text: Home > Medical schemes > FAQs FAQs All sections in Medical Schemes » About Medical Schemes » General Info » Choosing a Medical Scheme » Dictionary of Terms » FAQs » Medical Scheme News » PMB and Chronic Disease » Momentum Health » Fedhealth How do I choose a medical scheme? Choosing the right medical scheme is very important espcially when there are so many medical aid companies out there. Like us on Facebook » Subscribe to the newsletter » Ask CyberDoc » Quiz How long will you live? » Medical history Bacteria gallery What is an MSA? Many medical schemes have what is called a medical savings account or MSA. It's usually a percentage of your monthly contribution, which is used to pay day-to-day medical expenses. What is a self-payment gap? Have you exhausted your day-to-day benefits and moved into your self-payment gap? Here's what it means. How do I select the option that's best for me? Before choosing a medical scheme, you should take a careful look at your personal medical needs. Can one person belong to more than one medical scheme? No person may belong to more than one medical scheme or hospital plan. If I resign from the scheme, until when can I claim? You can submit claims for medical treatment up until the day your medical scheme membership or hospital plan expires. What are day-to-day limits? Knowing the limits of you medical schemes and hospital plans are very important. Here's what you need to know. Does my employer have to subsidise my contributions to the medical scheme? No, employers do not have to subsidise contributions of their employees to medical schemes or hospital plans. Can a medical scheme terminate my membership? Yes, if you belong to a closed medical scheme and you are retrenched or made redundant. An open medical aid can only terminate someone's membership if they do not pay. load more articles advertisement From our sponsors Salomon introduces Speedcross 4 Painmaster Microcurrent Therapy provides drug-free pain relief Update on Equazen acquisition by Flordis South Africa 2016 When lice just keep coming back! Live healthier Checking for nits? » 8 simple steps for getting rid of lice Get through winter head lice free! This woman gets paid to pick out head lice Lice poop can make your head itch Watch out for the faeces of the lice, which is what can cause itching because of an allergic reaction. The struggle is real! » Is your PMS causing your food cravings? SA women silently suffering from this devastating condition The link between PMS and migraines Why do some women get 'bad' PMS and others don't? Premenstrual syndrome symptoms affect an average of 75% of women.


text:
Chief Rabbinate calls for freeze on Western Wall egalitarian plan
On the same day, some 150 male and female Reform rabbis held a prayer service at the site of the proposed expansion.
On the same day, some 150 male and female Reform rabbis held a prayer service at the site of the proposed expansion.
Israel Eichler of the United Torah Judaism party also called the Supreme Court's decision to open public mikvahs to Reform conversions "a serious infraction of freedom of religion."
The delegation told the prime minister that the movement is committed to supporting Israel, but said it expects the Israeli government to advance pluralism, religious freedom and equality.
If it feels like an elevated prayer service, that's because this ski-in, ski-out Kabbalat Shabbat minyan is located at an altitude of about 8,800 feet.
During a cabinet meeting last month, Yariv Levin called Reform Judaism a "dying world" that has succumbed to assimilation.
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A former head of the Shas Sephardic Orthodox party slammed the Israeli Cabinet's approval to expand the egalitarian section of the Western Wall, joining several politicians who have ridiculed the deal and liberal movements of Judaism. "This is a horrible disaster and an attack on the Holy of Holies," Eli Yishai said… More ▸
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel's tourism minister said Chelsea Clinton's wedding to a Jewish man, in which a rabbi officiated with a priest, shows how assimilated Reform Jews are in the United States. Yariv Levin of the Likud party made the comment Sunday during a discussion of the agreement approved by the Cabinet creating a dedicated… More ▸
Not everyone lauded the deal: A powerful haredi Orthodox lawmaker responded to the compromise by calling Reform Jews "clowns." More ▸
NEW YORK (JTA) — Rabbi Eugene Borowitz, an influential thinker in Reform Judaism, has died at 91. Borowitz died Friday morning at his home in Stamford, Connecticut, the Forward reported. Rabbi Rick Jacobs, the president of the Union for Reform Judaism, described Borowitz as a "larger-than-life figure in postwar Judaism," according to the Forward, adding… More ▸
Jews have traditionally been uncomfortable proselytizing, but a Maryland foundation is flouting the taboo by funding outreach programs to non-Jews in an effort to bring them into the fold. More ▸
Reporter's NotebookWhen GOP needs a rallying tactic, better call Saul (Alinsky)
AnalysisIvanka Trump, you're hired: The Donald's daughter takes center stage
Also From 70 Faces Media

subset: commoncrawl


text:
StartUpHire is the place to find Hazardous Material Technician jobs. Review the list of Hazardous Material Technician career opportunities to the left. These Hazardous Material Technician jobs represent some of the most rewarding careers available.
You can refine your job search for Hazardous Material Technician career opportunities by adding a job title, company name, or keyword to the search box above … or click the "Advanced Search" link for more options.
Don't see the employment opportunity you're looking for? Check back soon for more Hazardous Material Technician jobs, or sign up for an email alert (link below) to receive periodic updates on new Hazardous Material Technician jobs.
Safety Technician - Cape Canaveral7/30/2016 Cape Canaveral, FL Save This Job
Job Tracking ID: 512170-536337 Job Location: Goleta, CA Job Level: Entry Level (less than 2 years) Level of Education: Any Job Type: Full-Time/Regular Date Updated: June 01, 2016 Years of Experience: 2 - 5 Years Starting Date: ASAP Job Type: Non Exempt Invite a friend facebook6/22/2016 Goleta, CA Save This Job


text:
Property tax: Physical verification of plots begin
- Civic body to organise flower show on March 2
- Civic body assures A2Z of security in Chaura Bazaar
- Residential properties to be levied property tax from Nov 15 last yr
- Civic body to organise flower show on March 2
- Civic body assures A2Z of security in Chaura Bazaar
- Residential properties to be levied property tax from Nov 15 last yr
Top Stories
- Mercedes hit-and-run case: Delhi teenager charged with culpable homicide
- Vijay Mallya skips ED for the third time, seeks time till May
- PM Modi asks for first report on Panama Papers revelations in 15 days
- Opinion: The IPL water controversy proves that common sense is least common
- From well near Wankhede stadium, goes water for IPL — and a thirsty city
To make sure that every piece of property in Ludhiana is mapped and that their owners pay property tax after it is levied from April 1, the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation started physical verification every building in the city on Wednesday. The process is the second step after satellite mapping was completed by Punjab Remote Sensing Centre (PRSC), Punjab Agricultural University, to ensure that not a single building or plot is missed.
The civic body has given the contract for physical verification to PRSC and has given it 60 days to complete the process and obtain required information.
To assess property tax, the city has been divided into eight zones and each zone will have a different unit value depending on the committee headed by DC, which will fix the values.
The remote sensing centre is also allotting unique identification number to each property in the city and once the property comes under ambit of property tax, house tax will be automatically abolished.
P S Ghuman, joint commissioner, talking to Newsline, said, "Remote sensing centre members have already started physical verification on Wednesday from block numbers 26 (Feroze gandhi market, Lajpat Nagar, New Lajpat Nagar and adjoining areas) and 36 (Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar and adjoining areas). Residents are being asked information like name of owner, full address, water ID, how old is building, rent and others and this information will not be used only in process of property tax assessment but also in other new schemes of MC. Physical verification is one of the components of mapping the whole city."
"Remote sensing is a secret process and MC will get the collective data after every one week of house visits, " said Ghuman adding that 'target is to complete process in 60 days'.
Editors' Pick
- To promote investments, government must boldly tackle the problems
- Fifth column: Panama Papers et al
- Escalation of NIT, Srinagar, incident has shown us up as a truly petty people
- The heirs of Periyar will fight out their perennial Mahabharata
- Priyanka's newfound closeness to the Vadras
- India needs to rationalise capital controls, simplify its tax regime
- Talks must continue to be resilient against disruptions in the normalisation process


text:
Oil, Gas and Consumable Fuels
Company Overview of OPET Petrolcülük A.S.
BOARD MEMBERS AFFILIATED WITH Filiz Öztürk *
The information and data displayed in this profile are created and managed by Capital IQ, a Standard & Poor's company. Bloomberg.com does not create or control the content. For inquiries, please contact Capital IQ directly by clicking here.
MOST CONNECTED PEOPLE TO Filiz Öztürk
|Ali Y. Koç
|77 Relationships
|Levent Çakiroglu
|70 Relationships
|Ömer Mehmet Koç
|42 Relationships
|Erol Memioglu
|22 Relationships
|A. Safak Öztürk
|11 Relationships
Sponsored Financial Commentaries
Sponsored Links
Only a company representative may request an update for the company profile. Documentation will be required.
To contact OPET Petrolcülük A.S., please visit . Company data is provided by Capital IQ. Please use this form to report any data issues.
Our data partners will research the update request and update the information on this page if necessary. Research and follow-up could take several weeks. If you have questions, you can contact them at firstname.lastname@example.com.


