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Hello! Remember me? I'm back again after my long traveling/working hiatus – just in time for Vegan MoFo! As always, I waited until the last minute to register because I wasn't sure I'd be able to pull if off. Will I? Who knows! It's a lot of blogging and I'm quite rusty, but let's give it a try. No theme for me this year again, unless "Lazy MoFo" is a theme because that's what I'm going to be doing. Recipes from other blogs or cookbooks instead of my own will be featured daily (hopefully!) and all I have to do is cook'em, shoot'em, and blog'em. And eat'em. Here we go!
Is there a homemade dessert that is easier than granita? I've never met one. All you have to do to make this Italian ice, is make a smoothie and then freeze it, poking and scraping it with a fork every thirty minutes to keep it from freezing in the shape of a brick. Done! That's the unsweetened version anyway, if you want to make a more traditional granita you need to either make a sugar syrup first, or just let your fruit macerate with sugar for a while. David Lebovitz, whose recipes never let me down, explains how to make it and shares a recipe here. If you want to go with a less traditional unsweetened granita like mine, omit the sugar and skip steps one and two. You can also use coconut water or some sort of fruit juice that wouldn't clash with the strawberries instead of plain water, and of course granita can be made with other fruits too. Peach and pineapple are particularly lovely flavors! By the way, Strawberry Granita tastes absolutely heavenly with a nice scoop of fresh mint-chip ice cream. Good ol' vanilla ice cream will do too!
And now, as it is customary around here, I will leave you with a picture of something cute. This Uinta Ground Squirrel was squeaking something or another at us in Yellowstone National Park a few months ago. We never knew what it was saying, but it sounded pretty hostile. Happy Vegan MoFo! Are you participating?


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Top ten tips on getting started. If you are an ISV (Independent Software Vendor) new to Microsoft, here are some ideas that have been helpful to others as they engaged with Microsoft. (this is an abbreviated version, check PartnerSource for the complete details).
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WOW AmsterdamAmsterdam, Netherlands
Not too close to the tourist area but not far either which is perfect for me. Just hop on the tram and I think it's just like 4 stops to the museum area. Great vegan places to eat nearby for veggie people. Pool table, good food, cool wide hang out spots. I think it might've been an old school. Safe. Clean. Cool colored floors. No complaints. Cheap. I will try to stay again on my return.
Han Hostel Airport NorthIstanbul, Turkey
This is a great location in terms of being away from all the touristy stuff and all those persistent cons all over. Lots to eat nearby and very near the airport. Taxi is about 5 USD. Very cheap for a hotel. When I went it was basically vacant, but I think that has to do with the bad state of tourism at the time. I enjoyed my stay.
Boomerang GuesthouseSelcuk, Turkey
Family owned. GREAT place to stay! Great people, both family and staff are very friendly and cool. Right across the street from the bus station that brings you into town. It's basically across the street from the train that takes you to the Izmir airport too. Also it seems to be the only place to get Chinese food in the region, which is a plus if you've had your fill of kebab. The restaurant is very ethnic and cool too. I'll stay here again.
Istanbul HostelIstanbul, Turkey
The staff is very nice and protective of you. The breakfast is on the rooftop and has this nice Turkish, urban flair to it. It right by the touristy action in Sultanhamet. Lots of good eats nearby as well as the main sites. Cheap and clean. No lockers but it's a hostel so it's fine. I can't say too much since visitors were infrequent while I was there, so I don't know how the vibe would be with more guests, but it's a good, cheap, clean place to stay.
Hostel Sleeping BeautyLjubljana, Slovenia
You get a huge locker so no problems with security. There's not really a hang out spot aside from the room itself, but just outside there's plenty of places to hangout. The woman is very sweet and does her best but she can be a little 'all over the place' if you will. She does everything she can to help. I think she lives there so the place is clean. Definitely a great price. The internet was a little spotty but no different than many other hostels. I stayed here twice.
Generator VeniceVenice, Italy
The staff are very concerned with the quality of their hostel. There's a bar and live shows inside. It's a nice hostel because Guidecca is a good place to get away from the tourists but it's still very close to all of it with the water taxi. No lockers but it's a hostel so typically your stuff is very safe. They serve food so that is good because there is literally nothing but pizza and pasta in Venice. It is a bit pricey for a hostel but cheap for Venice.
MEININGER Amsterdam City WestAmsterdam, Netherlands
The place is connected with Sloterdijk station. So there are many ways to get to the main sites, nothing in walking distance though. You can also catch the direct train into Schipol Airport from here. I think the place will grow, it is very clean. Everyone had on uniforms so it was like a franchise. Everything else was great.
The Walrus HostelLondon, England
I would think this is probably one of the best hostels in London. The part of town has a lot of eating nightlife and it's next to the Parliment, which to me was the coolest site in London. The staff double as bartenders for the very lively downstairs. You have to wake someone up afterhours for service so I felt bad about that. Staff and facilities are good. I especially liked this place because of the character. It just felt Londonish for some reason.
Station Hostel for BackpackersCologne, Germany
It's just a hostel so it's fine, no problems. The biggest benefit of this hostel was that it's right by the train station. WIFI in the rooms would have been nice, but they have it downstairs so it's no problem. Breakfast is good. One of the tall German guys with glasses was kind of a douche, but he did his job in the end I'm not asking for a hotel.
Wallyard Concept HostelBerlin, Germany
It's a really clean place with a relaxing dimly lit ambiance. The staff are real cool people, they are very willing to please you. The downstairs lobby social area is set up pretty nice and when I was there is was a good balance of social and wanting to keep to yourself. It's very easy to get to from the Hbf or you can just walk 15-20 minutes. There's all kinds of food toward the direction of the metro station. It's not RIGHT next to all the famous stuff, but it's Berlin, it's cool everywhere.
Hostel FledaBrno, Czech Republic
This is a very characteristic hostel in the way the old building is setup. Rooms go to rooms and you are given an old time skeleton key. The staff is very sweet. It's clean but it's old and creaky. I liked it still. It's right next to a club so you can hear it at night. It's on the northside of downtown but Brno is small so it's not problem, just walk or the tram is literally right there out of the front door. I would stay here again.
Maverick City LodgeBudapest, Hungary
Andras is the coolest guy on the planet. He answered my emails before I got there and just has a good temperment. Actually the whole staff is really cool. Maybe it's just their job, but they do a good job. I've stayed in over 20 hostels and this is by far the best one I've stayed in with the coolest staff. Maybe it's just Hungarians, they are some cool hip people.
Gallery Hyde ParkLondon, England
Front desk girls were nice. There were no lockers, but they did have a luggage room. It was kind of old but it was fine, nothing was wrong with the place for a hostel. Not amongst the best hostels I've stayed in but no problems at all. Right next to Hyde park. That's about all I have to say about it.
