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Algae!? Really, Mr. President, that's your idea? That's going to be what saves us, and allows us to fuel, quite literally a brand new vibrant and growing economy? Left and Right take turns alternately admonishing the other side of the political divide about the popper respect due to the office of the Presidency. I do feel that the office deserves respect, but I also believe that the person occupying that office should be the number one example of how that respect be paid. One of the truly beautiful things about some of our greatest Presidents is that they all knew that they were merely occupants of that office, and that they were put in charge of institutions which were truly greater than any one person, or even groups of people. So, my question is a simple one. At what point does a single man do such a disservice to that office that outright ridicule is not only allowed, but demanded of those who make up the governed?
Personally, for me anyhow, trying to sell Americans on using Algae as our main source of energy crosses that point. Before you pseudo scientific environmentalists start screaming about my being anti-science, I realize that research into the energy productive or any other possible uses of Algae would be a good thing, and that in the future, Algae may prove to be a super cool new toy. Suggesting that today, Algae is a viable alternative to our current providers of energy can best be described as one of the single dumbest statements of all time. The fact that our President said it is simply astounding. As of now, the debate of who is smart and who is dumb is officially over, and those who see Barack Obama as smart have to be either lying or high or completely brain dead.
I do not know if Barack Obama believes this idiocy or not. I do know that he has spent his entire term in office so far working feverishly to insure that our oil production and electricity production slows to a point where it is a hindrance to our economy rather than a fuel for it. Being the First President to ever be held in contempt of court for ending all oil Production in the Gulf is only the tip of the Ice berg. Little Barry has been using our increased percentage of oil coming from domestic sources a point in his reelection bid. What he leaves out of course is that the major reason for this has happened in spite of his policies and not as a result of them. If he were in fact an emperor as he wishes, that productivity for which he is spiking the football so to speak, known as the Bakken Formation, would be producing no oil at all. When President Obama took the Oath of Office in January of 2009, our nation ranked 4th in terms of Economic Freedom according to the Heritage Foundation. Three years later, and we have slipped to 10th on that list.
For years, Barack Obama has been traveling the country stating that he would like to see gas prices around $10 per gallon. His reason of course, that's the price when those high speed rail systems start to make economic sense to a population that escaped that vastly inferior form of transportation over a hundred years ago. We had windmills in the 1600's as well, and found a better form for delivering our energy needs. His goal of bankrupting the electricity industry of course will make windmills seem viable in the long run, only if we make the price for a kilowatt hour so expensive artificially, that using a system which only worked occasionally would be the best that we could hope for. Of course, openly stating that to the American People would be political suicide. After the Windmill and Solar Panel businesses suffered the inevitable high profile bankruptcies, even after receiving massive subsidization, what does an inherently dishonest President have left?
What he has left is Algae. He must think that a vast majority of Americans are the dumbest people on the planet. Exit questions for the environmentalists: What on Earth do you think will be the environmental impact of taking all of the Algae from the World's Oceans and burning it? How much Algae do we need to burn to move a half ton automobile 10 miles? Wouldn't the Carbon Gas created from burning Algae be the same as carbon created from burning other forms of oil? How can you keep a straight face when discussing anything having to do with our current President?


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The public is invited to attend a drop-in reception in celebration of retiring Evans High School band director Reid Hall from 2-5 p.m. Saturday at the Snelling Center in Augusta. Alumni, parents and colleagues are encouraged to drop by.
Funds are being collected to send Hall on a trip of her choosing.
The Columbia County Library will celebrate 10 years in the current building from 5-7 p.m. Thursday in the lobby at 7022 Evans Town Center Blvd. The celebration will include Makerspace technology demonstrations, giveaways, Summer Reading sign up, refreshments and more.
Three students brought the Evans Middle School STEM Challenge trophy home to rest for the summer to their sixth grade science class after being named winners of a sustainable rocket challenge by a panel of NASA engineers.
Team Atlantis comprised of Katie Crozier, Bethany Wilson and Lauren Lewallen, dubbed "Rocket Girls," were selected as the winners for creating the best sustainable rocket construction and design using only posterboard, foamboard, tape and water for fuel.
A temporary lane closure and shift will begin today on William Few Parkway while crews install a water main.
The closures and shifts will occur between High Meadows Drive and Baker Place Road from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily, through July 20, weather permitting. At times, only one lane might be in operation, therefore traffic might be down to one lane with two way traffic through these sections. Traffic will be controlled by flaggers and a pilot vehicle on each end of the lane closure that require two way traffic on one lane sections.
The following accounts were taken from Columbia County Sheriff's Office incident reports:
Employees fight while on clock
Two employees at an Evans business got into a physical altercation after one bumped into the other.
According to reports, one employee stated she was working when another employee bumped into her.
The pair then got into a verbal argument before one hit the other in the mouth with her hand.
Members of the Colonel William Few Chapter of the National Society Sons of the American Revolution awarded a local firefighter and paramedic for his service during a house fire.
Lt. Johnny Phillips received the Sons of the American Revolution Fire Safety Commendation Medal and Certificate Tuesday for his help during a residential structure fire in April.
According to chapter president Bill Tankersley, the award is part of the group's patriotic goal to provide recognition for public service.
A fleet of Fiat 500 cars can be seen zipping around Fort Gordon clad in Dominos logos with drivers who have made a career with the pizza delivery business.
Leading those drivers and some 23 other stores, including a new one opening in Martinez, throughout Columbia and Richmond counties, Charleston and Myrtle Beach is Australian native Kerri Saunders.
The third annual Wildwood Games will be held in Columbia County June 4 and 5. The multi-sport competition will feature the USA Cycling Marathon Mountain Bike National Championships. Additional competition will include trail running, disc golf, and open water swimming. This year organizers are also offering BMX and a skateboard competition at Blanchard Woods Park.
First responders honored at EMS week
Doctors Hospital representatives welcomed Columbia County Commission Chairman Ron Cross and Tonia Gibbons, from the Office of Mayor Hardie Davis Jr., to present proclamations honoring local EMS crews during EMS Week, a time to honor the men and woman that are on the front lines of medical care.
In a little more than six years, Grovetown High School senior Ja Meyre has taken advantage of every opportunity for education that she has been given since coming to the United States in the sixth grade.
Born in Bangkok, Thailand, Ja came to the U.S. with her mother and father and settled in Grovetown where her grandmother lives.
Ja was enrolled in the ESOL program at Grovetown Middle School where she started her journey to learn to speak English.
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Indiana House District 22: Everything you need to know for the 2014 primary
Indiana Rep. Rebecca Kubacki and challenger Curt Nisly square off in the primary for the District 22 seat. The winner and Democrat David Kolbe will be on the November ballot.
