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Visitors can stroll along beautiful tree-lined South Lake Avenue, known as Pasadena's premier shopping district, while an eclectic mix of antique stores, galleries and specialty shops can be found in the Playhouse District. Old Pasadena, a 22-block historical area featuring 19th century structures and quaint alleyways, is one of Southern California's hottest main-street entertainment districts. With 200 specialty shops, antique havens, boutiques, bistros and entertainment venues, Old Pasadena offers something for everyone.
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Study finds that growing number of babies have flat spots on their heads
When Sara Pacheco takes her 2-month-old son in for checkups, he gets all the measuring, weighing and stethoscope time you might expect.
But the doctor also carefully examines the shape of the baby's head, looking for flat spots many infants develop after sleeping in car seats and on their backs for long stretches of times.
A Canadian study published Monday in Pediatrics, the journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics, found that of the 440 infants studied, almost half of the 2- to 4-month-olds had at least some flattening on their heads.
The condition, known as positional plagiocephaly, can permanently change facial features if untreated.
Since the academy in 1992 advised parents to have infants sleep on their backs to help prevent Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, the number of deaths attributed to SIDS has dropped by more than 50 percent. But more babies have been developing flat spots on their heads.
Elizabeth Simpson, a pediatrician at Children's Mercy Hospital, said she sees a lot of babies with small flat spots on their skull. Because infants' skulls are more malleable, they can change shape if a child lies in the same position too much.
Oftentimes these flat spots show up if parents use a car seat as a place to let their baby sleep or sit even when they aren't driving.
"We tend to let happy babies stay put," Simpson said. "So unless the baby starts crying, we're liable to let them stay there."
That's where she comes in. When doctors notice one of these flat spots on a baby's head, they coach the parents on how to prevent it from getting worse.
Usually spending more time holding the baby, switching up sleeping positions and making sure the baby spends some time lying on his or her stomach does the trick.
"It might be better for babies if car seats stayed in the car," Simpson said.
Pacheco said she was never specifically coached on how to prevent her son from developing flat spots on his head, but it hasn't been a problem.
"I always hold him a lot," she said. "I lay him on his back and sometimes on his side."
She said their pediatrician also talked to her about how important it is for her son to lie on his stomach, while he's awake and being monitored, so his neck will get stronger.
This "tummy time" also helps prevent the development of flat spots, Simpson said. She said parents also can alternate which way the baby faces in the crib each night, which helps keep from putting too much pressure on one part of the head for too long.
About 3 percent of children have severe cases of plagiocephaly, Simpson said. In these instances, when the baby is about 6 months old, a neurosurgeon evaluates and decides whether he or she needs treatment.
This usually means wearing a helmet almost all the time for three to six months.
"If nothing is done, some of these kids can have permanent changes," Simpson said. "Not only is there a flat spot on the back of their head, but one side of their face might protrude. One ear might be lower set."
The study used data from four community health centers in Calgary, Alberta. It found that 47 percent of the infants studied had plagiocephaly.
Authors of the study suggest that doctors talk to parents about the condition before the 2-month well-child visit.

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The restless contingent that feels as if Terrelle Pryor seized the starting quarterback job from Matt Flynn is going to have to wait awhile longer to find out if Raiders coach Dennis Allen arrives at the same conclusion.
Allen said Saturday that his deadline for deciding between Pryor and Flynn is "sometime before the first game" Sept. 8, when the Raiders play the Indianapolis Colts in the regular-season opener.
In the interim, Allen said, Pryor will get more reps with the first-team offense in practice in the run up to the Raiders exhibition finale against the Seattle Seahawks on Thursday night as a result of how well he played against the Chicago Bears on Friday night.
Allen said he hasn't decided yet who is going to start against the Seahawks and whether both will play. Flynn started Oakland's first three exhibition games, with Pryor the first of the three other quarterbacks on the roster off the bench all three times.
Projected starters typically play little, if any, in the final exhibition game. However, it's conceivable that Allen will play both Thursday and use their performance as a final piece of the evaluation process before settling upon a starter.
Watching the tape of the Raiders 34-26 loss to the Chicago Bears on Friday night didn't do anything to change Allen's initial assessment, he said.
"Terrelle came in and really added a spark to us offensively," Allen said. "He moved us down the field; he was able to put some points on the board, so that was really good to see out of him."
Pryor completed 7 or 9 passes for 93 yards and one touchdown. He also rushed for 37 yards, including 25 on a run that yielded another touchdown.
Flynn completed 3 of 6 throws for 19 yards and no touchdowns. Two of his passes were intercepted. He also fumbled a snap.
"I don't think Matt played as well as he or we would have liked for him to play," Allen said.
Most teams long ago decided their starting quarterback. Even so, it's not unprecedented for teams to take this long to name a starter.
Naturally, Allen and general manager Reggie McKenzie would prefer to have a clear-cut starter at the most important position. That's simply not the case as a result of the way Flynn and Pryor played since training camp started, in particular against the Bears.
"We got to continue to get better, we got to keep moving forward," Allen said, "and that's a position that we're still continuing to evaluate."
— Rookie cornerback D.J. Hayden "was a little rusty" in his Raiders debut, Allen said. "You could tell it was his first time he played in a football game in awhile."
Hayden played Friday night for the first time since he suffered a near-fatal injury last November during a practice for the University of Houston.
— Wide receiver Rod Streater won't be back on the practice field until he passes the mandatory tests for players that suffer a concussion. He suffered his against the Bears.
— Allen said neither Chris Kluwe nor Marquette King "really punted the ball all that great" against the Bears. Kluwe has an edge over King as a holder on field-goal and extra-point attempts and "that will have something to do with the decision we make."
— Rookie quarterback Tyler Wilson was slated to get some playing time against the Bears, Allen said. Things changed when fellow rookie Matt McGloin played well during his time, and Allen wanted to take a longer look at McGloin.
— Allen said he expects projected starting cornerback Tracy Porter (groin) back at practice Sunday, though in a limited capacity.
— Tight end David Ausberry (shoulder) is showing signs of improvement, and he has a chance to be back in time for the season-opening game, Allen said.


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Couldn't attend the TAPR Digital Forum held at the 1998 Dayton Hamvention ? Well - here is your opportunity to listen in to the Friday forum.
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TAPR Friday Night BanquetThe 1998 "Packet BASH" co-sponsored by TAPR and the Miami Valley FM Association, Dayton's packet radio club, was a big success!
If you couldn't attend this year, then be sure to attend in 1999! The location, NCR "Sugarcamp" Conference Center, was prefect for our event, with lots of good food, people, and conversations.
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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — HBO has renewed an accord with Universal Pictures through the coming decade in an effort to maintain HBO's standing as a premiere cable channel, according to The Wall Street Journal and other media outlets.
