Odd motion issues
Of course I did that thing you're not supposed to - I made two changes at once. Change one was to replace my belts and one stepper, and just tighten things up. No major parts or pieces changes (I was chasing down a rattling noise in my printer).
Change two was to upgrade to firmware 1.18
So, that said, I'm fighting a weird motion issue. I see it in a couple of ways:
1 - When I do a z-probe, I have a 1 second pause (R1) in my M558 as follows: M558 P1 I0 F200 X0 Y0 Z0 T3000 R1 When it's done with the pause, and the nozzle does its dive to probe, I can see it jog slightly horizontally before it descends to tap the bed. (I can try and get a video if needed, we're talking maybe one step on the stepper of movement). It's most noticeable towards the X tower.
2 - During a print, when it's moving the the X direction towards the front of the bed, the nozzle gets lower. When it's moving in Y, it's a tad too high. This is regardless of where on the bed it's printing. See here: http://imgur.com/nMRsJ3Z In that picture, the part is oriented so the face on the bottom right of the picture is towards the front of my bed (the photo is from the X tower looking in at the print).
It would appear one of two things is going on that I can think of:
1 - I have backlash. I checked all the grub screws on my steppers, and can't find anything loose. I'm not ruling it out, though.
2 - I have some sort of motion problem. It almost looks like one stepper is lagging slightly behind the others, or getting slightly ahead… I'm not sure.
Any suggestions? I haven't tried rolling back to 1.17 yet, wanted to ask and see if there was a case where someone had seen this before and could offer insight. I'm rather stumped.
This is a rostock max v2 based printer, Carbon Fiber magball arms (The Haydn delrin ones). Can provide config or other info as needed. (Steps/mm is set to 80 for all 3 towers... seems the most relevant item)
Not sure what it is but I've noticed since 1.18 that after I calibrate my delta I set a G1 Z5, then a G30 (without any parameters) to re-zero the z level (this is something I've been playing with, with the piezo probe to see if you can essentially set a first layer gap using a very sensitive probe). My last probing point in the bed.g is bed centre, but there is a slight horizontal move which takes place before it dives for the G30 single probe. I asked David if the firmware was being clever and zeroing on a grid corner for the G30 but he confirmed that it is not. Related? Not sure.
The other issue I had which was a saga was belt related; steel cored belts stretching, causing a skewed tower to print but go straight after 65mm which was very hard to diagnose. You mentioned changing belts, did you give them a once over and/or stretch test before fitting them?
I documented it here: http://forums.reprap.org/read.php?178,731246
Try a few things from that post like switching all the motors and endstops around clockwise and seeing what happens. Lift the bed to a different level, if possible and recalibrate and try again, this is what solved it for me, with the bed at 70mm above normal everything printed straight.
Changing the belts didn't change this behavior at all. (Though the weird noise went away, so that's a plus)
In that picture, the oddest thing to me is that in the closest corner you can see that as soon as it hits the mid-point of the curve on the skirt, the nozzle picks up and it changes from way too low to printing too high. That's the real puzzler for me.
I put a new stepper in the Y tower, made no difference. I moved the Y stepper to the Z tower, no difference. I can put the old Z tower in the X tower next… that will effectively accomplish moving all the steppers around.
I haven't tried moving my endstops yet.
That horizontal move you describe on probing is exactly what I see, too. I have no idea if it's related to the changing layer heights during my prints. I really didn't want to have to downgrade to 1.17, downgrading never seems to go well for me, but I may have to try it and see.
Swapped arm pairs between the towers, and also tried rotating my effector. No difference from either.
I was suggesting rotating all the motors and endstops to rule out a motor/driver issue but it seems you've practically done it already.
Are you using grid levelling? I vaguely recall the issue with the move on probing was related to switching the grid off before the probing moves or something along those lines.
No grid levelling currently. I've run it in the past, but I've deleted the heatmap file and am not running a G29. Just doing an S6 calibration, 16 probe points.
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Regarding the horizontal movement before probing, are any of you using orthogonal axis compensation (M556)? Compensation is now disabled during probing moves, and that might account for a small horizontal movement.
No I'm not using m556. Although I just tried this and it did not make the horizontal move.Although I am calibrating to around 0.02, maybe it does it if the calibration comes back a lot further off?
No m556 here either. I calibrate into the 0.025 range currently.
I think I'm going to bite the bullet and go back to 1.17 today. Pretty sure the only firmware changes I made were on my z-probe offset, and my PID tuning, and I saved all of that. Hopefully the downgrade goes well.
Trying to figure out what all I need to downgrade when going back to 1.17e
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Downgraded to 1.17e, still the same kind of look going on. Not as severe, but that's more to do with the first layer thickness from the different probe offset, I think. So has to be mechanical, I guess.
Now to try and think through the remainder of what could cause something like that.
Tore down all 3 towers last night (removed the bearings, steppers, carriages, belts) no signs of any issue in any of them. Rebuilt it, and same deal. I did retest for tilt using my gyro/accel, found a little and corrected for that. Cleaned up my calibration results a tad, but prints do the same thing. Even rotated my bed to see if it was just a high spot, but it stays in the same pattern, no change at all from that.
The only other thing I can think of that changed recently is I made the newer mount for my piezo probe. It made the probe much more sensitive. My calibration is more precise, but I don't see why it would cause this behavior. So I'm rather stumped at the moment. I can increase the height of my first layer a bit and "hide" that, but it's obviously not an ideal solution.
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1. Are you running G32 or G29 when you get this behaviour during probing? If it's G32, please post your bed.g file.
2. Do you have any M556 axis compensation configured in config.g?
I'm just hitting the Delta Auto-Calibration button to run bed.g - that's just a G32, right?
