|Publication number||US6057529 A|
|Application number||US 09/086,523|
|Publication date||May 2, 2000|
|Filing date||May 29, 1998|
|Priority date||May 29, 1998|
|Also published as||CA2333644A1, EP1097609A1, EP1097609A4, WO1999063788A1|
|Publication number||086523, 09086523, US 6057529 A, US 6057529A, US-A-6057529, US6057529 A, US6057529A|
|Inventors||Robert L. Kirby|
|Original Assignee||Tutco, Inc.|
|Export Citation||BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan|
|Patent Citations (5), Referenced by (27), Classifications (7), Legal Events (6)|
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet|
The present invention relates to a combination temperature sensor, a warning light sensor and a light indicator for heating elements and, in particular, to physically locating a warning light for each heating element in a high temperature limit as an integral part of a control for heating elements such as glass top range elements.
In the prior art, each glass top range element has a high temperature limit that operates according to the rod expansion principle. The high temperature limit consists of a quartz tube with an expansion or sensing rod inside and a dust protected ceramic head with a built-in snap action mechanism to make and break two sets of contacts. The first set of contacts controls a common, remote warning light circuit, and the second set of contacts controls the power to the heating element.
With present day technology, the electric range has a glass/ceramic cooking top upon which rests the cooking utensils. One or more electric resistance heating elements are mounted on the underside of the glass/ceramic top. There is a high temperature limit mounted on each heating element. When a heating element is energized, the sensing rod in the high temperature limit expands as the temperature rises and closes the first set of contacts, thereby allowing current to flow to a single common centrally located remote warning light. This light informs the user that a section of the glass is hot, but not which section. This could result in an injury to the end user of the product.
A prior art circuit and switch are depicted in FIG. 1 and a description of a sequence of operation for such a standard limit switch is as follows.
In the first step, an infinite switch 1 is manually turned on. With the switch on, current flows from the main power supply L1 through the infinite switch 1 to the common remote power-on indicator light 3, and through the high temperature limit-hot light switch unit 4. The unit 4 includes a limit switch 5 that employs a normally closed set of contacts 9 and 11, a hot light switch 17, that employs a normally open set of contacts 19 and 21, and a sensing rod 15 positioned so as to monitor the temperature of the heating element 13 and the glass (not shown). The current flows through the closed set of contacts 9 and 11 to the heating element 13, and back to the main power supply L2.
In a second step, the heating element 13 starts to heat as a result of the infinite switch 1 being turned on. As the temperature at the heating element 13 rises, the sensing rod 15 in the unit 4 starts to expand. At a predetermined point, the sensing rod 15 expands and closes the hot light switch 17. When the switch 17 closes as a result of the expansion of the rod 15, contacts 19 and 21 are connected completing the circuit and the common remote warning light 23 on a control panel is energized, thereby indicating that a hot surface exists on the range top.
As the heating element 13 continues to heat, the sensing rod 15 in the unit 4 expands further and breaks the contact between 9 and 11, thereby disconnecting the power to the heating element 13. As the heating element 13 cools, the sensing rod 15 cools and its length decreases to close switch 5 and make connection again between the contacts 9 and 11. Continued heating and cooling affects the length of the sensing rod 15 and the heating element 13 cycles off and on as switch 5 opens and closes. This cycling action thereby limits the heating element's output to a safe level.
In a third step, the heating element 13 is turned off by turning the infinite switch 1 to the off position. The power to the heater is then interrupted. However, the hot light 23 remains on until the sensing rod 15 in the unit 4 shortens sufficiently to open the switch 17, indicating that the glass or cooking surface has cooled to a point below a predetermined temperature deemed safe for the end user to touch without injury.
The circuit depicted above does not tell a user as to which range top surface is at a dangerous temperature. In light of this deficiency in the prior art, a need has developed to provide an improved limit switch and circuit for heating elements, particularly those associated with cooking stoves using electrical heat for cooking. The present invention solves this need by providing a switch that both indicates that power is supplied to a given heating element and that that particular element is unsafe to touch since it is too hot, regardless of whether power is being supplied to the element.
One object of the invention is an improved circuit for controlling stove top heating elements.
Another object of the invention is an improved switch for use with heating elements.
A further object of the invention is the combination of a high temperature warning light and a high temperature limit switch incorporated into a single switching unit.
Yet another object of the invention is the use of the aforementioned combination with one or more heating elements.
One other object is a method of indicating when each burner amongst a number of burners on a stove top is too hot to touch.
In satisfaction of the foregoing objects and advantages, the present invention comprises, in its broadest embodiment, an improvement in high temperature limit-hot light switches. In these prior art switches, a sensing rod expands and contracts to make or break connection between two or more contacts. Normally, after heating up, the rod will expand and make contact between two contacts to energize a common warning light that indicates that a heating element surface is too hot to touch. Once the element is turned off, the rod eventually contracts and the warning light goes off, thereby indicating that the surface is safe to touch. Theses switches are also capable of disconnecting power to the element if the temperature goes too high, i.e., a limiting action on excessive heating element temperature. That is, upon further heating, the rod expands even more and disconnects the power source to the heating element. Cooling then causes the rod to contract and permits the element to be energized again. The rod is designed so that this cycle could be repeated continually with the common hot surface warning light remaining on.
The invention comprises an improvement in high temperature limit-hot light switches typically used in glass top range elements by including a warning light with each limit switch. In addition, means for connecting power to the warning light is provided, both when the heating element is powered and when a heating element surface is at an unsafe temperature, regardless of whether the heating element is energized for heating.
In a preferred embodiment, the invention comprises a switch unit having a set of five contacts with a temperature sensitive rod. With the rod in the cold condition, i.e., power just connected to the heating element, the connection between a set of first and second contacts is normally closed. As described below, this switch acts as a limit switch. The rod, still relatively cool, also makes contact between third and fourth contacts (normally closed) to energize a light, thereby indicating that power to the specific heating element is on. The light also functions as a hot or warning light by reason of a switching arrangement between the third and fourth contacts and an additional fifth contact as described below.
