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Why is hand washing so important?
Washing your hands and your child's hands is the best way to stop the spread of germs. Viruses can live on hard surfaces for up to 2 days and on hands for up to 5 minutes. When you wash your hands, you help clean them and remove the germs that cause illness.
We pick up germs on our hands from touching people or things around us. Raw foods, pets and many other objects in our daily lives carry germs. Wiping your child's nose or changing a diaper is a common way to get germs on your hands. You cannot avoid contacting germs, but you can reduce the chance of infecting yourself and others by knowing when to wash your hands.
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I made this fan-art just after I saw Ridley Scott's Prometheus. Even if the film was often dull (the ontogenesis of the Alien monster), at least it had nice visuals and some good points. The best part for me was Fassbender's portrayal of David the android. Anything you like (or dislike) about this film?
Based on poster for Prometheus, property of FOX.
Based on poster for Prometheus, property of FOX.
i disliked the continuity errors between Prometheus and Alien
oh no you did NOT just do this.... ok, if not a movie poster, then a game, cause I would totally play it XD I loved Fassbender's David: creepy yet charming, freaky and awesome. I love the way he speaks and smiles :0
Lol- WUT XD
Lol Nice one!
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I KNEW IT, WE CAME FROM LEGO!!! it all makes sense now...
This is a magnificent version of the poster. Oh my god it's perfect.
EPIC Job Dude! I watched the movie, and it's a great one!
hahahahahahahaha lets see the movie tie-in lego game to this one
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Do I need to use RedGard?
I am remodeling my bathroom. I am putting new floor, tub, toilet, walls, etc. My shower base is acrylic pane and tub is Americast.
For the floor I am going to use Durock Cement boards, versabond thinset mortar and 6x6 porcelain tile.
For tub and shower surrounding walls I am going to use Durock Cement boards, tile adhesive and 6x6 ceramic tiles.
Some people suggest using RedGard Waterproofing membrane as a waterproofing barrier, but one employee in a Home Depot tile department told me that if I use Durock Cement boards I don't need RedGard. He said he had a lot of experience with tiles.
My questions:
Do I really need to apply RedGard Waterproofing membrane on top of Durock Cement boards before putting tiles?
What is the difference between vapor barrier and waterproofing?
Thanks a lot.
With the amount of water that hits the wall in a shower, Yes, you need something to stop water penetrating into the wall. Cement board and tile is not enough.
With a tub surround that just gets an occasional splash, it's not so necessary, but if you have Redgard left over from the shower, you may as well use it.
I suggest you check out Bud's blog.
Also, what kind of "tile adhesive" did HD sell you? And is this from the same guy who told you you don't need Redgard?
First, I understand that I don't need to apply RerGard on the floor at all because unless some accident happens water is not going to touch the floor.
Second, I will apply RedGard on the shower walls and left over from the shower on the tub surrounding walls
Third, I'll check what kind of "tile adhesive" I got from HD.
Fourth, yes, this is from the same guy who told me that I don't need Redgard.
Thanks again.
Now, here is why I ask about RedGard.
To remodel my bathroom first I demolished all tiled walls. Surprisingly, I found that contractors used just regular drywall (with tile adhesive and ceramic tiles) as tub and shower surrounding walls. No RedGard or any kind of waterproofing membrane.
My townhouse is 25 years old. We moved in 12 years ago and since then my wife used shower cabin and I used tub to take a shower every single day. Now is the biggest surprise. I had to use a hummer and a chisel to remove tiles and destroy walls because tiles and drywall were in a perfect like new condition. No sign of any water damage at all. This is why I have some doubts about necessity of RedGard.
I know that many experts and professionals won't like it and will say this is crazy.
I am not making any statements, I am just telling what I found.
You do not need to use the Redgard. Millions of showers have been built with out using a waterproofing.
However, the information coming down the pike these days is that a surface water-proofer under the tile eliminates the need for a moisture barrier on the studs and it will extend the life of the facility. Here's why in my experience.
Twenty-five years ago when your shower was built it was either built using a mortar type adhesive or what is known as a mastic organic adhesive. The mortar is the way to go. But back then the mastics were made different than they are today. Several years ago your government mandated that all V.O.C.'s be removed from those adhesives of years past. It was those additives that extended the life of a shower when mastic adhesives were used. Those days are gone and so are the quality mastics of the period. Today's mastics (and Acrylpro is one) are not suitable for use in a shower. The makers say they are but us pros see too many failures of young showers so they really aren't suitable.
My advice is to use the Redgard (on the cement board) and also use thinset mortar for the adhesive.:)
Thanks a lot for the information. I already got the Redgard from HD so I'll probably apply it on Durock before putting tiles.
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NATO Parliamentarians today (Tuesday) called for close co-operation between NATO and the European Union in answering a request from the African Union (AU) for help with the crisis in the Darfur region of Western Sudan.
