text: Diazo compounds are versatile intermediates in organic synthesis, but they are typically difficult to generate. Chemistry professor Ronald T. Raines and postdoctoral associate Eddie L. Myers of the University of Wisconsin, Madison, report a gentle high-yield method to generate diazo compounds, R=N2, from azides, RN3 (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., DOI: 10.1002/anie.200804689). The key to the reaction is an ester-containing phosphine reagent that reacts with azides to form phosphazides. An intramolecular acylation traps the phosphazide, which forms an acyl triazene upon hydrolysis. In the presence of a weak base, such as sodium bicarbonate, the acyl triazene fragments into a diazo compound and a primary amide. The researchers manage to bypass the Staudinger reaction, which uses similar starting materials to make amines, by using a strong acylating group. "Having a phosphine with a highly active acylating group allows us to do this chemistry," Raines says. The reaction works well for α-azido amides and esters but not as well for α-azido ketones because they fragment and form acyl hydrazones. Raines and Myers are currently developing water-soluble phosphine reagents to extend the methodology to chemical biology applications.


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Lawmakers to tackle tornado recovery
Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger and House Speaker Thom Tillis have appointed a joint select committee to respond to tornado damage and advise the General Assembly on possible legislative action to address the recovery effort.Posted — Updated
Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger and House Speaker Thom Tillis have appointed a joint select committee to respond to tornado damage and advise the General Assembly on possible legislative action to address the recovery effort.
The bipartisan committee is comprised of House and Senate members from districts where a state of emergency was declared after the April 16 tornado outbreak, which killed 24 people, destroyed hundreds of homes and businesses across 33 counties and caused millions of dollars in damage.
"The storms continue to affect many lives, homes and communities,” Berger, R-Rockingham, said in a statement. “We will do all we can to help federal and state relief efforts and help North Carolinians get their lives back.”
The committee will review legislation necessary to coordinate state and federal response to tornado damage, receive briefings from all agencies involved in cleanup and recovery efforts, assess damage and recovery across the state and report and recommend further legislative action to the General Assembly.
“Given the devastation of April 16, a stepped-up response from the North Carolina legislature is the least we can do for the citizens affected by the storms,” Tillis, R-Mecklenburg, said in a statement. “In fact, we need to search for more ways to provide assistance to the storm victims, and this committee will provide insight on how best to move forward with recovery efforts.”
Sen. Louis Pate, R-Wayne, and Rep. Mike Stone, R-Lee, will serve as co-chairmen.
Senate members of the committee include Dan Blue, D-Wake, Neal Hunt, R-Wake, Josh Stein, D-Wake, Richard Stevens, R-Wake, Bob Atwater, D-Chatham, Harris Blake, R-Moore, Michael Walters, D-Robeson, Wesley Meredith, R-Cumberland, Brent Jackson, R-Sampson, Eric Mansfield, D-Cumberland, David Rouzer, R-Johnston, E.S. "Buck" Newton, R-Wilson, Clark Jenkins, D-Edgecombe, Jean Preston, R-Carteret, Harry Brown, R-Onslow, and Ed Jones, D-Halifax.
House members serving on the committee will be named later.
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ams, at the recently concluded Sensor Expo 2019, bagged two coveted awards, first being the "Best of Sensors Expo Innovation Award" for its TMF8701 true direct Time-of-Flight (ToF) sensor system and the second as the "Design & Engineering Team of the Year". The awards highlight advances in sensor innovations and excellence among engineers.
Design & Engineering Team of the Year
ams’ global design engineering team – spanning 18 design centers across Europe, Asia and the US – was nominated and took top honors at the industry’s largest event dedicated to sensors, connectivity and the Internet of Things.
Specific highlights of the team’s work cited in the award included the following:
- Behind OLED TCS3701, a high sensitivity Ambient Light Sensor (ALS) that helps maximize the smartphone display area by relocating sensor from front-facing bezels to behind the OLED display;
- Enabling Small Form-Factor Earbuds, with the POW:COM AS3442/47 interface technology that uses only two pins per device for simultaneous battery changing and communication, reducing the mechanical design constraints of true wireless earbuds;
- World's smallest 1D Time-of-Flight Sensor for proximity sensing, the ams TMF8701, for accurate proximity sensing and distance measurement in smartphones.
The design team leaders named in the award included Mario Manninger, Senior Director of Engineering; Stefan Dineci, Director of Research and Development; Bernd Janger, Director of Engineering; and Markus Noren, Director of Engineering.
Best of Sensors Expo Innovation Award
The Innovation Award was presented to ams for its true direct Time-of-Flight (ToF) sensor. The award recognizes specific advances in sensor and sensor-related technologies, either in the form of novel technologies or significant improvements to existing technologies.
The TMF8701 ToF sensor, unveiled by ams in January, is offered as a single modular package with highly accurate depth accuracy detection through a sub-nanosecond light pulse and an anti-aliasing “stop-watch” method to measure round-trip time of pulse. It provides single zone detection of an object irrespective of the color, reflectivity and texture of the object. The single module with VCSEL emitter offers high dynamic range and operates in either a proximity mode (0 – 10 cm) or a ranging mode (10 – 60 cm) for detection sensing.
The TMF8701 uses highly sensitive SPAD detection with fast compact time-to digital converters to make highly accurate distance measurements to enable operation in dark environments. A built-in histogram is featured to detect cover glass and objects behind glass to select the object with highest SNR while compensating for dirt and smudges on cover glass to produce artifact free measurement of multiple objects.
Grahame Cooney, Vice President and General Manager of the Business Line Integrated Optical Sensors at ams accepted the awards on behalf of ams.


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Untitled by Tahir Carl Karmali from Jua Kali Portrait Series
Highlighting pieces from nine cultures in Central and West Africa which are juxtaposed against contemporary installations, sculptures and photographs, the "Second Careers: Two Tributaries in African Art"
exhibition at the Cleveland Museum of Art will be on display through March 14, 2021.
“The exhibition’s premise is twofold,” said Ugochukwu-Smooth Nzewi, the exhibition's curator and former curator of African Art at the CMA. “Second Careers explores the role of historical African art in the Western museum context: how the objects made their way into the museum and the expectations placed on them to educate, to act as vectors of cultural memory and history and, ultimately, to add value to the institution in their second careers. The exhibition’s secondary focus is the relationship between historical arts of Africa and contemporary practices.”
Nzewi is presently the Steven and Lisa Tananbaum Curator of Painting and Sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, where he spoke briefly by phone about the show.
He said that "Second Careers" builds on three pieces he acquired for the museum in 2017 by exploring the lineage between historical artworks in the African Gallery and contemporary art by African artists. Nzewi said this exhibition took about 3 years from concept to realization.
I was struck by the vividness of pieces, such as the clear centerpiece of the exhibition, “Egúngún Masquerade Dance Costume (paka egúngún),” which is constructed from cotton, wool, wood, silk, synthetic textiles (including viscose rayon and acetate), indigo, and aluminum. Created some time between 1920 and 1948, it vibrates with intensity and is displayed in a way which appears as if the artifact was caught in stop-motion and transported forward in time.
While traditional African societies paid close attention to their natural environment, using it as a source of both inspiration and materials, the six contemporary artists in this exhibition use found objects that carry everyday experiences. A piece in the exhibition titled “Tightrope: Nonessential Speed” (2017) by Elias Sime is composed of from reclaimed electronic components and wire on pane. When the viewer steps away from the piece it resembles an aerial view of the Okavango Delta or some other part of the giant African continent.
“Objects such as electronics, bottle caps, etc., are industrially manufactured and in Africa their lives are extended when they are transformed into artworks by Elias Sime and El Anatsui, for example," explained Nzewi. “It is important to highlight this salient point because it demonstrates a certain approach to the use of materials found in the environment historically in Africa and by contemporary artists today.”
The 1987 piece from the Jua Kali Portrait Series by Tahir Carl Karmali called “Untitled” combines photographs of Kenyan creatives (artists, fashion designers, and writers) with sculpture and fashion in ‘surrealist mash-ups’ as the exhibition description states.
Some of the images were taken in Ethiopia and some in the artistically flourishing Nairobi. The subjects appear part cyborg, part sentient being, making the viewer do a double take before getting lost in the digital manipulation of these subjects who are encompassed in electronics and car engine parts siting majestically in the foreground of the Nairobi and East African skyline. The exhibition puts into perspective the ever-evolving and transcending connections between contemporary African Artists and their ancestry.
“I hope that our visitors understand that contemporary art is alive in Africa as is the case in other geographical locations," concluded Nzewi. “I want them to learn the various strategies that contemporary artists deploy in their practices and which reflect their historical memory, lived experience and contemporary reality in and out of Africa, and how those strategies might be understood as a continuum in modes of artistic practices in Africa from bygone eras to the present. Finally, it is important that our audience gain a critical insight on the relationship between African objects and the museum. This is particularly crucial in light of issues around restitution and repatriation of nonwestern objects acquired in unsavory circumstances."