When the rod expands as the temperature of the heating element rises, the contact between the third and fourth contacts is broken and contact is made between the fourth contact and a fifth contact (normally, the fourth and fifth contact connection is open, only closing upon a certain degree of rod expansion). This new connection continues to supply power to the warning light since the fifth contact is linked to the power supply. Thus, continued heating of the element will keep the warning light lit to indicate that the surface is also too hot to touch. In addition, because of the orientation of the fourth and fifth contacts, further expansion and contraction of the rod, that will cycle the heating element so that it does not overheat, will not break the connection between the fourth and fifth contacts. Thus, the high temperature warning light remains on during cycling of the heating element. The connection between the fourth and fifth contacts breaks when the rod contracts as a result of element cooling. In this event, the power to the heating element would have been off for a sufficiently long time to allow the element surface to cool to a safe temperature, thereby permitting the rod to contract and disconnect power to the high temperature warning light, i.e., open the switch connection between the fourth and fifth contacts and close the switch connection between the third and fourth contacts.
As stated above, the switch is ideally suited for cooking stove tops, particularly those using glass or ceramic tops for electrical heating elements. However, the switch could be used in other applications where it is desired to know that a specific heating element amongst a plurality of elements is on and is too hot to touch. Any types of electrical heating elements are deemed suitable for the invention.
In one embodiment, the switch unit is preferably used in a circuit comprising an infinite switch for each element, a common remote power light and a heating element. A plurality of heating elements are used, each using the circuit described above so that each heating element has its own indicator of power as well as a hot or unsafe surface temperature indicator. The switch unit is situated between the infinite switch and the heating element and is connected to the incoming power supply in two locations so that the high temperature warning light has a power supply even when power to the heating element is turned off.
In this embodiment, with the common power-on light off but the high temperature warning light still lit, a user will know that the power is off to the heating elements but that the one with the warning light still on is not safe to touch. When the common power-on light is on, the warning light will also be on to indicate power to that element and a high temperature surface condition. The warning light will remain on until a safe surface temperature condition occurs, regardless of whether the heating element is energized.
While a temperature sensitive rod is disclosed, other temperature sensitive structures could be employed to make or break connections between contacts in the switch unit. Moreover, since these temperature sensitive elements are well known in the art, the actual configuration or design to achieve the desired movement within the switch unit to indicate the presence of a hot surface associated with a given heating element is within the skill of the art.
The inventive method comprises indicating that at least one heating element of a plurality of heating elements is energized and has a high temperature surface associated therewith. The method entails providing a plurality of heating elements and energizing at least one of the heating elements. Further, the method includes indicating that the at least one heating element is energized and further indicating that a surface associated with at least one heating element is at an unsafe temperature when the at least one heating element is either in an energized condition or a deenergized condition.
Reference is now made to the drawings of the invention wherein:
FIG. 1 illustrates a prior art high temperature limit switch-common remote high temperature warning light circuit;
FIG. 2 illustrates one embodiment of the invention; and
FIG. 3 illustrates a schematic depiction of the invention in an exemplary use.
The improvements over prior art switches and limits for electrical heating elements is achieved by locating a warning light close to each heat source so that the user is informed with instantaneous feedback indicating which heating element is turned on and additionally indicating which sections of the cooktop are hot enough to cause injury, whether the power to the heater in that section is on or off.
One embodiment of the invention is depicted in FIG. 2 but the invention is not deemed limited thereto. An exemplary sequence of the operation of the inventive switch is described below.
In a first step, an infinite switch 31 is manually turned on. Current then flows from the main power supply L1, through the infinite switch 31 and to the common remote power-on light 33. The current continues to flow through a switch 35 in unit 36, the switch 35 employing normally closed first and second contacts 37 and 39. A sensing rod 51, located in the unit 36, is positioned in the proximity of the heating element 41 and the glass (not shown) so that the heating element temperature can be controlled and the glass surface temperature can be monitored. The current also flows to a warning light switch 43, in unit 36, employing a single pole, double throw switch with a common contact 47, a normally closed contact 45, and a normally open contact 55. By virtue of the normally closed position of switch 43, the current also flows to the warning light 49 in unit 36, and back to the main power supply L2. At the same time, the current flows through the heating element 41 and then back to the main power supply L2. When the heating element 41 is energized, the warning light 49 is immediately energized giving the end user a visible indication of which heating element is on.
In a second step, the heating element 41, by virtue of turning infinite switch 31 to the on position, begins to heat up or have its temperature rise. As a result of this temperature rise, the sensing rod 51, by its proximity to the element 41, in the unit 36 starts to expand. At a predetermined temperature, the sensing rod 51 trips the switch 43 from the normally closed position, where contacts 45 and 47 are connected, to a position, where 45 and 47 are disconnected, and where the contact 47 and the contact 55 are connected. Opening the normally closed switch 43 thereby routs current from L1 through contacts 55 and 47, through the warning light 49 and back to L2. As long as the temperature is high enough, the sensing rod 51 will have sufficient length to ensure that switch 43 remains in the normally open position whereby the connection between contacts 55 and 47 is made so that the warning light 49 stays on indicating a hot surface.
The limiting action of the unit 36 will now be described. As the heating element 41 continues to heat, the sensing rod 51 in the unit 36 expands and opens switch 35, breaking the connection between the contacts 37 and 39 and disconnecting the power to the heating element 41. When the element 41 cools sufficiently, the sensing rod 51 in the unit 36 cools, its length shortens, thereby closing switch 35. Continued heating and cooling affects the length of the sensing rod 51, thereby cycling the heating element 41 between an off and an on condition to limit the heating element's output to a safe level.
As long as the temperature of the glass (not shown) covering the element 41 is high enough, the sensing rod 51, by its proximity to the glass, will remain at sufficient length to keep switch 43 in the normally open position (no connection between 45 and 47, connection between 55 and 47) insuring that the warning light 49 remains on, even though switch 35 is cycling the heating element 41 between the on and off states.
In step 3, the current to the heating element 41 is turned off by turning the switch 31 to the off position. This will shut off the power light 33, if no other elements are on. However, the warning light 49 will remain on until the sensing rod 51 shortens or contracts as a result of element cooling. When a certain degree of contraction is achieved, the switch 43 changes to its normally closed position (connection between 45 and 47) and cuts off power to the warning light 49 from L1, thereby indicating that the glass or cooking surface has cooled to a point below a predetermined temperature deemed safe for the end user to touch without injury.
