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I've been busy the past week and a half..cleaning the church, and then cooking & cleaning for the Preachers Fellowship. Much has happened, with the earthquake in Japan, the resulting tsunami, and the nuclear plants having problems. Here is an interview with MIT Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering Ron Ballinger.
What's the worst-case scenario?
Well, first off, we can't have a Chernobyl-like situation. The system is designed so that as long as we keep water in there to keep it cool, nothing will happen. There are three levels of protection here. One is the fuel cladding, and if that's damaged then it releases radioactive material into the pressure system, which is a steel container. Then there's a containment vessel around that. What likely happened is that you had fuel damage, damage to the first barrier, which produced hydrogen in the primary system, and then to keep the pressure down they vented the hydrogen into the building that was destroyed.
What happens if all the water boils off?
Hypothetically, if the water all boils and evaporates, then the fuel will stay molten and eventually melt through the steel vessel. But that's already beyond a hypothetical worst-case scenario for me. The steel vessel is four inches thick, and they could always put seawater around the vessel, and that would keep it cool, so it can't melt. If you put a frying pan in water, you could put a blowtorch on the other side and it won't make any difference. Then you have the other containment vessel, with a concrete faceplate underneath that's between four and 10 feet thick. But melting through that is hypothetical beyond normal reasoning.
Radiation spiked at 1,015 microsievert per hour before the explosion. Is that dangerous?
No, that's about 100 milirem. It's high, but you get about 35 milirems on a trans-Atlantic flight. And if you live in Denver, you get about 50 milirems per year.
What is the dangerous level, and what happens when that level is reached?
The LD50—that is to say, the point when 50 percent of the people exposed will meet Jesus—is in the order of 250 rem, or maybe 400. A big number. Keep in mind, what they've been exposed to is 0.1 rem, and about 50 percent fatality is on the order of 400 rem. What would happen with that kind of exposure is that they would get sick. Radiation damage destroys the immune system. Most people who die of radiation sickness die of pneumonia or a cold, they die of some disease which they have but their immune system can't fight off.
Why is Japan distributing iodine tablets?
One of the isotopes of fission products, when fuel melts, is an iodine isotope, and it goes in your body through your thyroid. So if you take iodine tablets, the non-radioactive iodine goes to your thyroid, you bulk up your thyroid with iodine and it prevents absorption of the radioactive iodine.
What failsafes are there to prevent a meltdown?
A lot. First there's the SCRAM system, it automatically ejects the control rods into the core and shuts the plant down. That happened right after the earthquake. Then there's a number of core spray systems, which inject water to keep things cool. Then, if the system needs to depressurize, there's something called a suppression pool that it vents steam into. Then, when the system is depressurized there are other systems that inject water at low pressure. And then, worst comes to worst, there are pumps that can take water from the local cooling water supply, in this case the ocean, and just pump water in there. As long as there's water in there, it might be expensive for the utility to get it cleaned up, but everything is going to be fine.
If they're pumping in seawater, does that mean all the other failsafes failed?
The earthquake plus the tsunami destroyed all the power sources to run pumps and things like that. There are diesel generators on the site that are supposed to run for that purpose, but for some reason they ran for a while and then stopped, maybe because of the tsunami. Then they hauled a bunch of portable generators to run the pumps.
How good a failsafe is pumping in seawater?
The ocean's pretty big. But it's salt water, so from an operational point of view you're pretty screwed. If you get saltwater into the primary system, it's very hard to get it cleaned up. Salt water's not good for the materials, it requires pure water. So if they have to put saltwater into the primary system, it would keep it cool, but it would damage a lot of things and there will have to be extensive cleanup.
How will we know when the crisis is over?
The fuel has to cool down to the point where the water that's cooling it is below the boiling point. Usually when they shut one of these plants down to refuel they have to open it up. It takes a couple days to get the plant shut down to the point where they can take the lid off and replace the fuel. It might be a financial disaster, but no member of the public has been hurt, and I doubt anybody will be.
End of interview.
Okay. Back to the iodine bit. People on the ditzy left coast, are panicking and buying iodide tablets, and the 'illustrious' Surgeon General said that that 'was a worthy precaution'. However, those who actually KNOW what they're talking about, say that it's completely unnecessary, and causing undue panic. I remember from my time down in Radcon (many years ago) time x distance + shielding.. or something thereabouts. By the time that anything would come this far over the ocean, it would be just so much vapour, nothing to worry about. Hubby IMed me the Tuesday morning while I was serving breakfast at the Preachers Fellowship, he said that his boss had just left for town, as the Houston media was glommed down here with the "can it happen here?" bit. I remember for fun in the office, we'd eat several bananas for lunch & then sit in front of "the pig" to see it go on :).
People don't get that we get radioactivity from *everything*. Even other people. Temperature inversions. Fruit. Sunlight. They only hear the word "radioactivity" or "nuclear" and their brain seems to switch off.
The Preachers Fellowship went great - we had brisket with fixings Monday night, and Tuesday night there was a fish fry - sea trout (deeelicious!) with hushpuppies and stuff. Lots of deviled eggs were out for that meal. I think there were even some left over, which is terribly unusual, as we usually run out of those first off.
Spring is definitely here, as the "cold" temperatures we are getting now are only down into the 50s. I put my cactus back outside, hopefully some will bloom, but the golden barrel cactus, is supposed to be 12" across before it will bloom. My hibiscus did not make it through this winter, I guess I will have to pull out the dead stuff and put in new.
Not much else going on, I'm wiped out from a week of cleaning from about 8 am through 6:30 pm, with only a stop to run to DQ for a large diet coke, no ice; or a half a subway sandwich and then back to it.
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Bob G. March 17, 2011 at 7:53 AM
Diane:
That was a FANTASTIC explanation of the nuclear situation in Japan.
You covered in ONE post what I posted over a few days....
Very comprehensive, esp. the LEFT COAST ditzy-doos and their panic-attacks...lol
Potassium Iodide taken when there's no radiation (or medical) threat isn't that good for you...but they'll find out.
I recall that the workers in a nuclear plant were "permitted" a specified (and acceptable)level of exposure per quarter...you EXCEED that level, you don't go into areas that are HIGHER in RAD counts...simple.
I remember that formula, too.
The Japan reactors (pretty much built by GE) were leeching cesium 127 into the atmosphere (what THEY said)
And, I NEVER have heard a geiger-counter that was TOTALLY SILENT (unless it was OFF...lol)!
That preacher's meal sounds GREAT!
(and yes, this old northern boy has HAD hushpuppies when I was down south...)
Sorry to hear about your hibiscus...'ya gotta get a new one.
Glad you're resting up now.
Take care down there.
Diane March 17, 2011 at 9:05 AM
Thanks. Now I get to catch up on all the housecleaning that fell by the wayside while cleaning the church lol. Funny how people freak out when the word "nuclear" is mentioned, yet chemical plants blow up, spill, have lots of accidents, yet nothing is said about not building more or closing the current ones down. Guess nuclear power is the big bad boogyman.
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Freshman LaToya Ashman registered the first triple-double in program history as the FSW women's basketball team defeated Miami Dade College, 76-61, in Southern Conference action on Saturday afternoon. Ashman led the Bucs with 19 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists. The Bucs improve to 12-9 (3-2 Southern Conference) on the season, while MDC falls to 13-10 (3-2 Southern Conference) on the year.
The No. 3 Florida SouthWestern softball team won three games, including one against a nationally-ranked team, on day two of the 2017 JUCO Kickoff Classic in Clearwater. The Bucs, now 5-0 overall, beat Pensacola State (5-0), No. 19 Georgia Military (5-4) and Florida State College at Jacksonville (10-3).

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I'm really pleased that they have the time and resources for some leisure as well as the opportunity to pursue some other life interests. They gave the city of Portland an amazing gift. I believe the new owners are wise enough not to meddle with a winning formula.
I had a great time today. Thanks everyone, and thanks Joel for the game!
It took way too long to paint and I see every flaw, but I was happy enough with it to finish it. That's my biggest failing with painting, finishing the job, but I'm trying to fix that.