The deal unveiled Sunday and signed well ahead of a 2016 expiration date, will have Time Warner Inc.'s US:TWX HBO keeping rights to show films from Universal Pictures, a unit of Comcast Corp.'s CMCSA, +0.00% NBCUniversal until 2021 or 2022.
HBO already has similar accords with two other major studios, News Corp.'s NWS, +3.64% 20th Century Fox, and Time Warner's own Warner Brothers. It also has a pact with Lionsgate Entertainment Corp.'s US:LGF Summit Entertainment.
Cable-channel services like HBO and Liberty Media Corp.'s US:LINTA Starz have long counted on studio partnerships to maintain a consistent stream of Hollywood films. However, the worth of the deals have been seen as diminished in recent years as DVDs and the expansion of video-on-demand services has curbed consumer demand for premium channels.


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VERNON � Michelle Cook is unopposed in her bid for re-election as mayor of Vernon.
The Vernon City Council approved the list of certified candidates seeking the two open council seats. No one applied to run for the mayor�s position, said City Clerk Dian Hendrix on Monday.
Council member Byron Biddle is stepping down from the council, and the seat left vacant by the death of Oscar Ward last year is also up for grabs. The election will be held March 12, with the polls being open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at City Hall.
Eligible candidates for the election include Tina Sloan, John W. Hawkins III, Shawn Sanders and Gary Owens.
The council also approved moving the WIC office from the Vernon Library to the City Hall, and moving the Feb. 18 workshop to Feb. 19 at 7 p.m. since Feb. 18 is President�s Day and the City Hall will be closed for the national holiday.
Vernon resident Annette Lanham also approached the council about the possibility of reopening the Washington County Canning Center in a different building in Vernon.
�I took on this project because I felt that it would be a great public resource, not only for Vernon, but the neighboring areas as well,� Lanham said of the canning center.
The canning center, once operated by the Tri-County Community Council, was closed when the boiler became inoperable and the repairs were too expensive. The city has since sold the building and property to the DOT as right-of-way.
Lanham asked the council if they were not willing to reopen the canning center in Vernon, if the equipment from the canning center could be moved to a new location and used there.
Mayor Cook suggested the old high school cafeteria building could be transformed into a new canning center, but council member Gwen March balked at making any decision at that time.
�I think we should table this for a workshop,� March said. �We would need to know how much it would cost to make that building fit to use.�
Lanham asked if some of the money the city received for the sale of the old canning center could be used toward renovating the cafeteria.
Biddle said he was under the impression the canning center was required by the state Health Department to have a boiler to operate, but Lanham said that was the first she had heard of such a requirement.
Amanda Baker, environmental health specialist with the Washington County Health Department, said on Tuesday that the canning center would not be under the auspices of the health department, but said the Department of Agriculture would be the agency overseeing canning center operations.
According to a Department of Agriculture spokesperson, the canning center would only fall under state supervision if it were canning food commercially.
The canning center discussion was tabled until the next city council workshop, which will be held at 7 p.m. on Feb. 19.


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Off The Back Of Their Best Album Yet, Greensky Bluegrass Head On Tour
The band that creatively blends bluegrass and country music are heading on tour across America. Greensky Bluegrass began making music in 2000 and stood out for their non traditional take on bluegrass, where they fused rock and acoustic influences. Nine albums later, the five piece prepare for an outstanding country wide tour.
The band began in Michigan and since then has seen many changes, particularly to their line up. However, what remains the same is their original sound, compelling performances, and indisputable passion. The five piece are known for their improvisation on stage as well as performing multiple sets at one show. As well as their original songs, the band has also covered some of musics greats including Rolling Stones, Prince, Aerosmith, and Bruce Springsteen. Today, their latest album Shouted, Written Down & Quoted, has been labelled by some critics as their best one yet, and provides the perfect ammunition for their sure to be a sell out tour!
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Deap Vally
"I think people could look at us and make one assumption, and then when they see us play, that assumption will be shattered," says Julie Edwards, Deap Vally's drummer. "And that's the beauty of it."
Indeed there are plenty of assumptions to make about a female duo which on the surface of things are all wild hair, short shorts and lip-curling attitude. But this would not prepare for the sheer hurtling power of their music; the kind of inextinguishable ferocity that cannot be faked; it can only be hauled up from the guts.
Edwards met her bandmate and co-conspirator Lindsey Troy in the unlikely environs of a crochet class in Los Angeles's Atwater Village. Edwards was teaching; Troy her new student. "Lindsey learned crochet really fast," Edwards recalls, "she had good eye-hand co-ordination which was a good sign. But while we crocheted, we bonded, and talked about our struggles as artists – how frustrated we were."
At the time, Edwards was in another duo, the Pity Party, while Troy was performing solo, each somehow orbiting one another as they played different circuits in LA. Both felt unsatisfied. Troy was quietly plotting her solo world domination, while Edwards, feeling burnt-out, was contemplating a return to college to study psychology. But following that first fateful meeting their plans began to shift.
"We kind of stalked each other online after that a little bit," is how Edwards explains it. "I was really impressed by her," adds Troy. "I thought she was really cool. You know, like Cool with a capital C."
The idea of jamming together seemed a natural one, and at that first session Edwards brought in a bassist friend to make up a three-piece all-female band they jokingly named God's Cuntry. But with the bassist away on tour thereafter it was just Edwards and Troy — a guitar and a drum kit and two wild voices.
"I knew before we even went in to that first jam it would be special," says Troy. "I could feel it. And I was happy being a two-piece. A big part of Deap Vally is that there are limitations, and we enjoy those limitations, but at the same time within those confines having no limitations. We like to push boundaries."
It is when they play that they say they feel freest — ignited by the roar and the pure physicality of it. "I have always wanted to make heavy music," says Edwards. They speak of their soul and gospel and punk influences, of R'n'B vocal melodies and Blues riffs meeting "powerful dark dissonant Sabbath-esque chord progressions and the spirit of rock 'n' roll." They talk of the "heavy" sensation of fingers stumbling on a new riff, arms beating drum-skins. "It's just a great release," says Edwards. "It's very freeing."
They first played live in the spring of 2011, first at the Silverlake Lounge and then at the Hotel Café, where Marilyn Manson pushed his way to the front row and heckled them as they took to the stage. After the show the first thing he said to them was, "Can I be your groupie?"
That so many eyes and so much attention lingers on their bodies and their attire does not ruffle them. "Sex is a big part of the spirit of rock 'n' roll," says Troy. Look at all the great rockers, the power they had over the crowd. Sexuality is power, and we don't want to be a neutered band; we like embracing our sexuality. It's a part of our music, and being women is a big part of it, our lyrics are very much from our experience. We're very much women."