Here's my bed.g (with a ton of comment lines removed…):
M558 P1 I0 F200 X0 Y0 Z0 T3000 R1
G31 X0 Y0 Z0.00 P325
G1 Z5 F4500
G1 X0.00 Y120.00 Z5 F4500
G30 P0 X0.00 Y120.00 Z-99999 H0
G30 P1 X77.13 Y91.93 Z-99999 H0
G30 P2 X118.18 Y20.84 Z-99999 H0
G30 P3 X103.92 Y-60.00 Z-99999 H0
G30 P4 X41.04 Y-112.76 Z-99999 H0
G30 P5 X-41.04 Y-112.76 Z-99999 H0
G30 P6 X-103.92 Y-60.00 Z-99999 H0
G30 P7 X-118.18 Y20.84 Z-99999 H0
G30 P8 X-77.13 Y91.93 Z-99999 H0
G30 P9 X0.00 Y60.00 Z-99999 H0
G30 P10 X51.96 Y30.00 Z-99999 H0
G30 P11 X51.96 Y-30.00 Z-99999 H0
G30 P12 X0.00 Y-60.00 Z-99999 H0
G30 P13 X-51.96 Y-30.00 Z-99999 H0
G30 P14 X-51.96 Y30.00 Z-99999 H0
G30 P15 X0 Y0 Z-99999 S6
This line is in my config.g... I don't remember putting it there, so it must be from the base config I started with and I forgot about it. Should I comment it out?
M556 S78 X0 Y0 Z0 ; Axis compensation here
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I think things are looking better. I took everything apart once again in all 3 towers. Stripped the belts, idlers, steppers, all of it.
Found two possible things… one, my pulleys on my steppers weren't as well aligned as they could have been. Adjusted that, which cleaned up the belt path. (They weren't bad, just a tick off)
The other is the Z stepper wiring was directly laying on top of my 12v PSU's output ports. Not sure it was definitely getting any interference, but it's probably something to avoid. The first layer looks better now, so it's promising that was it. Need to run through a few prints to see.


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Armathwaite Hall Hotel - Keswick
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Unwind with Egyptian cotton sheets in the guest rooms at this Keswick spa hotel which also offers an outdoor pool and is on a lake in the area of Lake District. Armathwaite Hall Hotel also has free Wi-Fi.
The Spa is the place to be for rest and relaxation, offering aromatherapy, body scrubs, body treatments, body wraps and massages, as well as facials. Enjoy a spot of lunch or an evening meal at this 4 star Keswick hotel's restaurant where you're sure to find something to suit your taste. Don't forget to pack your swimwear as this hotel features an indoor pool. Outfitted with a bar/lounge, you'll find the perfect place to have a drink. Staff are available to provide tour/ticket assistance.
Planning a meeting? This hotel has 2 meeting rooms. Other amenities include an elevator (lift), a garden, concierge services and shopping on site.
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Breakfast at Armathwaite Hall Hotel
A full breakfast is served each morning for a fee.
- Room service - limited hour
- Shops in the hotel
- Pets accepted
- Dogs allowed
- Entire property is non-smoking
- Tennis court
- Indoor swimming pool
- Outdoor swimming pool
- Billiards / Snooker
- Luggage room
- City tour
- Health club
- Spa/Wellness Centre
- Hydromassage Jacuzzi
- Meeting Room
- Internet/Email services
- Free parking
- Reservations are required for spa treatments. Reservations can be made by contacting the hotel prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation.
- Guests can arrange to bring pets by contacting the property directly, using the contact information on the booking confirmation (surcharges apply and can be found in the Fees section).
Check-in: between 2:30 PM and 10 PM.
Check-out: before 11:30 AM.
Please contact the property ahead of time if you are planning to arrive after 10 PM.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.
- Fee for full breakfast: GBP 4.95 per person (approximately)
- Pet fee: GBP 15 per pet, per night
The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.
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Book your spa accommodation at Armathwaite Hall Hotel, offering 42 guest rooms with Egyptian cotton sheets. Guests can unwind at the end of a long day and enjoy televisions with satellite channels. Corporate travelers visiting the Lake District area will benefit from free wireless high-speed Internet access as well as desks. Guest rooms are individually decorated, making each stay a unique experience.
Private bathrooms are outfitted with bathrobes, slippers and complimentary toiletries. Irons/ironing boards, coffee/tea makers and hair dryers can be found in each room to accommodate basic traveling needs. Additional comforts include blackout drapes/curtains.
- Coffee and tea maker
- Hairdryer in each room
- In-room ironing facilities
- Satellite TV
- Wireless Internet access
Distances from Armathwaite Hall HotelJennings Brewery - 8.9 km / 5.5 mi
Wordsworth House - 9.2 km / 5.7 mi
Crosthwaite Church - 9.6 km / 5.9 mi
Cumberland Pencil Museum - 10.2 km / 6.3 mi
Keswick Museum and Art Gallery - 10.7 km / 6.6 mi
Castlerigg Stone Circle - 12.1 km / 7.5 mi
Derwent Water - 13 km / 8.1 mi
Crummock Water - 15.4 km / 9.6 mi
Hellvellyn - 21.8 km / 13.5 mi
Scafell Pike - 22.2 km / 13.8 mi
Gowbarrow Fall - 22.5 km / 14 mi
Aira Force - 22.6 km / 14 mi
Ullswater - 22.9 km / 14.3 mi
St. Sunday Crag - 24.8 km / 15.4 mi
Pike of Stickle - 25.9 km / 16.1 mi
The preferred airport for Armathwaite Hall Hotel is Manchester (MAN) - 159.3 km / 99 mi.
Distances are calculated in a straight line from the property's location to the point of interest or airport and may not reflect actual travel distance.
Distances are displayed to the nearest 0.1 mile and kilometer.
Transportation services Armathwaite Hall Hotel
- Free parking

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It’s still on shaky ground
The aftermath of Fukushima shows that Japan mishandled the crisis for 11 months.india Updated: Feb 01, 2012 07:43 IST
The first thing that a visitor to Fukushima, Japan, notices is the devastated landscape, the destroyed economy and the shoddy temporary housing into which thousands of people uprooted by the catastrophic nuclear accident last year have taken shelter. It’s also difficult to miss the pervasive fear of radiation. Radiation lurks everywhere. No less important is the citizen’s distrust of the government, which is rare in a society where the State is regarded as paternalistically benevolent.
The complaint, not just in Fukushima, is that the government, like Fukushima Daiichi plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco), has hidden from the public the truth about nuclear hazards and practised deplorable non-transparency even when it could have minimised radiation exposure. Early in the nuclear crisis, huge radiation plumes escaped from the reactors, some under the impact of hydrogen explosions, which indicated severe core damage. Their radiation load wasn’t even measured.
