That brief bit of charm cannot overcome what a colossally ill-conceived venture Green Book is. No, we do not need white men explaining black culture to black men in any film of 2018 (let alone since cinema began). We just aren't that advanced as a society, haven't been able to even begin the process of reconciling our ongoing oppression of black Americans, and it's certainly not going to happen in a Peter Farrelly film that opens with the largest assemblage of Italian stereotypes this side of a poor Goodfellas cosplay session yelling, "Oh, hey, Ima yellin' the lines here, this is whata the Italians do right? Letsa scream at the baseball. Pasta Italiano wife-o makea me a plate-o." It will not shock you to learn those aren't direct quotes from the dialogue but if it was in any way annoying to read I assure you hearing it was worse. This cloying bit of working-class fakery isn't entertaining and Farrelly directs the lineup of stereotypes with somehow less panache than the comedies he made his name on in the '90s. See, this is a serious film about serious things, so punching things up for entertainment is out of the question. Better instead to insert an unnecessary amount insert shots showing Dolores smiling at Tony's letters or an entire series of shots showing Tony and Don pulling over to get some Kentucky Fried Chicken. That's about the extent of their characterization and you'd think if Farrelly, along with screenwriters Nick Vallelonga and Brian Hayes Currie, felt so locked into the white experience as to not consult Don Shirley's living relatives that they'd bother to at least make the white characters have decent arcs. They don't.
So all we're left with is Don and, god bless Ali for trying, Don is the type of black character cliché only white authors can come up with when studiously avoiding other clichés. Farrelly and crew go out of their way to drain Don of any semblance of black identity until all they're left with is the distilled emptiness of respectability politics shaped into a human outline. Don's first appearance, for Chrissakes, has him looking like he rolled out of a trailer of unused costumes for Coming to America played 100% straight. The Farrelly of old would have had the bad taste to at least try and make a joke out of this but he's a "serious" filmmaker now so those ostentatious fabrics billow onscreen while I beg for someone - anyone - to say or do something that might disrupt the placid respectability of it all.
Don is so empty that when he starts his emotional speech about not being sure of his place it reads only as a screenwriter's admission of guilt. They even trot out the cliché of the non-white shopper denied access to a clothing store. The earliest I know of is in Selena, the biopic starring Jennifer Lopez and Edward James Olmos, but that film had a firm understanding of families learning to shoulder the bigotry of white people between generations. Selena also had great music, a part of Green Book that should have been an easy inclusion but because Farrelly focuses so heavily on Tony's perspective almost all Don's piano pieces are heard in bits. The only piece heard clearly is when Don fulfills Tony's expectations of what parts of black culture Tony thinks Don should inhabit, not because Don gets to play for himself. And right there is the biggest problem. Farrelly and crew, by their own admission, barely bothered consulting Don's family when creating Green Book and Don's family didn't take too kindly to that. Even without that bit of knowledge, Green Book is about how a walking cliché learns to get along with another - even emptier - cliché. With that knowledge, Green Book becomes yet another example of white people thinking they understand the stories of black people better than they do. This isn't even speculation at this point since Farrelly admits to going forward with the project with the scraps he had and that he wouldn't have let the family change the story anyway.
Farrelly and crew have since gone on to win awards for Green Book and, even in face of the criticism, sure as hell aren't in a hurry to abdicate them in favor of diverse films that respected their subjects. This final nail is just one more piece of evidence exposing Green Book for what it is - a reductive piece of white supremacist entertainment made for cowards who have no interest in learning about the very subject they're making a film about. If you, as an audience member, take offense to that description of the filmmakers I'd like to remind you of the phrase, "A hit dog will holler."
Screenplay written by Peter Farrelly, Nick Vallelonga, and Brian Hayes Currie.
Starring Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali.


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According to a new report from the Center Against Religious Extremism (CARE), a dense web of connections links the secretive evangelical network that hosts the annual National Prayer Breakfast, known as "The Family" or The Fellowship, to the Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Supreme Court case which has granted new religious freedom rights to private corporations.
As the CARE report details, a September 12-15 2013 conference of The Gathering in Scottsdale, AZ brought together key litigants, funders, and plaintiffs involved in the momentous and controversial Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Supreme Court Case, including three generations of the Green family, owners of the Hobby Lobby craft store chain and key plaintiffs in Hobby Lobby v. Burwell.
As CARE notes, the president of The Gathering Fred Smith has twice stated, in the official quarterly newsletter of The Gathering, that the annual conference known as The Gathering was conceived during a 1985 meeting at the Arlington, VA mansion headquarters of The Family.
The biggest foundation represented at The Gathering, the National Christian Foundation, is one of the biggest funders of The Family's two main nonprofits, The Fellowship Foundation and the Wilberforce foundation. The NCF gave the two over $5.1 million dollars from 2001-2012 according to CARE, which further reveals that The Gathering frequently features Family leaders as speakers, including keynote speakers from the Family's signature event, the National Prayer Breakfast – an event attended by every U.S. president since Eisenhower.
The National Christian Foundation, which CARE research identifies as "perhaps the leading anti-LGBT rights funder in America", has also financed the Becket Fund, whose lawyers represented the plaintiffs in the Hobby Lobby v. Sebelius case, and funded the Alliance Defending Freedom, whose lawyers represented plaintiffs in the Conestoga Woods v. Sebelius case. The two cases were merged into what became Burwell v. Hobby Lobby.
Top funders of the NCF, reports CARE, have been the Green family – owners of the Hobby Lobby craft store chain and central plaintiffs in the Hobby Lobby case. Three generations of Greens attended the Scottsdale, AZ The Gathering 2013 conference, along with representatives of the National Christian Foundation.
Briefing The Gathering 2013 on the current work of the Alliance Defending Freedom, according to The Gathering's official newsletter, was ADF president Alan Sears – whose $40 million-a year Christian law nonprofit represented plaintiffs in almost one half of the lawsuits across the nation which have challenged reproductive health care mandates in the Affordable Care Act.
As the CARE report describes, The Gathering is,
"… a community of quietly but deeply radical billionaire Christian patrons helping bankroll a mounting global onslaught against LGBT rights, who have led attacks on public schools and unions and heavily fund creationism and global warming denialism…
The community represented at this annual event – whose membership and foundations give upwards of one billion dollars a year in grants – serves as the financial wing of The Family and represents the main private funding stream bankrolling the ongoing culture wars (see Twocare.org special report, The Gathering: The Religious Right's Cash Cow), including the mounting international onslaught on LGBT rights and the legal campaign against Obamacare.
The Gathering community includes many of the richest family dynasties on the Christian right. In any given year at the Gathering one might find members and representatives of the billionaire Green, Coors, DeVos, Prince, Friess, Maclellan, DeMoss, and Ahmanson families, as well as heads of the Templeton foundation and the gargantuan National Christian Foundation, now the 12th biggest charitable foundation in America that raises money from private sources according to the Chronicle of Philanthropy.
Disturbing details showcased in the report include The Gathering's ties to the overtly theocratic Christian Reconstructionism movement. Writes Bruce E. Wilson, author of the CARE report,
One astonishing indication of The Gathering's underlying radical political and ideological nature is an op-ed, published in the Winter 2005 newsletter of The Gathering, by Christian Reconstructionist pastor Kenneth L. Gentry, who argued that, per the biblical prescription of Leviticus 20:9, parents should sanction the execution of disobedient children who have broken "God's holy Law".
In that Winter 2005 Gathering newsletter op-ed, author Kenneth L. Gentry claims that Jesus Christ has advocated such a position by citing Leviticus 20:9. Also contributing an article to the same newsletter issue was evangelical writer Andy Crouch, now Executive Editor for Christianity Today.
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Ukraine wins the Eurovision Song Contest 2016!
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The final results are in and we have a winner! Ukraine and Jamala has won the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest with the song 1944, receiving a grand total of 534 points!