Certainly many of the songs on this record are from a powerfully female perspective — from dealing with sleazy men in Creep Life to the glorious two-fingered defiance of Gonna Make My Own Money. "That song is kind of literal," admits Troy. "My Dad was always saying 'You're gonna have to marry a rich man!'" Edwards nods. "And my Dad would be like 'When are you going to meet a nice dentist?'" It is a song, Troy explains, that is about "people underestimating your ability to do things as women and feeling like 'fuck you I'm going to do this and prove you all wrong!' It's that spirit of independence and achievement."
But there are gentler songs here too, songs about relationship dynamics and heartbreak, as well as a number called Procreate, which was, Edwards elaborates, "an idea Lindsey had, about wanting a guy so much that you want to have their baby. That weird lust that exists, and which I totally relate to, but a lot of people don't write about, because maybe writing about babies is kind of weird. A man wouldn't write that song, and if they did it would be a little bit different. It would be more like 'I wanna knock you up so you stay home and you're mine forever.'"
They were drawn to each other, they say, by a mutual unapologeticness, by the fact that they are both, by their own definition, socially aggressive women. "I was always very drawn to female performers who were very loud and outspoken and flamboyant," says Troy. "And I feel like with Deap Vally we are unstoppable – we are so driven, full throttle, it's undeniable. We really believe in what we represent as a band. And what we represent I feel is like post-post-post feminism."
By their nature, they say, what they do is political — "In that we're women," Troy says, "and we play this type of heavy rock music, not afraid to let it all hang out," she says proudly. Edwards adds, "So many women masculinize themselves and play their femininity down, and something Lindsey and I felt is that we have never wanted to do that. I've been playing drums in tiny shorts for as long as I've been playing drums."
Certainly, short shorts and their breed of visceral, heart-churning rock 'n' roll is quite an arresting combination. "I don't know what image of femininity we're trying to fulfill," Edwards says, "and maybe we're creating a new one: we're badass but we're not mean-spirited and angry. We just really, really love heavy music."
"We believe," says Troy, "in bringing truly live music back." Edwards nods. "And we believe in the rock 'n' roll revolution, bringing guitar-based rock 'n' roll back to the mainstream. We love Led Zeppelin —they're our heroes. Because that's a band that played stadiums, didn't have a safety net of a pre-recorded back-up tape, they didn't record to a click, and they were really, really sexy and really commanding. And why can't that happen again? "


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On May 25, 2017, the Board of Commissioners approved the FY 2018 Budget by a vote of 7-0.The FY18 Adopted Budget includes a tax rate of 72.35 cents. This is a revaluation year where property values are adjusted every four years to ensure that all property bears its fair share of the tax burden. The adopted tax rate of 72.35 cents is the tax rate that would provide the same amount of revenue as the current fiscal year, plus an increase of 2.9 cents to pay for the $430 million bond referendum passed in November 2016. In fact, of the 72.35 cents, 4.51 cents is dedicated to an Education Debt Leveling Plan for bonds passed in 2006 and 2008 and 0.57 cents is dedicated to the Library Debt Leveling Plan for bonds passed in 2010.
Two Fire Tax District rates were adjusted as well in the FY 2018 Adopted Budget, including:
To see the FY18 Adopted Budget including Alternate Service Level information in its entirety, click on Adopted Budgets under the Budget & Management Department page of our website.
The FY 2018 Adopted Budget can be found at any of the Forsyth County Public Library Branches as well as in the Budget and Management Office and the Clerk to the Board's office on the 5th floor of the Forsyth County Government Center.
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BATON ROUGE — The LSU hospital system's shrinking funding and large numbers of uninsured patients are hurdles to attracting partnerships with private health care firms to help keep the hospitals open, the head of the university system said Monday.
The university-run network of hospitals and clinics, which care for the uninsured and provide much of the state's medical training, are facing ongoing budget woes tied to a drop in federal Medicaid financing and a Jindal administration decision to levy most of the cuts on the public hospital system.
LSU System President William Jenkins wouldn't say if he expects the cuts to shutter hospitals. But he said the university will need to bring in private companies to operate some of the 10 public hospitals if the state wants to keep them all open.
"If they're open, it'll be very hard for us to be running them," Jenkins said, after a speech to the Press Club of Baton Rouge.
Many of the hospitals -- among them is Chabert Medical Center in Houma -- care for large numbers of uninsured patients. But that care that comes with limited funding, and the money was recently cut by Gov. Bobby Jindal and is expected to be slashed further because of looming federal reductions.
Jenkins said that troubled funding situation creates problems in attracting private companies interested in partnering to run the university's hospitals.
"We don't bring a lot to the table at the moment, except we're going to provide the health care professionals," he said.
After the Jindal administration chose to steer much of a federal Medicaid cut to the public hospital system, LSU officials devised a stopgap financing plan that kept cuts at about $50 million in the budget year that began July 1.
But the plans were only temporary, and university leaders have been warned that the reductions are expected to continue annually. Estimates are that the gap is more than $300 million a year — a quarter of the hospital system's funding.
LSU officials are scrambling for ways to come up with additional financing, with the Jindal administration pushing for agreements with private health care firms as a way to cut the university system's costs.
If those agreements don't pan out, any hospital closures would require legislative approval.
In closed-door meetings, the university system's health care chief, Fred Cerise, suggested the state could expand its Medicaid program in 2014 as provided under the federal health care law to cover uninsured residents and drum up new dollars for the public hospitals.
Jindal, a Republican, has rejected that idea and is pushing for the repeal of the federal law.
Jenkins wouldn't say whether he supports the Medicaid expansion, instead saying only, "We've got to find a source of dollars to support those patients."
The LSU System chief said he met Monday with leaders of the Louisiana Hospital Association to talk about possible agreements that could be crafted in communities where the public hospitals are located.
Jenkins said while the university-run hospital system's patient mix can be a hindrance to attracting partnerships, private entities recognize they "have to come to the table, because otherwise, if we ever just shut down, those patients will flood those hospitals, and they can't afford it."
Louisiana Hospital Association leader John Matessino agreed, saying private and community hospital officials recognize the importance in working with LSU.
He said the private hospitals recognize that closing an LSU facility or service shifts the patients elsewhere, while also affecting the programs that are used to train the bulk of the state's doctors and other health care workers.
"We certainly don't have all the answers, but we know one thing: Whatever is done impacts all providers. We think this is our problem, too," Matessino said. "It is absolutely imperative that we work closely with LSU. It's a crisis situation for us all."
On another high-profile issue facing the LSU System, Jenkins said it would be tough for the university's governing board to merge the jobs of system president and chancellor of the flagship campus in Baton Rouge.
Jenkins is serving as both system president and chancellor in an interim role until the LSU Board of Supervisors chooses new leaders. The board is weighing whether to combine the positions.
The jobs have very different responsibilities, with the system president able to have a nontraditional business background, but the chancellor needing academic credentials and the ability to run a campus independently of the system, Jenkins said.
"For one person to be able to do both is going to be very difficult," he said. Then after describing the challenges, he added, "However, it's possible."