Ordo Boardo! The OFCC Board Game Challenge Do you have what it takes to bring it on the player mat? Can you defeat your opponents with your best Meeple placement? Will your dice rolls bring you glory before all? Find out at this year's Ordo Boardo: OFCC's Board Game Challenge!  When: OFCC 2019, Saturday, August 17th  Where: The Hilton in Downtown Vancouver Number of Players: 24 Cost: $20 Number of rounds: 3 Schedule: Round 1: 9:30am - 12:30pm Lunch: 12:30pm - 1:30pm Round 2: 1:30pm - 4:30pm Round 3: 4:30pm - 7:30pm The Nitty Gritty: The Ordo Boardo is designed to test your skills with cardboard and meeples. Players will play three games during the day out of a possible six games listed. You won't play the same games twice. Instead, there will be six, four person stations each with its own board game, and you will be assigned to a station each round. Round one will have random assignments, followed by table assignments based off of TP (Tournament Points). TP will be rewarded based off performance as follows: First- 5 TP Second- 3 TP Third- 1 TP Fourth- 0 TP If there is a tie between two players for the top three spots the first deciding factor will be differential between a game the tied players both played (example: if both players played game X whoever did better in defeating their opponents will be declared the winner). However, if the two tied players have not played a similar game then it will go to a Sudden Death round in which the players will battle in a short game of my choosing! The Games: This list is currently TBA, but rest assured it will be finalized before the begging of May. I am working on finding a list of games that are still in print, easy to get a hold of, popular, and fun. All the games that will be included are adversarial games playable to 4 players. I will be personally vetting each game before it is added to the list. IMPORTANT: I want to give everyone plenty of time to familiarize themselves with the games on this list. The expectation for the players is that you will have an understanding of the rules for EACH GAME ON THE LIST. I will be there for rules clarification only. Please do not come to this event and expect a rules explanation for each of the games. I will link every game to its BGG page, a video of how to play the game (and if there isn't a video I will make one), and a sponsored store who has a copy of the game on their demo shelves. It is on the players to make sure they know how to play the game before the day of the event, both for their own enjoyment and for the enjoyment of everyone participating. Awards: The top three players will be given awards according to their placement: 1st, 2nd, 3rd (More on this TBA) Prizes: To be announced at a later time, but what we have planned should be pretty awesome! The Ordo Boardo- We bring the cardboard, you bring your game! PURCHASE YOUR TICKETS HERE!
This is the NASCAR of list feedback threads. Endless circles. What lap are we on?
Doesn't sound like you'd enjoy it. Sounds like you don't understand what OFCC offers. It's not about denying what's fun for you, it's a out denying what others can't deal with a majority of the time. You don't get squat for winning all 5 of your games, that's the point. If anything consider list toning for next time or if your opponents liked you so much they want a rematch. I own 12 destroyers, yet only bring one squad of 6. Why, because I know point for point they're super strong at erasing vehicles. I know you enjoy ITC and more competitive environments. This is not that venue. OFCC offers something unique. As Hanaur said there's a lot less restriction than you think. Just be aware your not bringing an LVO leaf blower list to OFCC and you'd be fine. One last thing, attitude is what makes OFCC. Laugh, giggle, fart, just don't get stressed, don't get mad at yourself or your opponents and you'll fit right in. I always find beer and pretzels is what I enjoy at OFCC. Don't get me wrong I'll play to my best general abilities, just toning my list down offers a challenge too.
my tentative list is : ++ Battalion Detachment +5CP (Tyranids - Genestealer Cults) [71 PL, 5CP, 1231pts] ++ + No Force Org Slot + Cult Creed: The Rusted Claw Detachment CP [5CP] Insurrectionists + HQ + Acolyte Iconward [3 PL, 53pts] Jackal Alphus [4 PL, 70pts] + Troops + Acolyte Hybrids [6 PL, 56pts] . 4x Acolyte Hybrid (Hand Flamer): 4x Hand Flamer . Acolyte Hybrid (Heavy Weapon): Autopistol, Heavy Rock Saw . Acolyte Leader: Autopistol, Cultist Knife Acolyte Hybrids [6 PL, 63pts] . 4x Acolyte Hybrid (Hand Flamer): 4x Hand Flamer . Acolyte Hybrid (Heavy Weapon): Autopistol, Heavy Rock Drill . Acolyte Leader: Autopistol, Cultist Knife Acolyte Hybrids [6 PL, 63pts] . 4x Acolyte Hybrid (Hand Flamer): 4x Hand Flamer . Acolyte Hybrid (Heavy Weapon): Autopistol, Heavy Rock Drill . Acolyte Leader: Autopistol, Cultist Knife + Elites + Kelermorph [3 PL, 60pts] Sanctus [3 PL, 60pts]: Silencer Sniper Rifle + Fast Attack + Achilles Ridgerunners [12 PL, 252pts] . Achilles Ridgerunner: Flare Launcher, Heavy Mining Laser, 2x Heavy Stubber . Achilles Ridgerunner: Flare Launcher, Heavy Mining Laser, 2x Heavy Stubber . Achilles Ridgerunner: Flare Launcher, Heavy Mining Laser, 2x Heavy Stubber Atalan Jackals [5 PL, 112pts] . Atalan Jackal: Grenade Launcher, Shotgun . Atalan Jackal: Demolition Charge, Power Pick . Atalan Jackal: Demolition Charge, Power Pick . Atalan Leader: Power axe, Shotgun . Atalan Wolfquad: Mining Laser, Power Pick Atalan Jackals [5 PL, 112pts] . Atalan Jackal: Grenade Launcher, Shotgun . Atalan Jackal: Demolition Charge, Power Pick . Atalan Jackal: Demolition Charge, Power Pick . Atalan Leader: Power axe, Shotgun . Atalan Wolfquad: Mining Laser, Power Pick + Heavy Support + Goliath Rockgrinder [6 PL, 110pts]: Clearance Incinerator, Heavy Stubber Goliath Rockgrinder [6 PL, 110pts]: Clearance Incinerator, Heavy Stubber Goliath Rockgrinder [6 PL, 110pts]: Clearance Incinerator, Heavy Stubber ++ Vanguard Detachment +1CP (Tyranids - Genestealer Cults) [40 PL, 4CP, 769pts] ++ + No Force Org Slot + Battle-forged CP [3CP] Cult Creed: The Twisted Helix Detachment CP [1CP] + HQ + Abominant [6 PL, 105pts] Patriarch [7 PL, 125pts]: Warlord, Warlord Trait: Bio-alchemist + Elites + Aberrants [14 PL, 299pts] . 5x Aberrant (Hammer): 5x Heavy Power Hammer . 3x Aberrant (Pick): 3x Power Pick . 2x Aberrant Hypermorph (Hammer): 2x Heavy Power Hammer Biophagus [2 PL, 35pts] Clamavus [3 PL, 55pts] Locus [2 PL, 40pts] Nexos [3 PL, 50pts] Sanctus [3 PL, 60pts]: Silencer Sniper Rifle ++ Total: [111 PL, 9CP, 2000pts] ++ Created with BattleScribe (https://battlescribe.net) I still need to build it and test it so I'm not sure how hard it is. the aberant+biophagus+abominant blob might be the scariest thing in it. but not sure exactly how they do in real life.
How do I get on a team! Yes, I want to attend the 40k event and not AoS...i know, weird! I am working on a chaos army. Why do you want me on your team? Easy answer, I've received Best Sports in past years for fantasy open (singles event) as well as Best Sports fantasy (team event). What's my motto? Hobby, drink, and roll dice....maybe in that order!
Thanks to @peter.cosgrove, OFCC 2019 will be hosting a Warhammer 40K ITC RTT on Friday, August 16!! Please join us in saying "THANK YOU" to all our HoGs who volunteered to run events at OFCC 2019. We will release the Master Schedule and Tickets this week so please stay tuned to this thread for updates.
