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Why is Obama called the first Dem. African American nominee?
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by Thunderstorm » Sat Jun 07, 2008 12:39 pmI siad it before, but I think Ferraro's comment that he was where he was because he's black is accurate. Being a legitimate black candidate got him noticed, and had he not been different, he'd have been just another face in the crowd. Sharpton and Jackson don't count... they're crazy people.
I think in the general public, "If it looks like a duck..." applies here.
I personally think African-American is a ridiculous term, and I try not to use it.
by Nightfly » Sat Jun 07, 2008 12:54 pm
By that rationale, isn't Hillary equally lucky to be the only woman in the race? Didn't that make her face stand out in the all-male crowd?
If they're both equally lucky to be other than White Male, what exactly was Ferraro's point? Was she asserting that America didn't just want a change from White Male leadership, but that America wanted non-White leadership altogether?
by Thunderstorm » Sat Jun 07, 2008 12:58 pm
Hillary does get more attention than she deserves for being a woman, and for being a former first lady. She wasn't new to the scene though, and Obama was. It's not to say that he didn't have other qualities that could have gotten him attention, but when he was a relative unknown it helped his visibility a lot.
by David Bird » Sat Jun 07, 2008 3:31 pm
There are mixed black/white and native/white members of my immediate family and people define themselves by, and are treated according to, their appearance. Only one actually describes herself as mixed and that's because she looks mixed (and people are always trying to guess her background). Obama looks black, so he is black.
by daitong » Sat Jun 07, 2008 4:03 pmHillary gave one hell of a speech today. Mega props to her and most of her supporters.
I was really disappointed in the tone of her campaign towards the later stages. Divisiveness does not make for a good party.
That said, it's in the past, and now on to beating McSame in '08!
by DeadFett » Sun Jun 08, 2008 1:01 am
Yeah, she did give a great speech today. I just hope her supporters follow what she said and get behind Obama.
by daitong » Sun Jun 08, 2008 9:19 pm
You'll get the crazy diehards that probably won't vote for him (like this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KACQuZVAE3s), but I think most will come back.
by L Independant » Sun Jun 08, 2008 9:21 pm
Wait...how is she a second-class citizen living in Manhattan? I'm lost.
by daitong » Sun Jun 08, 2008 9:24 pm
Divorce is messy.
by L Independant » Sun Jun 08, 2008 9:27 pm
Apparently so is using your privilege to get into a DNC meeting. It must be hard for her and her Prada handbag and sunglasses. "Help, help, I'm a second class citizen."
If she was paying attention she'd know we don't elect presidents in America. We elect the people who elect the president, and not even that - I never had a hand in Howard Dean being the DNC chairman.
by daitong » Sun Jun 08, 2008 9:34 pm
I can't be that cynical about the process, but I get where you're coming from. The thing with that was that the credentials committee didn't decide the outcome of the election. Obama would have been ahead either way. And this silly notion about popular vote, when that has no bearing on a primary election (not to mention Clinton's fuzzy numbers) just didn't hold water.
There are stories that some of those people were actually Repub plants sent to cause chaos. Who knows...
by L Independant » Sun Jun 08, 2008 9:36 pm
There've been plants throughout the primaries, I'd say. Like Limbaugh encouraging Republicans to vote for Hillary in Indiana - where it might not have been as close had they not.
by daitong » Sun Jun 08, 2008 9:39 pm
To be fair, DailyKos urged the same in the Republican Michigan primaries. Their thinking was that Romney would be an easier opponent for the general. I wasn't a fan of that kind of nonsense.
by L Independant » Sun Jun 08, 2008 9:42 pm
It'd be nice if politics were a clean sport without the shenanigans.
BTW...SWEET avatar.
by daitong » Sun Jun 08, 2008 9:49 pm
Obama is the shiznit!
And apparently a 70's Alien rockstar.
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"As North Carolina legislators move to close public access to firearm permits, some sheriffs are already refusing to hand over the records."
Ha! That rules!
"Following a public showdown with the sheriff in Cherokee County, a local newspaper editor quit last week after his records request which was denied made him the target of death threats."
That doesn't rule. While I don't think it's any of the newspaper's darn business who carries and who does not, someone making death threats against the editor is NOT acceptable. That's a chicken-spit way of dealing with things, and gives responsible 2nd Amendment supporters a black eye. Lock 'em up.
problem is, how do you know that the threats were not coming from the anti-gun crowd looking to provide that black eye
"Lock em up."
Locking Democraps up in a prison is likely to be considered cruel and unusual punishment in that prisoners usually and customarily are imprisoned with merely criminals - not the walking evil that is a Democrap.


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Shooting Advertising With A Conscience
This guest post was written by Christopher LaMarca author of Forest Defenders: The Confrontational American Landscape
Within the world of professional photography, ones ability to work on personal projects must be balanced with the jobs that bring in the capital required to do so. In finding this balance, occasionally we are asked to compromise our personal principals for the paycheck which sustains us in this highly competitive field. With the current state of the world, perhaps its high time to take a difficult but necessary look at our industries relationship with perpetuating an extraction based economy responsible for the widespread environmental and social degradation we see all around us today.
A couple of months ago I was approached by the advertising agency representing Chevron to place a bid for shooting a campaign aimed at increasing the effectiveness of their global corporate recruitment. Before submitting an offer, I was faced with an ethical and intensely personal moral dilemma that stemmed from the possibility of using my craft to advance a corporate agenda I do not support. Most recently Chevron has admitted during the long-running trial in both US and Ecuadorian courts that it created a system of oil extraction that led to the deliberate discharge of billions of gallons of chemical-laden "water of formation" into the Amazonian River basin of Ecuador, affecting thousands of people with cancer and other illness. These facts represented a counter weight to the realization that the type of financial benefit this job opportunity offered was enough to finish and fully fund a documentary film that I have been working on for the past two years. This film represents the most intimate and visceral body of work in my professional career.
Having worked on energy issues for the past five years I've been fortunate enough to be invited into the homes of countless families and company employees who's lives have been affected by the extraction of natural gas, coal, and oil. Ironically, it was the natural dignity and heroism I captured in the images of these individuals that the client hoped I would bring to their campaign of workforce recruitment. How could I justify my professional contribution of working with a company that has proven countless times over that the desire for increased profits is far more important than the human and environmental disasters they leave in their wake. Through this process I had an opportunity to re-examine the direction of my own ethical compass. I'd like to say there was never any question about my decision, but in this case, that was not true. I have no doubt that I made the right choice for me, which clearly isn't the right choice for everybody.
I believe the questions posed while I was flirting with Chevron's money are questions that often get lost in our industry. Can we justify the prostitution of the work we love to corporate interests so that we may continue to chase down our individual dreams of self expression? Do the ends justify the means? When we convince ourselves that that they do, what gets lost or destroyed along the way? Whether we're using our craft to create corporate "cool", or 'greenwashing' the public with an eco-friendly image that hides the true nature of that which is being peddled, we are covering up the truth which hides right in front of our eyes. And in doing so we act in direct opposition to the truth of our own work we desire to share with the rest of the world.