365 InnBeijing, China
The staff were very helpful and very friendly and could speak english well. They seemed like the only people in Beijing that could speak english. I usually don't like hard floors because it makes my feet feel dirty after a shower but I don't know what the janitors do but the shower and toilet floors are so dry and clean all the time. Wifi is good and I spent a lot of time in their bar. A great great place, location is great, right next to the main sites that are lined up like dominoes. A+++
Capsule Hotel Asakusa River SideTokyo, Japan
The place isn't filthy but it's not clean. Floors are OK but the sheets are as if they hang dried them with smokers around and then they pulled them off the lines damp. The capsules are like enclosed mugginess, it's not like they have ventilation and AC, and noise travels. Staff could be better but they're fine. WIFI did not work while I was there and the staff really couldn't do anything. Odd system of them keeping your shoes to get a key to give that key up for your room key. Bathing is nice.
HannariKyoto, Japan
It's a bit of a hike from a metro station. Scout it out with googlemaps. Once you get there you can just take a bicycle everywhere. The workers are A+ and are very sociable and speak very good english. They take high pride in keeping the place clean, barefeet is comfortable. There's carpet so that was great to me. Wifi is good. Lots of free beverages and books to read. The interior is kind of traditional but everything is very new. They have small lockers only and the space is like a submarine.
Backpackers Hotel Toyo OsakaOsaka, Japan
The location seems a little grimey but I think it's quite safe. The workers at the hostel are very generous and show concern to the guests. The place reminds me of a old school with the old tiles and long hallways. I stayed in a one bedroom. Visually it looks dirty, but if you smell and touch everything I think everything is clean. If I ever come back to Osaka I could stay here again. Right next to a metro and the free breakfast is in the cafe next door and it's sort of burlesque. Not bad at all
Hotel New AzumaTokyo, Japan
I gave the place honest ratings with consideration of what people generally look for. I don't think it's really a social hostel. The location is a quiet part of Tokyo away from the action. I really liked it though because it allowed my mind to relax a bit. I got a single and slept in. Most of the staff speak good enough english and were very sweet. A few stops away from Ueno and you're back into the action. Everything worked and it was clean. Mostly old Japanese men checked in. I will stay again
Ace Inn ShinjukuTokyo, Japan
The curfew was the main thing about this hostel. The man is very nice upfront. I didn't like the bathroom, typical of a mid level hostel, but kind of icky at least on my floor. I got locked out in the rain, luckily by sheer luck was someone walking by to let me in. The wifi was very good. Another complaint was you're stuck in a room with a lot of people and the beds are these cheap wooden things that creak loudly and easily. I got in late and made someone mad but it's not my fault it's the bed
AS House (Asakusa Smile)Tokyo, Japan
This hostel is actually split up into two buildings about a block away in distance. The location I'm certain was a home at one time. It was clean staff was good. They had a bar in one building and the kitchen in the building I stayed in was sociable. Warm water, WIFI was shot when I went, you could get wifi for small increments of time. Everything was fine, my main complaint was something would bite me several times in the middle of the night, it might be mosquitoes but they were super itchy.
Khaosan Tokyo OriginalTokyo, Japan
Staff speak English and welcome your attempts at Japanese. A+ staff, super nice, super helpful, one helped me out with where to find all the action. I left my braces there and came back a day later and they held onto them for me after finding them. Place has a bidet. Hostel is a little cramped and you have to work around people everywhere, but it's just fine for a hostel at that price. I have a lasting impression of this place and I only stayed one night.
Space Pod HoustonHouston, USA
Overall a good place to stay. I've stayed in many hostels before but this is someone's home. There is about a $5 extra tab you have to add onto your online bill. She treats you like a house guest so the service is very generous. As far as I could tell there is only one room. This is not a place with hostel parties all night and I wouldn't think it's OK to bring a new friend back with you. It's just like staying at an acquaintence's home so be a little more respectful I think. She's nice.
AAE 11th Avenue HostelDenver, USA
I've been to a few hostels around the world. It seemed kind of sketchy at first because there were some weird people bugging the receptionist when I first got there. Like they all didn't seem like they were all there in the head. Be patient if the receptionist seems rude, he's actually nice I find. I got a upgrade, no extra charge for some reason. My mattress was bad and the blanket was made for a 5 year old. The place LOOKED tore up at first but it's actually clean. Location is perfect!
Le Regent Montmartre Hostel & Budget HotelParis, France
needs laundry. Someone is doing parkour and stole my towell hanging off the balcony rail. I think that means let the visitors know to lock the windows because someone could easily parkour into the room and take laptops and stuff. The shower and especially the bathroom floor was amazing. I usually don't like putting my barefeet on the floor after taking a shower but your hostel was nice and clean. I like the dim green light in rooms that way you can have light but not disturb others.
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Wombats City Hostel MunichMunich, Germany
Great bar downstairs. It was real lively compared to other hostels but that didn't cause problems upstairs because the sound didn't carry. Lots of room in the hostel to work with so it was great not to have to share space. The staff were good about enforcing rules to people and were at the same time very pleasant.
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HI-Vancouver CentralVancouver, Canada
Showers are nice and warm. The place is clean and the lockers are big. I thought the beds were very comfortable. Yes it's on a lively street with lots of bars but I didn't think it was bad at all, I'm a light sleeper and I got plenty of sleep. The floor space in the rooms are kind of small so expect to work around each other. The location is right where a lot of things are going on and there's plenty of food, night life, tourism nearby,and ways to get around. The VC film festival is closeby.
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Official website of Richmond College & Richmond College Old Boys' Association
Charith Asalanka, the one to watch
Richmond College first XI and Sri Lanka U19 cricket captain Charith Asalanka last week became the second under 19 school cricketer to score a double century in an international match following his fellow Richmondite Yashoda Lanka. Yashda Lanka another proud product of Richmond became the first Sri Lankan school cricketer to score a double century in an international match scoring 212 runs against touring England under 19 team. Charith captaining Sri Lanka under 19 team for the second season scored 200 runs against the touring Pakistan under 19 team during the three day match which was played at Suriyawewa International Cricket Stadium.
Charith, the young all rounder who scored a brilliant century this year in the big match against Mahinda College was awarded as the Best Schoolboy Cricketer 2015 at both Singer School Cricket Award 2015 and Observer-Mobitel Schoolboy Cricketer 2015. He also won the award for the Best All rounder. Other Richmond all rounder Wanidu Hasaranga is also representing Sri Lanka with Charith. Most probably Charith will be captaining Sri lanka U19 team at the U19 world cup next year and we wish him all best in all his future endeavours!
Meanwhile Richmond Past Cricketer Dananjaya De Silva is representing Sri Lanka with the Sri Lanka A team currently in New Zealand and Suranga Lakmal will probably return to International Cricket after injury during the upcoming tournament against touring West Indies Team. After all Richmond Cricketers in all three major levels of Cricket.
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Richmond College recorded their second consecutive win against Mahinda College in their 110th annual cricket encounter, "The Lovers' Quarrel". Richmond captain wining the toss on the first day invited Mahinda College captain to bat first. Mahinda after losing five quick wickets for 35 ended up with 173 all out after 60.3 overs , thanks to a patiently scored half century by Gihan Danushka. Charith Asalanka took 3/54 while Avindu Theekshana took 4/24.
