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<?php

$root = dirname(dirname(dirname(__FILE__)));
require_once $root.'/scripts/__init_script__.php';

$args = new PhutilArgumentParser($argv);
$args->setSynopsis(<<<EOSYNOPSIS
**import_repository_symbols.php** [__options__] __callsign__ < symbols

  Import repository symbols (symbols are read from stdin).
EOSYNOPSIS
  );
$args->parseStandardArguments();
$args->parse(
  array(
    array(
      'name'      => 'no-purge',
      'help'      => pht(
        'Do not clear all symbols for this repository before '.
        'uploading new symbols. Useful for incremental updating.'),
    ),
    array(
      'name'      => 'ignore-errors',
      'help'      => pht(
        "If a line can't be parsed, ignore that line and ".
        "continue instead of exiting."),
    ),
    array(
      'name'      => 'max-transaction',
      'param'     => 'num-syms',
      'default'   => '100000',
      'help'      => pht(
        'Maximum number of symbols that should '.
        'be part of a single transaction.'),
    ),
    array(
      'name'      => 'callsign',
      'wildcard'  => true,
    ),
  ));

$callsigns = $args->getArg('callsign');
if (count($callsigns) !== 1) {
  $args->printHelpAndExit();
}

$callsign = head($callsigns);
$repository = id(new PhabricatorRepositoryQuery())
  ->setViewer(PhabricatorUser::getOmnipotentUser())
  ->withCallsigns($callsigns)
  ->executeOne();

if (!$repository) {
  echo pht("Repository '%s' does not exist.", $callsign);
  exit(1);
}

if (!function_exists('posix_isatty') || posix_isatty(STDIN)) {
  echo pht('Parsing input from stdin...'), "\n";
}

$input = file_get_contents('php://stdin');
$input = trim($input);
$input = explode("\n", $input);

function commit_symbols(
  array $symbols,
  PhabricatorRepository $repository,
  $no_purge) {

  echo pht('Looking up path IDs...'), "\n";
  $path_map =
    PhabricatorRepositoryCommitChangeParserWorker::lookupOrCreatePaths(
      ipull($symbols, 'path'));

  $symbol = new PhabricatorRepositorySymbol();
  $conn_w = $symbol->establishConnection('w');

  echo pht('Preparing queries...'), "\n";
  $sql = array();
  foreach ($symbols as $dict) {
    $sql[] = qsprintf(
      $conn_w,
      '(%s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %d, %d)',
      $repository->getPHID(),
      $dict['ctxt'],
      $dict['name'],
      $dict['type'],
      $dict['lang'],
      $dict['line'],
      $path_map[$dict['path']]);
  }

  if (!$no_purge) {
    echo pht('Purging old symbols...'), "\n";
    queryfx(
      $conn_w,
      'DELETE FROM %T WHERE repositoryPHID = %s',
      $symbol->getTableName(),
      $repository->getPHID());
  }

  echo pht('Loading %s symbols...',  new PhutilNumber(count($sql))), "\n";
  foreach (array_chunk($sql, 128) as $chunk) {
    queryfx(
      $conn_w,
      'INSERT INTO %T
        (repositoryPHID, symbolContext, symbolName, symbolType,
        symbolLanguage, lineNumber, pathID) VALUES %Q',
      $symbol->getTableName(),
      implode(', ', $chunk));
  }
}

function check_string_value($value, $field_name, $line_no, $max_length) {
   if (strlen($value) > $max_length) {
      throw new Exception(
        pht(
          "%s '%s' defined on line #%d is too long, ".
          "maximum %s length is %d characters.",
          $field_name,
          $value,
          $line_no,
          $field_name,
          $max_length));
    }

    if (!phutil_is_utf8_with_only_bmp_characters($value)) {
      throw new Exception(
        pht(
          "%s '%s' defined on line #%d is not a valid ".
          "UTF-8 string, it should contain only UTF-8 characters.",
          $field_name,
          $value,
          $line_no));
    }
}

$no_purge = $args->getArg('no-purge');
$symbols = array();
foreach ($input as $key => $line) {
  try {
    $line_no = $key + 1;
    $matches = null;
    $ok = preg_match(
      '/^((?P<context>[^ ]+)? )?(?P<name>[^ ]+) (?P<type>[^ ]+) '.
      '(?P<lang>[^ ]+) (?P<line>\d+) (?P<path>.*)$/',
      $line,
      $matches);
    if (!$ok) {
      throw new Exception(
        pht(
          "Line #%d of input is invalid. Expected five or six space-delimited ".
          "fields: maybe symbol context, symbol name, symbol type, symbol ".
          "language, line number, path. For example:\n\n%s\n\n".
          "Actual line was:\n\n%s",
          $line_no,
          'idx function php 13 /path/to/some/file.php',
          $line));
    }
    if (empty($matches['context'])) {
      $matches['context'] = '';
    }
    $context     = $matches['context'];
    $name        = $matches['name'];
    $type        = $matches['type'];
    $lang        = $matches['lang'];
    $line_number = $matches['line'];
    $path        = $matches['path'];

    check_string_value($context, pht('Symbol context'), $line_no, 128);
    check_string_value($name, pht('Symbol name'), $line_no, 128);
    check_string_value($type, pht('Symbol type'), $line_no, 12);
    check_string_value($lang, pht('Symbol language'), $line_no, 32);
    check_string_value($path, pht('Path'), $line_no, 512);

    if (!strlen($path) || $path[0] != '/') {
      throw new Exception(
        pht(
          "Path '%s' defined on line #%d is invalid. Paths should begin with ".
          "'%s' and specify a path from the root of the project, like '%s'.",
          $path,
          $line_no,
          '/',
          '/src/utils/utils.php'));
    }

    $symbols[] = array(
      'ctxt' => $context,
      'name' => $name,
      'type' => $type,
      'lang' => $lang,
      'line' => $line_number,
      'path' => $path,
    );
  } catch (Exception $e) {
    if ($args->getArg('ignore-errors')) {
      continue;
    } else {
      throw $e;
    }
  }

  if (count($symbols) >= $args->getArg('max-transaction')) {
    try {
      echo pht(
        "Committing %s symbols...\n",
        new PhutilNumber($args->getArg('max-transaction')));
      commit_symbols($symbols, $repository, $no_purge);
      $no_purge = true;
      unset($symbols);
      $symbols = array();
    } catch (Exception $e) {
      if ($args->getArg('ignore-errors')) {
        continue;
      } else {
        throw $e;
      }
    }
  }
}

if (count($symbols)) {
  commit_symbols($symbols, $repository, $no_purge);
}

echo pht('Done.')."\n";


