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|Nov 21, 1989
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|Mar 10, 1988
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|Mar 10, 1987
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|Mauri Luukkala, Aarre Matilainen, Jarmo Viirto
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The present invention is directed to a fiber-optic detector for oils, solvents, and equivalent liquid hydrocarbons, comprising a fiber-optic light transmitter and light receiver, and an optical fiber connected to the same, along with a pick-up for sensing the liquids located at the free end of the optical fiber.
It is possible with this type of apparatus utilizing fiber-optics to detect various kinds of liquids swiftly and safely, especially various oils such as light or heavy fuel oil, or equally other liquids presenting fire or explosive hazards such as solvents. This means are particularly well usable in providing alarm of liquid leakage, because such means have a fairly high speed of detection.
In the chemical industry, dangerous and inflammable liquids, above all, often have to be stored in big cisterns both outdoors and indoors. Because of leakage, such a cistern constitutes a considerable risk to safety of humans as well as nature in general. Electronic detection, particularly of liquids posing risk of fire or explosion, is difficult because an electronic, galvanic measuring and alarm pick-up, involves risk of short-circuiting and sparking. The leakage detector should be "internally safe". This is achievable by using fiber-optics. The fiber is an insulator, and is otherwise completely passive, so that it cannot suffer short-circuiting or cause sparking.
Detection of oils and oil leakage is also rather difficult for the reason that oil is rather passive and, for example, its dielectric constant is little different from that, e.g., of sandy oil. Oil leakage is not observed in general until it is too late. Detection of small leaks may be particularly difficult because it may be hard to notice the leak by the liquid level, e.g. in a large cistern. Moreover, if quick-evaporating liquids are concerned, which are constituted by many kinds of solvents, then the substance may evaporate before the leakage is noticed. The means for detecting leakage should therefore be quite sensitive and fast. Such means provided by the present invention will, for instance, detect acetone within about one second, and fuel oil in less than half a minute. These speeds are adequate.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,386,269 discloses a detector in which a special sheath layer is provided for the fiber, in which the refractive index differs from the refractive index of the fiber itself so that the light is reflected or refracted into the fiber. When such a sheath layer is made oil-absorbing, its refractive index changes so that light will "leak out" and light propagation properties within the fiber change so that it is totally absorbed. It is essential that the oil-absorbing layer is in contact with the core of the fiber in order that the condition for total reflection might be altered. The relationship between the refractive index of the fiber and of its sheath change in a given manner, so that the condition of total reflection is no longer fulfilled for the core and the sheath in immediate contact therewith.
In a detector disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,159,420, a fiber is used which has a refractive index higher than that of the surrounding matter. The fiber is surrounded with a material of which the refractive index changes when it comes into contact, e.g., with oil. This change of refractive index has the effect that the condition of total reflection in the core of the fiber is no longer fulfilled and the light "leaks out", thus causing considerable extra attenuation in the propagation of light. On the end of the fiber, a mirror may be installed, the reflection from the mirror returning the light to its starting point, whereby the change of refractive index can be observed when the light is reflected by the walls of the fiber. It is essential that the relationship of the refractive indices of the fiber core and of its sheath change in a given manner, so that the condition of total reflection is no longer fulfilled for the core and for the sheath in immediate contact therewith.
In E.P. Application No. 126,600, optical fibers are employed to observe the presence of certain chemicals by using on an end of the pick-up, a pick-up construction of such kind wherein the end of the fiber bundle is tightly surrounded by a porous membrane inside which powdery, cross-linked polystyrene has been provided. To such polystyrene powder, a reagent has been chemically bound which changes color on contact with the liquid to be monitored. The porous membrane consists of Teflon, which repels water. The chemical to be monitored passes through the Teflon film and reacts with the substance provided in the polystyrene powder, the spectroscopic characteristics of the substance changing on contact with the liquid.
In reference WO 86/05589, a material is used to which an indicator substance has been permanently attached of which the spectral characteristics change when it comes into contact with the substance to be monitored.
G.B. Pat. No. 21 03 786 discloses a detector in which the surface of the fiber core has been covered with an indicator substance having a porous surface. The end of the optical fiber is provided with a mirror which reflects the light back to the measuring electronics.
It may be noted regarding the prevailing state of the art, that it is previously known that optical fibers may be used to observe sensor elements installed on the end of the fiber. Light is sent from an optical fiber transmitter by the fiber to the object to be examined, and the light is returned back to a detector along the same, or another fiber. The sensor element on the end of the fiber is then affected in one way or another by the phenomenon that is being examined.
A leakage detector is known in the art which detects the presence of oils based on the circumstance that the sheath material of the optical fiber consists of a material which swells as it comes onto contact with oil. The oil then gains access to the space between the sheath and fiber, thus causing extra attenuation in the propogation of light.
Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to achieve improvement over previously-known fiber-optic detectors.
It is a more detailed object of the present invention to provide a detector which is "internally safe".
It is still a further object of the present invention to provide a detector which is extremely sensitive and quick in detecting a liquid, e.g. a liquid spill.
These and other objects are attained by the present invention, which is directed to a fiber optic detector for liquids, comprising a fiber-optic light transmitter/receiver, and optical fiber attached to the transmitter/receiver, and a pick-up located on a free end of the fiber for sensing liquid. At least a portion of the pick-up is formed of material which, when coming into contact with the liquid to be detected, either absorbs the liquid by capullarity, or becomes dissolved in the liquid. Thus, an optical reflection coefficient of the pick-up material changes, which is observed by the detector.
