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Analysts tell us that Unix is setting, Linux is rising and Windows will always be the reason microcomputers exist. The market share Unix loses will get snapped up by Linux such that by the end of the decade, a third or more of all servers will be running Linux. My job would be so much easier if I could create five-year projections with a search-and-replace that changes all instances of "U" to "Li".
This business about Linux effortlessly coasting to a silver medal is crap. It is based on the presumption that Linux is running for that position unopposed; if Linux avoids getting creamed by Windows, victory is assured. Is it possible that by 2009 IT may find itself with something it likes better? Do analysts really believe that IT is that predictable when it comes to mission-critical technology? If there's any area where it's worth doing homework, it's OSes. IT knows that.
With Sun's recent delivery of Open Solaris, Unix, which Linux was created to counter, has surpassed Linux. Solaris 10 and Mac OS X Server 10.4 (Tiger, whose open source counterpart is Darwin 8, based on BSD Unix) were born as mission-critical, scalable, secure, stable, and portable OSes.
Linux grew into those roles, but while Linux was firming its foundation, Sun, Apple, and, before Apple, NeXT were building on OSes that were already proven bullet-proof.
Now that Solaris and Darwin are open source, they share Linux's endearing traits and have the benefit of being developed and supported in-house by the fourth- and fifth-largest makers of computer systems (ranked by sales: IBM, HP, Dell, Sun, and Apple).
Ironically, commercial Linux server software is now encumbered, and two multibillion-dollar companies are offering thoroughly validated alternatives that are free for do-it-yourselfers, are quite affordable for others and enjoy broad community support in their free and commercial forms.
Solaris is a ubiquitous target for open source projects and is 100 per cent source-code compatible with Solaris 10 for Sparc. Solaris 10 has plenty of commercial server application support.
OS X Server 10.4/Darwin 8 has considerable catching up to do in that department, but OS X Server destroys all Unix and Unix-like OSes as a turnkey package.
If I seem to be blending the open and commercial editions of Solaris and OS X/Darwin too freely, I admit I see them as I see Linux. From IT's point of view, OS freeware is a try-and-buy edition of the supported commercial software IT trusts. Open Solaris is a lure for Solaris 10, just as Darwin is a lure for OS X. Freeware Linux is the gateway to Red Hat and Novell/Suse. Freeware always attracts developers. Linux didn't start life that way, but it's in that position now.
System V and BSD Unix started life decades ago with charters that made AT&T and the University of California at Berkeley answerable to some tough customers. Linux eclipsed closed Unix by virtue of its openness.
But now Linux's appeal is diluted by the opening up and broad availability of enterprise Unix from Sun and Apple.
So the formula has changed: Closed Unix will lose market share, but Linux will not take over those numbers and dollars by default. It'll have to fight for them, and Sun and Apple are well-positioned to make IT consider open Unix alongside Linux as it phases out its proprietary solutions.


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This book, Why Liberalism Failed won't be out for a couple months yet but I found this blurb by the author, Patrick J. Deneen:
Has liberalism failed because it has succeeded?
Of the three dominant ideologies of the twentieth centuryfascism, communism, and liberalismonly the last remains. This has created a peculiar situation in which liberalisms proponents tend to forget that it is an ideology and not the natural end-state of human political evolution. As Patrick Deneen argues in this provocative book, liberalism is built on a foundation of contradictions: it trumpets equal rights while fostering incomparable material inequality; its legitimacy rests on consent, yet it discourages civic commitments in favor of privatism; and in its pursuit of individual autonomy, it has given rise to the most far-reaching, comprehensive state system in human history.Here, Deneen offers an astringent warning that the centripetal forces now at work on our political culture are not superficial flaws but inherent features of a system whose success is generating its own failure.
Don't mistake here liberalism for modern progressive liberal, consider it classical liberalism, still adhered to by libertarians, the progressive liberal offshoot, and the conservative reaction to the progressivism.
Some might quibble with his selection of fascism, instead of, say, nazism. Communism I would assume includes socialism.
Topic is fairly open, but please if you post contribute to discussion.

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Your Best Musical Moments of 2007? - Guardian UK
Now this is pretty cool. The Guardian is asking for reader responses to the question of what was their best musical moment of the past year. As a prize the reader receives what the Guardian considers the best ten albums of the year. It's this kind of interactivity that makes digital media (of both varieties) so compelling. A regular print paper couldn't do this sort of thing, or at least not very well. I give the Guardian high points for taking such an approach.
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30 hand picked films. A new one every day
Mousketeer Jerry has a love letter to deliver to darling Lilli. He gives it to his young pupil, who has a hard time getting past Tom to deliver it, but he does. They send a few more letters back and forth, at great pain to the youngster.


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This post seems to be delayed a little....but Existing is now live on Amazon!!
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Our 2016 Recap: Small Wins Make a Huge Impact
2016 has been a year of change for Team Rustic Walks. It was our first full year of living together, which gave us a surprising insight into what was working for us and what wasn't. Things like spending willy-nilly, letting our health decline, and filling our home with excess stuff. We saw these problems, and we made a pledge to fix them. By the end of 2016, we wanted to give ourselves space physically and mentally to figure out what's truly important.


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As much of a shut-in as I am, I don't mind drinking from time to time. It's not that I ever get drunk alone—I mean, I thought about it once, but I got bored and read a book instead. But I've never been opposed to drinking. I realize that even though it's legal, it is a drug, and it has ruined people's lives. But I've always been a proponent of libertarian principles. As long as I'm not ruining anyone else's life, I see no harm in getting a little intoxicated now and again. And even though it was just me and Laura getting sauced, I was totally down for it.
One of our favourite shows was on when we sat down with shot glasses and various sorts of alcohol, and Laura immediately invented a drinking game. "Every time the laugh track goes off, we take a shot," she declared. Unoriginal, but effective.
We settled on just a sip every time it happened; I had pointed out that that many shots in such a short frame of time could actually kill a person, and she agreed. We each took about eight shots once the episode was done, and that had been with small slurps, too. Before 9:30 hit, both of us were pleasantly drunk. I wasn't sure about Laura, but I felt like I was just poisoned enough to feel lightheaded and completely joyous without any trace of nausea. I was also on a fit of giggles that I couldn't quash. This inevitably drew giggles out of Laura, too.
"What's so funny?" she asked through her laughter.
"I dunno," I said, tears in my eyes.
She keeled over in silent fits, landing in my lap. I leaned back into the sofa, squeezing my eyes shut and feeling the cramp in my side tighten. For some reason, this only made me laugh harder.
"What—what are you thinking right now?" she asked between gasps.
"I was just thinking about—" I began laughing hard again.
"Titty booze—"
Laura guffawed and put her glass down, as if she'd sensed she'd spill her drink all over herself if she didn't. We held on to each other, busting our guts. "Why'd you call it that?" I asked.
"I like titties," she whined. We howled together.
"Really?" I asked, still not taking her seriously.