It's been an intense but exciting evening here at the Globe Arena where we saw the 26 finalists at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 perform onstage for the last time, hoping to be crowned the winner of the annual contest and bring the contest to their home nation in 2017!
We witnessed a stunning fashion show, a musical treat from American superstar Justin Timberlake himself and a number of comedy sketches which brought us a lot of laughs, all in the lead up to tonight's highly anticipated results.
Tonight saw the introduction of the new voting system which is set to be used in all future editions of the competition, in which the jury votes were revealed separately from those of the public televote.
With the 42 spokespersons announcing the votes of the national jury members from the competing nations, it was Dami Im from Australia who was leading on the scoreboard before the revelation of the public televote.
The votes were revealed in an exciting build up with only the votes of the top 4 of the televote remaining (Poland, Australia, Ukraine and Russia). However, it was Russia who received the top marks from the televote but, combined with the jury votes, it was Jamala from Ukraine who won the competition with the entry 1944, receiving a total of 534 points.
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High dross formation and An acid flux bath.
We try to neutralize the flux bath by adding an ammonium solution but the rate of con termination is high.
Yes we have a rinse tank but still its not enough!
Sir, what is your advise on the above?
Are you "wet" or "dry" kettle? What is too high of rate of dross? How long do your kettles last?
I have a serious problem with bare spot because of Chinese raw material. I produce steel tower angle and plate, our flux is double salt acn 0.8 and fe+2, 0.28%, so, my supervisor tries to solve the bare spot problem by brushing the angles with ammonium chloride solution for 45 minutes, then immersing in zinc kettle. The result became okay but as per my little experience the dross will increase too much. I read an article before that every additional gm of ammonium chloride causes 20 gm of dross, is it right or not? And what's the side effects of doing it my supervisor's way?
It is NOT true that 1 gram of ammonium chloride in the flux gives 20 grams of dross at the kettle.
Your question reminds me of my work 40 years ago and for this I feel badly for you. Properly formulated, tested, and used, quadraflux does an excellent and extremely effective job of galvanizing your types of steel (assuming the pickling is good). Unfortunately there are some extremely bad inhibitors in the market place that prevents proper pickling. I do have a good article in the journal titled Metal Finishing. The name of this article is something like: "Testing, Control, and Use of Hot Dip Galvanizing Flux." I looked for a copy here at home and was not able to find it to properly reference it, sorry. This website has a search engine and I have made many replies to questions like yours. So please search this website and the general web via Google.
Is your kettle dry or wet? In dry applications, excess ammonium chloride will have no effect, just extra fumes.
Why don't you try using sandblasting -- would be quicker and cheaper.
Sorry, I forget to tell you that our kettle is dry and we have preflux double salt with temperature 50 °C and in our kettle we never use lead; we can use nickel and aluminum and bismuth alloys.
And I have good friends in Turkey, Mrs. Isik Spaci. They are good galvanizing consultant.
Q. Dear Dr. Cook /Mr. Ozge.
1st, I suggested the shot grit blasting since the sand blasting will increase the silica in the degreasing and pickling.
Regarding the ammonium chloride, does it really only cause white fumes, or increase the dross & ash also?
Also, I think that one mole or gram from iron gives you 25 mole or grams. Am I right?
Dr. Cook, you kindly suggested me to use quadraflux, can you give me the best specifications (composition ratios, pH, temperature, etc.] Please advise.
Quadraflux is 1.6 parts ammonium chloride and 1 part zinc chloride. Best baumé is 13. Best pH is 4.2. Best temperature of flux solution is 71 °C. Keep product in flux solution about 3 to 5 minutes to heat fully the steel. Take out steel and lay at an angle to promote drainage. Drying should be done within a few minutes. Fluxed steel should enter kettle with little spatter. Faster entry is best. Slower withdrawal is usually best.
I will give Mrs. Sapci your compliments at our next meeting.
Ammonium chloride will cause increase in white fuming. Double salts are always "fumeless" but as triple (ZnCl2.3NH4Cl) or quadraflux (ZnCl2.4NH4Cl) would have higher fuming. You might also try to sprinkle ammonium chloride powder before you dip into zinc. This is very old application, causes heavy fuming but best option for poor pickled parts. It won't affect your dross and ash formation, but will cause drop in aluminum content (especially if your kettle is small).
Also you might try to agitate your acids strongly or heat them over 35 degrees. This would give better pickling.
One more option; dip your products by normal procedure, immerse, withdraw, dip into flux again without cooling, re-galvanize. I used to do it a lot with angles, I-U beams, which have very poor steel quality. But of course coating thickness will exceed 150 microns.
Dross is 96% zinc and 4% iron. Thus we can say 1 gram of iron will produce 25 gram of dross. But actually this doesn't mean that every 1 gram of excess iron will result in that much dross. Some will dissolve in zinc (if your nickel is high this solubility will be less) some will oxidize while immersing, (zinc ash may have 3% iron) etc. The rest will form dross.
Quadraflux is ZnCl2.4NH4Cl. Best ideal pH range is 4-4.5 (best will be 4.2) - use titration method, pH meters are rubbish -- and ideal Temperature would be 60-65 degrees.
35 °C (95 ° F) is too hot to heat 17% HCl. The fumes will destroy the roof and the building, which will happen anyway if a good inhibitor at the right concentration is not used.
Of course I am assuming inhibitor, good ventilation system and moreover an enclosed pretreatment unit. Thanks for mentioning about all these.
HCl is a gas which is heavier than air. It fills a galvanizing plant from the floor upward. This gas along with water vapor is terribly corrosive. I have seen steel corrosion in warmer climates for areas around a galvanizing plant corrode to orange black dust over the years. The best HCl fume control that I saw exhausts the HCl gas down through the floor. Simply put the best HCl temperature range in my experiences is between 70 and 85 °F. Above 85 °F the workers and the cranes suffer.
From which country do you purchase your HCl inhibitor and at what concentration do you use it? Also do you test its effectiveness in the HCl pickle tank?
I know all these. Because of all things you mentioned, we have good ventilation system that is sucking and blowing air 10 cm below the acid bath top edge. Thus, all acid fumes are sucked and sent to treatment unit. I guess it is forbidden to give brand name but we use an Italian famous brand, which has 2 additives (inhibitor and anti vapor). Also our environmental advisors regularly measure the acidity in the air and reports that it is very low. And also you can notice little smell, even standing in front of a fresh acid.
Even I don't usually exceed 30 °C (guess it is like 85 °F) , but in extreme cases exceeding this value does not cause problems for us.
A. There's a lot to be said about having a good inhibitor, as Tom has said.
There are some that prevent proper pickling.
There are some that do nothing useful.
There are only a few that do what you really want them to do - allow the dissolving of oxides of iron while preventing dissolving steel.
HCl fume is an issue, dependent of temp and concentration.
In "sunny" Scotland the temperature is not much of a problem. I remember one year breaking the ice on the surface of one pickle tank!
Do you mind if I ask about your average pickling time during "winter" (for fresh acid and for 30 baumé)?
You answered my question of where you get your inhibitor EXACTLY AS I EXPECTED. Regarding this supplier I respond "NO COMMENT."
Incidentally 30 °baumé FRESH HCl is NOT available, the highest concentration is 20 ° baumé (e.g. about 35.5% HCl). After being fresh the dissolving of iron and zinc causes the baum é to rise to the 30 to 40 ° baum é range. Some iron is required for good pickling in HCl.
In my inhibitor testing of 38 years ago (now published in the magazine METAL FINISHING) I did all my testing at 3 parts inhibitor/10,000 parts mixed acid (e.g. 3 liters inhibitor/10,000 liters mixed acid). For sulfuric acid I used 10% acid, 2% iron, 1% zinc and 160 °F. Only one inhibitor (produced in the USA) did everything I wanted, including NOT slowing the pickling (in a separate test). For HCl I used 1:1 HCl/water 3/10,000 and the same iron and zinc and at 90 °F. Again only one (produced in the USA) did what I wanted.
