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How times change. Just over a month ago, the board of Coote Industrial was firmly opposed to a 26¢ a share takeover offer for 35 per cent of the company from Elph, its major shareholder.
Today, the company is facing a working capital squeeze because key customers have failed to place orders and it has an immediate $6.5 million payment due which it can't refinance.
These changed circumstances forced the board to give in and Elph, which already owns 26 per cent of Coote, is mopping up acceptances which could see it control 51 per cent of the company.
Once its enlarged stake is finalised, Elph plans to double the size of the board, which comprises just one independent director and two executive directors, one of whom is managing director
Elph will install its managing director
The board's first order of business will be to shore up the company's balance sheet. Coote urgently needs a cash injection, and has flagged a deeply discounted rights issue.
Perversely, this makes Elph's 26¢ a share offer all the more enticing for existing shareholders, who can sell part of their stake to Elph and then buy back in at the rights issue price which, according to sources, is likely to be less than 20¢ a share.
Coote's bargaining positioned crumbled as its operating environment deteriorated, forcing it to issue a full-year profit downgrade on May 14.
A wobbly market and uncertainty about the government's resources super profits tax certainly didn't help Coote's mining sector customers, many of whom have failed to place new orders for locomotives and other capital equipment.
Crunch time came on May 20 when a $6.5 million payment to Elph fell due. Coote had little choice than to bow to Elph and agree to its terms, given Coote's bankers weren't exactly offering the most generous terms after an expensive debt refinance in January.
To justify its decision, Coote commissioned a new opinion from expert BDO which revised its valuation range to 23¢ to 34¢ per share, making the 26¢ a share offer fair and reasonable.
It's worth noting that Elph contributed equity to help Coote recapitalise eight months ago. It commissioned an expert's report which concluded Coote shares were worth 17¢ each.
If Coote continues to have problems getting customers to place orders, and fails to sell its South Spur Rail Business, a 17¢ a share valuation is a very real prospect.
Coote is being advised by Gresham Advisory Partners and Cochrane Lishman Carson Luscombe, while RBS Morgans and Baker & McKenzie are tending to Elph.
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The start of the 2014 Tennessee baseball season is just 13 days away!
In January and February, UTSports.com will count down the days remaining until the start of the Vols' 2014 campaign (Feb. 14) with looks back at the many players who donned jersey numbers 30-1.
The baseball season in Knoxville kicks off on the diamond on Feb. 14 when the Vols host the Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks at Lindsey Nelson Stadium at 4 p.m. With one of the youngest teams in the country in 2013, head coach Dave Serrano and company have the foundation in place on Rocky Top.
The 2014 slate is highlighted by 33 games in Knoxville, including early nonconference matchups against Purdue (Feb. 15-16) and UNLV (Feb. 21-23). The Vols open with a 13-game homestand, starting things off with three straight days of doubleheader action.
Practice has officially begun on Rocky Top and the Diamond Vols are in action throughout this week, with outdoor scrimmages set for Friday and Saturday. All outdoor practices at Lindsey Nelson Stadium are free and open to the public. For more information and to view this week's pitching schedule, visit UTSports.com.
In total, 26 Vols have worn the Orange and White No. 13, and Knoxville native freshman Nick Senzel will become the 27th on opening day in 13 days. In the mid 1980s, the jersey belonged to left-handed pitcher and Knoxville native Steve Searcy, who played professionally for the Tigers and Phillies and was later inducted into the Tennessee Baseball Hall of Fame.
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1983-85 | LHP | L/L | 6-1 | 190 lbs. | Knoxville, Tenn. (Central HS)
An all-district player out of Central High School here in Knoxville, Steve Searcy came to the University of Tennessee in 1983. Searcy went 3-1 with a 2.60 ERA as a rookies, starting six games and appearing in 11. He struck out 19 over 34.2 innings. His 2.60 ERA is Tennessee's single-season record for the category (min. 30 innings pitched).
An injury on the Vols' roster put Searcy in the No. 1 pitching spot as a sophomore, and he delivered. He led the team in wins (9), ERA (2.45), appearances (16), starts (12), complete games (7), innings pitched (95.1) and strikeouts (74). His 95.1 innings were at the time a school record. He was part of a combined no-hitter in 1984, blanking Tusculum for an inning. Five Vols combined for the no-hitter in the 13-0 UT victory. Searcy earned All-SEC Eastern Division honors as a sophomore.
Searcy posted a team-leading five wins as a junior to go along with a 4.65 ERA. He struck out 40 in 60 innings pitched that season.
The Knoxville native was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the third round of the 1985 MLB Draft. After minor league stints, he made his pro debut on August 29, 1988. Searcy would pitch four seasons for the Tigers before being traded to the Philadelphia Phillies. He threw two seasons in Philadelphia. Serving primarily as a reliever, Searcy finished his pro career with six wins, a 5.68 ERA and 140 strikeouts over 187.0 innings pitched.
Searcy was inducted into the Tennessee Baseball Hall of Fame in 2001. UT's Most Improved Player Award is also named after Searcy.
- Majored in sociology at Tennessee
- Was 13-1 at Knoxville's Central H.S.
- Nickname is "Searse"
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2014 | INF | 6-1 | 205 lbs. | R/R | Knoxville, Tenn. (Farragut HS)
Like Searcy, freshman infielder Nick Senzel is a Knoxville product. Playing his high school ball at Farragut, Senzel earned all-state, all-district, PrepXtra first team and All-KIL honors following his senior season. He was also ranked as the No. 11 prospect in the state and the No. 17 second baseman in the nation by Perfect Game. Senzel also earned Rawlings Southeast Region Second Team honors.
He hit a team-high .386 with 42 RBIs, 14 doubles, five home runs and four triples as a senior. He helped the Admirals go 35-9 and claim the District 4-AAA Championship, Region 2-AAA Championship and finish as the TSSAA State Runner-ups his senior season. He won a state title with the Admirals in 2011. Batted .404 with 46 RBIs and eight homers and hit .360 in 2012 and 2011, respectively.