LSU seeking hospital partners amid money woes
BATON ROUGE — The LSU hospital system's shrinking funding and large numbers of uninsured patients are hurdles to attracting partnerships with private health care firms to help keep the hospitals open, the head of the university system said Monday.


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Nuggets from – "For Adults Only: Keys to Unlocking Your Destiny"
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn't serve the world. There's nothing enlightened about shrinking, so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others." – Marianne Williamson
"Destiny pulls us forward while the disappointments of our past try to drag us back; back into the mud of mediocrity and complacency. Our life soon becomes a tug-of-war of mental and emotional anguish until the final decision is made. We must resolve within our soul the question; do I go forward, retreat and give up, or simply stand still? My friend, there is only one logical answer to this question, that has plagued the minds of every human on earth – go forward. Embrace the passion that burns within your soul, because the pursuit of happiness is really the pursuit of Destiny." – James A. Jimason
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Professor Emeritus Jay E. Folkert died at age 94 on Tuesday, Aug. 9.
Dr. Folkert taught at Hope for more than three decades (1946-1982) and played a formative role in the college's mathematics program. The Jay Folkert and Charles S. Steketee Mathematics Research Fund at Hope is named in honor of him and colleague Charles S. Steketee. Folkert joined the faculty during a time of dramatic enrollment increases at the college, as former servicemen enrolled in large numbers following the end of World War II. He was a veteran of the war as well, serving as a weather officer in the United States Army Air Corps from 1942 to 1945. He received the Bronze Star in 1944.
He chaired the department of mathematics at Hope for 14 years, from 1957 until 1971, and was also acting chairperson in the spring of 1974. During his first tenure as chair, the department moved into its current quarters in VanderWerf Hall, which opened in 1964, and the faculty increased from three professors to nine.
Improvements were made in the curriculum both in service courses and in courses for students majoring in mathematics. The mathematics major was strengthened both by the number of courses offered and also by the content and level at which they were taught.
Dr. Folkert was instrumental in the preliminary stages leading up to the purchase of the college's first computer in the 1960s, and introduced the use of computers in teaching at Hope with his Introductory Statistics class. He was supportive of the creation of courses in computer science, which began in the mathematics program, with computer science becoming a separate department in the early 1970s.
He initiated a series National Science Foundation-supported summer institutes at Hope for high school teachers, directing the program for 10 years. Courses taught were especially designed for experienced teachers, and guest lecturers complemented the Hope faculty members involved in the undertaking.
Dr. Folkert was born in Overisel, Mich., and attended school in Overisel Township through eighth grade before enrolling in Hope College High School for four years. He subsequently attended the college, from which he graduated in 1939 with a mathematics major, and completed a master's degree in mathematics at the University of Michigan in 1940.
He began his professional career as a teacher in the Hamilton Public Schools from 1940 to 1942, teaching sixth to eighth grades until he entered the army. Following his wartime service, he returned to teaching in January 1946, initially in the mathematics department at Holland Christian High School until joining the Hope faculty in the fall of that year. During his time at Hope, in 1955, he completed his doctorate in mathematics at Michigan State University.
Active professionally beyond campus as well, he had chaired the Michigan Section of the Mathematical Association of America in the early 1970s. Through the years he was also active in the Reformed Church in America, of which he was a life-long member, including as a deacon, elder and Sunday school teacher at Fourth Reformed Church in Holland; as president of the Holland Classis; as a member of the Board of Theological Education; and as treasurer and secretary of the Classical Board of Benevolence.
Surviving are his wife of 65 years, Marian Folkert of Holland, Mich.; children, Elaine (Hope Class of 1968) and Rev. Harvey Heneveld (Hope Class of 1969) of Zeeland, Mich., Rev. Victor (Hope Class of 1972) and Nancy Folkert (Hope Class of 1977) of Hickman, Neb., Calvin (Hope Class of 1981) and Eva Dean Folkert (Hope Class of 1983) of Holland, Mich.; seven grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; a brother, a sister and three sisters-in-law.
Daughter-in-law Eva Dean Folkert is assistant professor of kinesiology and co-director of athletics at Hope.
The visitation will be at Langeland-Sterenberg Funeral Home on 315 East 16th St., Holland on Thursday, August 11 from 6 to 8 p.m. The funeral will be at Dimment Memorial Chapel on Friday, August 12 at 12:30 p.m.


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Al-Qaeda (Tanzim Qa`idat al-Jihad) is an Islamic group for global jihad. It has been designated as a terrorist group by most governments.
The following are quotes by some minor al Qaeda members. For quotes of high-ranking members within the group, see the separate articles pertaining to them.
- It is enough that the two honorable sheiks, Sheik Osama and Sheik Ayman, remained like a lump in Bush's throat, and he tastes their bitterness morning and night. Secondly, the Jihad will continue until Judgment Day.
- Al-Qaeda means Bush and Blair. Who established Al-Qaeda? You are the ones who should be put on trial. You were the mother of Al-Qaeda.
- Terrorism can be commendable and it can be reprehensible. Terrifying an innocent person and terrorizing them is objectionable and unjust, also unjustly terrorizing people is not right. Whereas terrorizing oppressors and criminals and thieves and robbers is necessary for the safety of people and for the protection of their property.... The terrorism we practice is of the most commendable kind for it is directed at tyrants, the traitors who commit acts of treason against their own countries and their faith and their own prophet and their own nation. Terrorizing those and punishing them are necessary measures to straighten things and to make them right.
- Osama Bin Laden, Interview with John Miller of ABC News, May 1998
- To begin to bring troops home before our commanders tell us we are ready...would mean surrendering the future of Iraq to al Qaeda, risking a humanitarian catastrophe, and allowing the terrorists to establish a safe haven in Iraq and gain control of vast oil resources they could use to fund new attacks on America.
- George W. Bush, President's Radio Address, July 14, 2007
- It is wrong to claim, as some do, that the motivation of al-Qaeda and its allies is some desire to seek justice in the middle east [...] Al-Qaeda and its allies have no clear demands for the middle east. The only common thread in their approach is a violent and destructive opposition to democracy in any form. They find democracy in Palestine abhorrent and seek to destroy it. - Charles Clarke, Home Secretary, British Government, November 2005. [1]
- Al-Qaeda's methods, too, are different. It recognises no common bonds with people who have different beliefs and its members are prepared to kill indiscriminately. Indeed, mass murder is their explicit objective—the measure of success in their terms. Their methods of recruitment bear more comparison to self-destructive cults than political movements. However, we must acknowledge that their modern nihilism is innovative, flexible and cunning. Al-Qaeda and the networks that are inspired by it approach the task with all the resources of modern technology and all the focus of modern zealotry. The most important conclusion to draw from this analysis is that there is no particular Government policy decision, or even an overall policy stance, which we could change in order somehow to remove our society from the al-Qaeda firing line. Its nihilism means that our societies would cease to be a target only if we were to renounce all the values of freedom and liberty that we have fought to extend over so many years. - Charles Clarke, Home Secretary, British Government, November 2005. [2]
- It shows how this group with 7th Century ideology is exploiting 21st Century media capabilities.