"Yeah!" she said, straightening up. Then her eyes grew wide and she pulled her mouth into a tight O. "Oh, let's play a new game! Okay"—she straightened up and crossed her legs on the couch facing me, and I mirrored her posture—"I tell you a secret of mine, and then you tell me a secret, and whoever has the more embarrassing story gets to tell the other how much to drink!"
"Who's the judge of which story is more embarrassing?" I asked.
"We'll deal with that later," she declared, waving a hand dismissively. "Okay, so, this happened maybe... three years ago? Just a few months before graduation. Anyway, this guy from the other class... Lars—yeah, Lars!—walked in on me and Portia once."
I blinked. "What?" My laughs were flickering out like a dying fire.
"Yeah, remember Portia?"
Portia was this small Latino girl that was renowned around the school for being a little promiscuous. She couldn't have weighed more than one hundred pounds at any given time, and was mostly just small all over. As small a girl as she was, though, she packed a lot of sex appeal, and usually liked to flaunt it to her max. So I said yes, I remembered her well, then swallowed.
"Portia and I made this deal to meet each other every other day in third block in the library staff bathroom—because no one ever used it anyway—and we'd... you know... fool around." Laura took the time to giggle and reach for her shot glass, but she stopped, hissed at herself, and muttered something about drinking afterwards. "Anyway, we got started doing that at a party at the beginning of the year, then we just... started doing it at school. At first we'd just make out and stuff, but things got a little heavier the more safe we felt in the bathroom. That day she leaned against the bathroom wall and I pulled her top up over her chest. I started experimenting with her tits—pinching her nipples mostly—and just as she was starting to look real hot and bothered... Lars walked in!"
I was suddenly aware of a knot that had grown in my stomach, and when I tried to say, "Oh, really?" I realized my mouth was too dry to speak. So I made a weird noise at the back of my throat which I was able to pass off as a confirmation.
"Portia shrieked and ran out of the bathroom—with her shirt back on, of course—and Lars all but booked it out of the library. The next time Portia and I met, she didn't feel so safe anymore. And for good reason, too—we found out Lars was peeking in on us again!
"We caught him about the third time after hanging outside the bathroom door. He'd figured out our schedule and came by every second day during the third block to listen. At first I acted disgusted and annoyed that my private time with Portia was being ruined by this pervert, but just when I thought it was all over, Portia said I should invite him in.
"So, at this point, I'd felt a little nervous. I mean, I'd never really done anything with a guy before. Even around a guy. But I opened the door a crack, and before he could run away again, I whispered for him to come in.
"We let him sit on the can while we made out, and... well, that's when I like to consider the time I lost my virginity."
I gulped and tried to make it unnoticeable, and let her continue.
"Portia suddenly became more—vivid. I suppose she felt in her element—she'd slept with guys before. She took off my top and slid my shorts down over my ass, then shoved me against the wall and fingered me while grinding the palm of her hand against my clit."
Normally at this point I would have felt uncomfortable and asked her to stop. But luckily for her I was liquored up on booze. And lucky for me, I was really enjoying this story, and successfully hiding it. At least I was really trying to.
"That was the first time I saw a penis, too. Lars jerked off on the seat while she fondled me, and as I started to come, he made a mess all over himself. Then after that she showed me how to do it to her. She asked him to come fondle her while I did it, and... I guess it sort of became a threesome. I didn't have sex with him at all, but we were kind of up close and personal.
"Portia asked me if I liked Lars being there, and I said I kind of did. But she started asking him to come every time to join us, and I started to back out. Then it just became the two of them screwing in the bathroom every other afternoon."
"Did you keep fooling around with just her?" I asked, not really knowing why I'd have the gal to ask such a thing. I was probably just caught up in the moment.
"Yeah, we did. Just not on a regular basis. Actually, at an end of the year party we had, her and I got sloshed, and she went down on me. God, that was actually one of the best lays I've ever had!"
I could actually feel my cheeks and chest flush. I had no idea Laura was so extroverted and experienced. I mean, I always knew throughout high school that she went to parties and sometimes got into things kids our age weren't supposed to, but I thought for the most part that she and I were relatively similar when it came to sexual stuff. I knew she was really attractive and a lot of boys swooned over her, but considering how she acted around them, and the fact that she never talked about this kind of stuff before, I just assumed she was conservative.
Before I could censor the words coming out of my mouth, I asked: "What was it like?"
I immediately seized up in embarrassment, but Laura carried on as if I'd asked her about the weather. "Oh... you know when a guy goes down on you and he starts with the small licks in all the outer reaches before he gets to the sweet spot? How it aches in your thighs and your stomach?"
I could actually feel something like that between my legs. I shook my head slightly. "No."
"Well, it was twice as—wait, what?"
I forgot to breathe for a second. "I...."
"You said you don't know what it feels like?" Laura said, flabbergasted. "Well, what about sex?"
"I... um. Don't know."
Laura tilted her head forward and looked up at me disbelievingly. "What, you mean... never? Not even, like, petting, or anything?"
I pretended to be interested in my fingernails resting in my lap.
"Oh my God," Laura cried, her voice growing louder with each word until she shouted. "You're a virgin? And—oh! Shit, Audrey, you let me keep talking about that! Oh, fuck, fuck, fuck, I forgot I never talk about that stuff with you!"
"I didn't mind," I said in a small voice, now feeling like a child must when she was caught doing something she shouldn't have. I was still looking at my fingernails.
"You didn't... mind," she repeated.
I shrugged. When I glanced up at her, a different look was on her face, and I felt my stomach lurch and warm up as butterflies flapped around inside me.
"Audi... do you mind if I kiss you right now?" she whispered.
I felt my cheeks burn like they were neon signs saying TAKE ME. "No," I whispered back.


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Education team
Lea Dunbar
Education Manager
Education Manager
Lea Dorothy Dunbar is a South African actress with an Honours Degree in Drama from the University of Cape Town. She started her educational career teaching Drama as part of the Arts and Culture syllabus in South African schools. After teaching for several schools and institutions she became the Head of the Drama Department at a local college for two years. Upon moving to Germany she divided her time between Cape Town, where she worked as a film and TV actress, and Frankfurt where she taught English, Afrikaans and Drama. She joined the English Theatre's Educational team several years ago under the mentorship of Michael Gonszar. Since then she has conducted classes and workshops related to English Theatre Productions as well as participating in the English Theatre's Words in Action and Drama Network programme, bringing theatre in to local schools. Lea has also been involved with the Altana Stiftung and TUSCH initiatives as a representative artist from the English Theatre. She has performed on the English Theatre's stage in the Drama Club productions, A Brave New World, The Threepenny Opera ,The Crucible, The Black Rider, Alice in Wonderland and Living with Lady Macbeth. Lea is now working in an administrative role as Education Manager, organising the various programmes offered by the Education Department and directs the Plays for Young Audiences.