Indiana Rep. Rebecca Kubacki faces intraparty challenger Curt Nisly in the GOP primary in May. Kubacki, who was first elected in 2010, is seeking her third term on the District 22 seat for the Indiana House. District 22 covers Locke, Union and Jackson townships in southern Elkhart County, including Nappanee, and northern Kosciusko County, including much of Warsaw.
Both candidates view marriage as the union between one man and one woman. Kubacki voted against House Joint Resolution 3 which would have amended the Indiana Constitution to define marriage as such and prohibit same-sex marriage. She voted for a similar measure in 2011 but now says the Constitution should not be altered in such instances because it would set a precedent.
However, the Nisly campaign criticized the incumbent for her decision to vote against HJR 3. Nisly said he's "in favor of letting the marriage amendment go to the people for the vote".
Both candidates also describe themselves as pro-gun advocates. Nisly criticized Kubacki vote for an amendment to Senate Bill 229 in the last legislative session which would have prohibited firearms on school grounds that are kept concealed in locked cars. Kubacki said her vote reflected the views of three school superintendents from District 22 whose schools had policies prohibiting guns on school grounds.
Nisly said that, if the amendment had passed, "staffers who work at school and parents who visit a school (would be) effectively disarmed for their trip to and from the school, and possibly all day." He added that "law-abiding citizens should not be disarmed on their commute, nor for other errands they may have to perform that day."
Here's our previous coverage leading up to the primary in May.
Rep. Kubacki to challenger: I will 'keep doing exactly what I always have' (Jan. 23, 2014)
Nisly announced his bid for the District 22 seat in the Indiana House in January, citing dissatisfaction with the second-term incumbent.
GOP challenger Nisly calls out Rep. Kubacki on no vote on HJR 3 (Jan. 29, 2014)
Nisly called out Rep. Kubacki late January for voting against House Joint Resolution 3, which calls for a ban on same-sex marriage in Indiana. Nisly said his campaign believes constituents in District 22 deserved the right to vote on marriage. Kubacki previously voted in favor of a similar measure in 2011. She voted against the HJR 3, noting that Indiana law already defines marriage as a union between one man and one woman.
Sheriff Rogers endorses GOP challenger Nisly in Indiana House race (Feb. 24, 2014)
Elkhart County Sheriff Brad Rogers backed Curt Nisly late February in his bid for the District 22 seat. Rogers said that he and Nisly shared the same philosophy, "one rooted in the safeguards of the Indiana and United State Constitutions". Rogers is an critic of government overreach and a defender of personal gun rights.
Challenger in House race garners gun group's endorsement (April 2, 2014)
Gun Owners of America endorsed Curt Nisly in early April and criticized Rep. Kubacki, saying the incumbent "has a view hostile to the Second Amendment."
Indiana House hopeful Curt Nisly gets endorsement from pro-family group (April 8, 2014)
The Indiana Family Action PAC, affiliated through Indiana Family Action with the Indiana Family Institute, endorsed Nisly in April. The organization is a pro-family group that is pro-life and supports Indiana's proposal to define marriage as the union between one man and one woman.
Elkhart County elections 2014: Bujalski, Kubacki and Elkhart schools referendum questions get endorsements (April 16, 2014)
The Indiana Farm Bureau ELECT endorsed Rep. Rebecca Kubacki in her bid for re-election in April.
"The most horrible campaign": It's getting testy in the District 22 Indiana House contest (April 19, 2014)
Incumbent Rebecca Kubacki blasted the "despicable" tone of the District 22 race. Nisly supporters have waged a war of words against Kubacki by writing letters-to-the-editor in newspapers like The Elkhart Truth and the Warsaw-Times Union.
After Kubacki sent out a campaign mailer with a supportive letter from her daughter, there were several critical letters-to-the-editor in the Warsaw newspaper. Kubacki then took out a full-page ad in the Times-Union which partly reads, "This time, they are attacking my daughter! We've seen some really hateful things posted on the internet, too. That Curt Nisly's campaign would attack my daughter is one of the most despicable, cowardly and un-Christian things I've seen a candidate's campaign ever do."
She went on to charge that the letters were part of a campaign by a Kosciusko County tea party activist.
Nisly denies any suggestion of dirty campaigning, saying it's all about the issues.


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How can i define finite direct decomposition of elements and indecomposable elements at arbitrary lattice .
I think i can say an element of lattice is finite direct decomposition of elements if it be written as a maximal of some finite elements .For example if we look at lattice of sets i can say a set is finite direct composition of elements if it can be written as a union of finite set . Am i right ? i search on google but i can find nothing any comment or link will be helpful Thanks.


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Miami Dolphins tailback Ricky Williams back in the spotlight
Miami Dolphins tailback Ricky Williams might be a man of few words, especially when it comes to football talk, but he'll likely be a man who receives many touches of the rock this week.
Williams will return to his past life as a featured back in Thursday night's game against Carolina because his backfield partner, Ronnie Brown, will not play against the Panthers.
Brown's right foot injury is worse than initially diagnosed, and he was sent to see a specialist.
That means Williams, who is averaging 5.3 yards a carry at the ripe age of 32, will likely get more than 20 carries against the Panthers.
The last time this former Heisman Trophy winner carries the ball more than 20 times in a game occurred on Jan. 1, 2006 in the 2005 season-finale against New England.
In that 28-26 Dolphins win over the Patriots the former Texas Longhorn, who at one time was viewed as one of the NFL's premiere tailbacks before his NFL hiatus, rushed for 108 yards on 28 carries, and scored a touchdown.
Can an aged but well preserved Ricky Williams put together another one of those games?
The 102 yards he rushed for on 20 carries against Tampa Bay last week certain hints that the answer's a resounding "YES."
During his rare, and painful interview on Tuesday, Williams didn't seem too excited about his elevated role.
Here is all one minute and 36 second of an unfiltered interview with Williams, who by the way is celebrating the opening of a new South Beach restaurant tonight.


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The Bill Press Show
Legendary, longtime leader in progressive talk and analysis, Bill Press has joined the Free Speech TV lineup. The Bill Press Show can be seen Monday - Friday from 6-9am ET and week nights at 7pm ET. Watch on DISH Network Channel 9415, DIRECTV channel 348, online at freespeech.org or ROKU. Additional Free Speech TV channels can be found here. Miss an episode or just want to share it with your friends? Check out our on demand episode archive.
Bill Press began his career as a political insider and media commentator on KABC-TV and KCOP-TV, both in Los Angeles. Over the years, he has received numerous awards for his work, including four Emmys and a Golden Mike Award.