Accordingly, the objects of the present invention are attained with a detector which is principally characterized by the sensor pick-up being formed either of such material which, on coming into contact with the liquid to be monitored, absorbs the liquid by capillary action, or of a material which dissolves in the liquid to be monitored, whereby the optical coefficient of reflection of the pick-up material changes so that it can be observed by means of a fiber-optic detector in a manner known in and of itself in electro-optics.
Other important characteristics and features of the detector of the present invention are further described below.
The present invention will be described in further detail below referring to certain advantageous embodiments thereof, illustrated in the figures, to which however the present invention is not intended to be exclusively confined. In the figures,
FIG. 1 is a schematic illustration of an advantageous embodiment of a fiber-optic detector of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a view, on a larger scale, of an advantageous embodiment of a sensing pick-up employed in the fiber-optic detector of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a view on a larger scale of another advantageous embodiment of the sensing pick-up employed in the fiber-optic detector in FIG. 1; and
FIG. 4 schematically illustrates the absorption of a liquid droplet and travel thereof from a stained end of a sensor pick-up, with the aid of capillary force to the other end of the porous pick-up material, the stain following therealong.
An inventive feature of the present detector is a drastic change of the optical coefficient of reflection of the pick-up mounted on an end of an optical fiber, when the pick-up comes into contact with oil or a solvent, so that the change of optical contrast can be observed by fiber-optic means. The change of optical reflection coefficient can naturally be observed, e.g., with a combination of LED lamp and-photo diode, however any such arrangement is not internally safe in view of explosive liquids. A device of such type could also hardly be buried in the ground, in contrast to a passive fiber pick-up.
Fiber-optics transmitters and receivers are known from fiber-optics, by which objects can be observed through fibers. They constitute an important part of the present invention. Such arangements are previously known in and of themselves. Furthermore, fiber-optic directional switches are utilized, by which the light arriving from the pick-up can be separated from the transmission light travelling along the same fiber.
There is a plurality of fibrous substances which take up liquids by absorption with the aid of capillary force, and change color. As an example, a lump of sugar dipped in a coffee cup, can be considered. The sugar lump rapidly absorbs coffee and turns dark The dark discoloration is observable by fiber-optics. Furthermore, if the sugar lump is held long in the coffee, it will totally dissolve away, and this too can be observed by fiber optics.
This feature is likewise a part of the present invention. However, when the intent is to observe oils or other liquid hydrocarbons, e.g. among sand, then the pick-up must be water-repellent but at the same time hydrocarbon-absorbing. In this case, the pick-up material should be hydrophobic, preferably white in color, and the pores in the substance should be of suitable size. It is possible to sinter porous bodies from polystyrene, which have the exactly required properties. If a porous polyethylene capsule is submerged in water-soluble ink, it will remain white, whereas it turns immediately dark on immersion in alcohol-soluble ink. Sintered polyethylene is otherwise mechanically durable.
There are still other porous materials, e.g. the material of felt pen tips, and porous Teflon (polytetrafluoroethylene) film (Bore Tex), which possess the desired properties. The desired hydrophobic quality and capillarity depend basically upon the surface tension properties of the material at the interface between two substances.
Tests have been carried out with sintered polyethylene capsules, e.g. in such a manner that the pick-up has been buried in sandy soil one year, without any changes in operation. Optical fibers do tolerate burying in the ground provided that certain protective steps are taken. It is clear that the pick-up head proper has to be mechanically protected to that it is not subjected to any stress. A thin oil layer floating on the water can also be detected with the aid of the pick-up.
Another alternative for observing liquids is to use a material which is rapidly dissolved therein. In its simplest form, a pick-up of this type is a white click of paint applied on an end of the fiber, which will rapidly dissolve, e.g. in acetone, when it comes into contact therewith. By the effect of the dissolving, the reflection is drastically reduced and an alarm is obtained.
The pick-ups just described are naturally good for only single or one-time use. In practical implementations, these are constructed to be exchangeable with ease. This is not a drawback, in that leakage is usually also a singular occurrence or event.
It may also be noted that the measured "on/off" ratios have been better than 20 dB, which makes for an adequate margin regarding any extra attenuations that may occur in the fibers, for instance due to flexure. However, the fiber is most often protected, e.g. with a protective tube against external effects.
Referring to FIG. 1, a fiber-optic transmitter/receiver 11 sends light into a fiber 13 at a suitable wavelength, towards a pick-up 14 on a free end of the fiber 13, so that the light returning from the pick-up end enters the receiver 11 through an optical directional switch 12. It may be noted in this connection that the detector 10 of the present invention operates equally well with two separate fibers, one of them being a transmitting fiber and the other being a receiving fiber, however this does not substantially alter the present invention herein. A liquid 16 in a vessel 15 represents the liquid which must be detected. The liquid 16 may naturally be, for instance, liquid that has been spilled onto the ground, and comes into contact with the pick-up 14.
FIGS. 2 and 3 illustrate in closer detail the design of the pick-up head 17 proper. On the end of the fiber 13, the pick-up proper 17 has been mounted with the aid of a holder or sleeve 19. The fiber 13 is used to monitor the optical reflecting layer on the top surface of the pick-up material. The pick-up material is a porous material so that, when it comes into contact with the liquid 16, the liquid 16 is drawn or absorbed by the aid of capillary phenomenon into the pick-up material, whereby the optical reflection coefficient of the pick-up material top surface changes. It is thus understood that the capillary force occurring in the porous material moves part of the liquid 16 to a location close to the end of the fiber 13. Since the end of the fiber 13 can be isolated from the liquid 16 itself, it is not necessarily soiled.
