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With just one day in Punta Arenas, this full-day tour ensures you check off all the highlights. Spend the morning exploring the coast of the Magellan Strait, stopping at historic sites such as Fort Bulnes, Mansa, and Puerto del Hambre; then take in Punta Arenas landmarks including Antoine de Saint Exupery square and the Hernando de Magallanes monument.
Visit Fort Bulnes, Mansa, and Puerto del Hambre along the Magellan coast
Admire views of the Strait of Magellan and Tierra del Fuego
See the Antoine de Saint Exupery square and the Hernando de Magallanes monument in Punta Arenas
Port or hotel pickup and drop-off is included
Ideal tour for first-time visitors to Punta Arenas or those short on time
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Child rate applies only when sharing with 2 paying adults
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"Heading towards Fuerte Bulnes, on the Magellan Strait is an absolute must while in Punta Arenas." See review
"there is a tour guide both i the information center and at the fort who is fluent in English." See review
"The drive along the Strait of Magellan was amazing, especially for the views and bird life.The Museum of the Strait at the entrance to the Park is small but highly recommended; the exhibits are labelled in English and Spanish." See review
Whistle-stop tour of Punta Arenas
keith_C
, Mar. 2020
Booked this trip independently of our ship Coral Princess with my wife and 4 friends, we visited Punta Arenas on February 29th 2020. The ship was slightly late in docking due to a late departure from Ushuaia the previous day as a result we later leaving the ship to meet our tour. We were met at the quayside by our tour guide and driver, we were just the six in a mini bus for the duration of the trip. Edmundo, our tour guide, explained that we would be travelling along the coast road to the national park, small museum and Fort Beule. The fee for the entrance to the park was not included in the cost of the tour. This turned out to be about $96 for the six of us. The ticket office accepts cards and a variety of currencies including US dollars. The journey to our first stop took around 30 to 45 minutes, we spotted dolphins and Eduardo told us there was a good chance to see whales as they were in the area at this time of the year. The journey was interesting looking at the variety in house styles, most built on stilts in small communities, along the road.Our first stop was at a cross roads prior to the national park, this was a way marker with distances to Buenos Aires and Antartica highlighted. Leaving the park ticket office we had a 10 to 15 minute ride to the museum and viewing spot. We parked at the entrance to the Fort area to take photographs on the way to the museum. Here Eduardo gave us a brief insight into the history of the area. The museum was small and , unfortunately, badly lit which made it almost impossible to read the information about Magellan and the exploration and settlement of the area. The lighting may have been for atmosphere or to protect exhibits but it rather spoiled our full enjoyment of the visit. There was an exhibit of the scientific developments in navigation which lead to European exploration. We had 30 minutes within the museum site and viewing area. We then moved on to the Fort itself along a short hilly dirt road. The Fort is a reproduction built on the site of the original settlement before the settlers moved to Punta Arenas as it could be better defended against the indigenous peoples, and was better for farming. The Fort was an interesting place with buildings made from timber and turf. Within one of the larger building was an interesting display about the settlement of Punta Arenas. The views across the channel were well worth the visit, we had around 30 to 40 minutes to explore the fort and take photographs of the views. There was a small incline on grass and unpaved pathways around the fort which may not be suitable for anyone with mobility issues. Leaving the fort we retraced our journey back to the city of Punta Arenas, this took around 40 minutes. Our first stop in the city was the main square, surrounding the square are some of the important buildings of the town. Eduardo was excellent at pointing these out to us and took us across the square to see the former home of Sarah Braun an important early member of Punta Arenas society. Leaving the central square were taken to the town cemetery which is now a world heritage site. Within the cemetery we were shown the important Mausoleums of Punta Arenas important citizens. Being English we found this visit very strange but nonetheless interesting to learn about the culture of this area. Our final stop was five minutes from the cemetery by mini bus, we were taken to a viewing area high above the dock and main city area. This was a good viewing point giving a panorama of the city with it's many coloured houses. We were returned to the dock area in plenty of time to walk back to the ship before departure. All in all an interesting day with Eduardo ready to answer our questions. Final comment, there is no lunch with this trip, there was a small cafe in the museum but we did not really have time to have a coffee or snack.
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melrose223
, Jan. 2020
We were greeted at the cruise port by our guide (Marlon) at the meeting point and at the designated time. Marlon was very friendly and informative on many aspects of the area and Chili and answered all of our questions. Being a private tour with a driver, Marlon was able to fully focus on us and the tour. We were able to visit many different sites and explore at our own pace. There were many opportunities for some incredible photos and Marlon would not hesitate to stop our car for any photos we wanted to take. Marlon gave us a full day visiting several interesting Punta Arenas sites besides the main purpose of the trip, the fort. A special thanks to Marlon for a fun day!
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Clifton Q
The tour team (guide and driver) did an excellent job in sharing the highlights of Punta Arenas. They were very friendly, informative and supportive in answering our many question. The pace was very comfortable.
Fabulous trip; wonderful guide
suekelly80
, Oct. 2018
We had a fabulous day out in amazing weather. Our hotel pick up went smoothly and our guide was informative, warm, helpful and friendly.The sky was a brilliant clear blue for the whole trip which meant we saw everything at its best. The drive along the Strait of Magellan was amazing, especially for the views and bird life.The Museum of the Strait at the entrance to the Park is small but highly recommended; the exhibits are labelled in English and Spanish. The weather made the tour around the reconstruction of Fort Bulnes and walk through the Magellenic woodland to the viewpoint over the Strait and amount Tarn a joy. Make sure you have gloves, hats and a warm jacket though as the wind is biting.Back in Punta Arena we particularly enjoyed the view over the city, the tour of the cemetery and the visit to the Shepherd Monument.In our opinion, a 'must do' tour for anyone visiting Punta Arenas!
It was a very enjoyable day. Johnny...
It was a very enjoyable day. Johnny was our guide. Be aware that the fee for the fort is NOT include and is 28 for each person. You can pay with a credit card. there is a tour guide both i the information center and at the fort who is fluent in English. Pick up was easy. This was a private tour with the driver and Johnny.
