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Here's what past INPEX exhibitors are saying about America's Largest Invention Trade Show:
"I have been working on my product for several years and wished I had attended INPEX sooner. Your show is a wealth of opportunities and resources, especially for those just starting out. I was skeptical about attending, but I will let you know, over any trade show I have attended, your show has given our company many leads to get our company to the next level."
--Grace SooHoo, Simple Necessit-Ease, Inc.
"We cannot say strongly enough how valuable it was for us to attend INPEX. It has been the best investment for us to date to grow our brand. We met contacts in areas we never anticipated and we continue to attain more opportunities with every contact we explore."
-–Dr. Roland Berthiaume, Lo-Bak TRAX™
"With so many attendees and exhibitors registered, INPEX provided a fantastic forum for [us] to meet key industry personnel from around the world. Covering retail, manufacturing, distribution and so many more sectors, our team was able to engage with a variety of folks from several industries around the world."
-–MaryAnne Randall, ClearKey®
"Everything has been perfect! I couldn't imagine everything being as good as it has been. On a scale of one to 10, I would have to give the show a 100!"
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"This show was very informative and I would advise any inventor to exhibit. Matching me up with Bosch Tools was ideal!"
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"I've been spreading the word that INPEX is the place to be if someone has an idea... It was such an amazing opportunity and we were blessed at the huge response we received."
-–Jennifer Gerlacher, INPEX 2010 Exhibitor
"I learned priceless information about getting my invention either licensed, marketed, manufactured, packaged, distributed, or even invested in during the classes held each morning... [INPEX was] an overall welcoming atmosphere for the exhibitors to showcase our inventions with pride."
-–Angelique Warner, INPEX 2010 Exhibitor
"After two days of making contacts, we can already declare this show a successful trip."
--Gary Greer, INPEX 2010 Exhibitor
"Everyone here has been remarkable and the staff is very helpful!"
--Clarence & Dustyn Wilmot, INPEX 2010 Exhibitors
"I learned so much at INPEX. My hats off to them for such a great and wonderful experience. They were very professional in all they did, with all of us inventors in mind."
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"We are so pleased with the INPEX show. We met some great people. The INPEX staff, exhibitors, judges and media were awesome. We plan on coming back to INPEX next year - hopefully with a new invention."
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"The show far surpassed my expectations. I met such lovely people who were willing to give information and share experiences. The information I received was priceless. This show was extremely well-planned and staff was fantastic."
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"The show was great! We made so many valuable contacts and found all of the seminars to be very educational."
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I am a big believer in the 'Glance' economy. I am not sure how digital watches will play out, but I am all for getting data all over my body!
I have been an avid watch collector for the last 20 years, but buying expensive watches is boring. I like the concept of fashion and utility for 2014 more than just fashion and expensive.
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Smartwater is giving a new reason to cool off: Actor Idris Elba is steaming up their new fall ad campaign.
The print-ad campaign, which will run in upcoming issues of GQ, Essence and Men's Journal magazines, will feature the handsome Emmy-nominated actor in four different scenes that depict his lifestyle and the importance of Smartwater in his daily routine.
It's Elba's first ads for the water brand, but he initially joined its parent Coca-Cola Company in 2010. He accompanied 21 students from 12 HBCUs on a journey to South Africa as part of the 2010 Open Happiness Tour.
Check for more of Elba this month at the Emmy Awards where he's up for Best Actor in a Miniseries for his BBC show Luther and Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy on Showtime's The Big C.
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My response is that this shows that the Syrian situation could become a major problem for the entire region. The reason for this is that it might be degenerating into a religious conflict between Muslim sects. If this conflict becomes a conflict between Sunni and Shi'a, it could lead to a wider fight in the Middle East. In theory, Iran might get drawn in to protect the Shi'a in Syria. This conflict might also spread and, for example, reignite the civil war in Iraq between Sunni and Shi'a that was raging a few years ago.


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Suppose you're a parent in Malaysia and you're thinking to yourself, "I really think my kid might be gay, but I have no handy checklist to assist me in my prognosis! What will I do?"
Worry no more! The Malaysian Education Ministry has come to the rescue!
They have released a helpful "How-To" guide to help you identify the homosexuals
Symptoms of Gays:
- Have a muscular body and like to show their body by wearing V-neck and sleeveless clothes
- Prefer tight and light-coloured clothes
- Attracted to men and
- Like to bring big handbags, similar to those used by women, when hanging out
Symptoms of Lesbians:
- Attracted to women
- Besides their female companions, they will distance themselves from other women
- Like to hang out, have meals and sleep in the company of women
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The Guardian made an unusual admission this week. In a piece titled "On averting accusations of anti-Semitism," the paper's Readers' Editor, Chris Elliott, acknowledged (or at least partly acknowledged) that The Guardian had a problem with anti-Semitism.
The paper likes to think of itself as a bastion of liberalism, fairness and anti-racism, and most Guardian staff would probably acknowledge that anti-Semitism is one of, if not the, most deadly forms of racism in history.
"Guardian reporters, writers and editors must be more vigilant about the language they use when writing about Jews or Israel," wrote Elliott.
He added that Guardian writers should have avoided "references [this year] to Israel/US 'global domination' and the term 'slavish' to describe the US relationship with Israel; and, in an article on a lost tribe of Mallorcan Jews, what I regarded as a gratuitous reference to 'the island's wealthier families'."
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More than two decades ago in his native County Kerry, Ireland, Patie O'Sullivan spent his summers singing at local pubs and hotels. Although traditional Irish songs and standards made up much of his repertoire, it was an American classic, the Kris Kristofferson-penned "Me and Bobby McGee," that sent the Irish musician on a voyage to America.
Following months of working as a carpenter in London, O'Sullivan was back in his hometown, Inchees West, when he and his brother decided to go to a pub one evening in August 1989.
"Normally, after work, we say, ?Well, we'll go for a pint of Guinness somewhere,' " the singer, guitarist and accordion player recalled.
The brothers' choice for a town with a pub was either Waterville or Cahirciveen. O'Sullivan picked Waterville, a coastal resort town on the Atlantic Ocean known for its fishing and celebrity-attracting golf course.
As happens in Irish pubs, O'Sullivan joined the band at The Lobster Pub that night for a song.
"Over here in the U.S., musicians do their gig and nobody in the audience sings," he explained. "Well, a typical Irish pub, when I was playing, the musicians were doing the music but they weren't considered successful if they didn't get the audience involved. It's not a good session if you don't get the people singing along. You rarely get that here but, I tell you, it's way better fun."
So that fateful evening at The Lobster Pub, O'Sullivan sang "Me and Bobby McGee," a song that begins with the line, "Busted flat in Baton Rouge, waiting for a train." All the while, he couldn't help but notice that a stranger had entered the pub.
"I got off the stage and she came up to me and said, ?I'm from Baton Rouge,' " O'Sullivan recalled. "I said, ?I didn't even know Baton Rouge existed.' I thought it was fiction in a song. What did I know about Baton Rouge? But the rest is history."