- Full name is Nicholas Peter Senzel
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In order to test each RAM kit in the most effective fashion a multistep process was required. First in order to verify the advertised speed each set of RAM they will be initially run the Memtest86+ for one run. Once no errors are found, Windows 7 Professional 64-bit with all of the need tools will be loaded. In order to make sure that fluctuations in other subsystem do not influence the scores, each test will be run a total of three times. At the end of the benchmark the lowest score will be dropped and the final two tests scores will be averaged. The test being used for benchmarking will be as follows.
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Also because each IC produced is slightly different and will have different overclocking characteristics any overclocking results obtained may vary from user's actual experience. In the end this means that spending the time to overclock our system memory will be unbeneficial to our readers and therefore will be omitted from the results except for in special cases, such as when a product is advertised as having a great amount of headroom.
We have recently introduced the Euler3D Computational Fluid Dynamics benchmark into our memory test suite and so I would like to give a small explanation as to what is being used. Our newest test simulates the fluid dynamics of a wing and therefore is very memory and CPU intensive. Each test is run and the final result is given in Hertz(Hz). For our purposes the final Hertz score is what will be used for comparing each set of memory to its competitors. It has been found that this benchmark is particularly sensitive to both memory speed and timing and therefore makes a perfect benchmark to add to Benchmark Reviews memory suite.
it seems that synthetic benchmark love the frenguanse.
but normal aplication prefer the timings.
so higher timings means longer time to access memory. higher frequency means better transfer rate. so this 2 work the opposite. you need a lot of transfer rate increase to overcome the loss of the timing. so if applications like winrar that theoretical go faster with a faster transfer rate memory (all needed data loaded to memory compressed and sent to hard drive again, so faster ram better the time) love timings we can imagine what will happen to applications that are not that data dependent. like games that there can not be predicted the data needed to continue. thus loving timing.
You cana lso get CL7 1600 mhz. 8 gig modules. Probably even cheaper than this stuff.
If you do alot at once and are one of those ppl with 3d programs or your always downloading moving multitasking 50 tabs ect and doing allot more there is a difference i can tell u in quantity and stable (yet speedy times) 1866 999 is all around good. Nothing like taking a quick gaming break while keeping everything open and still seeing good frame rates at high settings.
The 1866 sniper BenchmarkReviews just reviewed a week ago is down to 94 USD at newegg 2 X 4 gigs (8 gigs) at 9-10-9 (and will run at 999) just ordered 2
good review
I have honestly never seen a see a usable gain from faster memory in gaming. And in my system the only noticeable difference came when I bought a SSD.
Glad you liked the review though, and glad to see you bought memory based off my previous article. Keep checking here our next 2 memory reviews which will be the 1600Mhz 7-8-7-24 Mushkin Redline Enhanced with the Ridgeback heat spreader and the 2133Mhz 9-10-11-28 Mushkin Redline with the FrostByte heat spreader will be published in the next couple of weeks.
And yeah 9's at anything 18 and above does me right especially when I have so much @ that speed, I can still move fast solidly. I hate purpose built over all around, that way I don't have to close anything or go into a "mode" to game or work or play.
Good review, glad i skipped these.I always thought it was weird Corsair suddenly needed a 3rd brand for value purposes... Something else they had more power over to limit via "ability -to- price" wise. Since they refuse to go HIGHER with dominator simply because they need something to sell later we all know 8,8,8 at 2000 or even 7,10,something has been possible at stock for a long time we just need someone to be bold and watch all the others follow "all a sudden"
The dominators are great also they just released a 2133 at 999 (which may be a revamped version of the last kit just factory timed higher.) that can go down to 2000 at 8's I believe it because my last kit from them could do allot that was not endorsed and confidently. Problem when shopping for them a second time now is price for 4 2X2 gigs... id rather go g.skill at 9 2 x 4 and be limited for that price 99 bux im in.
i.e. Reviews for the G.Skill Sniper 1866Mhz DDR3 F3-14900CL9D and Corsair Vengeance 1866 MHz DDR3 CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9?
You must understand that the memory benchmarks we use measure performance with such minute precision, that the difference could be less than .0001% and it would still stand out in a memory review.
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Prasar Bharti CEO KS Sarma was quoted in a PTI report as saying that the revamp process would include modernisation and digitalisation of entire operations. This would catapult AIR and DD to the front rung among the channels.
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DD is back in the limelight this year. A large part of this can be attributed to its coverage of the Iraq conflict. The broadcaster had put its plans for live coverage in place before the conflict had broken out. DD had commissioned the war reportage to Third Eye for Rs 500,000 a day for half-hour coverage. The pay off came in the form of an 11-million viewer share. This left the other channels scrambling for crumbs with shares hovering around the two million mark. This is remarkable as in the not too distant past DD has often been accused of being behind with up to date events due to the bureaucratic interference. Like its western counterparts BBC and CNN the grandfather of indian television became tech savvy by using the portable newsgathering solution vid'linkMOBILE. The system will be used for domestic and international newsgathering.
In addition, its coverage of last months cricket World Cup put it back in the good books of the advertising community. The icing on the cake was the India-Pak match on 1 March. The match, which was in a sense a final in itself (among subcontinent viewers anyway) was a hit across cities and towns, delivering a high TRP of 15.37 in all TV Homes and 21.78 in cable & satellite homes, according to TAM data. Looking ahead, in a CAS regime, while Star and Sony are worried about losses, DD looks all set to gain in prominence.
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Home › Forums › General Forums › General Lightweight Backpacking Discussion › n-Butyl / Butanol – Stove Fuel?
Jan 29, 2012 at 1:31 pm #1284869
I'm sure this would have been thought of by now if it worked, but does anyone know if butanol (aka n-butyl or butyl alcohol) can be used as a fuel in an alcohol stove?
