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Nice works so far, I'd say you have nothing to be ashamed of! The 'robo concept' one is extremely good and I like the colors of the first one alot
And hey, same age, same country!
a speedsketch that i thought was kinda cool, im gonna refine it and hope i dont mess it up
Good start so far, the values in the last one are killer. Keep it up!
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Love that colored Robot with the tentacles!
The quick lines make it look very agile, giving the whole Pic a sense of speed.
I´d refine those rings around the tentacles though, the last one should be a bit thicker at the side facing the observer and less thick on the sides, so it feels more like it is in a 3d environment...Just my 2 cents^^
Hi, nice work - keep painting. I like the colored robot and its style.
speedpainting. the hair was kind of a last minute "lets-just-see-how-this-looks" thing, and it sucks. ah well
so i tried drawing with a ballpoint pen... i use it kinda like a pencil and kinda like someone who doesnt know what hes doing, which sucks.
Thanks for dropping by my sketchbook,Vain!
You seem to have a good eye for colors and I like Pikachu along with the robot but don't ignore the studies.Also,the portrait you made with the ballpoint looks pretty good to me.
I love how sketches turn out with a ballpoint and I'll have to do some myself soon.
one hour speedpainting. man i suck at landscapes... oh and it looks like it took 20 minutes because i changed it like a million times xD
i drew this for school, the quality isnt great since i took the photo with my phone.
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I'm done with this study... yeah, i ruined it with that terrible scatter brush D:
Damn, this is cool stuff. I really enjoyed seeing the painting process of the women.
Here some stuff from my sketchbook, i usually fill up about one sketchbook per month so i thought it would be kinda annoying for people viewing this, if i would post like 3 pages like that every day. also i dont really have a good scanner, but i thought maybe some will find this interesting anyways oh and i used a ball point pen
And a little portrait:
and here some really quick study:
Last edited by 80vain08; March 7th, 2013 at 12:08 PM.
Practicing light and shadow
30 minutes speedpainting
Nice stuff, I like like your traditional sketches.
Critiques on my work always welcome!!
nice understanding of light! you have pretty good rendering skills my only advice would be to keep working on your drawing. you say you fill up a sketchbook a month, that's pretty good! but from what I see they're pretty fast studies. i would say slow down and get your proportions right, study form (cylinders, boxes, perspective). cuz the lighting and colors look really nice, but the eyes are too far apart and too stylized in post 17. other than that it's all about mileage, keep going, you're off to a great start!
suuper quick scribble before bed... i can barely keep my eyes open
You've got a lot of really cool stuff in here. I love the pen drawing, the shark illustration and sketchbook pages.
The study of the girl is also really good, though watch out for going too hard on the black mascara around her eyes.
Good luck and keep going!
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Meigan Jewell and Ben Purvis were married Nov. 11, 2011, at Freedom's Way Assembly of God.
The bride is the daughter of Lisa and Donald Jewell and granddaughter of William and Faye Drury. She is a 2009 honors graduate of LaRue County High School and employed at IGA in Hodgenville.
The groom is the son of Ray and Libby Purvis. He is a 2010 graduate of LaRue County High School and employed at Alltel in Elizabethtown.
A reception followed immediately after the ceremony in the church basement.
You can travel to the far reaches of the globe and not see and experience what you can discover in Kentucky. There's only one Mammoth Cave, one Birthplace of Abraham Lincoln, one National Corvette Museum, one Kentucky Horse Park.
Kentucky's wealth of unique attractions forms the basis of the state's 2012 travel and tourism marketing campaign, according to Kentucky Department of Travel and Tourism.
Hannah White, a junior from Hodgenville, and Kayla Bradshaw, a junior from Summersville, will travel to Haiti for a Christmas break mission trip with Campbellsville University.
The students, part of the School of Nursing, will have four days of medical clinic.
They saw 1,800 patients last year and hope to see even more this year. Because there is no board of nursing in Haiti, the students are allowed to do more than in the U.S., but typically they give out medications, injections and help those who may have vitamin deficiencies.
Laura Bishop, an undergraduate student at Campbellsville University, recently presented her work at the annual Kentucky Academy of Science conference in Murray and has had her article published in the Journal of Kentucky Academy of Science.
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Campbellsville University sports ministry students recently taught a Bible conference to juvenile offenders from Lincoln Village Juvenile Detention Center in Elizabethtown.
Dr. Ted Taylor, professor of Christian studies and lead professor of the sports ministry program, and his sports ministry class, began this year hosting students from the Lincoln Village Juvenile Detention Center once per semester.
Rev. L. Clyde and Virginia Allen of Hodgenville will celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary Dec. 23, 2011.
They were married by Dr. A.C. Baker in Louisville.
Virginia is the daughter of the late Joel and Margaret Dixon of Hodgenville and a graduate of Magnolia High School and Spencerian Business College. She attend University of Louisville before accepting employment with H.V. Davis & Son Insurance Agency. She worked in the nursing service office at Georgia Baptist Medical Center in Atlanta for 16 years.
The Jaymison Alazander Mariece Ulis Memorial Ride will be Dec. 17.
The motorcycle ride will assist Jaymison's family with medical and funeral bills.
Jaymison, the 2 month old son of Ashley Clairmont and Syd Ulis III, died Nov. 25, 2011, at Kosair Children's Hospital in Louisville. He was born 12 weeks early and had several medical conditions including trisomy 13, a cleft lip and plate, two holes in his heart, kidneys that grew together and a rocker foot.
For you, O God, have tested us. You have refined us as silver is refined. You brought us into the net; you laid affliction on our backs. You have caused men to ride over our heads. We went through fire and through water, but you brought us out to rich fulfillment. Psalm 66:10-12
When Jesus told his disciples the cost of following him, many turned back. Yet the impact of those who didn't is still shaking the world.
Jana Constant and her son Gatlin Constant assisted with the food drive at LaRue County Middle School. The students collected 2,634 items of canned goods and staples.
Bobby Claycomb showed off his new law office, located in the former City Hall on Lincoln Boulevard, to visitors Saturday during the Hodgenville Woman's Club Holiday Home Tour. Right, cross-stitched Christmas stockings were part of the holiday décor at Jeremy and Beth Williams' home.
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Blue Morphous Butterfly amongst the Orchids
Huge collection of butterflies, hummingbirds and flowering tropical plants in a glass hot house.
Butterflies from all over the world including Asia, South and Central America, Africa.
Weekends get very crowded as attraction just opened fall of 2012.
For best, more relaxed time to enjoy try to visit during a weekday. You will not be rushed and can take your time photographing the butterflies.
If you go during the weekend, expect to be ushered through by the people manning the doors as there are large groups of people waiting to see this unique and beautiful attraction.
Address: 10901 Old Cutler Road, Coral Gables, FL 33156
Directions: From US1 go to 57th Avenue and follow the signs to Fairchild Tropical Gardens
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This is the largest and oldest of all the zoos in Florida and considered one of the top zoos in the United States. It is also the only tropical zoo in the USofA.
There are over 2000 animals living in landscaped enclosures for a natural feel and habitat.
The exhibits are divided into climate zones:
Amazon and Beyond
Aviary (Wings of Asia and one of my personal favorites).
New plans for a Florida Everglades exhibit to open soon.
Personal Favorites: Flamingo Pond, Tiger exhibit, Wings of Asia, Gorilla & Chimp exhibit & Amazon & Beyond.
