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If Ernest Hemingway and Dorothy Parker were alive today, they might meet up for drinks with Mr. Wicket at the Gulfstream Hotel's poolside bar, get completely hobnobbed, and go play a few rounds of malletball. The sport was invented by Wicket (real name: Bob Alman), a 65-year-old self-described "intellectual outlaw" and lifelong croquet madman. He and his friends invented guerrilla croquet in San Francisco in the '70s, when they would dress in white, jump the fences of military bases, and trespass at mansions, all in pursuit of deliciously off-limits places to smack some balls around.
Alman moved to West Palm Beach to help establish the National Croquet Center, the world's biggest facility of its kind. It may be true that if you build it, they will come... but if you deliver croquet to those lazy-asses like takeout, your sport has a way better chance of being embraced. So when Alman heard of an Indiana family who had invented a variation of the game -- Toequet, which requires participants to kick soccer-sized balls through giant wickets -- he brought it out to test with friends. He started experimenting, eventually used his mallet on the soccer ball, and -- voilà! -- he had invented malletball.
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Now, Alman presents free malletball sessions every Wednesday evening. The rules can be learned in five minutes. Should you get bored, there's also X-treme Malletball (an anarchist version that can be played in woods and swamps) and Top Gun Toequet (when you feel the need for speed). The games, he says, are social: "It's not by accident that I do singles events." He also promotes his sports among event planners ("Not everybody grooves on rock climbing") and on three croquet websites. Still, converting America is taking awhile. "We need Tiger Woods to give up golf and take up croquet," Alman says. "Or if you want to bring Serena up here, I'll give you lunch." -- Deirdra Funcheon


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Antiques very often have seating material that is—well you know— that woven stuff that comes in old chair seats. It's not fabric, it's not leather, it's not cowhide, it's . . . What exactly is it? That depends, of course, but first determine what it is not.
More likely than not, it is not bamboo. Bamboo is what old fishing poles look like, brownish with large segments and obvious growth joints every 10 inches or so. Some furniture is made of bamboo that is bent to shape and wrapped with natural fiber binding or leather strips to secure the joints, but usually, the seating portion is upholstered or has a loose cushion on it because bamboo is not very comfortable. So unless you are sitting in a bamboo chair, you don't have a bamboo seat.
What it also probably isn't is rattan. Rattan is the stem of a type of tropical palm tree most often found in commercial quantities in Borneo. The stem has its leaves removed and the outer skin scraped off. It can then be bent to shape to make furniture. Larger pieces are steam bent, and smaller ones are merely soaked to provide flexibility. Larger pieces of rattan look like bamboo with the hard outer shell removed. Rattan furniture closely resembles bamboo furniture. It also usually has wrapped joints, but in newer pieces, the wrapping is often plastic made to look like leather or fiber and actually conceals a nailed or screwed joint. Seating in rattan closely follows the pattern of seating in bamboo furniture.
Perhaps it's wicker. Perhaps. Wicker furniture has been around for centuries, and some of it is quite sturdy. Old wicker is made of small diameter (1/4 inch or less) but long lengths of willow or small rattan palms. These lengths are wrapped around a structural frame of maple or birch to create the impression of a woven piece of furniture, which often features elaborate embellishments made of individual stems rolled or curled in patterns.
Usually, only true wicker chairs like this have wicker seats.
This type of wicker furniture is all hand made and is relatively expensive. On the other hand is "paper" wicker. This is a late-19th-century invention of brown craft paper wrapped tightly around a wire core and can be woven on a special loom in a factory, which accounts for the proliferation of Victorian wicker around the turn of the 20th century. But again, wicker is almost never used as seating material except in a wicker piece of furniture.
Next is rush. Rush is a seating material made by twisting some substance into long strands of about the same diameter as wicker. It is then woven in a pattern around the top stretchers of a chair seat, creating a type of suspension seat with no wood visible around it. In some chairs, it is woven around a flat wood frame that sits inside another frame in the chair. Rush, like wicker, comes in two basic varieties. The original form was made of very tightly twisted, wet cattail leaves and gets very brittle after a number of years. This is called "natural" or "cattail" rush. The newer version, euphemistically called "fiber" rush, is similar to paper wicker in that it is essentially twisted brown or variegated craft paper but without the wire core. It usually requires a top coating of some sort to protect it from moisture. Many newer pieces of furniture imported from the Far East are once again appearing with natural rush in the seats.
The seat of this chair is made of twisted rush woven in the standard four-section pattern.
Cane is just that—cane. It is the outer skin of cane cut in very thin flat strips that can be woven almost like fabric to make a seat surface. In woven form, it is very durable and has been known to last centuries. An earlier form of cane seating is called "seven strand hand cane," "hand cane" or "hole cane." After soaking in glycerin or water, seven (more or less) individual strands are woven in and out of holes drilled through the wood of the seat, creating any number of patterns. If you turn the chair upside down, you can see the loops of cane under the seat going from hole to hole. The most common pattern has a series of octagonal-shaped holes in the material. After installation and drying, the cane can be stained and finished to match the chair or to match other older seats within the same set. This type of handwork is relatively expensive, and fewer people in the U.S. do it every year. It is a dying art here but is still common in European-produced furniture.
On the left is a 19th-century chair seat made of hand cane woven through holes in the seat. With the chair turned upside down (right), it is easy to see the individual loops of the cane through the seat.
Another type of cane is called "sheet cane" or "pressed cane." This comes from the manufacturer (in the Far East) in prewoven sheets in a variety of styles and sizes and is installed in a groove cut near the edge of the seat. It is worked wet after soaking awhile so that as it dries, it becomes very tight and strong across the seat opening. It is held in place by a glued-in border called reed spline.
Pressed cane is easily identified by the reed spline that holds the woven cane into a groove in the seat.
Since it has no holes drilled through the seat, it leaves a stronger seat frame than does hole cane. It, too, can be finished to match something else. The newest twist in cane seating in inexpensive furniture is paper cane. It looks exactly like natural cane except it is made of woven flat strips of paper embedded with a nylon cord to give it strength and is finished to look like real cane.
So what do you have in your chairs?
WorthPoint — the premier Web site for art, antiques and collectibles
– Fred Taylor is the American Furniture Worthologist and an expert in furniture restoration. He's published numerous articles on antiques on WorthPoint and in "Antique Trader," "Chicago Art Deco Society Magazine," "Northeast Magazine, "Victorian Decorating and Lifestyles," "Professional Refinishing" and "The Antique Shoppe Newspaper." Read more about Fred on his Worthologist profile, and check out his book "How To Be A Furniture Detective" and Fred and Gail Taylor'sDVD, "Identification of Older & Antique Furniture" on their very informative Web site, Furniture Detective.