text:
This action might not be possible to undo. Are you sure you want to continue?
Steam Generators
Shri Sant Gajanan Maharaj College of Engineering, Shegaon
Lecture notes of SSB
Energy conversion-I
Steam is extensively used for various applications such as power production, industrial processes, work interaction, heating etc. With the increasing use of steam in different engineering systems the steam generation technology has also undergone various developments starting from 100 B.C. when Hero of Alexandria invented a combined reaction turbine and boiler. Boiler, also called steam generator is the engineering device which generates steam at constant pressure. It is a closed vessel, generally made of steel in which vaporization of water takes place. Heat required for vaporization may be provided by the combustion of fuel in furnace, electricity, nuclear reactor, hot exhaust gases, solar radiations etc. According to A.S.M.E. (American Society of Mechanical Engineers, U.S.A.) code a boiler is defined as a combination of apparatus for producing, furnishing or recovering heat together with the apparatus for transferring the heat so made available to water which could be heated and vaporized to steam form.
Boilers are of many types. Depending upon their features they can be classified as given under: Based upon the orientation/axis of the shell: According to the axis of shell boiler can be classified as, (i) Vertical boiler has its shell vertical. (ii) Horizontal boiler has its shell horizontal. (iii)Inclined boiler has its shell inclined. Based upon utility of boiler: Boilers can be classified as, (i) Stationery boiler, such boilers are stationery and are extensively used in power plants, industrial processes, heating etc. (ii) Portable boiler, such boilers are portable and are of small size. These can be of the following types, Locomotive boiler, which are exclusively used in locomotives. Marine boiler, which are used for marine applications. Based on type of firing employed: According to the nature of heat addition process boilers can be classified as, (i) Externally fired boilers, in which heat addition is done externally i.e. furnace is outside the boiler unit. Such as Lanchashire boiler, Locomotive boiler etc. (ii) Internally fired boilers, in which heat addition is done internally i.e. furnace is within the boiler unit. Such as Cochran boiler, Bobcock Wilcox boiler etc. Based upon the tube content: Based on the fluid inside the tubes, boilers can be, (i) Fire tube boilers, such boilers have the hot gases inside the tube and water is outside surrounding them. Examples for these boilers are, Cornish boiler, Cochran boiler, Lancashire boiler, Locomotive boiler etc. (ii) Water tube boilers, such boilers have water flowing inside the tubes and hot gases surround them. Examples for such boilers are Babcock-Wilcox boiler, Stirling boiler, La-Mont boiler, Benson boiler etc. Based on type of fuel used: According to the type of fuel used the boilers can be, (i) Solid fuel fired boilers, such as coal fired boilers etc. (ii) Liquid fuel fired boilers, such as oil fired boilers etc. (iii)Gas fired boilers, such as natural gas fired boilers etc.
Lecture notes of SSB
Energy conversion-I
Based on circulation: According to the flow of water and steam within the boiler circuit the boilers may be of following types, (i) Natural circulation boilers, in which the circulation of water/steam is caused by the density difference which is due to the temperature variation. (ii) Forced circulation boilers, in which the circulation of water/steam is caused by a pump i.e. externally assisted circulation. Based on extent of firing: According to the extent of firing the boilers may be, (i) Fired boilers, in which heat is provided by fuel firing. (ii) Unfired boilers, in which heat is provided by some other source except fuel firing such as hot flue gases etc. (iii)Supplementary fired boilers, in which a portion of heat is provided by fuel firing and remaining by some other source.
Shell: The shell of a boiler consists of one or more steel plates bent into a cylindrical form and riveted together. The shell ends are closed with the end plates. Setting: The primary function of setting is to confine heat to the boiler and form a passage for gases. It is made up of brickwork and may form the wall of the furnace and the combustion chamber. Grate: It is the platform in the furnace where the fuel is burnt and it is made up of cast iron bars. The area on which the fire rests in a coal or wood fired boiler is called as grate surface. Furnace: It is a chamber formed by the space above the grate and below boiler shell, in which combustion takes place. It is also called as fire box. Water space and steam space: The volume of the shell that is occupied by the water is termed as water space while the entire shell volume less the water and tubes space is called as steam space. Scale: A deposit of medium to extreme hardness occurring on water heating surfaces of a boiler because of an undesirable condition in the boiler water. Refractory: A Heat insulation material, such as fire brick or plastic fire clay, used for such purposes as lining combustion chambers.
1. Different requirements of a good boiler are given below. In general boiler is supposed to generate large quantity of steam at desired pressure and temperature quickly and efficiently. 2. It should be capable of generating steam at desired rate at desired pressure and temperature with minimum fuel consumption and cost. 3. It should have sufficient steam and water storage capacity to meet fluctuation in demand and to prevent fluctuation in steam pressure or water level. 4. Boiler should have a constant and thorough circulation of water. 5. It should be equipped with all necessary mountings. 6. Boiler should have capability to get started quickly from cold. 7. Its construction should be simple and have good workmanship for the ease of inspection and repairs i.e. easily accessible parts. 8. Boiler should have its heating surface nearly at right angle to the current of hot gases for good heat transfer. 9. There should be minimum frictional power loss during flow of hot gases and water/steam i.e. pressure drop throughout the system should be minimum.
Lecture notes of SSB
Energy conversion-I
10. Tubes should be so designed so as to have minimum soot deposition and good strength against wear. Boiler should have a mud drum to receive all impurities. 11. Boiler should have strength to withstand excessive thermal stresses. 12. Boiler should occupy less floor area and space. Boilers may be selected for a particular applications considering above general requirements and constraints, if any. For deciding the boiler for any application, generally following criterion are made; Steam pressure requirement Steam temperature requirement Steam generation rate Initial cost and constraints Running and maintenance costs Availability of fuel and water Inspection and maintenance requirements.
Fire tube boilers are those boilers in which hot gases (combustion products) flow inside the tubes and water surrounds them. Water extracts heat for its phase transformation from the hot gases flowing inside the tubes, thus heat is indirectly transferred from hot gas to water through a metal interface. Water tube boilers are those boilers in which water flows inside the tubes and hot gases surround them. This type of boilers came up as a solution to the problem of explosion faced in fire tube boilers when the pressure and steam generation capacity were increased. Water tube boilers may be further classified based on type of tubes employed. These can be Straight water tube boilers and Bent water tube boilers. Straight water tube boilers are those in which tubes carrying water are straight from one end to the other end. At the two ends headers are provided. In general water comes down from drum into down header and after passing through tubes get heated and evaporated to steam which is carried back to drum through upcomer header or riser. Circulation of water is caused by the density difference as density of feed water is more than density of hot water/wet/ dry steam due to lower temperature of feed water. Bent water tube boilers are those in which bent tubes are employed for carrying water. Bent water tubes are advantageous over straight water tubes in many respects. Bent tubes offer better access into boiler and ease of inspection and maintenance. Also tube arrangement can be modified so as to maximize heating surface and exposure of tubes to hot gases.
Advantages of fire tube boilers
1. Fire tube boilers are more flexible and can meet sudden steam demand without much pressure fluctuations. It is because of the large volume of water contained by these boilers and heat energy stored in hot water. It may be noted that energy stored in a definite volume of water at given pressure and temperature shall be more than that stored in same volume of steam at same thermodynamic states. 2. Fire tube boilers are less sensitive to the failure of feed water supply as they have large capacity of water stored. Such feed water supply failure is very damaging in water tube boilers due to small storage capacity. 3. Fire tube boilers are rigid and simple in construction; therefore have great reliability and less initial cost. Number of parts in fire tube boilers is less than those in water tube boilers
Lecture notes of SSB 4|Page
Energy conversion-I
so maintenance cost is also small. Since thickness of boiler shell is large enough so the problems of pitting and erosion are less. Also the large drum of boiler provides ample water space and desired conditions for dry steam generation.
Advantages of water tube boilers
1. Steam generation rate is large in water tube boilers as compared to fire tube boilers due to small quantity of water contained, large heating surface, better circulation of water etc. Water tube boilers are made in bigger sizes with very high limit to maximum output due to smaller drum, circulation etc. 2. Maximum pressure of steam generation is quite high in water tube boilers (125 bar and above) compared to fire tube boilers (up to 20 bar) due to fluid flowing through tubes of small diameter and diameter of drum being relatively small. 3. In case of explosion the steam generation may not stop in water tube boilers as the place of explosion in tubes can be plugged easily. While in fire tube boilers the explosion is very dangerous due to large quantity of water flashing into steam. 4. Water tube boilers are easy to fabricate and transport due to the small size of drum. The shell of fire tube boiler shall be nearly twice or thrice of the shell of water tube boiler for same power. 5. Water tube boilers are generally externally fired and various parts of boiler are more readily accessible for cleaning, inspection and maintenance, compared to fire tube boilers.
This is a fire tube boiler of vertical type and came up as a modification over the simple vertical boiler in order to maximize heating surface. Total heating surface area is 10– 25 times the grate area. It has cylindrical shell with hemispherical crown. Hemispherical geometry offers maximum volume space for given mass of material and is also very good for strength and maximization of radiant heat absorption. Figure. 1 shows the schematic of Cochran boiler with various mountings upon it. Fire box is also of hemispherical form. Flue gases flow from fire box to refractory material lined combustion chamber through a flue pipe. Incomplete combustion if any can get completed in combustion chamber and hot gases subsequently enter into tubes. After coming out of fire tubes hot gases enter into smoke box having chimney upon it. As the fire box is separately located so any type of fuel such as wood, paddy husk, oil fuel etc. can be easily burnt. These boilers are capable of generating steam up to pressure of 20 bar and steam generating capacity from 20 kg/hr to 3000 kg/hr. Boilers have dimensions ranging from 1 m diameter and 2 m height to 3 m diameter and 6 m height. Efficiency of such boilers ranges between 70 and 75%.
Lecture notes of SSB
Energy conversion-I
Fig.1 Cochran boiler
It is a horizontal fire tube boiler. General arrangement in the boiler is shown in Fig. 2. Boiler is mounted on a brickwork setting with front end of shell sloping about 1 : 250 for emptying the shell. It has a circular shell connected to end plates supported by gusset plates. Two fire tubes run throughout the length of the boiler. Fire tubes are of diameter less than half the diameter of shell and diameter of fire tubes is reduced as shown to have access to lower side of boiler. Fire bridge is provided to prevent fuel from falling over the end of furnace. Fire bridge also helps in producing a better mixture of air and gases for perfect combustion by partly enveloping the combustion space. Hot gases start from grate area, enter into fire tubes and come out at back of boiler from where these gases flow towards the front of boiler through bottom flue. Upon reaching the front these hot gases flow through the side flues and enter the main outlet. Outlet passage may also be used commonly by more than one boiler. About 85% of actual heat transferred is transferred through surface of fire tubes while 15% is transferred through bottom and side flues.
Lecture notes of SSB
Energy conversion-I
Fig.2 Lancashire Boiler Plan, elevation and side views of Lancashire boiler shown in figure explain the furnace, different firetubes, bottom flues, side flues etc. Dampers are provided at the end of side flues for regulating the pressure difference (draught) for exit of burnt gases. Other mountings and accessories are shown in the elevation of Lancashire boiler. Working pressure in these boilers are in the range of 0.7 MPa to 2 MPa and efficiency of the boiler is about 65%–70%. Size of this boiler depends upon size of shell which may be 2 m to 3 m in diameter and 6m to 10m in length.
These boilers were invented for getting steam to run a steam engine used in locomotives. These are fire tube type of boilers. It has basically three parts i.e. smoke box, shell and fire box. Figure 3 shows a general arrangement in locomotive boiler. Inside fire box the fuel (coal) is burnt over the grate. For feeding fuel the fire hole is used. Hot gases produced in fire box are diverted by fire brick arch and enter into the fire tubes
Lecture notes of SSB
Energy conversion-I
surrounded with water. Steam produced gets collected in a steam drum fitted on top of the shell. Arrangement for super heating is there in these boilers.
Fig. 4 locomotive boiler As shown the wet steam goes through inlet headers of superheater and after passing through tubes, it returns to the outlet header of superheater and is taken out for steam engine. A very large door is provided at the end of smoke box so as to facilitate cleaning and maintenance of complete boiler. As it is a moving boiler, therefore, its chimney is completely eliminated. For expelling the burnt gases (draught) the exhaust steam coming out from steam engine is being used. Thus it is an artificial draught used in these boilers for expelling burnt gases.
It is a water tube boiler suitable for meeting demand of increased pressure and large evaporation capacity or large sized boiler units. Figure 5 shows the Babcock and Wilcox boiler. It has three main parts: (i) Steam and water drum (ii) Water tubes (iii) Furnace. Steam and water drum is a long drum fabricated using small shells riveted together. End cover plates can be opened as and when required. Mountings are mounted on drum as shown. Drum is followed by water tubes which are arranged below drum and connected to one another and drum through headers. Header in which water flows from drum to tubes is called down take header while headers in which flow is from tubes to drum is called uptake header. Soot deposition takes place in mud box which is connected to downtake header. "Blow off cock" for blowing out the sediments settled in mud box is shown in figure. Superheater tubes are also shown in the arrangement, which are U-shape tubes placed horizontally between drum and water tubes. Superheating of steam is realized in superheater tubes. Below the superheater and water tubes is the furnace, at the front of which fuel feed hopper is attached. Mechanical stoker is arranged below the hopper for feeding fuel. Bridge wall and baffles made of fire resistant bricks are constructed so as to facilitate hot gases moving upward from the grate area, then downwards and again upwards before escaping to the chimney. A smoke box is put at the back of furnace through which smoke goes out via chimney, put at top of smoke box.
Lecture notes of SSB 8|Page
Energy conversion-I
Fig. 5 Babcock and Wilcox Boiler The complete boiler unit with all mountings and accessories is suspended by steel slings from girders resting on steel columns. It is done so as to permit free expansion and contraction of boiler parts with temperature.
High pressure boilers generally operate in supercritical range. Need of such boilers is felt because high pressure and temperature of steam generated in boiler improves plant efficiency. These boilers have forced circulation of water/steam in the boiler. This forced circulation is maintained by employing suitable pump. The steam drum is of very small size and in some cases it may be even absent too. This is because of using forced circulation. In case of natural circulation drum size has to be large. Schematic of high pressure boiler is shown in figure6. In fact the high pressure boilers have been possible because of availability of high temperature resistant materials. Here direct heating of water tubes is done by the excessively hot gases present in fire box. The fire box has large volume as otherwise exposed water tubes shall melt. Heat is picked by number of parallel tubes containing water. These parallel tubes appear as if it is a wall due to close spacing of tubes. Water circulation circuit is shown in line diagram. High pressure boilers may have natural circulation in case the steam pressure desired lies between 100 and 170 bar and size is not constraint. High pressure boilers have capability of generating larger quantity of steam per unit of furnace volume. High pressure boilers are disadvantageous from safety point of view and therefore, stringent reliability requirements of mountings is there.
Lecture notes of SSB
Energy conversion-I
Fig. 6 High pressure boiler
It is a water tube boiler capable of generating steam at supercritical pressure. Figure 7 shows the schematic of Benson boiler. Mark Benson, 1992 conceived the idea of generating steam at supercritical pressure in which water flashes into vapour without any latent heat requirement. Above critical point the water transforms into steam in the absence of boiling and without any change in volume i.e. same density. Contrary to the bubble formation on tube surface impairing heat transfer in the normal pressure boilers, the supercritical steam generation does not have bubble formation and pulsations etc. due to it. Steam generation also occurs very quickly in these boilers. As the pressure and temperatures have to be more than critical point, so material of construction should be strong enough to withstand thermal stresses. Feed pump has to be of large capacity as pressure inside is quite high, which also lowers the plant efficiency due to large negative work requirement. Benson boilers generally have steam generation pressure more than critical pressure and steaming rate of about 130– 135 tons/hr. Thermal efficiency of these boilers is of the order of 90%.
Fig.7 Benson Boiler
Lecture notes of SSB 10 | P a g e
Energy conversion-I
This a forced circulation type boiler having both direct and indirect type of heat exchange between superheated steam/water and hot gases/steam respectively. Schematic arrangement of a Loeffler boiler is shown in Fig. 8. Here the hot combustion gases emerging out of furnace are firstly used for superheating of steam and secondly for reheating/economiser sections. Steam generation is realized through the superheated steam being injected into evaporator drum. Saturated steam thus generated in evaporator drum as a result of mixing of superheated steam and water is picked up by steam circulation pump. This pump forces saturated steam at high pressure through superheater tubes where the hottest flue gases from furnace superheat steam coming from evaporator. Flue gases subsequently pass through reheater/economiser sections as shown. Superheated steam coming out of superheater section is partly taken out through steam main and remaining is injected into evaporator drum. Generally superheated steam is divided in proportion of 1:2 for steam main and evaporator drum respectively.
Fig.8 Loeffler Boiler Feed water to the boiler is pumped by feed pump through the economiser section to evaporator drum. Generally steam generated is at pressure of about 120 bar and temperature of 5000C. Loeffler boiler is advantageous in many respects such as there is no possibility of soot deposition in evaporator section. Also by the use of higher pressure steam the heat transfer rate gets improved. This boiler is much compact as compared to other natural circulation boilers.
This is a water tube boiler having forced circulation. Schematic showing the arrangement inside boiler is given in Fig. 9. Boiler has vertical shell having three distinct zones having water tubes in them, namely evaporator section, superheater section and economiser section. Feed water is fed from feed pump to pass through economiser tubes. Hot water from economizer goes into drum from where hot feed water is picked up by a circulating pump. Centrifugal pump may be steam driven or of electric driven type. Pump increases pressure
Lecture notes of SSB 11 | P a g e
Energy conversion-I
and water circulates through evaporation section so as to get converted into steam and enters back to drum. Steam available in drum enters into superheater tubes and after getting superheated steam leaves through steam main.
Fig.9 La Mont Boiler
These are the fittings which are mounted on the boiler for its proper and safe functioning. Though there are many types of boiler mountings, yet the following are important from the subject point of view: 1. Water level indicator 2. Safety valves 3. High steam and low water safety valves 4. Fusible plug 5. Pressure gauge 6. Stop valve 7. Feed check valve 8. Blow off cock 9. Manhole and mud box
It is used for knowing the level of water in boiler as water level inside boiler should not go below a certain limit. General arrangement is shown in Fig. 10 with the different parts in it. It has two tubes one is front glass tube while other is metal tube. Water level is seen through glass tube which is made strong enough to withstand high steam pressure and temperature. Two control cocks are provided for regulating steam and water passage from boiler to glass tube. For blow off purpose a blowing cock is also provided as shown. In case of breakage of glass tube the possibility of accident is prevented by providing two balls. As glass tube breaks the rush of water and steam carries the two balls with it and closes the openings for glass tube, thus water and steam flowing out can be prevented. Numbers of other types of water level indicators are also available.
Lecture notes of SSB 12 | P a g e
Energy conversion-I
Fig. 10 Water Level Indicator
Its function is to prevent the steam pressure from exceeding a limiting maximum pressure value. Safety valve should operate automatically by releasing excess steam and bring pressure down within safe limits. These are of different types such as "dead weight safety valve", "lever safety valve" "spring loaded safety valve" etc. Figure 11 gives the general description of "dead weight safety valve". Dead weight safety valve: It has a large vertical pipe on the top of which a valve seat is fixed. Valve rests upon this valve seat. A weight carrier is hung on the top of valve upon which cast iron rings enclosed in cast iron cover are placed in weight carrier as dead weight. When the pressure of steam exceeds the total weight of valve, it is lifted and falls back as steam pressure gets reduced.
Lecture notes of SSB
13 | P a g e
Energy conversion-I
Lever safety valve: It consists of a lever and weight W. the valve made up of gun metal rests on the valve seat which is screwed into the valve body; the seat can be replaced if required. The valve body is fitted on the boiler shell. One end of the lever is hinged while at the other is suspended a weight W. the strut presses the valve on seat against the steam pressure below the valve. The slotted lever guide allows vertical movement to the lever. When the steam pressure becomes greater than the normal working pressure, the valve is. lifted with the lever and the weight. Consequently, the steam escapes through the passages between the valve and seat and the steam pressure decreases.
Fig.11 lever safety valve Spring loaded safety valve: For locomotives and marine engines both the lever and dead weight types are unsuitable for obvious reasons, and the valve must be spring loaded, as such valve is unaffected by vibrations or deviations from the vertical. The valve shown in fig consists of two separate valves and seatings having one lever, bearing on the two valves, and loaded by a spring, the spring being placed between two valves. The tension on the spring can be adjusted by the nuts. By pulling or raising the lever the operator can relieve the pressure from either valve separately, and ascertain it is not sticking on the seating.
Fig. 12 Spring Loaded Safety Valve High steam and low water safety valve: This is a combined form of safety valve and low water level indicator. Figure 13 shows the high steam and low water safety valve. It prevents from excessive pressure as it has a simple lever safety valve loaded by two weights as shown. Low water safety arrangement is activated through float put in boiler shell and prevents from overheating due to low water. It has two distinct valves as shown in Fig. 13.
Lecture notes of SSB 14 | P a g e
Energy conversion-I
When the pressure inside goes beyond limiting value then high steam valve gets lifted up and excess pressure of steam is released. When the water level goes below critical level then low water valve gets raised up as it is fulcrumed and is linked to float on one end and balance weight on other end. With raising of low water valve the hemispherical valve shifts up from valve seat and steam escapes out with hissing sound. This hissing sound is loud enough to warn attendant about the low water level in boiler. When the water level is correct then high steam valve simply acts as the dead weight safety valve. A drain pipe is also provided so that the steam getting condensed can be drained out. Condensation of steam is possible due to throttle of steam during its release from valves.
Fig.14 high steam and low water safety valve
It is a safety device used for preventing the level of water from going down below a critical point and thus avoid overheating. Fusible plug is mounted at crown plate of combustion chamber.
Fig.14. fusible plug
Lecture notes of SSB 15 | P a g e
Energy conversion-I
Fusible plug has gun metal body and a copper plug put with fusible metal at interface of copper plug and gun metal body. As water level goes down the heat available from furnace could not be completely utilized for steam formation and so the overheating may cause melting of fusible metal. Fusible metal is a low melting point metal. Thus upon melting of lining the copper plug falls down and water falls from this opening onto furnace and thus quenches fire.
It is mounted at front top. Generally Bourdon type pressure gauge is being used for pressure measurement. Pressure is continuously monitored so as to avoid occurrence of over shooting of boiler pressure. Although safety devices to protect boiler against pressure rising beyond a limit are provided but pressure gauges are also used for monitoring pressure.
It regulates the flow of steam from the boiler as shown in Fig 15. This is generally mounted on highest part of boiler shell and performs function of regulating the flow of steam from boiler. Stop valve generally has main body of cast steel, valve, valve seat and nut etc. are of brass. Stop valve can be easily operated by rotating the hand wheel which causes lifting or lowering of spindle, thus causing opening or closing of valve.
Fig.15 stop valve
It is a non return valve at the end of delivery pipe from feed water pump and is placed on boiler shell slightly below normal water level. Figure 16 shows the arrangement in a feed check valve. It has a check valve whose opening and closing are regulated by the position of spindle. By hand wheel rotation the position of spindle can be altered suitably. Feed check valve permits unidirectional flow of water from feed pump to be boiler shell. Under normal running the pressure of feed water coming from pump is more than pressure inside the boiler and so the feed water continues to enter the shell. While during the non working of feed pump the pressure in boiler shell is more and so the check valve gets closed.
Lecture notes of SSB
16 | P a g e
Energy conversion-I
Fig.16 feed check valve
It is used for periodical cleaning by discharging the water and sediments from bottom of boiler. Figure 17 shows the blow off cock. Blow off cock is fitted to the bottom of boiler shell. Blow off cock has a plug of conical type put into the mating casing. Plug position is altered for opening and closing the flow. Plug has rectangular opening which when comes in line with inlet and outlet passage then blow off cock is open and when opening is not in line then cock is closed. Plug is rotated by spindle. Blow off cock also helps in regulating the salt concentration as frequent draining helps in throwingout the salt deposited over period of time. Opening blow off cock removes deposited sediments in boiler.
Fig. 17 blow off cock Manhole and mud box: Manhole provides opening for cleaning, inspection and maintenance purpose. Mud box is a collection chamber (as shown in Babcock and Wilcox boiler) for collecting the mud.
These are auxillary plants required for steam boilers for their proper operation and for increasing the efficiency of plant. Various boiler accessories are: (i) Superheater (ii) Economiser (iii) Air preheater (iv) Feed pump
Lecture notes of SSB
17 | P a g e
Energy conversion-I
Its purpose is to super heat steam and is a type of heat exchanger in which steam flows inside tubes and hot gases surround it. Figure 18 shows the smooth tube hairpin type superheater (Sudgen"s superheater) and convective and radiant superheater. In hair pin superheater the steam generated is passed through isolating valve to U-shaped steeltubes. Superheated steam leaves superheater through tube connected to steam stop valve. Hot gases from fire tube are diverted over superheater tubes by damper as shown. These hot gases upon passing over steel tubes leave boiler through bottom flue. The convective and radiant superheater as shown has two set of tubes picking up heat through convection and radiation.
Fig. 18 superheater
It is also a heat recovery device in which feed water is heated from heat available with exhaust gases. Thus hot feed water available from economizer lowers the fuel requirement in combustion. It is also a type of heat exchanger having exhaust gas and feed water as two fluids. General arrangement in economizer is shown in Fig. 19. Economizer also helps in removal of dissolved gases by preheating of water and thus minimizes tendency of corrosion and pitting. Hotter feed water also reduces thermal strain in boiler parts. Economizer is located in the boiler structure so as to expose the economizer surface to hot gases. Its location varies with the boiler designs. Typical economizer called Green"s economizer as shown in Fig. 19has vertical pipes of cast iron fitted with two headers at bottom and top respectively. Feed water passes through bottom header, economizer tubes and top header to boiler. Thus economizer is simply a heat exchanger where heat is transferred from hot flue gases to water inside the tubes through metal interface. Top header is also provided with a safety valve so as to avoid explosion due to excessive pressure of water developing inside economizer tubes. Bottom header is also provided with a blow off valve so as to throw out the sediments deposited in feed water. Economizer is also provided with scrapers fitted to clean pipes from the deposition of soot carried by the flue gases. Continuous scrapping is always desired so as to maximize heat transfer rate. Economizer also has a bypass provided so that flue gases can be diverted when
Lecture notes of SSB 18 | P a g e
Energy conversion-I
economizer is out of full or part operation due to failure or cleaning purpose or feed water temperature control.
Fig. 19 Economiser
It is used for recovering the heat going along with exhaust gases by the air before being sent to furnace. Heat is recovered by passing exhaust gases through an air to air heat exchanger as shown in Fig. 20. Air preheaters are generally placed after economizer and before chimney. Air when preheated before supply to furnace/combustion chamber helps in achieving "faster rate of combustion", "possibility of burning inferior quality coal/fuel" and "increased rate of evaporation from boiler" etc. Air preheaters are of tubular type, plate type and regenerative type. This classification of airpreheaters bases upon the kind of arrangement used for heat exchange between two fluids. Generally, tubular type air preheater are generally used in small boilers. Tubular air preheater has hot flue gases passing inside tubes and air blown over these tubes.
Fig.20 tubular air preheater In case of plate type air preheater there are number of plates having air and flue gases flowing through alternative spacings. In regenerative type air preheater there is a wire mesh rotor which is alternatively heated and cooled by the hot flue gases and air to be used for combustion.
Lecture notes of SSB
19 | P a g e
Energy conversion-I
Feed pump is used for sending water into boiler at the pressure at which steam generation takes place. It is generally of three types i.e. centrifugal pump, reciprocating pump and injectors.
Fig. 21 Duplex type feed pump A reciprocating type feed pump is shown in Fig. 21. In boilers the pumps raise feed water pressure to the value more than the highest operating pressure of boiler. Pumps also have capability to deliver feed water in excess to the maximum evaporation rate of boiler. This excess capacity of feed pump is generally 15–20% of maximum continuous rating and is required to meet one or more of following situations. (i) Sometimes excessive steam demand may occur. (ii) Since boilers are to be blown out frequently to remove depositions and salts, therefore excess capacity is required. (iii) Malfunctioning of boiler may cause carrying away of water with steam, thereby causing water shortage in boiler. (iv) Over a period of time pump capacity decreases and so excess pump capacity is desired
Steam traps perform function of catching steam getting condensed in the form of condensate (water) due to partial condensation of steam in pipes, steam jackets etc. Figure 22 shows a bucket type steam trap. Water available due to partial condensation enters steam trap at inlet A. Steam trap casing already has water in it and bucket keeps on floating. As the water level in steam trap casing rises to the extent that water overflows from the bucket, due to excess weight of water in bucket the bucket sinks down and discharge valve opens causing water to leave through outlet passage B. After sufficient water is drained out the weight of water in bucket reduces and the bucket starts floating again. This rise of bucket closes the discharge valve again.
Fig 22 steam trap
Lecture notes of SSB 20 | P a g e
This action might not be possible to undo. Are you sure you want to continue?
We've moved you to where you read on your other device.
Get the full title to continue listening from where you left off, or restart the preview.