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Don't you just love this little bunny? That's me today...all tuckered out. How about you? How are you on this day, Sweet Readers?
Open House photos. Thanks to all who came. It was great fun!
You must be tuckered! You certainly know how to put a successful event together, I can't believe all the people that were there.
Enjoy your weekend recovering and let's plan our next outing soon!
It was incredibly fun for me to see your "nest." Can you come help me make mine look that pretty!?! Your heart is apparent in all that you design (including your home).ReplyDelete
I know exactly how that bunny feels...was in Sugarland most of the day at a softball tournament and I am tuckered out! It was so nice to meet you on Thur. My daughter loved her peace sign note cards & I am hopeful I will get at least one letter from her while she is at camp! Your home is lovely made me want to come home and start over!
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|Feb 11, 1986
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|Nov 30, 1983
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|Dec 30, 1982
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|Geoffrey A. Ozin, Mark P. Andrews
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|Ozin Geoffrey A, Andrews Mark P
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This application is a continuation of Ser. No. 454,885, filed Dec. 30, 1982 and now abandoned.
This invention relates to solid catalysts for performing heterogeneous phase reactions, and processes for their preparation. More particularly, it relates to metal catalysts in which the metal atoms are present in small cluster form, in association with carbon supports, and processes for their preparation.
Heterogeneous catalysis processes, using metal catalysts, are of commercial importance in a large number of chemical and petrochemical processes. In all cases, the economic performance of the processes depends, to a greater or lesser extent, on the activity of the catalyst, its selectivity towards the desired reaction product, and the cost and complexity of preparation of the catalyst in its most advantageous form for use in the particular process under consideration. For most efficient catalysis, the catalyst should have large metallic surface area, i.e. a large surface to bulk ratio.
This is achieved by producing the catalyst comprising individual occurrences of metal atoms (monoatomic) where most of the metal atoms are atoms in the zero-valent form and wherein the individual occurrences of metal atoms (monatomic) form aggregates or clusters, exhibiting molecular metal properties as opposed to colloidal, bulk metal properties. As used herein, the term "cluster" refers to metal atoms weakly or strongly coupled, through space or through a support a significant proportion of the metal atoms being in the zero-valent state and generally separated by a distance of six Angstrom (Å) or less. Such a cluster includes any aggregation of two or more metal atoms, of the same or different species, regardless of whether they occur in substantially one dimensional form (i.e. a chain of metal atoms), or two dimensional form (i.e. a planar arrangement), a spiral arrangement or a three dimensional structure.
When bulk metals, especially transition metals, are vaporized e.g. by resistive heating, the initially formed vapor is in the monatomic condition. Very rapidly indeed, under normal conditions, the single metal atoms agglomerate into small clusters on a surface, and then very rapidly bulk, colloidal metal is formed by further agglomeration.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,292,253, Ozin and Francis, issued Sept. 29, 1982, describes a process for preparation of a catalyst in which the catalytic metal is present, in significant amounts, in small cluster form and is stable at or near room temperature. The process described involves the generation of vapors of the metal in a high vacuum environment and in the vicinity of a liquid polymer having reactive groups, so that the metals are effectively "trapped" by the polymer in monatomic or small cluster form and prevented from recombining to form colloidal metal. This work showed that the metal was anchored at specific reactive sites of the polymer structure, with further depositions of metal atoms causing growth in the cluster sizes rather than creation of additional clusters at new nucleation sites.
It is known to provide solid catalysts comprising various metals deposited on an inert carbon support. The carbon support, normally in particulate form, is treated by washing with a solution of a reducible salt of the appropriate metal. Then the support carrying the salt of the metal is subjected to reducing conditions, e.g. using hydrogen, to form metal on the surface of the carbon particles. Such catalysts are useful in a variety of reactions including hydrocarbon cracking, hydrocracking, hydrocarbon reforming and the like as described by B. C. Gates, J. R. Katzer, and G. C. A. Schuit, "Chemistry of Catalytic Processes", McGraw-Hill, N.Y., N.Y. 1979 and in electro-catalytic processes, e.g. as fuel cell electrodes. As in all heterogeneous catalysts, the most active forms are those which present the largest ratio of surface atoms to internal atoms of catalytic metal, so that the presence of the metal in individual occurrences and in small cluster form on the surface of the carbon particles is desirable.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a carbon-metal catalyst useful in heterogeneous phase chemical reactions.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a carbon-metal catalyst useful in heterogeneous phase chemical reaction wherein said catalyst is comprised of carbon having deposited thereon a useful amount of catalytically active metal, wherein the metal is comprised of individual occurrences of metal atoms and clusters formed by aggregation of the metal atoms.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a carbon-metal electrode for use in a fuel cell and having metal comprised of individual occurrences of metal atoms and clusters formed by aggregation of the metal atoms, deposited on carbon.
It is still another object of the present invention to provide a carbon-metal catalyst useful in heterogeneous phase chemical reactions wherein the carbon support is an allotropic form of carbon, especially graphite.
It is further an object of the present invention to provide a novel process for preparing carbon-metal catalysts useful in heterogeneous phase chemical reactions.
It is still a further object to provide such a process which produces such catalysts having small clusters of zero-valent, catalytically-active metal.
It is yet another object of the present invention to provide said process wherein the carbon support is an allotropic form of carbon especially graphite.
In the process of the present invention, metals are deposited onto carbon catalyst supports, in a catalytically active form, by deposition of solvated metal atoms or clusters from solution in a liquid organic or inorganic solvent. The desired catalytic metal is vaporized into the liquid solvent. Monatomic zero-valent metal which can aggregate to small clusters in the liquid is produced in the vaporization process. The metal becomes solvated by the solvent in the form of a labile solvated metal complex dissolved in the solvent. In this form, the solvated metal complex and solvent contact the carbon support, so that solvated metal can deposit onto the surface of the carbon support. After sufficient metal complex has deposited onto the carbon support, the excess of solvated metal complex and liquid solvent can be removed, e.g. by filtering, and then the composite may be warmed and subjected to vacuum conditions. In this way, the surface attached labile solvated metal complex decomposes, leaving metal on the surface of the carbon support, in either monatomic or small cluster form. The resultant metal-loaded carbon catalyst is stable at room or elevated temperatures, and has catalytic activity.
In the process of the invention, there is no need for the carbon catalyst support to have reactive groups to which the metal atoms may attach, as in the case of the liquid polymer-metal cluster catalyst of the prior art referred to above. Instead, the metal atoms are "trapped" in an inert liquid solvent, to form labile monatomic or small cluster complexes therein, and then anchored to a carbon support in manatomic or small cluster form.
