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Kat's Best Wallpaper Tournament .
Vote for the winner of the 1st round ...KAT Best Wallpaper:Great White (poll closed)
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Frankly, I don't understand where this notion arose that a "true wallpaper" has to be "created" by the person sharing the image? Wallpaper is just a term in Windows that applies to any picture, whatsoever, from any source whatsoever, that is loaded into the Windows screensaver program to display on a PC or laptop desktop. It does not have to be "created" by the person submitting it to this forum thread. That's elitist nonsense!
That is a FABULOUS picture - but it had to have been photographed through a green filter, or tinted in Photoshop, right? I mean.. the air is green! That could be deadly if it were real! But it's so lush looking... makes ya wanna roll in that green stuff.
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Someone Made it for KATRadio, and its awesome, i use it as desktop wallpaper :D
lol, you can find the main image on google, all they did was add kat radio to it. Personally, for it to be considered a wallpaper, it should be made from scratch with your own creativity. Not searching google for cool images, but, that's just me.
I did not say i created it, i sayd someone else created it, and im using it, and it does say nowhere in the thread that it has to be a self created one, so i've used this one
I'm gonna go with No.42...
Guys, vote this wallpaper only if you like it... Many Smiles from Many Smiles ...
That's tight...
nice pics so far!


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Episode 39: "Art in the Kingdom"
At Hutchmoot 2012 we invited Thomas McKenzie, Russ Ramsey, and Matt Conner to discuss the place and purpose of art in the Kingdom of God. This is what they had to say.[audio:Episode39.mp3]
At Hutchmoot 2012 we invited Thomas McKenzie, Russ Ramsey, and Matt Conner to discuss the place and purpose of art in the Kingdom of God. This is what they had to say.[audio:Episode39.mp3]
I have so enjoyed these Hutchmoot podcasts. This was one was particularly rich, one gem after another. Matt's story of the walking man sculptures was incredibly inspiring, And Russ's final comments really hit the mark: "you will never, ever, ever, ever find your true identity in anything that you make. Your worth before God will never come from anything you that you create, publish, write, sing, sell. Your security, your identity, who you are is that your life is hidden with Christ."
Lots to think on. Thank you.
So what's the verdict on Piss Christ? Art? Non-art? Bad art? Blasphemous?
YankeeGospelGirl, for what it's worth, here what I would say.
I heard about Piss Christ years ago while living in a no-nonsense midwest community which, by and large, counted it as blasphemous, bad art– plain and simple. So I was raised to regard it as such. Having said that, I admit I have never attempted to understand the piece, the artist, or his intent.
Its funny how as I've grown in my love of art, I'm less interested in passing a verdict on the art in front of me, and more interested in trying to understand what the artist is saying, or what the art is saying to me.
Personally, I have a visceral reaction to Piss Christ. I love Jesus– poorly but with all my heart. Seeing a crucifix immersed in urine draws from me a response of grief mostly because it is a poignant picture to me of Philippians 2:7-8, which tells us that Jesus condescended, in the act of incarnation, to immerse himself in this world that put him on that cross in no less vile an atmosphere than the urine in that jar. Is this what the artist intended? Or was he just mad at God? Or at Christians? Or did he intend something else altogether. I don't know. Here's what I do know.
When I think about that piece now, it raises a load of heavy questions. Here are a couple: 1. How do I respond to the fact that we live in a world where pieces like this are created, brought into public display, and talked about on a global scale? And 2. If my thoughts were an art gallery, would there be pieces more offensive and vile than a crucifix immersed in urine? (And there would.)
If my goal is to try to figure out whether a piece of art is good or bad, blasphemous or honoring to God, even "art or non-art," the goal becomes more about assessing than engaging. I have lost so many opportunities to learn, to be humbled, to examine my own heart, and to try to understand people who oppose what I hold dear when I've chosen assessment over engagement. I've done it a lot. I still do. Its an ugly part of my heart– that part that only wants to be right and doesn't want to engage. When that's my starting point, I suspect I've traded the quest for truth in for the pride of moral superiority. And even though I believe in absolute truth, moral superiority as a form of pride is ugly, no matter how you slice it.
I've seen far more blasphemous art than Piss Christ– art that denies the existence of God, art that screams out against everything I hold dear, art that rejects truths- God willing- I will embrace to the grave. And yet, as a pastor, I am endlessly interested in the reasons behind why anyone would shake their fist at God in rage. I have to imagine folks like this are in the church I serve every week. What is the story there? The pain? The anger?
That's the long way of saying that my response to your question is this: Piss Christ doesn't draw from me a verdict. It draws questions. Sorrow. Circumspection. And, if I can dare say it, profound gratitude for Christ's willingness to endure what we remember this coming Good Friday. May God have mercy on us. We've done horrible things to His son.
Thanks for taking my question, and for your detailed response.
Here's how I break this sort of thing down: I love art. I love truth and beauty, and wherever those two are coming together, I'm there. I'm not by any means the sort who turns off the movie screen at the first instance of a "d" word. I grew up steeped in rich, beautiful art of all kinds, from all backgrounds.
But even though I do agree we should pray for people who are so twisted that they produce shocking, offensive, ugly things, I wonder, does that mean we should have no standards for what qualifies as "art"? I understand that all people need Jesus. I understand that human nature is a deep whirlpool of sorrows and emotions. But does that alone make something "artistic"? Does that alone make Piss Christ or an obscene rap song true, worthwhile, or beautiful?
I think that's a question still worth asking.
I enjoyed this Art in the Kingdom discussion. The part at the beginning especially with TM talking about us being God's poem. That we are His art.
The Van Gogh bandaged ear bit was great too. "Let the wounds show."
Thanks so much for posting these podcasts. I appreciate the work that goes into them.

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The Pokeball of the Dark Knight by wazzy88Watch
©2012-2016 wazzy88
Zubat, I choose you? lol.
OMG!! That is cute... I LOVE IT!!
no pokemon shall ever escape. EVER
Go Batman!
haha AWESOME!
Batman I choose you!
Now use Batrage!
[Batman used BATRAGE!]
[Critical Hit]
Now use Batrage!
[Batman used BATRAGE!]
[Critical Hit]
Me: Batman! Use baterang!
Batman *looks at me skepticlly*
Me: or...don't...
Batman *looks at me skepticlly*
Me: or...don't...
Gentlemen, it's simple, catch...the Batman.
...because I'm batman....
you make some really awesome pokeballs!!!
I caught batman XD
i really like your work but on this one i spotted i mistake i think.. the arc reflection seems to continue on the glowing core on the left side. just seems strange
jajajaj XD
i need this pokeball XD
i need this pokeball XD
why must you taunt me!!!! I want to buy these things!!!!
oo ok cuz ive been working on my own pokeball and can't figure out how o seperate the sphere and put that in the middle
Question how did you do the middle section of the ball? like the inside bevel.... i really like this BTW
hours of playing round with ps cs5 lol honetly theres no exact way i do it it just sorta works lol
rofl i knew batman was secretly a Pokemon trainer!!
The top reflection looks like a black cat
Yeah!! If Batman was a Pokemon trainer the movies would be so much more intense!
Great work!
Nice. If only batman was a Pokemon :3
I CHOOSE YOU!! robin...
Good job!
Good job!
it's simple, we captured the Batman
Ha! Custom pokeball too....Batman would :'D its cool
Use your awesome attack!
Use your awesome attack!
great transformation!
