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What We Did in 2014
Flyer for October 4th Meeting - posted September 7, 2014
Flyer for October 4th Lecturette and Roundtable
Please consider sharing this flyer and bringing your friends to our next meeting on October 4th at the Danbury Library starting at 10:30 am. FREE and OPEN to the public.
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August Journal - posted September 7, 2014
The August journal has been sent to the post office for those subscribed to a postal journal. Electronic copies have been emailed to those subscribed electronically. Available to all members the past journals are posted in the Members Area of the website.
It's Summer! - posted July 15, 2014
We hope your research is going well! See you at the August meeting: Round Table discussion, 09 Aug 2014 at the Trumbull Public Library, 33 Quality Street. Bring your questions, brick wall problems or successes for discussion.
Report on July Meeting - posted July 15, 2014
Our July meeting was a lecture about how to use autosomal DNA. Most of the attendees had already been tested and were curious about how to determine relationships among their matches. The topic was so popular that it will be repeated as a workshop in March at the Danbury Public Library. This will be a 2-hour hands-on event. Please bring your laptop or tablet so you can work on your own results. More information will be available as the date gets closer.
Connecticut Legislative Alert Update - posted June 1, 2014
The legislation (SB414) was not written up as a bill and did not get out of the legislative committee. Thanks to everyone who wrote or called their legislators. There was a big reaction against this proposed bill and the legislature heard it loud and clear.
Efforts are now being made to have better communication with town clerks, the Department of Public Health and legislators so that this sort of bill does not sneak up on us again.
Connecticut Legislative Alert - posted March 13, 2014
A bill is pending before the CT legislature that will change availability of vital records to genealogists. It is SB 414: AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH'S RECOMMENDATIONS CONCERNING GENEALOGISTS' ACCESS TO VITAL RECORDS.
The current statute says genealogists have access to vital records "during all normal business hours." The proposed change would add this sentence: A registrar of vital statistics may grant a genealogist immediate access to such records or may require a genealogist to schedule an appointment to access such records, at the registrar's discretion. A registrar requiring an appointment for access to such records shall schedule such appointment as soon as reasonably practicable.
Obviously, this is a very broad revision and it could result in arbitrary restriction of access to vital records.
Your help is needed to work against passage of this bill. There will be a public hearing before the Public Health Committee on Friday, March 14. Members of the public may give testimony, or may just attend the hearing. Please contact your CT legislators and inform them you are opposed to this bill. More information about the bill, and the names of your legislators can be found at http://www.cga.ct.gov/
Please contact Nora Galvin president@connecticutancestry.org with questions or comments. Nora will be testifying against this bill on Friday.
Free Download of Every-Name Indexes to Our Journal - posted February 9, 2014
Two additional volume year every name indexes added for free download this evening. Check out the indexes on our Publications - Indexes page.
Also, the Table of Contents for each of our journals is available for review on our Publications - Past Journals page.


This thesis investigates hydrodesulfurization of fluid catalytic cracking decant oils and its impact on carbonaceous mesophase development during carbonization. Delayed Coking of decant oils leads to the development of carbonaceous mesophase, a liquid crystalline phase, that is responsible for the structural anisotropy of needle coke. Because of its anisotropic microstructure, needle coke is used as the filler along with a coal tar pitch binder for manufacturing graphite electrodes for electric-arc furnaces. When sulfur content of the filler needle coke is high (>0.8 wt. %) an irreversible volume expansion (puffing) takes place when extruded electrodes are subjected to graphitization heat treatment. Puffing in needle coke results primarily from the evolution of sulfur in the form of CS2 and H2S. Puffing causes the formation of mico-cracks reducing the quality of electrodes. Most practical and efficient process to control the sulfur levels in needle cokes is catalytic hydrodesulfurization of the feedstock decant oil prior to coking. The overall objectives of this thesis study were to investigate the effects of catalyst properties on hydrodesulfurization activity, hydrogenation activity, and to investigate the effect of hydrogenation on the subsequent mesophase development from the hydrotreated decant oil. Two decant oils with relatively low and high sulfur concentrations were used as feedstocks. Decant oils were fractionated by vacuum distillation into three cuts representing the light fraction, middle fraction, and vacuum bottoms. The hydrodesulfurization of the middle fraction and parent oils were performed in a bench-scale fixed bed flow reactor. Reaction variables of interest include temperature, hydrogen pressure, and catalyst properties. Overall, increasing reaction temperature suppressed the hydrogenation of the constituent polyaromatic hydrocarbons, but promoted sulfur reduction. Increase in hydrogen pressure, on the other hand, did not appear to have much impact on desulfurization, but significantly increased the extent of hydrogenation. Four catalysts (with varying average pore sizes, promoter atoms, and supports) were prepared with sequential incipient wetness impregnation to evaluate their activities for hydrodesulfurization and hydrogenation of decant oils. The desirable outcome of decant oil hydrodesulfurization is to achieve the required sulfur removal particularly from large polyaromatic ring systems with minimum hydrogen consumption. Removing sulfur from larger ring systems in decant oils is the most effective way of reducing the needle coke sulfur content because large aromatics end up in the coke product obtained from Delayed Coking. Hydrodesulfurization experiments showed that the catalysts with large pores in the support (14 nm average diameter) had a higher activity for removing sulfur from large polycyclic aromatic rings compared to the catalyst with smaller pores (7 nm average diameter) in the support. Catalysts with larger pores also showed a lower overall activity for hydrogenation, thus, achieving both objectives of the hydrodesulfurization process. A reduction in hydrogenation activity is desired because it lowers hydrogen consumption during hydrodesulfurization and preserves the hydrogen aromaticity of decant oil which is important for mesophase development. Molybdenum (Mo) based hydrodesulfurization catalyst are typically promoted by either Co or Ni. Using Co as promoter in the prepared catalysts showed higher overall hydrodesulfurization activity than those with Ni promoter. Using a TiO2 support for a CoMo catalyst instead of Al2O3 with essentially the same pore size distribution increased the hydrodesulfurization activity, while decreasing the hydrogenation activity. Therefore, using TiO2 as a catalyst support could also prove to be useful for the objectives of decant oil hydrodesulfurization. To observe the effects of hydrotreatment on mesophase development, untreated and treated parent oils, distillate fractions, and treated middle fractions blended with vacuum bottoms were carbonized. The extent of mesophase development in the resulting semi-cokes was gleaned from an optical texture analysis using polarized-light microscopy. A qualitative measure of semi-coke texture by Optical Texture Index showed that hydrotreatment of the feedstocks to reduce sulfur content did not have a significant effect on mesophase development upon subsequent carbonization. It is concluded, therefore, that hydrodesulfurization of decant oil can effectively reduce the sulfur content in decant oils, and therefore, it could achieve the desirable sulfur level in the needle cokes to be produced from the hydrotreated decant oils. This can be done without compromising the anisotropy of the resulting needle coke microstructure. Using catalysts with larger pore sizes can remove sulfur selectively from large aromatic ring systems for most effective use of hydrogen in decant oil hydrodesulfurization.