FIG. 1 is a diagrammatic illustration of a fuel cell utilizing catalytic electrodes prepared according to the invention, as described in Example 4.
FIG. 2 is a graphical presentation of cell potential versus current density relationship for the cell shown in FIG. 1 and operated as described in Example 4.
FIG. 3 is a similar cell potential curve derived from Example 4.
Preferred metals for use in the process of the present invention are transition metals such as titanium, zirconium, vanadium, niobium, tantalum, molybdenum, chromium, iron, cobalt nickel, rhodium, ruthenium, osmium, iridium, palladium, platinum, tungsten, copper, silver and gold. Most preferred are the metals palladium, platinum, molybdenum and silver. Preferred forms of carbon are particulate carbon blacks, especially porous forms having a crystalline lattice. The carbon should have good thermal and chemical stability, and only weak interaction with the chosen metal. Specific examples of commercially available, suitable carbons are Vulcan XC-72, from Cabot Carbon Corporation, and Shawinigan 100, from Shawinigan Chemical Company. Any form of particulate, inert carbon or an allotropic form, e.g. graphite can be used in the process of this invention.
Some forms of carbon have large contaminations of oxygen, especially at the surface, creating oxygen-chemical functionality at the surface. It is undesirable to use such carbon supports with easily oxidizable metals, for fear of losing the zero-valent nature of the metal in situ. In such cases, the carbon support should be pretreated to deoxygenate it, before the metal is deposited thereon. Such pretreatment of the carbon support is not however essential in the present invention.
The precise type of carbon for use is thus chosen, having regard for the metal to be deposited and the catalytic use to which the catalytic material is to be put. For example, in use as a catalytic fuel cell electrode, the carbon support for the catalyst should be macroporous to gases.
The conditions under which the catalyst is prepared should be chosen so that the solvated metal complex is readily formed and maintained long enough for contact with the carbon to be accomplished, without substantial colloidal metal formation in the solvent. The best conditions will vary depending upon the choice of metal and solvent. In most cases, the metal will need to be vaporized under conditions of low vapor pressure, to ensure that sufficient zero-valent monatomic or small cluster metal contacts the solvent. Also in most cases, the metal vaporization and solvent contacting should be done at low temperatures, since many of the suitable solvated metal complexes are only stable at low temperatures.
It is preferred to form a homogeneously dispersed slurry of the carbon catalyst support in the chosen solvent (in which the carbon is substantially insoluble), and then to contact the slurry with the vapor of the metal, or with a preformed solution of the solvated metal complex. In this way, the risk of formation of colloidal metal prior to contacting the carbon is minimized.
In order to obtain homogeneity of the metal dispersion throughout the carbon catalyst, it is preferred to vaporize the metal in the vicinity of a thin film of carbon-solvent slurry, the film being moved continuously relative to the source of vaporizing metal. One way of achieving this is to dispose the source of vaporizing metal at the approximate center of an evacuated rotating vessel containing the carbon-solvent slurry. In this manner, the slurry can be arranged to form a thin film on the walls of the rotating vessel surrounding the source of vaporizing metal, thereby ensuring an even exposure of the slurry to vaporizing metal and, as an end product, a relatively homogeneous solid catalyst. Alternatively, the metal vapor can be deposited into the preferred solvent, and subsequently the solution of solvated metal complexes so formed contacted with the carbon. Vaporization of the metal can be caused by a variety of known methods, such as resistive heating, electron beam bombardment, laser evaporation and the like, to cause localized heating only of the bulk metal. Suitably, the metal is contained in an electrically heated crucible located at the center of the rotating evacuated flask.
Suitable apparatus for conducting the process of the present invention is described in the prior art, and is commercially available. For example, such an apparatus is described in British patent specification No. 1,483,459 National Research and Development Corporation, published Aug. 17, 1977. A suitable apparatus is commercially available from G. V. Planer Ltd., Sunbury-on-Thames, England, under the designation "Vapor Synthesis Equipment type VSP 101" or "type VSP 302".
When the metal is vaporized into a non-solvating liquid for the chosen metal, e.g. silver is vaporized into a liquid alkane, a very broad distribution of silver cluster sizes of from about 100 to about 1000 Å is formed and deposited on a carbon support in the liquid slurry. Such a carbon-silver complex is of low stability, and is of limited use as a catalyst. It is nevertheless useful in a restricted number of catalytic processes, e.g. ethylene oxidation to ethylene oxide. More useful, however, are solvents which will solvate the chosen metal, since a greater homogeneity of cluster sizes is then obtained. For silver metal, such solvating solvents include ethers, olefins, aromatic hydrocarbons, amines and nitriles.
One technique for studying the nature of the solvated metal complexes and the clusters of silver metal to be deposited on the carbon support is plasma resonance absorption spectroscopy of the colloidal and sub-colloidal metal. This is an optical absorption technique in which the wavelength of maximum absorption (λmax) and band width at half maximum height are observed, and related to the cluster growth behaviour as a function of silver metal loading, temperature and other parameters. By application of the classical scattering theory and modifications thereof of Mie in the small particle limit, one can estimate average particle size and monitor size distributions as functions of the above parameters.
In practice, it turns out that λmax does not change and the band width at half height does not change, with increased silver loading, other conditions being kept constant. The plasma resonance absorption, which is proportional to the concentration of silver atom clusters, and sensitive to particle size, increases linearly with the silver concentration, indicating that the silver atoms find their way to specific solvating sites of the solvent, and grow to a certain cluster size at each site (mono-dispersion). All the generated clusters contribute to substantially the same size distribution, which does not change with time during the metal vapor deposition/growth period. Instead, as mentioned, the number of cluster particles contributing to this distribution is linearly proportional to the amount of deposited metal. A saturation loading can be reached, after which the cluster size distribution broadens. The precise range of the cluster size distribution is dependent upon the nature of the solvent and the temperature contact. In this form, the solvated silver clusters contact and are deposited on the carbon support.
An example of a specific combination of carbon, solvent and metal in accordance with the present invention is particulate, porous carbon black, tetrahydrofuran (THF) and silver, and so for convenience the process of the present invention will be further described with reference thereto. However, this is in no way to be construed as limiting the scope of the invention, and is for ease of further and complete description of the process only.