About 10 years ago I was called into a new start-up plant using sulfuric acid, which previous to my arrival had 3 (55 gallon) barrels of fume suppressant plus inhibitor put into each of three 20,000 gallon pickle tanks. The fumes were so bad that I could NOT walk across the plant floor crosswise. Simply put, my lungs closed up and I could not take a breath. The workers were having nose bleeds and quitting. I drove to a nearby galvanizer and obtained two 5 gallon buckets of the good inhibitor and put one gallon into each acid tank. The next morning I came into the plant and the workers all came up to me and were thanking me for the clean air that they could take a breath. The supplier blamed the first product on a "bad batch." RIGHT!!! With the good inhibitor the air in the plant was the same as clean outdoor air.
A few months ago I went to the East Coast of the USA and noted that the HCl was not properly pickling. A test confirmed that the acids were over-inhibited (same supplier) as the case 10 years ago. This was quite unusual because the plant manager said they had not added any inhibitor for the last 5 months. To increase pickling they had heated up the HCl tanks and the guy was there getting ready to remove and replace the roof. All the acid tanks were then hauled away and new acid brought in and inhibited with the good inhibitor. It was a pleasure having acid that pickled very well and with almost NO fumes. Thus the combination of a good inhibitor and with proper testing, fast pickling, very low fumes, and very long acid tank lifetimes are easy to attain.
Geoff has very good experience.
But, structural steel, (beams and columns for buildings) in winter might take 2-4 hours.
We manage to use pickle tanks where heavy long pickle time material is at the bottom, while lighter quicker material sits near the top.
In another plant further south (warmer), winter pickle time can be 1-2 hours for light material.
Sorry for my rubbish English, I have asked for 2 different values; new fresh acid and 30 baumé acid (after it is used and reached to 30 baumé).
After your good response I will consider about the inhibitor and temperature. Thanks for your help.
Our acid pickling concentration always was kept between 8.0 up to 12.0 to avoid acid fumes; we have same acid suction unit as explained by our friend Ozge but from a Chinese supplier.
Regarding the inhibitors, I am a little bit worried since we are using Chinese brand and I can't trust it. It may be causing poor pickling. I hope that Dr. Tom can recommend a good brand for us from local market (China) if available. Otherwise, give us the way how to test it. Final solution we can import from international market as per his suggestion.
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30 some years ago I found a wetting agent for flux that I liked. I used vacuum (water aspirated) and reduced the volume of this wetting agent by 95%. I then added water back and got the same good results as a wetting agent. I contacted the maker of this wetting agent and indeed he admitted that he took 2 gallons of the concentrated wetting agent and then added 50 gallons of water to it and sold it by the barrel at about $2,000/barrel. I chose NOT to deal with this guy who liked to dilute a good material and sell it for a huge profit. Later I found a concentrated material that works extremely well at 1 to 3 parts/10,000 parts of tank volume. (e.g. 0.01% to 0.03%). Thus from this posting you should note and understand that if an inhibitor company recommends much higher concentrations it is likely the inhibitor is not very effective or watered down. Also realize that the more inhibitor an inhibitor company sells the more money the inhibitor company makes. Also some inhibitor makers do not disclose on MSDS sheets what is in their products which should make you question why not? In the USA disclosure on MSDS sheets is a requirement of law. An acid inhibitor MUST nearly prevent additional attack of the bare steel after the mil scale is removed, and it MUST NOT slow down pickling (removal of mil scale). Thus two types of testing are required: 1)acid attack on steel in a stressed condition and 2)pickling speed tests on steel with a mill scale coating. Less fumes in the plant come automatically with a good inhibitor. There are fume control agents (which are NOT inhibitors) as well but I rarely use them except in special cases.
My article in the magazine METAL FINISHING about inhibitors is titled something like: "Testing and Use of Acid Inhibitors." From this article you can test and evaluate inhibitors to find the one or two (from many) that suits your needs.
Q. I am an employee at one of the construction companies that manufacture scaffolding and formwork.
Most of our products are galvanized, therefore we set up a galvanizing process. It's been running 75%, but I am still confused as to the determination of the proper usage of fluxing solution because I'm new in this issue. Whether mono salt, salt double, triple or quad salt?
I need help to determine which fluxing solution I will use in my company now.
Q. How do you purify triple salt flux which is contaminated by hydrochloric acid? Test procedure to determine the iron content in a flux solution?
I am responsible of qc in galvanizing factory. I have an article about flux. Please guide me what should I do?
-Additive to make the steel more wettable.
These additives really work? Is there another kind of additives I can use in the preflux bath?
There is no additive to complex iron in flux.
Nickel in the flux is toxic, according to the USA CDC, nickel in any form causes lung cancer. Also nickel in the zinc at 0.05% only works for silicon semi-killed steel (e.g. 0.05% silicon to about 0.15% silicon). In the USA nearly all steels are fully-killed steels, silicon above 0.15% or aluminum above 0.03% aluminum. For these steels nickel is of little or no value.
There is an excellent surfactant in the market which at 0.03% reduces the surface tension from about 80 dynes/cm down to about 30 dynes/cm. It also is an excellent corrosion protector for steel and by having a 1 inch layer of suds on the flux solution reduces the heating cost for the flux tank by 50%. This wetting agent is made in the USA and Germany.
My company sent the flux samples of different suppliers to a lab. The two samples had different ACNs and I still don't know which one is the best for my case.
We galvanize about 80% angle steel and the other 20% are sheets. We are not able to heat the preflux more than 40 °C, but we have an oven.
What is the best for me? An ACN of about 0.4 (MONOSALT) or is there another good composition for my case? I've read that the best for sheet is the monosalt, why is this? Is it because of the low ammonium concentration?
I run plating business in South Korea.
I read your posting on finishing.com and I would like to ask some questions, if you don't mind.
1. In your posting, there's a direction that 'Add some wetting agent during fluxing process'. So I added made-in-Korea wetting agent over 2%, but only resulting 40 dyne/cm of surface tension.
2. Is it ok to get less zinc consumption, less ash and less bottom dross effect with surface tension 40 or so?
3. I would like to know correlation between zinc consumption and surface tension.
4. And, is there any negative effect in flux cistern, pouring some addition agent of 2% - 4% of total amount?
There is no way I can answer your questions because I have no idea what your wetting agent is. I do not know if it would be beneficial or bad.
At what point does recirculating waste water ruin the flux?
I am working as a chemist in an HDG plant.
My question considers the effect of washing water on flux. We are using HCl for pickling. As we don't have canalization, waste water for rinsing has to be sent to authorized companies and thus we were forced to deal with this problem in a way that our waste water is circulating. It goes from washing tub in to neutralizer (NaCl is added) and it is neutralized at 8,1 pH; some coagulants and flocculants are added for precipitation and after that water goes to precipitation tank where the sludge is pulled out. "Clean" water goes back in the wash tub and it is used again.
The only problem now is that the water currently contains 83% of NaCl (100% corresponds to 36 g/l), total dissolved solids are 19 g/l, conductivity is 36mS at the temperature of 13,2 °C.
I am aware that at some point we will contaminate flux with Na+ ions. Do you know what other problems I can expect? What can I expect in the dipping process, more smoke, ungalvanized areas?
We are using our type of flux for 8 years now where the ratio of ZnCl2:NH4Cl is 2:1, flux is 21 baumé, temperature 25-35 °C, content of Fe2+ lower than 1 g/l, and we don't have any problems in production -- black spots are really rare.
Does anyone else have the same experience with rinsing of goods in salted water? At what level/concentration of NaCl /conductivity do you send it out? At what concentration of salt can I expect that the material after rinsing and before fluxing, although it takes few seconds, will start to corrode? Is it possible that material goods will corrode after fluxing? Do you have any suggestions for me?
He is unable to answer. According to him, this type flux is specially designed for my plant.