We were so glad to took this tour...
Susan M K
We were so glad to took this tour! Our cruise ship offered various specific tours we saw everything in a private vehicle. Our guide, Gabriel was great! He knew when/where to visit the sites, so we never experienced a crowd. We saw Fort Baines, Museu de Sitio, and toured the center of the city. Highly recommended!
Heading towards Fuerte Bulnes, on...
Edgard L
Heading towards Fuerte Bulnes, on the Magellan Strait is an absolute must while in Punta Arenas. Nature wise this place is stunning. Also, the museum in a must. Our tour guide was very kind and even took some extra time to walk with us in the town of Punta Arenas. Highly recommend.
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J&K villagers to get automatic rifles, Amit Shah meets BJP leaders over Jammu terror attacks
Srinagar, Jan 10: Even as hundreds of ex-servicemen acting as Village Defence Guards (VDGs) are being equipped with automatic weapons for the first time since the creation of Village Defence Committees (VDCs) in the Pir Panjal and Chenab Mountain ranges, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday reviewed the situation in the wake of terror attacks in Rajouri with senior BJP leaders from Jammu.
Shah assured the BJP leaders at the meeting in New Delhi that the VDCs in Jammu would be refurbished to ensure the protection of the minority communities. While Self Loading Rifles (SLRs) were being provided to the trained ex-servicemen, other VDGs would be trained in use of the automatic weapons by the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).
Home Minister Shah convened the meeting with his party colleagues in the wake of the twin terror attacks which killed seven members of the minority Hindu community and left 11 more injured with the beginning of the new year. These selective target killings on 1st and 2nd January took place at Rajouri's Dhangri village after a long pause but just days after a grenade attack and the killing of four Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorists in a chance encounter on the Sidhra outskirts of the Jammu city.
Significantly, the terrorists struck at a time when the Army chief Gen Manoj Pande was on an inspection of the forward positions on the Line of Control (LoC) in the Union Territory. Security and intelligence agencies, according to sources, have received reports that cadres of two Pakistan-based jihadist organisations were planning some attacks on members of the minority communities in some communally sensitive districts of Jammu ahead of Republic Day.
On Monday, the process of providing training and automatic weapons to the VDCs began with distribution of SLRs among the ex-servicemen at Dhangri. During his recent visit to the village, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha had assured the residents that the VDCs would be refurbished with new capacity building and sophisticated arms. They have been complaining that before the carnage in Rajouri, VDCs in the area had been made virtually defunct and even the conventional .303 rifles had been taken away from the guards.
Around 40 ex-servicemen living in the area and identified by a Panchayat-level committee were given SLRs along with 100 bullets each at the camp at Dhangri on Monday.
According to the BJP leaders present in the meeting on Monday evening, the Home Minister asserted that any conspiracy to flare up terror in twin border districts of Rajouri and Poonch would be foiled, and the security and intelligence grids would be strengthened with deployment of additional troops in the sensitive areas.
Twenty companies of CRPF with 2000 personnel have been deployed in the border district of Rajouri after the carnage at Dhangri to ensure protection of the minorities.
"Every challenge thrown by the forces who want to disturb peace in Jammu and Kashmir will be met with effectively. All conspiracies to derail peace process will be thwarted. No one will be allowed to disturb peace in Rajouri and Poonch districts besides other parts of Jammu region," a BJP leader quoted Shah as saying in the 90-minute long meeting.
Shah, according to sources, assured his party guests that stringent action would be taken if it was established in the ongoing inquiry that the police didn't visit the site of the carnage for over 12 hours. An inquiry is currently underway to find how two children died and several others sustained injuries in the explosion of an IED that had been planted under a container inside a house targeted a night before.
Shah assured the BJP leaders that the terrorists involved in the twin attacks would be tracked down and brought to justice very soon as a wide search operation in Rajouri and the adjoining Reasi and Poonch districts was in progress. He told them that security situation in Jammu and Kashmir, especially in Rajouri and Poonch districts, was being monitored regularly by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs.
The BJP leaders also took up the issue of Kashmiri Pandit employees engaged under Prime Minister's package and Reserved Category employees posted in the Valley with the Home Minister. He assured them that the issue would be discussed threadbare with the UT Government and the salaries of the off-duty staff would be released.
Union Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) and the Lok Sabha member from Kathua-Doda-Udhampur, Dr Jitendra Singh, BJP general secretary Incharge J&K, Tarun Chug, President of the party's J&K unit, Ravinder Raina, senior party leader Devinder Singh Rana, two former Deputy Chief Ministers, Dr Nirmal Singh and Kavinder Gupta, and some former MLAs participated in the meeting.
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Trial of Akosua Agyapong Begins
By Cephas Larbi	 On Dec 12, 2017
Akosua Agyapong
The trial of Akosua Agyapong, a highlife musician, who is accused of conspiring with her brother to defraud a businessman of GH¢105,000 in a land transaction deal, began at an Accra Circuit Court on Monday.
Mr Jonas Asamoah, the complainant, who was led by the Prosecutor, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Agnes Boafo, gave evidence before the court, presided over by Mrs Priscilla Dapaah.
Mr Asamaoh told the court how his wife informed him that she had gathered information, which revealed that Frank Agyemang, one of the accused persons, was an alleged land guard and that he (Asamoah) should quit the land transaction.
According to the witness, his wife's allegation came after he had paid GHȼ65,000 and GHȼ30,000 on different occasions to Agyemang and Akosua.
Mr Asamoah, the first prosecution witness, said when he quizzed Akosua over the information concerning his brother, Akosua denied same saying she could bet her last coin on his brother.
He said the two accused persons proposed that they should be given cash of GHȼ65,000 so he (Asamoah) went to one of the branches of the Universal Merchant Bank for the amount and handed it over to Akosua and Agyemang.
He said on January 21, this year, after paying GHȼ65,000 as first tranche, Akosua and Agyemang issued receipt to him.
The witness said he went into the land transaction because of Akosua's popularity and the fact that she had assured him that the land was genuine.