text:
Reading mode: Light Dark
Forum indexSony Alpha / Nex E-mount (APS-C) TalkChange forum
Nex 6 - hybrid focusing keeps up. There is an art to it.
Started Nov 12, 2012 | Discussions thread
Shop cameras & lenses ▾
RonFrank • Senior Member • Posts: 2,130
Re: Nex 6 - hybrid focusing keeps up. There is an art to it.
In reply to Jagdon • Nov 12, 2012
Notice the far hose that is in focus in the first shot and out of focus in the last. The Dogs eyes remain in focus for each shot.
This is proof that the PDAF is working. Thanks!
-- hide signature --
RonFrank's gear list:RonFrank's gear list
Nikon D1X Nikon D200 Nikon D300S Sony a6000 Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED VR +7 more
Reply Reply with quote Complain
|Post (hide subjects)
|Posted by
|Nov 12, 2012
|Nov 12, 2012
|Nov 12, 2012
|Nov 12, 2012
|Nov 12, 2012
|Nov 12, 2012
|Nov 12, 2012
|Nov 12, 2012
|Nov 12, 2012
|Nov 12, 2012
Keyboard shortcuts:
FForum PPrevious NNext WNext unread UUpvote SSubscribe RReply QQuote BBookmark MMy threads
Color scheme? Blue / Yellow
Latest reviews
Finished challenges
Most popular cameras
In-depth testingLatest Camera ReviewsBeyond the studio testsFeature Articles and VideosPIX VideosTalks, demos and panels691The Canon that canCanon EOS 80D Review364Touchscreen street shooterFujifilm X70 Review2136Upwardly mobileSony a6300 Review327Power ZoomPanasonic Lumix ZS100/TZ100 Review2481Retro through-and-throughFujifilm X-Pro2 Review
Top threads in this forum
Most bookmarked in this forum
Top posters in this forum
Follow us
All content, design, and layout are Copyright © 1998 - 2016 Digital Photography Review All Rights Reserved. Reproduction in whole or part in any form or medium without specific written permission is prohibited.


