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The free music program begins at 6:30 p.m. at the museum in the historic ghost town of Thurber. Free refreshments will be served. A favorite of the Grand Ole Opry, Thackerson lost the fingers on his left hand and the sight of his left eye at age 6 to a dynamite cap explosion.
In addition to being a guest of the late Roy Acuff—the king of country music—on the stage of the Grand Ole Opry, Thackerson has performed on the Ralph Emory Show as well as with the late Box Car Willie in Branson, Mo.
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Hi all first time smoking cheese i started it about an hour ago, im smoking sharp cheddar, mozzerella, pepper jack, muenster, and havarti im using my brand new amnps in my smoke hollow electric smoker, with vent mods here is a pic with what i started with will post more when im done.
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The Wigan Casino was a nightclub in Wigan, Lancashire, England. Operating between 1973 and 1981, it was known as a primary venue for northern soul music. It carried forward the legacy created by clubs such as the Twisted Wheel in Manchester and Golden Torch in Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent. It remains one of the most famous clubs in Northern England.
This England, a TV documentary about the venue, was filmed in 1977. In 1978, the American music magazine Billboard voted Wigan Casino "The Best Disco in the World", ahead of New York City's Studio 54. Russ Winstanley and Dave Nowell wrote a history of the club, Soul Survivors, The Wigan Casino Story, which was published in 1996. A stage play by Urban Expansions, produced and directed by Paul Sadot about the Wigan Casino years, Once upon a time in Wigan, debuted in February 2003 at the Contact Theatre in Manchester, and has since toured nationally.
Wigan Casino was the name of the last incarnation of a Wigan ballroom called the Empress. Mike Walker recognised that at a local rugby club, Russ Winstanley had a similar evening that was more professionally operated than the one founded by Caine. Walker brought Winstanley from the rugby club to the Casino Club, and Wigan Casino opened in September 1973, with Winstanley as the DJ. Many famous soul performers performed there, including Jackie Wilson, Edwin Starr and Junior Walker.
Young people from all over the UK regularly made the trek to Wigan Casino to hear the latest northern soul artists and to dance. Queues to get in were sometimes five or six people deep, and stretched round the corner up into the town centre. The second dance floor, called Mr. M's, stayed open until 6am and played oldies songs from a variety of DJs. Every all-nighter traditionally ended with three songs that became known as the 3 before 8: "Time Will Pass You By" by Tobi Legend, "Long After Tonight Is Over" by Jimmy Radcliffe, and "I'm On My Way" by Dean Parrish. Parrish is still active on the northern soul circuit.
Amphetamine and other drug abuse, including even cough mixture, and a deterioration of the quality of the music being played, led to the downfall of the club. The drug abuse ensured a criminal element were ever present and some people were even mugged in the casino. Finally pressure from the police, falling attendances and the local authority forced it to close in 1981. The final night of Wigan Casino in its northern soul state was DJed by Winstanley, and the 3 before 8 were played three times consecutively at the end of the night. The crowd refused to leave, so according to Winstanley, to "break this spell of hysteria" he picked a 7" at random from his box and played that. This final Wigan Casino song became one of the most famous northern soul songs of all time, Frank Wilson's "Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)". However many people remember that the casino continued to open even after that and it seems to be unrecorded when the last night at the casino actually was. The Wigan Casino building burned down a year after it closed.
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|Application number
|Publication date
|Oct 2, 1984
|Filing date
|Sep 13, 1982
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|Sep 13, 1982
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|Earle C. Makin
|Original Assignee
|Monsanto Company
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|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (4), Referenced by (30), Classifications (10), Legal Events (6)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a process for the purification, by supercritical extraction, of crude vanillin, especially crude vanillin obtained from paper mill waste liquors.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Vanillin is the common name for 4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzaldehyde.
Vanillin is the principal flavoring in vanilla, and for hundreds of years had been obtained by processing the seed pods of vanilla planifolio and vanilla fragrans. The seed pods were crushed and fermented and the vanillin extracted by alcohol.
Vanillin has also been prepared by processing parts of conferous trees. Coniferon was extracted, then oxidized, and finally hydrolyzed to vanillin. See U.S. Pat. No. 151,119 (May 19, 1974), the teachings of which are incorporated herein by reference.
Vanillin has also been synthesized from eugenol, guaiacol, and safrole.
Most vanillin today is obtained from paper mill waste liquors. It was recognized as early as 1875 that the waste sulfite liquor contained some vanillin. The problem was concentration and purification of the crude vanillin in the paper mill waste liquors.
Commercially, vanillin is produced by the controlled oxidation of lignosulfonates, usually obtained from waste liquors.
A general scheme for the production of vanillin from waste sulfite cooking liquors involves adding the waste sulfite liquor, air, and NaOH to a reactor. This step is taught in U.S. pat. No. 2,692,291, the teachings of which are incorporated by reference.
The crude product, containing very dilute vanillin, may then be extracted with a solvent, e.g., 1-butanol, for removal of lignin salts. The somewhat purified vanillin solution is then subjected to bisulfite extraction by contacting the mixture of crude vanillin and 1-butanol with NaHSO3 in a bisulfite extractor. The aqueous phase is then treated with H2 SO4 and air in a blow tower to produce SO2 and crude vanillin. The crude vanillin is then subjected to vacuum distillation, with the crude vanillin being recovered in the purified form overhead. Final purification is obtained by multiple crystallization. Such extensive and expensive purification steps are necessary because along with the vanillin are produced such compounds as acetovanillone, p-hydroxybenzaldehyde, 5-formyl vanillin, and syringic aldehyde. This general scheme for the production of vanillin is disclosed in Kirk-Othmer, Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, 2nd. Edition, Volume 21, pp 180-196.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,049,566, the teachings of which are incorporated by reference, teaches purifying crude vanillin obtained via lignin oxidation by crystallization using a methanol-water solvent.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,600,442, the teachings of which are incorporated by reference, teaches treating the crystallization liquors with an alkali metal hydroxide and a zinc or magnesium salt to precipitate vanillin and acetovanillone. The vanillin is then separated from the acetovanillone by the bisulfite method.