Okay seriously, what is it with pokeballs all of a sudden? For the past few weeks they've been all over the front pages of DA. Does anyone happen to know why?? I'm just really curious.
retro gaming becomes more and more fashionable these days
hi there,
i was featured on a number of sites for my pokeball designs, after that the popularity just grew i guess, ive seen a bunch of other guys get some attention as well so thats basically whats happening (i think)
i was featured on a number of sites for my pokeball designs, after that the popularity just grew i guess, ive seen a bunch of other guys get some attention as well so thats basically whats happening (i think)
Yeah I noticed a lot of other people posting 3D pokeballs. Riding your coattails huh? But seriously, your stuff is pretty cool
lol not at all, i only recently got into this stuff, i got my inspiration from them i can assure you, besides im really embaressed from all this attention anyway i dont know why i do it to myself lol but i really appreciated everyones kind words its really humbling
wow,, love it
Cute ...what will he catch with it? The Joker?
wow! duo fan
I bet the Joker wish he had this
That is the most beast pokemon ball i have ever seen!!!
its the Batman pokemon!


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LAKE PLACID, N.Y. -- Hudson Fasching has accomplished a lot in his athletic career. But Friday might have been the high point.
Fasching, a Buffalo Sabres prospect, was the self-proclaimed MVP of the winning soccer team during a fun morning away from the rink for the players competing at the USA Hockey National Junior Evaluation Camp.
After beating Sweden and Finland by a combined score of 16-2 the previous two days, the players had earned a break from practice but still wanted to get some kind of a workout in. So after stretching for a bit at the Olympic Training Center, they went next door for a four-team soccer tournament on the field in front of Lake Placid High School.
"It was a lot of fun," Fasching told NHL.com. "Being a summer off day it's fun to be able to play soccer. I haven't played soccer since my sophomore year of high school so it's good to get out and play. Hockey is all of our lives right now. We love the sport, but it's good to get away from it and do something else."
Jack Dougherty (Nashville Predators) finished on the fourth-place team and was one of the players who had to carry the mini-goals back up the hill and back to the Olympic Training Center.
"There's a lot of good players," Dougherty said. "I'm not one of them so it was kind of a struggle. But I just tried to do the best for my team, play some defense, hustle."
Dougherty wasn't one of the better players but he was one of the best dressed. He wore red-and-black high-top sneakers, purple knee-length socks and black tights.
However, Fasching gave his vote to Chase De Leo (Winnipeg Jets) who wore his T-shirt like a cape to go along with the black tights.
"The purple socks are tough but the cape, [De Leo] pulled it off well," Fasching said. "It was good."
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I recently installed a NOS SunTour 'Perfect' 6-speed freewheel onto a wheel intended for my current project bike (a 1980 Schwinn Voyageur 11.8). The freewheel was still in its plastic bag and in the original box. It is engraved with a date code of 'AF,' which I believe indicates a manufacture date in early 1985. It spins beautifully, but it's virtually silent ... no characteristic 'tick tick ticking' of pawls whatsoever. I've never heard a freewheel so quiet. So here's the question ... is something wrong with it, or were new out-of-the-box SunTour freewheels just that stealthy?
Trailtrekker in Iowa


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What's New
Support for new devices, updated OS support.
App Description
Play the card game Speed with a friend or one of three robot opponents. Play a card one less or one more than the number of a card in the center of the table as fast as you can. Play a 3 card on a 2 or 4 card, a 7 on a 6 or 8 card, a 13 on a 12 or 1 card. First player to play all cards wins.
Also available in the App Store: Speed Gold (same app but with no ads).
App Changes
- June 18, 2014 Initial release
- November 12, 2014 New version 2.1.0


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Juan Martinez became part of the Vaughn community by chance. "I was getting information about the school for a friend," the native of Colombia says. This gathering of information quickly turned into a job opportunity as the assistant to student accounts. Students go to Martinez for billing issues and for information on things such as the automatic payment plan. He also collects tuition, transcript fees, testing fees and more. "I enjoy the interaction with the students and being surrounded by many cultures," Martinez says.
H.S. diploma, Instituto Conrado Gonzalez Mejia, Columbia


text: I'll be going home in late June for a week and would like to have a bike to ride. Right now, the options are either flying a bike & pay for the special luggage fee or rent a bike locally. Does anyone know of any good shops from which i can rent a bike?


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70-degree weather makes its return
Published: Tuesday, January 29, 2013 at 12:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Monday, January 28, 2013 at 11:05 p.m.
Today: Partly cloudy. High of 72F. Winds from the WSW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 20%. Tonight: Partly cloudy with a chance of rain. Low of 59F. Winds from the SSW at 5 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20%.
For more local weather and live radar information, go to www.StarNewsOnline.com/weather.
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We had a recent thread discussing coffee and how most people thought that regular ingestion was Ok. We drink lots of coffee, Coke and other caffeine enhanced beverages regularly in our daily lives without thinking twice and in most cases it's thought not to be a problem but for some people it's not that simple.
Caffeine is a stimulant and as such has an attraction for athletes wanting to take every advantage in there endeavour to be successful. Dosing up on caffeine in some sports has become commonplace, just part of the game but in an article published in a Sunday news paper, the repercussions are shown to be significant for some people. http://www.sundaytelegraph.news.com....-28778,00.html
It leads me to believe that it can't be good for anyone who regularly requires her/his body to perform to it's perceived best and beyond.
Any thoughts?


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LOS ANGELES, CA. (July 17, 2012) ESP GUITARS, a leading manufacturer of custom guitars for major rock stars, had the world premiere of its latest horror "monster", the LTD BELA LUGOSI DRACULA GUITAR, at the MONSTERVERSE (MV) ENTERTAINMENT BOOTH at the international pop culture event, SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON 2012 (SDCC 2012). Based upon the international horror film icon,
BELA LUGOSI, this ESP guitar has already generated huge interest among rock musicians, horror fans and the worldwide media.
ESP marketing and sales representative Jeff Moore with Monsterverse's Sam F. Park with the Lugosi guitar and MV books in the special case from Coffin Cases.
Over 130,000 of the most avid pop culture fans from around the world descended upon SDCC 2012 in San Diego, CA, from Thursday, July 12th through Sunday, July 15th to learn of the latest and greatest of the hottest new comic books, movies, TV shows, video games and toys from around the planet.
The Monsterverse booth gave music, horror and comic book fans their first chance to see the highly anticipated LTD Bela Lugosi Dracula Guitar since being announced in June as being available for release in the Fall 2012. The Lugosi guitar was on display at the MV booth throughout the convention.
The artwork for the guitar's graphics was created by former Superman, Star Wars and Spider-Man comic artist Kerry Gammill, publisher of Monsterverse Entertainment's line of popular horror books including the acclaimed "BELA LUGOSI'S TALES FROM THE GRAVE" horror anthology series and the award-winning "FLESH AND BLOOD" horror graphic novel series. Both book series were on sale at the Monsterverse booth along with posters and t-shirt. Monsterverse is known for its stellar contributors from the comic book and film industries such as John Landis, Joe Dante, Rene O'Connor (XENA), John Cassaday (who drew the art on "ASTONISHING X-MEN" for the words of "THE AVENGERS" director and "BUFFY: VAMPIRE SLAYER" creator Joss Whedon), Steve Niles ("30 Days Of Night", "F.E.A.R. 3", Paul Gulacy, Bruce Timm (animated BATMAN), Basil Gogos (FAMOUS MONSTERS, Rob Zombie album covers), Rick Baker and many more.
In addition to the outstanding "BELA LUGOSI'S TALES FROM THE GRAVE" body graphics, the ESP Bela Lugosi guitar features Dracula-themed inlays, and is designed for high-performance playing with an alder body, maple neck, rosewood fingerboard, EMG 81 active pickups, and 24 XJ frets. ESP's new LTD BELA LUGOSI DRACULA GUITAR was a huge hit among the fans at the Monsterverse booth at SDCC 2012.
ESP's other horror-themed guitar models were also featured as exhibits by "Famous Monsters of Filmland" magazine and Kevin Eastman's "Heavy Metal." ESP, one of the world's leading guitar and bass manufacturers, is already well known as the producer of guitars for Metallica guitarist (and well-known monster/horror enthusiast) Kirk Hammett, among many others. This was the public's first chance to see the ne Lugosi guitar that is going to rock the living ...and the dead!