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Schawk Retail Marketing Takes Home Gold and Bronze RACie Awards For Retail Creativity, Innovation & Excellence
Schawk, Inc. (NYSE: SGK), a leading provider of brand development and deployment services enabling companies of all sizes to connect their brands with consumers, announced today that its retail marketing group, Schawk Retail Marketing, has been recognized with one Gold and two Bronze RACie (Retail Award for Creativity, Innovation and Excellence) Awards in the 2011 RAMA (Retail Advertising & Marketing Association) competition.
Schawk Recognized By Computerworld As A 2011 Honors Laureate Award Honors Visionary Applications of Information Technology
Schawk, Inc. (NYSE: SGK), a leading provider of brand development and deployment services, enabling companies of all sizes to connect their brands with consumers, announced IDG's Computerworld Honors Program has recognized Schawk as a 2011 Honors Laureate in the Business Responsiveness category. The annual award program honors visionary applications of information technology promoting positive social, economic and educational change.
Lou Bart Joins Schawk Retail Marketing As SVP Account Management Will Provide Strategic Leadership for Sears Holding's Business
Schawk, Inc. (NYSE: SGK), a leading provider of brand development and deployment services, enabling companies of all sizes to connect their brands with consumers, announced today that it has hired Lou Bart to serve as the senior vice president, account management for the Sears Holding's business within its retail marketing group.
Schawk Relocates Its Shanghai Office to Accommodate Growing Presence in China
Schawk, Inc. (NYSE: SGK), a leading provider of brand development and deployment services, enabling companies of all sizes to connect their brands with consumers, has relocated its Shanghai office to accommodate its growing presence in China.
Otto Hektor Joins Schawk Retail Marketing As SVP Account Management Accountable For Driving Retail Strategy Across Key Accounts
Schawk, Inc. (NYSE: SGK), a leading provider of brand development and deployment services, enabling companies of all sizes to connect their brands with consumers, announced today that it has hired Otto Hektor to serve as senior vice president, account management for key accounts within its retail marketing group.
Schawk Wins Silver Award For Its Packaging Premedia Services In 2011 FTA Excellence In Flexography Competition
Schawk, Inc. (NYSE: SGK), a leading provider of brand development and deployment services, enabling companies of all sizes to connect their brands with consumers, announced today that it has been recognized by the Flexographic Technical Association (FTA) with a Silver Award for its packaging premedia work in the Mid-Web Paperboard Category at the 2011 Excellence in Flexography Awards.
Lor Gold Named Global Chief Creative Officer At Schawk, Inc. Role Strengthens Schawk's Commitment to Creative Leadership
Schawk, Inc. (NYSE: SGK), a leading provider of brand development and deployment services enabling companies of all sizes to connect their brands with consumers, announced the appointment of Lor Gold to global chief creative officer at Schawk. This position will be responsible for stewarding and developing a creative vision across Schawk in support of the expression of brands across consumer touchpoints at home, on the go, at the store and on the shelf.
John Bittner Named SVP, Global Business Manager At Schawk, Inc. New Position Reflects a Growing Emphasis on Account-Specific Strategic Business Management
Schawk, Inc. (NYSE: SGK), a leading provider of brand development and deployment services, enabling companies of all sizes to connect their brands with consumers, announced the appointment of John Bittner to senior vice president, global business manager.
Schawk, Inc. Announces Agreement To Acquire Brandimage – Desgrippes & Laga
Schawk, Inc. -- (NYSE: SGK), a leading provider of brand development and deployment services, enabling companies of all sizes to connect their brands with consumers, announced today that it entered into an agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of Lipson Associates, Inc. and Laga, Inc., which does business as Brandimage – Desgrippes & Laga, or "Brandimage."
Schawk, Inc. Completes Acquisition Of Brandimage - Desgrippes & Laga
Schawk, Inc. -- (NYSE: SGK), a leading provider of brand development and deployment services, enabling companies of all sizes to connect their brands with consumers, announced today that it has closed its previously announced acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Lipson Associates, Inc. and Laga, Inc., which does business as Brandimage – Desgrippes & Laga, or "Brandimage," for a cash purchase price of $25 million, subject to certain closing and post-closing adjustments, and the assumption of certain trade account and business related liabilities. Schawk funded the purchase price through a draw from its existing credit facility.
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Officials reviewing command, control training infrastructure
American Forces Press Service
HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. — Air Force officials awarded an independent-study contract to DP Technology Services Inc., Aug. 16, for studying the development of an advanced operational-level C2, or command and control, training campus.
"This study is the first step in developing a solution which will benefit Air Force C2 in the future," said Lt. Gen. William Rew, vice commander of Air Combat Command. "It will eliminate current stovepipe training and provide better, fully-integrated C2 support for combatant commanders."
Rew directed officials at the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., to formerly conduct a study addressing training gaps and standardization for air, space and cyberspace C2 warfighters and standup of a C2 campus. The integrated campus will consolidate formal training for component-numbered Air Forces, air and space operations centers and Air Force forces staffs.
"Lack of standardization and integrated training has led to an inconsistent knowledge base for C2 warfighters," said Maj. Gen. Stanley Kresge, USAFWC commander. "Consolidating training in one location will leverage cross-functional expertise and provide a dedicated training venue standardized across the Air Force."
The contractor will produce a comprehensive report and presentation for senior Air Force leaders addressing future integration of air, space and cyberspace training. It will provide recommendations for C-NAF, AOC and AFFOR staff training requirements at all levels — initial and mission qualification, continuation, advanced and functional. The study also will address senior leader C2 training requirements.
"Ideally, co-locating Air Force air, space and cyber C2 training at Hurlburt Field, Fla., will enable critical cross-flow of expertise to fully integrate our USAF's capabilities," said Kresge. "In addition, it will enable advanced integrated training and lessons learned."
Key to this study will be ACC's 505th Command and Control Wing at Hurlburt Field. This USAFWC organization's mission directive, to "Improve warfighter capability through command and control testing, tactics development and training," was published in April.
The wing, through a multi-disciplinary approach, provides training and development of tactics, techniques and procedures for C-NAF headquarters; testing and training of key C2 and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems; and comprehensive, realistic, cutting-edge operational and tactical-level live, virtual and constructive exercises for joint and coalition forces.
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Q: a symmetric bilinear form has a basis such that it's matrix with respect to it is diagonal I'm reviewing a proof regarding $f$, a symmetric bilinear form having a basis such that it's matrix with respect to this basis is diagonal.
Here's a summarization:

*

*For $n=1$ there's nothing to prove. Let's assume that $n>1$.

*Let's also assume $f\ne 0$ (Otherwise, any basis would work).

*By the polar lemma: there's a $u_1 \in V$ such that $c_1 = f(u_1, u_1)$, and $u_1 \ne 0$.

*We denote $V_1 = \text{span}(u_1)$ and $V_2 = \{v\in V\ :\ f(u_1, v) = 0\}$.

*claim: $V = V_1 \oplus V_2$.

Now, at this point the author claims that $\dim V = \dim V_1 + \dim V_2$. Why?
Also, why is it true that $u_1 \ne 0$?
Thanks.

A: $f$ is a symmetric bilinear form; this mean that
$$f:V\times V\longrightarrow \mathbb{K}$$
is linear in each components. So if you fix the first one as $u_1$ then you have
$$g=f(u_1,\text{ }):V\longrightarrow \mathbb{K}$$ which is linear. By construction $g(u_1)=f(u_1,u_1)=c$ with $u_1\neq 0$. The kernel of $g$ is exactly the space $V_2$ as subspace of $V$ which has dimension $n-1$.  On the other hand $V_1\cong \mathbb{K}$. So you can conclude.

A: First question: the dimension of a direct sum is the sum of the dimensions of the summands.
In this respect, the general formula is $$\dim(V_1+V_2)+\dim V_1\cap V_2=\dim V_1+\dim V_2.$$
Second question: if $f\neq 0$, there exists a vector $u_1$ such that $c_1=f(u_1,u_1)\neq 0$, which obviously implies $u_1\neq 0$.