A number of improvements have been suggested for extracting vanillin from the lignin liquor. U.S. Pat. No. 3,686,322, the teachings of which are incorporated by reference, teaches using a hot hydrocarbon solvent to extract the vanillin, then cooling the solvent to crystallize the vanillin.
The current processes for purifying crude vanillin are fairly successful, and perhaps inevitable, as far as concentrating the crude vanillin from the 1 to 15 weight percent range, as found in the waste liquor, and concentrating the vanillin. There is nonetheless a significant amount of energy expended in the final purification of vanillin, i.e., taking it from the 50 to 95 percent purity range to the 98-99+ percent purity range. The final purification step is very difficult because everything that is easy to remove from the crude vanillin, e.g., water, has already been removed in prior processing steps. The materials that remain with the vanillin have very similar chemical and physical properties such that conventional fractionation techniques are utterly inadequate, and only multistage crystallization has found favor in obtaining product of the desired high purity.
Some attempts have been made to bypass the problems of prior art methods. One early attempt involved the use of liquid CO2 to extract flavors from natural spices. U.S. Pat. No. 3,477,856, the teachings of which are incorporated by reference, taught that liquid CO2 could extract flavor essences from all kinds of materials which contain volatile flavoring components. Specific examples included spices such as pepper, cinnamon, bay, and also tea, coffee, cocoa, meats, and other materials of plant or animal origin. Liquid CO2 was used as a solvent and the flavoring materials were recovered by vaporizing the liquid CO2.
The use of CO2 was taken one step further in U.S. Pat. No. 4,198,432, the teachings of which are incorporated by reference. The patentee found that it was possible to extract flavor and aroma constituents from natural spices selected from the group of black pepper, cloves, cinnamon, and vanilla by dry supercritical extraction followed by wet supercritical extraction. The dry supercritical extraction dissolved the aroma constituents from the spice, while the wet supercritical extraction dissolved the flavor constituents of the natural spices.
Unfortunately, the problems encountered in extracting flavor and aroma components from natural spices are quite different than those encountered in extracting vanillin from aqueous streams. For one thing, many of the flavor and aroma constituents in natural spices are not water soluble, whereas the vanillin in spent sulfite liquors is in water solution. None of the prior art methods of purifying vanillin obtained from spent cooking liquors were completely satisfactory as they required a lot of energy and effort to recover vanillin, at great purity, from a relatively dilute solution. The use of CO2, either as a liquid or supercritical fluid, for processing of natural spices did not provide much guidance because the starting materials were different, and these methods taught extracting small amounts of flavor and aroma components from large amounts of vegetable matter. All of these prior art methods missed the target because they focused on recovering the vanillin rather than removing the impurities.
I have discovered an economical and effective way of purifying crude vanillin derived from lignin and similar materials. My method is economical because it extracts the impurities, leaving as a valuable residue purified vanillin.
Accordingly, the present invention provides a process for the purification of crude vanillin contaminated with impurities comprising contacting the crude vanillin with a supercritical extraction fluid at supercritical extraction conditions, extracting from the crude vanillin at least some of the impurities, and separating the supercritical fluid containing impurities from the crude vanillin to produce vanillin product with increased purity.
In a more limited embodiment, the present invention provides a process for purifying crude vanillin obtained from spent sulfite liquors, containing 70 to 98 weight percent vanillin, comprising contacting said crude vanillin at a temperature of 35 to 50 C. and pressures of 40 to 100 atmospheres with CO2 whereby the CO2 extracts impurities from the crude vanillin to produce a purified vanillin product.
The crude vanillin which is purified by the process of my invention can be obtained from any source except vanilla beans. Vanillin from coniferon, eugenol, guaiacol, safrole, or preferably vanillin from wood products, e.g., lignins, lignosulfonates, or spent sulfite cooking liquor, is a suitable feedstock.
The crude vanillin should have a vanillin concentration of at least 50 weight percent. Preferably the crude vanillin has a concentration in excess of 70-85 weight percent, with vanillin contents of around 90 to 98 weight percent being ideal for the practice of my invention. Although it may be possible to apply the process of my invention to somewhat more dilute vanillin streams than hereinbeforementioned, it is not efficient or economical to do so because the amount of impurities extracted tend to overwhelm my process. Phrased more simply, my process works best when the crude vanillin has been substantially concentrated and purified by conventional means. My process is very efficient and economical for obtaining a very pure final product, but is not especially economical for, e.g., removing water or inorganics present in large amounts, such as calcium sulfite.
The supercritical extraction process can be performed in any convenient and acceptable manner, either batch or continuous. In a batch process the crude vanillin and supercritical fluid can simply be added to a batch reactor, preferably one equipped with stirring means, and allowed to come to equilibrium. The fluids in the batch reactor could be separated by simply gravity settling and the materials separately withdrawn to effect separation of contaminants from vanillin. In one aspect of a continuous mode of operation for illustrative purposes, melted crude vanillin is sprayed into the extractor under pressure whereupon the minute droplets solidify and fall countercurrent to the extraction fluid.
The pressure, temperature, and residence time within the supercritical extraction zone can be determined by experimentation based upon the desired product purity, the amount and nature of impurities present in the vanillin, and the supercritical extraction fluid.
Any supercritical extraction fluid which has a preference for the impurities commonly found in crude vanillin streams can be used. Especially good fluids are CO2, ethane, and ethylene. CO2 is the ideal fluid.
Other fluids which may work include propane, unsaturated hydrocarbons containing up to 3 carbon atoms, nitrous oxide, sulfur hexafluoride, and mixtures of these materials with the aforementioned preferred fluids.
I was not able to note any difference between wet supercritical fluids and dry supercritical fluids, although such a distinction was made in U.S. Pat. No. 4,198,432. I know that liquid CO2 does not work at all in the preactice of my invention, while supercritical CO2 works very well, as will be shown by the Examples presented later on in this specification.