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St. Johns County was founded on July 21, 1821. Along with Escambia County, it was one of the two original counties established in the state after Florida was ceded to the United States.
To mark the county’s 200th anniversary, the St. Johns County Board of County Commissioners, community leaders, and partner agencies celebrated on July 21, 2021 with a birthday present fitting for the occasion — a historical time capsule. Local artist Isaac Outley, owner of The Driftwood Company, created a one-of-a-kind time capsule, donated in part by Flagler Health+, for this milestone. It will now decorate the halls of the County Administration building for the next 50 years.
Dozens of partner agencies, including the county’s two municipalities, the City of St. Augustine and the City of St. Augustine Beach, participated by placing an item they believed captured the current significance of their organizations and their impact on the community into the capsule. Items included the 2021 St. Augustine Amphitheatre show poster, a St. Johns County Public Library System library card, a commemorative St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office badge, a special St. Johns County Fire Rescue patch, the 2020 general election ballot, and many other significant items.
The time capsule will remain sealed until 2071, when it’s set to be opened during the county’s 250th anniversary. This year’s Board of County Commissioners hope the items placed inside will give future leaders a glimpse into what life was like in 2021 as well as offer a snapshot of the tremendous work that goes on in our community.
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The St. Johns County Board of County Commissioners, community leaders, and partner agencies celebrated the county’s 200th anniversary on July 21, 2021.

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24 Essential Inservices for Home Health includes everything you need to provide 24 complete inservices on the most important topics. For each topic, you'll receive a comprehensive inservice that can be used as a group lessons or for self-study by individual aides and nurses. All materials are in the manual AND on the included CD-ROM enabling you to modify the lessons to meet the particular needs of your agency or the requirements of your state. Use the inservices over and over again just print out the materials from the CD-ROM as necessary! You'll get everything you need to provide an information-packed 30-minute inservice on any of the 24 essential topics. If you prefer, add your own agency-specific information, demonstrations, and discussion time to extend the training to 60 minutes or more!
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New MV: A$AP Ferg – “Move Ya Hips” ft. Nicki Minaj & MadeinTYO
A$AP Ferg and Nicki Minaj come through with another collaboration titled “Move Ya Hips” featuring MadeinTYO. The collaboration follows the duos last smash hit “Plain Jane (Remix)”. On the track produced by Frankie P, the two flex their pen with braggadocios verses accompanied by a contagious chorus provided by MadeinTYO. “Move your hips, okay / When I be leaving she tell me to stay, ooh / Got a new loft in Harlem / No, Fergie ain’t move to LA, woo,” Ferg spits over the booming production. “Move my hips, okay / Tell him to go, then I tell him to stay / Baby, it’s okay, I have been havin’ one hell of a day / Saint Laurent all on my shades / Then I pull up in a cherry Mercedez / Strawberry shortcake hair / Chinese bangs with my two braids, ayy,” Nicki continues. In the music video accompanied by the single, a man orders a wild sex doll that terrorizes her client. The thrilling block buster goes along well with the hype of the track itself! Ferg recently hit the studio with Marilyn Manson and is readying a new project, his first since his 2019 EP Floor Seats. Check out A$AP Ferg, Nicki Minaj and MadeInTYO’s “Move Ya Hips” music video below!

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Whether you’re riding in from Shady Grove or you’ve flown in from a far-off city to see Obama take the oath of office and Beyonce hit the high notes of the “Star-Spangled Banner,” there are plenty of ways to soak up the pomp and circumstance — and this time, there will be a lot more room in which to do so. If you don’t have a gown or a plan, don’t worry.
Let this be your low-stress guide; list of 10 events you can hit for $20 or less.
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Chuck Close’s tapestries
of President Obama
The National Portrait Gallery has unveiled two new jacquard tapestry portraits of the president created by renowned artist Chuck Close. After a more than hour-long photo shoot with the president last summer, Close used the resulting Polaroids as the basis for his weavings, each nearly eight feet tall and more than six feet across. In one, Obama has a serious look; in the other, he wears a warm smile. In all, 10 tapestries Close made were snapped up for $100,000 apiece by private collectors (the cash went to the reelection campaign); the ones at the Portrait Gallery are on loan through March 3, so this might be your best chance to see them in a museum setting.
Eighth and F streets NW. 202-633-1000. www.npg.si.edu. 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily. Free.
‘Out of Many: A Multicultural
Festival of Music, Dance and Story’
The National Museum of the American Indian has joined with the Smithsonian’s Latino Center, Asian Pacific American Program and forthcoming Museum of African American History and Culture for a three-day festival highlighting America’s role as a melting pot of culture. Family-friendly activities take place throughout the museum and include performances of Bolivian folkloric dance, hula from Halau Ho’Omau, jazz music and taiko drumming, all by groups that are keeping those traditions alive stateside.
Fourth Street and Independence Avenue SW. 202-633-1000. www.nmai.si.edu. Through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
The museum is closed Monday. Free.
Day of Service
The official ball is sold out. Tickets to the swearing-in have been snapped up. If you’re hoping to be part of an official event, you can take part in the day of service that will kick off inauguration weekend. Among the major White House-endorsed volunteer events is the Points of Light project that will enlist 10,000 volunteers to pack 100,000 “care kits” with bandages, hand sanitizer and more for deployed military, wounded service members and veterans. Volunteers commit for one 2 1
2-hour shift at the D.C. Armory, but registration is required. For more community-based work, sign up for one of the 45 projects HandsOn Greater D.C. Cares is organizing across the region at www.greaterdccares.org.