Jim Phetterplace
Actor, Director
Actor, Director
Jim Phetterplace Jr. is an American theatre professional living near Aschaffenburg. He studied acting and directing for the stage at Illinois Wesleyan University, after which he spent eight years performing, directing and stage managing in the Chicago metropolitan area. After a fifteen-year hiatus from the stage, during which he learned German, studied theoretical linguistics at the Goethe University in Frankfurt and applied linguistics at the University of Leicester, and taught English and presentation techniques to international companies at their locations in Europe and around the world, he returned to his original love: the stage. In 2016, Jim was on stage in The LOFT's production of The Tempest and directed Our Country's Good for the Frankfurt English Speaking Theatre e.V. In 2016 Jim became part of the the English Theatre Frankfurt's educational programme by coaching Words in Action and running theatre workshops. He is acting Education Manager during Ms Dunbar's maternity leave.
Tracey Mitchem
Performer, Director and Theatre Pedagogue
Performer, Director and Theatre Pedagogue
Tracey Mitchem was born in Wiesbaden to an American military family. She studied music and theatre at the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco, California. Her stage appearances in the USA include included leading roles in Mame, Oklahoma, Ain't Misbehavin', Hello Dolly, Kismet, and Cinderella and Pippin amongst others. Tracey also appeared in the television series Fame (produced in Hollywood, California) .In New York City Tracey landed a leading role in the new musical The Tap Dance Kid on Broadway. During this time Tracey studied dance with Maurice Hines of the world famous dance team The Hines Brothers. Tracey is also very experienced in vocal coaching as so she studied classical voice under Madam Luba Tcheresky. Thereafter Tracey began performing with several opera companies throughout New York City and California. Tracey's 2008 move to Frankfurt gave her the opportunity to expand her private voice and performance studio, where she provides acting and singing classes to students of all ages. Tracey currently works as a theatre pedagogue for the English Theatre, where she runs workshops for school groups and creates and directs theatre productions for the childrens´charity, Arche.
Conor Doyle
Actor, Improvisor and Theatre Pedagogue
Actor, Improvisor and Theatre Pedagogue
Conor Doyle is an Irish performer and theatre practitioner. He recieved his training in Dublin at the DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama. Thereafter he continued his studies in Toronto, Canada where he studied Comedy Writing and Performance. Conor is involved with the English Improvisational comedy scene in Frankfurt, as well as performing with the following groups such as The Loft, FEST and TLS. Conor became involved with the English Theatre as an actor, performing in the play for young audiences, The Canterville Ghost. Since then Conor has become part of the Education Team, running workshops for teachers and students.
Sophia Anna
Actor, Dance Captain
Actor, Dance Captain
Sophia-Anna Isabel Anspach is an actress based in Frankfurt. After an injury forced her to discontinue dancing she decided to study acting and graduated from the Wiesbaden Theatre Drama School in 2013. After graduating, she moved to the UK to be surrounded by native English Speakers and lived in London and Brighton where she worked as a translator. Sophia has performed in Frankfurt in Goethes Faust 2 at the Schauspiel Frankfurt and Constellations at the Theater Landungsbrucke. She was hired as an actress to perform in the Plays for Young Audience Programme at the English Theatre and has since performed to over 15 000 school goers in The Witches, Cinderella and The Canterville Ghost. Sophia´s expertise lies in running workshops for older students, particularly dealing with classic literature, and she is the resident dance captain for the Plays For Young Audiences.
Kumari Helbling
Musical Theatre actor & Pedagogue
Musical Theatre actor & Pedagogue
Kumari is a multi-cultural musical theatre actress and dance pedagogue, educated in Germany, Switzerland and the United States. She completed her diploma in Musical theatre in 2013 from the Academy of stage arts and has most recently received training in New York from the Broadway Dance Centre. Kumari has experience in working with children through her work with Stagecoach in Frankfurt and Wiesbaden. She is also a qualified ballet pedagogue, givng instruction to children and teenagers. Her stage performances include: Das Mannheimer Dschungelbuch (Frankfurt), Running State of Mind (New York), Othello (Klingenberg), Dracula (Klingenberg), Sugar – Manche mögen ́s heiss (Bad Vilbel). Kumari also appears in the role of Ella as a member of a close harmony trio called "The Sugar Sisters", which was founded in 2014.
Nami Miwa
Dancer, Choreographer
Dancer, Choreographer
Nami Miwa is a Japanese American dancer and performer living in Frankfurt. She graduated from the Walnut Hill School For The Arts as a dance major with honours. She later attended the Fordham University for their BFA program with The Ailey School in New York, under the direction of Milton Myers, Ana Marie Forsythe, and Dudley Williams. In 2014, she moved to Frankfurt to attend the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst under the direction of Dieter Heitkamp, Marc Spradling, and Nora Kimball. Nami has performed works by William Forsythe, Regina van Berkel, Dieter Heitkamp, Marguerite Donlon and others. She has recently worked on collaborations with visual artist Franziska Wildt for an installation/film, and actress Gesa Köhler for a performance. Nami started working in The English Theatre through the Drama Club production of Romeo and Juliet and The Blue Room and now works as part of the educational team running movement and choreography workshops.


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The problem with buying apartments in Lebanon is this: NO STRATA.....
therefore, no maintenance on the whole building so after time it gets run down.
oh they tell you there is a fund etc for building maintenance but where does the money for the fund come from, well the owners of the apartments of course, NONE OF WHOM would pay a cent into said fund lol.
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Avec une superficie totale de 6,099 km2 and a population of 1,109,600 personnes, Quang Ninh is one of the biggest provinces along the northeastern coastline of Vietnam.
Quang Ninh's nickname, the Secure Serenity, somehow tells us a lot about that peaceful and spectacular land. It is home to the famous UNESCO's World Heritage Site: Ha Long Bay, which belongs to the province's capital: Ha Long City.
Global, Quang Ninh is a mountainous region. Nearly 80% of its area is mountains with land, forests and mineral resources. Donc, it is not surprising to find out that the majority of coal output in Vietnam comes from Quang Ninh. The abundance of land, mountains and resources allow Quang Ninh's government to extract not only coal but also many other minerals. Cependant, what makes Quang Ninh famous is, as indicated above, Ha Long Bay. Among the province's 2000 islands (2/3 of the country islands), 1969 of them are located in Ha Long Bay. 989 of those islands have their own name describing their shape, location or myth.
The province has a typical climate of Vietnam's northern region, featuring four seasons: le printemps, l'été, automne, et en hiver. Monsoons reign over the summer, especially in July and Augustwhen it is hot, humid and rainy. The average annual temperature is about 23oC (73.4oF). In winter, it is pretty cold and dry; the lowest temperature can be down to 1oC (33.8oF). Cependant, the average humidity is still above 80%.
Il y a 21 ethnic groups in Quang Ninh, but only 6 of them have large population of over 1,000 personnes. These ethnic groups include the Viet (entreprise), Dao, Tay, San Diu, San Chi and Hoa. They form their own communities with distinctive cultural features. Some of them even have own dialect or language. The other ethnic groups have comparatively small population and originally migrate from remote centers in Tay Nguyen, ViĂŞt-Nam.
There is never enough time to explore Quang Ninh as it has so many beautiful beaches and natural sights such as Ha Long Bay, BaiTu Long Bay, Tra Co Beach, Co Pour île, etc. as well as historical relics such as Yen Tu Pagoda, Cua Ong Temple, Bach Dang historical site, etc. With a wide range of services available, Quang Ninh attracts a large wave of tourists every year.