They also have a fantastic children's petting zoo, a feed the giraffe station and various other daily activities.
Address: 124 SW 152nd Street - Miami FL. 33177
Website: http://www.miamimetrozoo.com/visit-the-zoo.asp
Beautiful Fairchild Tropical Gardens and ponds
Fantastic place to spend a day strolling through beautifully maintained and well manicured gardens.
Get a feel of tropical and sub tropical plants from around the world.
Very rare and unique species thrive here amongst our native palms, hammocks of live oaks and water ways.
A sister garden to Kew Gardens in Britain and a must for the European traveler.
Coming in Fall of 2012 - an orchid and butterfly house complete with hummingbirds!
Saturday and Sundays often host numerous festivals from farmers market to orchid shows and palm/fern/bromeliad and other flowering plant sales...many collectors items!
Address: 10901 Old Cutler Road Coral Gables, FL 33156
Directions: Coral Gables area just south of Coconut Grove along Old Cutler Road
Phone: 305.667.1651
Website: http://www.ftg.org/
Key West really does deserve at least one full days visit but, if your time is limited and, are interested in at least catching a quick glimpse of the Keyes, here is a handy website:
Breakfast stop along the way (not included in the price) as they leave very early in the morning. Key West is approximately a 4 hour drive from Miami over long continous road which only runs one lane through most of the trip.
This is why hurricane evacuations are such a nightmare when inclement weather threatens!
Cost is approximately $70.00 for an adult ticket and includes all the major highlights of KeyWest and surrounding areas.
A hurried but quite complete tour.
For tourists wishing to catch an insiders glimpse of Miami and it's outlying areas and, with limited time on their hands, this company offers a variety of tours, including Coral Gables, Ft. Lauderdale, Viscaya, Coconute Grove and the Everglades.
Albeit, hurried and fast paced, it is good at giving you the highlights and offers good guides with good knowledge of the area.
They also offer a popular combination tour which offers the highlights of Miami as well as the Everglades.
At USD $70.00 (approximately), is a good bargain, considering the every rising costs of entry into the Everglades National Park!
Purple Galinule
Just west and beyond of Shark Valley, Loop road runs a 17 mile loop through an interior portion of the Everglades, primarily through a hammock in part of the Big Cypress National Preserve.
Mostly gravel and some tar, it is seldom traveled and for this reason, I enjoy driving the slow, couple of hours or so, stopping on the side and getting close and personal with the gators and various other creatures of the Glades.
Early morning is the best time to see the flocks of Wood Storks, Egrets, Ibis, Herons and even Roseatte Spoonbills which overnight in the trees.
As you drive the road, you will see them lift off and fly ahead of your car.
During the wet season, alligators gather on either side of the road hunting in the ever shrinking waters where fish become trapped.
Hawks, being inquisitive, will fly up and perch in a low branch to inspect your goings on.
Although tempting, do not approach wildlife!
Gators especially can surprise you and, once bitten, they will not let go. Their instinct to pull you into the water for drowning and eventually devouring you is an always present danger.
Address: About 3 miles beyond the Shark Valley entrance
Directions: Follow West, beyond the Shark Valley entrance to the park.
Loop Road will be on your left.
First part of the road are homes which belong to the Mikosoukee Indians - rural / residential
Visitor's Center
More popular than Shark Valley (in my opinion not as good for wildlife), the Anhinga Trail/Flamingo key section of the park offers the visitor a good opportunity to view some of the park's inhabitants from the safety of a raised walk way.
For the best impact, try to be at the park early morning, around 8:30am when the herons and Egrets are fishing near the shore line.
There is a nice interpretive nature center when you first enter the park with a nice deck for viewing gators and other local birdlife.
It is a good place to stop and get a sense of the park and the importance of the "River of Grass" and mangroves and how they protect our state from storms and water surge, especially during the Atlantic hurricane season.
Although I live closer to this section of the park than the less traveled to: Shark Valley, I prefer the latter for wildlife and photographic opportunities.
It seems that, in this section of the park, you're constantly driving long distances between points of interest with little to see other than sawgrass and open prairie.
The majority of the parks wildlife congregate around water ways and gator holes which, this section of the park lacks aside from the following:
Anhinga Trail (short walk - can be completed in less than 1/2 hour).
Perotis Pond (good look at a bird rookery during breeding season but too far away for good photography)
9-Mile pond (nice for watching Osprey fishing but, generally, very uneventful and no coverage from sun.
Flamingo - a marina set against the bay. Hit or miss due to crowds and, at the other end of the park so expect a good 40 minute drive from the actual entrance.
There is also the fact that it is located in southern most Miami Dade county, west of Florida City where the Turnpike ends and US1 join.
For people staying in Miami or, Miami Beach, Shark Valley may be more convinient.
Address: 40001 State Road 9336, Homestead, FL 33034-6733
Directions: Turnpike until it ends at US1
Traffic light (Royal Pam Drive) S.W. 344th (right)
To Krome (Robert is Here fruit stand) Left
Stop sign (Right) - follw signs to park
Phone: 305-242-7700
Website: http://www.nps.gov/ever/planyourvisit/anhinga-trail.htm
Lost in the Sawgrass.."The Glades are Aliiiiiiive"
By far, the best section of the Everglades in my opinion for tourists to get a feel for the "River of Grass" experience.
Here, you can walk a short distance from the visitor center and be up close and personal with huge alligators, often sunning on the banks. Be careful when walking around these creatures, especially in the late spring/early summer months.
It is their breeding season and some females prove to be territorial.
The clarity of the water and how shallow it is in the streams which border the W. end of the park afford you the opportunity to see the underwater cycle in action.
You will see many fish - both native and non native, being chased by Allgator Gars, as well as the many varieties of heron and egrets fishing within feet of you, totally ignoring your precense.
During breeding season (March through May), wildlife photographers will have plenty of opportunity to photograph active nests in the mangroves and rookeries across the narrow gulch.
Long lenses are not necessary as the birds are highly visible and the nests that near!
Once you've tired of photographing there, you may take the tram or rent a bicycle and ride the 7.5 miles to the observation tower.
Once there, you can climb to the top and have an amazing view of the entire park, giving you an appreciation for how big this river of sawgrass truly is.
Additionally, at the observation tower, directly beneath, are a series of gator holes where alligators gather by the dozens, especially in the dry winter/spring season.
Tram runs about every 2 hours, total length of interpretive trip: 2 hours from start to finish given by a park ranger.
Once you've finished in the park, there are various "Alligator farms" and Airboat tours directly outside the park run by individual concessionaires.
They're all basically the same, each one touting to be the "oldest" and the "best".
Very touristy but, worth it if you're a first time visitor.
Outside the main gate to the park is the Mikosoukee Restaurant, offering local favorites and BBQ. Pricey, as you might expect for a convinient 'right-ouside-the-main-tourist-attraction" restaurant but, if you have a hankering for fried alligator tail, it might be something to consider.
Address: Shark Valley Loop Rd, Miami, FL 33196
Directions: From the Florida Turnpike:
Exit on S.W. 8th Street (Tamiami Trail) and head West.
Go past Krome Avenue (S.W. 177th) Continue on Tamiami to the park. Entrance will be on your left (South Side).
Phone: (305) 221-8455
Website: http://www.sharkvalleytramtours.com/
Wether it is for therapeutic reasons or, just for the experience, you need not go all the way to Dolphin Cove in Orlando to swim with dolphins.