I would like to call everyone's attention to the following updates: Two INFINITY events added. Please join me in saying a big THANK YOU to @Exile for carrying the Infinity torch (lightrod? glowglobe?) and running a Friday and a Saturday/Sunday event at OFCC 2019. And another special THANKS to @FKA Obscure Reference for adding in a BOARDGAME TOURNAMENT on Saturday. More information to come on both events. Keep watching this thread for updates. For the Good of the Order!
fyi, i left copies of Cities of Death and the Battle Honours pages from CA 2018 for any who want them. they are on top of the fridge in the big room.
If you are unfamiliar with OFCC, please take some time to read this brief post.
I especially appreciate the guy attempting to tear apart the terminator's boot with his teeth. He may need a tutor to help him with his "tearing apart" studies, but the dude has gumption, you gotta give him that.
The twins are actually pretty easy to tell apart once you get to know them a bit. Ed's a hell of a nice guy, fun to have a beer and game with, has a beautiful army. Greg is fun to have a beer and game with, is a hell of a nice guy and has a beautiful army. The easiest way is to remember: Greg has more "G's" in his name and Ed doesn't have any. Jokes aside...solid dudes , 5/5 would OFCC again with them in a heartbeat.
That sounds like it would be a great "Lost and the Damned" force.
I called Forge World in Nottingham this morning. The website won't let me order the Sanguinius model, not even pre-order it. This is somewhat annoying, that they would have something all over their website, featured on every page, and included in several promotional bundles, but then when you succumb to the hype and try to send them a big pile of money, they come back with "sorry, temporarily out of stock". Of course it's temporarily out of stock, that's why they call it a PRE ORDER. So anyhow, the nice lady with the sweet English accent promised me they would email me as soon as it becomes available again. I was trying to get the model, the book, and the cool blood angels cast brass pin. I had hoped it would make me the coolest kid on my block. I will just have to suffer in ignominy a while longer.
Shazam! - 8/10 - this one ranks up there with the MCU movies. The casting was great, every actor/actress fit the bill perfectly. I'd say the only one that might have been deemed a bit out of the place was the wizard (but that is purely based on my own tastes). The comedy was there, the action was there, as well as the heart warming and down moments. Best of all, it is well set up for a sequel. If you like super hero movies at all, then go see this one, I doubt you'll be disappointed. To note, I am not a DC guy at all. So if there are story elements from a Shazam history perspective that are off or wrong, I have no knowledge of that. Depending on how much of a purist you are, there might be things you don't like. All in all I thought it was a great film. My wife loved it as well and Jade stayed awake through the whole movie. It gets a Razzano family thumbs up!
You tried and failed at seven 0s.
retail is incredibly difficult and stressful. i have no doubt everyone in that line of work gets to a certain point and decides to do something different. good on Angel and crew for creating something so awesome and in demand someone will pay thousands of dollars for it!
Thanks, Pax. I knew this, from getting burned many years ago. Thankfully, I have a pretty good international plan on my cell phone these days, necessary for my recent overseas trips.
I just watched Aquaman and feel much the same. It's not that the movies are necessarily bad, they are just stupid. The characters make stupid speeches and stupid decisions. I'm still trying to figure out Marvel managed to make the Captain American, the most boring boy scout relic of the 40's , into the compelling hero he has become but DC can't do anything even remotely like that for Superman, potentially the greatest super hero of all time. The actually make progress with Aquaman but he goes overboard on the bro-tasm.
Are you referring to @Sugarlessllama? I can't remember exactly how many favorite opponent pins he got (I think 3, maybe 2), but he was on our team and we took home the Marshall Johnson. We, and thus, he, will be back. He's bringing smurfs this year I think, though. Or maybe you're talking about some other nice guy who ran knights. In which case, I'll find out who and beat him up in the bathroom. There can only be one.
In an actual competitive environment, I agree with you 100%. But the OFCC is a whole different kind of event. The ideal here is five games where both players have a good time, win, lose, or draw, and the way the Castellan can just erase swathes of an enemy Army tends to make it not fun to play against unless the other Army and Player are both ready for a high level game. And yes, overall, balance in 40K is better than it's ever been. But the Castellan is inarguably the biggest outlier in the game as it stands. It's warping the entire competitive meta, and its mere presence makes a lot of stuff more or less unplayable.
Back in the day, some of us were trying to make up a "counts as" force using the models in the bucket, as I recall. There has to be enough models in there for several armies, now.
Played Supplies tonight against Nick's Haqq. The game was a ton of fun and in the end we both grabbed what we could and ran for safety. Biggest tragedy was his doc failing to open a coffer on an 18. I pulled out the win with one more supply box and one of my classifieds done, making for a 6-1 victory. I brought this list so I could mess around with the Tikbalang and some Santiago magic: [imglogoarmy=14]https://assets.infinitythegame.net/infinityarmy/img/logos/logo_103.svg[/imglogoarmy] Military Orders ────────────────────────────────────────────────── 10 TIKBALANG OF MONTESA (Religious Troop) AP HMG, Heavy Flamethrower / DA CCW. (2 | 92) CRABBOT Flash Pulse / Knife. () KNIGHT OF SANTIAGO Lieutenant (Specialist Operative) Spitfire, Nanopulser, E/M Grenades, D-Charges / Pistol, DA CCW. (1 | 43) KNIGHT OF SANTIAGO Hacker (Killer Hacking Device) Combi Rifle, Nanopulser, D-Charges + 1 TinBot A (Deflector L1) / Pistol, DA CCW. (0 | 38) ORDER SERGEANT MULTI Sniper Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (1.5 | 21) ORDER SERGEANT Heavy Rocket Launcher / Assault Pistol, Knife. (1.5 | 15) ORDER SERGEANT Paramedic (MediKit) Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 15) MACHINIST (Father-Engineer) Combi Rifle, D-Charges / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 15) PALBOT Electric Pulse. (0 | 3) PALBOT Electric Pulse. (0 | 3) PATHFINDER DRONBOT Combi Rifle, Sniffer / Electric Pulse. (0 | 16) PATHFINDER DRONBOT Combi Rifle, Sniffer / Electric Pulse. (0 | 16) PEACEMAKER Heavy Shotgun + AUXBOT_3 / Electric Pulse. (0 | 21) AUXBOT_3 Heavy Flamethrower / Electric Pulse. (- | 4) 6 SWC | 298 Points Open in Infinity Army List was effective, resilient, and lots of fun. Looking forward to experimenting more soon, and maybe making some Foreign Company lists with the army drops.


This starter may sound unusual, but the delicate, sweet tartness of fresh strawberries is a perfect foil for the rich, salty oiliness of smoked salmon.
They may be perfect for a hot summer's day, but don't let that stop you from making them year-round, whenever you can get your hands on strawberries!
The colours of this fruit salad are really bright and vibrant and will make you feel as if you are on an exotic holiday without leaving home!
This recipe is much easier than a traditional cheesecake which is likely to have biscuit crumbs at the bottom.


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Film Review: Vampyr (1932)
Nigel Honeybone 08/22/2014	Film Reviews
"Young traveller Allan Grey arrives in a remote castle and starts seeing weird, inexplicable sights (a man whose shadow has a life of its own, a mysterious scythe-bearing figure tolling a bell, a terrifying dream of his own burial). Things come to a head when one of the daughters of the lord of the castle succumbs to anaemia – or is it something more sinister?" (courtesy IMDB)
What filmmaker Luis Buñuel innocently began in the twenties with Surrealism has probably become the most important influence in genre cinema after the German Gothic. Sometimes the influence is direct, sometimes it's because the language of surrealism has become part of the way we think, now familiar to billions of people who have never even heard of Buñuel or his contemporaries. Curiously enough, one of the most obviously surrealist films of the thirties had no direct link with the surrealist movement, though its director was probably aware of its existence. I'm talking about Carl Dreyer and his moody masterpiece Vampyr (1932), which is unlike any other vampire film ever made, before or since.