Other articles by Fred Taylor:
Identifying Wood Species—Part I
Identifying Wood Species—Part II
Identifying Wood Species—Part III
A Fortune from the Kitchen Table
Understanding Antiques—the Arts and Crafts Movement
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I decided to splurge on this a few months back with some birthday money – otherwise I don't know that I would have dropped $30 on a tumbler! For me the biggest selling point was the sleek narrow design – it'll actually fit in the cup-holder on my stroller! The other one I have barely fits, and if you go over any kind of bump it'll fall out, so…. not practical.
I bought the green one – my favourite colour – and I've been impressed with it! It is amazing at keeping the heat in, and I haven't had any issues with it leaking. It's really sturdy and stylish too. I like simple designs.
The only downside: it's amazing at keeping the heat in. I brew my tea and then it takes FOREVER to cool so that I can actually drink it. I've started to brew it in a mug and then pour it in the Timolino instead.
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Future Music Festival blasts off
After waiting about half a year for the festival's massive bill of artists to make it down to Australia, Future Music Festival finally got under way this weekend with the first two festivals blowing up in Brisbane and Perth.
While the weather gods were not on the side of the festival going masses in Brisbane, the rain and mud didn't seem to dampen anyone's spirits from the looks of ITM's photo coverage, with punters letting loose in the slush while their favourite bands and DJs provided the epic soundtrack.
It was a day for all comers, with superstar DJs like Steve Angello and Sven Vath throwing down bombs all day, while the indie-dance set got their fix from the likes of The Presets and MGMT. And believe it or not there have been zero reports of Ke$ha being bottled.
Of course the crown jewel of the festival tour is UK legends The Chemical Brothers and as well as their headline sets at the festival the 'Chems also pulled sideshow duty up north over the weekend, taking their stonkingly good new live show to Riverstage along with Zane Lowe and Art vs. Science. From the looks of the gallery below The Chemical Brothers are still at the top of their game.
The 'Chems weren't the only Future artists doing sideshow duty with acts on very different ends of the spectrum going out on their own including Los Angeles electro pin-up Steve Aoki who hit up Wollongong to a rapturous welcome. Scope out the pics below and you'll likely see your monitor start to sweat up along with the raving crowd.
Likewise Dizzee Rascal did his one and only solo show for the tour down in Canberra with a motley crew of supports including Tai and Belgium riot squad The Subs. Things only kicked on from there with Aoki following on from his gig in the 'Gong to play the Dizzee after-party and of course we were on hand to capture the action.
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The Birther Movement Is Still Alive
Just when President Obama thought the days of having to prove his citizenship were behind him, Arizona's secretary of state goes full birther. Ken Bennett just cannot be sure Obama was born in the United States and, therefore, might have to keep him off Arizona's ballot in November. Bennett actually admitted in an interview Thursday night that he's sure Obama was born in Hawaii—"or at least I hope he was." Still, Sheriff Joe Arpaio is still in the midst of an investigation into the president's certificate and until some "real evidence" is presented (government documents don't count!). Bennett isn't willing to take any chances.


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Kelsey is more than ready for wedding bells!
Kelsey Grammer is so anxious to get married to his new fiancée Kayte Walsh that he's planning to walk down the aisle as soon as his divorce with wife Camille is finalized. But surely to his money manager's horror, I'm hearing the 'Frasier' star has no intention of asking the beauty to sign a pre-up agreement.
"Kelsey is deeply in love with Kayte and can't imagine spending the rest of his life with any other woman in the world. He knows she's the one and wouldn't insult her by asking her to sign a pre-nup even though his third divorce is going to cost him about $50 million," a friend of the actor's tells me.
Kelsey is already engaged to the new love of his life in his adopted home of New York City, leaving his soon-to-be-ex wife in Los Angeles with daughters Mason, 8, and Jude, 6.
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A recent survey of 811 Americans, commissioned by the national nonprofit organization, CESI Debt Solutions, found similarities between the saving/spending habits of adults and their childhood experience with money. 49% of those surveyed say they grew up in house with frugal parents or whose parents taught them about money. 47% were given an allowance growing up. 46% save money on a regular basis.
"Debt DNA is a term we use to describe how people's money habits are influenced by their parents' actions as well as the culture/environment they grew up in," explains Neil Ellington, VP of CESI Debt Solutions. "There are multiple factors that influence how we spend money but very often our counselors find clients either forgot the money lessons they learned as a child or circumstances such as a job loss or medical crisis forced them to abandon what their parents taught."
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Girl Talk With Top Chef Antonia Lofaso
On this week's Top Chef, we saw final-four contestant Antonia Lofaso leave Puerto Rico. When I spoke to her yesterday, she was in New York lunching with fellow finalist Stephanie. The two chefs were in town for Bravo's A-List Awards, and Antonia was nice enough to take a break from her meal of gnocchi and sweetbreads to chat about her time on the show.
Antonia isn't just a Top Chef contestant; she's also a fan who has watched the series since the first season. To hear how her experience compared to what she'd seen on TV and find out what her 8-year-old daughter thought of it all,
YumSugar: How'd you get involved in Top Chef?
Antonia Lofaso: It was actually something that came through my restaurant group. [Production company] Magical Elves did a little scouting, and they made a recommendation. At that point I was just turning 30 and wanted to put myself out there and push myself.
YS: So were you a fan of the show before?
AL: I'm a huge fan of Top Chef. I watched it since season one. It was kind of nerve-wracking watching it: The day before I left, it was the episode of season three where they had to cook on the plane. I thought, oh my goodness, am I really going to do this right now?
YS: Do you think what viewers see is an accurate representation of what really happens?
AL: I think the show is very accurate. Obviously in the long run, there needs to be a story told and people want to see a story. But for the most part, everyone says what they say and looks the way they look and does what they do. Someone could say, "Oh that was misconstrued," but you did say it. I'm waiting for Top Chef to have replays, where you say, "I didn't do that," and then you see Padma hit the switch.
YS: How long were you at judges' table? What was going through your mind?
AL: The whole process goes on for hours. By then it was six o'clock in the morning, and we'd been up since 8 a.m. the previous day. It's like that movie Defending Your Life. You get up there and talk about your concept. They want to understand the story you're trying to tell, what experience you were trying to get across with your food. And they let us talk for as long as we need to, so that they have all the information they need to make a proper decision.
YS: What would you have done differently in this challenge?
AL: If I could do it again, I don't think conceptually I would have done anything differently. I felt like I really wanted to take advantage of the ingredients we had and make it more about the island than about doing pork belly the way I'd normally do pork belly. Execution-wise, absolutely I would do it differently. That's where I fell the most short was on my execution. I pride myself on being a very strong technical chef, so to be called out for that was hard.
YS: You seemed a bit more frazzled in this episode than in past challenges.