Plenty of locations throughout South Florida and here are a few:
Dolphin Research= MM 59 Bayside (305) 289-1121
Dolphins Plus =Key Largo (305 ) 451- 1993
Theater of the Sea= MM 84.5 Bayside (305) 664-2431
Don't forget to dial 1 first if necessary!
Here are a few helpful links:
Directions: Most of these are based out of the upper keys (Key Largo) but, there are some in Key West as well.
Whichever you chose, it is sure to be an experience to be remembered for life!
Website: http://www.dolphinworld.org/
Here is a handy tour company which allows you innexpensive transport between Miami and main points throughout Florida, including, Ft. Lauderdale, Key West and the all important Orlando!
Although I cannot comprehend anyone actually considering a one day to/from and including a visit to one of the theme parks hectic filled day...there IS the occassional tourist who undertakes such a strenous task. To him/her; here is the tour company for you:
Website: http://gotobus.com/miami/
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Fresh Renovated - Fresh Painted Luxury Studio with balcony less than 80 meters from Cabarete beach overlooking a large pool and beautiful garden. No car needed! Center of Cabarete.
Nice, comfortable Studio for rent in Ocean Dream Residence located on Cabarete beach overlooking a large pool and garden, is only a short walk to the beach.
No car needed! Private place! Absolutely Quiet, gated community!
There may be other choices out there for a few bucks less! But we are the best in Cabarete in this price range, with a nice pool and the best location! Don't believe? Just see what people have said about us in numerous reviews!
Usually here offer one Internet connection in apartment. We give for our guests TWO different means of accessing WiFi! One of them covers all Ocean Dream complex including pools, all common area and partially the beach. So it will be ensure that you will have internet access ALWAYS while you will be in the condo and even out by the pool area.
Studio is located at 108 Kite Drive on the 3rd floor. The studio apartments are 600 square feet and feature one large -L- shaped room. Entry is from a covered walkway outside then through the kitchen and dining area. The living and sleeping areas are separated by a room divider chest of drawers that serves as a base for a TV that can be viewed from either the sleeping area or the living area. The living room area connects to a balcony that overlooks a peaceful private garden and swimming pool. A hallway off the sleeping area contains a large closet and entry to a private bathroom with toilet, shower and sink. This 3rd floor apartment has a spacious high ceiling. This is a studio with all the amenities: Air conditioner, Safe-box, 24 hour Broadband personal Internet, (Cable) TV, Stereo system, Radio, Blender, Coffee maker, Cooking utensils, Microwave, Gas Oven, Refrigerator, Stove-top burners, Tableware, Toaster. The apartment is constructed of the highest quality materials and features ceramic floor tiles and stainless steel fixtures. All furniture was tastefully designed and created to accent this beautiful apartment. By special request we can even provide a personal storage locker room with key located near the pool.
Why settle for less when you are on vacation?
You can have great prices, fine amenities, and a fantastic time if you reside in my Ocean Dream apartments:
FREE Parking in All Area
FREE Wireless Internet
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FULL Kitchens in All Units
FULL Electricity included in All Units
24 Hour power (with back-up generator)
24 Hour security
NO CAR NEEDED located in the center of Cabarete
ONLY Americans, Canadians, Europeans will be your neighbors
Why Choose Ocean Dream Cabarete Beach Rentals?
There are a number of reasons why people choose Ocean Dream Residence for their accommodation needs. For one thing, proximity to fantastic restaurants, unique gift shops, banks, a grocery store and more. It's prime location on Cabarete Beach also makes it perfect for kiteboarding enthusiasts. Another factor is that Ocean Dream Residence - Absolutely Quiet, gated community offers a private luxurious and spacious 2 and 3 bedroom condos as well as studio apartments. All of the units are surrounded by gorgeous tropical gardens, 7 swimming pools, a shopping plaza with a variety of unique shops and all within the comfort of a very secure gated resort!
Built by Georges Coutu in 2006, renowned developer in Cabarete, Ocean Dream is without any doubt one of the most prestigious condo resorts in the north coast of the Dominican Republic, situated in the center of Cabarete Bay.
Remember: Once outside the gated courtyard of this beautiful vacation rental, everything is within a short walking distance.
The beach of Cabarete Bay is a colorful and varied scene of windsurfers, kiteboarders, beach combers, and sun bathers.
The village of Cabarete, which runs along the beach of Cabarete Bay, is lined with restaurants, points of interest, and plentiful shops to visit.
For those that want to just relax at the pool for a few days, everything you need can be found at the commercial shopping plaza which features a pharmacy, a Mexican-style cafe and the Yamagato Sushi restaurant, Indian restaurant, an excellent office-supply and computer store, hairdresser, a stylish ladies clothing boutique and various specialty shops catering to the Caribbean Traveler at the entrance to Ocean Dream Condominiums — again just a short walking distance from the apartment.
Cabarete's nightlife is remarkable. Restaurants, bars and discos share a swathe of beach where you can dine with your feet in the sand, enjoy local musicians and then move on to dance the night away. All these options are conveniently close to Ocean Dream Residence, and yet at a distance that won't interrupt your peace should you decide to stay home for the night. Just a five-minute walk under the stars will get you there...
Short distance from Puerta Plata airport.
Scuba diving, horseback riding, golfing, hiking, zip-lining, rafting, carting, windsurfing, kite boarding etc.
Explore my rentals and you'll find that my apartments in Cabarete is the perfect spot for your next tropical getaway!
Please ask about discounts during stays of two - four weeks.
By request, a client is provided private transfer on comfortable SUV from the airport to the apartment.
Why stay in the cramped quarters of a hotel room when you can have a private, fully furnished, and spacious vacation rental home?
While hotels have benefits for some, they do not have the space needed for others.
Let my Ocean Dream apartments make your Caribbean vacation memorable with a stay in one of a first class Cabarete Bay vacation rental properties. Ocean Dream is the perfect location for your honeymoon, family vacation, or to just relax and get away. So put on your sandals and grab your towel because paradise is right here waiting for you!
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By J. Trout Lowen
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Sunday, June 18, 2006
Christine Todd Whitman is on a coast-to-coast mission to reclaim the Republican Party for moderates. The former New Jersey governor's political action committee plans to back "fiscally conservative, socially inclusive" Republicans.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (WOMENSENEWS)--Moderates, by their very nature, says Christine Todd Whitman, avoid extremist views or bombast. Often--maybe too often--they go along just to get along.
But the former two-term New Jersey governor, former head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and self-proclaimed moderate is working to change that.
Whitman has been touring the country since last year to promote her new political action committee, It's My Party Too, or IMP-PAC. Since January 2005 she has also been promoting her book, "It's My Party Too: The Battle for the Heart of the GOP and the Future of America."
All the while, she's been exhorting centrist Republicans to stand up and be counted. In carving out the middle ground within the GOP, Whitman supports stem cell research, same-sex marriage and abortion rights.
"I'm not willing to leave my party in the hands of those who would drag it so far away from what has traditionally defined Republicanism as to leave the party unrecognizable," the 59-year-old Whitman recently told an audience here in Minnesota, a historically Democratic stronghold where the GOP has recently gained ground.
Whitman founded IMP-PAC in February 2005 and has so far raised more than $1 million for the 2006 election cycle. Headquartered in New Jersey, it now has chapters in more than 25 states.
Donations to the political action committee, the Web site says, will help elect "fiscally conservative, socially inclusive" Republican candidates.