Rick Baker signing his cover for BELA LUGOSI'S TALES FROM THE GRAVE #2.
MONSTERVERSE COMICS. Made by those that know great horror stories FOR fans that loves the same.
Comics from the MONSTERVERSE are NOW AVAILABLE at finer comic shops in the US and Canada and on Amazon.com!
Please note that MV books are available in the UK via Hemlock Books.
MV books are also available in the US on FACEBOOK via our Monsterverse Store.
You can also download our books at iVerse, Amusedom and GRAPHICLY.
Monsterverse on GRAPHICLY presents the best in modern horror stories told in the classic horror comics tradition. Publications include BELA LUGOSI'S TALES FROM THE GRAVE and the graphic novel series THE BLACK FOREST and THE FACELESS. Download now on your computer or mobile apps.
You can follow all the latest news about MONSTERVERSE comics and projects on FACEBOOK and TWITTER.
MONSTERVERSE ENTERTAINMENT is a transmedia company publishing comic books and devoted to producing horror in all mediums.
Kerry Gammill is publisher and editor of Monsterverse and a noted comic book and film design artist.
Sam F. Park is the west coast editor and a writer/designer at Monsterverse along with working as a producer/screenwriter in Hollywood.


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NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
The NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms features 7,894 terms related to cancer and medicine.
Browse the dictionary by selecting a letter of the alphabet or by entering a cancer-related word or phrase in the search box.
- tissue fluid
- listen (TIH-shoo FLOO-id)
- Fluid found in the spaces around cells. It comes from substances that leak out of blood capillaries (the smallest type of blood vessel). It helps bring oxygen and nutrients to cells and to remove waste products from them. As new tissue fluid is made, it replaces older fluid, which drains towards lymph vessels. When it enters the lymph vessels, it is called lymph. Also called interstitial fluid.


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Those longing to help the Oklahoma communities devastated by a tornado this week should remember to research a charity before they donate, state officials warned Tuesday.
The Better Business Bureau, the Washington State Attorney General's Office and the Secretary of State said opportunistic criminals crop up in the aftermath of disaster and create fake charities that claim to help victims.
They provide these tips:
• Be suspicious of solicitors requesting immediate donations, and of new charities with background information you can't easily verify.
• Be suspicious of people who reach out through social media websites, such as Facebook, and claim to be a victim of the tragedy.
• Avoid cash donations.
• Consider contributing at www.give.org, a website run by the Better Business Bureau.


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Rosacea is a common rash, usually occurring on the face, which predominantly affects both middle-aged (age range 40 to 60 years old) and fair-skinned people.
It is more common in women, but tends to be more severe in men.
It is a chronic condition and, in any individual, the severity tends to come and go. Rosacea tends to affect the cheeks, forehead, chin and nose, and is characterised by redness, dilated blood vessels, small red bumps and pus-filled spots (sometimes these may only be visible with a magnifying glass), often with a tendency to blush easily. There may also be uncomfortable inflammation of the eyes and eyelid.
What causes rosacea?
The cause of rosacea is unknown, but underlying trigger factors cause both inflammation and an undue readiness of the blood vessels in the skin of the face to dilate. The theory that rosacea is due to bacteria in the skin or gut has not been proven, however antibiotics have proven efficacious. It is not contagious.
There are a variety of trigger factors which may make rosacea worse, but which probably do not cause it in the first place; these include alcohol, exercise, high and low temperatures, hot drinks, spicy foods and stress. Rosacea can be worsened by natural sunlight.
Is rosacea hereditary?
Rosacea does seem to run in some families, but there is no clear genetic link.
What are the symptoms of rosacea?
The rash and the flushing associated with rosacea are cosmetic issues and can lead to embarrassment, lowered self-esteem and self-confidence, anxiety and even depression. Furthermore, the skin of the face is often sensitive, and the affected area can feel very hot or sting.Some people with rosacea have eye symptoms (which include red, itchy, sore eyes and eyelids, a gritty feeling and sensitivity to light). A few patients with rosacea may develop more serious eye problems, such as painful inflammation involving the clear front part of the eye (rosacea keratitis), which may interfere and cause blurred vision. Be sure to consult your doctor if you have problems with your eyes.
What does rosacea look like?
Rosacea usually starts with a tendency to blush and flush easily. After a while, the central areas of the face become a permanent deeper shade of red, with small dilated blood vessels studded with small red bumps and pus-filled spots, which come and go in crops. Scarring is seldom a problem.
Occasionally, there may be some swelling of the face especially around the eyes. Very occasionally, an overgrowth of the oil-secreting glands may cause the nose to become enlarged, bulbous and red (rhinophyma), which is more common in men than women.
How will rosacea be diagnosed?
- Rosacea can be diagnosed by its appearance; there are no diagnostic laboratory tests.
Self Care
- Protect your skin from the sun by using a sun block (with a sun protection factor of at least 30) on your face every day.
- Do not rub or scrub your face as this can make rosacea worse.
- Do not use perfumed soap as this can make rosacea worse.
- Use a soap substitute (emollient) to cleanse your face.
- Use an unperfumed moisturiser on a regular basis if your skin is dry or sensitive.
- Consider the lifestyle factors that can worsen rosacea (listed above). Learn which upset your rosacea and avoid them; a written record of your flare-ups may help.
- Cosmetics can often cover up rosacea effectively; skin camouflage will help hide excessive redness.
- Unless they are specifically recommended to you by your doctor it may be best to avoid some treatments for acne, as they can irritate skin that is prone to rosacea.
- Do not use topical preparations containing corticosteroids, unless specifically recommended by your doctor, as these may make rosacea worse in the long run.
- If your eyes are giving problems, do not ignore them – consult your doctor.
- Some drugs can aggravate blushing, and your doctor may make appropriate changes to your medication.


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Comment posted Mock-up image of PlayStation Arc; Developer confirms 'nunchuck' by Thorzilla.
Doesn't look too bad! I might actually get it if it works as cool and well as the one archery demo a year ago.
BTW, why two PS buttons, so the controllers can be used sepparately?
Recent comments by Thorzilla
- Pokemon White shockingly falls in UK Charts
Weird indeed. Is…the…industry…changing?
LOL not a chance, but good to see KZ3 still holding up.
- Rovio: Game development is drowning
LOL agreed with the tone of the article…drowning? KZ3 just inside my PS3 begs to differ and Motorstorm knocking on the door says hello as well.
- Crysis 2 demo taking its sweet time on PlayStation 3
All I want from Crytek is TS4 or a remake of the old ones in HD. For all I care though, they could drown…bunch of talking little jerks.
- Giveaway: Need for Speed Hot Pursuit x2
Sofi Needs A Ladder – Deadmaus feat. Sofi
Deadmau5 baby!!!
- Dead Island Reintroduced
Agree with Loki, the trailer was beautifully done. Never heard of this game, but it's now definitely on my radar.


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|Publication number
|Publication type
|Application number
|Publication date
|Aug 17, 2004
|Filing date
|Oct 22, 2003
|Priority date
|Oct 23, 2002
|Fee status
|Publication number
|Thomas L. Clark
|Original Assignee
|Thomas L. Clark
|Export Citation
|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (25), Referenced by (3), Classifications (14), Legal Events (5)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
The present application claims the priority of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/420,649, filed Oct. 23, 2002.
1. Technical Field
The present invention relates to a damper for controlling the flow of air through a passage and more particularly relates to an temperature responsive, automatic damper particularly useful with a wind-powered, roof-mounted turbine attic ventilator, the damper having means for controlling air flow through the damper when the damper is in an otherwise "closed" position.
2. Background of the Invention
Most confined spaces such as the attic of a house, building, etc. must be ventilated during the warmer periods of the year in order to prevent excessive heat buildup therein. That is, the attic of a house, if unventilated, can reach extremely high temperatures during the summer months in most areas. This retained heat normally results in substantially higher costs for cooling the building and can lead to other maintenance problems. While there are various means for ventilating these spaces, probably the most common and widely used is the roof mounted, wind-powered turbine ventilator, especially in warmer climates.