If the liquid 16 to be monitored causes only a minor change in the coefficient of reflection, the change of contrast can be boosted by staining the pick-up material with a suitable staining agent 18, in which the staining agent 18 will travel to the end of the fiber 13 along with the liquid 16, as can be seen in FlG. 3. This may be a good procedure in detecting colorless solvents, such as acetone, ethanol or equivalent.
In FIG. 4, the absorption of a liquid droplet 16a and its travel from the stained end of the pick-up 17 by capillary effect to the other end of the porous pick-up material, is more closely illustrated, with the staining agent 18 following along. The staining agent 18 must be soluble in the respective liquid 16. The staining agent may be ink or equivalent.
When the fiber-optic transmitter/receiver unit 11 observes a change in the optical reflection coefficient, an alarm signal indicating the event or occurrence is obtained from electronics in a manner known in and of itself. It is clear from what has been described above that the pick-up material is decisive for operation.
The preceding description of the present invention is merely exemplary, and is not intended to limit the scope thereof in any way.
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|Jan 9, 1996
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|Sep 14, 2010
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|Medical apparatus for breath detection
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|U.S. Classification
|250/577, 250/227.25, 73/293, 340/605
|International Classification
|Cooperative Classification
|European Classification
|Mar 10, 1988
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Have you noticed more frequent encounters with yellow jackets recently? Yellow jackets are a type of paper wasp found across the country. Depending on the species, they either nest above or below ground in colonies with workers and one queen that lays eggs. During the spring and early summer, workers build-up the colony with chambers for eggs and a protective, outer shell. When the colony reaches full size, the queen lays eggs that will develop into male and female yellow jackets that leave the nest to start new colonies the following year. Workers become more aggressive at this time, typically mid- to late-summer, to protect new larvae as they grow.
Viewer Tip: Encounters with yellow jackets tend to increase at this time of year because they are foraging for food outside the colony to feed new larvae. Yellow jackets typically reserve aggression for protecting the colony, so passing by or walking over a colony could result in an attack. If you have yellow jackets on your property, it's best to avoid the area where the colony is located. If the colony can't be avoided, you may need to remove or destroy it. Seek help from a professional who is experienced in pest removal – spraying water, burying or otherwise bothering a colony is likely to result in many stings.
Sources: eNature. Nature Watch: Summer Stingers.
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I had the opportunity to have lunch with a large number of inmates from the minimum security facility in Winfield the other day. It was the first time for me and I really enjoyed it. The two men sitting at the table with me, Danny and Jim, as I recall had a lot of questions about church and especially Real Life. I suppose it was the beanie I was wearing and the beard and long hair but they seemed to be pretty comfortable with me. One of them, after the meal was over and we were all getting ready to leave told me that he got out in five months and that I shouldn't be surprised if I saw him in church. "I'd like to come and see" he told me.
I was reminded of that lunch as I read Matthew 9:9 this morning. It's the story of how Matthew came to be a disciple of Jesus and follow Him. What I noticed was something that I don't recall seeing with any of the other disciples.
The verse just reads, As Jesus passed on from there, He saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax booth and He said to him, "Follow me." And he rose and followed him.
Jesus called Peter and Andrew, James and John out of their boats, while they were working. He called Nathaniel from under the tree where he was resting. He called others from various places but He called Matthew while he was "sitting" in his sin.
Matthew was a tax collector. Sold out to the occupying colonist Romans he was hated by the rest of the Jewish population as a traitor. And was most likely extorting money from his fellow Jews. He was greedy and was taking from his fellow man, something the Jewish Law forbid.
But Jesus calls him. right there where he sat. Actively engaged in his sin. Jesus calls him, "Follow me."
This is one reason I love Jesus. He didn't look for the brightest, or best, he called people from where they were, whether working the nets after a night of fishing or taking money from for the Romans. Jesus is more interested in your future than in your past or even your present. What this tells me is that my past AND my present position do not indicate my future usefulness to God's Kingdom. God can call people in the midst of their sin into a life of faith, adventure and trust.
And one of the great things about God's call on the lives of those in the midst of their sin comes in verse 10. Jesus went to Matthew's house and ate with him and others. He didn't wait until Matthew had gotten his life completely together, that day, that hour he went to his home and ate a meal. And lots of other tax collectors and "sinners" were there too!
Why does God call people in the midst of their sin? Because they are the greatest witness and testimony to their friends and colleagues who are also involved in that sin. Jesus came to many tax collects and sinners that day because He came to one, still in his sin, who said, "Okay" when Jesus called out to him from the midst of his sin, "Follow me."
No matter what you're into right now Jesus is placing the same call on your life, "Follow me." How will you respond?


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In each of the following problems, the axis of a hole is shown in a rectangular solid. In order to position the hole axis for drilling, the angle of rotation and the angle of tilt must be determined. Compute angles to the nearer minute in triangles with customary unit sides. Compute angles to the nearer hundredth degree in triangles with metric unit sides.
a. Compute the angle of rotation, ∠R.
b. Compute the angle of tilt, ∠T.
Given: H = 2.600 in.
L = 2.400 in.
W = 1.900 in
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Crossbow Aimed At Deputies
Published: Saturday, March 16, 2013 at 11:45 p.m.
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A Haines City man wanted on two felony warrants was arrested Saturday after pulling a crossbow on deputies in an attempt to escape, reports said.
A deputy spotted David Boone, 39, about midnight Friday driving a rental car on U.S. 27 in Haines City. After calling for backup, two deputies tried to pull Boone over, but he sped off.
According to reports, Boone drove through multiple yards, hitting a parked Cadillac and taking out two fences before stopping.