It's not so much a horror film as an eerie mood piece, a dream, the visualisation of the conflict between the heart and the brain for the soul. Critic William K. Everson once described Vampyr as, "The one undisputed masterpiece of the genre" and, somewhat hesitantly, I do not dispute this. The hesitation is because most of the available prints are of poor quality, and it's difficult to tell to what extent their washed out appearance is the fading due to generations of reduplication, and to what extent it is the deliberate bleached look Carl Dreyer gave to the film. The compelling cinematography is the work of Rudolph Maté, who later moved to Hollywood to direct such semi-classics as D.O.A. (1950) and When Worlds Collide (1951), and deserves just as much credit as Dreyer for this monumental work.
Allan Gray (Nicolas de Gunzburg) is an investigator of the supernatural whose journeys take him to the village of Courtenpierre. He finds that sisters Leone (Sybille Schmitz) and Gisele (Rena Mandel) are being threatened by a vampire witch (Henriette Gerard) and her evil human colleagues, a doctor (Jan Hieronimko) and a peg-legged gamekeeper (Albert Bras). Leone is already deathly ill and shows signs of turning into a vampire. Most vampire films – indeed most horror films – deal with the conflict between good and evil, but Dreyer links his vampires with Satan and makes Courtenpierre a religious battleground where believers and blasphemers wage war. Survivors Allan and Gisele are allowed to leave at the end and venture into a heavenly forest.
Vampyr is based rather remotely on Sheridan Le Fanu's classic story Carmilla about a female vampire. It has little direct terror, but a suffocating claustrophobic sense of the unnatural pervades it. The film has a slow inexorable dreamlike quality that immediately suggests its strong relationship to surrealism, as does its emphasis on inexplicable events: a policeman's shadow walks off without him; a peasant waiting for a ferry looks like Death holding his scythe; the hero dreams of being buried alive (the camera stares point-of-view through the coffin's window as it is carried to the graveyard); the vampire is actually a withered old woman; an old man enters the hero's bedroom at night and whispers, "She must not die." The evil doctor is finally trapped mysteriously in a cage in a flour mill and suffocated with the fine white powder that bleaches the screen completely, recapitulating the strange pallor of all the previous events.
The words of the prologue prepare us for this very dreamlike quality: "There exist certain beings whose very lives seem bound by invisible chains to the supernatural. They crave solitude. To be alone and dream – their imagination is so developed that their vision reaches beyond that of most men." Thus the almost somnambulistic, curiously passive hero is not the innocent observer who walks into most vampire films. It is as if his very personality creates the fantastic horrors that entrap him. Of these, the most terrifying touch is the most subtle. In one particular scene that would be often imitated but rarely well, Leone, who has been bitten by a vampire, lies in bed looking tortured and weak. She slowly turns her head and, as she does so, her expression changes from innocence to sexual malignance as she passes her tongue across her teeth. No fangs, no special effects, but a disturbing moment nonetheless.
Admittedly, the movie is leisurely-paced and has no shocks, but I'm sure even younger horror movie fans will be able to recognise why it is so well-regarded. Filmed as if it was a silent film, it contains several startling visual passages, and the entire film has an effectively haunting, misty look due to the use of gauze over the camera's lens. Here then is another of the great focal points of horror cinema, the film which established so brilliantly the link between the fantasies of the mind and the way in which external reality is seen. The whole film exists in the half-light of dawn and dusk, in a never-never world of quietness and mist. I sincerely hope you enjoyed this week's presentation but, then again, I sincerely hope for world peace and a Ferrari. Nevertheless, since you're still reading this, I'm sure I can count on having your company again when I pick another forgotten fragment of filmic fluff from cinema's lint trap next week for…Horror News! Toodles!
Tags Albert Bras Carl Dreyer Henriette Gerard Jan Hieronimko Nicolas de Gunzburg Rena Mandel Rudolph Maté Sheridan Le Fanu Sybille Schmitz Vampyr
Vampire Movies – A Look Back at Some of Horror's Greatest Contributions
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Film Review: F.P.1 Doesn't Answer (1932)
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Bloody Heels and Plastic tears
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TSR rocks Geleen with Plastic Tears und Bloody Heels
One of the fresh new acts in European hard rock scene. Bloody Heels has been around since year 2012 and since then the band has released an EP called 'Summer Nights' (2014) and LP 'Through Mystery' (2017) ! The line-up consists of four members – Vicky White (Vocals) , Harry Rivers (Guitar) , Tommy Everett (Bass) and Gus Hawk (Drums) ! The band has played shows all around Europe including – Sweden, Finland, Norway, Germany, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland, Netherlands, Belgium, Baltic States and etc.
The band has released three music videos for songs – 'Cheap Little Liar', 'Hungry For Your Love' and for 'One More Time' acoustic version.
Bloody Heels are currently working on their sophomore release that is gonna see the daylight in 2019.
Plastic Tears is a rock band from Helsinki with a sleazy dark glam punk rock 'n' roll attitude.
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MANCHESTER UNITED boss Jose Mourinho could regret failing to sign a centre-forward in January following Marcus Rashford's poor FA Cup final display against Chelsea.
Manchester United missed out on the FA Cup with Chelsea taking the trophy following Eden Hazard's penalty at Wembley on Saturday.
It means Mourinho's second season at Old Trafford will ultimately be remembered as a disappointment, despite the Red Devils' improved Premier League campaign.
Manchester United were without Romelu Lukaku for the Chelsea game, who was left on the bench due to injury.
Rashford was instead then given the nod for United, with the England star ultimately toiling.
The Manchester Evening News say Mourinho pondered signing a striker in January following Zlatan Ibrahimovic's expected exit.
Jamie Vardy was tipped to sign from Leicester at the time, emerging as a shock target, but he ultimately ended up staying at the King Power Stadium.
Ibrahimovic was linked with LA Galaxy at the time and ultimately moved Stateside in March.
And Mourinho may regret that following his failure to end his second season at United on a high.
Reports have claimed he was livid with the striker for his Wembley woes, failing to hide his disgust as Rashford missed a chance in the first-half.
That could plunge the 20-year-old's future into doubt with Mourinho set to invest heavily this summer.
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WJCMP> Vol.6 No.3, August 2016
Preparation of Smart Fluid from Polymer Coated Pumice Particles
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Hasim Yilmaz*, Abdullah Çalışkan, Ümmihan T. Yilmaz
Chemistry Department, Polatli Science and Letters Faculty, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey.
This study reports, electrorheological (ER) responses of pumice and poly(methyl methacrylate)/ pumice, PMMA/pumice, conducting composite dispersions in silicone oil (SO). Primarily three different compounds (K1, K2, K3, 73%, 48%, 22% contain pumice particles) PMMA/pumice composites were prepared and used as ER active materials. Anti-sedimentation stabilities of pumice and composite systems in silicone oil (SO) medium were determined. The application of a suspension of composite particles as an electrorheological ER fluid (20% particle concentration) was assessed using a rotational electro-rheometer, and the effects of the electric field strength, shear rate, frequency and temperature were examined. ER activity of all the composite suspensions was observed to increase with increasing concentration, electric field strength and decreasing shear rate. The PMMA/pumice composites suspensions show a typical shear thinning non-Newtonian viscoelastic behavior, in which viscosity of the suspension decremented sharply with incrementing shear rate. The ER measurement results showed that the performance of the composite suspensions was enhanced by increasing the electric field strength.
Electrorheological Fluids, Polymer Composite, Poly(Methyl Methacrylate), Elastic Modulus
Received 12 January 2016; accepted 28 August 2016; published 31 August 2016
An electrorheological (ER) fluid is described as a smart material, in which the electrorheological properties of a suspension of particles dispersed in an insulating oil, can transmute from a liquid-like state to a solid-like state in the range of milliseconds from the application of an external electric field [1] . Under the electric field strength, the induced dipoles tend to attract neighboring particles and this causes the particles to form fibrillar three- dimensional network structures, which are aligned along the direction of the electric field and generate additional resistance against fluid motion [2] .
Without an external electric field, conducting particles are dispersed haphazard and the ER fluid comports simply as a Newtonian fluid. When an externally applied electric field strengthens, the dispersed particles immediately form chain-like structures and the ER fluid deports as a non-Newtonian fluid [3] .