Indeed, despite the distance, time and travel involved in an international romance, O'Sullivan and his American girlfriend from Baton Rouge, Ginny, married in a year's time. The couple lived in Houston for 18 months before moving to Baton Rouge.
South Louisiana's hot climate compelled O'Sullivan, a man accustomed to cooler places, to change professions. He got a teaching degree and is a high-school woodworking teacher at Tara High School. He continued playing music for a while, especially around St. Patrick's Day, but eventually found he could not juggle teaching by day and playing music by night.
"I put a hiatus on it," he said.
It took a poem that spoke lovingly of home to bring O'Sullivan back to music. The late Abe Huggard, a fellow Kerry man who owned a Waterville hotel where O'Sullivan had often performed, offered his poem, "Waterville You Call Me," to the singer-guitarist in hopes he'd make it a song.
O'Sullivan composed music to the verse with the help of his son, Patrick. He also decided to make a proper, full-length CD.
"And Ginny just said to me, ?If you are making a CD, why don't you make the Waterville song the main focus?' A fantastic idea."
O'Sullivan recorded his 14-song Waterville You Call Me CD at musician and sound engineer Randy Walsh's local studio. Walsh also produced a lovely music video for the title track.
"It was local musician Garrett McCutchan who introduced me to Randy Walsh and that was the best thing that ever happened," O'Sullivan said. "This guy can play anything. He's a great engineer and a cinematographer. I've never met anything like him.
"A lot of the songs that I did for the CD are Irish-type folk songs, but Randy put a new spin on them," O'Sullivan added. "He made it sound Irish and he put something extra into it as well. He captures the essence of every song."
Gonzales-based singer-songwriter Jodi James also contributes harmony vocals to the CD.
"Man, she made it," O'Sullivan said of James. "You'll hear more of Jodi James, mark my words. She's a beautiful singer."
Waterville You Call Me has received radio play in County Kerry as well as Baton Rouge via Taylor Caffery's Hootenanny Power, broadcast Saturdays at 9 p.m. on WRKF-FM.
"I'm delighted with the response it has got," O'Sullivan said. "It's getting a little traction."
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|Re: Updated WE-18 (WPA) proposal
|mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Luis R. Rodriguez)
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|netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx, Pedro Ramalhais <ramalhais@xxxxxxxxxxx>, "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@xxxxxxxxx>, jt@xxxxxxxxxx, Jouni Malinen <jkmaline@xxxxxxxxx>, hostap@xxxxxxxxx
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On Tue, Aug 31, 2004 at 06:48:48PM +0300, Vladimir Kondratiev wrote: > On Tuesday 31 August 2004 18:33, Pedro Ramalhais wrote: > PR> > > Intel Centrino driver is re-using chunks of HostAP, and I'm looking > at PR> > > doing so for the RealTek 8180 driver I am about to publish. > PR> > > PR> > Can someone elaborate on what "chunks" the centrino driver is using > PR> > from hostap? > PR> > > PR> > Jeff what aspects are you looking to re-use from hostap? > PR> > > PR> > I guess we at prism54 should also see what we can re-use too then. > PR> > Our next driver (a softmac driver) will have a lot more code since the > PR> > MAC will need to be implemented on the driver side -- I'm not yet sure > PR> > of the exact details as I haven't grep'd through the available code yet > PR> > I'm wondering though -- are there any other softmac drivers out there, > PR> > or to come soon? > PR> > > PR> > Luis > PR> > PR> The ipw2100 driver and ipw2200 driver both use these parts of hostap > PR> code: > PR> RX code (i think now it's in file hostap_80211_rx.c) > PR> little parts of the TX code (hostap_80211_tx.c) > PR> the hostap_crypt* code for WEP. > PR> Some IEEE802.11 related parts of header files. > PR> The ipw2100 is beggining to use hostap_crypt_tkip and hostap_crypt_ccmp > PR> for WPA and WPA2. > PR> > PR> I think that's it. Better ask James Ketrenos, he is one of the > PR> developers at intel. > > Luis, > please correct me if I'm wrong. It seems to me that softmac drivers will need > significant changes relative to the model that HostAP employ. I am not sure as: 1. I haven't yet gone through hostap code besides wpa_supplicant 2. I haven't yet gone through the available softmac code: http://www.dse.co.nz/isroot/dse/support/XH8196-linux.zip Only once I have done both will I be able to tell. My guess yes as I do not think hostap is softmac based. > Also, many > changes dictated by QoS (TGe), if one want to really implement it. Will your > product support TGe? Again, 2. > May be, we need to do design for generic "softmac" that will be then used > with > different PHY's. That's where I was going with my previous e-mail. > Question is, whether we can formally describe boundary > between softmac and PHY. We need as much public information available on softmac and review, or have someone experienced enough in this field to talk up. > I am interesting in joining this "softmac" development, as I will do some > other .11 card which is "softmac". Can't reveal details yet, but we may > discuss softmac issues without disclosing private info (I don't want to lose > my job). Well at least this confirms another card will be softmac based, and hence the possible need for code sharing. -- GnuPG Key fingerprint = 113F B290 C6D2 0251 4D84 A34A 6ADD 4937 E20A 525E
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"I would love to see a list of recipes.... not buying based on the cover pic alone."
If you're looking for better quality of food or life, this is a great book. No refined grains, junk ingredients. Just healthy, low carb recipes. I love that you can use bacon grease--YES--in some of the recipes! Most recipes include ingredients one would have on hand.There are so many recipes it's hard to decide whicj to use first....
500 Paleo Recipes: Hundreds of Delicious Recipes for Weight Loss and Super Health (Paperback)
Best-selling author Dana Carpender was startled to discover that limiting her carbohydrate intake not only helped her control her weight, but produced the health and vitality a low-fat diet had promised but never delivered. Fifteen years later, she laughs at people who say "You can't eat that way long-term." Her fourteen cookbooks are the result of her realization that the key to permanent dietary change is the answer to the age-old question, "What's for supper?" To date they have sold over a million copies worldwide. Dana writes about low-carb cooking and nutrition on her Facebook page, Dana Carpender's Hold the Toast Press. Dana lives in Bloomington, Indiana with her husband and a menagerie of pets, all of whom are well and healthily fed.
At last, here is a comprehensive cookbook to the hottest eating plan around! The Paleo diet—known in some circles as the "Caveman Diet"—is an eating plan based on evolutionary biology and backed up by medical research. Unlike other diets which can incorporate fake, processed foods and artificial sweeteners, the Paleo diet is based on what our ancestors ate: meats and fish, nuts and seeds, and naturally grown fruits and vegetables. Low-carb queen and bestselling author Dana Carpender shows how to stay the Paleo diet course deliciously with 500 easy-to-prepare recipes for everything Paleo from appetizers, to main dishes, to desserts.