According to the witness, Agyemang asked him to get a surveyor to prepare a new site plan because the one on the said parcel of land was outmoded.
Witness told the court that he, therefore, paid GHȼ1,300 for the new site plan.
Mr Asamoah said on March 27, this year, Akosua delivered two copies of indentures, which were prepared in the name of one Dora Amoasi Okyere.
The witness said when he lamented over the name 'Dora Amoasi Okyere,' Agyemang told him that he purchased the plot from Dora Amoasi Okyere who would transfer the property to him (Agyemang)
The witness tendered text messages between Akosua, Agyemang and himself.
Mr Asamoah further tendered various receipts on monies paid, indenture and site plan in court.
Akosua and her accomplice Frank Agyemang, a businessman, a.k.a. Killer Boss, have been charged with conspiracy to commit crime and fraudulent transaction of land.
ASP Boafo said the complainant in the case was a car dealer whiles Agyemang is a building contractor.
According to ASP Boafo, in February this year, the businessman who was interested in a parcel of land where he could display his cars for sale contacted Akosua for assistance.
The Prosecutor said she told the businessman that she had a plot of land for rent, but the businessman wanted an outright sale.
ASP Boafo said Akosua later introduced Agyemang to the complainant as her brother, who had one plot of land opposite the West Hills Mall for sale.
The businessman, after inspecting the land expressed interest.
The Prosecutor said Akosua assured the complainant that the land was genuine and that Agyemang was the rightful owner.
"They then took the businessman to the Lands Commission, went into one of the offices and came out with someone who confirmed that the land indeed belonged to Agyemang, and upon this, the businessman became convinced,'' she added.
Afterwards, the prosecutor said, the businessman paid GH¢ 105,000 for the land and later gave a Toyota RAV 4 vehicle costing GH¢100,000.00 to Agyemang for another plot of land.
"When the complainant went to work on the land, another person came to him claiming ownership of the land with the original documents. He reported the matter to the police leading to Akosua and Agyemang's arrest. Agyemang, through his uncle, has released the vehicle to the police,'' ASP Boafo said.
Agyemang has pleaded not guilty and on bail in the sum of GH¢160,000.00 with three sureties, one of whom is to be justified.
Akosua was admitted to bail in the sum of GH¢160,000 with three sureties, one to be a public or civil servant earning not less than GH¢ 2,000.
She has also pleaded not guilty to the charges before the court. Hearing continues on Wednesday, December 13. 2017.
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Why Is a Single Customer View So Critical in Retail?
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Consumers increasingly demand seamless personalized experiences across any channel of interaction. This entails understanding every customer on traditional channels like websites, physical stores and call centers, as well as on newer channels such as social media, connected devices, and digital marketplaces.
To get there, though, requires a "heavy lift." It means that retailers need to change from integrating and optimizing channels, to having a strategy anchored by customer experiences. This requires retailers to collect vast amounts of data across various platforms, integrate it in real time to create a single customer view, and use insights from that unified customer data foundation to create consistent and personalized experiences.
In addition, with the elimination of third-party cookies in the near future, retailers will have to expand their efforts on first-party data. Several retailers—and many direct-to-consumer (DTC) companies—have already invested heavily in areas such as gamification, partnerships, loyalty programs, communities and user-generated content platforms. Typically, these efforts increase the complexity of data capture and integration, and require a more flexible approach to identity resolution.
So what should you do to meet these challenges? One solution that's becoming increasingly popular across industries, is the Customer Data Platform (CDP). It's a data management technology that analyzes customer data coming from many different data sources. The best CDPs easily ingest huge amounts of data, pull together a 360-view of the customer, and help you automate tailored experiences to appeal to each one.
Other CDP features that are critical for retail include prepackaged machine-learning models such as channel preference, receptivity by time of day, expected lifetime value, and product and category preference. In addition, retailers need the ability to create their own models within the CDP in order to deliver truly differentiated experiences.
For example, Japanese retailer PARCO has used its CDP to "gamify" walks through its malls and more than 3,000 stores. "Data-based customer segmentation and personalization of app notification are generating great effects," says Naotaka Hayashi, Executive Officer for the Group ICT Strategy Office of PARCO. Shiseido has also used a CDP to leverage its extensive loyalty data to anticipate changing cosmetic needs over the course of each customer's lifetime.
A CDP that provides a single customer view and enhances it with machine learning models and propensity-to-purchase scores can empower retailers to deliver relevant, personalized experiences in real time. Retailers that achieve this level of interaction with their customers—and who can measure, analyze, and optimize customer journeys—will be the winners of this digital transformation we are all experiencing.
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Nick Antoniades is the Industry Principal for Retail at Treasure Data, a leading enterprise CDP with over 450 clients globally. Nick has over 20 years' experience driving growth in the digital and retail sectors for enterprise brands like Bed Bath and Beyond, Vitamin Shoppe, and New York & Company. Nick has a proven track record in shaping strategy and optimizing user experience with expertise in digital and omnichannel lifecycle customer journey, CRM, marketing strategy and optimization, ecommerce operations, analytics, and customer loyalty. Additionally, Nick brings in-depth operational knowledge across marketing channels including SEM, email, SMS, affiliate, retargeting, and direct mail as well as optimization methodologies, such as A/B testing and personalization.
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The Point After: What we know so far — and what we don't — in Section II football
By Adam Shinder | September 18, 2022
PHOTOGRAPHER: Peter R. Barber
Fonda-Fultonville's Jackson Cusack is hauled down by Johnstown's Ryan Hoyt Friday.
SECTION II – Strange as it seems, the Section II football regular season is already one-quarter over — more, actually, for those teams that took the field in Week 0.
Every team in Section II has played at least two games, and while some things have yet to sort out — division play in Class A doesn't open until this week — we've started to get a pretty good idea of where teams stand as we head toward the rapidly-approaching stretch run.
So, after two-plus weeks of action, it's time for a look at three things we know — and two things we don't — about Section II football so far this season.