Whitman notes that the committee does not focus on any single candidate or issue. "Those are tough ways to raise money when you don't have either of those things going for you," she says. "That tells me there's a hunger out there for a movement back to the center where we can agree to disagree without being disagreeable."
Whitman says IMP-PAC intends to focus most of its efforts at the state and local level because the party needs to be reformed from the grass roots up, and because this is where many moderate Republican candidates often face bruising primary challenges from well-financed fundamentalist candidates.
IMP-PAC plans to support approximately 100 candidates for the November election. One is Rhode Island Sen. Lincoln Chafee, who is facing a primary challenge from Stephen Laffey, the Cranston, R.I., mayor and millionaire who has been endorsed by the conservative Club for Growth. IMP-PAC plans to announce its full candidate list in July.
"Moderates are not zealots," says Pat Carpenter, president of the WISH List, a political action committee based in Alexandria, Va., that supports pro-choice Republican female candidates at the state and federal level. "They need someone like a Christie to energize them and pull them together and unite them in our cause."
Whitman says the push for moderation goes well beyond her. She points to the Senate's "Gang of 14," a group of seven Republicans and seven Democrats who have been able to exert their influence in judicial nominations and are credited with diffusing an attempt to limit the ability of the Senate minority to filibuster.
She also points to the House Center Aisle Caucus, founded in early 2005 by Republican Rep. Timothy Johnson of Illinois and Democrat Steve Israel of New York. It offers a forum for civil dialogue and has close to 50 members split nearly evenly between parties.
But Carpenter cautions that the party's social conservatives are still well organized and working actively to undermine moderate candidates.
For example, in Michigan's conservative 7th District, Rep. Joe Schwartz, a moderate, is facing former state Rep. Tim Walberg. Backed by the Washington-based Club for Growth, Walberg, who finished third in an open-seat primary in 2004, is questioning Schwartz's conservative credentials, citing Schwartz's pro-choice views and his support from groups like Planned Parenthood.
Whitman angered many Republicans in 1997 when as governor she vetoed a state bill to ban so-called partial birth abortions because it didn't include an exception for the life or health of the mother.
In the National Review that year, columnist Kate O'Beirne described Whitman as having gone from the GOP's "It Girl" to "Nowhere Girl" for her abortion bill veto and for her refusal to sign a "no taxes" pledge.
The New Jersey Legislature overrode Whitman's veto, but the law was later struck down as unconstitutional.
Whitman says she believes there are many in the Republican Party who are less absolutist on abortion than the party leadership. "I believe it's ultimately a woman's right to choose," she says.
Whitman's message of political moderation received a warm reception in Minneapolis in early May at a fundraiser for pro-choice female candidates, but the audience of some 1,200 was mainly female Democrats. Last week, Whitman kicked off a conference call series open to the public that is sponsored by the nonpartisan Women's Campaign Fund, a Washington-based nonprofit that promotes women's participation in politics.
Whitman acknowledges that many people, including TV hosts like Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert, have asked her why she doesn't just switch parties, but she says she's not leaving a party where her roots run deep.
Whitman's parents met at the 1932 Republican National Convention in Chicago. Her father served as New Jersey's state party chair and her mother as vice chair of the Republican National Committee. Whitman attended her first national convention at age 9 and she's attended every national convention since.
Whitman says she's trying to energize moderates to wrestle control from those she terms "social fundamentalists" whose views on issues such as abortion, embryonic stem cell research and same-sex marriage have been driving the party hard to the right.
"I do not believe they represent a majority of the voters," Whitman says. "And yet, there are those who control the levers of power, and certainly have access to the media, that would have you believe that the Republican Party is pro-life to the extreme."
Often the only female governor present at meetings of the National Governors Association while she was in office from 1993 to 2000, Whitman says she's also committed to electing more women to public office.
Women have different life experiences and different ways of solving problems, she says, citing an example from her days as governor.
"I learned that some hospitals in New Jersey were discharging women less than 24 hours after they had given birth. Nobody had to convince me that needed to be changed."
At Whitman's urging, the New Jersey Legislature passed a bill requiring insurers to cover at least a 48-hour hospital stay for women after a routine delivery and 96 hours of hospitalization after a Caesarean section.
J. Trout Lowen is editor of the Minnesota Women's Press, a biweekly feminist newspaper based in St. Paul, Minn.
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Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (S.C. 2001, c. 27)
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Act current to 2015-11-16 and last amended on 2015-07-01. Previous Versions
Marginal note:Minister of Citizenship and Immigration
4. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration is responsible for the administration of this Act.
Marginal note:Designated Minister
(1.1) The Governor in Council may, by order, designate a minister of the Crown as the Minister responsible for all matters under this Act relating to special advocates. If none is designated, the Minister of Justice is responsible for those matters.
Marginal note:Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
(2) The Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness is responsible for the administration of this Act as it relates to
(a) examinations at ports of entry;
(b) the enforcement of this Act, including arrest, detention and removal;
(c) the establishment of policies respecting the enforcement of this Act and inadmissibility on grounds of security, organized criminality or violating human or international rights; or
(d) declarations referred to in section 42.1.
Marginal note:Minister of Employment and Social Development
(2.1) In making regulations under paragraphs 32(d.1) to (d.4), the Governor in Council may confer powers and duties on the Minister of Employment and Social Development.
Marginal note:Specification
(3) Subject to subsections (1) to (2), the Governor in Council may, by order,
(a) specify which Minister referred to in any of subsections (1) to (2) is the Minister for the purposes of any provision of this Act; and
(b) specify that more than one Minister may be the Minister for the purposes of any provision of this Act and specify the circumstances under which each Minister is the Minister.
Marginal note:Publication
(4) Any order made under subsection (3) must be published in Part II of the Canada Gazette.
- 2001, c. 27, s. 4;
- 2005, c. 38, s. 118;
- 2008, c. 3, s. 1;
- 2012, c. 19, s. 701;
- 2013, c. 16, s. 2, c. 40, s. 238;
- 2014, c. 20, s. 299.
Marginal note:Regulations
5. (1) Except as otherwise provided, the Governor in Council may make any regulation that is referred to in this Act or that prescribes any matter whose prescription is referred to in this Act.
Marginal note:Application
(1.1) Regulations made under this Act that apply in respect of sponsorship applications or applications for permanent or temporary resident visas, permanent or temporary resident status or work or study permits may, if they so provide, apply in respect of any such applications that are pending on the day on which the regulations are made, other than
(a) applications to become a permanent resident made in Canada by protected persons; and
(b) applications for permanent resident visas made by persons referred to in subsection 99(2) and sponsorship applications made in respect of those applications.
Marginal note:Tabling and referral of proposed regulations
(2) The Minister shall cause a copy of each proposed regulation made under sections 17, 32, 53, 61, 87.2, 102, 116, 150 and 150.1 to be laid before each House of Parliament, and each House shall refer the proposed regulation to the appropriate Committee of that House.
Marginal note:Alteration of proposed regulation
(3) A proposed regulation that has been laid before each House of Parliament under subsection (2) does not need to be so laid again, whether or not it has been altered.
Marginal note:Making of regulations
(4) The Governor in Council may make the regulation at any time after the proposed regulation has been laid before each House of Parliament under subsection (2).