The authorities failed to use data produced by Japan’s special radiation warning and fallout prediction system called Speedi. The evacuation in near-panic of over 110,000 residents from a 20-km ‘exclusion zone’ resulted in people leaving polluted areas only to find themselves in areas with even higher radioactive contamination. This is documented in a recent report of a government-appointed commission that says that the evacuation order was so vague that it “sounded almost the same as telling residents to ‘just run’”. There has since been no systematic measurement of radiation doses or food contamination at different distances from the site. Officials in Tokyo, more than 220 km away, have detected the same levels of cancer-causing cesium-137 in breast milk as exist in the ‘exclusion zone’.
The 507-page interim report depicts bumbling nuclear industry executives and confused government officials scrambling to deal with the crisis. They grossly underestimated tsunami risks and Tepco workers’ ability to handle emergencies like the station blackout after the tsunami destroyed backup generators, leading to the overheating of reactor cores and their eventual meltdown. They followed no manual.
Regulatory agencies failed to impose tough safety standards on Tepco, which was too slow to gather information on radiation leaks and relay it to the authorities. The report documents Tepco’s misjudgment of the reactors’ operational situation, its poor handling of alternative water injection, its response to the hydrogen explosions and its failure to prevent the expansion of damage. A better response might have reduced the core damage and radiation leaks.
Some more damaging facts have come to light, further inflaming public anger, including reports that the government suppressed a worst-case scenario for the nuclear crisis soon after the accident began and kept it under wraps until December. After the document was shown to a small, select group of senior officials in late March, the government decided to quietly bury it. “The content was so shocking that we decided to treat it as if it didn’t exist,” a senior official is quoted as saying. It forecast that in a worst-case scenario the crippled reactors would continue to release massive quantities of radioactivity for about a year.
In that event, residents within a radius of 170 km, and possibly even further, would be evacuated. Those living between 170-250 km, which includes Tokyo, could chose to evacuate voluntarily. Logically, this scenario may have already materialised. After all, not one, but three hydrogen explosions ripped through the Fukushima reactors. Many people expect yet more disclosures from an independent bipartisan inquiry commission just set up by parliament, with the power to summon witnesses.
The Fukushima reactors continue to be unstable and spew out radioactivity. Contrary to claims of a ‘cold shutdown condition’ with radioactive releases ‘under control’, the authorities do not even know how deep the melted cores have sunk through their containments. The reactors, independent experts say, are unlikely to be brought under control by damming radioactive leaks from the sides, but need a huge trench underneath the plant. This will take long years and cost a fortune.
The plant is badly damaged. Large seismic aftershocks, expected for many months, further rattle its already unstable and crumbling structures periodically, releasing radionuclides. The fact that such a catastrophe occurred in a highly developed country shows the inherent hazards of nuclear power. Its aftermath shows how Japan mishandled the crisis for 11 months. Both experiences offer many lessons to India.
Praful Bidwai is a Delhi-based political commentator and environmental activist
The views expressed by the author are personal
First Published: Jan 31, 2012 22:41 IST


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- US Press: John Cohill at Force Field PR
Fanclub is Mike Lee, Leslie Crunkilton, and Daniel Schmidt from Austin, TX. Mike and Leslie immediately knew they wanted to craft songs driven by their love of all things twee, indie, and dreamy. What they didn’t expect was that the songs would come out as the most mature and dazzling things they’ve ever worked on. What they also didn’t know was that Fanclub would give us a distinctly new sound that is also so incredibly nostalgic.
On the heels of their debut EP release with already over half a million streams, they want to further craft songs that find hope in the melancholy and bring that same sentiment on the road. With more and more tour dates being announced, hopefully you’ll get to see for yourself.
Street Date: March 23, 2019
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Make Your Lawn Look Pretty
A well maintained lawn adds to the look and feel of your home and enhances the overall appearance. While mowing a lawn might seem like a tough task, it is not very tough when you have the right equipment. If you want your lawn to look good at all times it is very important that you pick the right lawn mowers. While there are various kinds of mowers available in the market, the Best Riding Lawn Mower for 2017 is a Husqvarna. A push lawn mower might be cheaper in comparison to a riding lawn mower, however handling a push lawn mower is a tough task and it takes up a lot of time.
A riding lawn mower on the other hand does not take up so much time and you can end up with a well maintained lawn in no time. While a riding lawn mower is ideal for a large lawn, it is also recommended for people with smaller lawns who do not have a lot of time in hand.
There are a number of reasons a riding lawn mower is a great investment. Firstly, you will not spend any money on professional lawn mowing services since you can now handle your lawn on your own. You do not need to worry about spending too much time in mowing your lawn either. A riding lawn mower is also a lot easier to handle and anyone can mow the lawn without putting in too much effort.
It comes with various adjustments so you can make modify your lawn and make it look unique and impressive without having to spend any extra money. A riding lawn mower lasts a very long time so you do not need to worry about replacing it since this mower will manage to mow your lawns for many years.


“Detroit Free Press columnist Rochelle Riley recently noticed a startling fact about kids in the lead-poisoned city of Flint, Michigan: They have become increasingly bad at reading since the water crisis began in 2014. A state government report showed that, from the year 2014 to the year 2017, third-grade reading proficiency in the city dropped from 41.8 percent to 10.7 percent. “That’s nearly a three-quarters drop in third-grade reading proficiency among children whose lives were affected by lead poisoned water during the Flint water crisis,” she wrote.
By Hunter Marion. Nestled between the slow, muddy waters of the Trinity River and the noisy I-45, sits Joppa, TX. Pronounced “Joppee” by locals, Joppa


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Festive season: Carmakers see light at the end of tunnel
By ENS Economic Bureau | Published: 02nd October 2013 07:40 AM |
Despite declining sales for many months now, the Indian automobile sector showed some signs of revival led by the country’s largest car maker Maruti, which rose by 11.7% in total sales (domestic & exports) in September 2013 when compared to the same month in the previous year, bringing some positive signs ahead of the festive season.
The sector did see some casualties as Tata Motors posted a -40.5% decline in passenger vehicle sales during the month. Maruti sold 1,04,964 units against 93,988 units in the same month last year.
