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Christina Gebel is a freelance writer and photographer. She has an undergraduate degree in theology from Saint Louis University and a Master of Public Health degree from Boston University. She currently lives in Boston, MA working in public health research. You can follower her on Twitter @ChristinaGebel.
Nearly a year ago, in a New York Times op-ed, Cadence Woodland decried the excommunication of Kate Kelly, a feminist Mormon, who spoke openly about her support for women in the Mormon priesthood. Kelly, a lawyer, was excommunicated on the charge of apostasy. Just recently, the New York Times furthered its fascination with women’s ordination again, publishing an Opinion by Frank Bruni about the questionable equality of women in the Church, including women’s ordination to the priesthood.
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Danica is a journalist, a mobile yoga studio owner and a metal rocker (and she and Elizabeth have known each other since they were ten years old!). She is also a transgender woman who distanced herself from the Catholic Church—the faith of her upbringing—in order to live out her identity in a healthy and positive way. At WIT’s request, she graciously agreed to write the following reflection as a window into her life story, especially her relationship with sexuality and with celibacy at different points in her transition.
This reflection also serves as a companion piece to a recent Washington Post article which describes the choices of many LGBT Christians to live a celibate lifestyle as a way of reconciling their sexualities with their Christian identity.
WIT is thrilled to have Danica tell her story.
Finally, dear readers, the time has come: the women of WIT are pleased to announce the addition of five new members, whom we are excited to introduce below.
We’d like to say first that when we put out a call for new bloggers back in February, we actually weren’t sure that we would get any applications, so it felt like a risk. But we were pleasantly surprised to receive upwards of twenty-five applications from smart, interesting women dedicated to the task of doing Christian theology well and with women’s voices at the forefront.
We wish that we could take everybody right now, but we do hope that WIT will expand over the years, and we would love to have those women reapply at those expansion points. In any case, we ourselves have now seen proof of the need for women in theology to have spaces online to dialogue critically and creatively, with and for each other.
So without further ado, we’d like to announce that we are adding the following women: Continue reading
As the United States Supreme Court hears oral arguments today challenging the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act, which prevents legally-married same-sex couples from having their marriages recognized by the federal government, we offer the following religious reflection on coming out, written by a friend of the blog:
Would you like to join us?
We are looking to expand our five person blogging team. In order to qualify, you must be a woman with experience in the academic study of theology, either as a graduate student or as a professor and committed to the liberation of human persons, particularly women, from all forms of oppression.
Your responsibilities as a member of our team would include writing 10 blog posts a year and working on other administrative tasks related to the maintenance of the blog exceeding no more than 8 hours of work per month (though likely a lot less than this).
Women of color and non-Catholic Christian women are especially encouraged to apply.
If you are interested, please email us by March 1, 2013 at email@example.com with your answers to the following questions. No more than one paragraph per question is necessary.
- Why do you want to be a part of “Women in Theology”?
- What would you like to write about if you joined our team?
- How do you see yourself fitting into the current mission of WIT? How do you see yourself contributing something unique to WIT that either we don’t already do or you think you could do even better?
(from a friend of the blog who wishes to remain anonymous)
When I was in college, I took a class with a scholar who was—and remains—very influential in inter-religious dialogue circles. He had chaired several of his polity’s national committees on inter-religious relations, and his own scholarship often led him into discussions of particularly vicious periods of historical religious oppression. As a result, I was rather surprised when he called on me one day and asked, “When should we choose disputation instead of dialogue?” Continue reading
In honor of Saint Catherine of Siena (whose feast day usually falls on April 29), and in recognition of the fact that we are still in the midst of the Easter season, we here at WIT have received permission to showcase some amazing Easter preaching, inspired partly by Catherine of Siena, from our beloved Notre Dame professor Catherine Hilkert, from a few years back. Catherine is a Dominican sister, an original self-proclaimed “WIT,” (along with Beth Johnson when they were back in graduate school at CUA), and somebody who has taught most of us WITS about theological anthropology and feminist theologies at some point or another over the past few years. We are deeply grateful that Catherine has agreed to share this preaching with us; it provides a wonderful opportunity for meditation and slow, contemplative reading. Don’t skim it; let it sink in slowly if you can.
As a side note: the following year after this, Catherine delivered the Madeleva lecture, which became the book entitled *Speaking with Authority: Catherine of Siena and the Voices of Women Today* (Paulist 2001, revised with new introduction and foreword by Suzanne Noffke, 2008). Continue reading


By Jimmy Dula, NFU Intern, and Vanessa McCracken, Agricultural Resource Specialist for Boulder County Parks & Open Space
Boulder County, whose most populous city is the eponymous Boulder, Colorado, is home to the University of Colorado Buffs, and is infamous for an expansive population of tree hugging, rock loving, spiritually centered citizens. In the 1970’s, an intergovernmental agreement among a half-dozen towns within Boulder County, coupled with a movement led by former Boulder County Commissioner and Boulder County Parks and Open Space Director Ron Stewart, set the stage for Boulder County Open Space and Trails (OST) to agricultural land leasing into its open space preservation program. This allowed OST to purchase open space to protect agricultural land from growing urban development.
Of the total 100,000 acres of open space land that Boulder County currently owns, approximately 25,000 are protected as agricultural lands and leased to qualified operators. These properties were afforded through a combination of voter approved sales taxes, property taxes, state lottery contributions, and grant funding. The majority of these parcels are dedicated to growing corn, sugar beets, alfalfa, grains, and vegetables, save for 7,000 acres designated as rangeland for grazing.
Leases are arranged in two ways: cash payments or crop shares. With cash payments, lessees have a fixed cost that can range from $10 to $100 annually, depending on crop and land characteristics. For instance, land for a diverse, two-acre market garden would require a cash payment of about $200 per year and – if you’re a small scale producer following in the footsteps of Jean-Martin Fortier – can potentially provide a white collar salary. Crop shares, on the other hand, are leases in which the tenant keeps a portion of the harvest, and the county takes a portion, which they sell to a local co-op or elevator. The size of shares are based primarily on the crop grown. In most cases, the county covers the cost of the seeds, half the fertilizer, and half the harvesting, thereby sharing the risk for commodity crop production and making it possible for many to get on the farm and stay there.