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Bryan Le, better known online as RiceGum, is an American YouTube personality and musician. In November 2017, Le was ranked at number 25 on the Billboard Emerging Artists chart. His single "It's Every Night Sis" was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in March 2018.
RiceGum was featured in the Super Bowl LII commercial for Monster headphones. In the ad, he plays a man on a subway who is inspired by Iggy Azalea to fashion a headset from scratch, which is accepted by an executive. As of August 2018, his main channel is the 231st most subscribed channel overall.
Billboard has referred to Le as a "YouTube celeb" known for his diss tracks. In 2017, Le released a single titled "It's Every Night Sis" featuring fellow YouTube personality Alissa Violet, which was a response track to Jake Paul's viral song "It's Everyday Bro". It reached number 80 on the BillboardHot 100 and is his first charting single. The single was followed by "God Church" in July 2017, its title another reference to Paul's "It's Everyday Bro", which reached number one on the Comedy Digital Track Sales charts RiceGum was featured in the video for "Earthquake" by YouTube personality and rapper KSI, released on August 12, 2017. The video has since been viewed over 39 million times.
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Aberdeen International Airport terminal transformation project
Posted: 25 September 2018 | Gareth Bristo | No comments yet
Aberdeen Airport has embarked on a £20 million project to expand the airport which has been in action since the 1934, Gareth Bristo takes us through the expansion which is set for completion in autumn 2019.
Welcome to Aberdeen
The north east corner of Scotland is synonymous with innovation, discovery and of late, steely resolve.
The last few years have been a challenge for the Aberdeen region, but the city has begun to fight back from an oil and gas slump that claimed hundreds of local jobs and saw businesses cease to exist.
Amongst the recession, Aberdeen International Airport pledged to improve the airport to make the entire passenger experience from parking to departures a more relaxing and efficient experience.
The £20 million project may have been considered a bold move while the city was consumed with a downturn, but for us, it was a no-brainer. Our heavy investment in our terminal transformation project, the biggest change in the airport's 84-year history, has been warmly welcomed by our passengers.
Feedback has been positive, and we won't stop there. We're committed to providing our passengers with the best possible experience within our capabilities, and as we enter the final phase of our project, we're seeing passengers, and confidence, return to the airport.
Phase one: Ringing the changes
Aberdeen International Airport has been at the heart of the community since 1934. The terminal transformation project has brought a step-change in the way our passengers travel through our airport. We're proud of our recent improvements.
At the beginning of the project in 2015, we had a clear outcome in mind – to significantly improve the passenger experience, but realised there would be a bit of disruption to reach the end goal.
In 2015, the project began by demolishing a nearby vacant building in order for us to make way for the extension. Electrical infrastructure was upgraded, and the passenger route to international arrivals was modified to enable essential construction works to take place. We directed the passenger journey with plenty of signage, supported by our staff who were on hand to help with any queries.
Temporary domestic and international baggage reclaim facilities were placed outside, as groundworks were carried out. This phase also involved the construction of a two-storey extension to the south of the existing terminal, making space for new arrivals and immigration facilities, and new business lounges on the upper level.
By May 2017, international baggage reclaim was open to the public, with the domestic baggage area following in July 2017. Our new area was officially opened by the Duchess of Cornwall in 2017, marking the end of the first phase of our historic project.
Baggage reclaim has finally moved back inside the terminal
Phase two: Breezing through the airport
For us, phase two was probably the most significant element of the entire project which included a new security central search featuring fully automated security equipment and latest screening technology, allowing passengers to move through the airport quicker. Opened in June 2018, security is more than double the size of the previous area and can facilitate a greater number of passengers at one time.
Security has doubled in size, and has been kitted out with new technologies
We've introduced a 'decompression area' immediately following security where passengers can gather their possessions, and their thoughts, before entering our engaging and welcoming retail facilities. A sense of place is created with some clever ceiling lighting emulating the Northern Lights. They change colour as passengers walk through the area before entering the new zone.
Northern Lights effects
The significantly larger World Duty Free store is a bright and pleasant shopping experience. Within the store is a fantastic World of Whiskies concession that has been popular with passengers, offering the best whiskies. Additional retail offerings include WHSmith, Rolling Luggage, and a new WHSmith bookstore.
World of Whiskies
Phase two has paved the way for phase three, which will complete the third and final element of our game-changing project.
Phase three: Final piece of the puzzle
We're currently in the midst of our final phase, with some exciting developments to come. This final phase involves extensive reconfiguration to the rest of the departure lounge, increased floor space and the introduction of new retail and catering outlets. At the end of this month, we'll open the first of our new café and restaurant called The Distilling House.
As an airport we've been working with local groups and organisations relating to hidden disabilities and in response, we'll be opening a purpose-built toilet block which includes an adult changing facility. This will have a hoist and moveable changing bed, allowing for passengers to use these facilities comfortably and safely.
We are aiming to have our completed terminal ready for the bi-annual influx of regular visitors to the one of the world's largest oil and gas conferences Offshore Europe 2019, so we can truly showcase our significant improvements to the energy world.
On the cusp of something great
Although we're on the final straight of our transformation, we're really at the start of an exciting new journey.
Exciting new journey for Aberdeen Airport
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Our passengers are already enjoying some impressive new facilities and we're committed to providing the best possible experience for them.
We look forward to welcoming them to the new and improved Aberdeen International Airport.
Gareth Bristo is Aberdeen International Airport's Head of Capital Projects. He has led the airport's £20 million terminal transformation initiative, which is currently two thirds of the way through, with an estimated completion date of autumn 2019.
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Archives|NEW YORK CITY SPENT $836,990,105 FOR NEW BUILDINGS IN 1928; Six New Peaks That Have Appeared During the Past Year on the Constantly Changing Skyline of Manhattan--The Proposed Chrysler Building., Forty-second Street and Lexington Avenue, Will Overtop These Structures and Also the Woolworth Building, Now the Tallest in the City Value of Low Buildings. The Effects of Zoning. Land Values. Some Low Value Causes.
NEW YORK CITY SPENT $836,990,105 FOR NEW BUILDINGS IN 1928; Six New Peaks That Have Appeared During the Past Year on the Constantly Changing Skyline of Manhattan--The Proposed Chrysler Building., Forty-second Street and Lexington Avenue, Will Overtop These Structures and Also the Woolworth Building, Now the Tallest in the City Value of Low Buildings. The Effects of Zoning. Land Values. Some Low Value Causes.


There is always a special feeling in the cinema when the movie trailers finish and the film starts. It is the moment which makes the cinema experience always more superior than the Blue Ray one, even on a big home screen with a Dolby Home audio array. Cinema is just more heightened, and makes a film harder to review. Separate the experience from the facts.
The emotion you get when a Blockbuster arrives are even more integral to the enjoyment if the film in question has a great legacy; Indiana Jones/Star Wars/Terminator; and never greater than demonstrated here, on the occasion as the 23rd installment of the Bond canon "SKYFALL".
It is a strange situation to be in with a Bond film where the plot is important.
It is a good situation when the plot is important.
I would say that of all of the Daniel Craig era, never has plot been so important as in Skyfall. So this film review will not contain the dreaded "spoilers" - don't worry read on not at your peril.
Lets hit some highlights before the conclusions.
We have a Bond who is definitely suffering from the previous two films, and the tole taken, is clear to see. The reboot button that was pressed in Casino Royale, is still moving, and although the film stands alone as promised, there is a subtle but obvious continuity from the two previous outings, that help set up a lovely legacy for film fans to follow.
It is hard to know how long this Daniel Craig's incarnation has been helping his government from his "double o" status first being granted in Casino Royale, but here we see an experienced Bond.
Daniel Craig has not been better than this, certainly cinematicly, and who would have thought it in a Bond film! His performance as Bond is the most Fleming like I have seen and the Mendes direction allows that to work in a modern setting. The action looks real and dangerous, and the usual Bond trope scenes are played with actual meaning. Think Dalton but better (and I am a fan of Dalton to).
We have a villain who is intimidating and relentless, but again paved with the realism (really is) in both the motive and skill, that a modern audience require. His portrayal is strong enough to be award nominated, and is very clever in conception; being gritty and intimidating. Imagine the Joker from Nolan's batman, and the image is clearer than Dr No or Goldfinger.
Dame Judi Dench is fantastic and probably the best Bond girl ever! The major reciprocation of decisions made by the head of MI6 are analysed on all levels, and Dame Judi was obviously enthralled at her slightly expanded role, nearly stealing all of her scenes.
The reintroduction of classic elements, such as "Q" the "Aston" and a "Gadget" are all very good, and the first sign perhaps that the films will become more traditional moving forward. However the Broccoli's understand about evolution of cinema, and I cannot help think that this approach will help them carry on the series for another 50 years.
Like I said no plot points, go and see the film cold, then let me know if you agree. I don't need to say anything else, action, plot, twists, thrills and surprises, from a 50 year old franchise. Perfect for fans of cinema, not just Bond.
Usually the regional movies are remade from English movies with necessary spices to meet the audience. In this movie, i felt most of the scenes were remade from regional movies with 007 tag in it. I would say the 007 flavor is missing in fact after the dusk of Brosnan. Eager to see the 007 with Guns,Girls and Martini - in style.


Everybody probably heard of the Anthem data breach. If you are affected, you probably got an e-mail from your HR person with some details by now, or you got a phishing e-mail making sure you can enjoy the "Breached" feeling even without having a health plan with Anthem.
Whenever there is a big event, be aware that others may jump on the coat tails of the news coverage to take advantage of the general confusion. Hardly any "Anthem" customers actually hear of the name before, as they typically use a local healthplan that is part of the larger Anthem network.
If you receive any phishing emails (only got one so far, but I bet there are more out there) , then please forward it.
TurboTax (Intuit) today announced that they will not process state returns due to excessive fraud. Tax season of course is just heating up in the US, and TurboTax decided to stop processing state returns after at least one state refused to accept them due to a high rate of fraud for returns filed with TurboTax.
Apparently, for your convenience, TurboTax saved the information you submitted in prior years. If you have ever filled out a tax return, this information can be difficult to dig up. To retrieve this information, you need your global universal password: Your social security number. The result is that by using Turbo Tax, and knowing a tax filers Social Security Number, fraudsters can very easily assemble a plausible tax return and pocket the refund. This fraud is often undetected until the actual tax payer submits a return. In this case, the later return is rejected and now the legitimate tax payer has to proof that their return is more legitimate then the earlier one. This can lead to extensive delays in receiving a refund.
The TurboTax point is slightly misleading. From Intuit's press release: "Intuit took the precautionary step Thursday, Feb. 5, of temporarily pausing its transmission of state e-filing tax returns. Intuit will be working with the states today to begin turning transmissions back on"
That said, glad somebody's finally taking notice of this issue and forcing a sanity check.
Maybe it's time for the government and private enterprise to assume all social security numbers are compromised and figure out what comes next re consumer security.
South Carolina e-filing is working.
"...In this case, the later return is rejected and now the legitimate tax payer has to proof that their return is more legitimate then the earlier one. This can lead to extensive delays in receiving a refund..."
And this is one of two reasons I always try to adjust my withholding so I owe the IRS money (but not so much I pay a penalty), not the other way around. Any rational person looking at two returns, one legit, one fraudulent, where one says they get a refund, and the other says they owe the IRS and include some money, can pick out the real one.


