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Thursday, January 23, 2014
Posted on January 23, 2014 at 07:48 PM.GM Hendricks is never satisfied with the Detroit Red Wings. Any doubters should see this latest slew of moves executed by him. Perhaps Hendricks is concerned about his future. The executive is in the third and final year of his contract, and his owner's expectations are high.
Despite winning the Stanley Cup last season, some insiders are still concerned about his status. Regardless of which team he calls the shots for next season, Hendricks has at least made sure that the Red Wings are fiscally responsible:
Detroit acquires Jarome Iginla from Calgary* in exchange for Bryan Bickell and a 2nd Round Pick. Before this deal, Hendricks had gained a repuation for acquiring skilled veterans with expiring contracts. The most recent of these moves (the acquisition of Patrik Elias) boded well for Detroit last year, and they hope Iginla will spark scoring on that 3rd line. Brandon Sutter was also injured at the time of this trade, so it prevented a call-up from Grand Rapids.
Detroit acquires Alex Stalock from San Jose in exchange for Jonas Hiller and a future 3rd Round Pick. Detroit controversially traded Jimmy Howard this offseason in exchange for Boston's 1st Rounder. Thankfully, they still have one of the league's worst record. Regardless, the "Jonas Hiller" experiment that was intended to save Detroit for this year did not work. Stalock is essentially a young Hiller.
Detroit acquires Mikael Backlund from Calgary in exchange for Derick Brassard and a future 2nd Round Pick. The Red Wings overpaid to keep Brassard under contract (with help from funds after the release of Pavel Datsyuk). However, his $5.4 million price tag for the next two years would not bode well, since Detroit intends to retain Michael Grabner. He leads the league in goals. Nevertheless, Detroit trusts that Mikael Backlund will be able to produce in a capacity similar to Brassard. That is why the trade was made in the first place.
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Tuesday, January 7, 2014
Posted on January 7, 2014 at 05:28 PM.The stars aligned for Detroit at just the right time. They could barely afford the talent that they did have, and contract negotiations broke the bank. At least they won the Cup.
Call this off-season aggressive. The departure of Datsyuk wasn't the only big move for the Red Wings. We'll start with the draft. The picks weren't big news, but the trades were:
Detroit acquires two 1st Round Picks from Phoenix for Luke Schenn and a 2nd Round Pick.
Detroit acquires Bobby Sanguinetti from Carolina for Dennis Seidenberg, Francis Pare the restricted rights to Cory Emmerton.
Later on, Detroit found Datsyuk's "replacement", and took active steps to improve their defense:
Detroit acquires Jordan Staal from Carolina for Gustav Nyquist. Staal was named alternate captain upon the trade. Staal is cheaper than Datsyuk and solid enough of a replacement to not be a concern. Nyquist is by no doubt a budding star, but Detroit will win the trade (in the beginning).
Detroit acquires Rene Bourque from Montreal for Jan Mursak and future draft picks. Bourque provides the defense that Mursak couldn't. His longer contract is also a plus.
In a cap-cutting move, Detroit acquires Justin Shugg from Carolina for Hal Gill and a 3rd Round Pick.
In another cap-cutting move, but a much more controversial one, Detroit acquires next year's 1st Round Pick from Boston (worst record in previous season) for Jimmy Howard. Jonas Hiller was signed the next day.
Detroit acquires Mark Giordano and re-acquires Jakub Kindl from Calgary for Jordan Leopold, Mike Weaver, and future picks. Giordano is younger and has a longer and cheaper contract. Jakub Kindl was added for depth on defense.
Detroit acquires Shawn Matthias and Jeff Taffe from Florida for Darren Helm and Teemu Pulkkinen. This move was made to beef up the 4th line. Helm's contract was also expiring.
Detroit also signed D Joonas Jalvanti. He joins Sanguinneti on the 2nd line of defense.
For the future, Detroit is still concerned about the expiring contracts of Stalberg, Paajarvi, Grabner, and both goalies. The forwards will ask for big raises. Detroit will prioritize Grabner, but the front office is more confident in goalie negotiations. Detroit will keep Hiller if he has a good year and doesn't decline an unreasonable amount.
Posted on January 7, 2014 at 01:06 PM.Citing issues in contract negotiation, the Red Wings felt "forced" to release the star forward to free agency. Datsyuk sought a one year deal of approximately $9.5 million in value.
Simply put, the Red Wings felt uncomfortable allotting half of their remaining cap space for re-signing players to Datsyuk, despite his superior skill. Instead, they opted to re-up Derick Brassard, Brandon Sutter, Dennis Seidenberg, T.J. Brodie, and Hal Gill. The remaining is to be used for Pavel Datsyuk's "replacement", even though his replacement would never be able to fill his shoes.
That replacement could come either through free agency, or the trade market. Players in Detroit likely on their way out, because of their trade value are Jan Mursak and Gustav Nyquist. There is much more to come in these unfortunate, but interesting developments out of Detroit.
Monday, January 6, 2014
Posted on January 6, 2014 at 03:35 PM.Carolina put up strong defense for the first 54 minutes of the game. I say that, because the score was 1-0 in their favor for a good portion of the 3rd Period. Jordan Staal's goal, in that period, looked to be the game-winner for quite a while.
Luke Schenn took offense to that and rattled home his first of the playoffs with less than 6 minutes to go in regulation. Carolina was expecting to sneak away with a 1-0 victory and force the series back to Detroit.
That would not be the case. This game, instead, was decided in overtime. Oddly enough, two games back in the 2002 Finals between these teams were decided in OT as well. However, Detroit opted to re-write the history books and end it all in four games.
Conn Smythe runner-up Patrik Elias (the game gave it to Jimmy Howard ) deflected in the Cup winner at 13:58 in overtime. Captain Henrik Zetterberg was circling down low, found an open Dennis Seidenberg at the point who tried to wrist one home. Patrik Elias got his stick on the puck, and the rest is history. Congratulations, Detroit!
*Using NHL 13
|Detroit Red Wings at Carolina Hurricanes
With another 3-0 shutout of Carolina, Detroit is now one win away from hoisting the Stanley Cup. One concern from tonight's game is Detroit's inability to execute on the powerplay. They went 0/5 today, including a minute of 5 on 3.
Patrik Elias is making a strong case to be named the winner of the Conn Smythe trophy. He scored his 12th goal of the playoffs in this game, keeping up his average of one point per game this postseason.
What will Game 4 hold for both teams? They'll find out Tuesday.
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|Detroit Red Wings at Carolina Hurricanes
Both teams have the offensive firepower, but defense wins championships! It certainly won Game 2 for Detroit. The plan for Detroit last offseason, after the shocking loss to the Blackhawks, was to beef up. They got pushed around too much.
The acquisition of more defensively minded players have paid off well for Detroit. They're halfway to their first Stanley Cup since 2008.
Team Notes
Chad Larose was injured in Game 2 and would only return in case of a Game 7.