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Pay tribute to the Betsy Ross Flag with this rustic stained wood version of the American flag from 1776! Thirteen Stars arranged in a circle, representing the 13 Colonies. All handmade with individually cut pieces nailed to a sturdy frame and stained for that rustic-historic style. Then finished with 3 or more coats of high gloss poly for protection and shine that will last a lifetime.
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A Rainbow and stars make up this beautiful children's art print which can also be personalised with the child's name.
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- McClellan index is well above EMA(59) and trending higher
- Nifty also remains well above MA(100), while MA(100) remains above MA(200) suggesting strong bullish bias
What does it mean for our Investments?
- Mutual Funds - Stay invested in equities and continue with SIP as we do not see any signs of market crash ahead as of now. If in debt funds then as long as you are making gains then stay put else have a exit plan at hand, do not extend losses beyond 8-10%. If in cash/FDs/ liquid funds then wait for right entry, this correction/pullback will be your friend and will provide you with right opportunity at right time. Remember, patience pays off hence use this time to do your homework and research.
- Stocks/ETFs - ONLY invest in strong patterns and always take partial gains once your position makes more than 30-50% gains. Use our trade size calculator to manage your portfolio risk as well as check out our watch list (we update our watch list towards end of the weekend).
Market in pullback which can be healthy for BULL run...


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In addition to packing 8+1 rounds of .45 ACP (Associate Computing Professional) The award for successful completion of an examination in computers offered by the ICCP. It is geared to newcomers in the computing field. For more information, visit www.iccp.org.
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The elastic CEIDE women's mountaineering leggings from Ternua are very breathable, quick-drying and lightweight leggings that will allow you excellent freedom of movement in activities such as trekking, hiking, trail running, running and fast hiking. True to our commitment to sustainability they are made out of fabric from fishing nets collected in the ports of the Basque Coast. These leggings are a safe bet if you are looking for comfort thanks to their adjustable elastic waist and flat seams that will prevent chafing during your activity.
The model in the photo is 1.72 m tall and wears a size M
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The Ministry of Transportation and Communications is considering introducing a taxi service for pregnant women as well as for elderly and handicapped passengers. The ministry said that drivers of vans or station wagons would be able to apply to offer the service.
Currently, rehabilitation bus services are available only to handicapped passengers on a limited number of routes and set service hours. In addition, those wanting to access the service must make reservations.
To meet the rising demand for transportation in an ageing society, the ministry said it hoped to expand the barrier-free taxi service market — taxis that cater to people whose movement is impaired — by introducing more flexible services.
Apart from handicapped passengers, the service would be expanded to elderly passengers, pregnant women and children, it said. Based on a plan proposed by the ministry, cab drivers wanting to offer the service must have a van or a station wagon for passenger use only, not cargo vans.
The vehicle must be equipped with a wheelchair lift, movable ramps or swing-out seats. The entrance for the wheelchair and the space inside the vehicle reserved for the wheelchair must adhere to the specifications set by the ministry.
In addition, drivers are required to complete an officially sanctioned training program and obtain certification before they can legally provide the service.
The ministry proposed that rates for barrier-free taxi services should be determined by local governments, adding that local governments were encouraged to offer subsidies for handicapped public servants to use the system.
According to the ministry, different countries have different ways of charging customers for using such a service.
Customers in Germany and the US pay the same rate as regular cab passengers, whereas those in Canada and Hong Kong are charged higher than regular customers.
Passengers of barrier-free taxi services in Japan, on the other hand, are charged 10 percent less than regular customers.