Then, deputies say, he pulled out "a crossbow loaded with a single metal- tipped bolt," pointed it at the deputies and took off running. After a short foot chase, Boone was brought to the ground.
Boone is being held at the Polk County Jail without bail, charged with aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer, fleeing with disregard to the safety of persons and property, possession of methamphetamine (found in his pocket), possession of paraphernalia and resisting without violence.
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More and more "regular-Joe working Americans" are on food stamps. [USAToday]
I'm on food stamps, $122/mo., and it only covers about ten days worth of food for me.
@ConsumptionJunkie: If you don't mind my asking, what do you do to make up the difference? Discount grocery stores? Walmart? Gardening?
@Kajj: To make up the difference I clip coupons, shop at a food co-op, and only buy food that is on sale. Still, the amount that I get in food stamps per month is a joke. I put the difference on my credit card. I really don't think that anyone on food stamps can survive on $122/mo. unless that person is anorexic.
Sorry, this may seem callow, but if you are qualifying for food stamps, how do you also access the internet and spend time on internet forums?
God, I love the smell of burnt troll in the evening.
There are free methods of accessing the Internet, there are very low-cost (albeit slow) methods of using the net, and even broadband costs wouldn't add more then a few more days' worth of food at today's prices.
Besides, it's moral support, and when you're that poor, somes moral support is the difference between life and death. So, please FOAD.
When I was still in college last year I spent about $75 a month on groceries. You just have to be willing to eat a lot of pasta, rice and beans. I hardly ate meat at all, and bought cheap, seasonal fruits and veggies from the farmer's market.
@Tightlines: Good question. I use my neighbor's WiFi connection for free. I am unemployed and on disability. I put my $1500 Macbook on my credit card, along with all of my food purchases. I owe over $6,000 in debt, and a large chunk of that is for food.
I was wondering that myself. However, the fact that he clips coupons and only buys stuff on sale is what I do as well. 122/mo. If all you buy is 25 lb bags of rice and beef at 1.99/lb. It will last you a while. i.e.
25lb bag of rice : 30.00
30lb of beef at 1.99/lb ( Vons has top sirloin on sale ) : 60.00
That's a LOT of food for 90 bucks. More than one could eat in a month. If you don't mind eating rice and about a lb of beef everyday.
This still leaves 32 dollars for things like onions and garlic, cooking oil, soy sauce. Can you tell I'm Asian yet?
I've been seriously thinking about growing my own garden of aromatics because I waste so much of it. Who uses an entire bunch of cilantro at a time?
I was unemployed for 6 months in California. Unfortunately, the amount I received in unemployment put me over the salary limit to receive food stamps. I survived on $1480 a month unemployment (with monthly rent of $1000) for 6 months. I spent about $100 total on groceries for the entire month. I pretty much survived on ramen noodles, spaghetti, and rice. I had to shop at a very low rent bodega grocery and learn Spanish to see what exactly I was buying, but I survived. I also gained 60 pounds from all the starch/carbs. So, you can survive on $122 a month, but you won't enjoy it.
I knew a number of off-campus college students who were on food stamps because they were not getting money from their parents, and the jobs around the area didn't pay much above minimum wage.
@chewiemeat: You stay classy.
@ConsumptionJunkie: Uh, you bought a macbook? And you're receiving food stamps? Am I missing something here?
I work for a food providing non-profit. The amount of food stamps a person or family gets depends on their income, assets, number of people in the family, and other factors like shelter expenses.
The amount of money a person will get in food stamps is based on the Thrifty Food Plan, a plan developed under the Johnson Administration, back when most people bought and cooked most of their meals and food was realtively, well, thrifty.
The maximum amount of food stamps a person can get boils down to $1 per meal per person per day. So, if you're single, the federal government thinks you can eat for $21 a week. In my state (Ohio), we find that food stamps tend to last two and a half weeks.
@ConsumptionJunkie: you can use your food stamps for seeds and plants used for human consumption (tomatoes, peppers, etc.).
@burgundyyears: FWIW, Macbooks do have lower total cost of ownership compared to equivalent Windows-only PCs, but I'm only trying to play devil's advocate here.
Also, someone more insightful than I observed that when reporters refer to "regular" people, they mean white folks.
@spinachdip: That's quite a broad statement that I simply must disagree with. Maybe if you're looking at the "average" PC user vs the "average" Mac user, but the reason I still buy PCs is the price. Even with the extended warranties it's cheaper.
@iMe2: Should have clarified – there are consultants and such who do Total Cost of Ownership analysis. In these comparisons, Macs tend to outperform PCs. YMMV, obviously.
A person can be employed and still qualify for food stamps. When I was fresh out of school and working a lowly entertainment industry job, I almost certainly would have qualified (I just stole from catering instead).
@spinachdip: Well, my anecdotal experience at work has been the macbooks are actually pretty fragile as laptops go (the plastics they use in particular seem prone to excessive wear and the slot load drives love to crap out after, oh, about a year or so if you actually use them regularly) but I digress. To spend $1500 you don't have on a luxury like while also receiving food stamps that seems a little odd to me. A decent used PC good for general use costs a small fraction of that.
@burgundyyears: Right, which is why I qualified my comment with an "FWIW".
Not knowing whether this computer was purchased before the commenter lost his job, or he's looking for a job that requires a mid-range computer, I'm not sure if the Macbook purchase is necessarily questionable.
But back on topic – I do wonder what will happen to government assistance over the next year or two, if more people qualify for assistance but tax revenue drops.
You're supposed to be buying food high in refined sugar and high fructose corn syrup, which is the cheapest in terms of calories.