The former co-host of MSNBC's Buchanan and Press, CNN's Crossfire and The Spin Room, Press has built a national reputation on thought-provoking and humorous insights from the left side of the political aisle.
Press is the author of six books: Spin This! (Atria, 2002), Bush Must Go! (Dutton Books, 2004), How The Republicans Stole Christmas (Doubleday, 2005), Trainwreck (Wiley, 2008), Toxic Talk (Thomas Dunne Books, 2010), and his latest, The Obama Hate Machine (Thomas Dunne Books, 2012).
The host of radio's nationally syndicated Bill Press Show (Monday-Friday from 6-9am ET), Press attends the daily White House press briefing and writes a syndicated newspaper column, distributed weekly by Tribune Media Services.
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I was really excited when I opened a package this afternoon as it contained the new Jean-Charles de Castelbajac SS12 'Fashion' watch. It is one of five designs; Love Life (with black strap), Fashion (with white strap), Neo-Noe (with red strap), Boum Boum (with yellow strap), My Friend (with blue strap) and is made of a soft rubber. All of these vibrant and exciting designs are produced in JC/DC's distinctive graffiti style, which gives it a a great contemporary edge, using JC/DC's famed images and messages.
The range is called Grafftime, and they all feature JC/DC's use of trademark primary colours with the emphasis on fun, childhood and fantasy. Anyone who visited his store on Conduit Street will know that is whole world is made up of these factors, as too are his clothing and special collaborations. The watch casement is based on the ODM Rainbow overlaid with JC/DC's trademark design, but what is really great is that the face can display a personalised scrolling message, so it is ideal as giving as a gift.


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Website: http://www.state.gov/p/io/unesco/programs/143138.htm
Deadline: 2015-02-23 (National)
The Laura W. Bush Traveling Fellowship will help fund a proposal designed by the applicant to conduct brief work in a foreign country related to the mandate of UNESCO using education, natural sciences, social and human sciences, culture, and/or communication and information to build strong ties among nations. The fellowship is intended for American college/university students who express an interest in international collaboration but as of yet had not been afforded many opportunities to travel abroad. The length of time for the travel is expected to be between 4 and 6 weeks and should include interaction with individuals from other nations. During his/her travel, the recipient should be willing to participate in public diplomacy events arranged with the pertinent U.S. State Department Consulate, Mission, and/or Embassy. Following the travel, the recipient agrees to submit a report describing experiences and analyzing objectives achieved; share his/her experiences with others; and be available to make a presentation at the Annual Meeting of the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO.
Must be: a U.S. citizen eligible for foreign travel; at least 18 years old and not older than 25 at the time of application; currently enrolled in an accredited U.S. college or university in the United States.
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The application, which includes a 500-word essay, is available at the above web site. There are two deadlines each year: September and February.
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Described in November 2012 as 'the business plan for the historic environment' by Ed Vaizey, Minister for Culture, Communications & Creative Industries, the National Heritage Protection Plan (NHPP) seeks to ensure that England's historic environment
is not needlessly at risk of damage, erosion or loss
is experienced, understood and enjoyed by local communities
contributes to sustainable and distinctive places to live and work
makes a positive contribution to the national growth agenda
The NHPP forms a framework for heritage protection built around a clear set of priorities that resulted from widespread public consultation. It is hoped that this framework will encourage a wide variety of organisations to develop their own action plans in order to address all or some of these priorities.
To promote better understanding of the way priorities are being addressed and resources allocated, the framework of the Plan is arranged around a series of eight Measures for enhancing protection of the historic environment, together with the supporting actions (such as training and community engagement) necessary to ensure their successful delivery. Four of the Measures involve gathering evidence and four focus on practical responses.
Using this framework, CIfA has presented elements of its strategic plan from the current business plan, setting out the contribution we will make to support the overall Plan objectives in the period up to October 2014. You can download our report on how CIfA work is supporting NHPP below.
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Adam Silver has dropped the NBA hammer of justice on the Clipper owner Donald Sterling, and it wasn't pretty! Well it wasn't pretty for Sterling, but it was for everyone else in the league. According to a SB Nation report on April 29, the new NBA commissioner showed that he isn't going to tolerate actions like this from anyone in the league, not even owners.
Silver was straight up and very blunt with the media when he made the announcement that the Los Angeles Clippers owner would be banned for life. Sterling was also fining $2.5 million for his actions. So where does this leave the Clippers now? Well the rumor mill is boiling over about potential buyers, and one of the rumors includes the greatest Laker of all-time.
According to an SI report on April 29, Magic Johnson would have interest in purchasing the LA Clippers. Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports is reported that Magic Johnson and his ownership group are interested in buying the team if Sterling is forced to sell the team. Sterling has owned the team for over three decades but after today's press conference it looks like things will be changing soon.
Magic Johnson and his billionaire backers, the Guggenheim Partners, want a chance to purchase the Los Angeles Clippers, league sources told Yahoo Sports. "Magic's absolutely interested," one source closely connected to Johnson's business interests told Yahoo Sports on Sunday night.
Magic Johnson already has part ownership of the LA Dodgers, so why not the Clippers too? One thing is for sure, Clippers coach Doc Rivers has to be thrilled about this move. After his team looked like they were sleep walking through Game 4 of their best-of-seven series vs. the Golden State Warriors Sunday now the team get can back to concentrating on winning basketball games and making a run at the NBA Championship.
The Clippers will play their first game at home tonight at the Staples Center since Sterling's comments were made public. What do you think NBA fans? Will Sterling be forced to sell the team? If so, will Magic Johnson be the new owner?


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Roy Colt and Winchester Jack is the 1970 Italian western comedy directed by Mario Bava. Roy and Jack are partners and friends who often fight. After they break it off, they search for a map that will lead them to gold. Jack falls in love with a woman named Manila. Jack and Roy meet again in Carlton City. Roy becomes the sheriff and Jack works with a former Russian priest only known as "The Reverend." The duo soon meet up and clash again. But the Reverend plans to double cross them and take all the money. Will the duo stop bickering long enough to stop the fiend?
Think of this spaghetti western as a parody. Fans of the sub-genre will be amused that it was made in Italy. Bava did make a mistake when the Reverend said he wanted to be the pope of Russia. The Russian form of Christianity is Eastern Orthodox and they don't have a pope, only patriarchs. It doesn't distract from the movie too much. Luckily, the movie is pretty funny. Roy and Jack's relationship is your typical manly man friendship in that even though they fight a lot, they would never kill each other. One of the funniest scenes is when Roy becomes the sheriff and tries to rally the townsfolk for a dangerous mission and they all flee. This is an unusual film for Mario Bava, as he usually directs horror films. He turns out to be pretty good at stepping out of his usual genre. In fact, the viewer may wonder how he would have been like if he had directed a dramatic western. Still, it's a good comedic farce. Honolulu western fans should at least rent this film.