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|Publication number||US4137477 A|
|Application number||US 05/798,315|
|Publication date||Jan 30, 1979|
|Filing date||May 19, 1977|
|Priority date||May 28, 1975|
|Also published as||CA1081313A, CA1081313A1, DE2623828A1, DE2623828C2|
|Publication number||05798315, 798315, US 4137477 A, US 4137477A, US-A-4137477, US4137477 A, US4137477A|
|Inventors||Johannes W. A. Krol, Bernhard Lersmacher, Hans Lydtin, Horst Seifert|
|Original Assignee||U.S. Philips Corporation|
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|Patent Citations (3), Referenced by (20), Classifications (16)|
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet|
The invention relates to electrodes particularly for electron tubes. More particularly, this invention relates to solid carbon electrodes for use in electron tubes and to a method for their manufacture.
The electrode may have a flat or curved surface, or it may be in the form of a cylinder or of a spherical segment or it may have any shape suitable to the geometry of an electron tube.
Electrodes, for electron tubes (hereinafter referred to as grid electrodes) which are made of solid carbon have a number of advantages in comparison with grid electrodes of different materials, for example metals, in particular, when they are used in high vacuum electron tubes. A few of these advantages are: low thermal and secondary electron emission, very high resistance to thermal shock, comparatively good thermal and electrical conductivity, no melting, high sublimation temperature (carbon vapour pressure at 2500° K approximately 10-6 atm., at 2000° K approximately 10-10 atm.) and hence high permissible operating temperatures, as well as an increasing mechanical rigidity at higher temperatures.
From German Offenlegungsschrift, No. 25 58 583 it is known to use electrographite as a material for the grid. However, the manufacture of such electrodes is impeded in that electrographite is a granular, very fragile and more or less porous material having a ceramic character. In spite of being a material which is easily processed, very thin-walled parts and parts having small transverse dimensions cannot be manufactured or can be manufactured only with great difficulty. The expressions "very thin-walled" and "small transverse dimensions" are to be understood to mean in this connection linear or transverse dimensions which in part are considerably smaller than 1 mm. For certain types of grids in the microwave range, for example, grid rods may have cross-sections of 1002 /μm2 or less with lengths of 1 cm or more. Such dimensions cannot substantially be realized even when using fine-granular electrographite. In addition, electrographite presents the difficulty that even with a small deformation -- as, for example, caused by thermal expansion and contractions -- small particles crumble away and interfere with the operation of the tube.
German Patent Specification No. 11 94 988 discloses a grid electrode assembly consisting of a pyrolytic graphite foil having holes, slots or similar recesses. Pyrolytic graphite is prepared by deposition of material from a thermally decomposible gaseous phase. By adjusting the process parameters such as pressure and temperature, a highly preferred orientation can be obtained in the deposited carbon so that the properties of the layer thus formed very closely approach those of a single crystal of graphite. An important characteristic feature of the layers of pyrolytic graphite is a pronounced anisotropy of the physical properties in which the anisotropy of the electrical and the thermal conductivity is very favourable for the application in grid electrodes. A disadvantage, however, of the material deposition from thermally decomposable gaseous phases is that high precision requirements with respect to dimensions, wall thicknesses, size tolerances etc. can only be met with great difficulty, in particular when manufacturing molded bodies having a complex geometry. For example, for bodies from which grid electrodes are to be manufactured, wall thicknesses of 150 /μm with a wall thickness tolerance of ±10 μm are required with an overall lengths of up to 100 mm and diameters of approximately 10 to 50 mm. Such high precision requirements may cause a very unfavourable relationship between costs and efficiency (number of pieces per batch, quality).
Furthermore, German Offenlegungsschrift No. 23 58 583 discloses a grid electrode whose portion forming the actual grid consists of carbon yarns or wires which are covered entirely with pyrolytic graphite. Although this grid electrode has the advantage that the dimensions of the grid rods are not restricted, as is the case of machined graphite hollow cylinders, by the performance of the tools and/or the quality of the graphite, yarns or wires and used in the construction of wire grids, however, which have been manufactured by carbonization of cellulose, polyacrylnitrile or artificial silk. These carbon yarns or wires are generally polycrystalline, even when they seem to be amorphous (X-ray radiation) and therefore, have grain boundaries. This has an unfavourable influence on the thermal and electrical conductivity as well as on its mechanical rigidity. In particular the processing of polycrystalline carbon wires to grid structures is adversely influenced by their lack of stiffness.
One object the present invention is to provide an electrode which has good mechanical and electrical properties and which can also be manufactured in a simple manner and with a great dimensional stability.
According to the present invention there is provided an electrode of the aforesaid kind, in particular a grid-shaped electrode, of solid carbon for electron tubes, in which at least the part forming the actual grid consists of glassy carbon.
Glassy carbon is a paracrystalline substance and is known per se, for example, from Chem. Ing. Techn. "42 (1970) pages 659-669. This article describes a paracrystalline carbonaceous substance of low density (approximately 1.5 g/cm3) which can be manufactured from a series of organic high polymers by solid state pyrolysis. The most important features of the aforesaid glassy carbon or paracrystalline carbon are physical properties determined by the structure in which the type of starting material is substantially irrelevant. That is, although the process may be varied in dependence upon the starting material, it is substantially impossible to determine the starting material from the properties of the final product by physical and chemical methods. Glassy carbon with substantially the same properties may therefore be manufactured from a variety of starting polymers, for example, polyvinylidene chloride, phenol- or cresolresoles and Novolaks, polyimides, regenerated cellulose, polymerized furfuryl alcohol, coal tar, and so on (suitability criteria are described in detail below).
The advantage of grid electrodes of glassy carbon as compared with similar electrodes of other solid carbons may be described as follows: glassy carbon is pure, elementary carbon which, with respect to its atomic bonding character, can finally be reduced to the graphite modification. That is, its thermal, electrical and electronic properties, respectively, are comparable to those of graphite. However, compared with all the graphitic solid carbons, its extra-ordinarily large mechanical regidity is decisive and its relatively great hardness and resistance to detrition is of particular value. On the basis of its particular properties, glassy carbon can readily be processed to more or less complicated shapes, which grid electrodes generally have, with sufficient stability and an excellent surface quality.
A criterion for the suitability of an organic high polymeric substance as a starting material for the manufacture of glassy carbon is that the pyrolytic decomposition occurring during heating begins at a temperature which is below the softening temperature or melting temperature, as well as below the sublimation temperature or depolymerization temperature. This requirement is generally satisfied by irreversibly hardening synthetic resins, that is duroplasts. Upon polycondensation, addition polymerization and other polymerization processes, duroplasts combine via major valences to form cross-linked macromolecules. A particular characteristic group of irreversibly hardening polycondensates are the phenol resols and cresol resols and Novolaks. These are also very suitable for the manufacture of glassy carbon.
Thermoplasts such as, polyamides, polyethylenes, polyvinylchloride, etc. are unsuitable according to the above-mentioned criterion for they generally melt and/or depolymerize prior to the beginning of thermal decomposition. By chemical and physical measures, for example, oxidative cross-linking or by coating with a non-melting or non-depolymerizing coating, however, such materials may also be changed intermediately into duroplasts and the pyrolytic decomposition thereof to glassy carbon is then possible (see "Philips Technisch Tijdschrift" 36 (1976) No. 4, pages 109-119. This article describes a method of intermediary stabilization of thermoplastic foam material).
According to a further aspect of the invention there is also provided a method of manufacturing electrodes of the aforesaid kind in which a body of cured hardened synthetic resin is shaped or processed in a manner such so that it has the shape of the desired electrode, after which it is carbonized. The machining of the molded body of cured synthetic resin takes place, for example, by milling, drilling and/or turning. According to an alternative method of the invention, a pre-shaped body, possibly in the unprocessed state, of cured synthetic resin is carbonized and the resulting body of glassy carbon is then processed further to form the desired electrode. In this case, the further processing takes place, for example, by grinding, laser beam or electron beam cutting and/or spark erosion. Laser beam cutting is to be preferred.
Each of the two variations of the method for preparing an electrode according to the invention have advantages which have to be weighed against each other for each individual case. The great advantage of the first variation is that the polymeric starting material can be readily machined. The "tolerance of uncertainty" as determined by shrinkage is however a disadvantage in this method. The former method may be used only in those cases in which large tolerances, larger than approximately 1.0 mm, are permissible, for example, in coarse-mesh triode grids of large dimensions. Normally, an aftertreatment (fine machining) of the carbonized grid body cannot be avoided. Thus, this applies in particular to fine-mesh grids having small size tolerances (smaller than 1 mm) in particular also in tubes having several grids (tetrodes, pentodes) with high precision requirements with respect to the grid distances (1.0 to 0.1 mm in UHF power tubes).
In the second variation of the method in which a body of glassy carbon is processed to the desired electrode, it may be sufficient to subject the electrode subsequently to an annealing treatment at 700 to 1200° C in a reactive atmosphere. Such an annealing treatment is proposed in German Patent Application No. P 26 13 170.4.
Suitable materials for carrying out the method according to the invention are pre-condensated solid phenol-resol in powder form or liquid phenol resol or mixtures of pre-condensated furfuryl alcohol with phenol resols. In one embodiment of the method a moulded body of cured synthetic resin with a gridlike hollow body is manufactured by winding strands or wires or interweaving strands of phenol resin in the form of a network or mesh (or, in the case of flat grids by interweaving the wires in the form of a flat network). Strands are then carbonized. It is very advantageous to manufacture the starting bodies by deep drawing sheets, plates or foils of polymeric material. Very suitable for this technique are phenol resin plates and foils and polyimide foils.
In order to obtain the correct dimensions of the unprocessed synthetic bodies which have to be further processed to grid electrodes, any shrinkage which may occur during the subsequent carbonization process should be allowed for. This shrinkage may be from 20 to 30% of the dimensions of the starting material in the linear direction.
The carbonization is carried out by means of known methods, which can be summarized as follows: the pre-shaped body is subjected in an inert gas atmosphere (N2, Ar) or, by a vacuum in a process comprising one or several steps, to a temperature treatment up to at least 1000° C, preferably, however, at 1600° C, or in particular cases to at least 2500° C (for example 3000° C). The heating step should be carried out in a manner such that all parts of the body to be carbonized are always at the same temperature. This avoids temperature gradients in the material and the associated interferences (for example mechanical stresses). The heating rate of this isothermal heating method is determined by the thickness of the body since, thin-walled parts are more rapidly brought to the "isothermal state" than thick-walled parts. However, the most important process determining the speed is as follows: with increasing temperature the starting material starts to decompose (pyrolysis). The atomic and molecular fractions of the resulting decomposition products must leave the body via solid state diffusion. It may not lead to local agglomerations of decomposition products in the volume which in the case of exceeding a given vapour pressure might cause the body to be cracked. The heating conditions are determined in that the first-mentioned "temperature diffusion" for adjusting isothermal ratios takes place much more rapidly than the "out-diffusion" of the volatile decomposition products. Thus, it always holds that: λ/ρ.c>>D (dimension cm2 /s; λ is coefficient of thermal conductivity; ρ = specific gravity; c = specific heat; D = diffusion coefficient. For the practice of the manufacture of glassy carbon this means that for wall thicknesses up to 0.2 mm, the transformation "polymer → carbon" can take place at heating rates of approximately 100° C/hour, whereas with each doubling of the wall thickness (shortest diffusion length) the rate of heating decreases by a quanter (for a wall thickness of 1 mm a heating rate holds of approximately 4° C per hour corresponding to 250 hours for a temperature limit of 1000° C). Heating may then be carried out more rapidly because the pyrolytic decomposition has substantially terminated. In the process which comprises several steps and which will be described in greater detail with reference to the examples, temperatures up to 2000° C and higher are achieved in this further heating.
Grid electrodes of glassy carbon, as compared with similar electrodes of graphite and in particular of pyrolytic graphite, have a smaller thermal and electric conductivity. In many cases these disadvantages can be compensated for entirely or partly by corresponding proportioning of the wall thicknesses. Furthermore it is possible to vary the conductivities within certain limits by incorporating a second, disperse phase (for example of metal particles or of graphite wires).
The conductivities can be influenced favourably, by providing a thin layer (approximately 1 to 10 μm thick) of highly oriented pyrolytic graphite due to the depth of penetration in the microwave range (1 ≧ 1000 MHz) ("Skin" effect). In this case the pre-shaped grid of glassy carbon serves as a substrate for the deposition of pyrolytic graphite and is surrounded on all sides by said graphite (composite electrode).
Grid electrodes of glassy carbon form a completion to the series of electrodes on the basis of solid carbon. The advantage thereof are: the multiplicity of possible starting materials; the simple deformability and processability thereof; the possibility of manufacturing parts with great precision and very small tolerances; very large mechanical rigidities and extraordinarily good surfaces.
The invention will now be described in greater detail with reference to the drawing and a few examples. In the drawing:
FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a body from which a grid electrode is to be manufactured;
FIG. 2 shows an unprocessed body corresponding to the grid electrode to be manufactured (compare Example 3), and
FIG. 3 shows a wire grid electrode of glassy carbon (compare Example 4).
FIG. 1 illustrates the high precision requirements which are imposed upon the manufacture of grid electrodes. For example, for a body 1 from which a grid electrode is to be manufactured, a wall thickness d of 150 μm with a wall thickness tolerances of ± 10 μm is required with an overall length 1 of approximately 50 mm and diameters a and b of approximately 30 mm and 40 mm.
The carbonizations stated in the following examples were carried out in a process comprising two stages or, optionally, three stages, namely
Stage 1. The actual pyrolysis, so the transformation "polymer → carbon" in an inert atmosphere up to approximately 800° C (in some cases up to 1000° C);
Stage 2. The after-treatment in a vacuum up to 1600° C to remove remaining impurities and in particular also hydrogen;
Stage 3. If desired (in the case of a requirement of particular purity) a second after-treatment step in a vacuum (10-3 mm mercury column and smaller) up to at most 2800° C.
The inert atmosphere used in stage (1) is preferably slowly flowing nitrogen gas which simultaneously removes the gaseous decomposition products from the reaction vessel. The upper treatment temperatures of 800° C (and in certain circumstances of 1000° C) in the first stage enables furnaces with normal tantalum wire heating windings to be used.
Stage (2) is preferably carried out in a vacuum furnace with a graphite heating element. It has been found that treatment temperatures up to approximately 1600° C are generally sufficient to remove remaining contaminants. The temperature rise is at a rate between 100 and 200° C/hour dependent on the shapes of the samples and the wall thicknesses.
Stage (3) is carried out only in certain cases. In a vacuum furnace of the type which corresponds to that of stage 2) the temperatures are raised by approximately 500° C per hour up to 2000 to 2800° C.
A weighed quantity of a precondensated solid phenol resin
(a) in powder form and
(b) as a granulate is provided, respectively, in a mould of hardened heat-resistant steel. The surface of the mould which contacts the subsequently moulded body is preferably polished. Furthermoe, in order to prevent adhesion of the mould to the synthetic resin, the surface of the mould may be provided with a release agent. The mould is heated to approximately 150° C at a pressure of a few atmospheres (10 to 100 atmospheres). The heating duration is determined in the first instance by the wall thicknesses of the moulded body and will generally not exceed a few minutes. The mould may be constructed so that grid apertures are moulded in the body prior to the moulding process. The above-described moulding technique corresponds to a known method used in the manufacture of bakelite which has long proved to be suitable. Carbonization of the resin is then carried out as follows: a moulded body having a wall thickness of 0.3 mm is heated in a nitrogen atmosphere in a furnace with a temperature rise of 20° C per hour in 40 hours to 800° C and then cooled to 20° C in approximately 12 hours. After this treatment the partly processed grid body has undergone a linear shrinkage of approximately 25% which does not change noticeably in a second thermal treatment step. In the second stage of the treatment the body is heated to a final temperature of 1600° C in a vacuum (approximately 10-3 mm mercury column) and a heating rate of 200° C/hour and is then cooled to ambient temperature within 24 hours.
A defined quantity of a liquid phenol resol having a initial viscosity of approximately 5000 cP is drawn into a mould corresponding to the body to be manufactured under a low pressure vacuum (10° to 10-1 mm mercury column). The resol is then cured and removed from the mould in known manner. The same method can be carried out according to the known injection moulding processes. Carbonization is then carried out as described in Example 1.
An untreated body 1 corresponding to the grid electrode to be manufactured is manufactured from a solid block of cured phenol resin by a machining treatment (see FIG. 2). The grid apertures 2 may be provided either prior to or after the carbonization.
A grid-like hollow body 1 is manufactured by winding phenol resin strands 3 (see FIG. 3) having a diameter of 30 to 1000 μm into the form of a mesh according to a known winding technique used for winding metal wire grids. Phenol resin strands and strands of glassy carbon, respectively, are manufactured with diameters in the range of 30 μm to 3 mm. The solid parts 4 and 5 of the grid electrode shown in the Figure may consist both of glassy carbon and of other materials, for example, molybdenum, tantalum, graphite or pyrographite. The wire winding may be connected at all or at each separate crossing by gluing. The connections may be made by treatment with, for example, phenol resin glues; by the attack of the crossings by an agressive solvent (for example CH2 Cl2, acetone, acetic acid methyl ester, and so on) and squeezing, a composite may also be manufactured. It is also advantageous to use resin strands which, although rendered solid by a thermal treatment, have not yet been fully cured or condensed (resitol state). By a corresponding thermal treatment after winding, the remaining reaction up to complete curing (resitol state) under pressure may be carried out. As a result of this stabilization, a connection at the crossings similar to a "weld" is obtained. Carbonization as already described is then carried out.
A body required for further processing to a grid electrode is manufactured by deep drawing a thin plate or foil of a duro-plastic high polymeric material. In this process
both precondensated and condensated phenol resins are used. Of particular importance in this method are
polyimide foils which show a particularly favourable carbonization behaviour.
The deep drawing method is based on the fact that substantially all the thermosetting materials have a given temperature range in which they can be plastically deformed when exerting external forces. This plasticity range (macro-Brown-movement) of very many polymers lies at approximately 200 to 250° C. The untreated bodies formed from foils are carbonized in accordance with the above-described relationships of wall thicknesses and heating rates.
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Shine is the eighth album by the Average White Band, released in 1980 on RCA. It was produced by David Foster. Tracks 1 Our Time Has Come (Alan Gorrie, Hamish Stuart) 3:37 2 For You, For Love (Bill Champlin, Roger Ball) 3:52 3 Let’s Go Round Again (Alan Gorrie) 4:56 4 Whatcha’ Gonna Do For […]
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From Rags To Riches: The Story Of Louis Armstrong
Satchmo passed away in his sleep in 1971 at his home in Queens, New York. He left behind his fourth wife, Lucille, whom he had been married to since 1942. Despite never having children with any of his wives, he did have a daughter with a musician he had dated on the side – Sharon Preston was born in 1955. However, Louis never publicly acknowledged her as his daughter during his life.