I've done some reading today, and the big appeal with this fuel is the energy density is almost 50% higher than ethanol (29.2MG/L vs. 19.6 MG/L), while only being about 3% heavier. It's almost double the density of methanol (16MG/L) which myself lots of hikers are using.
[EDIT: The above numbers are comparing energy/volume, not energy/weight. Energy/weight is 20% higher than ethanol and 85% higher than methanol).
Some can be found on eBay.
Lots of info on this fuel:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butanol_fuelJan 29, 2012 at 1:37 pm #1831308
Check out 0:12 of this video. They show butanol burning in a dish:Jan 29, 2012 at 3:44 pm #1831358
Roger CaffinModerator
@rcaffinLocale: Wollemi & Kosciusko NPs, Europe
I have never tried butanol.
However, Tony Beasley (see our articles) has tried methanol (1 carbon), ethanol (2 carbons) and propanol (3 carbons). Butanol has 4 carbons.
What Tony found was that ethanol is OK but propanol gives off nasty fumes – quite bad. Working from the chemistry, I would predict that butanol would be even worse, but I might be mistaken. (I doubt it.)
CheersJan 29, 2012 at 4:07 pm #1831365
Thanks Roger. I haven't been able to find any record of anyone actually trying this fuel, which seems surprising to me since it has the potential to significantly lower fuel weight if it burns cleanly.
The only info on burning butanol that I can find is in the context of using it in your car. Apparently you can toss it in a car with zero modifications and it will give you about 10% better MPG than gasoline and it will lower your emissions.
Article on automotive use:
Key excerpts:
"In comparison to gasoline and ethanol, butanol is hard to ignite and it burns with a cleaner flame; it is combustible but not dangerously flammable as is gasoline"
"I drove to the EPA station in Springfield, OH, using butanol I had made in the lab from sugar and corn. They were amazed by the test results: butanol reduced hydrocarbons by 95%, carbon monoxide to 0.01%, and oxides of nitrogen by 37% compared to gasoline."
Picture of butanol burning from YouTube still:
Obviously an internal combustion engine is a pretty different than an alcohol stove, which is why I'd love to try some.
There a few bottles of it on eBay, but none of the sellers will ship it to Canada due to hazmat regulations. If anyone wants to be so kind as to relay a bottle up to me (just leave off the return address to cover your butt) send me a PM and I'll fund everything.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1-Butanol-Reagent-ACS-99-9-500-ml-/390372846775?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5ae408ecb7#ht_500wt_1021Jan 30, 2012 at 8:14 am #1831597
I got an email back from one of the major butanol producers. It sounds really promising….especially with an easier lighting wicking stove like the Starlyte that I'm using. I've possibly found a place that will sell me some butanol for testing. Hopefully they don't cancel my order.
"Butanol packs more energy than methanol or ethanol, so use for camping might be easier in some ways as you would have to carry less fuel.
The issue with butanol is that it is harder to ignite. The flash point is 35C compared to 14C for ethanol and 11C for methanol. The enthalpy of combustion (energy released) is 2670 kJ/mol compared to 1370 for ethanol and 715 for methanol (this is due to the extra carbon bonds that you can break) so you will generate more heat energy if you can get the butanol lit. Once burning you will not generate anything more dangerous than you would with methanol or ethanol – the combustion products are exactly the same.
Bottom line – don't know exactly how it would work in your stove, but the best way to find out would be experimentally to see if the difficulty in lighting the alcohol overrides the benefits that you would get in carrying less fuel, and also if the slightly harder procurement for butanol is worth the effort.
If you try it and it works, let me know."
Dr E. Tim Davies
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Green Biologics LtdJan 30, 2012 at 10:34 am #1831674
James KleinBPL Member
@jnklein21Locale: Southeast
From his own numbers, it appears that butanol would be ~20% better than ethanol.
Butanol has a molar mass of 74g/mole
Ethanol has a molar mass of 46g/mole
Therefore enthalpy of combustion would be:
36kJ/g for Butanol
30kJ/g for Ethanol
Also, I didn't check to see if he provided the lower or higher heating value for them but the lower value factors in heat required to turn the water formed during combustion into vapor and therefor is a better value for comparing fuels….Jan 30, 2012 at 11:11 am #1831693
Thanks James.
After a bit of background reading, I understand how you're converting from MJ/mol to MJ/gram, and that MJ/gram is really the most important number as it tells us how much heat we are getting out of the weight.
So butanol is 36.6 MJ/gram, whereas ethanol is 30.5 and methanol is 19.7, for a theoretical advantage of 20% over ethanol and 86% over methanol.
It seems some actual testing is needed to see how this stuff burns.
Here in Canada, it's virtually impossible to buy ethanol. Butanol is tough to get because it needs to adhere to hazmat regs, but pure ethanol (even methylated spirits/denatured alcohol) is actually illegal, so short of smuggling some across the border you can't get it. So far this has left me using methanol, which burns nice but is at a huge theoretical disadvantage.
American's can buy pure butanol here for $10/pint:
http://www.enasco.com/product/KM00551MJan 30, 2012 at 11:21 am #1831696
Bob GrossMember
@b-g-2-2Locale: Silicon Valley
If this is impossible to buy in Canada, and if it is super expensive to buy in the U.S., then why do you bother to consider it?
–B.G.–Jan 30, 2012 at 11:40 am #1831704
Ethanol is illegal to possess in Canada, while butanol is just expensive and tricky to ship (must go ground).
I've come across online stores that sell a one gallon jug of butanol for about $25. It sounds expensive compared to methanol (about $10/gallon locally) but it's still cheap compared to using a canister stove. A gallon would do me for the summer.