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|Carolina Hurricanes at Detroit Red Wings
Posted on January 6, 2014 at 12:44 PM.This year's Stanely Cup Final* is a rematch of the 2002 series won by Detroit in five. However, Carolina won Game 1 of that series... at the Joe... in overtime.
Detroit got on the board in the middle of the first to lead off the scoring. Pavel Datsyuk took advantage of a screen on Cam Ward and wristed it past him. But in the second, Carolina went on the powerplay. Detroit's slot defense broke down and Jordan Staal slapped one home, his tenth of the playoffs.
Detroit hoped that history would not repeat itself in overtime, and after 13 minutes of suspense, Magnus Paajarvi snuck a puck off a post and behind Cam Ward for a game-winner. (Now the title makes sense.) The goal came off a two man rush. Credit the helpers to Wayne Simmonds and Luke Schenn.
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|Carolina Hurricanes at Detroit Red Wings
Posted on January 6, 2014 at 11:53 AM.To no one's surprise, the Red Wings were ready to go back on the road in these playoffs. Blame a poor showing by Mike Smith over the final two games as the reason why Phoenix ends their season earlier than hoped. Here's how things turned out in Game 3.
1st Period
4:46 M. Paajarvi (1), (C. Larose, L. Schenn)
12:34 M. Lombardi (2), (K. Yandle, M. Hanzal)
13:21 J. Mursak (1), (D. Seidenberg, P. Datsyuk)
2nd Period
1:11 P. Datsyuk (5), (J. Mursak)
12:17 N. Kronwall (2), (J. Neal, D. Brassard)
17:13 P. Elias 2 (10), (I. White, J. Leopold)
3rd Period
3:14 A. Miele (4), (Z. Michalek, M. Lombardi)
Five juicy rebounds, a deflection, and a wicked wrister went under the goal column for the Wings in the final Western Conference* game of this season. Detroit knows that they won't get this many pucks behind Cam Ward (who currently has his Hurricanes up 3-0 on Tampa Bay in the Eastern Conference finals).
Game 4 Summary
- GWG: V. Stalberg (3)
- PHX scores at 9:48 and 10:51 in 2nd Period to draw within two.
- M. Grabner halts PHX momentum with goal less than a minute later.
- Elias' point streak snapped.
- M. Paajarvi: 2 G (3), A
- T. Brodie, L. Schenn: 2 A each
*Using NHL 13
Sunday, January 5, 2014
Posted on January 5, 2014 at 09:28 PM.Fans were on the edge of their seats all the way through. After a quick 1-0 start by the Red Wings, who thought that this lead would hold up all the way through?
1st Period
4:47 B. Sutter (2), (W. Simmonds, V. Stalberg)
Team Notes
Despite not being fully healthy, James Neal has been cleared to return for Game 3. Gustav Nyquist, as a result, is now a healthy scratch.
Posted on January 5, 2014 at 08:51 PM.Score early, and score often was the mantra for Detroit. The first period gave fans the illusion that this game was going to be a shootout, but the Red Wings' defense tightened up after the 1st Period. 6-2 was the final.
1st Period
1:30 P. Elias (8), (J. Mursak)
4:33 M. Hanzal (5), (A. Miele, M. Stone)
4:56 P. Datsyuk (4), (J. Mursak, D. Seidenberg)
11:16 C. Brown (2), (O. Ekman-Larsson, J. Swarz)
2nd Period
1:43 P. Elias 2 (9), (D. Seidenberg)
2:25 C. Larose (1), (T. Brodie, L. Schenn)
7:10 B. Sutter (1), (D. Seidenberg, N. Kronwall)
3rd Period
3:23 J. Leopold (1), (D. Seidenberg, P. Elias)
*Using NHL 13
Posted on January 5, 2014 at 02:03 PM.To start off the Stanley Cup Playoffs*, Detroit has reigned supreme over two fierce rivals: the Chicago Blackhawks, and now, the Colorado Avalanche. Neither series was short on drama. Here are the scoring summaries for Games 2-4 of the Colorado series. (Detroit scores are bolded.)
Game 2
1st Period
15:10 D. Brassard (1), (J. Neal, T. Brodie)
17:06 H. Zetterberg (3), (D. Seidenberg, N. Kronwall)
2nd Period
2:01 M. Duchene (6), (P. Parenteau, C. Gaunce)
5:49 P. Stasny (2), (E. Johnson, S. Downie)
7:44 M. Grabner (2), (D. Brassard)
Game 3
1st Period
10:31 J. Neal (2), (B. Sutter, W. Simmonds)
2nd Period
4:20 H. Zetterberg (4), (P. Elias, D. Brassard)
15:15 D. Brassard (2), (T. Brodie, J. Leopold)
3rd Period
10:23 J. Neal 2 (3), (T. Brodie, I. White)
11:05 S. Downie (1), (P. Stasny)
14:35 T. Brodie (2), (L. Schenn, D. Helm)
Game 4
1st Period
12:24 P. Elias (7), (N. Kronwall, I. White)
14:12 B. Little (1), (G. Walker, C. Kobasew)
2nd Period
13:47 D. Brassard (3), (I. White)
16:06 M. Duchene (7), (P. Parenteau)
2nd Overtime
8:02 M. Grabner (3), (D. Brassard, V. Stalberg)
Team Notes
With his goal in Game 4, Patrik Elias has 8 points (7 G, 1 A) in this season's nine playoff games. Elias celebrated his 50th career playoff goal earlier in the series.
Detroit lost both Henrik Zetterberg and James Neal to injury in Game 4. Neal will return for Game 5 of the Phoenix series (if necessary) or the Stanley Cup Finals. Zetterberg could only return to the Phoenix series in case of a Game 7. If not, the team expects him back after the start of the Cup Finals.
*Using NHL 13
Posted on January 5, 2014 at 10:28 AM.Had this game occurred in real life, it would have eclipsed, in length, my favorite game as a young Red Wings fan: Game 3 of the 2002 Stanley Cup Finals.
Anyways, in this one, you can credit veteran Patrik Elias with both Red Wing goals. He scored one in the first, and the other with about 2 minutes to go in the 3rd overtime.
Offensive momentum had swung in favor of the Red Wings in the third OT period. They moved to a more aggressive offensive style, but they just happened to be stymied by the goal post. Both Henrik Zetterberg and Pavel Datsyuk hit one in the period.
With the 2-1 win, Detroit leads Colorado in the Western Conference Semifinals* 1-0. Detroit is coming off of a five-game series win over the Blackhawks in the Quarterfinals. The Game 1 win for Detroit is a great sign; they were blown out 5-1 by the Blackhawks in the first game of that series.
*Using NHL 13
Posted on October 5, 2013 at 01:10 PM.These deals have radically transformed the Tigers; however, they created over $25 million in new budget space for Detroit. Nevertheless, stars that were central to the success of the Tigers last season are gone.
In three separate deals, the Detroit Tigers acquire Dee Gordon (from LAD), Pablo Sandoval (from SF), Jhoulys Chacin (from STL) and prospects (from STL) in exchange for Ryan Braun (to LAD), Matt Cain (back to SF), and JJ Hardy (STL).