AL: I actually felt that. My restaurant just opened eight weeks out from the show, and to tell you the truth, I wasn't there mentally in any capacity that I should have been. I got off the plane in Puerto Rico, and my head was still in California. Not that that's any excuse, but it was just disappointing. Of course everyone's like, you just opened a restaurant, you haven't seen your daughter. I knew all this, but I still love the fact that I'm able to produce under those circumstances, and unfortunately I didn't produce. For me that is upsetting.
YS: How is the restaurant going?
AL: The restaurant is going really, really well. I'm blessed. I've got a great location, and the restaurant group is full-force ahead. They plan on opening Foxtail at the Sahara hotel in Las Vegas next.
YS: You said that your daughter told you to win or not come home. Were you allowed back in the house?
AL: Yes I was. My daughter was very sweet actually. You always teach kids that whether or not you win or lose isn't important, and when I got home it was very, "Aww, don't worry mommy, at least you tried." She liked seeing me on TV, but I think it was more exciting for her friends at school. I'm definitely the cool mom.
YS: So this is probably a silly question, but who do you think should win?
AL: I'm sitting here with Stephanie, so I have to say Stephanie. I really hope that Steph takes it. She has a huge heart and great integrity. I love Richard 100 percent, but of course, we'd love to see a woman win this year. And if it's not going to be me, it's going to be her.
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Japanese animation ("anime") was an animated genre that often was considered more of a "cult" offering, until a few years ago. A number of efforts have gained widespread popularity and have fueled greater interest in additional titles. The animation is fluid and rich, certainly different from the animation that we're used to from Disney. The storytelling is certainly different too - and in this case, somewhat more adult.
"Mononoke" starts off introducing us to the main character Ashitaka (Billy Crudup of "Almost Famous"), who spots something wrong in the woods right outside of his village. A beast with snakes serving as skin rumbles out of the forest, and after a fairly tense chase, Ashitaka is able to stop it - but not without it touching him first. Unfortunately, the touch starts off a curse that could end Ashitaka's life if he doesn't find a cure first.
Other characters include Lady Eboshi, whose Irontown is slowly destroying the forest land and the forest gods. Ashitaka also meets San ("Princess Mononoke") who was raised by a wolf. The film deals with many issues, including the way that humans treat the environment around them - but it never feels too preachy or heavy. The film's plot is often complex and detailed - many areas feel as if something new's happening or coming in every few minutes, but I remained interested and sometimes fascinated. If some pieces of the plot aren't always fully explained, the characters are well-written and engaging - I found myself caring about the outcome.
Again, the animation is fascinating to watch, with great detail and an almost "painting"-like quality. The story is complex and detailed, but works itself out well as it goes along, revealing new developments and twists. The action sequences are very well done - tense and often exciting, if somewhat graphic at times. Miramax has also brought in top-notch talent to provide the English dubbed voices for this American version of the film(Crudup, Claire Danes, Billy Bob Thornton, Jada Pinkett and Minnie Driver and Gillian Anderson are among the voice talent who all do an excellent job).Young kids may be scared by the violence shown in the film (it is PG-13), but older children and adults will likely find the story thrilling.
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VIDEO: Miramax presents "Princess Mononoke" in the film's original 1.85:1 aspect ratio, and it is anamorphic. Although the film's animation will not provide the kind of viewing experience that some other recent animated films will offer, the style of animation that "Mononoke" does offer is often ultimately more pleasing and enjoyable than most recent animated offierings. Although Miramax has not presented the movie perfectly, much of it does boast pretty exceptional quality. Sharpness and detail are very good, bringing out every detail of the animated feature.
I really didn't notice any problems with pixelation or shimmering, which made for a refreshingly clean and natural looking viewing experience. I did notice a few small problems throughout the movie with some slight print flaws. A couple of slight marks were visible on a few occasions, but these really didn't take away from the movie that much.
Colors are excellent throughout the movie, looking bright and beautiful. Lush greens, vibrant reds and deep blues are on display throughout, looking well-saturated and without flaw. Overall, aside from a few slight instances where marks were visible, I found this to be a very enjoyable viewing experience.
SOUND: "Mononoke" is presented in English, French and Japanese Dolby Digital 5.1. The DVD was originally delayed due to the fact that Miramax had decided to leave out the original Japanese track, but it is included here - there's even a sticker on the front of the box that boasts it as a feature. The audio is rather unagressive, even in some of the more intense scenes of the movie. The beautiful score often takes center stage and fills the listening space quite well - it's certainly the highlight of the audio presentation.
Surrounds are not used a great deal, but on occasion they do get some effective use, most often for the score. The front speakers do provide a nicely active environment, though. The dubbed dialogue is clear and easily understood, with no problems. Also pleasing is the addition of both English captions and a literal translation subtitle track in English.
MENUS:: Menus are fairly basic and non-animated, with film-themed images as the backgrounds.
EXTRAS: Miramax offers an uncreative group of minor extra features for this film, which is unfortunate. Commentary by those involved in altering the film for American audiences of the original crew probably would have proved to be interesting and informative. Maybe an "anime" expert commentary? All we do get is listed below, and unfortunately, it's not much.
Featurette: A short featurette that has interviews with the voice talent who dubbed the film for American audiences, as well as others who were involved. I found it interesting to listen to the challenges that the actors went through to provide vocals, but I would have liked more. There are some films where, afer you watch them, they really don't need layers - but as someone who doesn't know about Japanese animation and found this film very enjoyable, I would have liked a lot more information about it.
Trailer: The film's American theatrical trailer, presented in Full-screen and Dolby 2.0.
Final Thoughts: "Mononoke" is a grandly entertaining animated feature, with beautiful animation and a complex and engaging story. It may not be for young children who may be scared by the violence, but older children and adults will most likely find a lot to enjoy in this film. Miramax's DVD offers good audio/video quality, but not much in the way of extras. Very highly recommended, even if as a rental first.


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Michael D. Imfeld is a tough advocate, providing quality litigation services to his clients. He has recently relocated his practice, which focuses on Lending Law, Real Estate, Contract Disputes and Litigation, to Napa, California. Since 1977 he has produced premium results for his clients at reasonable prices. He is AV® peer review rated by Martindale-Hubbell. See the article (above) on the mortgage crisis and his lending web sites for exciting news affecting the mortgage industry. (www.NapaLandAndLoan.com and www.prudentborrowers.com.)
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Mr. Imfeld attended Ohio State University, graduating with a B.A. cum laude in 1972. He attended the University of California, Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco, obtaining his Juris Doctor degree in 1977. While in law school he served as Judicial Extern to the Honorable Joseph G. Kennedy. After graduation, he was selected to serve as a Judicial Staff Attorney for the California Court of Appeal, First Appellate District in San Francisco, from 1977 to 1979.