More at: Tricia's Retro Film Reviews
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Samples for GlassFish Project
By msreddy on May 10, 2006
The samples project provides opportunities to developers to participate and contribute the sample applications for the application server built by project GlassFish. As the project GlassFish is being adopted by many, there is a need to explain all the features and its usage.
These sample applications also ship as part of Java EE SDK. Contributing to this project means contributing to the SDK and being part of a bundle which has millions of downloads. The sample applications also work with Sun Java System Application Server SJSAS 9.0.
To start with the samples project has few samples corresponding to new Java EE 5 features, such as EJB 3.0 persistence, annotations, interceptor mechanism, security, etc.
Please refer to https://glassfish-samples.dev.java.net/ for information on Samples for the GlassFish project and for the details on participating in the contribution of sample applications. Initially it is expected the developers start providing content, and patches to get familiar with the project and process before acquiring one of the project roles.
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Encyclopedia of Jazz Musicians
Kemp, Emme
Kemp, Emme, pianist, composer, singer, actress; Emme Kemp has filled the shoes of such diverse musical artists as Jay McShann, Odetta, and Jackie and Roy Kral. As a band leader, she has hired the creative likes of Paul Quinichette and Ernie Wilkins. She played with the NYU Jazz Ensemble under the direction of Jimmy Guiffre at Carnegie Hall, and earlier studied at Northwestern University and Berklee School of Music. She served in the U.S. Army and produced shows for Special Services, and was assigned to the Judge Advocate's office.
A former 3-year-old prodigy who grew up with the good time gospel and blues of Chicago, Emme recorded with the ragtime piano man Eubie Blake. Prior to her move to New York, Ms. Kemp lived in California and coached with the eminent pianist Egon Petri. Her jazz anthology goes from classic to modern. She has appeared on numerous college campuses and her lectures, poetry and writings from a significant overview on popular culture.
In Woody Allen's film "Sweet And Low Down," Emme is shown in the Chicago jam session scenes with Sean Penn. Kemp has played in festivals from Martinique, Italy's Umbria, Monte Carlo's Sporting Club, Lincoln Center, 92nd Street Y to the Schomburg Center. Kemp was featured as composer and actress in Broadway's musical Bubbling Brown Sugar. Her keyboard narrative Someone To Sing To premiered in Berlin in 1992 co-staring Queen Yahna and a cast of thirteen.
Her commissioned theater piece "Echoes Out of Time" premiered at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry. "The Ballad of Box Brown" followed in Philadelphia. Emme Kemp received awards from The National Endowment for the Arts, ASCAP, and civic organizations. Emme performed her concept songs for children on TV's Captain Kangaroo and other recent originals on The Guiding Light.
Researcher of American music Kemp initiated the 100th anniversary celebration of W.C. Handy's birth at NYC's Overseas Press Club and was recently acknowledged at the New York Press Conference announcing the U.S. Senate designation of 2003 as the "Year of the Blues."
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Cornmeal Muffins
Yield: Makes 12
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- 1-1/2 cups flour
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- 1 cup milk
- 3 tablespoons melted butter
Instructions:Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt. Add cornmeal. In separate bowl combine eggs, milk, and butter. Slowly add wet ingredients to dry, stirring until blended. Spoon mixture into greased muffin pans and bake 25 to 30 minutes.
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My name is Doug and I live here in Katy, TX. I've been shooting at my local range for almost a full year now. I have a Taurus PT 809 and a loaner CZ 75 B. With this recent ammo shortage I'm now getting into reloading.
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I use phoca gallery on many sites but now I can't upload my photo's using the flash multiple upload function.
When I'm uploading files it stops by 75% and says Error: Failed to open output stream.
There is a new folder created: pgpluploadtmpfolder. But it is empty.
If I change the rights of the pgpluploadtmpfolder in 777 and then upload my files, I can actually upload then. But Phoca delete the file pgpluploadtmpfolder afterwards so it isn't a good workaround. But maybe it helps to get an idea of the problem.
Single upload is no problem.
I tested it in chrome, firefox and explorer. All the same problem.
The files are no bigger than 1mb.
The person who I build the site for is going to need this function to update his site by himself.
I use joomla 2.5.8 and php 5.2. And the newest flash player.
I tested it with Phoca gallery 3.2.0 and 3.2.3. Both gives the same problem.
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The great interest of the Chinese and North American motorists for the C-Segment saloons have pushed the Volkswagen management to grant the go-ahead to a second CC, more compact and streamlined, which will be placed beneath the new D-segment CC. According to Autocar, the new saloon boasts a sportier look and it is internally known as SC (Sport Coupe). The development has been approved by Volkswagen, after the failure of the NCC (New Coupe Concept) project, displayed at the 2011 Detroit Auto Show, which should have become a two door version of the current Jetta. This type of vehicle – spacious, comfortable coupe, but far from sporty - does not capture the public interest anymore.
"Our research suggests there is increasingly a market for a sportier and more stylish version of the Jetta in the mould of the CC only smaller and more affordable. From the feedback we've received so far buyers want an individual bodystyle and the practicality of four doors" a company source revealed. The Volkswagen SC will use the MQB platform to build the new Jetta range. It will compete with the 4-door Audi A3 and Mercedes CLC.


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Massachusetts: Back to square one? Absolutely not
They're almost certainly not going to earn home ice in the playoffs, but you've still got to like the way the Massachusetts Minutemen have performed this year. After an offseason which saw them lose a staggering amount of talent, they've dealt with the ups and downs well enough to be in seventh place, just two games under .500 in league play.
Of late, they've been playing particularly well, winning three of their last four. They swept sister school Massachusetts-Lowell two weekends ago before splitting a two-game set this past weekend at Vermont. Even better is the way they played in the split. After a 2-1 loss on Friday night, they took no prisoners on Saturday, thumping their hosts, 6-0.


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Michael Taylor lived up to the hype this week, smacking an RBI triple to right-center in the top of the 9th to complete Washington's comeback for a 5-4 Nats win over the Mets in the 2014 Grapefruit League opener.
The three-base knock gave Manny Delcarmen the win for a scoreless 8th in which the bullpen hopeful struck out two and allowed a hit. Tyler Robertson set the side down in order to close out the game and earn the save.
It also took Christian Garcia off the hook for a rough sixth inning that saw New York's N.L. entry score four times on four hits, including a two-run blast by Ike Davis.