Despite its strengths, this program highlights an interesting new paradigm in the management of our food system. County-owned land that is leased to farmers adds complexities of local government; farmers not only have to comply with federal law, but also the whims of the county’s denizens. As an example, on November 30 of last year, the Boulder County Board of County Commissioners voted to ban the use of GMO crops on public lands after a long, contentious discussion between community members and tenant farmers. As the transition will occur over a 5 year period, it remains to be seen if the farmers using GE technology will adapt or fold.
Boulder’s OST land lease program is a promising, scalable model to address the issues of beginning farmer land access, urban encroachment, and an aging farmer population. Establishment of the program was largely dependent on people in the county, their desire to curb development, and their will to invest in maintaining the agricultural heritage of the region. Although it initially took three ballots to pass an open space tax, each subsequent time the tax has been on the ballot, it has been renewed. However, in areas like eastern Colorado, a rural and largely agricultural region, development pressure is low and county open space land lease programs are unlikely to take hold.
Boulder’s program and others like it provide enormous benefits for the county by preserving agricultural land and economy. It also provides farmers support with operations and markets, as well as infrastructure such as fencing, efficient irrigation implements, and equipment. Boulder County is leading the charge and setting an example for what local governments can do to maintain open space and support the production of our country’s food, fuel, and fiber.


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STRUGGLING payday loan and car finance borrowers have been offered up to three month payment holidays if their finances have taken a hit due to coronavirus.
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today confirmed a range of proposals first announced earlier this month, including payment and interest freezes, to ensure borrowers are treated fairly.
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It's confirmed the following:
- Payday loan customers should be offered one month interest and payment freezes
- Borrowers with other types of high cost credit, such as buy now pay later, pawnbroking and rent to own agreements, should be offered up to three-month payment breaks
- Car finance borrowers should be offered up to three-month repayment holidays
The measures will take force from April 27, 2020.
Firms don't have to follow the measures, but the FCA says it expects them to and adds that it can take enforcement action if they don't treat customers fairly.
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It also points out that lenders can go above and beyond it, including offering longer payment freezes if appropriate.
Customers with complaints about lenders failing to comply will still have the right to first complain to the firm involved, and then to the Financial Ombudsman Service as usual.
Christopher Woolard, interim chief executive at the FCA, said: “We have worked at pace to introduce temporary financial relief tailored for a range of specific credit products.
"Many firms are already working with their customers, but these measures ensure all consumers affected by the coronavirus emergency can apply for a temporary freeze on their payments.”
Here's what the regulator has proposed in more detail.
One month payment and interest freeze for payday loans
For high cost short-term credit loans, such as payday loans, the FCA says firms are expected to provide a one month payment and interest freeze to customers facing payment difficulties due to the coronavirus pandemic.
It says offering just a one month freeze reflects both the shorter length of most loans and prevents firms from accruing additional interest during the freeze.
After the freeze, firms should allow borrowers to repay loans in an affordable way.
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The FCA says this could be one single payment at the end of the term or by a number of smaller instalments.
It adds that firms should also consider whether other options are more suitable and use existing measures known as "forbearance" on a case by case basis if the customer is expected to be in financial difficulty for more than a month.
Forbearance measures include suspending, reducing, waiving or cancelling further interest or charges, deferring payment of arrears, or accepting token payments for a reasonable period of time.
Three-month payment freeze for rent to own, buy now pay later, and pawnbroking agreements
For borrowers with a rent to own, buy now pay later, or pawnbroking agreement, firms are to offer a three-month payment freeze to struggling customers.
With rent to own, which is where borrowers pay a monthly fee for household goods such as TVs and fridges, the FCA says firms should not repossess goods being used during the payment freeze.
When it comes to buy now pay later, the FCA says customers within a promotional period, such as the first three months interest-free, should have this extended by three months.
In addition, pawnbrokers should extend the redemption period for the three-month freeze period or, if the redemption period has already ended, agree not to serve notice to sell an item that has been pawned for that period.
Pawnbroking firms should also suspend intended sales of consumers' items during any payment freeze.
During redemption periods, borrowers are usually entitled to their possessions back from pawnbrokers if they repay loans in full, plus interest.
The FCA adds that if social distancing means pawnbrokers and rent to own firms are unable to redeem, collect or repossess goods, they should not pass on any additional charges or fees to borrowers.
But it points out that firms will be able to continue to charge interest during the payment freeze for these three types of loan – unless a customer requires further assistance.
In this scenario, lenders can use existing measures on a case by case basis, which include the firm considering suspending, reducing, waiving or cancelling any further interest or charges, deferring payment of arrears or accepting token payments for a reasonable period of time.
If a customer is unable to start making payments again at the end of a payment deferral period, they should contact their lender.
The FCA says firms should work with customers to resolve these difficulties in advance of payments being missed.
Three-month payment freeze for car finance borrowers
Here, the FCA expects firms to provide a three-month payment freeze to customers who are having temporary difficulties meeting finance or leasing payments due to coronavirus.
It adds that firms should not end agreements or repossess vehicles if borrowers are struggling and still need to use their cars.
The FCA adds that firms should not change customer contracts in a way that is unfair.
For example, they should not try to use temporary falls in car prices caused by the coronavirus situation to recalculate Personal Contract Purchase (PCP) balloon payments at the end of the term.
Balloon payments are an additional sum car finance borrowers can pay at the end of their agreement if they wish to buy the car from the dealer.
Plus, where a customer wishes to keep their vehicle at the end of their PCP agreement but does not have the cash to cover the balloon payment, the FCA says firms should work with customers to find a solution.
It adds that refinancing the balloon payment might "not be appropriate" in the circumstances.
Is other help being offered?
The move follows measures announced by the regulator earlier this month for lenders to offer temporary payment freezes on personal loans and credit cards for up to three months.
Banks have also been encouraged to give up to £500 interest-free overdrafts, and to ensure borrowers aren't stung by hefty overdraft interest rates.
Mortgage lenders have also been told by the government to offer three-month payment holidays.
But the regulator had come under criticism for leaving out high cost credit and car finance borrowers, who until now, have had to negotiate help on a case by case basis themselves.