Richmond scored 275 for 8 in 47.5 overs with a record breaking first wicket partnership between Sithara Gimhana and Charith Asalanka. Sithara scored 67 and Charith scored almost a run a ball 100. Richmond maintained a healthy run rate of above 5.5 during their innings.
Mahinda College started their second innings with a deficit of 102 runs and were bowled out for 76 runs in 51.4 overs. Richmond College won the match by an innings and 26 runs.Saveen Nanayakkara took 6/26 while Charith Asalanka took 3/12. Everyone thought that Mahindians were over cautious trying to protect their wickets rather than scoring runs to bring down the deficit which resulted their downfall. Charith Asalanka was adjudged the man of the match and best batsman while Pasindu Bimsara & Saveen Nanayakkara were awarded with the best fielder & best bowler respectively.
Cricket lovers of Galle were lucky to witness a cricket match played with sportsmanship and discipline despite baseless efforts made by a few people to bring an end to this historical event . It was very heartening to see the friendship and brotherhood displayed among the members of the two teams encouraging and wishing each other whenever a personal milestone was achieved. All in all it was a good display of cricket by all concerned where spectators of both schools also behaved well.
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RCOBA requests all old boys to provide the following information that is required for the 2nd edition of the Richmond Magazine to be published.
01.Prize list & the principal's report of 1958 to 1960 & 1965 to 1977
02. Details of the winners of Darrel Medal for 1968, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1976 & 1977
Please provide the details to Mr Sisil Surasena , Richmond College Old Boys' Association,Richmond College, Galle.


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Taken on a tributary of the Yangtze River
I saw this and immediatly started laughing. The woman holding the blue fabric, her expression is hilarious. Like she is s unprepared for a mini photoshoot, it is side busting! I'm not sure if you any say in what they were wearing but I love their(if this is what they are wearing) cheongsams. The rocks behind them is cool too! I think it adds originality to the picture, not saying that if it wasn't there it would be any less of a picture it's just that I think it was a nice touch. All in all besides the obvious fact that it's super funny from their expressions, I think this is rad picture!^-^
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Personally, I think they are singing to pass the time and liven up their daily chores. It's a lovely and natural scene. ^^
Yes, that's the image they're recreating here. This is a set-piece for tourists to see and listen to.
that's a beautiful picture and also funny!
they are like totally not prepared to be taken in picture.
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Sylmar, Los Angeles
|Neighborhood of Los Angeles
View of Sylmar facing North
Sylmar, as delineated by the Los Angeles Times
|Coordinates: 34°18′28″N 118°26′54″W / 34.30778°N 118.44833°W
Sylmar is a moderately diverse neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, California.
Historically, known for its profusion of olive orchards, Sylmar can trace its past to the 18th century and the founding of the San Fernando Mission. In 1890, olive production was begun in a systematic manner. The Sylmar climate was also considered healthy, and so a sanitarium was established, the first in a series of hospitals in the neighborhood.
There are fourteen public and eight private schools within Sylmar.
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- 2 History
- 3 Topography and climate
- 4 Geography
- 5 Power and water
- 6 Disasters
- 7 Government and infrastructure
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In 2009, the Sylmar Chamber of Commerce estimated that the population was approximately 90,000 residents. This a substantial increase over the 2000 U.S. census counted 69,499 residents in the 12.46-square-mile Sylmar neighborhood—or 5,579 people per square mile, among the lowest population densities for the city. In 2008, the city estimated that the population had increased to 79,614. In 2000 the median age for residents was 28, considered young for city and county neighborhoods.[1]
Immediately adjacent to Lake View terrace, The neighborhood was considered "moderately diverse" ethnically within Los Angeles, with a relatively high percentage of Latinos. The breakdown was Latinos, 69.8%; whites, 20.7%; blacks, 4.1; Asians, 3.4%, and others, 2.0%. Mexico (71.7%) and El Salvador (8.4%%) were the most common places of birth for the 36.7% of the residents who were born abroad—an average figure for Los Angeles.[1]
The median yearly household income in 2008 dollars was $65,783, considered average for the city. Renters occupied 29.2% of the housing stock, and house- or apartment-owners held 70.8%. The average household size of 3.6 people was considered high for Los Angeles. The percentage of married women (55.5%) was among the county's highest. There were 3,607 veterans, or 7.7% of the population, average for the city of Los Angeles and the county.[1]
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Some 1,500 years before the Spaniards settled, the Sylmar area was inhabited by the Tataviam Native Americans. In 1797, the Spaniards founded Mission San Fernando Rey de España in what is now the nearby community of Mission Hills. Father Iballa, Padre at the Mission from 1820 to 1834, was indirectly responsible for Sylmar's olives. He recognized the similarity of the climate and soil to those found in Europe where olives had been cultivated for centuries. He sent to Spain for seedlings and planted them around the mission.[citation needed]
San Fernando became a city in 1874, leading to the naming of the unincorporated land surrounding San Fernando to Morningside. The area was renamed Sylmar (a fanciful creation supposed to mean "sea of trees," the elements being Latin silva, "forest," and mar, "sea") after incorporation into the City of Los Angeles during the building of the Los Angeles Aqueduct, which passes through the north-west corner. Local stories state that the designer of the old aqueduct, William Mulholland, stood on the foothills near the site of the planned aqueduct and noted that the wind caused the green and silver leaves of the olive farms to look like waves crashing against the mountains.[2]
By 1890, a group of Illinois businessmen had purchased 2,000 acres (8 km2) east of the railroad tracks on San Fernando Road just south of Roxford Street and planted olives on more than 1,100 acres (4.5 km2). Calling themselves the Los Angeles Olive Growers Association, they built a packing plant and sold olives under the Tyler Olives label, later changing to the Sylmar Packing label. Sylmar's olives became noted throughout the state for sweetness and purity. Chinese pickers were hired to harvest the crops, and up to 800 U.S. gallons (3,000 L) of olive oil a day were produced. The pickling plant was located on the corner of Roxford and San Fernando Road.[3]
Sylmar was once the site of the world's largest olive groves.[4]
Along with its near-perfect climate for olives, Sylmar seemed ideal for the treatment of respiratory problems. The present Olive View-UCLA Medical Center has its origins in a tuberculosis sanitarium which opened near the current site in 1920 and was destroyed by fire in 1962.[citation needed] A new major medical center facility opened in January 1971 and was destroyed in the Sylmar earthquake the following month. The new Olive View Medical Center opened in 1987.
Around 2000, some local residents proposed a plan to rename the northwest portion of the district as Rancho Cascades.[5]
Topography and climate[edit]
Sylmar is generally flat with steep hills of the San Gabriel Mountains to the northeast.
The Valley shares the Los Angeles Basin's dry, sunny weather, with only 17 inches (430 mm) annual precipitation on average. Snow in the San Fernando Valley is extremely rare, though the neighboring Angeles National Forest is capped with snow every winter.