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Uma Thurman Supports Time's Up While Backstage on Broadway
Uma Thurman throws her hands in the air while showing her support for the Time's Up movement while backstage at her play The Parisian Woman on Sunday (January 7) in New York City.
The 47-year-old actress has been a vocal supporter of the #MeToo movement and her response to Harvey Weinstein's alleged actions made headlines back in November.
Uma wasn't able to join the rest of the Time's Up pioneers at the Golden Globes this weekend as she's starring on Broadway at the moment, but she made sure to show her support from the other coast.
"girl pile, in support of all. #timesup #notmenow #stophate #staytuned love only love, we will cross over everything else. �"�Dorian Mckaie," Uma captioned a photo on Instagram that showed her and her friends watching the Globes together.
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TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – A devastating prison fire that killed 360 inmates in a Honduran penitentiary was likely caused by a candle or cigarette that set a mattress alight, investigators said yesterday.
Danelia Ferrera, a senior official in Honduras' attorney general's office, said an investigation involving Honduran and US agents found no signs that arsonists set the fire in the Comayagua prison north of the capital, Tegucigalpa.
One of the worst jail block fires in history spread through the prison on Feb. 14, burning prisoners alive or asphyxiating them as they were trapped in their cells.
"The local and international experts that have investigated this episode have concluded that the origin of the fire was an accident, that there was no gasoline, explosions or short circuits," Ferrera said.
"It is suspected that somebody was smoking or had a candle that started the fire. There was no criminal hand."
Honduras requested help from the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to assist with the probe.
The ATF supported the conclusions of Honduran authorities, saying that the cause of the tragic blaze was accidental.
"The cause of the fire is believed to have been an open flame – the source of which could include, but is not limited to, a cigarette, a lighter, matches, etc. – although the actual ignition source was not recovered," the agency said in a statement.
The explanation given by Honduran and US officials was rejected by some grieving family members camped out near the morgue in Tegucigalpa waiting to identify the bodies of their loved ones. Suyapa Tejeda, whose husband died in the prison, said she was not convinced that a cigarette or candle could have caused such a catastrophic blaze.
"This was premeditated and they are not going to convince me otherwise," Tejeda said. "They were murdered and they should find those responsible."
Family members have pointed to a number of suspicious circumstances around the fire.
In a video taken by a resident living close to the prison, gunshots could be heard rattling out while the fire blazed.
Police said they were firing warning shots in the air to stop inmates escaping. However, one prisoner told Reuters he saw police officers firing at prisoners.
The local fire chief also said police in charge of the prison did not let his crew enter the penitentiary for about 30 minutes to fight the blaze.
Honduras suffers from the highest murder rate per capita in the world and has more than 13,000 inmates in prisons designed for 8,000 people.


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EDMONDS — I've been a fan of clam chowder since I was a kid.
I'm from Nebraska, though, so most if not all of the chowder I ate growing up was from a can.
I know — I was a strange kid.
When I was invited to judge this year's Clam Chowder Contest, I happily signed up. If I lend my chowder-tasting expertise, I get to taste 10 chowders made from scratch? Yes, please!
Ten local restaurants competed Feb. 24 for the title of "Best Chowder in Edmonds." The Edmonds Chamber of Commerce hosts the annual cook-off featuring both traditional and innovative recipes. This was its third year.
Restaurants back to defend their titles in the Traditional and Cutting Edge categories were Salt & Iron and 190 Sunset, respectively.
Salt & Iron, 321 Main St., Edmonds, won both the Judge's Choice and the People's Choice awards for Best Traditional Chowder. Its seafood chowder adds in fresh salmon, scallops and sea bass. With its chowder reputation, it's no wonder the steak and oyster restaurant swept the awards. It was the chowder that had me scraping the bowl.
The Judge's Choice Award for Best Cutting Edge Chowder went to Chef Dane Catering, 19515 44th Ave. W., Lynnwood. Chef Dane's Bourbon Street gumbo chowder puts a Northwest play on a Creole favorite. The catering company's chowder had the best broth of the bunch. The best way to describe the soup? It was like Mardi Gras in my mouth.
The People's Choice Award for Best Cutting Edge Chowder was awarded to Bar Dojo, 8404 Bowdoin Way, Edmonds, for its coconut red curry seafood chowder. The recipe was inspired by a popular Thai noodle soup on the Asian fusion restaurant's menu. I loved the coconut and red curry flavors.
While it didn't maintain its title, 190 Sunset, located at — you guessed it — 190 Sunset Ave., Edmonds, received honorable mention from yours truly for its red curry clam chowder. This one's another Thai creation, but the soup stands on its own. While my fellow judges thought it was too spicy, I was impressed by its heat. I ate spicy spoonful after spicy spoonful.
Judges were instructed to rate each chowder from 0 to 100 points based on its seafood, texture and flavor. Here are the recipes for the top scorers, plus my honorable mention.
Salt & Iron's seafood chowder
Make Salt & Iron's award-winning chowder at home with this traditional recipe. Chef Alex Marek makes this chowder with a medley of salmon, scallops and sea bass — and, surprisingly, no clams — at the restaurant. For the chowder contest, however, Marek added shellfish to the recipe.
1 pound butter
1 pound onions finely diced
1 pound celery finely diced
1 tablespoon Old Bay seasoning
2 tablespoons salt
1 teaspoon ground white pepper
¼ cup dill weed
1 cup flour
5 pounds russet potatoes, ⅝-inch dice (French fry punch is ⅝ inch)
1 pound salmon, chopped in ½-inch cubes
1 pound sea bass or other white fish, chopped in ½-inch cubes
8 scallops, chopped in ¼-inch dice
32 ounces diced clams, drained
1 quart heavy cream
1 quart half and half
1 quart seafood stock
In large stock pot, melt butter and add onions. Cook until translucent. Add celery and cook until soft. Add half seasonings to onion and celery mixture. Add flour to create roux. Cook roux for 2 minutes. Add heavy cream, slowly combining with roux. Add half and half and the fish stock.
In a separate pan, cook potatoes in butter until tender. Season with the remaining seasoning. In a separate pan, saute all seafood in butter until cooked. Add seafood and potatoes to stock pot and stir to combine. Taste and season accordingly.
Makes 12 servings.
Bourbon Street gumbo chowder
In this Mardi Gras-themed chowder, chef Dane Lee of Chef Dane Catering puts a Northwest play on a Creole favorite. He likes to serve his gumbo-infused chowder with a drizzle of bourbon simple syrup and a Tabasco bacon cracker. The syrup and cracker were omitted here for simplicity.