Since leaving the Court of Appeal, he has engaged in a litigation practice. Since 1992, that practice has focused on Lending Law, Real Estate, Contract Disputes and related Litigation.
He was admitted to the Bar for the State of California and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in December of 1977. He has also been admitted to the Bar of the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and the United States District Courts for the Eastern, Central and Southern Districts of California. He is listed in Who's Who in American Law, Second Edition.
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In an article recently published by CAPE- the Council for American Private Education, a meta-analysis of over 90 studies on the effects of school suggest that "attending private religious schools is associated with the highest level of academic achievement." A meta-analysis looks at studies in a specific field and, employing sophisticated statistical techniques, identifies the effect size of each study and then calculates an overall average effect size for the set of studies.
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Is there excess co-movement of primary commodity prices? A co-integration test
It is a common perception that primary commodity prices tend to move together. This perception is especially common among commodity traders who may justify an increase in the price of one commodity because the prices of other commodities have increased. This commodity price co-movement can be identified among commodities that seem unrelated in terms of production or consumption substitutability or complementarity. But there is no reason for believing that prices of unrelated commodities should move together, except for macroeconomic shocks affecting commodity markets in general. For example, in a recession commodity prices decline across the board because demand declines; and in periods of generalinflation commodity prices rise, partly because commodities provide a hedge against inflation. However, after accounting for macroeconomic shocks, is co-movement among prices still evident? In this paper, the authors test for co-movement and excess co-movement of primary commodity prices using the econometric tests of co-integration in time series and the resulting error-correction models (ECM). The ECMs will be used to examine the existence of short-run excess co-movement between commodity prices, taking into consideration the long-run relationship between them.
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The son of Sudanese and American parents, Amir Mohamed was born and raised in the United States capital city of Washington DC, spending hot summers in Khartoum learning Arabic and swimming in the Nile. Growing up amidst the sounds of New York hip hop, his father playing Oud, Go-Go, and gospel, Amir took his first steps as an MC producer in the analog basement studio of his legendary neighbor, Garry Shider (Parliament Funkadelic).
Convincing his entrepreneurial father that he too had business acumen, Amir laid the check from his first commercial release on the kitchen table before his 21st birthday and never looked back. Though Oddisee has gone on to perform with The Roots, produce for Freeway, Jazzy Jeff, Little Brother, De La Soul & Nikki Jean, and has MC'd on production from Flying Lotus, Hudson Mohawke and Kev Brown, his proudest moment was the birth of his critically acclaimed group Diamond District with fellow Washingtonians X.O. and yU.
Known in the music industry for his independence, Oddisee consistently debunks the scatterbrained artist myth - doing everything from booking international tours to photography to marketing and promoting himself and even other artists. He now works as both artist and consultant with Mello Music Group, one of the foremost emerging independent labels to take advantage of the digital revolution to build a successful business.
With the release of its sophomore album, Leaves, Sidewalk Chalk continues to lead the contemporary evolution of hip-hop, soul, and jazz. The band's roots are firmly planted in Chicago where all eight members bring their respective talents together to update a sound first heralded in the Native Tongues era but never so musically diverse. The group's unique arrangement allows them to incorporate numerous styles seamlessly: an MC and female vocalist; a trio of keys, bass, and drums; a horn section with trombone and trumpet; and a tap-dancer.
In contrast to the 2012 debut release, Corner Store, this new album finds the group venturing into a grittier space and capitalizing on a subtle approach that is at times hauntingly beautiful. Leaves represents change, both the loss of something dear and the excitement of exploring something new. "The album is about growth, growing pains, and letting go of the past if need be," states MC Rico Sisney. Vocalist Maggie Vagle adds, "It's also about unfolding into a new color. Shedding to shine brighter."
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Equus lambei
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|†Equus lambei
Hay, 1917
Equus lambei (common names include Yukon horse, and Yukon wild horse[1]) is an extinct species of the genus Equus. Equus lambei ranged across North America until approximately 10,000 years ago. It probably was much like the extinct Tarpan and the living Przewalski's Horse of today.[citation needed] A partial carcass of Equus lambei is on display at the Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre in Whitehorse, Yukon.[1]
Equus lambei is close relative of the modern wild horse including the domestic horse.[2][3][4]
Natural history[edit]
Along with steppe bison (Bison priscus), woolly mammoths (Mammuthus primigenius) and caribou (Rangifer tarandus), Equus lambei was one of the most common ice-age species known from steppe-like grasslands of Eastern Beringia.[3][4] This species is known from numerous teeth and bones, and one partial carcass discovered in 1993, that yielded a radiocarbon date of 26,280 ± 210 years BP.[3] The carcass consisted of a large part of the hide, a few tailbones, one lower leg, and some intestine. The hide retained some long blondish mane and tail hairs, coarse whitish upper body hairs, and dark brown hairs on the lower leg.[3] Large numbers of teeth of this species have been found in archaeological sites in the region.
- ^ C. R. Harington with Donna Naughton, ed. (2003). Annotated Bibliography of Quaternary Vertebrates of Northern North America: With Radiocarbon Dates. University of Toronto Press. pages 73, 99
- ^ http://yukon.taiga.net/vuntutrda/palaeon/notes.htm
- ^ a b c d C.R. Harington (August 2002). "Yukon Horse". Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre. Archived from the original on 2009-02-27. Retrieved 2009-01-21.
- ^ a b "Yukon Horse". Natural History Notebooks. Canadian Museum of Nature. 2009-01-20. Retrieved 2009-01-21.
- Ann Forstén, 1992. Mitochondrial-DNA timetable and the evolution of Equus: Comparison of molecular and paleontological evidence. Ann. Zool. Fennici 28: 301-309.
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According to the reviewers, the battles in Lightning Returns are interesting and the feel for speed is great. They are extremely entertaining, but if the player fails to pay attention to an enemys weakness even trash mobs can prove difficult. As a result, its important to make split section decisions during battle. Even on Easy mode, Lightning Returns can be surprisingly difficult. The time constraints dont appear to factor into that difficulty too much though, and didnt stress the reviewers out much at all.
