Rosemary is a herb widely popular for its culinary uses. Read on for rosemary oil benefits.
Rosemary, or Rosmarinus officinalis, is also known as Dew of the Sea in Latin. It has been used since ancient times in Mediterranean regions for seasoning purposes. The leaves and flowers of this herb contain the essential oil that imparts medicinal properties to it.
Its essential oil is clear in color and has water-like viscosity, with a powerful and refreshing aroma. It has a number of health benefits and is well-known for its therapeutic properties. The strong, floral aroma of rosemary oil induces relaxation and acts as a stimulant to the nervous system.
This oil is antifungal and antibacterial. When applied on skin, it rejuvenates it by improving blood circulation and fortifying capillaries present in the skin. It can fight inflammation and skin irritations, and is useful in treating acne, dermatitis, eczema, and other skin diseases. Regular massaging with this oil can make your skin smooth and glowing.
Regular use of this essential oil stimulates the hair follicles and increases the blood flow, thus improving the scalp condition and encouraging hair growth. Massaging with warm oil replenishes the scalp or skin with much-needed moisture and is effective for a dry and flaky scalp. It is also a great remedy for dandruff.
A few drops of this oil in an unscented shampoo, along with few drops of warm water, can kill head lice. Rosemary oil slows down graying of hair and premature hair loss, making the hair longer and stronger. This is the reason why it is so widely used in the shampoos and conditioners.
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Lysionotus es un género con 51 especies de plantas herbáceas perteneciente a la familia Gesneriaceae. Es originario del sur de Asia.

Descripción
Son plantas herbáceas o arbustos de hábitos epífitas. Tiene el tallo ramificado, con ramas leñosas ± , glabras. Las hojas son opuestas o en grupos de tres, desiguales en tamaño, herbáceas o coriáceas, con pecíolo corto, la lámina lanceolada o elíptica, acuminada, margen crenado- aserrado. Las inflorescencias en cimas pedunculadas, con pocas a muchas flores, bracteolas discretas. Sépalos casi libre en la base, lanceolados. Corola tubular en forma de embudo, tubo recto, inflados en la mitad superior. Fruto alargado en cápsula cilíndrica. El número de cromosomas : 2n = 32.

Distribución y hábitat
Se distribuyen desde el norte de la India y Nepal hacia el este a través de norte de Tailandia, Vietnam, norte y sur de China (23 especies) hasta el sur de Japón. Crecen como epífitas en los árboles en el bosque o en las húmedas rocas cubiertas de musgo, en alturas de 300 - 3100 .

Taxonomía
El género fue descrito por David Don y publicado en Edinburgh Philosophical Journal 7(13): 85–86. 1822.
Etimología
El nombre del género deriva de las palabras griegas λύσις,  lisis = separación , disolución y νώτος , nōtos  = detrás , la espalda, lo que significa que los lóculos del estallido de la cápsula se efectúan en la parte posterior.

Especies seleccionadas
Lysionotus albidaLysionotus angustifolia
Lysionotus angustisepalusLysionotus apicidens
Lysionotus aeschynanthoidesLysionotus atropurpureus
Lysionotus aucklandiiLysionotus brachycarpus
''Lysionotus carnosa

Referencias

Enlaces externos

 (en inglés) Lysionotus
 (en inglés) Botany.com: Lysionotus
 (en inglés) Lysionotus en eFlora

Cyrtandroideae

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I usually tune into the channels that play the new movie trailers. Invariably, I would think – "Hey, hold-on. This one looks like a rip off from <Hollywood movie name>. Upon the movie's release, I would have confirmed that. Johnny Gaddaar didn't look like an exception. The trailer started off like a heist movie and looked and felt so hollywoodish. I just couldn't spot the original. After a long time, yesterday, I sat down to watch a Bollywood flick. The next two and a half hours was a power ride I didn't expect.
Newbie Sriram Raghavan sure looks like he knows his world cinema. He draws a lot of inspiration in the technical aspects from a lot of directors. From Jean Luc Godard's jump cuts to Stanley Kubrick's match cuts, from Quentin Tarantino's use of room space to Soderbergh's style, from David Lynch's editing to Alejandro Inarittu's lighting, the film reminds you of everything. But Raghavan has got his basics right: " Get the content right, form follows". With this in mind, he has made such gripping a script, that it makes you wonder if this is the best Bollywood thriller of recent times.
The movie stars off like a regular gang-heist-gone-awry flick with much (intentional) predictability. What follows is told in such a riveting fashion that it feels like something that Bollywood has never tasted before. All the leads have done justice to their roles with no overplay. This proves one thing to Bollywood – you don't need stars when you have such taut characterization. Sriram Raghavan says NO to all essential Bollywood elements- the item number, revenge, duet songs in exotic locations that come out of thin air and a dozen others. Carefully avoiding sentimentality that plagues even what-could-have-been-great Bollywood thrillers like Humraaz, Raghavan handles emotions without cloying us. I wonder why he chose Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy for the music. He could have used less expensive music directors.
Raghavan pays homage to all the stalwarts of the thriller genre throughout the movie. From James Hadley Chase's books to Bachchan's Parwana and Dev Anand's Johnny Mera Naam. There are numerous references to other directors as well. With a few more scripts like this and a style of his own, Sriram Raghavan can proudly call himself a leading member of the "Indian New Wave".
In summary, Johnny Gaddaar is a one-man film that is a huge relief from the regular 'thriller' films that are made on the constraints of market sales and star values. It has set a new standard for other aspiring directors. Let's hope it is broken soon !


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qmail is a mail transfer agent ( MTA ) written in late 1995 by Daniel J. Bernstein. It was designed to run on UNIX and to serve as a replacement for Sendmail, albeit with higher security.
While this software was license-free when it launched, Bernstein later decided to make qmail's source code public-domain material.
But what are qmail's main advantages? Why should you consider using it as your MTA? Join us as we explore qmail's top benefits below:
A tight focus on security
Security is paramount for any reliable mail transfer agent, and this was a primary concern for Bernstein when he authored qmail 25 years ago. As the original security-aware MTA, qmail broke new ground, inspiring the publication of many other MTAs with a focus on security-aware design since.
Sendmail, the most popular of qmail's predecessors, lacked security as a core goal — which left it open to attack and exploitation. However, qmail is a stark contrast to Sendmail due to its modular architecture, which means it's constructed from mutually-untrusting components. For example, qmail's SMTP listener operates with credentials that vary from the SMTP sender or queue manager.
qmail was also released as a security-aware replacement for the C-standard library. This safeguarded it against the risks of stack and heap overflows, temporary file race conditions, or format string attacks.
qmail's incredible security measures offer valuable peace of mind, which is crucial for any good MTA.
qmail was recognized as being considerably quicker than Sendmail upon its release, especially when handling bulk-mail actions (e.g. mailing list servers). That's because it was initially created as a solution for mailing-list management on a large scale.
Streamlined simplicity
When qmail was launched, Sendmail's configuration was well known for its complexity. But qmail made a refreshing change, as it was so easy to set up and deploy.
qmail is recognized for its mail innovations, but not all of them are the work of Bernstein. These groundbreaking elements include:
Maildir
Bernstein created the Maildir format specifically for qmail. This is designed to separate emails into their own files, unlike the standard mbox format that keeps all messages within a single file.
Maildir sidesteps a number of locking and concurrency issues, and it can be equipped over NFS securely. qmail is also known for its ability to deliver to mbox mailboxes.
User-controlled wildcard mailboxes
User-controlled wildcards were introduced via qmail. Messages addressed to "user-wildcard" on qmail hosts are sent to separate mailboxes, which enables users to publish numerous addresses. This is ideal for managing spam and setting up mailing lists.
Additional protocols
qmail is also responsible for the QMTP (Quick Mail Transport Protocol) and QMQP (Quick Mail Queuing Protocol) protocols.
qmail is almost a totally modular system, with every key function separated from the others. As a result, it's simple to replace any single part of the system with an alternative module — provided said replacement has an identical interface to the original one.
So, it's clear that qmail offers a number of incredible advantages, not least high-end security and modularity. We hope this expert guide helps you to determine if this MTA is the right option for you and your mail!