When operating the CO2 on a crude vanillin of about 90-95 percent purity, temperatures between 31.6 and about 90 C., preferably 32 to 50 C., and pressures of 25 to 500 atmospheres, absolute, preferably 40 to 400 atmospheres, with very good results being obtained at 40 to 100 atmospheres, are used. Depending upon the efficiency of the contact of the crude vanillin with the CO2, contact times of the crude vanillin and CO2 can range from 0.01 to 1,000 minutes, preferably 1 to 100 minutes.
Lower temperatures are preferred because they do not decompose or degrade the vanillin as much as high temperatures. Higher temperatures give greater product purity, but at a cost of somewhat reduced recovery, due to more extraction of vanillin at high temperatures.
The ratio of supercritical fluid to crude vanillin depends on the supercritical fluid, the extraction conditions, the amount and nature of contaminants, and desired product purity. When using CO2, the weight ratio of CO2 :crude vanillin may range from 1:1 to 100:1, and preferably is 10:1 to 30:1. On a volume basis, the ratio of crude vanillin:supercritical extraction fluid, as measured at supercritical extraction conditions may range from 1:1 to 1:100, perferably 10:1 to 30:1.
Into a small Soxhlet extractor contained in a high pressure autoclave were placed 10 g of a crude vanillin extracted from hydrolyzed paper mill waste. The crude vanillin contained.
______________________________________COMPONENT WT. %______________________________________Guaiacol 3.14Vanillin 82.20Acetovanillone 9.39Light Ends & Tars 5.27 100.00______________________________________
The autoclave was heated to 40 C. for one hour. To autoclave contained 150 g CO2. The autoclave pressure was 53 atmospheres, absolute. The supercritical gas extracted out 24.6 percent of the feed (2.46 grams) leaving an unextracted residue (7.54 grams) of the following composition:
______________________________________COMPONENT WT. %______________________________________Guaiacol 0.84Vanillin 92.92Acetovanillone 5.15Light Ends & Tars 1.19 100.10______________________________________
Over 85 percent of the vanillin is recovered at a greatly improved quality.
Example I was repeated using an extraction temperature of 35 C. After one hour extraction purified vanillin residue consisting of 8.14 g of product with a vanillin purity of 91.7 weight percent was recovered. The purified vanillin recovered represented 90.8 percent of the vanillin placed in the extractor.
Example I was repeated using an extractor temperature of 45 C for one hour. Purified vanillin was recovered at 92.51 percent purity and represented 76.2 percent of vanillin in the crude feed to the autoclave.
Impurities are removed from crude vanillin at 50-60 percent per stage based on the autoclave tests cited in preceding Examples. Two calculated cases summarized below show the capability of a multistage countercurrent flow extractor using supercritical CO2 as the solvent.
______________________________________Case I II______________________________________Wt. % Vanillin in Feed 82.2 82.2% Removal of Impurities per 50 60Stage (Assumption)Vanillin recovery, per 91 88Stage %, (Assumption)Temperature, �C. 35 35Pressure, atm 53 53Number of Stages 5 5Vanillin Purity at Stage1 91.1 92.72 95.6 97.13 97.8 98.84 98.9 99.5Wt. % Vanillin in 99.4 99.8Purified ProductOverall Vanillin Recovery, % 62.4 52.8______________________________________
I repeated the experiments I-III at 25 C., which gave liquid CO2 instead of supercritical CO2. The liquid CO2 had absolutely no effect on the crude vanillin. Nothing dissolved. I rechecked this experiment by letting it continue for four hours, but the liquid CO2 still did nothing.
The vanillin product obtained by my process is suitable for use as a food chemical, pharmaceutical intermediate, or for use in perfumes, odor fixatives, etc.
Using the process of my invention, it should be possible to purify crude vanillin streams commercially for a fraction of the cost per pound of conventional distillation and crystallization techniques. The prior art methods of vanillin production, e.g., vacuum distillation followed by multiple crystallization, are costly due to energy requirements and degradation of vanillin in the processing steps resulting in significant yield losses, so my method results in a significant cost savings.
Further economies may be realized by modifying the current vanillin production process to take advantage of the efficiency of my vanillin purification process. These modifications may be, e.g., less reflux on a column to give a crude vanillin of less purity, and at much less energy cost. The final purification and concentration of crude vanillin can be economically achieved using my process to polish the contaminated vanillin to a higher purity product.
World consumption of vanillin for 1970 was estimated at 8.8 million pounds, and I believe that there is a substantially higher consumption now. The practice of the present invention should result in reduced costs of manufacturing this important and valuable commodity.
The term, supercritical extraction conditions, as used in the specification and claims, includes a temperature above the critical temperature of the extraction fluid, but does not have to include a supercritical pressure. In fact, my work with supercritical CO2 was always below the critical pressure of CO2, but above the critical temperature.
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|Process for extraction of flavors
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|Domtar Limited
|Production of syringealdehyde from hardwood waste pulping liquors
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|Oct 8, 1987
|Jul 11, 1989
|Yhtyneet Paperitehtaat Oy
|Method for the production of vanillin
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|Feb 6, 1990
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|Oct 23, 1990
|Midwest Research Institute
|Supercritical separation process for complex organic mixtures
|May 18, 1990
|Mar 10, 1992
|Hewlett-Packard Company
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|Jul 28, 1992
|Hewlett-Packard Company
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|May 25, 1995
|Apr 23, 1996
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|Dec 31, 1996
|Rhone-Poulenc Inc.
|Method for preparing vanillin from old newsprint
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|Oct 28, 2004
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|Sensient Flavors Inc.
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|Sensient Flavors Inc.
