text:
|Publication number
|Publication type
|Application number
|Publication date
|Apr 7, 2009
|Filing date
|Dec 16, 2004
|Priority date
|Dec 16, 2004
|Fee status
|Also published as
|Publication number
|Prakash K. Mirchandani, Alfred J. Mosco
|Original Assignee
|Tdy Industries, Inc.
|Export Citation
|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (106), Non-Patent Citations (11), Referenced by (46), Classifications (9), Legal Events (4)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
This invention relates to improvements to cutting inserts and cutting elements for earth-boring bits and methods of producing cutting inserts for earth-boring bits. More specifically, the invention relates to cemented hard particle cutting inserts for earth-boring bits comprising at least two regions of cemented hard particles and methods of making such cutting inserts.
Earth-boring (or drilling) bits are commonly employed for oil and natural gas exploration, mining and excavation. Such earth-boring bits may have fixed or rotatable cutting elements.
The service life of an earth-boring bit is primarily a function of the wear properties of the cemented carbide inserts. One way to increase earth-boring bit service life is to employ cutting inserts made of materials with improved combinations of strength, toughness, and abrasion/erosion resistance.
As stated above, the cutting inserts may be made from cemented carbides, a type of cemented hard particle. The choice of cemented carbides for this application is predicated on the fact that these materials offer very attractive combinations of strength, fracture toughness, and wear resistance (i.e., properties that are extremely important to the efficient functioning of the boring or drilling bit). Cemented carbides are metal-matrix composites comprising carbides of one or more of the transition metals belonging to groups IVB, VB, and VIB of the periodic table (Ti, V, Cr, Zr, Nb, Mo, Hf, Ta, and W) as the hard particles or dispersed phase, and cobalt, nickel, or iron (or alloys of these metals) as the binder or continuous phase. Among the different possible hard particle-binder combinations, cemented carbides based on tungsten carbide (WC) as the hard particle, and cobalt as the binder phase, are the ones most commonly employed for earth-boring applications.
The properties of cemented carbides depend upon, among other properties, two microstructural parameters, namely, the average hard particle grain size and the weight or volume fraction of the hard particles or binder. In general, the hardness and wear resistance increases as the grain size decreases and/or the binder content decreases. On the other hand, fracture toughness increases as the grain size increases and/or the binder content increases. Thus there is a trade-off between wear resistance and fracture toughness when selecting a cemented carbide grade for any application. As wear resistance increases, fracture toughness typically decreases and vice versa.
As previously stated, the cutting action is primarily provided by the dome portion. The first portion of the dome portion to begin wearing away is the top half of the dome portion, and, in particular, the extreme tip of the dome portion. As the top of the dome portion begins to flatten out, the efficiency of cutting decreases dramatically since the earth is being removed by more of a rubbing action, as opposed to the more efficient cutting action. As rubbing action continues, considerable heat may be generated by the increase in friction, thereby resulting in the insert failing by thermal cracking and subsequent breakage. In order to retard wear at the tip of the dome, the drill bit designer has the choice of selecting a more wear resistant grade of cemented carbide from which to fabricate the inserts. However, as discussed earlier, the wear resistance of cemented carbides is inversely proportional to their fracture toughness. Hence, the drill bit designer is invariably forced to compromise between failure occurring by wear of the dome and failure occurring by breakage of the cutting insert. In addition, the cost of inserts used for earth-boring applications is relatively high since only virgin grades of cemented hard particles are employed for fabricating cutting inserts for earth-boring bits.
Accordingly, there is a need for improved cutting inserts for earth-boring bits having increased wear resistance, strength and toughness. Further, there is a need for lower cost cutting inserts.
Embodiments of the cutting inserts for earth-boring bits of the present invention comprise at least two zones having different properties, such as hardness and fracture toughness. Embodiments of the present invention include earth-boring cutting inserts comprising at least a cutting zone, wherein the cutting zone comprises first cemented hard particles, and a body zone, wherein the body zone comprises second cemented hard particles. In a particular embodiment, the cutting zone may occupy a portion of the dome region while the body zone occupies the remainder of the dome region as well as all or part of the body region.
The first cemented hard particles differ in at least one property from the second cemented hard particles. As used herein, cemented hard particles means a material comprising a discontinuous phase of hard particles in a binder. The hard particles are "cemented " together by the binder. An example of cemented hard particles is a cemented carbide. The hard particles may be at least one of a carbide, a nitride, a boride, a silicide, an oxide, and solid solutions thereof and the binder may be at least one metal selected from cobalt, nickel, iron, and alloys of cobalt, nickel, or iron.
Further embodiments of the cutting insert for an earth-boring drill bit comprise a cutting zone and a body zone, wherein the at least one of the cutting zone and the body zone comprises a hybrid cemented carbide. In one embodiment, the cutting zone comprises a hybrid cemented carbide and the body zone comprises a conventional cemented carbide. Generally, a hybrid cemented carbide comprises a discontinuous phase of a first cemented carbide grade dispersed throughout a continuous phase of a second cemented carbide continuous phase.
The present invention is also directed to a method of preparing a cutting insert for an earth-boring bit. One embodiment of the method of the present invention comprises partially filling the mold with a first cemented hard particle powder, followed by filling the remaining volume of the mold with a second cemented hard particle powder, and then consolidating the two cemented hard particle powders as a single green compact. Another embodiment of the method of the present invention comprises consolidating a first cemented hard particle powder in a mold, thereby forming a first green compact and placing the first green compact in second mold, wherein the first green compact fills a portion of the second mold. The remaining portion of the second mold may then be filled with a second cemented hard particle powder and the second hard particle powder and the green compact may be further consolidated together to form a second green compact. The second green compact may then be sintered.
A further embodiment of the method of the present invention includes preparing a cutting insert for an earth-boring bit comprising pressing a first cemented carbide powder and a second cemented carbide powder in a mold to form a green compact, wherein at least one of the first cemented carbide powder and the second cemented carbide powder comprise a recycled cemented carbide powder, and sintering the green compact.
Unless otherwise indicated, all numbers expressing quantities of ingredients, time, temperatures, and so forth used in the present specification and claims are to be understood as being modified in all instances by the term "about." Accordingly, unless indicated to the contrary, the numerical parameters set forth in the following specification and claims are approximations that may vary depending upon the desired properties sought to be obtained by the present invention. At the very least, and not as an attempt to limit the application of the doctrine of equivalents to the scope of the claims, each numerical parameter should at least be construed in light of the number of reported significant digits and by applying ordinary rounding techniques.
Notwithstanding that the numerical ranges and parameters setting forth the broad scope of the invention are approximations, the numerical values set forth in the specific examples are reported as precisely as possible. Any numerical value, however, may inherently contain certain errors necessarily resulting from the standard deviation found in their respective testing measurements.
The reader will appreciate the foregoing details and advantages of the present invention, as well as others, upon consideration of the following detailed description of embodiments of the invention. The reader also may comprehend such additional details and advantages of the present invention upon making and/or using embodiments within the present invention.
The features and advantages of the present invention may be better understood by reference to the accompanying figures in which:
Embodiments of the present invention provide cutting inserts for earth-boring drill bits. Further embodiments of the cutting inserts of the present invention comprise at least two zones comprising cemented hard particles having different properties, such as, for example, wear resistance, hardness, fracture toughness, cost, and/or availability. The two zones may be for example, a cutting zone and a body zone. In such an embodiment, the cutting zone may comprise at least a portion of the dome region while the body zone may comprise at least a portion of the body region and may further comprise a portion of the dome region. Embodiments of the invention include various shapes and sizes of the multiple zones. For example, the cutting zone may be a portion of the dome regions having the shapes shown in
Embodiments of the earth-boring cutting inserts of the present invention comprise a cutting zone, wherein the cutting zone comprises first cemented hard particles and a body zone, wherein the body zone comprises second cemented hard particles. For example,
In embodiments wherein the cemented hard particles in the two or more zones of the cutting insert are different cemented carbides, the cemented carbide materials in the cutting zone and/or body zone may include carbides of one or more elements belonging to groups IVB through VIB of the periodic table. Preferably, the cemented carbides comprise at least one transition metal carbide selected from titanium carbide, chromium carbide, vanadium carbide, zirconium carbide, hafnium carbide, tantalum carbide, molybdenum carbide, niobium carbide, and tungsten carbide. The carbide particles preferably comprises about 60 to about 98 weight percent of the total weight of the cemented carbide material in each region. The carbide particles are embedded within a matrix of a binder that preferably constitutes about 2 to about 40 weight percent of the total weight of the cemented carbide within each zone in each zone.
The binder of the cemented hard particles may comprise at least one of cobalt, nickel, iron, or alloys of these elements. The binder also may comprise, for example, elements such as tungsten, chromium, titanium, tantalum, vanadium, molybdenum, niobium, zirconium, hafnium, and carbon up to the solubility limits of these elements in the binder. Additionally, the binder may contain up to 5 weight percent of elements such as copper, manganese, silver, aluminum, and ruthenium. One skilled in the art will recognize that any or all of the constituents of the cemented hard particle material may be introduced in elemental form, as compounds, and/or as master alloys. Preferably, the cutting zone and the body zone independently comprise different cemented carbides comprising tungsten carbide in a cobalt binder. The different cemented hard particles have at least one property that is different than at least one other cemented hard particle in the cutting insert for the drilling bit.
Embodiments of the cutting insert may also include hybrid cemented carbides, such as, but not limited to, any of the hybrid cemented carbides described in copending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/735,379, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety. Generally, a hybrid cemented carbide is a material comprising particles of at least one cemented carbide grade dispersed throughout a second cemented carbide continuous phase, thereby forming a composite of cemented carbides. The hybrid cemented carbides of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/735,379 have low contiguity ratios and improved properties relative to other hybrid cemented carbides. Preferably, the contiguity ratio of the dispersed phase of a hybrid cemented carbide may be less than or equal to 0.48. Also, a hybrid cemented carbide composite of the present invention preferably has a dispersed phase with a hardness greater than the hardness of the continuous phase. For example, in certain embodiments of the hybrid cemented carbides used in one or more zones of cutting inserts of the present invention, the hardness of the dispersed phase is preferably greater than or equal to 88 HRA and less than or equal to 95 HRA, and the hardness of the continuous phase is greater than or equal to 78 and less than or equal to 91 HRA.
Additional embodiments or the cutting insert according to the present invention may include hybrid cemented carbide composites comprising a first cemented carbide dispersed phase wherein the volume fraction of the dispersed phase is less than 50 volume percent and a second cemented carbide continuous phase, wherein the contiguity ratio of the dispersed phase is less than or equal to 1.5 times the volume fraction of the dispersed phase in the composite material.
The body zone 52 of the cutting insert 50 of
This invention relates to cutting inserts having novel microstructures that allow for tailoring the wear resistance and toughness levels at different zones of regions of the insert. In this manner it is possible to provide improved combinations of wear resistance and toughness compared to "monolithic" inserts (i.e., inserts made from a single grade of cemented carbide, and thus having the same properties at all locations within the insert). This invention also relates to inserts made from combinations of cemented carbide grades to achieve cost reductions. This invention relates not only to the design of the inserts, but also to the manufacturing processes employed to fabricate the inserts.
In the preferred embodiments of this invention, a cutting zone of the cutting insert has a hardness (or wear resistance) that is greater than that of a body zone. It will be understood, however, that any combination of properties may be engineered into embodiments of the present invention by selection of zones and suitable materials in the zones.
The manufacturing process for articles of cemented hard particles typically comprises blending or mixing a powdered metal comprising the hard particles and a powdered metal comprising the binder to form a metallurgical powder blend. The metallurgical powder blend may be consolidated or pressed to form a green compact. See Example 4. The green compact is then sintered to form the article or a portion of the article having a solid monolithic construction. As used herein, an article or a region of an article has a monolithic construction if it is composed of a material, such as, for example, a cemented carbide material, having substantially the same characteristics at any working volume within the article or region. Subsequent to sintering, the article may be appropriately machined to form the desired shape or other features of the particular geometry of the article.
For example, the metallurgical powder blend may be consolidated by mechanically or isostatically compressing to form the green compact. The green compact is subsequently sintered to further densify the compact and to form an autogenous bond between the regions or portions of the article. Preferably, the compact is over pressure sintered at a pressure of 300-2000 psi and at a temperature of 1350-1500� C.
Embodiments of the present invention include methods of producing the cutting inserts for drilling bits or earth-boring bits. One such method includes placing a first metallurgical powder into a first region of a void of a mold. A second metallurgical powder blend may placed into a second region of the void of the mold. Depending on the number of regions of different cemented hard particle or cemented carbide materials desired in the cutting insert, the mold may be partitioned into additional regions in which additional metallurgical powder blends may be disposed. For example, the mold may be segregated into regions by placing one or more physical partitions in the void of the mold to define the several regions, or by merely filling the portions of the mold without providing a partition. The metallurgical powders are chosen to achieve the desired properties of the corresponding regions of the cutting as described above. The powders with the mold are then mechanically or isostatically compressed at the same time to densify the metallurgical powders together to form a green compact of consolidated powders. The method of preparing a sintered compact provides a cutting insert that may be of any shape and have any other physical geometric features. Such advantageous shapes and features may be understood to those of ordinary skill in the art after considering the present invention as described herein.
A further embodiment of the method of the present invention comprises consolidating a first cemented carbide powder in a mold forming a first green compact and placing the first green compact in second mold, wherein the first green compact fills a portion of the second mold. The second mold may be at least partially filled with a second cemented carbide powder. The second cemented carbide powder and the first green compact may be consolidated to form a second green compact. Finally, the second green compact is sintered. For example, the cutting insert 60 of
Such embodiments of the method of the present invention provide the cutting insert designer increased flexibility in design of the different zones for particular applications. The first green compact may be designed in any desired shape from any desired cemented hard particle material. In addition, the process may be repeated as many times as desired, preferably prior to sintering. For example, after consolidating to form the second green compact, the second green compact may be placed in a third mold with a third powder and consolidated to form a third green compact. By such a repetitive process, more complex shapes may be formed, cutting inserts including multiple clearly defined regions of differing properties may be formed, and the cutting insert designer will be able to design cutting inserts with specific wear capabilities in specific zones or regions.
One skilled in the art would understand the process parameters required for consolidation and sintering to form cemented hard particle articles, such as cemented carbide cutting inserts. Such parameters may be used in the methods of the present invention, for example, sintering may be performed at a temperature suitable to densify the article, such as at temperatures up to 1500� C.
As stated above, the cutting action of earth-boring bits is primarily provided by the dome area. The first region of the dome to begin wearing away is typically the top half of the dome, and, in particular, the extreme tip of the dome. As the top of the dome begins to flatten out, the efficiency of cutting decreases dramatically since the earth is being removed by a rubbing action as opposed to a cutting action. The cost of inserts used for earth-boring applications is relatively high since only virgin powder grades are employed for fabricating inserts. Considering that less than 25% of the volume of the inserts (i.e., the dome) is actually involved in the cutting action, the present inventors recognize that there is clearly an opportunity for significant cost reduction if the body zone could be made from a cheaper powder grade (using recycled materials, for example), as long as there is no reduction in strength in the zone separating the dome and the body zone.
The service life of an earth-boring bit can be significantly enhanced if the wear of the top half of the dome can be retarded without compromising the toughness (or breakage resistance) of the cutting inserts. Furthermore, significant cost reductions can be achieved if the inserts could be fabricated using and recycled materials. Such an embodiment of a cutting insert is shown in
Embodiments of the cutting inserts for drilling bits of the present invention may comprise at least one zone comprising recycled cemented carbides. For example, tungsten and other valuable constituents of certain cemented carbides may be recovered by treating most forms of tungsten containing scrap and waste. In addition, embodiments of the present invention include methods of preparing a cutting insert for an earth-boring bit, comprising pressing a first cemented carbide powder and a second cemented carbide in a mold to form a green compact, wherein at least one of the first cemented carbide and the second cemented carbide comprise a recycled cemented carbide, and sintering the green compact.
Worn but clean cemented carbide articles comprising particles of transition metal carbides in a binder, such as worn or broken cutting inserts and compacts, may be recycled to produce a transition metal powder. Cemented carbide scrap may be recycled by a variety of processes including direct conversion, binger leaching, and chemical conversion. Direct conversion into graded powder ready for pressing and resintering is typically only performed with sorted hard metal scrap. The zinc process, a direct conversion process well known in the art, comprises treating the clean cemented carbide articles with molten zinc typically at a temperature between 900� C. and 1000� C. The molten zinc dissolves the binder phase. Both the zinc and binder are subsequently distilled under vacuum from the hard metal at a temperature between 900� C. and 1000� C., leaving a spongy hard metal material. The spongy material may be easily crushed, ballmilled, and screened to form the recycled transition metal powder.