Some 300 parliamentarians from NATO's 26 members unanimously backed a recent NATO decision to offer possible military support to the AU mission. The AU has requested help from the European Union, United Nations, NATO and several donor countries for its mission to try to end what has been called "the world's worst humanitarian crisis".
"The NATO Parliamentary Assembly encourages the European Union and NATO to work together in a spirit of cooperation and complementarity to provide the requisite logistical and financial support in areas such as strategic airlift; training in command and control, in operations planning, in the use of intelligence and in police," a resolution adopted by the plenary of the Assembly's Spring Session noted.
Its adoption followed a lively debate on the issue with NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer. "We would look ridiculous if - 10,000 people a day are dying - and we are not working very closely together on this," he said in reply to calls from the floor for close EU-NATO co-operation.
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The implementation of Medicare Part D—the prescription drug benefit—provided Americans aged 65 and over the opportunity to enroll for Medicare coverage of prescription drugs. Following the first year of the program, two teams of NIA-funded researchers analyzed aspects of this coverage to see how the program is affecting use of medications and how well older people understand the features of their Part D coverage.
The results appeared in the April 23/30, 2008, issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. The first study, by Dr. Jeanne Madden of Harvard Medical School in Boston and colleagues, examined cost-related medication nonadherence and spending on basic needs. The researchers found that the prevalence of cost-related medication nonadherence decreased from 14.1 percent in 2005 to 11.5 percent in 2006, following implementation of Medicare Part D. The prevalence of spending less on basic needs to afford medications was 11.1 percent in 2005 and 7.6 percent in 2006. Cost-related medication nonadherence was strongly associated with disabled status, poorer self-reported health, higher numbers of morbidities, and lower income, both before and after implementation of Part D.
A second study, by Dr. John Hsu of the Center for Health Policy Studies of the Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program in Oakland, CA, and colleagues, looked at beneficiaries' knowledge of the coverage gaps in their Part D benefits and their response to drug costs when they reached the coverage gap. Among beneficiaries in a Medicare Advantage prescription plan, only 40 percent of beneficiaries surveyed said they knew that their plan included a coverage gap. Approximately 36 percent of these beneficiaries reported taking measures to control spending on prescriptions. Limited knowledge of coverage gaps was associated with more reports of financial burden. Seniors with worse knowledge of their Part D benefits were less likely to switch to lower cost medications and more likely to report reducing consumption of basic necessities, like food.
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Madden, J.M., et al.Cost-related medication nonadherence and spending on basic needs following Medicare Part D. JAMA. 2008. 299(16):1922–28 [1]
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Diageo's Kenyan Unit Posts 38% Drop in Full-Year Profit on Costs
Diageo Plc (DGE)'s Kenyan unit, East African Breweries Ltd., posted a 38 percent drop in full-year profit that was worse than analysts expected as costs increased and after a one-time gain last year wasn't repeated.
Net income fell to 6.94 billion shillings ($79 million) in the 12 months through June from 11.2 billion shillings a year earlier, the company said in a statement e-mailed by the Nairobi Securities Exchange today. That missed the 8.19 billion shilling median forecast of four analysts surveyed by Bloomberg. Cost of sales grew 10 percent to 31.6 billion shillings, exceeding a 6.5 percent rise in revenue to 59.1 billion shillings, it said.
The higher cost of sales was a result of higher energy prices, increased warehousing and distribution expenses and a "significant increase in import charges going into Tanzania," Finance Director Tracey Barnes told reporters today in Nairobi.
EABL, Kenya's second-biggest company by market value, warned last month that profit would drop because of higher financing charges. The brewer took a loan in November 2011 to buy a 20 percent stake in Kenya Breweries Ltd. from SABMiller Plc (SAB) and sold a similar shareholding it held in Tanzania Breweries Ltd. to SABMiller. Interest on the loan covered a full year of trading, compared with seven months in the prior fiscal year, it said.
EABL was rated lighten, the equivalent to sell, in coverage initiated by Old Mutual Securities Ltd. (OML) last month. The company's shares have advanced 15 percent this year, under-performing the FTSE-NSE 25 Share Index, which has gained 29 percent in the same period.
East African Breweries controls 95 percent of Kenya's beer industry. The company has operations in neighboring Uganda and Tanzania, where it owns 51 percent of Serengeti Breweries Ltd., that country's second-largest beer maker. EABL exports its products to South Sudan and has registered a unit there while it decides whether to enter a joint venture or operate on its own in the world's newest country.
Diageo, the world's biggest liquor maker, owns 50 percent of EABL.
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Known for innovative and sustainable home accessories, Mio branches out with a new line of products that move with their owners.