Silver metal is vaporized by resistive heating, in an apparatus comprising an evacuated flask adapted to rotate on an inclined angle, the vaporizing silver being located in a crucible substantially at the center of the flask. Prior to addition to the flask, the solvent is dried and deoxygenated, and the carbon may be suitably deoxygenated as previously mentioned. The slurry is cooled in the flask to a predetermined temperature, and the vapour pressure is suitably lowered. Suitably, for quantitative deposition of metal, it is preferred than an in situ mass monitor such as a quartz crystal microbalance be employed. The flask contains the slurry of carbon in THF. As the metal is vaporized, the flask is rotated about the source of vaporization so that the liquid slurry of solid carbon and liquid THF forms a thin film on the walls of the flask. The vaporized silver, in monatomic form Ag(O) contacts and becomes solvated by the THF, dissolving therein in the form of a solvated silver atom labile complex. The solvated silver atom undergoes further reaction with solvated silver atoms or small solvated silver clusters in the THF, to form larger complexes. These complexes each grow only to a certain size before they are removed from further reaction in the solvent. This process is conducted at low vapor pressures within the flask, e.g. 10-3 -10-5 torr, and at low temperatures, e.g. -100� C.
The thus solvated silver complex comprising single or multiatoms of silver, contacts the carbon in the slurry in this form, and deposits onto the surface of the carbon particles in this form. The metal vaporization process in the presence of the slurry is continued under these conditions for a suitable period of time until the desired degree of solvated metal complex loading onto the carbon has been attained. As more silver metal is vaporized in this process, more and more silver particles of about the same size distribution are formed in the solution. Spectroscopic analyses have indicated that they are well-defined small clusters of silver atoms Ag(O), down to about 10 Å size.
Next, the slurry is removed from the contacting vessel, and the carbon-silver solid is separated from excess THF and residual solvated silver complex dissolved therein. For this purpose, the low temperature should preferably be maintained, so that the silver is maintained in very small cluster form. Filtration, at low temperatures but above the solvent freezing point is a suitable procedure. Higher temperatures of filtration lead to deposition of larger silver particles onto the carbon, which are still useful but normally less catalytically active.
After the filtration, the solid carbon-silver catalyst is washed to remove excess solvent and solvated metal complex, and then allowed to warm up to room temperature, whilst subjected to vacuum pumping to remove most of the residual THF. The affinity of the silver metal clusters for the carbon surface is sufficient to ensure the stability of the carbon-silver cataklyst whilst the warming takes place, and subsequent colloidal metal formation on the outside surface of the carbon will be prevented.
As a result, a loading of silver of any desired weight percent, based on the weight of the carbon, is achieved in the catalyst. Typical silver or other metal loadings are in the 0.1-15 weight percent range. The material is now stable at room temperatures. In the case of certain metals, e.g. molybdenum and other easily oxidizable metals, the material must be stored in vacuo or under inert atmpsphere, e.g. argon, until it is to be used. In other cases, e.g. materials containing silver, plantinum and palladium, they can safely be stored in air. No further activation treatment of the material is normally necessary before it is employed as a catalyst, apart from removal of residual solvent, its metal component already being present as a catalytically active zero-valent form. The material can be used in any of the heterogeneous phase catalytic processes for which similar supported metal catalysts have previously been used, for example, fuel cell electrodes, hydrogenation, hydrogenolysis, dehydrogenation, Fischer Tropsch reactions, catalytic carbon monoxide hydrogenation, and ammonia synthesis. The material can also be used as electrodes to catalyse the fuel cell half cell reaction: 2H2 +O2 →H2 O+4e. Analysis has indicated that about 80-90% of the silver metal associated with the catalyst is present in small cluster (less than 100 atoms) form.
Alternative solvents for use in the present invention include, in addition to tetrahydrofuran, methyltetrahydrofuran, 2,5-dimethyltetrahydrofuran, toluene, glyme (dimethyl ether of ethylene glycol), diglyme (dimethyl ether of diethylene glycol), alkenes, oligo- and poly-olefins, acyclic or cyclic dienes, e.g. cyclopentadiene, cyclooctadiene, squalene, amines (e.g. hexaethylene pentamine), ethers, oligo- and poly-ethers, crown ethers, aza-crown ethers, siloxanes, oligosiloxanes and polysiloxanes, aromatic hydrocarbons (xylenes, mesitylene, methylnaphthalenes, etc.) and nitriles such as acetonitrile. Mixtures of two or more solvents can also be used. Other solvent examples will readily occur to those skilled in the art. Their choice is determined by their ability to solvate the chosen catalytic metal in zero-valent form, their inertness towards the carbon, their ease of removal from the carbon and their freezing and boiling points and vapor pressure, all factors readily determinable from standard reference works. Toulene is especially suitable with the platinum group metals, with -100� C. being a suitable operating temperature for preparing the catalyst. 1,5-Cyclo-octadiene is suitable with iron, cobalt, nickel, palladium and platinum. Tetrahydrofuran and methyltetrahydrofuran are suitable for use with silver and palladium, operating at temperatures in the -90� C. to -125� C. range. Glymes (glyme, diglyme, triglyme, etc.) suitable for use with silver, molybdenum and chromium, can be operated at temperatures of about -30� C. to -60� C.
If desired, using the process of the present invention, one can prepare catalysts having metal clusters of two or more different metals in or on the carbon. This is accomplished by choosing a solvent or mixture of solvents which will solvate each of the chosen metals, and vaporizing the metals either simultaneously or successively in the vicinity of the solvent as described above.
For use as a catalytic fuel cell electrode, porous graphite having metal clusters e.g. silver clusters deposited thereon as previously described is suitably homogenized with a teflon emulsion, pressed into a sheet, backed by a porous sintered nickel disc or a graphite disc such as Stackpole graphite. The clusters are present on the surface and in the pores of the carbon. The efficiency of the electrode in the fuel cell is dependent upon the cluster size and cluster size distribution. The composite is stable in air.
The invention is further described in the following specific examples, for illustrative purposes only.
A slurry of 1.5 g of unactivated Vulcan-XC72 carbon (Cabot Corporation) was dispersed by ultrasonification in 150 ml dry, distilled, inhibitor-free 2-methyltetrahydrofuran, contained in a 2 liter flask designed to fit a rotary metal vapour reactor. Once in place, the flask and contents were cooled to -110� C. and 0.0206 g of silver was resistively vapourized into the slurry at a pressure of 2�10-5 torr, over a period of 3/4 hour. The deposition rate was monitored by means of a quartz crystal oscillator situated just above and behind the crucible. The flask was rotated at approximately 60 rpm throughout the deposition period, this frequency of rotation being adequate to maintain proper cooling of the spun thin film band into which the silver was being deposited. After the vapourization period was concluded, the slurry was transferred by means of a positive nitrogen gas pressure via a cold transfer tube maintained at -115� C. to a filter frit cooled to this same temperature. The carbon was separated from the solvent at this temperature over a period of four hours by vacuum filtration, and then evacuated to dryness at room temperature. Electron microscopy revealed the presence of carbon supported silver particles varying in size from 10 Å to 30 Å.