½ cup diced onion
½ cup diced carrot
½ cup diced celery
½ cup diced yellow bell pepper
½ cup diced russet potatoes
½ cup cooked bacon (reserve fat for roux)
1 cup chopped clam meat (reserve nectar for broth)
½ cup butter, split into two halves
½ cup dark roux (recipe below)
2 cups broth (recipe below)
1 cup cream mix (⅓ heavy whipping cream and ⅔ half and half)
For the dark roux:
¼ cup rendered bacon fat
¼ cup butter
½ cup flour
¼ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon Tabasco sauce
¼ teaspoon gumbo file powder
¼ teaspoon smoked paprika
¼ teaspoon ground white pepper
¼ teaspoon sweet paprika
¼ teaspoon coarsely ground black pepper
¼ teaspoon chopped dried parsley
For the broth:
1 cup clam nectar
1 cup chicken stock
½ cup frozen cut okra
Deep fry diced potatoes until golden brown on edges. Finely chop bacon in food processor.
In heavy-bottom sauce pan on medium-high heat, add bacon bits, chopped clams, half the butter and vegetable mix and saute until tender.
Preparing the dark roux: Measure equal parts rendered bacon fat and butter and equal weight in flour. Cook slowly on low heat, stirring continuously until medium brown. This is a very important step because roux is touchy. Add seasonings and cook until fully incorporated. This mix will be quite dark when done. Makes about 1 cup roux.
Preparing the broth: Use equal parts reserved clam nectar and chicken stock. Add okra to the broth and bring to boil. This technique adds a nice sheen to the broth. Capture okra with strainer and add to vegetable mix. Makes about 2 cups of broth.
Add broth to roux and whisk until smooth. Add vegetable mix and stir to incorporate.
Add cream mix. Simmer for 15 to 20 minutes stirring constantly. Adjust thickness to personal preference by adding more cream mix.
Sprinkle chopped chives on top of the chowder and serve with crackers. Makes 6 servings.
Prepare ahead of time: The chowder without the cream mix can be refrigerated for up to a week. Or keep it in the freezer for up to 3 months.
Red curry clam chowder
This Thai-inspired chowder is by chef Skyler Gemar of 190 Sunset. He looked at a jar of red curry paste and thought to himself, "That will be different." Gemar combined his knowledge of Thai cuisine and traditional chowder to make this flavor-layered soup.
¼ cup bacon fat or canola oil
½ cup chopped onions
½ cup chopped celery
¼ cup chopped fennel
½ cup chopped red bell pepper
4 ounces lemongrass, cut in half lengthwise
2 tablespoons minced ginger
½ cup thinly sliced shallots
2 tablespoons minced ginger
½ cup fresh lime juice
½ cup chopped potatoes
½ cup corn kernels
3 tablespoons red curry paste (Mae Ploy or your favorite brand)
32 ounces clam broth
32 ounces tomato juice
16 ounces shrimp stock
14 ounces coconut milk
½ cup chopped clams
4 ounces crab meat
Sea salt to taste
Black pepper to taste
1 bunch chopped cilantro
4 ounces Thai basil, whole leaves
3 dried Thai chilies
Add the bacon fat or canola oil to a hot pan. Once hot and fat is "whispy," add the vegetables. Saute to until cooked, about 4-5 minutes.
Deglaze with lime juice in parts. Add some lime juice and cook into veggies until almost dry. Add some more lime juice and repeat.
Add potatoes and mix in to fully incorporate.
Add red curry paste and saute. This opens the aroma and ingredients in the curry paste. Sauteing it and developing a fond deepens the flavor of the curry.
Add the clam broth, tomato juice and shrimp stock, a little at first to pull up any fond off of the pan. Add the rest and bring to boil.
Add the coconut milk, clams and crab. Simmer for 10 minutes to incorporate flavor.
Season to taste. Finish with fresh herbs and dried Thai chilies. Turn off heat and let sit for about 5 minutes before serving. This will help the cilantro and basil to infuse.
Serve with Thai ice tea to help cut the heat of the chowder.
Coconut red curry seafood chowder
This innovative chowder by chef Luis Brambila of Bar Dojo is inspired by a popular noodle soup on the Asian-fusion restaurant's menu featuring coconut and red curry broth over rice noodles. Brambila decided to give that recipe a clam-chowder twist.
4 peeled and cubed russet potatoes
5 stalks chopped celery
¼ cup minced fennel
1 pound chopped onion
½ pound chopped pancetta
3 roasted red bell pepper
3 tablespoons paprika
½ pound unsalted butter
½ cup red curry paste
½ cup sake
20 ounces coconut milk
1 quart heavy cream
3 quarts vegetable or seafood stock
51-ounce can cooked sea clams (available online and at restaurant suppliers)
½ pound fresh bay scallops
½ pound shrimp
¼ cup cooked diced octopus
At medium heat, cook pancetta until crispy. Add butter, chopped onion, celery and paprika and cook for 10 minutes.
Stir occasionally add red curry paste, sake and stock. Add salt and pepper, cook for 10 minutes, then add seafood.
After 20 minutes, add cream, coconut milk and potatoes.
Turn off heat and let it cool for 15 to 20 minutes. Taste for salt and pepper and add more, if needed.
Add flour roux to desired thickness. For a gluten-free chowder, add cornstarch instead. Makes 6 to 8 servings (or 15 cups total).


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Fabulous little book that can open up positive communication between yourself and your partner.
Ever tried to tell your other half what behaviour you like and what you don't? How'd that go over? Right.
Well we like all the 5 Love Languages: Words of Affirmation, Quality Time, Receiving Gifts, Acts of Service, Physical Touch. We have one that is our favourite and we tend to use it on everyone, including our mate. However, usually their favourite is not ours.
Well the '5 Love Languages' is short, simple and easy with a quick little questionnaire - less than 10 min each. Can be done together which is even better as it opens up the dialogue in a fun way that lets the other person know what you prefer/or not, and by the way, without the Drama like in the past! Then the book is used as a reference so that you can look up each others preferences where it has many great suggestions for you to use.


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From your sandbox:
Note: Don't judge my grammar,I'm a fast typer and sometimes do typos.
I'll keep this short. We're here to better ourselves as writers. This is not how to improve.
SCP-XXXX is to be stored in a 5 cm steel lined box with a Grade 5 Lock
One dimensional box
No person more than 5
Five what? Years? Senses? Degrees of Kevin Bacon?
Staffs with 4 or higher clearance level may have access to SCP-XXXX's containment chamber. SCP-XXXX's steel lined box is connected to a electrical rod to prevent anyone from touching SCP-XXXX for safety precautions.
Overkill. This thing is Euclid, and most researchers are Level 2. Level 4 are site administrators and the like.
The containment chamber also consists of 3 Heat Lamps with 3x LED light. Humidity level must be at 5-10%,if the humidity reaches the above the maximum humidity. 5-10 Heat lamps will be placed inside the containment chamber using a emergency humidity module.
This is all both out of place and strangely written.
Researchers shows that they cannot identify the origin of the object due its advanced corrosion and rust.
This sentence doesn't really make sense either. It should be "Researchers have found they cannot identify…" or "Research shows that the origin of the object cannot…"
If SCP-XXXX is clamped in a human finger, after 5-10 minutes subject will experience unpredictable illness/diseases like fast heartbeats,multiple heart attacks,1 Year Fever,Black Plague,Necrosis,Death and other illnesses/diseases to the wearer but if the wearer removes the clamp,the illness will simply disappear like nothing happened. The subject has a time limit ranging from 25-60 minutes to remove SCP-XXXX from his/her finger before it becomes completely clamped and cannot be removed until he/she dies from the illness/disease.