The Tigers lose a superb contact/power blend in Braun, but Dee Gordon knows how to get on base and also has more speed than Braun. Brett Lawrie takes over left field full time; he was often under-utilized as a platoon man.
Pablo Sandoval has enough hitting ability to supplement the loss of Braun. Matt Cain's departure is strictly for financial reasons. He was owed $80 million over the last 4 years of his contract. On the other hand, Chacin is entering prime and will avoid contract negotiations for the next 2 years.
With the acquisition of Gordon, there is no need for JJ Hardy. It is a contract year for Hardy, and he is exiting prime.
Friday, October 4, 2013
Posted on October 4, 2013 at 01:17 PM.**Using MLB 2K12**
Notable Resignings
Fernando Rodney: 1 yr, $1.7 M
Adam Wainwright: 2 yr, $20.6 M
Notable Releases
Kyle Farnsworth
Scott Kazmir (AAA)
Storylines for the Upcoming Season
Will budget troubles finally hurt the Tigers?
-The Tigers have hoarded talent over the past 3 years, and performance bonuses won't keep up with more expensive contracts from stars in their prime.
Will the Tigers re-sign JJ Hardy at the end of the season?
-He will be 32, and he makes $5.5 M this season.
How much will it cost to re-up Justin Verlander?
-He may be exiting prime, but he's still an ace in high demand.
Are the offers on the table for Matt Cain real?
-A compelling offer is coming out of St. Louis that frees up $15 million for Detroit.
Is Jim Leyland going to start giving his runners the green light?
-The Tigers were dead last in stolen bases last season.
Thursday, October 3, 2013
Posted on October 3, 2013 at 11:09 PM.**Using MLB 2K12**
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|NL Most Valuable Player
|David Wright
|New York Mets
|NL Cy Young Award
|Tim Lincecum
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Easy Cheesy Broccoli Chicken Rice Bake
Total Time
Prep 5 mins
Cook 45 mins
I adapted the rice and chicken bake from the Campbell cookbook because I had no mushroom soup. So here is my take on it.
Ingredients Nutrition
- 2 -4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 3⁄4 cup uncooked rice
- 1 (10 3/4 ounce) can condensed cream of broccoli soup or 1 (10 3/4 ounce) can broccoli cheese soup
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup frozen broccoli florets
- 1⁄2 teaspoon paprika
- 1⁄2 teaspoon pepper
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup shredded cheese (whatever you want, I like Mexican blend)
- Mix soup, water, rice, broccoli, paprika, salt and pepper in a 2 quart baking dish.
- Put chicken on top on rice mixture and sprinkle with paprika, salt and pepper.
- Top with cheese. (I also put some Parmesan and Breadcrumbs on here too, but that's optional).
- Cover and bake 40 minutes at 375 degrees.
- Remove foil and bake another 5-10 minutes until chicken and rice is done.
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So I made this last night... and I kind of accidentally added a can of cheddar cheese soup. I could've sworn the recipe called for it. But the good news is, it didn't turn out terrible. Granted I did have to cook it a little longer to thicken it up a bit, but it was good. The only negative, which probably won't affect many people is that I used the chunks of broccoli instead of just the florets and my lapband didn't enjoy the huge chunks. So next time I will just use the florets. Oh and I cooked the chicken before I added it, so mine was fully cooked, but I didn't cook the rice before hand and it turned out just fine.
This did not turn out very well for me. The chicken and rice did not cook all the way through, and I left it in the oven for an extra 10 minutes. The rice was partly my fault because I used basmati rice rather than white rice, but the chicken was still raw in the middle at 40 minutes. I think it would have been good if the rice and chicken were cooked right, but it takes more than 45 minutes. :(

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Jury to Recommend Punishment For Triple-Murderer Paul Beasley Johnson
Published: Monday, February 11, 2013 at 11:58 p.m.
Last Modified: Monday, February 11, 2013 at 11:58 p.m.
BARTOW | Lawyers began evaluating potential jurors Monday to once again consider what an appropriate punishment should be for triple-murderer Paul Beasley Johnson.
Circuit Judge Donald Jacobsen said he hoped to have enough jurors picked by the end of today to begin hearing the case.
Johnson, 63, of Eagle Lake, remains convicted on murder charges and other related crimes in a 1981 killing spree that left three people dead, including Polk County sheriff's Deputy Theron A. Burnham.
A jury is being selected for a penalty phase to decide the question of whether Johnson should receive life imprisonment or the death penalty. They will make a recommendation to Jacobsen, who is required to give the jury's recommendation "great weight" under Florida law.
Testimony and arguments in the case are expected to stretch into next week.
Johnson robbed and fatally shot Winter Haven taxi driver William Evans on the night of Jan. 8, 1981.
In the early morning hours of the next day, Johnson asked a couple, Amy Reid and Darrell Ray Beasley, for a ride. Johnson killed Beasley.
Reid escaped and called for help.
Burnham responded and also was fatally shot.
Over the years, Johnson has been repeatedly successful in appellate court. He has been sent to Florida's death row twice before, but his death sentences have been overturned.
His most recent appellate success took place in 2010. The Florida Supreme Court ruled a prosecutor committed misconduct by instructing a jailhouse informant to gather information about Johnson.
The informant later testified he lied to jurors when he said Johnson intended to "play like he was crazy" to avoid punishment for the killings.
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Just a random question. Tell me from your own experience.
Love for a spouse vs love for a child, which is stronger
Last edited 09/12/2013
Posted 09/12/2013
I love my husband more than I could ever express with words. Multiply that by a million and that's how much I love my kids.
My vagina is itchy and burning? Does that mean people are talking about me?
Posted 09/12/2013
My kids. Always. I can be ok, happy even and be single. But I could never live without this love that runs so deep it keeps me up with irrational what ifs at night. It's the girls that I have to figure out a way to save all 3 in my fears not my husband. As much as I love him. I'd survive if I lost him for the kids, if I lost them, I would be nothing.
Posted 09/12/2013
I love my husband and children the same amount. It's a different love. My husband can take care of himself and my kids can't at this point in their young lives.
Posted 09/12/2013
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Posted 09/12/2013
Not the same kind of love. Incomparable.
I was here but now I'm gone, I left this here to carry on
Those who liked me, liked me well. Those who didn't can go to hell💋
Posted 09/12/2013
As terrible as some will perceive it, I could always find another husband. I could NEVER replace my babies.
Posted 09/12/2013
I love my husband very much. But with my little guy it's so much more. It's overwhelming how much I adore him. It's a "no matter what you do I'm gonna love you so much it hurts" kinda love. This is a hard question because its such a different kind of love. And I know not everyone's answer will be the same. My own mother would (and has before) say my dad. Their relationship came first and having children was just what was done. There was no investment into myself or my brother.


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Heart of the Artichoke
Dinner with Chef David Tanis of Chez Panisse
By Mina Yamashita
It's hard to know where to begin—David Tanis, world-class chef; David Tanis, author; David Tanis, will 'o the wisp. In fact, you can meet all three—taste his menu, read his book and watch him wander into the sunset when he continues his nationwide book tour to promote his new Heart of the Artichoke and other Kitchen Journeys (Artisan).