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- 2004, c. 15, s. 70;
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by Jim Vleming, regional labor economist
Updated August 2014
Pierce County is an inland area in the northwest part of the state that includes Puget Sound, the Puget Sound lowlands and the surrounding region west of the Cascade Range and east of the Olympic Mountains. Formed out of Thurston County in 1852 by the legislature of the Oregon Territory, it was named for U.S. President Franklin Pierce. The county has a total area of roughly 1,800 square miles, of which 1,670 square miles is land and 130 square miles is water. The highest natural point in Washington, Mount Rainier at 14,410 feet, is located in Pierce County.
The founding of Pierce County encouraged a slow but steady stream of new settlements. Tacoma was founded in 1872. When the Northern Pacific Railroad announced in 1873 that its northwest terminus would locate in Tacoma, the city and surrounding county grew into a regional leader.
The lumber industry, at the time dominated by the St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co., helped the area to develop further. World War I brought an industrial boom as the region's lumber was used in local shipyards. The U.S. Army built Camp Lewis, which would later grow into Fort Lewis, on 70,000 acres of land on the Nisqually plain purchased by Tacoma voters. In 1918, the voters created the Port of Tacoma, which began improving industrial waterways and facilities.
In the years following World War II, economic significance within the region began shifting when the Boeing Company established Seattle as a center for aircraft manufacturing. Microsoft's 1979 move from Albuquerque, New Mexico to nearby Bellevue helped to develop Seattle as a technology center in the 1980s. A stream of new software, biotechnology and Internet companies into the area led to an economic revival. This development prompted the Tacoma-Pierce area to begin transitioning out of its wood and paper products manufacturing.
Many Pierce County residents, looking to replace the manufacturing wages lost during the industrial transition, began commuting to jobs in King County. Today, more than 25 percent of the workforce in Pierce County travels to jobs in King County. The developing economy in King County, which exerted upward pressure on land values and housing costs, encouraged workers who might normally have lived in King County to reside in Pierce and other neighboring counties.
Pierce County has continued to diversify out of a manufacturing and resource-based economy into a more service-oriented one. Forward momentum dissipated with the 2001 recession, but was regained with the economic recovery in 2003. The economy slowed again in 2007 when falling housing prices curtailed construction, and sharply regressed in the near-collapse of the global financial industry. The ensuing world financial panic adversely affected employment in every local industry, with the exception of healthcare.
The Pierce County has recovered jobs lost during the Great Recession. Nonfarm payroll employment is ahead of where the county was in January 2012 according to June 2014 preliminary figures, up 8.6 percent.
Pierce County continues to maintain its economic identity, based upon traditional strengths and as a regional component of the Puget Sound economy. It serves as a healthcare provider for South Puget Sound, represented by MultiCare Health System, Franciscan Health System and DaVita. Aerospace manufacturing plays a growing role with the Boeing Company. Facilities within the county produce vertical tail fins for several of the company's newer aircraft models as well as a number of related aircraft parts. Toray Composites is another firm related to the industry.
The Port of Tacoma and Joint Base Lewis-McCord (JBLM) comprise two traditional economic components of the local economy. Investments made in improving the Port's facilities together with its expanding role in the era of economic globalization have allowed it to handle growing volumes of shipments. The Port is a major center for bulk and heavy-lift cargoes, as well as automobiles and medium-duty trucks. In 2013, the Port handled 1.9 million containers and other cargo types, contributing to nearly $48.7 billion in international trade and about $3.0 billion in trade to Alaska.
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts)
The state, the region and Pierce County all continue to recover from the effects of the Great Recession. In 2012 unemployment began a steady decline and job growth improved, especially in the first six months of 2014.
Pierce County will continue to benefit from its economic ties to King County. Orders for new aircraft continue to flow to Boeing and that should keep the Pierce County affiliations busy. Like all counties throughout the state, government is a viable part of the local economy and is a significant employer. Budget cuts at the state level affect everything from employment and local funding, to education and healthcare funding.
When all of the above is added together, the Pierce County labor market in 2014 is expected to look much better than 2011 or 2012. Employment growth is expected to be positive in 2014, with a lowering of the local unemployment rate.
2015 also promises to be an up year as downtown Tacoma upgrades continue and golfs' 2015 US Open is set for June18-21. Next years' Open at Chambers Bay is already sold out and promises to be a big payday for both the leisure and hospitality sector and retail trade. Also the addition of Amazon warehousing to the DuPont area will bring 300-400 new jobs to the county.
(Source: Employment Security Department)
Current labor force and unemployment statistics are available on the Labor area summaries page.
At the time of this writing, the most recent estimate of the size of the civilian labor force in Pierce County was the June 2014 preliminary estimate. It shows the size of the local labor force to be 374,350, down 2,040 from 376,390 in June 2013.
The unemployment rate trended lower during the 1990s economic expansion and averaged around 4 percent at its low point. During the 2001 economic recession, the unemployment rate reached a high of 8.9 percent in June 2003. The 2007 recession pushed the local unemployment rate over 11 percent beginning in January 2010.
The June 2014 preliminary unemployment rate estimate was 6.0 percent, down from a revised 8.2 percent one year earlier. The unemployment rate, if history follows a pattern should hover around 6 percent, nearly half of where the county found itself at the height of the Great Recession.
Current industry employment statistics are available on the Labor area summaries page.
Pierce County total nonfarm employment bottomed out from the effects of the 2007 recession and appears poised to continue expanding in 2014. As of June 2014, there was an increase of 9,800 jobs over the year. As 2014 rolls along those numbers continue to add. As August figures showed a 3.8% over the year increase in nonfarm payrolls, a full percentage point better than the statewide average. A quick look at over the year numbers show particularly strong growth in construction, wholesale trade and professional and business services.
For historical industry employment data, contact an economist.
(Source: The Local Employment Dynamics)
The Local Employment Dynamics (LED) database, a joint project of state employment departments and the U.S. Census Bureau, matches state employment data with federal administrative data. Among the products is industry employment by age and gender. All workers covered by state unemployment insurance data are included; federal workers and non-covered workers, such as the self-employed, are not. Data are presented by place of work, not place of residence. Some highlights:
In 2012, the largest jobholder age group in Pierce County was the 45 to 54 age category, making up 23.2 percent of jobs across all industries. The next largest share is among persons aged 25 to 34 with 22.0 percent of jobs.
Males held 47.4 percent of jobs and females held 52.6 percent of jobs in 2012.
(Source: Employment Security Department; Bureau of Labor Statistics; Bureau of Economic Analysis; U.S. Census Bureau; U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey)
In 2013, there were 269,877 jobs in Pierce County covered by unemployment insurance, with a total payroll of more than $12.0 billion.
The average annual wage was $44,541, below the state's average annual wage of $53,029.
The median hourly wage in 2012 was $20.05, which surpasses the state's median hourly wage of $19.24 when King County is excluded, but falls below the state's median hourly wage of $21.64 when King County is included.
Personal income includes earned income, investment income, and government payments such as Social Security and Veterans Benefits. Investment income includes income imputed from pension funds and from owning a home. Per capita personal income equals total personal income divided by the resident population.
In 2012, the per capita personal income was $43,407, less than the state ($46,045) and the nation ($43,735).
The median household income in Pierce County was $56,629 in 2012. This figure was above the median household income of the state ($57,573) and the nation ($51,371).
In 2008 - 2012, 11.9 percent of the population of Pierce County was living below the poverty level, compared to the state at 12.9 percent and the nation (14.9 percent).