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If you're looking for better quality of food or life, this is a great book. No refined grains, junk ingredients. Just healthy, low carb recipes. I love that you can use bacon grease--YES--in some of the recipes! Most recipes include ingredients one would have on hand.There are so many recipes it's hard to decide whicj to use first.Read More
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This is a great cookbook, but I would not suggest it for someone that is just starting to eat the Paleo way. There are so many ingredients to buy that are not so common and sometimes hard to find. Each recipe however that I have cooked out of it has been great! I probably should have started out with Paleo for Dummies.Read More
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Sacred Heart CYO: Eligibility
Sacred Heart Students and Parishioners:
To be eligible to play on a CYO team at Sacred Heart the athlete must be either a student at Sacred Heart School or a registered parishioner. CYO athletics at Sacred Heart are offered to boys and girls in the 5th through 8th grade. Announcements for sign up are made in the Guardian, school Brown Envelope, religious education bulletins, other parish bulletins or right here on this website.
Occasionally, when sign up numbers are extremely low, we allow 4th grade students to play on CYO teams. When this occurs the athletic director will put out a call for 4th grade athletes in the Guardian/other parish bulletins, school Brown Envelope and religious education bulletins.
We have a no-cut policy at Sacred Heart, so every athlete that signs up on time is eligible to be placed on a team. Late sign ups are accepted at the athletic director's discretion and will only be placed on teams if rosters are not already full.
Non-Parishioners are eligible to play on Sacred Heart teams provided they are a baptized Catholic and/or a registered parishioner of an adjoining Catholic Church or School and at least one of the following conditions are met:
1. The athlete has been cut from his or her own parish/school team.
2. The athlete's home parish does not have a sports program.
3. The particular sport is not offered at the athlete's home parish.
4. The athlete provides written consent from the head of the athletic program and/or pastor of his or her own parish.
Please note: Sacred Heart only accepts out-of-parish athletes if there is room on teams for more players. If the rosters are full, no out-of-parish athletes will be accepted. In the case where more athletes are needed, the athletic director may put out a call to area parishes or you may contact the athletic director with inquiries.
Academic and Behavior Requirements:
Athletes must carry at least a 2.0 grade point average to participate in CYO sports at Sacred Heart or have a plan in place to improve their academic standing. They must also be in good behavioral standing with their school.
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PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of carmustine in treating patients who have progressive or recurrent glioblastoma multiforme.
|Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors
|Drug: carmustine in ethanol Procedure: conventional surgery
|Phase 2
|Study Type:
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|Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Phase I/II Study of the Safety and Tolerability of DTI-015 in Patients With Recurrent Glioblastoma Multiforme
|Study Start Date:
|June 2000
- Determine the maximum tolerated dose of intratumoral carmustine in ethanol (DTI-015) in patients with unresectable recurrent glioblastoma multiforme. (Phase I of this study closed to accrual as of 01/15/2002.)
- Determine the qualitative and quantitative toxicity of this regimen in these patients.
- Assess the activity of this regimen in these patients.
- Estimate peripheral blood carmustine levels in these patients treated with this regimen.
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Patients receive carmustine in ethanol (DTI-015) intratumorally over 5 minutes during stereotactic biopsy or open craniotomy.
Cohorts of 3-6 patients receive escalating doses of DTI-015 until the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) is determined. The MTD is defined as the dose preceding that at which 3 of 6 patients experience dose-limiting toxicity. (Phase I of this study closed to accrual as of 01/15/2002.)
Additional patients then receive treatment with DTI-015 at the recommended phase II dose.
Patients are followed at 4, 8, and 12 weeks and then every 1-3 months until disease progression.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 12 patients were accrued for phase I of this study and approximately 14-18 patients will be accrued for phase II of this study. (Phase I of this study closed to accrual as of 01/15/2002.)
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 75 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Histologically proven supratentorial malignant glioblastoma multiforme
- Clear evidence of disease progression by MRI
- Unresectable tumor that has spherical, spheroid, or ovoid shape (not multicentric or multilobulated)
- Central necrosis and/or central cystic areas allowed in the presence of enhancing rim thickness greater than 5 mm
- No brainstem (pons or medulla) or midbrain (mesencephalon) involvement
- No involvement of primary sensorimotor cortex in the dominant hemisphere or within 1.5 cm of the optic chiasm, either optic nerve, or any other cranial nerve
- No tumor extension into the ventricular system
- Tumor volume no greater than 33.4 cm3
- At least one prior radiotherapy
- 18 to 75
Performance status:
- Karnofsky 60-100%
Life expectancy:
- Not specified
- Absolute neutrophil count at least 1,500/mm^3
- Platelet count at least 100,000/mm^3
- No evidence of bleeding diathesis
- Bilirubin no greater than 2.0 mg/dL
- SGOT/SGPT no greater than 2.5 times normal
- Creatinine no greater than 2.0 mg/dL OR
- Creatinine clearance at least 40 mL/min
- BUN no greater than 30 mg/dL
- Not pregnant or nursing
- Negative pregnancy test
- Fertile patients must use effective contraception
- No active uncontrolled infection
- Afebrile unless fever due to presence of tumor
- No other concurrent serious medical or psychiatric illness that would preclude study
Biologic therapy:
- Not specified
- At least 4 weeks since prior chemotherapy (6 weeks for nitrosoureas or mitomycin including Gliadel wafer therapy) and recovered
Endocrine therapy:
- Not specified
- See Disease Characteristics
- At least 4 weeks since prior radiotherapy and recovered
- No prior intracranial brachytherapy
- Recovered from any prior surgery
- No prior anticoagulants
- No other concurrent investigational agents
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00006656
|United States, California
|USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and Hospital
|Los Angeles, California, United States, 90033-0804
|UCSF Cancer Center and Cancer Research Institute
|San Francisco, California, United States, 94143-0128
|Stanford University Medical Center
|Stanford, California, United States, 94305-5408
|United States, Colorado
|University of Colorado Cancer Center
|Denver, Colorado, United States, 80262
|United States, Florida
|H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
|Tampa, Florida, United States, 33612-9416
|United States, Georgia
|Emory University Hospital - Atlanta
|Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30322
|United States, Illinois
|Evanston Northwestern Health Care
|Evanston, Illinois, United States, 60201
|United States, New Jersey
|John F. Kennedy Medical Center
|Edison, New Jersey, United States, 08820
|United States, Ohio
|Barrett Cancer Center
|Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, 45219
|United States, Texas
|University of Texas - MD Anderson Cancer Center
|Houston, Texas, United States, 77030-4009
|United States, Virginia
|Massey Cancer Center
|Richmond, Virginia, United States, 23298-0631
|United States, Wisconsin
|Medical College of Wisconsin
|Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, 53226
|Study Chair:
|Gene David Resnick, MD
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00006656 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|December 6, 2000
|Last Updated:
|November 5, 2013
Keywords provided by National Cancer Institute (NCI):
recurrent adult brain tumor
adult glioblastoma
adult giant cell glioblastoma
adult gliosarcoma
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Nervous System Neoplasms
Central Nervous System Neoplasms
Neoplasms, Neuroepithelial
Neuroectodermal Tumors
Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial
Neoplasms, Nerve Tissue
Neoplasms by Site
Nervous System Diseases
Anti-Infective Agents, Local
Anti-Infective Agents
Central Nervous System Depressants
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating
Alkylating Agents
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Antineoplastic Agents
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Alex Surcică, a horticulture educator in Penn State's Franklin County Extension Office, is developing a field guide to Pennsylvania bees and wasps.