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Childish Gambino: Camp
By Adam Vitcavage | November 15, 2011 | 12:28pm
Music Reviews Childish Gambino
Man, why does every black actor have to rap some? / I don't know – all I know is I'm the best one
Those lines from Childish Gambino's "Bonfire," the first single off of his first release on Glassnote, perfectly exemplify one-half of Donald Glover's rap persona. He's cocky, arrogant and knows he's about to break out of this stratosphere. The other half, however, is more humble and still angry and insecure about events that transpired in his life.
Camp was recorded on his own dime and produced by his close friend and Community composer Ludwig Göransson. It's clearly an ode to everything in his past, present and future. It's also a slight departure from his previous releases. This album has more radio-friendly tendencies, but Gambino didn't necessarily transform into Lupe Fiasco, Common, Kid Cudi or Drake (who he all seemingly channels on the album). In fact he still plays by his own rules and gives us a cohesive 13-song album that explores everything from how his childhood friends don't think he's black enough because he grew up with a father to his love for women with variation, especially if they're very Asian.
The duality of Childish Gambino's lyrics plays off better than it ever has. One line will express an insecurity then the next he'll tell his doubters to fuck off and make a joke about his dick again. On "Backpackers" he directly addresses those who refuse to believe a black comedian who wears short shorts can be such a talented rapper. It's a slow rhythmic beat, but it's hidden by an angry and furious flow and lyrics to match.
It's one of the many songs that fans that strictly know him thanks to "Freaks and Geeks" will mistakenly simply brush off as not as impressive. "Heartbeat" is another song that initially seems more radio-friendly with a clublike beat and an R&B feel. Again, the lyrics are tried and true to Gambino Girls and those in Camp Gambino; they're crass and honest. The lyrics are apparently about a girl, but the song is so much more than that. It's actually a self-reflection, and it's revitalizing to see a new take on two staples of rap songs.
The only three songs that even remotely sound like they can have been on anything pre-Camp are the aforementioned "Bonfire," "You See Me" and "Sunrise." The rest of the songs are intricately orchestrated tracks that rely on his emotions expressed through carefully crafted lyrics.
It's one of the few hip-hop albums that is worth listening full through every time to capture the story that is being told, which is capped off with an actual story on the closing "That Power." After finishing his rap, the beat lowers and Gambino tells a nearly five-minute story that provides what is likely the event that was a catalyst for everything you just listened to, which gives the next time listening to it a whole different meaning.
Even though the album is nearly an hour long, it doesn't feel that long. No song seems out of place and every single one will be your favorite the moment you listen to it because of extremely quotable songs. Childish Gambino provided an album that is so raw and still so peaceful that even after a dozen times listening to it, Camp still doesn't get old.
On "Hold You Down" Childish Gambino raps, "I won't stop until they say James Franco is the white Donald Glover" and for all of our sakes, let's hope that he doesn't.
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Animal Support Recommends New Laws to Prevent Animal Cruelty and Stop Smugglers in Thailand
PRweb News July 2, 2013
Dr. Michael Omidi and Julian Omidi, co-founders of Animal Support, are shocked by recent reports of animal cruelty in Thailand by smugglers selling dogs and exotic animals for human consumption. Animal Support recommends harsher new laws to prosecute smugglers for their heinous crimes.
Beverly Hills, California (PRWEB) July 2, 2013
As reported February 7, 2013 by the Christian Science Monitor, the Asia Canine Protection Alliance (ACPA) was recently formed by a coalition of animal welfare groups to crack down on the illegal trade of dogs and exotic animals for human consumption. The ACPA is comprised of the groups Animals Asia, Change for Animals Foundation, Humane Society International and Soi Dog Foundation.
On February 4, 2013 the New York Times reported that over the past two years more than 46,000 exotic animals have been rescued from traffickers, vendors and trappers, more than double the 18,000 seized the two previous years. Officials estimate that up to 300,000 wild and stray dogs are captured each year primarily in Thailand and smuggled into Vietnam and other countries to be sold as meat.
In Asia and other parts of the world, dog meat is historically considered part of a traditional diet. This puts nations and cultures at odds since eating dog meat is taboo in the West. Animal Support understands that these historical, social, cultural and even religious differences may never be resolved. However, there is an important distinction to be made between livestock animals raised as humanely as possible under government regulation versus animals which are horrifically treated and butchered by illegal smugglers. Regardless of our differences, we can all agree that animal cruelty is not acceptable in any society.
Animal Support is concerned about another more important health issue related to the illegal trade of dogs and other exotic animals. "The risk that the animals are in poor health and not vaccinated is very high. If they move across borders they risk carrying the disease across large distances," says Betsy Miranda, Asia coordinator for the Global Alliance for Rabies Control.
A June 3, 2013 report from CNN reveals that although smuggling dogs and exotic animals is illegal in Thailand, many claim the laws are not clear and smugglers often receive light sentences because there are no direct laws against animal cruelty. According to Soi Dog Foundation founder John Dalley, "Some of the (video) footage we receive is so horrific it's too strong even for the media to run. It's so inhumane … it's quite literally hell on earth." The ACPA will work with the governments of Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam on improving enforcement of existing regulations and to draft new animal welfare laws.
Animal Support (http://www.animalsupport.org) is dedicated to addressing pet over-population and abuse by promoting charities working on behalf of animal well-being. The organization was founded by brothers Dr. Michael Omidi and Julian Omidi to advocate for animal protection, rescue, adoption, and spay and neuter laws. Animal Support does not accept donations but encourages direct contributions of money and talents to the charities and organizations featured on our website. For more information about Animal Support, send a message using the website's Contact Us function, check out Animal Support on Facebook, Twitter, Google+, and Pinterest.
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Switching from macOS: Open Source
What exactly is Open Source about and why does it make elementary OS better?
Cassidy James Blaede Co-founder & CXO
Sun, Nov 6, 2016 4 min read
#open-source #switching-from-macos
So far in this five part series we've talked about The Basics of elementary OS (and how it compares to macOS), using elementary OS as a Development Environment, how to tackle Creative Work in elementary OS, and what Hardware to run elementary OS on.
Today I wrap up with one of the greatest advantages of elementary OS over macOS: the fact that it's Open Source.
What is Open Source?
If you're unfamiliar with open source (or just want a refresher), luckily we wrote about what Open Source means back in 2013 and it's just as relevant today. If you're curious what Open Source software elementary OS builds from, we have a great Open Source page on our website.
With those prefaces out of the way, let's dive in!
First and foremost, Open Source software is often praised for its superior security and privacy over closed source software like macOS. When the source code is available to audit, anyone in the community — whether a security researcher, a concerned user, or an OEM shipping the OS on their hardware — can ensure the software is secure and not collecting or leaking personal information. If they find ways it could be improved, they can file a bug or even a pull request to improve it.
There's also the advantage of crazy fast response to security disclosures; just look at Heartbleed: within hours of the disclosure, an update was pushed out to elementary users to fix the bug in SSL. This was possible because the OpenSSL code was open source and Canonical, the company that develops the Ubuntu core of elementary OS, could quickly and easily patch the code and deploy it.
Improving elementary OS for You and Others
In a similar vein, if you have a specific bugfix, feature, or tweak that would benefit elementary OS as a whole, it's actually possible to directly contribute that to elementary OS.
This is an incredible opportunity for third-party app developers. If your app could benefit from a system API or feature that's not yet available, you can help write that feature into the OS. Your app is better for it (and you get the advantage of influencing its design), but all apps on the platform can benefit as well.
There's also an advantage for more specialized installations of elementary OS. If you or your organization wanted, you could fork elementary OS for your specific use case. You could even redistribute it so long as it remains open source.
Use the Source: Education & Reuse
As a third-party developer (or even just an interested user), you might be curious as to how a feature or design pattern in elementary OS was made. Instead of guessing or trying to reimplement it on your own, you can just look at the underlying source code for a definitive answer. While this may sound incredibly technical, it's something we see developers do all the time. This also helps keep the UX on elementary OS more consistent as features are implemented the same way across apps instead of each app trying to reimplement the same experience in a slightly different way.
So I've shed some light on why elementary OS being Open Source is important, now what? Well, in true Open Source fashion, you can get involved!
First off, all of our desktop (OS and apps) code is available for audit and download on GitHub, so feel free to get your hands dirty. We welcome issue reports, pull requests, and feature requests.
Our web and design teams also open source everything they do over at github.com/elementary. If you're experienced in web development, graphic design, or UX, feel free to stop by and contribute. Just like our desktop code, we are always happy to receive issues, feature requests, and pull requests on our open source projects.
If you're not a developer or designer but still want to help make elementary OS better, there's always the option of helping fund it. We're funded 100% by our users and fans. With their support, we've been able to grow from a small group of passionate volunteers into a tiny company. Every little bit of help is one step closer to hiring another full-time developer.
For more information on getting involved, check out the appropriately-named Get Involved page on our website!
Thanks to all of our supporters, backers, and customers! Your contributions make elementary possible. If you'd like to help build and improve elementary OS, don't hesitate to Get Involved.
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Busting Major Myths Around elementary OS
A look at the facts
Daniel Foré Founder & CEO
Fri, Nov 18, 2016 11 min read
The open source desktop landscape is complicated. There are many distros, many desktop environments, and so many things to know about each of them. We often see folks fall into some of the same pieces of misinformation when reporting on...
Switching from macOS: Hardware
In the Apple world, you have one choice for hardware: whatever Apple makes. With elementary OS, your options are far more vast.
Sat, Nov 5, 2016 3 min read
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Growth In Holiness (eBook)
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Fr. Frederick William Faber was one of the greatest Catholic writers in the English language of the 19th century. Initially an Anglican priest, he found his way into the Catholic Church through the preaching of St. John Henry Newman and the Oxford Movement, eventually being ordained a priest and an Oratorian. His works are numerous, and each satisfies a different part of the soul's need for knowledge and strengthening in the Catholic religion.
Perhaps one of his best books, Growth in Holiness presents Fr. Faber's thoughts on the spiritual journey of the Christian soul as she yearns for God. No slouch in the spiritual life, Fr. Faber experienced intense suffering both physical and emotional as he struggled to be Catholic in anti-Catholic England; his keenest insights are gathered here, including such topics as:
Ruling Passion,
Human Respect,
Right View of Faults,
Abiding Sorrow for Sin,
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Spiritual Idleness, and
True Signs of Progress in the Spiritual Life.
Let Fr. Faber's deep wisdom guide you through growth in holiness—the true goal of each of our lives, far more than our natural welfare!
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Variant cover for issue #9.
Shane Davis is great (I'd love to see him do some interiors if Hitch needs a break!), but that's quite the departure from the beautiful painted variants we've had so far.
Shirtless Hawkman is best Hawkman .
Is there any other viable option?
Well, Hawkworld green suit, but that's about it .
Do you mean red suit...?
It works for police officer Katar Hol. Why would a police officer of all people run around shirtless anyways?
But for reincarnated, warrior, Egyptian, prince Carter Hall shirtless is better and fits.
Vendittis recent appearance of Hawkword police officer Katar Hol in issue #4 had the full Hawkworld police uniform and it looked great.
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Man, I gotta catch up. I finally made it to the LCS after months of being too busy, and they had forgotten to order the back issues I had asked for. Can't even be mad tho, dudes there are great and run a good shop, and in the......fourteen?......years I've been a customer there, I can count the number of mistakes they've made and still have fingers left over.
But dammit I was looking forward to seeing how this new series is.
Anyway! Question.....Shadow Thief. Fun silly name. Cool powers. Never been sold on him beyond that. Somebody sell me on Shadow Thief!
I liked how the animated series tied him into Hath-Set, but ultimately, yeah, I was never really sold on him either.
How does Waller not having him on speed-dial?
Yeah, the JLU show had the best Shadow Thief and I loved how he was a manifestation of Carter's darker impulses. That was cool as sh*t, even if it was a huge departure from the usual "random thief with a cool toy" deal.
I'd definitely like to see him used for corporate espionage or something along those lines, and a role in the Suicide Squad would be choice, as well. I bet Waller would love to get her hands on him.
Really though, I feel like the Hawks don't have the best rogues gallery to begin with. They've got a couple great villains in the mix, but its mostly just dross. Lots of potential, but little of it realized. I've often wondered if the trick to making Hawkman (and Hawkgirl) really work is to start with their villains. Writers always seem to tackle the origin first, in their attempts to fix the Hawks, but perhaps they should start by making the villains more impressive instead?
Lots of potential but little realized, I agree.
I went on a Hawkman binge a couple of years back and followed all the pre-nu52 stuff. There is a bunch of interesting ones there; Shadow Thief, Gentleman Ghost, Byth and Fadeaway Man. The Hawks probably have the most visually distinct Rogues of all time.
Awesome pic. From.my favorite incarnation (heh) of Hawkman.