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau)
Pierce County's population in 2013 was 819,743. The population grew by 3.1 percent from 2010, slower than the statewide rate of 3.7 percent.
The largest city in Pierce County is Tacoma with 203,446 residents. Its rate of population growth since 2010 was 2.5 percent.
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts)
Pierce County had proportionately more young people (below the age of 18) and fewer older residents (65 and older) than the state in 2013.
Females made up 50.3 percent of the population in Pierce County compared with 50.0 percent of the population in Washington state.
Pierce County has been becoming more diverse along racial and ethnic lines. Black residents made up 7.3 percent of Pierce County's total population compared to 4.0 percent of the state's population.
Most Pierce County residents age 25 and older were high school graduates (90.4 percent) over the period of 2008 to 2012, which is about the same as the state average (90.0 percent) and above the national average (85.7 percent).
Of Pierce County residents age 25 and older, 23.6 percent hold bachelor's degree or higher compared with the state average of 31.6 percent and the national average of 28.5 over the same period.
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Iran Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast has rejected Western media reports about the arrest of an Iranian national in Germany. "No Iranian national has been arrested in Germany and Western media are trying to use this issue to create hype against Iran," Mehmanparast said on Wednesday. Western media claimed that former head of Iran's Central Bank, Tahmasb Mazaheri, has been arrested at Germany's Duesseldorf Airport in January with a 70-million-dollar check issued by the Central Bank of Venezuela in his possession. Mehmanparast said the issue is related to one of the Iranian companies managing engineering projects in Venezuela. "The project should have been paid for by the government and as some of the directors of the company were in Iran, this is completely normal," the Iranian official added. Mazaheri himself has also rejected the reports. Over the past six years, Iran and Venezuela have signed a number of memoranda of understanding and contracts for joint participation and investments in oil and gas projects. To ease a chronic housing shortage in Venezuela, the country is working with companies from China, Iran, Turkey and Belarus for construction as well as financing of homes. So far, Iranian companies have built over 10,000 housing units in Venezuela and the construction of another 7,000 homes is in the final stages. MYA/HGH/SS


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DigitasLBi Elevates Norman de Greve to President, Boston-Detroit; Succeeding Barbara Goose
Norman de Greve, former Chief Solutions Officer of DigitasLBi North America, will take the regional reins as President of Boston-Detroit. He will succeed Barb Goose, who will take on a new role at tech and services firm Altisource.
As President of DigitasLBi Boston-Detroit region, Norman will be responsible for driving growth of the 800+ employee region, talent development and management, investments, and strategic steering of the region's diverse client base including Cessna, General Motors, Lenovo, PUMA, among others. He will report to Tony Weisman, CEO, DigitasLBi North America.
"During Barb's 15-year tenure, she has been an incredible leadership force, successfully shaping an agency culture and foundation upon which the agency will continue to thrive," Weisman states. "Norman is a trusted and respected leader, with an enviable record of marketing innovation and client growth. He balances instinct with intelligence, and business ingenuity with professional logic to steer, create, and do the remarkable. I have full confidence that under his leadership, this critical region will continue to thrive, provoke, and do great work."
About Norman de Greve
In his previous role as EVP/Chief Solutions Officer of DigitasLBi North America, Norman was responsible for defining and executing the agency's key go-to-market offerings, including digital products and services, media, analytics, and new technologies incubator "Start Up Connect."
During his 13-year tenure within Publicis Groupe working across and for several agencies, he has led and partnered with Bank of America, General Motors, Goodyear, InterContinental Hotels, among others.
Norman holds an MBA with Honors from the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business, and a BA in Economics from Ithaca College. He is a member of the AOL Agency Advisory Board, a guest lecturer on Digital Marketing at Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business, and an active supporter of both Citizen Schools and YearUp.
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Born, raised: Berkshires, Scotland, North Carolina, New Jersey.
Most recent tech purchase: Play-i robot to introduce my kids to programming.
Favorite part of my job: Creating the future.
Go-to app: This American Life – great stories when you can't sleep.
Person I most admire: My wife.
Management philosophy: Recruit and inspire the best people, and empower them to do great work together.


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The Nigerian government's decision to lift a ban on imported textiles will lead to the closure of factories in the West African nation, the Nigerian Textile Manufacturers Association said.
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The number of textile factories operating in Nigeria has already fallen to 25 from 124 in 1996, while the number of workers in the industry has slumped to 24,000 from 130,000, according to Olarewaju. He attributed the decline to the smuggling of cheap textiles from abroad, which the local industry is unable to compete against because of higher costs.
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UPDATED 3:19 P.M.Capitals defenseman Mike Green did not practice for the second straight day on Tuesday, and the club has recalled defenseman Sean Collins from the Hershey Bears, raising concerns over Greens availability for Thursday nights game in Edmonton.
Green injured his ankle in Saturday nights 7-1 rout of the Detroit Red Wings, matching a career high with four points. He was on the teams Tuesday afternoon flight to Edmonton, but coach Bruce Boudreau said it would be determined Wednesday or Thursday if Green would be able to play Thursday night.
Hes on the trip, and were hoping he can skate Wednesday, Boudreau said after putting his players through a grueling 90-minute practice at Kettler Capitals Iceplex.
With Green out and John Erskine still sidelined with a shoulder injury, Collins was recalled from Hershey Monday afternoon and practiced Tuesday on a third defense pairing with Jeff Schultz.
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During the nickel-cadmium years in the 1970s and 1980s, most battery ills were blamed on "memory." The term memory was derived from "cyclic memory," meaning that a nickel-cadmium battery could remember how much energy was drawn on previous discharges and it would deliver the same amount on repeat discharged. If more was demanded, the voltage would abruptly drop as if to protest against pending overtime. Improvements in battery technology have virtually eliminated the phenomenon of cycling memory.
Memory occurs if a NiCd battery is overcharged. The effect can be reversed with a pulse charge or a full discharge cycle. The stages of memory are illustrated in Figure 1. The first enlargement shows the cadmium plate in a normal crystal structure; the middle image demonstrates full-blown crystalline formation and the third reveals restoration with a pulse charge.
New nickel-cadmium cell.The anode (negative electrode) is in fresh condition. Hexagonal cadmium-hydroxide crystals are about 1 micron in cross section, exposing large surface area to the electrolyte for maximum performance.
Figure 1: Crystalline formation on nickel-cadmium cell. Crystalline formation occurs over a few months if battery is overcharged and not maintained with periodic deep discharges.
Courtesy of the US Army Electronics Command in Fort Monmouth, NJ
The modern nickel-cadmium battery no longer has cyclic memory but suffers from crystalline formation. The active cadmium material is applied on the negative electrode plate and with time crystalline formation occurs that reduces the surface area of the active material, lowering battery performance. In advanced stages, the sharp edges of the forming crystals can penetrate the separator, causing high self-discharge that can lead to an electrical short.
When introduced in the early 1990s, nickel-metal-hydride (NiMH) was hailed as being memory-free. This claim is only partially true. NiMH is also subject to memory but to a lesser degree than NiCd. While NiMH has only the nickel plate to worry about, NiCd also includes the memory-prone cadmium negative electrode. This is a simplistic explanation of why NiMH is less susceptible to memory than nickel-cadmium.