…You've asked me to put aside the grammar concerns, which I will do. So you've got this thing electrically protected and only Level 4s can access it, but you can take it off more than half an hour after you put it on and be okay.
Letter doesn't add anything, you don't seem to know what memetic means. And even that aside, it's not all that interesting. It can be saved, but that's just what I see on a cursory glance.
Thank you.
Five what? Years? Senses? Degrees of Kevin Bacon?
It's centimeters (cm). Can you see?
Sorry, I borked the formatting. Here's the critique.
I'm gonna go ahead and assume that the draft you're asking for feedback on is in the first tab and critique that one. In the future, please indicate the specific tab the draft is in just in case, preferably with tab number and title, mmkay?
Thanks for this.
I could use this good critique.


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We thought we would celebrate the World Cup starting in Brazil this week, with one of their rather mooiness locals!
This weeks Monday Mooiness | Barbara Fialho is an uber mooiness from Brazil… Where lets be honest, they do rather well in the breeding of uber mooiness department! She a Victoria Secret Angel just in case you care to read this far.
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Street Photography…A Few Tips for the Photographer in Training (PIT)
Starting out in street photography for most is a difficult proposition. Let's face it shooting bugs and flowers is a much easier task that dealing head on with a 300 pound guy in the middle of your lens. Bugs and flowers don't talk back. On occasion people do. So, here are a few tips:
1. Get a simple camera
You do not need some big fancy DSLR with a 200 mm zoom! Start with a simple point and shoot or an old film camera with a fixed lens or even your iPhone or camera phone. This will force you to engage Shooting people from 1 block away is not street photography. You need to get up close and personal with your subject. Standing in front of a crowd with a big camera and lens will give you away. You will stand out like a big dork wearing pink undies on the 50 yard line at a football game. Small, compact and simple is the key!
2. Get in range
What? Get in range? At first, most are trying to overcome the fear of taking a picture of a human on the street at close range. I could tell you that in order to catch the perfect shot you have to be within 6 feet of the subject. At first, try to get within 20 feet of your subject, then 15 and to be the ultimate master of overcoming your fear of entering one's personal space shoot for 6 feet or less. There are artful ways of doing this which I will discuss later in another post.
3. Don't worry about assholes…
I think it would be foolish to think that everyone on the street is a nice guy. From time to time you will get an idiot! How you handle dealing with the idiot is another thing. There are strategies, like ignore him, look the other way, keep walking, tell them that you were taking a picture of something behind them or….whatever fits your fancy. There are no rules on the street. There are no laws here in the US that I know of that say you can't take a picture on the street. Just be aware of your surroundings. There is no doubt that you will misjudge people. For example, I saw this "Hells Angel" biker sitting on the edge of a park bench in Seattle. I took an image of him from the rear. What appeared to be an elder woman ( I assume his mother) motioned him to say I was taking a picture. He turned around and said "hey!". I said "WHAT!". He didn't say anything in return. I am pretty good on my feet. I am not a meek or small person, so I can get away with a bit of a bark every now and then. The bottom-line is beware!
4. When in doubt ask…
In open spaces my general rule is "just shoot it". When in a more intimate space like a walk up window where the guy is selling pastry, ask. It does not have to be candid to be good. I have found that for the most part people like to have their portrait taken. There is a general sense of honor that goes with it. If they say no, just say thanks and move on. I have never had an ugly moment by asking.
5. Have fun…relax
Street photography is a hobby. It is supposed to be fun. Take your time and challenge yourself. For example, stand on a corner and just observe. The fact is that most people are not necessarily aware of what's around them. They are generally on a mission to get something, buy something, meet somebody, go to a meeting, etc. They have no sense of the baby strolling buy or the pigeon eating crumbs off the ground. When you are aware and observe, you become a better photographer. Pick a location and wait for something to walk into YOUR scene. Get ready, pre focus and shoot at the moment you make it. Patience does pay off!
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Actor-designer Sadie Frost has revealed that her relationship with Sienna Miller is normal now.entertainment Updated: Oct 09, 2010 03:00 IST
Actor-designer Sadie Frost has revealed that her relationship with Sienna Miller is normal now. Frost, whose ex-husband Jude Law is reportedly engaged to Sienna, admits hostility between them has finally calmed down. "Things are good with Sienna," femalefirst.co.uk. quoted Frost as saying.
Frost and Law, who have three children — sons Rafferty, 14, and Rudy, 8, and daughter Iris, 9 - together, divorced in 2003, following six years of marriage.
Earlier this year, Frost had launched an attack on Sienna on Twitter, after the Factory Girl star took Frost's daughter for a haircut without checking with her. "I don't regret putting anything on Twitter, though, but everything's fine now," Frost said. "Me and Sienna have to have a relationship because I am a mother and she's got some kind of relationship with my children, but we have pretty much made it work. I like Sienna a lot, she's a great girl."
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Porcupine Gulch is a 7 mile lightly trafficked out and back trail located near Dillon, Colorado that features a river and is rated as difficult. The trail offers a number of activity options and is best used from June until October. Dogs are also able to use this trail.
dog friendly
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An infrequently used trail from US Hwy 6 to the ridge overlooking I-70 just West of the Eisenhower Tunnel. Beginning with an old jeep track, this long neglected trail has numerous deadfall obstacles, stream crossings and challenging route finding (and ascent) as the valley forks near the 1.5 mile mark. Solitude, a cascading stream and expansive views from the ridge.
Good hike once you find the trailhead. Nice river sound the whole way and some nice clearings once you get in 30-40 min.
The trailhead is actually another 1/4 mile east (a little shoulder area big enough for 4 cars at most) of where it takes you from the app. Trailhead is buried in the woods a bit but once you pull in you can see it.
Hard to find the trailhead. Very limited parking. Incredibly steep first 10 minutes but then evens out, although the trail feels overgrown at this point and was difficult to find after about a mile and a half.
I like this trail it's a good quick uphill at the beginning then rolls a little. We went up at the beginning of June and there was still a lot of snow but nothing you can't walk through. The river was running and made for a gorgeous view. We only saw one other couple on the trail and parking is Very limited! The location in the directions is not quite right, just keep going a little up the road, before you hit the run away truck ramp. There is probably parking for 3 or 4 cars.
Gorgeous and quite. Steep incline for the first 10 mins. Runs along side a river. It's not well travelled hence the path can be a bit hard to find after a mile. If you keep going, you will not be disappointed though.
Really nice trail. Stays fairly close to fast running streams which you cross and under the trees making for a cool hike in the summer. Nice variety of terrain. Steep at first but mostly a mild elevation gain.
I like the solitude of this hike. The forest is also very healthy, unusual for this area with the pine beetle infestation throughout summit county. This looks like it may be a good ski tour when the snow flies although parking may be an issue.


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Figure 8 Circuit
Figure-8 Circuit is the first course of the Mushroom Cup in Mario Kart DS. Hence the name, the course map is in the shape of an eight. The course is really simple, with only two bends and two straights.