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International Journal of Photoenergy
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 395235, 6 pages
Numerical Simulation of the Effect of Heater Position on the Oxygen Concentration in the CZ Silicon Crystal Growth Process
1Chung Shan Institute of Science and Technology (CSIST), No. 481, Sec. chia an, Zhongzheng Rd., Longtan, Taoyuan County 32546, Taiwan
2Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Central University, No. 300, Jhongda Rd., Jhongli City, Taoyuan County 32001, Taiwan
3Jen-Teh College, No. 79-9, Sha-Luen Hu, Hou-Loung, Miaoli County 35664, Taiwan
4Sino-American Silicon Products Inc., No. 8. Industrial East Road 2, Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu County 30075, Taiwan
Received 28 August 2011; Accepted 23 December 2011
Academic Editor: C. W. Lan
Copyright © 2012 Ying-Yang Teng et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
We perform numerical simulations to analyze the effect of the position of the heater on the thermal and flow fields and the oxygen concentration distribution during the industrial Cz silicon crystal growth process. The amount of oxygen released from the silica crucible to the silicon melt during the growth process can be lowered by adjusting the heater position to decrease the temperature on the crucible wall. During growth of the crystal body, there is a significant decrease in the gradient of the oxygen concentration along the melt-crystal interface due to the stronger Taylor-Proudman vortex, which is generated by the crucible and crystal rotation. There is a significant reduction in the average oxygen concentration at the melt-crystal interface for longer crystal lengths because of the lower wall temperature, smaller contact surface between the crucible wall and the melt and the stronger Taylor-Proudman vortex.
1. Introduction
The monocrystalline silicon (sc-Si) solar cell is one of the most important types of solar cells currently in use. However, to ensure grid parity, the quality of mono-Si wafers has to be improved even more. In mono-Si wafers, the oxygen impurity in combination with boron dopant induces light degradation of the solar cell. Therefore, to improve the efficiency of Si solar cells, the oxygen concentration in the crystal has to be controlled. The oxygen impurity originates mainly from the chemical reaction at the interface between the hot wall of the silica crucible and the Si melt. Part of the dissolved oxygen in the melt is incorporated into the crystal, while most oxygen evaporates on the free surface as SiO, which is then transported away from the melt by the argon gas.
There have been many studies in the literature investigating how to control the oxygen concentration in a CZ system. Machida and coworkers [1, 2] installed a gas controller and/or a transverse magnetic field in their study of the effects of the argon gas flow rate and furnace pressure on the oxygen concentration in CZ grown silicon crystal. The oxygen concentration in the silicon crystal grown by a CZ system with a gas controller increases as the argon gas flow rate is reduced and the furnace pressure raised. When a transverse magnetic field is attached to a CZ furnace with a gas controller, there is a significant change in the flow pattern in the melt which causes an opposing trend of the dependence of the oxygen concentration in the CZ grown silicon crystal on the argon gas flow rate and the furnace pressure. Matsuo et al. [3] has shown by thermodynamic analysis that the oxygen concentration in the melt increases when the temperature of the silica wall increases. Chen et al. [4] have shown that the oxygen concentration in the CZ grown silicon crystal may be controlled by the rates of crucible and/or crystal rotation during the growth. A lower oxygen concentration can be achieved in the crystal with a suitable combination of the crucible and crystal rotation rates.
The results of Matsuo et al. [3] show that the oxygen concentration level in the melt may be decreased by reducing the temperature of the silica crucible wall during the growth process. The crucible temperature is strongly affected by the arrangement of the heater in the CZ furnace. The appropriate positioning of the heater could possibly lower the temperature of the crucible wall. In the present study, a numerical investigation of the heat, flow fields, and oxygen concentration during the CZ silicon crystal growth process is carried out to determine the effect of the heater positioning on the oxygen concentration level in the crystal.
2. Mathematical Model
Figure 1 show a schematic representation of the conventional CZ furnace used in this study, where h represents the relative position of the heater from the reference position. The furnace is assumed to be axis-symmetric and the growth process is assumed to be quasisteady. The silicon melt is considered to be a Newtonian fluid. The deformation of the free surface is ignored. The argon gas is assumed to be an ideal gas. The crystal diameter is selected to be 8 inches. The crucible, as shown in Figure 1, has a diameter of 438 mm and a height of 303 mm. The amount of silicon in the crucible is 70.2 kg which is massive enough to grow a crystal 800 mm in length. The furnace pressure is kept at 2000 Pa with a 40 lpm argon gas flowrate.
The differential equations governing heat and mass transports are as follows.
In the fluid: where , and are the density, reference density, heat capacity, velocity vector, temperature, thermal conductivity, pressure, stress tensor, gravitational acceleration, impurity concentration, and diffusion coefficient of the impurity, respectively. The subscript may be or , where g and l indicate the argon gas and silicon melt, respectively. The subscript is O or SiO, where O and SiO indicate the oxygen in the melt and silicon oxide in the argon, respectively.
In the heater: where is the heat generation from the heater.
The temperature at the melt/crystal interface is equal to the melting temperature of silicon, and the energy balance should satisfy the Stefan condition. The segregation effect of oxygen impurity is taken into account. The boundary conditions for the oxygen concentration at the crucible wall immersed into the silicon melt and for the oxygen concentration at free surface can be referred to our previous study [4]. The SiO concentration at the gas inlet is zero. The flux in the SiO concentration at the gas/solid interface is zero because the effect of deposition is ignored. The flow motion in the Si melt is in the transition regime [4]. The Reynolds average Navier-Stoke equation (RANS) is employed with the one-equation model [5] to simulate the turbulent motion inside the melt. To appropriately increase the dissipation rate near the wall, the Wolfshtein model [6] is used. To account for the turbulence suppression because of the crucible rotation effect, it is changed as a function of the mean strain and rotation rates [7]. For details of the boundary conditions and material properties, refer to [4, 8, 9]. The energy, continuity, momentum, and species equations with boundary conditions are solved with CGSim package, which is based on the finite volume method (FVM). Figure 2 shows the distribution of the control volumes inside the furnace. The effect of the control volume number is examined to find the best results providing sufficient accuracy and requiring less computational time for each case. The total number of the control volumes employed in the present computation is 28,587.
3. Results and Discussion
According to the study of Chen et al. [4], there is an optimum combination of crucible and crystal rotations for obtaining the lowest oxygen concentration for a CZ furnace. In this study, the crystal and crucible rotation rates are fixed at 13 and −3 rpm, respectively, which indicate the best operating conditions for the lowest oxygen concentration obtained by Chen et al. [4]. The maximum distance of upward movement of the heater from mm without contact to the side insulation for the present furnace is 50 mm. Three different heater positions of , 30, and 50 mm are considered here. During the crystal growth, the heater position is fixed and the crucible is moved upwards to keep the predetermined gap between the free surface of the silicon melt and the heat shield. The numerical computations are carried out for different crystal lengths .