Igneous rocks of volcanic pumice are very thin with translucent bubble-walled glass pyroclastic extent macrovesicle structure. This is an intermediate silicic structure; there is no widely-circumscribing or basalt and felsic composition in others. Pumice is commonly pale in color, ranging from white, cream, blue or grey, to green- brown or ebony. It composes when volcanic gases ex-solve from viscous magma-nucleate bubbles which cannot yarely decouple from the viscous magma prior to chilling to glass. Pumice widely in the upper components of silicic lava is a prevalent product in the form of explosive blast. Pumice has an average porosity of 90%. Pumice is typically used to make a lightweight insulating concrete or cinder block of low density. Pumice has been utilized as a construction material to the present from the past [4] .
PMMA is known as a vigorous and lightweight material. It has a density of 1.17 - 1.20 g/cm3, which is less than a moiety that of glass. In integration, the polystyrene has a higher glass and good impact resistance; however, the PMMA impact vigor is still significantly lower than polycarbonate and some engineered polymers. PMMA swells and dissolves in many organic solvents; it also has poor resistance to many other chemicals due to its easily hydrolyzed ester groups [5] . Nevertheless, its environmental stability is superior to most other plastics such as polystyrene and polyethylene, and PMMA has been therefore often the material of choice for outdoor applications. However, environmental stability, such as polystyrene and polyethylene is superior to many other plastics and PMMA therefore for alfresco applications and often a preferred material in many areas [6] .
In this study, all these superior features with pumice composite PMMA are intended as a preparation. For this intent, three different compounds (K1, K2, and K3) PMMA/pumice composites were used as ER active materials. In this system, the silicone oil was determined by precipitation resistance. The parameters which affect the ER properties of pumice/SO and PMMA/pumice/SO systems were investigated such as electrical field strength, shear rate, shear stress, elastic properties and temperature [7] .
2. Experimental
2.1. Materials
Pumice mineral "Soylu Mining" companies from (Cappadocia province, Turkey) and for all other chemicals provided by Aldrich products and used as received. The monomer, methyl methacrylate (MMA) was used after vacuum distillation. The initiator of ammonium per sulfate (APS) was recrystallized in ethanol prior to use.
2.2. Preparation of PMMA/Pumice Composite
PMMA was free radical polymerized in the presence of pumice using APS (ammonium persulfate) as radical initiator taking the monomer to initiator mole ratio as 1000:1 in methanol (at 70˚C) [8] . The reaction system was kept at room temperature under N2 (g) for 4 h commixing. During the mixing, the addition of pumice adsorbed PMMA surface and was added at three different rates (Scheme 1). Prepared composites were dried under vacuum for 24 hours. Three PMMA/pumice composites, containing sundry percentages of PMMA were prepared by changing the pumice to monomer ratios, and they were coded as follows: 27% PMMA/73% pumice (K1), 52% PMMA/48% pumice (K2), 78% PMMA/22% pumice (K3). And then composites milled with ball mill. Determining particle size and electrical characteristics are given in Table 1.
2.3. Scanning Electron Microscopy
The SEM micrographs of PMMA/pumice composites (Figure 1) demonstrates a big granular structure whereas, the SEM micrograph of PMMA/pumice composites demonstrates a sponge like and porous structure. The different surface morphologies of PMMA and PMMA/pumice composites influence their conductivities.
2.4. Preparation of Dispersions
Dispersions of pumice and PMMA/pumice composite were prepared at a volume fraction of 20% by dispersing
Figure 1. SEM figures. (a) PMMA; (b) Pumice; (c) K1; (d) K2; (e) K3.
Table 1. Particle diameter, conductivity and dielectric parameters of samples.
Scheme 1. Procedure of poly(methyl methacrylate)/pumice composites.
definite amount of solid particles in Silicone oil, SO (ρ = 0.965 g∙cm−3, η = 1.0 Pa s, ε = 2.61, Aldrich, Germany), which were both vacuum dried before mixing in an oven for 24 h (50˚C constant temperature) to remove any moisture present. All the prepared dispersions were allowed to equilibrate overnight before measurements.
2.5. Sedimentation Stability Measurements
Sedimentation stabilities against gravitational forces of the pumice/SO and PMMA/pumice/SO dispersions were determined at T = 25˚C. Glass tube containing the above dispersion was immersed in a constant temperature water bath and the formation of the first precipitate was recorded as a colloidal stability. Pure views during the affluent phase for particulate and in terms of a relatively clear phase separation between an oil rich phase heights were recorded as a function of time using digital calipers. Sedimentation rate was defined as the height of the affluent phase divided particles to the total height of the dispersion.
2.6. Electrorheological Measurements
ER properties of the dispersions were determined with a Thermo Scientific HAAKE RheoStress 600 Electrorheometer (Karlsruhe, Germany). The gap between the parallel plates was 1.000 mm and the diameters of the upper and lower plates were 35 mm (PP35 ER rotor). Potential used in these experiments was supplied by a 0.0 - 12.5 kV (with 0.5 kV increments) dc electric field generator (Fug Electronics, HCL 14, Germany), effective resistivity generated during the experiments.
3.1. Anti-Sedimentation Stabilities of the Dispersions
The anti-sedimentation stability of ER materials is one of the main gauge because the ER fluids are supposed to be homogeneously dispersed before applying external electric field strength. The effects of dispersed particles on the anti-sedimentation ratios of the materials used in this study were examined. For the particle volume fraction of 25%, anti-sedimentation ratios at the end of 40 days were determined as 92% for PMMA/pumice/SO systems (Figure 2). It was observed that PMMA/pumice/SO dispersion system was extremely stable against gravitational sedimentation than other particle concentrations. It was observed that the PMMA/pumice/SO dispersion system had a higher anti-sedimentation ratio than pumice/SO, although the particle size of PMMA/pu- mice was bigger than pumice. On the other hand, the density of PMMA/pumice was lower than pumice and more proximate to the density of SO. Furthermore, in composite structure PMMA chains form steric obstruction that holds the particles in suspended positions against agglomeration.
3.2. Electrorheological Studies
3.2.1. Effect of Particle Concentration on ER Activity
The change in electric field viscosity (ηE) with a suspension particle concentration at constant conditions was shown in Figure 3. There are two main factors which relate the particle concentration and ηE. The higher particle concentration results in a denser particle structure organized by the influence of E, resulting with a higher resistance against the flow. Additionally, as a result of polarization forces acting between the particles of the suspensions, ηE (or ER activity) increases with incrementing particle concentration in the suspensions. Suspension concentration exerts the principal effect on the ER activity. When a particle concentration increases, electric field-induced viscosity of the suspension increases. This may be attributed to the polarizing forces acting between particles [9] . In the absence of an electric field strength, the particles are haphazard dispersed in suspension. At high electric fields, the particles form well-developed strings spanning the gap between the electrodes, as a result of interfacial polarization due to migration of charge carriers in the composite particles. Increase in electric field strength induces a higher dipole moment, which causes the particle chains to coalesce and form thicker chains. Likewise, higher particle concentration results in a denser fibrillar structure [10] . The magnitude of the force between two particles aligned with the electric field strength and with a center-center separation of d
is [11] . An incremented suspension concentration will decrement the distance between the
particles, which will result in an incremented polarization force. In our study, ηE of suspensions increased continuously with increasing particle concentration and this increment was maximum at c = 30% particle concentration in the following order: K3 (350.8 Pa s) > K2 (312.4 Pa s) > K1 (250.35 Pa s) > pumice (165.30 Pa s). Similar behavior was reported for the study of CaCO3/SO suspensions [12] .
Figure 2. Sedimentation ratio as a function of time for suspensions. T = 25˚C, c = 25% (m/m).
Figure 3. Change in electric field viscosity with particle concentration. E = 3.5 kV/mm, = 0.1 s−1, T = 25˚C.