ST. VINCENT'S HOSPITAL MANHATTAN hopes to replace its aging complex with a streamlined, more patient-friendly modern building. But receiving city approval is far from certain. Not only is the hospital in the Greenwich Village Historic District, where activism sometimes seems the residents' favorite sport, but the proposal calls for the largest demolition and redevelopment in the Village in half a century.
St. Vincent's intends to submit a plan this month to the Landmarks Preservation Commission for the construction of a 21-story, $800 million hospital on the west side of Seventh Avenue between West 12th and 13th Streets. The current occupant of the site, which the hospital owns, is an old union hall with a scalloped white facade; it would be demolished.
To help pay for the project, St. Vincent's plans to sell the seven buildings it owns east of Seventh Avenue, between 11th and 12th Streets, to the Rudin Family developers. Once the new hospital is completed, the Rudins would raze the seven buildings and replace them with a 650,000-square-foot development, most of it luxury housing.
Many people in the neighborhood support the proposal in principle, albeit with some misgivings about scale. The plan, however, has aroused the opposition of preservationists not only in the Village but throughout the city, who say the demolition of eight buildings would set a dangerous precedent for the city's 89 historic districts.
Officials of St. Vincent Catholic Medical Centers, the nonprofit entity that operates St. Vincent's, said that the proposed hospital is crucial to its mission and that construction of it depends on the $310 million the nonprofit group hopes to earn from the real estate sale. The hospital operator emerged from bankruptcy in August.
"To meet the health care needs of all, including the disenfranchised and the poor, we have to be in a facility that meets the technological needs of today," said Bernadette Kingham-Bez, a senior vice president for the hospital operator.
The decision to build a single new building, she added, came after outside experts concluded that renovating the hodgepodge of existing structures would take 15 years, cost $1.6 billion and still not produce the needed efficiencies.
The almond-shaped hospital, an acute-care facility of 480,000 square feet — barely half the area of St. Vincent's current eight buildings — would consolidate under one roof the emergency room, operating rooms and intensive-care units and reduce the number of beds by nearly a third, to 360. Outpatient services, psychiatric beds and physicians' offices would move to other local sites.
Even preservationists do not dispute that St. Vincent's needs an updated facility.
"We have no objection whatsoever about how much hospital space they want to build, and not only do we not object, but we want to help make it a reality," said Andrew Berman, executive director of the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation.
But, he added, his group believes that there are ways to avoid both the large number of demolitions and the large scale of some of the new structures. The new hospital, at 321 feet, would be one of the highest buildings in the district, and the tallest Rudin building, at 265 feet, would reach 65 feet higher than the Coleman Pavilion, the Seventh Avenue building it would replace.
Louis Meilink Jr., a principal at Ballinger, an architecture firm that helped shape the St. Vincent's proposal, acknowledged that his company had not studied the feasibility of a two-building hospital joined by a bridge or tunnel.
But he said, "To go across a bridge and up another set of elevators is not terribly efficient and probably not the best care." A tunnel would present similar or worse problems, he added.
According to Ms. Kingham-Bez, the new hospital's architects, Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, responded to community concerns about light and air by designing a building that matches the low-rise scale of the Village at its base, while giving its upper stories an elliptical shape that veers away from the street wall.
But it is the proposed demolition of all seven hospital buildings east of Seventh Avenue, an eclectic jumble of structures built from 1924 to 1987, that has most riled preservationists.
"The proposal demolishes wholesale even those buildings that are as much as 80 years old, are clearly historic, and are clearly intended to be protected by the historic district," Mr. Berman said.
In response, Dan Kaplan, the architect for the Rudin development, argued that the hospital buildings were a historical anomaly and that his firm's design is more faithful to the character of the Village than any plan to preserve them would be.
Mr. Kaplan, a senior principal at FXFowle Architects, which is also a co-architect of The New York Times's new building, said that in the 1940s and '50s, West 11th and 12th Streets east of Seventh Avenue had town houses on both sides. The Rudin development would include 19 town houses along the two streets.
As for the two hospital buildings completed before the 1950s, Mr. Kaplan said their height and their facades, which extend to the property line, were "jarringly out of scale" with town houses.


With her hands folded in front of her, standing in a dress of black and cascading gold ruffles and wearing dangly earrings, novelist Lauren Kirshner looked as if she was ready to go to prom.
Of course, this wasn't prom. That was probably years ago. This was (another fantastic) This Is Not A Reading Series book reading. Her TINARS book reading.
But something about hearing Kirshner delve into the subject of alienation, that especially potent junior-high variety, rang remarkably like a typical prom scenerio.
Set during the 90s is Kirshner debut's novel Where We Have To Go, a sensitive tale centered on the precocious, brainy, 11-year-old Lucy and her attempts to negotiate body-image politics, family and growing up-which is not entirely alien to her.
"I can say from experience, I was so lost and afraid of being what I wanted to be, you know."
Herself a precocious child, Kirshner honed her skills by supplementing Toronto Star articles with details she dreamt up while she was in the Eighth grade. She continued writing, catching the eye of NOW's editors with a submission who recognized the burgeoning talent early on.
She graduated from the MA Creative Writing program at U of T, to have (who else) Margaret Atwood take notice too. Atwood would mentor Kirshner during her schooling.
Where We Have to Go is Kirshner bringing these experiences to bear on the fragile psyche of a young girl. The result is a novel full of poignant, lasting scenes such as the one early on when Lucy withers in front of Estelle, a brusque little punk with a crippling tongue.


Have you ever closed Word after making a bunch of changes, and then accidently clicked 'No' when asked if you want to save your changes? Then you suddenly realized what you have done, only to find that there was no way to recover your work?
Now with Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, Office 2010, you can enjoy work, as the software is working to protect you from losing your work. Here's how: "Backstage view exposes periodic autosaved files from your current editing session and allow you to compare or restore them as the newest document. Which gets purge when you save and close your editing session.


This is Gudrun's Modern THOW Office. It's a beautiful and fully livable THOW used as a writer's workspace. She is a Natural Hoof Care Specialist in Nova Scotia who uses this amazing tiny to observe horses and do her daily tasks.
Gudrun used Vina Lustado's plans as her inspiration for this modern beach cottage THOW, which she adapted to her own style and needs. Enjoy! To explore more amazing tiny homes like this, join our Tiny House Newsletter. It's free and you'll be glad you did! We even give you free downloadable tiny house plans just for joining!
I was in need of a peaceful, quiet, inspiring and flexible work space for my work on a professional book, to do field studies on horses and to do all my other office work. I have always been dreaming about an old beach cottage with an all white interior. So I have been mimicking old wide-plank boards for the floor, the walls and the ceiling with 1/4 plywood cut into 8″ wide boards. It was a lot of fun to invite the imperfection – the crookedness – that came along with it as a wonderful balance to the rest of the interior. My carpenter turned old hemlock floor boards from 1830 into my office desks and countertops. House plan from Vina Lustado, Solhausdesign. The building lives in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Our big thanks to Gudrun for sharing!
Generally speaking, this is a decent blend of exterior and interior spaces and features. And there are some clever solutions that may work just fine.
Tweaking some of the details and re-thinking the real-life day-to-day functionality of some design decisions and equipment selections can make this unit even more successful.
If it is truly her her office, then she might want to check with her accountant to see if her "vehicle" and some components qualify for a tax deduction rather than a capitalized business expense. Refer to IRS Section 179 Deduction to see if her unit qualifies. If it does, then that would be a huge $ boost.
Mercedes Benz and other manufacturers (Ford, Dodge, Nissan) of certain classes of business vehicles are advertising that their vehicles qualify for an IRS Section 179 Deduction on 2016 taxes if the unit was purchased in 2016.
Builders and trades people often use this noted class of vehicle in their business. The prospect is certainly worth considering.
Some building codes for commercial areas require a cover over bulbs. An aggressive swing with a hair brush, a nice yawning stretch, a mop handle… this and more can burst a bulb, sending hundreds of shards into bedding, food, down your shirt.
And you probably don't want to sit on them.
Lights seem to be LED.
When we first went to LED we had bulbs blowing up all over the place. It had something to do with us being at the beginning of the line and therefore carried a bit more than the standard 240volts. LEDs 'pop' as easily as any other.
Good point about the bare bulbs. There are impact resistant LED bulbs that look very similar to the ones in the photos and have the same type of screw-in base. First check to see if the light output is comparable to the ones in the photos. If not, then step up a notch to a higher "equivalent wattage".
We avoid, and we advise our clients to avoid, LEDs.
The LED blue light damage to the eye is irreversible.
For this reason, our office only uses antique cathode tube computer monitors. And we limit exposure to smartphones and laptop computers.
Repeat after me. Blue light from LEDs is blinding.
We are fortunate enough to have LEDs that come in many "K" ratings. By staying in the lower K numbers, you can avoid your personal concern for the bright blue segment of the spectrum that many people do not like.
The better lighting stores have test boxes or strips so you can compare LED K-rating choices.
Most people would be amazed to see how skin tone, paint colors, finish material colors change when viewed under common artificial lighting sources of 2000k, 2700k, 3500k, 5000k and onward.
People suffer badly from "ambient-flicker" associated with fluorescent lighting, cathode ray tube monitors and old televisions that use CRT technology.
Some people who suffer from SAD actually become better people when they are exposed to the benefits of certain types and levels of "blue light".
I don't know where all this "blue light from LEDs" is coming from. Light has Kelvin temperature ratings. I think 5000 is around natural sunlight. These have been proven to lessen SAD syndrome. They are also used as grow light for plants. Any modern monitor today can be adjusted for whatever kelvin one desires. Photographers and graphic artists do it all the time by calibration.
Cathode tubes actually put out some terrible amounts of electromagnetic radiation at the close range of PCs. Remember how they told children not to sit close to the TV? But then, some people think that windows xp will never be beat!
Is the Tub home built? If not where was it purchased?
Could the builder please tell me where this faucet was purchased..
It provides plenty of light and appears bigger than it is. Synthesis with the reclaimed wood provides a warm interior. The loft offers low headroom only and ladders aren't my thing. The exterior is less exiting but clear. Not bad.
Very bright, with all that white…! I like the layout though….
I like it a lot. But sometimes I question the big wood stove in such a small confined space. For cold climates I would probably build a super-insulated house that can be heated by appliances and bulbs.
I really like the wood tub. If properly designed and built, it can last for many years. There are or were hot-spring bath houses in Oregon that used big hollowed out Western Red Cedar logs for the soaking tubs and "V" shaped "gutters" that supplied very hot water to each tub. If any of these outback venues still exist, the tubs would be nearly 100 years old.
Painted wood paneled walls in the bathroom seems like a really bad choice from a health, sanitation, and maintenance perspective.
The concerns raised about the wood stove are spot on. The stove is very nice and probably vary expensive. But it looks way too large for the space and will likely put out so much heat that the owner will have to open windows to keep the space comfortable.
The wood stove, located in a bump-out seating alcove would be very nice in a non-THOW unit. The flue appears to only be braced in one direction. That seems like a problem for a unit that may be hauled down the highway at 50mph. The flue may decide to mate with the windshield of a vehicle following behind Gudrun's THOW.
That multifunction bathroom is a clever way how to integrate a sink and shower into one unit.
Yeah, I used to hear that from smokers for years.
I like the clean and modern style of this TH, especially the area of the wood stove. My opinion of the bright white, it could be toned down a bit with some light cream color. The only thing I'm not fond of is the wooden tub/shower part. Everything else looks great.
I am with you, that tub/shower/sink combo is brilliant ! What a space saver and it looks marvelous !
You know the best use of the white, white walls sans decoration would be for me? Places to hang the paintings I have collected over the years. Most tinies have like zero wall space, so I am loving this sort of Scandinavian vibe in this house. And think how great green plants will look! I read that this great, simple floor plan was taken from Vina Losato's gorgeous tiny, another one I could live in. (For those who would like to see it, it is in the tinyhousetalk.com archives.) So, the one thing I would find room for is a storage staircase. No ladders. And of course, that tub with a sink and shower is fantastic. It stays!!