Crystalline formation occurs if a nickel-based battery is left in the charger for days or repeatedly recharged without a periodic full discharge. Since most applications fall into this user pattern, NiCd requires a periodic discharge to one volt per cell to prolong service life. A discharge/charge cycle as part of maintenance, known as exercise, should be done every 1–3 months. Avoid over-exercising as this wears down the battery unnecessarily.
If regular exercise is omitted for six months and longer, the crystals ingrain themselves and a full restoration with a discharge to one volt per cell may no longer be sufficient. Restoration is often possible by applying a secondary discharge called "recondition." Recondition is a slow discharge that drains the battery to a voltage cut-off point of about 0.4V/cell and lower.
Tests done by the US Army indicate that a NiCd cell needs to be discharged to at least 0.6V to effectively break up the more resistant crystalline formations. During this corrective discharge, the current must be kept low to minimize cell reversal as NiCd can only tolerate a small amount of cell reversal. (See BU-501: Basics About Discharging). Figure 2 illustrates the battery voltage during a discharge to 1V/cell, followed by the secondary discharge to 0.4V/cell.
Figure 2: Exercise and recondition cycles of a battery analyzer (Cadex)
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Recondition is most effective to rejuvenate batteries that had not been exercised. Battery analyzers (Cadex) automatically apply the recondition cycle if the capacity on a discharge to 1V/cell falls below the user-set target capacity that is normally set to 80 percent. Although low performing batteries can often be fully restored, high self-discharge makes some old-timers unusable.
Most main-ship batteries in large aircraft are NiCd. Resembling an oversized starter battery, these batteries are also affected by memory. As part of a routine service, the flooded NiCd cells are fully discharged and kept at zero volts for 24 hours before recharge. Each cell is then check for the correct voltage and a final capacity verification is taken with a full discharge-charge cycle.
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I've tried the deep reconditioning method advised here on some individual NiCd and some multicell tool battery packs. I'm unsure if you could deep discharge multicell packs effectively without taking the pack apart and discharging each cell individually—so far that's what I've done because used cells vary so much in capacity. If you try to discharge the whole pack (even very slowly) it seems some will hold charge a long time while others go into reversal. I'm not sure if that harms the weaker cells or not. If you need to discharge each cell individually it becomes an enormous hassle to keep a pack conditioned. Any advice on this?
I'm also quite unclear from this article if the target for deep conditioning discharge of 0.4 v. is a no-load voltage or what? I've assumed it's a no-load voltage, but it takes a very long time to get there at low disch rate. The battery that's 0.4 v under 50 ma. load will repeatedly bounce back to 1.1 v. under no load. Can you clarify this?
I have the same experience as COburner, and would greatly appreciate your advice. Many thanks
What current should be used for deep discharge? example 0.1 C or lower?
Works with batteries ni-cd for 18 years. Much of that time I gave discharge ensure preservation. Max. discharge current for a typical AA cell is 15 mA, the High Current SC - 50mA. The current is independent of the capacity of the cell, since less capacious cells are resistant to reverse polarity.
Sorry for the english, I come from Polish.
Agree with Mr. Arak. Slow discharge seems best for reconditioning purposes. For typical used AA NiCd of 1000 maH capacity (C), C/50 = 20 ma. For typical sub-C of 2000 maH capacity, C/50 =40 ma. One might argue that anything slower than C/20 is OK, but I'm not sure of that.
I certainly wish the scientist/engineer who wrote the article, or others at his company, would respond here. Since posting the question 7 months ago, I've continued to experiment. First, I think I was wrong in assuming you should drain each cell to 0.8 v. measured with no load. With no load, you're just measuring surface charge, not true charge state. So I think that the target discharge state must be measured with a light load, 50 ma. for a sub-C cell.
It's a tiresome endeavor to try to externally discharge a tool battery pack (e.g. 12 v, with 10 NiCl cells in it) to the above recommended 0.8 v. per cell. After a period of use, cells seem to have very different charge capacities. Not knowing whether prolonged charge reversal would hurt the weaker cells, I've been reluctant to keep even a slow discharge (C/40, where C = charge capacity of cell) on a pack for the 30+ hours it might take to fully drain the stronger cells in the pack. Here's my 'current' protocol for pack conditioning:
• use up the pack's charge with the tool or device, to the point it's depleted.
• open pack so you can measure each cell's remaining charge under light load (C/40 or less; for typical 1.2 v. sub-C cell this would be 50 ma., approx. 22 ohm load); some will be at 0, many will have >1.1 v.
• for any that still give you >0.8 v., wire each cell to its own 22 ohm 1 w. resistor, keep load on until voltage is < 0.8 v. under this load.
• do a test recharge on pack as usual; let sit a few days and test each cell again as above; those that are below 1.24 v. probably are self-discharging and should be replaced.
• replacing individual cells in pack is tricky to do, but possible. I don't have the spot welder you should have, but I've had luck using a 250 w. soldering gun & copper strips to attach new cells. Careful prep of surface, pre-tinning attachment spots, applying minimum necessary heat has worked so far. To keep all cells in a pack as age-matched as possible, I'll try to combine the good cells from 2 old faulty packs to make one good one.
• keep pack in discharged state until needed; don't keep packs fully charged and unused for months at a time.
If there are errors here, I'm happy to have them corrected by someone with more knowledge.
Hello again.
I gave the current at which there is no polarity reversal for destroying cells that are in series.
Very supportive of Mr.. Isidor to do a deep discharge from the beginning of a new battery life is very, very prolonged his life.
Unfortunately, cells that have internal short circuit can not be saved, although their performance slightly increases, it will never get rid of no fault, and the battery will discharge itself.
My oldest AA Ni-cd are now 14 years old and about 540 mAh to 600 mAh her when they were new. no longer have such a low internal resistance and faster to unload but still hold 50% charge after about 40 days.
Modern Ni-Cd cells are not as good and will not live as long as manufacturers design them specifically worse. But always appropriate treatment can be extended several times of their lives in good condition.
Of course, while charging the battery must be cool, if it heats up the charge current is too high.
Developed by the Soviet army for the cell current is 120mA SC for the maximum duration of life without regard to capacity as more capacious goals less accept over-charge.
For cell-C 160mA and 350mA-D cell. However, the current welfare and civilian customers forced to design a fast charger because posiadli money and charging time was the most important.
In 1970 one AA cell in the socialist countries cost about 1/10 the average salary. The recipients were only military users. Produced very little, the price was very high and therefore had to be a lifetime maximum.
posiadli - have.
For AA-cell 45-50mA, for F-cell 700 mA (military battery for radio).
"a battery analyzer featuring exercise and recondition costing US$2,500 would return the investment in less than one month on battery savings alone."
I'm thinking that's stretching things. How many cells (or packs - batteries) a day can this device recondition? The graph shows a 3 hour period. Unless it can handle multiple packs at a time, that's 8 per day - 240 per month, way less than the 2600 batteries in the study.
Mike, I bet it sure would pay off in a month for the U.S. Navy (that's the statement they were making. Not for your average consumer of course). They probably have guys mistreating and tossing batteries left and right when they don't hold a perfect charge anymore. Can't really blame 'em for tossing 'em if it's something that might save their lives.
After spending about 2 months + non stop online learning about nicd and other battery types,and brutally learning the lesson of the battery voltage that refuses to die.ill give you this example of how i would discharge an 18v cordless tool battery pack.
i would charge the battery,use it in the tool till there is a noticeable drop in power output,take it out of the tool,connect a 1000 omh resistor and 6 leds at 3.6v each blue or white and let the battery run until it totally died,then unhook the leds and short the battery with the 1000 ohm resistor and put it in storage.