Figures 3 and 4 show the temperature, streamtrace, and oxygen concentration distributions in the melt for mm (crystal crown was formed) with and 50 mm. There are 3 vortices in the melt: the buoyancy-thermocapillary vortex near the wall, Taylor-Proudman vortex under the crystal, and secondary vortex between them. The oxygen impurity originating from the silica crucible wall is diffused into the silicon melt. This is prevented at the crystal-melt interface by the suppression of the flow motion of the Taylor-Proudman vortex and carried to the free surface of the melt by the buoyancy-thermocapillary vortex. The oxygen impurity at the free surface can vaporize to form SiO gas which is removed from the furnace by the motion of the argon gas. The maximum temperature at the crucible wall appears at the intersection of the vertical and bottom wall. For mm, is 1712 K, which is higher than that for mm ( K). The melt flow patterns are similar due to the small difference in the maximum temperature between and 50 mm and the same combination of rotation rates of crucible and crystal. Therefore, the distributions of the isotherms and oxygen concentration isolines in the melt are also similar. The amount of oxygen impurity released from the crucible wall decreases as the temperature of the crucible wall and the amount of contact surface of the melt and the crucible wall decrease. Since the maximum temperature of mm is lower, the magnitude of oxygen concentration is smaller.
It can be seen in Figures 5 and 6 that the flow, temperature, and oxygen concentration patterns for mm are similar to those for and 50 mm. Since the depth of the melt for mm is much smaller than when mm, there is a significant reduction in the strength of the buoyancy-thermocapillary vortex for mm in comparison to the case for mm. Hence, the Taylor-Proudman vortex for the mm case becomes stronger. The effect of the Taylor-Proudman vortex is totally dominant for mm (Figures 7 and 8). The temperature and oxygen gradients near the crystal-melt interface become smaller when the length of crystal increases. On the other hand, the magnitude of the temperature and oxygen concentration in the melt decreases for longer crystal lengths (Figures 3–8).
The average oxygen concentration at the crystal-melt interface is defined as the total oxygen concentration at the crystal-melt interface, which is obtained by integrating the oxygen concentration over the entire crystal-melt interface, divided by the crystal-melt area. Figure 9 displays the variation of the average oxygen concentration at the crystal-melt interface and the maximum wall temperature with the crystal height for , 30, and 50 mm. For a fixed crystal length, the average oxygen concentration decreases as h increases. It can be seen that the difference of the maximum temperature for , 30, and 50 mm is more significant for mm. This may explain the difference in average oxygen concentration for mm (Figure 9). On the other hand, the heater power increases as the heater position moves upward. The reduction in the temperature of the crucible wall, the contact surface of the melt and the crucible wall and the oxygen gradients along the melt-crystal interface indicates a reduction in the average oxygen concentration when the crystal length increases. As the crystal length increases from mm to mm, the input power decreases. When the crystal length further increases from mm to mm, it increases.
4. Conclusion
The heater position is one of the important factors affecting the temperature at the crucible wall. In the present study, the oxygen concentration distributions for different heater positions are simulated. When the crucible and crystal rotation rates are determined, the flow pattern in the melt is similar for different heater positions. The oxygen concentration in the melt will be dependent on the temperature of the crucible wall and the amount of contact between the surface of the crucible wall and the melt. For cases considered in the present study, when the heater moves upwards from the reference position, the oxygen concentration becomes lower due to the lower crucible wall temperature. For larger crystal lengths, there is a notable reduction in the length of the gradients of oxygen concentration along the melt-crystal interface, since the Taylor-Proudman vortex generated by the crucible and crystal rotation is more dominant, while the wall temperature and the contact surface of the crucible wall and the melt become lower. Therefore, the oxygen concentration in the melt decreases significantly as the crystal grows longer.
The authors would like to thank the National Science Council of Taiwan, for the support of this work through Grant No. NSC-98-2622-8-008-002-A1.
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John Peterson said there are many positive things he can take away from his showing at the U.S. Open two weeks ago, most notably the $276,841 check for finishing tied for fourth place.
There was being in contention during the final round on Sunday until almost the end, a hole-in-one on the 13th hole Saturday, and his survival of the first six holes at The Olympic Club in San Francisco (5 over par; Tiger Woods was 12 over) that buried other contenders. Great memories, said the former LSU golfer who won the 2011 NCAA Tournament title. It was his best showing in his brief PGA Tour career, his coming-out appearance on one of golf's grandest stages. But his favorite wasn't any of that, he said.
Peterson's father, David, was on hand during the tournament.
"I had my dad there (on Sunday), and it was Father's Day," John Peterson said. "My grandmother (David's mother) passed away the week prior, so it was tough.
"He always told me a great Father's Day present would be for me to be playing (on Sunday) in the U.S. Open. So that's the thing I guess I'll treasure the most from the week, him being there with me."
It was quite a week for Peterson, who has played in six tour events this season, including the Zurich Classic of New Orleans in April.
He fired a 3-over-par 283 at The Olympic Club, only two strokes behind winner Webb Simpson. Included in the tie for fourth place with Peterson were fellow former LSU standout David Toms, 2012 Zurich Classic winner Jason Dufner, Paidrag Harrington and Jim Furyk.
It was Peterson's highest finish on the PGA Tour, and it qualified him for next year's Masters and the U.S. Open.
As good as it was, Peterson does look back at a couple of shots and putts that could have made his finish even better. He was at 2 over headed to the 16th on Sunday and double bogeyed the par 5. He recovered with an impressive birdie on No. 17, then parred the 18th.
"I three-putted (the 16th)," Peterson said. "In fact, I three-putted six times on the weekend. If I only three-putt three times, it's different.
"But you can't coulda, woulda, shoulda. For all the shots that didn't (go his way), I had so many good shots. I drove my ball well all week. It was a very good (tournament) for me."
Maybe his best shot came on the 13th on Saturday when he aced the hole, playing 182 yards, with a 7-iron.
"I never made one," Peterson said. "I knew I had my yardage right when I hit it and when it landed it landed perfect. You never expect it to go in though.
"I told my friends that I wanted to be the greatest golfer to never have had a hole-in-one. Guess that's over now."
After the tournament, Peterson said he received many well wishes, including 191 text messages.
"I didn't know I knew that many people," he said.
Peterson played in the Travelers Championship the following week in Connecticut. He made the cut but shot 73 on Saturday and missed the third-day cut, settling for a check for $10,140.
Peterson returned home to Baton Rouge earlier this week, exhausted, he said. He'll take a few days off then prepare for the John Deere Classic near Chicago on July 12-15.
As good as the U.S. Open was for him, it didn't qualify him for the 2013 PGA Tour season, something he missed by one shot. He has appeared in six events this season and has winnings of $319,511, about $90,000 short of becoming exempt.
"Golf is such a what-have-you-done-for-me-lately game," Peterson said. "I'll take two or three days off now, then get back to work."
But there is no mistaking how much his showing in the U.S. Open changes the equation. He acknowledged that in a tweet on Monday: "3 weeks ago I was worrying about how I was gonna pay my mortgage. Today, I am waking up in DC playing a corporate outing.''