Although Sylmar is only 20 miles (32 km) from the Pacific Ocean, the Valley can be considerably hotter than the Los Angeles Basin during the summer months and cooler during the winter months. The average high temperature in summer is 95 °F (35 °C), dropping down to 68 °F (20 °C). In winter, the average high is 66 °F (19 °C) and average low is 40 °F (4 °C).[6]
Sylmar touches the unincorporated Tujunga Canyons on the north, Lopez and Kagel canyons on the east, the city of San Fernando on the southeast, Mission Hills on the south, and Granada Hills on the southwest and west.[7][8][9][10]
Power and water[edit]
Near Sylmar is the Sylmar Converter Station, the static inverter plant for the HVDC Pacific DC Intertie power line. The plant was inaugurated in 1970, destroyed in the earthquake of 1971, rebuilt in 1972, and extended in 1985. When the Pacific Intertie was extended in 1989, a second static inverter station called Sylmar-East was built a few miles away.[11]
Sylmar is the terminus of the Los Angeles Aqueduct system.
1971 earthquake[edit]
At 6:01 a.m. on February 9, a magnitude 6.6 earthquake hit the Sylmar area on a thrust fault located below the neighborhood. Known as the San Fernando earthquake or the Sylmar earthquake, it caused 58 deaths and over $500 million in damage. The largest death toll occurred at the U.S. Veterans Hospital; a few deaths occurred at the nearby Olive View-UCLA Medical Center.[12][9]
1971 explosion[edit]
Four months after the 1971 Sylmar earthquake, a methane gas explosion in a water tunnel killed 17 workers in one of the worst underground disasters in California history. Entrances to the now-abandoned tunnel can be seen in Sylmar today. This construction accident bankrupted a large construction company, a division of Lockheed, and led to changes which gave OSHA the power to impose fines and shut down hazardous job sites.[13]
1994 earthquake[edit]
The Northridge earthquake was given the name "Northridge" though the epicenter was located in the community of Reseda. The National Geophysical Data Center placed the hypocenter's geographical coordinates at 34°12′47″N 118°32′13″W / 34.21306°N 118.53694°W and at a depth of 11.4 miles (18.3 km).[14] This event caused a large amount of damage and in Sylmar which included several fires in local mobile home parks (notably the Oakridge and Tahitian mobile home parks) and the collapse of sections of the southbound State Route 14 to northbound I-5. It also caused the south 14 to south I-5 overpass to collapse onto the main I-5 freeway and the southbound I-5 truck bypass. The interchange of the Golden State Freeway and the Antelope Valley Freeway is now named the Clarence Wayne Dean Memorial Interchange after an LAPD officer who was killed after driving off the end of the collapsed freeway shortly after the earthquake.[15] This earthquake was also notable in that it was the first earthquake that had its hypocenter located directly under a US city since the Long Beach earthquake of 1933.[16]
2008 wildfire[edit]
A massive wildfire, known as the Sayer Fire,[17] started on November 13, 2008, and burned along the foothills of Sylmar destroying almost 500 residences, most of them in the Oakridge mobile home park. It ravaged over 11,000 acres (45 km2). Additional articles: CNN, FEMA
Government and infrastructure[edit]
Local government[edit]
The Los Angeles Fire Department operates Fire Station 91 in Sylmar.[18] The Los Angeles Police Department operates the Mission Community Police Station in Mission Hills, serving Sylmar.[19]
County, state, and federal offices[edit]
The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services operates the Pacoima Health Center in Pacoima, serving Sylmar.[20]
- The United States Postal Service Sylmar Post Office is located at 13700 Foothill Boulevard.[21]
- Fire protection for the mountains around and above Sylmar is provided by the Los Angeles Fire Department and the United States Forest Service.
Eleven percent of Sylmar residents aged 25 and older had earned a four-year degree by 2000, a low percentage for the city and the county.[1]
Schools within the Sylmar boundaries are:[22]
- Los Angeles Mission College, 13356 Eldrige Avenue
- Sylmar Senior High School, 13050 Borden Avenue
- PUC Triumph Charter High School, 13361 Glenoaks Blvd.
- Evergreen Continuation School, 13101 Dronfield Avenue
- Olive Vista Middle School, 14600 Tyler Street
- PUC Triumph Academy, charter middle school, 13361 Glenoaks Blvd.
- PUC Lakeview Charter High School, 13361 Glenoaks Blvd.
- PUC Community Charter Elementary School, 14019 Sayre Street
- Hubbard Street Elementary School, 13325 Hubbard Street
- Barry J. Nidorf Juvenile Hall, 16350 Filbert Street
- Herrick Avenue Elementary School, 13350 Herrick Avenue
- Sylmar Elementary School, 13291 Phillippi Avenue
- Harding Street Elementary School, 13060 Harding Street
- El Dorado Avenue Elementary School, 12749 El Dorado Avenue
- Dyer Street Elementary School, 14500 Dyer Street
- Osceola Street Elementary School, 14940 Osceola Street
- Vista del Valle Dual Language Academy, 12441 Bromont Avenue
- First Lutheran High School, 13361 Glenoaks Boulevard
- Concordia Junior-Senior High School, 13570 Eldridge Avenue. The school was formed by the merger of Los Angeles Lutheran High School and First Lutheran San Fernando. As of 2011 it had 260 students, making it the largest of the campuses of the system.[23] Los Angeles Lutheran was located where Concordia Junior Senior High was later established.[24]
- St. Anne's Academy, 13982 Tucker Avenue
- Our Lady of Victory School, K-12, 14024 Bridle Ridge Road
- Sunland Christian School, K-12, 13216 Leach Street
- Poverello of Assisi Preschool, 13367 Borden Avenue
- Park Montessori Children's Center, 13130 Herrick Avenue
- St. Didacus Elementary School, 14325 Astoria Street
Public libraries[edit]
Los Angeles Public Library operates the Sylmar Branch Library located on the corner of Polk St. and Glenoaks Blvd.[25]
Parks and recreation[edit]
The City of Los Angeles Sylmar Recreation Center, which also functions as a Los Angeles Police Department stop-in center, includes auditoriums, a lighted baseball diamond, lighted outdoor basketball courts, a children's play area, a community room, an indoor gymnasium without weights, picnic tables, an unlighted soccer field, and lighted tennis courts.[26] The city also operates the Stetson Ranch Park.[27]
Los Angeles County operates the 79-acre (32 ha) El Cariso Community Regional Park, which was dedicated to a group of firefighters who died in the Loop Fire in 1966. The park has a lighted ball diamond, a basketball court, tennis courts, children's play areas, a community building, horseshoe pits, an indoor kitchen, picnic areas for large groups, picnic tables and shelters, and a swimming pool.[28]
In addition the county operates the 96.5-acre (39.1 ha) Veterans Memorial Park in an area adjacent to and outside of the Los Angeles City limits.[29][30] The site of the park was the site of a veterans hospital that was built in the 1940s. The Sylmar earthquake in 1971 severely damaged the building. In 1972, the U.S. government transferred the land to Los Angeles County. The former hospital was demolished and new park facilities were developed. The park was dedicated in 1979. The park has barbecue braziers, group camping areas, a community building, a disc golf course, picnic areas, a picnic pavilion, and toilets.[30]
Sylmar is home to the Nethercutt Collection, a museum best known for its collection of classic automobiles. The Nethercutt also houses collections of mechanical musical instruments, including orchestrions, player pianos and music boxes, and antique furniture.[31]
See also[edit]
- ^ a b c d [1] "Sylmar" Mapping L.A., Los Angeles Times
- ^ Grenier, Judson A., ed. A Guide to Historic Places in Los Angeles County. Dubuque: Kendall/Hunt, 1978.