P.O. Titan: are you measuring discharged voltage under a small load (C/20-50)? No load voltage for most types of cells tells you almost nothing of the true state of charge.
As written above, you're safe to discharge sub-C cell packs at 50 mA, which would be about 400 ohm load. I don't see the point of leaving the 1000 ohm load on the fully discharged pack either.
I'm now trying out a smart charger that can put cells thru conditioning cycles, test capacity using charge/DC cycle, charge at various currents, and measure cell resistance. Generic Chinese maker and cheap, but I'm not going to recommend until I've tested further.
all i do all day is work on stuff like batteries.im going to tell you what i know and what i think.i know that when a nicd is fully discharged the voltage drops to 0 under load,any load pretty much,and if you short out the battery like nasa does when they store them the voltage is 0 and it stays that way.after you remove the short the voltage quickly climbs back to close to normal voltage 1.2+- even after days of being let shorted .according to everything iv seen the best plan is to drain the battery fast and hard then drain it as slow as possible then short it out-when the danger of over heating ect is no longer present.i believe from my research that a nicd is fundamentally unstable and that this is the reason for long life (electrode regeneration especially on the cadmium side) but that when the battery is simply left lying around discharged or charged fluctuations in the open circuit voltage lead to crystal growth/distortions.if im correct eventually all nicd will short out? it would naturally stabilize the environment inside the cell.
as a follow up to my previous post's,i took a brand new 9.6v nicd battery pack to a cordless drill and hooked 3 leds to it.it took 9 hours to charge and with a 1000ohm resistor it literally was still discharging like 2+ weeks later.i stopped it around 7v and if you left the pack sitting the voltage would climb to only about 8v but after charging again the voltage climbed back up to 10v,the initial level of the brand new pack.iv recently read papers online that say that leaving a nicd to self discharge causes crystal growth,it also recommended not leaving the pack open circuit.My strategy now is to just put enough leds together to match the voltage of the pack and let it discharge,resistors aren't really necessary because the voltage drop on the pack controls current flow.it may take multiple sets of leds to fully discharge the pack down to 0.Example 18v pack 6 leds voltage drops to 12,connect 4 leds ect.Im now considering high voltage pulse standby float charging.
I had a dead battery this a.m. and put my charger on. about 5 ninutes latter I unhookeed the negative and noticed the volts on the charger climb. what is up with this?
it's either something weird about your charger or it sounds like what i described above the voltage of a totally dead battery is like 1.12-1.16.
a good tip to add is that if you leave a battery shorted for along time it will leak,i had 2 AA nicds leak badly.I use a breadboard and i remove 6 5mm white leds from an 18v battery 1 at a time until it is down as low as possible.the voltage will stay low but once i charge again it goes back up to normal like 20v or so.job finished in my book.
Welcome COburner .
Surely 0.4 V is measured under load.
This is certainly a very small current .
Good exercise loading - unloading can take several weeks.
It is often not cost-effective , I performed only for research purposes .
If the cell is susceptible to repair, it 's been two cycles of very deep discharge will significantly improve its condition .
Unfortunately, the old cells , very worn out will not be a good fix .
The electrolyte is an old and often evaporate as a result of overloading .
Repair should link misused or old that have long lay unused .
Of course, even for cell 50mA high power SC will reverse polarity sensitive . But I will not damage the electrodes and the electrolyte.
Mass anti -pole assume no problem 50mA current and turns it into heat.
I have a Panasonic SC cell 1.9 Ah ( high power ) , they can take 150mA and no damage is , it can take up to several hours. Cells already have seven years and I do it once every two weeks.
This is a very good link. Currently have a 1700mAh at 0.2 C discharge.
Poor quality cells have no mass anti-pole, even 50mA can be reversed polarity and spoil the electrolyte and the electrode. Often, these cells swell with reversed polarity even a very small current.
A friend recently got a new cell weak brand. Cells without a name. Were sold in Poland for a professional company for emergency lighting.
The cells are 1.5 Ah high temperature
After 10 cycles to 1.1 Ah.
Load current of 0.5 A at - DV (- 1 mV).
Unloaded 0.5 A to 1V per cell.
Here, no battery memory effect only corrupts the very very poor quality.
It can not be repaired. I recently sailed electrolyte from the cells, leaving white coating of potassium hydroxide.
I recommend to use good cells because they have a real capacity and you can try to fix it when we use it properly.
Poor quality cells are highly perishable and are expensive to maintain because they still need to be replaced and monitored.
The biggest impact on life expectancy than - CD cells is the temperature , especially when loading . You have to use the DV systems responsive as possible .
The only draw back is that old or unused cell long may be too early detected as charged. After a few cycles of load cells normally.
Cells can not heat up above 30st.C during charging. If that is the charge current is too high or DV system is not sensitive .
Factory battery charger cordless tools are often very poorly loaded . very hot batteries for very low detection - DV .
When you load the correct charger can even 2-3 times to extend the life of the battery and its charging speed as it saves time, which previously served only to reload the cell and its heating .
The heated cell also loses some of the accumulated capacity and shorter working device powered by a battery .
Perfect charger detects (- DV) of ZERO.
Charging takes the shortest.
Loading cares very much about the life of the battery.
The battery is the most energy.
Even with 1C charge the battery remains cool.
High current also minimizes the formation of memory effect.
A lot of cycles can be performed. More than 0.1 C charge and no - DV (charger overnight).
This charger Zero DV very difficult to buy, I myself slowly so I make the ATmega8 (learn Bascom). My professional charger has a sensitivity of-3 mV. It's a little too little for the best possible charge.
Ni-MH batteries, just not hot. Cycles are almost useless, a mere work them enough. Discharge cycle necessary when non-stop several dozen times discharge is only 30% and then charging. Very graceful batteries, just recharge the chilly temperature 30st.C max.
The ideal fast charging is 0.3 C and ZERO DV for high power cells.
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I'm opening a battery recondition business in Ireland.I would like to contact you.my email is email@example.com
Regards Imre
Hi Arek.Im opening a battery reconditioning business in Ireland,would like to contact you.
Regards Imre
Id like to add that the army pays 10 times the normal cost for items. The savings is easily seen. thanks
So from what I am reading a owner of nicad & nimh tools are set up to have battery failures if 1) they do not use their tools on a regular basis & 2) if you do not take the battery pack apart and check the cells individually and have slow deep drainage of cells at low currents. Is this true? I think my batteries do not last because of low usage and I charge them on a one hour charger only. Do these statements sound true and what can be done as a consumer to keep our batteries longer? Thanks
the ni-cd battery are going to disappered…...............the ni-mh battery are replaced by lithium battery. what a pity, i have been working with ni battery for so many years
On Nov. 8th, 2014 Edward wrote "the ni-cd battery are going to disappered…...............the ni-mh battery are replaced by lithium battery. what a pity, i have been working with ni battery for so many years". This is true, I'm sure but there are thousands of perfectly good Ni powered tools out there and replacement batteries, if priced right, will keep these tools in use for years to come.
Hi Rick thank you for your encouragement, please tell me the contact information if there are the NI battery need requirement firstname.lastname@example.com
There is a typo in this article:
why NiMH is less susceptible to memory than nickel-metal-hydride.
please help me about Nickel-based Batteries:
Is there a way to Regeneration the nickel-cadmium batteries?
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