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Mel Gibson Wants Battery Conviction to Be Erased
Mel Gibson's battery conviction reportedly to be erased from his record. Gibson pleaded no contest to one misdemeanor count of domestic violence involving his ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva in 2011 and now TMZ reports that his lawyer has filed documents, asking judge to expunge the no-contest plea from his record.
Back in 2010, Grigorieva accused the actor of punching her in the face. Gibson, however, said that he only slapped her because she was shaking their daughter's body. "I slapped Oksana one time with an open hand in an attempt to bring her back to reality. I did not slap her hard. I was just trying to shock her so that she would stop screaming, continuing shaking Lucia back and forth," he said.
In March 2011, he was sentenced to three years probation, domestic violence counseling program, community service and fines. Gibson has completed the order, including 16-hours of community service and 52 weeks of counseling. His probation ended in March. A hearing for the request is set to take place later this month.
Gibson was most recently seen sporting some beard while in a gym in L.A. in late April. He next will take part in a movie called "Blood Father" alongside Erin Moriarty. The action flick tells the story of an ex-con who tries to protect his estranged 16-year-old daughter from drug dealers who want to kill her.
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Congo Hounsis (Page of Cups)
: The essence of water behaving as earth, such as a wellspring: An unexpected new relationship that is playful and spontaneous. A romantic soul who embraces compassion and imagination with childlike joy. Gentle reflections on love, spirituality, and the importance of personal relationships in business and material affairs. May herald the birth of a child.
The card at the top right represents
how you see your partner
La Sirene (Seven of Cups), when reversed
: Daydreams and fantasies brought into realistic focus. The contemplation of many options leading to a conclusive choice. Inner clarity that dissipates illusions and false choices. Remaining connected to reality in the face of intoxication, delirium, or hallucination. Under rare and extreme circumstances, may indicate the failure to recognize a transcendental spiritual truth.
The card in the center left represents
how you feel about your partner
Simbi (Eight of Swords)
: Chagrin at the unforeseen consequences of prior decisions. Criticism, censure, and the imposition of external restrictions. Confusion leading to powerlessness. Inability to focus on the crux of a problem and free oneself from a difficult situation. Being hamstrung by a past failure or humiliation.
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what stands between you and your partner
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: The dark essence of water behaving as air, such as rain clouds in a gray sky: A pillar of maturity and patience, hiding a deep insecurity and an indecisive nature. One who secretly lusts for power, but lacks the courage, intellect, or work ethic necessary to take it. A charming seducer who appears innocent and understanding, but is in fact selfish and unfaithful.
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Masa La Flambeau (Nine of Wands), when reversed
: Delayed preparations for an impending trial. Efforts compromised by traitors or saboteurs. The scattering of forces before the conclusive battle is fought. Ill health and faltering of the will.
The card in the lower right represents
what your partner feels about you
Oshun (Seven of Discs), when reversed
: Labors abandoned before completion. Impatience, lack of effort, and the wasting of time. Idle and unprofitable speculation.
The card in the center represents the present status or
challenge of the relationship
Guedeh La Flambeau (Three of Wands)
: Personal fortitude and strength of character. Accumulated power set in motion towards a distant goal. The initiation of an enduring partnership based on absolute trust. Honor maintained in a time of desperate struggle. Taking full responsibility for a decision, and bearing the solitude of leadership.
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|Publication number
|Publication type
|Application number
|Publication date
|Feb 27, 2007
|Filing date
|Sep 30, 2002
|Priority date
|Sep 28, 2001
|Fee status
|Also published as
|Publication number
|Lenglet Eric, Luc Nougier, Stéphane Bertholin, Jacques Alagy, Michel Cohen, Jean Luc Le Peutrec
|Original Assignee
|Institut Francais Du Petrole
|Export Citation
|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (10), Classifications (24), Legal Events (6)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a chemical conversion device that comprises an outside chamber that contains at least one internal heat transfer module. The module comprises a preferably pressure-resistant metal jacket. This chamber generally comprises several modules that are connected to one another by flexible connecting means. All of these modules, through which at least one most often gaseous reagent is circulated, form a reactor. The invention was carried out in particular within the scope of the implementation of reactions that require at start-up either an input of calories or an input of kilogram calories. The applications of the reaction chamber of the invention for carrying out reactions are, for example, reactions of steam-cracking, pyrolysis, catalytic dehydrogenation, vaporeforming or water-vapor reforming, or thermal cracking, for example of hydrogen sulfide (H2S). More particularly, the application of the invention is in carrying out endothermic reactions in which the reaction temperature is usually greater than about 250° C., often greater than about 350° C., and most often greater than about 500° C., and where one of the problems to be solved is to limit the secondary reactions that lead to the formation of tar and/or coke.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Many documents describe reactors that make it possible to work at high temperature, in general greater than about 350° C., and in a potentially coking environment where the catalytic effects of the metal walls should be avoided.
The reactor that was described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,554,347 comprises several rows of heating means and/or heat extraction means. This document describes: a reactor that comprises heating means that are fed by a mixture of combustible gas and oxygen carrier that make it possible to generate the power that is necessary for the reaction, and walls of a particular shape that make possible both an increase of the heat transfers because of between-wall radiative exchanges and a monitoring of the dwell time of gases in the reactor.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,321,191 that describes a reactor that is used for implementing a process for thermal pyrolysis of hydrocarbons comprising several rows of electric heating means encased by sheaths arranged in layers that are approximately parallel to one another and perpendicular to the axis of the reactor so as to define passages for the circulation of gas mixtures and/or effluents between the sheaths and/or between the sheaths and walls that separate two layers of parallel sheaths is also known.
The implementation of these technologies offers many advantages relative to previously developed ceramic technologies, for example the one that is described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,780,196 that relates to the steam-cracking of hydrocarbons in order to produce essentially light olefins, for example ethylene and/or propylene, as well as the one that is described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,973,777 that relates to the thermal conversion of methane into hydrocarbons of higher molecular weight.
According to the teaching of French Patent No. 2 802 119, a significant improvement that relates to the connecting means between the jacket of the reactor and the walls that are located on both sides of a heating pipe is also known. The improvement consists in the cooperation of a bellows, a packing box and a flange attached to the jacket of the reactor so as to ensure a relatively flexible connection between this jacket and a pipe that constitutes a heat exchange means. Such a connecting device is described as making it possible to limit the risks of the pipe rupturing in the cases where the latter becomes offset. Thus, a better sealing is ensured, which is reflected by a limitation of the loss of a portion of the reagents used in the reactor.
Relative to these teachings of the prior art, significant improvements can also be provided.