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Q: trying to install ubuntu 14.10 from usb on a pc with 9.04 My computer right now has Ubuntu 9.04, and I'm trying to install Ubuntu 14.10 using a bootable USB stick. If not mistaken, I did that process right, but the thing is when I boot the pen drive, a message shows up a little after:
SysLinux 3.64 Debian-2008-07-15 Ebios Copyright (c) 1994-2008 M. peter Anvin.
Missing parameter in configuration file.
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Boot:

Now, 'Im using an old HP computer with the Windows Vista Basic sticker on it, not sure how old it is and what model, and I don't know if I'm making a mistake somewhere, does anyone know how to resolve this?

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*.iso Image of Ubuntu 14.10 is 32/64bit matching to your microprocessor's architecture i.e. 32 bit microprocessor can locate boot image of 32bit OS

*Your PC must meet minimum requirements for your desired OS to get installed.

*Check for list of files in a bootable device (Your USB device) to ensure that it is successfully made bootable.

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Gordon, Eva Marie, a 35 year resident of Nanaimo, passed away December 1, 2002 at the age of 62 years. Eva was born in Ponteix, Saskatchewan, February 23, 1940. Predeceased by her husband Mel in 1991. Eva is survived by one daughter, Karen (Mark), two sons, Glen (Jennifer), Shane (Julie), four grandhildren, Dallas (Cari), Kyle, Kody, Kaitlyn, and one great granddaughter,Cherish. Eva will be remembered for her love of dogs. She was also a member of the local Tai Chi Society and a widow's group. The family would like to extend their sincere thanks to Dr. Peterman and Dr.Spry and the entire 5th floor nursing staff for their loving care. Visits and assistance by close friends were greatly appreciated. A Memorial service will be held on Saturday, December 7th at 11:00am, St. Peter's Church, Father Darek Zarebski officiating. Friends and relatives are invited to a tea in the Church Hall following the service. At a later date, Eva will join Mel in the Niche Wall in Cedar Valley Memorial Gardens. Donations in memory of Eva made to the Canadian Cancer Society would be appreciated. Arrangements are entrusted to Chapel of Memories, Lois and Ray Doumont, Directors.


Today the Republican National Committee released the Index De Le Miserables (IDM). The IDM is calculated based on four factors including proposed spending beyond current budget proposals; tax increases necessary to pay for spending increases; announced tax increases; and number of additional days Americans will have to work before they are working for themselves.
What is the origin of the IDM?
Kerry campaign made up a misery index so we did too.
How did you create the IDM?
Same way the Kerry campaign did.
Are you aware that since its inception over 20 years ago the 'Misery Index' has been defined as a combination of unemployment + inflation?
Is it strictly coincidence that the Kerry IDM is the same as the 1980 Carter MI of 20.46?
Orrin, you're blogging? It's only a three-run lead for the Red Sox, and there's still three innings left. I don't care if it's April, either you live in New England or you don't. If I can sweat this in Minneapolis, surely you can do the same in Hanover.
And I am typing on the half-inning, in case you're wondering.
Just got to my in-laws and had to check e-mail after the drive. I even own Tim Wakefield in my Rotisserie League, so my attention is at best evenly divided between web and baseball.
One thing that bodes well for the Bush campaign.
They seem to be having fun. That's huge.


What appears to be a man inside of a psychiatric ward, is seen on video rambling about around a bed. He then wanders off into the deep darkness having a tantrum. What he is seeing is unknown, perhaps this man is seeing something of a satanic nature inside the room with him. His reactions verbally and physically are displayed throughout the entire video.
It seems that he is then possessed by a force—as he is then seen levitating off to the left side of the bed from the camera perspective. The text is Russian and displays a countdown of sorts on the playback which was recorded on video from shooting the television or computer monitor.
What was the purpose of this video? Maybe this man was under observation as an experiment. People do have different mental conditions. This man could have any type of mental illness, that is related to seeing different delusions.
What he sees must be terrifying to display such a reaction. The assumption here is that he is suffering from a demonic possession of some sort. Notorious movies have spotlighted this kind of reaction such as the 1973 classic The Exorcist.
One can assume that this could be a part of budget film production. The origination of this video is still unclear only that it was uploaded several years ago making its way around the internet. The video seemingly shows a bed moving by itself and a scream can be heard. These images are rather disturbing on a different level. Whatever this thing in the room with him is, it has him seriously freaking out to what is happening.
Perhaps the most disturbing thing about this video is, when he begins to levitate into the air—only seen briefly. This is certainly something supernatural unless wires or some sort of other trick is used. Regardless of this, the footage has a real creepy vibe about it and it makes you wonder where this facility is located exactly.
Happenings such as this have been reported about in abandoned metal asylums, where the patients are either so drugged out or they actually did encounter something from the other side. Demonic possession dates back many years. Essentially, the belief is that individuals are possessed by malevolent preternatural beings.
The descriptive word for them is simply demons or devils. The evil spirit is able to take control of the individual forcing them to do their will. Sometimes this can lead to serious injury to the person or others around them.
Most of the time, they are restrained by force for their own safety as well. People will start speaking in tongues with languages they don't even know normally. Usually the possessed person will provoke others around them with blasphemy.
While most of the time, people laugh something such as this off, make no mistake…it isn't a laughing matter and even priests are sometimes brought in to rid the person of their possession.


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L'Italia partecipò ai XII Giochi olimpici invernali, svoltisi a Innsbruck, Austria, dal 4 al 15 febbraio 1976, con una delegazione di 60 atleti, 11 delle quali donne. L'Italia chiuse questa edizione al decimo posto con una medaglia d'oro, due d'argento e una di bronzo.