- Bruce Hoffman, a terrorism expert at Georgetown University commenting on Al-Qaeda's open interview plan, 19 December 2007. [3]
See also
External links
Video clips
- Al Qaeda video death call May 2007
- Al-Qaeda Presents New Leader in Afghanistan, Mustafa Abu Al-Yazid, Who Threatens to Carry out Attacks against Turkey May 2007
- Abu Yahya al Libi; about 1 hour and 30 minutes; Sept. 2007


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This forum is a bit of a mess, threads with suggestions that are never ever going to be implemented [/Player]go on and on, because there is nobody that has the ability/time/need to stop them. For example http://www.conquerclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=139518
This are just 2 threads that i found in 1 minute of searching.
We also have a whole load of suggestions that are implemented before, and are never going to happen.
We have chat moderators, multi hunters, tech moderators, so why can't there be like 2/3 moderators that check this forum on a daily basis and stop suggestions that are not going to happen or contact Lackattack about very good suggestions (Fog of war, Nuclear spoils). Not that if the moderator tells Lackattack about a suggestion that is going to happen right away but at least something happens whit the suggestions, because that is somewhat of a loose end right now.
How this will benefit the site and/or other comments:
It would give players a quicker answer about their suggestions.
It keeps this forum nice and tidy
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Faculty and staff at Turrentine Middle School have been working tirelessly to create and maintain a positive, safe and respectful school-wide environment � a fact the general public might not know unless they have spent time in our school.
The economic downturn has directly impacted the lives of children across the county. As poverty and homelessness rise, more students come from less than ideal home environments. To be academically successful, students need to feel safe, cared for and accepted � this is especially true for students living in poverty. When students � regardless of socio-economic status � feel like successful members of a school community, they are more invested in school and are less likely to drop out or engage in gang activity.
However, budget cuts make it harder for schools to provide this effective learning environment. Schools are being forced to do more with less as administrator and teaching positions are going unfunded. No matter how effective teachers and administrators are, that effectiveness declines when you decrease the ratio of staff to students. As a result, quality relationships between staff and students are more difficult (but certainly not impossible) to build and maintain.
Whether from a deficit of textbooks, technology or teachers, public schools simply cannot be their best without adequate public financial support. Your support also ensures that arts and athletic departments, which have faced funding cuts and possible dissolution, will continue. These programs enrich the academic climate of schools and are often subjects where at-risk students achieve success.
If it appears self-interested for professional educators to demand more financial support from our stakeholders, perhaps it�s true � we are fighting for our community�s prosperity and there�s nothing more self-interested than that. The taxpayers of Alamance County have a vested interest in the success of our public schools � the cost is certainly worth it, and there is too much at stake otherwise.


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Chief Operating Officer (COO) Mike Feinman, who joined GGI from 24 Hour Fitness less than a year ago, is no longer with the company. GGI eliminated Feinman's position, according to a GGI memo sent to franchisees last month by new CEO James Weaver. Also, Chief Financial Officer Randy Shultz is leaving Gold's this month to become a principal with an equity investment company in Philadelphia.
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Today is Sirius XM's shareholder summit, and the SEC just published Mel Karmazin's PowerPoint presentation. One of the slides includes a screenshot of its forthcoming iPhone app, which the company hopes will be a growth driver/subscriber retainer.
It looks like you'll be able to browse music by categories, channels, and favorites. And there is a "shopping" feature, which might tie into Apple's iTunes store.
From what we understand, the app download will be free. But you'll need to be considered a Sirius "streaming" subscriber to use the service, either through a $3/month add-on to your in-car subscription, or a standalone, $13/month streaming subscription (if you don't get Sirius on an actual radio).
What's on it? On Sirius XM's last earnings call, the company talked up some of the content that'll be on the app:
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While it definitely makes sense for the satellite radio company to open up its content to new platforms like Apple's (AAPL) portable gadgets -- this seems like a good deal for existing Sirius subscribers -- it's hard to see iPhone users signing up as new subs in droves.
Why not? There are plenty of free, ad-supported music and streaming radio services on the iPhone already; other apps like MLB's At Bat -- which includes live radio streams of all baseball games -- replace some of Sirius XM's "exclusive" content; and it seems that any diehard Howard Stern fan would already have a Sirius subscription. (That said, free apps include ads, so it's possible some would pay extra to hear commercial-free music.)
So, probably not going to drive a whole lot of new subscriber growth. But can't hurt, especially if it helps keep some subscribers from churning off Sirius -- and paying an extra $3/month in service fees.


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Our beloved piano teacher retired at the end of the last school year.
Since then, I have taken on the role as "Mrs. Piano Teacher" in our house.
And although I would love to say I was ultra successful and all of my children are now virtuosos, we all realized after one semester that probably a real piano teacher may be able to take them a little further in their piano careers (ok, Dave and I decided that, the kids were pleased as punch with my lackadaisical teaching methods).
I will say, in my defense, that my dear Claire started piano with me as her teacher and she currently knows a LOT of songs and even a duet with Grace. I have to pat myself on the back at least for that little fact.
But it was time to hire someone new and he started last week. He comes to our house and is definitely jazzing up our piano routine around here. Elle and Max are waiting until after volleyball and tennis seasons to get more serious about piano, but Claire and Grace are in with the new teacher full-swing which we are all happy about.
At Christmas time I was determined to hold our own family piano recital to showcase what the kids have been working on and memorizing for the last six months.
But Christmas and all the hoopla that came along with it passed and still there was no piano recital. So last month I finally pulled it together. Dave happened to be in China, but I had a sneaking suspicion that he wouldn't be too heartbroken if we did it without him (he joined in on "facetime" on the phone).
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Lucy also decided that she needed to do a little solo at the end (despite the fact that she had been home from school sick that day and you can tell from her raspy voice…):
Christmas songs are still living strong around here as you can see.
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A week ago, the Ravens sat stunned in their locker room after losing to the winless Miami Dolphins.
At the end of yesterday's 27-6 rout by the Seattle Seahawks, there was a strange sense of understanding surrounding the Ravens at a rain-soaked Qwest Field.
Playing with essentially their junior varsity team, including third-string quarterback Troy Smith, the overmatched Ravens didn't seem surprised by their most recent drubbing.
Another quarterback fumbled. Another starter went down with an injury. And another lapse in a banged-up secondary led to a touchdown.
In a season in which the Ravens (4-11) have seemed to bottom out each week, their ninth consecutive loss secured last place in the division - the first time that has happened since 1997.
"Obviously, we didn't have enough to compete with them today," Ravens coach Brian Billick said.