text:
Lyrics Depot is your source of lyrics to Metal Gods by Judas Priest. Please check back for more Judas Priest lyrics.
Metal Gods Lyrics
Artist: Judas Priest
Album: 98' Live Meltdown
We've taken too much for granted
And all the time it had grown
From techno seeds we first planted
Evolved a mind of its own
Marching in the streets
Dragging iron feet
Laser beaming hearts
Ripping men apart
From off I've seen my perfection
Where we could do as we please
In secrecy this infection
Was spreading like a disease
Hiding underground
Knowing we'd be found
Fearing for our lives
Reaped by robot's scythes
Metal Gods
Metal Gods
(Solo Glenn)
Metal Gods
Metal Gods
Machines are taking all over
With mankind in their command
In time they'd like to discover
How they can make their demand
Better be the slaves
To their wicked ways
But meeting with our death
Engulfed in molten breath
Judas Priest Lyrics
Judas Priest 98' Live Meltdown Lyrics
More Judas Priest Music Lyrics:
Judas Priest - Deceiver Lyrics
Judas Priest - Heading Out To The Highway Lyrics
Judas Priest - Locked In Lyrics
Judas Priest - Take On The World Lyrics
Judas Priest - The Ripper Lyrics
Judas Priest - Turbo Lover Lyrics
Judas Priest - Worth Fighting For Lyrics
Judas Priest - You Don't Have To Be Old To Be Wise Lyrics