The invention thus relates to a device for chemical conversion of a feedstock that comprises in combination:
The device can comprise at least two heat transfer modules that are connected to one another by a third flexible connecting means.
The module can be supported by the chamber by a single attachment point.
The first, second, and third flexible connecting means can be elements that seal well enough to insulate, at least partially, the pipe from the space between the inside of the chamber and the outside of the metal jacket.
The flexible means can be in the form of metal or ceramic bellows.
The device can comprise means for feeding a fluid into the space between the inside of the chamber and the outside of the modules, under a pressure that is at least equal to the inlet pressure of the feedstock.
The first flexible means for connecting heat exchange means can comprise porous thermal insulation means and means for flushing these insulting means by a flow of the fluid that is obtained from the space between the inside of the chamber and the outside of the modules.
The exchange surface can be a radiant pipe that is fed by a gas burner.
The invention will be better understood, and its advantages will emerge more clearly from reading the description of embodiments, in no way limiting, illustrated by the accompanying figures below, among which:
The outside of the modules and the inside of the chamber thus define an insulated space from:
This annular space can be used to maintain there a pressure of a neutral fluid with regard to chemical reactions so as to monitor possible leaks by applying pressure that is slightly higher than that which prevails in the reactor modules and/or in heat exchange pipes (4).
Each reactor module (44) usually comprises, in the case of the implementation of chemical reactions that require at least at start-up an input of calories, a series of elements that makes possible at least in a first zone an input of heat that is necessary to the start-up of the reaction. This chamber can be used for globally exothermic reactions that require, however, the input of calories at start-up, such as, for example, the catalytic hydrogenation reactions. This chamber is more particularly applicable for the implementation of any endothermic reaction but more particularly for the implementation of reactions of steam-cracking, pyrolysis, catalytic dehydrogenation and catalytic vaporeforming of hydrocarbons or hydrocarbon fractions in which the reaction temperature is most often greater than about 350° C. and where one of the problems to be solved is to limit the secondary reactions that result in the formation of tar and/or coke.
Walls (11) and (12) that are inside each module (44) play an important role in heat exchange, since they can absorb the radiation that is emitted by the jackets of the heat exchange means and consequently the temperatures of these jackets and walls have a tendency to attain equilibrium. It is then possible to increase in particular the exchange surface and virtually to double it by designing the device in a particular manner. Actually, although the heat exchange means can be placed in staggered rows, it is preferable, in order to increase the exchange surface, to arrange these heat exchange means so that they are aligned, which makes it possible to constitute n rows of m heat exchange means in the direction of the length (for a total number of heat exchange means that is equal to (n×m); thus at least one longitudinal zone that contains at least one reactor module and most often at least two longitudinal zones that each contain at least one reactor module, whereby each module comprises at least one and often several layers of heat exchange means and whereby each longitudinal zone is separated from the next by a wall that is made of refractory material, will be formed. It thus is possible to increase the heat exchange surface by an optimized surface, such as, for example, by the addition of flanges on the outside jackets of the heat exchange means that take part in the heat transfer.
By radiation, the temperature of these walls increases and has a tendency to reach a value that is very close to that of the outside jackets of heat exchange means (4). These walls will therefore also take part in the gas heating process by convection. Thus, in this embodiment, whereby the exchange surface is significantly increased, it will be possible to obtain the same temperature of process gas with a temperature of the outside jackets of the heat exchange means and wall with a thickness that is relatively smaller, which consequently makes possible a reduction of the coke formation. In a particular embodiment, each longitudinal zone can comprise a single row of heat exchange means.
According to these two embodiments, the convective exchanges between the process gas and the walls are broadly increased, and they can be further improved by imposing high speeds on the process gas and by creating turbulence zones. Increasing the process gas speed can be obtained, for example, by using walls whose shape promotes this speed increase and the appearance of turbulence zones. Walls of particular shapes are shown in
The walls are usually made of refractory material. All refractory material, and in particular the mineral refractory materials, such as, for example, the ceramic materials, can be used to produce the walls. It is possible to cite by way of examples zirconium, silicon carbide, mullite and various refractory concretes. In some cases, metallic materials that resist temperatures that are higher than 700° C. can also be used. They can sometimes have a ceramic coating.
The reactions that are used in this type of chamber are usually carried out under a pressure that is higher than the atmospheric pressure that is often from about 0.01 bar (1 bar is equal to 0.1 MPa) to about 30 bar and most often from about 0.5 bar to about 10 bar. The necessity of working under pressure imposes the use of a sealing connection device between pipe (4) and the element for attachment of said pipe to ring (2 a). To illustrate in a simplified and more diagrammatical way the production of sealing,
In many cases of use, and more particularly in the pyrolysis chambers of chemical molecules, the radiant pipes can be brought to temperatures that are equal to or greater than about 800° C., and often equal to or greater than 1000° C., and can even reach temperatures as high as 1500° C.
The chamber according to the invention is particularly well suited to the reactor module case in which pipe (4) is a pipe that is made of ceramic material, positioned between walls (11) and/or (12) that are located on both sides of pipe (4) and that are themselves made of refractory material, such as, for example, a ceramic material. Said pipe (4) is connected to or attached to the metal jacket of a chamber that is used for implementing chemical reactions. According to a preferred embodiment, the device of the invention is particularly well suited to the case where pipe (4) and walls (11) and (12) are made of a ceramic material, for example zirconium or silicon carbide, whereby the latter material is the one that is preferably used. This chamber is more particularly usable in the case where the reactor modules are reactor modules for catalytic hydrogenation, steam-cracking, pyrolysis, catalytic dehydrogenation and catalytic steam reforming of hydrocarbons or hydrocarbon fractions in which the reaction temperature is often greater than about 350° C. and can reach values as high as 1500° C. as mentioned above. The pyrolysis reactions that can be used in the chamber are, for example, reactions for pyrolysis of hydrocarbons, pyrolysis of hydrogen sulfide and pyrolysis of ammonia.
According to a particular, preferred embodiment of the invention, the axis of pipe (4) is kept approximately perpendicular to the axis of the reactor, i.e., to the direction of flow of the reaction gas mixture. This pipe is held by one or more bearing(s) (29) that do not have the additional function of ensuring the sealing and can be elements whose heat resistance is not a main criterion of choice. It goes without saying, however, that these bearings (29) should be able to support a high temperature virtually on the order of magnitude of the temperature of pipe (4). They can therefore be used longer without requiring the user to stop the installation to change them, as is the case of the bearings that are described in Patent Application French Patent No. 2 802 119 that ensure both holding the pipe and sealing. In the case of this invention, sealing is ensured via connecting means (41) between reactor module (44) and ring (2 a) of the chamber. A certain advantage in this case is linked to the fact that the means ensuring the sealing is found in a relatively cold zone that is far from radiant pipe (4).