The same procedure as described in Example 1 was used in this instance except that 2.0 g of Vulcan XC-72 carbon was combined with 175 ml dry, distilled tetrahydrofuran. Approximately 0.2 g of silver was evaporated over one hour into the slurry as described above. In this case the slurry was filtered at room temperature after contacting the cold silver-tetrahydrofuran-carbon slurry in a spinning flask for one hour after the deposition had ceased. Electron microscopy revealed particle sizes ranging from 10 to 30 Å.
In a similar manner to the experiments described above, 0.1773 g of palladium was vaporized over a period of one hour into 2.0 g of unactivated Shawinigan 100 carbon (SH-100) as a slurry in 150 ml of dry, distilled toluene in a 2 liter rotary flask. The reaction was performed at -100� C., transferred at -100� C. and filtered at -78� C. over a period of five hours in the manner described above. After filtration, the carbon-palladium residue was washed five times with 10 ml volumes of dry, distilled hexanes. The residue was then evacuated to dryness for two days at room temperature to give a 9% palladium-carbon catalyst based upon the amount of palladium evaporated. The palladium carbon catalyst of this Example was shown to be active in hydrogenation of ethylene and toluene under normal flow reactor conditions.
A catalyst of 10% silver deposited upon carbon XC-72, prepared as described in the previous examples, was tested as an oxygen electrode in a fuel cell, alongside a commercial platinum-graphite hydrogen electrode in an oxygen plus hydrogen fuel cell as diagrammatically illustrated in FIG. 1. The fuel cell vessel has a central compartment 10 containing conductive electrolyte (50% aqueous solution of potassium hydroxide), an oxygen compartment 12 and hydrogen compartment 14, the three compartments being sealed from one another. Oxygen inlet and outlet ports 16 and 18 feed oxygen gas into and out of oxygen compartment 12. Similar inlet and outlet ports 20, 22 are provided in hydrogen compartment 14.
The oxygen electrode 24 comprises a dry, porous graphite 26 and a silver-on-carbon catalyst 28 prepared according to the present invention. To prepare the electrode from the silver-carbon catalyst, a suitable quantity of the catalyst e.g. 200 mg is combined with 30 mls distilled water, 3 mls isopropanol and 1 drop of surfactant (Photoflow), followed by ultrasonification to disperse the mixture. Then, 130 mg of resin polytetrafluoroethylene (60% solids) to give a 30% w/w teflon carbon ratio is added. The ingredients are mixed together, deposited on Stackpole carbon by gentle vacuum filtration, sintered in an oven at the melting point of teflon under a nitrogen purge.
The hydrogen electrode 30 comprises a commercial platinum-on-carbon catalyst 32 deposited on porous graphite 34.
The electrodes are connected to an external circuit whereby a variable resistance 36 can be applied. Measurements are taken of voltage and current, as various levels of exterior resistance.
The external circuit is also connected to a platinum black reference electrode 38, connected to the electrolyte of the central compartment 10 via a Luggin capillary 40.
The results are presented graphically in FIG. 2. This is the cell potential versus current density curve, derived from a 10% silver-on-carbon XC-72 catalyst, measured at 22� C. or 295� C. As can be seen from the curve, substantially increased current can be obtained over a wide range of current densities, without substantial drop in voltage.
FIG. 3 presents graphically the cell potential versus current density curve for different external resistances, for a 9% palladium catalyst prepared according to the present invention and used in a fuel cell as diagrammatically illustrated in FIG. 1. These results are plotted alongside those obtained in a similar test from a commercially available platinum catalyst, the upper line representing the results obtained from the commercial platinum catalyst. This illustrates that palladium-carbon catalysts prepared according to the present invention are comparable to and only slightly inferior to very much more expensive commercial platinum-containing catalysts.
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Congressman Dale E. Kildee (D-MI) today voted to override the President's objections to a bill that will maintain seniors' access to their own physicians. H.R. 6331, the Medicare Improvements to the Patients and Providers Act of 2008, will relieve physicians who accept Medicare beneficiaries of a 10 percent cut in payments, which might have otherwise forced many physicians to deny Medicare patients. The House voted by a 383 - 41 margin to override President Bush's veto, enacting into law the timely fix.
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Strong Bad has a new computer! Introducing... Lappy 486! Meanwhile, Spud Jr. asks Strong Bad what he would like as if he were his own made up animal.
Cast (in order of appearance): Strong Bad, Monstrosity, Homestar Runner, Deep Sea Fangly Fish, Baby Styles, Da Huuuuuudge, Marzipan, The Red Steckled Elbermung, El Pardack, Sterrance, The Cheat
Places: Computer Room, The Show, The Field, Da Huuuuuudge's Enclosure, Strong Badia
Computer: Lappy 486
Date: Monday, November 29, 2004
Running Time: 4:02
Page Title: Compy 386?? Not No More.
DVD: strongbad_email.exe Disc Four, Sbemails' 50 Greatest Hits DVD
{Both Strong Bad and the Compy 386 are absent from their usual place at the desk. Clean spots left by the Compy monitor and the keyboard are evident against the slightly faded wall and table. Wind can be heard, and a tumbleweed rolls past.}
STRONG BAD: {offscreen} It is a time of desolation, chaos, and uncertainty. Brother pitted against brother; babies havin' babies. Then one day, from the right side of the screen,—
{Strong Bad walks on from the right, carrying the folded-up Lappy.}
STRONG BAD: —came a man.
{He sits down at the desk and places the Lappy on it.}
STRONG BAD: A man with a plastic rectangle... I MEAN LAPTOP COMPUTER!
{He unfolds the Lappy; the words "Lappy 486" appear on the screen with an accompanying note, then the Lappy's logo appears above; the screen becomes a black screen with a square bracket in the top left.}
STRONG BAD: Now that is a classy start-up noise! {imitating the start-up noise} Dong...ding! And check out all these speculations!
{Some music starts playing. Cut to the set of The Show, with a silhouetted Lappy on the pedestal. As Strong Bad speaks, the camera zooms in and the Lappy becomes visible.}
STRONG BAD: The Lappy 486 weighs in at an extremely portable forty-two pounds—
{The words "42 POUNDS!!! (LBS.)" appear in the top right.}
STRONG BAD: —and features an impressive battery life—
{The words "Several" color monitor" and "2 MB Hard Drive!" appear at the top of the screen.}
STRONG BAD: —of one half of ten minutes.
{The words "WARNING: +/- FIVE MINUTE BATTERY LIFE" appear under the first slogan.}
STRONG BAD: The Lappy 486—
{"512k RAM" appears next to the battery life warning}
STRONG BAD: —by Compy.
{The slogan "Finally, a computer for your lap!" appears at the bottom of the screen next to a Compy logo. An applause accompanies the scene. Cut back to the computer room.}
STRONG BAD: All right! Let's see if this bad boy can check some emails.
{He types in "strongbad_email.exe" as with the Compy.}
subject: made up animal
Dear Strong Bad, What would you like as if you were your own made up animal Sincerely,
Spud Jr.