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OAKLAND -- A massive bond measure to restore Lake Merritt and improve city parks appeared headed for a landslide victory Tuesday night with nearly two-thirds of the vote counted. Updated Nov. 6, 1:15 pm
The returns showed strong support for Measure DD, known as Clean Water, Safe Parks, despite the dual challenge of a soft economy and a ballot full of bond measures and tax increases. Two-thirds of voters need to approve the measure for it to pass.
"It's a really nice way to celebrate Oakland's 150th," said Sandy Strehlou, a campaign volunteer for Yes on DD. "Oaklanders have been very generous time and time again about these measures."
Lake Merritt Park was first developed with a bond measure. Now 100 years later, Strehlou said, "We're doing something truly historic, revisiting the whole 'city beautiful' notion."
|A little girl feeds the birds near where a street drainage pipe dumps water from street runoff into Lake Merritt. Photo by Edward Carpenter.
The measure promises to fund a host of popular projects aimed at boosting downtown's image. In addition to restoring the smelly and trash-strewn Lake Merritt to its former glory, money raised from the sale of the bonds would be used to renovate the boathouse and other lakeside amenities; improve water quality in the estuary; and expand green space joining new parks and trails along the waterfront. It would also be used for a laundry list of other projects long advocated by community groups, including spending:
DD is three times larger than any bond measure ever passed in Oakland, according to Treasury Manager Joe Yew.
Bonds issued for Measure DD would be repaid over 20 years and cost homeowners up to $20 in taxes for every $100,000 in assessed property value.
An oversight committee would be formed to help ensure proper allocation and management of Measure DD's funds. The city auditor will conduct an annual audit of the bond money.
The bulk of the money -- about $90 million -- would be used to reconfigure roadways and repair lakeside facilities. Another $40 million would go toward improving lake water quality.
City Councilman Danny Wan, who initiated the water parks bond, said he hoped this measure would help get matching funds from the state and federal governments.
"People have been wanting state money to improve Lake Merritt for a decade," said Wan, "We've never been successful, because we never had a plan."
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According to the 1860 census records for Kansas City, Mo
Jackson County Div# 35:
887...John W. Mimms age 55
Mary....Mimms age 51 Is this Mary James?
Robert..Mimms age 30
Lucy F..Mimms age 22
Nancy C.Mimms age 18
Zerelda Mimms age 14 married Jesse James?
Sarah...Mimms age 11
Thomas.M.Mimms age12
Next to this family is a Thomas A. James age 39 running a boarding house. His wife was Sarah A. James age 33, and two sons John W.C. James age 11, and Luther T. James age 9 yrs.
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build a pinhole camera
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shoot one picture everyday for a year is a popular one
climb a crane
yeah i taped mine cause i just liked it all black. i dont even give a shit about the brand name on it at all.
im gonna be doing the same with the s90. im so glad they went the minimalist route on it.
that voltron camera is intense! id definitely rock that shit.. though id probably customize it to have a lens mount so i can change the glass.
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yeah, that film shit up there is good. keep it up.
be weird.
Nice film VA!
A.K. I was talking to a spammer, Idk if his post is still there.
Annnnd thesecks, Long exposures are awesome; They are really fun and you get different results every time.
thanks guys i appreciate it.
and i looked up the voltron camera and it only shoots 110 film which suckss
and architecture battle shots are due by end of tommorow (my time) which is in about 36 hours
Well... are there any entries? If not you should extend it a couple days, I've been sleeping and working like a mad man.
I pm'd my entry. nothing amazing but still was decent practice. Back alley, try taking pictures of water drops or smoke or something if your really bored lol or go for a walk
Go for a walk 1t 2am in Kansas City in the trailerhood with my camera? I wanna' take pics, not get raped. Smoke pics could actually be fun. Might have to try that.
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alright ill post up the battle on the 9th with whatever i have by then, i have 6 entries right now
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Gancho from Left to Left Parada
DT: Andrew, It looks like you step in, she steps over, then you step further in just before the gancho.
She is about to step over...
...and just as she puts
her foot down he...
...rotates, and she goes back.
She contacts his thigh, so
it's a gancho.
Andrew: Yes. As the follower steps over we slide our foot a little further in to anticipate the Gancho. We make sure the follower steps over, takes weight on the leading foot, then we go into a lunge that's the further step in. We go into a slight lunge and lead the gancho.
DT: Does that further lunge create room for the gancho?
Andrew: Correct.
DT: When does the lunge occur?
Andrew: We ask the follower to step across because she doesn't know we are leading the gancho. We let her take weight on the forward foot and then that's where her left leg is bent. As we bring the follower back over her back leg and stand her back up on her axis, that's when we do the lunge.
DT: When you bring her back is she up straight?
Andrew: Yes, and when she executes her gancho, her left leg will flex a little, but she's not going to sit down, lean back, lean forward, lean into us, lean away,-- we should be able to actually let go of the follower with both hands and the follower should be able to execute a gancho without holding onto us. If we had to do a gancho, we should be able to do the same thing.
DT: Kana, at some point, there appears to be thigh to thigh contact prior to the gancho. Do you feel that contact before you kick back?
Kana: Yes. It's very important that you keep both your standing legs in very close contact. If lady's standing leg is very far from gentleman's standing leg, or, she doesn't feel his thigh just before the gancho, she may kick him.
DT: So it's thigh to thigh before the lady lets fly with the gancho?
Kana: Yes.
DT: I hadn't noticed before someone pointed it out to me that people do not gancho much in New York at social dances.
Kana: We should probably mention that gancho used to be considered vulgar.
There are still many teachers, especially from Argentina, who refuse to teach the gancho. They talk about it is vulgar to go in-between stranger's leg and do gancho. So people used to get kicked out from the club because of gancho. But I also tell students not to overuse it.
DT: What if the gentlemen is having a good time leading ganchos and the lady is embarrassed by it?
Kana: Ladies also have a choice that if she doesn't want to do gancho, – for some reason, sometimes the height doesn't match, if a short gentlemen leads taller lady to do the gancho, it is not comfortable, or if lady wears a short skirt, or long evening dress – the lady doe not have to do gancho, she can do boleo in front. So, it's good to know the option and it's good to know the history. And the gancho also involves some risk that someone gets kicked. When I went to Buenas Aires, teacher always said "please keep both feet on the floor at all times." In New York I tell students unless they are 200% sure noone is behind them, do not do gancho.
[7a. Click for video of lady substituting a boleo for a gancho.]
DT: So the lady has the option to substitute the boleo for the gancho. Andrew, how often does that happen.
Andrew: I find that if I lead the gancho, most followers will take the gancho. And they can also do the front boleo afterwards. Some followers won't do ganchos, they will just do front boleos all the time.