3.2.2. Effect of Shear Rate on Shear Stress and Viscosity
The effects of shear rate on shear stress (τ) and viscosity (η) for K3/SO and pumice/SO systems were shown in Figure 4. From Figure 4, it is clear that the apparent shear viscosity attains its largest increases in low shear rate values because, at those values, the stronger electrostatic forces make the particle chains stiffer when standing against the hydrodynamic forces [13] . The viscosities of the systems were observed to decrement exponentially at lower shear rate regions with typical curves of shear thinning non-Newtonian viscoelastic demeanors. Non-Newtonian shear stress increments were observed with incrementing shear rate for all the materials examined. It was concluded that, the interactions between the surfactant molecules and the dispersed composite particles caused the reduction of surface tension of the dispersion system; and additionally the surfactant molecules promoted the colloidal stability of the dispersed particles [14] [15] . At the high shear rate region, the shear stress of all flow curves converges to the same value despite the difference in the applied electric field strength. Thus the applied electric field affects only the low shear rate behavior and the yield stress value [16] .
3.2.3. Effect of Electric Field Strength on Shear Stress and Viscosity
The pumice and composite nanoparticles dispersed in SO were distributed randomly without applying E (Figure 5). When an electric field was applied, the particles became polarized and inclined to magnetize each other, and consequently the fibril-like structures aligned to the direction of electric field were composed, which provide supplemental resistance against the flow. For composite/SO systems, this occurs under low electric field values and the formation of fibril-like structures could be weak. The composite/SO system showed slight changes in viscosity with increasing electric field. In the presence of an electric field strength, structure of composite/SO dispersion was eradicated by electrostatic forces acting on polarized particles, reorganizing them into fibrillar chains parallel to the electric field, whose resistance against the flow was lower than that of the structure of dispersion with the absence of an electric field.
Shear stress is one of the critical design parameters in ER phenomenon and has attracted considerable attention both theoretically and experimentally [17] . Figure 5 shows the dependence of shear stress on the electric field strength for the four samples studied. Electric field induced shear stress values were observed to increase with increasing pumice content of the composites and changed in the order: K3 > K2 > K1 > pumice. When pumice and composites/SO suspension was subjected to E > 1.0 kV/mm an electrical breakdown was occurring and no further data collected.
Additionally Figure 5 shows the change in the electric field viscosity with electric field strength in constant conditions ( = 0.1 s−1, c = 25%, T = 25˚C). Electric field viscosity (ηE ≠ 0) increases with increasing electric
Figure 4. The effect of shear rate on shear stress and viscosity of suspensions. E = 3.5 kV/mm, T = 25˚C, c = 25%.
Figure 5. Change in shear stress and viscosity with electric field strength. j = 25%, = 0.1 s−1, T = 25˚C.
field strength for all the suspensions studied. Under applied electric field strength, the magnitude of the polarization forces between particles increases, and in turn, the particles rapidly aggregate into the chain formation perpendicular to the lower and upper plates, hence resulting in the improvement of the electric field viscosity. During the absence of an electric field strength, the shear stress increases almost linearly with the increasing shear rate. However, in the presence of an applied electric field strength, the shear stress increases abruptly and shows a yield behavior of a typical Bingham fluid, and the apparent shear viscosity exhibits a strong shear thinning behavior [12] . The maximum electric field viscosity was observed as 468 Pas for K3, which contains the highest amount of PMMA. Similar trend was reported by Lu and Zhao [18] for polyaniline/montmorillonite composites.
3.2.4. The Effect of Temperature on Shear Stress
The temperature effect of ER fluid is one of the important parameters to evaluate ER effect [19] . Generally, the temperature has two effects on ER fluids: one is the effect on the polarization intensity of particle and another is Brownian motion. The increase in the temperature resulted with a decrease in polarization activation energy, but with an increase in the polarization ability of the ER particle. Moreover, thermal kinetics and colloidal stability are influenced by change of temperature. The ultimate ER demeanor depends on the balance procured among these factors [20] [21] .
To investigate the behavior of materials at elevated temperatures, temperature sweeps were carried out between 25˚C and 125˚C for all the suspensions studied (Figure 6). The shear stresses of all the samples, except nanoparticles/SO system, were recorded to decrease with increasing temperature. The overall shear stress losses (Δτ = τ25˚C − τ125˚C) were in the order of: ΔτK3 (43 Pa) > ΔτK2 (66 Pa) > ΔτK1 (74 Pa) and shear stress increment for pumice particle suspensions was calculated to be 33 Pa. With increasing temperature, the thermal motions of the dispersed particles were enhanced; as a result, the mobility of the particles raised and formation of stripes along the direction of the electric field got relatively difficult. pumice/SO system showed slight increment with raising temperature which was believed to cause by its including water and CO2.
3.2.5. Effect of Frequency on Storage Modulus and Loss Modulus
It is well known that the relationship between storage modulus (G') and loss modulus (G") indicates whether the material is solid-like (G' > G"), gel-like (G' ≈ G") or liquid-like (G" > G') in the whole frequency range measured [22] .
Viscoelastic properties of K3 composite based ER fluids were measured by an electrorheometer. Figure 7 represents the results from the frequency sweep test. Storage modulus (G') and loss modulus (G") under E = 3.5 kV/mm were plotted as a function of frequency in the range from 0.1 to 100 Hz. Therefore, the solid-like property of ER fluid also can be confirmed. Stress sweep was first carried out to determine the proper stress values to ensure collecting data in the linear viscoelastic regime for the samples. G' values of K3/SO were closer to G" values at moderate frequency values and also increased notably with increasing frequency. At lower frequencies the viscous deportment reflected by G" was ascendant, whereas, at the higher frequencies the elastic demeanor reflected by G' was outweighing [23] . This suggests that the fibrillar structure between the electrodes could not occur at lower frequencies. This was because network formation proceeds rapidly and compensates the network break-up under these conditions [24] . Dynamic frequency sweeps at strains well within the linear viscoelastic regime of each composites were performed in a range of frequencies covering 5 decades (0.01 - 100 Hz).
Figure 6. The effect of the temperature on the shear stress. = 0.1 s−1, f = 25%, E = 3.5 kV/mm.
Figure 7. Storage modulus G', loss modulus G'' and complex viscosity h* in dynamic frequency sweep for K3. f = 25%.
The results shown in Figure 7 exhibit the storage modulus G', loss modulus G'' and intricate viscosity η∗ for K3. For K3, G', G'' and η∗ became too diminutive and scattered for precise quantification at lower frequencies. This was due to the low viscosity of the melt at 25˚C, which led to torque values beyond the constraints of the transducer in the low frequency region. In the middle frequency region, both showed plateaus of proximately constant viscosity. Kindred increment in G' was reported for goethite/SO suspension system at both lower volume fractions and electric field strengths [25] .
Novel ER fluids with poly(methyl methacrylate)/pumice composite structures dispersed in silicone oil have been investigated under both steady and dynamic shear with a rotational rheometer. Sedimentation stabilities of suspensions were increased with increasing pumice content and decreasing dispersed particle concentration of composites. ER activity of all the composite suspensions was observed to increase with increasing electric field strength, dispersed particle concentration and decreasing shear rate. All the suspensions were observed in shown Newtonian flow behavior in the absence electric field, and Bingham plastic flow behavior in the presence of an externally applied electric field. The fluids show typical ER properties in the presence of an electric field strength applied perpendicularly to the flow field. Viscosities of all suspensions were sharply decreased with increasing shear rate, thus showing a shear thinning non-Newtonian flow. Shear modulus of samples was slightly increased with external frequency. Thus, the current study will help to further explore the difference in the ER behavior of spherical particle-based fluids and to explore as-prepared PMMA/pumice composite structures as promising candidates for high-performance smart ER materials.
Yilmaz, H. , Çalışkan, A. and Yilmaz, Ü. (2016) Preparation of Smart Fluid from Polymer Coated Pumice Particles. World Journal of Condensed Matter Physics, 6, 276-285. doi: 10.4236/wjcmp.2016.63026.