STRONG BAD: {typing} Come now, Spud Jr. What would Spud Sr. think of such nightmarish grammar and punctuation? And poor Spudmom. "What would you like as if..." I at least hope you're good at sports, for their sake. {He stops typing.} All right, I'm done. {He clears the screen and resumes typing.} Well Stu-Pud Jr., If I was my own made up animal I would probably like as the coolest made up animal ever made up. I would have all the cool animal options and accessories:
- Claws
- Horns
- Tusks
- Tentacles
- Power Doors
- 15 Year Drivetrain Warranty
- Proboscis
- Segmented Eyes
{Cut to the field, where Strong Bad stands with three compound eyes (see Goofs), two antlers, two tusks, a proboscis, four claws on each hand, and four tentacles. Homestar Runner is also present.}
HOMESTAR RUNNER: I say there, Monstrosity! Do you know the times?
{Strong Bad attempts to respond and makes gargling sound while foaming at the mouth. Homestar steps back, looking shocked. Cut back to the Lappy.}
STRONG BAD: {typing} Oh. I guess I couldn't really talk with that proboscis. Not that I'd have much of an answer for "Do you know the times," anyway. Hmmm. Maybe I could be one of those deep-sea fangly fishes.
{Cut to the sea, rendered in Powered by The Cheat style.}
STRONG BAD: {voiceover} You know, the kind that have Christmas lights all over them, and those custom lures hanging over their heads.
{An anglerfish with flashing lights adorning its body and Homestar's head for a lure appears.}
HOMESTAR LURE: Right this way, everyone! Free puppies, ginger snaps {a fish version of The Cheat swims past}, Pocket PCs...
STRONG BAD: {voiceover} 'Cept I'd also have an awesome back deck on me for dinner and dancing!
{A deck appears on the fish's back. Zoom in to see a woman dancing on it with Strong Bad, with some typical Powered-by-the-Cheat techno-ish music playing.}
POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG BAD: Hey there, Baby Styles, do you want to watch me bench-press a lot...of weights?
HOMESTAR LURE: {lowers onto the deck} Turn it out, Strong Bad, turn it out!
STRONG BAD: {voiceover} Oh, wait. {The Strong Bad on the deck disappears.} How could I enjoy the dinner and dancing if I'm already the fanglyfish? {The Homestar lure starts "dancing" and the "Cheatfish" swims by again}
{Zoom out to see the full view of the "fanglyfish". Cut back to the Lappy.}
STRONG BAD: {typing} Maybe I'm overthinking this. I should just come up with a cool name and the rest will like as itself. I would be called {considers} da huuuuuudge. {He pronounces each letter of huuuuuudge, as if to say "huh-duh-juh."}
{Cut to Da Huuuuuudge's Enclosure. A sign on the front of the enclosure reads:}
Please, for the love of Pete,
DO NOT feed Da Huuuuuudge
STRONG BAD: Da Huuuuuudge! {Pronounced as "hudge."}
{A large, pus-colored, gelatinous, bubbling creature with Strong Bad's face lands in the enclosure.}
STRONG BAD: Eew! No. No Huuuuuudge. {Pronounced as "hudge" again.}
{Marzipan enters from the right, silhouetted, outside the enclosure.}
MARZIPAN: Oh, wow! Look at the Huuuuuudge! {Pronounced as "hudge" again.}
STRONG BAD: {voiceover} Um... How about...the red steckled elbermung?
{An open book descends into the frame with a picture of a red gastropod with a pattern like Strong Bad's mask around its eyes and huge lips. The text in the book reads:}
R is for Red steckled elbermung
STRONG BAD: No no no.
{The lips, the eyes and the tail become annotated with the word "No" each time Strong Bad says the word.}
STRONG BAD: Um...the pardack?
{Some yellow lined paper descends into the frame. On it is a picture of a large blobby creature with Strong Bad's eyes, horns, duck feet, one of Strong Bad's arms and a soolnd with three toes for the other arm. Text under it reads: "el pardack."}
STRONG BAD: What the? {The pardack gains a speech bubble with the text "what the?"} Why do these keep coming out as nasty blob things?
{Cut back to the Lappy.}
STRONG BAD: {typing} Okay, okay, okay. Gotta look good for the Lappy. My made up animal {slight pause} would be called...
{Cut to Strong Badia.}
STRONG BAD: {voiceover} Sterrance.
{A blue creature with stick arms and legs, red hands, orange feet, angel wings, an orange tongue, buck teeth, and a pattern like Strong Bad's mask around its eyes appears. Some music starts playing.}
STRONG BAD: Hey, I did it! {Sterrance starts dancing} Look at Sterrance. Aw, Sterrance! I want one! Sterrance is way cuter than that stupid ugly old washed-up The Cheat I used to have.
{Cut back to the computer room. The Cheat is standing by Strong Bad, looking angry.}
THE CHEAT: {angry Cheat noises}
STRONG BAD: Oh, Captain Past-His-Prime himself.
THE CHEAT: {angry Cheat noises}
STRONG BAD: Yeah, I know you heard me. And I stand by it.
THE CHEAT: {angry Cheat noises; walks away}
{Strong Bad turns back to the Lappy, affectionately stroking it.}
STRONG BAD: Don't worry about him, Lappy. That's just The Cheat. He uses {dismissively} new computers. Psssh! The Paper, come on down and meet your new brother!
{The Paper begins to edge down.}
STRONG BAD: Come on!
{It edges down a bit more.}
STRONG BAD: It's okay!
{It edges back a bit.}
STRONG BAD: No, ah! Come on!
{It edges down a bit.}
STRONG BAD: Lappy's not going to bite you or tear at your perforated edges!
{It comes down a bit more.}
STRONG BAD: That's it!
{It comes all the way down.}
STRONG BAD: Lappy, this is The Paper. He lets me know when I've stopped being funny!
{The Paper comes down even more so that it now reads:}
|Enough already, Strong Bad
|> Click here to e-mail strong bad
STRONG BAD: Oops! Sorry. Bye, everybody.


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Rihanna goes galactic in this music video. Crazy part is that she is a fan of the sic-fi tings. If you did not know now you know. Peep the making of after the jump
Rihanna has always been known for big occasions, pushing her creativity to the next level. With "Sledgehammer" (leading single from the upcoming Star Trek Beyond movie), she doesn't rest on her laurels. Set in a galaxy beyond, "Sledgehammer" become the first music video ever to be premiered in iMAX cinemas.
Been waitin' on that sunshine, boy I think I need that back Can't do it like that No one else gon' get it like that So why argue? You here, here to take me back Who cares, when it feels like crack? Boy, ya know that you always do it
To be honest, when I opened this video to give it a watch, I had already made my mind up at the fact that, I'm about to watch another mediocre Rihanna performance. I pressed play and uWOAH - I was way off. When did she level up her live performance
This video shouldn't be played in office corridors unless you want to get fired for watching soft porn. Rihanna drops a SVN video for Needed Me taken from her album Anti.