Restaurant Review
Thai Vegan
Enlightened dining
By Ari LeVaux
Rarely does a restaurant's name describe its most salient qualities as succinctly as Thai Vegan. Ironically, while the name may turn away some rabid omnivores, many of those may not have even noticed the lack of animal product if they hadn't been tipped off. More of them still would probably be surprised by how much they like it.
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Bed Rug EXcellent
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This is not my first. Really love the way it looks in the Avalanche. I recommend it highly. The one in my truck has 136,000 of use and still looks almost new!!!!


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Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
g. released
Weapons are released from defense commitment for a specified period of time.
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of g. released in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of g. released in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
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Top 10 Christian Movies of All Time
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Whether it has been historical epics, character-driven dramas, or special-effects laden adventures, Hollywood has created far more affecting portraits of faith over the years than the industry is given credit for. In fact, showcasing religious fervor and Christian devotion has often been a good way to generate Oscar buzz for stars and directors in the past. It worked for Jennifer Jones in "Song of Bernadette," Paul Scofield in "A Man for all Seasons" and Gregory Peck in "The Keys of the Kingdom," just to name a few. So not surprisingly, the movies on my list do indeed feature quite a few Oscar winners.
For purposes of this list I limited my selections to movies that had an overtly Christian character or storyline—as opposed to those simply created by Christians or showcasing Christian ideals in some way.
In limiting the criteria, I had to leave such epics as "Lord of the Rings" off the list, but that also doesn't mean I included such Godsploitation box office smashes as "Fireproof," either. The movie in the number one slot is not the obvious choice you might be thinking of, so take time to click through our gallery and see what other surprises you might find on the list!
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Tyler Travel Guide: 60 reviews and 151 photos
I was looking at old pictures today and I happened across these photos that were taken a short time after I moved to Texas.
We drove from Fort Worth to Tyler for the Azalea Festival because we had heard how beautiful it was there.
The Azalea Trail in Tyler, draws thousands of visitors every Spring during the last of March and the first of April. The Azalea Trail winds through several miles of old red-brick streets in the older section of the city, and several homes open their yards for viewing.
At most of the houses you will see girls dressed like southern bells out in th gardens.
They are just as beautiful as the flowers.
It is a shame that I have misplaced the photos that I had of them.
When you arrive, you are given a map of the trail.
You just drive around in your car. You can stop when ever you want to get out, walk around, and take pictutres.
It is a lovely place to visit in the springtime.
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Playa Nicuesa receives 5 Leaves sustainable tourism rating!
Playa Nicuesa received Five Leaves!!
All of the dedication to positive environmental practices and community social responsibility by the staff at Playa Nicuesa Rainforest Lodge were rewarded last month when the Costa Rica eco-hotel received the highest level rating of the Certification for Sustainable Tourism (CST) program.
This is the second consecutive year that the Costa Rica rainforest lodge has received the highest rating of 5 Leaves in the CST Program by the Costa Rican Tourism Board (ICT). Playa Nicuesa Lodge is one of only 41 hotels in Costa Rica that have a 5-Leaf certification.
The CST program rates and certifies tourism businesses based on their compliance with natural, cultural and social resource management. CST consists of five levels, called "Leaves"; Level 5, or 5 Leaves, signifies that the company is considered "outstanding in terms of sustainability." The rating process is very detailed and involves frequent inspections and evaluations; the highest levels are very difficult to obtain.
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Golfo Dulce comes to life, Open Water Swim Race 2015
This past weekend 30 swimmers entered the waters for the first-ever organized race traversing the length of Golfo Dulce.
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Playa Nicuesa Lodge is start for Open Water Swim Race in Golfo Dulce Costa Rica
Playa Nicuesa Rainforest Lodge will soon take its place in Costa Rica sports history as being the starting spot for the first ever open water swim competition across Golfo Dulce.
On Saturday, Sept. 12 and Sunday, Sept. 13, 2015, the beautiful Pacific gulf in southern Costa Rica by the Osa Peninsula will receive hundreds of swimmers for the 2015 Golfo Dulce Open Water Swimming competition, called "Cruce Aguas Abiertas Golfo Dulce".
In this fifth competition of the 2015 Costa Rica open water swimming circuit, there will be a 1.5 km, 5 km and a 14 km marathon swim. The 14-kilometer event will be the first time swimmers in an open water competition in Costa Rica will cross the Golfo Dulce. Swimmers will enter the water at Playa Nicuesa Rainforest Lodge and swim 14 kilometers across the narrowest part of the gulf to Puerto Jimenez.
Whale watching in Golfo Dulce, Costa Rica starts in August!
Whale watching season has returned to the Golfo Dulce in Costa Rica and Playa Nicuesa Rainforest Lodge!
Starting this month in August, the tranquil blue waters of this Pacific gulf, between the Piedras Blancas National Park and the Osa Peninsula in southern Costa Rica, will receive the astounding phenomenon of the thousands-of-miles-long migration of Pacific humpback whales.
As southern winter turns the seas to ice in Antarctica, southern humpback whales swim north to the Great Barrier Reef of Australia and as far as Costa Rica to its warm tropical waters to breed and give birth. Golfo Dulce is an important habitat for the endangered whales and is vital to the species' survival, according to the Center for Cetacean Research of Costa Rica (CEIC).
A real-life encounter with humpback whales in Golfo Dulce, Costa Rica is an unforgettable experience for anyone. You can see the whales on whale watching tours in Golfo Dulce from August to October.
What is it like to stay at Playa Nicuesa in Costa Rica?
What is it like to stay at Playa Nicuesa Rainforest Lodge?
The extraordinary Costa Rica eco-lodge is designed sustainably with lodge buildings tucked into the forest back from the beach. All construction is from beautiful tropical hardwoods taken from naturally fallen or farmed trees, and recycled materials.
For accommodations at Playa Nicuesa Rainforest Lodge, there are three one-bedroom cabins, one cabin suite, one two-bedroom cabin, four rooms in the two-story Mango Guesthouse, and the two-story three-bedroom Jaguar House. All beds are either queen or twin-sized.
The one-bedroom cabins are very private, surrounded by forest to give you the unique feeling of nature everywhere. The cabins are built up from the ground on stilts, and feature a wall of louvered doors that you can open completely for panoramic views, or close for more privacy and at night. Cabins have one queen bed with mosquito netting; there is a ceiling fan, lights, safe box, closet, large plastic box to keep things dry, flashlight and oversize umbrella (handy in the rainforest!). The unique bathrooms have an open-air garden shower surrounded by high walls. Fabulous, natural, biodegradable bath products are from Costa Rican company Raw Botanicals. Two of the cabins are near to the main lodge building and one is closer to the beach.
A special place on the planet: Playa Nicuesa
Sometimes the places most worth visiting require a little more effort to get there. Like Playa Nicuesa.
