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|3 May 1977
|Fecha de presentación
|20 Oct 1975
|Fecha de prioridad
|20 Oct 1975
|Número de publicación
|Stanley Charles Foulkes
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|Chloride Group Limited
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|Citas de patentes (3), Citada por (18), Clasificaciones (12)
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This invention relates to the manufacture of battery plates especially those of tubular type and is concerned in particular with the filling of the tubes of such plates, novel apparatus for carrying out the method and novel active material paste composition.
Tubular plates can have a variety of different types of tube material and tube configurations and can have tubes joined together or formed as separate tubes which are separately located on the spines.
One example of such separate tube arrangements utilizes woven fabric tubes having a thin outer plastic sheath provided with perforations about 1-2 mm across spaced apart by about 1 to 2 mms. The plastic sheath is about 0.1 to 0.2 mms thick.
The invention, though not limited to such arrangements, however is described with particular reference to tube arrangements in which the tubes are a single preformed assembly since this facilitates assembly of the tubes onto the spines of the plate.
A conventional method for making tubular plates involves impregnating fabric tubes with a resin to render them stiff though still permeable, locating the tubes on an array of lead alloy spines, one spine to each tube, and filling the space between the interior of the tubes and the spines with active material e.g. lead oxide powder from a hopper and shaking the assembly to compact the power in the tube. This method has considerable problems including waste of lead oxide powder, inconsistency of filling weight, and unevenness of filling, the active material tending to become over consolidated at what is the bottom of the tubes during filling but is the top of the tubes in use.
One proposal, in G.B. Pat. No. 947,796, for reducing these problems was to extrude an active material paste containing a water soluble thickening agent into the tubes under high pressure. However, this method resulted in plates which had unpredictably variable electrical performance. There was also a tendency for the paste to break down and lose its fluidity under pressure and also to go solid inside the machinery if there were any intervals or delay in the production sequence.
Another proposal, in G.B. Patent No. 1,386,056, is to inject a metered volume, corresponding to the internal volume of the tubular plate, of an acidic automotive battery paste into the tubes within a very short space of time e.g. less than 1.5 seconds. The paste has a certain amount of additional water added to it. This is alleged to form a suspension, but in fact this mixture is a thick paste which is not self levelling. The pastes which are disclosed contain 3 parts grey lead oxide, 1 part red lead oxide, 2.96 parts by weight of oxides to each part by weight of acid and water and 0.06 parts by weight of 1.4 specific gravity sulphuric acid for each part by weight of oxide, i.e. 12.6% of the grey lead oxide was sulphated. The specification describes the pastes as having dynamic viscosities in the range 3000 to 4000 centipoises. No indication is given of what method of measurement of viscosity or measuring apparatus is to be used.
We have measured the viscosity of the above paste described in British Patent No. 1,386,056 on a rotating vane viscometer as described below using the measurement technique described below.
We find that this paste has a rotating vane viscometer torque value (as defined herein) of 3.5 lbs ft. The paste is not self levelling; that is when a mass is deposited as a lump on a flat surface it does not assume a flat level surface within a period of 24 hours, though small amounts of liquids separate out from the solids during this period.
The process has the disadvantage of requiring accurate metering of the volume of paste to be injected and the paste is so viscous that it has to be forced into the tubes under high pressure.
This need to use high pressure results in variation in density of the paste along the length of the tubes, the paste tending to become over consolidated at the inlets to the tubes which are the bottoms of the tubes in use. In addition it introduces difficulties in getting the paste to travel the full length of a tube, especially in a deep plate. This severely limits the size of plate which can be filled. This introduces further problems in production of batteries from the paste and in use of the batteries.
We have discovered that these problems can severally and collectively be reduced by using a radically different active material composition, apparatus and method in which a pourable liquid slurry of low viscosity is fed into the tubes under gravity or low pressure and then, when the tubes are full, preferably consolidated by allowing the back pressure to build up.
By controlling the value to which the back pressure is allowed to rise, the degree of consolidation can be varied as desired and an even consolidation achieved. A slurry of very low viscosity is fed into the tubes under gravity or very low pressure conditions.
According to the present invention, a method of filling enveloped plates, e.g. tubular plates, for batteries, e.g. lead acid batteries, which comprises introducing an active material composition into the porous envelope of an enveloped plate e.g. the tubes, when the envelope is assembled on the current conducting element of the plate, e.g. the spines, is characterised in that the active material composition is introduced into the envelope as an aqueous slurry, the material of the envelope desirably being selected to filter out active material whilst allowing passage of liquid and the introduction of the slurry into the envelope is continued until the envelope is filled with active material, the introduction of the the slurry into the envelope preferably being carried out at a pressure of less than 15 psi and desirably less than 5 psi until the envelope is filled with the composition, and the pressure then preferably being allowed to rise to a value above 15 psi or 5 psi but not in excess of 100 psi and the pressure thereafter being released and in that the composition has a rotating vane viscometer torque value (as defined herein) in the range 0.006 to 0.050 or 0.06 and preferably 0.015 to 0.04 lbs ft at 20° C.
For ease of description the process will be described essentially with reference to tubular plates.
The ratio of volume of slurry which is fed into the tubes, to the total internal free volume of the tubes in the plate is preferably not more than 3:1 e.g. less than 2:1.
The internal free volume of the tubes is that volume within the internal diameter of the tubes which is not occupied by the current conducting elements.
The aqueous slurry comprises a blend of water and particulate active material. The slurry may be non acidified or may have had acid added to at least partially sulphate the oxide.
The weight ratio which should be used depends on the particular active material which is being used, the permeability of the tubes which are being filled and whether the composition contains acid or not and, if it does contain acid, the ratio of acid to active material, i.e. the degree of sulphation.
With the non-woven fabric described below we prefer to use non acidified slurries having a solids to liquids ratio of 2.5:1 to 3.5:1 and with partially acidified slurries a solids to liquids ratio of 1.7:1 to 2.5:1, the acid having the effect of considerably increasing the viscosity of the slurry.
The slurry can contain conventional fillers and additives for the active material such as hydrophobic or hydrophilic silica, so long as the composition continues to have a viscosity as defined above. In one arrangement, the tubes are allowed to fill substantially under gravity by being pumped into the tubes under zero back pressure, the pumping is continued and the back pressure allowed to build up to a value not in excess of 70 psi. Thus the pressure may be in the range 5 to 50, e.g. 10 to 30 psi. The time over which the pressure build-up is allowed to occur is not critical. Usually the pressure is merely allowed to build up to a set value at which point the pressure is released.
Surprisingly and in contrast to the prior proposals where the whole filling operation is carried out under high pressure, which results in the active material being stratified, the paste being more dense nearer the inlet (which will be the bottom of the tubes in use), this arrangement enables the density of the active material in the tube to be increased evenly throughout the tube.
As mentioned above the ratio of active material to liquids which should be used depends on a variety of factors including the nature of the material from which the tubes are made.
A balance must be struck between the need for the material to have a high water permeability to provide good conductivity in use in the battery and the need for the material to retain the active material so as to enable filling to be carried out rapidly and the active material to be retained in the tubes over long periods of use and under conditions of shock and vibration. One suitable material is made from a non-woven batt of polyester fibres which is 0.5 to 0.7 mm thick and weighs 120 to 160 grams per sq. cm, has a nitrogen permeability (as hereinafter defined) of 8.0 liters/sq. cm/minute and a water permeability (as hereinafter defined) of 1.5 liters/sq cm/minute. This material is preferably not perforated, its porosity being derived from the natural gaps between the fibres from which it is made.
More broadly, it is preferred to use a material having a nitrogen permeability in the range 0.5 to 12, e.g. 1 to 10 or preferably 3 to 9 liters/sq cm/minute. Desirably, it should also have a water permeability of at least 0.01 liters/sq cm/minute e.g. 0.1 or 0.5 to 1, 2 or 5 liters per minute or more.
As indicated below, it is preferred to use a slurry composition in which the active material particles have an average particle size in the range 5 to 20 microns.
However, material with average particle sizes in the range 1 to 30 or 50 to 100 microns can equally well be used.
Referring again to lead acid systems the lead oxide preferably has substantially all of its particles having particle sizes less than 100 microns, e.g. less than 1% by weight are above 200 microns in diameter. In addition, less than 1% is below 0.001 micron in diameter. Typically, at least 50% e.g. 95% by weight, is less than 10 microns and 5% is less than 1 micron. The oxide may comprise grey lead oxide or red lead oxide or a blend of grey lead oxide and red lead oxide and preferably a blend of grey lead oxide of average particle size 20 microns and red lead oxide of average particle size 5 to 10 microns. The ratio of grey to red lead may be in the range 95:5 to 5:95 through 90:10 to 50:50, e.g. 33:67 is preferred.
Preferably, the tubes are clamped at the top and bottom so that liquids can escape out from the whole area of the tubes.
Desirably, a supply of the slurry composition is continuously mixed during the filling and a minor proportion of the slurry supply is introduced from this continuously mixed supply into each tubular plate.
The supply of slurry composition is preferably delivered by a pump which gives smooth delivery and maintains the slurry in suspension and the slurry, in the intervals between introduction into a tubular plate, is recirculated from the outlet of the pump back to its inlet, e.g. via a recirculating tube connected to the pump outlet, and an agitated storage tank, from which a supply tube extends to the pump inlet.
In a first form of the method, the slurry is introduced from a pump into one tubular plate then when that plate is filled is continuously recirculated from the outlet of the pump to the pump inlet and is then introduced into another tubular plate.
The invention may be put into practice in various ways and one specific embodiment and certain modifications will be described by way of example with reference to the the accompanying drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 is a diagrammatic side elevation of apparatus in accordance with the invention;
FIG. 2 is an enlarged diagrammatic perspective view of the filling box shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a diagrammatic view of part of the lower clamp shown in FIG. 2 in the open position, showing only some of the tubes of the plate;
FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional plan view on the line IV--IV of FIG. 3;
FIG. 5 is a part cross-sectional view of part of the upper clamp in the open position, as in FIG. 3,
FIG. 6 is a general front elevational view of the rotating vane viscometer used to measure the viscosities of the slurries used in the invention;
FIG. 7 is a detailed front elevational view of the paddle assembly of the viscometer of FIG. 6;
FIG. 8 is a plan view of the container for use with the viscometer of FIG. 6 for containing the sample whose viscosity is to be measured.
The apparatus consists of a slurry tank 10 in which the slurry to be filled into the plate tubes is stored. The tank is fitted with a paddle 11 located at the bottom of the tank and driven by a belt and pulley drive 12 from a variable speed motor 13. A vertical feed tube 15 extends up from just above the paddle 11 to the inlet to a supply pump 16 which is also driven by a belt and pulley drive 17 from a variable speed motor 18. The outlet of the pump 16 is connected vertically downwards by a supply pipe 19 to a plate filling station 20. The supply pipe proceeds via a pressure gauge 22 a two-way valve 23 and a fishtail manifold 24. The valve 23 either permits the slurry to flow vertically downwards to the station 20 or can be positioned to direct the slurry to the tank 10 via a recirculating tube 25 which extends down to just above the paddle 11. The tubes 15 and 26 are preferably of the same cross-sectional area.
The mass of the supply of slurry is preferably maintained at about 150 kg, e.g. 100 to 200 kg, and the mass of slurry introduced into each tubular plate, the individual filling weight, is of the order of 400 to 1,000 gm. More broadly, the weight ratio of the active material, e.g. 75 kg, in the continuously mixed slurry supply to the individual filling weight is in the range 1300:1 to 25:1 preferably 1000:1 to 200:1 more particularly 160:1 to 100:1.
The station 20 comprises a frame 29 rigidly secured in relation to the manifold 24 and carrying top and bottom clamps 30 and 31.
The clamps 30 and 31 are toothed and conform to the outside surface profile of the bottom and top of the tubular plate since the plate is inserted in the clamps with its open bottom end facing the manifold 24. The manifold has an outlet nozzle assembly consisting of one-fourth inch long copper or other rigid feed tubes with external diameters corresponding to the internal diameters of the plate tubes and spaced apart in a straight line, the centres of the feed tubes being on the centres of the plate tubes.
Thus the open ends of the plate tubes fit snugly over the feed tubes and are clamped thereto by the top clamp 30 which may be provided with a resilient sealing liner.
The lower clamp 31 holds the plate in position and presses the tubes against a thickened end section on the spines. The faces of the plate are completely free.
The spines are of conventional lead alloy composition and of conventional structure being located on a top bar at centres corresponding to the centres of the tubes with which they will be used. They are desirably provided with short axial fins which are used to centre the spines in the tubes and to prevent the spines being distorted during handling prior to filling.
The station 20 will now be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 2 to 5.
As mentioned above, the station 20 comprises a frame 29 rigidly secured in relation to the manifold 24. This frame is in two parts 32 and 33 hinged to each other along the left hand edge, and it is the part 33 which is rigidly attached to the manifold 24. The top and bottom clamps are each in two parts 30A and 30B and 31A and 31B. 30A and 31A are carried by the movable part 32 of the frame 29 and 30B and 31B are carried by the fixed part 33 of the frame 29.
The fixed part 33 also carries top and bottom locking levers 36 and 37 which are arranged to engage top and bottom handles 38 and 39 on the movable frame part 32, and lock the filling station closed.
The fixed part 33 of the frame 29 also carries a bottom support bar 42 which has an aperture 43 through which the lug 44 of a plate 45 can pass and which assists in registering the plate in the filling station.
The top and bottom clamps 30 and 31 have toothed profiles which conform to the external sheathed dimensions of the plate and the two portions of each clamp when closed define a row of cylindrical holes 48 connected by gaps 49 twice the thickness of the fabric 47 of the sheath so as to prevent the sheath being cut by the clamps.
The bottom clamp 31 presses the fabric 47 of the sheath against the broadened shoulders 51 of the spines 52 of the plate to ensure a tight seal. (See FIGS. 3 and 4).
FIG. 5 shows the clamping arrangement at the manifold 24. A manifold plate 54 has a row of feed tubes 55 passing down through it and having narrowed ends 56 which extend through apertures in a rubber gasket 58. It is resilient being compressible by finger pressure to only about half its uncompressed thickness, which is about one-eighth inch thick. The arrangement shown in FIG. 5 shows the sheath 50 in position over the ends 56 of the feed tubes. However, the arrangement is in fact such that the gasket 58 has to be compressed by about one-sixteenth inch by the sheath 50 being forced up into it in order to get the top bar of the plate onto the bottom bar 42 of the frame. (This compression has not been shown on the drawing). The clamp 30 presses the fabric 47 of the sheath around the ends 56 of the feed tubes 55 to achieve a good top seal.
The pump 16 is one which gives smooth delivery and is of the well known type, such as that marketed under the trade name MONOPUMP, which comprises a rotor in the form of a single start helix fitting in a cylinder in the form of a double start helix of twice the pitch of the rotor, in which the rotor turns about its own axis in one direction whilst its axis orbits about the axis of the cylinder in the opposite direction at the same speed. This form of pump gives a positive displacement with uniform flow, and prevents the separation of liquids and solids in the composition.
In another arrangement (not shown) the filling station 20 is formed as a twin manifold arrangement each manifold being fed from the pump 16. The two way valve 23 is replaced by a three way valve and each line from the valve 23 to a manifold contains a pressure responsive valve 70.
This valve 70 is preferably a pressure release valve which can be set to any desired pressure e.g. 15 psi and when this pressure is reached will hold the pressure at 15 psi until actuated, e.g. manually.
The procedure would then be for a plate to be inserted in one manifold and the valve 23 switched either from recirculation or from the other manifold. The plate would fill e.g. in 5 seconds and then the pressure would rise to 15 psi and be held there for 5 seconds. During this time the operator would have removed the filled plate from the other manifold and inserted a new plate. He could then switch the valve 23 either to recirculate momentarily or immediately to fill the new plate.
In an alternative arrangement the pressure release valves 70 is arranged to switch the pump supply to recirculation and release the pressure on the plate as soon as the preset pressure is reached.
In operation, the filling process is as follows.
The composition is made up to the desired composition in the tank 10 by use of the paddle 11. A tubular plate 50 is assembled, the fabric tubes 47 being located on the metal spines 52, and it is positioned against the clamps 30B and 31B, at the station 20 with its open bottom ends pushed up against the gasket 58 and over ends 56 of the feed tubes 55 of the manifold 24. The part 32 of the frame is then swung closed against the part 33 and the clamps 30 and 31 thus closed and the locking arms 36 and 37 secured over the handles 38 and 39. The paddle 11 is kept in operation and the valve 23 is turned to the recirculating position connecting the pump 16 to the tube 28 and the pump 16 is switched on. Recirculation is carried out until the flow is steady. The pressure indicator 22 indicates zero pressure whilst recirculation is occurring.
The valve 23 is then switched to connect the pump 16 to the manifold 24. The slurry passes down into the station 20, the active material filling the interior of the tubes. The valve 23 is maintained in this position until the tubes have filled with active material at which point the pressure indicator indicates a relatively sudden increase in pressure. At this point liquid exudes in globules from over the whole surface of the tubular plate essentially simultaneously. As the pressure rises to the cut off pressure further small amounts of liquids exude from the plates.
The first liquids tend to be clear; later liquids tend to also contain active material. When the pressure reaches the desired shut off valve the valve 23 is then switched to recirculate the composition to the tank 10 via the pipe 26.
The clamps 30 and 31 are then opened and the filled plate removed and the further processing operations such as bottom bar insertion, pickling, drying and electrolytic formation carried out on the plate.
The excess slurry in the manifold 24 falls down into the tank 10.
In continuous operation, the pressure rise indicated by the indicator 22 could be used to control the filling cycle, e.g. to activate the valve 23, and open the clamps 30 and 31 to disengage it from the manifold 24 and re-engage a new plate in the clamped position. Limit switches could be provided, which would be activated by the new plate engaging the manifold 24 to divert the valve 23 back to the filling position.
Examples will now be given of specific plate production techniques.
The plates were positive plates having 15 tubes each 14.5 inches long. The tubes were made of non woven polyethylene terephthalate fibre. This is made as follows:
A thin web (1.5 meters wide) of fibres having an average length of 41/2 inches is produced by carding, and a fleece is produced by layering approximately ten webs to form a continuous length of non-woven fabric (also 1.5 meters wide).
The fibres extend generally longitudinally in the web, which is pleated in a zig-zag fashion as it is taken off from a conveyor travelling in the direction of the length of the web onto a conveyor travelling at right angles thereto. Thus the fibres extend substantially transversely to the length of the fleece, but due to the travel of the second conveyor the fibres in adjacent layers are oppositely inclined at a small angle to the transverse direction.
This material is then impregnated with 50% by weight of polyacrylic binder. It has a thickness of 0.5 to 0.7 mm and weighs 120 to 160 grams/sq cm.
This material is then converted into an array of tubes by passing two layers of it through a multiple sewing machine to secure the layers together along parallel lines (for example, spaced about 2 to the inch) to form pockets or tubes in the conventional manner.
This material is then dipped in a phenolic resin and dried. The material picks up 30% of phenolic resin based on the dry weight of the non-woven material. After cutting to length circular section mandrels 0.287 inches in diameter are then inserted between the rows of stitches to form the pockets. It has an air permeability of 8.0 liters/minute/sq cm and a water permeability of 1.5 liters/minute/sq cm area.
This non-woven fabric is made up of randomly entangled individual fibres. The fibres have a diameter of about 25 microns or more broadly 20 to 50 microns. The gaps between individual fibres are in general less than 250 microns and mostly less than 100 microns and moreover the material in having a thickness of 0.5 to 0.7 mms has a three dimensional structure permitting the overlap of many individual fibres in any one path from face to face of the sheet.
Air permeability was measured as follows:
A sample 2.8 cm in diameter (6.16 sq cm effective cross-sectional area) was clamped in position and the time for 50 1 of dry nitrogen to flow through the sample at 20° C. under pressure difference of 0.6 inches (1.5 cms) water gauge was recorded.
The material is too permeable for mercury porosimetry or air flow through an alcohol saturated sample to be accurate measurement techniques.
Water permeability was measured on the same sample by measuring the time taken for a column of water initially 42 cm high and 1 liter in volume to flow under gravity through the sample.
The downstream end of the column below the sample was blocked off, the water introduced above the sample and then the downstream end below the sample opened to atmosphere. This material is referred to as the non woven fabric N.W. in Table 1 below.
Another fabric was also used. It was a spun woven fabric referred to as SW in Table 1 below and having an air permeability of 6.0 liters/sq cm/minute. It has 17 weft threads per cm and 22 warp threads per cm. The warp threads being about 250 microns in diameter and the weft threads being about 375 microns in diameter. Microscopic examination indicates that the gaps between adjacent warp threads and adjacent weft threads are about 250 microns by 250 microns maximum but these gaps are bridged by numerous loose fibres extending out from the threads.
The compositions used are indicated in Tables 1A and 1B below.
The slurry was made from mixtures of grey lead oxide (average particle size 20 microns) and red lead oxide (average particle size 5 to 10 microns) mixed in various weight ratios with mains water.
The solid particles in the slurry were such that less than 1% by weight were above 200 microns, and less than 1% were below 0.001 microns, 95% by weight were less than 50 microns. These particle sizes were determined by sieving.
The tank 10 contained 150 kg of slurry, the paddle 11, 30 inches by 1.5 inches, was rotated at 30 to 70 rpm, to maintain solids in suspension. The pump 16 was run at various volume throughputs as indicated in Table 1A. During recirculation the pressure indicator 22 showed zero pressure. Using the same stirring and pumping conditions, the valve 23 was switched to the fill position, and the time for which the indicator 22 showed zero pressure recorded and the total time up to when the valve 23 was again switched to recirculation and the maximum pressure reached recorded. These are given in Table 1A. The internal volume of the tubes was 170 cc.
It is preferred to add acid to at least partially sulphate the oxide; 1 gram of oxide requires 0.4 mls of 1.4 sp gr sulphuric acid to achieve this. The mixing of the slurry continues in the storage tank during the acid addition and once this is completed the filling cycle can be continued. Certain of the Examples in Tables 1A and 1B are of partially acidified compositions.
Example 12 was carried out using tubes having a total internal free volume of 105 cc.
TABLE 1A__________________________________________________________________________ Theo- retical Total Time volume time Time to start pumped to end for Pressure of Pres- to start of pres- which at sure of pres- sure pressure shut % Pump build- sure increase applied off ofGrey Solids Sulpha- Type of Pump vol. up T1 build-up T2 T2 -T1 valveExampleRed liquids tion tube speed cc/sec seconds ccs seconds seconds p.s.i.__________________________________________________________________________1 66:34 3.5:1 none NW 40 122.5 -- 20 402 " 2.57:1 " NW 40 " 2.0 245 6.0 4.0 403 " 2.52:1 " " " " 2.0 " 5.5 3.5 364 73:25 2.88:1 4.0% the paste could not be introduced into the tubes5 " 2.39:1 " NW 60 198 -- -- 6 306 " 2.36:1 " NW 60 " 2.0 396 -- 17 " 2.34:1 " SW 60 " -- -- 3.3 408 " 1.81:1 " NW 40 122.5 -- -- 5.0 409 " 1.78:1 " NW " " 1.5 184 -- 610 75:25 3:1 none NW 0 33 5.7 411 75:25 3:1 " SW 0 33 -- 10 5012 100: 0.9:1 17% NW 200 1 200 3 2 20__________________________________________________________________________
TABLE 1B__________________________________________________________________________ 1/2 life % settle- of Wet paste Filtrate ment of sample % settle-Grey Red Water Acid in plate weight sample of of ment of 1/2 lifeExamplegrams grams . ml. ml. grams grams slurry slurry filtrate filtrate__________________________________________________________________________1 53000 27000 20000 none 814 -- 800002 66384 25879 " 1089 2283 65300 25879 " 967 3424 45000 15000 20000 1000 -- -- paste was not self leveling and 60000 held its shape for at least 24 hours but some liquids did separate out.5 58889 23611 " 887 none6 56957 23174 " 437 none7 56520 23174 " 828 43 76.3 5 mins 42 seconds8 54706 29174 " 876 75 53.69 53830 " " 539 --10 -- -- -- none 915 --11 -- -- -- " 333 --12 87131 -- 90900 7000 272 -- 91 -- -- --__________________________________________________________________________ Notes on table 1A and 1B (1) Acid/solid ratios. It has been assumed that all the acid is absorbed by and reacted with the excess oxide at the stage when it is first added and thus the acid/oxide ratio remains constant until more acid is added i.e. a proportion of the acid is removed with each sample of paste which is removed. (2) Solid/liquid ratios.
(A) These are calculated including the whole of any acid added as liquid.
(B) The weights of solids removed in the samples of the filtrates have been ignored since the weights of these samples were relatively small and there was no way of easily determining the ratio of solids to liquids in the filtrates.
(C) The ratios have been calculated ignoring the amount of liquids removed in the paste in the tubes. These ratios therefore slightly underestimate the solids content of the slurries.
(3) Grey/red ratios. These have been assumed to remain constant except when extra grey or red oxide is added.
(4) Wet paste in plate. The weight x of the fabric tube the lead spines and a bottom bar was measured. The values quoted are the wet filled plate after bottom-baring minus x.
(5) % Settlement of the sample. This is the height A of the solids in the container divided by the height B of the liquids from the bottom of the container expressed as a percentage after the sample had been thoroughly shaken for 1/2 minute and then allowed to settle in a vertical position for 24 hours.
The container is a round bottomed test tube of 1.5 cms internal diameter and at least 9 cms of slurry are placed in the test tube.
(6) 1/2 life of the suspension. This is the time taken for the solids level of the sample in the container described under (5) above to sink to halfway between B and A.
The test is carried out by placing a rubber band with its bottom edge at the halfway level i.e. (B + A) /2 cms from the bottom of the test tube, shaking the tube vigorously for at least 1/2 minute or until all the solids are displaced from the bottom of the test tube and then righting the test tube and measuring the time from that instant to the instant when light is first visible under the rubber band.
(7) Pump speed. This is merely a setting. The volume of slurry pumped through the manifold was measured at varying settings by collecting the slurry as it came out of the manifold. Two measurements were made for each pump setting. The volume of slurry was measured.
A graph was then plotted for the 0, 20, 30 and 40 pump settings of volume against time in seconds (using a stop watch). A reasonable straight line plot was obtained.
(8) Time to start of pressure build up. This is the time between the inlet valve being opened and the pressure gauge actually starting to move rather than merely flicker.
(9) Theoretical volume pumped to start of pressure build-up. This is the time under the eighth column from the left of table 1A multiplied by the volume reading under the seventh column from the left of table 1A and is purely theoretical.
(10) Stratification. (Table 3) This is determined by pickling the plates in 1.40 specific gravity for 6 hours followed by drying at 180° F. for 12 hours.
The top bar and the bottom bar were then cut off the plate and the remainder cut into four equal horizontal strips labelled A B C and D with A at the bottom bar end of the plate. These were then weighed. The horizontal strips were then cut into four sections of three tubes each leaving out every fourth tube and labelled 1 to 4 with 1 at the lug side of the plate. The four sections one from each of the horizontal strips was then weighed and the value given under 1 in Table 3 is this value. The other vertical sections 2, 3 and 4 were weighed in the same way.
(11) Pencil porosity. This is determined by the well known technique of mercury intrusion porosimetry and is done on the same samples as Table 3. Details of this technique are given in British Patent Specification No. 1331257 (EPS 61).
The rotating vane viscometer values for certain of the slurries used in the above examples are given below in Table 2.
The viscometer used is illustrated in FIGS. 6, 7 and 8.
The apparatus consists of a frame 110 carrying an electric motor 111 driving a paddle assembly 120 via a gear box 112 and a torque transducer 119. The speed in the gear box 112 is sensed by a tachogenerator 113 the output of which is fed to a digital voltmeter 113A. The voltage signal produced by the torque transducer is fed to a chart recorder 114. The recorder has a variable chart speed and a variable scale.
A sample container 130 is clampably supported on an adjustable table 115 which can be raised and lowered on guides 116 by a pneumatic cylinder 117.
The sample container 130 has a detachable lid 131 located above the paddle assembly 120. The lid can be secured to the container by an external bayonet lock (not shown).
The paddle assembly 120 is removably attached to the output shaft 118 of the gear box 112, and consists of a central rod 121 having a lower boss 122 which in use nests in a hole 132 in the bottom of the container 130. The rod 121 has a diameter D5 of 1.3 cms and carries 3 pairs of paddles 123, 124 and 125. The paddles 123 and 125 are in the same plane and are at right angles to the paddles 124. All the blades of the paddles are vertical and thus parallel to the axis of the rod 121. The paddles are carried on arms 126, 127 and 128. The distance D6 from the centre of the arm 126 to the boss 122 is 6.5 cms, the distance D7 from the centre of the arm 127 to the boss 122 is 3.9 cms and the distance from the centre of the arm 128 to the boss 122 is 1.6 cms. The width of each paddle D3 is 1.2 cms and its height D2 is 1.2 cms and its thickness 0.1 cm. The distance D4 from the inside edge of each paddle to the surface of the rod 121 is 1.5 cms.
The distance D1 between the outside edges of the paddles in a pair of paddles is 6.8 cms.
The internal height of the container 130 is 8.2 cms and its internal diameter is 8.8 cms. There are four internal baffles 135 located at the ends of diameters at right angles to each other. The thickness D10 of each baffle 135 is 0.30 cms and its inward extent D9 is 0.5 cms. The separation D11 of the baffles on a diameter is 7.65 cms. Each baffle extends the full height of the container.
The container and baffles are made of smooth stainless steel.
The apparatus is used as follows:
The container is filled to a depth of 8.2 cms with the material under test and raised into position, clamped to the table 115 and the lid 131 secured.
The chart recorder 114 is started and the motor 111 is then started with the gearing set for a low shear rate e.g. 6 rpm. The start up torque and steady state torque are detected by the torque transducer 119 and the motor and recorder run until a steady torque value has been recorded for at least 2 minutes. This is the steady state torque value. The torque value at the steady state is quoted and if an initial peak was present this fact is noted. The sample is then removed, shaken with the bulk of the material being measured and the container refilled. The measurement is then repeated at a higher shear rate e.g. 18 rpm. The cycle is repeated for as many shear rates as desired.
The background torque value namely with the container 130 empty was found to be 0.004 lbs ft at all the shear rates quoted in Table 2. The same value was obtained when the container was filled with water.
The rotating vane viscometer torque value as defined herein is the value of the steady state torque value of the sample measured in the above described manner on the above described machine at a shear rate of 6 revolutions of the paddles per minute at ambient temperature of 20° C. minus the background reading at 20° C.
TABLE 2______________________________________Grey % Rotating vane viscometer Red Solids Sulpha- Shear PresenceExample Oxide liquids tion rate Torque of peak______________________________________2 66:34 2.57:1 none 6 0.017 No 18 0.014 -- 30 0.014 -- 42 0.014 --4 75:25 2.88:1 4.0 6 0.066 Yes 24 0.066 No 42 0.066 No5 75:25 2.39:1 4.0 6 0.035 Yes 18 0.032 No 30 0.027 No 42 0.028 No10 75:25 3:1 -- 6 0.014 Yes 18 0.011 Yes 30 0.012 Yes 42 0.013 --Compar- 3:1 2.90:1 12.6 6 3.47 YesisonExample1 of G.B.138086512 100:0 0.90:1 17 11 0.010 No______________________________________
Stratification results for the plates made in Examples 3, 5, 8 and 12 are given in Table 3 below.
Porosity results for the plates made in Examples 3, 5 and 8 are given in Table 4 below.
TABLE 3__________________________________________________________________________ % Stratification Grey Solids Sulpha- Top middle bottom % %Ex. red liquids tion D C B A A - D Mean deviation 1 2 3 4 Mean deviation__________________________________________________________________________ 3 66:34 2.52:1 none 295 301 287 287 -8 292.5 +2 - 4 301 299 304 287 298 +2 - 4 5 75:25 2.39:1 4.0 276 276 285 294 18 282.5 +4 - 2 288 288 284 280 285 +1 - 2 8 75:25 1.81:1 4.0 277 269 271 285 8 275.5 3 - 2 276 281 281 274 278 +1 - 212 100:0 0.90:1 17 44 50 61 65 21 55 +18 - 20 46.5 43 29.5 40 39.75 +16__________________________________________________________________________ - 20
TABLE 4______________________________________Example 5 8 Porosity % provided by pores havingPores between such dimensions______________________________________100 - 50 microns 0.7 0.850 - 25 0.5 0.425 - 12.5 0.6 0.412.5 - 6.4 0.2 0.16.4 - 3.2 0.3 0.33.2 - 1.6 0.2 0.41.6 - 0.8 0.4 1.90.8 - 0.4 2.2 6.50.4 - 0.2 4.3 5.40.2 - 0.1 4.1 4.20.1 - 0.05 3.1 2.40.05 - 0.035 0.8 0.5below 0.035 2.1 1.6Total Porosity 19.5 24.9Apparent Density 5.5 5.0True Density 6.8 6.6______________________________________
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Destanae Howerton-Davis was one of seven student-athletes recognized for outstanding work in the classroom
July 25, 2013
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah - - Utah track and field was announced as a 2013 Division I All-Academic Track & Field teams by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association. Seven student-athletes were also selected.
A total of 187 institutions earned the distinction as a result of earning a cumulative team GPA of 3.00 or higher. Utah's team GPA of 3.28 ranked third in the Pac-12.
The Utes had seven student-athletes earn USTFCCCA All-Academic honors for their combined efforts in competition and in the classroom: Alexandria Eisenbeiss (3.50, Mechanical Engineering), Destanae Howerton-Davis (3.48, Exercise and Sport Science), Stephanie Jolley (3.98, Occupational Therapy), Klaudia Rokossa (3.31, Communications), Cynthia Sanchez (3.31, Exercise and Sport Science), Anneli Stahl (3.26, Human Development and Family Studies) and Rebekah Winterton (3.70, Business)
A total of 710 women from 187 institutions were recognized. Utah was fourth among Pac-12 schools as Stanford lead the way with 13 honorees.
To qualify for the USTFCCCA All-Academic Track and Field Team, the student-athlete must have compiled a cumulative grade point average of 3.25 and have met either of the following athletic standards: for the indoor season, a student-athlete must have finished the regular season ranked in the national top 96 in an individual event or ranked in the national top 48 (collective listing) in a relay event on the official NCAA POP list provided by TFRRS.org; for the outdoor season, a student-athlete must have participated in any round of the NCAA Division I Championships (including preliminary rounds).