Temperature of flux is: 51 °C.
I am suspicious of the supplier because the quality of flux he is supplying us is causing us a lot of problems.
After dipping the product into flux solution, we will have corrosion line on the surface of the product and it creates a lot of ash during dipping in the zinc pot.
In hot dip galvanizing fluxes certain non-volatile chemical compounds may be present (even in brand new fluxes). These may include calcium chloride (CaCl2), magnesium chloride (MgCl2), manganese chloride (MnCl2), sodium chloride (NaCl), and potassium chloride (KCl).
About 30 years ago I found 13% sodium chloride in a flux from Iceland and the galvanizer had 13% rejects. A reject being product that had to go through the kettle twice. When the flux was replaced with a flux having no sodium chloride the rejects went away. Same thing happened in Madrid except it was 20% sodium chloride in a pipes galvanizing plant with 20% rejects and again rejects disappeared when flux with no sodium chloride was put in the flux tank.
I now know that if the solid flux contains about 3% total non-volatiles (or about 8 grams/liter in the working flux), then the rejects will be about 5%.
I recommend that you have your working fluxes tested by icp/ms and post the results. The results should be in mg/liter of the chlorides of the various metals.
Vedrana-- You cannot neutralize with sodium chloride (NaCl), you must mean sodium hydroxide (NaOH). The proper pH of rinse before flux is 5 or lower, otherwise the product will corrode before you can get to the zinc kettle. Your current procedure is bad and you will contaminate the flux.
Jeet-- Have your incoming (new) flux tested and post the results.
Which flux salt (mono, double, triple, quadra) you recommend me to use in my batch galvanizing plant since my dryer is not really effective. Also what can I add to my flux tank to stop the zinc spattering or scattering from my kettle since my dryer is not effective as I told before.
A. If you would like to try a flux extremely low in non volatile salts I suggest you try PREACT. We manufacture our flux at our plant in Freeport, TX USA from virgin raw materials to insure the lowest possible level of non-volatile salts.
Thanks for your participation Thorn! We don't recommend one proprietary product over another in this forum, nor can we ask our supporting advertisers who make the forum possible to bear the costs of postings that steer the potential customers to non-advertisers, so we had to abbreviate your posting a bit.
But you are implying that low-volatiles in flux is an important issue, and it sounds to me like a valid technical point. Thanks!
A. Ted, I can appreciate your comments. The best expert to ask regarding the problems of high levels of non-volatile salts in a galvanizing flux can cause is Dr. Thomas Cook. He has done a great deal of work testing fluxes. He is by far the best expert I know on this topic.
Hi again. No question about Dr. Cook's expertise, which has been demonstrated countless times on this site, let alone many other venues. However, unless there are several suppliers of fluxes with low non-volatiles, the topic would become a public discussion of a single proprietary product -- which is always a disaster for a dozen reasons :-) Thanks.
Generally double salt flux is used among batch galvanizers. However you can use higher ammonium chloride content but it will cause excessive fume.
But please keep in mind that nothing will be as advantageous as a good drying system.
Mr. Ozge. Thanks for your existing reply and I appreciate your help a lot. Regarding fumes, no problem; we have our effective fume suction unit.
So what is the best flux to give us best quality and consumption?
As well do you an idea about pickling accelerator?
By the way what do you do in Doha?
For quality issue, actually I have never noticed any difference between double salt and triple salt. Moreover if you can eliminate fume, and I am assuming that your pickling is not perfect (as you want to accelerate your pickling) triple salt can give you a better solution. Although the consumptions are nearly the same, triple salt is cheaper than double.
I have seen a chemical supplier is offering pickling accelerators, but I have never used it or seen any plant using it. I am not sure chemical approach to accelerate pickling can efficiently work. Maybe Dr. Cook can explain that subject to us.
I am currently installing a galvanizing plant (14.5 x 1.8 x 3 m kettle dimensions) and a fabrication unit (fully automated pole production line and road barrier line). Actually main equipment installation is finished; we are doing the auxiliary fabrications and waiting for governmental approvals.
Q. To reduce the Fe from flux bath I put in H2O2 . how can I remove the foam that appears on the bath surface? Because in this foam is very much Fe and I want to get it away from the flux bath .
Didn't you filter your flux after adjusting pH and adding peroxide?
Better you do continuous flux filtering system which helps to remove Iron content from Flux bath.
The reason you got so much foam when you added H2O2 to the flux was that your pH is too low. You must also FIRST add aqua ammonia (ammonium hydroxide) to provide OH- groups for the Fe+3 that is formed to make Fe(OH)3. Without the ammonia, peroxide self destructs to oxygen (the foam) and water.
I need the method to analyse flux solution (Hot dip galvanizing) for iron content. The method which I have is by using KMnO4 with pink end point.
My problem is the pink end point never comes while analysing flux. It's found the the solution turns greenish black which cannot assure the end point.
Please help and guide which method to be used for analysing iron in flux which can show clear endpoint.
Best titrant for Fe+2 is potassium dichromate with sulfuric acid/phosphoric acid buffer and sodium diphenylamine sulfonate. End point is from light green to deep blue.
Thanks for response regarding Fe+2 analysis.
Can you describe a complete method to analyse hot dip galvanizing flux for iron content using potassium dichromate?
Q. We are using nickel base Flux chemical and the baumé is 14 only. I need to increase the baumé. How can I increase it?
Nickel in the zinc is effective ONLY with silicon semikilled steels (e.g. silicon between about 0.04% and 0.14% Si). There is very little steel like this in the USA and nickel in the zinc at 0.05% nickel is not so popular as it was some years ago.
I am not aware of any proof that nickel chloride in the flux is effective in controlling silicon semikilled steels.
I did some experiments with auto catalytic nickel plating (a few microns before a regular flux) and it did work on silicon semikilled steels. There were problems in controlling the nickel content in the auto plating solution depending on temperature, pH, and some other variables. A flux company in Germany said they did not make nickel containing flux because after it was contaminated there was no way to get rid of it.
Because nickel causes lung cancer, I NEVER recommend the use of nickel in galvanizing because it is quite likely to become airborne.
And what is the advice to get the best results?
I presume your numbers are percent?
How was the iron determined?
IF!! your numbers are correct?? There is not nearly enough ammonium chloride for good galvanizing. The iron is a bit high.
This is the result from the report; we use double salt flux.
What is your opinion in this analysis, and what precautions should I take?
My flux gravity is 1.18 and its temperature is 40 °C, and I'm also doing online flux filtration. Iron content in flux is 4.5 gm/lit.
Now I am struggling from more ash formation in zinc bath and also heavy ash marks on material.
I am using platinum flux.
Please advise me how can I solve the problem?
I prepared the flux solution from the reaction of zinc chloride with ammonium chloride. When analyzing the solution, the ratio of zinc chloride was 21.66% while ammonium chloride was 15%. When the solution was left for a period of time, a precipitate was formed. I do not know what is the reason? It also gives little adhesion. I hope you will help me to give the exact proportions of the reactive materials.
I want to use only NH4CL for new fluxing tank. What will happen? Please answer me? We galvanize all kinds of structures and towers.
A. You will certainly get a lot of fume.
It might work, but it could also be that you don't get full wetting and fluxing and that results in bare patches.
You could try it in a small batch on some sample plates and see what happens, that way you don't waste a whole flux tank of materials.
I also want to know the ratio. How much NH4Cl to use in 1 liter?
45 years ago I did experiments using NH4Cl alone and ZnCl2 alone for hot dip galvanizing fluxes. NH4Cl dried very quickly on the steel but corroded the steel very badly. ZnCl2 never dried and the steel did not corrode. The NH4Cl flux gave much skimmings (ash) and smoke. The ZnCl2 spattered badly when going into the molten zinc. In the end both steel samples galvanized fairly well with about 3 mils of zinc (75 microns). Do not expect good results from ammonium chloride alone or zinc chloride alone.