Foreign automobile makers continued their good run with sales with Japanese car maker Honda leading the way with an 88% increase in September 2013 as the company sold 10,354 units as against 5,508 units sold during the same period in 2012. Most auto companies had risked further decline in sales when they increased prices of their models in September due to the depreciating rupee and high import cost.
Auto companies continued to cash in on export potential as Maruti saw a phenomenal 180.8% increase as it exported 14,565 units in September 2013 against 5,187 units in the same month last year.
“The sales figures have set a positive tone for the upcoming festive season,” Jnaneswar Sen, Senior Vice-President (Marketing & Sales) for Honda said.
Korean car maker Hyundai also posted a -4% fall in sales as the company sold 51,418 units in September 2013 when compared to 53,557 in the corresponding month in 2012. American car maker General Motors saw a 4.79% decline.
“In the current market scenario volume growth is a big challenge,” Rakesh Srivastava, Senior. Vice-President, (Sales & Marketing) at Hyundai said.
Two and three wheeler maker TVS Motor Company has registered a 16 per cent increase in its total sales at 1,97,409 units in September.
The Chennai-based company had sold 1,70,097 units during the same month of previous year.
Sales of total two wheelers grew by 15 per cent from 1,65,092 units sold during September 2012 to 1,89,609 units in September 2013.
Also read: Maruti Suzuki September sales up 11 percent


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Hervé Sachy has been working with Copper photogravure etchings for over 40 years, but was, due to the ban of dichromate forced to find a new way to do etchings. This resulted in a chrome free copper photogravure process – better for both the artist and the environment.
Hervé Sachy, who has lived in the South of France for the last 40 years, learned traditional etching techniques as a student in Paris. During all those years of etching, Hervé’s developed a passion for working with metal and specifically copper. Hervé also soon found the symbiosis between etching and photography. After various attempts, he finally realized that photography had started with gravure printing.
As an autodidact, Hervé Sachy learned the copper photogravure technique of the 19th century, and after a few years of works, he managed to master the technique.
In 2017 it became virtually impossible to find dichromate – the essential chemical compound the copper photogravure process – in Europe.
“This ban is in my opinion completely legitimate when we know the toxicity of these chromates for human and animal health and also for our planet.”
The ban of dichromate in Europe was the motivation for Hervé to search for a new copperplate photogravure process, one that is more ecological and less toxic. Hervé Sachy receives artists in his studio and believes it is important to teach students how to work with legal and environmentally friendly products.
The new chrome free copper photogravure process
1. Gelatin paper sensitization as in the classic copper photogravure process
As in the classical process, we must sensitize a gelatined paper or carbon tissue with an aqueous solution of this product DAS (diazidostilbene), here at 3%. It is not easily soluble in water.
2. Positive film exposure
After drying the DAS-sensitized gelatin paper, a digital positive film and the sensitized paper are exposed to UV rays for a very precise time of a few minutes (specific to each exposure system): the exposed parts (the light areas of the film) will become insoluble in hot water as opposed to the dark areas which will dissolve in hot water during the following development.
3. Hydration & adhesion on the copperplate
After exposure, the paper is rehydrated in a mixture (water+alcohol) at low temperature and plated on a clean degreased copperplate and the adhesion is maintained for about 15 minutes.
4. Developing the plate
The development consists of melting in hot water (about 50°C) the insolated parts which have received the least light, the dark areas. The bright parts of the image have received more UV and do not melt or little with the warm water: they will give the bright areas of the image. This operation will take a few minutes, depending on the tonality of the image.
5.Drying & stabilization of the plate (copper + gelatin layer)
I usually let this stabilize overnight before proceeding to the final engraving, but it can also be done after 5 or 6 hours spent in front of a fan. Here are some photographs of these gelatinized plates ready to be engraved with iron perchloride baths or to receive an aquatint if it has not been done on the plate before the process.
6. Aquatinting or aquatint on copperplate
The realization of aquatint is necessary in photogravure to create a pattern engraved in copper which will later, at the time of printing on paper, will retain the printing ink. This pattern can be realized at two distinct moments of the process: either at the beginning on the naked copperplate or at the end using the gelatin developed on the copperplate. The 2 methods work well and they also each have their advantages and disadvantages. In addition, one can choose either rosin or bitumen. A grain box is needed to apply a bitumen or rosin powder either on the copper at the beginning or on the gelatine layer at the end. In both cases, the powder must be fixed by heating it until it melts.
7. The etching using iron chloride
Here is a typical installation to practice the final etching: several trays to receive the different iron chloride baths at various concentrations and the last bath to remove the gelatin at the end with hot water. First, the blacks of the image are etched, then the dark grays, then the medium grays to finish with the last lightest grays. This is an operation that lasts between 20 and 30 minutes on average. With the DAS, the action of light on the gelatin is less powerful and we will notice it quickly. With this product, the etching phase is faster.
The engraving starts faster than with dichromates, almost immediately and it takes a bit of practice for the first times.
A few steps of an DAS etching based on an old gravure by Goya:
8. Printing on paper
It is obviously necessary to have access to an intaglio press or better to own one, here is the one in Hervé Sachy’s studio:
Many papers are suitable for photogravure, the main thing is to know them well and to plan a preliminary soaking so that it goes to seek the ink at the bottom of the engraved plate.
I use traditional oily inks in intaglio printing, the same as those used in conventional printmaking.
Some prints of plates etched with this new DAS process:

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Garrott Kuzzy won today’s sprint in front of fellow American Simi Hamilton, and Canadians Sean Crooks and Drew Goldsack.
These days Garrott Kuzzy is receiving support from the USST as well as his CXC club coach, Bryan Fish. “I’ve been trying to stay on the same [training] program. I had the opportunity to get on snow in Silver Star November first, and we’ve been able to be on snow since then.”
“Sometimes all the help is a little overwhelming. Pat (Casey) has been helping on skis, but he’s the only USST coach here and has so many other skiers to worry about that it’s nice to just go with Fish.”
“The USST has worked out pretty well, there’s a balance of camps. I went to Whistler in August, met with the team for the camp in Placid.”
When asked what Kuzzy is focusing on this year, he says he’s not specifying on one technique or race. “I’m just going to hammer it down every chance I get. But I’ll be looking out for 15K skates and classic sprints.”