Already missing 10 significant players (including six former Pro Bowl players), the Ravens lost running back Willis McGahee to two fractured ribs at the end of the first quarter.
That put more pressure on Smith in his first NFL start.
Playing at one of the loudest stadiums in the NFL and facing a defense that has four Pro Bowl starters, Smith never lost his poise, but he failed to generate much offense, either. Scrambling to avoid pressure all game, the Heisman Trophy winner was 16-for-33 for 199 yards (with 79 yards coming on a touchdown heave to Derrick Mason in the fourth quarter).
The Ravens' offense didn't cross midfield until the final minute of the first half. By then, the Seahawks (10-5) were already up 21-0. The Ravens were out-gained 246-91 in the first half by the NFC West champions.
"We have a lot of work to do," Smith said. "[But] I had fun today, I really did."
The game was close only early - it was scoreless for the first 18 minutes, 26 seconds - because Seattle quarterback Matt Hasselbeck was erratic.
Hasselbeck settled down in the second quarter, hitting Nate Burleson for a 21-yard touchdown pass down the left sideline. Burleson blew past undrafted rookie Willie Gaston, who was benched after the play.
On the Ravens' second series without McGahee, little-used running back Mike Anderson fumbled while falling on his back in a pile. The ball squirted out to Seahawks linebacker Leroy Hill, who returned the turnover 20 yards for a touchdown that made it 14-0.
Anderson said he was "shocked" that the fumble, which the Ravens challenged, wasn't overruled by replay.
"To me, that wasn't a fumble," Anderson said. "When you look at the replay, my whole body is on the ground and then you see the ball come out. I'm on the ground when the ball comes out."
After a three-and-out by the Ravens, Hasselbeck drove Seattle down the field again with a 23-yard pass to Bobby Engram, an 8-yard run (which had 15 yards tacked on after a late hit by Antwan Barnes) and a 14-yard touchdown pass to Shaun Alexander.
Taking the screen pass, Alexander, who has been criticized all season, bounced off three defenders for the score, which increased the Seahawks' lead to 21-0 with 1:53 left in the second quarter.
It's the eighth straight game in which the Ravens have allowed more than 20 points. But this is a defense that was playing without linebacker Ray Lewis, defensive lineman Trevor Pryce and both starting cornerbacks.
"It's hard going through a season like this with all the injuries," safety Ed Reed said. "It's something you have to battle through. But it puts things in perspective."
Smith's best drive came in the final minute of the first half, when he marched the Ravens to the Seattle 35. But the ball was stripped from him with seven seconds left, and Seattle recovered. The Ravens have a league-high 25 lost fumbles this season, including three yesterday.
"I was trying to press and to do too much," Smith said. "Ball security is incredibly important. At that point, me being the young and inexperienced guy, I didn't have that kind of notion. I was just trying to free-for-all and trying to make a play. Obviously, you can't do that in the National Football League. These are too good of athletes."
The only way the Ravens avoided their first shutout since 2002 was a long touchdown pass from Smith to Mason. It came with 4:41 remaining and made it 27-6.
Mason celebrated with a dance.
"You don't want to go through the course of a game and not be able to score any points," Mason said. "It was good just not for me and the rest of the team. It was good for Troy. In this game, if you continue to fight, some good will come out. Some good came out of it that I think we can take back to Baltimore."


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What used to be an engineer's dream is now close to reality. Immensely sophisticated computers and software at Iowa State University (ISU) allow engineers to plan hog buildings and ag equipment in virtual reality. And then, while standing in the 3-D virtual image, engineers can make "what if" changes. They can immediately see the outcome of their changes without needing to build expensive prototypes.
ISU's Virtual Reality Applications Center with its special computer-automatic virtual environment, or CAVE, has jumped to the forefront of virtual engineering. Although some companies including John Deere have invested in CAVEs, ISU's system is more extensive because more software and data are linked into it to make more computations.
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The CAVE is a six-sided cube of white walls where the computer image is shown. Viewers, wearing special 3-D goggles, feel like they are totally immersed in the virtual environment. An engineer can stand in the environment and make changes to the image through a wireless computer.
"Virtual engineering allows us to make computations," reports Mark Bryden, ISU associate professor of mechanical engineering. "We can take 3-D objects like a tractor and make a change on it and see what happens. We can predict the outcome before it occurs."
ISU is cooperating with several companies and industries while fine-tuning their virtual engineering environment. Bryden says they have worked with John Deere on the flow of product through a combine and cotton picker to study plugging problems and energy requirements.
Perfecting building design
The CAVE also is used to help design livestock facilities. Bryden's group is working with the ISU Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering and National Pork Board to simulate hog buildings with different size pigs, pens, fencing, flooring and ventilation systems. Tom Richard, associate professor of ag engineering, says the virtual engineering CAVE pulls together all the information about hog buildings and makes predictions on what happens with different parameters. For example, the engineers can see what happens to airflow in a building when solid-side pens are used with slotted floors and a pit fan. Then they can see how pig age affects airflow by making larger or smaller pigs. The engineers are currently using the system to model aerosol disease transmission in a hog building.
Ultimately, Richard hopes to make a scaled-down version of the hog building model for the Internet. Then pork producers may go online, put in their own parameters for a building, and see the results. Producers can virtually test their own designs before making expensive mistakes on a real building.
As with most sophisticated software, the virtual engineering project is undergoing constant change. Right now, the ISU engineers are checking the predictions made by their system to make sure they are correct. Bryden is optimistic that virtual engineering will be very successful in the future. He expects the technology to drop substantially in price and be widely available.


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Leaves basal or cauline, alternate to whorled, simple to compound
Inflorescence: 1° inflorescence a head, each resembling a flower, 1many, generally arrayed in cymes, generally subtended by ± calyx-like involucre; flowers 1many per head
Flowers bisexual, unisexual, or sterile, ± small, of several types; calyx 0 or modified into pappus of bristles, scales, or awns, which is generally persistent in fruit; corolla radial or bilateral (rarely 0), lobes generally (0)45; stamens 45, anthers generally fused into cylinder around style, often appendaged at tips, bases, or both, filaments generally free, generally attached to corolla near throat; pistil 1, ovary inferior, 1-chambered, 1-seeded, style 1, branches 2, generally hair-tufted at tip, stigmas 2, generally on inside of style branches
Fruit: achene, cylindric to ovoid, generally deciduous with pappus attached
Genera in family: ± 1300 genera, 21,000 species (largest family of dicots): worldwide. Largest family in CA. Also see tribal key to CA genera: Strother 1997 Madroño 44(1):128. See glossary p. 25 for illustrations of general family characteristics.
