiH2PO4, (NH4)3PO4, (NH4)2HPO4, NH4H2PO4, Fe3(PO4)2, FePO4 and a mixture thereof.
Carbon in step (1) is preferably selected from those having high electronic conductivity and small particles, including amorphous and graphitized carbons, or mixture thereof. The content of carbon in the overall mixture is in a range from 1 to 10% versus the theoretical weight of the cathode active material, which is calculated from the weight of staring materials.
Complexing agent in step (1) is an organic polycarboxylic acid, which serves two functions of forming a complex with the metal cations in the starting materials and providing a source of carbon. Preferably, polycarboxylic acid is selected from the group consisting of oxalic acid, malonic acid, succinic acid, glutaric acid, adipic acid, phthalic acid, iso-phthalic acid, tere-phthalic acid, malic acid, tartaric acid, citric acid, fumaric acid, maleic acid, and mixtures thereof. More preferably, the polycarboxylic acid contains one or more hydroxyl groups, such as malic acid, tartaric acid and citric acid. Molar ratio of the complexing, agent to Li in the mixture is in a range from 0.01 to 2.0, preferably from 0.1-1.0.
In step (1), a ball-miller or a high speed/shear miller is used for mixing and milling. Because of the pre-added carbon serving as a solid lubricant, the milling process is facilitated and milling efficiency is high. Therefore, milling time in the present invention is greatly shortened.
Preparation of the composite precursor (2) is conducted at a temperature ranging from 250° C. to 450° C., preferably from 350° C. to 420° C. for a time period of from 1 to 20 hours, preferably from 4 to 6 hours. At such temperatures, polycarboxylic acid melts and loses small molecules, such as H2O and CO2, to form precursor of carbon. During this process, the source materials are wetted by the molten acid and their complexes with acid are formed. Subsequent decomposition of the polycarboxylic acid and resultant complex produces a conductive carbon, which electronically bridges the particles of the cathode material and the pre-added carbon or thereof.
Formation of the composite cathode active material (3) is conducted at a temperature ranging from 500° C. to 950° C., preferably from 780° C. to 820° C. for a heating time period of from 1 to 20 hours, preferably from 4 to 6 hours. Before step (3), the resulting precursor is re-ground and pressed into small pellets to increase reaction efficiency.
In addition to the particles being fine and uniform, the composite cathode material prepared by the present invention has enhanced electronic conductivity, as interpreted in
Another advantage of the present invention is that steps (2) and (3) are more cost efficient because they do not require a highly pure inert atmosphere. In step (2), the small molecules released during the thermal decomposition of polycarboxylic acid and its related complex are highly reductive, which helps to protect Fe(II) from being oxidized. In step (3), carbon at high temperature becomes very reductive, which provides a strongly reductive environment. Further advantage of the present invention is that it greatly shortens reaction time for both of steps (2) and (3).
Having described the invention, the following examples are given to illustrate specific applications of the invention including the best mode now known to perform the invention. These specific examples are not intended to limit the scope of the invention described in this application.
Three LiFePO4—C composites were prepared by using the formulation listed in Table 1, in which Li, Fe, and P were in a molar ratio of 1:1:1. Samples A and B were prepared for the purpose of comparison, where Sample A did not use citric acid whereas Sample B did not use carbon.
All starting materials were mixed and ball-milled for 3 hours, and then the mixture was transferred to a tubular furnace. Under a flow of nitrogen to protect Fe(II) from being oxidized by oxygen in air, the mixture was heated at a rate of 10° C./min to 380° C. and then remained at 380° C. for 5 hours. During the process of temperature rising, citric acid was molten and complexing reactions between the metal cations and polycarboxylic acid occurred. The subsequent thermal decomposition resulted in the formation of a LiFePO4—C precursor. The resulting precursor was ground and pelletized, followed by transferring the pellet into the tubular furnace. Under the same nitrogen flow, the pellet was heated at 800° C. for 5 hours and then cooled down to room temperature. The pellet was ground to get a black LiFePO4—C composite powder. Structural characterization by X-ray diffraction indicates that all these three composites have the same olivine crystallographic structure (
For electrochemical examination, the above three LiFePO4—C composites were coated onto an aluminum foil, respectively, by using acetylene black as the conducting agent, poly(acrylonitrile-co-methyl methacrylate) as the binder and N-methylpyrrolidone as the solvent. The electrode sheet having a loading of 10±1 mg/cm2 was composed of 80 wt. % composite cathode, 15 wt. % acetylene black, and 5 wt. % binder. The resultant electrode was cut into small discs with an area of 1.27 cm2 and dried at 120° C. for 8 hours under vacuum. A non-aqueous solution prepared by dissolving 0.8 M lithium bis(oxalato)borate) (LiBOB) in a 1:1:3 (wt.) mixture of propylene carbonate, ethylene carbonate and ethylmethyl carbonate was used as the electrolyte.
In an Ar-filled glove-box, Li/LiFePO4—C coin cells were assembled using Celgard® 2500 membrane as the separator and filled with 80 μL of electrolytic solution. The cells were named as "a", "b", and "c" in response to the composites A, B, and C, respectively.
After tests as described in
Obviously many modifications and variations of the present invention are possible in light of the above teachings. It is therefore to be understood that, within the scope of the appended claims the invention many be practiced otherwise than as specifically described.
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