The preceding examples can be repeated with similar success by substituting the generically or specifically described reactants and/or operating conditions of this invention for those used in the preceding examples.
The entire disclosure of all applications, patents and publications, cited above and below, and of corresponding French Application No. 01/12.572, filed Sep. 28, 2001 is hereby incorporated by reference.
From the foregoing description, one skilled in the art can easily ascertain the essential characteristics of this invention and, without departing from the spirit and scope thereof, can make various changes and modifications of the invention to adapt it to various usages and conditions.
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|Filing date
|Publication date
|Mar 19, 1962
|Feb 22, 1966
|Corning Glass Works
|Semicrystalline body and method of making it
|Aug 18, 1964
|Aug 8, 1967
|Chemical Construction Corp
|Catalytically reforming hydrocarbon and steam mixtures
|May 6, 1969
|Apr 11, 1972
|Chemetron Corp
|Multi-ply bellows structure with fluid pervious spacer
|Feb 24, 1975
|May 11, 1976
|Heat Research Corporation
|Heater for large flows at low pressure losses
|Jun 11, 1984
|Jul 8, 1986
|Moses Tenne
|Multi-shell heat exchanger
|Nov 9, 1992
|Jun 14, 1994
|Institut Francais Du Petrole
|Process for the thermal pyrolysis of hydrocarbons using an electric furnace
|Dec 20, 1991
|Aug 2, 1994
|Packinox Sa
|Heat exchanger of the plate type
|Feb 2, 1995
|Sep 10, 1996
|Institut Francais Du Petrole
|Apparatus for carrying out chemical reactions requiring addition of heat at least during start up
|Title not available
|Title not available
|U.S. Classification
|422/198, 585/921, 422/240, 422/200, 208/46, 422/129, 422/651, 422/621, 422/629
|International Classification
|Cooperative Classification
|European Classification
|Feb 19, 2003
Owner name: INSTITUT FRANCAIS DU PETROLE, DELAWARE
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BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Former Baltimore Colt Lenny Moore is known for being much more than an NFL Hall of Famer.
Jessica Kartalija reports there's a renewed effort to memorialize Moore, who has made his mark on the Baltimore community as well.
A statue of Johnny Unitas stands proudly at M&T Bank Stadium, but for years football fans have said someone is missing: NFL Hall of Famer and former Colt Lenny Moore.
"We'd love to put that statue there so it looks like Lenny is throwing it to Spats," said Marvin "Doc" Cheatham.
Cheatham is co-chairing a fundraising drive to raise money for a bronze statue of Moore, designed by Frederick Kail, who also designed the Johnny Unitas sculpture.
"Unitas said to [Kail], `Don't let me be down there by myself. Don't let that statue of me be by myself. Put those guys who helped me get there,'" Cheatham said.
Just last month, a street was named after him. Now, on his 80th birthday, there's a renewed push to raise money to build the statue and to create a wax figurine of Moore.
"The sweetest, kindest, best man," said Councilman Carl Stokes.
For years, Moore was a big part of the Ed Block Courage Foundation. Now, they're helping to fund the project.
Moore played for Penn State and came to the Colts in 1956, when he was named Rookie of the Year.
Former teammate Stan White says a statue of Moore is a must.
"Johnny Unitas and Lenny Moore–when you think of the Colts, you think of those two guys. You see Johnny's statue outside M&T Bank Stadium and hopefully you'll see Lenny's out there, too," he said.
Moore was recently highlighted in this year's class for the Maryland State Athletic Hall of Fame.
The group hopes to raise more than $750,000 for the project.
Other Local News:
- Baltimore Police Seek Father Who They Say Murdered Infant Son
- Md. Court: New Trial Can Move Forward in Phylicia Barnes's Death
- 10-Page Complaint Filed Against Marilyn Mosby Over Freddie Gray Investigation
- Ex-School Aide Indicted On 270 Counts In Sex Abuse Case
- Man Seriously Injured After Tree Falls Onto Passenger Bus in AACo.


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Vandals Break Into Devils Hole, At Least One Pupfish Killed
May 6th - 22:49pm | Becky Wilson
Creeps! Go back to the city where you belong . Idiots!
May 6th - 21:42pm | Jeff L.
Under most circumstances I encourage public involvement but not when guns and alcohol are involved. Document as much as you can and call 911. It is illegal to discharge a firearm within a National Park so that's reason enough to call.
May 6th - 19:22pm | John Nelson
Unfortunatially our court system will give them a slap on the wrist. Too bad they weren't caught in the act by upstanding citizens.
May 6th - 18:45pm | Richard Elliott
If they are caught, PLEASE throw the book at them--full fines and jail time!
May 6th - 18:17pm | Kurt Repanshek
The OHV photo was even smaller.
May 6th - 18:07pm | Nick
Should probably also post a picture of the OHV, since that's likely to be more identifiable than their faces in that blurry shot.
May 6th - 17:57pm | Bill
I hope they feel they achieved at being assholes. It apears they were very successful at it. Maybe they will read this if they can read. I only hope so. If you can YOU WILL be found and YOU WILL be convicted only if the law catches YOU FIRST.
May 6th - 17:47pm | Don Martin
I wish I knew who they are. I would gladly turn them in and donate the reward to the Park Service to go toward repair of the damage they caused.
May 6th - 17:10pm | nancy
By the Numbers: Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument
May 6th - 20:39pm | Danial 10bears ...
As a Native American I agree no amount of casinos will ever repay what was taken from all of native peoples of America. Even though we were all slightly different, we all took better care of our earth, our families and our communities than white people have demonstrated they do. The old ways are better.
Op-Ed | The True Meaning Of Soda Mountain: The White House Is Giving Away Our Public Lands
May 6th - 16:27pm | Alfred Runte
Just checking on the peers, Argalite.
May 6th - 14:54pm | ecbuck
Come on, EC. 7.5 billion people have to be having an impact,
May 6th - 14:36pm | ecbuck
The actual evidence does support it, as does simply looking. Really? Is that why the predictions have been so terribly wrong? You are not interested in debating because the facts aren't on your side.
May 6th - 14:21pm | Rick B.
The actual evidence does support it, as does simply looking. Except, of course, when viewed through the blinders of ideology. Don't bother, Eric. I'm not intested in debating a lost soul; I'm just making the point for the consideration of others who might innocently think you know what you're bloviating about.