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1881 Murray-Hayden - manufacturing malleable iron products
1883 Munsen Hayden - Murray sells to Munsen
1886 Buckeye Malleable Company In
1891 Buckeye Automatic Car Coupler Company formed using Buckeye Malleable Company's castings
1892 Frank Rockefeller ( John D. Rockefeller's brother ) becomes Shareholder
1894 Buckeye Malleable Iron and Coupler Company formed from the merger of Buckeye Malleable Company and Buckeye Automatic Car Coupler Company.
1902 Buckeye Malleable Iron and Coupler Company opens new "South Plant"
1903 Buckeye Steel Castings - South Plant renamed after steel production becomes the center of operations.
1905 Frank Rockefeller becomes President of Buckeye Steel
1908 Samuel Prescott Bush becomes President of Buckeye Steel
1917 Buckeye opens forge shop for WWI.
1937 A.H. Thomas becomes President of Buckeye Steel
1944 Buckeye begins making armor castings for WWII.
1947 Cushion Ride design begins testings.
1963 Equipment installed to produce cast iron soil pipe.
1964 Universal Hermann Moldmaster installation.
1965 30 ton electric furnace installed.
1967 Buckeye International created due to diversity of the company into plastics, microelectronics.
1980 Division of Worthington Industries
1999 Worthington sells Buckeye
2002 Buckeye Steel Castings closes down
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Great Grand Parents
Samuel Prescott Bush, b. Brick Church, N.J., 4 Oct. 1863, living Franklin Co., Ohio, 1920, d. Columbus, Ohio, 8 Feb. 1948 m. Columbus, Ohio, 20 June 1894 Flora Sheldon, b. Franklin Co., Ohio, 17 Mar. 1872, living with husband Franklin Co., Ohio, 1920, d. "Watch Hill", R.I., 4 Sept. 1920
Grand Parents
Prescott Sheldon Bush, b. Columbus, Ohio, 15 May 1895, living in St. Louis, Mo., in 1920, U.S. Senator from 1952 to 1963, d. New York, N.Y., 8 Oct. 1972 m. Kennebunkport, Maine, 6 Aug. 1921
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Trying to meet with Yiannis Taloumis and hearing his story wasn't the easiest task… not because he didn't wish to meet with me, but because he is always on the move. On the move in exploring lands for quality and taste…! Usually big business men and company owners who have achieved their goals and are "already living their dream" besides a dose of "arrogance" they kinda stop searching and delivering their best to "customers"! But also, they "brag" about who they are and what they have done… so you can understand my surprise when I asked him to tell me from the start his story, and his answer without ANY exaggeration could fit in two lines!!! And making his huge success today sound so incredibly easy and simple, when what Yiannis Taloumis has achieved, is extremely difficult and remarkable!
Yiannis Taloumis was born in a "coffee" family… And all he has ever done was around coffee. Again, it's very rare to find someone who has so much passion for what he does after so many years and in the same company! But Yiannis didn't just follow his family footsteps, but he made his own path; challenging the status quo of the coffee industry by teaching clients and the public what coffee means and how to truly taste it with our senses and not drinking it because we need it!
In 1989, Yiannis established his coffee company in Greece, Taf coffee. Selling coffee though wasn't good enough for him… As he wanted to make a difference. It wasn't enough to just sell coffee beans in a package, but he wanted to create an end to end clear and open communication with clients and the people drinking his coffee. So, he decided to find the best coffee bean producers all around the world and give them a voice; To make coffee with heritage and history! But also, giving us another reason to drink coffee besides caffeine… to be able to smell and taste the difference among blends. By educating his clients and the market he has transforming coffee from a necessity into a "ritual"… Giving us the power and a reason to choose the coffee blend that best suits us! Now he has the "coffee tasters" job besides running the company, as he is lucky enough to travel to all the beautiful and authentic lands tasting what he loves the most but also connecting with beautiful "simple" people who love what they do…cultivating their lands.
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Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has advised the Federal Government to include the East–West Road among critical projects being funded from the Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF).
Wike also condemned the Federal Government's directive stopping states from rehabilitating failed federal roads, saying it was inimical to effective development, management and maintenance of road infrastructure across the country.
The governor spoke yesterday at the 26th meeting of the National Council on Works in Port Harcourt with the theme:"Infrastructure Development, Job Creation and National Economic Growth",
Wike, in a statement by his Special Assistant, Media, Kelvin Ebiri, said he believes that the inclusion of the East-West Road among SWF-funded projects would lead to its completion in 2022.
The governor said that the theme of the meeting was apt considering that road infrastructure plays a critical role in economic development, poverty reduction and inclusive progress.
He pointed out that the East – West Road was too important to the economic prosperity of the Southsouth and the nation in general but regretted that it had been under construction for over 15 years .
The governor observed that the Federal Government seemed overwhelmed with the construction and provision of many road across the country.
He suggested that it would be better for the Federal Government to complete most of the ongoing road projects before embarking on new ones.
Wike also advised the government to reconsider the directive stopping states' intervention in federal road repairs.
"It makes progressive sense as a development strategy therefore, for state governments to reconstruct such federal roads with reputable contractors on behalf of the Federal Government and get refunded after due verification of the price and quality of work done.
"The federal and state governments need to consult and collaborate regularly to accelerate the delivery of road infrastructure to advance and realise the hopes and aspirations of our people for development and decent living."
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Wike explained that his government was presently constructing six flyovers at the Port Harcourt – Aba Expressway, a federal road, to ease perennial traffic congestions at its intersections.
"Let me therefore, appeal to the Federal Government to continue to collaborate with state governments on road development by allowing states to fix federal roads with the assurance of a refund," he said.
The governor added that his administration had consistently dedicated over 65 per cent of the state's budget annually for the construction of new roads, reconstruction and maintenance of existing roads across the state.
He said: "The result is the unprecedented delivery of close to 900 kilometres of roads, bridges and flyovers spread across the length and breadth of the State, including some of the far-flung communities that have now been linked by roads for the first time."
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On the downside, there are a whole lot of unscrupulous companies promoting inferior CBD oil merchandise online. You really have to do your homework to find a brand name that offers Where To Buy Cbd Oil In Tennessee quality CBD products. Adult-use (recreational) weed is illegal. Cannabidiol (CBD) merchandise containing less than zero.9% THC are legal for the therapy of intractable seizures.
Hemp-derived CBD is becoming increasingly accepted. Several pharmacies and health shops are selling CBD merchandise now, especially in cities like Nashville. The state of Tennessee also permits individuals aged 18+ to buy smokable hemp merchandise , though Tennessee Cbd Law these carry an excise tax of 6.6%. In all these cases, a special analysis and advice from a Tennessee doctor is a should! Once more, this solely applies to CBD oil with a THC content higher than zero.three%.
Tennessee only abides by the requirements described in the 2018 Farm Invoice. For any CBD product to be authorized, the state requires that it ought to contain less than zero.three% THC. Hemp vegetation include extra CBD than marijuana, whereas THC is more considerable in marijuana vegetation. Admittedly, hemp wasn't used for its therapeutic benefits as much as it's used these days. Then, farmers cultivated hemp for their utilitarian uses, including rope manufacturing and baggage for cotton.
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Colorado was the first state to legalize marijuana for recreational use. CBD oil and hemp merchandise of all kinds are authorized and available in Colorado. In Tennessee, pioneer families in the early nineteenth century began marijuana cultivation. Through the Mexican-American Conflict, the state legislature even petitioned the federal authorities to advertise hemp production in the state.
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Again in 2017, laws was enacted that allowed for the cultivation of business hemp crops in Tennessee. That laws paved the road for the legality of CBD. Because the legislation stands in the present day, CBD is legal in Tennessee so long as it is derived from industrial hemp and never from marijuana vegetation. That caveat, requiring CBD to be derived from hemp, is itself considerably problematic as a result of it is tough to know, with certainty, the origin of the CBD found in merchandise on the market. Actually Is Cbd Oil Legal In Tennessee, the reason the fees had been dismissed within the Candy Crush case was as a result of it was impossible for the prosecutor to show whether or not the CBD discovered in the candy got here from industrial hemp or marijuana plants. As a result of CBD isn't regulated by the F.D.A., nor another state or federal company, there is also no oversight with regard to labeling or claims made on CBD merchandise.