FIG. 3 depicts a range top 60 with the unit 36 in use with a plurality of range top burners 61. Each burner 61 has a glass or ceramic cover 63. Each burner also has a heating element represented by the reference numeral 41, the switch 31, the common power light 33 and the unit 36 with warning light 49 to indicate power to the element 41 and the existence of a hot surface as described above and shown in FIG. 2. For clarity purposes, only one burner is shown with the circuitry in FIG. 3. The unit 36 associated with each burner 61 permits a user to know which burner is both turned on and which burner has a dangerously hot glass or ceramic surface. With the prior art switch, a user would only know that one of the four burners has a hot surface, but not necessarily which one.
The inventive unit 36 can be employed with any heating element where it is important for a user thereof to know that the element has a hot surface, not just in cooking appliances. For example, multiple burners may be employed in a laboratory setting whereby safety would require notice or indication that one or all of the burners are too hot to touch. Further, the unit 36, while disclosed with an infinite switch, common power light and heating element, could be utilized with other electrical components as would be within the skill of the art to make another type circuit or heating element system.
The unit depicted in FIG. 2 is considered to depict one embodiment representing the aforementioned means to both indicate the hot surface of each element regardless of whether the heating element is on or off and that power was supplied to the element. As described above, other components of the inventive unit and circuit can be utilized.
As such, an invention has been disclosed in terms of preferred embodiments thereof which fulfills each and every one of the objects of the present invention as set forth above and provides new and improved high temperature limit, a high temperature warning and power indicator switch, a circuit using the switch and a heating element system.
Of course, various changes, modifications and alterations from the teachings of the present invention may be contemplated by those skilled in the art without departing from the intended spirit and scope thereof. It is intended that the present invention only be limited by the terms of the appended claims.
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|May 29, 1998||AS||Assignment|
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There is one person that is making Christina El Moussa smile amid her split from husband Tarek. The "Flip or Flop" star posted an Instagram video of her 15-month-old son Brayden. She tagged her estranged husband in the post.
"Even on my roughest days he always brings a smile to my face.#BraydenJames you make our lives complete," she wrote.
The couple announced last week they were ending their seven year marriage, months after police were called to their home over what the couple called an "unfortunate misunderstanding."
The "Flip or Flop" stars told FOX411 the May incident prompted them to seek counseling, and they've decided to separate while evaluating the future of their marriage. The added that they plan to continue their professional life together.
It was also confirmed to FOX411 that Tarek dated his children’s nanny after he quietly split from his wife in September. The nanny and Tarek are no longer together.
And just last Thursday, Christina and Tarek were spotted grabbing coffee together.
Even though the couple are separated, they are still working together on their hit HGTV show.
"HGTV is currently airing episodes of 'Flip or Flop' and the series will continue production as scheduled," the network has stated.


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China’s new vanadium-steel rebar standards take effect, what’s next for vanadium market?
Date: Nov 2, 2018
As China’s November deadline to incorporate more vanadium in its steel rebar takes effect tomorrow, vanadium investors are left wondering the impact this will have on the commodity, which is already experiencing a tight market that has driven its price up more than 840% in the last two years.
China’s Standardization Administration announced the new high strength rebar standard back in February this year, saying it would officially come into effect on 1 November 2018.
Under the new standard, 0.03% vanadium will be incorporated in grade three steel, with this amount increasing with each grade to require more than 0.1% in grade five rebar.
Vanadium organisation Vanitec’s John Hilbert said the new standard is a “positive development” towards boosting vanadium consumption world-wide.
“Vanadium is the most common addition for high strength rebar, because it offers the best combination of high strength, good ductility, bendability, weldability and reduced sensitivity to strain aging,” Mr Hilbert explained.
Additionally, when incorporated in the steel rebar, vanadium can be used in economical hot rolling practices.
Commenting on the current vanadium market, Australian Vanadium (ASX: AVL) managing director and Vanitec committee member Vincent Algar said it was an “exciting” time for the sector.
After languishing between 2010 and 2017, the commodity has seen a resurgence due to the strengthening steel industry and vanadium’s emerging use in the vanadium redox flow battery.
Additionally, one lesser known fact about vanadium is it outperformed other battery metals in 2017 – outdoing the likes of cobalt, lithium and nickel, according to Bloomberg.
This rapid vanadium growth is expected to continue, propelled by China’s new steel rebar standards and the fact that many Chinese-based steel manufacturers are believed to be short of vanadium.
“I can see that there’s a very large demand and very large market for new vanadium production,” Mr Algar noted.
He added Australian Vanadium hoped to be able to deliver into that market with its advanced flagship Gabanintha project in Western Australia.
According to Mr Algar, the vanadium price is now “hitting its high-level straps”.
A commonly traded vanadium product is 98% pure vanadium pentoxide. Since the start of 2017, the price for this product has risen from around US$3.50 per pound to its current value of more than US$33/lb – equating to a hike of more than 800%.
Many investors believe the price will max out soon because it has pushed past its previous high of around US$25/lb in 2005-2006, but Mr Algar says the present market conditions are “completely different” to previous times.
Ferrovanadium, which is another traded vanadium product has grown from an average of US$33 per kilogram in 2017 to push past US$100/kg in September.
Vanadium price China steel rebarb standard
Vanadium price rising in recent weeks.
Mr Algar pointed out people are debating whether vanadium has reached its peak, or if there has been a “step change” in the market.
“This new position has not been reached before in such a way,” he said.
“It spiked the last time it was here, and this is not a spike.”
“This is a slow and steady increase from an all-time low where we had a supply shock to the market,” he explained.
Analysts such as Roskill are predicting vanadium consumption will reach around 133,000 tonnes per annum by 2025 and this estimate doesn’t take into account the mounting demand for the commodity in redox flow batteries.
In 2017, about 90% of vanadium was swallowed up by the steel industry, with the redox flow battery market accounting for a mere 2% of vanadium production.
However, vanadium consumption in redox flow batteries is predicted to soar to 20% of global production by 2030 as the sustainable energy revolution surges ahead.