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Captain America's Shield Built Throwable and Magnetized
Posted by Matthew Hart on May 10, 2016
Anybody who saw Captain America: Civil War this weekend (a.k.a. everybody and their mom — what better Mother's Day gift than some serious superhero ass kicking?!) witnessed Captain America wield his shield like the super solider with a governmental-control chip on his shoulder that he is. And watching him bounce and boomerang that vibranium gong of pain was so thoroughly delightful, one can only wish that somebody would build one in real life already.
Oh wait! Kotaku recently reported on YouTube's The Hacksmith, who did build one already. And while it's not made of vibranium — or able to fly like Allen Pan's can — it still utilizes a duo of high-powered magnets to help it jump and stick to its user like the real deal.
The Hacksmith, a Canadian engineer who decided to quit his day job and focus on building unique inventions, working prototypes of superhero-inspired gear, and pro-tip videos, centered his latest efforts on replicating Cap's shield; specifically its ability to be sucked up from off the ground, and to be thrown. And in order to make the shield — which itself was built by MachinaProps — move like Cap's can, two commercially available electromagnets were used, each one of which, when charged by 72 volts of electricity, can wrestle about 800 pounds of matter from the tug of Earth's gravity.
While the magnets are quite powerful, and the shield is doubtlessly a work of art, there are still a few downsides to this working prototype. The biggest one, as the Hacksmith notes, is due to the fact that magnetic force decreases exponentially over distance. This means that even though the magnets may be powerful, their ability to attract metallic objects or other magnets still only works over a few feet of distance. The Hacksmith adds that in order to replicate the distance Cap's shield works at in the movies, "you'd probably need an arc reactor just to power [them]."
The two magnets used to attract the metallic shield.
The shield is still throwable however (thanks to the ability to de-electrify the magnets via a button on the shield's handle), which means the shield can be sucked up off the ground, and then tossed like an avenging boss. We only get a taste of that in this video however, although the Hacksmith says more of that throwing action is coming up soon. Until then, we can enjoy the epic struggle that is friend of the Hacksmith trying to pull Cap's shield off Hacksmith's forearm (something that happens at the Avengers' Mansion from time to time?):
What are your thoughts on this real-life, heavily magnetized version of Cap's shield? Are you drawn to its beauty, or repelled by its limitations? Let us know in the comments section below!
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This GW Student report examines the US Environmental Protection Agency's role in support national plans for renewable electricity generation. Specifically, the report examines EPA's role in developing criteria to evaluate environmental effects of electricity-related consumer products, ensuring future infrastructure projects are consistent with the mission of EPA, and expanding authority and programs for evaluating environmental effects of electricity.
The paper recommends EPA establish standards for comparing renewable energy technologies in terms of environmental impact, with a goal of safe deployment of these resources.
The paper additionally recommends EPA leverage partnerships and expand certain programs to promote deployment of safe renewable energy.
Recommended standards include creating a national review systems for distributed renewable energy technologies, certifying electricity generators with environmental impact ratings, and to establish regular reporting requirements for companies and organizations that achieve certification.
Renewable energy systems are not subject to EPA regulations under the Clean Air Act and resulting permitting of pollutant emissions because they have zero emissions during operation.
Renewable technologies, namely solar PV, still require EPA's attention because they are not without some environmental impact, such as land use issues, and the generation of e-waste and potentially toxic chemicals during the manufacturing process.