Experiments with hot 160 °F (71 °C) triple or quadraflux dried quickly and did not corrode and gave an excellent result. The steel must be in the hot triple salt solution long enough to heat the steel completely so the heat of the steel dries the flux from the inside.
Q. I'm a process engineer at a hot dip galvanizing plant in Morocco. We are facing a problem with the flux solution: the ACN is going up and we can't explain the ZnCl2 consumption.
We use a double salt flux with temperature 45 °C. Our ACN went from 0,8 to 1 in about 4 months.
I would be very thankful to you if you can help us out on this issue.
If you are using ammonium hydroxide (aqua ammonia) to raise the pH of your flux then this is the same as adding ammonium chloride. Each U.S. gallon of ammonium hydroxide is the same as adding 11 pounds of ammonium chloride.
If this is not the "problem", then perhaps whoever is dong the testing may be doing it incorrectly.
Q. Thank you sir for your quick reply.
Actually we are using ammonium hydroxide 25%, and for each 1000 l of ammonium hydroxide we're adding 275 kg of zinc chloride to correct the ACN.
By adding 1,000 liters of 25% aqua ammonia (expressed as percent NH3), and 275 Kg of zinc chloride, you are indeed increasing your ACN.
0.25 * 1,000 L * 0.91 * (53.45/17) = 715 Kg ammonium chloride.
In the above calculation: 0.25 is the % NH3.
The 0.91 g/ml is the density of the NN3 solution.
The 53.45 is the molecular weight of ammonium chloride.
The real question here is WHY would you need to add 1,000 liters of NH4OH to neutralize excess acid in your flux? This is enough ammonia to neutralize about 2,000 liters of 17% HCl. You must not have a rinse tank between your HCl tanks and your flux OR you have an old rinse solution that is stagnant for many years? Perhaps clean water is costly in your country.
I do not normally give any advise without knowing more about a plant, however skimmings or ash possibly could be added to your flux to both neutralize acid carry-over and to keep your ACN down.
What is the density (in Be' units or g/ml) of your flux.
Your operation is not in control.
And by the way I do not like double salt.
Q. I want to know which type of flux used in tower galvanising unit, and tell me solution used in flux?
The best results that I have found for flux is: 12 to 14 degrees baumé (measured at room temperature; 4.2 pH; temperature 160 °F (71 °C); below 1% sulfate; non-traditional non-volatiles below 7,000 (Ca, Mg, Mn, K, Na expressed as chlorides). The ACN which should be 1.6.
Unfortunately, many commercial fluxes sold in India, China, and Europe are made from recycled materials or poor starting materials and give poor results in galvanizing. Only by testing the actual process flux can suitability be determined. Fortunately in the USA there is one excellent flux manufacturer.
You're saying that after 5 min in the flux tank (why that long?), purlins (bare steel? what grade?) made of 2 mm thick material turn red (bright red or the color of rust?) for some unknown reason? Then they galvanize correctly anyway, or they galvanize unsatisfactorily, or you stop the process and don't even attempt to galvanize them? Thanks.


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A small table shall be placed near the bed of the sick one it shall be covered with a clean white linen cloth, and on it shall be placed an Ikon of the Lord Jesus Christ, a lighted candle, a glass of water, a spoon, and a napkin.
The Priest shall take a particle of the Reserved Holy Mystery, put it into a Cup, and pour therein a little wine (to soften the Particle as much as may be sufficient for the sick one to receive).
Priest: Blessed is our God always, both now and ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen.
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen.
All Holy Trinity, have mercy on us. Lord, be gracious unto our sins. Master, pardon our transgressions. Holy One, visit and heal our infirmities for Your Name's sake, and have mercy on us.
Lord have mercy; Lord have mercy; Lord have mercy.
Priest: For Yours is the Kingdom and the Power and the Glory, of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit; both now and ever, and to the ages of ages.
The Infirm: Amen. Lord have mercy (12).
O come, let us worship and fall down before God our King.
O come, let us worship and fall down before Christ our King and our God.
O come, let us worship and fall down before Christ Himself, our King and our God.
And He will come again with glory to judge the living and dead.
His kingdom shall have no end.
Who spoke through the prophets.
O Son of God, receive me today as a partaker of Your mystic Supper, for I shall not betray Your mysteries to Your enemies, nor will I give You a kiss as did Judas, but with the thief I will confess You, "Remember me, O Lord, when You come into Your Kingdom."
O Heavenly King, Comforter, Spirit of Truth, Treasury of Blessings and Bountiful Giver of Life, Who are in all places and fill all things, come, take Your abode in us' cleansing us of every sin, and, of Your goodness, O Lord, save our souls.
Both now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
We acknowledged Him God, Who was incarnate of you, O Virgin Theotokos: intercede with Him to save our souls.
The Infirm: Lord have mercy.
Priest: O Master, Lord Jesus Christ, our Savior, Who alone has the power to forgive sins, and are our Loving God, overlook, we beseech You, the transgressions of Your servant (Name), whether of knowledge or ignorance, granting to him (her) to partake without condemnation of Your immaculate Mysteries, not unto judgment, nor to the increase of sins, but to the cleansing of soul and body, and to the inheritance of Your Kingdom; for You are his (her) help and a firm wall and bulwark against the Adversary, and the purification of his (her) iniquities; for You are our merciful and Manbefriending God, and to You do we send up Glory: to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, both now and ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen.
The Infirm: Lord, I am not worthy that You should enter under my roof, into the house of my soul; for it is all deserted and in ruins, and You have not in me a fitting place to rest Your head; but since You desire to abide with me, I, trusting in Your compassion, have come to You; bid the doors of my unworthy lips to open, that I may be satisfied with You alone; enter into me, and cleanse me from every bodily and spiritual defilement; be You my Helper and Defender, and count me worthy to stand at Your right hand, through the intercessions and supplications of our all; pure Lady the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary, with all the Saints' who in their generation have been well pleasing unto You, for Blessed are You to the ages of ages. Amen.
The Infirm: I believe and confess, O Lord, that You are in truth the Christ, the Son of the Living God, that came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the chief; and I believe that This is truly Your own immaculate Body, and this is Your own Precious Blood; wherefore, I pray you, have mercy on me, and forgive all my transgressions, both voluntary and involuntary, of thought, word, and deed; of knowledge and ignorance; and account me worthy without condemnation to partake of Your immaculate Mysteries, unto remission of sins and unto everlasting Life. Amen.
The servant of God (Name) partakes of the Precious and All; Holy Body and Blood of our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ unto the remission of sins and everlasting Life.
Lo! This has touched your lips, and your iniquities shall be taken away, and your sin purged.
Lord, now let Your servant depart in peace, according to Your word, for my eyes have seen Your salvation, a Light to lighten the Gentiles, the Glory of Your people Israel.
The Lord God most merciful have compassion on you. The Lord Jesus Christ bestow on you every good desire. The Lord Almighty deliver you from every calamity. The Lord teach you. The Lord give you understanding. The Lord help you; the Lord save you. The Lord protect you the Lord keep you; the Lord cleanse you. The Lord fill you with spiritual joy. The Lord be Defender of your soul and body. The Lord, as compassionate and loving, give to you forgiveness of sins. The Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on you in the day of judgment and bless you all the days of your life.
Through the prayers of all the Saints, O Lord Jesus Christ, our God, and of the Theotokos, grant us Your peace and have mercy on us, for You alone are compassionate.
The Infirm: Glory to You, our God, glory to You.
Priest: I thank You, O Lord my God, Who has granted unto me, though unworthy, to receive Your all; pure and Holy Gifts. May Your Holy Body give profit unto me to everlasting, and Your Precious Blood unto remission of sins; may this Eucharist be unto me for joy, health and gladness, and at Your dread Second Coming, render me, a sinner, worthy to stand at the right hand of Your Majesty, with Your Eternal Father and Your All; Holy, Good and life; creating Spirit, both now and ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen.