The main attraction is those week or longer hikes where I'm carrying a full quart of methanol for my wife and I. If I could carry pint of butanol instead (which would weigh about 60% as much) that would be a big gain. It would also make even longer trips possible. With the fuel weight I save, I could add an extra day of food.Jan 30, 2012 at 12:21 pm #1831720
Roger CaffinModerator
@rcaffinLocale: Wollemi & Kosciusko NPs, Europe
> Once burning you will not generate anything more dangerous than you would with methanol
> or ethanol – the combustion products are exactly the same.
That statement is VERY suspect. One could use exactly the same argument with propanol – but we know that it produces real nasties. I suspect the guy is just ignorant of this as he is focused on car use. Also, not a lot of research has been done on the toxic combustion byproducts of butanol.
"Consumer acceptance may be limited due to the offensive smell of butanol."
Research into burning butanol – note that there are four isomers of this btw. I quote:
"butanol is more attractive for application to aviation,
transport, and storage as compared to ethanol, although toxic
pollutants such as aldehydes and ketones, which are harmful to
health, are formed as combustion byproducts from both ethanol
and butanol."
"Osswald et al.6 studied fuel-rich (φ = 1.7), low-pressure flames
of the four isomers of butanol using molecular beam mass
spectrometry. The authors were able to identify 57 chemical
species, including radical and isomeric species, at various heights
above their porous plug burners using a combination of electron
ionization and photoionization mass spectrometry. The authors
were able to characterize pollutant emissions and soot precursors
from the flames of the four isomers, with fuel structure significantly
influencing the concentrations of these products; high
concentrations of formaldehyde and acetaldehyde were detected
in n-butanol flames, and while tert-butanol flames produced low
concentrations of oxygenated intermediates, they did produce
higher concentrations of propargyl and benzene"
Guinea pig stuff if you ask me.
CheersJan 30, 2012 at 12:53 pm #1831742
Yeah it is guinea pig stuff…it seems like such a hard thing to really figure out.
"Consumer acceptance may be limited due to the offensive smell of butanol."
I've read conflicting things on the smell. This quote says it smells offensive, while other sources have said it smells pleasant like a sweet wine.
I didn't want to pay $12 to get the full article, but this paper below tested the intensity and pleasantness (or unpleasantness) of butanol on a subject group. The abstract says that the smell was generally pleasant below 300ppm, neutral at 300pm and then unpleasant above that.
http://psycnet.apa.org/index.cfm?fa=buy.optionToBuy&id=1975-00150-001Jan 30, 2012 at 3:24 pm #1831852
Ryan SmithBPL Member
@violentgreenLocale: Southeast
Everything I've read makes it sound like it's no more toxic than ethanol which many already use currently. Keep in mind I'm not a chemist however. Colin Krusor seemed pretty sharp on alternative fuels in a thread about 6 mos ago. You should PM him for his opinion.
http://www.dow.com/productsafety/finder/nbut.htm#HealthInfo – says it smells like bananas.
RyanJan 30, 2012 at 4:13 pm #1831890
"n-Butanol occurs naturally as a minor product of the fermentation of sugars and other carbohydrates,and is present in many foods and beverages.It is also a permitted artificial flavorant in the United States,used in butter, cream, fruit, rum, whiskey, ice cream and ices, candy, baked goods and cordials. It is also used in a wide range of consumer products."
Not to say that nasties aren't produced when it burns though….Jan 30, 2012 at 8:29 pm #1832030
Colin KrusorBPL Member
@ckrusorLocale: Northwest US
Dan, I agree that longer-chain alcohols seem to be a promising alternative fuel for alcohol stoves. I think they merit a bit of experimentation, at least. I won't bother posting the link to the other thread I started on this topic a while ago because the content is the same as this one.
Why do you consider butanol but not the higher alcohols? The heat of combustion goes up more or less linearly with the number of carbons. I was considering doing some experimenting with hexanol or heptanol. Both of these have very low toxicity and their odors are not unpleasant. They are used extensively in consumer products, including widespread use in perfumes. Hexanol smells a bit "green" or woody to me, a bit like broccoli. I think heptanol smells like mown grass. They are more oily and less volatile than the short-chain alcohols, so a spill is a bit more of a mess, but they are less toxic than HEET. Octanol and nonanol could be considered, but in winter they might solidify, and even in warm weather it might be difficult to get them to vaporize in a conventional alcohol stove.
If I remember right, I think I calculated that a backpacking trip requiring 6 ounces of HEET would require 3.3 ounces of hexanol. If an alcohol stove can be modified to achieve and maintain a good hexanol or heptanol flame and minimize soot at a range of temperatures and elevations, then I would use them routinely. They are more costly than HEET, but still cheaper than gas fuels in canisters.Jan 30, 2012 at 8:53 pm #1832046
"Why do you consider butanol but not the higher alcohols?"
Honestly I don't know much about chemistry but I thought I'd look into other alcohols to see if one had a higher energy density than ethanol. Butanol was the first one I came across that sounded promising.
EDIT: Now that I look into this a bit more. The flash point might be a bit of a concern with the higher alcohols. Butanol is supposed to be kinda hard to light with a flashpoint of 35C (vs. 11C for Ethanol). Hexanol and Heptanol are 59C and 70C respectively, so it might be hard to get them going. Maybe you'd need a bit of methanol/ethanol to light the stronger alcohols.
"I was considering doing some experimenting with hexanol or heptanol."
I'm surprised there's fuels out there that have huge theoretical gains that seemingly no one has tried. Perhaps responsible testing is just too hard to evaluate safety? I'm going to do some more reading on hexanol and heptanol and see what I can dig up. I'll also try to buy some. My possible lead on getting butanol fell through, so I'm not sure how to get it in Canada. Lots of it for sale in the USA but no one will ship international. I'll see about these other fuels….(EDIT: They seem pretty darn hard to get too here in Canada).Jan 30, 2012 at 11:55 pm #1832100
James MarcoBPL Member
@jamesdmarcoLocale: Finger Lakes
Dan, I think you will run into the incomplete combustion problem I have with anything longer than one or two carbons in a non-presurized stove. Even propanol never quite reaches the full efficiency it could because of this.