1: A few defending champs didn't miss a beat
The Section II champions in 2021 were, in descending order of classification, Christian Brothers Academy, Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake, Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk, Schuylerville and Greenwich. Only CBA and Schuylerville have made it through Week 2 still undefeated, with Schuylerville looking dominant and CBA pulling out a thrilling overtime win against Shaker to stay perfect this past week, but Burnt Hills' lone loss was to CBA and the Spartans looked plenty capable of being back on top of Class A in their 21-0 Week 2 win over Averill Park.
Meanwhile, Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk dominated through two games before running into Glens Falls on Friday night, while Greenwich was dominated by Stillwater in Week 0 but has posted back-to-back wins in Class D play, including a 20-17 win on Saturday against a Voorheesville team that also looks the part of a championship contender.
2: There are some pretty darn good do-it-all quarterbacks in Montgomery County
Amsterdam's Jhai Vellon was the Daily Gazette 2021 All-Area Offensive Player of the Year, and he's shown every indication of a potential repeat performance this year through the Rams' first two games.
Amsterdam has scored 12 offensive touchdowns in wins over Schenectady and Queensbury, and Vellon's had a hand in every single one of them — eight through the air, four on the ground. In Friday's wild 60-35 win over Queensbury, Vellon passed for an Amsterdam record seven touchdowns, ran for another and exceeded both 300 yards passing and 100 yards rushing.
Meanwhile, Fonda-Fultonville's Jackson Cusack had a stellar all-around performance in the Braves' 49-13 win over Johnstown, accounting for six touchdowns — three passes, one run and two on kickoff returns — while also intercepting two passes on defense.
3: New coaches and new mergers have paid off
Speaking of Fonda-Fultonville, the Braves have given first-year head coach Mike Mancini a promising start, with a Week 0 comeback win against Central Valley Academy before back-to-back blowouts of Taconic Hills and Johnstown.
Meanwhile, not far away at Broadalbin-Perth, rookie coach Rick Wallace is also off to a 3-0 start, led by a fierce defense that's recorded back-to-back shutouts and has allowed just six points thus far.
There's also a handful of merged programs in their first seasons, and none has looked more comfortable than Lake George/Warrensburg/North Warren, which showed its potential by racing to a 72-7 win over Rensselaer in Week 2.
WHAT WE DON'T
1: If a fifth team will emerge to challenge for the Class AA playoffs
The last two years, the Class AA playoff picture has been fairly cut-and-dry, with a healthy gap between the top four of CBA, Shaker, Shenendehowa and Guilderland and the remaining quartet of Saratoga Springs, Colonie, Bethlehem and Schenectady.
The top four again look strong this year — the only loss suffered by any of those teams thus far was Shaker's overtime setback against CBA — but if a fifth team does have the potential to step up, it could be Saratoga Springs, which has bounced back from a Week 1 loss to Ballston Spa with back-to-back wins over Niskayuna and Bethlehem.
The Blue Streaks host Guilderland this Friday, which should give a good indication if any of the "best of the rest" can challenge the established powers.
2: If Class A will produce chaos again
The end of the 2021 regular season in Class A was wild, with a three-way quarter points tiebreaker between Amsterdam, La Salle and Averill Park in the Capital Division and Queensbury bouncing back from a horrendous start to earn second place in the Grasso Division and eventually reach the Class A Super Bowl.
Division play opens this week, and we'll get our first indications of what we're in store for. There aren't many marquee matchups this week, but Queensbury at Niskayuna in the Grasso Division and Troy at La Salle in the Capital Division should both be decent litmus tests of any potential insanity in store.
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Millennials are witnessing a boom in technology, the outbreak of a pandemic, global warming, and change in the political climate. This is boon and bane, as one is constantly bombarded with a lot of stimulation, succumbing to the cycle of constant learning and unlearning and relearning. It's a boon as it has opened a new avenue altogether for the digital world. About 30% have reported digital marketing has put their company years ahead of others in the market.
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ARC Review: The Smoke Thieves
April 12, 2018 ~ Beth (Reading Every Night)
Title: The Smoke Thieves
Author: Sally Green
Series: The Smoke Thieves, #1
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date: May 3rd 2018
A princess, a traitor, a soldier, a hunter and a thief. Five teenagers with the fate of the world in their hands. Five nations destined for conflict.
In Brigant, Princess Catherine prepares for a political marriage arranged by her brutal and ambitious father, while her true love, Ambrose, faces the executioner's block. In Calidor, downtrodden servant March seeks revenge on the prince who betrayed his people. In Pitoria, feckless Edyon steals cheap baubles for cheaper thrills as he drifts from town to town. And in the barren northern territories, thirteen-year-old Tash is running for her life as she plays bait for the gruff demon hunter Gravell.
As alliances shift and shatter, and old certainties are overturned, our five heroes find their past lives transformed and their futures inextricably linked by the unpredictable tides of magic and war. Who will rise and who will fall? And who will claim the ultimate prize?
My Thoughts On…
"The money from selling demon smoke was good, although demons were rare and dangerous. The whole process of killing demons and selling smoke was illegal, but the sheriff's men didn't bother them if they were discreet."
In Pitoria we meet Tash as she prepares to lure a demon from hiding so her boss Gravell can kill it and take the smoke which emerges from its dying body to sell on the black market. In Brigant we meet Catherine as she prepares to witness the execution of a traitor, struggling with her feelings for her guard Ambrose when she has already been promised in marriage to the prince of Pitoria. In Calidor we meet March a refugee who's planning his revenge against the prince responsible for the death of his people.
There are five POVs in this book. We're told the story from the perspectives of Tash, Catherine and March as well as Ambrose, who seeks the truth as to why his sister was branded a traitor and executed for her crimes, and Edyon, who is the bastard son of the prince of Calidor. I've read books with multiple POVs which haven't been written well but The Smoke Thieves was not one of them. Sally Green introduced Edyon about a quarter of the way through the story which allowed room for the other four characters to be introduced, and I loved reading all the ways the five characters stories intertwined.
"Edyon's hand reached out and, as he touched the bottle, the smoke seemed to gather round his fingers, as if it were alive to his presence . The bottle was in Edyon's hands now, heavy, as if full of sand, not smoke. Edyon gazed into the swirling cloud of purple. It was almost hypnotic."