Taylor Jordan got the starting nod and laid two goose eggs, allowing just a hit and no walks while fanning two. A.J. Cole followed with two zeroes on the board, but gave up two doubles and a single and was saved from allowing a run by a ground-rule double in the 4th.
As is often the case with road spring training games, the "scrubs" outnumbered the regulars. Here's a rundown of how the minor-leaguers fared:
• Eury Perez started in CF and went 1-for-2, making a spectacular catch in the 2nd inning to rob Lucas Duda of extra bases.
• Taylor took over duties from Perez and walked in his first plate appearance
• Steve Souza came off the bench and played RF, going 1-for-3.
• Mike Fontenot spelled Danny Espinosa at 2B but was 0-for-3.
• Matt Skole took over for Adam LaRoche at 1B and went 1-for-2 with an RBI double and made a pick to complete a 4-B-3 DP.
• Zach Walters replaced Ian Desmond at SS and was 2-for-2 with an RBI double that tied the game in the 8th.
• Jhonatan Solano followed Wilson Ramos behind the plate but was 0-for-2 while standing in the box.
• Koyie Hill pinch-hit for Tyler Moore as the DH and drove in a run with an RBI single while going 1-for-2 overall.
• Jeff Kobernus subbed for Scott Hairston in LF and scored the game-winning run after his one-out single in the 9th and was 1-for-2 for the game.
• RHP Aaron Barrett allowed a hit but walked none and struck out none in his lone inning of work.
The Nationals make their home debut tomorrow afernoon versus the
Barves Atlanta. Jordan Zimmermann is expected to make the start. The game can be heard on MLB Radio.
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Taylor versus Perez for the CF job behind Span. Seems like a good competition to watch this spring.
And I thought Michael Taylor couldn't hit. Be great to see Taylor move up the prospects list over the spring.
SD, he had a terrific winter league season. Was listening to that last few innings on the radio, and they hadn't seen Taylor before and we're gushing over how gracefully and fast he ran out the triple.
I can't see the Nats keeping Taylor as a backup as they need to keep developing him to actually replace Span in a year or two. Plus he hasn't played above A+. It's good to see that he's kept his winter league confidence at the plate going, though.
As for Perez, a backup OF slot would be complicated and would probably involve a trade of Moore or Hairston. Even if they did that, my preference would be Souza, whose bat is much more lethal than Eury's. Or they might keep Kobernus since he's more OF/INF capable.
Speaking of OFs, where was Goodwin today? It seemed like everyone else in the phone book was playing.
Taylor needs to play full-time this year. He's not going to make the big club as long as Span is on the roster. If Span gets hurt, maybe there's a chance that he gets a call up. But even then, isn't McClouth Span's backup?
McLouth has terrible fielding stats in CF. More likely, Harper would fill in center, with McLouth in left (or right, if Harper finally convinces Werth to move).
I did not realize that McClouth was such a bad centerfielder. Thanks for your helpful response. I'd love to see Span play all 162!!! He's beautiful to watch in center.
But Taylor is still a lot better. Just watch the arm.
Span does have a weak arm, that is true. We'll see. I don't know which one I want to see play in Viera now! Hopefully, I'll see both Taylor and Span! At the same time!!!
Got a chance to watch the replay last night. By the 2nd half of the game it was pretty much our prospects against theirs, and it was great to watch these guys on a big screen HD TV! Hadn't ever really thought about that as a big hidden advantage to ST road games.
Also, this year it seemed like "our guys" stood out, whereas in previous years there was more focus on a bunch of fringe veteran NRIs that were in to try out, Perhaps that's just a function of it being an early game and over the course of ST our prospects will gradually drop down to minor league camp, but I'll take it as a good sign of improvement throughout the organization (i.e., fewer open needs at the major league level, so more chance to highlight the good depth in the system).


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Zhu, P; Zhang, K; Wang, Z; Liu, Y; Liu, X; Wu, Z; McDonald, S A; Marone, F; Stampanoni, M (2010). Low-dose, simple, and fast grating-based X-ray phase-contrast imaging. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), 107(31):13576-13581.
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Phase sensitive X-ray imaging methods can provide substantially increased contrast over conventional absorption-based imaging and therefore new and otherwise inaccessible information. The use of gratings as optical elements in hard X-ray phase imaging overcomes some of the problems that have impaired the wider use of phase contrast in X-ray radiography and tomography. So far, to separate the phase information from other contributions detected with a grating interferometer, a phase-stepping approach has been considered, which implies the acquisition of multiple radiographic projections. Here we present an innovative, highly sensitive X-ray tomographic phase-contrast imaging approach based on grating interferometry, which extracts the phase-contrast signal without the need of phase stepping. Compared to the existing phase-stepping approach, the main advantages of this new method dubbed "reverse projection" are not only the significantly reduced delivered dose, without the degradation of the image quality, but also the much higher efficiency. The new technique sets the prerequisites for future fast and low-dose phase-contrast imaging methods, fundamental for imaging biological specimens and in vivo studies.
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In the first part of this tutorial, we covered the WordPress Cron engine, created our own scheduled task that used the WordPress HTTP API to query the Twitter Search API and create new Status posts out of new tweets in the search.
Today we'll talk about some improvements that can be made to the plugin. We'll create a plugin options page using the Settings API and talk about different search techniques available on Twitter.
Planning an Options Page
Let's start off with the plugin options page and the first thing we'll go through is a plan. We need to plan what kind of options we're going to provide, how these options will be called and used. After that we'll jump to implementing them on an options page using the Settings API. So, here's what options we'll cover in this tutorial:
- Recurrence (daily, twice daily, hourly)
- Search string
- Posts author
Let's keep it as simple as that for a while. We'll store the options in an associative array called
ttp_options (ttp for Tweets to Posts) and the array keys:
search and
author for the respective options mentioned above.
We'll continue where we left off in the previous part of this tutorial and since it's going to get a little more complicated than before, let's take a minute to rename all our functions and hooks from the
my_ prefix to the less-generic
ttp_ prefix, so
my_create_schedule becomes
ttp_create_schedule and
my_fetch_tweets becomes
ttp_fetch_tweets. Don't forget to provide the correct function names when adding them to actions with
add_action too!
Registering the Settings, Sections and Fields
You're probably familiar with the Settings API already, so let's use that to create our three settings together with the callback functions that render the form controls. So, appending to our plugin source file:
function ttp_register_settings() {
register_setting( 'ttp_options', 'ttp_options' );
add_settings_section( 'ttp_general', 'General Settings', 'ttp_section_general', 'ttp_options' );
add_settings_field( 'recurrence', 'Recurrence', 'ttp_field_recurrence', 'ttp_options', 'ttp_general' );
add_settings_field( 'search', 'Search', 'ttp_field_search', 'ttp_options', 'ttp_general' );
add_settings_field( 'author', 'Author', 'ttp_field_author', 'ttp_options', 'ttp_general' );
add_action( 'admin_init', 'ttp_register_settings' );
There you go, a setting, a section and three fields. Note that our option name in the WordPress database is
ttp_options, we'll use that when retrieving options back to our plugin. The General section will hold all our three settings fields which is quite straightforward, so let's now look at the callbacks implementation.