Basically, oxygen and carbon hydrogen alcohols form all sorts of strange shapes. Isopropanol is one that is widely known. Butanol is a longer chain. As a somewaht incorrect model for conceptulizing it, the oxygen can only attach at the outer ends, then these react, then there is an odd carbon hanging around that needs another oxygen. So think of this as a two stage burning process…it doesn't happen instantly. Propanol takes some time to burn. In a pressurized stove a small amount is mixed with a LOT of air then burned. In a regular alcohol stove there is just not enough air mixing to complete the combustion, soo, you get free carbon comming off…soot.
With methanol (HEET) and ethanol you get pretty clean burns. One carbon burns in one shot (again, not really correct.) Ethanol has two ends, and no middle…it burns in one shot too. Anything longer will require a delayed and ionized flame to be maintained for longer to complete the burn. Longer chains like hexanol could require up to three passes by my poor model. It does help to predict that you will get soot, lots of it, without some sort of super mixing. This super mixing is usually accomplished with pressure and a small jet. Just my two cents…
Remember, it is really only a model and works up to a point, only.Jan 31, 2012 at 12:43 am #1832104
Colin KrusorBPL Member
@ckrusorLocale: Northwest US
It occurred to me that one could mix hexanol or heptanol with a low boiling alcohol like methanol. I did a bit of looking and couldn't find any information about azeotropes of binary alcohol mixtures, so I don't know exactly what vapor composition you'd get, though.
Does anyone know the azeotrope for methanol and heptanol? I don't have a copy of the CRC or any other good physical chemistry reference books and the tables online are very limited. If your mixture is 10% methanol and 90% heptanol, and the vapor above the pool is predominantly methanol, then the stove would light about as readily as a pure HEET-filled stove. The initial methanol flame would gradually bring up the temperature and pressure of the stove, and by time the heptanol begins to boil, the methanol should be just about gone. This all depends on the composition of the vapor.
This would take care of the lighting problem, but would not address the issue of incomplete heptanol combustion. I wonder if very tiny jets might help to introduce more oxygen…Jan 31, 2012 at 2:51 pm #1832370
"I think you will run into the incomplete combustion problem I have with anything longer than one or two carbons in a non-presurized stove."
This could well be the case. From the brief video of butanol burning on Youtube (0:14 @ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s09ujb35w4s) it looks like it's burning pretty well (ie. non-smokey) just sitting in a dish, but the clip is really too short to judge and visuals aren't everything. Your explanation sounds reasonable, although I'd still like to try and burn some. Have you actually burned alcohols with more than 3 carbons before? It could be that thee carbon IPA simply burns poorly for other reasons, but if lots of higher carbon fuels combust incompletely, then that's a bad trend.Dec 10, 2012 at 12:26 pm #1934552
Well it's been nearly a year, but I've finally got some butanol ordered by someone who isn't going to cancel my order. I spoke with them on the phone today. Delivery is still 4-5 weeks out, but I'm just thrilled that it's coming.
First, I'm going to see how well it burns in my existing stoves, and I'll try it with a little methanol mixed in to see if there's any advantage to that. Most likely I'll need to design some sort of pressured stove – I've got a few neat ideas.Dec 10, 2012 at 1:04 pm #1934566
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Just a quick comment about lack of availability for Ethanol in Canada ( I also see sometimes comments from the US too…) I suspect that sometime folk don't look in the right place.
For example a quick search found a product called PHAB Marine Alcohol (90% Ethanol, $20 for 4 liters) but I would think if you look where industrial cleaning products are sold you will also find something similar to that.Dec 10, 2012 at 2:46 pm #1934588
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Hi Dan…yeah, keep us informed.
I suspect you will simply corrupt the methanol/ethenal. It really doesn't matter about the blends. The molecular combustion will remain pretty much unimpaired. The butinol componet will still burn sooty.
I mixed all sorts of stuff in an open alcohol burner. There is simply too much fuel for the air. Some sort of presurized jet, a lot like a cannister stove, is needed to really pump air into the fuel/air mix.
I tried WG, parafin, kero, benzene, some fairly pure octane, acetone, etc… lots of mixes with plain old petrocarbons. All have a similar problem. If you add more than about 1-3% of these, they all burn sooty. That isn't enough to boost fuel heat. Even ispropinol does about the same, but I have never gotten it to burn efficiently even though there are some commercial stoves out there. After the alcohol is burned off you simply burn the carbon/hydrogen. This is the same with all longer chained alcohols and simplistic petrochemicals(butane, propane, etc.) Follow? Note that is is NOT really what is happening, but fairly well approximats alcohol's burning.
I think I would research a platinum catalyst, similar to the platinim coated meshes found in labs. This is expensive as hell, though. But this would lower the energy needed for complete combustion…sililar to those found on kerosene heaters. (Note that the coatings on that stuff is extreamly thin, 2-3 molecules thick electroplate. Even touching them will damage the coating…never try to clean them mechanically.) Once the catalyst gets hot enough, it will produce good heat. But, if you are going to use a catalyst, why bother with alcohol? Even WG has much higher heat…Dec 10, 2012 at 4:41 pm #1934616
Thanks for the comments guys.
Franco: Yeah I have found a source for ethanol here in Canada. It did take a while because even though it's not restricted a lot of places will only sell to schools or industry to cover their butts. This place that is selling me the butanol seems reasonable and happy to sell me other stuff as well.
James: Good comments. I suspect some sort of a pressured design is what I might end up with. I've got a few wild ideas for a self pressuring alcohol stove. It'll probably not work out, but it'll be fun to try.