Medagliere per discipline

Medaglie d'oro

Medaglie d'argento

Medaglie di bronzo

Altri progetti

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4.3.5 Domestic campaigns
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wash vehicles on porous surfaces away from drains or gutters
reduce use of fertilizers on lawns and gardens
compost garden and food waste
use zero- or low-phosphorus detergents
wash only full loads in washing machines
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search for a particular product;
check on the availability of goods;
read reviews of the products by other purchasers;
register to receive newsletters which detail new items of interest;
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The size and weight fraction of crystals of pure ice or dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) in poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) gel prepared from a mixed solvent of DMSO/water were determined from melting peaks observed by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The depression of the melting point with respect to the equilibrium melting point and the melting enthalpy gave the crystal size and weight fraction, respectively. The sizes were in the range of a few nm to tens of nm, depending on the composition ratio of the mixed solvent (DMSO/water) and the polymer concentration. Based on the weight fraction, the critical condition at which the whole solvent became non-freezable was estimated, and it was found to depend on both the PVA concentration and the DMSO/water ratio. When the solvent was pure water, the critical PVA concentration was as high as 86.4 wt%, while for pure DMSO solvent it was 50.1 wt%.
Poly (vinyl alcohol) (PVA) is a representative water-soluble semicrystalline synthetic polymer that forms a physical hydrogel with crystallites as crosslinking points. The preparation of PVA hydrogel by a method involving alternate freezing and melting was first reported by Peppas et al.  This method offers several advantages compared with other methods such as chemical cross-linking  and radiation-induced cross-linking  because this sol-gel transformation is reversible against temperature and additional chemical reagents are not required for gelation. Willcox et al. investigated the molecular structure and morphology of PVA hydrogel prepared by alternate freezing and melting, and found that the hydrogel adopted a mesh structure crosslinked with crystallites  . They also estimated the degree of crystallinity, which was as low as a few percent, and the average separation among crystallites was about 30 nm. Ricciardi et al. quantitatively investigated the phase structure of PVA hydrogel, showing that there were three components: the PVA crystalline phase, a swollen amorphous phase including water, and pure water  -  . The degree of crystallinity was 2% - 6%, depending on the repeat time of the alternate freezing and melting process. With regard to molecular morphology, the PVA hydrogel is thought to adopt a porous structure filled with water.
Recently, we used thermal analysis to study the crystal size of ice frozen in a PVA hydrogel   . The depression of the melting temperature of ice in the gel was interpreted as a function of the ice crystal size, based on an equation proposed by Ishikiriyama et al.   . The radii of ice crystals in the PVA gel were in the range of a few nm to tens of nm depending on the PVA concentration, which was comparable to radii reported by other techniques such as transmission electron microscopy (TEM)  .
PVA gels formed from a mixed solvent of dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) and water had been found to show improved transparency and elasticity compared with PVA hydrogels. Cowie et al. reported the physical properties of viscosity, density, and heat of mixing for PVA with various DMSO/water mixed solvents  . Since then, many researchers had investigated the molecular structure and physical properties of PVA, as well as its practical uses. Kaji et al. studied PVA physical gels formed from DMSO/water mixed solvents by neutron scattering and light scattering measurement, showing that the cross-linking points were small crystallites  -  . They also estimated the average crystallite size and the average intercrystallite distance to be about 7 nm and 15 - 20 nm, respectively.
In this paper, we focused on the melting behavior of solvent crystals in PVA gels prepared from DMSO/water mixed solvents. Rasmussen and MacKenzie reported a phase diagram of temperature and composition ratio for the DMSO/water system  . This phase diagram was further investigated in more detail by a number of authors experimentally as well as by computer analysis in order to elucidate the lower-temperature region below about −60˚C  -  . However, our study restricted the temperature region to temperatures higher than around −60˚C to −70˚C, because the lower-temperature region was very complicated. The melting temperature and enthalpy of ice and DMSO crystals in the PVA/(DMSO/water) gel were measured by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and the crystal sizes and weight fractions were discussed on the basis of the phase diagram  and crystal nucleation theories   .
where wt is the total weight of freezable and non-freezable solvent, wg is the weight of the gel used in the measurement, and cp is the polymer concentration in the gel.
where , is the equilibrium melting point of ice. Unfortunately, an empirical equation for the heat of fusion of DMSO crystals corresponding to Equation (3) was not available explicitly from the literature.
where , is the equilibrium melting point of DMSO.
, with Tc being the crystallization temperature    .
The parameters in Equation (7) for water and DMSO, as employed in this study, are summarized in Table 1.
Atactic PVA and DMSO were purchased from Wako Pure Chemical Co. Ltd. The degree of polymerization and the degree of saponification of this polymer are 2000 and 98 mol%, respectively. The stereoregularity was determined to be mm = 0.20, mr = 0.51, and rr = 0.29 by 1H NMR measurement, based on assignments by Horii et al.  .
Table 1. Parameters for water and DMSO in Equation (7).
*Tentatively estimated assuming surface energy  .
PVA gels were prepared by an alternate freezing and melting method as follows. A PVA solution was prepared in a vessel with a thermostat set at 120˚C for 2 h and then quenched by being placed in another vessel with a thermostat maintained at −10˚C for 20 h. Subsequently, the solution was moved to a vessel with a thermostat set to 25˚C, which was maintained for 4 h. This process was carried out twice in total in order to ensure complete gelation. Measurements were carried out on the resulting PVA/(DMSO/water) gel immediately after preparation to avoid effusion of the solvent from the gel.
DSC measurements were performed using a 8230D calorimeter (Rigaku Co. Ltd., Tokyo). The temperature was calibrated using chloroform and indium. The measurements were carried out under a flow of nitrogen gas, and the samples were sealed in an aluminum pan to prevent evaporation of the solvent. First, the sample was cooled to below −80˚C at a rate of 5˚C/min, and then heated at the same rate. The melting temperature was determined as the starting point of the melting peak on the DSC chart.
In this study, we first investigated the melting behavior of the water/DMSO system without the polymer, and then we investigated the effect of the PVA gel on this behavior. As the melting behavior of crystals from the mixed solvent is quite complicated, we will provide a brief explanation for the melting point depression of the crystals before describing the results.
According to the phase diagram of the DMSO/water system by Rasmussen and Mac Kenzie, the melting temperature of ice or DMSO crystals caused by phase separation below the equilibrium melting temperature depends on the composition ratio of DMSO to water (DMSO/water)  . Thus, as the DMSO fraction increases, the observed melting point of the ice crystals should decrease while that of the DMSO crystals increases, because a crystal is formed at a temperature somewhat below the phase boundary temperature, and its size is near that of the critical nucleus in the nucleation and growth mechanism of phase separation occurring during the cooling process   . To provide more detail, the cluster of critical nuclei consisting of pure water or pure DMSO freezes just after phase separation, which occurs under supercooling from the phase boundary temperature; this immediate freezing suppresses further growth of the cluster. This critical size should correspond to the melting point depression.
Figure 1. DSC chart of melting behavior of DMSO/water mixed solvent as a function of weight ratio of DMSO to water.
the DMSO fraction increases, up to about 50 wt% DMSO. These melting points are plotted in Figure 2, where the phase boundary curve is indicated by a solid line. The composition dependence of the melting temperature of ice shows similar behavior qualitatively to the phase boundary curve below 50 wt% DMSO, although the magnitude is considerably lower than the boundary temperature. The degree of supercooling is 15 to 25 K in this experiment, which may depend on the cooling rate and the composition ratio of the solvent. This may be elucidated as follows. When the mixed solvent with a given DMSO fraction of less than 50 wt% is cooled below the phase boundary temperature, it should eventually separate into pure ice particles and a homogeneous liquid mixture. However, such phase separation is a competitive process between the nucleation rate of pure water and the cooling rate. With a very small amount of undercooling, the nucleation rate of pure water would be extremely slow, while the size of the critical nucleus is determined by the depression of the boundary temperature from the equilibrium melting temperature of ice. At the usual cooling rate, nucleation occurs at a temperature that is considerably lower than the phase boundary. As is predicted by the nucleation theory of phase separation, the lower the temperature, the smaller the critical size of the nucleation cluster  . This critical cluster of pure water freezes soon after phase separation, suppressing further growth. Such small ice particles have a lower melting point due to the effect of surface tension.
The melting behavior of pure DMSO crystals produced in the region above ca. 70 wt% DMSO is also shown in Figure 1 and Figure 2. Figure 2 shows that the melting temperature of pure DMSO crystals increases as the DMSO fraction increases; this tendency seems to follow the phase boundary curve, although the degree of depression from the boundary temperature is quite large. The reason for this has been described above. However, Figure 1 shows another peak at around −70˚C and another at a lower temperature, which are almost independent of the DMSO fraction. These peaks may be assigned as the melting temperature of DMSO crystals with water of crystallization, such as DMSO∙1/2H2O, because the phase diagram shows two horizontal phase boundaries at ca. −70˚C and slightly lower, independent of the DMSO fraction, below which such crystals exist.
Next, we estimated the size of the ice and DMSO crystals from the melting point depression observed in Figure 2 using Equation (7); the results are shown in Figure 3. The crystal size was in a range from 0.5 to 10 nm, and the particle radius of the ice crystals decreased as the DMSO fraction increased, while that of DMSO crystals increased. Judging from the phase diagram, these results are quite reasonable; as was described previously, the phase separation occurs at lower or higher temperatures for ice or DMSO crystals, respectively, as the DMSO fraction increases.