General Section Callback
This is very easy, we just output some information about the settings section and since we have only one, we called it General. Here's the callback function for our section:
function ttp_section_general() {
echo 'General Tweets to Posts settings that affect the workflow of the plugin.';
Nothing to discuss here, so let's move over to the fields.
Recurrence Field Callback
This field will be a drop-down select box containing all available schedules provided by the WordPress cron module. Let's take a look at the callback function first and go through it step by step afterwards.
function ttp_field_recurrence() {
$schedules = wp_get_schedules();
$options = get_option( 'ttp_options' );
$recurrence = isset( $options['recurrence'] ) ? $options['recurrence'] : 'hourly';
<select name="ttp_options[recurrence]">
<?php foreach ( $schedules as $key => $schedule ): ?>
<option value="<?php echo $key; ?>" <?php selected( $key == $recurrence ); ?>><?php echo $schedule['display']; ?></option>
<?php endforeach; ?>
As you can see, we're using the
wp_get_schedules function to retrieve all available schedules. WordPress comes with three standard schedules — hourly, daily and twice daily, but you can easily filter in and provide your own. We're also using the
get_option function to retrieve our plugin options and then get the
recurrence key from that.
We finally render our
select element (note down the name attribute) and using a
foreach loop, render each available option into our select box. Note how we're using the
selected function which sets the value of the selected option when rendering the control. You can also inspect the
$schedules array using
print_r to see what other keys are available.
Search Field Callback
This is fairly simple since our search field is a simple text box, the contents of which will then be passed on to the Twitter API as the search query.
function ttp_field_search() {
$options = get_option( 'ttp_options' );
$search = isset( $options['search'] ) ? $options['search'] : '';
<input type="text" name="ttp_options[search]" value="<?php echo esc_attr( $search ); ?>" />
Note the usage of the
esc_attr WordPress function which makes sure that the value is escaped before squeezing it into the value attribute.
Author Field Callback
And finally, the author field, which is even easier than all the above, thanks to WordPress built-in function called
function ttp_field_author() {
$options = get_option( 'ttp_options' );
$author = isset( $options['author'] ) ? $options['author'] : '';
wp_dropdown_users( array(
'name' => 'ttp_options[author]',
'selected' => $author
) );
This renders a select box, similar to the one in our recurrence field but mostly generated by that magic
wp_dropdown_users function along with a few arguments to make sure the name attribute is correct, as well as the selected author remains selected.
Now that's been taken care of, all fields and sections have now got callbacks but we aren't really seeing them in action, are we? Right, we need to add an entry to our Settings menu and render the options page for our plugin.
Creating the Plugin Options Page
Again, thanks to the Settings API, this is extremely easy to do. You just have to make sure you're hooking into the right place and providing the correct callback functions.
function ttp_options_page() {
add_options_page( 'Tweets to Posts Options', 'Tweets to Posts', 'manage_options', 'ttp_options', 'ttp_options_page_contents' );
add_action( 'admin_menu', 'ttp_options_page' );
function ttp_options_page_contents() {

<?php screen_icon(); ?>

Tweets to Posts Options

<form method="post" action="options.php">
<?php wp_nonce_field( 'update-options' ); ?>
<?php settings_fields( 'ttp_options' ); ?>
<?php do_settings_sections( 'ttp_options' ); ?>
<?php submit_button(); ?>
The first function uses
add_options_page to add an entry under the Settings menu. The function itself should be added during
admin_menu ( and not
admin_init ). The callback function uses some simple HTML markup to make our options page look as nice as all the rest of the admin pages in WordPress, and uses the
settings_fields and
do_settings_sections to render our sections and controls. The
wp_nonce_field is important here too from the security point of view.
So as soon as that's done, you'll be left with a fully working plugin options page, that should look something like this:
Implementing Our New Options
Let's start off with the Recurrence option. As you recall from the first part of this tutorial, the scheduling magic happens in a function called
ttp_create_schedule. Rewrite that to make it look something like this:
function ttp_create_schedule() {
$options = get_option( 'ttp_options' );
$recurrence = isset( $options['recurrence'] ) ? $options['recurrence'] : 'hourly';
$schedule = wp_get_schedule( 'ttp_tweets_to_posts' );
if ( $schedule != $recurrence )
wp_clear_scheduled_hook( 'ttp_tweets_to_posts' );
if ( ! wp_next_scheduled( 'ttp_tweets_to_posts' ) ) {
wp_schedule_event( time(), $recurrence, 'ttp_tweets_to_posts' );
It didn't change much. All we did was grab the
recurrence value from the database and used it when scheduling the event. We also compared that value to the currently scheduled one and cleared it out if they were different. This makes sure that the new schedule takes effect as soon as the the recurrence has been changed, rather than after the even has happened the next time.
Possible improvements here are around the
$recurrence variable. We're running a check to see if the option has been set, but what if it has been set to "three times a day" and WordPress doesn't know about that kind of schedule? We should probably run that through an
in_array call comparing to the output of
wp_get_schedules. We can do the same when rendering our recurrence field.
Next up is the search query for the Twitter API and the status posts author on our website. These are quite easy to implement and should be done in our
ttp_fetch_tweets function, which earlier had something like this:
$query = "from:themefm";
$author = get_user_by( 'email', 'email@example.com' ); // Replace with your own
Which explicitly set the search term and the author, but we now have these in our plugin options, so let's use them:
$options = get_option( 'ttp_options' );
$query = isset( $options['search'] ) ? $options['search'] : '';
$author_id = isset( $options['author'] ) ? $options['author'] : 0;
$author = get_user_by( 'id', $author_id );
// Don't do anything if not configured.
if ( empty( $author ) || empty( $query ) )
As you can see, we're setting the
$query and
$author variables like we did before, only this time we're taking the values from the database. We're also running a quick check to make sure both variables contain some values. The rest of the function remains as it was. Here's the full source code for our
ttp_fetch_tweets function which is getting a little bigger now:
// Fired during our scheduled event
function ttp_fetch_tweets() {
$options = get_option( 'ttp_options' );
$query = isset( $options['search'] ) ? $options['search'] : '';
$author_id = isset( $options['author'] ) ? $options['author'] : 0;
$author = get_user_by( 'id', $author_id );
// Don't do anything if not configured.