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JIT members reach Pakistan from Dubai
ISLAMABAD (92 News) – Two members of the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) formed to probe Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his family members in Panama Leaks case, have returned to Pakistan from Dubai on Wednesday.
Kamran Khursheed and Irfan Naeem Mangi had gone to Dubai through Emirates Airlines. As per the reports, the team collected relevant data of Gulf steel mills.
The two members, who had gone to Dubai yesterday, have returned today through a PIA flight.
Sources said that the JIT members held important meetings in Dubai and collected important record.
The Dubai government also played significant role in providing the record.
“The asset record of the sons of Finance Minister Ishaq Dar was also collected,” sources revealed.


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Yacht Perseus 3
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With a beam of 114 m and a draft of 43 m she has an aluminium hull and aluminium superstructure. Speed AvgMax 99 kn 158 kn. With naval architecture by Ron Holland Perseus 3 was built in aluminium by Italian yard Perini Navi and delivered in 2015 as the second hull in its new generation series of 60 metre sailing superyachts.
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By Susan Heath
On Wednesday I headed out to West Galveston Bay with Alan Wilde, Jo Monday, and Penny Bessire. The wind was pretty low for a change but the tide was super low so that was a challenge. R3 & unbanded, the pair by the boat ramp, weren’t incubating their nest so as we thought last week, it was overwashed. We went up towards to Swan Lake and checked on both pairs along the shoreline on the way. Sadly both their nests had failed. We weren’t able to check this area last week because of the wind so we haven’t been up there in two weeks. In Swan Lake proper K7 & unbanded’s nest had failed too. R5 & X3 had a new scrape prepared but they hadn’t laid any eggs. The best news from up there is that L5 has enticed a young lady to join him and so he is no longer alone! She is unbanded so we don’t know where she came from. Go L5!
Back in West Galveston Bay, we checked on Struve Luci first. LT & JA were just hanging out enjoying the low tide. KR & unbanded were doing the same but 12 & unbanded were acting a little squirrely. I watched them and as soon as we were passed them, one of them went up into the vegetation and laid down. Ding, ding, ding. New nest. It’s in a good spot without many gulls so if they don’t get overwashed, they might have a chance.
We saw only HM at the eastern end of the island so X7 must have taken their chick U0U off somewhere to feed with the low tide. When we got back to the other end of the island we found L8 & L9 with their chick feeding on a reef along the Galveston shoreline.
Over on Jigsaw the skimmers were still present so I guess they’ve decided to nest there this year. The Royal Terns are going strong too. The oystercatchers on the other hand didn’t look like they had anything going on. All three pairs were out on reefs feeding. Sad.
Along the Galveston Island shoreline we found 16 & unbanded still incubating their nest that we found last week. That’s a good thing!
I had brought along some scent away spray so that I could spray down with it and go ashore to set up the box to try to trap the unbanded bird if it was incubating. It was so I went for it! I sprayed myself, the box, the fake eggs, and the egg box that we keep the real eggs in so everything would be safe. I set it all up and we backed off to watch. The bird kept walking up to the trap and looking at it but it just wouldn’t go in. At one point both adults took off the chase a Crested Caracara that dared to fly through their airspace. One of the adults actually gave the caracara a physical blow! These oystercatchers are feisty. When they came back the bird still wouldn’t go in the trap so we had to give up. Bummer!
The tide was super low so I wasn’t expecting there to be any birds on the Sportsman Road reefs and indeed there were not. The only thing going on at Gangs Bayou was that A4A & unbanded still have their chick.
The other three pairs weren’t doing anything. We found the usual gang on Confederate Reef so we headed over to South Deer. As usual KK & unbanded flew out calling and circling the boat. Their chick was on a reef but when Alan started taking photos of it, it flew off and the adults flew after it calling to it. It occurred to me how hard it must be to keep a young bird in check once it can fly. Such freedom!
We found LL & unbanded a little farther down the island than they usually are but both their chicks (U3U & U4W) were with them. That is good news as they can probably fly by now. I suspect that they moved around where they were to get away from the gulls.
Y7 was incubating his nest while his unbanded mate foraged nearby. 13 & unbanded were also incubating. When we got to JN & UW’s territory we found only JN there. UW and their chick W2X must have been off feeding somewhere just like X7 & U0U were. The last pair HL & L4 were standing along the shoreline in their usual spot. We’ve been watching them for a couple of weeks because their nest hatched and it appeared they had a chick but we hadn’t seen it. Today we saw it sleeping up near some vegetation. When the adults started calling at our approach the chick scurried up into the vegetation. Great job guys! Keep that little one safe.
We checked the North Deer reefs along the GIWW in case UW and W2X were there but we only found XU a young bird that isn’t breeding yet. On North Deer all was well. The unbanded pair still had their chick, A9A & unbanded were still incubating their nest, and JR & JH still had two chicks. Excellent!
On Marker 52, JJ & P4 were incubating their single egg nest. We saw 23 & WY a little farther down the island than last time and at first we didn’t see their chick but then I spotted it behind some tree roots. It had a great place to hide from the gulls!
Last week we thought H0 & JC had a new nest but they fooled us because they didn’t. This week they did have a new nest though!
28 & AP were incubating away so we went down the GIWW to check on ET & A8A. Sadly they weren’t there so their nest must have failed. We looked on the back side of the island too but we didn’t find them anywhere. I’m sure they’ll be back next week. In Jones Bay, we found CA & Y2 incubating a new nest amongst the nesting Caspian Terns. The terns were none too happy about us hanging around so we left quickly. P3 & unbanded were also still incubating under the blooming cactus so all was well there.
FR wasn’t anywhere to be found so we headed back to the boat ramp. A great day! All unfledged chicks present and accounted for!
On Friday, I went out to East Matagorda Bay with Amanda Hackney. It was windy again so we had a bumpy ride. We found ER & M4 on an island along the GIWW where we saw them a few weeks ago but this time they had a nest. I guess they decided there are too many birds on Dressing Point and they wanted some peace and quiet.