Figure 2. Melting temperature of ice (○) or DMSO (■) crystals as a function of DMSO/water weight ratio. The solid curve shows the phase boundary of the phase diagram by Rasmussen and MacKenzie  .
Figure 3. Radius of ice (○) or DMSO crystals (●) as a function of DMSO/ water ratio in weight, estimated from the melting point depression using Equation (7).
Figure 4. Melting enthalpy for ice or DMSO crystals measured by DSC. The DMSO/water weight ratios of 0/100 to 50/50 correspond to ice (○), and 70/30 to 100/0 to DMSO crystals (●).
ing Equations (1) and (2). The results are shown in Figure 5, where the symbols have the same meaning as they do in Figure 4. As the weight fraction of DMSO increased, the weight ratio of ice or freezable water to the total amount of water in the system decreased, while that of DMSO crystals or freezable DMSO to the total amount of DMSO increased. Between 47 and 65 wt% DMSO, neither water nor DMSO crystallized. These results are as predicted by the phase diagram above ca. −60˚C.
Figure 5. Weight fractions of pure ice (○) and pure DMSO crystals (●), estimated from melting enthalpy ΔH(T).
Figure 6. DSC charts of melting behavior of PVA gel prepared from a mixed solvent with a fixed DMSO/water weight ratio (19/81) as a function of PVA concentration; only a PVA concentration range of 0 to 60 wt% is shown.
Figure 7. Melting temperature of ice (open symbols) or DMSO crystals (closed symbols) plotted against PVA concentration as a function of the DMSO/water weight ratio. DMSO/water = ○: 0/100, □: 19/81, Δ: 38/62, ●: 75/25, ■: 85/15 and ▲: 94/6.
Figure 8. Radius of ice (open symbols) or DMSO crystals (closed symbols) in the DMSO/water mixture as a function of PVA concentration. DMSO/water = ○: 0/100, □: 19/81, Δ: 38/62, ●: 75/25, ■: 85/15 and ▲: 94/6.
Figure 9. Melting enthalpy of ice (open symbols) or DMSO crystals (closed symbols) as a function of PVA concentration. DMSO/water = ○: 0/100, □: 19/81, Δ: 38/62, ●: 75/25, ■: 85/15 and ▲: 94/6.
Figure 10. Weight fraction of ice (open symbols) and DMSO crystals (closed symbols) as a function of PVA concentration. DMSO/water = ○: 0/100, □: 19/81, Δ: 38/62, ●: 75/25, ■: 85/15 and ▲: 94/6.
with increasing PVA concentration; that is, the higher the polymer concentration, the smaller the amount of freezable solvent. In other words, non-freezable pure water or pure DMSO exists in the gel in an amount which increases with the polymer concentration, and finally, at a critical polymer concentration, no freezable solvent exists. It may also be noted here that the slopes of the two lines are significantly different. Specifically, the amount of freezable DMSO decreases more rapidly than the amount of freezable water, corresponding to the difference in the critical concentration above which no freezable solvent exists. These critical concentrations are listed in Table 2.
The fact that the critical concentration of DMSO is considerably lower than that of water suggests that the interaction of DMSO with PVA is much stronger than that of water.
The weight fraction of the solvent crystals or the freezable solvents in Figure 10 was also re-plotted against the solvent composition ratio (DMSO/water) for various PVA concentrations. Figure 11 shows the solvent composition dependence of the solvent crystal (or freezable solvent) fraction for each polymer concentration. The fraction of ice (or freezable water) decreases almost linearly as the DMSO component increases, while the DMSO crystal (or freezable DMSO) fraction increases. This is qualitatively reasonable judging from the DMSO/water phase diagram, which predicts that as the DMSO ratio increases, ice or freezable water decreases and crystal DMSO or freezable DMSO increases. The intercepts of the linear curves with the abscissa provide the critical composition ratios (DMSO/water) above or below which freezable water or freezable DMSO disappears, respectively. Figure 12 summarizes the correlation between the critical PVA concentration and the critical ratio of DMSO/water, which were determined in Figure 10 and Figure 11. Thus, these two critical values depend on each other. For special cases, when a PVA gel is prepared in pure water, the critical PVA concentration above which freezable water disappears is as high as 86.4 wt%, and when prepared in pure DMSO, the value above which no freezable DMSO appears is 50.1 wt%. From this figure, one can obtain simultaneously the critical PVA concentration and the critical DMSO/water ratio above which the whole portion of water becomes completely non-freezable or below which that of DMSO does.
The size and weight fraction of solvent crystals (ice or pure DMSO) in PVA gel prepared from a mixed solvent of DMSO/water in various ratios were determined using the melting point depression, compared to their equilibrium melting point, and the melting enthalpy, respectively. These quantities depended on the composition ratio of the mixed solvent and the polymer concentration. The results were elucidated on the basis of a phase diagram reported by Rasmussen and MacKenzie  and the theories of nucleation and growth upon phase separation for crystallization, as described by Kelton  and ten Wolde and Frenkel  .
Figure 11. Weight fraction of ice (open symbols) or DMSO crystals (closed symbols) plotted against PVA concentration as a function of DMSO/water weight ratio. PVA concentration = ○, ●: 10 wt% gel, □, ■: 20 wt%, △, ▲: 30 wt%, ?, ?: 40 wt%, ◇:50 wt%, and ◎: 60 wt%.
Figure 12. Correlation between the critical PVA concentration and the critical DMSO/water weight ratio. The former concentration gives the critical value above which neither ice nor DMSO crystals are formed, and the latter ratio provides the critical value above which freezable water does not exist (○), or below which freezable DMSO does not exist (●).
Table 2. Critical PVA concentrations for various DMSO/water ratios above which freezable water or DMSO does not exist.
phase separation, because they changed along the phase boundary curve with some degree of supercooling. In the PVA gel, these sizes became smaller, which might be due to a strong interaction between the solvent and the polymer molecules. The amount of freezable solvent was reduced to shift the composition ratio in the phase diagram to higher or lower DMSO ratio for ice or DMSO crystals, respectively. Furthermore, the critical condition at which the whole solvent became non-freezable was estimated: this depended on both the PVA concentration and the DMSO/water ratio. The critical PVA concentration for a solvent consisting of pure water was as high as 86.4 wt%, while for pure DMSO it was 50.1 wt%. In a system consisting of pure mixed solvent, with no polymer, there was a composition range between ca. 50/50 and 70/30 in which the solvent became completely non- freezable above ca. −60˚C, as predicted by the phase diagram. Finally, we would like to emphasize that these results were useful for an understanding of the thermal properties of PVA gels prepared from DMSO/water mixed solvents.
This work was partially supported by a grant from High-Tech Research Center Program for private universities from the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
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Posted 8:52 PM, September 20, 2017, by Tribune Media Wire
OKLAHOMA CITY – An Oklahoma City police sergeant is on paid administrative leave after he shot and killed a deaf man Tuesday night on the city's southeast side.
Police confirmed at a press conference Wednesday that residents yelled at the officers, trying to warn them that the man, 35-year-old Magdiel Sanchez, couldn't hear their commands. Whether or not the officers heard them is not clear.
It happened at 8:15 p.m. at a home in the 200 block of S.E. 57th Street where police went to investigate a hit-and-run accident, according to KFOR. A witness had told them the car involved had just pulled up.
When officers arrived, they found Sanchez on the front porch holding a two-foot pipe, according to police. They said he advanced on the two officers there and did not respond to commands to drop the weapon.
Both officers fired at the same time – Lt. Matthew Lindsey deployed his taser, while Sgt. Christopher Barnes shot his firearm.
Sanchez was pronounced dead at the scene.
Several neighbors said they witnessed the whole thing and were yelling at the police not to shoot because Sanchez is deaf and did not understand their commands.
"Myself and my daughter were actually screaming at him not, you know, that he was deaf, that he couldn't hear anything. And, they proceeded on shooting him," said Julio Rayos, who lives just down the street.
Rayos said Sanchez had never been aggressive toward anyone and he believes the officers misunderstood his actions.
"The guy does movements. He don't speak. He don't hear. So, mainly, it's hand movements that he does. That's how we communicated with him. And, he was actually I believe he was trying to, he was frustrated trying to tell them what was going on," Rayos said.
Rayos said Sanchez was mentally disabled, as well. He said he did not work and lived in the home with his parents and grandparents.
Police said it's unclear if the officers heard what the neighbors were yelling at them.
"You could get what they call tunnel vision, or you could really lock into just the person that has the weapon that would be the threat against you. Again, I don't know exactly what the officers were thinking at that point because I was not there but they very well could not have heard everybody yelling," said Capt. Bo Matthews.
"I believe they did hear me because one of them turned around and looked at me," said Rayos, who's still upset over what he witnessed.
"I didn't sleep all night. So, it's sad, especially a guy that you see every day. You see him. He walks up and down the street every day. He waves hi to everybody. He was a real nice guy," Rayos said. "I don't think he deserved to die like that."
Police said Sanchez's father turned out to be the suspect in the hit-and-run accident they were investigating. Rayos told KFOR Sanchez's dad left the scene of the accident because he did not have a driver's license.
Barnes is on paid administrative leave while the homicide unit investigates the shooting.
The findings will be turned over to the district attorney who will determine if the shooting was justified.
Neither of the officers involved in the incident were wearing body cameras.
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14-year-old boy recounts being shot by police
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New video emerges of initial confrontation that led to fatal traffic-stop shooting by rookie Newark cop
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Off-duty NYPD officer dead after apparently shooting himself in Staten Island
Couple sues city, cops after being brutally attacked by homeless man
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Although David started oil painting as a teenager, he did not take up painting seriously until around 2000, as a prelude to retirement. This time he changed his medium to watercolour.
David is largely self-taught and has developed his own recognisable style. He has reached a stage where his work is attracting attention at local exhibitions. He enjoys painting a wide variety of subjects using traditional methods but particularly enjoys painting landscapes and buildings combined with a use of strong colour.
David now has his own website which has the full range of his art work, including a Surrey Scenes Collection and a Gallery of his other art. Most paintings are available as high quality, limited edition giclee prints.