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Some games are gut checks, but write down Monday night's historic victory by the Syracuse women's basketball team as more of a pulse check.
The undefeated Orange women, trying to make program history by winning their 11th consecutive game to start a season, found themselves down at halftime for the first time all year. And the 31-28 advantage held by Rider was no fluke, as the Broncs had controlled the game with a nice high-low mix of 3-pointers and post play.
In the Carrier Dome locker room, coach Quentin Hillsman told his team that he was afraid.
"I said, really, I'm a little scared. They didn't believe me, so I said, Vionca (Murray) check my pulse," Hillsman said. "She said, 'Your heart's beating really fast.' (That's because) for the first time I could look in their eyes and see, 'Oh my goodness, can we come back and turn it up and get it taken care of?' Obviously, ending the game with a 15-0 run, we turned it up and got it taken care of."
The 67-46 harder-than-it-looked victory gave the Orange an 11-0 start to a season for the first time, exceeding the mark set by the 1974-75 team that ended 10-0. It also put SU within one victory of matching its longest winning streak of 12 straight, set in 2007-08.
The comeback win was propelled by a change in strategy at halftime, as the Orange abandoned its 2-3 zone for a combination of man-to-man, box-and-one and triangle-and-two defenses.
The alignments were designed to contain the outside threat of Amanda Sepulveda, who had hit four 3-pointers in the first half, and the inside power of Caitlin Bopp, who repeatedly was getting position in the low post. Had she converted more than two of her nine bunny attempts, Rider (2-9) would have held a commanding lead.
The changes worked to near perfection. Sepulveda (15 points) and Bopp (9 points) were held to only one field goal each in the second half.
The new defenses also seemed to energize SU on the offensive end, as the Orange outscored the Broncs 39-15, including ending the last 4 minutes, 40 seconds of the game on a 15-0 run.
Syracuse was led by freshman Carmen Tyson-Thomas, who had her first career double-double with 11 points and 13 rebounds — including seven on the offensive end.
Senior Erica Morrow contributed 12 points and nine rebounds, while former Liverpool standout Tyler Ash scored all 12 of her points in the second half.
Ash and freshman center Kayla Alexander, who scored seven of her eight points after intermission, benefited from plays designed to feed them in the paint. Ash ended the game in fine form by assisting on Lynnae Lampkins' 3-pointer and then scoring on three straight lane jumpers, drawing cheers from SU's largest crowd of the season, 850.
The solo run was indicative of the talent Ash has, but struggled to show last year during a difficult freshman season.
"Last year, I didn't have a lot of confidence in myself," Ash said. "This year, it's a lot different because my teammates have a lot of confidence in me."
Tyson-Thomas, a heady, nose-for-the-ball kind of player, has already shown that she's ahead of the learning curve. Her hard work and mature play have earned her nearly 20 minutes per game off the bench this season, including 24 minutes Monday night.
Still, she's modest about her early achievements, which show her averaging 4.9 points and 6.2 rebounds per game.
"I don't think I've had too much success, yet," said the 5-9 guard from Philadelphia. "I rebound efficiently, but I haven't done anything big, yet. I'm proud of the way I've been playing, but I know that I can step it up."
She will have that chance again on Wednesday when SU attempts to match its longest winning streak when it faces New Hampshire at 7 p.m. in Manley Field House. Syracuse's only other 12-game binge came in the 2007-08 season.
If the Orange can hold off New Hampshire, a new mark could be set on Saturday when it opens the Big East season against Georgetown. That game is at 5 p.m. in the Carrier Dome.
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Chris Wagner
Very cool! Congrats!!
The Wednesday game at Manley is free... I think I will check it out!
The Orange must cut down on the turnovers if they are going to compete in the Big East. I watched the game on SU Athletics and they were very sloppy in the first half. Luckily, Rider couldn't buy a bucket in the second half and the Orange shot much better.
The program is moving in the right direction, though. UCONN will be a huge test this year.
0rangepopo: Nice observation. SU had 15 turnovers in the first half but only 4 in the second half. They have played better all year -- at both ends of the floor -- every time they've gone to fullcourt pressure. When they stay in halfcourt sets, their energy level drops.
-- Chris Wagner
what do you think about Tasha Harris vs. Lynnae Lampkins at guard? Harris seems to commit a lot of unforced turnovers, where as Lampkins seems much more fit, is a crisper passer, and takes better care of the ball.
Orangepopo: Tasha and Lynnae each bring something to the table that is important. Starting for the third straight year, Tasha has experience in tough-game situations that will become more evident once the Big East season starts. And while she doesn't take a lot of shots, she seems to have a habit of hitting a clutch 3 down the stretch when the team needs it. Lynnae is more up-tempo and is starting to come into her own in what really should be considered her freshman season. She missed the first part of last year waiting for academic clearance and then was thrown into the heart of the Big East schedule with no preseason practice or non-conference warmups. What impresses me most about Lynnae is her shooting ability. She's shooting at a a 60.9 percent clip -- and most of those shots are from the perimeter! She still makes rookie mistakes, but most of them are of the pushing-the-pace-too-fast variety -- something I think most coaches can live with. One other potential option at point guard that shouldn't be discounted is Tyler Ash. She's been used in spot situations this year, and it's still her position of choice. She loves controlling the ball, and at a very long 6-feet-2, she can pose major match-up headaches for the opposition.
-- Chris Wagner
Thanks Chris, Coach Q is definitely bringing in some talent and I think this program will attain national prominence under his direction. I' m looking foward to the UCONN game to see where we stand against the very best.
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Actress, comedian, and game-player Aisha Tyler, who you may know as Ubisoft's E3 press conference host, will have a part in the publisher's upcoming Watch Dogs. The company today released footage and a screenshot of Tyler in her gameplay debut.
Watch the footage below. View the screenshot at the gallery.
Ubisoft also uploaded the entire Watch Dogs panel from Comic-Con last week.
Watch Dogs is due out for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii U, and PC on November 19 in North America and November 22 in Europe, and for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One at launch.