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Created with the high-speed tactical operator in mind, the Magpul Dynamics team designed the Battery Assist Device or "BAD Lever" to considerably improve the speed and efficiency of actuating the AR-15/M16 bolt catch. With this device you can quickly address reloading and malfunction clearance utilizing the extended paddle on the right hand side of the weapon. This allows the operator to manipulate the bolt stop from the fire control/ready position using the right hand trigger finger. Precision crafted from mil-spec anodized aluminum the BAD lever requires no permanent modification to the weapon, still allows traditional bolt catch use, and is fully functional for both left and right handed shooters. Made in the USA.
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Husband has no choice but to carry his wife to hospital in lockdown without public transportation (video)
In Rivers State a husband had no choice but to embark on a journey with his legs to the hospital carrying his wife who is not feeling well because there is no public transportation due to the lockdo0wn which is as a result of the deadly Coronavirus.
In a narration by a Facebook user who encountered the couple on their way to the hospital on bare foot.
She decided to help them with her own car and revealed that they may not have been so lucky if they did not arrive the hospital on time.
Th post on Facebook my the helper said, “Watch how this Corona virus lockdown might be leading to death in Rivers State. The girl you see in the video was almost dying her husband had to carry her on his back for long because there is no vehicle on the road. She almost fainted on the road I couldn’t record that part because I’m the only one driving. Had to help them to my hospital.
“Last time I saw a more sever case where I still drove them to my hospital free of charge where we gave the girl emergency oxygen she was a second away from death.
God save us in this Rivers state. Many sick people will die at home. If hunger does not kill other sickness will because you can’t go out.
God save us in Rivers state.”
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Postgraduate Course: Health in All Policies (PUHR11104)
|School||Deanery of Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences
||College||College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
|Credit level (Normal year taken)||SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)
|Course type||Online Distance Learning
||Availability||Available to all students
|Summary||This course will introduce the concept of Health in All Policies, links between health and policies in other sectors, and influences on policy making. It will focus on Health Impact Assessment as an approach to achieve Health in All Policies. Students will work in groups to undertake an HIA project.
This course will be taught entirely by online distance learning, using the virtual learning environment Learn as the delivery platform. Students will work individually and in groups, interacting via discussion boards.
Students will be introduced to key concepts and approaches to Health in All Policies through a mix of online lectures, activities and key readings. Students will learn the values and principles underpinning HIA, the steps required to complete an HIA and appropriate methods and approaches for each step. Students will gain an understanding of the importance of community engagement in the HIA process, and the use of HIA as a tool to address health inequities. Students will work in online groups to conduct the first stages of a health impact assessment based on a topic of their choice.
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On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate a critical understanding of the theory, concepts and principles of health in all policies as an approach to improve population health and health equity and tools to achieve this including health impact assessment.
- Critically evaluate completed HIAs and HIA concepts
- Determine where health impact assessment can be applied in the policy-making cycle, whether or not it should be used and apply a range of public health methods to an HIA process.
|Students will be recommended to read one of the following:|
Kemm J (ed) (2012) Health Impact Assessment: Past Achievement, Current Understanding, and Future Progress. ISBN-13: 9780199656011 DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199656011.001.0001
O'Mullane M (ed) (2013) Integrating Health Impact Assessment with the Policy Process: Lessons and experiences from around the world. ISBN: 9780199639960 DOI: 10.1093/med/9780199639960.001.0001 http://oxfordmedicine.com/view/10.1093/med/9780199639960.001.0001/med-9780199639960
Optional further reading:
National Research Council (2011). Improving Health in the United States: The Role of Health Impact Assessment. Washington DC: The National Academies Press.
Birley M (2012) Health Impact Assessment: Principles and Practice ISBN 978-1-84971-277-4
|Graduate Attributes and Skills
||During this course students will have to demonstrate the ability to work both independently and collaboratively with others. They will learn generic approaches and skills such as classifying information, critical analysis and drawing on different forms of evidence to reach a balanced conclusion. They will engage with a real life proposal and consider how to influence decisions effectively. This will contribute specifically to the following Graduate Attributes:
- Outlook and engagement
- Research and enquiry
- Personal and intellectual autonomy
- Personal effectiveness
|Keywords||Health in All Policies,Health Impact Assessment,Social Determinants of Health
|Course organiser||Dr Margaret Douglas
|Course secretary||Ms Charlotte Munden
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There have been reports about how people’s sex lives took a hit during the pandemic . . . and for single people especially . . . but it might be different if you’re STARING DEATH IN THE FACE.
According to new research published in “The Journal of Sex”, people who have had a “high” fear of catching COVID-19 have had MORE and BETTER sex during the pandemic.
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Mega Man is in 'Monster Hunter: World'
Capcom showed off more of its upcoming action-RPG Monster Hunter: World at this weekend's PlayStation Experience, and a surprise guest showed up at the end of the trailer – Mega Man. We already know players can dress up as Horizon: Zero Dawn protagonist Aloy. Apparently, palicos can cosplay as well. The feline sidekicks can dress up as an 8-bit Mega Man and play classic tunes from the series as they hunt Jagras and Anjanath. A blocky blue robot looks a little strange running around the fantasy world of Monster Hunter, but you do you, Capcom.