text:
About Us
Keira Knightley Posts
Keira Knightley And Hubby James Righton Go For A Walk With Their Adorable Daughter
October 25, 2015... On Saturday morning Keira Knightley and husband James Righton went for a stroll with their 5-month-old daughter Edie in New York City. Keira's jeans may have been baggier than her hubby's, but she still looked amazing. And their little girl?...
Keira Knightley Welcomes Her First Child
May 26, 2015... Keira Knightley and husband James Righton have welcomed their first child together, according to sources for Us Weekly and E! Online. The couple haven't revealed their newborn's name or gender, and throughout her pregnancy Knightley remained pretty tight-lipped. However, when she...
Lady Gaga, Keira Knightley And Jennifer Lopez Go Big!
February 22, 2015... Lady Gaga and Jennifer Lopez obviously believe they should go big of go home! And that, they did ... Gaga donned custom Alaia -- the designer's first-ever Oscars design. The singer will perform tonight and wear ... count 'em, no...
SAG Awards 2015: Big Stars, Beautiful Dresses
January 25, 2015... courtesy Getty Images The 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in are full swing, but frankly, our favorite part of the awards are over ... the red carpet! What did everyone wear? CLICK THROUGH to see the loveliest looks...
Hollywood's Leading Ladies Glam It Up At The Critics Choice Awards
January 16, 2015... Getty Images for CCMA and BFCA From the drama between Jennifer Aniston and Angelina Jolie to baby bumps on the red carpet, there was a lot going on at last night's Critic's Choice Awards in Los Angeles. Michael Strahan hosted the...
Pregnant Keira Knightley (Sorta) Shows Off Her Baby Bump At The Airport
January 09, 2015... Keira Knightley landed at Los Angeles International Airport on Thursday night, and she purposely wore a baggy black top with a scarf, but we still snagged a quick peek at her pregnant tummy. We love that she's keeping it...
Report: Keira Knightley Pregnant With First Child
November 19, 2014... She's got a bun in the oven! Keira Knightley is pregnant with her first child with husband James Righton, Star magazine reports. The British actress, who wed her rocker beau in May 2013, is about twelve weeks along. "Keira and James...
Keira Knightley Weds In France
May 04, 2013... Spread Pictures Keira Knighley, 28, and James Righton, 29, tied the knot in Mazan, in southern France Saturday. The bride wore a short tulle dress, Chanel jacket and blush-colored flats. Just fewer than 100 guests attended the town hall...
Keira Knightley Set To Marry In France This Weekend
April 30, 2013... Here comes the bride! Keira Knightley and her fiance James Righton are reportedly set to tie the knot in an intimate ceremony in Nice this coming weekend, The Daily Mirror reports. More than 100 close friends and family members...
Keira Knightley Says Anorexia Rumors "Hit Pretty Hard"
November 13, 2012... Keira Knightley has ditched her shirt for a sizzling spread in Allure magazine. Although she's sporting a super thin frame, the 27-year-old actress is denying anorexia rumors. "The anorexic stuff -- all of that -- it's always going to have an...
Keira Knightley Rocks Out On
Can A Song Save Your Life
July 27, 2012... Keira Knightley has been learning to play the guitar for her role as a young singer-songwriter in the upcoming flick, Can A Song Save Your Life, and she already looks like a pro! The Pirates of the Caribbean star took...
Kiera Knightley Looks Songstress Chic On The Set Of Her New Movie
July 09, 2012... Some actresses look like a completely different person without makeup, but not this lovely English rose! Keira Knightley filmed scenes for her upcoming movie Can A Song Save Your Life in Soho today, and the British actress looked the part...
Keira Knightly And Adam Levine Get Cozy In NYC For Film Shoot
June 30, 2012... Hot new couple alert? That seemed to be the case as Keira Knightly and Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levin took a romantic stroll hand in hand through NYC on Friday afternoon, but they were actually just filming scenes for the upcoming...
Keira Knightley: Frenzied Frequent Flier
June 21, 2012... It looks like this English rose was about to miss her flight! Keira Knightley made a mad dash through JFK airport yesterday, and the British beauty looked like perfection in a floral print dress and demure flats. We wonder...
Jude Law Sexes Up Keira Knightley In
Anna Karenina
June 20, 2012... Video: Anna Karenina - trailer Keira Knightley and Jude Law are getting hot and heavy in the movie Anna Karenina, but another sexy man may be getting in the way of their love affair! The stunning brunette plays...
Next »
Join X17 on Twitter!
Tweets by @x17online
Latest Celebrity Tweets
Tweets from @x17online/celebs-twittertivity
Do You Think Lindsay Lohan And Her Fiance Will Make It Down The Aisle?
No! Their relationship is so unstable.
Yes - they're just going through a rough patch.
See Results
Latest News
Yikes! Kim Zolciak And Her Daughter Brielle Went A Little Overboard On The Lip Fillers
Baby Bumpin' Mila Kunis Is Having A Blast At The
Bad Moms
Kim Kardashian Cradles Blac Chyna's Baby Bump At Family Gathering
Tom Hiddleston Looks Exhausted After Spending A Month Straight With Taylor Swift
Justin Bieber Gets Sassy With The Paps At The Recording Studio
Bill Clinton Gives Moving Speech About Wife Hillary At The DNC, Celebs Voice Their Support For Presidential Nominee
Kanye West Has Priceless Reaction When Asked If Taylor Swift Is A B*tch
Beyonce's "Lemonade" Leads 2016 MTV Video Music Award Nominations; Taylor Swift Is Snubbed!
Jennifer Aniston Returns To LA After Being Moved To Tears At Italian Film Festival
Dr. Dre Was Handcuffed At His Malibu Home After Confrontation With Ranting Racist Motorist
Slain Christina Grimmie's Last Music Videos To Be Released Before Year's End
Strong Ladies Michelle Obama, Sarah Silverman, Demi Lovato And More Crush It At The DNC
Rob Kardashian And Blac Chyna Aren't Broken Up, Just Had A "Fight"
David Beckham Leathers Up At Los Angeles International Airport
Heidi Klum Is A Little TOO Matchy Matchy In This Green Getup
Breakup Before Baby? Rob Kardashian Unfollows Blac Chyna, Deletes All Pics Of Pregnant Fiancee On Instagram
Buy Pix
Sell Pix
Terms of Use
Your Tips
©2016 X17 Inc., All Rights Reserved
Help us to improve!
Send us your suggestions


text:
Charming, very funny indeed. Angela Thirkell is perhaps the most Pym-like of any twentieth-century author, after Pym herself.
Wild Strawberriesby Angela Thirkell
View All Available Formats & Editions
Pretty, impecunious Mary Preston, newly arrived as a guest of her Aunt Agnes at the magnificent wooded estate of Rushwater, falls head over heels for handsome playboy David Leslie. Meanwhile, Agnes and her mother, the eccentric matriarch Lady Emily, have hopes of a different, more suitable match for Mary. At the lavish Rushwater dance party, her future happiness hangs in the balance . . .
Editorial Reviews
Product Details
- 9781559213240
- Publisher:
- Moyer Bell
- Publication date:
- 05/01/2008
- Edition description:
- Reprint
- Pages:
- 227
- Product dimensions:
- 5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.40(d)
Meet the Author
Angela Thirkell (1890-1961) wrote many works of fiction and non-fiction, including twenty-nine 'Barsetshire' novels, which won her great popularity and acclaim. The first of these, High Rising, was published in 1933. Her relatives included Edward Burne-Jones, Rudyard Kipling and Stanley Baldwin, and her godfather was JM Barrie. She was twice married and had four children.
Customer Reviews
Average Review:
and post it to your social network
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
See all customer reviews >
ends with an engagement and not much else. A fluttering lady mother with inane habits and dialog matched with french mama a renter. really have to like this eras light reading and i do . About 260 pages pb sc Page counter


text:
batmansdrawers wanders the highways hitchhiking, always hoping for one last ride.
Bennethon's left leg was filibustered in a boating accident.
The voices in Bounce's head give him stock quotes every five minutes.
Bukkakecide never felt so alive as he did when he made this.
I was betrayed by the bernio bros, the cougars, and this guy from back page I hired to keep me from jumping out a window at the DNC.
TOTAL WRECK - crazy-eyed hound is covered in cobwebs, has a vespiary on back, graffiti on side and savage thirst for boat fuel. Frankly, I'm in over my head. He's in room 115 at Motel 6, yours free. 555-2851
A dubious allegorical romp through a Fahey-filled world of Christly hackers and eyeliner tattoo!
Hillary Clinton has a new book! Here are some photo-shops of her, for you to enjoy.
Thirty games and a novel piece of hardware for sixty dollars? This is an insult to my honor.
Photoshop Phriday showcases the tremendous image manipulation talents of the Something Awful Forum Goons. Each week they tackle a new theme, parodying movies, video games, comics, history, and anything else you can think of. If you want in on the action, join us on the Something Awful Forums!
Copyright ©2016 Rich "Lowtax" Kyanka & Something Awful LLC.


text:
Duty Free!
By Lambchop Mobile on May 14, 2014
BlogHer Network
Good afternoon.I am back. I had yet another amazing time in Cancun and again sad to be back. However, I got some snazzy nail polish shopping done so I have plenty of new pretties. . . .
Read more from Duty Free! at Lambchop Mobile
Follow BlogHer
Most Popular
Refreshing Drink Recipes Using Simply Beverages™
Simply Beverages™ use never-from-concentrate juices in all of their beverages. And they never add any preservatives, colors or artificial flavors. Read our bloggers' posts and find fun beverage recipes you can serve this summer! Plus get a chance to win $100. Read more
Latest comments
Relieve Your Migraine Pain
Excedrin® Migraine relieves sensitivity to light, sensitivity to sound, nausea and relieves pain in just 30 minutes. Read our bloggers' posts as they talk about their experiences with migraine and how they cope with it. Plus get a chance to win $100! Read more


text:
It only takes a minute to get started. Fill out our simple sign up form and login to the website.
This step is voluntary but will greatly raise your chances of your profile getting read by other members. Tell people about yourself, your hobbies and atach your nicest photo of yourself.
Utilise our website's advanced search to uncover over 60s members who satisfy your requirements. Or just look through listings and uncover daters that interest you.
Found someone who meets your requirements? Send them a word or two or just a wink and see if they're interested. With a little luck you'll be on your way to a once in a lifetime experience.
It's quick and easy


text:
This profile was last updated on . .
Is this you? Claim your profile.
Michigan FCCLA
Michigan FCCLA
www.mifccla.org [cached]
Huron Daily Tribune - Ubly students win HMC logo contest
www.michigansthumb.com [cached]
www.mifccla.org [cached]
Huron Daily Tribune - News - 05/12/2005 - Going to nationals
www.michigansthumb.com [cached]
Eighth-graders Allie Stevenson and Amanda Grifka, members of the Ubly chapter of Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA), were looking for an entrepreneurial idea earlier this school year when Osentoski came up with the business name "Beauty on Wheels."
www.mifccla.org [cached]
Dennis Grifka
ZF Friedrichshafen AG
Debbie Grifka
Greater Ann Arbor Quilt Guild
Brant Grifka
Department of Veterans Affairs
Laura Grifka
W3R Consulting
Tim Grifka
Walbro Corporation


text:
blackbird is awesome ( and was). i have just found your wall G Logey and enjoying what i see!, kind regards from panda
i also an iron and was gutted, but u all had a great day out. i was there in may 80, whoop whoop
used to trainspot at wellinborough from 74 onwards, what halcyon days
Gotcha'... and 'good info'.. Geoff... interesting to note also that the photo is from a phone...can't go wrong....... Cheers from Dave.
Ps. beware of the bull.
I saw a sign once... it read......'''Beware of sneaky bull'''
So I looked around.... and there it was.... hiding up a tree.
OK Dave, have a gander at my Someries Castle shot. Carol & I climbed over a wire fence to get in the field behind the castle and only when we were snapping away did we notice a bull in the field eyeing us up for supper! Needless to say we high-tailed it out of there sharpish! The joys of photo-taking!!!
This short ferry ride, 5 minutes, removed the need to drive around 30km of road along the northern coast of the Bay of Kotor thereby reducing the travel time between Herceg Novi and the towns of Kotor, Tivat and Budva for example. We went to Budva and then on to Kotor before returning via coach and the coastal route! As stated above!!!
Gallivant; "To go around from one place to another in the pursuit of pleasure or entertainment" Er, may not have been the right word after all!!!
Gotcha'...Geoff... thanks'..:-).. we walked by here last year...and some of the lads were out sitting on the wall.../...When away...I am always tempted to go over and introduce myself as an ex-ff...but again, as usual I chose not to....
Gotcha'....'Herb'...Great !!....we will probably be visiting again next Summer../..Cor blimey !.. we could end up with a 'Panoramio' gathering of hundreds !../...Btw... last January.. we recommended this resort and hotel to a couple we met in Madeira'...they must have trusted our judgement - as they chose to visit..and amazingly we saw them, as they picked nearly the same weeks as us !..what a coincidence .eh'.....Cheers from Dave.
The Gothic-renaissance Franciscan monastery and church with bell tower lie at the foot of St. Rocco hill on the western peninsula of Cavtat. The monastery and church have a turbulent past: first it was destroyed in the 1667 earthquake, later in 1806 it has been robbed by the Russians and Montenegrins; from 1807 to 1825 it was used as storage; since 1839 the monastery housed a health department, a customs office, a post office and a port authority. In 1958 it was home to the builders of the Racic family mausoleum and finally since 1984 the church and monastery are listed as a monument. Various works of art can be seen on the main altar. They represent the small steep streets of Cavtat, summer houses and gardens at the waterfront. In the 20th century Vaho Bukovac painted a panorama of Cavtat in the lunette between the church aisle and the apse.