In a typical installation, the wind turbine is mounted onto a conduit which, in turn, is fixed over an opening cut through the roof of the structure. The wind causes the turbine blades to rotate which creates a suction which, in turn, draws air from the space below the roof (e.g. hereinafter referred to as "attic"), through the conduit, and out through the spinning turbine.
Such turbines are highly effective in exhausting hot air from attics during the hot periods of the year. Unfortunately, these turbines also continue to remove relatively warm air from the attic during colder periods which, in turn, is replaced with frigid, ambient entering the attic through the structure's under eave sofit vents. As easily recognized, this is not good since the temperature in the attic can drop to extremely low levels which, in turn, can adversely affect the desired heating of the structure during these cold periods. That is, if the temperature in the attic becomes too cold, the heating system in the structure may not be able to adequately heat the structure and, at the very least, can lead to substantially higher energy usage and heating costs. Accordingly, it has long been recognized that it is desirable to block airflow through these turbines during the colder months of the year.
There are several known techniques for controlling the airflow through roof-mounted turbines during high and low temperature cycles. Probably the simplest way to conserve attic heat in the winter is by externally securing a cover (e.g. plastic trash bag) over the turbine during the colder periods, thus stopping airflow through the turbine. Such deployed plastic bags are unsightly and require the installer to crawl onto the roof which can be dangerous.
Another technique is to manually force a "plunger-like" compressible stopper into the ventilation conduit to block substantially all of the air flow through the ventilation conduit during colder periods. This technique is unreliable and inconvenient since it require a person to physically crawl through the attic at the appropriate times of the year to place and remove the stopper from the ventilation conduit.
A more sophisticated, known technique involves positioning an "automatic" damper in the ventilation conduit between the turbine and the opening through the roof. These dampers are designed to move between (a) a fully "open" position when the ambient temperature rises above a set value (e.g. 80� F.) to allow maximum air flow through the turbine and (b) a fully "closed" position when the temperature drops below the set value to block substantially all air flow through the ventilation conduit.
Most known, prior art automatic dampers of the type used with roof-mounted turbine ventilators have two or more vanes or louvers that are pivotably mounted in a housing. The louvers are moved between their open and closed positions by a means (e.g. a bimetal element such as a coil, spring, etc.) which, in turn, is responsive to the ambient temperature. For examples of such known dampers, see U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,976,245; 4,123,001; 4,372,485; 4,582,250; 4,697,736; and 4,919,329.
While some of these types of automatic dampers have achieved varying degrees of commercial success, it is considered that there are certain disadvantages associated therewith. A major disadvantage is that dampers of this type normally have only a fully open position which allows maximum air flow during hotter periods and a fully closed position which substantially blocks all of the air flow during colder periods. While such dampers may be ideal when considering only the heating and cooling of a structure, other concerns relating to confined spaces such as attics have arisen which make the use of such dampers less attractive.
That is, in a totally closed, non-ventilated attic, moisture is likely to collect during the colder months which, in turn, can readily provide a "breeding ground" for "black mold" and like growths. As has been well advertised, the presence of black mold in residences and other structures has become a serious problem creating hazardous health conditions and requiring thousands of dollars to rectify. In fact, the problem of mold recently has grown to such an extent that many insurance companies no longer offer coverage in many areas.
Another disadvantage of these known dampers is that the dampers are not interchangeable between the particular ventilating conduits presently available from several different manufacturers. That is, even if it may be possible to retrofit a previously installed conduit with a damper, a specially designed damper for that respective conduit would be required. This prevents a supplier from stocking a single, universal damper that would be usable with most presently available ventilation conduits.
Further, due to the widths of the louvers of the known dampers, most, if not all, of these dampers can not be retrofitted into certain existing ventilation conduits such as those required for mounting a turbine onto highly pitched roofs. These limitations seriously affect the commercial exploitation of an automatic damper that can be easily and quickly installed into almost all-existing ventilation conduits as a retrofit by an unskilled craftsman.
Still further, previous automatic dampers that have been proposed for use with wind-powered, roof top ventilators have not lent themselves to low cost, fast assembly or mass production. Typically, they require several punched metal parts that are held together by many rivets, screws and nuts and most exhibit many metal-on-metal wearing surfaces. A typical, prior art damper has components that are prone to wear out easily and get out of adjustment causing it to have a very limited life. Additionally, most require a thick and expensive bimetal coil to lift their heavy metal louvers. Also, the mechanical action for moving the louvers of these dampers is somewhat complex and prone to an early failure.
The present invention provides a damper for controlling air flow through a passage wherein the damper is capable of allowing some degree of ventilation while, at the same time, blocking the majority of the air flow through the damper. The damper is especially useful in controlling air flow through ventilation conduits used to mount air turbines on the roof of a structure wherein the damper opens during warm periods of the year and then moves towards a closed position during colder periods. By allowing some "winter ventilation" for attics and the like, the damper is beneficial in preventing an atmosphere within the attic which can support the growth of black mold, etc. but at the same time can block the majority of the air flow from the attic during the winter to thereby aid in retaining heat in the structure which, in turn, saves energy and the costs related thereto.
More specifically, the present invention provides a damper which has a means which selects a "closed" position for the damper to allow a desired amount of air to flow therethrough (i.e. winter ventilation) when the damper is in this selected closed position. In a preferred embodiment, this means allows several different positions (e.g. between from about 0% to about 25% of maximum flow) to be selected depending on the needs and location of the user.
Basically, the present invention provides a low profile damper that is comprised of a housing having a plurality of louvers pivotably mounted therein. A linkage strip interconnects the louvers together so that all of the louvers move in unison between their open and closed positions. Preferably, the housing, louvers, linkage, and retainers for the louvers are molded from plastic whereby no metal fasteners and like with be required.
A temperature responsive element, e.g. bimetal coil, is directly connected between the housing and one of the louvers and moves the louvers to their open position when the ambient temperature heats up and moves the louvers toward their closed position when the weather cools.
In the preferred embodiment, the air flow selector means is comprised of a plurality of openings or a continuous slot which extend through the housing and are adapted to receive a detent which, in turn, will extend through the selected opening or the slot and into the arcuate path of at least one of the louvers. The positioning of the detent within a particular opening or at a particular point in the continuous slot will determine the degree of winter ventilation which is to be provided by the damper in that the louver will contact the detent as the louvers are being rotated towards their closed positions and will stop at the selected closed position of the damper.
It is recognized that while an universal, adjustable damper may be preferred by many since such a damper can be adjusted to the particular climate in which it is to be used. That is, where the temperature is "warm" during the winter and the humidity and moisture content is high, the damper would most likely be set at its highest setting (e.g. 25% flow rate). Conversely, in extreme cold and/or dry climates, the damper is likely to be set at its minimum setting (about 0%).
However, where the winter climate is basically constant, year to year, a user may prefer a "factory preset" damper which moves between a fully open position and a single selected closed position. In accordance with the present invention, the air flow selector means of one embodiment comprises gaps between adjacent louvers and/or openings or slots in one or more louvers which, when the louvers are in their selected closed position allow a predetermined amount of air to flow through the damper. In another embodiment, interference means, e.g. stops on at least one louver, are provided which block further rotation of the louvers when they reach their selected closed position.