Some of the best dryland sled dog racers in the Midwest will gather at the MaKaJaWan Boy Scout Camp in Pearson this weekend for the eigth annual Dirty Dog Dryland Derby.
Organizers and racers alike are striving for a repeat of the successful 2012 outing for the event, which is sanctioned by the International Sled Dog Racing Association. Last year's race won four honors as the Event of the Year by the Wisconsin Trailblazers Sled Dog Club for exemplary organization and implementation.
The 2013 Dirty Dog has already earned a special compliment by being named as an International Federation of Sleddog Sports accredited event. Accreditation means drivers wishing to earn a position on the team representing the USA at the World Championship may do so in Pearson.
Top placing racers at the Dirty Dog are looking for repeat performance of their teams. Steve Wilcenski of Bryant will field two teams this year in the 4-dog and 6-dog rig classes.
Spectators will see the commonly-known winter sled pulled by dogs replaced by bikes, scooters and three wheeled rigs. There's even a class called Canicross where the driver is running on foot wearing a hip belt attached to a dog in harness pulling them forward.
Abby Heistad from White Lake has been racing sled dog teams since she was 9 years old.
Racing teams come from the Midwest and beyond. In addition to Wisconsin others have signed up from Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Minnesota, New York and even as far away as the state of Oregon.
Several International Sled Dog Racing Association dryland medal winners from Wisconsin are entered in this year's race. Local top placing mushers from previous years Ken Castaldi, from Elton, Rick Korb from Cadott and Jan Bootz-Dittmar, from Wausau are hoping to again be at the top of their classes.
New for this year's Dirty Dog will be a funkiest dressed contest.
A best dressed prize will be presented on Saturday after racing is over.
Race organizers the Wisconsin Trailblazers and the Langlade County Sled Dog clubs believe in giving back to the community.
Ron Behm from Gleason, Race Marshal and President of the Wisconsin Trailblazers, invites everyone to come to Pearson for a wonderful outdoor adventure.