Through the intercessions of Your all; pure Mother, and of all the Saints.


When it comes to fun and illogical innocence the first thing that strikes our brains is school days. Yes! we're dumb, we're worried, we're fools, but we had fun. That was literally the best period of life for any person.
When worried, a little token of memory related to our school days is more than enough to bring a smile on our face, such is the beauty in school days. Exams are quite obviously the best of all, the by heart techniques, the friend who becomes our teacher just for the sake of exams, and the silly punishments tied with score targets is totally real fun.
Here's the video from the popular facebook channel 'Timeline Videos', they released a video featuring three students who are extensively preparing for their upcoming exams. The video has gone viral on social media, both YouTube and Facebook. The cast and crew behind the video also announced that this is their first video and they'll be releasing few more videos in the coming days.
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Agent – Liverpool Target To Remain In Italy
Liverpool, who let us remember bought left-back Jose Enrique, have been told to forget about buying AC Milan's respective craftsman.
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Liverpool, who let us remember bought left-back Jose Enrique in the summer, have been told to forget about buying AC Milan's respective craftsman Taye Taiwo.
Taye Taiwo will remain at the formidable San Siro and fight for his place in the red and black, according to the Nigerian's agent Fabio Parisi. The full-back has failed to hit the heights that was expected after he moved from French runners-up Marseille in the summer, leading to speculation that he could be ready to end his short Italian adventure. However, Parisi claims his client will remain in Italy:
"There is no truth in this," said Parisi.
"It is not part of Taye's plans to leave Milan in January. The player is relaxed and has no problems with the coach.
"It's normal that he would want to play more minutes like any player, but I repeat that there is no contact with any other club."
The Reds have been linked with a move, as well as the surprise of the season so far Newcastle United, but it would surely be a shock to see the Merseyide club's owners spend a considerable amount of cash on a player that could find himself on the fringes.
The Magpies, however, could be in the market to sign a left-sided defender with the fitness of Davide Santon still uncertain. We all know Italy are in need of a few quid, so if owner Mike Ashley elects to deposit some of the cash in his wallet then the Rossoneri may be tempted to let go their acquisition.
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Dissolve mental blockages to achieve true potential
Vishnu Makhijani
Hans News Service | 30 July 2021 12:30 AM GMT
Most humans tend to aim high but run into a mental block when it comes to striving to achieve their aspirations
Most humans tend to aim high but run into a mental block when it comes to striving to achieve their aspirations. One needs to dissolve the apprehensions and scepticism that causes such blocks to tap one's true potential and be prepared for whatever life throws at you, says Anand Saxena, who served in the Indian Army for 32 years before retiring as a Major General and has now written a book detailing nine mantras that prove the importance of creative visualisation and positive affirmation in taking you to your goals.
"Dissolve blockages and resistance from your mind. We seem to have an inability to honestly believe that our grand vision or goal will indeed be a reality. While we wish to achieve something and even take action towards achieving that goal, we remain apprehensive or sceptical about whether we are really capable of achieving it," Saxena told IANS in an interview for his book, "Nine Mantras For Happiness And Success" (Redomania).
"There seems to be a mental block, an underlying resistance in our mind, which doesn't allow us to unfurl our true potential. I have detailed the alchemy of dissolving all blockages and resistance from your mind so that you can tap the pure potentiality of your being. I also suggest ways to be prepared to be ready for whatever life throws at you.
"The nine mantras are tangible scientific evidence to prove the importance of creative visualisation and positive affirmations in realising your goals," he added.
"It is a fact that all of us eventually seek happiness and want to avoid unhappiness in life. Success for us also denotes the achievement of glory and joy in the chosen field and yet, most are or perceive themselves to be unsuccessful. Just look around, we find that bulk of humanity is unhappy or unsatisfied with what they have or don't have.
"Why does this happen? It is my firm belief that success indeed leaves clues as also successful persons do. In my quest for clues to this profound question, I read scriptures of all religions and life stories of hundreds of successful persons from all walks of life. I also read lots of literature/books on success and its principles by prominent authors. Some precepts started to become clear to me due to this twin-pronged study as if a heavy fog had lifted," Saxena said of his research in writing the book.
He also looked back on his life and introspected. There were areas where he had emerged very successfully while in many other areas, he had only achieved mediocre success or even failure. The jigsaw puzzle fell into place for him once he compared his successes and failures against the mantras gleaned from his study.
The book thus contains the essence of our scriptures, the life-stories of 79 successful (or otherwise) organisations, persons, products and his real-life (and near-death) experiences over the last 52 years, for 32 of which he was serving the nation in the Artillery and the Army Aviation Corps.
"I am not an achiever extraordinaire, but a common man like you and therefore am convinced of the power of the 'Nine Mantras' for happiness and success. I have divided the book into nine simple steps, referred to as Nine to Fine, which has helped me achieve success and happiness. Many of these steps were taken unknowingly at that time but have been thoughtfully remembered and collated in one place, to provide a blueprint for happiness," Saxena pointed out. What, then, are the nine mantras?
Dare to dream...big : Whatever you wish to manifest in your life must be manifested first in your mind and the Universe will deliver your dream to you.
Concretise your dreams: Set tangible goals that will be your loadstar on your voyage of success and provide you with a definite benchmark against which you can measure your progress towards your dream.
Persevere: There is nothing called failure. Failures or perceived failures are bound to be there along our journey to success as they are the lessons you need to learn to embrace success. Success is 10 per cent inspiration and 90 per cent perspiration. Innate talent is there in a few and can help one to go up to the starting block, but the grand achievement is "Talent plus Preparation plus Perseverance". One should never give up -- the end in the road as seen from far may turn out to be only a bend and for your good.
Have a positive attitude: The ability to take the inevitable reverses in your stride and remain optimistic about the eventual outcome is an ability that is worth its weight in gold. This positive attitude can be the critical difference between outstanding success and miserable failure.
Normal is passe: Dare to be Different. Aryabhata, Thomas Alva Edison, the Wright Brothers, Steve Jobs, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, all brilliant innovators and creators, had one thing in common: They looked at an issue differently and asked themselves, "what do I do which can help humankind or improve their lives?" Learn the nuances to be "hat ke" (different).
Continue to grow and reinvent yourself: Truly successful people do not only achieve success but also retain it for a very long time. Enduring success can't be a one-shot phenomenon; it needs deliberate efforts to repeatedly look at yourself, your organization and competition and take firm and resolute steps to keep improving.
Winning and losing are habits, develop good habits: Eighty per cent of the tasks or work that we do is out of sheer habit. Even successful people must be doing a lot of activities daily that directly contribute to their success, out of habit. Conversely, those who find the going tough also must be doing a lot of things wrongly as a matter of habit. By following the discipline of consistent, good habits over the years and decades, successful people experience the power of compounding, which further turbocharges their performance. Learn the methodology of forming good habits and forgetting bad ones.
Be happy: it's intrinsic. Happiness is directly correlated with success. Whenever we compare ourselves with someone else, we are bound to feel unhappy. On every parameter of life, we are going to be inferior (as per our perception) to some other person in the world. If we seek happiness extrinsically, we will invariably fall short, but if we are intrinsically happy, the circumstances of life will fail to ruffle us.
Visualisations and affirmations: Every manifest human-made thing that we see around or every superhuman feat that human beings have achieved, was first created in the mind of someone. That man (or woman) was convinced, in the core of his/her heart, that whatever could be visualised could also be achieved or created -- this is the power of positive affirmations and creative visualisation at work.
There you have it. All that is now required is the 90 per cent perspiration to make it work!