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A delicious summer recipe for our readers.
Netanyahu touted investing in Israel with its 'unique human capital.'
A government revision of dairy products has led Tnuva Foods to cut prices, including some items not under price control, by up to 10...
Chinese firms are snapping up promising Israeli companies as they go on sale.
PA says Palestinian Arabs can no longer have most Israeli food products.
It's a done deal: China's Bright Food group bought most shares of Israel's Tnuva conglomerate.
If the deal goes through it would be for between $2.4 and $2.7 billion.
Israel’s national snack food is Bamba, made by Osem, in which Nestle has a major stake. Strauss Foods is partly owned by Pepsi. Now China wants to buy Israel Tnuva. Will McDonald’s buy out falafel stands?
A group of consumers headed by a Haredi woman is looking to sue Tnuva for consumer anguish.
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Ex-Canton school board member files ethics complaint, alleging conflict of interest
An ousted Canton Public School Board member is asking the state Ethics Commission to decide whether two aldermen who are also school district employees ran afoul of ethics laws when they voted to rescind her appointment.
Dorothy Harris says she was removed from the district’s school board in March.
Eric Gilkey, a maintenance worker with the district, and Daphne Sims, a Canton Public Schools teacher, have both voted on district-related matters as aldermen.
Gilkey would not speak on the record for this story, and Sims did not return repeated phone calls for comment.
Harris has asked the state’s ethics watchdog to probe whether the participation of both was legal.
That question is likely to hinge on whether Gilkey or Sims received any type of monetary benefit.
For example, if either party agreed to appoint an individual to the school board in exchange for a pay raise, they could be found in violation of the state’s ethics laws.
In a 2015 opinion, the commission advised that an alderman employed by a municipal school district should recuse himself from all matters involving the school system, including appointments to the school board, “to avoid the appearance of impropriety.” An exception could be made, however, in cases where the recusal would cause the board to lose a quorum.
Harris believes the root cause of her dismissal was motivated by a desire to see the firing of since-ousted superintendent Cassandra Williams.
“When you add it all up and look at the equation, they (the board of aldermen) appointed people who would dance by their music. This has been in the works for a while,” she said.
Aside from two interviews with broadcast outlets, Williams has declined to speak at length about her firing.
Williams told WLBT that school board member Courtney Rainey approached a district principal with a request to promote Sims.
It’s unclear whether the allegation could become a sticking point during an ethics review because Rainey, who represents the added territory of Canton, is the only elected member of the school board, meaning the board had no say in her appointment.
Adding to the alleged tension, Williams said was an incident involving Sims and a fifth-grade student that resulted in disciplinary action against Sims.
The Clarion Ledger has requested the incident report detailing Sims’ alleged actions from the state Department of Education.
Harris' complaint is not the first concerning Canton City Hall.
On Friday, the state Ethics Commission ruled Canton Mayor William Truly violated the state's open meetings act when he asked Rainey to leave an April 3 board of aldermen meeting.
Truly argued that two other school board members were already in attendance at the meeting.
The action, he said, was prompted by his concern that the presence of Rainey constituted a quorum of the school board. The state Ethics Commission recommended that Truly pay a $250 fine for the violation.
"The only legal means to exclude anyone from a public meeting is by following the executive session procedure described in Section 25-41-7," Sonia Shurden, a hearing officer for the commission wrote.
Truly told the Clarion Ledger he will not appeal the decision.