I've taken a small 19-passenger plane 50 minutes south from San Jose, the capital city of Costa Rica, to the pancake flat coastal town of Puerto Jimenez. We disembark into the sweltering tropical heat of the near-equator and quickly jump into the air-conditioned taxi waiting to drive us five minutes to a rickety, dubious-looking boat dock. All smiles, we are greeted by our very friendly boat captain and guide, who assist our little group to clamber down the dock steps into the little panga boat – thankfully outfitted with a canopy roof.
As we zip across the calm blue-gray waters of the Golfo Dulce ("Sweet Gulf") for our 25-minute boat ride to Playa Nicuesa – the only way to get there – I am mesmerized by the scenery. The horizon is filled with dense green forest and mountains; the Gulf stretches on and on like a giant mirror to the sky. There are no buildings to be seen, not even another boat. And I wonder if this is what Costa Rica must have looked like hundreds or even thousands of years ago.
Soon, we are pulling up to the long, very solidly built boat dock at Playa Nicuesa Rainforest Lodge. Here, the clear water looks like liquid jade, reflecting the endless shades of green of palm trees and jungle that crowd the edge of the pebble and sand beach. We are helped off the boat by smiling, friendly staff, and as we walk down the dock toward shore, I nearly expect to see Ricardo Montalban of Fantasy Island come out to greet us.
The extraordinary Costa Rica eco-lodge was designed for sustainable travel. Lodge buildings and bungalows are tucked into the forest, preserving the beautiful coastline. Everything is constructed from naturally fallen or farmed trees and recycled materials, like the roof tiles made from recycled plastic banana bags and other plastics. Lights and electricity come from solar panels and a biodiesel generator that burns recycled fast food oil and other vegetable oils. All water on the property is potable, being piped in from a mountain spring and filtered. The Costa Rica rainforest lodge is one of only three dozen hotels in Costa Rica that have received the highest rating in the Certification for Sustainable Tourism Program (CST).
Guests are spread out around the lodge area – located on a 165-acre private preserve that borders the Piedras Blancas National Park – in six private cabins and the four-room two-story Mango Guesthouse. Beautifully built accommodations are very comfortable, and feature bathrooms with a high-walled open-air garden shower.
Over the next three days at Playa Nicuesa Rainforest Lodge, I enjoyed dolphin and whale-watching to see migrating Pacific Humpback Whales that come into the pristine Golfo Dulce to give birth and breed – we saw a mother whale and her calf. I hiked in the rainforest on lodge trails; kayaked in the mangroves of Esquinas River; enjoyed a yoga class; sat at the beach and relaxed; swam in the warm Golfo Dulce; and had fun socializing with other guests at happy hour every night in the bar, and while savoring delicious, fresh, creative dishes from Nicuesa's commendable kitchen.
Playa Nicuesa Rainforest Lodge is located by the Osa Peninsula on Golfo Dulce in southern Costa Rica. To get there, drive or fly (NatureAir or Sansa Airlines) to either Puerto Jimenez or Golfito. Nicuesa Lodge will pick you up by boat and transfer you to the lodge (about 30 minutes one-way). Included in lodge rates are all meals, boat transfers, all taxes, all meals and snacks, unlimited self-guided hikes on preserve, use of kayaks, snorkeling and fishing equipment.
Article by Shannon Farley
Tuna Farms: No longer a threat for our Golfo Dulce paradise!
A tuna farm is a floating cage in the open ocean, were tuna is born and feed until they reach the commercial size needed to be exported to Japan. The wasted produced by such a large quantity of tuna generate over nutrification of the water and red tides, reduces dissolved oxygen amounts, causes fish kills and damage to other resources of the gulf.
After all the protest and opposition to the farm, Costa Rica's Environmental Secretariat (SETENA) stated it would no longer consider Granjas Atuneras de Golfito SA's petition to construct a yellow fin tuna aquaculture project, or tuna farm, at the mouth of the Golfo Dulce. SETENA's decision permanently closes the case on Granjas Atuneras, meaning that finally justice is done.
The gulf now is protected against tuna farm pollution, preserving the rich waters of Golfo Dulce. We can be certain that community efforts on keeping the health of this paradise will never stop, and the Nicuesa family is going to support these efforts every time!
The mango house is great for all types of travelers. Especially a good choice for friends or families that want to be close, but also have the privacy of your own room with private bathroom. Also great for single travelers or those who are a bit nervous about staying in the jungle, as the mango rooms are more in an open area then the private cabins that are tucked into the rainforest. Also great for parties of approximately 6-10 that want to rent all 4 rooms at once.
2 storey, 3 bedroom house surrounded by lush jungle. First floor has a living room, bedroom and full bath with beautiful open air shower. Loft-like second storey with master bedroom, 2nd bedroom , full bath and large open terrace. Let the crashing of the waves lull you to sleep!


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Seedfolks (original 1997; edition 2003)
by Paul Fleischman
One day a girl planted dried lima beans into the empty lot next to her home. After being seen by her neighbors, others began planting in the same lot. Once the lot is cleaned out, it becomes the neighborhood's own garden. Each character has a story, and reason, to plant in that garden; and neighbors who did not know one another, became a community.
I like this book for two reasons. First, I like how it is a story told from many different viewpoints of people from different backgrounds. This makes it almost seem like a bunch of stories in one. At one point a girl named Virgil is telling her story, and then laster you hear a story from an older guy named Amir. There are so many different people and they all have something interesting about them. Second, I like this because of how honest and openly it is written for young adults. The characters openly talk about things like drugs and pregnancy which is refreshing to see in a book for young adults. The main idea of this story is to show how far one act of kindness can go.
This is a short children's book, which seems simple at first, but has plenty of complexity in symbolism, cultural history, connections, etc.
I really enjoyed this book. I feel like some people can view this as being slightly racist at some points, but I don't feel that way at all. I think this book gives an accurate interpretation about how something would happen and different views on that topic. I feel like people are really fast to make things about race when it doesn't need to be that way. I feel like the quote "He was not a black teenage boy. He was Royce," sums up the whole point of the book. We are all people with our own stories, past, and future.
Because people are so quick to make things about race, I find myself constantly having to watch every little thing I say because someone might take it the wrong way. This book definitely made methink about all of these things. I enjoyed that the author used different prespectives even though some poeple might have read it the wrong way.
I didn't really follow this book very well. It had 13 plus of characters and 13 very short stories.
A short book that is great fun to read aloud, "Seedfolks" shows the reader that community can be found in the strangest places. Read several stories, each from a different perspective, that center around the building of a community garden. Feel along with the narrators as the vacant lot changes from garbage pile to paradise and witness the effect that one garden can have on so many lives.
Very good book that incorporates several different narrators from different races and cultures and surprisingly brings them all together with the goal of a flourishing garden. I enjoyed reading the different perspectives from each narrator.
This book was about a group of different cultures that live in an urban neighborhood among each other. One Asian girl started a garden by planting beans, and as others saw, they carried on the act by themselves planting different flowers and foods. The theme in this book is that the garden brought all the different cultures together.They became like a little garden family community.