It's in Pitoria, the home of princess Catherine's betrothed, where we meet Edyon, whom March and his friend Holywell are searching for. When Edyon steals a bottle of demon smoke from Gravell he isn't aware of the events he has set in motion. While Gravell and Tash are determined to get the bottle back no matter the cost and Edyon has no idea what it's potential really is, the smoke holds the answers Ambrose is looking for and could mean war for Pitoria, Calidor and Brigant.
The beginning of The Smoke Thieves was slow as we were introduced to the world and all the different characters whose journeys we'd be following. There was action to keep my invested in the story, but there was a lot more build up in the opening chapters. It was incredibly well written, small hints dropped and each character had their individual characteristics and motivations explored before they came together.
"What's that?" Gravell asked.
"Nothing…just thinking."
"I've warned you about that before," Gravell deadpanned, then added. "Not about bloody boots, I hope."
Tash is the first character we're introduced to in The Smoke Thieves, and she's definitely one of my favourites. Taken from her family by Gravell to help him hunt demons she sees the gruff demon hunter as her family; she's loyal to him but not blinded by her loyalty either. Tash is only thirteen so she does some stupid and reckless things trying to get what she wants, which more often than not is boots, but she's smart, tough, and after helping hunt them something of an expert on demons.
It took me a while to fully appreciate Catherine's character, and by a while I mean it's only looking back on the story that I've realised how well her development throughout this book was written. That said I'm not a massive fan of the love triangle that seems to be developing between Catherine, Ambrose, and Tzsayn.
"To disagree with the king's plans for you is unacceptable."
"I'm disagreeing with you, not with the king's plans for me."
"I often wonder," Noyes interrupted, "at which point a traitor is made. When precisely the line is crossed between loyalty and betrayal."
Catherine was raised in a place where women have no power, and it's only through her arranged marriage that she gets the opportunity to change that. She wants to make the people of her new kingdom love her so she teaches herself their traditions, adopts their fashions, and makes herself someone to be looked up to.
March doesn't remember much about his home or his family, having lost both to the war waging between Brigand and Calidor when he was young, but he wants vengeance for his people. There are times when it felt like March was being manipulated by Holywell rather than led by him; before they know the identity of the princes illegitimate son they will be delivering to his enemy all March thinks about is the pain it will cause the prince, but the more he gets to know Edyon the more he questions the choices they're making.
"This is the crossroads. Your future divides here. The foreign man is watching you, There is a journey, a difficult one–" and she pointed to the wishbone– "to far lands and riches or–" and here she pointed to the cracked thigh bone– "to…pain, suffering and death."
Edyon's life has been shaped by the fact that he doesn't know who his father is. He steals because it's more of an impulse than anything else, and even knowing it gets him into trouble he can't resist when he sees the demon smoke among Gravell's belongings. Edyon has had an easy life compared to March and Holywell, which is a cause of scorn for Holywell, but he trusts them with his safety after having his life saved by March more than once.
The relationship growing between March and Edyon was one I loved reading. While March is hiding the truth from Edyon Edyon is an open book when it comes to the other boy. He doesn't seem to hold anything back not even his feelings while March is much more hesitant, especially because he is aware of what he and Holywell are planning for Edyon.
"The king's aim was one her mother had taught her early: he wanted Calidor, he wanted to avenge his defeat and take his brother's kingdom, which he felt was his by right. And everything he did was driven by that aim, including the marriage of his daughter."
There was a lot to develop in third first book. There are three separate countries – even if we don't spend a lot of time in Calidor or Brigand – all with their own rules, leaders politics and way of life that need to be expanded on and Sally Green does that incredibly well in this first book. There is still some things I would love to see developed more in the next book, mainly the world of the demons which was only really glanced over in this book, but I never felt lost in The Smoke Thieves as Catherine travels from Brigand to Pitoria, or as March and Holywell travel from Calidor to Pitoria.
I enjoyed the whole book but the ending to The Smoke Thieves was what stood out for me, it was explosive as plenty of secrets were revealed and our five heroes finally realised what they'd be facing. Sally Green wrote a brilliant conclusion to what I think was a strong start to a new series, and I can already tell it's going to make for an epic second book.
What did you think of The Smoke Thieves? Was it a favourite of yours or could you just not get into the story? Let me know.
All quotes have been taken from an ARC and may differ in the final publication.
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16 thoughts on "ARC Review: The Smoke Thieves"
Great review ❤📖🐽 but the pacing was a bit slow.
Beth (Reading Every Night) says:
Thanks. 🙂 And yeah I get what you mean, I reckon that could be because it was just the first book in the series and there was so much to introduce you know?
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I really like the sound of this- even if some of it could be more developed- but I'm really glad that it ended in such an explosive way. Sounds like a very promising start!
Fantastic review! ❤
It's a solid start to a new series, and a book I'd recommend overall as well. I have hopes the few disappointments I had with the first book will be solved in the second. 🙂
Thanks so much. ❤
Awesome!! Hopefully!
You're welcome ❤
Lashaan (Bookidote) says:
Ouuuuh awesome review, Beth. 5 POVs is pretty ambitious, but if they are all well-done it definitely makes it would definitely make it a really fun book to pick up! It does sound like the first book was needed to set things up, but hopefully the next one will develop on all this and blow your mind! 😀
Definitely ambitious, but there are books out there where so many POVs have been crammed in and it's worked, and this is one of them for me. 🙂 Yeah there was a lot to cover in this book, more than maybe there would be in another 'first book of the series' but that was potentially because of all the characters we needed to be introduced to.
I'm sure it will. 🙂
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wonderfilledreads says:
Great review! I absolutely loved Green's other series, Half Bad, and have been anxiously awaiting for this one to come out. I'm glad to see that you enjoyed it!
Thanks so much. 🙂 Yeah I really enjoyed her Half Bad series as well so I was definitely looking forwards to this one. It's a good story so I'm sure you'll enjoy it too. 😀
Awesome. Can't wait to pick it up!