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The White City refers to a collection of over 4,000 Bauhaus or International style buildings built in Tel Aviv from the 1930s by German Jewish architects who immigrated to the British Mandate of Palestine after the rise of the Nazis. Tel Aviv has the largest number of buildings in this style of any city in the World. Preservation, documentation, and exhibitions have brought attention to Tel Aviv's collection of 1930s architecture. In 2003, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) proclaimed Tel Aviv's White City a World Cultural Heritage site, as "an outstanding example of new town planning and architecture in the early 20th century." The citation recognized the unique adaptation of modern international architectural trends to the cultural, climatic, and local traditions of the city. The Bauhaus Center in Tel Aviv organises regular architectural tours of the city.
Adaptation To Local Climate
However, the architecture had to be adapted to suit the extremes of the Mediterranean and desert climate. White and light colors reflected the heat. Walls not only provided privacy but protected against the sun. Large areas of glass that let in the light, a key element of the Bauhaus style in Europe, were replaced with small recessed windows that limited the heat and glare. Long narrow balconies, each shaded by the balcony above it, allowed residents to catch the breeze blowing in from the sea to the west. Slanted roofs were replaced with flat ones, providing a common area where residents could socialize in the cool of the evening.
Buildings were raised on pillars (pilotis), the first being the 1933 Engel House designed by Zeev Rechter. These allow the wind to blow under and cool the apartments, as well as providing a play area for children. In 1935, at the office building Beit Hadar, steel frame structure was introduced, a technique which facilitates opening the first floor for such purposes. The style of architecture and construction methods used in the hundreds of new buildings came to define the character of the modern city.
Most of the buildings were of concrete, reinforced concrete was often applied from 1912 on, and in the summer were unbearably hot despite their innovative design features. Tel Aviv’s residents took to the streets in the evenings, frequenting the numerous small parks between the buildings and the growing number of coffee shops, where they could enjoy the evening air. This tradition continues in the café society, and nightlife of the city today.
Many of the buildings from this period, some architectural classics, have been neglected to the point of ruin, and before legislation was passed, some were demolished. However, of the original 4,000 Bauhaus buildings built, some have been refurbished and at least 1,500 more are slated for preservation and restoration. The municipal government of Tel Aviv passed legislation in 2009 that covers some 1,000 structures.
The Bauhaus Museum was opened in Bialik Street, near the old City Hall in 2010.


There’s bad news if you were using extramarital affairs service Ashley Madison to add a little spice into your life. Hackers claim to have gained full access to the site’s database and other records, potentially exposing the personal information of its 37 million registered users, as security expert Brian Krebs first reported.
Krebs said that the attackers, who call themselves The Impact Team, published a range of random user data that they claim to have snatched from ALM — the parent company behind Ashley Madison, Cougar Life and Established Men. They also appear to have gotten access to company servers and employee information, including company bank account information and salaries.
The Impact Team is threatening to release the full data set that it claims to have unless Ashley Madison — which is one of the Internet’s most notorious places to seek out an affair — is shut down.
They also made an interesting claim that ‘Full Delete,’ a feature that wipes a user’s data from ALM’s servers for a one-off $19 fee, is not what the company claims it is. The group claimed that customer information — including contact details and credit card numbers — is still on the servers despite paying for the wipe.
In an announcement, ALM said it has launched “a thorough investigation” after it was made “aware of an attempt by an unauthorized party to gain access to our systems.”
“At this time, we have been able to secure our sites, and close the unauthorized access points. We are working with law enforcement agencies, which are investigating this criminal act. Any and all parties responsible for this act of cyber–terrorism will be held responsible,” the company added.
That statement will be of no consolation to users who will fear they are about to have their cheating, or intention to cheat, exposed to all on the Internet. We’ve asked ALM about the hacker’s claims regarding the Full Delete feature, and will update this story with any response that we’re given.
This incident is the second major attack on an affairs site in recent months. Back in May, Adult Friend Finder had its user database published online following a hack.
Bonus points to those who spot the “secure site” tag on ashleymadison.com…


- 1 Do both wheels spin front-wheel drive?
- 2 How do you rotate all wheel drive tires?
- 3 Does rotating tires affect alignment?
- 4 Can you drift with FWD?
- 5 Should wheel spin freely when jacked up FWD?
- 6 Do you need to rotate tires on AWD?
- 7 What is the correct pattern to rotate tires?
- 8 Can I rotate my own tires?
- 9 Do you need an alignment every time you rotate tires?
- 10 Should you balance tires after alignment?
- 11 Can you rotate tires too often?
- 12 Is FWD good for rally?
- 13 Is it better to drift with RWD or FWD?
- 14 Is drifting bad for your car?
Do both wheels spin front-wheel drive?
Sure! In fact most 2 wheel drive vehicles use a differential that drives one wheel and then transfers to the other side based on traction. So if your vehicle has a wheel off the road, this one spins freely while the other does not and you are not going anywhere.
How do you rotate all wheel drive tires?
For rear-wheel drive or AWD/4WD, the rotation pattern goes as follows:
- Left rear goes to right front.
- Right rear goes to the left front.
- Right front goes to left rear.
- Left front goes to the right rear.
Does rotating tires affect alignment?
rotating your wheels DOES NOT mess with alignment. Rotating your wheels DOES NOT mess with the alignment. Its Recomended to do often to help keep the wear on the tires even.
Can you drift with FWD?
Now that we know it is possible to drift a front-wheel-drive car, can any FWD car do it? Technically, yes, because it’s all about speed, technique, and timing. However, the more power the car has to get up to higher speed, the better. Just remember to drive safely.
Should wheel spin freely when jacked up FWD?
Thats normal for a front wheel drive car with the tranny in park and other drive wheel on ground. If you jack up both wheels the other will spin reverse direction. If you are in neutral then it would spin freely.
Do you need to rotate tires on AWD?
Do you rotate tires on All Wheel Drive Vehicle? It is necessary because regardless of tire and vehicle type, each wheel position on an AWD platform sees varying degrees of driving traction and steering.
What is the correct pattern to rotate tires?
1. Rearward cross. For vehicles that are 4-wheel, all-wheel, or rear-wheel drive, the rearward cross pattern is recommended. Rear tires are moved to the forward axle and kept on the same side of the vehicle while the front tires are moved to opposite sides of the rear axle.
Can I rotate my own tires?
As part of basic car maintenance, rotating tires should be completed every 3,000 to 5,000 miles. This ensures that the tires wear evenly. While many people choose to have this maintenance professionally done, you can learn how to rotate tires and complete the task as a DIY project at home.
Do you need an alignment every time you rotate tires?
It is recommended by most manufacturers that you should get a four-wheel alignment at least once a year. Other times you may need a front-end or four-wheel alignment when your vehicle has one of these symptoms below: Pulling to one side or the other.
Should you balance tires after alignment?
Both of them are important and necessary for enhancing the life and performance of your tires. Wheel balancing should be performed more frequently, while a wheel alignment should not be needed as often. Wheels lose balance over time, so wheel balancing service is necessary to restore proper balance.
Can you rotate tires too often?
You really cannot rotate your tires too often with the exception that rotating tires does cause some where on wheel studs and lug nuts. However, that is less of an issue than replacing tires too often. Tire Rotation refers to moving the wheels and tires to a different position on the vehicle.
Is FWD good for rally?
Discuss. Talking to actual rally drivers, they much prefer FWD for real stages. It makes for much faster times because the car is more controllable through the corners and lets you put the power down earlier. FWD will tend to have an edge on mid to high speed corners and downhills.
Is it better to drift with RWD or FWD?
During dry conditions, rear-wheel drive improves handling due to “load transfer” in acceleration and more even weight distribution. While drifting is not recommended for most drivers, it is easier to drift with RWD than FWD or 4WD/AWD.
Is drifting bad for your car?
In drifting it’s not uncommon to break parts, and also cause potential failures in parts like like axles, and drivetrain components. High rpm and abuse accelerates wear on the transmission, engine, and other various components throughout the car (brakes, tires. Etc). Excessive wear of tires and brakes (mostly tires).