The actual construction operation, and apparent advantages of the present invention will be better understood by referring to the drawings, not necessarily to scale, in which like numerals identify like parts and in which:
FIG. 1 is a perspective side view, partly in section, of a typical wind turbine/ ventilation conduit installation on a roof into which the damper of the present invention can be initially installed or retrofitted;
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the damper of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is an enlarged, exploded view of the damper of FIG. 1;
FIG. 4A is a partial perspective view of the damper of FIG. 1 broken away to illustrate a means for adjusting the louvers of the damper in various selected closed positions which allow different amounts of ventilation therethrough when said damper is said respective selective closed positions and to show means for affixing one end of the bimetal coil to said housing;
FIG. 4B is a partial perspective view similar to FIG. 4A but showing a different means for affixing one end of the bimetal coil to the housing;
FIG. 5 is a top view of an embodiment of the damper of FIG. 1 illustrating several modifications of the vanes of the damper for controlling the air flow through the damper when the damper is in its fully closed position;
FIG. 6 is an enlarged, perspective view of an extender used to adapted the damper of FIGS. 1 and 5 for installation in larger diameter ventilation conduits; and
FIG. 7 is a partial, perspective view of a further embodiment of the damper of FIG. 1 wherein interference elements are mounted on the louvers of the damper to prevent the damper from fully closing.
While the invention will be described in connection with its preferred embodiments, it will be understood that this invention is not limited thereto. On the contrary, the invention is intended to cover all alternatives, modifications, and equivalents that may be included within the spirit and scope of the invention, as defined by the appended claims.
Referring more particularly to the drawings, FIG. 1 illustrates a typical installation of a wind turbine ventilator 10 mounted on a roof 11 of a structure, e.g. house. As will be understood in the art, the upper portion of mounting base or flange 12 of ventilation conduit 13 is slid under the shingles (unnumbered) and secured while the lower portion of the flange is secured to the top of the shingles (not shown) by nails 14 or the like. As illustrated, conduit 13 is representative of many commercially-available conduits which are capable of accommodating turbine installations on a wide range of pitched roofs, including highly sloped roofs, e.g. a 12/12 pitch. For reference, standard pitches for roofs range from 3/12 at 14 degrees of slope to 12/12 at 45 degrees of slope. The most popular size of turbine ventilators now in use is made to fit onto a cylindrical ventilation conduit 13 having a 12-inch diameter; followed in popularity by turbines designed to fit onto conduits having a 14-inch diameter.
Universal ventilation conduits such as conduit 13 are generally made of stamped sheet steel or aluminum. To accommodate a particular roof pitch or slope, a typical conduit 13 is made in cylindrical sections 13 a, 13 b having tapered surfaces that are rotatably connected together. The final position of conduit 13 is adjusted by rotating the top section 13 a while the bottom section 13 b is held stationary on flange 12. As will be understood in the art, the relative rotation of the abutting tapered surfaces of the conduit sections allows the final positioning of conduit 13 to accommodate the slope of almost any conventional roof while providing a relative horizontal mounting surface for the rotary ventilator. This allows the turbine to be gravitationally balanced and to spin freely on its spindle for maximum efficiency.
Adjustable roof mounted conduits 13, such as described above, and their corresponding turbine ventilators 10 are well known and are commercially available from several different sources; e.g. GAF, Inc. of Atlanta, Ga.; CertainTeed, Inc of Dallas, Tex.; Lomanco, Inc. of Jacksonville, Ariz. and M&M Manufacturing Company, Ft. Worth, Tex.
Referring again to FIG. 1, a damper 20, in accordance with the present invention, is positioned with conduit 13 to control the air flow through the conduit. In its placement, damper 13 is merely manipulated down through the conduit 13 and freely comes to rest on top of a shoulder or inner circumferential flange 12 a which is normally present on the mounting flange 12 of present commercially-available ventilator conduit packages. The damper 20 can be put into position at the time the conduit 13 is originally installed or the damper can be installed as a retrofit by merely removing turbine 10, positioning the damper into the conduit, and then replacing turbine 10 onto the conduit.
Damper 20 of the present invention is capable of allowing maximum flow through conduit 13 when the damper is in its fully open position and is capable of being set to permitting air flow of between 0% and about 25% or more of its maximum flow when the damper is in its closed position. As discussed above, this allows the damper to be moved towards its closed position during colder periods to block the majority of air flow from the attic 15 (FIG. 1) under roof 11 to aid in the heat retention within the structure but, at the same time, allowing some flow to continue during these periods to prevent collection of moisture and potential mold growth in attic 15.
More specifically, FIGS. 2-4 discloses the preferred embodiments of the damper in accordance with the present invention. While the various components can be made utilizing various materials and methods, such as die stamping of sheet steel or aluminum, it is preferred that all of the components are made of resilient plastic, e.g. polypropylene. These plastic components can be made via injection molding having a low coefficient of friction, well suited for bearing surfaces and pivotal unions, and have integrally formed interlocking latch features that preclude the need for separate fasteners such as metal fasteners which can rust and erode.
Referring now to the exploded view of FIG. 3, damper 20 is comprised of a cylindrical, stepped housing 21 having a upper, vertical cylindrical wall 22 and a lower, cylindrical vertical wall 24, with an integral, relatively horizontal step 23 connecting the two. The two different diameter configuration of the housing allows a plurality of dampers 20 to be stacked in a nesting relation one on the top of another which, in turn, can save up to 30 to 45% of the space required to store the same number of other dampers. This can result in savings to the manufacturer and ultimately to the consumer.
A plurality of latch slots 25 are radially spaced around the step 23 which are adapted to receive latches 26 that, in turn, are formed around the periphery wall of the molded plastic, retainers 27 a, 27 b. Also, formed in the top surface of each retainer 27 a, 27 b are slots or troughs 28 that are spaced to receive the pivot or axle pins 29 that, in turn, are formed (molded) on each end of each louver 30 a-g. Pivot pins 29 provide the respective axle about which each louver rotates.
To assemble damper 20, each pivot pin 29 of louvers 30 is loosely positioned within its respective trough 29 in respective retainers 27 a, 27 b so that each louver is free to rotate therein. As each louver is so positioned, care is taken to see that the longer and shorter louvers are arrayed in their proper sequential order with louvers numbering from 30 a-g (see FIG. 1). The housing 21 is then lowered over the retainers 27 a, 27 b and latches 26 on the retainers enter into their respective latch slots 25 on the housing 21. As the outer edge of a latch 26 moves into its slot 25, a locking engagement is effected by the latch first being biased slightly inward as it moves into the housing and then snapping back when it is fully in slot 25.
Latches 26 may be guided into their respective slots 25 by a plurality of guide members (e.g. pegs or the like, not shown) on the under side of step 23 that, in turn, are received into precisely molded corresponding, guide holes 31 (only some numbered for clarity) formed in the retainers 27 a, 27 b. When the pivot retainers are latched into the housing 21, the louvers 30 are now pivotably mounted in the housing, thereby allowing the louvers to move within a respective arc between their open and closed positions.
It should be recognized that in some instances, damper 20 could be made without separate retainers 27 a, 27 b. That is, the louvers 30 a-30 g could be directly inserted into slots in the housing 21, entering either from the top or the bottom, and held in place by their axle pins 29 which, in turn, may be pressed into the housing. Alternately, holes or slots (not shown) may be formed into the housing whereby the louvers are distorted while the axle pins of the louvers are so positioned and then released to return to their normal configuration to spring lock the louvers in place.
While recognizing that louvers 30 a-g may be substantially flat surfaced, preferably they are "ruffled", or somewhat corrugated as shown in FIG. 2. The ruffled designed louvers have more column strength and are much more resistant to sag even though the louvers are suspended from their ends. As seen in the drawings, the length of the louvers varies according to where each is positioned within circular housing 21. Since each louver 30 is linear and their respective pivots (axle pins 29) lie on the centerline of the louver and since the louvers lies within a cylindrical housing, the lifting sides of louvers 30 a-c are pivotally moving into wider spaces while the lifting sides of the other louvers 30 e-g are pivotally moving into narrower spaces.
For this reason, louvers 30 a, 30 b, 30 f, and 30 e abut mini-air gap elements 33 that are molded on the inner periphery of housing 21. These elements are so arranged that none of the louvers 30 will bind against the inside of the housing 21 as the louvers move between their open and closed positions. Note that when the louvers 30 of damper 20 are in the closed position, adjacent louvers slightly overlap so that there will be substantially no air flowing between the closed louvers. Air gap elements 33 also provide mini-air passages to prevent the louvers 30 from fluttering noisily when damper 20 is in a fully closed position should a "back draft" occur across the damper.