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Il Toyota Land Cruiser è una famiglia di fuoristrada prodotta dall'azienda nipponica Toyota Motor Corporation fin dal 1951, che ne fanno il modello più longevo in produzione della casa delle tre ellissi.

Ne sono state prodotte varie serie con diverse carrozzerie e allestimenti:

Modelli BJ e FJ (1951-1955)
Serie 20 (1955–1960)
Serie 40 (1960–1984)
Serie J50 (1967–1980)
Serie J60 (1980–1990)
Serie J70 (dal 1984)
Serie J80 (1989–1997)
Serie J90 (1996-2002)
Serie J100 (1998-2007)
Serie J120 (2002-2007)
Serie J200 (2007-2021)
Serie J300 (dal 2021)

Serie 90- 95 KZJ /KDJ

In Europa furono commercializzati in due versioni:
Land Cruiser 3 porte
Land Cruiser 5 porte.

Inizialmente furono denominate con la sigla KZJ le quali si suddividevano in 90 per la versione a 3 porte e 95 per la versione a 5 porte con 3 differenziali (anteriore, centrale e posteriore) di cui il posteriore bloccabile al 100% nelle versioni GX o a slittamento limitato (Limited Slip Diff) nelle versioni STD. Il differenziale centrale era bloccabile in entrambe le versioni per uso off-road o su fondi scivolosi, e il riduttore era inseribile solo con differenziale centrale bloccato.

Di serie erano le prime Land Cruiser molto accessoriate (strumentazione di bordo come l'inclinometro e altimetro digitale, piastre sottoscocca e predisposizioni varie per gli allestimenti da viaggio gravosi). Per le motorizzazioni si optava per l'unica scelta ovvero il 3.0 a gasolio da 125 CV.

Successivamente, con un impercettibile restyling estetico e una molto più approfondita rivisitazione riguardante il propulsore, il Toyota Land Cruiser venne riproposto con la denominazione KDJ mantenendo la classe 90 per il 3 porte e 95 per il 5 porte. La serie KDJ venne proposta con il propulsore D4D Toyota mantenendo la cilindrata a 3.0 ma guadagnando 40 CV in più rispetto alla versione KZJ, grazie all'ausilio dell'iniezione diretta.

A distanza di lungo tempo tuttora viene identificata la serie KZ e KD come una delle Land Cruiser dell'"era moderna" per eccellenza nei territori sabbiosi africani.

Negli USA il Land Cruiser è un modello diverso denominato Prado e Colorado, mentre la versione KZJ e KDJ (quello europeo) non è importato.

Land Cruiser serie 100 (1998-2007)

Nel gennaio 1998, il Land Cruiser serie 100 fu introdotto per sostituire la serie 80 dopo 8 anni di carriera. La serie 100 è stata presentata in anteprima nell'ottobre 1997 come "Toyota Grand Cruiser" al 32º Tokyo Motor Show.  Lo sviluppo partì nel 1991 con il nome in codice 404T e con il disegno finale approvato nella metà del 1994.

La serie 100 si componeva di due versioni: la 100 e la 105 esteticamente simili ma con differenze meccaniche.

La 105 ereditava la maggior parte del telaio e della meccanica della serie 80 con assali rigidi anteriori e posteriori e motori benzina e diesel a 6 cilindri in linea. Questi modelli sono stati venduti solo nei mercati africano, australiano, russo e sudamericano ed erano maggiormente dedicati al fuoristrada.

Nel 1998, fu introdotto il sistema di controllo automatico delle sospensioni che combinava l'Active Height Control (AHC) e Skyhook TEMS Toyota Electronic Modulated Suspension sulla Land Cruiser 100.

Nel 2002, Toyota presentò il Night View, il primo sistema al mondo di visione notturna automobilistico attivo, era disponibile sulla Toyota Land Cruiser Cygnus (venduta solo in Giappone) e sulla gemella Lexus LX470. Questo sistema utilizza i proiettori dei fari che emettono luce a infrarossi puntati come i fari abbaglianti dell'auto e una telecamera CCD quindi cattura la radiazione riflessa, questo segnale viene quindi elaborato da un computer che produce un'immagine in bianco e nero che viene proiettata nella sezione inferiore del parabrezza. Fu anche il primo veicolo Toyota con sensore anti ribaltamento.

Il modello 100 era dotato di un telaio leggermente più moderno e la vettura era più confortevole rispetto alla 105; era equipaggiata con sospensioni anteriori indipendenti e un nuovo sterzo a pignone e cremagliera per migliorare la guida su strada. Tuttavia queste modifiche hanno anche limitato le capacità e l'affidabilità del fuoristrada del veicolo e per questo motivo quindi in alcuni mercati è stata presa la decisione di offrire i modelli 105 ad assali rigidi. In Europa veniva importata solo la 100.

Esteticamente le differenze tra la 100 e la 105 si concentravano nell'altezza da terra minore nel 100, inoltre i mozzi delle ruote a vista e sporgenti sulla 105 mentre la 100 aveva normali cerchi in lega dal disegno piatto. Le carreggiate erano maggiori sulla 100 a causa delle sospensioni a ruote indipendenti.

La gamma motori vide l'introduzione di un propulsore 4,7 litri V8 benzina destinato a migliorare le vendite soprattutto nel mercato nordamericano. In Australia, il 100 V8 era inizialmente disponibile solo nel modello GXV top di gamma, mentre i modelli entry e mid-range erano i 105 alimentati dai motori benzina 4.5 1FZ-FE sei cilindri in linea o diesel 4.2 1HZ aspirato sei cilindri in linea. Il nuovo 4.2 turbo-diesel 1HD-FTE sulla 100 è stato aggiunto alla gamma australiana nell'ottobre 2000 dopo essere stato disponibile in Europa e nel Regno Unito dal lancio del veicolo nel 1998.

Dalla versione 100 la Toyota ricavò una versione extralusso ribattezzata Lexus LX 470 per il mercato americano, venduta anche in Giappone come Toyota Land Cruiser Cygnus.

Nel 2000, Toyota ha celebrato il cinquantesimo anniversario del Land Cruiser con modelli commemorativi offerti in diversi paesi.  La produzione globale totale fino al 2000 è stata di 3,72 milioni di veicoli.