Kana: He has long legs. Easy to gancho. But sometimes the height doesn't match or leg length doesn't match. It is sometimes impossible or not very comfortable to do gancho.
The Keys:The lady's standing leg (non-ganchoing) flexes just a little, but not too much, at the gancho. The standing leg of the leader and follower should be near to each other. Ladies have a choice not to gancho and instead to do a boleo.
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Hot Springs never produced a greater athletic hero than Bud Canada, unless it was Bobby Mitchell, the halfback at the black high school who had to go out of state to play college football and wound up an All-American and in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
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Kings Langley School Early Intervention Partnership has been granted nearly ten thousand pounds by the Big Lottery Fund.
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The Newmarket also gave jockey Danny Nikolic, who is in the best form of his career, his second $1 million race in a fortnight after his win on Roedean in the Blue Diamond Stakes.
At Randwick it was Darren Beadman who stole the show yesterday with four straight wins, including the feature races on Lonhro and Thorn Park.
Lonhro was a long odds-on favourite in the group 2 weight-for-age Apollo Stakes (1400m) and, unlike his first-up win in the Expressway on February 22 when he had to bullock his way clear, yesterday's success was never in doubt as he strolled home from Hoeberg and Carael Boy.
Back from his unsuccessful trip to Melbourne, Thorn Park, despite travelling wide throughout, was just too good for the classy field in the group 2 Hobartville Stakes (1400m).
Melbourne colt Helenus, having his first start since winning the Victoria Derby last spring, was far from disgraced in finishing fourth, showing he is on track for the longer three-year-old races during the Sydney autumn carnival.
The Victoria Derby form looks like holding up because second placegetter Hydrometer, with the benefit of two recent runs in Melbourne, chased Thorn Park home and is also looking for more distance.
The race was marked by a plunge on the previously unbeaten Gai Waterhouse-trained filly Shower Of Roses, who was backed into $2.60 favouritism and finished third.
Trainer Bob Thomsen now has to decide whether Thorn Park will have another crack at longer races during the Sydney carnival.
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Board Member Profile: Robert W. Arnold III
Robert W. Arnold III is a career public historian with a second career as a history professor. He was for seventeen years Chief of Government Records Services at the New York State Archives and was founding Director of the Albany County Hall of Records, founding President of the New York Association of Local Government Records Officers whose Distinguished Service Award is named for him. He is the recipient of a number of other awards and has been named five times to Who's Who in America. Arnold has taught at the college level since 1980 and is in his thirtieth year teaching in the classroom at the College of Saint Rose and his fifteenth year teaching online at Excelsior College. He is an historical consultant and a frequent lecturer and teacher throughout New York State. He is also an historical re-enactor as a Tacksman of Clan Mackay, ca. 1745, and a Lieutenant in the Black Watch, ca. 1758. Arnold was Seanacaidh of the Clan Mackay by appointment of the Twenty Seventh Chief of the Name, Fourteenth Earl Reay. Arnold is a former Airborne and Ranger NCO and officer. He has three children and four grandchildren.
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Fisheries Minister Gail Shea is blaming animal-rights activists for pressuring the Chinese government to back away from a trade deal to sell Canadian seal meat.
Shea says groups opposed to the hunt continue to spread misinformation.
The International Fund for Animal Welfare has been campaigning to end the hunt since 1969, and has an office in China.
But its director of Canadian wildlife says it doesn't have as much influence as Shea would like to believe.
"Looking back at the record, it looks like the Canadian government has been promising Chinese markets for seal products since at least 1985," Sheryl Fink said in an interview Monday. "It's just not a product that people want to buy."
As well, Fink said the Chinese public is aware of what happens in Canada's commercial seal hunt largely because of work done by home-grown animal welfare groups, not Canadian interlopers.
"People are becoming more aware on their own now," she said. "People [in China] have Internet access and can see what's happening for themselves."
Shea announced a trade deal with China in 2011, but it's been stalled since the Chinese government said it had called for a review of the agreement.
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Best Of :: Bars & Clubs
OK, so Smog Cutter has been hipsterized a bit, what with all the karaoke and facial hair. But it's still the real deal, part of a circuit of area dive bars, including Gold Diggers and Monte Carlo, run by Thais. If you like your female bartenders mean and surly (the way bartenders should be), this is your place. Well drinks are relatively affordable, and the wood paneling and year-round holiday lights are a throwback to your drunk uncle's den. The cash-only Cutter has one of the worst bathrooms in the greater Virgil Village, which is saying a lot. If you're a ninja who can use your feet to open doors and operate handles, more power to you. But as a rumored haunt of Charles Bukowski, Smog Cutter is the perfect place to get a double shot of real. 864 N. Virgil Ave., Virgil Village. (323) 660-4626. —Dennis Romero
A bright spot on an otherwise sleepy stretch of Colorado Boulevard in Eagle Rock, Colorado Wine Company has long stood out for its cheeky, unpretentious approach to the guzzling of the grape. (The annual white-trash wine tasting, which pairs things like tater tots and pinot noir, is always a sellout.) But since moving into new, cozier digs last November, it's become something else: a Cheers-like neighborhood bar in a neighborhood that desperately needed one. Most nights of the week — especially Fridays, when they pour a five-wine flight for a mere $15 — you can find a convivial mix of locals and cork dorks from all over town crowding around the rough-hewn hunk of reclaimed wood that serves as both bar and checkout counter. There's a rotating selection of wines by the glass and six beers on tap — but pop a bottle to share with your newfound bar buddies. Corkage is only five bucks — except Wednesdays, when it's free. 2305 Colorado Blvd., Eagle Rock. (323) 478-1985, cowineco.com. —Andy Hermann
Most beachside-bar real estate revolves around location in lieu of quality — a harrowing fact of life to the coastal craft beer lover. Where others have rested on the laurels of a nice locale, Venice Ale House unites a superb local beer selection with an ocean view. Plunk yourself onto a patio seat where you'll rub elbows with boardwalk commuters, or enjoy a slight remove at the bustling bar and choose from 32 beers originating from Colorado and points west. Note the "almost always" available chalkboard beer list in addition to the rotational selection — all are on tap. A "skate of beers" delivers a flight of four, six or eight samples suspended on an immobilized skateboard. With all that amazing beer and the enchanting sunset over the ocean, you're bound to need sustenance. Try the grass-fed burger to satisfy that primal, beer-induced hunger. This seaside pint — or flight — will be one you won't forget. 2 Rose Ave., Venice. (310) 314-8253, venicealehouse.com. —Erika Bolden
When you see a great hardcore band there's always tons of energy, and this is particularly true at the Vex Arts performance space. The stuffy, sweaty room is home to the most raging slam dancing, stage-diving and dog piles in Los Angeles County. Legendary East L.A. precursor the Vex dated back to the days of Black Flag but shut its doors in 1984. Thankfully, a year ago it returned in the new location as a multipurpose space. Again spearheaded by Joe "Vex" Suquette, it hosts everything from art shows and concerts to skateboard workshops. But the real ragers are the hardcore shows, featuring veteran acts like Infest and Chain of Strength alongside up-and-comers Stoic Violence and Nomads. Once you enter the mosh pit, you won't want to leave. (Until you start bleeding, that is.) 5240 Alhambra Ave., El Sereno. (323) 221-0971, vexarts.com. —Nicholas Pell