Food stamps doesn't buy you the healthy stuff anymore.
If I spent more than $120 a month on food, I'd be surprised.
The garden out back, preserves, farmer's market and tail gate markets contribute a lot to my body fuel. Shop the bargains on yogurt, eat out little.
Dunno. 45 years old, work out regularly, work a job I tolerate and every now and then have fun.
Life is what you make of it.
I live in a ground-floor city apartment in Houston. The windows are shaded by the balcony of the floor above and face a shaded courtyard, which is great for the A/C bill but means the only thing I can grow here is mold.
125 dollars a month could buy everything I eat, but I am a vegetarian (OK, I had haggis and boudin on business trips, but you have to at least try the local slop, LOL). My guy and I have a half share in a farm co-op for six hundred dollars every six months, which supplies more than we know what to do with each week. (I had to get a canner and I'm teaching myself how to can.) So fifty dollars a month for the bulk of our food (includes a dozen eggs a week). We make lots of rice "with stuff" but that's actually the sort of thing we like. I am the soup queen. My guy's little sister works at Kroger, in the natural food section, and brings us marked-down stuff like soymilk and vegetarian meat substitutes all the time, for which we reimburse her (this accounts for about another 20 a month). I buy herbs and spices in small quantities from the bulk bins at Whole Foods, which helps me keep them fresher on hand and costs far less. We eat biscuits (self rising flour and yogurt, not a biscuit mix) but not bread. We do order some bulk supplies online. Canned tomato products like crushed tomatoes and paste (the dollar-a-can spaghetti sauce is actually pretty good), sunflower oil, and a few cans of garbanzo, kidney, and black beans fill out the rest of the basics.
I do spend extra on non-basics, but I could get by without them. We waste too much. I don't clip coupons mostly because they have practically nothing I eat. Plus we have three cats, and their food has to go on the food bill too, to be fair.
Don't forget that eating in requires at-will access to a working stove, and the gas and/or electricity to cook with. But some of my very favorite pots, pans, casseroles, dishes, and knives were Salvation Army and garage sale finds.
It can be done, even with meat. One leg/thigh of chicken, boiled in a lot of water with carrots and onions and garlic and salt and pepper, then shredded into tiny bits and put back in the broth with a little flour, makes a good base for biscuit dumplings. I once fed eight people with a big pot of that stuff when I was poor and in college.
@speedwell: ConsumptionJunkie, I know you're scared and feeling deprived and that's one reason why you put food on the credit card. Having to take food stamps to the grocery store and suffering because you think people are pointing fingers at you is no fun either. If putting your food in the card is the only way you can feel like you have a surplus of something, I totally understand.
Some of the commenters on here have never been cooped up with no money, little companionship, and little to occupy themselves with. A computer and Internet connection, when the cost is averaged out over the time you use it, is one of the lowest cost forms of entertainment and intellectual occupation going, and returns on investment if you can work from home at all. (But give up the overpriced TV and cable crap. This digital thing that is making everyone have to buy new TVs is a perfect time to tell the whole industry to take a walk.)
@speedwell: Talk about cutting to the heart of the matter, your posts are I think a perfect response to ConsumptionJunkie's very vulnerable admission. Though I really really wish he/she would not use the credit card until they had a steady income stream that could support them, and cut back on spending habits (like a brand new computer – if it was purchased recently). There are tons of ways that we can all learn to save money and your posts provide some inspiration to be sure.
Anyone who is struggling for food (or anyone pinching pennies) should check out Angel Care Ministries. Once a month, it allows you to pick up a set menu of food from a local church. There are no qualifications, anyone can do it and you do not have to be a member of the church (or any church for that matter) to participate. They say it can feed a family of four for about a week or a Senior Citizen for a month. I don't participate because I'm not a meat-eater, and a lot would go to waste.
This is the menu for this month for my state. It cost $30.
1.5 lb. / Bacon Wrapped Beef Filet (4 x 6 oz.)
2.5 lb. / Breaded Chicken Breast Filets
1.5 lb. / Bone-In Pork Steaks (4 x 6 oz.)
28 oz. Salisbury Steak Dinner Entrée
2.5 lb. Beef and Bean Burritos (10 x 4 oz.)
2 lb. Popcorn Chicken
9.5 oz. Stouffer's Flat Bread Pizza
16 oz. Cauliflower & Carrot Blend
16 oz. Corn Niblets
16 oz. Green Beans
2 lb. Fresh Onions
29 oz. Pears
32 oz. Borden 2% Reduced Fat Shelf-Stable Milk
9 oz. Breakfast Cereal
8 oz. Corn Muffin Mix
16 oz. Bean Soup Mix
1 Dozen Eggs
1 Dessert Item
They also have different add-on boxes for $20, Grill, Steak or Chicken.
Sorry about the bad formatting.
@ConsumptionJunkie: You put a $1500 Macbook on a credit card while you're on food stamps?
@missdona: Incredible. I do know some struggling people to whom this would be a major relief. Thanks for posting this.
@iMe2: Hierarchy of needs, you know. Protection from hunger and protection from nakedness (shame) seem to be about equally compelling, all things considered, especially when you have a credit card singing "buy-now-pay-later" sweetly into your mind. My dad was unemployed for an extended period and ran up his credit card bills because he just could not bring himself to admit to his family and the people in his church that he was "one of those needy people we help." Fortunately he was able to get a job and pay off his debt, but his lifestyle during the payoff period was meager indeed.
You know… a handful of rice and beans tastes better when you are employed and making the choice to be frugal than it does when it is all you have and you don't know where the next handful is coming from.