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Far Cry 5 DLC 'Lost On Mars' Release Date Announced
byJelmer Visser
Far Cry 5 has beaten Elon Musk to Mars with the new Lost on Mars expansion. The expansion was already announced a while ago but Ubisoft has now released a short teaser trailer and announced a release date of July 17. However, after watching the trailer we're left wondering what we can actually expect from this expansion.
Honestly, the Far Cry expansions have been kind of weird so far. The original game was set in the fictional Hope County, Montana, after which the first expansion took us to Vietnam. Although unexpected, it still makes sense somewhat as the last war between the States and Vietnam has not been all that long ago. It's not that farfetched that someone living in a fiction America would be drafted into the army for a war on Vietnam.
However, going to Mars with this new expansion clearly shows that they don't really care about creating a believable expansion story, but would rather let the player have an enormous amount of fun. In the trailer we see the main character getting beamed up in classic sci-fi fashion, after which he is obviously stranded on Mars and needs to find a way to survive. From the small clips of gameplay that we saw I would say that it's somewhat inspired by games like Doom and Metroid Prime as the player seems to be all alone exploring alien bases and slaughtering freaky creatures.
The Lost on Mars expansion will already release on July 17th on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC and is part of the season pass. If you don't have the season pass but still want to play this DLC you can buy it separately for $9.99. The next expansion for the game has also been teased already, which will be called Dead Living Zombies and will be released somewhere in August. As you can tell from the title, it's going to feature a zombie apocalypse. It's honestly not as absurd as going to Mars but still a big departure from the original game.
Despite the weirdness of the expansions, I think it's a great way to add new content to the game. Whether you play them or not is completely optional since you won't be missing any important aspects of the story, like we see with some other DLCs. Furthermore, going to Mars actually sounds like a great amount of fun. I for one would like more game developers to try making some weird and wonderful expansions like the ones we see for Far Cry 5.
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Distracted and Device-Hungry: Global Consumers Demand That Brands Entertain Them
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Global Adobe survey of more than 12,000 consumers shows nearly 9 out of 10 will abandon a bad content experience
Demonstrating the mounting pressure for content marketers, Adobe (Nasdaq:ADBE) today released new findings showing that global consumers are increasingly multiscreening, impatient and demanding to be entertained. The report, "The State of Content: Rules of Engagement," surveyed more than 12,000 consumers across six countries in one of the industry's largest and broadest global surveys of consumer views on digital content.
The study found that more than 8 in 10 digital device users would stop engaging with content that is too long or hard to view across devices. It also uncovered robust consumer demand for tailored content from brands, with 73 percent of those surveyed saying they're open to content recommendations from brands based on past behavior, and 75 percent saying they are willing to exchange at least one piece of information about themselves to prompt better suggestions. The full report, including the new "rules of engagement" for content marketers, can be found here.
"This is a wake-up call for content marketers everywhere," said Brad Rencher, senior vice president and general manager, Digital Marketing, Adobe. "To break through, brands need to earn consumers' trust, use great design and apply smart, predictive connections that add value to the experience."
The Multiscreen Reality
People report using an average of five different devices, and most (83 percent) report using multiple devices simultaneously.
Globally, consumers are using an average of 2.23 devices at the same time and U.S. consumers reported using the highest number of devices at the same time, at 2.42.
While the majority of consumers report positive feelings when asked about multiscreening (81 percent feel entertained, 80 percent feel connected, 76 percent feel productive), nearly half (47 percent) say they are distracted when multiscreening.
Skepticism Looms
Consumers are skeptical of most content they view online: half of consumers (50 percent) question whether negative comments or reviews have been removed, 49 percent wonder if an author was incented to write a positive review and 48 percent question whether a news article is biased.
The majority of consumers (81 percent) consider a product endorsement by an ordinary person more trustworthy than a celebrity.
Consumers are most likely to trust content from someone they're close to, such as a friend or family member (63 percent).
Only 23 percent of consumers trust content from companies whose products they don't buy, but that nearly doubles to 43 percent if the source is a company from whom they do purchase.
Humor is Humanizing
More than two-thirds (70 percent) of global consumers agree that humor makes companies more relatable, yet only 14 percent rated current branded content as entertaining.
Nearly one-third (29 percent) globally believe that content that entertains is more important than accuracy.
Entertainment is particularly valued in France, where 42 percent believe it's more important than being accurate.
Most consumers (64 percent) share content online, with 37 percent noting they enjoy sharing content to make others laugh. Another 36 percent prefer to share content that speaks to issues that are of personal importance.
This study expands on Adobe's "State of Content Study: Expectations on the Rise," released in October, which highlighted potential pitfalls for content creators as U.S. consumers raise expectations for content quality and design.
About The State of Content: Rules of Engagement
"The State of Content: Rules of Engagement" is the second installment of a two-part online survey of 12,169 consumers ages 18+ from six countries: the U.S., UK, Germany, France, Australia and Japan. The report was commissioned by Adobe and produced by research firm Edelman Berland. Data was collected Sept. 12-29, 2015 by Edelman Berland. The margin of error is +/- 0.89%. For more information and graphics on the research results, see the blog and today's report. The first installment of this study is available here.
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Lately I've gotten into the habit of thinking about my children--not children I have right now, of course, but the ones I hope to produce someday. Except less about the actual kids themselves and more about the material items I intend for them to inherit, items that will provide them with both a rich family history and tangible keepsake of A Mother's Love. In January, when Luke and I ordered pictures from Dan and Samantha's wedding, three wallet-sized orders were placed for pictures featuring the two of us, the newlyweds, and my entire family specifically for inclusion in Amelia, Lucy, and Nathan's baby books. When Luke's brother and sister-in-law offered us prints from their daughter's first-year photo shoot, I requested four; one five-by-seven for framing and three wallets for possible scrapbooking projects. In both scenarios, three seemed like a good number because that is the maximum capacity I've set for my womb, and naturally the best representation for that would be two girls and a boy because I'm better with girls' names. Even the possibility of a fourth throws all my plans out of wack, because THAT kid would have to steal my five-by-sevens and therefore come across as Mom and Dad's favorite. Perhaps the others could be appeased with Mommy's old diaries--who WOULDN'T be excited to know that the woman who gave them life used to make herself throw up?
Anyway, last night was relatively tame for Luke and me, so I figured it was about time to start filling out the engagement book we received from the wonderful Lost A Sock at the beginning of the year. I imagined myself writing pages about the start of our romance; pasting in photographs from our formative days; transcribing sage advice from family and friends who know us best. That is, until I actually put pen to paper. Then I was all, "Mommy is a freakin' idiot."
My first mistake? Messing up the "B" in my non-Internet first name. THE FIRST LETTER, people, and I had already doomed the entire book. In my signature B--as in signature standard, not signature hand-writing--the two vertical buttocks are interlocked tightly together with a perky little loop similar to that of a bunny-eared shoe lace. However, this B was wildly out of control, as if each buttock were experiencing some sort of hive-inducing allergic reaction to the other.
To make matters worse, I have the brilliant notion to fix the B by tracing over it several times, which not only doesn't bridge the gap but instead plumps up the right vertical buttock, which is just plain embarrassing to the left one. It's as if the pen was possessed with the penmanship of a nine-year-old boy who sees dead people.
Anyway, I'm disheartened but determined to press forward with the Creating of the Special Memories. The middle of the first line is divided with an "and," so I write our names in the appropriate spaces, tossing in an ampersandish symbol for good measure. I get to the second line but can't figure out what it's for, so I scribble in our wedding date. Then I get to "who were married on the ____ " and the lightbulb goes off, and I shout, "Aw, f*&^."
1) Invest in a bottle of white-out and get cracking so that Amelia, Lucy, and Nathan don't think their mommy is an idiot who can't follow even the simplest of instructions.
2) Buy a new copy of the journal and start over, because everyone deserves a white-out-free engagement book.
3) Leave the book as is and spend the rest of my life making it up to them.
I remember when your mother wrote your name over and over on a piece of paper just before you were born, with different spellings and middle names-and different B's!Maybe you could just tell them you were just trying a different B.
I say just use the White Out. If the page was another color then white I would say get a new one but since it is white use a ew White Out bottle an call it a day.
Any of our children will clearly be able to see that is Mommy's handwriting.
Anyways, there's also option No. 4, it's a looseleaf page and can be replaced, leaving no one but the Internet the wiser.
You're too funny! Leave it alone, it will be ok. In years to come you will open your book and roll your eyes as you pass the first page, and your kids will say, "Nice, Mom." And it will be fine.
Orrrr - head over to the Hallmark store and heist the first page out of another book, eh? Eh? Then your children will not know that you messed up your writing...though they may know that you served a prison sentence for stealing if you get caught.
I was going to say just replace that one page if you can. But, I don't know if that's an option.
I have never laughed so hard about someone describing a "B"
whenever i mess up something like that, i always go the sticker route. just find a sticker of some sort that's large enough to cover your mistake.
ps - if my word verification doesn't cheer you up, i don't know what will. "foybi"!!
I would do the tape white-out. If that doens't look good then buy a new one.
How is it that these choices seem unbelievably dumb but tremendously important all at the same time?
I LOVE THIS SO MUCH. This is the best post ever. And I love that you have pictures to prove it.