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In the entire world of on the web gaming, couple of titles have achieved the substantial acceptance and cultural influence that Fortnite has. With hundreds of thousands of gamers globally, this fight royale sensation has captivated the hearts of avid gamers of all ages. Even so, the aggressive character of Fortnite has presented increase to a controversial subject matter that has gripped the gaming neighborhood – Fortnite cheats. Whilst some players use them to gain an unfair benefit, other individuals condemn these kinds of techniques as unethical and detrimental to the spirit of truthful competition.
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As explained in the 2013 edition of the Almanac, the market has a tendency to be strong on the FTD of a month. And this effect has been even more pronounced in recent years.
The weakest month FTD is December – the only month where the market has fallen more often than risen on the FTD since 1984. This is somewhat surprising as December is, as a whole, the strongest month in the year for the market.
Since 1984 the average return on the December FTD has been -0.02%, and the market has risen in 46% of years.


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Power: Kanan Stark dies in season five in 2018
Power came to a dramatic end earlier this year as it was revealed drug lord Ghost St Patrick (played by Omari Hardwick) was murdered by his own son Tariq (Michael Rainey Jr). There are now currently four Power spin-off series in the works which will air on US channel Starz. An official release date for the upcoming series have yet to be announced but Power Book II: Ghost is expected to be out in June.
How much is Power’s Curtis Jackson’s net worth?
Power ended with Ghost falling from the Truth nightclub balcony after Tariq pulled the trigger in the Starz and Netflix series.
However for Kanan Stark (Curtis Jackson), the journey ended in season five.
Angela Valdes (Lela Loren), Tasha (Nature Noughton) and Tariq all framed Kanan for the murder of Ray Ray which the teenager had actually committed by planting the murder weapon on him.
When the police were called, they surrounded Kanan in the street but in some shocking scenes, the drug dealer managed to kill all of the officers.
However, he was still shot and when he tried to escape in a getaway car, he succumbed to his bullet wound and crashed into a pole, killing him in the incident.
How much is Curtis Jackson's net worth?
Jackson featured in the Power series as villain Kanan Stark from season one.
As well as this though, Jackson was one of its executive producers, having a say in the storylines and the way the drama was directed behind the scenes.
This means he would have earned a salary from both working as a leading actor as well as an executive producer.
There is more to come from him as well as Jackson will also be involved in all of the four spin-off series.
When Power came to an end, it was announced there would be four new Power-related shows focussing on some of the most controversial characters from the original series.
These will be Power Book II: Ghost, Power Book III: Raising Kanan, Power Book IV: Influence and Power Book V: Force.
Jackson is behind the co-creations of these series alongside other executive producers and showrunner Courtney Kemp so he is expected to earn even more from the Power franchise.
But Jackson’s career started long before Power which only began back in 2014.
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He originally rose to fame as rapper 50 Cent and gained massive popularity after his first album Get Rich or Die Tryin’ which was released in 2013.
He has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide, won a Grammy Award, three American Music Awards and is one of the world’s most prominent rappers in the world with hits such as Candy Shop, In da Club, P.I.M.P and I’m The Man.
Besides from his music career, he is also an actor, starring in films including Den of Thieves, Escape Plan, Southpaw and Twelve.
Taking all of this into account, according to both Celebrity Net Worth and Wealthy Gorilla, Jackson has got a net worth of $30million (£23,188,200).
Jackson’s net worth used to be much higher but he went bankrupt in 2015.
In a report by Celebrity Net Worth, it said: “On July 13, 2015, the Wall Street Journal reported that 50 Cent had filed for Chapter 11 personal bankruptcy protection.
“In the filing, 50 Cent’s reported assets valued in the range of $10 million to $50 million and claimed to have debts of equal amounts.”
However, with four new spin-off shows underway, his net worth could potentially get a lot higher in the next few years.
Power seasons 1 to 6 are available to watch on Netflix.


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It has taken 8 months to complete, but last night someone leaked their draft election review document to 3 News.
The Labour Party has been forced to release its internal review of its disastrous election campaign after a copy was leaked to 3 News today.
The 2014 election was a total disaster for Labour.
This review was into what went wrong and reveals Labour is totally broke.
The review also warns that if Labour does not find some cash quickly “it will continue experience electoral failure and place the status of the party as a political institution of influence at risk”.
It says Labour’s campaign was “undoubtedly hindered by a lack of financial resources”.
Labour was outspent in the election by National which used $2.6 million and even the Green Party which threw $1.29 million in their campaign.Labour spent $1.27 million – half of what National did.
The review found plenty of other problems, too.
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After two days of hearings, the Louisiana State Racing Commission handed down lengthy suspensions and fines to eight Quarter Horse and Thoroughbred trainers whose horses tested positive for the Class 1 drug dermorphin.
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John Darrel Soileau was suspended a total of 10 years for two separate dermorphin positives, and he was fined a total of $20,000.
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GARDEN CITY, N.Y. (CBS 2) – When the blizzard blew out any opportunity for shoppers to cash in on day-after-Christmas deals, retailers had to find a way to bring shoppers back to the mall.
Just days after the storm, consumers are now in the driver’s seat, demanding record bargains and getting them.
“A lot of stores had like 70 percent off, which was awesome. We did a lot of shopping just now,” said New Hyde Park shopper Tracy Pignetti, who picked up clothes, sneakers and some stuff for the boys.
The Pignetti family was one of many to get in a line that stretched for three miles just to get into the Roosevelt Field Mall.
With lots plowed and void of snow, it was time to splurge. The Pignettis found bargains galore.
The storm cost retailers $1 billion, according to Shoppertrak, and stores are doing somersaults right now to make up for that.
“I’m stuck here since Tuesday. I’m supposed to be in Vegas,” said Joe Ziegeler, who brought his kids to the mall to cash in on the deals.
A snowstorm before Christmas can mean real problems for retailers, but one after Christmas means big bonuses for shoppers.
“The Retailers are looking to get rid of merchandise and what most people don’t think even though it’s cold, is retailers now view this time –December 26th — as time to get rid of winter stuff,” Hofstra University professor Barry Berman said.
Seventy-five percent off deals are seen in cold weather apparel, jewelry, home goods and furnishings, electronics and appliances, Berman said, as stores move out last year’s designs and models to usher in 2011.
“Board games are very big at new years for families,” one mall employee said.
You can even get some of those board games for 80 percent off.
Barbies are marked way down along with Legos, video games and those mischievous Zhu Zhu pets.
Shoppers used tons of cash and debit cards to avoid debt and skipped using the credit card to grab those blistering bargains.
It is full steam ahead until New Year’s Day. Retailers continue with special discounts to hook shoppers coming in to exchange or return gifts.