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|Sensient Flavors Inc.
|Method for the production of natural botanical extracts
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|Sensient Flavors Inc.
|Methods for the production of food grade extracts
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|May 17, 2007
|Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
|Method to create damage-free porous Low-k dielectric films and structures resulting therefrom
|Mar 29, 2004
|Dec 27, 2007
|Steve Heald
|Preparation of Vanillin from Microbial Transformation Media by Extraction by Means Supercritical Fluids or Gases
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|May 8, 2008
|Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
|Integrated Etch and Supercritical CO2 Process and Chamber Design
|Sep 10, 2007
|Sep 29, 2010
|Carbon dioxide supercritical extraction method for vanillic aldehyde or ethyl vanillin raw product
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|Oct 30, 1986
|Yhtyneet Paperitehtaat Oy
|Verfahren zur herstellung von vanillin
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|Oct 9, 1991
|Hewlett-Packard Company
|Method and apparatus for regulating fluid flow
|Apr 30, 1992
|Nov 4, 1992
|Norac Technologies Inc.
|Process for the supercritical extraction and fractionation of spices
|Feb 8, 1989
|Aug 24, 1989
|Midwest Research Institute
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|Saf-Isis S.A.
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|U.S. Classification
|568/436, 203/39, 568/438
|International Classification
|Cooperative Classification
|European Classification
|Sep 13, 1982
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Braden was educated at The Royal Academy of Art in London, The Rhode Island School of Design in Providence and in Rome, Italy. A specialty of this artist is public scale sculptures and murals. He is also in collaboration with The Nature Conservancy on "The Most Beautiful Places on Earth". Bill's portfolio continues to grow as he explores and creates new ways to blend art and culture.
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Adult Swim released a weird but kind of incredible Rick and Morty clip Saturday night that propels the eponymous characters into the Alien universe.
After answering a distress call, Rick and Morty find themselves on a very H.R. Giger-esque ship looking for survivors. All of a sudden a small xenomorph latches onto Rick's face and in a totally fourth wall-breaking moment, Morty screams, "Oh my God, it's one of those face-huggers from the Alien movie!"
The gross bug creature turns out to be no match for Rick, whose biology of substance abuse is so extreme it kills the alien on contact. The lesson here is that excessive drugs and alcohol are good defense mechanisms in space exploration. "Somebody get a memo to all the characters in those Alien movies, stat," Rick says.
It's a funny crossover obviously intended to promote Alien: Covenant, which has been getting mixed reviews, but fans of Rick and Morty are pretty into it.
"I have been on the fence about Covenant since I first heard about it, but god damn, the marketing team had to hit me where it counts and get a Rick and Morty spot. Well played," Robbie Christie commented on Adult Swim's Facebook, where the clip also premiered.
Marketing aside, there's also an earlier reference in the series about finding face-huggers for space cash. "In season 2 episode 3 Rick gets a distress beacon and says the first rule of space travel is always check distress beacons for the free stuff and face huggers are worth loads," commented Edward Blaza.
Facebook commenters were also quick to note how much the cartoon Alien ship resembled a true Giger creation, complete with a lot of phallic columns and the outline of a woman receiving a sexual act in the background. You can check it out for yourself.
The third season of Rick and Morty comes out this summer.
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BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraqi forces said Wednesday they have captured two neighborhoods on the edge of the Islamic State-held town of Tal Afar.
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Iraqi leaders often declare areas liberated when some fighting is still underway.
Last month, Iraq declared victory over IS in Mosul, the country's second largest city, after a grueling nine-month campaign. The Tal Afar operation began Sunday, and is aimed at driving IS from one of the last major pockets it controls in Iraq.
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But the coalition estimates that the group still has some 2,000 fighters in Tal Afar and 2,500 in the Syrian city of Raqqa, where U.S.-backed Syrian forces are fighting the group.
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Thesis Jeanoit was one of the most powerful Breton wizards to walk on Nirn.
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|Thesis Jeanoit
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|195 lbs.
|Career information
|Battlemage (formerly)
|Battlemage (formerly)
|Colovian Estates (formerly)
Septim Empire (formerly)
Imperial Legion (formerly)
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|Primary Weapon
|The Elder Scrolls series information
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|Richard Madden
Early LifeEdit
Thesis Jeanoit was born a son to a battle-mage in Wayrest during the Second Era, after the asassination of the Akaviri Potentates and before the rise of Talos Stormcrown. Thesis trained to be a battle-mage from his birth, learning Destruction, Alteration, and Restoration magic.
He had a younger sister, Eliana. He and his younger sibling were close. Thesis's father continually pushed him in his study of the arcane arts. Finally, Thesis's training ended when he became twenty-one years of age. By that time, fighting in Western Skyrim between Nords and the evil Reachmen had intensified, and Thesis, having a lust for adventure, left his home to travel to Falkreath and fight for pay.
He arrived there a few weeks after his journey began. Seeing that he was potent in magic usage, a local Breton officer named Hjalti Early-Beard asked him to join his band of Colovian and Nordic soldiers in battle. Thesis agreed, and so began his service under the man who would come to be called Tiber Septim.
Old Hrol'danEdit
Several days later, the force departed to combat the feral Reachmen. The two forces met on the field of battle, and after hard fighting, Hjalti's men broke the Reachmen's line and forced them back, beyond the gates of Old Hrol'dan; the Reachmen were protected by high walls. Figuring that a siege would be impossible, as no reinforcement's from Falkreath were expected, Hjalti decided to make camp near the battlefield.
That night, a storm visited the camp, and the day after, Hjalti utilized the ancient power of the Voice to shout down the walls of Old Hrol'dan. This allowed the men to rush into the Reachmen's stronghold, and savage fighting ensued. The battle was a victory for the Falkreath soldiers.
After the battle, soldiers crowded Hjalti, and named him Talos, meaning Stormcrown. Thesis's magic was very useful in the fight, and Talos patted the Breton on the soldier, and thanked him for his assistance. When asked by the general how he could repay the mage for his service, Thesis asked if he could serve under Talos for as long as he lived. General Talos immediately accepted the young battle-mage into his service.
Imperial CityEdit
Death of CuhlecainEdit
Soon, Cuhlecain of Colovia, with Talos's expert command skills, conquered Cyrodiil and took the jewel of the province: the Imperial City. As Stormcrown knew his lord would crown himself emperor, and still haunted by the Greybeard's prophecy given to him, the general decided to kill Cuhlecain before he ascended to emperor.