La serie 100 è rimasta in produzione fino alla fine del 2007, con diversi lifting minori che ne hanno modificato fari, fanali posteriori, griglia anteriore, spoiler posteriore e parte degli interni.

Land Cruiser serie 120-125 KDJ (dal 2002)

La denominazione KDJ venne mantenuta anche per la serie successiva dal 2002, la 120 (versione a cinque porte) e per la 125 (versione a tre porte). Nella serie 120 vennero aumentati il comfort, gli accessori di bordo. La plancia ha una consolle spazzolata che incorpora le bocchette di ventilazione, la zona dei comandi secondari, climatizzazione, stereo e, quando disponibile, il maxi touch screen del navigatore.

Per quanto riguarda le novità nel comparto della gestione della trazione troviamo il VSC (controllo stabilità), ABS con ripartitore di frenata EBD e BA per la massima potenza nelle frenate di emergenza, A-TRC (controllo di trazione) e due novità, almeno per Toyota: DAC, il sistema che mantiene la velocità massima in discesa fuoristrada (5/7 km/h in avanti, 3/5 km/h in retromarcia) pinzando i freni automaticamente (simile a quello inventato da Land-Rover), e HAC, la versione elettronica del sistema montato anche da Subaru per le partenze in salita.

Per le motorizzazioni i modelli disponibili sono due con il 3.0 D4D Toyota da 163 CV e 343 N·m di coppia massima e un 4.0 V6 a benzina da 249 CV.

Land Cruiser serie 150-155 KDJ (dal 2009)

Tra il fine del 2009 e l'inizio del 2010 viene presentata la nuova serie 150 del Land Cruiser (155 per la versione 5 porte) stavolta completamente rinnovata a partire dal telaio che ha subito numerose innovazioni rispetto alla precedente generazione; le modifiche hanno riguardato lo schema delle sospensioni con le posteriori configurate secondo lo schema Multilink con quattro bracci e barra antirollio, avantreno a doppio braccio oscillante e barra antirollio e introduzione del sistema Kinetic Dynamic Suspension System che governa la dinamica dell'autoveicolo. I freni anteriori e posteriori sono a disco auto ventilati, la trazione come per tutti i Land Cruiser è integrale permanente con differenziale centrale Torsen a slittamento limitato bloccabile al 100% e sistema Multi Terrain Select più sistema antiarretramento HAC e Crawl Control per limitare la velocità in discesa. Di serie inoltre i sistemi ABS, EBD, controllo di stabilità VSC e trazione A-TRC.

La carrozzeria viene proposta in due versioni a tre e cinque porte: la tre porte è lunga 4,315 metri senza ruota di scorta mentre con la ruota esterna raggiunge i 4,485 metri, la versione cinque porte a passo lungo possiede una lunghezza complessiva pari a 4,760 metri e la ruota di scorta non viene più montata sul portellone ma sotto il pianale per rendere il design più elegante. Il passo della versione tre porte misura 2,450 metri mentre la cinque porte possiede un passo di 2,790 metri. Stilisticamente l'auto riprende alcuni elementi dalla precedente generazioni ma ampiamente rivisti, la calandra è più spigolosa ma sempre cromata, gruppi ottici disponibili anche allo Xeno e passaruota bombati inoltre le cromature esterne sono disponibili sulle versioni di punta. L'angolo di attacco è di 32°, l'angolo di uscita è di 26°, l'angolo di dosso è di 25° per la 3 porte e di 22° per la versione 5 porte, la pendenza massime superabile dichiarata è di 42° infine l'angolo di ribaltamento laterale è di 42°. La profondità di guado è di 700 mm.

L'abitacolo riprogettato utilizzando materiali di qualità elevata rispetto alla vecchia serie utilizza anche rifiniture in alluminio oppure radica, con navigatore satellitare opzionale e sistema interattivo multimediale. La casa infatti ha dedicato maggiore cura per i rivestimenti al fine di incrementare notevolmente le qualità del fuoristrada giapponese. Di serie la strumentazione Optitron che regola la luminosità. 5 i posti nella versione 3 porte mentre sono 7 i posti della versione 5 porte.

Il motore europeo è il 3.0 D-4D turbo diesel common rail a quattro cilindri con intercooler, distribuzione a sedici valvole con cinghia dentata, iniezione diretta e con omologazione Euro 4. La potenza massima è di 200 cavalli a 3.500 giri al minuto con coppia motrice di 430 N·m a 1.750 giri al minuto. Le emissioni di anidride carbonica dichiarate dalla casa variano dai 199 fino ai 208 grammi emessi al chilometro. Il cambio è un manuale a sei rapporti con sei ridotte oppure optional un automatico a cinque rapporti con cinque ridotte. Sulle versioni di punta sono disponibili le sospensioni posteriori attive AVS e il differenziale posteriore con bloccaggio elettrico. Curiosamente il Land Cruiser serie 150 viene venduto in molti paesi come Land Cruiser Prado mentre in America viene venduto anche come Lexus GX.

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Land Cruiser V8 serie 200 (2007-2021)

Il Land Cruiser V8 serie 200 è l'erede del grande Land Cruiser 100. La denominazione originale di questo nuovo modello è Land Cruiser 200, infatti viene venduto con questo nome in molti paesi del mondo ma in Europa la casa ha adottato la sigla identificativa "V8" al posto del numero "200" in base alle motorizzazioni adottate per i nostri mercati. Il V8 200 è la generazione del Land Cruiser più lussuosa ed esclusiva frutto di un progetto che ha visto crescere notevolmente sia la qualità sia doti in fuoristrada del veicolo. Con il V8 200 la Toyota punta a entrare in concorrenza contro le grandi BMW X5, Mercedes-Benz Classe GL, Range Rover e Audi Q7, tutte SUV di lusso che prevalgono la guida su strada. Il nuovo telaio di base, lo stesso della serie 150, è stato progettato per garantire un migliore handling su strada, infatti la taratura delle sospensioni è più rigida. La presentazione ufficiale è avvenuta al Salone dell'automobile di Sydney in Australia nel fine del 2007 ed è entrato in produzione nello stesso periodo ma sui mercati internazionali è stato venduto solo a partire dalla metà del 2008.

Il pianale adotta sospensioni a quattro ruote indipendenti con uno schema all'avantreno configurato con doppio braccio oscillante e barra stabilizzatrice e al retrotreno è stato adottato il Multilink con 4 bracci e barra antirollio. Le sospensioni idrauliche sono regolabili elettronicamente su sei diversi livelli in base al tipo di fondo stradale, inoltre sono regolabili in altezza e smorzamento con molle elicoidali. Sono di serie i controlli dinamici di stabilità e trazione (VSC e A-TRC), sistema elettronico antislittamento in salita (HAC) e in discesa (DAC), Crawl Control che imposta la velocità su tre livelli (1, 3 o 5 km/h) in modo da proseguire in modo costante sul fuoristrada. È presente anche il Kinetic Dynamic Suspension System che governa la dinamica dell'autoveicolo. I freni anteriori e posteriori sono a disco auto ventilati. La trazione è integrale permanente con differenziale centrale Torsen a slittamento limitato bloccabile al 100% e sistema Multi Terrain Select. Di serie ci sono ABS, EBD e BA più i 14 airbag e cerchi in lega da 20".

La carrozzeria del Land Cruiser V8 serie 200 viene proposta nella sola versione cinque porte ed è lunga 4,95 metri, larga 1,97 metri e alta 1,865 metri nella configurazione delle sospensioni Normal. Il passo è di 2,85 metri. Il design è fedele alla precedente serie 100, ne riprende molte soluzioni stilistiche però con molte più curve e nel complesso risulta inedito: nuova calandra frontale cromata, gruppi ottici allo Xenon, passaruota bombati e molte cromature che donano un aspetto elegante. Sono presenti anche numerosi profili aerodinamici che aiutano un po' a ridurre il coefficiente di resistenza aerodinamico benché resti elevato a causa della notevole stazza del veicolo. Il posteriore presenta il classico portellone senza la ruota di scorta, una scelta adottata per rendere la linea più elegante e stilisticamente meno pesante. L'angolo di attacco è di 31°, l'angolo di uscita è di 23°, l'angolo di dosso è di 24°, la pendenza massime superabile dichiarata è di 45° infine l'angolo di ribaltamento laterale è di 44°. La profondità di guado è di 700 mm. Raggio di sterzata pari a 5,9 metri.

L'abitacolo completamente nuovo, la massiccia plancia utilizza delle plastiche morbide e assemblate con cura abbinate a inserti in legno e listelli cromati. Il cruscotto è di due colori con strumentazione elettronica Optitron. Il grande schermo del navigatore touch screen è posto nella parte alta della plancia. Il sistema multimediale comprende anche un hard disk da 40 GB, caricatore fino a 6 CD, bluetooth, impianto audio JBL con supporto MP3 e Aux più 14 altoparlanti. La selleria è in pelle, l'abitacolo è a sette posti con climatizzatore a 4 zone con regolazioni automatiche. I sedili anteriori si regolano elettricamente e sono riscaldabili.