- ^ Baltimore, J. Mayne (1911). World's Largest Olive Orchard. Davenport, IA, USA: Technical World Magazine. p. 4.
- ^ Sunset Magazine, August 1907: "A Sea of Trees, The Story of Sylmar, The Largest Olive Orchard In The World", by Bertha H. Smith.
- ^ Rick, Orlov (November 30, 2000), "Compromise Urged in Clash Over Renaming Sylmar Area", The Daily News of Los Angeles,
Supporters and opponents of the plan to rename the community's northwest area Rancho Cascades were told by Bernson that he believed they could work out a compromise in the next month.
- ^ "Weather.com". weather.com.
- ^ [2] Colored map, Mapping L.A., Los Angeles Times
- ^ [3] "Northwest County," Mapping L.A, Los Angeles Times
- ^ [4] "Angeles Forest," Mapping L.A, Los Angeles Times
- ^ The Thomas Guide, pages 481 and 483 (2004)
- ^ Council, 2001-11 (2001). Pacific Intertie: The California Connection on the Electron Superhighway (PDF). Internet: Northwest Power Planning Council. p. 9.
- ^ http://www3.gendisasters.com/node/8191
- ^ Janette Zavattero, The Sylmar Tunnel Disaster, New York:Everest House (1978)
- ^ National Geophysical Data Center [5]"JANUARY 17 1994 NORTHRIDGE EARTHQUAKE"
- ^ http://www.data.scec.org/chrono_index/northreq.html
- ^ "Significant Earthquakes and Faults, Northridge Earthquake". Southern California Earthquake Data Center. Retrieved October 6, 2014.
- ^ [6]
- ^ "[7]." Los Angeles Fire Department. Retrieved on February 23, 2014.
- ^ "Mission Community Police Station." Los Angeles Police Department. Retrieved on March 17, 2010.
- ^ "Pacoima Health Center." Los Angeles County Department of Health Services. Retrieved on March 17, 2010.
- ^ "Post Office Location - SYLMAR." United States Postal Service. Retrieved on December 6, 2008.
- ^ [8] "Porter Ranch: Schools," Mapping L.A., Los Angeles Times
- ^ Lin, C.J. "Valley private school options dwindling." August 17, 2011. Retrieved on August 31, 2011.
- ^ "Home." Los Angeles Lutheran High School. February 1, 2011. Retrieved on September 1, 2011. "13570 Eldridge Ave., Sylmar, CA 91342"
- ^ "Sylmar Branch Library." Los Angeles Public Library. Retrieved on March 17, 2010.
- ^ "Sylmar Recreation Center." City of Los Angeles. Retrieved on March 19, 2010.
- ^ "Stetson Ranch Park." City of Los Angeles. Retrieved on March 19, 2010.
- ^ "El Cariso Community Regional Park." Los Angeles County. Retrieved on March 19, 2010.
- ^ "Annexation and Detachment Map." City of Los Angeles. Retrieved on March 19, 2010.
- ^ a b "Veterans Memorial Parks." Los Angeles County. Retrieved on March 19, 2010.
- ^ The Nethercutt Collection website. Retrieved June 15, 2015.
External links[edit]
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sylmar, Los Angeles.
- LATimes.com: Living in Sylmar — comments.
- LATimes.com: Sylmar crime map and statistics
- Sylmar Hang Gliding Association
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Decent 'phones
- Familiarity:I've put it through the wringer
Decent headphones for a decent price, sound is good enough though nothing to write home about. The metal construction is nice and solid, though my favorite feature was the fabric covered cable, as it tended to not tangle as much as other earphones, and it didn't produce noise when moved. Mic worked well with my iPhone, and buttons on the remote were easy to feel and use
Not bad
If your looking for some nice ear buds that sound great and feel nice to use at your computer at work or during your flight to grandma's house, these are perfect. If you're planning on being active with these buds hanging out of your ears, try Skullcandy's Fix In-Ear's.
Great sound, great feel, not so secure. They weren't sliding out of my ears or anything, but after comparing them with the Fix In-Ear's and doing a jump up and down test, the slippage factor was much greater with these.
They Echo
These sound a lot better than the Smokin' Buds, but they do have a weird kind of echo (probably from the metal houseing) so that kind of bugs me. But other than that these are solid earbuds!
eh..a little expensive
these are ok. they have very good sound quality. I'm not a dubstep gaywad so i can't comment on how good the bass quality is...but its super clear and the earbuds cancel some outside noise. the wire is wrapped in stiff plastic so it doesn't stay put that easy. plus the wrapping wore out eventually and only one of the buds works now. i don't like the fact that you have to be careful with a pair of earbuds as opposed to a set of headphones. the only reason i gave 3 stars is cause the sound quality. i won't be getting another pair of these
Big Bang for the Buck
I've spent a stupid amount of money on ear buds ... from Bose to Skullcandy and everything in between. For me ... Skullcandy sound the best and fit the best. They're durable and priced fair. When it comes to deep bass and head bangin volume, I've found nothing in a bud that comes close to Skullcandy. What can I say? ... I like it loud. I use these things for everything ... long business calls, running, biking, hiking and climbing. They've endured many crashes and have proven pretty bomb proof. Also, I like that they come with an assortment of tips. Your GF can borrow one of your pair and she can have her own tips. I'm such a fan that even my ski helmets are Skullcandy equipped.
Lasted two weeks
These sounded great for about three uses. Then the fourth time I used them, after owning them for a little over a week, the left side dropped out as described in other reviews. Unfortunately these were a gift from my wife, so I didn't get the benefit of these reviews until after the fact. Very disappointing. Dog Funk of course has a great return policy in general, but having to pay for shipping to return these defective buds feels like a bit of a ripoff.
you can also send directly to skullcandy in the future.
Amazing sound. Not for sports
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FMJ sound incredible
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I Would highly recommend them. The bass is deep and the noise cancellation is outstanding. Overall great quality.
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Same skull candy issue
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Solid product
Gotta agree with what everything Jeff said down below. I'm happy with mine, the headphone break, I get new versions.
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Good so far By Corey. C on 1/26/2016Corey. C would recommend this product to a friendHavent really owned it too long to make any longterm review. But so far its working good. The suction cups suck, it doesnt even stay connected with it mounted on the bottom of the sump tank.. But if thats the worst thing to happen i dont mind at all.