An elongated, linkage strip 35 interconnects louvers 30 so that when strip 35 is moved substantially horizontally within the housing 21, all of the louvers will be rotated between their open and closed position. Preferably, linkage strip 35 has a plurality of integrally formed, tapered split-headed connectors 36 (only some numbered for clarity) spaced along the longitudinal axis thereof. Each connector 36 is adapted to be received through a respective opening 37 in an arm 38 (only some numbered for clarity) which, in turn, is integrally formed on the upper surface of a respective louver 30. To assemble the linkage, the head of each connector 36 is compressed as it forced through its respective opening 37. When the compressed connectors pass completely through their respective openings, they spring back to their original position thereby locking the louvers to the linkage 35 in a rotatable relationship.
While it should be recognized that the number of louvers may vary in some applications, damper 20, as illustrated, is comprised of seven louvers. The axle pin 29 a on one end of the middle louver 30 d (hereafter called "master louver") extends through opening 39 in housing 21 and has a slot therein for directly connecting the master louver 30 d to a bimetal coil actuator 40. As the coil actuator 40 expands or contracts in response to temperature, it will rotate the master louver 30 dwhich, in turn, will rotate all of the other louvers in unison through interconnecting strip 35.
Helical, bimetal coil actuator 40 can be the type commonly used in well known thermostats that react to ambient temperature changes by expanding and contracting. It is this movement of coil 40 that drives the louvers 30 between their open and closed positions. More specifically, the inner end 41 of coil 40 is positioned within the slot 29 b on axle 29 a while the outer end 42 of the bimetal coil actuator 40 is gripped by one of a plurality of pegs 38 (FIG. 4A) or slots 38 a (FIG. 4B) that are molded on the housing 21. These spaced pegs or slots form a means for adjusting the range of movement of linkage strip 35 within housing 21. This gives the assembler of damper 20 an option as to which peg 38 or slot 38 a to use in order to "fine tune" a particular coil 40 being installed to thereby compensate for variations normally present in commercially-available bimetal coils of this type.
With the outer end of the bimetal coil 40 so anchored to the housing 21, the inner end of the coil is free to convey all motion of coil's expansion and contraction directly to the master louver through its engagement with axle pin 29 a on the master louver 30 d. After the coil 40 is in place, the coil cover 44 is pressed into the housing 21, covering the coil 40 and the coil adjustment means 38.
It should be noted that the axle pins 29 are in the longitudinal center of the each of their respective, relatively narrow louvers 30, thereby providing a "low profile" damper, which is considered an important feature of the present invention. "Low profile" as used throughout the present specification and claims is intended to mean a damper wherein all portions of both the louvers 30 and the interconnecting linkage strip 35 remain within the profile of the rigid damper housing 21 at all times, whether the damper is open or closed. That is, even when in full open position, no part of any of the louvers or of the strip 35 will extend above or below the top or bottom of housing 21. This allows the louvers to lie completely within and to be protected by the housing at all times which, in turn, allows damper 20 to be transported safely during the warm months when the coil 40 is normally expanded and louvers 30 are open without risking damage to the louvers, coil, or the connecting linkage strip.
Another important feature of the damper 20 of the present invention is its airflow selector means 50. This feature gives the user the option of selecting varying degrees of air flow through the damper even when the damper is in an otherwise "closed position", i.e. the position of damper 20 when it desired to block substantial amounts of air flow from attic 15 during the colder periods of the year. As discussed above, if the damper is completely closed and the attic is unventilated, the humidity in attic 15 can cause moisture to accumulate thereby providing a favorable environment for the growth of black mold and the like. Accordingly, it is desirable to be able to provide some ventilation from the attic at all times, even during colder periods but at the same time limit the air flow to aid in heat retention during these periods.
As shown in FIGS. 2-4, preferably air flow selector means 50 is comprised of a plurality of openings 51 that are formed through the cylindrical wall of housing 21 (four openings shown but only one is numbered for clarity). Openings 51 are spaced in an arc and each is adapted to selectively receive a tightly fitting, detent (e.g. push pin 52) or the like. The holes are arrayed so that they follow the pivotal arc of one of the louvers 30 (e.g. louver 30 e). The detent 52 extends through a selected opening 51 and into the arcuate path of the louver 30 eto limit rotation of that louver once it reaches its selected closed position. Preferably, airflow selector means 50 is positioned on the upper wall 22 of housing 21, beginning just above step 23.
To improve the efficiency of the detent 52 in serving as a stop to control the closure of louvers 30, a detent receiver housing 46 is integrally molded onto top of louver 30 e near its end that is adjacent openings 51. Detent receiver housing 46 extends upward substantially perpendicularly from louver 30 e and has a recess therein which, in turn, is formed by tapered sides that culminate in a bridge 48 at their tops.
While shown as a plurality of spaced openings 51, selector means may alternately be comprised of a continuous slot 51 a (FIG. 7) following the same arcuate path as openings 51 and extending between the same lowermost and uppermost points on the upper wall 22 of housing 21. A detent may be press fitted into the slot 51 a at any point thereby providing an "infinite" number of settings along the path. Also, other types of detents, e.g. spring-biased pins, screw pins, etc., may be used to fix the louvers in a selected closed position.
In operation, the amount of air flow (i.e. ventilation) during the colder periods of the year is determined by a user. This may range from about 0% up to about 25%, depending on geographical location in which the damper is to be used. Detent 52 is then inserted into the selected opening 51 or at a selected point along the continuous slot which represents the desired air flow through the damper when in its selected closed position. That is, the lowest point or opening 51 allows minimum winter ventilation i.e. about 0� of the maximum air flow through damper when in the damper is in a fully open position while the uppermost point or opening 51 allows maximum winter ventilation, i.e. about 25% of the maximum air flow through the damper when the damper is in a fully open position. The detent 52 is of such a length to extend through opening 51 and into the recess within detent receiver 46 on louver 30 e to thereby block movement of the louvers when they reach the selected closed position.
When the weather cools and coil 40 moves louvers 30 toward their closed position, the detent 52 will engage the sides of pin receiver 46 and ride up therealong until the detent contacts bridge 48 thereby stopping any further rotation of louvers 30 at the selected closed position. As a consequence, this allows only the selected amount of airflow through damper 20 (i.e. winter ventilation) during the colder periods.
FIGS. 5 and 7 illustrate further embodiments of air flow selector means which can be used to control the air flow through the present damper (i.e. winter ventilation) during colder periods to provide at least some ventilation in an attic or the like while blocking substantial air flow therefrom. FIG. is a top view of a first embodiment of a damper 20A wherein the air selector means 50 a is comprised of limited air passages which, in turn, are provided in the louvers, themselves, to thereby allow a selected amount of air flow through the damper when the damper is in a "closed" position. These limited air passages can be provided in a variety of ways.
For example, one of more of the louvers (e.g. only one shown, 30 a) can be reduced in width so certain louvers will not overlap but will instead provide a gap 60 between adjacent louvers when they are in a closed position. Further, slots 61 and/or holes 62 can be formed through one or more selected louvers to provide limited passages for air flow. Preferably, these gaps or passages are not provided randomly but are to be accurately sized to allow the desired air flow (from about 5% to about 25%) during the colder periods during which the damper 20A is to be in a closed position.
The air flow selector means 50 b damper 20B in FIG. 7 is comprised of interference means which prevent the louver from closing all the way. As illustrated in FIG. 7, the interference means is comprised of stop elements 63 which are attached to one or more of the louvers to prevent them from rotating to a fully closed position. The size of the stop element 63 will determine the amount of airflow through the damper when the louvers are in the selected closed position. Other such interference means (not shown) may comprise stops on the inner wall of housing 21, louvers, or linkage strip 35 that cooperate to stop the louvers in a selected closed position.