ASX-listed vanadium companies are looking to fill this demand, including Australian Vanadium (ASX: AVL), Tando Resources (ASX: TNO) and recently-listed QEM Ltd (ASX: QEM), to name a few.
Stone coal supply shock
Previously when the vanadium price fell, a supply shock came from China where an influx of vanadium flowed onto the market from stone coal processing, which generates vanadium as a by-product.
However, Mr Algar pointed out the Chinese Government’s tightened environmental regulations would prevent this from occurring again.
“In order to get the vanadium out of the stone coal, you have to leach it, roast it, then leach it with acid.”

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Yesterday was my kids’ first day of school. My youngest started kindergarten. *sniff.sniff* We’ve been crazy busy for the last week getting the last of our summer fun in and ready for school. This means I haven’t gotten in any exercise. So…after dropping off my kids I took a nice looonng walk…
Please don’t get the wrong idea – I’m not one of those mammas with rock hard bodies who can skip around in broad daylight in cobalt blue spandex exercise pants without a single sign of cellulite. (If you are one of those mammas, please, please buy these from Athleta and wear them proudly for the rest of us who can’t/shouldn’t.)
Where was I? Oh yeah, walking around my neighborhood. As I mentioned before here the houses around me are amazing. So on my walk I snapped a few pictures so that we can all die of envy and so you know what I’m up against.
This first house is fairly close to me and I see it almost every day. Someone bought it a few years ago and painted the body charcoal gray with black shutters and orange trim. I jumped for joy because the houses around it and really all the houses between me and it are beige, brown, sage, cream…….oh sorry those colors are so boring I dozed off. I kid…sort of.
Don’t get me wrong: I, like 90% of the population, love neutral colors but I need them paired with a punchy, dramatic color. Like paint the body of your house off white but then paint the trim navy or indigo blue or vice versa.
I appreciate these folks, who went way out and painted their house charcoal gray with orange trim. I salute you! (Even though orange is not my favorite color. At. All.)
When we (Mr. Man and I) get around to painting our house, I hope to be brave enough to follow these folks’ lead. I salute you #charcoalcolonialbadass
And then I started walking up hill and well…you’ll see…
I love the front door of this house…I’m a sucker for doors. Hopefully you can see the windowpanes in the door with the frosted and beveled squares. I would have gotten closer but…well…I didn’t want to get arrested and while I love you all I’m not going to jail for you.
This house takes up almost half a block but it’s the frosted glass awning that gets me. The color of the glass is a perfect blue-green and the glass is the perfect thickness because it looks so delicate but not flimsy. (Have you noticed a frosted-glass theme?)
Okay, before I leave you can you help me answer a question I often ponder while walking amongst these lovely ladies: are these McMansions or real mansions? What’s the difference? I’m so confused by that term and the difference between them. Answering the hard questions on theycallherflipper.com…

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The 28-year-old striker is thought to be a target for the Premier League champions, but Spurs are unwilling to let him leave anytime soon.
According to the latest reports, Harry Kane does not intend to train or play for the London club again, and he will not return to Hotspur Way until his wish to leave the club is granted.
The player seems determined to force a move away from Tottenham this summer, and it will be interesting to see if club chairman DanielLevy buckles under pressure eventually.
The Tottenham chief is a hard man to negotiate with, and he is not prepared to sell the player to a Premier League club under any circumstances this summer.
Kane has a long term contract at the club as well, and Spurs are under no pressure to give in to his demands just yet. The only way the England striker can get his move to Manchester City is by forcing a transfer and refusing to play for the club.
Nuno Espirito Santo will not want to hold onto an unhappy player who could negatively affect the dressing room’s morale. If Harry Kane does not alter his stance in the coming weeks, Spurs could be forced to consider a sale.
The Tottenham striker has already informed a Manchester City player of his desire to join the club this summer.
It will be interesting to see how the situation unfolds in the coming weeks and whether Kane manages to fulfil his transfer desire.

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Dramas dealing with behind-the-scenes stories in the entertainment industry have failed to make an impression one after another, drawing negative attention to the material.
tvN’s new Friday-Saturday drama “Shooting Star,” which has raised curiosity by claiming it will reveal the entertainment industry’s “inside story,” has started with a low audience rating of 1%. Recently, dramas dealing with behind-the-scenes stories of the entertainment industry, such as stories of stars and managers, have failed to hit a decent rating one after another, drawing critical attention to the material, saying, “It just doesn’t work anymore.“
“Shooting Star,” which first aired on April 22nd, is a love story between the head of the public relations team at an entertainment agency and a top star. As reporters’ calls continued, the joys and sorrows of agency employees who had to pay attention to the stars’ every move were depicted in a variety of ways.
However, there is a response among viewers, saying, “It is interesting, but it is difficult to empathize.” In the real-time comment box, there are also comments that the love between a star and their agency employee can rarely reach a happy end. Some entertainment insiders said, “The entertainment industry workers who are familiar with the situation of broadcasters may sympathize, but it is questionable whether other viewers will be interested,” adding, “It is easy to see it as ‘their own world, not ours’.”
There is another drama about the entertainment industry that had experienced a crushing defeat in ratings. KBS 2TV’s “IDOL“, which aired last year about the fierce competition among idol groups, had only 1% of viewership. tvN’s “Entourage,” a remake of the American drama “Entourage” in 2016 which depicts the stories of people in entertainment agencies, also ended with a low audience rating of 2.3%.
This is a distinctly different pattern from the 2000-2010s when similar subjects were still fresh to viewers. SBS’s “On Air” in 2008 and KBS 2TV’s “Producer” in 2015 were big hits, recording 25.4% and 17.7% of viewers, respectively, with stories about broadcasting producers and stars. Ha Jae-geun, a pop culture critic, said on April 27th, “Recently, it is difficult to attract viewers’ attention just by talking about the stories behind the scenes through various channels such as the Internet community and SNS. We need to think about solving the subject with a different perspective.”


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Are you approaching April 15 without enough money to pay your tax? The IRS will now let you set up installment payments automatically.
Just visit your local IRS office or call 800-TAX FORM and ask for the Installment Agreement Request (Form 9465). You report what's due and the monthly payment you'd like to make, and send in the form with your tax return. If you owe $10,000 or less, make a reasonable offer and have no other tax delinquencies, your proposal should go through automatically, says the IRS' Henry Holmes.