You'll have to let me know what you think! 😀
gracebyrne says:
Omg I love her Half- Bad series and I'm dying to read this!
Yeah I was a massive fan of her Half-Bad trilogy, still not over the ending for Half Lost though. I'm sure you'll love this one, it's a good story. 🙂


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Pharmacokinetic-Pharmacodynamic Modelling of Recombinant Human Erythropoietin in Athletes: A Population Approach
Gaudard, A. GaudardA.; Varlet-Marie, E.; Audran, M.; Gomeni, R.; Bressolle, F.
Clinical Drug Investigation;2003, Vol. 23 Issue 3, p167
Objective: To develop a pharmacokinetic model able to take into account the negative feedback loop of endogenous erythropoietin production observed after repeated administration of recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEPO), and to propose a pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic model capable of assessing and quantifying the relationship between changes in: Subjects and methods: Eighteen trained athletes (three females and 15 males) participated in this study. They received subcutaneous injections of rHuEPO-α 50 U/kg bodyweight for 26 days (days 1, 3, 5, 9, 10, 12, 15, 17, 19, 22, 24 and 26) with iron supplementation. Venous blood samples were collected before, during and after rHuEPO treatment for determination of serum erythropoietin concentrations, haematological parameters (RetHct, %Macro) and sTfR levels. Population pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic calculations were performed using NONMEM[sup ®] software. Results: The serum erythropoietin concentration-time profile was compatible with a one-compartment open model and first-order input rate. The mean half-lives calculated from the first and the terminal log-linear parts of the curves were 5.2 and 35.8 hours, respectively. After subcutaneous administration of rHuEPO, the terminal part of the curve should correspond to the absorption rather than the elimination phase ('flip-flop' phenomenon). The total clearance divided by bioavailability was 4.33 L/h. The pharmacodynamic relationship based on a sigmoid E[sub max] model can be reasonably used to relate changes observed in haematological and biochemical markers after rHuEPO administration to changes in serum erythropoietin concentrations. rHuEPO induces a delayed increase in sTfR levels, RetHct and %Macro. The half-life (t[sub ½]) k[sub e0] (equilibration delay) values were 10.2 days for sTfR, 2 days for RetHct and 10.2 days for %Macro. The pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic approach developed in this study allowed below-baseline decreases in RetHct levels (i.e. from days 10-26 after the end of rHuEPO treatment) to be taken into account. A negative-feedback loop of red blood cell production further to high haemoglobin and haematocrit values could explain this decrease. Conclusions: The approach described here may provide an additional tool in the war against drug abuse by athletes; indeed, the model could be useful for simulating pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic relationships according to different rHuEPO dosage schedules.
International Nonproprietary Names. Haselbeck, Anton // WHO Drug Information;2010, Vol. 24 Issue 1, p21
The article discusses the biochemical properties of epoetins, which are recombinant versions of human erythropoietin. The carbohydrate structure and glycosylation process of epoetins are described. All epoetins irrespective of their International Nonproprietary Name (INN) exhibit distinct...
Pharmacokinetics/Pharmacodynamics of Recombinant Human Erythropoietins in Doping Control. Varlet-Marie, Emmanuelle; Gaudard, Aurélie; Audran, Michel; Bressolle, Francoise // Sports Medicine;2003, Vol. 33 Issue 4, p301
The purpose of this paper is: (i) to compare recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEPO) pharmacokinetics in athletes and healthy individuals; and (ii) to report pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) studies performed in athletes. Effect parameters in PK/PD studies included: (i) red blood cell...
Erythropoiesis stimulating agents: approaches to modulate activity. Sinclair, Angus M. // Biologics: Targets & Therapy;2013, Vol. 7, p161
Recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEPO), such as the approved agents epoetin alfa and epoetin beta, has been used successfully for over 20 years to treat anemia in millions of patients. However, due to the relatively short half-life of the molecule (approximately 8 hours), frequent dosing may...
Pharmacokinetics of darbepoetin alfa after single, intravenous or subcutaneous administration in Japanese pediatric patients with chronic kidney disease. Uemura, Osamu; Hattori, Motoshi; Hataya, Hiroshi; Ito, Shuichi; Ito, Naoko; Akizawa, Tadao // Clinical & Experimental Nephrology;Dec2014, Vol. 18 Issue 6, p932
Background: Darbepoetin alfa (DA) is beneficial for pediatric patients for its less injection frequency and greater maximum dose compared to recombinant human erythropoietin. Here, we evaluated pharmacokinetics of DA in Japanese pediatric patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Methods: CKD...
Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Recombinant Human EPO-Fc Fusion Protein In Vivo. Shi, Xunlong; Yang, Jianjun; Zhu, Haiyan; Ye, Li; Feng, Meiqing; Li, Jiyang; Huang, Hai; Tao, Qun; Ye, Dan; Sun, Lee-Hwei K.; Sun, Bill N. C.; Sun, Cecily R. Y.; Han, Guizhen; Liu, Yuanyuan; Yao, Minghui; Zhou, Pei; Ju, Dianwen // PLoS ONE;Aug2013, Vol. 8 Issue 8, p1
In this study, the in vivo pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of a novel recombinant human erythropoietin (rhEPO) Fc fusion protein, rhEPO-Fc, were studied in both rodents and rhesus monkeys. Animal models of anemia induced by irradiation, cyclophosphamide and partial renal ablation were...
Falling between the cracks: a case of amiodarone toxicity. Mackenzie, Constanze; Syed, Jaffer; Pollak, Timothy; Koren, Gideon // CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal;9/6/2011, Vol. 183 Issue 12, p1393
The article presents a case study of a 64-year-old woman who had a history of nausea, diarrhea, and vomiting. She was found having multisystem amiodarone toxicity, which includes pulmonary, hepatic, and thyroid toxicity. The article discusses amiodarone toxicity, which is induced by the...