Housing 21 of the dampers of the present invention is typically designed to fit in the most popular ventilation conduits 13, those being conduits having a 12-inch diameter. However, there are a large number of conduits available and already installed that have diameters up to about 14-inches. To make the present damper more commercially attractive, a plurality (e.g. four) of an adapter 65 (FIG. 6) may be provided with the damper at the time of sale or as an after sale which allows a standard, one-size damper to be used in either a 12-inch or 14-inch ventilation conduit, or variations in between.
Adapter 65 can take various configurations but is preferably an L-shaped element that is formed of molded plastic. The "vertical" leg 66 of adapter 65 has a reduced end 67 which is adapted to "snap" into a corresponding recess (not shown) which, in turn, is molded into the under side of step 23 of housing 21 at the time of manufacture. The "horizontal" leg 68 of adapter 65 then extends outwardly from the bottom of the housing as shown in FIGS. 5 and 7. These legs extend the effective diameter of the damper 20 so that the legs 67 of the adapters will engage shoulder 12 a of mounting flange 12 of a 14-inch diameter, ventilation conduit 13 whereby one size damper is adaptable to fit both 12 and 14-inch conduits.
Preferably, four adapters 65 are provided to be positioned at approximately 90� intervals around housing 21. Also, leg 68 of each adapter 65 may have one or more notches 69 spaced along leg 68 at which the outer portion of leg 68 can be broken away to thereby adjust the length of leg 68. This allows some fine tuning when installing damper 20 in conduits having slightly, varying diameters.
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I am also a Food Addict, I have tried Food Addicts Anonymous, and OverEaters Anonomous,, to no success, Again, I just want instant gratification or else I think its not for me.
I find it hard to adhere to all the "rules" of the 12 step programs and yet I am a 17 year member of AA which is an alcoholic 12 step program. I am absolutely a success there, except I cant seem to pull that programs success and commitment over to my food...
Yesterday I rejoined a FAA group on line, I thought hard about the first 2 steps in the 12 step program
1 Admitted I was an addict (food and computer use) and that my life was unmanageable
2. Came to believe that no one but my Higher Power can restore me to sanity..
Wow did I fit into those two steps
When you use food to assuage any feelings of sadness, depression, happiness, love, boredom, etc etc, and instead of doing what you should be doing, getting out to meet people, going to gym or even doing exercise at home, you begin to isolate and next thing you know you are on a binge,, a food binge
Add to that my lonliness and living alone means I have to get some of my social contact from the computer, plus its a great way to waste time, I started using the computer to also allow me to forget, and to sit at the computer playing games, and eating, eating, and then eating till I went into what I call a comatose state, I would fall asleep and wake hours later, only to have to go to bed.
Pretty unmanageable isn't it??
So, as I said, I rejoined the group on line, Im trying to take a few suggestions, one of them not to eat at the computer, or reversely not to bring any food near the computer and that includes my IPad at the kitchen table. Ha Ha we can always find ways to cheat
I made it through my first day, I walked, I planned food, and I continued to do "the next right thing"
I went to bed happy, and woke this morning feeling good about myself
Now im on day 2, Not as easy but Im determined,
After I get off this blog I will shut off computer and go outside and read.
I have already shopped (for a gift for a person whose b'day party im going to tonite) and one of the things is a bag of snacks, It is sitting on my counter, and is very tempting, but I know that anything like that I ate, would end up me eating the whole bag.. So Im ignoring the temptation and just had a decent lunch and tracked it here on Sparkpeople
I have exercised already, I have raked and gardened, and even got stung by a wasp, (which made me want to run inside and eat something to make me feel better.
Sparkpeople, even before I went to the FAA group you were always here for me to fall back on... Even when not successful because it always felt like there was hope
With you 10 min exercises How can I not be willing
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I changed the spark plugs at 33k and found water around the spark plug in the #3 cyl. Enough to make a gurgling sound as it ran into the cyl when I removed the plug. The plug was rusty and was not firing right. Checked it after a few hundred miles as it was starting to run rough again and there is moisture again building up but very slowly. Have had no over heating problems so, I don't know of any reason to have a cracked head. Only have 34,000 miles! Anyone have experience or heard of this?
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With the 50th anniversary of the publication of Silent Spring fast approaching, it is time to revisit the lessons of this seminal book.
When I was a graduate student at the University of Kansas, the pesticide DDT was very much on my mind. My assistantship in 1953 involved research on the evolution of DDT-resistance in fruit flies. It quickly became clear to all of us in this research group that the broadcast use of pesticides was a losing and dangerous game.
When I attempted to raise butterflies in New Jersey in the 1940s, bringing food plants in from nature usually resulted in the caterpillars dying. In those days, widespread spraying of DDT to control mosquitoes coated much of the countryside with poison.
In the lab it was easy to use selection to make flies impervious to DDT in some 10 generations, or, in contrast, so susceptible that they would drop dead at a whisper of that 'miracle' chemical's name. Evolution of resistance tended to make continuous use of any pesticide inefficient. The usual response of the chemical industry was to recommend increasing the dose or to substitute more toxic compounds, making pest control even more expensive and dangerous.
That was well understood by evolutionists early on, but it took a marine biologist and talented writer, Rachel Carson, to bring the pesticide problem to public attention and, incidentally, to launch the modern environmental movement. Silent Spring, published in September, 1962, was a brilliant book, but also one that appeared when the time clearly was ripe. The public seemingly had been primed by publicity about radioactive fallout, fears of pesticide residues on cranberries and the thalidomide scandal, the latter enhanced by pictures of infants born with distorted limbs. Carson suffered from the drawbacks of being a female scientist before science's gender gap began to dissolve, and from lacking a PhD and a professorial position. Despite those 'handicaps', she had the science about as right as it could be at the time.
Carson was subject to a storm of vicious attacks by the combined public-relations machines of the chemical industry and agribusiness, and even from scientists in the industry and entomology departments of some universities. Typical was the much quoted statement of Professor Robert H. White-Stevens, a poultry scientist of Rutgers University: "If man were to follow the teachings of Miss Carson, we would return to the Dark Ages, and the insects and diseases and vermin would once again inherit the earth."
The assault began even before Silent Spring was published. A public relations campaign against Carson and trumpeting the safety of pesticides was bankrolled by the National Agricultural Chemical Association (NACA). Virtually all of the attacks were without merit. Carson withstood them all, even though she was struggling with metastatic cancer. I met her once only briefly, and then she was gone.
But her legacy looms huge today. Many people have the impression that climate disruption is the worst environmental problem humanity faces, and indeed, its consequences may be catastrophic. But the spread of toxic chemicals from pole to pole may be the dark horse in the race. Carson may have started environmentalism by illuminating exactly the right issue. This is especially the case as recent research has shown that many synthetic chemicals, called endocrine-disrupting compounds, may do nasty things to you at high doses but can have different harmful effects at very low doses. These low-dose effects can increase the probabilities of altered sex determination, behavioural changes, developing cancers and more.
A mass of evidence should alert humanity to the risks of toxifying Earth from pole to pole with synthetic chemicals. For instance, Tyrone Hayes of the University of California, Berkeley, has suffered Carson-like abuse by flacks for the chemical industry for demonstrating nasty low-dose impacts of the near-ubiquitous herbicide atrazine in both the laboratory and in nature.
Atrazine is manufactured by Syngenta, which has bankrolled a multi-million dollar campaign hiring pundits to lie about atrazine and besmirch Hayes. The campaign resembles that of the well-funded fossil-fuel industry assault on climate disruption and also the tobacco industry's perpetual storm of lies about the safety of smoking. Hayes has been, as was Rachel Carson, scientifically vindicated, and like Carson, is one of my heroes.