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- February 9, 2012
- 4:13 pm
- Steve Christensen
Live After 5! this Friday
On Friday (2/10), staff from both campuses are invited to socialize at Cafe Iberico as part of the Staff Council's Live After 5! program. The gathering is an opportunity for staff members to mix and mingle on a purely social level outside of work. Come out and chat with those colleagues you rarely see and meet some new faces.
February Live After 5!
Cafe Iberico
737 N. LaSalle (LaSalle and Chicago)
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Seven CEO Sean King said: "This is a really exciting and significant move for Seven. We see more and more brands recognising that an editorial approach to content marketing is essential to bringing a brand promise to life across all platforms, including social media. We believe that by bolstering our existing social capability to deliver on ever-growing client requirements will further strengthen our position as the most exciting agency in this growing sector.
"Que Pasa's skills and experience are great news for our current clients, and their healthy client base will also benefit from the wider, multi-channel content marketing offering at Seven."
The acquisition of the 11-year-old Que Pasa, which manages the social media activity for a number of well-known FMCG brands, gives Seven even greater scale, expertise and capability in an increasingly important part of the content marketing mix.
Mark Maddox, who set up Que Pasa, has taken up the newly-created role of Director of Social at Seven. He said: "Our philosophy has always been that brands will increasingly become media owners and the growth of social channels has accelerated that reality. The next chapter of Que Pasa was to leverage our expertise in social and mobile within a bigger organisation, so I couldn't be happier to be part of Seven. It makes sense to be part of a business where everybody is passionate about content. I look forward to working with Sean and the talented team at Seven in building a world-class social content business."
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For the second week in a row, the El Dorado Springs varsity Bulldogs have shown the characteristic of their mascot: never quit, just keep hanging in their. They came within six seconds and a field goal of winning last week when the score looked impossible at half. This week, they did it convincingly.
Pierce City led 12 – 0 after a quarter and 18-13 at the half after the Bulldogs outscored them 13 – 6 in the 2nd quarter. The Bulldogs came out from halftime fired up taking the 3rd quarter 24-12. That put them up 37-30, not a comfortable lead with the fire power of the Pierce City offense.
The Bulldogs owned the 4th quarter with the offense putting 13 more points on the new score board while the defense completely shut down the Eagle offense.
The new board, for the first time, showed a Bulldog win, an impressive 50-30.
Head Coach Bob Ramsey told the Sun on Monday, "It was an exciting game, a game of two halves. We were a little frustrated at halftime. We felt like we needed to come out and play with intensity. Maybe we thought it was going to be easy. I don't know."
"We tried to tell the kids that their running back, No. 19, was as talented as any kid we have played all year. He proved it in the first half."
Q. He proved it the first play from scrimmage, didn't he?
"I would say that would be right. Our goal was to keep him under a hundred. He had almost all that on the first play."
Q. He got 191 yards and two touchdowns.
"He's about all they have, but he's a good running back."
Q. James Dubois had 186 and one TD rushing and one catching a pass. Tanner Hixson had 185, two TDs running. Derrick Taylor had 74 and one TD. Kason Schwalm only had 24 yards but two touchdowns.
"That's the second week in a row that I thought we had a lot of success offensively. I think that is because we got the misdirection going off of the option. We've done a good job of throwing just enough play action to keep people honest and playing off the line of scrimmage. You throw it just a little bit and you scare defenses enough that they stay backed off of you which helps your running game."
"James Dubois is a good, strong kid. He's one of those kids that worked his tail off in the off season, gained some weight and some strength. It really shows up."
Q. Derrick Taylor is a slippery little guy.
"He needs to be. That's two weeks in a row that he made some night runs. It keeps the defense honest. We are starting to get all four guys going a little bit."
Q. We don't want to leave out Tanner Hixson. He's a workhorse.
"That's the key. If you get him going it opens up all that other stuff."
Q. Was the team excited?
"They were excited. They were frustrated a half. We told them we were really proud of how they played that second half and met the challenge. No they are excited about going down to Sarcoxie."
"Sarcoxie is 7-0. They are ranked No. 3 in Class 2A. The only comparison we have is that Sarcoxie beat Pierce City 54-44. You can't really compare scores."
"We match up against them pretty well. They ran the ball for 440 yards against Pierce City and we ran the ball for 464. It's going to come down to blocking and tackling."
Q. How's their passing game?
"They have thrown the ball 20 times the entire season, so they rely on that running game. If we can get out in front of them and make them have to play catch-up, that takes them out of what they want to do. That's our game plan. We want to try to hit them early so maybe they will have to play catch-up and get out of that offense they like to run."
Q. How is Lamar ranked?
'They are sitting at No. 2. So we have the No. 2 and No. 3 teams in our district."
Q. What about the whistle when we intercepted the ball down at the south end and started to run it back?
"That's our 4th inadvertent whistle this year. Remember we had a couple at Stockton and one at the Knob game. Tanner stepped in front and intercepted the ball and the official whistled it dead thinking it was dropped. Then he looked up and saw Tanner running with it. Tanner said the official just put his hands on his head and shook his head because he realized what he had done."
Q. Did Tanner have a clear shot for a touchdown?
"I think so. It would have been close."
Q. Anything else to tell the folks?
"We hope several of them can come down to Sarcoxie and support us.
Statistically: The Bulldogs had 19 first downs to nine for the Eagles. Rushing the Bulldogs gained 465 to 246 for the Eagles. Schwalm completed four of nine passes for 74 yards and one TD and two interceptions to six of 19 for the Eagles, two TDs and two interceptions. Each team lost one fumble.
On defense, Kyle Collins made seven tackles, 1.5 of those a tackle for a loss (TFL). Jacob Bowman had seven tackles. Kason Schwalm made four tackles. James Dubois had four tackles, 2.5 TFL. Austin Jones made four tackles. Colton Hedrick had 3.5 tackles sharing a TFL. Derrick Taylor made 2.5 tackles. Tanner Hixson had three tackles and two interceptions. Robert Keith and Koty Steward each made 1.5 tackles. Haden Harper and Jakob Studer each had one tackle. Steven Taylor made half a TFL. Lance Molz had half a tackle.
THREE MUSKETEERS – The Pierce City varsity was not ready Friday night for the triple threat of James Dubois (No. 2), who rushed for 186 yards and one TD, Tanner Hixson (No. 37) who rushed for 185 and two TDs and Derrick Taylor (No. 26), who rushed for 74 yards of one TD. Ddubois also caught three passes for 67 yards and a TD. Hixson caught one for seven yards. The Bulldogs kinda held Pierce City's big threat, Cedric Ohara (No. 19) (not pictured) in check to 191 yards rushing and two TDs.