You're charged a variable rate of interest on the outstanding balance-7 percent in the current quarter-plus a late payment penalty of one-half of 1 percent a month (up to a cap of 25 percent).
If you can't even afford to pay in installments, send in your tax return anyway. The government will track you down if your employer filed a report of your earnings, and there's an extra penalty for failing to file.
If you're self-employed, it's especially important to file-because that gets you a credit for Social Security benefits. Few people realize you don't have to pay your tax to get a Social Security credit; you only have to report your earnings.
Most taxpayers think that something awful will happen if they file a return and can't pay what's owed. But you won't be prosecuted. And you won't be thrown into prison.
When you file a return without paying all your tax, you'll soon get a bill from the government. Call the number on the bill and explain that you're broke. The government will try for a modest installment agreement, and might check your finances to see if you have any salable assets. If you have a house, the government won't seize it, but a tax lien might be filed against it, which would affect your credit record.
If you truly can't pay, have no assets that can be sold (the IRS won't take away the equipment you use to earn a living or your only car) and can't afford to borrow, "the IRS has no option but to back off for a while," says retired IRS collection officer Fulton Dobson.
Your debt will remain on the IRS computer. The government will check with you from time to time, to see if you're now earning enough to pay. Any future tax refund you're owed will be applied to the back taxes due. But if 10 years pass and your income never improves, the back tax will be canceled.
If your financial ship comes in, however, you'll have to start paying that back tax. If the debt looks unpayable, relative to your earnings, the IRS is now trying harder to make a deal for partial payments.
Continue to file every year, even if you never pay. You need 10 years of reported earnings to qualify for minimal Social Security retirement benefits.
For those of you saying, "but there won't be any Social Security when I`m old," you're wrong. It probably won't be there for high-income people, or not to the extent that it is today. But it will most definitely exist for lower earners. That is, if you are on the rolls.


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Samsung Electronics is developing a wristwatch as it races against
Apple to create a new industry of wearable, smartphone devices.
"We've been preparing the watch product for so long," Lee Young
Hee, executive vice president of Samsung's mobile business, said
during an interview with Bloomberg in Seoul. "We are working very
hard to get ready for it. We are preparing products for the future,
and the watch is definitely one of them."
Samsung's disclosure comes after people familiar with Apple's plans
said last month the U.S. company has about 100 product designers
working on a wristwatch-like device that may perform similar
functions to the iPhone and iPad.
Apple's wristwatch, coming this year, will reportedly allow letting
users make calls, see the identity of incoming callers and check
map coordinates. It would also feature a pedometer for counting
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Three of the largest health care providers in Massachusetts — Mass General Brigham, Beth Israel Lahey Health and Wellforce — will require workers to get COVID-19 vaccinations.
In an email to staff on Thursday, the head of Mass General Brigham said research shows the vaccines are safe and effective — and the single best way to put a stop to the pandemic.
"Getting vaccinated is the single most important and responsible step each of us can take to put an end to this devastating pandemic and protect patients, families and each other," Dr. Anne Klibanski wrote in the email.
The hospital system email said all employees must be vaccinated once the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has provided official approval for one of the three current vaccines. Right now, they're being administered under emergency authorization.
Beth Israel Lahey Health CEO Dr. Kevin Tabb said hospital staff must set an example, protect each other and make certain they don’t infect patients.
"I think it would be very hard for any of us, either individually or collectively as an organization, to live with ourselves knowing that we have potentially caused harm or death if we can avoid it. And we can avoid it," Tabb said.
UMass Memorial says it also expects to require coronavirus vaccinations once they are licensed for general use. The hospital system is not formalizing the mandate until administrators finish discussions with union leaders.
”All of us at UMass Memorial Health have an obligation to do everything we can to keep our patients and caregivers safe, which already includes mandatory vaccinations of our staff for infections such as measles, mumps, Rubella and influenza," said Dr. Eric Dickson, president and CEO at UMass Memorial Health, in a statement. "We anticipate that this list of mandatory vaccinations will include a COVID-19 vaccination once the emergency use authorization is lifted by the FDA.”
The 1199 SEIU, a health care workers union, said in a statement to WBUR that it opposes the mandate.
"Vaccination is an important tool to help us move forward, but an employer mandate is not the answer for a healthcare workforce still struggling to recover," wrote Tim Foley, the executive vice president of 1199 SEIU. "A hard-handed approach will create greater frustration for the healthcare heroes who have been battling this pandemic every day for the last 15 months.”
The state's largest nurses union said it will review each hospital's vaccine mandate policies and urges hospitals to reach out to staff who don't want the shot.
"We believe it is important to be more focused on the goal than a particular strategy — particularly if it diminishes rather than enhances the goal at this time," said Massachusetts Nurses Association spokesman David Schildmeier in an email.
Many health care providers already require staff to receive the flu vaccine.
With reporting by WBUR's Martha Bebinger
This article was originally published on June 24, 2021.


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Books: The Adventures of Tintin
A long road trip is a great time to bust out a comic book. For Thanksgiving 2011, I picked "The Adventures of Tintin"...
Tintin is the star of a series of comics created by Belgian artist Hergé. He's a young journalist who often gets into impressively perilous situations, whether it's escaping from an opium cartel, being held captive by Incas, or running from the OGPU.
In the U.S., Tintin never caught fire like it did around the world, so my first encounter with Hergé's classic comic hero was actually the television adaptation of "The Adventures of Tintin" that aired on Nickelodeon back in the '90s:
The very first Tintin story, "Tintin in the Land of the Soviets," is suprisingly violent and political. It was intended as an anti-Marxist and anti-Socialist propaganda piece for children by Hergé's editor; Hergé was later embarrassed by it, due to its crude and inaccurate portrayal of Bolshevik Russia.
Like several Tintin stories, "Tintin in the Land of the Soviets" is oddly prophetic - the exaggerated and inaccurate Bolshevist practices portrayed in the strip (secret detentions, Potemkin Villages, etc.) would become staples of Soviet Russia.