@moore850: Yeah, you bastards don't get that people can't work or communicate without a computer anymore, do you? Haven't you ever heard of "false economy?" Do you also want him to sell his car for food money and then have no way to get to job interviews? This is the same mentality that makes it illegal to buy toilet paper and soap on food stamps. Jesus.
Disabled and isolated people with computers are less disabled and isolated than they would be without them. I can't blame him for buying the best computer he could while he still could. I would have done the same (except I would have been real stubborn about refusing to get food stamps; that's just the way I am).
Like ConsumptionJunkie, I too am unemployed and disabled and whenever I mention that online, one of the first questions I get is "why do you have internet?". It's obnoxious to assume that because someone is poor that they shouldn't spend money on anything enjoyable. The internet is my one and only luxury. I don't even have a TV. For me, the internet is a much better deal, since it provides entertainment, communication, and education at one low cost. I too have been considering going on food stamps though because I'm having trouble affording good food (as in fresh fruit and veggies). Even $50 a month would help considerably.
@katyggls: "Why do you have Internet?" "So I can search for work and keep in communication with employers." That ought to shut them up.
@speedwell: Also, you (they) can order as many 'boxes' as you like. I'm glad you found it useful.
Sounds like the Imperial Federal government can stop paying farmers to keep food prices artificially high. Stop paying farmers to not farm. Stop paying farmers to not take products to market.
We'll save money on two fronts. We'll cut expenses on keeping food prices artificially high (Dept. of Agriculture). We'll cut expenses on making food more affordable (food stamps).
Problem solved!
@speedwell: Sorry, a brand new $1500 Macbook is firmly in the category of a luxury. Your rant about soap and whatnot is inaccurate. Nobody "needs" a Macbook nor can you possibly construe it as something you must have to function at a basic level.
@missdona: Yes, several churches in my town have the Angel Food Ministry. You can also use Food Stamps there.
A friend of mine who helps with the distribution at his church told me about this. I've tried it a couple of times in the past couple of years. Some of the food is pretty good, but some of the food is way over processed. I got some breaded chicken filets that the instructions said to fry. I just put them in the oven. When they were done, the cookie sheet was half full of grease. But other than that the vegetables are a good deal and the shelf stable milk can come in very handy.
@burgundyyears: So, what computer do you want a disabled person to get if they need one? Some off-brand piece of crap cobbled together by someone's geeky kid brother?
And I work in IT. I require a computer to function at a basic level. My fiance is a computer animator. He requires a computer to function at a basic level. Using a computer to find and hold jobs these days is a necessity for many people. Unless you think the disabled individuals should go get a job as a retail floorwalker or a manual laborer, that is, or unless you really think of them as human garbage who can't be allowed to have the tools they need to function in a productive way, instead of moldering away on public assistance permanently.
Christ, I'm a libertarian and I want to help people get off assistance. That requires allowing people to do what they need to do to get by, not grinding their faces into the humiliating welfare system. Grow a brain and a heart.
@speedwell: Yeah, because a new computer or laptop can't possibly cost less than $1500. Oh, but if ConsumptionJunkie would have to suffer a Dell – it just doesn't get more off-brand than that!
Your gratuitous slam on home-built PCs is especially heartening since I spent several years volunteering on saturdays for a group that accepted computer donations, built them up to spec, and redistributed them with training, free of charge, to those who needed/wanted a computer but could not afford to purchase one. I guess we should have bought everyone new powerbooks (it was the late 90's) and just tossed all those "off-brand pieces of crap" in the landfill.
Thanks for the ad hominem though – my issue was that a macbook is a luxury purchase. You can get nice, new computers with comparable performance and functionality for a lot less. It just seemed odd to me to put yourself $1500 in debt when you can't even afford food. Nothing more, nothing less. But a few forum posts are enough for you to condemn me as both brainless and heartless. Charming.
@burgundyyears: If you had a brain, you'd know that frugal people, like people who depend on their computers for work, need to have quality equipment that is less likely to require them to incur expensive downtime and repair charges. New, name-brand equipment is less likely to cause problems. Less problems means the disabled person is less likely to be hassled by things you take for granted, such as getting out of the house to take the machine back to the tech who built it, a retailer, or a shipping location.
Oh, and I'm sooo happy for you that you build good stable computers, mister magnanimous ubergeek. Why don't you volunteer your services directly to the folks on this board who need them, if you are so bighearted and everything?
@burgundyyears: Ok, so suppose CJ bought a Dell, the cheapest one they sell. Then it breaks and, surprise! Their customer service is a nightmare. What is the first thing you're going to say when CJ writes Consumerist about it?
"That's what you get for buying a Dell."
@Kajj: Actually, speaking from experience, the business-level dell pc support (that doesn't really cost any more than the consumer class support) isn't that bad. And I'm not one to say "you shouldn't have bought xxx." This site seems to embrace gross stereotyping and overgeneralizations though.
@speedwell: Sheesh, my point was not all computers under $1500 and not apple-branded are terrible and unreliable pieces of junk, and I still question spending $1500 you don't have and will likely accrue tons of interest on for a premium piece of equipment. That's it. And if you know someone who needs a PC, I've got a Pentium 4-era mini PC, free to good home. Or places like this can also help. Seriously though, what's with the attitude? Did I run over your dog or something?
@burgundyyears: In my experience, if he bought a Dell laptop he'd be buying another one in two years when the warranty ended and it broke. The build quality of Dell laptops appears to be the worst in the industry.
@ConsumptionJunkie: If they're available to you, you may find mexican and korean grocery stores helpful alternatives to your shopping. It's been my experience that different kinds of stores have absolutely awesome prices on certain classes of stuff.