A couple of solid snowfalls in the American West has brought a number of Canadian National Team members to West Yellowstone, most for the first time. Kuzzy, along with everyone, is excited to have the Candians here this week.
“We need to work together as much as we can.”
Simi Hamilton had a terrific race, placing 2nd just one second behind Kuzzy.
“It’s nice to start the season out with a bang!” Hamilton says about his performance.
“I did a mock sprint with [Colin] Rogers on Sunday, and it was super slow. The conditions were way different and our times were just under five minutes. The snow was nice today and firm and super fast.”
Hamilton was also caught a little off guard by the overnight change from double tracks to a single, best-line track. The race jury also closed the course to athletes and coaches on skis starting 6pm previous night, due to the tightness of the trail and in an attempt to preserve the integrity of the 12″ snow cover.
While the skiing was superb for the race, this left skiers a little surprised about the affect the change had on the ski-ability of the course.
“I was super surprised. There were too big hills and a medium hill, and today I ended up double poling the whole thing. If I had been able to preview the course I definitely would have put the idea of [using] skate skis in my head. But I think I was happy I went on classic skis.”
Winner Garrott Kuzzy and former USST skier Leif Zimmerman had a similar reactions.
Kuzzy: “They cut an awful straight line in the corners. not letting racers check out the course beforehand.”
Zimmerman, former USST member, also thought the grooming change had an affect. “The track was hard, [the course] was long and tough, but all skiable. They cut the track best-line, but 15-20 feet too long into some of the uphills so you came in too fast. It was sketchy and a little hard to know what was coming.”
Zimmerman liked today’s format, though. “I liked it. It was a fun way to start the season. There was a little less pressure with the heats.”
When asked about the heats, Simi Hamilton was enthusiastic about the decision to just have one longer sprint, ending earlier in the day.
“I wasn’t even thinking about the heats afterwards. It was just like a really short distance race. The main goal was to help with Olympic qualifications, but I guess it’s also cool to have some heats. I liked the terrain.”
“I had really good summer and fall training, and it’s awesome to be focused on training this year. I knew from doing workouts with the US guys in Placid and Whistler that I felt strong.”


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Hands-on class covering photography basics and film developing. Print enlargements and learn to control light to your best advantage.
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Notes: Open lab times discussed at class.
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How ONLINE GAMBLING Made Me A Better Salesperson
One thing there will be no deficit of upon the internet is usually opportunities to wager. We are spoilt for choice, whether or not your fancy is with regard to betting on sports, playing virtual card games or stop. One of the particular things that can make internet gambling thus potentially dangerous is usually that it is easily available for twenty-four hours a day. The true danger will come whenever you combine this factor with the particular fact that it is easy to really feel detached from the particular reality pounds spent online. Gradually racking up Pragma123 does not necessarily feel the same since handing over hard earned cash coming from our wallet, thus it is of which much much easier to shed track of exactly how your online shelling out is mounting upwards.
Therefore, debt issues from internet gambling usually are on the increase. Inside this article We hope to clarify some of typically the legalities around online gambling, along with offering some advice on dealing with the underlying problem and the debts that result from it.
Legalities Around Gambling Debts
When we speak about debt coming from online gambling it is very important be clear about the nature associated with the debt, because who the funds is owed in order to does make a new difference. People usually are often unsure about the legality associated with debts from on-line gambling. In typically the UK you may bet legally on credit score and incur a debt, but this debt is just not and then enforceable with the legislation.
However, there is an essential point to help to make here, which is usually that only can be applied while you are using credit rating extended by the particular company offering typically the gambling (casino, bookmaker, etc). If you are using a credit card company to cover internet betting, which is a legally enforceable debt the similar as it would be in different other circumstance, since you possess borrowed money through the credit credit card company, not the casino. It will be now against the law in america to be able to use a credit score card to purchase on the internet gambling.
You will certainly find that several credit cards will certainly regard a repayment to a internet gambling website as the cash advance. This really is then clearly credit money from the card issuer and typically the debt you bear can be pursued through legal actions. If you carry out use a bank card to pay for online gambling in this way, you should be aware that cash advances on credit playing cards are almost always charged from a higher price of interest as compared to normal credit with regard to purchases.
How To Deal With Debts Due to Gambling
In dealing with gambling debts, there are two separate issues to tackle. 1 is the debt itself, and the other is the routine of gambling that will resulted in the debt. Even if typically the debt is worked with, it is likely to build up once again in the event the root cause is not tackled too. Let us first consider the particular problem of having to pay off the personal debt.
The principles for tackling debt are almost always exactly the same, no matter of the leads to of the debt. To be able to permanently handle personal debt you should not be thinking borrowing a lot more money or spending anyone to handle your debt regarding you. These courses of action will likely deepen your debt over time.
With the little advice, you may deal with your current debts yourself, by simply contacting your creditors in addition to agreeing terms with regard to repayment you can pay for. There is clearly more to this than that, nevertheless it is beyond the scope of the particular article. The procedure is straightforward plus allows you take back control of finances.

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Compression Leak or Not? Math for the win!
A while ago I prepared an article 'Practical Compression Calculations', but posted it as a resource as I did not have a good case study to demonstrate it on. Until now.
Recently, in another thread, Jonathan referred to one of his case studies where two in-cylinder captures are performed simultaneously in order to diagnose a turbocharged gasoline engine that misfires at high RPM:
Undoubtedly, it is a fascinating study, so let's read it up until page 6 and focus on the zoomed waveform:
I loaded it into a graphics editor and marked up a few points:
- A : first compression peak of the blue trace;
- E : second compression peak of the blue trace;
- C : compression peak of the red trace, confirmed to be 180 deg before point E;
- D : clearly visible intake valve close for the blue trace;
- B : should be intake valve close for the red trace as time from B to C is the same as time from D to E.
The pressure at point C is much lower than at point E, and to many diagnosticians this would look like a compression leak... but let's see what the math says.
From the Practical Compression Calculations post we know that if the intake valve for the red trace did close at point B and the compression stroke continued on normally, the ratio of pressures (in psia) between points C and B would be close to the ratio of pressures (in psia) between points E and D. Let's calculate those ratios.