Philadelphia based Mio debuted a new collection of sustainably driven, innovative products that owners either wear or travel with. Mio started as a company nearly ten years ago with a goal of making sustainability something that everyone can afford with products designed to be both functional and stylish. The company's philosophy of "Responsible Desire" is based on producing products that can be easily disassembled and recycled using existing infrastructures. Their products are the result of not only creative design but also efficient use of materials, efficiency of shipping, and a closed-loop life cycle.
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Review: 2010 Flow Verve 155w - 2009 Forum Republics
Weight: 205 lbs
Board: 2010 Flow Verve 155w
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Days Ridden: 2(with a 3rd tomorrow)
Conditions: Average December in Michigan minus the snow. We've have like maybe 10in of real snow, with most of it melting. Looking out the window now, I can see a ton of grass. At the hill, I could swear they carried the parking lot snow and through on the mountain. On the second day, when I arrived they riding the snow cat through clumps of snow. By mid morning they had the run covered, but it was very icy.
Groomers: I always get scared when hitting ice, and that was no exception today with the whole hill be ice. This think was killing it when I was bombing, holding an edge like it was nobodies business. When ever I hit the parts that the groomer didn't hit and was still natural, I could lay a carve like no other.
Chop: It rattle a little bit on ice, but nothing outta the normal chattering.
Speed: Compared to my Lamar boards I've owned, I know what bombing is now, and that was on factory wax. My hot wax stuff is coming in the mail for my birthday and will report back on it.
Ice: First day out, I didn't have a detune and I caught quite a few edges doing ground 360s. After the detune, I caught one edge on some ice, but that was my fault for bombing the freshly groomed parking lot ice run.
Park: I love this board off kickers, it feels so natural. I did a few 180's nothing big, but I handled the 20ft kickers well. The boxs felt smooth, I didn't catch an edge. Soft but not as soft as I thought it would be.
Bindings: Almost god. The heel strap is confertable as hell as well as the toe cap fitting my boots, my friend boots, and my other friends boots well. My only complaint is there the largest size, but with my size 12 boots, it takes a lot of work to get the first few ratchets on the toe strap.
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Around the time of the election, I began following Dean Chambers, the infamous "unskewed polls" moron, on Facebook. Turns out he's an old-school wingnut, going full John Bircher with this post against fluoridation of the water supply. No doubt he'll be talking about our precious bodily fluids next.
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So that's my problem: a calloused pineal gland.
Thanks for opening my inner eye, Chambers!
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Didn't Descartes identify the pineal as the seat of the soul?
It aaaall falls into place.
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Out of sheer curiosity, does anyone know what this picture is actually of, and what's going on in it?
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But what about our precious bodily fluids?
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Why the specific concern with the pineal gland?
Scientist Descartes has proven it's the principle seat of the soul. That's why.
THEY are going after God. The bastards.
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Did anyone else see this ad on Freethought Blogs that the keyword fluoride probably pulled up?
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Out of sheer curiosity, does anyone know what this picture is actually of, and what's going on in it?
I found the original source of the image here:
Those are rat stomachs, and evidently, the differences between the two have nothing to do with fluoride deposits, but rather are gastric lesions due to some procedure performed on the pineal gland.
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Jewish Family & Life (JFL Media), November 2008
In this column, part of the Sigi Ziering series on the ethics of leadership, the author discusses Levinas's value to recognize the infinite dignity of others but also to be prepared for our responsibilities to them -- the ways in which they will command us. We fear encountering the homeless, for example, because we know they are a valuable and unique image of the Divine, and our sense of responsibility to them if encountered may be so profound as to be overwhelming.
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Tonight, WWE Smackdown at Verizon Arena here in Little Rock, and I got the chance to interview Sheamus! Was very happy to have the chance to ask him a few questions this morning, including some questions from KSSN listeners! Check out the interview below!
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(Article by CPI(ML) GS Dipankar Bhattacharya that appeared in DNA daily, 14 April 2014)
Uttar Pradesh and Bihar are undoubtedly the two most crucial states that will decide the final overall outcome of the battle for the 16th Lok Sabha. The BJP's ambitious Mission 272 revolves heavily around its desperate game plans to secure a dramatic increase in its tallies in these two key battlegrounds. And indeed, most opinion polls predict rich dividends for the BJP in UP, Bihar and Jharkhand. But the ground level signals and campaign trends emerging from these states clearly suggest that the hype and hot air unleashed by the BJP would not fetch it the kind of booty predicted by these polls and propagated by the mainstream corporate media.
In UP, the BJP design has been woven around two key components – the Muzaffarnagar riots and Modi's Varanasi expedition. The riots indeed fetched rich dividends for the BJP in the Assembly elections in Rajasthan and in rural pockets of Delhi, and now Amit Shah is invoking it openly to harvest votes in UP. The implications of Modi's foray into Varanasi amidst frenzied chants of 'Har Har Modi' are also quite obvious in the light of the old Sangh brigade slogan "Ayodhya toh jhanki hai, Kashi-Mathura baaki hai" (Ayodhya is only a prelude to what is going to happen next in Kashi and Mathura) as much as the unmistakable communal overtone of the Modi campaign and the renewed call for Ram Mandir in the belatedly released BJP manifesto.