Stores like Jewel/Albertson/Safeway whatever spend a lot of money to convince us they're the best deal, but quite, they aren't.
At a Korean store, when they have them on sale, you can get a giant bag of dried shiitake mushrooms the size of a bedroom pillow for $18. If you bought that much at a regular Safeway store, you'd pay probably a couple hundred dollars. ditto various rices (and one can safely ignore the recent "bismati panic".
Of course, super deals on basic ingredients really work the best if you have good scratch cooking skills, something a lot of americans lack today. My advice on scratch cooking is: don't let anyone tell you you need lots of kitchen gadgets to cook. Nor do you need a lot of ingredients.
I commend to you (anyone following this thread) the videos of Julia Child or Jacques Pepin. They will show you how to make drop-dead delicious food with sparse and simple ingredients. Seriously — you'll be amazed. It might even save you money.
You can usually find nice DVDs of Jacques and Julia (together or seperate) at the library. Very Illuminating.
BTW: rock on with your macbook pro, sez i, with mine!


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Overcoming Fear of Conflict to Spread Diversity
This week I've been working on an article about religion and diversity on our campus. Something I was interested in learning about while exploring this topic is what things stand in the way of creating an entirely accepting and diverse environment on a college campus. It surprised me that both Chaplain Jan Fuller and Lynn Huber, associate professor of religious studies, had the same answer to this question.
Both expressed that one of the biggest barriers to conquering discomfort with diversity is fear of conflict. According to Huber and Fuller, students and faculty sometimes hesitate to discuss matters of religious diversity because they are worried about saying the wrong thing. People are so worried about saying something that sounds stupid or offensive, that they often won't ask questions or address their own misunderstandings about other people's religions.
I think that Fuller was spot on when she said that we need to put our fear of conflict aside and be open to discussing other religions as well as our own. This is the only way that we can take advantage of the diversity that does exist on campus, learn from each other's differences and discover our similarities.
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Predicting the final stat lines for Albert Pujols or Roy Halladay is almost boring. Just look at the last 10 years of consistently stellar production and pick some numbers in that statistical range.
Players like Carlos Gonzalez offer a little bit more excitement. Acquired by the Rockies in the trade with the Oakland A's that sent Matt Holliday to Oakland and brought Huston Street to Colorado, Gonzalez burst onto the scene in 2010, winning the National League batting crown with a .336 average.
More people had Butler in the NCAA final last year than CarGo winning the batting title.
Now we have a chance to look around the league as Opening Day lurks just around the corner and wonder: Who is this year's Carlos Gonzalez? Which player is going to surprise the league with All-Star play in 2011?
In short, which players will make the biggest impact for their teams in 2011? Here are 10 possibilities.


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Industrial firms moving to Menomonee Falls, Pewaukee
Two industrial firms are relocating their growing Milwaukee-area operations to Menomonee Falls and Pewaukee.
EnerSys Delaware Inc. is leasing 21,671 square feet at N59 W13500 Manhardt Drive, Menomonee Falls, from A & B Partners LLC, according to Dickman Co. Industrial battery maker EnerSys is moving its local sales and service operation to Menomonee Falls from 17755 W. Liberty Lane, New Berlin. »Read Full Blog Post(1)
Johnson Outdoors' 1Q profit reverses year-ago loss
Johnson Outdoors Inc. said Friday it turned around a year-ago loss with a fiscal first-quarter profit.
For the three months ended Dec. 28, the Racine maker of outdoor and recreational equipment reported net income of $247,000, or 2 cents a share, compared with a loss of $2.9 million, or 30 cents, a year ago. »Read Full Article
Burger King admits it sold burgers with horse meat in Britain, says U.S. not affected
Would you like some horse meat with that burger? Neither would Burger King customers in Britain.
But on Thursday, Burger King admitted after two weeks of denials that tests had revealed "trace" amounts of horse meat in its burgers and Whoppers, according to the Daily Mail. It likely originated from an unauthorized supplier in Poland, which was using meats other than beef as filler in cheap burgers, the Huffington Post said. »Read Full Blog Post(44)
Modine posts 3Q loss amid restructuring costs
Modine Manufacturing Co. reported a fiscal third-quarter loss Friday, as the company recorded charges and expenses related to a restructuring in Europe and weakness in its key markets.
The Racine manufacturer of heating and cooling equipment for vehicles and equipment posted a loss of $8.7 million, or 19 cents a share, compared to net income of $9.0 million, or 19 cents, a year earlier. »Read Full Article
Sussex farm eyed as development site remains rural for now
A 370-acre farm in Sussex that was once owned by an area homebuilder, and then proposed as a business park, has been purchased by a group that plans to continue farming it, says an article in LivingLakeCountry.com by reporter Kelly Smith.
Hickory Hills Farm Inc. bought the property, at Silver Spring Road and Highway 164, from Johnson Bank, which had taken control of the site from residential developer Bielinski Brothers Inc. Last year, NAI/MLG Development proposed a business park there. »Read Full Blog Post(1)


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I am using the Batavia theme at:
Suddenly, for no apparent reason, the blog, which used to extend completely across the screen is now squeeezed into the center at about 50%. And this has unfavorable impact on the spacing on my pages and presentation, my ability to fix things and so forth. Is it .PHP gone wild? Is it a CSS problem? I don't know.
If I install an alternate theme, it will extend side-to-side and it works but still doesn't look right.
Browsing with Chrome does the same thing.
I do not have direct access to the core files - they're on a private server which I don't have access to. But if I could get one of you fine experts to take a look and give me some suggestions, I could get together with the owner, and see if we can brin this back.