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More than 200 Dickinson College students participated in a sit-in Wednesday to protest the Pennsylvania college's treatment of sexual assault cases, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports.
The students are urging the school to be more transparent about campus sexual assault policies, as well as being more forthright when assaults occur on campus, according to the Associated Press.
The Inquirer reports that the school is using a $300,000 grant to explore and improve its sexual misconduct dealings.
What are sexual assault policies like on your campus? Weigh in below.
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Chicago the return is nearly upon you. Coach Tom Thibodeau has announced that Derrick Rose is now taking full contact practice with the team. The expected return of the former MVP is after the All-Star break. Rose has taken limited contact for close to two weeks now. The rehab has finally progressed to the point that Rose can now practice with his teammates without restrictions.
"He can do all the cutting, he can do shooting, he can go off the dribble," Thibodeau said. "So it's just a matter of him getting acclimated to playing in a game situation. You have to understand that in practice you're striving to get as close to a game-like intensity as you can, but you also have to understand that you're not going to be able to get there, so that will be a whole different level. And we have to make sure that he's ready to handle that intensity."
As always the Bulls are going to be very careful with Rose as he is obviously the franchise player. So while everyone expects him to be back sometime after the break there is no timetable on when he will actually get back on the court.
"There's no date," Reinsdorf said. "The doctors say that he's doing everything that he's supposed to be doing and there's no specific date. He's not going to come back until the doctors say unequivocally that he has no greater chance of getting hurt than any other player. If there's any risk, he's not coming back."
This is clearly a step in the right direction. If Rose is finally practicing full-bore with the team he closer to returning than ever. The Bulls are right in taking things slow with him so long as the team is winning there is no rush to bring him back. The one thing I would caution fans against is thinking he will have a Adrian Peterson like return to the floor. AP is the exception and not the rule when it comes to ACL injuries.
One thing you can count on Chicago is that Rose will be back sooner than later and this is a very exciting time.