This self-defense class is open to the entire campus community. Attendees can learn some basic techniques for warding off potential attackers. With a focus on both acquaintance assault and stranger attacks, learn how to best defend yourself in a variety of situations. This class is a part of a master's applied project.


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It's been a long time, but finals called, so spaceman had to answer. But I'm here now, and looking back... 2009 was probably my favorite year ever, real talk. I think that's the aim of life. Every year should be your new favorite year. I'm gonna be guerilla posting while on Winter break, so enjoy the flood of my mind. So with that, thanks to everyone for making 2009 fantastic & lets make 2010 the next favorite year ever.


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From Punk Rock to Folk Art
How a surfer turned skater turned musician turned artist pays tribute to his subjects with a paintbrush.
Michael Hoinski
https://www.texasmonthly.com/travel/punk-rock-folk-art/
Three years ago Tim Kerr was featured in the inaugural art show hosted by Third Man Records, Jack White's music operation in Nashville. It was a huge breakthrough for the Austin painter: with a little help from social media, one of his pieces earned him a brush with history.
"I had a pull-down map that had a bunch of women on it who had not gotten out of their bus seat before Rosa Parks made history doing it," Kerr said. "A friend of mine bought it and didn't tell me that he bought it—he probably knew I'd just give it to him—and then posted it on Facebook. A little bit later in the day, I'm tagged, or linked—I'm horrible with all the lingo for this stuff—and it's the Rosa Parks Museum. And I'm just like, holy shit. People who know me realize that kind of stuff to me is a bigger deal than the Museum of Modern Art."
That led the Rosa Parks Museum, on the campus of Troy University, in Montgomery, Alabama, to invite Kerr to host a solo exhibit there last year, titled "You Can Color Outside the Lines: The Work of Tim Kerr and Friends." The show commemorated the sixtieth anniversary of the bus boycott. During the lead up to the show, Kerr befriended Parks' former minister, Reverend Joseph Rembert, who was retired and driving a student bus at the university but has since passed away. The two collaborated on a mural memorializing minor characters in the boycott.
Kerr is better known as a music producer and the guitarist in the early eighties DIY band the Big Boys, whose funk-inflected punk, fronted by the flamboyant Randy "Biscuit" Turner, inspired acts ranging from Fugazi to the Red Hot Chili Peppers. But Kerr has been making art since he was drawing with crayons.
His work from the past dozen years makes full use of the color wheel to create vibrant portraits of cultural innovators, many under the radar, from John Trudell, the Native American writer and activist, to Vivian Maier, the photographer masquerading as a nanny. "People that did stuff because it needed to get done," Kerr said. "Not to be famous—they just did it. And look what happened?" The portraits, rendered on nontraditional canvases like plywood, cardboard, and skateboards, are often accompanied with painted text reminiscent of folk art—perhaps a quote by the subject, or words of Kerr's to help put the subject into context for the viewer.
Kerr is bringing more than one hundred of his paintings to Saturday's one-night-only show at Hardy and Nance Street Studios, in Houston, including some from the Rosa Parks collection and others by his artist friends. Among the pieces he made exclusively for the show are portraits of people associated with Houston, like the artist Reverend Johnnie Swearingen and the musicians Archie Bell, Washington Phillips, Mance Lipscomb, Nathaniel "Pops" Overstreet, Frankie Lee Sims, and Conrad Johnson. "I'm always trying to tie in where I'm at, because the idea is, if you show up and you see Archie Bell, it's like, 'Oh man, that's my uncle.' Or 'I used to go to those shows.' It's just getting that connection going."
There's also a painting of Harvey Milk, the gay rights activist, made specifically for Houston Pride Week, with this message: "If a bullet should enter my brain let that bullet destroy every closet door in the country." Billed as "Your Name Here: Tim Kerr & Friends," the pop-up show and artist talk is the culmination of Kerr's residency with Paper and Space Collective, a Houston group of independent artists. "We selected Tim because he fits our mission perfectly," said Brandy Black of Paper and Space. "As an artist and person his focus has always been community, what he can give back and how he can inspire or teach people."
Kerr, who is sixty, grew up surfing in Lake Jackson. When he went to the University of Texas to study painting and photography, he traded the waves for the pavement and gravitated toward skateboarding. It was the dawn of a new era in skating, even before the Big Boys helped birth the Thrasher scene.
Kerr used his hobby as a platform for his art, taking photographs of his friends pioneering new moves. His subject matter was so foreign at the time that his teacher of three years, Garry Winogrand—the great New York street photographer who taught at UT in the mid-seventies—thought he was trying to pull one over on him. "I would take skateboarding shots from the pools—this was like '75, '76, so it's kind of hard for people to comprehend now that people back then could absolutely not comprehend skating in swimming pools—into Gary's class, and he'd literally just give them a look and be like, 'We're not doing trick photography in here.'" Kerr had to convince him he wasn't manipulating the skaters' never-before-seen maneuvers.
Earlier this month, the former producers of Fun Fun Fun Fest, the eclectic Austin music festival, announced their new festival, Sound on Sound Fest, in November. Both titles are aped from songs by the Big Boys. There is also You Can Color Outside the Lines, a documentary in the works on the Big Boys, by the Austin filmmaker Joe Salinas.
Graham Williams, one of the former organizers of Fun Fun Fun now working on Sound on Sound—and an interview subject in the documentary—has essentially staked his career on the legacy that Kerr and his bandmates left not only for music but the counterculture in general. "The Big Boys were, sort of, the main band in the early eighties in town that were moving the underground music scene forward," Williams said. "They put on the shows, made the posters, brought bands from other cities to Austin to play, and drove the whole 'start your own band' mantra to the scene. I'm not sure if I'd be doing this if it weren't for bands like the Big Boys in the beginning of the Austin punk community thirty-five years ago."
Hardy and Nance Street Studios, in Houston, June 25, 6 p.m., paperandspace.com
Other Events Across Texas This Week
Barking Frenzy
A homecoming show for the Austin rock band A Giant Dog in support of their album Pile might inspire frontwoman Sabrina Ellis to push her stage antics to Iggy Pop-ian levels when she sings songs like "Sex & Drugs."
Beerland, June 24, 9 p.m., agiantdog.com
The only gun we point at each other should be of the water variety, and at the World's Largest Super Soaker Battle that will be the name of the game, with the aim to break the Guinness World Record for "largest water pistol fight," which included 3,875 participants.
Maverick Stadium at UT-Arlington, June 25, 6 p.m., recordbattles.com
The West of the Pecos Rodeo has been keeping the tradition alive in Texas since 1883, and with age it just gets better, having earned two high honors in 2015 from the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association: Top 5 Large Outdoor Rodeo nominee and Bucking Horse of the Year.
Buck Jackson Arena, June 24–25, pecosrodeo.com
Peace, Love, and Understanding
The Orlando massacre happened just seven days before Houston Pride Week began, prompting an ugly tweet threatening a "massive shooting" at the festival, but this Saturday's culminating parade will likely draw record crowds in support of the LGBT community.
Downtown, June 25, 12 p.m., pridehouston.org
Spring Forward By Michael Hoinski
Held for Ransom By Michael Hoinski
There's No Place Like Home By Michael Hoinski
Fairy Tale Gone Wild By Michael Hoinski
Deborah Roberts Has Exhibited Art Worldwide. She Hasn't Had a Solo Museum Show in Her Hometown—Until Now By Doyin Oyeniyi
The Photographs That Stopped Us in Our Tracks in 2020 By Texas Monthly
Houston Shut Down Its Biggest Biking Event for Pandemic Safety. The Indie Bike Scene Is Less Concerned. By Laura Furr Mericas
It Snowed Across America, and We're Not Jealous. We Swear. By Dan Solomon
Cold-Water Paddling Is for the Brrrave By Pam LeBlanc
Jupiter and Saturn Will Soon Align in a Rare Astronomical Marvel, and You Can Start Watching Now By Asher Elbein
An Old Pecan Tree Is a Beacon of Hope at the Holidays By Mary Beth Gahan
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In one of his sillier games, Karl-Heinz Schmiel casts the players as semi-psychotic cooks attempting to hone their culinary skills. Each player receives a miniature pan and a hotplate. Then each turn you can either attempt to turn up the heat, season your dish, or attempt to steal another cook's recipe in the making. Heating your hotplate is a random affair with a die, and could raise the heat on everyone's plate. Spicing the dish is heart of the game and done by up-ending small bottles filled with little colored wood pellets. When the pellets tumble out of the bottle (sometimes, if they do), the number of pellets can't exceed two, because over-spicing the dish ruins it and you have to throw it in the trash!
The 2009 version includes some changed rules, a new victory condition, additional recipes and some new mechanics in comparison to the 1989 version.