This book was awesome. I love how Paul Fleischman wrote from different character's perspective. The character's love for the neighborhood garden really showed. They were able to come together to get to know each other as people and not just neighbors. One little girl brought many people together by planting six seeds in a vacant lot. This community of diverse cultures cared and loved the garden. They not only grew vegetables, fruits, and flowers, but grew in their differences to get to know one another. They broke stereotypes and rules that had never before been broken all from caring for a garden. The book was not about the garden itself, but how the garden brought people together who otherwise wouldn't have spoken to one another.
I love how Paul Fleischman structured his story, Seedfolks. Every chapter of the book is a specific person telling their own story and how they are apart of the garden. This concept sounds like it was hard to construct, however Fleischman does a great job keeping the linear story going on carrying it with each character. I love the diversity in the story, and it mentions in the book how the garden was set up like the neighborhood. I loved this paragraph in the book, and I believe this is the book in a nut shell. "Many grew plants from their native lands-huge Chinese melons, ginger, cilantro, a green Jamaicans call calaloo, and many more. Pantomime was often required to get over language barriers. Yet we were all subject to the same weather and pests, the same neighborhood, and the same parental emotions towards our plants."
I thought this book was very creative in the way that it was written. I truly enjoyed reading all of the stories and how they intertwined. It was almost like a really nice television show; entertaining. Probably my biggest and pretty much only complaint was the chapter about the Korean woman named Sae Young. It honestly just felt a little racist to me. The way it was written rubbed me the wrong way I guess.
The novel truly shows diversity because even though they are all from Ohio, each character is from a different ethnic group. Each section describes a different character. They turn an empty lot into a community garden. Each person transforms themselves also and grow within themselves. The only one that does not grow is Curtis. He is only concerned about getting his ex-girlfriend back by growing beef steak tomatoes. Virgil and his father were only participating in the community garden to make money.
Told through different voice, this story grows with the garden - told from the first young girl who digs in the hard dirt to plant bean seeds to the last voice, an old black woman, speaking about spring and hope, even as the garden dies. It's a power story, giving hope and warmth to the reader, just like the garden gave to the neighborhood. Published in 1997, it has a timeless quality to it. It could be from 1950 or today. This would be an excellent book for elementary age kids (indeed, the young girl is about that age) or teenagers and college kids, to spark discussion and thought about people and community and what brings people together - and what separates. This story explores race, gender, and culture - the things that divide and the things that bind. The prose is simple, but not dumbed-down, complex enough for adults but easy enough for kids. Absolutely worth reading!
An easier read, excellent for middle school (and probably even 4th & 5th grade). This novel's structure is made up of short chapters from a different perspective each time (a different member of this community who sees the community garden happening & ultimately either participates in growing or just helping), but their stories entwine so that you can see how a character is doing/progressing even though you never hear their voice again through narration.
If I had a "community building" and "tolerance" bookshelf, this would be on it.
This wonderful book tells the story of the creation of how neighbors of a variety of backgrounds, ages, and ethnicities, create a garden in the middle of a rundown urban section of Cleveland, Ohio. There are thirteen voices, vignettes, or perspectives of who and how each of the people in the story helped and participated in the creation transformation of a vacant lot which was a garbage dump into a garden that was used to grow food familiar to each of the cultures from which they came. On the surface, these strangers have little or nothing in common, but slowly they all realize they have hope and they care about their neighborhood and the plants that are growing in their newly created garden. At first there is little interaction and little trust, but as the summer progresses, many of the neighbors get to know and appreciate one another.
The initiator of the garden is Kim, a young Vietnamese girl, soon others young and old, from Korea, Haiti, Indian, African American slavery ancestry, and others join in creating this haunting and hopeful patch of land in the mist of a lower-income area of Cleveland. This is a fabulous book for intermediate students to read to help them develop their critical reading and thinking skills. This is a wonderful took to help children understand multiple perspectives and to be able to compare and contrast between the each of the characters in this this story. This would be a wonderful starting point to explore similarities and differences between cultures and to examine poverty and hope. This is a fabulous book that should be part of any school curriculum that is interested in developing problem solving and critical thinking in young children.
Taking place in Cleveland, this book sheds the light that segregation, and prejudices are still revalant. It's amazing how a simple garden can bring the divided community together. Each chapter in Seedfolks is told through the narative of thirteen different people. The reader gets to hear the sturrgles that each character is going through. An activity that can be done is planting a garden at school. This can bring your classroom together just how the garden brought the neighbors together.
While there are many books that teach great historical lessons, this is definitely one that students can relate to as current. It shows how with a little patience and perseverance a diverse community can pull together and create a garden, something almost magical in that is breaks the great racial divide.
I would use this book in the classroom as a group discussion tool. I would accompany it an assignment to come up with something that the students can do to impact the community that they live in, and if possible help the students fulfill that dream.
This book is about different people who are all going through s rough time in their life. They each live near a vacant lot and this lot brings them together. When they all come together, they realize that everyone goes through a hard time. It may seem hard to get over it at the moment, but time heals everything. This goes with the garden that they build together. The vacant lot started out ugly and destroyed and when they all came together they grew a great garden.
This is a great book for a classroom because it teaches children about hardship. Everyone goes through a hard time and only time can heal the pain.
Seedfolks is as story told through 13 different people and their perspectives and takes place in Cleveland Heights, a very poor part of town with people of many different cultures. The story begins with Kim, a young oriental girl, who decides to plant lima bean seeds for her father in a nearby lot. Others see her planting these seeds and decide to plant their own. The garden becomes so big that people from all around the neighborhood decided to join in. This garden really brings the community together and helps everyone get to know one another. The settings are different in every chapter, but the constant setting is the garden. This is a story about something as simple as a garden can lift up an entire neighborhood. People who would never speak to each other are now having parties together because of this garden. This story shows the reader that you should never judge someone by their culture and that you can get along with everyone if you try. As an activity, the class could make their own community garden and plant their own seeds.
I like this book a lot just because the stories are sort of an accurate interpretation on how most of our society function these days. In Seedfolks, many people share this apartment complex, yet no one really interact with each other. Everyone is doing their own thing and sort of to themselves most of the time. Until one day, a little girl name Kim started to plant a seed in the apartment lot. Slowly one by one came out of their shells and participates in the garden that brought them together.I think it is especially true about the communities in New Orleans. Many parts of the city have this kind of separation between them. They do come together when the city has a celebration or festivals such as Mardi Gras, French Quarter Festival, Jazz Festival, Essence Festival, etc...
A community is the product of the people who live within the vicinity of one another. This novella provides an example of how people can come together and share ideas and love of the outdoors. This book will inspire people to visit their neighbors. The added bonus is to listen to the audiobook which uses different actors to portray each chapter. Delightful.
This book by Paul Fleischman reveals that light can rise out of the most dim circumstances. He uses the stories of 13 different characters, all of from different racial and ethnic backgrounds to get this moral across. Seedfolks hits home because it embodies a problem still alive today. People often separate and define themselves by race and ethnicity when together something beautiful could exist, much like the garden that bloomed from filth in Seedfolks.