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Descanso Gardens Gift Shop
The Descanso Gardens Gift Shop and Patio is a cozy, cedar-beamed complex near the entrance to Gardens. The Gift Shop carries items of interest for all visitors: home gardening enthusiasts, landscape and interior designers, horticulturists and plant lovers everywhere.
Merchandise in the Shop includes home and garden furnishings, such as garden benches, bird baths, statuary, lanterns and cherubs. The art lover will find beautifully framed prints, original watercolors, rugs and wall hangings.
No botanical garden gift shop would be complete without a vast array of garden and nature books for both adults and children. Other merchandise includes an exceptional selection of cards and other gift items such as lovely glassware, ceramics and collectibles. Outdoor wear includes T-shirts, sweatshirts, gloves and hats.
The Gift Shop is open every day except Christmas. Hours are 10 am to 4:45 pm.
For information, phone (818) 949-4292.
Descanso Café
Descanso Café, operated by Chef Joachim Splichal's Patina Restaurant Group, provides a casual outdoor dining option during your visit to Descanso Gardens. Located near the Gardens entrance, the Café showcases the season's best fruit, vegetables and herbs from local farms and gardens, including our own "Nature's Table" at Descanso Gardens. We offer a gourmet selection of fresh salads, sandwiches, homemade desserts, ice cream, beer and wine. Seating is available on the adjacent outdoor patio. View menu.
Descanso Café is open daily (except Christmas) from 8 am to 4:30 pm. Descanso members enjoy a discount on their purchase. Information: (818) 790-3663. Sign up for news about Descanso Café.
Patina also hosts select wine tasting and food events. Details.
Catering is also available for special events. Patina Restaurant Group is the exclusive caterer for Descanso Gardens. Contact them by phoning (213) 864-2241 or by email. View catering details.