Just before the incident, Talos asked Thesis if he would still serve him to death. The mage, confused by the question, answered positively, and so, Talos went ahead with his plan. Several hours later, the Imperial Palace was burning profusely.
Jeanoit arrived on scene, and saw his commander stumble out of the burning building. Soldiers flooded the place soon after, as well as healers. Everyone but Stormcrown who was in the Palace was dead.
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A day later, Zurin Arctus, the Imperial Battlemage, crowned Talos Stormcrown as Tiber Septim, the Emperor of Cyrodiil, to prevent the recently-united province from falling apart again. Thesis witnessed Talos's crowning himself.
Soon after, Tiber summoned Thesis to him. He ordered the mage to go north, to Skyrim, with Ysmir, to help conquer the province. The emperor also told him he would help the general with conquering his homeland, High Rock. Thesis obeyed the order, and travelled to Skyrim with Ysmir.


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A recent West Virginia Supreme Court case concerning an accident in which a boy on a bicycle was hit by a car provides a good reminder of the enhanced legal standard that drivers are held to in accidents with children.
J.V. was 11 years old when he was in injured in the accident. The boy had taken the bike out – without his mother's permission, according to the Court – to 19th Street in Huntington when he collided with a car driven by Ms. Brown. In a police report created following the accident, the investigating officer concluded that J.V. may have caused the crash by failing to obey a stop sign.
J.V.'s mother (Ms. Whitmore) later sued Brown for negligence, arguing that Brown was responsible for the crash and seeking money damages. Whitmore produced an affidavit from a local woman who claimed to have witnessed the accident. Ms. Flanagan stated in the affidavit that Brown hit J.V. as he was attempting to cross the street on which she was driving and continued driving after colliding with the boy.
In a later deposition, Flanagan testified that she actually hadn't seen the crash happen. Instead, she said she was walking nearby at the time and looked up after hearing the crash. At that point, she said she noticed a boy lying in the street. She added that she left the scene after seeing people rush to aid the boy and hearing sirens. Shortly thereafter, Whitmore filed a written declaration by J.V. in which the boy claimed Brown hit him as he was attempting to cross the street on which she was driving. He said he'd had to stop in the middle of the road because another driver had failed to slow down and allow him to pass.
A trial court eventually granted Brown's motion for summary judgment, agreeing with Brown that Whitmore didn't produced any evidence indicating that Brown was responsible for the crash. The Supreme Court affirmed the decision on appeal.
Drivers in West Virginia are generally expected to operate their vehicles in a reasonably safe manner and to avoid various dangerous activities, like speeding or using a cell phone. This is called a "standard of care," and a driver who fails to live up to it is likely to be liable for negligence in the event that he or she causes an accident.
Here, the Court explained that state law held Brown to an even higher standard because the accident involved a child. "The vigilance and care required of the operators of an automobile vary in respect of persons of different ages or physical conditions," the high court explained in 1914 in Deputy v. Kimmel. "He must increase his exertions in order to avoid danger to children, whom he may see, or, by the exercise of reasonable care should see, on or near the highway."
In this case, however, the Court said there simply was no evidence to show that Brown didn't live up to this heightened standard. It noted in particular that the investigating officer said he'd found no indication that Brown breached the standard of care.
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Many readers might have heard of one of the most bizarre yet beautiful custom laptop mods in recent years, the Steampunk Laptop. Designed and built by Richard "Datamancer" Nagy, the device is a handcrafted steampunk masterpiece, desired by many fans of the Victorian style. Until now, however, it hasn't been available for sale. Nagy recently announced that after thousands of inquiries, he's ready to start building and selling the first batch of Steampunk Laptops.
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Unlike the original Steampunk Laptop, the retail version will be much more portable, which means lighter and slimmer - it is even promised that it will be as convenient to carry as a standard laptop. There are several options of customization in terms of the case, including clockworks, gold foil maps or brass plates. Each of the machines will also include a weird key-shaped USB drive, which actually opens a brass lock inside the laptop.
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After months of planning and fundraising, employees of Fire and the other City departments at 4201 Ed Bluestein held three workdays recently, and have almost completed a wildlife habitat garden in the courtyard adjacent to the employee entrance. Nine trees were planted (made possible with a grant from Austin Energy's Urban Heat Island Mitigation project) and many smaller plants. Still to come are a water feature, benches, and a mosaic.
Also, Firefighters at Station 20 participated in a very successful habitat project at their station. Congratulations to FF Steve Hope (E20/B) and the habitat steward volunteers who helped make it happen. Follow the link www.ci.austin.tx.us/parks/wildlifehabitatprojects.htm for more.
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Rising senior quarterback Joe Milton choose the Wolverines over offers from a host of suitors, including Florida, Georgia and Tennessee.
Rising senior quarterback Joe Milton choose the Wolverines over offers from a host of suitors, including Florida, Georgia and Tennessee.
In just a few years, the Storm Select Girls Lacrosse program has grown from a single rec league team to a powerhouse in Central Florida and beyond — much to the benefit of local varsity players for Dr. Phillips, West Orange, Ocoee and The First Academy.
When the college football coaching landscape changes, high school athletes are sometimes left in limbo — an experience Ocoee's Dorian Jones and Dr. Phillips' D.J. Charles encountered and overcame.
More than 50 local student-athletes inked their names on the dotted line Wednesday, officially beginning their college athletic careers.
High-profile signings include Windermere Prep's David Nickelberry to Memphis for men's basketball and Olympia's Sofia Bernard to West Virginia for swimming.
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While the offense has been inconsistent, the glovework has been much more troubling.
Author: Chris Teeter
When The Strikeout Never Comes
Some Red Sox are having problems with their finishing moves.
Dustin Pedroia and the Utley Rule
After Pedroia's spiking, it's time to look at how effective the Utley Rule has been.
Eduardo Rodriguez Starts Off Struggling
Remember, kids: never nibble.
Opening Days By The Numbers
Historically, how have the first games gone for the Red Sox?