text:
Save Big On Open-Box & Pre-owned: Buy "Led Zeppelin III (Super Deluxe Edition Box) (CD & LP)" from Amazon Warehouse Deals and save 36% off the $139.98 list price. Product is eligible for Amazon's 30-day returns policy and Prime or FREE Shipping. See all Open-Box & Pre-owned offers from Amazon Warehouse Deals.
Led Zeppelin III (Super Deluxe Edition Box) (CD & LP) Box set, Original recording remastered
|New from
|Used from
MP3 Music, June 3, 2014
"Please retry"
Audio CD, Original recording remastered, June 3, 2014
"Please retry"
Vinyl, June 3, 2014
"Please retry"
Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) is a service we offer sellers that lets them store their products in Amazon's fulfillment centers, and we directly pack, ship, and provide customer service for these products. Something we hope you'll especially enjoy: FBA items qualify for FREE Shipping and .
If you're a seller, Fulfillment by Amazon can help you increase your sales. We invite you to learn more about Fulfillment by Amazon .
Frequently Bought Together
Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought
Special Offers and Product Promotions
Editorial Reviews
With the 2014 release of deluxe editions of Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin II, & Led Zeppelin III, the band will launch an extensive reissue program of all nine of its studio albums in chronological order, each remastered by guitarist and producer Jimmy Page. Led Zeppelin will also open its vaults to share dozens of unheard studio and live recordings, with each album featuring a second disc of companion audio comprised entirely of unreleased music related to that album.
"The material on the companion discs presents a portal to the time of the recording of Led Zeppelin, " says Page. "It is a selection of work in progress with rough mixes, backing tracks, alternate versions, and new material recorded at the time."
Following the whirlwind success of their first two albums and near constant touring, Page and Plant took to the now famous Bron-Yr-Aur cottage in Wales in 1970 to start the early composition of Led Zeppelin III. They later convened with Bonham and Jones for rehearsals before entering London s Olympic Studios to begin recording in May 1970. Fueled by classic tracks such as "Immigrant Song" and "Since I ve Been Loving You, " the album soared to the top of charts worldwide upon its release in October of 1970 and has since been certified 6x platinum.
The nine tracks featured on Led Zeppelin III s companion audio continue to offer a window into the band s recording process with seven studio outtakes of songs from the album as well as three previously unheard compositions: "Jennings Farm Blues" (an instrumental forerunner of "Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp"), "Bathroom Sound" (an instrumental version of "Out On The Tiles"), and their take on the blues classics "Keys To The Highway/Trouble In Mind. "
Led Zeppelin continues to be honored for its pivotal role in music history. The band was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1995, received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005, and a year later was awarded with the Polar Music Prize in Stockholm. Founding members Jones, Page and Plant along with Jason Bonham, the son of John Bonham took the stage at London s O2 Arena in 2007 to headline a tribute concert for Ahmet Ertegun, a dear friend and Atlantic Records founder. The band was honored for its lifetime contribution to American culture at the Kennedy Center Honors in 2012. In January of 2014, the band won their first ever Grammy award as Celebration Day, which captured their live performance at the Ertegun tribute concert, was named Best Rock Album.
Track Listings
Disc: 1
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
Customer Reviews
Top Customer Reviews
For me it's not the more applauded and revered "II" that tickles my spine - but the fabulous 'Acoustic' expansion of the British Super Group's songwriting chops on "III" that puts them head and shoulders above all the rest. This beauty has always made my eyes water and my quadruple bypass beat a little faster. Well - "III" now sounds fabulous - and the 'Companion Audio' CD actually warrants the word 'bonus' with some truly spine-tingling new additions. Here are the Tiny Flowers and Hangman Riding Many A Mile details...
UK released 2 June 2014 (3 June in the USA) - Atlantic/Swan Song 8122796449 breaks down as follows...
Disc 1 (43:11 minutes):
1. Immigrant Song
2. Friends
3. Celebration Day
4. Since I've Been Loving You
5. Out On The Tiles
6. Gallows Pole [Side 2]
7. Tangerine
8. That's The way
9. Bron-Y-Aur Stomp
10. Hats Off To (Roy) Harper
Tracks 1 to 10 are the vinyl album "Led Zeppelin III" - originally released 5 October 1970 in the USA on Atlantic SD-7291 and Atlantic 2401 002 in the UK
Disc 2 (41:33 minutes):
1. The Immigrant Song (Alternate Mix)
2. Friends (Track - No Vocal)
3. Celebration Day (Alternate Mix)
4. Since I've Been Loving You (Rough Mix Of First Recording)
5. Bathroom Sound (Track No Vocal)
6. Gallows Pole (Rough Mix)
7.Read more ›
Customer Images
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Bought the deluxe cd edition and the cd was stucked inside the cardboard sleeve. It was scratched. Bad packaging for such a pricey product.Published 6 days ago by The cimmerian
Led Zeppelin is just the best band ever! It arrived in perfect condition! Fabulous!! It's a home run!! Paulie.Published 15 days ago by Amazon Customer
Brings back so many memories. The quality of the CD is amazing.Published 1 month ago by Amazon Customer
Was good 46 years ago. Might be better now with all the trash that passes for hits these days.Published 1 month ago by phil
The deluxe edition of this classic Led Zeppelin just adds more versions of great songs and gives a "in the studio" feel .Published 2 months ago by Kenneth Dean


text:
Mass Effect 2 conversation footage
One of the strengths of Mass Effect was its believable, well written and voiced script. The sequel hopes to offer more of the same.
Comments (22)
Pokťmon Go guide, best tips and tricks Best ways to catch and level up Pokťmon out in the real world.
How to get XP fast in Pokťmon Go Earn a whopping 60,000 XP in 30 minutes.
Loading... hold tight!


text:
Relevant offers
Digital Living
It was too expensive. It lacked editorial focus. And for a digital publication, it was strangely cut off from the Internet. That's the obituary being written in real time through posts, tweets and online chats about The Daily, the first-of-its-kind iPad newspaper that is being shut down this month.
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp said on Monday that The Daily will publish its final issue on December 15, less than two years after its January 2011 launch. The app has already been removed from Apple's iTunes, where it once received lukewarm ratings.
The Daily had roughly 100,000 subscribers who paid either 99 cents a week or US$40 a year for its daily download of journalism tailored for touch screens. But that wasn't enough to sustain some 100 employees and millions of dollars in losses since its launch. News Corp executives once put the annual cost of running the publication at US$30 million.
When News Corp launched The Daily, it was touted as a bold experiment in new media, and the company hired top-name journalists from other publications, such as the New York Post's former Page Six editor, Richard Johnson. Now, the company is acknowledging that The Daily no longer has a place at News Corp, which is being split in two to separate its publishing enterprises from its TV and movie businesses.
Murdoch said in a statement that News Corp "could not find a large enough audience quickly enough to convince us the business model was sustainable in the long-term." Some employees are being hired in other parts of the company.
Critics say The Daily's day-to-day mix of news, opinion and info-graphics wasn't that different from content available for free on the Internet. And despite a high-profile launch that drew lots of media attention, the publication failed to build a distinctive brand. There was no ad campaign touting its coverage and stories weren't accessible to non-subscribers, so it didn't benefit from buzz that comes from social networks like Twitter and Facebook.
Trevor Butterworth, who wrote a weekly column for The Daily called The Information Society, says the disconnect between the app and the broader Internet curtailed its reach. He was laid off in July when the publication shrank from 170 workers to about 120. As part of the purge, The Daily cut its dedicated opinion section and dropped sports coverage in favor of using a feed from its News Corp sister outfit, Fox Sports.
"Stories weren't widely shared or widely known," says Butterworth. "It felt like I was writing into the void."
When it launched, The Daily was meant to take advantage of the explosion of tablet computer sales, and the notion that people generally read on them in the morning or evening, like a magazine.
But each issue came in a giant file - sometimes 1 gigabyte large - and took 10 or 15 minutes to download over a broadband connection, which is unheard of for news apps, says Matt Haughey, the founder of MetaFilter.com, one of the first community blogs on the Internet.
Because the stories weren't linkable, The Daily didn't benefit from new Internet traffic that would have come from content aggregators like Flipboard and Tumblr.
"They ignored the obvious, which was the Web," Haughey says. Although many people are foregoing buying a laptop for the lightweight convenience of a tablet, the day hasn't arrived yet when all online access will come through apps rather than the Web. "Maybe in 5 or 10 years, the Web will be less important," he says. "For now it seems like they were missing out."
It may also have been a problem that News Corp launched The Daily from scratch into an environment where readers tend to gravitate toward trusted sources and established brands. According to a 2011 Pew Research Center survey, 84 percent of mobile device users said a news app's brand was a major factor in deciding whether to download it.
One of the intangible challenges The Daily had was standing out in a sea of online journalism, both paid and free. Some national newspapers, such as The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, have carved out a niche with informed coverage of sometimes complex topics and have gained paying digital subscribers by limiting the number of free articles they offer online.
Gannett Co Inc, which publishes USA Today and about 80 other newspapers, has succeeded in raising circulation revenue at local papers by putting up so-called online "pay walls," taking advantage of the fact that there are few alternative sources of coverage for certain communities.
Without a unique coverage niche or a local monopoly, The Daily was caught between two worlds.
By being digital-only, the publication didn't have a defined coverage area. It was "in competition with everybody and everything," says Joshua Benton, director of the Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard University. Yet it failed to carve out its own niche in that larger universe, he says.
"Its lack of editorial focus played a role," Benton notes. "It was sort of a pleasant, middle-brow, slightly tabloidy mix of news and features. And there's lots of that available for free online. I would imagine if 'The Daily' were starting again now, they would invest more in establishing their brand identity early on."
Sponsored links
Are we growing immune to the hype around new smartphones?
Pokemon Go beat porn at its height of popularity, but is the hype over?
Apple's technological lag is starting to show
How to turn your TV into a computer
Your wireless keyboard could be giving your secrets away
Internet services can do more to protect customers from fraud
YouTube star PewDiePie's firm rakes in $11.3m profit
#SaveMarinaGrace: Convoluted conspiracy about British YouTuber includes Isis, domestic abuse, and Harambe
Meet the Kiwi teen with a million app downloads
Apple buys Carpool Karaoke from CBS
Elderly flock to cellphone tutorials in bid to come to grips with 'terrifying' technology
Nintendo's next console will let you play anywhere, with anyone, reports say
Body found in remains of fire-ravaged Christchurch property
Famous Kiwi faces who may not make the New Zealand 'Rich List'
Rich list revealed, with combined wealth of $60 billion
Man who caused death of Jeanette Taylor on rural road sentenced to community work
Road-rage driver Sione Toutaiolepo must pay victim $500 for emotional harm
Auckland bridal boutique Primrose and Finch leaves brides in the lurch
Taryn Brumfitt, director of controversial doco, prepares to Embrace Kiwi audiences
Hurricanes coach Chris Boyd rejects the Super Rugby favourite's tag
Meet the man behind the music on Gloriavale
All Whites footballer Clayton Lewis learns lesson after one month drug ban confirmed
Delayed homecoming for New Zealanders on social housing register
Man who caused death of Jeanette Taylor on rural road sentenced to community work
Chinese company majority investor in $200m Southland dairy plant
Bathroomware company Spazio Casa facing liquidation application
Thunderstorms and weather warnings follow windy night
Prime Minister John Key failed by 'man code'
Shoppers descend on David Jones store in Wellington
#SaveMarinaGrace: Convoluted conspiracy about British YouTuber includes Isis, domestic abuse, and Harambe
Faces of Innocents: CYF to be shut down and replaced by a new ministry
EQC botches repair, ignores application to cover accommodation costs
Did this mum's 'honest' Instagram post go too far?
Famous Kiwi faces who may not make the New Zealand 'Rich List'
Team granted funding to plan response for Alpine Fault megaquake