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Key West, Fl. --
Authorities say about 20 Cubans found living on an offshore island along the Florida Keys have been detained, and some were receiving medical treatment.
The Monroe County Sheriff's office said in a statement Saturday that the Cubans might have been on the island for several days. Sheriff's spokeswoman Becky Herrin did not know their legal status or how they arrived on the island.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commissioned called police and medical units to a boat ramp on Big Coppitt Key, about 10 miles northeast of Key West, at about 4 p.m. Saturday.
The sheriff's office said eight of the Cubans were taken to Lower Keys Medical Center on Stock Island for treatment of minor ailments. U.S. Customs and Border Protection took custody of the Cubans.


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Project Manager (MTO) (10056BR) Thunder Bay District, Canada
We are seeking a Project Manager to join our team in Thunder Bay to manage our MTO projects.
Candidate Qualifications:
- Civil engineering degree from an accredited university with 10+ years' experience
- P.Eng. in Ontario or eligible to obtain licensure
- Must possess a strong relationship with the Ministry of Transportation – Ontario
- Demonstrated experience with design, contract administration, and staff management.
- Strong project management skills
- Strong oral and written communication skills are essential.
The Job:
- Coordinates, organizes and controls the activities of all project staff
- Establishes and maintains communications with MTO to ensure delivery of project requirements as per contractual agreements.
- Provide guidance of technical staff, client liaison, technical reviews, preparation of project specifications and technical reports and solving complex engineering problems.
- Assists in negotiating extra work and makes minor design changes
- Reviews contract design package to ensure calculations agree with contract
- Prepare project construction report.
The Company:
Hatch Mott MacDonald (HMM), a North American firm provides the advantage of a full-service engineering firm with a wide variety of career paths to choose from. Being a part of the HMM Team, provides the opportunity to work with dedicated professionals on a broad range of exciting projects. HMM, an equal opportunity employer, offers competitive benefits and is committed to developing the career of each employee.


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Posted: July 26, 2012 - 9:12am
When I download Zapper, the login says wrong password, then locks up and I have to control alt del to close the program. 3 different computers do this. It did work once but would not show my stars.
Marlin Costello
Posted: July 26, 2012 - 11:09am
Hi Marlin,
Thank you for your post about Zapper. This has to do with yesterday's migration to the cloud server and I am working on the problem. I will let you know when it is fixed.
Zapper is working again
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Zapper should be OK now.
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Riverside Senior Girls Basketball Team: My Site News
Seniors Win FRASER VALLEY CHAMPIONSHIPS Juniors second Rapid Nation is off to the BC's
Seniors knock off Brookswood 55 42
Juniors come up short in a great comeback lose to MEI 55 50
On to Provincials fo both teams !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tournament For Emily
Tournament For Emily
This tournament is about Healthy kids understanding that giving back is important.
We want to create awareness and make sure our players are giving back in the future.
Money raised
2012 9,443.07
2011 8200.00 (in memory of Nicole Eidsvyk)
2010 7700.00
2009 8800.00
2008 6100.00
2007 5400.00
2006 4200.00
2005 3300.00
2004 3100.00
Total $ 56,243.07
Friday, March 28
Friday, December 21
Tournament for Emily Results 2007
Tuesday, December 11
A tournament for Emily 2006
Riverside Girls on Provincial teams
Ex Rapid gets Bronze
Fraser Valley wins bronze medal
The University of the Fraser Valley Cascades looked to the bench for an answer against the Mount Royal Cougars in the bronze medal game, and it came in a small package.
Five-feet,five-inch guard Megan McAlister led her team to a 73-67 victory over Mount Royal today, with 12 points in the second half.
The Cougars started out the game the better team, led by second-year guard Jessica Gill, and a well-executed offence. They jumped out to a 10-point lead early, but Heather Boer"s strong play down low kept the Cascades close going into the half.
But McAlister's speed was too much for the Cougars defence, and UCFV eventually built a comfortable lead of their own, which they would never give up.
"She came off the bench and she was tremendous," said head coach Al Tuchscherer of McAlister's big performance.
"She's had a great weekend for us, but I think our team just gutted it out in the last three games and I'm really proud of how we played."
Friday, June 9
Girls from Riverside wins DC Spring league....
Jabog knocks off Predators
Wednesday, August 30
Ex Rapid in China
Arizona 2005
The Emily Fund
2004/2005 in review
Play with someone your own age.....
Sunday, December 15
Former Rapids Update
Friday, December 10
2004 Box Car Classic Dec 10,11 2004
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Wednesday, June 9
2004 Hockey Pool Winners
Spring Jabog
2004 Year in review
"This Website is the Ultimate"
--quote from Tri-City News Sports Writer Larry Pruner
"I wish more teams had a website like yours"
Quote from Dan Olsen, sportswriter for NOW Newspaper
Riverside Senior Girl's First Ever Trip To Provincials
The Riverside Senior Girl's beat Spectrum tonight in their backdoor game to gain their first ever berth to the AAA Provincials. The Rapids are extremely excited, and looking forward to being participants in the tournament instead of spectators at the tournament! Going in ranked 7th, the Rapids will face the 10th ranked Kelowna Owls in their first game at the 2004 provincials. Thanks to the fans who drove all the way out to Delta to catch the game and Good luck to the Girls! hey...we've come this far, why stop now?
Rapids win Dover Bay Classic
Wednesday, February 26
Way down the road the future looks bright
Tuesday, January 7
Sarah's poor teeth
Courtney Lebron Gerwing
Friday, December 6
Riverside goes 2-1 at the HSBC
Monday, December 2
Riverside Senior Girls Volleyball finishes 3rd
Monday, December 2
Riverside Senior Girls Volleyball finishes 3rd
Saturday, November 16
Rapids Volleyball-Senior Girls are Fraser Valley Champs
Tuesday, November 12
Sister Act II
Tuesday, November 12
Nicole Christensen out for 2002/2003
Courtney Gerwing goes to Nike Camp
Courtney Gerwing was one of 72 girls across
Canada to be selected to attend the Nike Camp in Toronto. Courtney is only in grade 11 as most of the girls invited are in Grade 12.
Wednesday, March 27
Kirsten Wood to join coaching staff
End of era
Here are the Fraser Valleys (The draw and scores)
Seniors go out in Style
Tuesday, February 12
Fraser Valley North League Tournament
Sunday, December 16
Friday, December 21
Riverside heading south for the holidays
Saturday, December 22
Rapids at .500 going into Christmas Break
Sunday, December 30
Rapids go 4-1 in the Desert good for third place.
Friday, January 4
Kelli Goes Down
Sunday, January 6
Gleneagle Tournament
Sunday, February 10
Rapids would be a good Softball team.
Riverside Indivdual Bests
Rapids win opener , but lose Stubbs
Riverside Senior girls win their opener as they beat McRoberts 58-31. Everyone got lots of action. Team captain Christina Stubbs turned her ankle (2nd degree sprain{ouch)) in the third quarter and will be missing for the next three weeks.
Who's that girl
Sunday, January 26
Updating the Web Stories
In the beginning they played softball
Gaby Salazar Assistant Coach
Game Change
The Maple Ridge game has been changed to 5:00, on Thursday the 11th
2003 Boxcar
Junior Girls
The Web Site
Last few weeks
Seniors Night
Fraser Valley's 2004
Courtney Gerwing Athlete Guest speaker at Awards Banquet
Tuesday, October 18
A Tournament for Emily Updated
2005/05 Grad game
Monday, April 10
2006 NHL HOCKEY POOL Enter Often Thanks for the support
Saturday, May 6
2005/2006 in review
Tuesday, January 15
JABOG ( just a bunch of girls) CLUB BASKETBALL
Jabog club team is looking for games we have a under 17 team and a 14 and under team. We have found a community gym and if you would like to play us . please contact me....firstname.lastname@example.com Paul Langford
We will travel as well
Jabog sessions are back Monday and Wednesday
Its time to get better
Wednesday, October 15
Where are they now
Sunday, February 5
Rapids to Calgary to participate in the Western Canada Tournament February 9th, 10 11th