In decades past, jazz fanatic Clint Eastwood hung at Studio City jazz spot the Baked Potato. Oh, and Police guitarist Andy Summers gigged there following the supergroup's breakup, Slash played in jam sessions there after Guns N' Roses, and in recent years Joe Bonamassa has slipped in for sets before a hundred fans instead of the thousands that fill his arena shows. The venue was founded in 1970 by Don Randi, and his son Justin is there most nights now behind the bar and out front tweaking the room's legendary sound. Music fans from around the world pass through the doors, and the club can be considered L.A.'s answer to New York's Village Vanguard: a small room where some of the world's greatest musicians stop by to listen and play with their peers. The patrons themselves feel like they're sitting in. 3787 Cahuenga Blvd. West, Studio City. (818) 980-1615, thebakedpotato.com. —Tom Meek
The aptly named World Famous Barnyard is about as low-down and lively a blues venue as you'll find anywhere in the nation. Featuring live blues, soul, old-school jazz and R&B, this bring-your-own-booze celebration situation happens every Friday and Saturday night at 8 p.m. at 97th and Main in South Central. It's nothing but a vacant lot strewn with rows of used commodes and kitchen appliances, only partially paved and barely covered with an old awning. It features a revolving crew of hardcore local blues bands but, since there's no website, no publicist and no phone, you never know what to expect — except that it'll be as genuine as it can be. 9627 S. Main St., Broadway-Manchester. —Jonny Whiteside


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Here here. Al is attending to something that's been needed attention, that no one else wanted to do, because we are all drama-fearing pansy-asses.Ā
A cookie and handshake to you.Ā

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 On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 4:35 PM, Albert Sweigart <email@example.com> wrote:

> Ā jason's right. the word "living" has a specific and
 > strong meaning in english, and is definitely not
 > appropriate to describe your time at noisebridge.

I feel like I need to clarify this, because it wasn't the impression I
 wanted to give at all. Frantisek was living, as in residing, at
 Noisebridge. He did not sleep overnight every single night, but would
 do so multiple times each week and had been for months. He also
 planned to continue doing this indefinitely for his stay in the bay
 area. He kept his personal affects here and the tea room had not been
 used for much else besides his bedroom.

 He said in one of his emails that he did not live at Noisebridge, but
 lived at "two or three [other] places". It's really hard to see
 Noisebridge as anything but just another place he lived, even if it
 was not the only place he lived.

 This isn't about sleeping at Noisebridge as in taking short naps
 during the day. This isn't about sleeping at Noisebridge overnight
 because you miss the last Bart. This is about consciously planning to
 use Noisebridge as a place to spend nights on a regular basis for an
 indefinite period of time, and to do so secretly without the informing
 the general community because they would find those types of
 reoccurring overnights unexcellent if they had known about them.

 This completely fits the definition of living that people mean when we
 say, "we don't want people living at noisebridge".

 -Al

 On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 12:29 PM, jim <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:
 >
 > Ā jason's right. the word "living" has a specific and
 > strong meaning in english, and is definitely not
 > appropriate to describe your time at noisebridge.
 > Ā you are living in the san francisco bay area, and
 > one cannot properly be more specific than that, given
 > your living arrangements. you are not living at
 > noisebridge. you have slept there and you're there a
 > lot. you may consider it your home as others have also
 > so claimed, but it is certainly not where you live in
 > the sense we use the term. please accommodate us native
 > speakers and don't get creative with the small words
 > to which we attach important meanings.
 >
 >
 >
 >
 >
 > On Thu, 2010-11-18 at 20:13 +0000, Jason Dusek wrote:
 >> On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 17:55, Frantisek Apfelbeck <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:
 >> > As I wrote before, the phrasing "living at Noisebridge" should
 >> > be changed to "sleeping at Noisebridge". I'm not going to
 >> > sleep at Noisebridge as I promised however I'm still going to
 >> > be around Noisebridge a whole lot. Therefore phrase that I'm
 >> > living at Noisebridge I believe is correct and I'm going to
 >> > keep using it because I really believe that the phrasing in
 >> > the headline is misleading and should not be used in the
 >> > future in reference to the general problem of people sleeping
 >> > at Noisebridge. I'm alive so I live in the places where I'm
 >> > present. I do not want to play with worlds but I really feel
 >> > that there is a major difference especially to the people who
 >> > do not really fallowed the discussion. ĀThat is at least how I
 >> > see it.
 >>
 >> Ā This is not what most people mean by "living at Noisebridge".
 >> Ā Thanks for clarifying yourself; but I think a more standard
 >> Ā description of what you are doing will be better for all
 >> Ā concerned.
 >>
 >> --
 >> Jason Dusek
 >> Linux User #510144 | http://counter.li.org/
 >> _______________________________________________
 >> Noisebridge-discuss mailing list
 >> email@example.com
 >> https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/noisebridge-discuss
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Geelong 'worst' for pedestrians and cyclists
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Pedestrians are more at risk of a close call with a car in Victoria's regional city of Geelong than in any other part of the state, a new survey shows.
The survey by car insurer AAMI found drivers in Geelong, south-west of Melbourne, had the worst record for "close calls" with pedestrians and cyclists.
More than one third (35 per cent) of drivers there reported they had almost hit a pedestrian or cyclist, compared with 30 per cent in Melbourne and 22 per cent in other regional areas.
AAMI public affairs manager Geoff Hughes said the results were "unsettling" for all road users.
But he said pedestrians were contributing towards the close calls, with 29 per cent saying they have compromised their own safety by talking on a mobile phone or listening to music on headphones while crossing the road.
Melbourne pedestrians were the worst for this, with 31 per cent reporting the habit compared with 21 per cent in regional Victoria and 22 per cent in Geelong.
Last year, 49 pedestrians were killed on Victoria's roads, accounting for 15 per cent of road deaths and 11 per cent of serious injuries, according to the Transport Accident Commission.
Mr Hughes said pedestrians were the most vulnerable group on the roads, being four times more likely to be killed in a crash than any other group.
The survey was of 2,400 Australians, but AAMI has so far released only the Victorian statistics.
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1. Re: Windows PATH variable352290 May 19, 2005 12:05 AM (in response to 3004)Alex,
Is there a previous installation of Oracle on the same machine? Are there lingering variables?
2. Re: Windows PATH variable3004 May 19, 2005 12:51 AM (in response to 352290)Hi Toliver,
The application was installed and working, then the machine was rebuilt and the application re-installed. So there should be no "malingering", but what should I look for to make sure that no additional items were added as part of the standard rebuild?