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Head of Audio Products, Mirek Stiles talks about the Abbey Road Spatial Audio Forum, a new collective dedicated to discussion and development of 3D sound technology with leading thinkers in the field: On the 6th December 2017, I had the pleasure of hosting the first Abbey Road Spatial Audio Forum in the Gatehouse Studio. It was essentially a gathering of some of the wonderful people I have met over the last year or so whilst researching Spatial Audio (SA). In attendance were representatives from broadcast, gaming, film scoring, software engineering, academic research, sound design and of course the Abbey Road recording team. We had a lot of ground to cover in the three hour session. Topline topics included past failures and current uses of SA, Ambisonics, Object based audio, working with visuals, Binaural rendering, head tracking vs head locked, distribution challenges, terminology and clarification of SA (from both a consumer and creator point of view).
One of the key challenges is demystifying SA in general. With so many great minds in the room, focus was paramount to ensure we dedicated enough time for each topic and covered everything we wanted. We could have talked for hours more; actually some of us did in the Abbey Road bar afterwards! One the most rewarding outcomes from the session was the realisation that we were all pretty much on the same page in general. The one area which created a lot of discussion and difference of opinions was head tracking. Is it only needed when working with AR/VR? Or is it vital to the spatial experience regardless i.e. can non-visual, music-only SA be head locked and still provide an impressive experience? The argument being that head locked mixes will allow engineers to keep a majority of their standard mix workflow, only using spatialisation tools on elements of the music that can benefit from it. Up for further discussion another key point, from a production POV, it doesnt matter if Spatial Audio is created using Channel, Object, Ambisonics or a mixture of all three, it is irrelevant to the end user.
The consumer just needs to know they are listening to something beyond stereo via a convenient playback medium Headphones or a Sound Bar. Keep an eye out for a new section of the Abbey Road website dedicated to the SA Forum. There you will able to read about SA in general, the work of the Forum and its various members. Anyway, its still early days. There is a lot to learn and discover. Its exciting stuff! Read more about Spatial Audio from Mirek on the Abbey Road Blog: Part 1 Part 2.


However it happens and whoever commits it, child sexual exploitation is always wrong. Abusers use clever tricks to make victims feel isolated and alone, stopping them from asking for help and cutting them off from friends and family.
As a result, a lot of young people who experience sexual exploitation can feel completely alone. Many become depressed because of the abuse and a lot feel like the future isn't anything to look forward to.
After going into care at the age of eight, famous Hollywood actress Samantha Morton experienced child sexual exploitation and abuse.
After the recent Rotherham CSE scandal, she spoke out about her experiences, bravely talking describing the abuse she suffered and how she overcame her experiences to become an award-winning actress.
Like many young people, Oprah Winfrey was abused by people she knew. From the age of nine the talk show host was molested by an uncle, a cousin and family friend and after running awa y at 14 experienced further sexual exploitation.
Having spoken publicly about her experiences, Oprah used her show to talk more about the subject, helping to raise awareness and give hope to young people currently experiencing abuse.
Now famous as the star of TV show Desperate Housewives, Teri Hatcher was abused by an uncle by marriage from the age of five.
Having stayed silent about the abuse for years, the actress spoke up about her experiences after her abuser went on to molest another young girl. After testifying in the court case, Hatcher saw her abuser found guilty and sentenced to 14 years in prison.
One of the most famous actresses of the 1990s, Pamela Anderson is considered by many to be one of the most beautiful women in the world.
However as a child and teenager the star suffered ongoing sexual abuse, first at the hands of a babysitter, then by her teenage boyfriend. On top of the abuse, Anderson's father was an alcoholic so she was unable to turn to him for help and support.
It's not just women, there are lots of notable male famous faces who experienced sexual abuse and exploitation in their younger years, from rock star Axl Rose to comedian Tom Ford and media mogul Tyler Perry. Child sexual exploitation doesn't discriminate against gender or race.
However it happens and whoever is responsible, child sexual exploitation is always the fault of the abuser. All of these celebrities were young and vulnerable at the time of the abuse and were likely selected by their abusers for just those reasons.
If you want to find out more about life after CSE or about the help and support that's available, get in touch with the Rose Project today by calling our free, confidential support line on 0808 800 1037.


I decided to do a nail art that is simple and dainty. I was feeling a little under the weather so I painted a simple floral pattern on my nails and hoped that it would turn out good. Honestly, I am not really sure what to feel about this nail art that I called Floral Pastel. Perhaps, I should let you judge for yourself.
I always find it hard to take pictures of pastels because they fight more with the lighting. This nail design looks better in real life. But I still have mixed feelings with this particular design.
For background color, I used 3 coats of Dazzle Dry At First Blush for full coverage, a creme white polish with very light pink undertones. Consistency is slightly on the thick side that is probably the reason for a streaky application. A work around is to make sure to apply the polish lightly on the nails to avoid visible brush strokes.
I hand painted the design using acrylic paints and a detailing nail art brush. My idea was to use different pastel colors to paint the floral pattern on all the nails. I was thinking that perhaps using 1 color and making an ombre version of this would look even better.
The real inspiration for this design actually came from a sentiment that was shared to me by a nail art beginner. She said she is always pressured to come up with detailed design because she feels she would impress the people around her. I think this is a common problem with a lot of nail art enthusiasts. I used to feel that way too until I realized that we do nail art for ourselves, right? And really, who said that a simple nail art cannot be beautiful? A simple polka dots nail art is always considered a classic and it is always lovely to look at. And so, I wanted to show her through this nail design that not so complicated designs can look beautiful as well.
Can you help me make up my mind? Do you think this color palette worked at all?
These colors are beautiful and really stand out!
I think it's beautiful - very delicate and feminine!
I absolutely love it ! The colors are great :) and the design, you're right, very dainty and simple. Amazing.


May 18, 2018 2018 offseason, Andy Elisburg, Anthony Chiang, Around the league, Erik Spoelstra, NBA Draft, NBA news, Pat Riley.
CHICAGO — The Heat don't have a draft pick this year, but don't tell them that.
The team is well-represented at this week's NBA draft combine in Chicago by a group that includes president Pat Riley, general manager Andy Elisburg, vice president of player personnel Chet Kammerer, coach Erik Spoelstra, CEO Nick Arison and members of the player personnel staff. Spoelstra made an appearance at the combine to watch prospects Thursday, and Riley was at the Quest Multisport complex on Friday.
In other words, the Heat are preparing as if they have a pick in this year's June 21 draft.
"Everybody probably has the perception that the Heat don't have a draft pick this year, so the personnel staff has had a vacation for the last six months," Kammerer said with a smile at the combine Friday. "Actually I think it's more difficult not having a pick.
1. The Heat could trade one of their current players to acquire a first-round pick or they can even deal next year's first-round pick to get into this year's first round. Because the Heat don't have any 2018 picks to offer teams in an effort to move up in the draft, Kammerer doesn't expect any first-round selection the Heat possibly acquires to be in the top 20.
2. Although the Heat can't buy a pick during the draft because they've already reached the limit of cash they can include in 2017-18 transactions due to the Josh McRoberts trade, the Heat can get a team to select for them and then purchase the rights to that player when next season's "Maximum Annual Cash Limit" becomes available on July 1. Picks that are purchased usually come in the second round, as first-round selections are too valuable to give up for just money. The Heat can also trade for a second-round pick.
"When we see somebody on the board that we like and then all of a sudden he's still there," Kammerer said. "Then if we like him, we're just hoping that he gets to where we are. Or what Pat thinks of a lot and he's the person who makes those calls, let's see if we can buy a pick. Let's see if we can get a 30s pick or somewhere in the second round. So there's a chance.
3. Whether the Heat end up with a pick or not this year, they are searching for prospects they like who could go undrafted to fill their summer-league roster. Miami had had success finding undrafted prospects who end up turning into quality NBA players such as Udonis Haslem, Tyler Johnson and Rodney McGruder.
4. If the Heat don't get a pick, they still view the pre-draft evaluation process as a valuable tool just to gather information on 60 players about to enter the NBA.
The Heat have been in this situation before, as they went without a pick in 2016. In fact, Miami doesn't own both of its picks in a draft until 2022.