As far as Bihar is concerned, the BJP's poll drive began with Narendra Modi's highly publicised Hunkaar Rally in Patna in last October. The mysterious blasts and the unfortunate casualties that marked the rally presented the BJP with an emotive platform to launch a high-decibel campaign against perceived threats to Modi's life – the bogey invoked to legitimise the string of fake encounters in post-genocide Gujarat – and advocate the BJP's agenda for a hard state. But the inspiring and emphatic mass response to the Khabardar Rally organised by the CPI(ML) just two days after the Modi show went a long way to challenge and defuse the BJP game plan.
The aggressive rise of the BJP in Bihar in recent years has obviously been facilitated to a large extent by the opportunist and capitulationist politics of self-styled crusaders of social justice and secularism. While Nitish Kumar deluded himself with the praises he got initially from the BJP camp, the latter quietly and systematically went about the job of spreading its network and consolidating its grip over the political and bureaucratic establishment in Bihar. By the time Nitish Kumar severed his ties with the BJP – partly because of the inherent incompatibility and unsustainability of the overarching social coalition represented by the BJP-JD(U) combine and partly driven by the calculation of emulating the Naveen Patnaik strategy in Bihar – it was too late.
While Nitish Kumar is trying to chart his own course after faithfully serving the BJP for seventeen long years, Ram Vilas Paswan and Upendra Kushwaha have rushed with alacrity to claim the slot vacated by Nitish Kumar in the BJP-led coalition. But the opportunist strategy of these self-seeking leaders has failed to enthuse their ranks and the so-called 'masterstrokes' do not really seem to be paying off either for the BJP or for its allies. At the end of the day, the BJP has to rely essentially on its predominantly feudal core and its traditional politics of feudal aggression epitomised most notoriously by the Ranveer Sena which had carried out a series of massacres of the rural poor during the reign of Lalu Prasad and Rabri Devi.
The close organic relationship between the BJP and the Ranveer Sena has always been an open secret in Bihar. One of the first steps the JD(U)-BJP government took after coming to power in November 2005 was to disband the Justice Amir Das Commission which was about to expose the political links of the Ranveer Sena. In recent times the Patna High Court has acquitted en masse all those who had been convicted in connection with massacres perpetrated by the Sena. Brahmeshwar Singh, the notorious chief of the Sena, who was described as Bihar's Gandhi by BJP leader Giriraj Singh, had expressed his explicit wish to see Modi as PM. Brahmeshwar Singh had contested from Ara as an independent candidate in 2004 when the BJP was not in the fray. And now when the BJP has fielded its own candidate in 2014, Brahmeshwar's son Indubhushan Singh is supporting the BJP from Ara, choosing instead to contest from Patliputra where the BJP has fielded the former RJD leader Ramkripal Yadav as its candidate!
In a desperate bid to weaken the CPI(ML)'s poll prospects – the party had won from Ara in 1989, finished second in 2004 and third in 2009 – the Sena chose the period of nomination to kill CPI(ML) leader Budhram Paswan. On 24 March, Ara saw two contrasting processions, the cavalcade that accompanied the BJP candidate, former home secretary RK Singh, while filing his nomination, and thousands of people who joined the last journey of their beloved leader Budhram Paswan. CPI(ML) activists are not the only ones who are facing the brunt of the Sena-BJP politics of feudal-communal violence. Popular young teacher Mohammad Akbar Khan who used to offer free tuition to needy students, Hindu and Muslim alike, was gunned down at Piro, the evening before Budhram Paswan was killed in the adjacent Charpokhri block.
At a time when the BJP is trying to vitiate the political atmosphere with its feudal-communal venom and the likes of Nitish Kumar, Ram Vilas Paswan and Lalu Prasad stand exposed and discredited for their politics of opportunism and betrayal of the people's cause, the Left must step up its independent political role based on struggles for justice, human dignity and people's rights. Unfortunately, at this crucial juncture the CPI has once again chosen to side with the ruling party, a thoroughly discredited and rapidly declining JD(U), even as the CPI(ML) is spearheading a spirited and powerful Left rebuff in Bihar and Jharkhand to the aggressive and sinister BJP campaign. The suicidal policy of opportunist alliances with regional parties has run its course and the Left must forge ahead on the basis of popular assertion against the growing threat of corporate and communal subversion of democracy.