Annual, perennial herb, subshrubs
Stems erect
Leaves simple or pinnate, opposite or alternate, dotted with embedded oil glands
Inflorescence: heads radiate or discoid, solitary or in few-headed, often leafy-bracted, often open cymes; peduncles slender, with leaf-like or scale-like bracts; involucre bell-shaped to cylindric; phyllaries in 3 series, outer << others, free, 2 inner ± equal, fused or free, gland-dotted; receptacle flat, bearing short, fringed scales
Ray flowers 0few; corollas yellow to red
Disk flowers fewmany; corollas yellow to orange; style tips tapered
Fruit obconic, ribbed; pappus of scales dissected into slender bristles
Species in genus: 10 species: sw US, n Mex
Etymology: (Greek: gland-leaf)
Reference: [Strother 1986 Sida 11:371378]
Subshrub, glabrous or short-rough-hairy; odor unpleasant
Stems many, 3.56 dm, generally much-branched
Leaves generally alternate, sessile, 825 cm, ovate to oblanceolate, coarsely toothed or shallowly lobed; blade with 12 glands near base, 1 near tip
Inflorescence: heads radiate (rarely discoid); peduncles 615 cm, swollen beneath heads, bracts leaf-like; involucre cylindric; outer phyllaries 1222, 58 mm, linear, long-acuminate, each with 1 central gland; inner phyllaries ± 20, 1518 mm, linear, fused below, gland-dotted
Ray flowers (0)713; ligule 89 mm, yellow to red-orange
Disk flowers many; corollas yellow 810 mm
Fruit 57 mm, hairy; pappus scales 1520, 810 mm, each dissected into 59 bristles
Chromosomes: 2n=26
Ecology: Dry, sandy slopes and washes
Elevation: 6001550 m.
Bioregional distribution: Mojave Desert
Distribution outside California: s Nevada, nw Arizona
Flowering time: MayJun, SepNov
Synonyms: Dyssodia c. A. Gray


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Thanks sooty,
Could you please post a link, my search function hasn't worked for some time, Cheers.
Follow the link in the third post above from dukegrad98.
E]Originally posted by Dgs:
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Thanks sooty,
I agree with your comments that the calcium soaps are too sticky to deal with.
Of course with my method I was simply using the CaO to dry the potassium methoxide and not directly as the catalyst. This part of the method worked very well and from Sandy Brae tests I did on the dried methoxide the water level was reduced by some 85% which was evident in the much lower amount of glycerol extracted from the process and higher yield.
As said the removal of the calcium soaps is difficult to say the least and the batch that just used the dried potassium methoxide had to be passed through woodchips three times to achieve a zero soap level.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained (as they say) with this in mind I will revert back to my catalyst mix of around 2/3 ASM and 1/3 KOH which seems to be the best combination for being as dry as possible and still yielding liquid glycerol.
Hi Dgs,
I am making a wild guess that even though you did not mention it, you did a first stage glycerine "Pre-wash" reaction that contained an unknown quantity of methanol and Caustic and biodiesel which you have not included in the story you are telling us.
Two things come to mind:
1. There is about 74ml glycerine per litre WVO reacted. That comes out to about 14.8litres Glycerine in 200 litres WVO.
You say you produced 15 Litres glycerine from 200 litres WVO in your "12%" reaction.
That means you have produced glycerine with a purity of about 98.67% purity during a one stage reaction.
I find this very unlikely
If you did a first stage "glycerine Prewash" that you forgot to mention in your first post, when you drained the glycerine from the unmentioned first stage reaction, the glycerine produced in the first stage drained out with it.
That explains why you had so little glycerine in your second stage "12%" reaction.
Everyone knows the glycerine amount production is reduced in the second stage.
2. This also explains your claim of a yield of "104%".
Everyone knows that biodiesel bound in the glycerine is released during a glycerine pre-wash and you end up with more "oil" in the reactor after the glycerine Pre-wash.
The more glycerine used in the first stage the more biodiesel released into the reactor which is then included in the total amount of biodiesel produced.
Of course you might not have performed a first stage glycerine pre-wash that you forgot to mention and you have actually discovered a "magical" procedure that uses just 12% methoxide, produces glycerine with a purity of around 98.67% AND produces "over unity" amounts of biodiesel.
But I doubt it.
Thanks for the confirmation with a Sandy Brae that Quicklime will dehydrate Lye-Methanol preparations.
I tried to dehydrate Lye-Methanol preps with both Garden Lime as well as microsieve but could not test for water using the home brew technique of a carbide manometer because the methanol and carbide seem to react thereby hugely increasing any result and using a Tralles hydrometer was anybody's guess.
My desire in dehydrating the Lye/methanol is because I still get high soaps in my process, even though my oil is very dry and I titrate carefully. Passing bio through chips three times is common for me.
Hi sooty,
What does your WVO titrate?
What type of production procedure are you using- Single stage, 2 stage, 2 stage with a first stage glycerine pre wash, etc etc.
Neutralizing the FFA's with NaOH or KOH produces soap and water.
Even If you dry the methoxide you will still be producing soap and water directly when you neutralize the FFA's.
Of course the longer you allow the biodiesel to settle before "washing", the more soap that will settle to the bottom through gravity
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Quicklime CaO used to be sold at farmer's supply businesses as 'lime'. It was also sold at builder's suppliers as 'quicklime' for making mortar. However I've noticed that CaCO3 calcium carbonate is also sold as 'lime' so one has to read labels to be sure. Wear rubber gloves to avoid getting your hands on quicklime, it's caustic; wear a mask and goggles too.
yes indeed the carbide and methanol do react to form water so any method using calcium carbide will give a false high result.
I must say the lime drying process works really well, the amount of potassium soap formed seemed to be minimal the way it water washed, it's just the formation of the calcium soaps that are the problem.
As you use lye and not potassium the amount of CaO you need will be less, have you ever tried using it in a 1/1 ratio with the lye to hopefully produce less calcium methoxide.
Sometimes it takes a while to get ones head around these things. As you have used the woodchips with success I suppose you have got used to doing it.
My friend who has also been doing this trial has had his bio settling for the last 2 weeks and has just set up his woodchip bucket. He ran off about 1 1/2 litres today from the bottom of his 160 litre batch which was milky, presumably from the calcium soaps. He tested the soap in the batch using the 320 factor for potassium and got a level of 190ppm. However I think the correct factor for calcium soaps is something like 604, so it maybe closer to the 400ppm.
However, it looks as though the calcium soaps do settle with time, but how long they would take is unknown.
Rick, try a cement works, it is the active ingredient.
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I think I'm going to have to get me some quicklime and try this out.
Hi Rick,
Apparently it is a wonderful procedure.
If I didn't know better, I would guess that this procedure would give much the same results as using sodium methylated.
However, if you believe what some people claim, you need ONLY 12% methoxide for a 104% yield!!
I am not sure how removing the water produced making methoxide from KOH gives such miraculous results but there you go.
I eagerly await the results of your experiments.