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RITES. Arabic mansak, mansikمنسك
pl. manasik. The rites and ceremonies attending religious worship in generaL. Qur'an, Surah xxii. 35: "To every nation we appointed rites (mansak) to mention the name of God over the brute beasts which he has provided for them.
The term mansik is more frequently used for a place of sacrifice, while mansak applies to religious observances, but the plural manasik is common to both, and rendered by Professor Palmer and Mr. Rodwell in their translations of the Qur'an, "rites."
The principal rites of the Muslim religion are the Hajj, or Pilgrimage to Makkah, with the ceremonies at the Makkan Temple [HAJJ]; the daily ritual of the liturgical prayers [PRAYER] the marriage and funeral ceremonies. and, with the. Shi'ahs, the ceremonies of the Muharram. The sacrifice on the great festival, although primarily part of the Makkan Pilgrimage ceremonies, is celebrated in all parts of Islam on the 'Idu l-Azha, or feast of Sacrifice. [IDU 'L-AZHA.] The ceremony of Zikr can hardly be said to be one of the rites of orthodox Islam, although it is common in all parts of the Muslim world; it belongs rather to the mystic side of the Muslim religion. [SUFI, ZIKR.]
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Cornuck wrote:Sedin line - 6 points
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Luongo with the Shutout
Can an opening night get any better? Nice show of speed, grit and defense. Great to see that we were not just doing a 'dump and chase' for offense. Our speed was actually making things happen - when did that last happen? Luongo wasn't the story for once - that counts for a lot. Team toughness wasn't just a catchphrase tonight.
If the team shows that kind of intensity most nights, I'll feel that my 38 years of cheering for this team will not have been in vein.
Cornuck wrote:lifer wrote:According to Canucks.com and a tv lisings website, the game starts at 7:30 p.m. Pacific. That's better.
Yep - fixed now - living in the Central time zone still screws me up...
dr.dork wrote: Vancouver was outshot 25-23 and won 6-0 ? Was he that bad or does that 0.739 save percentage not mean a lot ?
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Abortion Is More Dangerous to Women in Movies and TV Than in Real Life
It would be nice if the entertainment business made an effort to represent abortion in a realistic, rational matter. Unfortunately, new research shows movies and television dramatically overestimate the dangers of the procedure. Pop culture spreading misinformation about reproductive health? Imagine!


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The Ireland Yearly Meeting is the umbrella body for the Religious Society of Friends in Ireland. It is one of many Yearly Meetings (YM's) of Friends around the world.
In Ireland there are 27 local (preparative) meetings. These are grouped into 7 regional Monthly meetings, which are in turn grouped together in 3 provincial (quarterly) meetings. The three quarterly meetings together constitute the Ireland YM. There are between 1000 and 2000 Friends in Ireland.
A notable aspect of the Ireland YM is that it encompasses meetings with widely divergent Christian viewpoints from theologically conservative (evangelical) to theologically liberal. All meetings under its care are in the unprogrammed tradition. It also includes meetings both in the Republic of Ireland and in Northern Ireland.
The Religious Society of Friends was introduced to Ireland by William Edmundson. He was born in Westmorland, England in 1627 but moved to Ireland in 1652. On a return trip to England, Edmundson was convinced of the truth of Quakerism under the teaching of James Nayler He went back to Ireland and set up a business in Lurgan, County Armagh. The first Friends meeting in Ireland took place in Edmundson's home there in 1654.


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In the Leftist controlled media stories are shouted if they are helpful to Democrats, whispered if they are bad news for Democrats...
".. why a new poll a new poll commissioned by the American Life League (ALL) is so important. The poll conducted between August 15 and 19 spoke to 900 self-identified Catholic registered voters.
There are few English language superlatives that can accurately portray the findings of this survey.
Earth shaking Sea Change Devastating read them and take your pick.
The story was whispered on a recent NPR segment and heres why.
A stunning 27% of Catholics told the interviewers they support Barack Obama. This is a 27 point fall from 2008.
Seventy four percent (74%) of Catholic men over 50 refuse to support Obama.
Moreover an almost identical 25% of Catholic men under 50 support Obama and 31% of Catholic women under 50 support him.
Catholic women over fifty support Obama at just a 23% rate.
Clearly Barack Obamas plan to start a fight with Catholics is working but how can any Democrat be happy about the results?
The ALL survey found that 73% of its Catholic registered voter respondents see the mandate Obama has placed on Catholic institutions (including Catholic hospitals and indeed the office of Cardinal Dolan) to commit abortions and distribute contraceptive devices as a violation of their religious freedoms.
This explains why Cardinal Dolan the leader of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops was told he is not welcome to attend the Democrats convention in Charlotte North Carolina next month.
This survey ..claims a margin of error of +/- 3 points. Nevertheless, with numbers like this a 10 point MoE wouldnt help Barack Obama and his Party.
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D*L*I*D / Dick Laurent Is Dead is an alias of the french electronic producer Jean-Baptiste Casini . Born in 1980 in Toulouse /France, he started making music and dj in 1996 but the story really begins when he started the electronic band Electroluxe Family with his best friends in 1998.
With Electroluxe family he has played in many well know clubs in France and Europe, created their on label in 2006 Quatre records, released vinyls and appeared in the famous french magazine Les Inrockuptibles as one of the favorites newcomers in the new french electronic scene in 2009.
The same year, he started a solo carrier besides Electroluxe Family with his first vinyl EP « Discovision » out on Quatre records and his unofficial Pheonix 1901 remix becomes confidential electro hit : more than 300 000 views on youtube, tons of playlists and art videos , blogged thousands times, two times 1st on the music blog aggregator the hype machine charts …
As a result, he has been requested by Pony Pony Run Run to remix their hit single «Hey You» and freshly by the famous english label Ninja Tune to remix Fink's single «See it all».
In March 2011 he confirm his talent with his EP "Colour In Your Hands" featuring Fink out on Leonizer records .
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Playing as Valkyrie, you must seek the souls of dead fighters, train them, and send them up to Valhalla to aid Odin in his war against Vanir. The game contains eight chapters, each with 24 periods. Traveling to locations from the overworld requires a certain number of periods so your time to gather warriors is limited. How successful your fighters are in Valhalla dictates which ending you get.
From the first few hours of the game, it's apparent that tri-Ace created an RPG filled with countless decisions and it's beaming with innovation. Will a combination of unique gameplay coupled with amazing 2D sprites, hand-drawn backdrops, and emotional story scenes be enough to sustain an enjoyable adventure? Find out from our full review when Valkyrie Profile is released August 29th.