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Smallest heaters that I can find By Nil on 3/14/2014Nil would recommend this product to a friendI got 2 of these. I love the size, very easy to fit them in the sump. I did not give 5 stars because the water temp is little cooler than the heater setting. I used two thermometers to check and the water is cooler by 2 degrees than the settings. Not a big issue, I just bumped up the dial to get what I wanted. The mounting cups are not as great. I replaced them with the others that I had. Otherwise, they have not failed me (as yet) over the last 2 months. Nice looking heaters even if you were to put them in the display tank.
Buy another brand... By Hack21 on 3/26/2013Hack21 wouldn't recommend this product to a friendI purchased the HMA-500 Finnex Heater for my 120 reef tank. The pros are the external controller, titanium tube, and the length. But that is where it all comes to an end.
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Does not stay on By Dan on 12/9/2012Dan wouldn't recommend this product to a friendAwful heater, bought an HMA-500 for a 90 gal reef tank. Will not stay on, it comes on for a few seconds and goes off again. I really should have paid more attention to the reviews.
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About this listing
Private room and Bathroom in a nice spacious, confortable and really friendly place with swimming pool and jaccuzi just in front of the patio!
With free laundy/dryer and unlimited Wifi
2min walk from beach, 10min walk from down town
Enjoy Coco!
Space where guests can cook their own meals
Towels, bed sheets, soap, and toilet paper
The Space
The place is located in a really safe reasort, at 2 min walk from the beach, 2min walk from restaurants, supermarket and coffee shops and 10min walk from down town, or 1.8$ by taxi, with more supermarket, fruits and veggies markets, bars, restaurants, shops...
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You have acces to the entire house, except our own bedroom and own bathroom.
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- Bedings
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- Fully equiped kitchen
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The neighborhood is really safe and surrended by wild life. If you know how to listen and open your eyes, you will see a lot of butterflies, hummingbirds, monkeys, colorfull birds, lizards...
Getting Around
-- From the Airport to our house it's only 30min ride, 3 options:
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Cost: 2.5$, Time: 30min + 1h + waiting time
-- From Coco city center to our house
- You can get a taxi for 1.8$
- You can walk for about 10min on the road or on the beach
- You can rent bikes or Golf cart in town
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ABSTRACT: Rapid heating, quenching and transformation (RHQT)-processed Nb3Al wires possess better strain tolerance than Nb3Sn wires. However, RHQT-processed Nb3Al wires so far developed show lower non-copper critical current density (Jc) than recently developed high-Jc Nb3Sn wires in the field range of 12-15 T. Therefore, the development of Nb3Al wires having enhancing Jc in this field range is a major concern for accelerator magnet designers. Among a number of fabrication parameters that might affect Jc properties, we analysed the effect of thickness of Al and Nb foils in the jelly-roll-shaped filaments embedded in the precursor wires. Mechanical and superconducting properties of these wires with various Al-foil thicknesses in the filaments were investigated.
Article: Production and Operation of a 15 T Nb-Ti/Nb3Al Hybrid Magnet System Powered by a Single Power Supply[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: We have recently developed a thin-type Cu clad stabilized Nb3Al flat-wire which can be more densely wound into a coil. Using this flat-wire we have upgraded an existing 14 T Nb-Ti/Nb3Sn magnet with a ?? 30 mm clear bore, by replacing the inner coil, to a compact 15 T Nb-Ti/Nb3Al magnet. The Nb3Al inner coil was connected in series with the Nb-Ti outer coil and excited by a common power supply to generate 15 T in a ?? 40 mm clear bore, after a training of Nb-Ti coil. The resultant higher field and wider space will be used for critical current measurements of various superconducting wires being developed in NIMS.
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ABSTRACT: We have been developing rapid heating, quenching and transformation (RHQT) processed Nb3Al wires for next-generation accelerator magnets that require magnetic fields between 12 and 17 T. However, it has recently been found that the conventional Nb-matrix wire shows a rather strong magnetic instability at low fields. Taking this into consideration, we have begun developing Ta-matrix Nb3Al wires. We have fabricated a precursor wire with a Ta-matrix volume fraction of 0.8, and the mechanical properties of the RHQ-processed wire were examined. The effects of the RHQ condition and the area reduction (AR) after RHQ on the critical current density ( J c) , and magnetization of the wire have also been examined. This paper describes the properties for the Ta-matrix wire in comparison with those of the Nb-matrix wire.
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ABSTRACT: Nb3Al has advantages of better tolerance to strain/stress and a higher critical magnetic field (30T at 4.2K) for stoichiometric composition over Nb3Sn. The rapid-heating, quenching and transformation annealing (RHQT) process enables to form a stoichiometric Nb3Al with fine grain structures via metastable bcc supersaturated-solid-solution. As a result a large critical current density of Nb3Al is achieved over the whole range of magnetic fields without trading off the excellent strain tolerance. A long-length of RHQ processing has been established, and a rectangular but Cu stabilized Nb3Al strand is about be commercially available for NMR uses. Ag or Cu internal stabilization and Cu ion-plating/electroplating techniques have been also developed to enable the stabilized round wire for accelerator and fusion magnets. Successfully energized test coils that were manufactured with a wind-and-react technique have demonstrated that a long piece of Cu stabilized RHQT Nb3Al wire is really available for practical applications.
Article: Reduction of the Matrix Ratio for Improvement of the Non-Cu $J_{\rm c}$ of ${\rm Nb}_{3}{\rm Al}$ Wires[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: We attempted to reduce the matrix ratio down to 0.5 and 0.25 for RHQT (rapid-heating, quenching and transformation) Nb3Al wires, which is directly related to improvement of the non-Cu Jc. The Ta matrix was chosen to improve the wire strength. It was found that the matrix ratio of 0.25 is too small to carry out RHQ treatment although drawing was possible by using cassette-roller dies (CRDs) as well as conical dies. The reduction of the matrix ratio down to 0.5 can also be achieved. However, the scale-up would make the drawing very difficult. It would be necessary for the scale-up to improve adhesion among the jelly-roll (JR) cores and also the outer Ta sheath in the multi-billet. The RHQ treatment was possible for the wire with a matrix ratio of 0.5. However, it was successful only when the wire diameter was less than 1.13 mm. It is necessary to suppress the experienced bend strain in the operation. The non-Cu Jc was found to be improved by about 20% by the reduction of the matrix ratio, compared to conventional Nb3Al wires.
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ABSTRACT: We have developed Nb3Al wires with a low Nb matrix ratio in order to attain a high critical current density. Test wires were prepared with different fabrication parameters, mainly the Nb matrix ratio, RHQ current, and the area reduction ratio of the wire after an RHQ heat treatment. The critical current and n-values of these wires were measured. Our newly developed wire with a Nb matrix ratio of 0.6 was almost the same RHQ heat-treatment effect and area reduction effect as those of samples with different Nb matrix ratios. However, the critical current density of our wire was lower than that of these samples. In order to determine the reason for this low critical current density, Tc measurements and tensile strain tests were also performed. In this paper, we report the characteristics of the sample with a Nb matrix ratio of 0.6 and compare them with those of the other samples.