It would be easier to do this if I had the PsData file, but I can work with pixels too (not as precise or convenient, though). This is how I identify the pressures using a spreadsheet. I record positions of the blue and red scales, positions of the points A-E, use proportions to identify pressures in psig, then add 14.7 to get psia values:
Aaand... the ratios turn out to be similar; the are no leaks during the compression process if it starts at point B, so point B should become the focus of further analysis. How come the pressure at point B is lower than at point D? Looking at point D we see that the pressure of the blue trace has stabilized just before point D, presumably at the intake manifold pressure. But this is something that never happened for the red trace before point B, with the pressure creeping up relatively slowly after the intake pull.
The waveform suggests there is a cylinder intake restriction, but what kind -- whether it is the intake valve opened only half-way or something in the intake port -- I can't claim to know. If you have ideas on how to distinguish between these possibilities, please share. In Jonathan's case study the disassembly and visual inspection revealed the culprit.
very nice, I will keep reading this to absorb more . thanks for sharing
I just skimmed through this, so maybe reponding at this point is a bit premature. If the intake was only partially opening you would expect to see it close early. Thats what I would be looking for. Dmitiry, something I have always been very interested in is the amount of pressure in the cylinder at intake valve closing under WOT max cylinder pressure RPM. With a WPS there is a certain amount of…
Thanks, Bill, what you are saying about the intake valve makes perfect sense, but I just don't know all possible designs of actuating the valves well enough to exclude possibility of such failure mode 100%. So I'll gladly let people who have seen it all take the lead. You are right that the pressure around the IVC moment may not be stable and all calculations would be quite imprecise as a…
Dmitriy, Any data I have looks inaccurate. At one point I took in-cylinder readings with CKP to see what type of WPS lag I had during the most efficient pumping speeds. I disregarded it as inaccurate. Not sure the equipment I have is sufficient for your calculations.

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In the next few days, it's mostly cloudy. But on Friday and Saturday rain is to expected. With a high around 9 degrees it's cold. Especially on Friday a strong wind from the north.
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SAN FRANCISCO — Shuttering dozens of California state parks to trim millions from the state budget will take more than simply hanging a "Closed" sign on trailheads and beach parking lots. Many on the closure list house thousands of historical treasures that must be packed up, catalogued and stored if deals are not reached to save them.
The tens of thousands of items on public display paint a rich portrait of California's past. Among them are rare crystalline gold nuggets at the California Mining and Minerals Museum in Mariposa, painting masterworks showing early 20th century San Francisco street scenes and coastal landscapes at Shasta State Historical Park, and the writer Jack London's home and writing memorabilia in Sonoma County.
California officials admit they have been overwhelmed by the unprecedented move to close the parks, and just months before the planned closures they are working to catalog these important pieces of state history so they can undertake a massive packing, moving and storage effort should a deal not be reached. And if the state does have to move thousands of delicate items, it does not currently know how much it will cost — or how much of its projected $22 million in savings it will lose to pay for packing and long-term storage.
"When this started, I'm fairly sure we didn't have any exact science on packaging and storage of artifacts. They knew there would be a cost, but they weren't sure how to accurately estimate it," said Roy Stearns, a spokesman for the California Department of Parks and Recreation.
California operates 278 parks on 1.3 million acres, each protecting biological, historical or ecological resources, or in some cases all three.
As the July 1 closure date approaches, officials are unsure how many of the 70 parks on its closure list will remain open through partnerships. Currently the parks department has inked deals with nonprofits and other entities to keep 11 sites open, and 24 more parks have early-stage negotiations in process that officials caution are no sure thing.
Still, it's unclear how much savings are associated with individual park closings because the state can't provide a breakdown of operating costs for individual parks, according to a report issued in March by the Legislative Analyst Office. The state also failed to consider in its savings estimate the cost of packing, shipping and storing, the report said.
"There are parks on the list where short-term savings will exceed the cost of packing them up," Lia Moore, author of the report, told the Associated Press.
According to the LAO report there are a number of cost-saving and revenue generating ideas that the parks department has not implemented, despite years of declining budgets, that could have helped keep more parks from closing.
Some of the ideas include charging entrance fees rather than parking fees to deter visitors from leaving cars along roadways outside of parks and hiking in to avoid paying. The analyst estimated that if just one in eight people who visit parks paid to enter the state could reap "in the low tens of millions of dollars annually."
"The argument is you limit access socioeconomically, but by closing parks you're keeping people out of parks either way," Moore said.
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TO CELEBRATE THE UPCOMING RELEASE OF OUR 109TH 33/13 ON A LIVE ONE, WE’RE PLEASED TO BRING YOU THE FIFTH AND FINAL INSTALLMENT OF PHISH WEEK BY AUTHOR WALLY HOLLAND !
Phish put on a good show, but their onstage theatrics are generally low-key; the guys stand still while playing, and the improvised light show, though extraordinary when you think about what goes into them, is still just lights. Which is to say that video isn’t really their medium.
(There’s actually a proper ‘Phish video,’ which I will not share: ‘Down with Disease,’ off 1994’s Hoist. Beavis and Butthead got ahold of it and said all that needs saying for nonfans, though it’s there on YouTube if you want it.)
That said, here’s a fantastic A Live One-era video compilation that shows off so much of what I love about the band.
In November 1994, Aquarium Rescue Unit’s ‘Reverend’ Jeff Mosier joined the band for a weeklong traveling bluegrass lesson, guesting with them onstage and helping them step up their acoustic/bluegrass game. This is smack in the middle of the A Live One tour – the shows they selected most of the live album tracks from – and the band’s roughly 30 years old, at the height of their powers, but allowing themselves to be vulnerable as they step into a completely new musical environment. Mosier shot (most of) this 80-minute video compilation of the band that week – some bluegrass, some regular Phish stuff, some tourbus stuff, some rehearsal tapes. Fans shouldn’t miss this, but it’ll also give nonfans a nice sense of the band’s personalities. No groupies, no misbehaviour, just hardworking guys working hard at their jobs.
Also, on the bus driver, a mullet – and an abortive story about Warren G.
Just so’s you know, on the concert acoustic quartet numbers, the bass player’s playing banjo, the pianist’s on standup bass, and the drummer (the one in the dress) is on mandolin. Even for such quick studies, that takes stones! Mosier’s the guest banjo player, by the way. Unlike many or most Phish guests, he fits right in.