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Welcome to the Southwest Museum of Clocks and Watches!
THANK YOU to everyone who has made the Southwest Museum of Clocks and Watches' new home in Lockhart a reality. Our volunteers, donors, directors and members have worked tirelessly to design and build a breathtaking space to house and display our collection of timepiece treasures. With your continued support, we will be expanding our galleries and bringing in new collections for exhibit in the new year. Come see this magnificent museum located on the historic square in Lockhart, Texas at 109 E. San Antonio Street, open on Saturdays 10AM - 4PM, or by appointment by calling (512) 658-3853. Admission is free, and donations are gladly accepted. We hope to see you soon!
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Our Clock Restorations are Magnificent!
In addition to displaying our many timepiece treasures at the museum, of our mission of "keeping time" also includes magnificent restoration work. The before and after photos above tell the story the best!
Museum Featured in AWCI Horological Times Magazine
The Museum was honored to be featured in AWCI's Horological Times October issue. The piece by Kathy Ortt, entitled "Preserving Venerable Timepieces for Texas and Beyond: The Southwest Museum of Clocks and Watches" is available online in PDF form at the AWCI website: READ FULL STORY HERE
SW Museum President and Founder, Gene Galbraith Featured in UT's ALCALDE Magazine
Read all about Gene Galbraith, his vision that created the Southwest Museum of Clocks and Watches, and the passion that keeps it ticking. Thank you to ALCALDE for the great feature!
Click here to read the article: Making Time: Meet the Man watching over the oldest clocks in Texas. Visit the museum Saturdays 10am-4pm or by appointment by calling (512) 658-3853 to see it for yourself. Admission is always free.
Photo by Dan Winters
BUSINESS CIRCLE MEMBERS
The Southwest Museum of Clocks and Watches is a proud member of the Lockhart Chamber of Commerce.
SWMC Press & Awards
Texas Farm & Home Magazine Feature Article on the SW Museum of Clocks & Watches
The Southwest Museum of Clocks and Watches was featured in Texas Farm & Home Magazine in September of 2015. The article tells the story of the museum, its restoration and preservation work, as well as an introductions to museum president, Gene Galbraith and several dedicated volunteers. Click the image below to read the full article.
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SWMC Added to Dutch Directory of Worldwide Clock & Watch Museums
Click Here to see the Directory of Clock Museums in the United States.
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Texas Historic Commission's John L. Nau III Award for Excellence in Museums awarded to Gene Galbraith
On March 23, 2013, just in time for the museum's 5 year anniversary celebration, the Southwest Museum of Clocks and Watches' president Gene Galbraith was honored with the Texas Historic Commission's (THC) John L. Nau, III Award of Excellence in Museums for his expertise in the specialized field of timepiece restoration. He was also honored for his work on the Texas Tower Clock Initiative, which focused on the stewardship, repair, and preservation of historic tower clocks in 15 historic Texas courthouses. In addition, Galbraith was recognized for his public outreach efforts to educate the public about the history of clocks through museum exhibits and other educational events. Read the full story on the Texas Historic Commission's (THC) website.
SWMC's National Award Winning Thwaites & Reed Tower Clock
June 17-21, 2014, The Southwest Museum of Clocks and Watches was awarded a blue ribbon and a medal for its Thwaites & Reed Tower Clock Exhibit to the NAWCC (National Association of Watch & Clock Collectors) in a National Convention in Milwaukee, WI. The physical exhibit was not moved to Milwaukee, but the story of this great clock was told in a special exhibit. From beginning to end, the restoration was shown in photos and captions displayed in the Convention Hall for NAWCC members from around the world to view.
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One of the important Museum initiatives is the restoration of Texas Tower Clocks. The Museum is always busy investigating and repairing historic Texas Tower Clocks, and regularly briefs and works with Texas counties to renovate & maintain their historic clocks. Additionally, the museum tracks, presents, promotes and publishes information on Tower Clocks. See More >
Watch the Southwest Museum of Clocks and Watches' slideshow presentation on the Restoration of the Historic Caldwell County Courthouse Tower Clock in Lockhart, Texas >
If You Love Clocks & Watches, Pass it On!
Young Benjamin Galbraith is shown helping his grandfather "Grumpy" Gene Galbraith with clock repairs. The future of the art of clockmaking—repairing and preserving timepieces—is dependent upon sparking the interest of young minds today. The SW Museum of Clocks and Watches plays a vital role in educating and feeding the curiosity of youngsters of all ages. From school field trips to Boy Scout workshops, as well as visitors from all around the country and the world, the Museum strives to ensure that this appreciation and knowledge will live on for generations to come.
Above: Marty Humphrey (age 7) studies how the gears function inside a tower clock exhibit at the museum.
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Please click the yellow "Donate" button to support the Southwest Museum of Clocks and Watches with a secure, online contribution in the amount of your choice. Payments are accepted through PayPal and major credit cards. Your generosity helps the museum maintain its magnificent, historic collections as well as pursue exciting, future endeavors. Your support is greatly appreciated!
The Southwest Musuem of Clocks and Watches is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. All donations are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.
Y E A R - R O U N D E X H I B I T S
The SW Museum of Clocks proudly exhibits Horological History throughout its magnificent galleries. Many clocks were made in America during the Civil War Period. Should it matter which side of the Mason Dixie Line they were manufactured as to whether they are worthy of preservation for posterity? Multiracial Americans were involved in the clock-making industry. Which of the clocks shown in the photo were made by African Americans or Anglo Americans? All were made by both African and Anglo Americans, living in the North and the South; Unionists and Secessionists alike; United States of America and Confederate States of America!
The Caldwell County Clock Tower is reflected in the glass windows of the former museum building, superimposing its image upon the museum's collections.
The Southwest Museum of Clocks and Watches has a beautiful collection of rare and historically significant horological pieces from around the world, spanning three centuries.
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Consumer: A person who is capable of choosing a president but incapable of choosing a bicycle without help from a government agency.
Peace is not solely a matter of military or technical problems--it is primarily a problem of politics and people. And unless man can match his strides in weaponry and technology with equal strides in social and political development, our great strength, like that of the dinosaur, will become incapable of proper control--and like the dinosaur vanish from the earth.
Reading Decline of the West I learned that in Spengler's view ours was a Faustian civilization and that we, the Jews, were Magians, the survivors and representatives of an earlier type, totally incapable of comprehending the Faustian spirit that had created the great civilization of the West. ... What Magians were to Faustians, Faustians might very well be to Americans.
Since therefore, as well those degrees of heat that are not painful, as those that are, can exist in a thinking substance; may we not conclude that external bodies are absolutely incapable of any degree of heat whatsoever?
— Philonous to Hylas. Hylas replies with, "So it seems".
A long period of distress and anarchy, in which empire, and arts, and riches, had migrated from the banks of the Tiber, was incapable of restoring or adorning the city; and, as all that is human must retrograde if it do not advance, every successive age must have hastened the ruin of the works of antiquity.
— Vol. 1, Chap. 71.
To think yourself incapable of crime is one failure of the imagination. To think yourself capable of all crimes is another.
Freedom can exist only in the society of knowledge. Without learning, men are incapable of knowing their rights.
Human nature is, by definition, a talkative one, imprudent, indiscreet, gossipy, incapable of closing its mouth and keeping it closed.
It is often said that our modern world is incapable of self-government.
— Quoted in Mayor & Council Meeting of January 2009.
The time-state of attainment eliminates so accurately the time-state of aspiration, that the actual seems the inevitable, and, all conscious intellectual effort to reconstitute the invisible and unthinkable as a reality being fruitless, we are incapable of appreciating our joy by comparing it with our sorrow .
Mir Bahadur Ali is, as we have seen, incapable of evading the most vulgar of art's temptations: that of being a genius.
The slaving Poor are incapable of any Principles: Gentlemen may be converted to true Principles, by Time and Experience. The middling Rank of Men have Curiosity and Knowledge enough to form Principles, but not enough to form true ones, or correct any Prejudices that they may have imbib'd: And 'tis among the middling Rank, that Tory Principles do at present prevail most in England.
— Essay 9 : Of The Parties of Great Britain; final lines of this essay in the 1741 and 1742 editions of Essays, Moral and Political, they were not included in later editions.
The world has recently been treated for nearly a decade to the unusual spectacle of a great empire deliberately taking every possible step to secure its own destruction, because its citizens were so obsessed by prejudice, or incapable of thinking for themselves, as never to perform the few logical steps necessary for proving that they would shortly be involved in a guerre à outrance , which could be neither averted nor escaped.
— Powell's inaugural lecture as Professor of Greek (7 May 1938), from Greek in the University. An Inaugural Lecture (Oxford University Press, 1938), p. 9.
A religious creed differs from a scientific theory in claiming to embody eternal and absolutely certain truth, whereas science is always tentative, expecting that modification in its present theories will sooner or later be found necessary, and aware that its method is one which is logically incapable of arriving at a complete and final demonstration.
— Religion and Science (1935), Ch. I: Ground of Conflict.
No one who reads the gospels thoughtfully and sympathetically will maintain that Jesus whether God or man was incapable of making himself completely understood. We must therefore seek for a better explanation of the confusion that exists among the avowed believers in the divinity of Christ, as well as among those who deny the divinity of Christ.
Instinct is intelligence incapable of self-consciousness.
— John Sterling, "Thoughts and Images", Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1838), Vol. XLIV, p. 201; Essays and Tales (1848), Vol. II, p. 146.
The inherent contradiction between condemning the intellect as invalid and incapable of reaching truth, and using that same intellect to make the condemnation, seems, strangely, not to occur to those who hold this derogatory view of the intellect.
The CIA, in its present state, is viewed by its Capitol Hill overseers as incapable of targeting Osama bin Laden. That leads to an irresistible impulse to satisfy Americans by pulverizing Afghanistan, a desire heightened by Friday's refusal of the country's Taliban rulers to give up bin Laden.
Better a hundred times an honest and capable administration of an erroneous policy than a corrupt and incapable administration of a good one.
— E. J. Phelps, at a dinner of the New York Chamber of Commerce (Nov. 19, 1889).