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Mom picked up my new brother today, he's called Hari! I love him very much but somethings not right? I have big feet but his are even bigger! He's also got bigger floppier ears than me...
i have finally put on weight!! i am now 20 weeks old and now weigh 43lb, i was slow to gain the pounds, when i first moved in i was 18lb and i was 12 weeks old. I didn't gain much weight initially and comparing me to my other friends i seemed very small but thanks to a new diet of minced beef, fish and chicken i am enjoying my meals and catching up fast! my mum and dad also say i have grown 3 inches in that time too.
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New Census data raise number of poor to 49 million
By David Morgan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of poor Americans hit a record 49 million in 2010, or 16 percent, according to new data released on Monday that showed poverty rates for the elderly, Asians and Hispanics higher than previously known.
The figures were calculated by the Census Bureau under a broad new measure intended to supplement the official standard with a fuller picture of poverty in the United States. Results contrast with official poverty data, released in September, that put the number of poor Americans at 46.2 million.
The biggest rise occurred among people aged 65 and older who are being driven into poverty by out-of-pocket medical expenses, including premiums and co-pays from the federal government's Medicare program for the elderly.
The poverty rate for the elderly jumped to 15.9 percent, or a roughly 1 in 6 senior citizens, versus 9 percent under the official count.
The findings highlight the challenges facing Republicans and Democrats on a special congressional "super committee" charged with cutting at least $1.2 trillion from the federal budget over the next 10 years.
Both sides have proposed hundreds of billions of dollars in cuts to Medicare, which threatens to explode the U.S. debt burden, despite intensive lobbying against reductions by groups that represents beneficiaries and healthcare providers.
"People will say this shows how crucial it is not to cut a penny out of Medicare spending. And that's unfortunate, because it's an argument against solving the deficit," said Ron Haskins of the Brookings Institution.
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As widely speculated since the official start of summer, Facebook has delivered on a big promise to roll out what the social networking giant's CEO Mark Zuckerberg calls an "awesome" new feature.
Now boasting more than 750 million registered users, Facebook has announced its integration with Skype for the purposes of creating a groundbreaking video calling platform that will not only change the way friends and family interact online, but also the way small businesses can correspond with current and prospective clients.
"Your least technical friend is going to be able to get online with video chat and get connected," Zuckerberg said upon introducing the new feature. "You'll connect with your friends on the social network that already has all your friends."
What's true for casual users is also true for small business owners who use Facebook for promotional and customer relations purposes.
"I think Facebook is really making an inadvertent overture to the business community with the Skype platform," business analyst Mike Randazzo tells the Intuit Small Business Blog. Like other social media and business analysts, Randazzo believes there may soon come a time when small business owners may want to hire someone to take incoming customer video calls on Facebook.
"When you think about its various applications," Randazzo says, "you can provide outstanding customer service to clients. You can offer consulting services, you can trouble-shoot, or you can even take orders and handle billing inquiries. The applications for this feature in a small business setting are beyond plentiful."
The simplicity of the platform is what will ultimately drive customers to a rapid adoption of the service, social media experts largely concur.
Facebook has integrated Skype in a way that doesn't place cumbersome setup or installation burdens on the user. To utilize the new feature, for example, Facebook registrants simply install a small plugin and the video chat functionality becomes accessible from that day forward. In fact, users aren't even required to have a Skype account to enjoy the service.
Once the plugin is installed, profile pages will display a new button that's located between the "Message" and "Poke" buttons. The added button says "Call." Once you click it, the page registrant or Facebook friend receives a popup message asking whether they want to accept or decline the call. If it's accepted, the video call immediately commences. The entire process takes just a few seconds.
"With time, I can see Facebook expanding this platform significantly," Randazzo says. "For the time being, video chat in Facebook is a web-only feature. That's going to have to change. Before long, users are going to demand the 'call' button on their Facebook smartphone application."
"It will take time for these sophisticated tweaks to happen — the ability to receive multiple video calls, video call transfers, video call conferencing, video call waiting, etc.," Randazzo concludes. "But we'll get there. And it will be supremely beneficial to small business."
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All kinds of musical instruments can be fashioned from clay, with one of the simplest being the ocarina. Flutes, whistles and ocarinas are known as airduct flutes and they come in many shapes and sizes. Their common characteristic is an airduct assembly, which makes it easier for a novice to play, since it removes the requirement that a player carefully position their mouth and lips in the precise way necessary to get a proper tone.
The ocarina project we are presenting today makes an ideal ceramics lesson plan for teachers incorporating basic handbuilding skills. Or it can be a fun project for those who need a break from their regular studio work. Check it out and start making music with clay! – Jennifer Harnetty, editor.
Gather Your Pottery Making Tools
- Metal rib with a serrated edge
- Sponge and cup of water Countersink – found at hardware stores; used to make nice beveled edges on the finger holes
- Tool with a nice flat blade – for smoothing the clay and shaping the sound hole
- Popsicle sticks Drill bits or a hole-cutting tool to make the finger holes
This article is one of the many ceramic musical instrument projects in From Mud to Music, available in the Ceramic Arts Daily Shop.