Further along YC & unbanded were still guarding their island but hadn’t laid any eggs yet. Slow pokes! I was afraid that all the nests out there had overwashed in the last really high tide but happily we found ER’s unbanded mate incubating their nest. We set up the box to try to trap her but she was wise to our ways and wouldn’t go near the thing so we gave up. Out in the bay we found that KN & unbanded had finally laid a nest with two eggs. Yeah!
We bumped over to Dressing Point and checked on LF & unbanded. If ever there was a nest that was going to overwash this is it but they were still incubating so woohoo! Dressing Point was hopping with nesting birds. Here’s a shot of the small Royal Tern colony there. I guess it was hot – all the birds are panting.
We headed over to the Oyster Farm and found both pairs there still incubating too. I thought maybe KM’s nest would be hatched but it wasn’t. We tried the box on KT’s unbanded mate but she was also wise to our ways so we headed over to Old Gulf Cut. 25 & unbanded were still incubating their nest too so amazingly no nests overwashed in the past two weeks. That is great news! 17 & unbanded and their chick were hanging out on their island.
On the way back to the boat ramp, we set up the noose carpets on YC & unbanded. 50 50 shot at getting the unbanded bird. We got lucky and got him! He is now A7A. Amanda was pretty happy to hold an oystercatcher again!
Current Stats for upper Texas coast from Dickinson Bay to East Matagorda Bay: 17 nests being incubated, 38 failed nests, 5 nests with unfledged chicks, 0 nest with undetermined status, 6 chicks fledged
This project is supported by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and several private donors. If you would like to contribute you can call our office for information on how to do so (979-480-0999). All donations are tax deductible and GREATLY appreciated.
Note: All trapping and banding for this project is in accordance with federal and state permits issued to Susan Heath, GCBO Director of Conservation Research. Bird handling by volunteers is only permitted in the presence of Susan Heath and volunteers are trained in proper bird handling techniques.


Here’s a surprising fact – as much as Cameron Dallas likes to show his [hot] body on Instagram, he doesn’t get naked there all that often. At least, not as much as some other Instaboys do. But, good news – this week, he did!
Cameron Dallas is a 25-year-old social media influencer, model, sexy guy, and these days – also a singer. Oh, and he has millions of followers.
His popular Instagram page is a treasure trove of hot photos, but be warned – he often tends to delete past photos (and then sometimes he brings them back).
Anyway, this week, while enjoying himself on a boat somewhere, Cameron (who has a beard of sorts these days), thought it would be nice to get naked with his buddy Geovanni and post the results on Instagram.
He was right. Just don’t forget to swipe for the last photo:
But wait, there’s another version:
Of course, many of his fans were wondering what he’s doing with his hand, exactly. Hmm…
And this, if you’re wondering, is what his pal looks like from the other side:
Let’s enjoy some more of Cam:
And here’s one of his recent music videos:


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Hiking and swimming
On our doorstep there are plenty of accessible hikes, follow the hiking sign posts to reach the best viewpoints on the estate or stroll up to Toiano for a picture perfect, panoramic sunset spot.
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I have to make THREE cakes in October-the 10th, the 16th, and the 17th!
10th- Cake for my son's 2nd birthday, about 10-12 servings, covered in BC, preferably with fondant decorations.
16th-Cake for my friend's daughter- probably 15 servings- covered in fondant
17th-Cake for my Mom-Replica of her "sewing box' which is rectangular shaped box with a replica of an old fashioned Singer sewing machine on it.
The bottom part will be the cake, and I was thinking of making the sewing machine out of RKT and covering that in black fondant. I'd like to cover the entire cake in fondant actually...
ANY SUGGESTIONS AS TO HOW I CAN PULL THIS OFF WITHOUT HAVING A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN??!!! LOL! [/img]
Be very very organized and start working early. Do a big grocery shop about 2 weeks before 1st cake to eliminate any last minute trips. Make icing and fondant in advance - they both keep well if stored properly. Remember - freezeing cakes and purchasing fondant are worth it if it saves your sanity!
I can totally relate - I have three to do one week this month and then got a letter in the mail with a long awaited operation date for my little boy. Right in the middle of that week of course and we have to travel and stay away two nights to be close to the hospital as we live in the country.
Get anything and everything you possibly can get done ahead, done ahead.
I will definitely bake the cakes and freeze them ahead of time....Good call on the "big" shopping trip! That's a problem I tend to have- I work full time M-F, 9-5 and I'm a single Mom of two boys under the age of 5..SO I have a tendency to NOT be 100% prepared BEFORE I start decorating...I always think I'm all set, but 9 times out of 10 there's always something I'm missing! Or I'll run out of it right in the middle of decorating....
definately make and freeze the cakes ahead of time...and make the fondant too. make it so that all you have to do the day of is decorate!
When I have several cakes due in a close area of time, I start by making a list of everything I need to purchase, so nothing gets left out. Then I make a schedule and list every task that I need to have done that day in order for the orders to be completed on time. Thhis has been my practice for quite some time and it has not failed yet. Good Luck!
along with everyone else's advice...anything that you need to do for fondant and/or gumpaste you can start way ahead of time; like end of september
I agree with what everyone said and completely sympathize with you because I put myself in this position all the time. I am a single mom with two children and a FT job. I do the same thing when I am half way through realize I need something. SO FRUSTRATING!! Anyway ... I have found lately that I make my icing and fondant about 4 days in advance. Then make my cakes 2 or 3 days in advance then when I decorate everything is ready. I would even make your sewing machine in advance. It will save you lots of headache!! Trust me I've learned the hard way and been up until 4am some mornings and no excited when the kids wake up at 7am. UGH! Good luck!!
I recently had nine cakes due the same Saturday and my daughter, who usually helps me, went on vacation. I had to do all nine by myself! I lived through it and they were beautiful! All were covered in fondant with fondant decorations...most were 3D or two tiers. The key, like others have said, is to get as much done as you can early. I made all of the cakes the Saturday before and froze them. I made all the fondant on Monday. I made all of the decorations that had to dry on Tuesday. I also made buttercream on Tuesday. On Wednesday, I started putting together the one that I was delivering first on Friday night. I kept on doing the next one I had to deliver until Saturday at noon, I finished the last one and delivered it. I had my niece help with the deliveries. It can be done, just make a plan and stick to it!