May 6th - 11:54am | argalite
Wind turbines kill between 214,000 and 368,000 birds annually -- a small fraction compared with the estimated 6.8 million fatalities from collisions with cell and radio towers and the 1.4 billion to 3.7 billion deaths from cats, according to the peer-reviewed study by two federal scientists and the environmental consulting firm West
May 6th - 11:25am | argalite
A recent peer-reviewed study, which itself looked at 116 other studies from the U.S. and Canada, confirms that wind turbines are waaaay down the list of problems for birds; in fact by displacing fossil fuels they are helping birds, as well as everything else that is alive on the planet. A recent report confirmed that "hundreds of bird species in the U.S.
May 6th - 10:36am | Alfred Runte
Come on, EC. 7.5 billion people have to be having an impact, but yes, THAT IS THE IMPACT. It is not CO2. CO2 is the byproduct of the impact. If you don't want to stop the actual impact, stopping the byproduct won't do a thing.
May 6th - 01:23am | ecbuck
It is the opinion of the vast majority of experts in the field of "climate science" that the impact of 7.5 billion people and all their activities is having a serious impact on climate change.
May 5th - 22:07pm | Lee Dalton
I've tried in vain to find any good solid scientific information regarding bird kill by windmills. There are a whole bunch of hits when you Google it, but the numbers are all over the place depending upon which group's numbers you choose to look at and accept. It appears that the bottom line is that nobody really knows.
May 5th - 21:29pm | rmackie
It is the opinion of the vast majority of experts in the field of "climate science" that the impact of 7.5 billion people and all their activities is having a serious impact on climate change. Activities include burning fossil fuels, deforestation, chemical pollution, well the list is lengthly. That climate changes regardless of what we do is also a fact.
May 5th - 20:04pm | Alfred Runte
Good, Argalite. Now we're getting somewhere. Obviously you didn't read the article at all. You nonetheless want to argue about it, citing all of those scientists and "the rest of the world." Yes, some 180 countries sent representatives to Paris last year to sign a climate change agreement. Now we can all feel good that something is being done.
May 5th - 17:50pm | argalite
Why would I read some crappy article that begins with a statement about the administration saying the earth is warming? When an article begins like that, you know it is going to be a buch of beliefs, instead of a serious discussion of facts. What about the Union of Concerned Scientists? the UN? the rest of the world?
May 5th - 16:33pm | Alfred Runte
Well, I am not saying it, Argalite, and now it is time for you to wake up. Your president has no problem with killing eagles in the name of wind power. What kind of "science" is that? There are about 200,000 eagles in the continental United States and Alaska. Is that enough? Fifty years ago, when there were 4,000, everyone sat up and noticed. Why is no one noticing now?
May 5th - 15:55pm | argalite
I don't understand why someone would write such drivel, as if it is this administration that is saying the world is warming. It is the whole world that is saying it! Wake up!
May 4th - 23:09pm | Alfred Runte
Jut when you thought it couldn't get any worse. . . http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/05/04/new-administration-rule-would...
Group Identifies 20 "Anti-Public Lands" Politicians
May 6th - 15:35pm | Lee Dalton
The Salt Lake Tribune carries a tragic story today. Terry Tempest Williams, a long time environmental sciences professor a the University of Utah, best selling author, and well known for her opposition to extractive industries, is leaving the U.
Petition Opposes Delisting Yellowstone Grizzlies From Endangered Species Protection
May 6th - 15:07pm | Tracey Ellison
Are people more important than the grizzly bear? Only from the point of view of some people. - Edward Abbey
Tusayan Shuttle To Grand Canyon's South Rim Extended Due To Popularity
May 6th - 13:55pm | Bruce Brossman
A good way to avoid all the gate and parking hassles is to take the Grand canyon Railway into the park. A much more fun ride than a car and then a bus. Have fun on the way!
Construction On Badwater Road In Death Valley Starts Monday
May 6th - 13:46pm | Kurt Repanshek
May 6th - 13:45pm | J. Ewing
You know, a map would help a lot.
Is NPS Getting Ready To Toss Bluffs Lodge On The Scrap Heap?
May 6th - 13:19pm | Jerry Resch
My wife and I discovered the Blue Ridge Parkway in 1981 as we were on our way to visit our niece and her new husband in High Point N.C. After that, when our son was born in 1982, we went back about every other year to visit. We always stayed at Pisgah or Bluffs Lodge, and love all the craft shops and visitors center in between. One of our favorite foods at the Coffee S
A Grizzly-Sized Hole In The Landscape Of Yellowstone
May 6th - 12:40pm | Christine Barnes
We took our grandchildren to Yellowstone last summer. They saw and photographed Scarface in large part due to the eagle eyes and interest of long time followers of this Grizzly. They embraced our grandchildren, and we enbraced Scarface. It was an experience they will never forget.
Park History: Carlsbad Caverns National Park
May 6th - 12:32pm | camila blanco
This website gives such good infomation
Climate Change Poses A Threat To Deep Blue Water At Crater Lake National Park
May 6th - 12:25pm | ecbuck
Good catch Lee. I accidentally omitted the "not" but the evidence and the failed predictions haven't. No wonder you focused on my ommision rather than refuting the facts.
May 6th - 09:21am | Lee Dalton
Ah, Esteemed Comrade, you say that climate change appears to be one of the consequences of human activities and then argue against it. "but "climate change" does appear to be one of them."
May 6th - 02:20am | ecbuck
my answer would be that the idea more and more humans can use more and more resources without environmental consequences defies common sense
May 5th - 16:59pm | tahoma
If you were addressing me, ec, my answer would be that the idea more and more humans can use more and more resources without environmental consequences defies common sense and is the real 'pure hooey'. As they're fond of saying in AA, 'Denial ain't just a river in Eygpt'.
May 5th - 11:35am | ecbuck
When will you recognize that all these "potential over the decades" apocolypse stories are pure hooey. http://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2016/05/04/476717308/after-10-years-an-...
May 5th - 10:15am | tahoma
It seems to me winter snow avalanches into the ice-free lake could have substantial mixing effects, as could occasional landslides and large rockfalls. All of these type events probably have complex feedback loops involving climate change.
Group Thinks NPS Uniforms, Vehicles, Play A Role In Lack Of Diversity In National Parks
May 5th - 22:01pm | rmackie
I just completed an annual fire refresher training course in a major iconic park. Park personnel from all disciplines were in attendance. Every time I am involved in these sessions, it just renews my faith in the competence, fitness, demeanor of the vast majority of NPS personnel and the job they do.
May 5th - 19:39pm | Van A.
You must be kidding---I certainly hope those groups have more important things to deal with. The rangers and personnel are clearly identified and unless one has a guilty conscious, can be approached for help or assistance at any time. A variety of uniforms will not provide consistent identification of the "Good Guys".