Make Music with Clay
Before you get started, bevel the tips of your popsicle sticks to make them effective cutting tools. If you have access to an electric bench sander, you can easily put beveled edges on the ends of your sticks. But you can get similar results by rubbing the edge of the stick over a sheet of medium grade sandpaper held on a flat surface.
Shape a piece of fresh clay into a smooth ball. A pound of clay will make an ocarina about the size of a medium orange. Cut the ball in half through its middle. Pinch the two halves into bowl shapes. Cradle the clay in one hand and shape it with the thumb and index finger of the other. Turn the clay in your hand frequently and keep the thickness of the wall as even as possible. If the clay begins to dry and crack, use your sponge and water to remoisten it.
When the two halves match up perfectly, fuse them together into one hollow shape. Use the serrated rib to rough up the rim of each half and paint on an even coat of water. Allow the clay to soften a bit before joining the halves.
The mouthpiece shown below is approximately 1 inch wide, 1 1/2 inches long and 3/4 of an inch thick. Notice that the mouthpiece shape has squared sides with a slight taper from back to front. The mouthpiece is thick enough to allow for the later insertion of the beveled popsicle stick to create the windway. The shape of the mouthpiece can be smoothed after it has been attached to the body. Lay the mouthpiece next to the body to determine the best place for attachment.
Use the needle tool to thoroughly score the end of the mouthpiece and the area where the mouthpiece will be attached. Brush on a liberal coating of water. Allow the clay in this area to soften. Set the mouthpiece and body on the table and press them together. The mouthpiece must be aligned with the flat side of the body.
After the mouthpiece is attached, pick up the body and smooth away the seam. Complete this step thoroughly to minimize the risk of cracking later. Carefully insert the popsicle stick into the mouthpiece to create the windway. Care must be taken to ensure that the stick passes through the mouthpiece parallel to the top and bottom surfaces and squarely with the sides. Slow even pressure is best.
With the stick used to create the windway still in place, use another beveled-edge stick to cut the aperture, or window, on the underside of the ocarina. The aperture should be located so that the side closest to the mouthpiece is just inside the interior of the wall of the body. If the hole is cut too close to the mouthpiece, the aperture will be blocked by the wall. Make a squared opening and remove the small piece of clay. Cut all the way down to the stick underneath. Make clean, squared cuts on all four sides.
Next, with the beveled edge of the stick facing down, make a square cut at a 45° angle, moving toward the mouthpiece, as shown in the illustration. Press the stick in until it reaches the other stick. Follow through, removing the small piece of clay. Your objective is to create a sharp beveled edge on the side of the aperture farthest from the mouthpiece. This sharp edge splits the air from the windway and creates the sound. Carefully withdraw the stick from the windway. Bring the ocarina to your lips and give it a test blow. If it whistles, you can move on to the next step. If there is no whistle, reinsert the stick in the airway and check the sharpness of the bevel.
Withdraw the windway stick, being careful to keep the stick flat. Do not raise or lower it, as this will misalign the bevel. Use a drill bit or a hole cutter to create the finger holes on the top of the ocarina. Use the countersink tool to smooth the edges of the holes. It is most common to create 4-6 holes, but you may do as you like. Depending on the precision of your mouthpiece assembly, at some point as you add more holes, your ocarina may stop sounding. If this happens, either adjust your windway and bevel until it works again, or fill in your last finger hole and declare success! If you want to tune your ocarina to a specific scale, cut and tune one hole at a time. Enlarging a hole raises its pitch, so start small and enlarge each hole until you achieve the pitch you want.
You can fire and finish your ocarina in almost any way imaginable. If you elect to glaze it, be careful not to get any glaze in the windway, which will clog it. It is also advisable not to glaze the beveled edge of the aperture. Very slight changes to your mouthpiece assembly can alter the ocarina's sound, or make it stop working altogether.
This project makes a great lesson plan for K-12 teachers as it combines not only visual art and music, but also history. Ancient examples of these instruments have been found in China, India and throughout the Americas, and the pre-Columbian inhabitants of America created some of the most complex and acoustically advanced instruments known to this day. In addition to the how-to instruction it presents, From Mud to Music is also loaded with information on the history of these instruments.
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BUILT IN 2006 and suitable for buyers over the age of 55 is this STUNNING 2 bedroom GROUND FLOOR retirement apartment situated in the heart of THUNDERLSEY VILLAGE and offered for sale with NO ONWARD CHAIN. The property has been REALLY well maintained with accommodation comprising of spacious entrance hall, IMPRESSIVE LOUNGE, modern fitted kitchen with built in appliances, 2 GOOD SIZE BEDROOMS and spacious 4 piece bathroom. The property has the added benefit of a communal lounge, library and 2 sun decks. To the rear is communal parking. Buyers wishing to downsize with the added security of a WARDEN controlled facility are strongly advised to view this property WITHOUT delay.