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A method of making drainage elements from recycled thermoplastic plastics materials comprising the steps of: providing chopped waste plastics to a screw extruder having a screw. In the extruder, the waste is compressed and delivered to a twin-plate agglomerator. One plate is closely adjacent to, and rotates with respect to, the other plate. Between the plates the waste plastics is agglomerated and the mechanical energy imparted by the extruder screw and plates heats the plastics material to about the melting point of the thermoplastic material. Hot noodles of melted plastics material extrudes from an outlet of the plates. The noodles are conveyed to a chute of a compactor funnel which has an outlet disposed closely above an output conveyor belt. The belt conveys, from the outlet of the compactor funnel, a compacted ribbon of the material at a rate such that the noodles in the funnel have a head to compact the noodles in the funnel sufficiently to bind the noodles together but not without leaving multiple spaces between them. The ribbon is cooled and chopped into bats.
This invention relates to a method of making drainage/irrigation elements from recycled plastics material. The invention also provides a drainage/irrigation element comprising a bat of recycled thermoplastics material in the form of noodles of agglomerated said material melded together in an open, porous structure.
Various methods of making drainage/irrigation elements from recycled plastics material are known, as are such products.
DE-A-4217739 discloses a drainage soakaway mat made from recycled plastics material. Plastics material is chopped into strips or threads using environmentally friendly and energy saving preparation methods, although what those methods are is not specified. The material is then cleaned and then shaped into a drainage soakaway mat when hot. Again, there is no explanation, in fact, as to how this is to be achieved. After the drainage soakaway mat has cooled down, the strips or threads weld together so that an elastic and solid slab with many hollow spaces, which are the actual drainage organs, forms. As far as the present applicant is aware, no such material as described has been supplied to the market.
FR-A-2706792 discloses a method of granulating recycled plastics by compressing waste plastics in an archimedes screw extruder and pressing through apertures in a die provided with a face cutter that cuts the out put into granules. The only heat of the process is provided by mechanical action imparted on the plastics material, but this is enough to melt and agglomerate the plastics into relatively homogenous plastics pellets. EP-A-1201391 and WO-A-9956925 also describe agglomeration of waste material.
WO-A-0073593 describes a drainage/irrigation element comprising a mixture of thermoplastic, thermoset and fibrous materials melded together by the thermoplastic materials.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a method of making drainage elements from recycled plastics which is both efficient and flexible.
e) cooling the ribbon and chopping it into bats.
FIG. 6 is a closer view of the detail from FIG. 5.
With reference to FIGS. 3 and 4, in the first step of the present invention chopped waste thermoplastic plastics is provided to an agglomerator 12. Preferably, the agglomerator 12 includes a screw extruder having a screw 32. Preferably, said agglomerator 12 is a twin-plate agglomerator in which one plate 40 is closely adjacent to, and rotates with respect to, the other plate 70, one plate being provided with ridges 90 extending substantially radially from the axis of rotation of the rotating plate 70, and one or both plates being provided with grooves 88 also extending substantially radially from the axis of rotation of the rotating plate. Preferably, the twin-plate agglomerator 12 has one plate 70 fixed on the end of a shaft 60 which is rotationally journalled in a housing, the shaft 60 being axially adjustable in the housing 38, said other plate being fixed in the housing 38. Preferably, said other plate 40 has a central aperture through which said screw 32 extends, a coupling being provided between said shaft 60 and screw 32 to drive the shaft 60.
In the second step of the present invention the waste plastics are agglomerated. The mechanical energy imparted by the agglomerator heats the plastics material to about the melting point of a proportion of said thermoplastic plastics material so that malleable noodles 16 of softened plastics material extrudes from an outlet 98 of said agglomerator. Preferably the second step comprises agglomerating said waste between the twin plates of the agglomerator. Preferably, the gap between said plates 70 and 40 is adjustable, whereby the temperature of the noodles 16 exiting the agglomerator 12 can be adjusted. Preferably in the extruder of the agglomerator, the waste is compressed with the screw 32 and delivered to the inlet of the agglomerator chamber between plates 70 and 40. Preferably, there is no further addition of heat beyond that generated by said mechanical energy.
Referring now to FIGS. 1 and 2, in the third step of the present invention the noodles 16 are conveyed to a chute 22 of a compactor/shaper funnel 24 having an outlet 23 disposed closely above an output conveyor belt 26. Preferably, during such conveyance the noodles 16 are cooled so that their surface is substantially petrified and non-sticky but internally they are still soft. Preferably such cooling is accomplished by conveying the noodles from the agglomerator 12 on an intermediate conveyor belt 18 and spraying the belt 18 before said noodles 16 drop onto it from the agglomerator 12 with cooling water. Such spraying has the dual effect of partially cooling the noodles 18 when they fall onto the intermediate belt 18 and cooling the belt 18 itself so that the noodles 16 do not stick to it. Preferably, conveying said noodles 16 to the chute 22 of said compactor/shaper funnel 24 comprises the further step of delivering the noodles to said chute evenly across its mouth so that there is a substantially level surface of noodles 16 in the funnel 24 and therefore an even compression of the noodles 16 beneath. Preferably, said even delivery is achieved by arranging for the intermediate conveyor 18 to oscillate across the width of the mouth of the chute 22. Indeed, the intermediate conveyor 18 may deliver to a separate oscillating conveyor that provides the final delivery to the chute. Preferably, conveying said noodles 16 to the chute further comprises the step of sprinkling chips selected from the group comprising fibre, rubber, vermiculite, solid thermoplastics and charcoal onto the noodles on said intermediate conveyor 18 to form inclusions in the finished bats. Such inclusions improve the retention of water by the bats and so render the drainage bats also more suitable for irrigation purposes during dry periods. Preferably, a blowing agent is added prior to agglomeration to reduce the density of the noodles and render them porous so that water retention is further enhanced.
In the fourth step of the present invention, the belt 26 is arranged to convey from the outlet 23 of the compactor/shaper funnel 24 a compacted ribbon 110 of said agglomerated plastics material at a rate such that the noodles 16 in the funnel 24 have a head to compact said noodles 16 in the outlet 23 sufficient to meld the noodles 16 together but not without leaving multiple spaces between them. Preferably the compactor funnel 24 is provided with a cooling jacket 112. Preferably the cooling jacket 112 has adjustable levels of cooling, whereby the noodles 16 in the compactor 24 are cooled and the degree of cooling is adjustable. Said jacket 112 may comprise a water jacket 112 having an inlet 116 at the base of the funnel 24 at the level of its outlet 23, and several outlets 118 at different levels above the inlet 116. Either, the outlets 118 may be selectively blocked, or the rate of flow of cooling water into the jacket 112 may be adjusted, or both, so that the level of water in the jacket 112, and/or its temperature, may be controlled.
In the fifth step of the present invention, the ribbon 110 is cooled and thereafter chopped into bats 200 (see FIG. 5). Provided that during the third step the noodles 16 are cooled so that their surface is substantially petrified and non-sticky but internally they are still soft, the compacting in the fifth step can be controlled more easily to achieve the desired aim of melding together individual noodles 16 that are pressed closely together, without the noodles 16 sticking to the surfaces of the apparatus. The final product is a one-piece, integral component having sufficient strength to remain intact on subsequent handling, but without excluding most of the spaces between the noodles 16. The bats 200 so-formed have an open matrix of spaces through which water and other liquids and gases can flow with relative freedom, making them ideal drainage medium elements for underground irrigation and drainage purposes.