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ABSTRACT: Long Nb3Al strands with copper stabilizer are promising for future high field accelerator magnets. A 1.2 kilometer Nb3Al strand with Cu stabilizer was fabricated at the National Institute for Materials Science in Japan. Using this strand a 30 meter Cu stabilized Nb3Al Rutherford cable was made for the first time by a collaboration of NIMS and Fermilab. The Nb3Al strands extracted from cable with a relatively low packing factor showed almost no Jc degradation. But the extracted strands from the highly compacted cable showed some degradation in both Jc and n value, which may be caused by local separation of the copper stabilizer. Still, its Jc degradation is lower than that of typical Nb3Sn strands. The current limit due to magnetic instability in low field is about 500 A at 4.2 K. The magnetization of the strands, which was measured with balanced coils at 4.2 K, showed large flux jumps, usually around 1.5 T. This value is much larger than the Bc2 (4.2 K) of the Nb matrix, which is around 0.4 Tesla. The magnetic instability of the Nb3Al strand at low field is not completely understood, but it might be explained by the superconducting coupling current through the Nb matrix.
Article: Development of Nb3Al Wires With High Critical Current Density for Future Accelerator Magnets[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Recent studies of RHQ-processed Nb3Al wires for future accelerator magnets are presented and discussed. Test wires were prepared with different fabrication parameters, such as the Nb matrix ratio, RHQ current, area reduction ratio of the wire after an RHQ treatment and the 2nd heat treatment condition. Measurements of the critical current density (Jc) and n-value have been performed during the past several years. Recently, we performed the critical temperature (Tc) measurement, and the relationship between Jc and Tc was investigated by an RHQ treatment, a 2nd heat treatment, the Nb matrix ratio, and the area reduction effect.
Article: Relationship Between BCC-Deformation, Transformation Temperature and Microstructure in Nb3Al Wires[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: The authors have been developing the Nb3Al conductors through transformation process, where the Nb3Al phase forms from the BCC (body-centered cubic) Nb(Al) supersaturated solid solution phase; the BCC phase is quenched by rapid-cooling from a temperature around 2000degC. It was reported several times that deformation to the quenched BCC Nb(Al) phase influences the superconducting properties, usually improving . But, the results have not been discussed in detail so far from a metallurgical viewpoint. This work investigates the fundamental relationship between the BCC-deformation, transformation temperature, microstructure and superconducting properties. The transformation temperature is identified by DTA measurement, detecting the release of the free energy between the BCC and the phases. It was found that the transformation temperature has a tendency of monotonic decrease with the deformation. But, the transformation temperature does not seem to go down below a temperature of about 720 degC even by strong deformation. The microstructures observed by FESEM suggests that the grain size is reduced almost proportionally with the deformation. In case of reduction in area of 99%, the grain size is reduced down to about 250 nm from 1.2mum . The increases with deformation, not showing a peak. The Jc of the wire (ME365) with reduction in area of 86% shows the best performance of the wire ever reported. But, at least high-field Jc seems to saturate at a certain value.
Article: Fabrication and operation of a RHQT Nb3Al insert coil generating 4.5 T at 4.2 K in 15 T back-up field[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: To demonstrate the RHQT Nb3Al conductor to be really a candidate for a high-field magnet, we have fabricated 1 km-class Cu stabilized RHQT Nb3Al flat-wires, manufactured two insert real-sized coils #A and #B, and tested in a superconducting back-up field of 15 T at 4.2 K. Using the coil #A, a thinning of insulator, a winding technique, a new transformation annealing profile in a vacuum with a fast temperature-ramp above 500degC, decarbonization, an impregnation technique used for the Nb3Sn coil were preliminarily checked to be no matter. The coil #B that was wound with a 764 m piece could produce an additional 4.5 T (total 19.5 T) at 4.2 K in a clear bore of 30 mm without any training, when the coil current achieved the Ic of short samples that were simultaneously transformation annealed with the coil #B.
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ABSTRACT: Three kinds of stabilized rapid-heating, quenching and transformation annealing (RHQT) Nb3Al round wires have been developed for nuclear fusion devices; the Ag internally stabilized Nb matrix, the Cu internally stabilized Ta matrix and Cu ion-plated/electroplated wires. The critical current densities Jc of Nb3Al filaments are almost the same as the conventional Cu clad stabilized flat-wire, as long as the Jc is optimized by mechanical deformation of wire after quenching but before the final transformation annealing. To demonstrate the applicability of RHQT Nb3Al wire to nuclear fusion devices, we have trial manufactured a cable-in-conduit conductor (CICC) using the Ag internally stabilized round strands and confirmed the critical current of CICC to be nearly the same with the strain-free designed one.
Article: Strain tolerance in technical Nb[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: We observed crack formation in transformation-processed Nb3Al wires at room temperature, the wire being bent with a small clamp fixture with a curvature. The polished cross-section parallel to the longitudinal axis was observed, using a high power optical microscope or a field-emission scanning electron microscope. The bend strain limit for microcrack formation is found, changing the radius of the curvature of the clamp. The bend strain limit was found to be around 0.3% for standard Nb3Al wires. This corresponds to the irreversible tensile strain limit of the Ic characteristics determined with a 0.1 µV cm−1 criterion. Reduction of the barrier thickness should be avoided to keep to the bend strain limit. A new configuration of the Nb3Al wire is demonstrated to improve the bend strain limit. The filament is divided into segments in the transverse cross-section. The wire is fabricated by a double-stacking method. The bend strain limit is enhanced to about 0.85% for the wire surface; the equivalent strain of the outermost filament location is about 0.66%. A simple react and wind test for this wire was performed, where the wire experienced 0.86% bend strain. The degradation of Jc was found to be very small.