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Grey roll top work surfaces with a range of modern light wood effect fronted units to eye and base level with built in 4 ring electric hob with extractor cooker hood over, integrated refrigerator, freezer and washing machine, built in electric oven, 1 1/2 bowl stainless steel sink unit, concealed unit, lighting.
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The key is to shop around, do your research, and ask lots of questions if you are unsure. A lot of these online shops offer around the clock support. That's better than the big department stores.
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© Hotmidhun (Help) It is indeed a moment of great joy that my first attempt on illustration submission has gone the right way.
I shall now confidently attempt more of this.
But I am yet to get my break though in sales even on the photo front. Once that happens, it would definitely be my next post.
Maybe due to a personal inclination, but there is a deep belief within me that almost all Indians' characterize well when done candid.
Indian females are best subjects of candid photography. When done on an arranged shoot, they always tend to get shy and the right expression almost never accompanies the shot.
What initially started as a SoFoBoMo project for me with title "Faces of South India" has given me a lot of insights on candid photography.
Only drawback being, you always end up without getting a model release, and the images are only good for editorial. Hopefully India will become more liberal in outlook soon..
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I am also new to the field of stock photography. So I haven't tried any major agency sites so far.
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By Christmas 99.99% of the populace will have moved on mentally.
When Congress comes back from the holidays they'll have about one week to handle the fiscal cliff before it implodes and sends us back into a 2008 style recession. Unemployment hits 11%.
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Is A Lexus Car The Best Choice For You?
As you may know, Lexus is the luxury car arm of Japanese car maker Toyota. Lexus has been making cars since 1989, and you can see their models driven on many roads around the world!
The brand is a healthy competitor to the German "Big Three"; Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz. Are you thinking of buying a luxury car soon? If so, you will doubtless be considering a Lexus. But why should you buy a Lexus, and what makes the brand better than the competition?
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In today's blog post, I will share with you some of the top reasons why Lexus owners prefer their cars over ones made by other brands.
Without a doubt, Toyota is one of the most-reliable car brands on the market today. Toyota builds Lexus cars, and so that reliability follows through to their luxury car brand.
In fact, the US Consumer Reports lists Lexus as being one of the best and reliable car brands on the market today.
It doesn't matter whether you own a budget car or an exotic one. As a car owner, you expect trouble-free motoring for your car. Lexus cars won't let you down on the road.
If you want a luxury car for both personal and business purposes, Lexus is the brand of choice for many motorists when it comes down to cost. For example, you buy a brand new Lexus IS from just $36,650 (£26,495).
Head over to BMW, and the cheapest mid-range executive car you can buy is the 5 Series, which starts from $49,500 (£30,265).
Cost isn't everything when buying cars, as the folks over at Inchcape Lexus will tell you. Car buyers have to take into account the total cost of ownership. That cost includes servicing, maintenance and fuel.
BMW cars are well-known for being thirsty and expensive to fix. Many Lexus vehicles come with hybrid options, enabling you to have cheaper running costs.
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Head over to a BMW or Mercedes-Benz dealership, and you will feel rather uninspired at the model lineup. Most of their models look like one another and don't make any fashion statements!
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None of the Lexus models that you can buy today are sluggish or unrefined. Lexus, like its parent company Toyota, are also focused on making their cars eco-friendly.
Lexus have developed a series of high-performance hybrid models. These hybrids don't compromise between power and fuel economy. They are popular among individuals and business fleet managers alike!
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Good point, I actually forgot about the reducers being active reducers. Does that then mean that DBC and DBU are not lacquer like?
The activator spec'd for DBC is DX57.
Remember dbc does not require an activator. Dbu contains isocyanates in its reactive reducer. I am by no means a chemist, but believe with the reaction of the acrylic and isocyanates, you are now creating some crosslinking and if it creates a urethane chain, could be considered a urethane.
I just got an old can of dbc up from the basement. It said acrylic resin, and said nothing about polyester. Paint manufacturers aren't very forthcoming on whats all in there paints, not like the average painter like me could really understand the chemistry anyways.
And it seems like a paint company can call their paint whatever they want, lacquer, enamel, urethane enamel, polyurethane enamel, or simply urethane or polyurethane. If its any consulation, I was able to wipe off some of the 3 year paint drippage off the side of the can to be able to read it with a bit of urethane reducer without affecting the underlying ink too much. I don't know if there was any reducer in it from adding left over or not, but really don't believe it would make any difference, as I doubt dt reducer contains any iso's.
This is all just how I take it, everything could be wrong, or some could be wrong. For the real skinny would require talking to a chemist that you can actually understand.
I believe anything from a lacquer to a urethane can be made from polyester or acrylic resins. And believe basecoat has better propertys then lacquers of old, basecoat has some flexability and with todays basecoats and clear urethanes you don't see to many using flex additives as they really aren't needed.