The coldstream process is another direct conversion recycle process. The coldstream process typically comprises accelerating cleaned and sorted hardmetal scrap, such as cemented carbides, in an airjet. The hardmetal scrap is crushed through impact with a baffle plate. The crushed hard metal is classified by screens, cyclones, and/or filters to produce the graded hardmetal powder ready for use. For brittle hardmetals with low binder content, direct mechanical crushing is also an alternative direct conversion method of recycling.
Leaching processes are designed to chemically remove the binder from between the metal carbide particles while leaving the metal carbide particles intact. The quality and composition of the starting material used in the leaching process determines the quality of the resulting recycled carbide material.
Contaminated scrap may be treated in a chemical conversion process to recover of the cemented carbide constituents as powders. A typical chemical conversion process includes oxidation of the scrap at a temperature in the range of 750� C. to 900� C. in air or oxygen. The oxidized scrap is the subjected to a pressure digestion process with sodium hydroxide (NaOH) at 200� C. and 20 bar for 2 to 4 hours. The resulting mixture is filtered and, subsequently, precipitation and extraction steps are performed to purify the metal carbide. Finally, conventional carbide processing steps are performed, such as, calzination, reduction, and carburization, to produce the metal carbide powder for use in producing recycle cemented carbide articles. The recycled transition metal powder may be used in the manufacturing process for the production of any of the articles of the present invention.
The insert of example 1 was fabricated by filling a portion of the dome of the lower punch with the first cemented carbide powder corresponding to the cutting zone, followed by raising the die table and filling the mold with powder grade corresponding to the body zone 32. The entire powder volume was pressed and liquid phase sintered as a single piece.
The fabrication method employed for the inserts of example 2 was similar to the one employed for example 6.
The body zone 52 of the cutting insert 50 of
The fabrication method employed for the inserts of example 3 was similar to the one employed for example 1 with the exception of using a hybrid cemented carbide in the cutting zone 51.
The fabrication method employed for example 4 consisted of pressing a green compact from the cemented carbide grade of the cutting zone, placing the pre-pressed green compact on the lower punch, raising the die table and filling the mold with the cemented carbide powder grade corresponding to the body zone, followed by pressing the powder and sintering as one piece.
The cutting insert 70 of example 5 was made with a cutting zone 71 comprising a cemented carbide grade having a Co content of 10 weight percent and an average WC grain size of 5.0 μm. The grade of the cutting zone 71 was prepared using virgin raw materials. The cutting zone has a hardness of 87.5 HRA. The body zone 72 comprises a cemented grade having a Co content of 11 weight percent and an average WC grain size of 4.5 μm. The cemented carbide grade of the body zone 72 was prepared using recycled raw materials and is considerably lower in cost compared with the cemented carbide grade used in the cutting zone. The resultant body zone has a hardness of 88.0 HRA.
It is to be understood that the present description illustrates those aspects of the invention relevant to a clear understanding of the invention. Certain aspects of the invention that would be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art and that, therefore, would not facilitate a better understanding of the invention have not been presented in order to simplify the present description. Although embodiments of the present invention have been described, one of ordinary skill in the art will, upon considering the foregoing description, recognize that many modifications and variations of the invention may be employed. All such variations and modifications of the invention are intended to be covered by the foregoing description and the following claims.
|Cited Patent
|Filing date
|Publication date
|Jun 6, 1922
|Sep 23, 1924
|George E Miller
|Means for cutting undercut threads
|May 8, 1923
|Mar 17, 1925
|Geometric Tool Co
|Rotary collapsing tap
|Jan 19, 1928
|Jun 2, 1931
|Nat Acme Co
|Collapsible tap
|Apr 25, 1927
|Jun 23, 1931
|Landis Machine Co
|Collapsible tap
|Dec 16, 1930
|May 30, 1933
|Landis Machine Co
|Collapsible tap
|Sep 13, 1934
|Sep 8, 1936
|William L Benninghoff
|Machine for cutting threads
|Jul 30, 1936
|Sep 21, 1937
|Cons Machine Tool Corp
|Tap structure
|May 7, 1934
|Sep 21, 1937
|Staples Evans M
|Circular cutting tool
|Oct 7, 1936
|Sep 21, 1937
|Evans M Staples
|Circular cutting tool
|Apr 3, 1940
|May 19, 1942
|Landis Machine Co
|Collapsible tap
|Aug 16, 1955
|Jan 14, 1958
|Mallory Sharon Titanium Corp
|Titanium base alloys
|Jun 19, 1956
|Jan 14, 1958
|Mallory Sharon Titanium Corp
|Titanium base vanadium-iron-aluminum alloys
|Sep 23, 1954
|Sep 29, 1959
|Stanley Abkowitz
|Heat treated titanium-aluminumvanadium alloy
|Oct 7, 1957
|Oct 4, 1960
|Couch Ace
|Holder for plural thread chasing tools including tool clamping block with lubrication passageway
|Sep 24, 1959
|Jul 3, 1962
|Nat Acme Co
|Threading machine with collapsible tap having means to permit replacement of cutter bits
|Apr 12, 1965
|Feb 13, 1968
|Nuclear Metals Division Of Tex
|Titanium bi-alloy composites and manufacture thereof
|Dec 22, 1969
|Dec 28, 1971
|Pipe Machinery Co The
|Carbide thread chaser set
|Jun 23, 1969
|May 2, 1972
|Du Pont
|Heterogeneous cobalt-bonded tungsten carbide
|Aug 24, 1972
|Sep 11, 1973
|Christensen Diamond Prod Co
|Drill bits and methods of producing drill bits
|Sep 7, 1971
|Dec 4, 1973
|Pipe Machinery Co
|Carbide thread chaser set and method of cutting threads therewith
|Nov 20, 1972
|Jan 1, 1974
|J Pfeifer
|Combination expandable cutting and seating tool
|Mar 20, 1972
|Apr 23, 1974
|W Tanner
|Drill for drilling deep holes
|Dec 14, 1972
|May 28, 1974
|Pipe Machining Co
|Tool head with differential motion recede mechanism
|May 15, 1975
|Oct 26, 1976
|Dresser Industries, Inc.
|Unitized rotary rock bit
|Aug 20, 1974
|Apr 12, 1977
|Permanence Corporation
|High density composite structure of hard metallic material in a matrix
|Mar 31, 1976
|Sep 13, 1977
|Makely Joseph E
|Core drill
|Feb 10, 1977
|Jun 13, 1978
|Kelsey-Hayes Company
|Method of forming and subsequently heat treating articles of near net shaped from powder metal
|Feb 10, 1977
|Jun 27, 1978
|Trw Inc.
|Chaser cutting apparatus
|Dec 9, 1977
|Dec 5, 1978
|Lamage Limited
|Drill bit
|Sep 14, 1978
|Oct 9, 1979
|The Regents Of The University Of California
|Method of making high strength, tough alloy steel
|Apr 20, 1978
|Apr 15, 1980
|Thyssen Edelstahlwerke Ag
|Method for the manufacture of tools, machines or parts thereof by composite sintering
|Dec 18, 1978
|Sep 9, 1980
|Smith International, Inc.
|Drag bit
|Apr 1, 1975
|Oct 21, 1980
|Dresser Industries, Inc.
|Unitized rotary rock bit
|Nov 30, 1978
|Nov 18, 1980
|Kelsey-Hayes Company
|Method of forming and ultrasonic testing articles of near net shape from powder metal
|Dec 22, 1978
|Mar 10, 1981
|General Electric Company
|Composite compact of interleaved polycrystalline particles and cemented carbide masses
|Oct 22, 1979
|Jul 7, 1981
|Syndrill Carbide Diamond Company
|Self renewing working tip mining pick
|Dec 26, 1979
|Dec 15, 1981
|Ishikawajima-Harima Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
|Method for welding hard metal
|Dec 22, 1980
|Apr 20, 1982
|Ebara Corporation
|Coating metal for preventing the crevice corrosion of austenitic stainless steel and method of preventing crevice corrosion using such metal
|Jul 30, 1980
|Jul 27, 1982
|Kelsey-Hayes Company
|Method of hot consolidating powder with a recyclable container material
|Jun 25, 1981
|Jun 28, 1983
|Fritz Gegauf Aktiengesellschaft Bernina-Machmaschinenfabrik
|Needle bar operated trimmer
|Jul 29, 1981
|Aug 2, 1983
|Holmes Horace D
|Tapping tool for making vibration resistant prevailing torque fastener
|Sep 10, 1980
|Aug 16, 1983
|Reed Rock Bit Company
|Methods of manufacturing gradient composite metallic structures
|Sep 30, 1982
|Oct 23, 1984
|Strata Bit Corporation
|Drill bit having cutting elements with heat removal cores
|Feb 23, 1983
|Feb 12, 1985
|Metal Alloys, Inc.
|Method of consolidating a metallic body
|Sep 23, 1983
|Feb 19, 1985
|Strata Bit Corporation
|Method of drill bit manufacture
|Jul 12, 1982
|Jul 2, 1985
|Kelsey-Hayes Company
|Hot consolidation of powder metal-floating shaping inserts
|Jul 21, 1983
|Oct 15, 1985
|Holmes Horace D
|Jan 19, 1984
|Oct 15, 1985
|Kelsey-Hayes Company
|Pressure-transmitting medium and method for utilizing same to densify material
|Nov 29, 1983
|Nov 5, 1985
|Tungsten Industries, Inc.
|Automated machining method
|Jun 29, 1984
|Nov 12, 1985
|Spiral Drilling Systems, Inc.
|Drill-bit with full offset cutter bodies
|Oct 1, 1984
|Nov 19, 1985
|Cdp, Ltd.
|Consolidation of a part from separate metallic components
|Jun 6, 1983
|Jan 7, 1986
|Rose Robert H
|Die venting apparatus in molding of thermoset plastic compounds
|Dec 23, 1983
|May 6, 1986
|Mitsubishi Kinzoku Kabushiki Kaisha
|Tungsten cermet
|Jan 20, 1984
|Jun 3, 1986
|Beere Richard F
|Deburring machine
|Jan 18, 1985
|Jun 24, 1986
|Kelsey-Hayes Company
|Method for hot consolidating materials
|Jan 16, 1985
|Jul 1, 1986
|Kelsey-Hayes Company
|Assembly for hot consolidating materials
|Sep 20, 1984
|Aug 12, 1986
|General Electric Company
|Sintered polycrystalline diamond compact construction with integral heat sink
|Jan 10, 1985
|Sep 2, 1986
|Armco Inc.
|Method of producing weld overlay of austenitic stainless steel
|Apr 15, 1985
|Dec 23, 1986
|Goodfellow Robert D
|Rotary cutter assembly
|Oct 3, 1985
|Apr 7, 1987
|Roc-Tec, Inc.
|Self-sealing fluid die
|Jul 29, 1981
|May 5, 1987
|Garrett William R
|Fixed-contact stabilizer
|May 23, 1986
|May 26, 1987
|Hughes Tool Company-Usa
|Matrix bit with extended blades
|Dec 9, 1985
|Aug 11, 1987
|Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
|Composite compact having a base of a hard-centered alloy in which the base is joined to a substrate through a joint layer and process for producing the same
|Oct 11, 1985
|Aug 11, 1987
|Gte Service Corporation
|Coated cemented carbide cutting tool
|Jan 22, 1986
|Sep 22, 1987
|Nl Petroleum Products Limited
|Rotary drill bits with nozzle former and method of manufacturing
|Apr 19, 1985
|Nov 24, 1987
|Greenfield Industries, Inc.
|Threading tap
|May 21, 1987
|Mar 8, 1988
|Toyo Kohan Co., Ltd.
|Process of manufacturing an extruder screw for injection molding machines or extrusion machines and product thereof
|Oct 25, 1985
|May 10, 1988
|Santrade Limited
|Cemented carbide body used preferably for rock drilling and mineral cutting
|Dec 8, 1986
|May 17, 1988
|The Dow Chemical Company
|Process for the densification of material preforms
|Feb 24, 1986
|Jun 7, 1988
|Baker International Corporation
|Drill bit having a thrust bearing heat sink
|Dec 12, 1986
|Jun 21, 1988
|Teledyne Industries, Inc.
|Thread cutting tools
|Nov 26, 1986
|Mar 7, 1989
|United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Air Force
|Method to produce metal matrix composite articles from rich metastable-beta titanium alloys
|Aug 30, 1988
|Jun 13, 1989
|Jones A Raymond
|Drill bit
|Feb 3, 1988
|Oct 3, 1989
|Frushour Robert H
|Composite abrasive compact having high thermal stability and transverse rupture strength
|Mar 31, 1988
|Dec 5, 1989
|Eastman Christensen Company
|Rotary drill bit with abrasion and erosion resistant facing
|Apr 29, 1988
|Dec 26, 1989
|Reed Tool Co., Ltd.
|Rotary drill bit for use in drilling holes in subsurface earth formations
|Nov 29, 1988
|Feb 13, 1990
|Hughes Tool Company
|Earth boring bit with convergent cutter bearing
|Sep 14, 1988
|Apr 24, 1990
|Eastman Christensen Company
|Preformed elements for a rotary drill bit
|Apr 7, 1989
|May 8, 1990
|The Dow Chemical Company
|Cobalt-bound tungsten carbide metal matrix composites and cutting tools formed therefrom
|Oct 3, 1988
|Sep 11, 1990
|Newcomer Products, Inc.
|Dispersion alloyed hard metal composites
|Nov 28, 1989
|Nov 6, 1990
|Dynamet Technology, Inc.
|Titanium diboride/titanium alloy metal matrix microcomposite material and process for powder metal cladding
|Nov 8, 1989
|Feb 12, 1991
|Reed Tool Company, Ltd.
|Rotary drill bit for use in drilling holes in subsurface earth formations
|Jan 5, 1990
|Mar 19, 1991
|Norton Company
|Low melting point copper-manganese-zinc alloy for infiltration binder in matrix body rock drill bits
|Jun 22, 1990
|Jul 9, 1991
|Gte Products Corporation
|Silicon aluminum oxynitride material containing boron nitride
|Sep 21, 1990
|Jul 16, 1991
|Ceracon, Inc.
|Composite body formation of consolidated powder metal part
|Dec 21, 1990
|Aug 20, 1991
|Gte Laboratories Incorporated
|Method for manufacturing ceramic-metal articles
|May 10, 1990
|Sep 17, 1991
|The Perkin-Elmer Corporation
|Aluminum and boron nitride thermal spray powder
|Aug 13, 1990
|Nov 26, 1991
|Tipton Manufacturing Corporation
|Apparatus for removing burrs from workpieces
|Mar 4, 1991
|Feb 25, 1992
|Eastman Christensen Company
|Earth boring drill bit with matrix displacing material
|Nov 29, 1990
|Mar 3, 1992
|Baker Hughes Incorporated
|Earth boring bit with recessed roller bearing
|Oct 31, 1990
|May 5, 1992
|Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho
|Composite member and method for making the same
|Dec 20, 1990
|May 12, 1992
|Advent Tool And Manufacturing, Inc.
|Thread milling cutter assembly
|Aug 22, 1991
|May 12, 1992
|Emuge-Werk Richard Glimpel Fabrik Fur Prazisionswerkzeuge Vormals Moschkau & Glimpel
|Tap with tapered thread
|Aug 22, 1991
|Jul 7, 1992
|Emuge-Werk Richard Glimpel Fabrik Fur Prazisionswerkzeuge Vormals Moschkau & Glimpel
|Tap with relief
|Jul 5, 1991
|Nov 10, 1992
|Camco International Inc.
|Aluminide coated bearing elements for roller cutter drill bits
|Jul 11, 1990
|Dec 29, 1992
|Commissariat A L'energie Atomique
|Device for contouring blocking burrs for a deburring tool
|Apr 26, 1991
|Jan 19, 1993
|Plakoma Planungen Und Konstruktionen Von Maschinellen Einrichtungen Gmbh
|Apparatus for removing burrs from metallic workpieces
|Dec 23, 1994
|Jul 30, 1996
|Kennametal Inc.
|Method of making composite cermet articles and the articles
|Jul 31, 1997
|Mar 9, 1999
|Smith International, Inc.
|Double cemented carbide composites
|Dec 11, 1997
|Oct 9, 2001
|Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
|Cemented carbide, manufacturing method thereof and cemented carbide tool
|Mar 20, 2002
|Apr 13, 2004
|Japan National Oil Corporation
|Insert chip of oil-drilling tricone bit, manufacturing method thereof and oil-drilling tricone bit
|Apr 30, 2004
|Jan 6, 2005
|Dah-Ben Liang
|Compositions having enhanced wear resistance
|Dec 12, 2003
|Jun 16, 2005
|Mirchandani Prakash K.
|Hybrid cemented carbide composites
|Dec 22, 2004
|Mar 23, 2006
|Smith International, Inc.
|Thermally stable diamond polycrystalline diamond constructions
|Nov 5, 1973
|Dec 9, 1975
|Method of heat-treating low temperature tough steel
|Dec 29, 1989
|Nov 26, 1991
|Centro Sviluppo Materiali S.P.A.
|Austenitic steel with improved high-temperature strength and corrosion resistance
|Coyle, T.W. and A. Bahrami, "Structure and Adhesion of Ni and Ni-WC Plasma Spray Coatings," Thermal Spray, Surface Engineering via Applied Research, Proceedings of the 1st International Thermal Spray Conference, May 8-11, 2000, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 2000, pp. 251-254.
|Deng, X et al., Mechanical properties of a hybrid cemented carbide composite, International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials, Elsevier Publishers, Barking, GB, vol. 19, No. 4-6, Jul. 2001, pp. 547-552.
|Hayden, Matthew and Lyndon Scott Stephens, "Experimental Results for a Heat-Sink Mechanical Seal," Tribology Transactions, 48, 2005, pp. 352-361.
|Metals Handbook, vol. 16, Maching, "Cemented Carbides" (ASM International 1989), pp. 71-89.
|Metals Handbook, vol. 16, Machining, "Tapping" (ASM International 1989), pp. 255-267.
|Peterman, Walter, "Heat-Sink Compound Protects the Unprotected," Welding Design and Fabrication, Sep. 2003, pp. 20-22.
|U.S. Appl. No. 11/206,368, filed Aug. 18, 2005 (65 pages).
|U.S. Appl. No. 11/687,343, filed Mar. 16, 2007, (42 pages).
|U.S. Appl. No. 11/924,273, filed Oct. 25, 2007, (53 pages).
|U.S. Appl. No. 11/945,372, filed Nov. 27, 2007, (49 pages).
|US 4,966,627, 10/1990, Keshavan et al. (withdrawn)
|Citing Patent
|Filing date
|Publication date
|Dec 12, 2006
|Aug 17, 2010
|Baker Hughes Incorporated
|Methods of attaching a shank to a body of an earth-boring drilling tool, and tools formed by such methods
|Aug 31, 2010
|Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
|Matrix drill bits and method of manufacture
|Nov 10, 2005
|Sep 28, 2010
|Baker Hughes Incorporated
|Methods of forming earth-boring rotary drill bits
|Mar 16, 2007
|Dec 7, 2010
|Tdy Industries, Inc.
|Composite articles
|Sep 27, 2011
|Tdy Industries, Inc.
|Earth-boring bits and other parts including cemented carbide
|Dec 6, 2011
|Irwin Industrial Tool Company
|Self feed bit
|Dec 13, 2011
|Baker Hughes Incorporated
|Earth-boring tools comprising silicon carbide composite materials, and methods of forming same
|Aug 4, 2010
|Mar 20, 2012
|Tdy Industries, Inc.
|Composite articles
|May 15, 2012
|Baker Hughes Incorporated
|Methods of forming bodies of earth-boring tools
|Dec 30, 2009
|Jul 10, 2012
|Us Synthetic Corporation
|Polycrystalline diamond compacts, methods of making same, and applications therefor
|Jun 2, 2009
|Jul 17, 2012
|TDY Industries, LLC
|Cemented carbide—metallic alloy composites
|Jul 24, 2012
|TDY Industries, LLC
|Earth-boring bits and other parts including cemented carbide
|Feb 7, 2011
|Jul 31, 2012
|Baker Hughes Incorporated
|Methods of forming earth-boring rotary drill bits including bit bodies having boron carbide particles in aluminum or aluminum-based alloy matrix materials
|Jul 9, 2008
|Sep 11, 2012
|Baker Hughes Incorporated
|Methods of forming earth-boring drill bits
|May 12, 2009
|Sep 25, 2012
|TDY Industries, LLC
|Composite cemented carbide rotary cutting tools and rotary cutting tool blanks
|Jul 14, 2009
|Nov 13, 2012
|TDY Industries, LLC
|Reinforced roll and method of making same
|Nov 27, 2012
|TDY Industries, LLC
|Injection molding fabrication method
|Aug 22, 2008
|Dec 4, 2012
|TDY Industries, LLC
|Earth-boring bit parts including hybrid cemented carbides and methods of making the same
|Aug 17, 2011
|May 14, 2013
|Us Synthetic Corporation
|Polycrystalline diamond compacts and related drill bits
|May 14, 2013
|TDY Industries, LLC
|Coated cutting tools having a platinum group metal concentration gradient and related processes
|Jun 11, 2013
|TDY Industries, LLC
|Earth-boring bits and other parts including cemented carbide
|Feb 19, 2007
|Aug 20, 2013
|TDY Industries, LLC
|Carbide cutting insert
|Apr 10, 2013
|Mar 4, 2014
|Us Synthetic Corporation
|Rotary drill bit including polycrystalline diamond cutting elements
|Jul 14, 2011
|Apr 15, 2014
|Kennametal Inc.
|Articles having improved resistance to thermal cracking
|Jun 10, 2008
|Jul 8, 2014
|Baker Hughes Incorporated
|Earth-boring tools including sinterbonded components and partially formed tools configured to be sinterbonded
|Oct 16, 2012
|Jul 29, 2014
|Kennametal Inc.
|Modular fixed cutter earth-boring bits, modular fixed cutter earth-boring bit bodies, and related methods
|Jul 26, 2012
|Jul 29, 2014
|Kennametal Inc.
|Composite sintered powder metal articles
|Aug 31, 2011
|Aug 12, 2014
|Kennametal Inc.
|Methods of forming wear resistant layers on metallic surfaces
|Oct 1, 2012
|Aug 19, 2014
|Kennametal Inc.
|Coextrusion fabrication method
|Oct 1, 2012
|Sep 23, 2014
|Kennametal Inc.
|Articles having improved resistance to thermal cracking
|Jun 8, 2012
|Oct 14, 2014
|Kennametal Inc.
|Earth-boring bits and other parts including cemented carbide
|Aug 30, 2012
|Apr 28, 2015
|Kennametal Inc.
|Cutting inserts for earth-boring bits
|Jul 7, 2014
|Nov 24, 2015
|Baker Hughes Incorporated
|Methods of forming earth-boring tools including sinterbonded components
|Oct 8, 2012
|Feb 23, 2016
|Kennametal Inc.
|Grinding roll including wear resistant working surface
|Aug 22, 2012
|Sep 6, 2016
|Kennametal Inc.
|Composite cemented carbide rotary cutting tools and rotary cutting tool blanks
|Nov 10, 2005
|May 10, 2007
|Oxford James A
|Earth-boring rotary drill bits and methods of forming earth-boring rotary drill bits
|Jan 18, 2008
|Jun 5, 2008
|Ladi Ram L
|Matrix drill bits and method of manufacture
|Jan 9, 2007
|Jul 10, 2008
|Durfee Laverne R
|Drill bit
|Feb 19, 2007
|Aug 21, 2008
|Tdy Industries, Inc.
|Carbide Cutting Insert
|Feb 23, 2007
|Aug 28, 2008
|Lyons Nicholas J
|Earth-boring tools and cutter assemblies having a cutting element co-sintered with a cone structure, methods of using the same
|Feb 25, 2010
|Tdy Industries, Inc.
|Earth-boring bits and other parts including cemented carbide
|Nov 18, 2010
|Ladi Ram L
|Matrix Drill Bits and Method of Manufacture
|Dec 9, 2010
|Durfee La Verne R
|Cutting edge and cutting tool
|Aug 27, 2010
|Dec 23, 2010
|Baker Hughes Incorporated
|Methods of forming bodies of earth-boring tools
|Aug 25, 2009
|Mar 3, 2011
|Tdy Industries, Inc.
|Coated Cutting Tools Having a Platinum Group Metal Concentration Gradient and Related Processes
|Dec 30, 2009
|Mar 24, 2011
|Us Synthetic Corporation
|Polycrystalline diamond compacts, methods of making same, and applications therefor
|U.S. Classification
|175/426, 175/432
|International Classification
|Cooperative Classification
|European Classification
|Dec 16, 2004
Owner name: TDY INDUSTRIES, INC., PENNSYLVANIA
Free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNORS:MIRCHANDANI, PRAKASH K.;MOSCO, ALFRED J.;REEL/FRAME:016104/0706;SIGNING DATES FROM 20041214 TO 20041216
|Oct 9, 2012
|Fee payment
Year of fee payment: 4
|Nov 15, 2013
Owner name: TDY INDUSTRIES, LLC, PENNSYLVANIA
Free format text: CHANGE OF NAME;ASSIGNOR:TDY INDUSTRIES, INC.;REEL/FRAME:031610/0142
Effective date: 20111222
|Nov 19, 2013
Owner name: KENNAMETAL INC., PENNSYLVANIA
Free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNOR:TDY INDUSTRIES, LLC;REEL/FRAME:031631/0159
Effective date: 20131104