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ABSTRACT: Recent developments in RHQ Nb3Al wire for accelerator magnets are presented and discussed. The main items of the development are to increase the critical current density (Jc) and to find a good stabilization method. For the former item, test wires with different Nb-matrix/filament ratios were made, and the effect of the ratio on Jc was investigated in correlation with the heat treatment and the area reduction after the RHQ process. For the latter item, a special copper electroplating technique was developed to deposit a thick Cu layer on the surface of the wire. The mechanical bonding strength and the electrical characteristics of the Cu layer were studied by bending and drawing the wire, and by measuring the resistance. Although the present piece length of the Cu stabilized Nb3Al wire is about 40 cm, we can draw and reduce the wire down to 60% of the original diameter, without breaking the wire or damaging the bonding of the Cu stabilizer. The highest noncopper Jc achieved during this study was 2156 A/mm2 at 10T and 4.2 K
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ABSTRACT: An attempt was made to incorporate the Cu stabilizer internally to the Ta-matrix jelly-roll RHQT Nb3Al round-wire, based on less-reactivity of Cu with Ta at elevated temperatures during the RHQ operation of wire. Compared to the conventional internal stabilization technique using Ag filaments jacketed with Nb, the present round wire has several advantages; (1) less induced-radioactivity when irradiated with fast neutrons, (2) higher mechanical strength at both elevated and cryogenic temperatures, and (3) less reactivity with Ga-coolant. The overall residual resistance ratio RRRov of the internally Cu stabilized Ta matrix RHQT Nb3Al round-wire is as much as 75 in spite of a smaller stabilizer-ratio, and magnetoresistance is comparable to that of the conventional Cu clad stabilized Nb matrix RHQT Nb3Al flat-wire. Core Jc is also comparable to that of the Nb matrix wire
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ABSTRACT: We have produced so far about a 400 m length of Cu stabilized RHQT (rapid-heating, quenching and transformation) Nb3Al flat-wire using a small-sized multi-billet (10 kg). Although our goal is to make a 2.5 km unit length of Cu cladding flat-wire for high-field NMR uses, an attempt was made to fabricate a 1 km class unit-length of conductor as a milestone of commercialization. A long-length of precursor wire over 2.5 km was prepared by using a large-sized multi-billet (50 kg). A 1.3 km length RHQ operation by using a newly installed large-scale RHQ apparatus was performed and then a km-class length Cu cladded flat-wire was fabricated to evaluate the uniformity of resultant superconducting characteristics of wire
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ABSTRACT: For the practical conductors with large current capacity, the Cu stabilizer is necessary in order to obtain their fully performance. The most important issue remaining for producing the RHQT (rapid-beating/quenching and transformation)-processed Nb3Al round wire was how to fabricate the Cu stabilizer after the RHQ treatment. We successfully solved this problem and developed the Cu ion-plating technique for fabricating the Cu stabilizer into the RHQT-processed Nb3Al round wires. Although stable Nb oxide layer is formed on the wire surface, the Cu ion-plating can continuously remove them and cover the Cu seed-layer of 1 mu m in thickness. Then, the Cu stabilizer can be also fabricated by the Cu electroplating with an appropriate of Cu ratio. The reel-to-reel apparatus of both the Cu ion-plating and electroplating for km-class long-wire have been set up. It was possible to apply the wire drawing by conventional die after the Cu electroplating due to the good bonding between the Cu stabilizer and Nb3Al round wire. This is very attractive advantage for obtaining the severe homogeneity. of the wire diameter in long-length. Moreover, in order to obtain large enough RRR, it may be suitable to carry out the following techniques before fabricating the Cu stabilizer, which are an anode-oxidization of wire surface, normal die drawing and easy chemical etching of Nb oxide layer. This additional process is very effective to get much clean and homogeneous surface of the Nb3Al round wires with Nb matrix, and then it has been fabricated the Cu stabilizer without degradation of RRR. RRR of about 200 and non-Cu Jc (4.2K, 15T) of about 1,000 A/mm(2) were obtained on the present Cu-stabilized RHQT-processed Nb3Al round wires having 1.0 mm in diameter and about 1.0 of Cu/non-Cu ratio. Nb3Al filament diameter is 30-50 mu m at present. These results must be very attractive for application of the high energy physics conductors.
Article: Trial Manufacture of a 2.5 km Class Long-Length of Nb-Matrix Jelly-Roll Nb/Al Precursor Wire for RHQT Process[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Since the RHQT-Nb3Al conductor shows excellent superconducting characteristics in high magnetic fields, its application to a 1 GHz NMR insert coil is in particular expected. For such an application, the development of a long-length of RHQT-Nb3Al wire is indispensable. However, the unit length of wire achieved was no more than 400 m so far, due to a restricted size of the multi-billet, while about a 2.5 km-length of wire is necessary for the NMR insert coil application. Thus, an attempt was made to produce a 2.5 km-length of precursor wire by using a large-sized billet, and we have succeeded in producing such a long-length of precursor wire (2.6 km) without any breaking of wire during hydrostatic extrusion and subsequent drawing processes.
Article: Cu Ion Plating as a Technique for Enhancing the Mechanical, Electrical and Thermal Bonding Between Cu Stabilizer and the RHQT-Processed $rm Nb_3rm Al$ Conductors[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: The surface of RHQT-processed Nb3Al wires with pure Nb matrix are covered by a strong stable Nb oxide surface layer. In order to obtain good mechanical, electrical and thermal bonding between the Cu stabilizer and RHQT-processed Nb3Al wires, it is required to destroy the Nb oxide layer on the surface of the wire. We tried to fabricate a thin Cu layer on the surface of the RHQT-processed Nb3Al wires through the Cu ion-plating technique. Before electroplating of thick Cu stabilizers, Cu was ion-plated to a thickness of about 1 μm. The Cu ion-plated wire showed no folded projections, cracks, or exfoliation of the Cu stabilizer even when the wire was bent through 180 degrees, showing that Cu and the wire were tightly bonded mechanically. This tight bonding between Cu and the wires should be due to the removal of stable Nb oxide layers from the surface of the wire. The V-I characteristic of wires that were ion-plated and then applied with an appropriate amount of Cu by an electroplating showed no quenching, and the wires were able to carry current up to the normal critical current transition. The measured values of recovery current were almost equivalent to the calculated values, showing that the ion-plated Cu/Nb interface had a very tight bond, allowing good electrical and thermal conductivity. In addition, a reel to reel Cu-ion plating apparatus for the long length wires is demonstrated, and Cu ion plating has been successfully carried out on 100 m long RHQT-processed Nb3Al wire at present.
Article: Development of Long-length Rapid-Heating, Quenching and Transformation (RHQT) Processed Nb3Al Conductors[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: A rapid-heating, quenching and transformation annealing (RHQT) processed Nb3Al conductor has been developed as a promising candidate for a high-resolution NMR superconducting magnet, because of its large critical current densities and n-values. Establishment of a large-billet extrusion, uniform RHQ operation, transformation heat treatment and subsequent Cu-clad stabilizing that are key issues of the long-length processing allows a fabrication of a four hundred meter long RHQT Nb3Al conductor, and thereby its coil application comes in sight with reality. In the present review article, current status of long-length RHQT processed Nb(3)AI conductors is described.
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ABSTRACT: We tried to enlarge a Nb/Al strand dimension to enhance a current capacity of RHQT- Nb3Al further. So far good fsRHQ operation could be made by using the strand dimension of less than φ 1.35 mm. This time we tried to make RHQ operation by using a Nb/Al rectangular strand of 1.45 × 2.2 mm 2 which is double cross-section area of φ 1.35 mm. Bcc phases could be formed even in the large cross-section rectangular strand by RHQ operation. The samples were post-annealed at 800°C for transforming into A15. The resultant Ic and core Jc were 232.5 A and 130 A/mm 2 at 4.2 K, 22 T, respectively. These values largely surpassed Ic of 57.5 A and Jc of 72.7 A/mm 2 at 4.2 K, 22 T for the sample which was made by using a conventional φ 1.35 mm strand.
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