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NDOT unsure how long environmental review delays for Spaghetti Bowl will be after record government shutdown impacts timeline.
The fast-tracked Spaghetti Bowl highway project for Reno-Sparks just hit a speed bump as part of the collateral damage from the recent government shutdown.
The Nevada Department of Transportation confirmed to the Reno Gazette Journal that the review process for the Spaghetti Bowl has been delayed after the government partially shut down for 35 days. The shutdown, which ended Jan. 25 after President Donald Trump signed a short-term spending bill to reopen the government for three weeks, was the longest in U.S. history.
The delays will affect the release of the environmental impact statement, which is required by the federal government before providing funding to infrastructure projects. The environmental impact statement was originally scheduled to be finalized this summer.
NDOT says it is not sure how long the delays will be for the federal reviews of the Spaghetti Bowl project. The project was fast-tracked early on as a way to cut the length of the review process in half.
While there will be delays to the project's environmental reviews, NDOT says it is confident that construction will still start as planned in 2020. The agency does not anticipate any delays to the first phase of Spaghetti Bowl construction, Ragonese said.
NDOT is not the only Nevada-based agency impacted by the shutdown. The Regional Transportation Commission of Washoe saw delays in receiving Federal Transit Administration funding while the government was shut down. The issue, however, has since been addressed, said RTC Washoe spokeswoman Lauren Ball.


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Reality TV star Kris Jenner has opted for an unusual gift to send to her friends and family this Christmas -- Botox vouchers. The 64-year-old, who herself boasts a line-free visage thanks to regular injections with the wrinkle-smoothing drug, said that she didn't have to think hard about what to get her nearest and dearest.
Kris told," It's a one stop shop for me. And who doesn't love Botox? For me it's been really great. If you're responsible, and you talk to your doctor, I think it works. It's something that I've been using for a long time." Among the recipients of Kris' gift cards will be her mother, Mary Jo Campbell.
"I also feel really blessed to have my mom still here feeling okay, and she's 85 years old. I hope I have that adventurous spirit when I'm her age. She's a joy. I'm going to give her a Botox gift card for sure," the "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" star said. - IANS
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If you are like me, and have a Lion Server VM that you constantly nuke and pave, you may have run into this one.
A bug exists (likely not in 10.7.3, but actually Apple's APNS service), that can cause setup of Apple push notifications to fail in either the wider Profile Manager setup assistant, or when signing in to get an APNS certificate in Server.app.
In Profile Manager setup, you get the slightly more informative "Getting push certificate status", but I am yet to find any sort of verbosity in a log anywhere when this occurs.
When this occurs, Apple's server creates a new certificate for you and then fails somewhere, never returning the newly created certificate. This actually compounds the problem, as too many certs seems to be the issue.
The current fix is to log into the Apple Push Certificates Portal, and revoke any old certificates for the affected hostname. This is obviously a pretty good housekeeping step anyway, but as the identity.apple.com portal is kind of obfuscated from the Server.app request process until you successfully get a certificate, you, as I did, might finally stumble across it, and find it pretty full of old certificates.
I have a radar in to throw a verbose error. I'm pretty sure Apple stopping you at a finite number of certs for a hostname is reasonable, but not failing silently without description would be nice.
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The exhibition is going to present for the first time to the Bulgarian audience original works by the world famous French tandem Pierre and Gilles.
The style of the two artists has long become a symbol of artistic success. They have been working together since 1976 so far having created more than 800 artistic pieces. Their works combine photography and painting and each artist has his own domain in the process – Pierre takes care of the filming while Gilles is in charge of the setting and the painting on the photos.
Among the world stars having sat for a portrait are Catherine Deneuve, Naomi Campbell, Madonna, Marilyn Manson, Jean Paul Gautier, Silvie Vartan, Boy George, Nina Hagen, Kylie Minogue, David Bowie and many others.
The Pierre et Gilles exhibition in Sofia Art Gallery includes 50 works by the legendary artists created in the period between 1978-2008. Among them are the two Silvie Vartan portraits created particularly for the exhibition in Sofia.
Pierre and Gilles themselves are going to be present at the opening and that will be their first visit to a country from South Eastern Europe.
A special catalogue has been issued for the exhibition.


He explains that because of this difficult period there have been outflow from EM-markets and some weakness relative to the developed markets. Going forward, looking at IMF forecasts and a growing number of expectations, David thinks there is reason to believe that EM growth could accelerate relative to developed market growth over the coming years, and that could support emerging market equities.
Coming from a value house like Sparinvest, David underlines the importance of having value shares in the portfolio as part of diversification. Value stocks have had some headwinds in the last few years, and have become cheaper relative to growth stocks.
David explains that the shares in Sparinvest Ethical Emerging Market Value have been researched from a bottom-up perspective, identifying stocks where there is a significant discount compared to what we think they are really worth. The portfolio has also been ethically screened, and has small and mid-cap exposure. The fund's reasonable performance relative to its benchmark appears to be benefitting from individual stock selection.


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Iron Sky is one of the most talked about fantastic movies of these days. Totally crowd-funded with a great cast and hilarious, comedic story, the movie has made it to the front pages. Premiering at "Berlinale" film festival in February 2012, Iron Sky might become a surprise film this year. The score has been composed by Mute Song's Laibach, who match perfectly and deliver a drak and fierce sountrack to the movie.
"In the last moments of World War II, a secret Nazi space program evaded destruction by fleeing to the Dark Side of the Moon. During 70 years of utter secrecy, the Nazis construct a gigantic space fortress with a massive armada of flying saucers.
Two Nazi officers, ruthless Klaus Adler (Götz Otto) and idealistic Renate Richter (Julia Dietze), travel to Earth to prepare the invasion. In the end when the Moon Nazi UFO armada darkens the skies, ready to strike at the unprepared Earth, every man, woman and nation alike, must re-evaluate their priorities."


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For some of us, it is hard to say yes. Things we dream of the way we want to live and feel. We let People and things become our obstacles. So many puts there needs and dreams on hold because they are caught up in things like relationships, other people opinions OR just can't find the courage to take that leap for themselves.
When we say yes to things that we believe in or believe to be good for us to take us to the next level we are opening the door to our success our brilliance. If you were born with passion in your heart you know that you just have to act on it otherwise life can feel dull, frustrating and unfulfilling.
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Illustrated by Karen Reczuch • Written by James Gladstone
For readers 4 - 7 years old | Published May 01, 2018 | ISBN 9781554989119
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Animals / Reptiles & Amphibians
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Karen Reczuch • James Gladstone
What is it about turtles that fascinates us? Is it how they hide inside their patterned shells, their wizened faces, their slow determination?
In Turtle Pond, a child and his parents visit their local public garden throughout the year, observing the turtles as they play, dive, feed, bask, climb, hide and doze. James Gladstone's lively prose poem reveals the pleasure and curiosity that come from spending time with the turtles. Karen Reczuch's stunningly beautiful illustrations accurately portray these extraordinary creatures, both in and out of the water, surrounded by lush plants and the changing seasons beyond the greenhouse windows.
An author's note provides more information about turtles, including the Red-eared Slider featured in the book.
Karen Reczuch
Karen Reczuch has illustrated many award-winning children's books. Her recent works include Turtle Pond by James Gladstone and West Coast Wild by Deborah Hodge, which won the Children's Literature Roundtables of Canada Information Book Award. She has also illustrated The Auction by Jan Andrews, a Governor General's Award finalist; Just Like New by Ainslie Manson, winner of the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Award; and Salmon Creek, winner of the BC Book Prize. Karen's work includes scientific, historical and archaeological illustration, and has been exhibited internationally. Karen lives in Lake Country, BC.
James Gladstone
James Gladstone is an editor and author of books for children, whose frequent visits to Allan Gardens in Toronto inspired Turtle Pond. He has also written the picture book When Planet Earth Was New, illustrated by Katherine Diemert. James lives in Toronto.