May 5th - 15:11pm | ecbuck
Nice try Rich, the bureaucrats I am refering to are not the every day civil service employess, ie NPS Ranger, policeman, fireman, etc but the bureaucrats sitting behind their desks making up onerous and baseless rules and regs to push their agendas.
May 5th - 14:03pm | Rick Smith
"and have far too great an impact (mostly negative) on our daily lives." Thanks, ec, for your continuing support of civil service employees.
May 5th - 11:42am | ecbuck
And as for blaming problems on "bureaucrats," wouldn't it more accurate to place the blame where it probably really belongs, on politicians who tell the bureaucrats what they must do?
May 4th - 23:25pm | Alfred Runte
So, Rick. Exactly what forum do you have in mind? Yours? Meanwhile, a little more light reading for you in case you missed it on the thread for Soda Mountain. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/05/04/new-administration-rule-would...
May 4th - 18:42pm | Ray Bane
"And as for blaming problems on "bureaucrats," wouldn't it more accurate to place the blame where it probably really belongs, on politicians who tell the bureaucrats what they must do?" Lee.
Creature Feature: The Banana Slug is Living Proof that a Slimy Little Gastropod Mollusk Can be Loaded with Charisma
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I remember during 6th grade camp in the Santa Cruz mountains, a camp counselor dared us to kiss one. My crush did, so naturally ever since then, I have loved the banana slug!
The Story Of A Tusk – 28KG / VOI RIVER / 30/5/14
May 5th - 16:39pm | Barbara Moritsch
Thank you for posting this great piece. Everyone needs to understand the severity of the poaching issue, and what we all stand to lose if it is not curbed.
The National Parks: An American Legacy
May 5th - 13:37pm | QT Luong
Here is an alternative review that Ian Shive has called "sold, fair and brilliant": http://www.terragalleria.com/blog/two-recent-national-parks-photography-...
U.S. Postage Stamps Showcase Beauty, Diversity Of National Park Landscapes
May 4th - 20:31pm | Jim Burks
What a great tribute to the best of our best. As a nation we are fortunate to have such wonderful treasures...and we should treasure them. Happy 100th Birthday NPS.


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The Pink Floyd of pinot costs £1,800 a bottle, but I've found something else with two noughts knocked off
Marks & Spencer Palataia Pinot Noir 2011: Trumps most French Pinot Noir at a similar price
The most iconic Pinot Noir in the world
comes from the tiny Burgundian vineyard of Romanée-Conti.
Part of the
Domaine de la Romanée-Conti estate, aka 'DRC' or simply 'The Domaine',
this place is as close as it gets to being sacred, producing wines of
incredible dynamism – I've never tasted vino more alive in the glass.
Gazing out at this legendary 1.81 hectares of land, I'm struck by its
humble appearance, the winter-whipped vines twisting up from the soil
like muscular aerials, ready to broadcast the echoing message from
beneath this hallowed ground.
A Grand Cru vineyard – the highest
classification – it's also an Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée, just like
Champagne and Côtes du Rhône.
This is the epicentre of Pinotland. But
what exactly makes it so special?
Centuries of accumulated knowledge,
the effect of the iron-rich limestone over rock and marl about 800ft
above sea level and the low yields from carefully cultivated Pinot Noir
But most of all, it's down to the thinking behind the wine. In
partnership with Henry-Frédéric Roch, Aubert de Villaine is the great
mind behind the weaving of these vines into wines.
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He's devoted to working in harmony with his vineyards, farming with biodynamic principles.
The results are spectacular: wines so vivid it's as though you're sipping the living spirit of the vines.
On my recent visit to The Domaine, I was lucky enough to sample the 2011 Romanée-Conti from the barrel, which is as intense and ethereal as Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon.
Meanwhile, the 2010 has just been released, and it's as tight as a rosebud, with hidden layers waiting to be teased out in time. I find in my notes the words 'larger than a glass can carry'.
If you can get your hands on it, a single bottle will set you back a whopping £1,825 (from Corney & Barrow).
Thankfully, you can sip Pinot Noir from nearby vineyards for much less. Arnoux-Lachaux's Vosne-Romanée Premier Cru Les Suchots 2007 is £913.69 for a case of six, and comes from a vineyard just a stone's throw from Romanée-Conti.
And as my recommendations below reveal, you can find decent Pinot Noir that won't break the bank further afield.
I'll probably never again experience Pinot Noir as haunting as Romanée-Conti.
But I'll remember the privilege every day for the rest of my life.


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|Publication number
|Publication type
|Application number
|Publication date
|Nov 30, 1993
|Filing date
|Aug 5, 1992
|Priority date
|Aug 5, 1992
|Fee status
|Publication number
|Paul H. Wolfert
|Original Assignee
|Harris Corporation
|Export Citation
|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (13), Non-Patent Citations (1), Referenced by (12), Classifications (6), Legal Events (5)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
The present invention relates generally to waveguide circulators and more specifically to wideband junction circulators.
Circulators are microwave components with three or more ports which transmit microwave energy from a first port to a second port while leaving a third port and other additional ports isolated from the flow of energy. The typical waveguide junction circulator is a metallic structure which contains three coplanar waveguides intersecting at the center of the structure forming a waveguide junction. A ferrite rod or triangular prism is mounted at the center of the junction and is subject to a transverse DC magnetic field generated by two permanent magnets. Interaction of microwave energy with the ferrite causes circulation, that is, energy entering the function from one port is directed to the adjoining port in the clockwise direction (counterclock for reverse magnetic bias field).
Many circulator junctions can be combined in one housing to generate multi-junction circulators. The single junction circulator is generally referred to as a three port. A three port with straight waveguide sections is said to have a Y shape. The most common shape is the T shape which has two in-line terminals and a terminal spaced 90 degrees to the in-line direction. The in-line terminals require 30 degree waveguide bends between terminals and junction.
Circulators include waveguide transformers at the junction and extending into each of the channels toward the ports on the top and bottom walls. The impedance transformers match the impedance of the waveguide to the impedance of the ferrite.
The performance of a circulator is measured in terms of insertion loss, return loss, port isolation and operating band width. Performance is considered good when the device has a low insertion loss, high return loss and high isolation over a broad band of frequencies. Broad bandwidth typically assures good temperature stability.
In an effort to increase the isolation or reduce insertion losses, it has been suggested in U.S. Pat. No. 3,555,459 to Anderson to reduce abrupt changes in the walls of the channel between the junction and the port such that dθ/dy is less than dθ'/dy'. Although mathematically accurate, these devices are difficult to manufacture. Impedance matching may also be achieved by a paralleling impedance matching steps in each of the channels as illustrated in U.S. Pat. No. 4,496,915 to Mathew, et al. This is also a difficult device to manufacture.