Il motore per il Land Cruiser V8 ovviamente rispecchia il nome infatti è un nuovo 4.5 D-4D turbo diesel common rail a otto cilindri e VGT, distribuzione a 32 valvole, e con omologazione Euro 4. La potenza massima è di 272 cavalli a 3.750 giri al minuto con coppia motrice di 657 N·m a 1.500 giri al minuto. Le emissioni di anidride carbonica dichiarate dalla casa sono contenute in 268 grammi emessi al chilometro. Il cambio è un automatico a sette rapporti con sette ridotte. Il Land Cruiser V8 serie 200 è stato venduto anche in Italia con il motore a benzina 4.7 V8 a doppia fasatura variabile VVT-I da 368 cavalli, che però è uscito di produzione nel 2010. Sul mercato giapponese invece è stato introdotto un nuovo 4.6 VVT-I a benzina con iniezione diretta da 356 cavalli che consuma meno del vecchio 4.7, mentre sul mercato americano il Land Cruiser viene equipaggiato con il 5.7 V8 da 382 cavalli.

Restyling 2015
Nel fine 2015 viene presentato il restyling della serie 200 che introduce modifiche estetiche con il nuovo frontale caratterizzato da una calandra più imponente con barre orizzontali, nuovi fanali a LED, nuovi paraurti anteriori e posteriori e nuovo cofano. Internamente debuttano nuovi sedili, plancia ridisegnata con nuovo sistema multimediale touchscreen da 4,2 pollici e 9 pollici sui modelli top di gamma e nuove rifiniture. Vengono introdotto i sistemi di assistenza di guida Toyota Safety Sense con il sistema Pre-Collisione (PCS), l'avviso di superamento involontario di corsia (LDA), abbaglianti automatici (AHB), il Cruise Control adattivo, il sistema di rilevamente dell'angolo cieco e il monitoraggio della pressione degli pneumatici.

La gamma motori viene aggiornata con il 4.5 V8 biturbo diesel che dispone di nuovi iniettori e di un nuovo filtro antiparticolato, la potenza sale a 272 cavalli e la coppia resta invariata a 650 Nm. Il benzina è il 4.6 litri V8 che eroga 308 CV e 439 Nm, omologato Euro 5.

Motorizzazioni

Land Cruiser Serie 300 (2021-)

In sostituzione della serie 200, il 9 giugno 2021 la Toyota ha presentato il Land Cruiser 300. Le principali migliorie hanno interessato il telaio, reso più rigido e allo stesso tempo più leggero di 200 kg. Altri interventi hanno permesso di abbassare il baricentro, migliorare la distribuzione del peso e la rigidità  delle sospensioni, ora a controllo elettronico.

Le dimensioni della 300 rimangono uguali alla serie precedente: 4,97 metri di lunghezza e 1,98 metri di larghezza. Il passo è di 2,85 metri. Per ridurre i consumi e le emissioni circa del 10%, in sostituzione del V8 della serie 200, la Land Cruiser 300 viene offerta con due motori V6, un 3.5 litri a benzina e un 3.3 diesel. Questo la rende l'unica vettura, insieme alla Toyota Hilux, che la casa niponica vende ancora con motori diesel.

La serie 300 è in vendita in alcuni Paesi di Asia, Australia e Medio Oriente, mentre non risultano piani per l'esportazione in Nord America e Europa, a causa dello scarso successo della serie precedente. In Italia rimane acquistabile la serie 150.

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Q: Why not dilute radioactive waste? Radioactive wastes are dangerous because unstable elements are too concentrated. Originally radioactive elements come from nature where they were very diluted and that's why they were secure. So why dilution of radioactive waste back in to the nature is never mentioned as waste treatment ?

A: Probably too expensive and disruptive to try to deal with nuclear waste that way. You're talking about processing through an enormous amount of earth and/or seawater. Note that nuclear waste includes not just material that was initially radioactive when it came out of the ground (e.g., uranium ore), but a lot more material as well. If a nuclear plant worker touches some rods filled with uranium, for example, those gloves also become (low level) nuclear waste since they can't very well throw such gloves into a regular trash can, can they? Also with the advent of breeder reactors it's been possible to make more highly radioactive material than was initially mined out of the Earth, so you're talking about not only putting back a lot of radioactive material that we initially got from the Earth but a tremendous amount more besides. Bottom line is that trying to grind or pulverize all that material and then apply massive dilution with lots or soil and/or seawater is probably not a very convenient or cost-effective option.

A: One on the problem is re-concentration, by the help of water circulation in the soil (possibly up to water sources) or by the help of small animals (then to food chain up to us).
The stability of geological layers is not so easy to predict.
Beside, the radio-activity of wastes can be a lot higher, and spreaded through a huge variety of chimical species, with each further change might react differently to environmental conditions.
Also there is a responsability issue: it's more easy to ensure quarantaine in a limited volume. Nobody would like to hold the garantee that spreading diluted waste everywhere will have absolutely no consequence. Populations accept artifical risks a lot less than natural risks !

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Originally radioactive elements come from nature where they were very diluted and that's why they were secure.

When these naturally radioactive materials like Uranium are used in processes like civilian nuclear energy production the resulting waste becomes many, many times more radioactive than the raw materials one started off with. Even after the cooling off period the waste contains many dangerously radioactive materials that would be very toxic for human and other life forms, even in very low quantities.

[...] dilution of radioactive waste back in to the nature is never mentioned as waste treatment

... because it would constitute an unprecedented ecological disaster.

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What is NRR?
By Chris O'Donnell | Last updated: October 9, 2017
Presented by Radians
Noise Reduction Rating, or NRR, is a unit of measurement indicating the effectiveness of hearing protection devices. In other words, the NRR is a measure of how much the overall noise is reduced by the device.
With about 30 million American workers exposed to hazardous noises annually, and 10 million of them suffering from noise-induced hearing loss, hearing protection has become an important occupational health concern. In fact, the World Health Organization deemed it the most common, permanent, and preventable occupational injury in the world (see more in Noise: The Safety Hazard 10 Million Workers Are Exposed to Every Year). Consequences of exposure to high noise levels include physical and psychological stress, reduction in concentration, loss of productivity, and increased likelihood of workplace accidents. Repeated exposure can lead to a ringing in the ear, called tinnitus, and even permanent hearing loss (see The Effects of Noise on the Body: Why Everyone Needs Hearing Protection).
You're probably wondering how much is too much. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) recommends that noise be kept to a maximum of 85 dB over a period of 8 hours. This is roughly equivalent to the sound of a backhoe and represents moderate discomfort for our ears. For comparison purposes, a lawn mower is about 90 dB, a chain saw is 100 dB, and a jackhammer is on the more damaging end at 110 dB.
Per EPA requirements, every hearing protection device should have an NRR rating between 0 and 34 on the package; the greater the number, the more effective the device. To determine the decibel deduction applied by using the device, take the NRR number and subtract 7, then divide by 2. For example, if a device has an NRR of 23, the actual noise reduction would be (23-7)/2 = 8. So, if you were consistently exposed to the sound of shop tools at 90 dB, this device would reduce that noise to about 82 dB, bringing it within the acceptable range for an 8-hour workday.
I can't stress enough that hearing protection devices are only as effective as the NRR score indicates when worn 100 percent of the time. Over the course of an 8-hour work day, studies show that efficacy drops to less than half when the worker is without protection for just 30 minutes.
When choosing a hearing protection device, the NRR is not the be all and end all. The big picture of the environment also needs to be considered in order to get a clear idea of whether workers will be using their equipment to its utmost effectiveness. Be sure to consider the potential noise in the environment and the comfort of the device as this will be a factor in compliance. Removing the device to communicate also affects its effectiveness, so that must be taken into account as well. In general, the NRR is a useful tool for determining the type of hearing protection device to employ as part of a broad safety program that considers the routines and environments of the workers needing protection.
If you want to learn more about the importance of Noise Reduction Ratings in hearing protection, please read the Radians white paper at http://www.radians.com/nrr/.
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Alec Baldwin argues he's not liable for Hutchins' death, in filing against producers
Published March 11, 2022 at 3:29 PM CST
Lawyers for Alec Baldwin have filed an arbitration demand against the other producers of the film Rust, arguing that Baldwin's contract as a producer includes language that protects him from responsibility for any costs or claims against him. He also seeks coverage of his legal fees.
It's the latest turn in the legal case of who is responsible for the death of Halyna Hutchins, who was killed when Baldwin shot her during practice for a scene last October in New Mexico.
Baldwin's new legal filing seeks to "indemnify, defend, and hold harmless" the actor and his production company against any claims, damages or expenses, including his legal fees.
The document mentions what it says is a provision in Baldwin's contract for arbitration in the event of any controversies, claims or disputes. His contact also contains a broad indemnification clause holding Baldwin harmless against liability arising from the production's negligence, according to the filing.
Baldwin says he is not responsible for Hutchins' death because he did not know the gun contained live ammunition and because it was not his job to check the gun for live ammunition.
According to the filing, the film's armorer, Hannah Gutierrez Reed, told Baldwin that it was her job to check the gun. Further, it states that the actor "believed, based on prior gun safety training he received on movie sets, that actors should not unilaterally check guns for live ammunition. If actors want to check a gun for their own peace of mind, they should only check the gun with the armorer closely supervising the process. In other words, actors may jointly inspect a gun with the armorer, but never on their own."
Baldwin's attorneys argue in the filing that their client had no responsibility for what transpired: "[T]wo things are clear: someone is culpable for chambering the live round that led to this horrific tragedy, and it is someone other than Baldwin." The actor continues to be haunted by the tragedy, it adds.
The filing is the latest in a flurry of lawsuits between different parties related to the film. The family of Hutchins filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Baldwin and other Rust producers last month. That suit argues that Baldwin and the other producers "failed to perform industry standard safety checks and follow basic gun safety rules while using real guns to produce the movie Rust, with fatal consequences."
A crew member on the set has sued Baldwin, Gutierrez Reed and many others, alleging negligence that has caused him ongoing "severe emotional distress." Gutierrez Reed has filed a lawsuit against the company that provided the ammunition, arguing that the company delivered live rounds to the set instead of what were supposed to be only dummy rounds.