Seedfolks is an interesting novel. This book tells the story of a garden that brings people from all cultures together. While the message of this novel is great, it was not particularly my favorite. I was never totally enticed by this book, resulting in my lack of enthusiasm.
Teaching Ideas: cultures, acceptance
The book reflects the lives of people from different ethnic groups. The book begins with Kim a Vietnamese girl, whose father has died. Kim's father was a farmer, and she plants a seed in a very dirty place so that the dead father can think of her as a daughter. Kim visits the seed every day, and there is Mrs. Ana, a lady from Romania watching Kim from her window. Mrs. Ana thinks that Kim is planting drugs, but Ana discovers later on that it is not true. Mrs. Ana went to the spot that Kim had dug, and she started to dig, and she found bean roots. Mrs. Ana felt terrible, but she placed the beans back. Gonzalo is from Guatemala, and he takes care of his grandfather that cannot speak Spanish. One day Gonzalo's grandfather leaves the house without him noticing, and once Gonzalo spots him, he notices that his grandfather is planting produce. Leona is an African American lady, and she goes to city hall to get the trash removed from the garden. Throughout the book many people help the garden grow, and it brings many people together. The book reflects different cultures, the beauty of nature and is well organized; it provides a detailed explanation of the garden.
Good short chapter book with great themes. Great structure. Moral of the story was inspiring.
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|Fernando Antonio dos Santo Simoes, Joao Miguel Pinto Coelho, Jose Manuel Marques Fernandes Rabaca
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|Dos Santo Simoes; Fernando Antonio, Pinto Coelho; Joao Miguel, Marques Fernandes Rabaca; Jose Manuel
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This is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 08/676,117, filed Jun. 25, 1996, now filed as PCT/PT94/00011, Oct. 25, 1994, now abandoned .
The present invention relates to a method for coloring marble and other stones and rocks (for example granite) by the concerted application of an appropriate laser beam and coloring.
Marble is a crystalline granular limestone containing grains of calcite grouped in no particular pattern. When it is pure it is white and it takes on different tones when it contains accessory minerals such as quartz, garnet, mica, iron minerals and graphite. This coloring characterizes the type of marble.
The rarer the type of marble, the more expensive it is. As a result, it would be advantageous to apply permanent coloring to marble and other stones and rocks to enhance their value, by causing more common marble, stones and rocks to take on the appearance of less common, higher value materials.
The object of this invention is to enable lower quality marble to be made more valuable by coloring, and to allow the marble itself to be colored. It can also be applied to ornamental stones and rocks other than marble using coloring or color-marking processes.
According to the invention, a laser beam is applied to the piece of marble, stone or rock, interacting with the material and preparing it for application of an appropriate coloring. The area treated then takes on the desired color, not only superficially but throughout a preselected depth. The preselected depth may vary between a few millimeters to several centimeters, depending on the intensity and wavelength of the laser beam utilized.
The characteristics and advantages of the invention are highlighted in the sample description here under relating to the attached drawings.
FIG. 1 represents one of the possible set-ups:
FIG. 2 shows the intensity distribution of three types of laser beam; and
FIG. 3 is a plan of the device for moving the piece of rock to be colored, according to the set-up in FIG. 1.
With the method of the present invention, usually marble and granite are utilized, although other stones and rocks may be treated. An important parameter is the quality of the surface of the stone, particularly as regards surface ruggedness and impurities. Where desired, a polishing process can be effected using specialized stone polishing sandpapers.
Selecting a uniform, unpolished and flat surface of a stone or rock, the stone or rock is placed in a shifting system with a X-Y axis, which makes linear shifts in such a way as to allow a laser beam to pass over a selected surface area thereof.
According to this invention a radiation beam (2) coming from the laser (1) is directed onto the piece of stone or rock to be colored (5). This beam is applied to the area in question directly or by means of a beam sweeping system. Any other more suitable method of application can be used. For this example, we will consider a simple application system by means of a mirror (4) at 45� which rotates the vertical beam, the laser being on the horizontal.
The piece of marble or other ornamental stone (5) should be moved towards the beam, although some application systems allow the beam to move itself. For this purpose, the most common shifting system involves a translation table on two axes (6), also known as the X-Y table, in order to achieve the uniform application of laser radiation.
The most usual way of controlling the process is by means of a numeric control device. CNC (7), which accepts computer commands (3) and controls the laser and the X-Y table. The parameters for laser emission are chosen through the respective control unit (8), which may or may not be computer-controlled.
There is naturally a large variety of means and devices for controlling this process which are not mentioned here.
For this invention there are many lasers able to color marble or other rocks in the way desired. The laser radiation which will be applied can vary from infrared to ultraviolet. However, some lasers produce better results than others. In a first embodiment, a continuous medium infrared laser may be used, and in a most preferred embodiment, a 10.6 μm CO2 laser operating at a power of about 100 W applying energy at a density of between about 50 J/cm2 and about 80 J/cm2. It will be recognized that other continuous lasers emitting radiation in the medium infrared, that is, in the range of about 3 μm to about 30 μm, may be used within the method of the present invention. In a second embodiment, a pulsed laser may be used, and in another most preferred embodiment, a 308 nm XeCl excimer laser operating with 100 mJ pulses at 10 Hz applying energy at a density of between about 40 J/cm2 and about 50 J/cm2.
An important factor to be taken into account is the quality of the laser beam. FIG. 2 shows the most common intensity distributions: TEM00, single mode distribution, known as "Gaussian distribution" and TEM01 multiple ring mode.
The first is normally found in low power lasers whereas the second appears when the range of power of the lasers is increased. High power lasers sometimes have modes higher than TEM01.
Although the beam mode used is not decisive for the process, it does have an influence on it. Thus, it is important that the area to be treated should be as uniform as possible in order to obtain uniform coloring, which makes a Gaussian mode beam preferable to a multiple mode. However, the ideal mode is obtained when the beam is made up of optic components suitable for this purpose and has approximately uniform intensity distribution. This distribution can also be observed in FIG. 2.
In any case, use of the Gaussian mode is perfectly satisfactory provided that shift speeds are guaranteed enabling consecutive beams to be superimposed in such a way that the effect thereof so similar to that of an integrated beam.
Thus, FIG. 3 shows in relation to the set-up in FIG. 1 the displacement of the beam (2) along the piece of rock (5) carried out by the X-Y table (6) so as to obtain the desired effect.
Importantly, application of such laser beams increases the microscopic porosity of stones, rocks, and marble, which can be seen by analyzing them under an electronic microscope. Porosity increase of stones, rocks and marble due to laser beam action implies an increase in the material's diffusion coefficient.
The parameters to be used, like the laser power, impulse frequency (if the laser works as a pulse) and the speed of displacement of the piece of stone or rock (or beam) depend in each case particularly on the type of stone or rock, but also on the intensity of coloring desired, the way the beam is applied, etc.
Sometimes lower power can be used, provided that the laser is applied twice to the area in question.