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WHAT'S YOUR FREQUENCY?: Fruitz Watches aren't just another pretty face. Encorporating "proprietary natural frequency technology" into their design, these colorful timepieces reportedly promote improved focus, better sleep and reduced stress. While we can't speak to these calming claims, we can say that Fruitz are a breath of fresh air when it comes to wrist wear. In colors like Lime, Banana, Passion Fruit and Watermelon (get the idea?), they're bold and bright and ripe for the picking for upcoming grads or spring birthdays. GET IT: $225; available at Nordstrom and Bloomingdales.
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- Corrugated cardboard is very popular and used to make boxes for shipping. It is comprised of corrugated fiber paper, sandwiched by sturdy sheets of cardboard. Once this cardboard has been deposited into the trash or recycling bin, it is referred to in the industry as old corrugated cardboard, or OCC.
- Paperboard (also called boxboard or chipboard) is flat, stiff and often coated to give a glossy appearance. It is used for items such as cereal boxes, beverage cartons, shoeboxes and tissue boxes. Paperboard is not cardboard, but people often confuse the two.
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- Recycling 1 ton of cardboard saves 9 cubic yards of landfill space and 46 gallons of oil.
- Cardboard is safe to dispose of as it has no toxic constituents and is biodegradable.
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Ford to build its first transmission plant in China
19 May 2011
Ford, together with its partners in China, is building its first transmission plant in China. Ford's passenger vehicle joint venture in China, Changan Ford Mazda Automobile Ltd. (CFMA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the transmission plant project with the Chongqing Municipal Government. The plant, with an initial investment of US$350 million to be entirely funded by CFMA, will produce advanced fuel-efficient 6-speed automatic transmissions with an initial annual capacity of up to 400,000 units, supplying Ford brand vehicles produced and sold locally by CFMA.
The transmission plant, to be located in Chongqing's New North Zone, is scheduled to break ground this July and start production in the fourth quarter of 2013.
As CFMA's first transmission plant in China, this project will greatly expand our manufacturing footprint and technical capabilities in China, enabling us to provide an increased level of high-quality, and fuel-efficient vehicles with smart technologies to the Chinese consumers.—Marin Burela, president of CFMA
CFMA manufactures Ford Mondeo, Ford Focus, Ford Fiesta and Ford S-MAX.
This new transmission plant represents the latest in a series of investments previously announced by Ford and its partners in China.
A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between Changan Ford Mazda Automobile Ltd (CFMA) and Chongqing Municipal Government in September 2010 for a new engine plant with a total investment of US$500 million. It will start construction later this year and is scheduled to begin production in 2013 with an initial annual capacity of 400,000 units.
On 18 July 2010, Ford Motor China's strategic commercial vehicle investment Jiangling Motors Corp (JMC) broke ground for a new US$300-million assembly plant in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province.
In September 2009, Ford announced a US$490-million investment for a new passenger car plant in Chongqing with initial annual capacity of 150,000 units. It will boost total annual production capacity at CFMA to around 600,000 units by 2012 to help meet increasing demand for Ford brand vehicles in China. The passenger car plant will begin manufacturing Ford's next-generation Ford Focus in 2012.
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For a 25 yr old who's earning 17K. Ballpark figure?
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paying 'board', what's a fair rate?
I will keep an eye on this thread to see how fair my Mother is being...
I predict very fair.
£50 per week?
If it was me living at home with parents earning that I'd say £50 a week/£200 a month is fair. It's what you'd pay for a grotty houseshare with the added bonus of getting your meals cooked and your clothes washed.
£80, an adult that old should pay their way properly .Would charge less to an 18/19 year old just starting out
Where do you live?
It'll be different in Kensington or Keighley.
My son pays £50 /week in Bristol, but I reckon as a room in a flat would cost him £70/week with all bills on top, he's getting away with an excellent deal.
Why not work out the total household income and expenditure and pro-rata it?
Assuming food /electric/likely washing and iron are included then 1/3 of his take home pay, it's what my folks charged me 20 years ago.
£100/week, stick half into a savings account for him for when he needs his first rent deposit - but don't tell him.
The 'high' cost will motivate him into looking to get a place of his own too
Possibly £50 is a bit low, I seem to remember my parents charged me £50/week when I first got a job (20+ years ago). I was earning £14k IIRC....
As above, a decent and realistic amount so that they appreciate having to pay bills and run a household. I would save it up, and as and when they move out it can be assistance for a deposit on their own lace or similar.
I was paying 25 quid a week all inclusive
Once you become a parent you realise what you 'cost' your parents over the years.
Everything you earn then x10
Take full rent off him including bills, then decide how much you need to keep him and stick the rest in an account and give it back to him when he moves out. That way he'll learn how to manage cash in the real world and will have a fair whack put buy when he does decide to go it on his own.
My parents should have done that to me years ago instead of letting me fritter all my cash away on nothing. I wouldn't have liked it at the time mind you but I'd have understood in the end up.
And from the other side of this (He says feeling young...)
£125 a week is what I'm paying as a 23 year old on 20k. I'm in the Chilterns and 40 mins from London.
I'd say its fair in that, its high enough that I'm looking to move out but not unjustified because I'd get nothing similar for the money and I eat alot, also means when I move out that it won't be a huge shock moving to a much greater amount of out goings.
Start at £100 and tweak it depending how much you want him gone. £100 is more than fair, he's very unlikely to be able to reproduce the standard of living he enjoys at your gaff for that kind of money.
Edit - pretty much like PGreen says above!
I have to try and research this for work - bloody ballsache....
Depends on the cooked meals and bills included, also room cleaning and laundry, minimum £50 per week, pretty much anywhere in the country.
I know the Academy of a football club in a poorer part of the Midlands pay £75 per week for a room for their apprentices, which includes at least one cooked meal a day and all bills and laundry.*
Another provider in the same area charges £105 a week for a room with a cooked breakfast and evening meal, all bills, laundry of bedlinen.
*Another Academy more local to me were paying a similar rate a couple of years ago - that was a very odd set up, 6 apprentices, first time away from home, all staying with a 30-something yummy mummy. Maybe it was just my dirty mind....
Oh yeah, fwiw, 25 years ago I paid my parents £50 per week - unknown to me they saved half specially to help me buy furniture and white goods when I bought my own place at 21.
I think £100 is cheap; you'd struggle to find a nice student house in Leeds for that plus you're giving them all the extra conveniences.
I appreciate the argument that they need to be able to save for their own place but how do they think we afforded them holidays/play stations etc as teenagers, by sacrificing things, best they learn that's how things come about sooner rather than later.
£100 a week - and as has been said, secretly save some for him as a deposit for his first proper rental.
At 25 he should be being motivated (either self, financially or otherwise) to get his own place, so by hitting a decent figure not far from what he would pay in a house share, you help that thought process along.
At £25 he is an adult and should be paying 1/3 rd of the household expenditure (assuming two parents, no live-in siblings)
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