text:
Atreyu to Curate Inaugural Foundation Fest in California
Atreyu will headline and be responsible for curating the lineup for the upcoming inaugural Foundation Fest in Santa Ana, Calif.
Atreyu will headline and be responsible for curating the lineup for the upcoming inaugural Foundation Fest in Santa Ana, Calif.
Here's a great way to get some Christmas shopping done and help support local children in need.
About as perfect a body for bikinis as is physically possible.
A huge backlog of 1,400 untested rape kits will now be processed and they may provide answers to hundreds of cold cases.
I was definitely shocked when I saw some of the jobs on this list such as...
You've got a first date. Here's how to increase your chances of getting a second.
In this Podcast Preview, Myles Kennedy reveals when Slash told him that Guns N' Roses were planning their reunion tour.
Beauty is indeed only skin deep.
Scott Ian will be hosting the new SiriusXM talk show 'Never Meet Your Heroes,' which will feature Corey Taylor as the first guest.
'Dirt' cemented Alice In Chains' place in rock 'n' roll history and stand out as one of the musical highlights of the 1990s grunge era.
Faith No More have released a cinematic music video for the western-leaning 'Sol Invictus' track 'Cone of Shame' and will release the song on a limited 7 inch.
Led Zeppelin's discography has come to encapsulate the '70s, much as the Beatles' work did in the previous decade.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Yeah, Off-Topic is off-topic. What the hell did you expect from it?
i know most of you wont give a **** about what i say but this forum still has the same problem it did when i used to come here. all offtopic is, is just a bunch of people asking each other generic mind numbing questions that i really dont care about. threads like "what are you listening to", or what are you watching, what have you been buying, how famous is the user above you.... im sorry but i just dont see how these threads survive for so long. but i suppose it does work in favor for the post whores out there.
maybe im just a tool here to everybody else but god damn some things never change....
Last edited by Kiwi; 08-19-2014 at 11:05 PM.
If you dont like a section or topic, dont go in there.
Ive seen off topic sections that are worse,
Last edited by DBloke; 08-20-2014 at 10:29 AM.
Spoiler Alert!
TNOG.ORG - Games events in Manchester
MikeDBloke - PSN
I was into weird games before people knew what they where
@D_Bloke - My inane prattle