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Washington, DC (Sports Network) - Mike Green scored the winner in the second
period and the Washington Capitals continued their playoff push with a 3-1 win
over the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday.
Troy Brouwer scored the other two goals while Braden Holtby posted 43 saves
for the Capitals, who are on a season-high six-game winning streak.
The win gives the Capitals 46 points on the season and they sit in first place
of the Southeast Division with a four-point lead over the Winnipeg Jets, who
are in action against Florida.
Carolina, meanwhile, continues in its free-fall as the team has lost 14 of its
last 15 games and sits near the bottom of the Eastern Conference standings.
Jeff Skinner had the lone goal of the game for the Hurricanes, who got 28
stops from Justin Peters.
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Rock Concert Raises Money to Fund Cancer Research
Daday, Eileen O., Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
The family of a Rolling Meadows woman who succumbed to cancer two years ago never expected her memory to drive a rock concert. But when the outcome benefits cancer research, they were willing to let their hair down.
Anita Tibbles, formerly of Rolling Meadows, was one of five women remembered at a cancer research fund-raiser held Sept. 9 at the Prairie Center for the Arts in Schaumburg. The bash brought five local rock bands on stage, whose performances benefited the California-based City of Hope.
Tibbles' brother, Danny Faillo of Schaumburg and a musician himself, conceived the idea. After losing his sister, he realized four other women close to him had succumbed to cancer in the prime of their lives: Susie Bove of Arlington Heights, Shirley Condron of Schaumburg, Leslie Anderson of Kildeer, and Grace Weitzman of Chicago.
Faillo serves as the president of one of the 15 Chicago-area chapters of City of Hope. The California-based treatment center is dedicated to the prevention, treatment and cure of cancer and other life-threatening diseases through innovative research and patient care. …


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The purpose of student organizations at Willamette University is to provide opportunities for the enhancement of academic, cultural, social and recreational aspects of student life through participation in group programs and activities. Every Willamette student has the opportunity to become involved in campus organizations!
Student organizations fall into one of ten categories. To browse student organizations, select a category below.
Academic Organizations
Contact Andrea Risolo & Advisor: David Craig
The purpose of the Animal Care club is to further the knowledge of the veterinary medicine profession, promote preparation for vet-school applications, provide support to potential applicants, and organize volunteer activities within the community pertaining to the field.
Contact Rachael Lew & Advisor: Ortwin Knorr
The Archaeology Club aims to engage students in extracurricular archaeological activities, projects and events. We hope to give students more hands-on learning opportunities.
Contact Paige Halas & Advisor: Karen Holman
The purpose of the Chemistry Club is to engage the Willamette community in chemistry-related activities both on campus and around Salem. The club provides teaching experience, along with training in lab safety techniques, for members who perform science demonstrations at local elementary and middle schools. The Chemistry Club also provides opportunities to learn about possible careers in chemistry. Science and humanities majors alike are welcome.
Contact Alyssa Perreault & Advisor: Michael Lockard
The Exercise Science club is designed to provide exercise students opportunities to explore different careers in the field and participate in curriculum-related field trips.
Contact Genevieve Gahagan & Advisor: Gaetano DeLeonibus
The French club's purpose is to promote the culture of the French speaking world on Willamette campus and to improve students' knowledge of this culture by providing them with an insight of francophone particularities that they cannot experience in the classroom (food movies, exhibits, music, etc.)
Contact Lauren White & Advisor: Aili Zheng
The German Club will provide a community setting for students of German and those with an interest in the German language and culture to broaden their learning through activities, informative gatherings, traditional festivals, and group excursions related to the subject of German.
Contact Jacob Koen Ruben & Advisor: Colin Starr
The purpose of the Willamette. University Math Club (WUMC) is to provide an environment in which members can explore extracurricular mathematics.
Contact Grace Pochis & Advisor: Jonathan Bucci
The purpose of this organization is to increase awareness and student involvement with the Hallie Ford Museum of Art and provide a variety of activities related to the museum.
Contact Jesse Sanchez & Advisor: Una Kimokeo-Goes
The Philomathean Society sponsors a series of public debates and other such opportunities for intellectual enlightenment of the Willamette University community and the Salem community at large. For more information about the Willamette Debate Union, visit their webpage: http://www.willamette.edu/cla/debate/
Contact Chantal Snedden & Advisor: Sammy Basu
The Pre-Law Society strives to promote a strong, supportive environment and provide informational resources for students interested in law school and a career in law by hosting events, guest speakers, informational seminars, and assisting in the application process among other opportunities.
Contact Elise Derby & Advisor: Matt Alex
Connecting students to professional resources.
Contact Anya Rogala & Advisor: Sarah Bishop
The purpose of the Russian Club is to promote awareness and a greater appreciation of the Russian culture and also to provide an opportunity for students of the Russian Department to associate and socialize.
Contact Holly Peterson & Advisor: Gustavo Fonseca
Spanish Club is a group for students who are interested in Spanish language and culture.
Contact Riley Francis & Advisor: Joe Bowersox
The purpose of Sustainable Forestry Club is to engage Willamette students in forestry education opportunities and applied forest management activities at Willamette's Zena Forest. Additional hands-on excursions will take us outside the Willamette bubble, to greater understand the silviculture practices in the Willamette Valley. The goal is to give students who are interested in forestry an avenue to explore their interest and gain field based skills by visiting and working in Willamette Valley forests.


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Red Cross puts out call for blood donors
Blood is going out faster than it is coming in.
The American Red Cross issued a news release urging all eligible people to donate blood and help restock the blood supply at the American Red Cross' facility in Ashley.
"Blood products were distributed to hospitals as quickly as the donations came in," said Colin Riccobon, communications manager of the Red Cross Northeastern Pennsylvania Blood Services Region. "The extraordinary number of cancellations in January was the equivalent of the Red Cross having to shut down its national operations for more than an entire day."
Riccobon says there is an urgent need for blood types O positive, O negative, A negative and B negative.
According to the release, the relentless winter has forced the cancellation of around 770 Red Cross blood drives across the nation.
If you are interested in donating blood, call 1-800-RED CROSS or visit redcrossblood.org to make an appointment or for more information.
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Thank you for taking your time to answer questions and for providing a unique and useful tool like MyBlogLog to all of us in the blogosphere. I have been a member since mid-November of last year and have found it very useful for finding relevant bloggers with the same interests and even found others outside of my normal vertical that I have found unique, inspiring and informative. To put it simply, it has opened my eyes to places on the Internet that I would never have found.
I know that MyBlogLog was created as to help bloggers track their visitors, but it has become so much more. I would feel safe by saying that it has become the premier Internet property for blog networking. I would like to know more about what you are thinking.
pittfall – Where is MyBlogLog headed, what is the vision of MyBlogLog's future?
Scott – We're largely going to be sticking to our knitting — getting our widget installed wherever it makes sense, both inside and outside of Yahoo! It generates a ton of reader-writer and reader-reader connections that make people happy, and we're all about making people happy.
pittfall – How has your acquisition by Yahoo! effected growth?
Scott – It sped us up, but not a ton yet. We'll really get cranking as other Y! properties start including us.
pittfall – What new improvements can users, like myself, see since MyBlogLog has become a Yahoo property?
Scott – Performance, better identity management (i.e. Yahoo! IDs), APIs, and other bits which I can't disclose.
pittfall – Recently, the New York Post announced that Yahoo has planned new domains to link their online social properties together. I have seen some integration of bix, but where does MyBlogLog fit in the hierarchy of Yahoo's "Brand Universe?"
Scott – We're clearly entering that Universe but the trajectory is not clear yet.
pittfall – Are there any new widgets that we can look forward to?
Scott – We're slicing and dicing the data a number of different ways that we'll make widgets out of. The greatest number of requests involved "Most Frequent/Best Visitors" rather than "Who Visited Last".
pittfall – Is there any plan for MyBlogLog to offer a developer area?
Scott – YES!
pittfall – Based upon a recent interview, it is extremely interesting that you met Eric through LinkedIn, another social networking website. Have you ever considered the irony?
Scott – I don't see it as ironic at all. Social networks are lead to great productivity, socially, professionally, intellectually, however.
pittfall – I enjoy learning and reading about the social aspects of communities and the affects upon Search Engine Optimization. What does MyBlogLog offer online marketers that other social networking websites like myspace and facebook do not?
Scott – We're focused on your site and your search engine ranking. We want to minimize the amount of distraction we create between you and your readers — that's what the private label communities will be all about.
pittfall – Do you think that you are directly competing with other online social community portals, and if so, what steps are you taking to address options that are available elsewhere and not currently on MyBlogLog?
Scott – We compete a lot more with the memetrackers than other social networks. We help you find new interesting things to read, based on what other readers are doing — not based on a bunch of elite linkblogging applications. People use us for site discovery, so the stereotypical social network apps are secondary to us.
pittfall – You have stated that MyBlogLog is gaining, on average, a 2% growth rate daily. How long do you think that MyBlogLog can maintain this?
Scott – Once we do a better job integrating with Yahoo, it should speed up a lot a year or so. We won't have many 5% days, but I expect a few.
pittfall – I can personally say that MyBlogLog has pulled me into a social environment that really did not interest me at first glance; however, it has become more than just a way to connect with your readers. What is MyBlogLog doing to promote your services?
Scott – Site design needs to improve, but we think that our current efforts are just about right. We just want more and more widget distribution. It will draw people in as they are ready. Browbeating doesn't work.
pittfall – Scott, if I may call you that, it has been a pleasure to speak with you and I would like to thank you for your efforts at MyBlogLog and for taking the time to respond to users. You exemplify the CEO that everyone would be grateful to work with and you portrayed a great leader and team player. I look forward to what MyBlogLog has coming for all of us.
Scott – My father wouldn't even let you call him Mr. Rafer. The most polite thing you can use is "Scott," and I'll answer to much worse.
MyBlogLog, before the Yahoo! acquisition, was gaining ground and becoming a valuable resource in the online social community. Now, with the help of Yahoo!, they stand to become a household name and help Yahoo! strengthen their presence online.
Here are a few Alexa charts for activity on MyBlogLog:
Daily Reach
Page Views
If the graphs above don't spell success, I'm not sure what would.