The Heat's 2018 first-round selection (slotted at No. 16) belongs to the Suns — the first of two first-round picks owed from the 2015 acquisition of Goran Dragic. Their second-round selection (No. 46) belongs to the Houston Rockets, which received it from the Memphis Grizzles, which acquired the pick and center Chris Andersen from the Heat in 2016.
But Kammerer and his staff are working hard just in case the Heat acquire a pick. They will be ready, too, even if Miami is left choosing from undrafted options.


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The transformation from animals to pets
Dogs and cats have been working their way into our lives—and our budgets—for thousands and thousands of years.Bowman ReportJuly 2021
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Between 40,000 and 13,000 BCE
People domesticate dogs from descendants of Eurasian gray wolves.
Ancient Egyptians domesticate cats.
20 AD
The Romans keep small toy-breed dogs that appear to have no utility, but they came into fashion around the same time that the black rat became a major pest in Europe. For more detail, read "Ask Smithsonian: When Did People Start Keeping Pets?" from Smithsonian Magazine.
Carlo Ruini's book Anatomia del Cavallo (Anatomy of the Horse) is the first comprehensive publication on the anatomy of any animal aside from humans.
Claude Bourgelat establishes the first veterinary school, which opens in Lyon, France.
First pet stores open, mostly selling songbirds in cages.
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American Pet Products Association—then called the American Pet Product Manufacturers Association—is founded.
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Don't believe O2 when it says it's halving bills
Laura Whitcombe
Did you see the O2 adverts loudly proclaiming it's been busy automatically halving bills? You couldn't miss the ads in London – they were plastered over the enormous 40-metre long digital billboard at Waterloo Station, and all over the Tube. They annoyed me – greatly.
The ads are all to do with the two-year anniversary of its Refresh tariff, which separates out the cost of the handset (the 'Device Plan') with the cost for calls, texts and data (the 'Airtime Plan').
It's a good tariff because unlike many on the market you don't overpay for your handset. As our recent news story points out, customers on tariffs that bundle the handset and usage charges all together end up paying almost £100 more than they need to for the handset.
02 is to be commended for making it easier for customers to understand exactly what they're paying for. And I am one of its customers. I took out the Refresh contract to get the iPhone 5 around 18 months ago and when I did it was made clear to me that at the end of the minimum two-year term, I would have paid for the handset in full with monthly instalments of £20 through the Device Plan. It was explained that should I choose to continue on the tariff thereafter, I would only have to pay the Airtime plan, which costs me about £10 a month.
What annoyed me about the adverts was the claim 02 was automatically halving bills, and the supporting press releases journalists were sent told us that 02 was "offering substantial and automatic savings".
No, it wasn't! All it was doing was abiding to its side of the contract and not continuing to bill customers for their handsets once they had paid for them in full. So 02 wasn't automatically halving anything, it just wasn't overcharging its customers. But I guess a national advertising campaign built around a slogan of "Hooray, we're not overcharging you" probably wouldn't have been as effective.
In my case, when I reach the end of my two-year contract, the amount I spend to use my phone will be two-thirds less than I currently pay. But that won't be because O2 has suddenly given me a terrific discount. It will be all down to me – because for 24 months I will have repaid 02 for the cost of my handset.
Claiming to be slashing bills when you've done no such thing is reprehensible.
I'm glad that the more recent ads have been improved and now make some mention of bills reducing "when your phone's paid off", even if 02 is still banging on about how your bill "automatically halves".
The whole point of Refresh was to demonstrate a commitment to transparency and simplicity. That message still gets lost in this cheap promotion for what remains a classy tariff.
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We stayed with family including 3 kids in the president suite for a week.
Hotel is placed in a corner of a village, Baikal and wild forest. The hotel is located in the nature protected area and is a ecologically friendly hide-away from a big city.
Right next to the hotel, we found many wild mushrooms and local herbs. The hotel is 3 walking mins away from the Baikal lake. The water in Baikal is generally cold, but this place offer relatively warm temperature on a sunny day. But do expect not every person can swim in such water. The public beach is sandy that is rather unusual for Baikal shore.
Our house was fully wooden built. The smell of fresh wood the house built from was fabulous. The house provides modern and stylish future. The kitchen is fully equipped. Many visitors grill meat and fish outside bought in local grocery stores. The wood and grill is free of charge.
The president suite has a lot of space, 4 TVs with many TV channels, but most of them in Russian. The receivers had issues with connecting the decoding cards from time to time. A call to reception solved the issue within the minutes. Wifi worked well and allowed to watch videos e.g., on YouTube.
A visit to the Russian Banja (Russia style sauna) is a must. They have a small and big Banjas. This biggest Banja is probably, one of the best in the world. The bath tubs with 20 and 40 degree are great for break from the hot banya. A laying down on hayloft is unique. The tee from local wild herbs and berries after the banya is an experience which is hard to miss.
Staff is young and somewhat inexperienced, but responsive and very friendly. Reception manages to solve most issues very quickly. I would especially note the attitude of Marina, the hotel general manager. She put a piece of her soul in the hotel development and ensuring that guests enjoy time. She was instrumental in stepping up, when staff struggled to deliver at a couple of occasions. I am glad that we had a chance to meet such great personality.Clearly, hotel is on the path on further improvements and becomes even better under her management over time.
Cousin is a mix of traditional Russian and Buryat (local nation). Good quality, but we were not blown away with standard dinner sets. A la carte menu is localized and worth to try. A private romantic dinner on the lake shore is lovely experience that should not be missed.
The hotel offers a number of day trips. The tours are executed by third parties. The tours can be described as the European prices for below average European level of service with a lot of nature experience. In particular, we watched Baikal Seals in the national park, spent some time on thermal springs and enjoyed a short Baikal cruise. A day trip was worth of 100 EUR per person we paid.
It was unusual for us that room cleaning service is on the call rather than on schedule. At the first day we were not satisfied with comprehensiveness of cleaning services, but a quick chat with the general manager dramatically changed the picture and it becomes spotless.
The kid playground is basic and further development is required. The hotel breeds rabbits. Kids liked to watch, but unfortunately they could not pet them.
Evening entertainment is limited, just billiard, TVs, wifi and restaurant. However, we had great time with family and friends making grill parties.
In general, the tourist service in the Baikal area is in development. Hospitality is in very basic forms, but this hotel is clear exception here. The tourist agencies told that this is one of best hotels what you can find on the lake shore. Seeing other places over here, I believe that they give a real picture.
In summary, renting a luxury suite at Baikal Riviera is an excellent option, if you would like to explore the deepest lake in the world and wild nature in relaxing and eco-friendly environment.
Baikal is beautiful! Thank you for the great service and food! Banya was really good!
Amazing fan! Great good&snowmobiles!!! Beautiful views of the lake Baikal and comfortable rooms.
Thank you to all the staff of the hotel "Baikal Riviera" for the warm welcome. I wish you success and prosperity.


Kathy Ford grew up in Rochester, New York, graduated from Hobart & William Smith Colleges in 1980 with a major in design theory, and moved to New York City to pursue a career in architecture.
She received her Masters in Architecture from Harvard University in 1985 and has been practicing architecture in New York and Massachusetts for the past thirty years. She has a long history of working with local non-profit community organizations to design affordable housing in existing and historic buildings.
Her life as a quiltmaker began shortly after becoming a mother in 1991.
Kathy currently lives with her two dogs in the hilltowns of western Massachusetts, where she devotes daily work to quiltmaking, writing, homesteading, and maintaining her architecture practice. As a passionate seeker, her explorations in holistic health and spirituality have included mothering a child with special needs, training in energy medicine, yoga, and Continuum. She began writing her blog spontaneous accomplishment in 2011, providing inspiration for the endeavor of seeing and feeling connection. Adding Wood To The Fire, A Quiltmaker's Way was published in December 2017. Part tale of artist finding voice, of quiltmaking process, and of awakening, the heart of the book is a story of creative spirit.