Being able to adjust the temperature of the process at different stages is desirable when using waste plastics in this process. If a single homogenous plastics material was employed, such adjustments would not be required once satisfactory conditions had been established. Even waste plastics material at any given time tends to be amorphous, particularly when it has been extensively chopped and mixed and has come from a single, relatively consistent source (for example, the waste of a plastics fabricator). Nevertheless, it is a feature of the present invention that elements of the waste can pass through the process relatively unscathed, but generally all individual elements will be bound up within the final bat, only perhaps some being able to fall from the bat subsequently. However, elements of the waste plastics being unmelted is not a disadvantage, because they also serve to keep the interstitial spaces between noodles open, and so improve the final performance of the drainage bat. But the ability to adjust the temperature at different parts of the process becomes most important when waste plastics from different sources are employed, where the majority constituents of the feedstock to the process may change. At these times, the temperature of the output from the agglomerator 12 may drop if the material has no shear strength and does not generate heat when compressed and agglomerated. So bringing the agglomeration plates 40 and 70 together can increase that temperature. Likewise, some products may require a higher temperature to melt. Others are more liquid (less viscous) when they melt, so that more immediate cooling on the intermediate conveyor is needed to prevent the noodles immediately coalescing into solid lumps, as well as sticking to the intermediate conveyor. Some products may have relatively high heat conductivity, so that they tend to re-melt more quickly and may coalesce in the funnel if more cooling is not provided there.
By providing different adjustments at each stage, the process can accommodate waste plastics material from different sources that may have different constituents. Preferably, the element has inclusions of chips of matter selected from the group comprising charcoal, unagglomerated thermoplastics, rubber, vermiculite and fibre. Rubber in this context includes any elastomeric material, natural or otherwise, and includes vehicle tyre fragments. Fibre includes carpet fragments.
Apparatus 10, which is employed in the manufacture of drainage elements or bats 200, comprises a screw extruder/agglomerator 12 whose output falls onto an intermediate conveyor 14. Conveyor 14 delivers noodles 16 (being the output of agglomerator 12) to oscillating conveyor 18. Conveyor 18 is mounted on a frame 20 that permits oscillation about a vertical axis X. The noodles 16 are delivered to the chute 22 of a funnel compactor/shaper 24. The compactor/shaper 24 is disposed above the output conveyor 26.
Turning to FIG. 3, extruder/agglomerator 12 is shown in more detail. This comprises a hopper 30 into which mixed shredded plastics material waste can be added, preferably on a continuous basis from a feed conveyor (not shown). In the base of the hopper 30 is disposed an extruder archimedes screw 32 that transports the waste material along the barrel 34 of the extruder 12. The flights 36 of the screw 32 become increasingly tight so that waste material is compressed as it progresses along the barrel 34. The barrel 34 is connected to an agglomerator chamber housing 38 which mounts a fixed circular, dished, agglomeration plate 40. The plate 40 is fixed in the housing 38 and has a central, circular inlet opening 42 through which the compressed waste material passes.
A main housing 44 of the agglomerator 12 mounts an axially adjustable shaft carriage 46 that is threaded in internal threads 48 of the housing 44. A motor 50 operates to rotate a worm drive 52 (through drive linkages not shown or further described). The worm drive 52 is engaged with a ring gear 56 formed on the shaft carriage 46. Thus rotation of the worm drive 52 rotates the carriage 46 about its longitudinal axis, screwing it into, or out of, the housing 44 and thereby adjusting its axial position therein. The shaft carriage 46 rotatably mounts a drive shaft 60 through bearings 62,64. The shaft 60 extends into agglomeration chamber 38 and is terminated with a round, domed agglomeration plate 70. The plate 70 is formed in two parts 70 a,b to define a water-cooling chamber 72. Water is fed from the other end of the shaft 60 through central bore 74 and evacuated through parallel bore 76. Indeed, at the distal end of shaft 60, a rotary coupling 78 permits attachment of a cooling water supply 80. Also on the distal end of the shaft 60 is mounted a drive pulley 82 to drive the shaft 60 by a motor (not shown).
The plates 40,70 are nested against one another. The front face of plate 70 is shown in FIG. 4, in which the direction of rotation A of the plate is shown. In the face 86 of the plate 70 is formed a number of radiating grooves 88 that are disposed somewhat inclined to the radius of the plate 70. The grooves 88 are disposed over the entire surfaces, only some of them being shown in one area of the plate 70. Also, on the face 86 are disposed a number of radially inclined ridges 90. By virtue of their inclination to the radius, they tend to transport material caught between the plates 40,70 radially outwards.
The face of the plate 40 corresponds substantially with the face 70 and has similar ridges 92 on its face. Depending on the axial position of the shaft carriage 46, the ridges 90,92 have a scissors-like shearing action on material between them when the shaft 60 is rotated. As the shaft 60 rotates, the continuous shearing caused by ridges 90,92 generates heat in the plastics material. A certain amount of heat is generated already by the compression of the plastics material by the screw 36. Consequently, the thermoplastics in the waste material begins to soften and, to a limited extent, melt.
The face of the plate 40 is more dished than the face 86 of the plate 70 is domed. This means that the plastics material is squeezed into a progressively tighter space as it extrudes radially outwardly. Indeed, the plates 40,70 can be arranged to meet and slide over each other at their peripheral edges 96. In this event, the only outlets for the material worked between the plates 40,70 are the grooves 88. By the time the thermoplastics materials have reached here, they have essentially all softened considerably, and at least partially melted. So they are extruded from the grooves 88 as spaghetti-like noodles that finally break and fall through an open bottom 98 of the agglomeration chamber 38.
Underneath the opening 98 is disposed the intermediate conveyor 14. By adjusting the worm screw 52, the separation between the plates 40,70 can be adjusted so that the degree of shearing of the plastics material between the two plates can be controlled.
Screw 32 is shown abutting shaft 60 but it is not driven by it. The shaft 60 rotates at a different speed to the screw 32, and so the latter is provided with its own independent drive (not shown).
Returning to FIG. 1, a first water spray 100 sprays the surface of the conveyor 14 to cool and wet it prior to the noodles 16 falling onto it. This serves two purposes: firstly to prevent the noodles from immediately sticking to the conveyor; and secondly to cool the noodles so that their surfaces rapidly harden. This prevents the noodles from coalescing and forming a solid mass. A temperature sensor 102 detects the temperature of the noodles 16 on the conveyor 14. Depending on the constituents of the waste material, this temperature will be maintained at a consistent level. Any change in temperature will indicate a need to monitor the performance of the apparatus 10 and possibly to change either the degree of cooling caused by the spray 100 or the degree of heating caused by the agglomerator 12.
The conveyor 14 delivers the noodles 16 to the oscillating conveyor 18, mounted on the frame 20. The reason for the oscillation is so that the stream of noodles 16 is delivered evenly across chute 22 of the funnel compactor 24. The noodles falling into the compactor 24 gradually fill it up and when they reach an appropriate level, output conveyor 26 is started. This conveyor serves to draw out from the bottom outlet 23 of the funnel 24 the noodles in the funnel 24. The rate of transport of the conveyor 26 is adjusted so that the level of noodles in the funnel 24 remains essentially constant. This level is arranged so that there is a constant head-load of noodles above the opening 23. This load compresses together the noodles underneath to a consistent degree. At the same time, the funnel shapes the noodles into a thin, rectangular cross-section. This cross section is not affected to any great extent by the compacted noodles turning through almost a right-angle on exiting the outlet 23 and laying on the conveyor 26. The conveyor 26 is provided with side supports 27 that serve to maintain the integrity of the side edges of the compacted noodles forming the ribbon 110. Immediately on exiting the compactor 24, several sprays 106 douse the ribbon 110 of compacted noodles to prevent any further melding together of the noodles.