Did a lot of reading and I still don't totally understand it.
A lacquer is simply a coating composition based on synthetic thermoplastic film-forming material dissolved in a votile solvent (VOC's) and dried primarily by solvent evaporation. Typical lacquers include those based on nitrocellulose, other cellulose derivatives, vinyl resins, acrylic resins, etc.
And a urethane is created when a urethane link is created by reacting an isocyanate with monomer containing alcohol (polyester resins are made from glycol alcohols)
The urethane is formed by the reaction of the hydroxyl from the polyether or polyester polyol with a suitable
diisocyanate. The diisocyanate continues to react with another polyols hydroxyl group, leading to chain extension
and molecular weight build. The link thus formed is called a urethane link
To further complicate the description, acrylic polyol can be used, either as the base backbone material or as mixtures
with the polyether and polyester polyols. The resulting adhesives acquire some of the properties of acrylic
chemistry and can be called acrylic urethane, polyester-acrylic urethane or polyether-acrylic urethane.
I still don't think an activated base is going to be the same thing as far as amount of crosslinking occuring and durability of the final product as a urethane clear or single stage, and believe less isocyanate is used, just some to create crosslinking and increase intercoat adhesion, and its going to be the weakest part of a system. I don't have anything finished in dbu to test and any i had is gone except a hardened up can of reactive reducer, I haven't used any dbu in 15 years. Believe activating base, there will be some crosslinking, and the activated base will eventually harden up inside the can (so shouldn't pour back activated base with unmixed stuff) But its no secret to most painters that activating your base will increase its durability, repairablity, and intercoat adhesion, and to offer a lifetime paint warrenty shops have to activate the basecoat. You can look at what barry k says about base in this thread, specially page 2.
I think the reason dbu, which is an earlier basecoat system, uses activated reducer is they were experiencing some troubles with clear to base adhesion, and by adding isocyanate and requireing using the reactive reducer eliminated the problem. Could be wrong here too, but its what sticks in my head for some reason.
Again just rambling, and giving my thoughts and sure I could be wrong. Lacquer has become such a dirty word, that when someone mentions a basecoat being anything near lacquer based and it creates a stir. I think its all moot anyways. PPG DBU and DBC I think we both would agree are good bases, and we should concentrate on figuring out how to use the products correctly and what works best for us, and probably best to leave the chemistry part to the chemists.
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Such a plan cannot work if ýou're the aggressor.
It's plainly knee-jerk and overemotional, not to mention erratic and ill-thought out.
They've been the aggressor for quite a while now...
Maybe so, but not in the eyes of their key allies
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UN Rights Chief Slams Israel Storming of Relief Boat to Gaza
The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, has joined a chorus of international condemnations of Israel's storming of a boat carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza. The High Commissioner expressed her shock while reviewing human rights conditions around the world at the opening of the 14th session of the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva.
U.N. Rights Chief, Navi Pillay, condemns the indiscriminate firing of rockets from Gaza into Israel. But, says this does not excuse the government's heavy-handed measures against the inhabitants of this Palestinian territory.
She is particularly critical of Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip, saying this undermines human rights on a daily basis.
Pillay notes there have been marginal increases in the amount of goods allowed into Gaza recently.
"But, the current situation falls far short of what is necessary for the population to lead normal and dignified lives," she said. "Today, I am also registering my shock at reports that humanitarian aid was met with violence early this morning reportedly causing death and injury as the boat convoy approached the Gaza coast."
Israeli commandos killed more than 10 people when they stormed a convoy of ships delivering aid to Gaza. Israel says it responded to attacks against its soldiers, 10 of whom were injured.
U.N. High Commissioner Pillay criticizes the human rights situations in other countries as well.
She says she is concerned that Sri Lanka has not investigated the alleged gross violations committed by both government and Tamil Tiger forces in the last stages of fighting last year. She is calling for an independent commission to examine this issue.
Pillay is also calling for an independent investigation of the recent unrest in Thailand. And, says all those found responsible for human rights violations should be held accountable.
Turning to Africa, she says she is very concerned about the violent clashes between communities, which took place in Nigeria in January and March.
"My office continues to receive troubling information on the situation in Jos, with serious concerns for the risk of further violence," she said. "I encourage the government to work closely with local authorities and civil society to take effective measures to prevent the recurrence of violence by addressing its underlying causes and by punishing abuse. Measures to address the issue of hate speech are also of paramount importance here."
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We had a good look at the SpidoLite case again and realized that we could actually remove a little more material in order to make the whole watch even lighter. This will be done by milling out as seen on the drawing below.
In other words this is what future SpidoLite owners should expect to see when turning their watch. Unless of course they opt for the version with the Svend Andersen movement. They will of course be looking at the wonderfully decorated movement plates and blue gold rotor.
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