Tilly I love your writings, your accurate critical chemical analysis. The production of methoxide from caustic and methanol producing water as a byproduct is an equilibrium reaction. So by removing the water from the right side of the reaction pushes the reaction to the right, therefore a higher methoxide concentration. I did not do the calculations at this time, that takes a while, but producing more than 100% of product theoretically, on paper is correct. I do not disbelieve it.
I use a pre-treat with WBD glycerin, "no titration" method, sometimes needs 3 stages, air wash, settle then dry wash.
Pretreat water is over 3000ppm, post-treat is 1300PPM and is then further venturi de-watered to less than 450ppm.
I pretreat to remove water and junk. The WVO titrates at 1.1 before pretreatment and sometimes 0.8 after. I titrate because I want to confirm if no tit works and besides titration is fun.
Once pass 3/27 the 1st stage glycerin is returned and WBDemethed for whatever methanol % over 12.5% I used but always allowing 0.5 liter extra to remain. WBD Glycerin goes to a covered pretreatment barrel with next batch of heated WVO. Biodiesel then totally demethed and transferred to covered but vented soap settling tank and air bubbled for 6+ hours while hot ( I check % methanol exiting the tank with a breathalyzer), then allowed to settle for days.
After soap settle, biodiesel cycled through red oak chips then sits in them for 1+ days, then transferred to storage as next batch comes.
So I guess I would be a: Pretreat, no tit, 2 stage with WBD, air and dry wash soap settle system. Or PNT2WBDAWDWSS for short.
After #5 20 gallon batches I will have 10 gallons of soap sludge in the bottom of my soap settling barrel. After 1 month of storage will have a few inches of soap in the bottom of 25 gallon storage barrel.
That 10% as soap could have been biodiesel. At 1.0 titration for FFAs might be as good as I can get (titration of 1 = 10% FFA and I got 10 gallons of soap form 100 gallons of biodiesel)
BUT there is all that water in NaOH/Methanol mix and so my interest in a home brew Anhydrous Sodium Methoxide.
Hi sooty,
I'm suprised your water level after pre-treat is so high. My oil also titrates at around the 1.1 level (KOH) and both KF and SB tests show after a settling period the water is in the 8 to 900ppm range. After pre-treat the water is in the 350ppm range.
I'm also suprised that after your pre-treat your oil still titrates so high. When you are striving to reduce the water in the methoxide it is important to have no titration from your oil before the methoxide is added. If you add a very small amount of your dry methoxide to the pre-treat glycerol you will be able to achieve this.
As the ffa neutralisation is taking place in the presence of glycerol then most of the water from this reaction will be absorbed into the glycerol. This results in having your oil acting 'as new' when you add your methoxide.
Having said that, a titration of 1.0 will only yield about 320ppm water, insignificant to the 320gms of water that will be formed for every 1000gms of NaOH used.
WesleyB, hello.
From our chemists on the UK VOD I am led to believe that depending on the mix and type of fatty acids an average of around 105 litres of finished biodiesel should be achieved from an anhydrous process, from 100 litres of vegetable oil.
Hi Sooty,
Thank you for your reply.
That is certainly a lot of "processing"
Have you compared the benefits of using this method to a single stage procedure with titration?
I assume you are able to use less total chemicals, however because you are using a titrationless procedure, just guessing at the amount of Caustic to use in the first stage is likely to result in some "unused" methanol remaining in the first stage that goes out when you drain the first stage glycerine.
On average, what percent methanol would you use in the first stage and what percent methanol would you use in the second stage?
Hi WesleyB
Thank you
Do you think that the reaction is pushed so far to the right that the reaction producing the biodiesel is no longer an equilibrium reaction and in fact does not even require a Stoicheometric amount of methanol?
Have you actually ever performed any testing that demonstrates that all that is required is 12% methanol?
Indeed it is correct.
The chemist Neutral gave it as around 103.5% V/V.
Of course that is with unused oil with 0 FFA under laboratory conditions.
In the 15 years I have been making biodiesel I can not recall anyone claiming even 100% yield for their standard production procedure let alone using less than stoichiometric methanol
The question is, has a yield of 104% using Just 12% methanol that passes Warnqvest really been Achieved?
As Dr Phill often says: ""The best predictor of future behavior is relevant past behavior"
In the past, when he has made these amazing claims it has turned out that some reaction steps/ chemicals had been left out of the description such as a first stage Glycerine pre- wash containing additional methoxide and residual biodiesel.
I seriously doubt that a yield of 104% using only 12% methoxide in the reaction with WVO titrating around 1 KOH is possible.
However, if you want to go back into your lab and do some tests around these peramaters and you can achieve the same results, please let us know.
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Hey Guys, I think some of you may be missing one of the main advantages of using sodium/potassium methoxide. That is, it chemically reacts with not only water in the oil, but also the water generated by neutralizing the acids.
Something similar may be happening here.
Hi Rick,
Can you explain what you mean.
As far as I am aware, most of us use either Sodium or potassium methoxide in the reaction.
Most of us mix either NaOH or KOH into methanol to produce the methoxide.
The extra step in this method only removes the slight amount of water produced when mixing the potassium or the NaOH with the Methanol. That is ALL it does. It does not produce extra biodiesel from the water.
It does not convert the FFA's into biodiesel.
This extra procedure has nothing to do with the water produced when Neutralizing the FFA's.
I think the thing that is happening here is that he has failed to mention his first stage glycerine pre-wash and has not taken into account the chemicals and biodiesel contained in the glycerine when he claims to have achieved a 104% yield using 12% methoxide.
If you can repeat what he claims I would love to hear about it.
Hi Rick,
The methoxide drying stage removes the water produced when either KOH or NaOH is dissolved in methanol.
This amount of water is considerable. If 1.4kgs of KOH were dissolved into 20 litres of anhydrous methanol the water produced would be 448gms which amounts to about 2.16% (the resultant mix will be about 20.7 litres total volume)
2.16% is not a slight amount, it has massive implications for soap production.This message has been edited. Last edited by: Dgs,
Hi Dgs,
This is all well and good, but I would like to get back to the magical part of your post when you claimed that you used less than a stoiochemetric amount of Methanol to perform an equilibrium reaction- about 12%
There is also the concern that if we are to believe that you actually only made 15 litres of byproduct for the full reaction, that would mean that the byproduct consisted of about 98% purity glycerine.
Now while I think you may have convinced WesleyB that you have actually done this, I am always skeptical about a procedure that requires a magic step to achieve.
"The best predictor of future behavior is relevant past behavior."- Dr. Phil
In the past, when you have made these amazing claims of using less than Stoicheometric amounts of Methanol to perform a reaction, under closer questioning it has turned out that you did a glycerine pre-wash that you did not mention.
I am sure that in this latest case you have also performed a pre-wash that you did not mention when describing what you did.
I just can not understand why you seem to be so hesitant to mention glycerine prewashes when you describe your production procedures. The glycerine contains methoxide and biodiesel and has a very real affect on the reaction.
And then it does not require a magic step to explain what you have done.
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