text:
Nothing like winning a presidential election to send your book sales through the roof, as Barack Obama and his presumably gleeful publishers are discovering. Obama's two books, "Dreams From My Father" and "The Audacity of Hope," were already best-sellers without the post-election bump, but now they're selling big even in John McCain's home state.
AP via Yahoo News:
On the weekend after he became the country's first black president-elect, Obama's "The Audacity of Hope" and "Dreams from My Father," both already million sellers, ranked No. 1 and No. 2, respectively, on Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.com.
Both hardcover and paperback editions of "Audacity of Hope" were out of stock Sunday on Amazon.


text:
Reunion Information
The venue for the 2016 Army Signal Corps OCS Association Reunion is Charleston, South Carolina.
Sign up today!
The registration packet for the 2016 USA OCS SIGC reunion has now been posted on the reunion web site. We are looking forward to a fantastic reunion and expecting a great turnout. You are encouraged to register early! If we need to increase the size of the room block to accommodate everyone, that is easier to do sooner rather than right at the cut off date!
Two links are provided below for you. The first one will take you directly to a .PDF version of the registration packet. The second will take you to the reunion group's web site where you can keep up to date on the latest reunion information.
2016 USA OCS SIGC ASSOCIATION Reunion Registration Packet
Read our Chairman's message on these two reunions!
Click here to get to the Association's Newsletter, and after reading our Chairman's comments at the bottom of the first page, be sure to check out the pictures of Charleston on the last few pages of the newsletter...
Join Us!
- - - - -
Having a reunion with your military buddies soon? Let us know about it and we'll post it here. Not only that, but we'll have it indexed so that search engines pick up on it too. That way anyone searching for information on your group will find it!
Signal OCS Reunion Photo Albums
We are adding pictures from previous reunions. If you have pics, please send them to us. And be sure to identify the people and the circumstances in the pictures as best you can, so that posterity will know who we were. Enjoy!
A 4 part series of videos of the 2010 Signal OCS Association reunion held in St. Louis.
From the Army Signal Corps OCS Association Video Collection, a collection of slides and videos of the 2010 Signal OCS Association reunion held in St. Louis, in October of that year.
Reunion Photo Albums For Sister Units
Please Note: Many former units hold reunions, and of course, many of these units had OCS class members assigned to them. If the unit you served in has a reunion and you attend it, send us your pictures, highlight the Signal OCS Class Members, and we'll post it here.
If you are planning a reunion of your own, or just a get together with your old Army Signal OCS buddies, let us know and we will gladly post it here. Send your reunion details to firstname.lastname@example.com. Don't forget, take lots of pictures and send them to us and we'll post a Reunion Photo Album here.