text:
SIGN IN to access Harper's Magazine
Need to create a login? Want to change your email address or password? Forgot your password?
1. Sign in to Customer Care using your account number or postal address.
2. Select Email/Password Information.
3. Enter your new information and click on Save My Changes.
Subscribers can find additional help here. Not a subscriber? Subscribe today!
Arizona's unelected Governor, Jan Brewer, has signed into law a measure that makes it "a state crime for illegal immigrants to not have an alien registration document," and requires police "to question people about their immigration status if there is reason to suspect they are illegal immigrants." How do police suspect someone is an illegal immigrant? Apparently they know them when they see them. This law is touted by its proponents as essential, while critics say it's motivated by hate and will be used to harass anyone who can be viewed as "the other." Mexican President Felipe Calderón says the law "opens the door to intolerance, hate, discrimination and abuse in law enforcement." Even former congressman Tom Tancredo, known for his virulent anti-immigrant language, says the Arizona law goes too far. The legislation is probably unconstitutional under the preemption doctrine, which precludes state legislation in an area of federal concern where Congress has spoken definitively. But the question is not entirely clear, and it may take years before the courts rule on it definitively.
But the critics clearly have the upper hand. Barely cloaked racism is easily unveiled when we look at the origins of this bill. Last night Rachel Maddow did a superb job of exposing the sad tale of the legislation's sponsor and his backers:
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
More from Scott Horton:
Conversation — March 30, 2016, 3:44 pm
Joseph Hickman discusses his new book, The Burn Pits, which tells the story of thousands of U.S. soldiers who, after returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, have developed rare cancers and respiratory diseases.
Context, No Comment — August 28, 2015, 12:16 pm
In five easy lessons
From the April 2015 issue
In Havana, the past year has been marked by a parade of bold-faced names from the north — John Kerry reopening the United States Embassy; Andrew Cuomo bringing a delegation of American business leaders; celebrities ranging from Joe Torre, traveling on behalf of Major League Baseball to oversee an exhibition game between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Cuban national team, to Jimmy Buffett, said to be considering opening one of his Margaritaville restaurants there. All this culminated with a three-day trip in March by Barack Obama, the first American president to visit Cuba since Calvin Coolidge in 1928. But to those who know the city well, perhaps nothing said as much about the transformation of political relations between the United States and Cuba that began in December 2014 as a concert in the Tribuna Antiimperialista.
Amount traders on the Philadelphia Stock Exchange can be fined for fighting, per punch:
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Philadelphian teenagers who want to lose weight also tend to drink too much soda, whereas Bostonian teenagers who drink too much soda are likelier to carry guns.
Nuremberg's Neues Museum filed a criminal complaint against a 91-year-old woman who completed a crossword puzzle that was in fact a $116,000 piece of avant-garde Danish art.
Subscribe to the Weekly Review newsletter. Don't worry, we won't sell your email address!
"Matt was happy enough to sustain himself on the detritus of a world he saw as careening toward self-destruction, and equally happy to scam a government he despised. 'I'm glad everyone's so wasteful,' he told me. 'It supports my lifestyle.'"


text:
I found this place by accident but it has been the best accident I have found in the internet. My children love he's fantastic shows and profissionalisame of the director Jonathon Pennington. I have had my children in many camps and dance. But this place gives the children a dreamland of doing just about anything up on stage, they just finished there Disney act and they had a past doing it. They can become just about anything and he helps them all the way. My daughter's love the theatre and they have so much confindence that hopefuly they will be performing for the city of San Antonio shows. Thanks to a very dedicated director who love's with passion he's theatre and it reflects on his shows and camps for children.
San Antonio Musicals
1. SpaceTone Music
416 Austin HwySan Antonio, TX 78209
2. Antioch Missionary Baptist Church
1001 N WaltersSan Antonio, TX 78202
From Business: Dr. E Thurman Walker, Senior Pastor Ministry for Everyone
3. Ragtime Southwest Player Pianos
Had them move our piano and they were GREAT I HIGHLY RECOMMED THEM. They were professional and wanted to make sure the piano was where we wanted it…
4. High School Music
2121 NW Military HwySan Antonio, TX 78213
From Business: *Instruction *Music Accessories *Director Approved *New and Used Instruments *Band - Orchestra
5. The Rosenberg Sky Room
847 E Hildebrand AveSan Antonio, TX 78212
From Business: Let the City of San Antonio be your ultimate backdrop for an event to remember! Our versatility and flexibility is like no other venue and our specialized event man…
6. Uribes Professional Piano Moving
807 W Rosewood AveSan Antonio, TX 78212
7. A-440 Professional Piano Tuning & Repairs
San Antonio, TX 78239
From Business: Russell Norlie has over 37 years of experience in piano tuning and piano repair and offers quality service at competitive rates throughout South Texas. My services …
8. Sara Toudouze Piano & Voice Studio
I appreciate Ms. Toudouze for helping my kids progress in playing piano. She is firm and yet at the same time nice to students. There are a number o…
9. Liberty Pawn & Jewelry
10. Unity Church Of San Antonio
This organization has such good energy and messages are applicable and tangible for use in daily living. A wonderful, welcoming environment, this i…
11. Le Chateau Banquet Hall & Boutique
We used Mel and Hector for our daughter's engagement and wedding photographer. Photographs are outstanding and wedding video is best I have ever se…
12. Leon Valley Community and Conference Center
6427 Evers RdSan Antonio, TX 78238
From Business: *Contact Elsa Dominguez @ EXT 233
13. St Paul's Community Center
1201 Donaldson AveSan Antonio, TX 78228
14. The Josephine Theater
339 W Josephine StSan Antonio, TX 78212
15. Cameo Center
Don't dress for dinner. You'll love the theater, very intimate, great drinks, bartenderess. Acting is fantastic for this show, you'll heartily lau…
16. Arneson River Theater
418 Villita StSan Antonio, TX 78205
From Business: Open-air theater featuring live drama and music performances.
17. Crystal Sea Drama Co Inc
8414 Speedway DrSan Antonio, TX 78230
From Business: Crystal Sea Drama Company For the last 8 years, CSDC has taught theatre arts to students K-12. Using the skills taught, CSDC has produced plays such as Little Women…
18. San Antonio Symphony
222 E Houston StSan Antonio, TX 78205
19. Magik Childrens Theatre
420 N Alamo StSan Antonio, TX 78205
20. The Playhouse San Antoni
816 Camaron St Ste 211San Antonio, TX 78212
21. Overtime Theater
1414 S Alamo StSan Antonio, TX 78210
22. Jump Start Performan
710 Fredericksburg RdSan Antonio, TX 78201
23. Joseph Libby Ventriloquist
914 Aganier AveSan Antonio, TX 78212
24. 24th Street Theatre
411 SW 24th StSan Antonio, TX 78207
25. The Class Theatre Of San Antonio
1924 Fredericksburg RdSan Antonio, TX 78201
26. Edgewood Performing Arts Ctr
607 SW 34th StSan Antonio, TX 78237
27. Hornsby Entertainment Theatre
4700 Stringfellow St 824San Antonio, TX 78223
28. The Company Theatre
1923 Lockhill Selma Rd Ste 108San Antonio, TX 78213
29. The Eagle Theatre Company
7800 Midcrown DrSan Antonio, TX 78218
30. Magik Children Theatre
5359 Casa BellaSan Antonio, TX 78249
$99 for 36 tickets. This is a professional theater geared towards children. The kids have a great time and usually parents enjoy it too. The auditorium seats several hundred. Unfortunately, shows are popular and can sell out fast.