This song on its own is nothing short of perfect. Now with the video added, Rihanna is just always killing it. We know Rihanna's marketing is that of the artistic type. So, had she given us a video that had people kissing each other etc, that would have been too
Rihanna "ANTI world tour was in Miami. It was natural for "work" to play and it was also very natural for Drake to jump on stage and do the most with Riri. Peep it after the jump


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On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 3:10 PM, Rich Bowen <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: > > On Mar 9, 2012, at 8:16 AM, Rainer Jung wrote: > > AFAIR the log tags were motivated by Stefan in order to be able to exactly > identify a certain message, e.g. when doing a search on a search engine. > The plan is *not* to reduce to reduce the logging down to the log tag and > leave module name, message string and all the other nice info out, because > you could look it up in the docs. > > > > Yes. There were many conversations that led to this. The one I remember > was at ApacheCon, but I'm sure it's been discussed before. > > Perhaps I misunderstood what Mathijs was saying? Anyways, my expectation > is that the error message itself still remain useful, assuming you know > what it means. The tag will then be something you'd Google for and find a > more detailed explanation, in particular with a recipe of how to fix the > problem. > It was indeed just a starting point, and the intention of such a list would be that if a user google's for the AHxxxx code, he would arrive on our wiki, where more explanation can be found (if thats needed). This can be a simple explanation text, or a link to another article. I have started a wiki page for this: http://wiki.apache.org/httpd/ListOfErrors and will go over some of the odd results such as empty messages. The only thing I'm worried about here is about keeping this list up-to-date with trunk. > > > The primary goal, finding traces of similar log errors in the net should > be satisfied by the tag itself. Using the tags as an index into a more > detailed description of log errors is fine, but we won't be able to do it > for most messages - there are to many. > > I wonder whether such info would fit into the wiki? > > > On the one hand, I don't agree that there are too many. There are no space > limits on the Internet. > > On the other hand, I don't expect that most of them will need any further > detail. There's only one way to interpret "AH00128: File does not exist: > /usr/local/apache2/htdocs/asdf", right? But the ones that require more > explanation would have more than just the plain error message, but would > have a more detailed explanation of what to do about it. Sort of what we > already started doing on the wiki, but with a more useful lookup code. > > -- > Rich Bowen > firstname.lastname@example.com :: @rbowen > firstname.lastname@example.com >
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Melvin Arps Jr. placed his hand on a Bible at Killeen City Hall on Friday morning and recited an oath of office making him the 19th postmaster for Killeen, and the city's first black person to hold the position.
Tom Billington, manager of post office operations for the North Texas Region of the Rio Grande District, performed the oath of office.
"We're excited to have Melvin," he said. "Melvin is going to be a great part of our team."
Arps' postal career began in 1986 in St. Louis, Mo., as a letter sorting machine clerk. In 1991, he moved into management and was promoted to supervisor a year later.
In 2006, he was named manager of customer service and then customer service operations manager in 2011.
"I have been very successful in my career," Arps said. "(Success) didn't come without a lot of hard work, it didn't come without determination, it didn't come with quitting. I never accepted no; that's why I'm here now."
Mayor Dan Corbin, who served as the master of ceremonies, said it's a "real honor" to have Arps in Killeen.
"The mail is really important to all of us," he said. "The delivery of the mail, the service at the window when we go (to the post office); all of those things make a big impact on our community. We are really pleased to (install) someone who is very concerned about these things."
Arps said he looks forward to working in Killeen and providing "great customer service."
"I'm very passionate about what I do," he said. "I'm very passionate about getting employees to do what they are supposed to do. I'm very passionate about doing it by the book. If it's done by the book there won't be any problems."
Arps said the key to his success has been "treating people the way I want to be treated."
"I believe in doing the right thing," he said. "It's very, very important to do the right thing."
Arps also was presented with a certificate of recognition from U.S. Postmaster Patrick Donahoe, and a certificate of recognition from the local chapter of the NAACP for being the first African-American to hold the position in the city.
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Bon Jovi will stream part of its Dallas show this weekend at the band's official Web site.
The sold-out April 11 Texas show at the American Airlines Center will begin at 8pm ET. The Webcast will be powered by Ustream and fans will get to see the first four songs, as well as a pre-recorded footage of Kid Rock joining Bon Jovi on stage in Detroit.
Kid Rock is the support act on the AEG Live-promoted tour, and he will guest at later dates on Bon Jovi's London O2 Arena residency. Twelve dates have been confirmed in June, beginning June 7.


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The poor thing was never really given a chance. Yes, SLRs will always remain popular, but the point-and-shoot camera was only just getting into gear when the smartphone came along and offered more pixels and an internet connection. True, you can't zoom as far with a phone, but it's getting harder than ever to justify carrying a phone and a point-and-shoot camera at the same time.
Remember your old Gameboy? Of course you do, and you might even have had a Nintendo DS and a PlayStation Portable as well, but smartphones and their app stores offer top-end games for price which can't be matched by the old guard. Add easy online multiplayer, social network integration and remove the need to carry each game around separately, and it was an easy win for the phone.
3. MP3 player
We all had these in the early 2000s, and I bet you were as amazed as we were at carrying an entire album on such a tiny device. But the PC software to transfer music was clunky, you needed a limitless supply of AA batteries and storage was 500 times less than even the smallest iPhone today - it's no surprise that MP3 players and mobile phones soon became one.
4. MP4 player
Although more of a rich kids' toy, the same is true of the MP4 player. Video on the go was amazing in 2004, but now we can carry entire seasons of our favourite TV shows in our pocket, or watch iPlayer on the bus.
Ah the Palm Pilot. In the early 2000s you simply hadn't made it in life until you could whip out your Palm Pilot at a moment's notice, ready to scribble down an important memo, or the time of your next meeting. Sadly this was just another portable gadget waiting to be swallowed up by the smartphone.
6. Portable radio
We remember owning a small pocket radio as a kid. It was powered by a AA battery, it buzzed and crackled, and you could only get FM stations - but it was the 90s answer to Spotify, a football match live blog and breaking news in our pocket.
7. Torch
Not particularly fun this one, we admit, but it didn't take long for app developers to realise you can use a smartphone's camera as a pretty good torch. Some may argue that their "million candle" behemoth they got for £10 at the local petrol station is better, but at least our iPhone isn't the size of a small dog.
8. Filofax
This one doesn't even have batteries! Every kid growing up in the 90s had a Filofax, even if we weren't entirely sure what to do with it. But hey, it had a notepad, a diary, a map of the London Underground and maybe even a ruler if you were lucky. Now of course, we organise our lives in the cloud and on our smartphones. You can even get a case with a ruler on the side.