text:
Robert Reich: The Romney-Ryan plan, by the way, is the most radical reverse-Robin Hood proposal propounded by any political party in modern America.
The Rebirth of Social Darwinism
Robert Reich: Today's Republicans are not conservatives. They're regressives. And the America they seek is the one we had in the Gilded Age of the late nineteenth century.
The Perfect Storm
Robert Reich: The perfect storm: An unprecedented concentration of income and wealth at the top; a record amount of secret money flooding our democracy; and a public becoming increasingly angry and cynical about a government that's raising its taxes, reducing its services, and unable to get it back to work.
LA Progressive Articles — May 30 to June 5, 2010
Articles by Norman Solomon, Sherwood Ross, Michaelangelo Price, Tina Dupuy, Tim Gatto, Georgianne Nienaber, Robert Illes, Lawrence Wittner, Seth Hoy, Ivan Eland, Shamus Cooke, Robert Reich, Linda Milazzo, Tom Degan, Ivan Eland, William Lambers, Michael Sigman, Anthony Samad, Michael Sigman, Jim Fuller, Andrea Nill
Timothy V. Gatto: The pharmaceutical industry and the health insurance companies along with their Congressional minions stopped any real hope of true health reform. The current package is a windfall for health insurers, giving the 50,000,000 new clients who must take health insurance or pay a fine. That doesn't sound very progressive to me.
Is Barack Obama's Realism Better than George W. Bush's Idealism?
Barack Obama's reaction to the mass protests and violence in Iran shows he is following through on his pledge to be more like George H.W. Bush rather than his son, George W. Bush. Obama has admired the father's realism and has criticized the idealistic neo-conservatism of the son. But is realism a better foreign policy […]