Pick Your Projection: 2017 Red Sox Edition
When it comes to the future, everyone's a critic.
Barreled Balls and Preventative Pitching
Finally! Something that Fernando Abad excelled in!
The Red Sox's Barrel Blast
When Statcast goes right!
The Red Sox and the Instant Replay Challenge System
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Back in the Saddle Again
And tired, and out of shape. My last physical therapy appointment was yesterday and she said I was healing better than average. If all keeps going well, I can get my hardware out in about 8 months to a year, depending upon what the surgeon says. Although, it is kind of cool to have hardware, it does impede some range of motion (or maybe it is the stiffness still, it has been 5 months). Like one of my Shorai customers said, it gives me 'street cred' (he was joking).
I did some streetriding Sunday and was so hot and exhausted. I can't imagine wearing leathers right now but hell, they are too tight anyway. I am free to exercise as I can stand it now so I have no excuse.
Week before last I did some very easy dirtriding. I classify it as dirtriding only because it was on the dirt and I only did a few jumps, but I was on the Zero MX, with street tires, so hey. But dirtride I did!
And then there was the hiking in Yosemite, and Point Lobos, and roadbiking in Monterey, and kayaking with the leopard sharks at Bolinas Lagoon. Yeah, Shawn had me going all over the place because his kids were in town and how to best break back into being active than to just go full throttle right out the start gate?? AIGH I FEEL SO OLD! You know how they says the older you get the faster you were. Seriously, it is true. How did I get here? ?
Bolinas Sharks…
All I can do is couch surf and play my violin (albeit badly). I can't clean the house well so don't judge, I can just sit there and watch TV in my PJs.
Although Shawn took me for a ride on the back of his bike this weekend! We took this long 180 degree right-hander at a very healthy speed and it was awesome. That was as close as I have gotten to riding since the crash. Although any bump really hurt unless I inflated the heck out of the boot's bladder to keep my ankle stiff and the heel off of the inside sole.
At least it isn't as bad as the first two weeks after the break. I don't recommend it.
TIB FIB!! Round 3 West Hare Scramble Championship
Shawn: "Let's race the AMA West (Kenda/SRT) Hare Scramble Championship."
Me: I don't know, I need new tires.
Shawn: "I will buy you new tires, pay for your entry, and change your gearing so you can go faster than ever. "
Me: Maybe, I dunno.
Shawn: Come on, it will be FUN."
Who am I to argue with that??? I haven't raced a scramble or H&H in quite a while. What could possibly go wrong?
And it was a Lot. Of. Fun…until I crashed the most pathetic little crash ever and broke both my tibia and fibula. (more…)
2012 In Review
2012 was blur. I don't remember much about 2012 except loading and unloading my truck. It was a very strange year, not as strange as 2013, but strange nonetheless. I went to every WERA round except for Miller in Utah. I had a mechanical at Autoclub (my bad luck race venue), it was stupid mechanical, too. In fact, I won't mention it. I won the WERA West Women's Super Stock Novice Championship and got 2nd in the California State Championship Formula Femme class. I also managed to get 4th place Women's Intermediate in my first dirt/enduro/GP race at the Elsinore GP. Which was a pretty awesome experience. Here are a few pics of what transpired.
January – WERA Round 1
New Videos Posted (Streetluge Crash, Chuckwalla Lap)
2010 IGSA Championship Streetluge Crash: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gK7Hi4CUMdY
Lap Around Chuckwalla Raceway on my CBR http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jg9HAhVMsBo (just getting to know this track)
Maia Doing Much Better
After two weeks in the hospital and a new back brace to support her why she heals, Maia is out! She was flown to New Mexico on the 23rd for physical therapy for the next month and a half and has been walking about a 1/4 mile a day.
Pic before her first surgery, bones partially in now. When I saw them, they were out. ICK. I just zipped her leathers up again and told her not to look. Although her hand was wonky and attached pretty much with only soft tissue. It's just a wonder she is not paralyzed. Her spinal cord was literally lying on her L1 and L2. But holding her up kept it off, and God intervened, I don't know. It's better to be lucky, than good. That's all I know.
A few days after her spinal surgery (second surgery) – And on her second transfusion that day alone.
She's out! Celebrating with breakfast at IHOP before her flight out. She can walk a bit, but only with a brace.
What an accident like this costs.
- One custom TRS Streetluge = $900
- 3 Randal Trucks with Sponsor discount approximately = $300
- Abec 11 Wheels (sponsored)
- NJK leathers = $700
- 1 helmet(= $60
- 1 pair of leather gloves (mine) = $50
- Hospital Bill for two surgeries including rods and screws for 5 vertebrae and pins in her arm and wrist = $75,000 and climbing
And she still hasn't learned…
Just kidding 🙂 She can't even bend over, she was just holding it to scare everyone. But she was thinking about it.
Redesigned My Website
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Mr. Jones Munene
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He is a holder of Masters in Business Administration, Post-graduate Diploma in Journalism, Certificate in Community Development, Certificate in Human Resource Management and Certificate in Skills Development. He has been a writer in corporate communications for over 10 years; he has held a position in Management & Administration Executive in MasterMind Tobacco for 3 years, he was a trainer in the Ministry of Public Service for 5 years, he has also worked as a Community Development Officer in the Ministry of Culture for 6 years.
Mr. Frank Kinyua Njeru
Legal Advisor
Mr. Frank Kinyua is the Legal Advisor to the Governor. Prior to this appointment, he worked at Basilio Gitonga & Co. as an Advocate as well as a Legal Officer in Chuka University.
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While we were toilet training the toddler, we used a kiddy urinal to teach him to pee. When he started going without diapers and we were out, I quickly realised that he was unable to pee unless there was a urinal around. That is of course not a problem if the daddy was around. But which places in Singapore has a kiddy urinal in the Ladies?