text:
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Kids in an intensive obesity program were able to slim down and maintain a healthier weight a year after it ended, according to a new study.
Obesity programs aimed at youth have generally not shown much long-term success, both in keeping kids involved during the program and still motivated afterwards.
The results are noteworthy for two reasons, according to Dr. Donald Williamson, who studies obesity in youth at Louisiana State University but wasn't involved in the new study.
First, he told Reuters Health, it's important that the kids managed to keep the weight off when they were no longer in the program. Second, the obese kids in the study were from mixed ethnic backgrounds and mostly low-income -- one of the demographics hit the hardest by obesity.
Almost 20 percent of kids and adolescents in the U.S. are obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -- a number that has tripled over the past 30 years. Compared to their slimmer peers, obese youth are more likely to turn into obese adults, setting them up for an increased risk of heart disease and type 2 diabetes, among other conditions.
In the current study, researchers led by Mary Savoye of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, signed up about 200 kids aged 8 to 16 for one of two programs. The first was an intensive, family-based obesity program. For six months, kids participated in aerobic exercise sessions twice a week and had classes in nutrition and healthy behavior once a week. For the next six months after that, sessions went down to twice a month. Parents also got coaching on health and nutrition. In the other group, kids had counseling appointments, led by social workers, doctors and dieticians, once every six months.
All of the kids in the study were in the highest five percent of their age and gender for body mass index (BMI), a measure of weight in relation to height. The kids were randomly assigned to the intensive obesity program or the less intensive counseling sessions.
At several points, the researchers measured everyone's height, weight and blood pressure, checked their cholesterol, and looked for signs of diabetes: after six months of the intensive program, after 12 months, and finally one year after the program had ended.
Six months into the intensive program, kids had lost an average of about 5 pounds according to the results, which are published in the journal Pediatrics. After 12 months, they had gained about 1 pound. Another year after the intensive program had ended, they were up 13 pounds from the start of the study. However, their BMI had still dropped because they were growing at the same time.
In contrast, kids in the twice-a-year counseling group gained 10 pounds in the first six months on average, 18 pounds after a year, and 26 pounds after two years -- all equaling increases in BMI from the start of the study.
Kids who had been through the intensive program also had healthier cholesterol levels than kids who only received counseling, and they had fewer warning signs for diabetes than when they started the program.
One of the complicating factors in the study was that more than half of the kids in both groups didn't finish the study. That's not unusual in obesity interventions for youth. In fact it's one of the biggest problems with them, researchers say.
"It's very hard for a family to be involved because lifestyles are busy," Savoye told Reuters Health. "Dropout is always going to be the nature of the beast."
This type of program, involving regular sessions for kids and their parents, is especially prone to having a high dropout rate, Williamson added. But, he said, for kids who are already obese, it's the only real option that has shown success. In terms of preventing kids from becoming obese when they're still at a healthy weight, a more hands-off approach, such as an internet-based program, might help keep more kids involved, Williamson said.
But for the kids who did stick with the program, the finding that they maintained their improvements in BMI compared to the counseling group is promising.
"One of the shortcomings of our current research knowledge is that we really haven't found very effective long-term strategies for childhood obesity or adolescent obesity," Williamson said.
And the program model is one that can be used in other groups of kids, possibly even more successfully than it was here, Savoye said. "If this (program) worked on this most challenging population, it can work really in any population that you put it in," she said.
SOURCE: bit.ly/hcaFuQ Pediatrics, online February 7, 2011.
The right way to run
Making small changes to your gait can help you move more efficiently and even avoid injuries.
Our top photos from the past week. Full Coverage
Reuters special election issue
The key to understanding what's going on lies not with personalities, campaign strategies or party rules but rather with the voter. PDF Document
Trending On Reuters
Patents & Entrepreneurial Universities
Measuring and evaluating academic innovation


text:
Monday Morning Dump
May 28th, 2012
Yep, it's another glorious Monday morning & another time for a get-back-to-work gallery of whatever-the-hell weirdness the internet had to offer over the past week. All the best images are packaged up here for your perusal. Enjoy.
0 Comments / Add Comment
Abum Macho Video Voomed Friday Funnies One Humor LiveDump Melted Brain Funny Sh#t Shiny New Want BoredTown Celeb Buzzer Killer Kool Games BrainFlasher Adult Humor Heavenly Babes Humor and Fun Celebrity Smacks Happy-Clips Thrill Blender Fun Draft Hyper Cool Stuff Crankers Humor4You PunchBaby


text:
- Home
- News
- Sports
- Opinion
- Obituaries
- Features
- Special Sections
- Classifieds
- Public Notices
Forgot Password? | Not a User? Sign up
The Lebanon-Marion County Chamber of Commerce held its annual awards banquet Feb. 19. During the dinner the 2008 outstanding award winners were announced.
The awards winners are as follows:
Outstanding educator — Roger Marcum
Outstanding citizen — Brad Lanham
Outstanding farmer — Todd and Jill Hardin
Outstanding businessperson — Dr. Jimmy Cook
Outstanding emergency services personnel — Chuck Helm
Outstanding chamber member — Monica Pickerill
Business beautification — Michelle and Raphael Espinosa, The Oak Barrel
President's Award — the late Terry Ward.
In memory of Ward, the chamber donated $250 to the Marion County Historical Society.
Add new comment
Read and share your thoughts on this story


text:
Alice in Winterland, a favorite ride of Tom Sawyer
This ride is slightly reminiscent of the Disney feature film of the novel of the story "Alice in Winterland" by Napoleon. Ride a massiveworm and follow Alice into a black hole and use your laser cannon to shoot targets and score points all over Winterland. You might even roll down some gigantic leaves (proteced by guard rails) on your way to the Mad Hatter's place!
Ruin everything with Pirate Mode
© copyright 2011–2016
A Pants Aflame production


text:
Asano Tadanobu & Naka Riisa spotted dating and sharing a kiss?
This week's major scoop of the infamous weekly pictorial magazine 'FRIDAY' eventually made it into the newspapers again, unlike last week's controversial story. This week they are claiming that actor Asano Tadanobu (38) and actress Naka Riisa (22) have been spotted dating quite openly in Osaka. The tabloid backed up their story with pictures of the two embracing each other tightly in a taxi and enjoying a date in broad daylight. They even
POLYSICS to open for Foo Fighters' Japanese concert
It's been revealed that electro-rock band POLYSICS will be the opening act for the Foo Fighters concert in Yokohama! This concert is a part of Foo Fighters' Japanese tour, which is being held to coincide with the release of their latest album, "Wasting Light". POLYSICS will take the stage on the first day to enliven the crowd with their energetic performance. Tickets are currently available for purchase through PlayGuide. After their
Nogizaka46's debut single to come with a short movie digest
AKB48's official rival group Nogizaka46 has revealed that their debut single, "Guru Guru Curtain", will come with a short movie digest! "Guru Guru Curtain" will come in 4 different versions: Limited Edition A, Limited Edition B, Limited Edition C, and a Regular Edition. The limited editions will come with a DVD containing music videos, along with short movies featuring each member. These short movies were taken by famous film directors suc
Hello Kitty to collaborate with Evangelion
It's been revealed that Sanrio's Hello Kitty will be collaborating with popular anime, "Evangelion", for a new line of products called "EVANGELION × HELLO KITTY"! This new collaboration project is to commemorate Evangelion's upcoming film, "Evangelion Shin Gekijouban: Q". Hello Kitty will be seen dressed up as 'Ayanami Rei' and 'Soryu Asuka Langley' from the anime. Starting in May, ten companies will gradually release a wide variety of
Aimer to cover Nakashima Mika for new single
On February 22nd, singer Aimer will be releasing her 3rd single, "Yuki no Furu Machi / Fuyu no Diamond", which includes a cover of Nakashima Mika's "ORION". Previously, Aimer covered Lady Gaga's "Poker Face" for her single, "Re:pray / Sabishikute Nerenai Yoru wa". Both these songs were already featured in the singer's cover album, "Your Favorite Things", which was released during her indies period. For those of you who aren't familiar w
Hotei Tomoyasu celebrates his 50th birthday with a live performance
On February 1st, guitarist Hotei Tomoyasu celebrated his 50th birthday with a performance at the Saitama Super Arena. Hotei greeted his mid-century birthday with open arms, as he shouted, "Welcome to the universe's number one rock and roll show – my birthday party. I am 50 years old!" This stage marked the end of his 30th anniversary year as an artist. T The guitarist enthusiastically performed 27 songs, including his hit songs "Thrill
Hirakawa Tetsuhiro's manga "Clover" to get a drama adaptation
Hirakawa Tetsuhiro's popular manga, "Clover", will soon be released as a drama series through TV Tokyo! Details for the drama adaptation, such as the cast members and plot, have yet to be revealed. However, TV Tokyo has promised to announce more in the middle of February. At this time, the production is expected to air in April. "Clover" is a youth story centering around the friendships of delinquent high school students. Stay tuned
AKB48 reveals cast list for their anime, 'AKB0048'
AKB48 has finally revealed the cast list for their upcoming anime, "AKB0048"! After holding a public audition late last year, it was decided that Ishida Haruka, Iwata Karen, Sato Amina, Sato Sumire, Nagaya Sayaka, and Watanabe Mayu from AKB48, Hata Sawako and Yagami Kumi from SKE48, and Mita Mao from NMB48 would provide the voices for the nine main characters. General director Kawamori Shoji commented, "Before the casting auditions, I h
Kanjani 8's Maruyama Ryuhei to star in Fuji TV drama, 'O-PARTS'
It's been announced that Kanjani 8 member, Maruyama Ryuhei, will star in Fuji TV's special four-night drama called "O-PARTS" (title pending). This will be Maruyama's first leading role in a drama. "O-PARTS" is a science fiction story centering around five "ordinary people" who get selected by the government to confront terrorists who come from the year 2141 in order to kill the ancestors of important people in their present time. Maruyama w
Sawajiri Erika to debut as fashion producer
Actress Sawajiri Erika will be making her debut as a fashion director. As a collaboration project with her mobile drama, "L et M Watashi ga Anata wo Aisuru Riyuu, Sono Hoka no Monogatari", Sawajiri will produce outfits for popular brands "Samantha Thavasa" and "Mercury Duo". These collaboration products are already available for purchase through online shop sites, "Stylife" and "Runway Channel". The shops will also carry 35 outfits and acc


text:
Old Trafford, Manchester ,7/22/2016, 15:30 (IST)
The Rose Bowl, Southampton ,7/5/2016, 23:00 (IST)
England beat Sri Lanka by 8 wickets
Lord's, London ,7/14/2016, 15:30 (IST)
Pakistan beat England by 75 runs
Civil Service Cricket Club, Stormont, Belfast ,7/19/2016, 15:15 (IST)
Curtis James Jackson III (born July 6, 1975),[1] better known by his stage name 50 Cent, is an American rapper. He rose to fame with the release of his albums Get Rich or Die Tryin\ (2003) and The Massacre (2005). Both albums achieved multi-platinum success, selling over twenty-one million copies combined.[2] Born in South Jamaica, Queens, 50 Cent began drug dealing at the age of twelve during the 1980s crack epidemic.[3] After leaving drug dealing to pursue a rap career, he was shot nine times in 2000. After releasing his album Guess Who\s Back? in 2002, 50 Cent was discovered by rapper Eminem and signed to Interscope Records. With the help of Eminem and Dr. Dre—who produced his first major commercial successes—he became one of the world\s highest selling rappers. In 2003, he founded the record label G-Unit Records, which signed several successful rappers such as Young Buck, Lloyd
Who is a better male pop singer?
Escape Plan (formerly known as Exit Plan and The Tomb) is
Average movie rating