The idea with a methanol mix would just be to get it started if butanol proves tough to light. I don't think it will be tough to light, but in cold conditions having some methanol in the mix to get some extra vapor might be good. I think I'll have bigger problems than this though.May 23, 2013 at 7:11 pm #1989280
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Hey Dan, did you ever get your butanol?
Have you tried a "coil" type burner? Using an alcohol primer might get it to working for you. Ebay has some nice ones. The Taykit comes to mind.
I'm doing some research on butanol and came across your thread.May 30, 2013 at 8:15 pm #1991597
No. The company that was going to sell to a Canadian like me ended up not being able to order it (or some lame explanation like that). Colin (Kursor?) did manage to get some, but as I recall it burned quite smokey.
As you mentioned, a self heating / coil stove might do it. There was one stove on YouTube where a lower stove heated the upper stove, which ended up getting super pressurized (and also maybe dangerous). The key would be a design where the added complexity/weight don't offset the gains from butanol.
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This is a discussion on Reason why I started carrying within the Carry & Defensive Scenarios forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; for those that have served in the military know the 5 P's work well...
for those that have served in the military know the 5 P's work well
God Bless our troops,Pass the ammo
carry guns,g30,g39
1911,colt defender 90 / .45
my avater is part of the reason i feel the way i do.
I thought there were 6 Ps.
My name is Frogman46 and I'm tougher than you.
That's the way to use your smarts. Myself, before I had my CCW and was in excellent condition, I worked in a ghetto neighborhood in St. Louis. Example:
Panhandler: Man, you got a dolla?
Me: Sure! You got change for a twenty?
Panhandler: Jaw drops open...
Ya got to keep em guessing
Carrying a gun is the easy part. Knowing when and how to use it is far more difficult.
I think the OP did the right thing by watching the hands. I've had many peddlers come up asking for a handout and I'm always sure to stay aware of where their hands are, their body language and the distance between me (or my family) and them.
I do agree with MadMac though that your gun being drawn is a 'last resort' move on your part.
Isn't that a given though.... ?
That statement is touted over and over and over.... I doubt it very seriously if any self respecting gun toting American would pull his pistol and fire just for the hell of it... I for one would like to offer the OP and others like him a little more credit than that..
He started a thread titled "Reason why I started carrying" and then told the story that really didn't justify if he had a gun, that he had any reason to use it.
I understand and respect the OP for choosing to carry for those 'just in case' situations. Back before I began carrying I was robbed in a parking lot looking down the barrel of a revolver, it's not a good feeling knowing your pretty much defenseless.
Hey, OP, no disrespect, I know you're not an idiot, I'm still new and learning and hoping to contribute here if and when possible.
Sorry if I offended you my friend, that was not my intent... Sometimes my writing style is a tad to blunt I guess...
Have you ever read those stories in "Combat Handguns" magazine. You know, the column usually labeled "It happened to me"? I think most of those stories are about people just pulling their guns to scare off an attacker, I don't remember reading one where someone actualy used there gun in self defense.
I've been told by several gun toting friends that if you pull your gun that you had better be prepared to use it. Now like I previously mentioned, I'm fairly new to carrying, does that mean I shouldn't pull my gun if I think things are about to turn for the worse to hopefully deter an attack like most of those stories in the magazine? I mean, if I truly feel my life is about to end, then of course, you gotta do what you gotta do.
But let's just say in the OP's situation, let me change things a bit. Let's say the guy happened to pull a knife and lunge at him or his girlfriend but he had plenty of room to flee the attacker on foot but instead he pulled his gun and either scared the attacker off or shot him. I guess if that happened then the very next thing to do is call 911 before the perp has a chance to.
Don"t let stupid be your skill set....
And Shepards we shall be, for Thee, my Lord, for Thee,
Power hath descended forth from Thy hand, So that our feet may swiftly carry out thy command,
And we shall flow a river forth to Thee, And teeming with souls shall it ever be,
Not a chance.... Even if they were to approach me on the street, I would be respectful enough to say, Thank you for the concern, but I'm really not interested then turn and walk away.
For the record; I've worked downtown Atlanta for twelve years now and every single person that has ever approached me while I was on lunch or out and about for whatever reason. Not a single one said anything about God, or anything remotely close. Every single one of um wanted money for one reason or another... Just to illustrate how violent some of the vagrants can be. I have a coworker that was approached at a red light and when he turned the guy down the guy kicked his door and put a dent in it, then ran like hell.. Hummm, yeah most of um are harmless enough, LOL! Send some Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses walking through downtown Atlanta and there's a good chance you'll be sending um to meet their demise... That won't win you any points with the big Guy.
No issues this trip, except for a super-annoying crowd one night in the Hard Rock who kept encouraging the wait staff in their rediculous shennanigans.
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Safe to Eat? New Study Examines Mercury in Seafood
The number one question we field when it comes to seafood is: "Is this fish okay for me to eat?" What folks really want to know is whether or not their fish sandwich comes from a fish that's overfished or harvested in a harmful way; or if it is harboring scary containments like mercury or PCBs.
For those who fret over mercury contamination, a new paper published this week in Environmental Health Perspectives may demystify some concerns. The study takes a closer look at mercury levels in a variety of seafood and makes the database available to the public.
"The goal of the paper was to show people who create fish advisories that there's a resource out there more comprehensive than the FDA database," says Tim Fitzgerald, a scientist with the Environmental Defense Fund and co-author of the recent study. The database was also the basis of the seafood selector and mercury advisories put out by EDF and adopted by other groups like Seafood Watch.
"Now everyone can see the information—where we got the data from, where we didn't, and why we made the choices we did," he tells TakePart.
The report is timely. As we reported earlier this spring, Americans are not eating enough fish, and may be missing out on important health benefits. Why? In part, because worries over contamination may have scared them away.
Gavin Gibbons, spokesperson for the National Fisheries Institute, says the newly released study isn't helpful to consumers, and that the net effect of eating fish as a whole food shows there's a clear benefit to the heart and brain.