I also read "Tintin and the Seven Crystals," a classic Tintin story that's more of a straight-up mystery than the globetrotting adventure Tintin is known for. Despite the departure, this book is representative of the golden era of Tintin: crisp art, tight plotting, and just the right amount of comic relief in-between chases, escapes, and fights.
I'm not sure where I read it, but I once heard that Belgium has three exports - beer, chocolate, and Tintin. The series is deservedly famous, and I hope the upcoming Steven Spielberg Tintin adaptation does it justice.

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NEW YORK, June 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Officials with the U.S.
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announced the donation and delivery of 100,000 doses of M-M-R(R) II
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Wheaton College Affected By Mumps Outbreak
An outbreak of mumps
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Re-emerging diseases, such as measles, mumps
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"Infectious diseases are not just a crisis for the developing w...
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...the most part, even children with known allergies can be safely vaccinated."
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INVSN Mix Punk, Industrial + New Wave Into ‘A Minute of Magick’ – Exclusive Song Premiere
We’ve got an awesome new track to share from INVSN’s upcoming Forever Rejected EP. Featuring Refused frontman Dennis Lyxzen on vocals, INVSN’s “A Minute of Magick” is a post-punk conjuring with industrial undertones… and it’s very worth your time.
Though clocking in at a conservative three-and-a-half minutes, the track has a lot going on, with various shifts unveiling new wave and Refused-esque hardcore dynamics as well. You’ll hear Lyxzen’s (International) Noise Conspiracy bandmate Sarah Almgren on “A Minute of Magick,” with the male / female call and response vocal patterns giving the track an added catchiness.
“In a world where we are more and more alienated music becomes a force that penetrates through the mundane. ‘A Minute of Magick’ is a song about the power of liberation and salvation that it can give,” says Lyxzen. “A percussive piece filled with the propulsion of life itself. Or maybe just another song, and therein lies the magick of it all.”
“The world is a really fucked up place right now so there is loads of stuff to make right,” Almgren says about Forever Rejected. “Music has always been a way of fighting back for me.”
Take a listen to INVSN’s “A Minute of Magick” in the Soundcloud player below. The Forever Rejected EP will see a March 16 release, so click here to pre-order the record.
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Marcel Schmelzer will be afforded the opportunity continue to rehabilitate at Borussia Dortmund, despite being out of contract soon. Both Kicker and Ruhrnachrichten are reporting that should Schmelzer choose to continue playing elsewhere, that Dortmund will be happy to see him off wherever he chooses to go. This is a class move by the club to take care of their longest serving player, even if he has not been able to contribute much over the past few seasons. In fact, it is also being reported that the club wishes to integrate Schmelzer back into the club for his post-playing career in some capacity.
Injuries and form have taken a toll on the former BVB club captain, as he has only made 21 appearances in all competitions over the past three seasons. However, we should not forget that Schmelzer was an integral part of the Jürgen Klopp era winning Dortmund’s first title in nine years in the 2010-11 campaign. In fact, Schmelzer played the full 90 minutes in all 34 fixtures that season and was named to the Bundesliga’s team of the season. Schmelzer followed up the title winning campaign by starting another 28 Bundesliga matches the next season en route to winning a second straight meisterschale, before capping off the campaign in style with a 5-2 smashing of Bayern Munich in the DFB-Pokal final in Berlin. Schmelzer continued to play an important role helping Dortmund make it to the all German 2013 Champions League Final at Wembley Stadium, however, the club fell to the mighty Bavarians 2-1 on that day.
Keeping club legends close to the game is a pivotal part of telling the story at Borussia Dortmund, and I am glad that Schmelzer has been earmarked to do just that. One should totally understand if he wishes to move on and play somewhere else for a couple of seasons since he will not be of the caliber to play for Dortmund any longer. Whenever Schmelzer decides to hang up his boots, I am sure he will be successful in whatever role he wishes to play at BVB in the future, and this is precisely what is special about our club.

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Cryptocurrency’s sudden surge in popularity late last year encouraged an eclectic range of new coins to be produced. Although most tokens tend to revolve around a specific purpose or utility, a select few gain notoriety for their unusual niche focus. Listed below are six such bizzare coins and tokens as listed on Coinmarketcap.com.
1) PotCoin (POT)
Created in 2014, PotCoin seeks to provide a banking solution for the $100 billion global legal marijuana industry. It touts itself as the first digital cryptocurrency developed to facilitate transactions within the legalized cannabis industry, try this Nuleaf Naturals coupon code. Coinmarketcap ranks this coin as #468 in
- Rank: 468
- Total Market Cap: $5,301,993
- Price in USD: $0.024011
- Price in BTC:0.00000367 BTC
- Total Circulating Supply: 220,810,650 POT
- Website: www.potcoin.com
2) JESUS Coin (JC)
According to Forbes, several friends came together to launch Jesus Coin as a form of satire in 2017. However, many investors invested in this project during the bull run of December 2017. As the company boasts, it’s presently “negotiating with churches to outsource
- Rank: 1014
- Total Market Cap: $287,362
- Price in USD: $0.000016
- Price in BTC: 2.433e-9 BTC
- Total Circulating Supply: 17,979,550,689 JC
- Website: https://jesuscoin.network/ [Not reachable at this moment.]
3) TrumpCoin (TRUMP)
Created in 2016, TrumpCoin was created to honor Donald J. Trump and help him secure the Presidency of the United States. Now that he is the 45th President of the United States, the TrumpCoin community’s goal is to help the President accomplish his goals. The coin’s founders envision TrumpCoin as a future worldwide grassroots fundraising tool for projects the president deems important. According to its website, it promises a 2% staking reward.
It must be noted that Trumpcoin.com is not owned, operated, endorsed by, or otherwise affiliated with Donald J. Trump, The Trump Organization, Donald J. Trump for President Inc, or any other organization owned or operated by Donald J. Trump.
- Rank: 1315
- Total Market Cap: $226,342
- Price in USD: $0.034279
- Price in BTC: 0.00000522 BTC
- Total Circulating Supply: 6,602,969 TRUMP
- Website: https://www.trumpcoin.com/
4/5) Sex Coin (SXC) & MORE Coin (MORE)
With the adult entertainment industry being among the largest, there have been several cryptocurrencies created to support the industry. Among them are SexCoin, TitCoin, MoreCoin, and many others.