3. Re: Windows PATH variable3004 May 19, 2005 11:21 AM (in response to 3004)Toliver, I have since discovered, if I set ORACLE_HOME to ".", then it works. From reading about this issue in a posting on this forun over a year ago, this was meant to be fixed. I downloaded the latest version and the same behaviour exists. Is there something else I am doing wrong?
4. Re: Windows PATH variable487048 Jan 31, 2006 5:43 PM (in response to 3004)Did anyone find a solution to this? I'm having this exact same problem, and I haven't found any answers anywhere online. I completely uninstalled and reinstalled Oracle 10g Enterprise Edition. I can connect to the databases with ODBC and the Oracle set up programs, but not in Borland, which gives the exact error message as listed above, except OracleHomeKey is SOFTWARE\ORACLE. OracleHomeDir is still blank. Any help would be appreciated.
5. Re: Windows PATH variable352290 Jan 31, 2006 9:08 PM (in response to 487048)For Windows, I suspect there may be some cleaning left in the registry, though I am not sure which registry settings they may be. You may want to look there.
6. Re: Windows PATH variable238842 Feb 17, 2006 5:46 PM (in response to 352290)I have the same problem. I tried reinstalling the client a few times, downloaded a more recent version. This seems to be an uncommon error, because there does not seem to be a lot of references anywhere to this error.
7. Re: Windows PATH variable494895 Mar 2, 2006 12:28 AM (in response to 3004)I had the same problem. i tried to install Oracle 10g client to conect an Oracle 10g database. I solved the problem completelly removing Oracle client and installing again Oracle 9i Client to connect the same database with my application. It worked for me
Hope that can help.
8. Re: Windows PATH variable504602 Apr 6, 2006 3:04 PM (in response to 494895)I had same problem here, and I am using Oracle 10g 64-bits.
9. Re: Windows PATH variableLaurenz Albe Apr 7, 2006 8:31 AM (in response to 504602)The usual tip:
Run a client trace by setting
TRACE_LEVEL_CLIENT=SUPPORT and
in sqlnet.ora and trying again.
Laurenz Albe
10. Re: Windows PATH variableuser508774 May 8, 2006 9:45 PM (in response to Laurenz Albe)Hello,
Don't need the trace stuff, I fixed the error by doing the following:
just go windows/start/run regedit
find Oracle entry, check All_Homes and HOME0 two entries inside, correct the path and group names.
Good luck.
11. Re: Windows PATH variableuser508774 May 8, 2006 9:47 PM (in response to Laurenz Albe)Hello,
Don't need the trace stuff, I fixed the error by doing the following:
just go windows/start/run regedit HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE
find Oracle entry, check All_Homes and HOME0 two entries inside, correct the path and group names.
Good luck.
12. Re: Windows PATH variable491831 May 26, 2006 1:32 PM (in response to user508774)I think if you're using InstantClient, the recommendation is that you don't set ORACLE_HOME any more, so remove/rename it in the registry. If necessary, oracle recommend setting TNS_ADMIN to point to the directory where your tnsnames.ora exists (if you're using one).
Also recommeded to locate tnsnames.ora separate to the instantclient directory
13. Re: Windows PATH variable504541 Jun 8, 2006 7:48 PM (in response to 3004)We have the same problem for PLSQL Developer. Some old keys these programs try to access are missing from Oracle 10g, so make a reg file like this:
(replace my installation name ORACLE_HOME with yours):
"inst_loc"="C:\\Program Files\\Oracle\\Inventory"
"NAME"="Oracle - ORACLE_HOME"
"ORACLE_GROUP_NAME"="Oracle - ORACLE_HOME"
plsql developer oraclehomedir error Oracle 10g
sql not properly installed toad instant client
14. Re: Windows PATH variable559274 Jan 31, 2007 4:59 PM (in response to 504541)Thanks this was very helpful - got our issue resolved.
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text: Alexander Zoernack wrote: > 12:53:36: -> Server codepage is ANSI_X3.4-1968 I'm guessing that thats a Unix server. I'm surprised that ever worked, since your server is set to a different codepage to the client (and until recently that was a requirement for running cvs as it wasn't codepage aware). You must set your language in /etc/cvsnt/pserver to something that supports both character sets - UTF8 is the usual one. eg. Locale=en_GB.UTF-8 Tony


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Table of contents
1 Formation
2 Factors that effect biogas production
3 The Economy of biogas Production
4 Advantages of Biogas
5 Benefits of biogas production
6 Biogas plant
7 Future and Funding
8 Planning
9 Areas where Biogas is used in
10 Cogeneration and Trigeneration Facilities:
11 Works in Europe and Around the World
12 Works About Biogas In Turkey
13 An Example: Energy Production from Waste Gas:
14 Model example of a biogas plant in Darmstadt-Wixhausen:
1 Formation
First stage consists into making the waste dissolvable by the enzymes secreted from micro organisms.
Then, the acid forming bacteria takes action and transforms these substances into small-structured substances like acetic acid.
After that the methane forming bacteria converts these substances into biogas.
Hydrolysis stage: Long chained complex carbohydrates proteins oils and lipids are transmuted into short chained forms. The first step known as hydrolysis is completed after this transmutation into basic organics.
Acid formation stage: The dissolvable organic materials are transformed into small-structured materials as acetic acid volatile fatty acids hydrogen and carbon dioxide.
Methane formation: The stage of acetic acid disintegration or hydrogen and carbon dioxide synthesis to acquire biogas by bacteria.
2 Factors that effect biogas production
The effects of heat: Methanogenic bacteria are inactive at very high or very low temperatures. That's why the reactor heat effects the biogas production or its speed directly.
The effects of PH: The most suitable PH levels for methane producing bacteria are neutral or have slightly alkali rates.
The effects of toxicity: Antibiotic addition to foods in chicken farming has a toxicity effect in chicken compost using systems in biogas production.
The effects of organic load speed: Organic load speed is daily organic material supply amount to bioreactors.
3 The Economy of biogas Production
The most important factors are the economical wastes' worth and their biogas efficiency. The selected technology takes effects in production efficiency and costs as well as in investment costs. The discounts or limitations on these energy sources by local executives change the convenience of biogas economy. It must be calculated how these investments will pay back and how these values will effect the investment' cost.
4 Advantages of Biogas
In our country animal and herbal wastes are burned directly or they are used as compost agricultural soil. But it is more common to burn wastes for heat production.
Biogas production provides storage or organic wastes under controllable-suitable conditions. The uncontrolled storage of farm originated organic wastes-composts pollutes water earthy and the air.
5 Benefits of biogas production
Biogas is a clean and high heat-capacited energy source.
Wastes do not perish. Instead of that, they become a more valuable compost.
The weeds in animal compost cannot germinate.
Biogas has especially positive health effects in rural areas. Smell of animal compost disappears widely after biogas production. Also, disease agents threatening human health coming from animal waste become inactive.
6 Biogas plant
A biogas plant has four main components.