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The course is straight, doing a U-Turn left, and reaching the highest part of the course. The course is straight again, before doing a U-Turn right. The course is straight once more as the finish line is right ahead.
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So. Approximately a week ago I landed in the Harare Airport. It was about the size of the bigger Starbucks' that we have, like the one in Greenwood - you know what I'm talkin about. The hour drive outside of the city was spectacular... rolling fields, people selling mangoes and veggies at roadside stands, the standard african lady carrying 19 times her body weight on her head in a basket, etc etc. AND the kids. Oh, the kids at the Children's HOME. Sweet Jesus they were so alive. SO ALIVE and energetic and beautiful. Children are so resilient and all we did was laugh and play a game that included us singing a song "pepsi cola, ginger ale, seven up, seven up, you're out." You sit in a circle and slap the person's hand next to you whilst singing. If they slap your hand on the word "out," you're of course, out. We played it for what seemed like hours. Under the h-o-t sun. Some of the other kids decided to make drawings in the dirt... which was also fun.
I stayed with a Zimbabwean couple named Orpah and John. Also, total top-notch human beings. John had a belly laugh that went on forever, and Orpah was some kind of teaching/cooking machine that I'm convinced never slept. I mean that lady can cook. I was like "are you for real cooking like this?" AND the electricity was out on MWF. I mean really, how am I supposed to charge my iPod with no electricity? At any rate... my few days there were jam-packed with lots of high fives, spending loads of time with the children, and drinking English tea about 9 times a day.
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Tuesday, 28 June 2016
I am So Happy Because Britain Is In a Mess — President Kagame
Mulamba Jean Paul 23:42:00 AFRICA, BIHIBINDI, BIHIBINDI NEWS, BRITAIN NEWS, DAVID HIMBARA, EURO NEWS, LATEST, PAUL KAGAME, RWANDA, RWANDA NEWS
I am not a religious scholar or even a layperson. But I do know that somewhere in the Bible, it is stated that God will punish those who rejoice at the misfortunes of other people — do not take pleasure even at your enemies' discomfort.
In President Paul Kagame's world, it is the reverse — he gloats even at his friends' and supporters' misfortune.
Listen to this speech (in Kinyarwanda) by the Rwandan president in which he is rejoicing the British economic-political crisis resulting from the referendum to withdraw from the European Union.
In the speech, Kagame rejoices the fall of the British Prime Minister David Cameron, and the political establishment as a whole — without mentioning names. And the reason for Kagame's celebration? According to him, the British leaders are forever preaching to Rwanda what to do, when they cannot govern their own countries. Let the British taste their own medicine for a change — says Kagame.
What a shame. British leaders — whether members of the Labor Party or the Conservative Party has supported Rwanda very generously in the past two decades. The British taxpayers have bankrolled Kagame's regime to the tune of up to £70 million a year. The only a decent thing to do for Rwandans or any other nation is to give the British solidarity in their hour of need.
David Himbara
Mulamba Jean Paul / Author & Editor
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People are NOT happy to hear that charges probably wont be laid against a man who had his dogs riding on top of a truck bed cover–while he was apparently speeding down the Yellowhead.
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Lighthouses and Lightships of Rhode Island: Past & PresentBy: Arthur P. Richmond (author)Hardback
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DescriptionThis pictorial guide provides a photographic tour of the last 400 years of Rhode Island lighthouse history. More than thirty lighthouse stations are described, from Watch Hill, near the Connecticut border in the south, to the inner harbor of Providence. The lighthouse station locations are identified using navigational charts and their characteristics, including date established, tower structure, optics, and fog signals. Also included are the dozen or so lighthouses that no longer exist. Probably not as well known, images and characteristics of these aids are similarly discussed. Over 300 images, some more than 130 years old, show the original towers and stations, accompanied by present-day photographs that compare the development and evolution of these lighthouses. Many of the images found on these pages have been collected from historical resources and are being published for the first time. This book is a must-have for the lighthouse enthusiast, maritime buff, and anyone who is interested in Rhode Island history.
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The manufacturing of the material powder is the first step in powder metallurgy processing route that It involves making, characterising, and treating the powder which have a strong influence on the quality of the end product. Different techniques of powder making are: Atomising Process
In this process the molten metal is forced through an orifice into a stream of high velocity air, steam or inert gas . This causes rapid cooling and disintegration into very fine powder particles and the use of this process is limited to metals with relatively low melting point.
Mechanism of atomization:
In conventional (gas or water) atomization, a liquid metal is produced by pouring molten metal through a tundish with a nozzle at its base. The stream of liquid is then broken into droplets by the impingement of high pressure gas or water. This disintegration of liquid stream is shown in fig. This has five stages
i) Formation of wavy surface of the liquid due to small disturbances
ii) Wave fragmentation and ligament formation
iii) Disintegration of ligament into fine droplets
iv) Further breakdown of fragments into fine particles
v) Collision and coalescence of particles.
The interaction between jets and liquid metal stream begins with the creation of small disturbances at liquid surfaces, which grow into shearing forces that fragment the liquid into ligaments. The broken ligaments are further made to fine particles because of high energy in impacting jet.
• Lower surface tension of molten metal, high cooling rate => formation of irregular surface => like in water atomization
• High surface tension, low cooling rates => spherical shape formation => like in inert gas atomization
• The liquid metal stream velocity, v = A [2g (Pi – Pg)]0.5 where Pi – injection pressure of the liquid, Pg – pressure of atomizing medium, – density of the liquid
Types of atomization
Atomization of molten metal can be done in different ways depending upon the factors like economy and required powder characteristics. At present, water or gas atomizing medium can be used to disintegrate a molten metal stream. The various types of atomization techniques used are,
1. Water atomization: High pressure water jets are used to bring about the disintegration of molten metal stream. Water jets are used mainly because of their higher viscosity and quenching ability. This is an inexpensive process and can be used for small or large scale production. But water should not chemically react with metals or alloys used.
2. Gas atomization: Here instead of water, high velocity argon, nitrogen and helium gas jets are used. The molten metal is disintegrated and collected as atomized powder in a water bath. Fluidized bed cooling is used when certain powder characteristics are required.
3. Vacuum atomization: In this method, when a molten metal supersaturated with a gas under pressure is suddenly exposed into vacuum, the gas coming from metal solution expands, causing atomization of the metal stream. This process gives very high purity powder. Usually hydrogen is used as gas. Hydrogen and argon mixture can also be used.
4. Centrifugal atomization: In this method, one end of the metal bar is heated and melted by bringing it into contact with a non-consumable tungsten electrode, while rotating it longitudinally at very high speeds. The centrifugal force created causes the metal drops to be thrown off outwards. This will then be solidified as spherical shaped particles inside an evacuated chamber. Titanium powder can be made using this technique
5. Rotating disk atomization: Impinging of a stream of molten metal on to the surface of rapidly spinning disk. This causes mechanical atomization of metal stream and causes the droplets to be thrown off the edges of the disk. The particles are spherical in shape and their size decreases with increasing disk speed.