Sexcoin tackles the three main payment problems faced by the adult entertainment industry. These issues include fees charged by credit cards, lack of privacy, and potential chargeback claims. Thus, using SexCoin offers the following advantages: NO FEES to receive and only .001 Sexcoins to send payments; after confirmation, all transactions are final (this rule removes the likelihood of chargebacks, the bane of many within the adult entertainment industry); merchants/providers and their clients enjoy complete privacy, as personally identifiable information is required to send or receive payments.
MoreCoin is a cryptocurrency token created for the MORE brand, an adult entertainment provider seeking to become the #1 nightlife platform. A purchase of 5000 MORE tokens is required to obtain membership in MORE Las Vegas. Additional locations are scheduled to open in Los Angeles and Miami. Membership benefits revolve around special access to special arena events, exotic car rentals, and even a special pool cabana within Las Vegas.
- SexCoin [SXC]
- Rank: 1262
- Total Market Cap: $382,540
- Price in USD: $0.002981
- Price in BTC: 0.00000047 BTC
- Total Circulating Supply: 128,342,539 SXC
- Website: https://www.sexcoin.info/
- MoreCoin [MORE]
- Rank: 978
- Total Market Cap: $390,918
- Price in USD: $0.195459
- Price in BTC: 0.00002964 BTC
- Total Circulating Supply: 2,000,000 MORE
- Website: http://www.mre.live/
6) Garlicoin [GRLC]
Developed in late 2017,
Garlicoin boasts cheap and fast transactions, a low barrier to entry, and a total focus on the coin’s community. These features have helped Garlicoin become a triumphant success: 40 second block times allow for blazingly fast confirmations, and ASIC resistant proof-of-work algorithm means anyone with a GPU can contribute to mining.
- Rank: 1094
- Total Market Cap: $63,924
- Price in USD: $0.005084
- Price in BTC: 0.00000077 BTC
- Total Circulating Supply: 12,574,285 GRLC
- Website: https://garlicoin.io/

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Cancer therapy using on-site synthesis of anticancer drugs
Researchers have successfully treated cancer in mice using metal catalysts that assemble anticancer drugs together inside the body. This study is the first report of therapeutic in vivo synthetic chemistry being used to make anticancer substances where they are needed simply by injecting their ingredients through a vein. Because this technique avoids indiscriminate tissue damage, it is expected to have a significant impact on cancer treatment.
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IN THE NEWS
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Not too long ago, I was contacted by a gentleman writing a story for a local paper, re: missed diagnoses and the need for patient advocacy. I was quoted in the story and I have included a link as well as the full copy of the story. No one should have to experience this. Be your own advocate if you can. If you can't, bring someone who can.
Her cancer went undetected, now this grandmother wants to help others get the right diagnosis
Written By: Michael Brun | Feb 16th 2019 - 7am.
Lisa Drummond said she encourages others to be aggressive when it comes to their health, and to not be afraid to seek a second opinion from doctors.
She did what people are supposed to do when they feel sick, she went to see a doctor.
Then she went back, again and again. She was given multiple explanations for her symptoms, offered solutions and found temporary relief. But something was still wrong.
In December 2018, after two years and several doctor visits, Drummond got the answer she was looking for, just not the one anyone wants to hear: metastatic colorectal cancer
Drummond said doctors told her she likely got the disease a couple years ago, right around the time she started to have symptoms. The five-year survival rate for colon cancer is 90 percent if caught early, according to the American Cancer Society. But at her stage of disease progression, Drummond said her options are limited to managing the pain.
The 53-year-old New Richmond grandmother to six said she wants to use her story to encourage others to be more aggressive when it comes to their health.
Her message to anyone living in pain and unsatisfied with their care: “I want them to know that they’re right. That feeling inside them is right. If they’re not getting clear answers from their doctor ... then go see somebody else.”
No Simple Diagnosis
Drummond is among the untold number of Americans affected by a medical diagnostic error each year. Exactly how many is difficult to determine.
“There isn’t a single health care organization in the country that’s measuring their diagnostic performance,” said Dr. Mark Graber, chief medical officer of the Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine.
A 2014 study published in the medical journal BMJ Quality & Safety found at least one in 20 U.S. adults will experience a diagnostic error each year. Many of those errors are trivial, Graber said, though an estimated 40,000 to 80,000 deaths are linked to diagnostic error annually. Beyond the consequences to a patient’s health, a misdiagnosis can also mean wasted money on unnecessary tests and treatments.
At the core of the issue is that diagnosis is complicated work and prone to human error.
“There are over 10,000 diseases, but only 200 symptoms,” Graber said. “So when you come in with a given symptom there’s on average 50 different things it could be.”
Doctors, with the help of modern tests, make the correct diagnosis in the vast majority of cases, but Graber said there is room to do better. The Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine was formed in 2011 to support education and research in the field and encourage efforts to address the problem by doctors, patients and health care organizations.
The nonprofit organization provides patient resources and a toolkit to help prepare for a doctor appointment at www.improvediagnosis.org.
No simple solution
Dr. Andrew Olson is an assistant professor of medicine and pediatrics at the University of Minnesota Medical School, as well as co-chair of the education committee at the Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine. He said one of the best strategies to improve diagnostic reasoning is to identify cases when diagnosis has gone wrong and to learn from them.
The reality, however, is that many medical schools don’t have courses focused on the diagnostic process.
Medical schools are starting to come around to the importance of diagnosis education, but surveys show more attention is needed, Olson said. At the U of M, for instance, he leads a class on diagnosis that teaches medical students through real-world cases.
Another important lesson for doctors is working with patients and engaging them in the diagnostic process, Olson added.
Finding a solution to diagnostic error will take collaboration among patients, family members and a range of health care workers, according to a 2015 report, “Improving Diagnosis in Health Care,” from the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.
The report identifies steps to reduce errors, such as:
Develop organizational cultures in health care that support discussion and feedback.
Recognize the importance of radiologists and pathologists as part of a diagnostic team.
Develop monitoring to identify and learn from mistakes.