7 Future and Funding
Biogas plants figure is steadily rising. In 2006 in Germany there were approximately 3.300 plants, with a total output of 950 MW. The gas is used to generate electricity and heat products, as well as heating gas. The forecast for 2007 is a total number of 3.900 installations which together generate an electrical output of 1300 MW.
The federal government promotes renewable energy use and measures to conserve energy through the credit institute for reconstruction (KfW) and the Federal Office of Economics and Export Control (BAFA). Apart from the federal states and municipalities, promoting appropriate technologies, they can
8 Planning
Biogas plants can be run as a single generator where a farmer uses the own organic substances or in large community plants supplied by many farmers. The electrical power of a single plant can be up to thirty kW. Multi plants can even generate several MW. At present, the average power of a new plant is approximately 330 kW and it depends on the amount of the biomass.
The costs per kW of installed capacity is approximately between 2000 € / kW and 5000 € / kW. The costs depend on the type of engine, with a plant running 7000 hours a year. Up to 1 million kWh of electricity can be generated.
The financing of a biogas plant is made by the individual federal states.
9 Areas where Biogas is used in
Usage In Heating: acquired biogas is burned by a burner and the gained heat is used in houses, animal stables, greenhouses and inside the facility. Biogas stoves, hot water cauldrons or steam cauldrons are generally used in this systems. The biogas purification before usage is important to eliminate corroding hydrogen sulphur (H2S) and carbon dioxide.
Usage In Cooking: Biogas can be used in kitchens, as fuel for ovens and stoves using LPG.
Usage In Lighting: Biogas can be used in LPG-using lamps by burning directly and also by transforming into electricity. The efficiency level is low like 3% when burning.
Preparing Hot Water: We can use biogas to provide hot water at home and industrial need and also for geyser and other water heater systems.
Usage In Internal Combustion Engine: Biogas can be used in vehicles as an alternative fuel to common energy sources. Especially in Europe, this kind of applications is encouraged by several projects.
Electricity Production: Espacially in medium and large facilities, biogas is used in electric generators. The electric transformation efficiency of biogas is about 22%- 40%.
10 Cogeneration and Trigeneration Facilities:
The usage of biogas in cogeneration facilities, where both heat and electricity can be produced, is becoming more and more common. In this processes, the energy transformation efficiency can be rise up to 85-88%. In addition to heat and electric production, biogas can be used in trigeneration applications, which can help the idle capacity to be used in hot seasons, when the load of volumetric heating is especially increased but the cooling need is increased, including an absorbing cooling unit in the system.
11 Works in Europe and Around the World
The anaerobic reactor number in the European countries are increasing every year this is why it is hard to make a comparative analysis covering all European countries. It has been detected that in 1994, there were 397 industrial anaerobic purification facilities (Nyns, 1994). With this number, comparing analysis's have been done, adding the number of anaerobic purification facilities in Turkey. The spread of anaerobic purification facilities by countries can be seen in Table-Z. The most number of anaerobic purification facilities is located in Germany, Holland, France and Italy, respectively. In 1994, there were 99 facilities in Germany, and in 1999, this number was increased to 125 (Austermann-Haun vd., 1999). The facility numbers in unit area and unit population is given in Table-2. North European small countries such as Holland, Denmark and Belgium use this technology a lot. Turkey is the last country by the anaerobic facility number for one million people in Europe.
Table-2: The spread of industrial anaerobic purification facilities in Europe since 1994 (Nyns, 1994)
quant./1000 km2
adet/106 kişi
12 Works About Biogas In Turkey
The direct burning of compost for heating in Turkey causes the organic material which is very important for the soils disappear and wood usage destroys the forests which are already poor.
Minimum precautions must be taken to protect forests and we need to eliminate the disease agents that are threatening human health and make a positive effect on rural areas' environment.
The Works on biogas in Turkey have been done for many years by The Ankara Research Institute Directorate of Rural Areas and after being stopped in 1986, no institutional activity was found, but interest of the stockbreeding companies to form a biogas plant is still increasing. Many companies both small and big are using biogas and now we can see private sector investments on this type of energy.
There must be more researches about many topics concerning biogas in order to make biogas technology applicable and to achieve success from the investments in this field.
Researches done up until now have provided a good amount of information, but this is not enough.
The fields that will be worked on first are stated below:
Development of the way of implanting biogas plants according to the environmental conditions,
Determining the cheap and regional isolation materials,
Developing the biogas usage tools,
Determining how biogas can be produced from herbal wastes,
Researching the effects of the compost of biogas facilities on herbal production and soil characteristics,
Developing the distribution and transportation mechanism of the compost from the biogas facilities,
The calculation of contribution that biogas will have on environmental health
The researching of social economical effects on biogas production technology on rural areas.
Especially in the last years, the increasing of fuel costs in Turkey has been affecting the poor section of the public economically. Because the poor section can not afford these fuels, they prefer to use wood so this causes to reduce the forestall areas which are already insufficient. This is why proper Works and investments should be done on new alternative energy sources.
13 An Example: Energy Production from Waste Gas:
In this system, the gases that are formed in the collection field are collected by an active collection system and burned by being sent to gas motors and then electricity and heat are produced.
The waste gas that is formed in the collection areas is 20 times more effective than the greenhouse effect (the effect to heat up the atmosphere) of the carbon dioxide. By this, in this system, we overcome the problems of the uncontrolled gases without harming the environment and we decrease the risk of explosion.
The uncontrolled gases that are formed from 5.7 million m³ solid waste are used as fuels in the special gas motors that contain 20 cylinders. In motors, the gases are transformed into heat energy. Then they are transformed into electricity in generators.
The facility that has the capacity of 4 MW of built power produces about 8 000 000 kWh of electricity energy and the energy that is produced is given to the interconnect system. The gases that come out from the collection area will, in time decrease and in 10 years, supply approximately 1 500 houses' electricity need.
14 Model example of a biogas plant in Darmstadt-Wixhausen:
The biogas plant in Darmstadt – Wixhausen runs by HEAG Südhessische Energy and is supplied with biomass by several farmers. About 12,000 tonnes of organic substances will be converted to 2.5 million cubic meters of biogas within a year and finally be fed into the power system. This amount is sufficient to supply a number of 600 single-family – houses with energy.
A large silo is used for the storage of renewable materials. The plant in Wixhausen owns 3 fermenters and a co-generation plant that supplies the power grid of HSE (HEAG Südhessische Energy) with electricity. The investment of 3.5 million Euro pays off, as it contributes to climate protection, and saves 3,500 tons of carbon dioxide annually.
The start of construction of the plant was in June 2007 and it is expected to be finished by March 2008, then the gas processing plant can be used.
Technical data of the biogas plant in Darmstadt - Wixhausen
Fermentation subtracts
11.500 t/a silage of maize
650 t/a Manure
400 t/a Cereals
Biogas production
2,5 million m3/a
Natural biogas gas
1,3 million m3/a
Gas utilization
4,5 million KWh electrical energy
5,5 million kWh thermal energy
CO2 savings
3.500 t/a