6. Ultra rapid solidification processes: A solidification rate of 1000C/s is achieved in this process. This results in enhanced chemical homogeneity, formation of metastable crystalline phases, amorphous materials.
Atomization Unit
Melting and superheating facility: Standard melting furnaces can be used for producing the liquid metal. This is usually done by air melting, inert gas or vacuum induction melting. Complex alloys that are susceptible to contamination are melted in vacuum induction furnaces. The metal is transferred to a tundish, which serves as reservoir for molten metal.
Atomization chamber: An atomization nozzle system is necessary. The nozzle that controls the size and shape of the metal stream if fixed at the bottom of the atomizing chamber. In order to avoid oxidation of powders, the tank is purged with inert gas like nitrogen.
Powder collection tank:
The powders are collected in tank. It could be dry collection or wet collection. In dry collection, the powder particles solidify before reaching the bottom of the tank. In wet collection, powder particles collected in the bottom of the water tank. The tank has to be cooled extremely if used for large scale production.
During operation, the atomization unit is kept evacuated to 10-3 mm of Hg, tested for leak and filled with argon gas.
Atomizing nozzles
• Function is to control the flow and the pattern of atomizing medium to provide for efficient disintegration of powders
• For a given nozzle design, the average particle size is controlled by the pressure of the atomizing medium and also by the apex angle between the axes of the gas jets
• Higher apex angle lead to smaller particle size
• Apex angle for water atomization is smaller than for gas atomization
• Nozzle design: i) annular type, ii) discrete jet type;
i) free falling, ii) confined design
• In free falling, molten metal comes in contact with atomizing medium after some distance. Here free falling of metal is seen. This is mainly used in water atomization.
• In confined design used with annular nozzle, atomization occurs at the exit of the nozzle. Gas atomization is used generally for this. This has higher efficiency than free falling type. One has to be cautious that "freeze up" of metal in the nozzle has to be avoided.
Atomizing mediums
• The selection of the atomizing jet medium is based mainly on the reactivity of the metal and the cost of the medium
• Air and water are inexpensive, but are reactive in nature
• Inert gases like Ni, Ar, He can be used but are expensive and hence have to be recycled
• Pumping of cold gas along with the atomizing jet => this will increase the solidification rate
• recently, synthetic oils are used instead of gas or water => this yields high cooling rate & lower oxygen content compared to water atomized powders
• Oil atomization is suitable for high carbon steel, high speed steels, bearing steals, steel containing high quantities of carbide forming elements like Cr, Molybdenum
• This method is not good for powders of low carbon steels.
Important atomization processes
Inert gas atomization
- Production of high grade metal powders with spherical shape, high bulk density, flowability along with low oxygen content and high purity
- Eg. Ni based super alloys
- Controlling parameters: (1) viscosity, surface tension, temperature, flow rate of molten metal; (2) flow rate, velocity, viscosity of atomizing medium; (3) jet angle, jet distance of the atomizing system; (4) nature of quenching media
Water atomization
- Water jet is used instead of inert gas
- Fit for high volume and low cost production
- Powders of average size from 150 micron to 400 micron; cooling rates from 103 to 105 K/s. Rapid extraction of heat results in irregular particle shape => less time to spheroidize in comparison to gas atomization
- Water pressure of 70 MPa for fine powders in 10 micron range
- important parameters:
1. Water pressure: Increase water pressure => size decrease => increased impact
2. water jet thickness: increase thickness => finer particles => volume of atomizing medium increases
3. Angle of water impingement with molten metal & distance of jet travel
Atomization process parameters
1. Effect of pressure of metal head: r = a + b√h; r – rate of atomization
2. Effect of atomizing medium pressure: r = a√p + b; Increase in air pressure increases the fineness of powder up to a limit, after which no increase is seen
3. Molten metal temperature: As temperature increases, both surface tension and viscosity decrease; so available energy can efficiently disintegrate the metal stream producing fine powders than at lower temperature; Temperature effect on particle shape is dependent on particle temperature at the instant of formation and time interval between formation of the particle and its Solidification; Temperature increase will reduce surface tension and hence formation of spherical particle is minimal; however spherical particles can still be formed if the disintegrated particles remain as liquid for longer times.
4. Orifice area: negligible effect
5. Molten metal properties:
Iron and Cu powder => fine spherical size; Pb, Sn => irregular shape powder;
Al powders => irregular shape even at high surface tension (oxidation effect)
Gaseous Reduction
This process consists of grinding the metallic oxides to a fine state and subsequently, reducing it by hydrogen or carbon monoxide. This method is employed for metals such as iron, tungsten, copper, etc. Electrolysis Process
In this process the conditions of electrode position are controlled in such a way that a soft spongy deposit is formed, which is subsequently pulverised to form the metallic powder. The particle size can be varied over a wide range by varying the electrolyte compositions and the electrical parameters. Carbonyl Process
This process is based upon the fact that a number of metals can react with carbon monoxide to form carbonyls such as iron carbonyl can be made by passing carbon monoxide over heated iron at 50 – 200 bar pressure. The resulting carbonyl is then decomposed by heating it to a temperature of 200 – 3000 Stamp and Ball mills C yielding powder of high purity, however, at higher cost. These are mechanical methods which produce a relatively coarse powder. Ball mill is employed for brittle materials whereas stamps are used for ductile material. Granulation Process
This process consists in the formation of an oxide film in individual particles when a bath of metal is stirred in contact with air. Mechanical Alloying
In this method, powders of two or more pure metals are mixed in a ball mill. Under the impact of the hard balls, the powders are repeatedly fractured and welded together by forming alloy under diffusion.
The other less commonly used methods to form metallic powder are by (i) precipitation from a chemical solution, (ii) production of fine metals by machining, and (iii) vapour condensation
Some other Techniques for Powder Manufactures are 1. milling During milling, impact, attrition, shear and compression forces are acted upon particles. During impact, striking of one powder particle against another occurs. Attrition refers to the production of wear debris due to the rubbing action between two particles. Shear refers to cutting of particles resulting in fracture. The particles are broken into fine particles by squeezing action in compression force type. Main objective of milling: Particle size reduction (main purpose), shape change, agglomeration (joining of particles together), solid state alloying, mechanical or solid state mixing, modification of material properties. Mechanism of milling: Changes in the morphology of powder particles during milling results in the following events. 1. Microforging, 2. Fracture, 3. Agglomeration, 4. Deagglomeration Micro forging => Individual particles or group of particles are impacted repeatedly so that they flatten with very less change in mass Fracture => Individual particles deform and cracks initiate and propagate resulting in fracture Agglomeration => Mechanical interlocking due to atomic bonding or vander Waals forces Deagglomeration => Breaking of agglomerates The different powder characteristics influenced by milling are shape, size, texture, particle size distribution, crystalline size, chemical composition, hardness, density, flow ability, compressibility, sinterability, sintered density Milling equipment: The equipments are generally classified as crushers & mills Crushing => for making ceramic materials, oxides of metals; Grinding => for reactive metals such as titanium, zirconium, niobium, tantalum


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