I did this last week and I was completely exhausted by the time I was done. I work full time 8-5 so I only had the evenings to work on them. I spent 2 weeks working on gumpaste figures. About a week and a half before the cakes were due I got extremely sick so I could not touch the gumpaste so I ended up having to do the roses the night before the cake was due when I was feeling better. The roses ended up taking me 8 hours and the cake didnt get baked until almost midnight. I had a cake due fri saturday and sunday and by saturday night I was literally in tears. I loved doing the cakes and they were fun but I will never do 3 cakes in a week again. Thank goodness I had my mother to help me or else I would have probably been throwing cake pans at the wall. I would highly recommend if you have the time to make the cakes and buttercream a day or two ahead of time that way when you go to decorate the cakes all you have to do is sit down and decorate them. The most time consuming part was waiting on all the cakes to bake and cool long enough so I could ice and level them.

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THE British Internal Combustion Engine Manufacturers' Association will be wound up by the end of its financial year on March 31, 1986.
The association is to become amalgamated with the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, combining with its engine trade section.
Perkins Engines managing director John Devaney is chairman of the engine trades section and Bicema's chief executive, Peter Hammersley, moved to SMMT headquarters in London on February 1.
The work on technical matters formerly undertaken by Bicema is being transferred to the SMMT's technical department and Bicema members will automatically become SMMT members.


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VENDOTEK became the Bronze Sponsor of the Transport Ticketing Digital Summit 2021
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We were proud to join the Transport Ticketing Digital Summit! Igor Sukhostavsky, Founder & CEO of Terminal Technologies Group, told in his speech How to Reduce the Public Vehicle AFC Equipment Cost.
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PURE is a comprehensive ecosystem offer with partners proposing Contactless Kernels for EMV™ compliant payment POS (Point of Sales) terminals, test and certification services, all combining together to provide a ready-to-use payment environment.
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Terminal Technologies Group exports validators in Europe and Asia
More than 45,000 TRANSITEK card readers work in the products of the leading manufacturers:
Contactless card validators VENDOTEK T are installed for automated fare collection in Sofia metro
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VENDOTEK T is designed and manufactured by Terminal Technologies Group. The Bulgarian metro has over 500 compact shockproof validators with the highest speed of accepting bank cards. Equipped with bright color displays, VENDOTEK T, unlike built-in readers, can be easily installed directly on the turnstile, minimizing integration costs.
The automated fare collection system for the Bulgarian subway has been implemented with common partnership of Consortium CNS, DSK Bank/DSK Mobile (part of OTP group) and O-CITY by BPC. VENDOTEK T validators are certified by EMVCo, Mastercard, Visa, MIR, UnionPay. Maximum speed and reliability of card reading prevents delays and queues in front of turnstiles.
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VENDOTEK was installed on the RusHOLTS robobar, POSITRON donation collection system, the vending machines of SIBA, ASP Vending, FAS, Live Water and other manufacturers. For the first time, visitors saw the sealed outdoor VENDOTEK VL, which accepts cards even under water.
VENDOTEK V for OMNICDEK postamats and micromarkets recognized as the best technical solution in VASA2021 vending innovation contest!
The VENDOTEK V POS terminal, designed as a computer on a mobile platform for OMNICDEK postamats and micromarkets won in VASA 2021. It is designed to control self-service devices, interact with customers, and, accept cashless payments. The solution was developed jointly by Terminal Technologies Group and OMNIC.
OMNICDEK with VENDOTEK V became the first postamat in the world equipped with a POS-terminal to control the device. More than 800 automates are already working with our terminals to interact with customers and accept cashless payments.
VENDOTEK VL POS terminals for outdoor contactless payments
Terminal Technologies Group has developed an innovative terminal VENDOTEK VL. The device accepts contactless payments with Visa, Mastercard, MIR, UnionPay bank cards and NFC devices on self-service vending machines outside the premises. The sealed VENDOTEK VL keeps working even when submerged in water.
VENDOTEK VL will provide automation of self-service devices: street vending and postamats, electric gas stations and micromarkets, turnstiles and parking operating at high humidity or low temperatures. The terminal was presented at the VendExpo 2021 exhibition at the Moscow Expocenter.
Railway ticket machines with Terminal Technologies card readers sold 94 million tickets for Moscow suburban electric trains
94 million tickets were issued in the ticket machines of the Central Exurban Passenger Company (CEPC) during 2020.
More than 55.5 million of them were paid via TRANSITEK bank card readers developed by Terminal Technologies Group. The share of cashless payments increased by 12.1%.
TRANSITEK is a compact built-in or box-type POS terminal for Automated Fare Collection in public transport and access control systems. It supports contactless payments via bank EMV cards, MIFARE cards, NFC-enabled mobile phones and, optionally, QR codes.


Mombasa County Commissioner Abdirisack Jaldesa has directed the contractor of the Mombasa-Kwa Jomvu road to complete all pending works in two months.
Jaldesa’s directive comes in the wake of an upsurge in road accidents in the remaining five-kilometre stretch connecting to the Sh4.5 billion Makupa causeway bridge where five accidents occurred in the last five days with two causalities.
“We are here at Makupa Bridge following public concerns on safety a few days after numerous accidents occurred,” said Jaldesa who is also the chairman of the National Government Development- Mombasa County Implementation, Coordination and Management Committee (NGD-CICMC).
“We have negotiated with KENHA and the contractor, and we have found out that most of the accidents are due to the uncompleted section of the road,” said Jaldesa during the tour of the Mombasa- Kwa Jomvu road.
The CC said the contractor- the China Communications and Construction Company Limited (CCCC) has received his outstanding dues and has no choice but to complete the works.
“We have given him two months to complete this remaining section incorporating drainage and pedestrian’s walkways works,” he said adding the works will commence today to avert the occurrence of more accidents.
The CC put on notice people who obstruct the road, pedestrians and motorists that stern action will be taken as a deterrent.
“Motorcyclists especially don’t observe traffic rules, they carelessly cross from one lane to the other destroying pavements. Action will be taken. Barriers will be put to separate the roads,” said Jaldesa.