if ( empty( $author ) || empty( $query ) )
$max_id = get_option( 'ttp_max_tweet_id', 0 );
// Fire the HTTP request to Twitter
$response = wp_remote_get( 'http://search.twitter.com/search.json?q=' . urlencode( $query ) . '&result_type=recent&rpp=10&since_id=' . $max_id );
// Make sure no errors occured
if ( ! is_wp_error( $response ) && wp_remote_retrieve_response_code( $response ) == 200 ) {
// Parse the response and grab the max_id
$response = json_decode( wp_remote_retrieve_body( $response ) );
if ( ! empty( $response->results ) ) {
$max_id = $response->max_id_str;
update_option( 'ttp_max_tweet_id', $max_id );
// Loop through the tweets (search results) and publish posts
foreach ( $response->results as $tweet ) {
$gmt_date = date( 'Y-m-d H:i:s', strtotime( $tweet->created_at ) );
$post = array(
'post_content' => $tweet->text,
'post_status' => 'publish',
'post_date_gmt' => $gmt_date,
'post_date' => get_date_from_gmt( $gmt_date ),
'post_author' => $author->ID
$post_id = wp_insert_post( $post );
set_post_format( $post_id , 'status' );
add_action( 'ttp_tweets_to_posts', 'ttp_fetch_tweets' );
And you're done! You've now got three options which you can use to configure the plugin without having to go into the source code, but there's one more thing I'd like to cover.
Making Things Clickable
WordPress comes with a sweet function called make_clickable which transforms URLs and e-mail addresses into links, but as we know from Twitter, that's not enough. We'll add usernames, hashtags and lists to that using our own clickable function, like this:
function ttp_make_clickable( $text ) {
$text = make_clickable( $text );
// Hashtags
$text = preg_replace(
'${1}${2}${3}',
// Mentions
$text = preg_replace(
'${1}@${3}',
// Lists
$text = preg_replace(
'${1}${2}${3}',
return $text;
You don't have to dig into the regular expressions themselves, but simply copy and paste them ;) Then use the function in a filter to
the_content also making sure we're operating on status posts, like this:
function ttp_filter_content( $content ) {
global $post;
if ( get_post_format( $post->ID ) === 'status' )
$content = ttp_make_clickable( $content );
return $content;
add_filter( 'the_content', 'ttp_filter_content' );
Which should bring us the following result:
Twitter Search Techniques
If you publish a lot of tweets from your own Twitter account, or use a search query that's quite popular on Twitter, you might end up with way too many status posts per hour. We recommend you inspect the search results for your specific query before actually using it.
You should definitely take a look at Twitter's Advanced Search which can help you construct a better search query, filtering out things you don't like.
For example, a search for "from:themefm -filter:replies" would return tweets from @themefm but would filter out tweets which are replies to other tweets. A search for "from:themefm filter:links" would return only tweets containing links. With a little bit of more coding, you can also move some of these filters into your plugin options page and append them to the search query when chosen, which would actually be very nice ;)
Of course there's a lot of room for other improvements here, perhaps adding the Twitter widgets script for better popup-intents is one and multi-author (Twitter names to Author names mapping) is another one. Security improvements is always a must before you go public. You can grab the full source code of the plugin right here and compare to what you have done and see where we (or you) went wrong:Download Source Code
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His first 2 years were hell for him and me. Now Alana has helped us bond and have fun together through the play sessions. Also she has helped me learn how to set limits for Jack so that he learns boundaries and feels much safer.
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He really has been the meat in the sandwich. I'm so glad he went to Play Therapy where Alana accepts him totally and allows him to play out his feelings and find his own way forward.
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Research supports the effectiveness of play therapy with children experiencing a wide variety of social, emotional, behavioral, and learning problems including children whose problems are related to life stressors such as divorce, death, relocation, hospitalisation, chronic illness, stressful experiences, physical and sexual abuse, domestic violence, and natural disasters (Reddy, Files-Hall & Schaefer, 2005).
My name is Alana Vaney and I am a fully qualified Play Therapist. Play therapy sessions are already helping many children (and their parents) on the Sunshine Coast.
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I work with children aged between three and eleven years of age, and occasionally adolescents who are suffering from a range of psychological difficulties and complex life experiences.
Psychological difficulties include depression, anxiety, aggression, learning difficulties and ADHD. Difficult life experiences include abuse, grief, family breakdown, domestic violence and trauma.
I conduct individual sessions on the Sunshine Coast working with children who have one or more of these problems.
A professionally trained play therapist helps a child to increase insight, to decrease internal conflict and to increase resiliency, coping and emotional literacy. Play therapists work closely with the child's parents/carers throughout the play therapy intervention and occasionally undertake parent-child relationship interventions.
Child Centered Play Therapy can be a beautiful and effective way to help children and works for children much as counselling or psychotherapy does for adults. Child Centered Play Therapy helps children work through emotional, psychosocial and behavioural difficulties and helps address family problems.
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Play Therapy sessions are usually held in a playroom that has a range of carefully selected toys and materials. In special circumstances, Play Therapy sessions can also be offered in other settings such as home and in hospital. In the playroom, the child can express feelings, thoughts, experiences and behaviours through play. Toys are used like words and become the child's natural language.
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Wavy scrolling in applications such as Internet Explorer is a common symptom that may seem confusing until you know what the underlying problem is. The issue is related to video card drivers. When the proper drivers are not installed, Windows reverts to the default drivers, which provide choppy movement during certain motions, such as scrolling in Internet Explorer. Installing the proper drivers fixes the problem as soon as the computer has been restarted.
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"The Bachelor" two-night event, which aired on Monday and Tuesday, was not enough to breathe life into a lackluster season, despite the drama ABC teased would ensue on the overnight "Fantasy Suite" dates with Juan Pablo Galavis and the four remaining bachelorettes in St. Lucia. Andi dumped Don Juan Pablo, and "it's not OK!"
The yawn-fest began in Kearney, Missouri when "The Bachelor" met Nikki who wanted to tell him she loved him but didn't: boring.
Juan Pablo's second trip was to Andi's hometown of Atlanta, Georgia. She's not sure if she is in love, but is "very, very close" to being in love with him, ho-hum. However, things sure changed when she experienced the real "Bachelor" in the "Fantasy Suite", and it wasn't "OK".
Renee's hometown date in Sarasota, Florida with her son wasn't enough for Juan Pablo to keep her around. She was another bachelorette who couldn't tell "The Bachelor" that she loved him. Galavis welled up with tears as he bid Renee adieu. He promised her he wouldn't prolong her time if she wasn't the one, and it is clear at this point in the reality TV dating show who Juan Pablo will choose: Clare.