9. Dictaphone
The quality of smartphone microphones is now so good, you can record an interview in a noisy pub while watching the football. So we're told. Dedicated dictaphones still exist, but a huge market of recording apps and additional microphones means their days are surely numbered.
10. Alarm clock
Does anyone have a bedside alarm clock anymore? Nightly recharging means smartphones sit next to us while we sleep and wake us with their demonic ringtones the next morning. Sadly we haven't yet found an app that will make us a cup of tea and fetch the paper, but it can't be far off now.
11. Pager
Surely extinct by now, the humble pager has been replaced by the smartphone and almost limitless ways of getting in touch with anyone the world over. Email, Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, text, Snapchat, even Yo (where all you can do is send the message 'Yo' to someone) are better alternatives.


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text: COUNTY - As the county moves next year to one sole waste provider, officials wonder whether now is the time to create another single collection system. But unlike curbside trash, this collection involves cold hard cash as the 16 municipalities that make up the County of Simcoe must decide whether to adopt a single billing system that would eliminate a disparity between them. While the new county-wide, waste-collection contract with BFI Canada is expected to create "significant savings as well as a uniform collection service," county bureaucrats say this creates an opportune time to begin a uniform way of recuperating waste costs. Currently, eight municipalities collect the waste levy through a flat rate while the eight others opt to tie the fee to a ratepayer's assessment. County councillors will look at their options during budget talks, which start in earnest this week. To help them out, county staff have identified two main options, which would generate the same amount of funding, but differ with how the funds are apportioned. The first option would see the county provide a waste-levy cost to each municipality based on the uniform price per unit and the number of serviced units by municipality. "For this method to work consistently all municipalities should pass this cost on as a unit rate only to those units receiving the service," reads the report prepared by county contracts and collections supervisor Willma Bureau. The second option would use the assessment method with the cost of waste collection services found in the general county levy. "In simple terms, option 1 apportions the costs equally based on units receiving the service. Option 2 apportions the funds based on assessment; which is the existing tax structure based on the ability to pay." Under the current system, residents living in Adjala-Tosorontio, Bradford West Gwillimbury, Collingwood, Essa, Oro-Medonte, Severn, Tiny and Wasaga Beach pay a flat rate annually while those residing in Clearview, Innisfil, Midland, New Tecumseth, Penetanguishene, Ramara, Tay and Springwater pay rates linked to their property assessments. Adjala-Tosorontio Mayor Tom Walsh says ratepayers need to be able to see waste costs broken down on their tax bills. "I'm very passionate about our waste (collection) and what we've accomplished," Walsh said. "It's important that there's transparency." Staff found pros and cons for both plans with the first option following a variation of the existing system, which follows a "flat fee-for-service approach." Option 2, meanwhile, would be simpler to apply for municipal tax departments, according to Bureau's report. "But the financial impact of this change could differ post-implementation as a one-time variance for some municipalities as a result of assessed values, industrial and commercial impacts and previous levels of service." Springwater Mayor Linda Collins agreed that both options have advantages and disadvantages but says now would be an ideal time to alter the existing system. "I support option 2," Collins said, noting creating a standardization system would benefit everyone. Collingwood Mayor Sandra Cooper said she would like her municipality to continue with the status quo due to the large number of condominiums within town limits. "We had our staff separate (both options) out," she said. "Our taxpayers are comfortable with (option 1) and we would like continue that way." Midland Mayor Gord McKay, who supports option 2, said he understands both sides of the argument, noting some might not find the assessment system as equitable since a ratepayer paying a higher assessment might produce the same amount of waste as their lower-assessed neighbour, but actually pay higher collection costs. "Neither option is universally fair, but we have to look at it in terms of the greater good, " he said. "It's a broader decision for me." Earlier this year, BFI Canada was chosen as the sole provider of waste pickup services for Simcoe County. The contract between the county and the company begins next April and expires in 2020. Worth $10.6 million annually, the contract is for garbage, organics and recycling collection services to about 137,000 locations in the county. It's estimated the new agreement will result in significant savings for the county. According to staff, the cost would be 21 per cent, or $2.6 million, less than the $13.3 million the county will pay in 2012. Whichever way county councillors eventually decide to go regarding fee collection, overall waste costs won't be affected. The staff reported noted however: "It would have either a positive or negative one-time impact or variance on some residents with respect to the cost for waste services for those municipalities that previously charged by unit."


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- £60,000 - £70,000.00 per annum
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- 15 Mar 2017
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Currently the business is focused on wholesale / cash and carry channel but with the vision to enter into the foodservice channel as well as end user channels, such as Horeca, Schools, Hospitals, Travel and Contract Catering etc.
To be considered for this exciting role, you must be an experienced Sales Manager/Director for a mid to large sized FMCG company. Previous channel exposure into any of the above sectors is important as well as your people management skills.
We are looking for a driven individual who will help take the company to its next level of success. Strong leadership skills are an essential, not only to manage the current sales team, but also to implement growth strategies for the company.
The role will involve substantial travel nationally, plus occasional international travels as well.
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Jesse Dooley paraphrased a famous saying of Jesus, writing: Why do you see the speck in the eye of Islam when you have such glaring beams in your own? First rid yourself of your own logs so you can see clearly enough to help your Muslim brothers and sisters. I'm grateful to Dănuț Mănăstireanu for [Read More…]
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An interesting story came to my attention via a Greek archaeology feed aggregator, which with a bit of help led me to a story from the Biblical Archaeology Society. If the results of carbon dating indicated in the article are correct, then cedar beams used in the Al-Aqsa Mosque were there long before its construction. [Read More…]


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The new German signing believes he can stake a claim for an immediate first-team berth and has revealed that Spurs did make an offer for him before he moved to west London
The 23-year-old agreed to sign for the Blues in April after they agreed a fee in the region of £6.5m for the talented attacking midfield player. Marin will officially join the club on July 1 when the transfer window re-opens.
He told Spox.com: "I am sure that I will play for Chelsea. Why? Because they took me to London. The management has convinced me. It is a top-team!
"They have won the Champions League. The club, the scouting, the management, they have often observed me and they are convinced that I can help the team."
Marin is highly thought of across Europe, and the diminutive playmaker - who was born in Yugoslavia but has won 16 caps for Germany - confirmed that north London rivals Tottenham also made an offer to try and secure his services.
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Misha Cross has been bored entertaining herself while her man has been away and falls asleep on the couch as she usually does when he's gone, but this time she's happily woken up to find he's back and wants to show her just how much he's missed her and her pretty trimmed pussy and lovely little booty with some hot teen sex via mouth, fingers, and his pulsating stiff dick. From blowjobs, 69, doggy, cowgirl and reverse; and for the finale the Chokester makes sure to cover all bases and goes for her puckered bud until he releases his pent up load on her. Ah, there's nothing like home sweet home!