After the laser treating process described, coloring or colorings are applied to the treated piece of marble, stone or rock in order to obtain the desired result. The colorings applied should preferably be liquids and offer high resistance to external agents such as water, cleaning products, etc. Subsequent to laser beam application, pigment is immediately applied over the treated surface, in order to achieve the best diffusion into the stone. Pigment application can be made in different ways: immersion of the piece in liquid ink, ink jet application to the treated area, and painting the surface with a brush. In any case, the stone, rock or marble is preferably treated with pigment until it reaches saturation, which can be achieved after a few seconds (≈10 s) with immersion. With ink jet and painting application, the waiting time must be longer in order to achieve good absorption of the pigment. Windsor and Newton red and emerald green inks may be advantageously used as pigments. These two inks have different viscosity, with red more viscous than emerald green. Resistance of the coloring is thus guaranteed, as in the case of the actual piece of marble, stone or rock, whether it is polished or not. After laser treating and coloring, the marble, stone or rock is permanently colored to enhance its value, but without altering the quality of the material by damaging or compromising macroscopic structural characteristics such as those relating to strength, durability, and resistance to cracking, chipping and breaking.
Optionally, subsequent to coloring, a second laser beam application to the rock, stone or marble may be made, with lower power than the initial porosity increasing laser application, in order to allow the stone to improve its final quality, especially as regards surface protection. After the application of pigment to the stone, a laser beam may be applied over the pigmentation region at about 10% to 20% of the power of the initial application. This second, low power laser application may increase pigment adherence inside the rock, vaporizing the pigment's liquid component.
Thereafter, the surface of the stone, rock or marble may be polished in order to improve its final quality. Polishing also increases protection against external abrasive substances, enhances coloration quality, and verifies that pigmentation in the laser treated area is permanent. Polishing eliminates thin pigment layers wherever the diffusion coefficient is small, i.e. regions where the laser beam was not applied. Untreated regions lose their surface pigmentation and laser treated areas sustain their color, indicating that areas treated with the laser beam are regions where a very large amount of pigmentation diffusion occurs.
The physical processes associated with these results are mainly supported by the diffusion of material, more precisely solid-liquid diffusion. The main purpose of using laser radiation is to increase microscopic porosity so that pigment diffusion in the crystalline lattice is increased. Under electronic microscopy, it appears that porosity of the stone does increase after application of laser radiation. Different wavelength utilization gives different possibilities for achieving the same purpose, which is to increase the stone's porosity. Indeed, tests with an Nd:YAG laser radiating at 1.06 μm revealed similar porosity increasing effects. In that case, penetration depths were lower (3-4 mm), apparently because the energy density was very low.
Laser radiation utilization with the present invention is not by chance. Attempts were made to obtain the same results with a normal thermal process, such as flames, and normal radiation, such as radiation emitted by a flash lamp. In the first case, stones warmed up, sometimes cracked, and the pigment did not spread into the material. In the second case, diffusion occurred very slowly with penetration of less than 3 mm. The main reason for these unfavorable situations appeared to be a lack of increased surface porosity. The type of radiation source and energy and power densities are important parameters for uniform pigmentation diffusion and successful stone coloration.
Nevertheless, changing porosity may not be the only reason for the enhancement of stone pigmentation by the method of the present invention, because it is found that ultraviolet radiation creates less porosity than infrared radiation despite greater penetration depth. A possible explanation may be a higher depth of interaction between ultraviolet laser radiation and the stone's crystalline lattice (photon-phonon interaction). However, there may be other mechanisms responsible for the effectiveness of the present invention.
During experiments, higher penetration depths were obtained with the same pigments for specific marble stones having higher initial surface porosity, with penetration up to about 3 cm. Another important parameter which can increase the diffusion coefficient and penetration depth is the degree of impurities present in the rock, stone, or marble Pigment penetration depth can be increased if laser energy density is increased. However, if this increment is very high, important chemical reactions start occurring (for example calcium carbonate into calcium oxide) and the stone's quality decreases. Another important effect which may occur is non-uniform pigment absorption whenever there are many impurities. In this case, energy absorption may also be non-uniform, greatly affecting the diffusion coefficient and penetration depth. In the particular case of granite, serious problems occur if power density is increased because granite has large quantities of silica. As silica absorbs large quantities of radiation, the silica on the stone's surface will melt and eliminate pore formation. In this situation, the pigment does not spread through the stone and simply makes up a surface pigment layer. Laser power density applied to the surface of the rock, stone or marble is an important parameter which has to be controlled carefully in order to increase penetration depth without generating adverse collateral effects.
The following example illustrates the invention without, however, any limited aspects.
Using an assembly as illustrated in FIG. 1, with a CO2 laser and an X-Y table, both controlled by a CNC able to receive instructions from a computer, a piece of white Estremoz marble with grey veins about 5 mm thick can be colored all over its surface by applying approximately 140 W of laser power (output) by a beam of about 8 mm in diameter and with Gaussian distribution intensity. The piece of rock is shifted at an approximate speed of 2 cm/s and the beam is applied all the way through, after which fine ink is applied thereto (permanent ink, in this case "Vividian" emerald green ink produced by Windsor and Newton), which can be applied with a paintbrush or by immersion of the piece of rock.
For a 10.6 μm continuous CO2 laser operating at 100 W applied to marble, the following results were obtained:
______________________________________energy density 75 J/cm2 polished surface unpolished surfacepigment emerald green red emerald green red______________________________________mean 1.4 cm 0.8 cm 1.2 cm 0.7 cm penetration depth______________________________________
For a 10.6 μm continuous CO2 laser operating at 100 W applied to granite, the following results were obtained:
______________________________________ energy density 60 J/cm2 polished surface unpolished surface emerald emerald pigment green red green red______________________________________mean 0.9 cm 0.6 cm 0.5 cm 0.5 cm penetration depth______________________________________
For a pulsed 308 nm XeCl excimer laser operating with 100 mJ pulses at 10 HZ applied to marble, the following results were obtained:
______________________________________ energy density 40 J/cm2 polished surface unpolished surface emerald emerald pigment green red green red______________________________________mean 1.7 cm 1.2 cm 1.5 cm 1.2 cm penetration depth______________________________________
For a pulsed 308 nm XeCl excimer laser operating with 100 mJ pulses at 10 HZ applied to granite, the following results were obtained:
______________________________________ energy density 40 J/cm2 polished surface unpolished surface emerald emerald pigment green red green red______________________________________mean 1.4 cm 1.0 cm 1.1 cm 0.7 cm penetration depth______________________________________
The invention should be considered as limited by the following claims only.
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Quick Lemon Hummus
Hummus is most commonly thought of as a dip, but it's so much more. Use it as a sandwich spread (try it with cucumbers, sprouts and sliced tomatoes on whole wheat bread) or as a sauce for grilled lamb. It's pretty great with firm white fish, such as cod. My fast version is made with canned garbanzo beans, and as an easy-to-find substitute for the traditional tahini (which is sesame seed paste), use smooth peanut butter.
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