Minnesota is one of several states with a law that requires hospitals and outpatient surgical centers to report medical errors. However, the list of 29 reportable “adverse health events” does not include diagnostic error.
Hospital associations in Wisconsin and Minnesota also run voluntary reporting programs to monitor hospital quality — including patient surveys pertaining to timeliness of care and communication by doctors and nurses — but there are no measures specific to diagnosis.
It started for Drummond around two years ago with a change in her bowel movements. She was on antidepressants at the time after her son, Jeffery Fauber, died by suicide. Drummond, a longtime nurse, said she knew to look up the side effects — which included diarrhea. She went to her doctor, but chose to stay on the medication. Then she said she started to feel fatigued.
This time it was suggested her diet was to blame. But as the weeks went on, she said she grew weaker and her abdomen became distended and painful. “Each time I would go in I would tell my doctor something’s not right. There’s just something, I can’t pinpoint it.”
She eventually had a colonoscopy that found microscopic colitis, or inflamation. Medication seemed to help, but Drummond said the pain would soon return. After the latest flare up, her daughter, Melissa Fauber, took Drummond to the emergency room.
A series of tests were ordered and, for the first time, a scan of Drummond’s abdomen. That’s when she said a tearful doctor pulled up a chair next to her bed.
“She took my hand and said, ‘Lisa, I hate to tell you this ... your abdomen is full of cancer.’”
Drummond was transported to a hospital in the Twin Cities where she said she surprised staff with her positive attitude.
Drummond said she has made peace with her previous doctors and has no ill will toward them. More than anything, she said she was relieved to know what was causing her all that pain.
“I’m glad I know what I have now,” she said, “and I can make a plan and we can deal with it.”
Family has been a source of comfort for Drummond post-diagnosis. Her support network includes daughter Melissa and son Allen Fauber, friend Shelley Barr, as well as extended family and grandchildren Starr, McKenna, Julian, Jaxson, Zakary and Alby. But Drummond said she wished she had brought in an ally sooner to advocate for her during the diagnostic process.
A friend or family member can be a helpful resource when facing a health problem. For complex medical issues or if geography separates a patient from their loved ones, that’s when a professional patient advocate can step in.
“Especially when its complicated or you really feel like you need someone to explain the processes to you, it's always a good idea to have somebody in your corner,” said Jill Fitzpatrick, who runs a patient advocate business in Minnesota.
Patient advocates offer a variety of services, from accompanying patients to appointments to helping navigate health insurance and billing woes.
Fitzpatrick said she takes a collegial approach when seeing a doctor that is respectful, yet firm: “I’m educated about me, you’re educated about medicine. Let’s work together to see that I have a positive outcome.”
Another tip if patients feel they aren’t being heard by their care provider is to look for a membership services phone number on their insurance card to inquire about seeing another provider in their network, she said.
Drummond said she doesn’t want to scare anyone into mistrusting doctors and to let people know there’s no shame in seeking a second opinion. She said she regrets not seeking one sooner.
“And your doctor shouldn’t be offended,” she added. “If they are offended, they’re probably not the right doctor for you.”


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Sonic Origins, a compilation of four classic Sonic the Hedgehog games, came out today, giving Sega fans the chance to relive the 16-bit era of the mascot. To be an authentic experiencewith one exception: some of the music that many Sonic the hedgehog 3 and Sonic 3 & Knuckles players who played on the Sega Genesis in the 90s is not included in the new collection. Instead, Sega alternated in several tracks that are a combination of old and new work.
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Oh my god, the music for Sonic 3 has changed, even though SEGA Official uses Michael Jackson’s music.
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Reissues of Sonic the hedgehog 3 on other platforms and in other compilations they have exchanged music tracks from a prototype version of the game. But for Sonic OriginsSega took it a step further and recruited longtime Sonic the Hedgehog composer Jun Senoue to modify sonic 3‘s original prototype music for the collection, according to Sonic social media manager Katie Chrzanowski.
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As seen and heard in the excellent video below from GameXplainthe Jackson-Buxer tracks have been removed and replaced with Senoue’s recreated tracks.
It’s certainly a creative solution to a problem that has vexed Sega and Sonic fans for decades, and probably the most authentic way to tackle something that was something of an urban legend. But that doesn’t mean Sonic the Hedgehog fans are happy about it; response to the updated prototype music has been generally negative†
Sonic Origins is available now for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One and Xbox Series X. The collection includes the original Sonic the hedgehogas well as sue sonic 2† Sonic 3 & Knucklesand Sonic CD†


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SAN PEDRO : Youths Take the Plunge--With Sea Mural
Steep cliffs plunge into an underwater world thriving with marine activity. A whale breaches from the ocean depths, eels and dolphins arch their silvery bodies, and bright orange fish and crabs peak out from strands of kelp.
This 32-foot scene now adorns a hallway wall at Point Fermin Elementary School in San Pedro, the yearlong work of parents, teachers and local muralist Trace Fukuhara. But it was the approximately 400 youngsters at the school who painted the mural, each adding dabs and strokes, third-grade teacher Linda Ross said.
Ross initiated the project last spring, working with the school’s Parent Teacher Organization to come up with a theme. She wanted the children to work on something that was an artistic and academic learning experience.
She said the children designed the painting by drawing sea creatures on butcher paper. Dozens of parents and residents in the harbor community saw the mural take form as they supplied paint, paintbrushes and their time.
But most important was securing a muralist to help.
Fukuhara, a San Pedro artist, has painted several murals in the area, particularly in Long Beach. His works include “The Melody of Life” at the Long Beach Senior Center and “Harmony,” a 76-foot-long piece on the Promenade in downtown Long Beach.
The artist has donated more than 100 hours to the school project.
“I drew the outline in white paint and the kids painted in the colors,” said Fukuhara, whose brother is a friend of Ross and works down the road at Cabrillo Marine Aquarium. “Then I came in and started detailing it for . . . correctness.”
Ross said the mural is already being used by Point Fermin students who are studying marine science. And the project has given the children an opportunity to learn more about art, she added.
“I think it’s really nice because it looks just like the sea,” said Jason Gregori, 9, as he gazed at the painting, to be dedicated on Tuesday. “It looks like there’s animals from all different places.”