Clare and Juan Pablo's visit to Sacramento, California to meet with the family was truly appreciated by all who live within dysfunctional families, and the awkward moment between sisters brought five minutes of drama to two very dull television nights.
Was "The Bachelor" two-night special ABC's way of competing with the season premiere of "The Voice"? If it was, it failed, miserably.
Saint Lucia was the exotic locale for overnight dates, which Andi felt Juan Pablo didn't take seriously. Clare was the first for an overnight date in the "Fantasy Suite" with Juan Pablo, and "The Bachelor" became weepy when the California native told him she was falling in love.
Andi had the next overnight time with Don Juan Pablo, and although he's said numerous times that Andi could be the one, she woke up and couldn't wait to get out to run as far away from Galavis as possible. Andi stated Juan Pablo is a self-centered name-dropper that confessed his overnight date with Clare, which the 26-year-old assistant district attorney felt was rude and offensive.
The Fantasy Suite turned into a nightmare. The whole night was just a disaster. I hope he did not think that went well. I just didn't see someone that cared for me. It is extremely important for me to be with a guy who loves me more than he loves himself.
After Andi confessed her disappointments to Juan Pablo, she continued to press her point for some type of emotion from "The Bachelor" who was "ok" with her departure. She was insulted he said she was in St. Lucia by default, which he stated he didn't do. Why keep on fighting? What was the point? Is it really "OK" Juan Pablo? Andi's exit made Juan Pablo's decision on whom to keep easier, but it's obvious who Galavis will select.
Nikki had the last of the overnight dates and she was the first to say, "I love you" to "The Bachelor", but will she be the one he proposes to two weeks from now? The Reality TV Examiner thinks Juan Pablo will choose Clare. What do you think?
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With gas and fuel oil prices on the rise, many people are tapping into the alternative energy market. Quite a few farmers and municipalities are turning sewage, manure, or garbage into fuel. What sort of fuel is it and what is the process that produces it? Well, the best answer is, its perfectly natural. When you bury garbage in a landfill, bacterial action decomposes and forms volatile gases. Over time those gases leak into the atmosphere and contribte to the greenhouse effect. Landfills in particular are being challenged to become emission free, by trapping and burning the "landfill gas". Landfill gas, or biogas, as it is now called, is composed of approsimately 65% methane, 30% carbon dioxide, and 5% other minor gases.
The process by which biogas is produced is anaerobic digestion; meaning without oxygen. This is not the same process as "composting" vegetation in your backyard. Composting requires aerating the mixture by turning; thereby exposing it to air (oxygen). The byproduct of this reaction is soil and predominantly carbon dioxide gas. Anaerboic digestion requires that the reaction take place in a container that is sealed or isolated from the outside air. The product is a large amount of methane, a little carbon dioxide, and a high grade fertilizer.
A simple digester is just a big balloon full of crap! Once placed in a sealed container, oxygen loving bacteria within the orginal product begins to break down the manure into simpler compounds; these are typically ammonia compounds. At this point, a fair amount of CO2 is given off. Once all of the oxygen is used up, other critters, ammonia loving bacteria, take over. The ammonia loving bacteria work to liquefy the material. Eventually, fodder for the a ammonia loving bacteria is used up and the next process begins; the production of methane. For this process to begin and proceed in a timely manner, the reaction requires two things, a neutral or slightly basic pH and an optimum temperature. A well buffered digester will be at around 8 to 8.5 on the pH scale. A digester is pretty much self buffering once it is started, but you can speed things up by starting it off on the right foot. The optimum temperature is 95 degrees F to 110 degrees F. While you will produce gas at lower temperatures, it will take a much longer period of time. Landfills don't begin producing methane gas until many years after they are sealed up.
There are different types of digesters; the two major types being batch and continuous feed. Each is exactly as its name denotes. The simplest is the batch digester and it can literally be as simple as putting some cow manure in a barrel and sealing it up. However, without adding some heat, there will be very little perceptible activity. Add a little heat in the form of a drum heater, as shown in the picture above, and voila - instant fuel. A little tubing and a few valves, and you have a simple digester. We have heard of running a small gasoline engine from a barrel typ type batch digester. However, it is very limited in the amount of methane it can produce. Typical life of a batch digester is around 45 to 60 days. At that point, you would have to dump the fully digested material and refill the container with fresh manure.
The most practical type of digester is the continuous feed digester, since it will provide a continuous output of gas instead of a large volume all at once. A small quantity of manure is fed into one end of the digester at regular intervals. With each feeding, the previous "slugs" are forced along the lenght of the digester until it comes to the outlet at the other end; sort of like a big instestine!
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When you plan for your digester, plan for a constant supply of manure and a way of disposing of the effluent. The continuous feed digester requires regular feeding and will produce lots of high quality fertilzer and lots of gas!
Most of the examples we see today are on the large corporate farms with sophisticated controls and people to tend the daily needs of the digester. What about the small farm? Well, a digester can be designed to be as large or as small as you like. Design it to suit your needs and budget.
How can I use the methane that I produce?
Methane can be burned to provide both heat and cold. Used in an absorption chiller, the heat produced by burning methane can be converted to cooling for buildings or processes. This is actually a very efficient system since for every BTU produced, you get a BTU back in cooling. No so with electric production. If you choose to produce electricity, the system efficiency is very low. This is mainly due to the fact that internal combustion engines are exremely inefficient, only about 25% so. Diesel engines are higher, around 35%. However, if you opt for a conventional engine generator set, then you are going to end up with a converted gasoline engine.
Using the gas directly for water heating is another very efficient use of the fuel. New hot water tanks are around 95% efficient. If you start off with a small digester, then plan for several independent usage methods. That way if demand is low, you can use all of the gas that you produce. If you have to store it by compression, then you will use a lot of teh gas you produce just to compress the rest. This will discussed in more detail later.
Another way of utilizing the fuel you make is to heat water to make steam and drive a turbine connected to a generator. Most back yard mechanics are not going to tackle this and industrial units are hideously expensive. Still, there are some interesting new micro-turbines being marketed today that would be perfect for small installation.
Each of these alternatives requires a constant supply of gas, but will not be able to tolerate oversupply. Correct sizing of the components is critical to maintain operation and to get the most from your unit. It is impossbile to accurately determine the rate at which gas will be produced because of all the variables - manure content, temperature, amount of water. If you have control over at least some of these parameters, you should be able to predict the flow of gas within a reasonable tolerance. However, you need to plan for a reserve that can act as a flywheel or capacitor and provide even flow to your engine/generator.
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