Jaldesa asked motorists to be careful during the expected onset of El-Nino rains as predicted by the Kenya Meteorological Department, adding that with timely intervention by the NGD-CICMC, road accidents will reduce.
Jaldesa asked drivers coming from Changamwe through the descending lane who are usually at high speed despite there being a bridge ahead to be responsible.
“If the drivers themselves are careless, it will cause accidents. During this El-Nino period, rainwater overflowed to roads let’s be careful. We will inspect all the flooding areas in Mombasa our people should be careful,” said CC Jaldesa adding that Mombasa has a flooding problem when it rains.
The CC said they have constituted a multi-agency County Disaster Committee in anticipation of the Nino.
NGD-CICMC Secretary Mr. Benjamin Ndani said the contractor will clear all the bushes along the road to enhance visibility for motorists.
By Sadik Hassan


Bachelor in Music Education, Willamette University, 1953. Master of Arts in Music Education, Willamette University, 1966.
Teacher vocal, band Iolani Episcopalian School Boys, Honolulu, 1954—1955. Teacher vocal music Beaverton Schools, Oregon, 1962—1964. Teacher elementary-junior high band district music coordinator Tigard Schools, 1976—1988, district director fine arts, since 1989.
Member Honolulu Symphony, 1954—1955. Member talented and gifted committee, since 1977. Member music textbook committee State Oregon Department Education, since 1980.
Trustee Sunriver Music Festival, since 1989. Committee member National Invention Convention Conference, 1989.
Member troop committee Century Club, Boy Scouts America. Member educational committee Oregon Symphony Orchestra. Active, alumni board member Oregon Episcopalian Schools Rodney Society.
Active Interlochen National Music Camp. Member alumni board Willamette University. Active Portland Rose Festival.
Member of National Education Association, 13th Coast Guard District Retiree Council, Mid-Willamette Valley Music Supervisors (chairman), Oregon Alliance Arts (education board member), Conference Oregon School Administrators, Oregon Education Association (president 1989), Metro Area Music Educators (co-founder 1986), Oregon Association School Supervisors (chairman art and music 1986-1989, president since 1989), Oregon Advisers Arts, Northwest Women Educational Administration, Association School Supervisors, Association Supervision and Curriculum Development, Oregon Music Educators Association (board directors), Music Educator's National Conference, West HIlls Raquet Club, Mu Phi Epsilon, Pi Beta Phi.
Married George Chris Drougas, January 1, 1956. Married Richard Lee Powell, June 7, 1962. Children: Leslie, Christian, Donald, David, Mary.


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Two stolen vans involved in smash in Bloxwich
Police are investigating a crash that involved two stolen vans.
Four people ran from the scene after the smash involving the Transit vans in Barracks Lane, Bloxwich at around 5am on Monday.
Police spokeswoman Joanne Hunt said: "Four people ran away from the scene.
"Both vans were stolen. One was on its side.
"Both vans had been stolen from Brickyard Road in Aldridge."
Firefighters from Bloxwich were sent to the scene to make it safe.
Anyone with information should call 101.
Real life 'Cinderella': Black Country girl starved of food and forced to sleep in shed by mum and stepfather
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How much food could a vertical farm produce?
I actually asked my class to calculate that. Based on my demand to feed 50,000 people a balanced diet of 1500 calories per day they came up with a building 30 stories tall with a footprint of one square New York City block.
That would probably be about the biggest building in the world right now and to feed New York you’d need about 120 such buildings.
So vertical farming can only be a supplement to conventional agriculture, not a replacement?
That’s true; you couldn’t possibly build buildings large enough to feed large populations.
When you break a city down into little parts, however, and put a three or four storey vertical farm on top of an apartment block it becomes possible to feed the 300 to 400 people living there.
How would a vertical farm affect city life?
You wouldn’t need a car to go shopping. You could have food production centres on top of your own building and set up communities of urban farmers, and this is a way of cutting energy usage; a green roof saves energy because you don’t have heat escaping.
I think this movement will surprise everyone and revolutionize the way people look at cities. Most people look at cities as users rather than producers, placing tremendous burdens on the surrounding land.
How many people would vertical farms employ compared to conventional farms?
Conventional farms employ hardly any people; I envision vertical farms employing many more. The nurseries will require lots of labor, monitoring the plants will require people, there could be a greengrocer and a restaurant, and more jobs if you’ve got value-added food manufacturing associated with the farm.
What are the biggest technical challenges for vertical farming?
The biggest drain would be the power the lighting requires. That depends on design and location.
Iceland, for example, has so much geothermal energy it could use all the lighting it needed for vertical farming. The same operation in the Middle East could make use of the tremendous amount of sunlight and use solar panels for energy. But other countries would have to think hard about where the energy is coming from.
There is one other approach that nobody is using and I think is the future. Human faeces contain a lot of energy that we could use to run grow lights in vertical farms.
New York City defecates the equivalent to 900 million kilowatt hours in electricity every year, yet we spend billions of dollars trying to throw that stuff away when we could get energy from it by incineration. It’s like draining the gasoline from the engine of your car.
What political changes are needed for this vision of integrated water, sewage, energy and agriculture to become reality?
The first thing is to get everybody who lives in that city to agree to it, it has to occur from the bottom up. I think there has been tremendous pressure on cities to allow people to grow their own food, which requires rezoning laws.
That’s very difficult to get city boards to do. Even in a green, progressive city like Portland, Oregon it took six months debate to allow a building to have a greenhouse on its roof. There is as always a certain resistance to change.


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James R. Jordan, Sr., Father of Michael Jordan, Is Murdered
James Raymond Jordan, Sr. (July 31, 1936 – July 23, 1993) was the father of the basketball superstar Michael Jordan and Army Command Sergeant Major James R. Jordan, Jr., and the grandfather of Illinois Fighting Illini guard Jeffrey Jordan.
A life-long basketball fan, Jordan had played a large role in inspiring his son Michael to become an athlete. Jordan was a businessman and traveled the country to follow Michael's career, first at the University of North Carolina and then with the Chicago Bulls. He was killed in a robbery near Lumberton, North Carolina.