text:
The African Journal of Business Ethics (AJoBE) is the official journal of the Business Ethics Network (BEN) Africa. It was established in 2005 with the express purpose of promoting business ethics scholarship on the African continent. The journal is open access, and is accredited with the International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS). We aim to publish three editions of the journal yearly.
We invite scholars and practitioners to submit speculative philosophical papers, opinion papers, theoretical papers, empirical research reports (both quantitative and qualitative), as well as book reviews.
Article Fee Information
As of 1 April 2015, South African authors will be charged a standard rate of R1000 per article for publication in the African Journal of Business Ethics (AJoBE). The new article fee is part of a larger plan to ensure the financial sustainability of AJoBE. The article fee is only applicable for accepted articles (i.e. once your article has been approved for publication, you will be invoiced, and your article will only be placed on receipt of the fee).
Since AJOBE is an accredited journal, the fee is fully recoupable via publication subsidies issued by the South African Department of Education. Due to the fact that research is not necessarily subsidised by the governments of other countries, the standard charge of R1000 per article is not applicable to international scholars or scholars from other African countries.
|Posted: 2015-04-01
New Website for AJoBE
Welcome to the new home of the African Journal of Business Ethics!
Please make use of our online submission system!
New users can register, whereafter they will have the option to submit a manuscript.
Existing users can log on here or enter their username and password on the right side of this page.
|Posted: 2014-05-21
|More Announcements...
Vol 9, No 1 (2015)
Full Issue
|View or download the full issue
Table of Contents
|Executive Remuneration in South Africa: Key Issues Highlighted by Shareholder Activists
|Suzette Viviers
|Reviewing State-Owned Entities' Governance Landscape in South Africa
|Modimowabarwa Hendrick Kanyane, Kombi Sausi
|How South African societal and circumstantial influences affect the ethical standards of prospective South African Chartered Accountants
|Dana Nathan
|The power of the fish is in the water
|Theo Veldsman
Book Reviews
|Reading on a jet plane: Business Ethics & Other Paradoxes
|Jessica Lerm


text:
The latest version of Adobe Flash Player is required to watch this video.
Please click on the link below to download the latest version. Thanks!
CBNNews.com - WESTERN NEGEV, Israel - A rocket salvo launched by Palestinians in Gaza Sunday set a house on fire, but no one was injured.
Islamic Jihad's al-Quds Brigades took responsibility for the rocket barrage on southern Israel.
Earlier Sunday, a Kassam rocket hit a kibbutz (agricultural community), causing no injuries or damage. The Popular Resistance Committee's Salah al-Din Brigades said they launched the Kassam.
Two more Kassams landed in open areas in the western Negev Monday morning, causing no damage or personal injury.
Meanwhile on Friday, a Grad-style Katyusha rocket landed in a cemetery in the coastal city of Ashkelon, damaging property but injuring no one.
"Because of the government's failed policy, even the dead cannot rest in peace in Ashkelon," said the city's mayor, Roni Mahatzri.
"The government and the man at its helm are doing nothing to stop rocket fire raining on Israel's South. We live in an intolerable situation in which the State's government cannot promise the citizens of southern communities the security they deserve," he said.
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Log in or create an account to post a comment.
Are you seeking answers in life? Are you hurting? Are you facing a difficult situation?
Find peace with God, discover more about God or send us your prayer request.
Call The 700 Club Prayer Center at 1 (800) 823-6053, 24 hours a day.
A caring friend will be there to pray with you in your time of need.
CBN News is a national/international, nonprofit news organization that provides programming by cable, satellite, and the Internet, 24-hours a day. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+.
The Terrorists Funded by the WestBassam Tawil
The New Israel Fund and those who support it are helping terroristsRonn Torossian
Column one: Fighting fire with fireCaroline B. Glick
Op-Ed: There is no 'radical Islam' and there is no 'moderate Islam'Dr. Mordechai Kedar
'Narrow' escapesRuthie Blum
Why Palestinians Do Not Want Cameras on the Temple MountKhaled Abu Toameh
Social Media Killed My FatherYoni Kempinski and Ari Soffer
Iran's New Palestinian Terror Group: Al SabireenKhaled Abu Toameh


text:
He's a super (lucky) dog!
A 12-year-old pit bull named Kilo survived a gunshot to the head Saturday when he lunged at a thief who forced his way into owner Justin Becker's Staten Island, N.Y., home, during an attempted robbery.
Becker pushed the alleged thief, who posed as a FedEx delivery man, to the ground when he tried to enter the house, and that's when Kilo stepped in, according to the New York Post.
"My dog stuck his head out the door, and then [the thug] shot him in the head," Becker told the newspaper.
The thief ran off after firing his gun, and Becker and his girlfriend, Nicole Percoco, feared the worst for Kilo.
"Hold him in your arms. Let him die in your arms," Percoco told him – but Becker couldn't bare to watch the dog die.
Kilo was rushed to the South Shore Animal Hospital, where an X-ray showed that the bullet hit his head but never penetrated his skull – an unbelievable feat, indeed. Now at home, the dog is recovering with pain medication.
"This is like, one in a million," vet Dr. Greg Panarello told the Post. "He's very lucky."
Pit Bull Survives Bullet to Head Protecting His Owner from Intruder
Steve White


text:
Just wanted to provide feedback on my experiences with Haiyin's.
Bought various 6s packs in the 4000-5000mah range of different C's over the past couple months. They've been working flawlessly. My latest order had an issue. One email to support and Eric responded immediately the next day. After sending him and the factory in China a video of the issue, replacement were immediately dispatched from Henderson, NV. Mind you, this was right after Chinese new year where most other Chinese companies aren't even open for business yet.
I was already impressed for the value of these packs. But now with first hand experience of their customer service, I am totally sold. This type of service is on par with that other Las Vegas company who charges 3x the price.
Excellent job Eric and the Haiyin team! You have a new fan here!
Joined Feb 2013
6 Posts
Hey All...
Received the batteries today and all looks good. First pack: 3.85 across all five cells. Second pack: 3.85, 3.85, 3.85, 3.83, 3.85. Now for my questions.
- should I bring to a full charge and start driving (1/8th scale 4WD trucks) or is there a cycle process they should go through first?
- where would you set your LVC?
- I know the website said 5.5mm bullets, but I thought that you alway have the female ends on the battery so they can't short and the male connectors on the controller. I removed the protective coating on the negative side of the first battery and was surprised to see a male connector. We currently have Deans on everything and knew I would have to make a change, but didn't think it would be this way
So, how to you guys have your connectors? Any pictures? Thanks.
United States, MA
Joined Jan 2011
1,531 Posts
I've been hearing a lot of good things about the Haiyin packs. For 450 helicopter use, I see you offer 3S 2200mAh packs, which is great.
More people are converting their 450's to 6S power, however, myself included. I have 6S 1200mAh packs from another brand. There are a few options for this pack size, but not that many yet.
I think it would be great if you offered 6S 1300mAh packs, in the same shape as a "typical" 450-heli 3S 2200 pack. Preferably in 30C.
Do you have any plans for that? Thanks.
Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Central
Joined Aug 2011
103 Posts
Haiyin replies
Recommend to always Cycle ours and/or anyone's New Pack(s) when you first get them ( once min. ).
We use Standard Bullets ( aka Banana Plugs ) on our high capacity packs, they are not like a DEAN connector, which have different M & F ends.
- Forum Members are likely better to help you with your specific 1/8th scale 4WD truck Q.
Considering making a 1300.6S.35 pack ( long, not stubby version ). Demand driven decision.
Drive & Fly Well
Joined Feb 2013
6 Posts
Thanks, Eric. I'll see what kind of recommendations I get regarding the connections (been kind of quiet here lately). I'm curious how everyone sets up there helis/boats/planes etc so that they don't accidentally touch the two wires.
As for cyling the packs, should I fully charge and then discharge and then back up again OR discharge from current state and then full charge? Also, what do you recommend that I discharge down to?
Land O' Lakes, FL
Joined Aug 2003
938 Posts
The accepted convention for Bullet connectors are for the POSITIVE side to have the FEMALE connector. The easy way to remember is RED HOT FEMALE. Haiyin wires their connectors correctly. I love the fact they use 5.5mm bullets because that is what I use on anything 4S and up. The only time I use Deans is with 2S and 3S packs. Deans won't carry anywhere near the amps that the bullets will. We learned this the hard way in R/C Fast Electric boating. The Deans were coming unsoldered with the high amp draws found in r/c boats. Not so much a problem in cars, as they are geared and low amp draw. Airplanes fall somewhere in between. But if you're drawing more than 50 AMPS continuous, I highly recommend the bullets. On the Haiyin 4S 2650 packs they use the multiplex style plugs which is great for me as the Dynam ARFs I've been buying use the same connector.
All in all, Haiyin really has its act together. Thanks Eric and staff at Haiyin! Best damned packs anywhere at the right price and the BEST service in the world!
Land O' Lakes, FL
Joined Aug 2003
938 Posts
If you have the SAME connector on the battery, it is very easy to plug in the ESC backwards and blow it. By having a female on one pole and a male on the other, it's impossible to do that. I use some plastic caps on the male side to prevent touching each other.
These are a perfect snug fit for the male side:
Eric, suggestion:
It would be nice if batteries with bullets came with a cap on the male side. It would be a first! The caps are only about a dime apiece. Raise the packs a quarter and put 'em on.
Land O' Lakes, FL
Joined Aug 2003
938 Posts
unfortunately that link to Stockcaps.com no longer works! This is what I use. Note that it is $9.65 for 100 caps!
Joined Feb 2013
6 Posts
Holy Crap ... talk about feeling like a DORK!
Thanks, Sailr. I never thought of the fact that there's a male on one and female on the other. I just trimmed the shrink wrap off the negative side, saw the male bullet and kinda panicked. Sure enough, the female is on the positive side!
Now if someone can answer my questions on cycling, I'll be good to go. Great thread.
United States, MA
Joined Jan 2011
1,531 Posts
I did this several times, at moderate discharge currents. I didn't fly my heli hard for the first several cycles, no hard moves that would have called for 100% throttle. And shorter flights.
I would not do breakin by starting at storage voltage and running them down further from there. You're more likely to over-discharge the cells that way. Just my $0.02.
Land O' Lakes, FL
Joined Aug 2003
938 Posts
I agree. The packs should come at 3.85 +- per cell. That is the storage level. You can charge the pack all the way up to 4.2V per cell and then discharge back to 3.85V per cell.
I'm pretty bad about it. Actually, you can also discharge the pack by flying it in your airplane! I usually charge up a new pack, go fly it, and then recharge it. I don't see any difference if you discharge it on the bench or in the air. After several cycles, your pack will become more efficient and perform up to its best potential. But in my opinion, discharging it by USING it doesn't present any problems. Please correct me if I'm wrong!
great idea
|Thread Tools
|Similar Threads
|Thread Starter
|Last Post
|Welcome to our official Venom Group International / RC Groups product support forum!
|Chris Nicastro
|Feb 06, 2012 11:15 PM
|Haiyin LiPo Batteries
|Batteries and Chargers
|Dec 14, 2011 04:01 PM
|RC groups on a Smartphone
|Site Chat
|Sep 27, 2011 01:56 PM
|Bought some Bad Batteries off a guy at RC Groups
|Trader Talk
|Mar 09, 2011 05:11 PM