With an ideal circulator, the response functions of port return loss for different ports are identical, so are insertion loss and isolation for different port combinations. Actual circulators have electrical asymmetries caused by mechanical asymmetries due to the tolerances of the components and the assembly.
Most present art designs require tuning after assembly to achieve the required performance. Typically, dielectric or metallic blocks are cemented into the waveguide sections of the circulator. The tuning is required to correct design deficiencies (systematic errors) and compensate for mechanical asymmetry such as chipped corners or misalignment of the ferrite (random errors). Such tuning is "cut and try", and is therefore, time consuming and too costly a process for mass production.
Thus, it is an object of the present invention to provide a circulator which eliminates tuning to correct systematic errors.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a circulator having design characteristics which are easily and accurately manufacturable.
A further object of the present invention is to provide a circulator of a construction which assures minimum asymmetry.
A still further object of the present invention is to provide a circulator construction which minimizes random errors.
These and other objects are achieved by using a unique shaped transformer having triangular apexes extending symmetrically into the respective channel and connected to two opposed side walls by coplanar tabs. An additional important feature is that one of the channel sidewalls has a minimum of three sections to provide a transition between a first linear section extending from the center junction, and a second linear section extending from the port. The opposed sidewall has only two linear sections. The coplanar tabs are connected to the triangular apexes by a portion curved in the coplanar plane. Where the circulator has three ports and three channels, there are three tabs. The triangular apexes have common linear sides with adjacent triangular apexes and the tabs connect the common side to the opposed sidewalls of the channels.
One of the channels includes two opposed linear walls extending between the center and the port with a pair of opposed studs extending from each wall toward each other. These studs are coplanar with the tabs and are used for tuning. The studs also have a portion curved in the coplanar plane.
Other objects, advantages and novel features of the present invention will become apparent from the following detailed description of the invention when considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a circulator of the prior art.
FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along lines II--II of FIG. 1.
FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view similar to FIG. 2 of a circulator incorporating the principles of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a graph of return loss versus frequency of a circulator incorporating the principles of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a graph of insertion loss versus frequency of a circulator incorporating the principles of the present invention.
A circulator 10 of the prior art is illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2 as including a bottom housing section 12 and a top housing section 14 held together by fasteners (not shown). Each housing includes at their center oppositely poled magnets 16. A carpenter steel ring 15 is provided for temperature stabilization of the D.C. field. Ferrite triangular prism 18 is provided at the center of circulator 10 and is separated from the housing section 12, 14 by dielectric spacers 20. The spacers are Teflon, Rexolite or other suitable materials.
The bottom housing section 12 includes a transformer 22 and the top housing section 14 includes a transformer 24 extending along opposite walls of the channels at the center. Ports 1, 2 and 3 are connected to the center by channels 26, 27 and 28 respectively. The ferrite prism 18 and the transformers 22 and 24 have ends extending into the channels 26, 27 and 28. As illustrated in FIG. 2, the triangular apex 22A extends into channel 26, triangular apex 22B extends into channel 27, and triangular apex 22C extends into channel 28. The ferrite prism 18 and the transformers 22 and 24 are designed to be symmetrical with respect to their respective channels.
The channels in the housing sections 12, 14 form a coplanar H-plane waveguide junction disposed about a central vertical axis at an angular spacing of 120 degrees. The waveguide cross-sectional dimensions are typically of the standard S12E for the required frequency band. A triangular pedestal 22 and 24 centered at the axis of the waveguide channels serves as an impedance transformer to match the ferrite impedance to the waveguide impedance.
The opposed walls 30 and 32 of channel 26 include two linear sections 30A, 30B and 32A, 32B respectively. Channel 28 also includes two opposed walls 34 and 36 each composed of two linear sections 34A, 34B and 36A, 36B respectively. The angle between linear sections of channels 26 and 28 is 30 degrees to accommodate the in-line portion of ports 1 and 3. Channel 27 includes two opposed walls 38 and 40 each of a single linear section. Electromagnetic energy appearing at port 1 circulates to port 2 and from port 2 to port 3.
A tuning block 29 as illustrated in channel 27 of port 2 is typically required. Other tuning elements such as dielectric and metal blocks are cemented to the tips of the transformer triangles and may be cemented at other locations to tune the circulator and to establish port symmetry. Typically such tuning is by "cut and try" and becomes difficult if the ferrite prism 18 has asymmetry or is not precisely located at the junction center.
A circulator, as illustrated in FIG. 3, includes the transformer 22 extending into the channels 26, 27 and 28 of ports 1, 2 and 3. The first modification, as compared to the prior art, is that the walls 30 and 34 of channels 26 and 28 include a three linear sections 30A, 30B, 30C and 34A, 34B, 34C respectively. Section 30A and 30B of channel 26 extend at a first end from the center and the port 1 of the circulator respectfully and are joined at their second ends by a linear or transitional section 30C. The opposing wall 32 of channel 26 has only two linear sections 32A and 32B having their first end at center and the port 1 respectively and joined at their second ends. The same is true for channel 28, wherein wall 34 has three linear sections 34A, 34B and 34C and the opposed wall 36 has two linear sections 36A and 36B. The channel 27 for port 2 has two linear opposed walls 38 and 40.
The length and symmetry of the transition sections 30C or 34C are measured by the angles α and β with respect to the intersection of the axis of the two general linear portions of the channel regions 26, 28. Generally, α is equal to β and therefore the length of the transition section is symmetrical with respect to the bend of the channel. The size of the transition sections 30C and 34C increases the band width of port 1 and improves the return loss of port 3. For example, the angles α and β are in the range of 20 deg. to 50 deg.
Each of the transformers 22 and 24 is connected to a respective sidewall of the channel by coplanar tabs. As illustrated in FIG. 3, the transformer 22 includes a tab 42 connecting the common wall between apexes 22A and 22B to the sidewalls 32 and 38 of channels 26 and 27. The common wall of apexes 22A and 22C are connected to the sidewalls 30 and 34 of channels 26 and 28 by tab 44. The common wall of apexes 22B and 22C are connected to the sidewalls 40 and 36 of channels 27 and 28 by tab 46. The tabs also increase the band width and improve the return loss. It has also been found that providing sections of the tabs curved in the coplanar plane of the transformer and having a radius of R1 for the tabs 42, 44 and 46 improves the operating results. The radius of curvature R1 may be in the range of 1/6 to 1/20 of the waveguide channel width.