While returning from a funeral eight days before his 57th birthday, Jordan pulled into a rest stop on Interstate 95 to take a nap. Daniel Green (who later changed his name to Lord D.A.A.S. U'Allah) and Larry Martin Demery shot Jordan while he slept in his car and then stole it. His body was found on August 3 in a Bennettsville, South Carolina swamp, but was not positively identified until August 13.
Green and Demery made several calls from Jordan's cell phone and as a result were quickly captured. They had taken other items from the car including two NBA championship rings given to Jordan Sr. by his son. Demery was wearing a Michael Jordan T-shirt at the time of his arrest. Demery claims that they had planned only to tie up their victim and that Green pulled the trigger for no reason. Both were convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for this and other violent crimes.
James Jordan was buried at Rockfish AME Church in Teachey, North Carolina on August 15, 1993
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WASHINGTON — The Alliance for a Stronger F.D.A. said it is concerned about proposed cuts to the F.D.A. set to be included in the House Appropriations Committee’s FY 11 Continuing Resolution (C.R.), which will be considered on the House floor next week. The alliance includes more than 180 members spanning not-for-profit consumer, patient, and research advocacy organizations; associations representing health professions and industry; and individual companies, and was formed to work for increased appropriations to strengthen the Food and Drug Administration.
“Our nation needs an effective F.D.A., which requires continuing increases for an agency that has been chronically underfunded for several decades,” said Nancy Bradish Myers, president of the alliance and president of Catalyst Healthcare Consulting. “We certainly understand the need to reduce the federal budget, but want to be sure that Congress has a clear picture of how F.D.A. contributes to economic growth and national security, as well as protecting our public health.”
As part of its proposal, the House Appropriations Committee is recommending the F.D.A. be cut by $220 million below the president’s request level for fiscal 2011. The amount would be about $74 million less than fiscal 2010 funding, which is the level at which the agency has received and spent funds thus far in fiscal 2011, the alliance said.
“F.D.A. touches every American multiple times each day through its jurisdiction over drugs, biologics, medical devices, 80% of the food supply, cosmetics, dietary supplements and varied consumer products,” said Margaret Anderson, vice-president of the alliance and executive director of FasterCures. “Altogether, the agency oversees nearly 25% of consumer spending in the United States. F.D.A. funding should reflect that the agency’s responsibilities and workload increase each year – through globalization, scientific complexity, and the growth of industry, as well as through new mandates.”


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August 18, 2021
16 August 2021: Karnataka Health Promotion Trust (KHPT) bagged the Best NGO award under the Upliftment of Diabetes Care in Resource-Limited areas (Tribal, slums, etc) category at the 1st International Conference on ‘Innovations by NGO’s in Diabetes Care.’
The virtual conference held in Ahmedabad from 12-14 of August, witnessed participants from 31 countries, 249 cities of India, and 687 NGOs across the world.
“Innovations by NGOs in Diabetes Care” conference was conceptualized to identify and address the multi-dimensional challenges in Diabetes care with better preparedness and also bring all stakeholders on a common platform. The program of the conference was prepared with an objective of mutual learning from the rich experience from participating stakeholders-Medical Professionals, Governmental organizations, NGO leadership, Volunteers, Leading National& International Experts, Social& Scientific Researchers, CSR Leadership, Financial institutions, and Pharma professionals.
KHPT with its Comprehensive Primary Health Care (CPHC) team actively participated in this conference and made presentations on its diabetes care program in two of the major sessions. One of the presentations was in the Innovations session titled Innovations by NGO’s in Diabetes Care by stakeholders, the other one was in the Sweet Awards session under the category Upliftment of Diabetes Care in Resource-Limited areas (Tribal, slums, etc) where it won the Best NGO award. Additionally, Dr. Swaroop N, Thematic Lead, CPHC was a panelist on the opening day panel discussion on Challenges in Running Diabetes NGO, Enrolling Volunteers and Keep Their Motivation High Level for a Longer Period.
Strengthening Continuum of Care of Non-Communicable Diseases within Urban Health Systems in Mysore, Karnataka: Medtronic Foundation has collaborated with KHPT to leverage on its existing efforts on improving Non- Communicable Diseases (NCD) continuum of care and supplement it by bringing in improved patient-centricity into the model. The project aims to develop an innovative community health worker (CHW) model embedded within the existing urban health system to achieve improved NCD outcomes for a minimum of 60% of the population with a focus on the underserved. The implementation model is built upon four core strategic pillars such as patient-. centric focus, community empowerment & ownership, digital solutions, and facility/health systems.
The project is currently being implemented across five UPHC areas of Mysuru city, Karnataka, with active intervention in one of the PHCs (Kumbarakoppalu) where the model was initially piloted.
The program covered around 240,000 people with 40% of them belonging to the underserved category; 73,384 adults were screened for diabetes and hypertension. The total confirmed adults with Type 2 diabetes and hypertension were 13,111 (17.8%), of which 3747 were diabetic and 5041 were confirmed hypertensive and 4323 had both the conditions. While 50% of people with diabetes and 37.5 % of people with hypertension achieved improvement in their HbA1C levels and blood pressure levels respectively.

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Jul 14, 2017 There are many different designs and styles of ball mill liners. . For wet grinding applications special waterproof washers can be furnished.
Jan 11, 2018 The CRRK series of wet grinding ball mills are tabulated below. On the other hand, the wear of mill lining and grinding media is lower in dry grinding. .. 2939 or 400 mm from size 3236 and up for the discharge chamber.
Grinding is mostly wet; Ore is ground by making it slurry with Mill lining. Design of Rubber Liner. The Liner, apart from protecting the steel shell of the mill c Ball Diameter . 412, Maheshwari Chambers, Somajiguda, Hyderabad - 500082.
the degree of grinding ball fill and pulp position for timely decision making and actions. different liner designs at different mill speed but with constant filling . inside the grinding chamber to change the mill discharge to an overflow one, with
Cycle Profit LCP; Mill liner design; Economic model; Production Economics; Optimization;. Replacement affects both the gap length and the chamber profile. Hence, liner wear is optimising the life and performance of worn liners in ball mills: experimental study and The accuracy is unknown in humid conditions.