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IDF: Haredim interested in mixing service, study
Mofaz says enlistment of more from ultra-Orthodox sector would save army a great deal of money.
By JEREMY SHARON
Brig.-Gen. Gadi Agmon 370
(photo credit: IDF Spokesman)
Brig.-Gen. Gadi Agmon of the IDF's manpower directorate presented proposals to the Keshev committee for combined IDF service and Torah study that are similar in style to the hesder program for national-religious men. Hesder recruits typically study Torah for three and a half years and serve in the IDF for 18 months.
Committee chairman Yohanan Plesner stated during the hearing that leaders within the haredi (ultra- Orthodox) community had expressed support to him for IDF tracks along these lines, and that there was demand for them within haredi yeshivot.
Vice Premier Shaul Mofaz was also in attendance at Sunday's Keshev committee hearing, and said that the enlistment of more manpower from the ultra-Orthodox sector would save the army a great deal of money because for every enlisted battalion established, 18 to 19 reserve battalions can be stood down.
Mofaz added that the state should provide greater reward for those who serve in IDF combat units and do reserve duty, including tax credits and state support for educational and business purposes.
"What we are talking about [in this committee] is the formulation of a new social contract that will strengthen the social and national strength of Israel," Mofaz said during the hearing.
"A great responsibility rests with you – you have the full authority and backing to get to the correct and proper result... the principle of equality [in the share of the military burden] and one law for everybody."