Thus I compiled this list and hope it would be used for you as well. Thankfully now, he is able to pee without a kiddy urinal already. Phew! Please add to the list by commenting below, if there are more! 🙂
Ang Mo Kio Hub
Bedok Mall (Has both Kiddy Toilet bowl and kiddy urinal)
Big Box (Kiddy Toilet bowl only, no kiddy urinal)
Bugis Junction
Bukit Panjang Plaza
Changi City Point
City Square Mall
Funan IT Mall
Hougang Mall (Has both Kiddy Toilet bowl and kiddy urinal)
IMM (Kiddy Toilet seat)
Ion Orchard (Kiddy Toilet bowl)
Jurong Point
Kallang Wave Mall
Marina Square
Millenia Walk
OneKM Mall
Plaza Singapura
Raffles City (Kiddy Toilet Bowl)
United Square


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text: T-Stor Community: Animal & Grassland Research & Innovation Programme Animal & Grassland Research & Innovation Programme http://hdl.handle.net/11019/3 2017-08-17T03:17:46Z 2017-08-17T03:17:46Z International genetic evaluations for feed intake in dairy cattle through the collation of data from multiple sources Berry, Donagh P. Coffey, M.P. Pryce, J.E. De Haas, Y. Lovendahl, P. Krattenmacher, N. Crowley, J.J. Wang, Z. Spurlock, D. Weigel, K. MacDonald, K. Veerkamp, R.F. http://hdl.handle.net/11019/1193 2017-07-22T01:01:33Z 2014-04-13T00:00:00Z Title: International genetic evaluations for feed intake in dairy cattle through the collation of data from multiple sources Authors: Berry, Donagh P.; Coffey, M.P.; Pryce, J.E.; De Haas, Y.; Lovendahl, P.; Krattenmacher, N.; Crowley, J.J.; Wang, Z.; Spurlock, D.; Weigel, K.; MacDonald, K.; Veerkamp, R.F. Abstract: Feed represents a large proportion of the variable costs in dairy production systems. The omission of feed intake measures explicitly from national dairy cow breeding objectives is predominantly due to a lack of information from which to make selection decisions. However, individual cow feed intake data are available in different countries, mostly from research or nucleus herds. None of these data sets are sufficiently large enough on their own to generate accurate genetic evaluations. In the current study, we collate data from 10 populations in 9 countries and estimate genetic parameters for dry matter intake (DMI). A total of 224,174 test-day records from 10,068 parity 1 to 5 records of 6,957 cows were available, as well as records from 1,784 growing heifers. Random regression models were fit to the lactating cow test-day records and predicted feed intake at 70 d postcalving was extracted from these fitted profiles. The random regression model included a fixed polynomial regression for each lactation separately, as well as herd-year-season of calving and experimental treatment as fixed effects; random effects fit in the model included individual animal deviation from the fixed regression for each parity as well as mean herd-specific deviations from the fixed regression. Predicted DMI at 70 d postcalving was used as the phenotype for the subsequent genetic analyses undertaken using an animal repeatability model. Heritability estimates of predicted cow feed intake 70 d postcalving was 0.34 across the entire data set and varied, within population, from 0.08 to 0.52. Repeatability of feed intake across lactations was 0.66. Heritability of feed intake in the growing heifers was 0.20 to 0.34 in the 2 populations with heifer data. The genetic correlation between feed intake in lactating cows and growing heifers was 0.67. A combined pedigree and genomic relationship matrix was used to improve linkages between populations for the estimation of genetic correlations of DMI in lactating cows; genotype information was available on 5,429 of the animals. Populations were categorized as North America, grazing, other low input, and high input European Union. Albeit associated with large standard errors, genetic correlation estimates for DMI between populations varied from 0.14 to 0.84 but were stronger (0.76 to 0.84) between the populations representative of high-input production systems. Genetic correlations with the grazing populations were weak to moderate, varying from 0.14 to 0.57. Genetic evaluations for DMI can be undertaken using data collated from international populations; however, genotype-by-environment interactions with grazing production systems need to be considered. Description: peer-reviewed 2014-04-13T00:00:00Z Validation of national genetic evaluations for maternal beef cattle traits using Irish field data McHugh, Noirin Cromie, A.R. Evans, R.D. Berry, Donagh P http://hdl.handle.net/11019/1192 2017-07-22T01:01:30Z 2014-11-24T00:00:00Z Title: Validation of national genetic evaluations for maternal beef cattle traits using Irish field data Authors: McHugh, Noirin; Cromie, A.R.; Evans, R.D.; Berry, Donagh P Abstract: Genetic evaluations provide information to aid in breeding decisions that increase long-term performance of animals and herds. However, to date no study has been undertaken to investigate the accuracy of the Irish maternal genetic evaluations in beef cattle. The objective, therefore, of this study was to quantify the relationship between phenotypic performance and measures of genetic merit for predominantly maternal-related traits in Irish beef cattle. The association between animal EBV for calving interval, age at first calving, and both direct and maternal weaning weight with the respective phenotypic performance was quantified using a fixed effects model; the expectation for the regression coefficient of phenotypic performance on EBV was one. The association between genetic merit for cow survival, perinatal mortality, calving assistance, and calving dystocia with the log of the odds of the respective trait was quantified using logistic regression. The association analyses were conducted using field data on up to 38,619 records from 5,236 herds. Age at first calving increased linearly by 0.32 ± 0.15 (P = 0.03) days per day increase in EBV for age at first calving. Calving interval increased by, on average, 0.58 ± 0.16 (P = 0.002) days per day increase in EBV for calving interval although the association differed by parity with a greater association in pluriparae. Weaning weight increased linearly by 1.74 ± 0.09 and 0.84 ± 0.16 kg (P < 0.001) per kilogram increase in EBV for direct and maternal weaning weight, respectively. The log of the odds of a cow surviving to next lactation increased linearly by 0.16 ± 0.03 (P < 0.001) per unit increase in EBV for cow survival. The log of the odds of an assisted calving or dystocia both increased linearly by 0.21 ± 0.01 and 0.24 ± 0.01, respectively, per unit increase in EBV for direct calving difficulty (P < 0.001). The log of the odds of a dead calf at birth increased linearly by 0.93 ± 0.13 (P < 0.001) per unit increase in EBV for calf mortality. Results from this study show that selection of breeding animals for favorable maternal genetic attributes will result in favorable improvements in performance and profitability. Description: peer-reviewed 2014-11-24T00:00:00Z Delaying pigs from the normal production flow is associated with health problems and poorer performance Calderon Díaz, Julia Diana, Alessia Boyle, Laura Leonard, Finola C McElroy, Máire McGettrick, Shane Moriarty, John Garcia Manzanilla, Edgar http://hdl.handle.net/11019/1191 2017-07-22T01:01:27Z 2017-07-05T00:00:00Z Title: Delaying pigs from the normal production flow is associated with health problems and poorer performance Authors: Calderon Díaz, Julia; Diana, Alessia; Boyle, Laura; Leonard, Finola C; McElroy, Máire; McGettrick, Shane; Moriarty, John; Garcia Manzanilla, Edgar Abstract: Background Delaying pigs from advancing through the production stages could have a negative impact on their health and performance. The objective of this study was to investigate the possible implications of delaying pigs from the normal production flow on pig health and performance in a farrow-to-finish commercial farm with a self-declared All-In/All-Out (AIAO) management. Results Three flows of pigs were defined, flow 1 (i.e. pigs that followed the normal production flow; 8 weeks in the nursery stage, 4 weeks in the growing stage and 8 weeks in the finisher stage), flow 2 (i.e. pigs delayed 1 week from advancing to the next production stage) and flow 3 (i.e. pigs delayed >1 week from advancing to the next production stage). Flow 3 included higher proportions of pigs from first parity sows and of lighter birth weights. When the 3 flows were matched by parity and birth weight, pigs in flow 2 were 3.8 times more likely to be lame prior to slaughter compared with pigs in flow 1. Similarly, pigs in flow 3 were more likely to be lame prior to slaughter, 4.5 times more likely to present pleurisy, 3.3 times more like to present pericarditis and 4.3 times more likely to have their heart condemned at slaughter compared with pigs in flow 1. Additionally, carcasses from pigs in flow 3 were 10 kg lighter compared with carcasses from pigs in flow 1. Conclusion Delayed pigs were more affected by disease and were lighter at slaughter. Besides animal welfare issues, these findings could represent considerable economic loses for pig producers. In practice, delaying pigs from the normal production flow translates into higher feeding costs, increase number of days to slaughter and increased labour requirements reducing production efficiency for the pig operation. In farrow-to-finish farms an 'all-forward' policy (i.e. no pig is left behind from stage to stage and a split marketing approach is applied when sending pigs to slaughter) might be more easily adhered to. Description: peer-reviewed; This project was supported by the Irish Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) grant 14/S/832. Alessia Diana was supported by the Teagasc Walsh Fellowship Fund. 2017-07-05T00:00:00Z Physiological and behavioural aspects of housing stress in cattle. Earley, Bernadette Gupta, Sandeep Murray, Margaret Prendiville, Daniel J. http://hdl.handle.net/11019/1188 2017-08-11T11:35:02Z 2008-12-01T00:00:00Z Title: Physiological and behavioural aspects of housing stress in cattle. Authors: Earley, Bernadette; Gupta, Sandeep; Murray, Margaret; Prendiville, Daniel J. Abstract: The effect of various space allowances on pituitary, adrenal, immune responses and performance was investigated in 72 Holstein x Friesian bulls.The effect of transporting bulls for 12-h by road previously housed for 96 days at three space allowances (1.2, 2.7, 4.2 m2 per bull) on adrenal, haematological, immune responses, body temperature and performance was investigated. The effect of repeated regrouping and relocation (R&R) on behaviour of steers was investigated. The effect of repeated regrouping and relocation (R&R) of cattle on hypothalamicpituitary- adrenal (HPA) axis, immune function, blood biochemical, hematological variables and ADG, was investigated. Description: End of Project Report 2008-12-01T00:00:00Z


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Reddit's Astonishing Altruism (via Reddit)
5-year-old Reece loved helping on his parents' produce store and sharing his ideas about running the business, and fruits and vegetables in general. One day in 2008, he told his parents about an idea he had to get his classmates more excited about trying new fruits and vegetables: to let them on the delivery truck and give them free samples of foods they wouldn't get to try at home.
Just a couple of months later, the family was involved in a devastating car accident that left Reece with a brain injury and unable to speak. Then, nearly two years later, while Reece struggled in therapy 5 days per week, the Pepsi Company announced their new Refresh Grant program, wherein the company would be awarding grants to fund projects that could benefit local communities.
Reece's dad, Redditor "stinkeye", immediately thought of his son's idea, and posted it on the grant application site. Stinkeye then posted the whole story on Reddit and asked the community to make his son's idea a reality by going to the Refresh Grant website and voting for Reece's idea. Within days the idea had jumped to the #1 place on the Pepsi site. It was subsequently approved by Pepsi and awarded a 25K grant to make it happen.


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IT Project Manager
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- Information Technology
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a IT Project Manager to join our client based in Dover. As an experienced and highly motivated Project Manager with a passion for technology, you will help the Department plan and deliver a programme of technology projects across a diverse IT environment. The role will coordinate internal resources and third parties/vendors for the flawless delivery of technology projects. This will include developing project scopes and objectives, ensuring technical feasibility and measuring project performance, to ensure timely delivery. As well as IT project management and administration, the role will also involve business analysis. Skills and Qualifications - Great educational background, preferably in the fields of computer science or technology. - Proven working experience as a project administrator in the information technology sector. - Solid technical background, with understanding or hands-on experience in software development or IT infrastructure. - Knowledge of Agile methodology. - Solid organisational skills including attention to detail and multi-tasking skills. - Excellent written and verbal communication. - Strong presentation skills and the ability to present technical issues to non-technical audience. - A can-do attitude with a good awareness of customer service. - Ability to deal with ambiguity and competing priorities. - PMP / PRINCE II certification is advantageous. Interpersonnel is acting as a recruitment consultancy. Interpersonnel is an equal opportunity employer.