Ball mill 1456А is designed for dry grinding of ore and non-metallic raw materials, Mill design: The drum is a steel hollow cylinder with inside liner plates preventing The mill drum is separated by an intermediate partition into two chambers: for Rod mill MSС 900Х1800 SM6005А with central discharge for wet material
The efficiency of ball mills can be significantly increased by the quality of For this reason, Christian Pfeiffer optimally designed shell linings which, The compact spiral lining is mostly used in mono-chamber mills, or mills with a Their function is to pick up the moist feed material and to transport it into the hot gas airflow.
May 6, 2004 right mill for the specified duty is the most critical for circuit design, since D – Mill diameter inside liners in meters Bond ball mill grindability test for overflow wet ball mills. . Total fractional mill filling of 2nd chamber length.
Wet grinding. Dry grinding. AEROFALL mills. Ball mills. Rod mills the mill inlet and outlet can be designed to suit the process the advantage that the mill liner plates have a simple shape and are quick . chamber for iron ore grinding.
Specialist Services. The Selection Design and Application of Mill Liners for Large Wet Grinding Mills Superior large AGSAG, ball mills. –. Robust application.
Mar 9, 2018 Ball mills are equipments which has balls as grinding media and There are many factors which effect grinding performance of ball mills like; liner design, speed, . Humidity. %. Maximum. particle size, mm. Chromite. ore. 4500. 1. 2 . chamber and reduce grinding surfaces compared with spherical balls
The tumbling balls capture the particles in ballball or ballliner events and load them to the In general, ball mills can be operated either wet or dry and are capable of . Instead of relying on gravity to accelerate the balls, the mill chamber is . on the vials design allows the users and researchers to monitor the progress
The FLSmidth ball mill is designed for moist additives to any type of cement. lining may be supplied for fine grinding in the mill. The ball charge mill consists
A ball mill is a type of grinder used to grind and blend materials for use in mineral dressing The ball mill can grind various ores and other materials either wet or dry. The grinding chamber can also be filled with an inert shield gas that does not react with the material being ground, to prevent oxidation or explosive
The second chamber of a ball mill is mainly for fine grinding. Therefore, using small balls was known to be more efficient as this increases the surface area of
autogenous SAG mills, autogenous AG mills, ball mills, pebble mills necessary to optimize mill sizing and design for specific applications. mills for both wet and dry applications. AG and SAG . The grinding chamber is filled up to 70 % with grinding beads. spout feeders and replaceable liners supported by a.
Limestone Ball Mill - Buy Ball Grinding Mill at best price of Rs 400000 unit from Laxmi En-fab Private Limited. Rotational Speed of Chamber, 36 R Min The quill shaft adopts cast steel part and the liner is detachable. . Delite Ball Mills are specially designed for wet grinding of ceramic clays and glaze frits; it may be
Dec 15, 2012 MICRON BALL MILL :- Email:- firstname.lastname@example.org 1. High efficiency 2. Longer lifetime of spare parts 3. High safety and reliability 4.
Results 1 - 22 of 22 China Wet Ball Mill Manufacturer Small Ball Mill for Sale Classification liner for the second chamber of the ball mill Industrial . and process point of view, AIAE designs mining liners for ball mills of different stage.
the horizontal chamber of the tumbling ball mill into a vertical This design proved successful in applications in both wet and dry grinding plants. □ Brought to mill shell agitator screw with wear liners autogenous mill liner access door.
The Retsch Ball Mill MM400 is specifically designed for dry and wet grinding. This unit can handle a wide range of hard, medium-hard, soft, brittle, elastic and
Hydro-Mill AHM Wet Process Agitated Ball Mill The Hydro-Mill is a wet process-grinding mill with a horizontally configured cylindrical grinding chamber that can be operated The AHM was designed and manufactured for products, which require an The interior casing has a liner-pipe structure for easy exchange.
The overflow type of Ball Mill is designed to overflow and discharge materials By combining it with a mechanical classifier or wet-processing cyclone, you are type of Ball Mill has a longer shell, inside of which is comparted into 2 to 3 chambers 6 Drum gear 7 Liner 8 Gear case 9 Drum feeder 10 Trommel screen
May 9, 2000 Attritors, wet grind Attritors, regular speed Attritors, and high speed Attritors. Ball Mill. 12” and larger. 10-50. Attritor. 18” to 38”. 75-450 Laboratory size Attritors are designed with variable speed drive for different The slurry passes through the grinding chamber very quickly 20-30 seconds per pass,.
Optimization Of Ball Mill Inlet - kolaedu.inpresentation on optimization of ball mill inlet outlet Intermediate diaphragm Outlet diaphragm Reject return Inlet head C2 liners Design Of Inlet Chute Cement Ball Mill presentation on optimization of ball mill Wet Flue Gas Desulphurization FGD Optimization Steve Piche, .
designed to increase the profitability of mineral processing operations. Skega Mill Lining Systems are supplied within a total frame- work of expertise in tions, for both wet and dry processes. Tailored for 2 or 3 chamber mills. Spiral shell linings for ceramics grinding makes the balls roll instead of slide to improve
than ball and tower mills. The horizontal design allows the mill shaft is sealed from atmosphere by a wet GRINDING CHAMBER INNER LINER. SCUTTLE
The Cortez SAG mill liner design was recently modified to improve the mill Mill #1 was a conventional rod millball mill circuit followed by an 8-stage CIP Barrick Goldstrike Mines 2004-2005, Telecons with Mr. Dale Davis at the wet mill. of the Twin Chamber Pulp Lifters at Alcoa”, SAG 2001 Conference, Vancouver,.
An agitated media mill with a horizontal, cylindrical milling chamber that is universal in use for the continuous wet milling of particles down to the submicron range. The AHM The modular design of rotor and mill housing make the wear-protection elements easy to exchange. Horizontal Agitated Ball Mills type AHM.
Dec 12, 2016 The basic parameters used in ball mill design power calculations, rod mill or A wet grinding ball mill in closed circuit is to be fed 100 TPH of a material chamber measured between head liners at shell- to-head junction.
How does jet milling compare with other methods of grinding such as a ball mill or Well designed, high speed mechanical mills can grind some friable materials into Friction from collisions and contact with the grinding chamber is offset by the Moist materials may also be flash dried and ground at the same time using
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