Tuning of port 2, in lieu of the tuning block 29 of FIG. 1, may be achieved by providing studs 48 and 50 extending from the opposing walls 38 and 40 along the top and bottom walls and coplanar with the transformers 22 and 24 and its connecting tabs 42, 44 and 46. As with the connecting tabs, the studs have a radius of curvature R2 in the coplanar plane. The radius of curvature and the length of extension of the opposing studs can be used to control the tuning. Typically the studs 48 and 50 extend in a range of 1/6 to 1/10 of the waveguide channel width.
The transformers 22 and 24, the opposed walls segments 30, 32, 34, 36, 38 and 40, the connecting tabs 42, 44, 46 and the tuning studs 48 and 50 are all machined into the respective housing sections 12 and 14 of the circulator 10. With appropriate computer control machines, variations of the radius of curvatures R1 and R2, the size of the transformers 22 and 24, the angles and lengths of the walls segments 32, 34, 36 are all easily modified to obtain the appropriate center frequency, band width, insertion loss, return loss and isolation.
Precision manufacture of the ferrite prism and center alignment of the ferrite at assembly of the circulator have minimized all random errors, establishing a very good degree of mechanical and associated electrical symmetry of performance. This invention allows quick assembly and allows a quick assessment of quality of the ferrite assembly on a "go--no go" basis.
Test results showed the circulator having a band width in the range of 20% to 30%, a return loss in the range of 20 dB to 30 dB and insertion loss in the range of 0.15 dB to 0.30 dB. FIGS. 4 and 5 show return loss and insertion loss respectively for one prototype having these valves in the 17 to 21 Ghz frequency range.
Although the present invention has been described and illustrated in detail, it is to be clearly understood that the same is by way of illustration and example only, and is not to be taken by way of limitation. The spirit and scope of the present invention are to be limited only by the terms of the appended claims.
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|Takeda Riken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
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|Mar 4, 1982
|Sep 11, 1984
|Italtel Societa Italiana Telecomunicazioni S.P.A.
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|Dec 29, 1983
|Jan 29, 1985
|Trw Inc.
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|Southworth, Principles & Applications of Waveguide Transmission, Van Nostrand Co., N.Y., 1950 p. 246.
|Citing Patent
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|Jan 23, 1996
|Ericsson Ge Mobile Communications Inc.
|Arrangement for duplex transmission having transmitter power control
|Apr 14, 2005
|Oct 9, 2007
|Ems Technologies, Inc.
|Latching ferrite waveguide circulator without E-plane air gaps
|Oct 31, 2007
|Jul 14, 2009
|Ems Technologies, Inc.
|Multi-junction waveguide circulator with overlapping quarter-wave transformers
|Oct 13, 2006
|Mar 23, 2010
|Ems Technologies, Inc.
|Ferrite waveguide circulator with thermally-conductive dielectric attachments
|Jul 24, 2013
|Aug 12, 2014
|Honeywell International Inc.
|Circulator with ferrite element attached to waveguide sidewalls
|Mar 21, 2013
|Feb 23, 2016
|Honeywell International Inc.
|Waveguide circulator with improved transition to other transmission line media
|Aug 6, 2013
|Mar 15, 2016
|Honeywell International Inc.
|Ferrite circulator with reduced-height transformers
|Apr 14, 2005
|Oct 19, 2006
|Kroeing Adam M
|Latching ferrite waveguide circulator without E-plane air gaps
|Oct 13, 2006
|Jun 21, 2007
|Ems Technologies, Inc.
|Ferrite waveguide circulator with thermally-conductive dielectric attachments
|Dec 19, 2001
|Aug 29, 2002
|Saab Ab
|Microwave circulator
|Apr 13, 2006
|Oct 26, 2006
|Ems Technologies, Inc.
|Latching ferrite waveguide circulator without e-plane air gaps
|Jun 21, 2011
|Dec 29, 2011
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|U.S. Classification
|333/1.1, 333/33, 333/249
|International Classification
|Cooperative Classification
|European Classification
|Aug 5, 1992
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Climber magazine, owned by Warners Group Publications (website) and edited by Bernard Newman have just taken the plunge with their first proper website. Whilst the print version of Climber, like its rival Climb (owned by the Greenshires group - website) only has a handful of contributors, Climber has taken an initial plunge into Web 2.0 (What is Web 2.0? Find out here) and more participation announcing that:
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2,000 in staff riot at iPhone's Chinese 'sweatshop' factory after 'guard beats up worker'
- Riot at factory in northern China started at 11pm and lasted four hours
- A total of 50 police officers were called in to bring riot under control
- In March factory workers went on strike over pay and working conditions
A riot involving 2,000 workers broke out at an Apple factory in China, leaving 40 people injured.
More than 5,000 police were reportedly sent to bring the riot at the Foxconn factory in the northern city of Taiyuan in the Shanxi province of China until control after trouble erupted in workers' sleeping quarters yesterday.
Comments on Chinese internet bulletin boards said the trouble may have been sparked by a security guard hitting an employee and not related to the recent anti-Japan protests.
In a statement, the Taiwanese-owned company said: 'A personal dispute between several employees escalated into an incident involving some 2,000 workers at approximately 11pm last night in a privately-managed dormitory.'
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Rubbish lines the road and a broken window can be seen in the background during the riots at the Foxconn factory in northern China which lasted for four hours
Around 2,000 workers at the Foxconn factory in the northern Chinese city of Taiyuan were involved in a mass brawl last night and 40 people were taken to hospital
The rioting at the factory which employs 79,000 workers continued for four hours, with 40 people being taken to hospital and a 'number of individuals being arrested'.
Production at the plant has been stopped today and the cause of the dispute is being investigated by local authorities. The company spokesman added 'it does not appear to have been work-related'.
Foxconn makes iPhones and iPads for Apple and also assembles products for Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard. It is one of China's biggest employers, with some 1.2 million workers in factories in Taiyuan, the southern city of Shenzhen, in Chengdu in the west and in Zhengzhou in central China.
Photos uploaded by Li Tian to the Chinese site Sina Weibe were swiftly removed, but they show considerable damage including a burned vehicle, broken windows and lines of police with riot shields, helmets and clubs.
Members of the military appear opposite the protesters on the streets outside the factor
A total of 5,000 police officers were called in to try and regain control of the situation
Fences appear to have been pulled down and manufacturing equipment broken during the riot
The rioting at the factory which employs 79,000 workers continued for four hours, with 40 people being taken to hospital and a 'number of individuals being arrested'
The incident happened in the city of Taiyuan in the north of China, situated to the south-west of Beijing
This is the second time in the last six months the site has seen workers unrest at the site. In March front-line workers went on strike after they failed to receive the promised pay rise.