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Konzerthaus Dortmund, Germany
Konzerthaus Dortmund is dedicating a composer portrait to Ondrej Adámek in the 2021/22 season in the form of a Zeitinsel or Time Island. Time Islands are the Konzerthaus' format for New Music and present the portrayed composers in their entire tonal language with curated formats featuring top-class line-ups. Over the course of five days, the Adámek Time Island will include not only his main works but also projects conceived especially for the Konzerthaus, bringing the composer into direct dialogue with the audience and enabling an interactive exchange.
The highlight of the Time Islands is the German premiere of the opera Seven Stones. This work was created as from 2012 at Festival d'Aix-en-Provence, where it premiered in 2018. At the festival's annual academies, Adámek, writer Sjón, and director Eric Oberdorff met and together laid the groundwork. In the years that followed, the work took shape in congenial collaboration through improvisations, joint experimental exploration of sonic possibilities of voices and of objects, the construction of bizarre instruments and the development of a stage space. The step from a theater stage to the podium of the concert hall is now to be taken in Dortmund.
At the center here is the figure of the Stone Collector obsessed with a search for that biblical first stone. Fascinated by a seven-year delusional search leading the Stone Collector through the most diverse countries and continents as well as through dream worlds, Adámek, himself intensively involved with the sound and language of different cultures, finds an ideal field for composition. The Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation is making the opera performance in Dortmund possible.
Due to the current situation and the associated conditions, there may be changes at short notice. For the latest information on the project please therefore check konzerthaus-dortmund.de


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Powerful eruption of Bezymianny volcano, Russia; ash ejected up to 10 km (33,000 feet)
© KB GS RAS
Bezymianny eruption on March 9, 2017.
A powerful eruption took place at Bezymianny volcano, Kamchatka, Russia around 03:00 UTC on March 9, 2017. The Aviation Color Code was first raised to Orange, then to Red.
Tokyo VAAC said at 03:42 UTC, that an eruption at Bezymianny at 03:00 UTC sent ash up to 10 km (33 000 feet) extending N-NW.
According to satellite data by KVERT, ash plume at the height about 7 km (23 000 feet) a.s.l. drifts for about 112 km (70 miles) to the northwest from the volcano, KVERT said at 05:11 UTC. The width of ash plume is about 14 km (8.7 miles). Strong gas-steam activity of the volcano continues, it said.
Strong ash explosions up to 15 km (49 200 feet) a.s.l. could occur at any time. Ongoing activity could affect international and low-flying aircraft.
Based on KB GS RAS (Kamchatka Branch of Geophysical Services, Russian Academy of Sciences) data, KVERT noted that seismicity at Bezymianny began to increase on November 18, 2016. The temperature of a thermal anomaly detected in satellite images increased on December 5, and then significantly increased on December 13, which was likely caused by lava-dome extrusion. The Aviation Color Code was raised to Orange.
The Tokyo VAAC noted that ash plumes rose as high as 6.1 km (20 000 ft) a.s.l. on December 15. A gas-and-steam plume containing a small amount of ash drifted about 118 km (73 miles) W.
The last strong explosive eruption at Bezymianny occurred on September 2, 2012 when ash plumes rose to altitudes of 10 - 12 km (32 800 - 39 400 ft) a.s.l. and drifted more than 1 500 km ENE (932 miles).
Bezymianny webcams:1, 2.
Geological summary
Prior to its noted 1955-56 eruption, Bezymianny had been considered extinct. The modern volcano, much smaller in size than its massive neighbors Kamen and Kliuchevskoi, was formed about 4700 years ago over a late-Pleistocene lava-dome complex and an ancestral edifice built about 11,000-7000 years ago. Three periods of intensified activity have occurred during the past 3000 years.
The latest period, which was preceded by a 1000-year quiescence, began with the dramatic 1955-56 eruption. This eruption, similar to that of St. Helens in 1980, produced a large horseshoe-shaped crater that was formed by collapse of the summit and an associated lateral blast. Subsequent episodic but ongoing lava-dome growth, accompanied by intermittent explosive activity and pyroclastic flows, has largely filled the 1956 crater. (GVP)


I will simply let this press release speak for itself.
CINCINNATI, Oh. — An international team of cartoonists led by Jim Borgman and Jerry Scott has cracked one of the world's oldest humor puzzles that researchers say is so complicated that its solution, if drawn, would require three supertankers of ink and cover a piece of paper the size of Central Park and parts of the Bronx.
The 18-member group of cartoonists worked for four years to solve a purely theoretical humor conundrum posed in the 16th century by a priest, a monk and a rabbi in a bar. Simply put, the problem involves the arcane field of marginal humor and its relationship to the unintentional pun.
The problem's proof, announced simultaneously in Oslo, Stockholm and at the Lakewood Community College comic symposium on Wednesday, contains 9,147 Yiddish phrases, more than four million googly eyes and a caricature of George W. Bush with ears visible from space.
Researchers project that the solution, if viewed by a population the size of the Micronesian island of Tonga, would cause seismic laughter equaling a quake on the order of magnitude 7.0 on the Andy Richter scale.


Navy SEAL Cal Hollister is stunned when the white flag he sees flapping in a snowstorm turns out to be a veil attached to a beautiful woman. Unconscious and dressed only in a bridal gown, Cal calls her Stormy and carries her to safety.
But it isn't long before trouble finds the mysterious bride, and trying to discover her identity puts a target on her back. Using every resource at his disposal, Cal uncovers a sinister plot involving terrorists, a forced marriage — and that who Stormy really is might get them both killed.


The International Music Academy in the Principality of Liechtenstein would like to invite classical music enthusiasts to a host of concerts.
The International Music Academy in the Principality of Liechtenstein was founded in November 2010. The idea to offer tuition in this intensive and holistic approach has its roots in the endeavours of the charitable foundation "Musik & Jugend". Those responsible for the foundation have already been supporting and promoting talented young musicians for over 15 years by providing masterclasses and opportunities to perform, and they recognised there was a need to offer a more extensive training programme.
On its 5th anniversary in 2016, the International Music Academy in the Principality of Liechtenstein can boast a number of achievements attained by its students. Several of its scholarship holders have gone on to win international competitions, for example Christel Lee (Professor Ana Chumachenco, violin) winning the "International Jean-Sibelius Violin Competition" in Helsinki; Filippo Gorini (Professor Pavel Gililov, piano) winning the "International Telekom Beethoven Competition" in Bonn, or Andrei Ioniţă (Professor Jens Peter Maintz, cello) winning the "International Tchaikovsky Competition" in St. Petersburg / Moscow.
The International Music Academy's students enchant their audiences time and again with their VIRTUOSO concerts at the Liechtenstein National Museum in Vaduz and in their TWILIGHT concerts in the atmospheric "Grüne Halle" of the Grand Hotel Quellenhof in Bad Ragaz.
The young pianists, cellists, violinists, viola players, horn players and flautists of the International Music Academy in the Principality of Liechtenstein are looking forward to welcoming you to the many concerts. Admission to all of the concerts is free of charge.