Carson was properly concerned about the problems of unknown interactions among mixtures of novel chemicals in the environment. Today, with the potential for millions of possible synergisms among the tens of thousands of compounds already released, just identifying the culprits would be an enormous challenge. And if they were identified, removing them from the environment could be an even more monumental task, or most likely prove impossible.
What should be done? In my view there are two basic solutions to situations where the activities of a segment of the human population, often an industry, present a clear and present threat to the human future as once the manufacture of chlorofluorocarbons did in threatening the ozone layer. One answer lies in society finding ways to alter the behaviour of the industry to minimise the impacts on those involved. Society needs energy, but it can no longer afford to mobilise it by burning fossil fuels. John Browne had the right idea when he changed British Petroleum Corporation into BP Corporation and gave it the slogan "Beyond Petroleum". Society needs some synthetic materials, but it can no longer afford to manufacture and distribute them as incautiously as it now does.
Browne's approach didn't last at BP, but perhaps converting the toxics producers to "green chemistry" could be a permanent step forward. The idea would be to make the basic ingredients of prosperity less toxic or non-toxic. This would shift the environmental issues in molecular design upfront. Green chemistry has great promise as a path toward inherently safer materials, but it faces serious impediments. One of the biggest and most immediate is that the field lacks the capacity, in terms of trained people, to ask the right questions and generate workable solutions. At a time when science education is on the wane in my country and when US industrial jobs are fleeing overseas, this scientific industrial revolution could breathe new life into a sector of industry that may otherwise be doomed to obsolescence and decay.
In an era of exploding populations and escalating resource scarcities, the pressure to produce many substances with known or possible toxicities will probably grow, and grow much more rapidly than scientists can even estimate the risks. This is especially so in view of the myriad potential but unknown synergies possible in the global stew of toxic substances. One solution is to invoke the precautionary principle, by prohibiting all discharge of persistent organic pollutants and rapidly phasing out production of the most dangerous classes of compounds, such as organochlorines. This would shift the burden of proof from having to demonstrate that a chemical is dangerous to requiring it be shown to be safe, although admittedly, criteria would be difficult to establish.
The second and more fundamental answer, I believe, is that the global system needs to be rescaled. It is now in serious overshoot, with more than one Earth now required to support just today's population indefinitely. Humanity seems to be moving fast away from sustainability, and symptoms of collapse are becoming common. To see that, one need only compare the first oil well that went down 69.5 feet from Earth's surface to strike oil with Deepwater Horizon, which started a mile under the sea and drilled a couple of miles deeper. A gradual, humane reduction of human population, and a reduction in over-consumption by the rich, would greatly alleviate pressure on the chemical industry to keep churning out dangerous chemicals. I imagine that Carson, with her population-oriented discussion of pesticide problems, would be very sympathetic to such a rescaling. "Populations are kept in check by something the ecologists call the resistance of the environment," she noted, "and this has been so since the first life was created."
Of course, as Carson's critics realise, this would have serious financial consequences for the chemical industry, and could result in considerable inconvenience for consumers. To avoid that, one possibility is to pursue business as usual and count on luck to save civilisation. Maybe no truly lethal synergies will turn up, or no new chemical will become global before it is discovered to cause untreatable cancer. Maybe the poisoning of nonhuman organisms will not collapse ecological systems - as appears to be happening with bees today - and bring down civilisation. Perhaps advances in molecular biology will identify and neutralise any dangerous new compounds or cure any serious diseases that appear.
And perhaps they won't. Is it wise to sit by and not take substantial measures? In democracies, the decision rests ultimately with the citizens; I think it is crystal clear what Carson would have recommended.
Paul R. Ehrlich is the Bing Professor of Population Studies and President, Center for Conservation Biology, Department of Biology, Stanford University. Follow him on Twitter @PaulREhrlich.
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The current set-up for linking content to a campaign (using macros and the 'Mailchimp campaign' Input format) is great, and seems to work well.
Initially, while using it I found that I had problems producing good output.
I make use of an admin theme in addition to my site's main (client facing) theme. When the content is built for insertion into a campaign, the default node.tpl.php template files are used from my admin theme, rather than my site's main theme.
This is partly good, because it means I can define a different set of templates for newsletter content - but ideally I think there should be a specific set of phptemplate files available from each site's main theme.
Does this already exist, and if not could be added as a feature?
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This is really due to the lack of theme functions (which is the first step to template files), which is in #936504: Add theme functions. Marking this as a duplicate of that one.
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I think the important point here is that entities are turned into HTML using the current theme. Given that campaigns are added in admin/config/services/mailchimp/campaign/add Drupal renders them using admin theme.
HTML Mail module, and others, allow you to select the theme you want to use. This is specially relevant for campaign creation.
If we do that then the selecion of the template is based on the current rules. You could create a view mode for each desired visual representation of the entity and add a theme suggestion to select a custom template (maybe to use tables for complex layouts). You might also use Display Suite for the last part.
Comment #3basvredeling CreditAttribution: basvredeling commented
This is still an issue in 3.1... The default use case as described is that nodes inserted with an entity lookup are rendered with the admin theme. I'd reckon there are few use cases where you send a news letter to subscribers rendering content in an admin theme. Only a newsletter sent to site admins (who have permission to view the admin theme) would match this use case.
So we should use the default theme instead or add an extra option to select the theme during generation of the insert content token.


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I have my Gnome panel with transparency in ubuntu. so it looks like something below, which merges nicely with my wallpaper and the white texts stands out nicely. However I would like to the make the gnome menus (that fall underneath Applications, Places and System) to have the same effect, transparent background with white text.
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Disturbed - Stricken (acoustic)
This tab is intended to be an acoustically playable version, the other available
tabs I found online were neither in the right key nor completely accurate.
So please go ahead and surprise your audience
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Capo 3
Chords used:
Am F G C Cmaj9/B Dm
The Cmaj9/B doesn't quite fit in the right place, so I
abbreviated it for the purpose of tabbing to "C9".
(If the chord change in the verse is too fast one
could still continue playing the "C" instead).
Am F G
You walk on like a woman in suffering
Am C C9 Am
Won't even bother now to tell me why
(Am) F G
You come alone, letting all of us savor the moment
Leaving me broken another time
Am F G
You come on like a bloodstained hurricane
Am C C9 Am
Leave me alone, let me be this time
(Am) F C
You carry on like a holy man pushing redemption
I don't want to mention.
Am F
the reason I know
C G Am F
That I am stricken and can't let you go
C G Am F
When the heart is cold, there's no hope, and we know
C G Dm
That I am crippled by all that you've done
F G Am
Into the abyss will I run
(Verse2 - same chords as Verse1)
You don't know what your power has done to me
I want to know if I'll heal inside
I can't go on with a holocaust about to happen
Seeing you laughing another time
You'll never know why your face has haunted me
My very soul has to bleed this time
Another hole in the wall of my inner defenses
Leaving me breathless, the reason
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This is fantastic: this sort of analysis is exactly what I've been looking at doing myself. Thank you and great work.
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The Better Business Bureau of Eastern North Carolina has released a list of companies they say run lottery scams. The BBB says each of the companies on their list tell people they have won a lot of money and include a check their first payment. The company then tells the person to wire fees to a location, usually overseas. The checks are counterfeit, and the victim loses the money they wired.
Please note: This list compiled by the Better Business Bureau may not be all inclusive. Other scam lotteries currently exist (and will likely be created in the future) that are not on this list.
Here is the Better Business Bureau list of lotteries:
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Hawg, I think it looks superb.
It would be a real eye-catcher if you show up to a CAS/SASS event with it. Everyone will want to know if you are sporting an original.
On the Kentucky rifle: Is the bend visible to the naked eye? I think I would just go get it straightened out by a gunsmith or just get a new barrel for it.
It is a gut-wrenching feeling when something that is valuable like that gets dropped. The first thing I worried about when that cylinder rolled off was that cracks might develop in the cylinder, that is why I sent it in to get checked.
Does things like that happen on a frequent basis? I see movie guns get dropped and I cringe when that happens.
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