Apple hired an auditor who found Foxconn employees regularly were required to work more than 60 hours a week. The company raised minimum pay and promised to limit hours.
There was a riot at Foxconn's Chengdu plant in June, which according to reports was due to an argument between some workers and a local restaurant owner.
Last night's rioting in the Taiyuan factory comes 11 days after an undercover journalist for the Shanghai Evening Post strongly criticised working conditions at the plant where 57million iPhones are produced every year.
The journalist, who is keeping his identity secret, kept a diary of his ten day and website micgadget translated it.
Comments on Chinese internet bulletin boards said the trouble may have been sparked by a security guard hitting an employee and not related to the recent anti-Japan protests
Foxconn, which produces the iPhone 5, says it has closed down production today after windows were broken, cars were burned and 5,000 police officers had to be called in
Referring to living conditions at the dormitory next to the plant he wrote: ''The first night sleeping at Foxconn dormitory is a nightmare.
'The whole dormitory smells like garbage when I walked in.
'It's a mixed of overnight garbage smell plus dirty sweat and foam smell.
'Outside every room was fully piled up with uncleared trash.
I opened my wardrobe, lots of cockroaches crawl out from inside and the
bedsheets that are being distributed to every new workers are full of
dirts and ashes.
someone has asked about the suicide issues, the management staff didn't
avoid the topic but not willing to discuss too much on it.
'During the suicide topic discussion, someone has voiced out that the bad living environment will sure lead to more suicides.
An investigation has been launched to find out what triggered the riot, it follows a strike at the factory in March over pay and working hours
'Also I have noticed that all the windows in the dormitory has been framed behind bars.'
Describing the relentless production-line work he was asked to carry out the journalist added:
'I have terrible neck-ache and muscle pain on my arm. A new worker who sat opposite of me got exhausted and laid down for a short while.
'The supervisor has noticed him and punished him by asking him to stand at one corner for 10 minutes like the old school days.
'We worked non-stop from midnight to the next morning 6 a.m but were still asked to keep on working as the production line is based on running belt and no one is allowed to stop. I'm so starving and fully exhausted.
'By my own calculations, I have to mark five iPhone plates every minute, at least. For every 10 hours, I have to accomplish 3,000 iPhone 5 back plates.
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Acupuncture Muscle Trigger Point and Oriental Medicine Sports Therapy
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An MD Who Understands the Opioid Epidemic
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Multivitamin Supplement May Reduce Breast Cancer Recurrence
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How to Stay Sane During the Elections: Understanding Through the Lens of Chinese Medicine
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Acupuncture's Impact on the World
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AOM Hospital-Based Practice: A Future Reality?
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March, 2012, Vol. 12, Issue 03
Laughter: It Just Might Be the Best Medicine for You
By Sharon Puszko, PhD, LMT
We have all heard this saying before, and I am sure we have all experienced the "pick-me-up" a good chuckle provides when we are feeling down. However, did this adage become common simply due to parents trying to calm their children when sick or angry? Or, is there a more primal, subconscious reason that we associate laughter with feeling better? It was not until recently, when I ran into an acquaintance of mine who has always had a rather serious disposition, that I started thinking more deeply about laughter.
I am sure we all know someone like him, the kind of person of whom we say to ourselves, "He/she needs to laugh more." Therefore, I started to wonder what research, if any, has been done on laughter, and what can we learn from it. After all, when was the last time you read or saw a press release about the latest findings from a NSF or NIH sponsored grant on the benefits of laughing? Probably never, since most people are more interested in research pertaining to cancer, tobacco or AIDS, then on laughter.
As it turns out, the science of laughter is still in its infancy, however what we have recently learned about it is fascinating. In fact, just ten years ago, I would not have had much to say other than the following: We know laughter is an evolutionary vocalization passed down from our primate relatives in order to aid in social communication, and it also seems to be contagious. While we have proven the former to be true by studying the behavior and vocalizations of our primate relatives, thanks to modern science we have also proven the latter to be true. In 2006, researchers at University College London conducted a study to determine why observing laughter usually causes someone to laugh in return.
Using MRI images of the brain, they were able to prove the existence of auditory "mirror" neurons; neurons that cause our body to produce a reaction to something we hear. Just as we have visual "mirror" neurons that activate when we see certain things (when we watch traumatic events, our brain responds as if we are experiencing that event ourselves), our auditory mirror neurons trigger our facial muscles to smile in response to hearing laughter. In fact, the more laughter we hear the more signals our neurons fire, causing us to smile and laugh in return. So whomever first coined the phrase, "Laugh, and the world laughs with you," turned out to be absolutely correct!
What about the theory that laughter is the best medicine? While I cannot assure you that laughter can cure all ills, I can say that it does indeed make you feel better. This past fall, a new study was published addressing this very issue. A group of European scientists studied the pain threshold of people before, during and after watching funny programs, such as a stand-up comedian show and episodes of "The Simpsons" and "Friends." The results revealed that people who laughed during these programs (not just listened to them, but actually laughed) had a much higher tolerance for pain after laughing than before, because laughter triggered the release of endorphins. Endorphins are chemicals which protect us from stress and make us feel good; as you well know, the biological reason massage feels so good is because it, too, releases endorphins. Therefore, while laughter may not be the best medicine, it really does make you feel better. Since it is also contagious and innate in primates, I can understand why laughter is considered one of the most primal methods of social bonding.
Now that we have proven that those serious people would indeed feel better if they laughed more, how can we, as massage therapists, incorporate more laughter into our days? I think the answer to that question will vary according to our own personal preferences. Some of us would rather reserve humor, jokes and irony for our personal lives only, and others will feel more comfortable incorporating laughter into both our professional and personal lives. Robert Provine authored a book on the science of laughter and in it suggests creating a "library" of humor. Start a collection of your favorite funny materials (books, comics, magazine, movies, TV shows, toys, etc), and make them easily accessible in your home or workplace. If you train yourself to reach for them when you start to feel angry or sad, you will notice those negative feelings diminish faster. This "library" is also a great conversation starter for parties and social gatherings, since everyone likes to laugh! Making some of these materials available to clients might help some of them relax more quickly before a session and feel more comfortable. If you choose to share this library with others, just make sure you have materials that represent a variety of humor, since we all find different things funny.
Fortunately, there is a plethora of information available on the internet and in magazines on how to incorporate laughter into your life; I have started listening to funny books and programs on CD while driving, and I can tell you that getting stuck in traffic no longer bothers me the way it used to! In closing, I'd like to remind the reader that just like massage, laughter does not require anything other than your own body in order to make yourself and someone else feel good, so try to do it as often as you can!
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The Eagles have had a positive few weeks, and confirmation of this sponsorship improves that!
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