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Battle of Jenipapo
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Battle of Jenipapo.
Near the river Jenipapo in Piauí, Brazil
Portuguese victory
Leonardo Castelo Branco João José da Cunha Fidié
2,000 militia
2 cannons 1,600 soldiers
11 cannons
200 dead
542 prisioners 116 dead
60 wounded
The Battle of Jenipapo was fought near the river Jenipapo in the then province of Piauí, on 13 March 1823, between the Brazilian Army and the Portuguese Army during the Brazilian War of Independence.
The Battle of Jenipapo occurred on the banks of the creek of the same name on March 13, 1823, which was decisive for the independence of Brazil and consolidation of the national territory. Consisted in the fight Piauí, Ceará and Maranhão against the troops of Major John Fidié José da Cunha, who was the commander of the Portuguese troops, charged with keeping the north of the former Portuguese colony loyal to the Crown. It is noteworthy that the Brazilians fought with simple tools, not with weapons of war, had no experience, i.e., knowing the condition of struggle, they departed for combat. They lost the battle, but made the troop divert your destination. If the Major continued to march Oeiras, then capital, may not find strength and fulfill its goal. It was one of the sharpest and bloodiest battles fought in the war of independence of Brazil. Painting depicting the Battle of Jenipapo, which is available in the museum at the monument in Campo Maior Unfortunately the date is forgotten, not in the history books and few know of the incident, even in Piauí, where the battle occurred. But, after a few moves by politicians, historians and the public, the date was added to the flag of Piaui and is ongoing deployment of the Battle of Jenipapo study in the discipline of history. During the celebrations and reflections on the 13th of March the city of Campo Maior takes delivery of Merit Medal Heroes Jenipapo and (a) Governor (a) of Piauí, the Order of Merit of the Piaui Renaissance, during which uses the same track government.
The population of Campo Maior, to learn that Fidié came from Parnaíba bound to Oeiras and would there be mobilized in order to prevent him from continuing journey.
On the night of March 12, the men of the city and surrounding areas were regimented. Everyone wanted to fight to rid the Piauí Portuguese rule. Women encouraged their husbands, relatives and friends, packed up what they could have sold their jewelry, all were committed to unite in one ideal: to fight. The dawn on March 13, 1823 heralded a clear day with few clouds and very hot. It was a year in which drought punished the Northeast.
The command signal, all men gathered in front of the Church of St. Anthony. The combatants Piauí and Ceará were not wearing uniforms. Outside the city, to meet Fidié, there was a performance with the band music in which there was a military parade. The mass of fighters who would fight for Brazil left elated to the drums. Without even predict the steps they took with them the flame of freedom burning in the chest. The certainty of death did not take the spirits of those who would die for his country. About two thousand men marched into battle. The weapons they used were old swords, spears, axes, knives and sickles, sticks and stones and some rifles used.
Without any experience in wars, piauienses reached the shores of Rio Jenipapo, where they intended to prevent the passage of Fidié. As the creek was almost dry, most patriots hid himself in the very bed of the stream, while the other part is hidden in the thickets of scrub drain near the ravine. And they were waiting for the Portuguese army, which, of course, had to pass that way. Where were you could see when the Portuguese were close to the scene of the fight because the terrain was quite flat, with vast plains, open without shelter algum.O minded people to become independent was entrenched and knew that ahead of them was a road was divided into two, one for right and one left. Only they were in doubt which of the paths coming Fidié. Shortly after eight o'clock, Captain Rodrigues Chaves sent a patrol to probe where the battle would be fought.
Fidié to arrive at the place where the road was divided decided to send one half of the army on one side and half on the other side. He was one of the halves with the left and the cavalry was on the right. The independent, not knowing that the division Fidié had done in his contingent were right by the road meeting with the Portuguese cavalry, being surprised. They advanced bravely against cavalry. The Portuguese were dismayed with the courage and bravery of Piaui, where they ended up retreating. At this time the piauienses chased the Portuguese inland road.
The combatants Piaui, hearing the shooting, found that the confrontation had begun. Came out of the trenches in which used as a defensive position and were precitadamente the road right behind the enemy, only the Portuguese troops were no longer there. Fidié to learn of the incident crossed the river Jenipapo the left road, hastily built a barricade, distributed heavy weapons, organized the shooters position battlefront (online) in the trenches where they were before the Piaui and hoped they return there. Before the piauienses were in a favorable position now everything is reversed.
When piauienses saw the adverse situation only found an alternative, attacking Fidié the same time and in all directions along the banks of the river. In the first moment of the fight were many casualties on the part of Piaui. Dozens of bodies fell by the bullets of the Portuguese army. The few who managed to cross the line of fire gave their last breath to the mouth of the cannon, with great boldness not fearing anything against life but for country representation in tremendous love for the same. With this demonstration of love for the motherland and bravery that piauienses had meant that the Portuguese stay scared, because they have never seen such audacity anywhere in the world.
Successive attacks as a result of Piauí had many dead on the floor. The musketry and cannon fire of the Portuguese swept the battlefield from one side to the other. Those who could pass by blocking fire could grapple with the Portuguese. At noon, the piauienses were tired and not sure that would win the Portuguese, this time no longer fought over crawled to the encounter with death. At two o'clock in the afternoon, after five hours of fighting, the liberators withdrew in disorder, leaving 542 prisoners, 200 killed and wounded, Fidié that whose losses were estimated at 116 dead and 60 wounded, parked on the farm Tombador the about one kilometer from Campo Maior. Fidié and his army fell tired. The sun scorching and fear of Valour piauienses not allow the Portuguese troops should pursue them, even though they had already defeated them. The Ceará Captain Nereus at the time of withdrawal led most of the baggage of the Portuguese, consisting of food, water, some weapons and even a small treasure Fidié brought the plunder they had done in the city of Parnaíba.
Fidié spent two days in the city of Campo Maior burying their dead. On March 16, 1823, left the city going to the Tin.
Fidié months later was arrested in Caxias, Maranhão, there Oeiras taken to where it was sent to Rio de Janeiro. River he was sent back to Portugal, where he was received with military honors for services to the Portuguese Crown. Among the titles received the Commander of the Order of Avis, the oldest military decoration Portuguese founded by Afonso Henriques in 1162. Just received this commendation the soldier who showed extreme courage, boldness and courage. In the place where there was the Battle Monument was erected in memory of the one who died there piauienses the independence of our country. Situated on the left bank of the river is actually an attractive tourist spot and is also a part of the collection used by war fighters. These pieces belonged to the former Museum of the leather that has been transferred there.
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So I just started Prozac again, at 20mg. I've been off and on of it for the past two years. I was very anxious and depressed before asking my doctor about restarting the medicines, however, I am starting to feel NUMB. I remember when I was on it I felt secondary emotions. Like I knew I was happy, but couldn't fully feel it. I have come to the conclusion that I'd rather have a full range of intense emotions than feeling numb and would like to stop my medicines. My question is if it's safe to stop now, after only five days of taking 20 mg? I'm not here to hear everybody say "give it time!" Or talk to a doctor!" I've heard it all, and I've been on this med before. I went on the medicines too quickly and would rather try meditation and yoga before going back on.
Can you back down to 10 mg for a couple of days before discontinuing completely?
No, my pills are in 20 MG only. I don't want to message my psychiatrist about this because he will urge me to stay on meds, but I want to try other methods before this last resort thing, ya know?
You should be able to stop after only 5 days with no ill effects.
Prozac 30 days need encouragement PLEASE! lol?


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Gizelle Bryant's Dad Blasts Jamal Bryant
WELP: Gizelle's Dad Disapproves Of Jamal Bryant Reconciliation—'He Has 6 Or 7 Baby Mamas!'
Posted on September 28, 2020	 - By @IamDaniCanada
Gizelle Bryant's daughters aren't the only ones raising their eyebrows at her reconciliation with her ex.
As previously reported the Real Housewife of Potomac is back booed up with Pastor Jamal Bryant after they divorced due to the Pastor being a "cheater, cheater, pumpkin eater."
During last night's show, Gizelle was asked by producers exactly how many kids Jamal conceived outside of their marriage but she declined to comment. Later, Gizelle's father Mr. Curtis Graves was seen visiting and played it cool even though he didn't previously attend the couple's wedding amid infidelity rumors. Ultimately he said he wanted his daughter to "be happy" with her reconciliation and agreed to walk her down the aisle if they were to remarry.
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Later, however, while still connected to a hot microphone, Mr. Graves let Jamal HAVE IT and called him out for having multiple baby mamas.
"This is not a good move for her," said Gizelle's dad. "You know, this guy's got six, seven baby mamas … as a father, you think twice about this kind of stuff!"
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Gizelle later reacted to the moment during the series premiere of Bravo's Chat Room. During the show, Gizelle likened her dad's reaction to his age.
"So, you know, my dad is 82 years old, y'all. So 82 year olds are gonna say something reckless out their mouth. And that's fine," Gizelle said. "He does support me, he loves me. If I got married tomorrow, he'd be walking me down the aisle, and that's all that ever matters to me."
Gizelle also explained that she and Jamal are "at a different place" this time around.
"I'm a different woman than when I was married to him. I have evolved, I've changed, I've built businesses, and I feel like he now looks at me in such a different way and respects me. So that's been the big difference for us," she shared on Bravo's Chat Room. "You know, we're now equals, as opposed to when I was married, which I didn't mind at the time, but it was all about him; I was living in his movie, and now we're living a movie together. So I feel like the love has always been there, the trust is there, and we're just gonna go down the road and see what happens."
What do YOU think about Gizelle's dad disapproving of Jamal Bryant???
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There will be a heavy police presence in and around the ANZ Stadium over the three days.
A total of 2605 student athletes are expected at the Fiji Secondary School Athletics Association national finals at Suva's ANZ Stadium today.
Among them are first-timers Moce Secondary School from the Island of Lau.
The three-day annual meet, otherwise known as the Coca-Cola Games, starts today and will run until Thursday.
The numbers make this one of the biggest events in Coke Games history, says Fiji Secondary School Athletics Association general secretary Vuli Waqa.
The Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Youth and Sports Maritino Nemani will open the event today.
Meanwhile, there will be a heavy police presence in and around the ANZ Stadium over the three days.
The Fiji Police Force's deputy director operations Mesake Sovasova said its Special Response Unit will be active throughout the games.
Sovasova said the K-9 Unit will also be deployed at the Stadium.