Basically this is a refreshingly nice bunch of extraordinarily talented geeks pushing outside their comfort zone and enjoying themselves, maybe even more than usual since they now have a hard problem to wrap their brains around. The jokes are decent – around the 35-minute mark Trey gets a laugh from Mosier with one of my favourite Phish lyrics, courtesy of Fishman. The guy with the shaggy red hair and beard is the resident genius, guitarist and chief songwriter Trey Anastasio. After he sings ‘My Sweet One,’ notice how skillfully he shuts everyone out to Get Shit Done.
For our Hebrew-speaking friends, there’s an unexpected surprise around 5:30, inexpertly but passionately delivered. (Half the band’s Jewish. Fun Internet fact!)
(Chase with this workmanlike festival set from the band’s personally groundbreaking summer 1997 tour – the opener is an average version of their weaponized polyrhythmic exercise ‘Taste,’ which ends with tonal and then (ecstatic) modal solos just like Real Grownup Jazz Music, and the set closer’s their then-new pornofunk workout ‘Ghost.’ For an encore they do ‘Limb By Limb,’ which repurposes the Latinate rhythms of ‘Taste’ with a very different feel, Mingus at Antibes-style. Please forgive the obligatory, ludicrous ‘this is rawk!’ swooping cameras; excuse, too, the dancing.)
– Wally Holland


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Research Funded by Russell Sage Foundation Shows Great Recession Still Plagues Workers With Lower Lifetime Wages
Losing a job often leads to lower earnings that stretch long beyond the time of unemployment. Yet it’s hard to know exactly what causes these lower lifetime earnings.
For displaced workers in Washington state during the Great Recession, earnings dropped suddenly and had still not fully recovered five years later, according to a working paper by labor economists at Princeton University, Michigan State University and the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.
Following job displacement, earnings were slashed nearly in half, almost entirely as a result of reduced work hours. But five years later, displaced workers who had reentered the workforce still earned 16 percent less than comparable workers who had not been displaced.
About 45 percent of these long-term earnings losses resulted from reduced work hours, and about 55 percent from lower hourly wages. The majority of displaced workers came from three industries: manufacturing, trade, and professional services like real estate, finance, and management.
“While these displaced workers’ earnings followed the familiar pattern of ‘dip, drop, and partial recovery,’ this wasn’t the case for hourly wages,” said co-lead author Alexandre Mas, professor of economics and public affairs at Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. “While overall earnings eventually bounced back as workers’ hours increased, the hourly wages themselves dropped quickly following job loss — and never really recovered.”
The findings have clear implications for policy. The authors suggest that displaced workers’ losses occur mainly because of the loss of a favorable job match, or because displaced workers’ accumulated skills were valued only by the employer where they had been employed. Effective reemployment services could help a worker reestablish a good job match or become reemployed quickly and start re-accumulating firm-specific skills...

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On Tuesday in the Northern District of Illinois, plaintiff Rancho’s Club Casino (doing business as Magnolia House Casino) filed a class-action complaint against defendants Scientific Games Corporation Bally Technologies and Bally Gaming for their “alleged monopolization of the market for automatic card shufflers used at casinos through Defendants’ abuse of the patent system and judicial process to exclude and drive out competitors from the market.”
The defendants, collectively called Bally, “manufacture and sell fully automated card shufflers under the Shuffle Master, DeckMate, and Bally names” to “produce reliably random shuffles,” as hand shuffling is illegal in many areas. In particular, the plaintiff averred that the defendants have purportedly “procured patents by fraud and then asserted those patents in sham lawsuits against competitors,” in effect keeping competitors out of the market and causing the plaintiff and others “to pay more for automated card shufflers than they otherwise would have in a competitive market.” Additionally, Rancho’s proffered that the defendants also achieved their market size through acquiring its competitors.
Moreover, the plaintiff cited a similar suit from the defendants’ “would-be competitors,” such as other automated card shuffler manufacturers and distributors; the litigation had similar monopolization allegations. Furthermore, Rancho’s noted that in that suit in 2018 the jury issued a verdict against the defendants for Sherman Act Section 2 violations and the competitors were awarded $105 million in damages, trebled for a sum total of $315 million. The plaintiff also pointed out another similar suit, where the defendants’ motion to dismiss was denied. According to Rancho’s the automated card shuffler and related products and services market is around $100 million per year, meanwhile the defendants “now control virtually 100% of that market as a result of their misconduct.”
Consequently, the plaintiff claimed that “the market is no longer competitive for these machines,” which has enabled the defendants “to set prices without fear of competitors undercutting them or stealing market share.” According to the complaint, there are also high barriers to enter the market. The plaintiff asserted that it has been harmed by this alleged conduct because it purchases automated card shufflers and as a result of the defendants’ purported monopolization, has forced the plaintiff and other purchasers to pay supracompetitive prices for these machines.
The plaintiff has sought to maintain a class action, for the court to adjudge and decree that the defendants’ alleged conduct violated Sections 2 and 3 of the Sherman Act, declaratory judgment in its favor, an award for treble damages, an injunction against the defendants from further violations, and other relief.
Rancho’s Club Casino is represented by Clifford Law Offices, P.C., Hausfeld LLP, and Mitchell DeClerck PLLC.

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Electrochemical Near-fied Scanning Optical Microscopy / Manipulation and characterization at the nanoScale
Date du début: 1 oct. 2013,
Date de fin: 30 sept. 2017
"The proposed project aims at developing and delivering a cutting edge analytical tool to provide unprecedented diagnostic capabilities for the characterization of nano/micromaterials of interest for energy conversion and storage, for nanoelectronic and catalysis, among others. To indeed optimize the design of new or existing nano/micromaterials, the fundamental reaction mechanism or properties of the active components have to be evaluated at the particle size level and therefore necessitate the development of a new generation of instrument that can combine physical observation, property characterization and local modification.The instrument we propose to develop, an electrochemical near-field Raman spectroscope (e-NSOM) will be used as a “Nano/Microlab station” that will enable on site modification, nanospectroscopy, compositional mapping and conductivity properties evaluation. Equipped with unique hybrid probes used as ultramicroelectrodes and nano-optical antennas e-NSOM will extract the electrochemical and optical properties of the sample under scrutiny, at the nanoscale and from a single measurement implemented in situ.This combination of several individual functions in a single unit will not only bring new insights in the fundamental understanding of micro and nanomaterials but also open new routes to the functionalization or modification of material at the nanoscale. Initiation and evaluation of the charge propagation within conductive polymers at different time / length scale, control of the delithiation rate (charge depth) of single particle for energy storage and subsequent analysis of the phase propagation, fine tuning of the electron conduction properties of graphene by local grafting of molecules are some of the new routes we intend to explore. By developing and applying e-NSOM, we anticipate major breakthrough in the development of these materials with strong potential for industrial applications."