text:
Joseph Tartakovsky: Dickens v. LawyersRoundup: Talking About History
TUESDAY is the bicentenary of the birth, in Portsmouth, England, of Charles Dickens, literature's greatest humanist. We can rejoice that so many of the evils he assailed with his beautiful, ferocious quill — dismal debtors' prisons, barefoot urchin labor, an indifferent nobility — have happily been reformed into oblivion. But one form of wickedness he decried haunts us still, proud and unrepentant: the lawyer.
Lawyers appear in 11 of his 15 novels. Some of them even resemble humans. Uriah Heep ("David Copperfield") is a red-eyed cadaver whose "lank forefinger," while he reads, makes "clammy tracks along the page ... like a snail." Mr. Vholes ("Bleak House"), "so eager, so bloodless and gaunt," is "always looking at the client, as if he were making a lingering meal of him with his eyes." Most lawyers infest dimly lighted, moldy offices "like maggots in nuts." (No, counselor, writers dead since 1870 cannot be sued for libel.)
Dickens knew whereof he spoke. At 15, he was hired as an "attorney's clerk," serving subpoenas, registering wills, copying transcripts; later he became a court reporter. For three formative years he was surrounded by law students, law clerks, copying clerks, court clerks, magistrates, barristers and solicitors who (reborn in his fiction) uttered cheerful sentiments like "I hate my profession."...
comments powered by Disqus
- Niall Ferguson says it's no surprise Trump's so popular
- Howard Zinn group backs move to "Abolish Columbus Day"
- Ted Widmer appointed director of John W. Kluge Center
- What Historians Are Saying About the First Trump-Clinton Debate
- Princeton professor documents the movement that ended single-sex education at elite schools


text:
by Judith Krantz
Judith Krantz knows where her brioche is buttered. So her latest novel packs plenty of the shameless name-dropping and over-the-top glitz that helped put her previous efforts (Scruples, Spring Collection) on bestseller lists. In Jewels, Princess Grace, Meryl Streep and David Lean are all woven into the plot, together with a veritable primer on pearls.
This time, Krantz also delivers something else: an affecting tale about the complicated bonds between mothers and daughters. Actress Tessa Kent is beautiful (this is Krantz, after all), a world-renowned star and the adored wife of an Australian multimillionaire. She's also keeping a desperate secret. When she was 14, she gave birth to a baby, Maggie, whom her mother raised as Tessa's sister. The deception allowed Tessa to achieve her dreams, but when the lie is revealed, on Maggie's 18th birthday, both women must confront the consequences.
Krantz never makes her characters very deep, but she hooks fans with masterly storytelling. And the unexpected mix of flat-out glamor and unvarnished emotion makes Jewels worth collecting. (Crown, $25.95)
Bottom Line: Semiprecious suds
Picks and Pans Review: The Jewels of Tessa Kent
updated 11/16/1998 AT 01:00 AM EST
•originally published 11/16/1998 AT 01:00 AM EST


text:
27 years of experience
6320 Gateway Blvd E
El Paso, TX 79905 Phone number & directions
A medical license is required for a doctor to practice medicine in a particular state. Requirements vary by state but most require, at a minimum, post-graduate training in the doctor's specific specialty. An NPI number is a national identifier unique to an individual health care provider and is managed by the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
Learn more about Dr. Robert Chizen:
View the full profile to get information on:
- Qualifications
- What's important to you
View full profile
Patient Reviews
The overall average patient rating of Dr. Robert Chizen is Good.
Prepare before visiting Dr. Chizen
Restless Leg Syndrome Patient Education Learn all about Restless Leg Syndrome symptoms and medical conditions that may cause RLS.Before Visiting Dr. Chizen Learn More
Specialties & Research
Dr. Robert Chizen, MD is board certified in Family Medicine.
Education & Awards
Dr. Chizen graduated from Schulich School Of Medicine At The University Of Western Ontario, London.
Dr. Chizen has 2 hospital affiliations:
- Sierra Medical Center
- Providence Memorial Hospital
- Spanish
Similar doctors nearby
Dr. William Boushka
Dr. Mauro Provencio
Dr. David Palafox
Dr. Rafael Armendariz
Dr. Chinwe Nduka
Dr. Lorena Gomez
- Additional Information
- Dr. Robert Paul Chizen MD is a male Family Practitioner, has 27 years of experience and practices in Family Medicine.
- Where does Dr. Robert P. Chizen practice?
- Dr. Robert Chizen has 1 office location.
Dr. Robert Chizen practices Family Medicine near El Paso, TX.
See El Paso Primary Care Doctors.


text:
Hello everyone here is the new version of CPU core parking utility. I will not go into details about the core parking mechanism itself (read my previous post: http://coderbag.com/Programming-C/Disable-CPU-Core-Parking-Utility ) and for now will only explain application functionality.
Note: this is BETA version of the CPU core parking manager application, so I'm still working on it and will continue to make improvements. I'm also planning to add more functionality to it. With this version you don't have to restart your computer anymore after you apply core parking settings.
Before explaining how to use this application, I would like to list currently known issues that I'm planning to fix:
On this screen shot you can see an indicator that represents CPU base frequency (not including turbo boost or overclocking settings)
On the screen shot below you can see "Current CPU speed" indicator that will show actual CPU speed. You can see on the picture that my CPU is running only 1.2GHz (some cores are parked), however the base frequency is 2.7 GHz and with turbo boost it should be ~3.4GHZ. So if I change 'slider' to 100% and hit Apply button, my CPU speed will always be between 3.2 and 3.4 GHz. However, indicator will only go up to 2.7GHz which is the base frequency of my CPU. (I'll try to fix this later)
"Current min CPU speed" indicator will show your current CPU parking settings. If you'll change slider position to increase/decrease min CPU speed percentage, make sure you hit apply button to apply changes. As I already mentioned after applying changes you do not need to restart your computer.
To run this application you need to have .NET 4.0 installed on your machine (same as for the old version). In case you don't have it yet, you can download it from Microsoft web site: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=17851
Package contains: (Last updated: 11/30/2013 - 2:05PM)
CoreParkingManager.exe - Compiled for .NET 4.0
CoreParkingManager45.exe - Compiled for .NET 4.5
Release Folder:
4.0 - Release compiled for .NET 4.0
4.5 - Release compiled for .NET 4.5
Current version 18.104.22.168 BETA
Tested on platforms: Win7 x64-en, Win8 x32-en, Win8 x64-en, Win8.1 x64-en
Please post your comments or suggestions!
Can i change it back anytime? Without problems?
i cant even download it
i dont know where to
I open app, it tells me all cores are unparked and my CPU is running 2.8ghz. but task manager clearly says it's throttled down to 2.55ghz and fluctuating.
Just wanted to drop you a note and say it worked perfectly so far on my i2600K CPU and Windows 10. Thank you!


text:
Best route map between Alamosa, CO and Woodland Park, CO. This route take about 170 Miles.
The distance and estimated time is placed on the right depending on the status of the road.
, 14:42
* You can see Alamosa, CO and Woodland Park, CO photos above. We provide this photos from Google Panoramio service.
* Alamosa, CO weather as celsius: °C
* Woodland Park, CO weather as celsius: °C
* Weather information on route, provide by Open Weather Map.
All Rights Reserved. © 2010 - 2016 About Feedback


text:
seo first page of google for 2 keyword phrases
This project was awarded to kirundeep11 for $250 USD.Get free quotes for a project like this
Awarded to:
Skills Required
Project Budget$30 - $250 USD
Total Bids23
Project Description
Payment will only be made after the required results are reached. So no milestone please. Only one payment will be made at the end including bonus of job well done.
Only seo experts with high rating should bid.
I want my website to rank on the first page of google for 2 keyword phrases.
Keywords are:
1. independent hip hop
2. listen to hip hop music
All white hat seo NEVER gray or black hat seo.
Must follow googles terms and never violate it to make sure the website will not get banned or sandboxed.
Bidder must provide(if chosen) a detailed plan or strategy that includes the ways of building backlinks and emphasizing that the results will last.
And also provide a full detailed report after the work is complete for me to make sure the results are achieved.
PLEASE NOTE: I want the job done over period of 2 months not after or before to make it look more natural.
PLEASE NOTE2: you wont get paid until the required results are achieved.
Looking to make some money?
- Set your budget and the timeframe
- Outline your proposal
- Get paid for your work
Hire Freelancers who also bid on this project
Looking for work?
Work on projects like this and make money from home!Sign Up Now
- Forbes
- The New York Times
- Time
- Wall Street Journal
- Times Online