"Basically this study simply gathered a variety of mercury levels in fish and listed them. We've been down the path of crafting seafood advice based on just mercury or just omega-3s and that isn't helpful because that isn't how people eat fish," he says, noting government dietary guidelines urge people to at least double the amount of fish they currently eat.
Many experts agree that if you eat seafood three or four times a week, it would be wise to vary the types of fish you select. After that, the advice can become muddled depending on the source. Dr. Nicholas Fisher, who studies mercury contamination in seafood at Stony Brook University and was a co-author of the new report, says it's inappropriate to advise people to eat all the fish they want if it's a species of fish known to be enriched with mercury.
"Different fish have different levels of mercury contamination," he tells TakePart. "Upper-level predators like shark, some species of tuna (such as bluefin and albacore) have higher levels, as opposed to tilapia or salmon, which have much lower mercury levels. You can eat all the tilapia you want and show no signs of mercury contamination. That isn't true for swordfish, bluefin, or marlin."
What else gets the okay? Seafood like shrimp, mussels, clams, oysters, and flounder.
It's also just the beginning of this type of study. Fisher says a number of reports and an epidemiological study on seafood consumption and mercury are in the pipeline, but cautions that science moves slowly.
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Researchers at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center have developed a one-step method to create patient-specific vaccines against cancers and infectious diseases. These "customized" vaccines are made by combining heat shock proteins with tumor antigen proteins obtained from tumor masses removed from the body.
Heat shock proteins, also known as HSPs, are found in every cell of every living organism, from bacteria to plants to man. Researchers don't totally understand the role of HSPs within the human body. What is known is that HSPs act as chaperons, helping to move other proteins from one part of the cell to another.
Recent research suggests that HSPs might also serve as a danger signal, activating the body's immune system response to fight the cancer. However, HSPs alone can not trigger the immune system. Instead, HSPs serve as carriers of specific tumor antigens. The HSPs must be attached to protein antigens from the specific tumor and transport those proteins to the body's immune cells.
"Our research team believes that the cancer itself is not the key problem. All of us may have hundreds of cancers in our lifetime, but our immune system recognizes these abnormalities and removes them before they can develop into disease. The problem is when our immune system is unable to recognize the cancer cells and is therefore unable to combat the tumor. When heat shock proteins are combined with protein antigens from a specific tumor, this enables the body*s immune system to recognize the type of cancer cells and elicit an appropriate immune response,* said Pope Moseley, M.D., chief of the UNM School of Medicine*s Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Division, within the Department of Internal Medicine. UNM researchers devised a simple, one-step method to purify the HSP-tumor antigen protein complex. The tumor-specific vaccine is synthesized by purifying the HSP-containing fraction of tumor cells which are limited to the tumor antigens. The protein complex that is produced, then has the ability to trigger the desired tumor immune response. UNM is currently seeking to license this technology.
"There has been a phenomenal explosion in heat shock protein research. Cancer immunotherapy is one of the exciting new areas in cancer research.This technology is suitable for kit applications, making it possible for any hospital or other setting to conveniently generate vaccines that naturally occur in a certain type of tissue or in a specific structure of the body," said Erik Wallen, M.S., senior research assistant at the UNM School of Medicine.
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If you have the old 196 six then almost any newer engine will have more power and drive better. The 2V version of the 196 was rated 135 hp -- gross! That would be about 100-105 hp rated as modern engines are. A modern 2.5L four puts out more, but the 196 DOES have a lot of torque available right off idle -- it's a great "tractor" motor with 3.125" bore and 4.250" stroke. Doesn't rev up fast at all, but pulls right off idle. A modern EFI four with the accompanying modern trans would be a good power choice, something rated over 100 hp (you want more power... 100 hp four would be close to the same as the original engine). Since there are MANY I-4 and V-6 engines, not to mention V-8s, over 100 hp you're wide open for swaps. Remember that you will need the trans with the motor, and you might need to change the rear axle ratio to complement the engine and trans choice. Early Ranger 7.5" axles will fit, as well as 90-92 Ranger 8.8" axles (hard to find!). Later models are a bit wider and would be hard to fit in the American. The original axle is only 55" wide. The Ranger 7.5" is plenty tough for a 250-300 hp V-8 in a cruiser. If you plan on drag racing a lot you'll need the 8.8" though.
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BeschreibungThe American-led "war on terror" has arguably brought about the most significant shift in the contours of the international system since the end of the Cold War. A new "imperial moment" is discernible in US foreign policy in the wake of the neo-conservative rise to power in the USA, marked by the development of a fresh strategic doctrine based on the legitimacy of preventative military strikes on hostile forces across any part of the globe. The contributions in The War on Terror and the American Empire After the Cold War analyze the historical, socio-economic and political dimensions of the current international conjuncture, and assess the degree to which the war on terror has transformed the nature and projection of US global power. Drawing on a range of critical social theories, this collection seeks to ground historically the analysis of global developments since the inception of the new Bush Presidency and weigh up the political consequences of this imperial turn. "The War on Terror and the American Empire After the Cold War is essential reading for those with students and academics with research interests in US History and Politics and Global Politics.
InhaltsverzeichnisIntroduction: The War on Terror and American Empire 1. The Logic of American Power in the International Capitalist Order 2. Reactionary Blowback: The Uneven Ends of the Cold War and the Origins of Contemporary Conflict in World Politics 3. The Intellectual Antecedents of the Bush Regime 4. The Imperial Republic Revisited: The United States in the Era of Bush 5. The Bush Turn and The Drive for Primacy 6. The War on Terrorism and American Empire: Emerging Development Agendas 7. Scenarios of Power
PortraitAlejandro Colas is lecturer in International Relations at the School of Politics and Sociology, Birkbeck College, University of London. He is author of International Civil Society: Social Movements and World Politics (2002) and is on the editorial board of the journal Historical Materialism: Research in Critical Marxist Theory. email@example.com Richard Saull is Lecturer in International Relations in the Department of Politics, University of Leicester. He has published on the Cold War and the international relations of revolutions. He is currently writing a history of the Cold War and convenes the British International Studies Association Working Group on Marxism and International Relations. email@example.com
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Long, loud and ludicrous may be three appropriate adjectives to describe this third installment in the Transformers franchise.