In this respect, it should be born in mind that, on exiting the agglomerator 12, the plastics material has an essentially constant temperature throughout, and this is about the melting point of a substantial part of the thermoplastic contents of the waste material. The cooling spray 100 serves to cool the surface of the noodles so that they essentially comprise solid "straws" of solidified plastics around a hot and soft plastic interior. The reason for this is because most thermoplastic plastics are poor conductors of heat. Consequently a substantial temperature gradient can persist through a sample for some time. However, by the time they reach the funnel 24, the heat of the interior of the noodles will start to soften again the surface of noodles in contact with one another, or at least, those not touching cooled surfaces. In this respect, the funnel 24 is provided with a water jacket 112 that keeps the interior surface of the funnel 24 cool. Noodles in contact therewith are cooled and become more solid and slide over it with low frictional resistance. However, as the noodles are pressed against one another, internally of the funnel, they meld together as the surfaces of adjacent noodles reach melding temperature.
However, as soon as the ribbon 110 exits the outlet 23 it is necessary to immediately halt any further melting and welding together of the noodles. If it was found that the ribbon 110 had insufficient strength, then the level of material in the funnel 24 could be raised to increase the pressure between adjacent noodles. Alternatively, the amount of cooling could be reduced. Likewise, if they exit as a solid mass, the level may be reduced, so that they are not pressed together so much in the compactor/shaper.
The level in the funnel is adjusted by temporarily increasing, or decreasing the speed of takeout of the ribbon by the output conveyor 26, and this may be monitored and adjusted selectively by an operator. Equally, a sensor arrangement may be provided to detect the level in the funnel and adjust it automatically.
In addition to the sprays 106, a spray 114 cools the conveyor 26 and wets it prior to the ribbon 110 contacting it. Again, this serves to prevent any sticking of the ribbon to the conveyor belt 26.
If the thermoplastics material was particularly hot, or sticky (for example, if the material was a better than average heat conductor, or of low melt point) then it may be desirable to increase the cooling provided by the water jacket 112. With reference to FIG. 2, the water jacket 112 is provided with an inlet 116 near its base which is supplied with cold water. A plurality of outlets 118 are disposed up the opposite side of the jacket 112 and the top-most open one of them controls the level of the cooling water in the jacket 112. Equally, they could all be open, but have restrictions therein, so that it is only the rate of inflow that controls the level in the jacket. Indeed, a combination of these two measures could be employed to both control the upper level of cooling and the degree of cooling.
Finally, the bats 200 are cut to length from the ribbon 110 once the ribbon has cooled sufficiently for handling purposes.
While the bats are useful in respect of providing a drainage medium and path for excess water in soil, they also have an irrigation function. Although bats made according to the present invention may be employed to drain surfaces growing plants, such as grass, for example, they also retain water which becomes available, and is released, to the soil as it dries out. To enhance this function, it is desirable to provide inclusions in the bats of such materials as rubber chips, as from recycled vehicle tyres, or fibres, as from old carpets, or even charcoal, that has the effect of absorbing certain noxious chemicals that might be in the soil. These inclusions may conveniently be added after the agglomeration step. Indeed, further addition of unagglomerated thermoplastics material may also be added at this stage. In the compactor/shaper funnel, all the inclusions become captivated between noodles and increase the dimensions of the gaps between them. Depending on the nature of the inclusions, they may even be bonded by soft plastics of the noodles, so that they are not merely enclosed by surrounding noodles, but also bound to them.
Finally, it is also possible to include a blowing agent in the plastics material added to the agglomerator. This results in fatter, less dense noodles, preferably having an open cell structure. In that event, not only are the resulting bats less heavy, but also their water retention may be greater through penetration of the noodles themselves and retention thereby.
While a twin-plate agglomerator is shown and described herein, other forms of agglomeration and plastics densifiers are within the ambit of the present invention, provided that the outcome is noodles of softened and partially melted thermoplastics material for subsequent formation into bats.
In FIG. 5, a bat 200 of a drainage/irrigation element in accordance with the invention is shown. This is about 250 mm wide, 50 mm deep and any convenient length, for example 1000 mm. Generally, the noodles 210 that make up the bat 200 are about 5 mm in diameter, but this is irregular. Likewise, their lengths vary over a considerable range from 5 mm to 50 mm or more. In FIG. 6, inclusions 220 are visible of rubber tyre fragments captivated by and, to a certain extent, bonded to, adjacent noodles.
Of course, although the term "water" is used frequently herein, and the following claims, the term should be understood in this context to include any suitable cooling medium, whether this be in connection with the various sprays employed or the cooling jacket of the compactor/shaper.
e) cooling the ribbon and chopping it into batts.
2. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein there is no further addition of heat beyond that generated by said mechanical energy.
3. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said agglomerator is a twin-plate agglomerator in which a first plate is closely adjacent to, and rotates with respect to, a second plate, said first plate being provided with ridges extending substantially radially from the axis of rotation of the rotating plate, and at least one of said first and second plates being provided with grooves also extending substantially radially from the axis of rotation of the rotating plate, said waste agglomerating between said plates.
compressing said waste with said screw in said extruder and delivering said compressed waste to the inlet of said agglomerator chamber.
5. A method as claimed in claim 4, in which there is no further addition of heat beyond that generated by said mechanical energy, and in which the agglomeration chamber between said first plate and said second plate is adjustable, whereby the temperature of the noodles exiting said agglomerator chamber can be adjusted.
6. A method as claimed in claim 5, in which said grooves and said ridges are inclined with respect to the radius of rotation of said first plate.
cooling said noodles during said conveyance to said chute so that said surface of said noodles is substantially petrified and non-sticky while said interior of said noodles is soft, having sufficient heat to meld together noodles in contact with one another.
conveying said noodles from said agglomerator on an intermediate conveyor belt and spraying the said intermediate conveyor belt with cooling water before said noodles drop onto said intermediate conveyor belt from said agglomerator.
9. A method as claimed in claim 1, in which said compactor funnel is provided with a cooling jacket, said compactor funnel having a base.
10. A method as claimed in claim 9, in which said cooling jacket has adjustable levels of cooling, whereby said noodles in said compactor are cooled, the degree of said cooling being adjustable.
11. A method as claimed in claim 10, in which said cooling jacket comprises a water jacket having a water inlet at said base of said funnel proximate said outlet of said funnel, and several at least two water outlets at different levels above said water inlet.
12. A method as claimed in claim 11, in which said water outlets may be selectively blocked so that the level of water in said cooling jacket, and/or its temperature, may be controlled.
13. A method as claimed in claim 11, in which the rate of flow of said water into said cooling jacket is adjustable, so that the level of water in said cooling jacket, and/or its temperature, may be controlled.
delivering said noodles to said chute evenly across said mouth of said chute so that there is a substantially level surface of said noodles in said funnel and therefore an even compression of said noodles beneath.
15. A method as claimed in claim 14, in which said delivering of said noodles to said chute evenly across said mouth of said chute is achieved by arranging for the said intermediate conveyor to oscillate oscillating across the width of the mouth of said chute.
16. A method as claimed in claim 15, in which said intermediate conveyor delivers to a separate oscillating conveyor, said separate oscillating conveyor communicating with said chute.
sprinkling chips selected from the group comprising fibre, rubber, vermiculite, solid thermoplastics and charcoal onto said noodles on said intermediate conveyor to form inclusions in the bats.
Adding a blowing agent to reduce the density of said noodles and rendering said noodles porous so that water retention of said bats is further enhanced.


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