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Images: 'Death from Below' practices primary mission [Image 6 of 7]
Photo by Lance Cpl. Cory D. Polom
A Marine fires a PL-87 Stinger missile at a drone from Onslow Beach on Camp Lejeune during the night fire portion of 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion's live-fire exercise April 16. More than 60 Marines engaged multiple targets during the two-day event, firing 60 Stinger missiles and 5,000 rounds of both 7.62 mm and .50-caliber machine gun rounds.
This work, 'Death from Below' practices primary mission [Image 1 of 7], by LCpl Cory D. Polom, identified by DVIDS, is free of known copyright restrictions under U.S. copyright law.
Date Taken:04.16.2013
Date Posted:04.24.2013 15:37
Photo ID:914184
Size:2.96 MB
Location:MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, US
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'Death from Below' practices primary mission


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US Presidents
Checks and Balances System
Help your student learn the government principle of checks and balances with this worksheet. He'll learn key terms with a word search puzzle and a quick quiz.
Branches of the U.S. Government
Test your middle schooler's knowledge of our government system with a fill in the blanks diagram.
U.S. Presidents: Matching Game I
How well do you know your country's past presidents? Here is a challenging series of match-up games, featuring U.S. presidents!
U.S. Presidents: Matching Game IV
Do you know your U.S. presidents? This challenging series of match-up games is sure to baffle even the most serious history buffs!
U.S. Presidents: Matching Game II
Challenge your student's knowledge of the U.S. presidents with this series of match-up games.
U.S. Presidents: Matching Game VII
Here's a great test of your student's knowledge about U.S. history! See if he can match up all the presidents with their mini biographies.
U.S. Presidents: Matching Game VI
How well does your student know his country's past presidents? Here is a challenging series of match-up games, featuring U.S. presidents!
U.S. Presidents: Matching Game III
History buffs, get ready to learn everything you ever wanted to know about all of our U.S. presidents with a fun matching game!
U.S. Presidents: Matching Game V
How many of our presidents can you name? Challenge your middle school student with this great series of match-up games, featuring U.S. presidents!
Presidential Timeline
Make a quick trip in time to learn U.S. history and a presidential time line! You might be surprised how much change packed in from 1939 to 1990.
U.S. Presidents: Matching Game VIII
Give your middle school student a challenge with this great matching game, featuring the U.S. presidents!


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Physicists at the University of California, Los Angeles, have created the world's smallest incandescent lamp using a filament made from a single carbon nanotube only 100 atoms wide. Invisible to the untrained eye, the filament appears as a tiny point of light when the lamp is turned on. Even with the best optical microscope it is only just possible to resolve the nanotube's non-zero length. The team uses an electron microscope capable of atomic resolution to image the filament's true structure. This artist's rendering shows the two techniques used to "see" the carbon nanotube lamp: Visible light microscopy (top) and electron microscopy (middle).
The research was supported by a Natoinal Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award (grant DMR 07-48880).
To learn more about this research, see the Science Daily news story Physicists Create World's Smallest Incandescent Lamp. (Date of Image: May 2009) [See related image Here.]


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Event Detail
Official Lotus After Party with Beard-o-Bees & Luke the Knife
event description
Lotus performs three nights at Brooklyn Bowl, April 14-16, and Giant Step is pleased to present the official after party on Wednesday night at the Panther Room. Join us as Beard-o-Bees (Jesse Miller) and Luke the Knife (Luke Miller) keep the party going until the early morning.
Beard-o-Bees (Facebook)
Jesse Miller (bassist/composer for Lotus) takes "button pushing" to a whole new level as Beard-o-Bees. Using several LED grid controllers, his own custom designed software, Moog synths, and a melodica, he plays parts and builds beats in real time, manipulating and mixing sounds for a truly unique electronic performance of original music and remixes.
The latest Beard-o-Bees release, Imperfect Grid, is built upon melodies, bass lines and sounds crafted using Miller's analog synthesizer collection and meticulously edited to create dance-oriented electronic music. Tracks such as "Juneau Empire" contrast catchy synth hooks with quick cuts over a four-to-the-floor beat while "Lomi" is a cinematic piece of minimalism built on a deep, gritty two-step beat and expanding with layers of piano, cello, and glockenspiel.
Luke the Knife (Facebook)
After nearly 10 years of composing and playing guitar and keyboards for the band Lotus, Luke Miller turns his musical skills and experience towards the DJ booth. The idea was to bring funk and disco back to the dance floor in an EDM world that's sounding more and more digitized. In the Fall of 2012, Luke started working on remixing and re-editing tracks, and by the end of December, Luke the Knife was born.
Performing both standard DJ sets and live sets that incorporate guitar and keys along with guest drummers, percussionists, and saxophonists, Luke the Knife started with a few packed shows in Colorado, where he currently resides. For the first show outside the state, he sold out B.B. King's Lucille's Room in Times Square for a 2 1/2 hour dance party that left people asking for more, even at 4 in the morning. Now, he is hitting the road to open up for Chicago's electronic rock stalwarts Future Rock on select dates, including New York City, Philadelphia, and Chicago.
Harkening back to the days when editing tape required an X-Acto Number 2, Luke's cuts merge the old and the new, utilizing modern production techniques to give a bigger punch to the funky tracks of yore. Luke has released over 20 remixes/re-edits and 8 continuous mixes that have been streamed and downloaded on SoundCloud. The response has been strong for both releases and live shows, with The Untz stating, "This is booty-shaking music," and Live for Live Music proclaiming, "[Luke] blends a healthy mix of Funk, Disco and Dance for a mind-blowing performance."
ticket information
Advanced Price: $10.00
Door Price: $15.00


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On 7 and 8 Jul 2012, from 10am to 6pm, Marina Barrage will be transformed into a Mecca for kite flying lovers. They can expect fun activities like kite making, wind gardens and fringe programmes. We are also welcoming back international professional kite fliers including the teams from New Zealand, USA, Australia, France, Sweden, Korea, Japan, Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand.
Date/time: 7 & 8 July (10am to 6pm)
Admission: Free
Come join us on this fun-filled weekend! Admission to this event is free.
Eco Wind Garden Workshop
Make your own windmills and plants out of recyclable materials and plant them in our "Wind Garden"
Kite Flying Workshop
Learn how to take over the sky with the right kite flying techniques and tricks.
Kite Making Workshop
Design and craft your own kites with eco-friendly materials. Express your artistic side and make your very own kite!
Lolli- Drop
A fun activity for kids where they can catch mini parachutes with sweets attached! Over 100 mini parachutes will be dropped each time!
International Fliers
A group of international fliers from different countries will be present to display their beautiful kites, demonstrate their kite skills and show off with stunt displays.
Here are just some of the mind-blowing kites in store for you!
How to Get There
SBS 400 bus service between Marina Bay MRT Station and Marina Barrage
Take Exit A from Marina Bay MRT - The public bus stop


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We are proud of all of the sites we work with, but lately, we are kind of glowing about what's going on over at RUBEGOLDBERG.COM . About a year ago, Section 101 was tasked with bringing the brand online so people could finally see the amazing detail of what Rube did. We became a partner in getting the brand onto the web and in to the brains of kids who may have never come across Rube's contraptions otherwise; the site showcases over 200 pieces of his work, none of which had never been seen or experienced before.
In 1988 the first National Rube Goldberg Machine Contest for high school and college students was launched. It has become a huge success, with past winners appearing on The Tonight Show, Late Night With David Letterman, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, The Today Show, CBS's This Morning, CNN and Good Morning America. The RGMC now has the honor of being one of Purdue University's largest non-sports media events.
This year, for the first time ever, Section 101 helped to launch the International Online Rube Goldberg Machine Contest. Geared for children ages 11-14, this contest serves as a way to introduce Rube's concepts to a brand new generation. The task for this inaugural contest was to inflate a balloon a pop it (complex solutions for simple tasks). Each team had an adult leader, as well as a team captain, and teams were given their own page on the Rube Goldberg web site, which they could customize with fun answers to a Q&A as well as a 'step list' detailing their methodology. After coming up with a mechanism, the team had to film, and post, their submission on YouTube, which would be judged by both an expert panel (including 2 members of the band OK GO and the Legacy Director of Rube Goldberg Inc) and "regular folks" who could vote for the People's Choice Award. One of the things we're most proud of was the integration of all aspects of social media with the Rube Goldberg website. All the teams not only had their official page on the site, featuring information about team members and the school they were from, but they also used Twitter and Facebook pages to help promote their submission on YouTube.
If you haven't had a chance, you should take a look at the Rube Goldberg website and watch the videos from the three finalists at http://rubegoldberg.com/. The site has already announced 2013's task (hammering a nail), and we're excited to see how this concept will continue to grow. Personally, this is one of my favorite types of projects, to be honest. It showcases the best of the web in so many ways, bringing people of all ages together and teaching them something they didn't know before.
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Hi all,
One of my clients is running ZCS 5.0.2 NE and they just recently asked about enabling Out of Office for someone who is traveling for the next few weeks.
I have enabled the Out of Office feature for the COS, but I don't seem to find anywhere to set it in the web client, other than "Enable auto-responder". Is this what the user should enable? Or is there an actual out of office feature they can enable?