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Clocking in at 155 minutes (five minutes longer than the last movie), the action includes even more computer-animated clashes between the alien Autobots and Decepticons. Adding to their arsenal, the Decepticons prepare to strip the planet of its resources in order to rebuild their own civilization. Their plan is aided by the discovery of one of their wrecked ships on the dark side of the moon.
The skirmishes that follow are anything but quiet. As well, a thundering musical score bellows out of the speakers from beginning until the climatic conflict at the end of the production. (Supposedly the impact of seeing dead bodies, burning cities and severed heads is mitigated by this moving orchestral accompaniment.)
Still long and loud might be excused if it weren't for the script's ludicrous plot elements. Recently graduated from an Ivy League school and looking for work, Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) throws a whining temper tantrum when hardnosed US Secretary of Defense Charlotte Mearing (Frances McDormand) refuses his help after another alien threat is discovered. Yet despite his juvenile behavior, the jobless, freeloading Sam has managed to bed a blonde bombshell and move in with her. (Megan Fox's absence as Mikaela Banes is accounted for with the mention of a painful break-up.)
Dressed in provocative clothing that looks more appropriate for the bedroom than the boardroom, Carly (Rosie Huntington-Whiteley) works for an antique car collector (Patrick Dempsey) whose actions could easily be interpreted as sexual harassment. But beyond exposing her curves in skin-tight attire and keeping her makeup perfectly applied, Carly's character does little more than purse her pouty lips and walk seductively toward the camera while massive explosions erupt around her. These sensual depictions are combined with other moments of sexual innuendo including some suggestive comments by Sam's parents (Julie White, Kevin Dunn) and an awkward encounter with a co-worker (Ken Jeong) in a bathroom stall.
However most of the film's action centers around government deceptions and the escalating turf war between the mechanical extraterrestrials. In the fray, both human and robotic casualties result as characters are stabbed, beheaded, run over and blown up while the Chicago skyline burns (a refreshing change from the usual destruction of New York or Los Angeles).
As always, the Autobots remain committed to the freedom and preservation of mankind. But if the film is trying to say humans are worth saving, the main characters in this film hardly model the kind of behavior that speaks well of our race.Directed by Michael Bay. Starring Shia LaBeouf, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and Tyrese Gibson. Running time: 155 minutes. Theatrical release June 29, 2011. Updated July 12, 2016
Get details on profanity, sex and violence in Transformers: Dark of the Moon here.
Transformers: Dark of the Moon Parents Guide
Sam says he just wants his work to matter. Does he exhibit skills that would be impressive to an employer? Because of his presidential medal does he expect to get a job too easily? What real contributions has he made in the past?
Does this film objectify women? Are there any positive female characters in this movie? What contributions, if any, do women make?


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Oct. 9, 2013
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – For the second time in 2013, the UAB men's soccer team cracked the top 10 of the two major national polls. UAB is currently ranked No. 10 in both the NSCAA/Continental Tire and Soccer America Poll, as announced on Tuesday, Oct. 8.
The Blazers were briefly ranked No. 8 in the country earlier in the season following its victory against defending national champion Indiana on Friday, Sept. 6. This marks the sixth straight week the Green and Gold have appeared in the national rankings. In addition, UAB is ranked first in the Midwest region for the first time this year.
Junior forward Diego Navarrete also earned some national recognition on Tuesday. The Santiago, Chile native was named to the Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week for his performance against Florida Atlantic on Sunday, Oct. 6. Navarrete had eight points (two goals and a UAB-record four assists) against the Owls.
The UAB men's soccer team will be back in action on Saturday, Oct. 12 when it faces Old Dominion. The match is slated to begin at 6 p.m. CT in Norfolk, Va.
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Amazon.com Inc. updated its Kindle Paperwhite, adding a sharper screen, faster processor and new features for the handheld e-reader used to deliver digital content.
The online retailer also introduced a new service giving customers the option to buy discounted Kindle editions of printed books already purchased from Amazon, the Seattle-based company said in a statement today.
Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos is investing in its line of e-readers even as researchers predict declining sales of the devices in coming years. E-reader shipments are projected to fall to 7.1 million units in 2016, a decline of more than two-thirds from a peak volume in 2011, according to IHS Inc.
"If you logged onto your CompuServe account during the Clinton administration and bought a book like 'Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus' from Amazon, Kindle MatchBook now makes it possible for that purchase -- 18 years later -- to be added to your Kindle library at a very low cost," Russ Grandinetti, vice president of Kindle content, said in the statement.
Prices for the digital editions of already purchased books will range from free to $2.99, less than the $9.99 price of many e-books sold via Amazon's online store, the company said. More than 10,000 books will be available when the program, called Kindle MatchBook, starts in October.
For the e-reader, Amazon said the new Kindle model is 25 percent faster, letting users to open books and turn pages more quickly. It features a high-contrast screen that's indistinguishable from physical books, the company said.
The Kindle Paperwhite, which goes on sales later this month, sells for $119 to $189, and was first introduced in September of last year. The device has an 8-week battery life and a front-lit screen, which lets readers scan books in the dark. Amazon is also integrating Goodreads, the reading social network it purchased earlier this year, into Kindle e-reading software.
Amazon advanced 2.8 percent to $288.80 at the close in New York, leaving the shares up 15 percent this year.


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Glenda Humiston, state director for rural development for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, along with international trade experts and local growers, will give presentations on how growers, packing houses, food processing businesses and wineries can increase their sales overseas, according to the Riverside County Economic Development Agency.
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