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After catastrophic earthquakes, China urges end to US sanctions against Syria
(MENAFN) According to the Chinese Foreign Ministry, American sanctions against Syria have hampered relief efforts in the wake of devastating earthquakes that struck the region earlier this week and killed more than 15,000 people. Beijing pleaded with Washington to withdraw the sanctions imposed on Syria and "open the floodgates for humanitarian help."
During her regular press conference on Wednesday, spokeswoman for the foreign ministry Mao Ning was asked to comment on the sanctions. She cited Washington's history of intervening in Syria and the serious consequences for common people.
She added that "frequent [US] military strikes and harsh economic sanctions have caused huge civilian casualties and taken away the means to subsistence of the Syrians" in addition to "years of war and turmoil." She said that "the devastating earthquakes - on top of years of war and turmoil - have left Syria in a terrible humanitarian crisis."
Following Monday's earthquakes, which shook Turkey and Syria and claimed hundreds of lives in both countries, humanitarian organizations like the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) and the US-based Arab American-Anti-Discrimination Committee have pleaded with US officials to lift the sanctions.
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Presentation on theme: "The Chemistry and Effects of Acid Rain. Topics of discussion Overview Sources of the acidity in Acid rain Natural Protection Against Acid Rain Enviromental."— Presentation transcript:
Topics of discussion Overview Sources of the acidity in Acid rain Natural Protection Against Acid Rain Enviromental Problems with Acid Rain Glimmer of Hope
Overview As the name suggests, acid rain is just rain which is acidic. The rain becomes acidic because of gases which dissolve in the rain water. Rain is naturally slightly acidic because of the carbon dioxide dissolved in it (which comes from animals breathing), and to a lesser extent from chlorine (which is derived from the salt in the sea). This gives rain a pH of around 5.6.
Some of the inventions we depend on for convenience and entertainment cause pollution. Fossil fuels (gas, coal and oil), are necessary to produce electricity in most power plants. The smoke and fumes from burning these fuels are released into the air and combine with moisture to produce acid rain.
Any precipitation with pH < 5.6 is called Acid rain. The following chart will give you an indication of what different pH’s are:
About 70 percent of acid rain comes from sulphur dioxide (SO 2 ), which dissolves into the water to form sulphuric acid. The rest comes from various oxides of nitrogen (mainly NO 2 and NO 3, collectively called NO x ). These gases are produced almost entirely from burning fossil fuels, mainly in power stations and road transport:
Sources of Acidity in the Acid Rain Over 90% of the SO 2 and NO x present in the atmosphere over eastern North America is a result of human activities. The major sources of sulfur emissions are coal (and to a lesser extent, oil) burning electric power plants, and industries such as ore smelting. Together, these two industries account for over 70% of the sulfur emissions in North America.
About 40% of NO x emissions come from the transportation sector, (cars, trucks, planes etc.). The rest are emitted from fossil fuel fired power plants and other combustion processes Most fuels including coal and oil, are mixtures of many different hydrocarbons, some of which contain sulphur.
When fuels containing suphur are burned, the sulphur present forms sulpur dioxide. S + O 2 SO 2 Subsequent reaction of the SO 2 with air gives 2 SO 2 + O 2 2SO 3 When the gases SO2 and SO3 join with water acids are formed. SO 2 + H 2 O H 2 SO 3 (sulphurous acid) SO 2 + H 2 O H 2 SO 3 (sulphuric acid)
Combustion reactions (such as automobiles) cause small amounts of N 2 to react with oxygen in the air. N 2 + O 2 2 NO N 2 + 2 O 2 2 NO 2 Subsequent reaction of the NO with atmospheric O 2 2 NO + O 2 2 NO 2 In addition some of the NO 2 also reacts with water. 2 NO 2 + H 2 O HNO 2 + HNO 3
The combined “soup” of H 2 SO 3, H 2 SO 4, HNO 2 and HNO 3 constitutes “acid rain” The following also contribute to acid rain problems Volcanic eruptions (produces sulphur dioxide) Gas from rotting vegetation. Lighting (produces nitric oxide)
Natural Protection against Acid Rain Most lakes have a moderate CO 2 /HCO 3 buffer Once this buffer is exceeded, damage occurs Once acid rain stops, the absorption of CO 2 from the atmosphere eventually reverses, most of the effects of acid rain Many lakes are limestone-rich which neutralize the acid rain. Dumping limestone from airplanes reverses the effect of acid rain as well
Environmental Problems with Acid Rain Fish and plant grow is seriously affected by acidified water and soil. Many lakes are now fishless Forests begin to die due to acidified soil The following slides demonstrate some of the effects of acid rain on the environment.
Acid rain has a particularly devastating effect on forests
Acid rain leaches minerals out of rocks and soil Aluminum ions leached out of rocks are poisonous Beneficial nutrients can be leached out of top soils and down to subsoils where it’s nutrients are unavailable for plant growth.
Metal and stone structures, especially buildings made from limestone, ( a material favoured in the past) are damaged by acid rain Many ancient buildings and statues are now completely destroyed or unrecognizable.
Long term exposure to acid rain can have dramatic effects, the first picture is the original sculpture, the second one is how it looks right now
Acid rain frequently falls to earth far from where it is created. Nations that create the problem do not usually have to deal with the consequences People’s health suffers directly and indirectly from water contaminated by acid rain and chemicals from leached soil and rock.
Hope An upsurge in public awareness of environmental issues such as acid rain is helping. New technologies offer a way to halt acid rain Alternative nonpolluting energy sources Industrial processes are being modernized to cut pollution and harmful waste International cooperation on pollution problems is accelerating; people are concerned and governments are listening
Bibliography Chemistry 12: A workbook for students : James Hebden p. 186 to 188