text:
Accepting new patients
Accepting new patients
308 E Front St
Plainfield, NJ 07060 Phone number & directions
Plainfield, NJ 07060 Phone number & directions
License & Identifications
A medical license is required for a doctor to practice medicine in a particular state. Requirements vary by state but most require, at a minimum, post-graduate training in the doctor's specific specialty. An NPI number is a national identifier unique to an individual health care provider and is managed by the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
Learn more about Dr. Anthony Kestler:
View the full profile to get information on:
- Qualifications
- What's important to you
View full profile
Patient Reviews
Have you visited Dr. Kestler? Share your experience.
Write a Review
Write a Review
Home > Find a Dentist > NJ > Plainfield Dentists > Dr. Anthony Kestler, DDS
Similar doctors nearby
Dr. Kim Dao
General Dentistry
Plainfield, NJ
Dr. Susan Nguyen
General Dentistry
Plainfield, NJ
Dr. Francis Keneally
General Dentistry
North Plainfield, NJ
Dr. Augusto Wong
General Dentistry
Plainfield, NJ
Dr. Alpana Kaluskar
General Dentistry
15 years experience
North Plainfield, NJ
Dr. Juan Maldonado
General Dentistry
Plainfield, NJ
- Additional Information
- Dr. Anthony Martin Kestler DDS is a male dentist and practices in Family Dentistry.
- Where does Dr. Anthony M. Kestler practice?
- Dr. Anthony Kestler has 1 office location.
Dr. Anthony Kestler practices Family Dentistry near Plainfield, NJ.
See Plainfield Dentists.


text:
About Us
In 2003, a woman with AIDS, seven months pregnant and living in a bus terminal in Lusaka, Zambia was found by the good sisters of Kasisi Children's Home. After delivering the baby, Tim Meade, M.D. and a team of volunteers took turns bringing warm formula to the child. Unable to care for her newborn son, the mother asked "Dr. Tim" to take care of the baby. As a sign of gratitude, she named the baby Tim.
It was Tiny Tim's story that inspired friends and family around the globe to get involved.
Feature Story
Are you looking for that special gift this holiday season? Join us for these TT&F craft sales featuring hand made gifts from the Women's Group!
November 7-8 Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church, Excelsior
November 21 The World Jubilee at Wooddale Church, Eden Prarie
December 6 Basilica of St. Mary, Mpls.
December 10 University of MN, Moos Hall
Crowdfunding success for 25 HIV+ malnourished children Read more....


text:
More in SERVO Magazine
Michael Mauldin
Michael's Articles
BattleBots 2015 — That's a Wrap
September 2015, Page 57
Take a closer look at some of the details of how this classic event was run and who ultimately took home the Giant Nut.
BattleBots is Back, Baby!
July 2015, Page 50
The classic fighting robot tournament is back on the air waves, and is bigger and better than ever!
RoboGames 2015
June 2015, Page 26
Like a Phoenix from a flame, this classic meeting of the robotic minds returned to San Mateo, CA this year.
BUILD REPORT: Team Toad Validates the Lifting Wedge at the STEM Tech Olympiad 2014
July 2014, Page 34
Ever since Peter Abrahamson described the sport of robot combat as Rochambeau (spinner, flipper, wedge), the challenge has been to build a robot that could do two things well.


text:
When it comes time to recognize your employees, a carefully selected gift is a thoughtful way to show appreciation. Cater to your industry or your colleagues' specific interests with creative corporate gifts from ePromos, where we house an extensive collection of items with options to meet any business budget. Browse by price or profession and personalize your chosen gift with your corporate name or logo. Reward talent, milestones, and achievements with a token of gratitude that's stylish, functional, and heartfelt.
Make your logo a force to be reckoned with by putting it on this smart custom briefcase.
Business people and college students alike will love this accented custom messenger bag.
A promotional sling bag that can easily be carried on one shoulder.
Made of simulated cork, the LEEMAN NYC Casablanca Custom Journal features a textured cover with a natural weathered look!


text:
I know we're a couple weeks out from General Conference, but I figured I'd get ahead of the reflection pieces this year with one of my own.
For a few years now, I've been trying to figure out how General Conference can play a bigger role in my life. I'll listen to a session here and there, or liveblog one for BCC, and when I was YM president, it was a good forcing function to get me to General Priesthood Meeting with my young men.
But it's been a long time since I really connected with a session the way I think I'm supposed to. The mind wanders, the clock slows down. I try not to take my phone out, except to take notes or check #ldsconf on Twitter. I pray for guidance and insight, and sometimes it comes, but not in that get-really-excited-about-10-hours-of-talks-this-weekend kind of way that I know some people experience.


text:
Video News
Village swamped by early morning floods
3.04pm Tuesday 24th November 2009
Villagers in St Nicholas had a rude awakening yesterday (Monday) morning as the village was engulfed with with floodwater running off the surrounding fields.
Village swamped by early morning floods
Search videos
Latest Videos
- 10-year-old drummer Dylan Sanders-Swales makes some noise for the Wales boys
- Bees in Haverfordwest
- Kayaker airlifted to hospital after sea search
- Risso's dolphins spotted off Strumble Head
- helicopterrescue
- Video shows BMW driver's drifting stunt on Haverfordwest roundabout
- Video of Royal Navy exercise 'Griffin Strike' in Pembrokeshire
- Driving instructor explains how to drive round Hakin roundabout
- Latest Haverfordwest Sixth Form protest
- Injured boa constrictor snake found near Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire
- Are you doing it right? Haverfordwest roundabouts explained.
- A special video message to Elly's Ward 10 Flag campaign from BBC Radio Wales presenter and GoCompare singer Wynne Evans
- Seal pup rescue
- Folly Farm sloth
- St Nicholas Hay barn fire
- Plygain singing at Caffle
- Mari Lwyd at Rosebush


text:
#avondeals #freeshipping on any $25 order at http://www.youravon.com/pattyblack #avoncoupon SHIP25
Oakville Indian Mounds is located in East Lawrence county, Alabama
We decided to take a short trip tp learn of some local history. Not far away, in Lawrence county is Oakville Indian Mounds. We did not see uch at first, then decided to go in the museum. If not for Teddy Reed, the instructor, we may have left. He was extremely informative. A former educator and coach, he made our visit both educational and intriguing.
Stone's River National Battlefield
Cemeteries I have visited for photo requests and family visits.
I late fall 2013, I attended my first DAR meeting. I met two ladies at McDonald's one afternoon. They were planning the Good Citizen awards for the local chapter. They needed a calendar, I provided an iPhone. I had been listening for some time, and deduced from their discussion they were DAR members. We sat for a while and talked about local history and our ancestors.
In October of 2000, my Mom and I travelled to Pennsylvania to do some investigative work on her side. That would be the descendants of Alexander Ewing, Patriot. We went to several court houses on our travels, Butler county, Lawrence and Venango, all placed some had lived in the 1700-1800's. We were able to locate his grave in Plain Grove cemetery in Lawrence county cemetery. It took quite a bit of walking too!
I have been contacted by the local chapter director, I need a few more documents for authentication. I need to send my parents birth certificates and marriage record. That should be the final items to get my membership approved.
North Alabama Pet Photo Calendar Contest
North Alabama Pet Photo Calendar Contest.
Please vote!
The Decatur Alabama Services is in need of funding. They were recenly told they would have to have animals " removed " Sad day for the center. I know many of the volunteers there, and they do great work, with little funding from the city of Decatur.
Any donation will go directly to DAS.
It has been a long time since I have pulled out the records to review. An unexpected meeting of two ladies at McDonald's who needed a calendar, got me rejuvenated about my Patriot Ancestor.
I have been invited to a meeting on October 3rd, I am very excited,. The President of the Stephen's Chapter will review my documents for authenticity and approval. I had been given paperwork in 1996 from my grandmother's cousin, Dorothy Parry, who had done most of the research! Wish me luck!


text:
Spiral Topiary Made From Recycled Bottle
Recycling our empty wine bottles is a very earth friendly act, as it will dramatically reduce the growth of landfills where these empty wine bottles are supposed to be destined. Artist, product designer, engineer, and teacher Bill Hess has formed the Ideas On Legs, who is responsible in the creation of a one of a kind spiral topiary made from recycled bottle. Made for 2009Next Art Fair as part of Art Chicago, the recycled glass topiary obviously promotes sustainability and obviously has proven to everybody that there a lot of things that people can do with used items as long as he or she has the sustainable mindset.
Beautiful Night Lights Made of Recycled Glass
These night lights actually come from recycled glass, can you believe that ? A beautiful art work can also comes from wasted bottled glass. You too, can also create this, just be creative, look around.
[ProductPage] via [GreatGreenGoods]
Our Recommended Partners
Popular Green Designs
- DIY Ferris Wheel Toy Made Out of Recycled Material
- Nice Objects From Waste Materials
- Panabo City's Christmas Tree Made From Recycled Items
- Proxima Two Seater Hybrid Vehicle
- Modernized Nipa Hut by Bonn Tumanda
- Unit Fusion High-rise Residential Building Concept Can Be The Newest Eco-friendly Building In Hong K...
- Shift: A Car Concept That Will Help Save The Environment
- Wood Tool Set: An Excellent Tool To Teach Your Child Eco-friendly Living
- Green Portable Toilet : an Eco-Friendly Waste Disposal Area
- Potenza: A Sustainable Four Wheel Bike
- Advertising
- Architecture
- Bathroom
- Cars and Transportation
- Cell Phone
- Design and Concept
- Fashion
- Food and Drink
- Free Eco Gift
- Gadgets
- Home and Kitchen
- Interior Design
- Misc
- Music
- Outdoor
- Packaging
- Personal Computer
- Pets
- Product Reviews
- Recycle
- Science
- Solar Energy
- Sports
- Toys and Games
- Traveling
- Yacht
Recent Topics Searched
Social Networks
Tweets by @igreenspot