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DOC Names Officer Involved In Incident That Led To Shooting At Motorcycle ExpoThe Colorado Department of Corrections has released the name of an employee involved an incident that led to a deadly shooting and stabbing at the National Western Complex on Saturday.
1 Year Later, DPD 'Double Dip' Case UnresolvedMore than a year after a CBS4 investigation showed a Denver police officer confessing to "double dipping," the police internal affairs case is still open and unresolved due to "personnel law," according to the Denver Police Department.
Denver Manager Of Safety Regrets 'Tip Off Text'Denver's manager of safety says if she had it to do over, she would not send a text message to a friend on the fire department warning him about personnel complaints against him.
DPD Investigating Interim Denver Sheriff Following Suspect ReleaseThe Denver Police Department is investigating interim Denver Sheriff Elias Diggins following accusations he set free a man who was in custody on an active misdemeanor assault warrant. This just days after Diggins apologized for what he called "inappropriate" comments made during a telephone call he didn't know was being recorded.
Ethics Complaint Filed Against Safety Manager Following CBS4 InvestigationCBS4 has learned an ethics complaint was filed against Denver Manager of Safety Stephanie O'Malley based on what was revealed in a CBS4 Investigation earlier this month.
Denver Fire Department Fires Black Captain Calling Him A Bully, LiarThe Denver Fire Department fired Capt. Harold Johnson Tuesday claiming he behaved as a firehouse bully who mistreated firefighters under his command and was more concerned with making personal calls at work than with public safety.
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Former Denver Sheriff's Investigator Files Federal Lawsuit After Being FiredBrent Miller, a former civilian investigator for the Denver Sheriff Department, filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against Denver's interim sheriff, manager of safety and other sheriff department commanders and safety officials.
Denver Sheriff Whistleblower: 'I Was Ordered To Destroy Videotape'CBS4 has learned that an internal investigation is underway into the interim head of the Denver Sheriff Department and others after an internal affairs investigator blew the whistle, saying he was ordered to destroy a videotape that showed an inmate being humiliated and degraded.


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Captian John Michael John Michael He stated that he work for the federal government @ Federal & State Bureau Of Criminal Investgation San Antonio, Texas
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He stated that he need a payment of $401.00 to settle this debt and it could only be paid with a money pak which i purchased from walmart store at 8551 N Boardwalk Ave. Kansas City Missouri 64164 on the 13th day of July for $401.00 after the purchase I called Capt. John Michael and gave him the activation number which is 61073511449487.
After the payment was received he stated that I would be receiving a copy of the loan agreement and the a copy of the civil judgement against me not I can't reach him at all I beleive there's another person involved also a female she sometimes return my call when there's no answer from Mr Michael a number in Durham North Carolina her number is 919-383-3352. Please help me to recover my money. Thanks
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Eight division world champion Manny Pacquiao will be in a "make or break fight" with Brandon "Bam Bam" Rios when they clash at the Venetian Hotel & Casino in Macao on November 24.
Rios' trainer Robert Garcia, the former world champion, told BoxingScene.com/Manila Standard that he expects Pacquiao to be "in the best shape ever because it is a make or break fight for him and if he loses he may retire. That's why we know he'll have the best preparation ever. We know Manny is a superstar and he'll be better than ever."
Garcia who trains his brother, featherweight champion Mikey Garcia and former WBO, Ring Magazine super bantamweight champion Nonito "The Filipino Flash" Donaire said he expects the Pacquiao-Rios fight to be "a war between two great fighters, great warriors."
The 2012 "Trainer of the Year" said "I think its going to be a helluva fight that people will remember for many years."
Garcia disclosed that Rios has already been training for the past two weeks, running every morning and doing some light workouts in the gym.
He said Rios did some sparring with a young fighter preparing for a fight next week "but nothing like when we start training for Manny."
That schedule, according to Garcia, will begin two or three months before the fight and would involve running every morning and training in the gym at noon.
Pacquiao himself continues to play at least four hours of basketball almost every day and is reportedly in fine physical condition.
He too is expected to begin serious training in his hometown of General Santos City at least two months before the November showdown with Rios.
Both fighters will be at ringside for the Top Rank fight card in Macau on July 27 headlined by the WBO/WBA flyweight title fight between undefeated mandatory challenger Milan Melindo and Mexico's champion Juan Francisco Estrada who won the title from another Filipino, Brian Viloria, last April 6 at the same Cotai Arena venue at the Venetian in Macau.
[QUOTE=BIGPOPPAPUMP;13530271]Eight division world champion Manny Pacquiao will be in a "make or break fight" with Brandon "Bam Bam" Rios when they clash at the Venetian Hotel & Casino in Macao on November 24. Rios' trainer Robert Garcia, the former world…Comment by The Big Dunn on 07-10-2013
[QUOTE=PAC-BOY;13547037]HE wont be just in front of him. He will winging power shots and trying to hurt Manny! No easy fight here![/QUOTE] why would he have to wing shots at manny from 6 inches away?Comment by I Love Jesus! on 07-10-2013
[QUOTE=turnedup;13530325]As long as Pacquaio keeps doing his early training with Buboy I do not feel comfortable betting money on him. I have never ever liked his work with Buboy because if you look at Buboy's fighters they are absolutely attrocious…Comment by I Love Jesus! on 07-10-2013
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I was skeptical and decided to look this company up on your web-site. Sure enough someone had the same exact check amount sent to her and another had deposited the check in their bank and now they were responsible for the money that was not covered.
Thank you for the warning!
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