The Use of Soluble Transferrin Receptor in the Detection of rHuEPO Abuse in Sports. McGrowder, Donovan; Brown, Paul; Alexander-Lindo, Ruby Lisa; Budall, Shirley; Irving, Rachael; Gordon, Lorenzo // Biochemistry Insights;2010, Issue 3, p7
Erythropoietin (EPO) increases the number of circulating erythrocytes and muscle oxygenation. The recombinant forms of EPO have indiscriminately been used by athletes, mainly in endurance sports to increase their erythrocytes concentration, thus generating a better delivery of oxygen to the...
Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic profiles of recombinant human erythropoietin-loaded poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) microspheres in rats. Zhou, Xiang-lian; He, Jin-tian; Du, Hui-juan; Fan, Yang-yang; Wang, Ying; Zhang, Hong-xia; Jiang, Yang // Acta Pharmacologica Sinica;Jan2012, Vol. 33 Issue 1, p137
Aim:To characterize the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic profiles of the recombinant human erythropoietin (rhEPO)-loaded poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) microspheres in rats.Methods:The rhEPO-loaded microspheres were prepared using a solid-in-oil-in-water emulsion method....
Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Comparison of Two Recombinant Human Erythropoietin Formulations, PDA10 and Eprex, in Healthy Korean Male Volunteers: A Randomized, Double-Blinded, Single-Dose, Two-Period Crossover Study. Oh, MinKyung; Yoon, Jaeseung; Cho, Doo-Yeoun // Clinical Drug Investigation;Oct2015, Vol. 35 Issue 10, p659
Background and Objectives: A new biosimilar human recombinant epoetin alfa product (PDA10) has been developed by PanGen Biotech Inc., Korea. This study was planned to demonstrate the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic comparability of PDA10 to an existing epoetin alfa (Eprex) after a single...


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OPPORTUNITIES FOR TRANSFORMATIVE PLACEMAKING 1
OPPORTUNITIES for TRANSFORMATIVE PLACEMAKING
Chattanooga Innovation District, Tennessee
Nate Storring Charlotte Benz
2 ANNE T. AND ROBERT M. BASS CENTER FOR TRANSFORMATIVE PLACEMAKING
The past 15 years have witnessed a rise in the growth of urban innovation districts—mixed- use, walkable, and transit-rich urban areas where anchor institutions and mature companies cluster with start-ups, business incubators, and accelerators.
While drivers of job growth and revitalization, these districts also tend to reflect the knowledge-based industries that comprise them, and thus often lack diversity in terms of workforce, business ownership, and decision-making.
This profile examines the recently designated innovation district in downtown Chattanooga, Tennessee, where stakeholders are undertaking intentional efforts to ensure that low-income and minority residents are key participants in, and beneficiaries of, the area's growth and development.
Chattanooga, Tenn. has a long history as a logistics and manufacturing hub, but by the 1980s, the city faced a combination of lingering pollution amid declining industry. The city lost nearly 10 percent of its population throughout the 1960s, and another 10 percent from 1980 to 1990. Dubbed by iconic CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite as "the dirtiest city in America," the city's image during this period was poor, and the urban core was depressed—a single-use office district, with few people out on the streets or living downtown.
Today Chattanooga is cleaner, cooler, and experiencing a boom in entrepreneurship. Its population has bounced back to 179,139 and the unemployment rate has dropped from a peak of 9.8 percent in May 2009 to a low of 3.3 percent in May 2018. Over the past several decades, the downtown particularly has become a lively mixed-use district, with residential population increasing 23 percent from 2000 to 2015—nearly double the rate of surrounding Hamilton County—and retail vacancies declining to under 2 percent by 2016.1 Yet now as ever, not everyone shares in this newfound prosperity.
Indeed, perhaps no place best embodies the promise and perils of the new Chattanooga than the Chattanooga Innovation District. In 2015, the city officially designated the district in part of the downtown in hope of taking full advantage of the city's public high-speed internet infrastructure (known colloquially as "the Gig"). This new district builds on a 30-year history of public-private partnership in development led by the River City Company, which redeveloped the Tennessee River waterfront, built the well-known Tennessee Aquarium, and catalyzed private development throughout the downtown. Unlike many innovation districts, which have major corporations or research universities as their primary anchors, Chattanooga's energy revolves around EPB, the city's public electric and telecommunications utility, and the Edney Innovation Center, an 11-story building that combines community programming, business services, co-working and private office spaces. The district's vision plan focuses on six key values, including innovation, education, culture and history, public life, and treating the district as an urban lab. However, perhaps the most important and difficult to fulfill values in the plan focus on supporting diversity and
POPULATION Downtown residential population increased 23 percent from 2000 to 2015
ECONOMY The Innovation District was designated in 2015
inclusion—especially along racial lines—while managing the threat of gentrification.
American urban development has been shaped by racist practices in zoning, transportation, education, urban renewal, law enforcement, and private and public housing, often encouraged or dictated at the federal level. Chattanooga is no exception.2 "Redlining" maps, which denied public and private investment in the areas where communities of color lived, affected many neighborhoods in the city, including some directly adjacent to the downtown and innovation district. The legacy of these and other policies have persisted: In 2010, the city's "dissimilarity index," a common measure of segregation, was 57.8 out of a possible 100, suggesting a moderately high degree of segregation.3 Educational attainment in Chattanooga also differs significantly by race, with white residents three times as likely to have a bachelor's degree as black residents, and black residents twice as likely to lack a high school diploma.4 These disparate educational outcomes echo through the city's income statistics: In 2010, the median income for non-Hispanic white households in Chattanooga was nearly double that of black households, and from 2000 to 2014 incomes grew nearly 17 times faster for white households than black ones.5 While stark, these inequalities are only slightly more acute than in America at large.
DISPARITIES From 2000 to 2014, incomes grew nearly 17 times faster for white Chattanooga households than for black ones
In this context, it is understandable why diversity and inclusion became core values for the city's innovation district.6 "Chattanooga has benefited from being a late starter," notes Marcus Shaw, CEO of The Company Lab (Co.Lab), a nonprofit accelerator in the district. When the district was first announced in 2015, Chattanooga leaders decided that they needed a different approach than the country's biggest high-tech hubs, like San Francisco or Boston, which continue to struggle with affordability and diversity. Accordingly, "intentional" has become the watchword when it comes to equity in Chattanooga, and the mediating organizations responsible for the district have aimed to bake equity into their missions. "The ramp up period is harder when you build diversity in at the beginning," continues Shaw. "More friction, but less risk in the long run—just like a portfolio."
CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
Co.Lab provides one example of how this intentional approach plays out in practice. In their annual report, they track the growth of minority and women-owned business ownership as one of their key outcomes. At a glance, Co.Lab's success in this regard appears limited at first, with the percentage of female and minority program participants since 2010 hovering close to the proportions for the county as a whole. But the trend line is positive. The 2016 cohort was 64 percent women founders, and 31 percent minority founders—23 percent and 14 percent higher than countywide numbers, respectively. Integral to this shift has been Co.Lab's partnership with LAUNCH Chattanooga, another nonprofit with a tight focus on supporting individuals and communities that are underrepresented in the city's entrepreneurial ecosystem. Marco Perez, vice president of operations
for LAUNCH, describes the approach of many incubators and accelerators as identifying and supporting a handful of "home-run hitters." LAUNCH, on the other hand, is a "teach everyone to bat" organization, open to neighborhood micro-businesses as much as to prospective fast-growing companies with regional significance. While their programs make an enormous difference in the lives of individuals and households, this is also a slow process that requires patience and a long-term investment in relationships.
Place plays a crucial and multifaceted role in all of these initiatives. "Density is important," says Shaw. "It's a fact of physics. Density creates power. Density creates opportunities to have force and to combine." In practice, this means that most of the people Shaw needs to get something done are his neighbors. "When I need to meet somebody, I literally walk. Every influencer in this city I can walk to." The same benefits of concentration extend to the participants as well as the leaders of these programs. They, too, gain access to the social networks, entrepreneurial culture, and resources of the innovation district through placemaking in public spaces, like the recently renovated Miller Park and community spaces like the Edney Innovation Center.
Even Chattanooga's citywide digital equity initiatives emphasize the centrality of the district. Tech Goes Home Chattanooga helps connect residents to the city's ultra-high-speed internet through a combination of subsidized hardware and internet access, as well as digital literacy training. Sammy Lowdermilk, program manager of Tech Goes Home, observes that many people outside the downtown area are not familiar with the innovation district. "This innovation district concept is relatively new. A lot of the community doesn't really understand it. Tech Goes Home is a good conduit to help individuals understand what positive impact the innovation district could have on the city." Regular events hosted by Tech Goes Home are often participants' first introduction to the Edney building, but as familiarity and a sense of ownership have grown, Lowdermilk has noticed an uptick in organizations outside the innovation district taking advantage of these resources.
Nevertheless, the innovation district approach also has its pitfalls. In particular, a 2018 report
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As we enter the second semester we will have additional homework for the kindergarten students to help them prepare for First Grade. These additional homework packets will contain practice in language arts, math and fine motor skills. There will be directions included in each packet given on Mondays and due Fridays. I will review and correct these homework packets each week.
All students will complete the regular homework we have been doing since August and we will review this homework every Friday. Please make sure your child is completing their own homework to the best of their ability with only gentle parent guidance following the included checklist. It is important that the children develop independence, pride and good work habits in relation to their homework. Please make sure that all homework is kept in their folders and returned every Friday.
January is a cold and rainy month. Please have children dress in layers as the classroom is warm (hopefully) but it is cold outside. On rainy days please have children wear rain boots, rain coats and bring umbrellas. Include a change of shoes for the classroom as it is hard to sit "crisscross" on the carpet in wet rainboots. On rainy days we eat in the classroom. If you choose to have your child purchase lunch from the cafeteria, please be aware that they will have to walk up and get their lunch and then return to the classroom to eat.
As we enter the second semester we will add to our curriculum. In addition to our Handwriting Without Tears book, we will begin working in the Kick Start to Kindergarten book which includes smaller capital and lower case letter writing practice, smaller pictures to color for increased fine motor control and short sentences to read and write. We have completed our Numbers 1-10 books and will expand our math program with more problem solving activities, new worksheets, continuing to use our math journals, games and technology software.
We will begin to practice S.T.E.M. activities in science, expand our sentence writing, add easel painting and dramatic experiences with puppets and use our musical instruments.
Starting the day with a protein rich, low-sugar breakfast helps children enter the classroom ready to learn. Healthy children have more school success and one important way you can help is to provide healthy (low-sugar) snacks and lunches including fruits (cut in portion sizes easy for children to eat), vegetables, and protein help children maintain learning energy for the second half of the day.
There has been a lot of research lately regarding the impact of sugar and this is of particular interest to me. I would like to share a few things I have read.
Sugar: Does It Really Make Kids Hyper?
I am not an expert, but am always interested in learning more about staying healthy. I can absolutely see the change that happens to children in terms of energy and ability to focus when their snack contains sugar. I encourage you to read ingredients and stick to non-processed foods as much as possible. This is a great way to support your child's learning!
This week we will meet Mr. N and his Noisy Nose. We will practice the sound of /N/, words that begin with the sound and how to properly write both upper and lower case /N/. We will work in our rhyming books, our Letter People Journals, our Picture Word Dictionary use our Listening Center and utilize games and computer programs to reinforce these letters, sounds and words.
In math we will work in small groups playing games, utilize manipulatives and work in our math journals in addition to some new math problem-solving worksheets.
Thank you all for everything you do to support Room K and I sincerely wish you a very Happy New Year!


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usually, the motors are synchronous, slowing them down via triac chopping heats them up and makes them stutter.
Slowing them down via gearing is an option if u can find gears to work.
Increasing their heat is an option for metal geared units else the gears melt and distort.
Since most laminators have a reverse option to remove jams built in, I exploited that with the mod. to have a PCB laminator or a regular laminator function at the touch of a button.
No issues. All of us could be happy using the procedures.
I recently bought a roll of film negative photo-resist . i don't have the laminator and thus I would like to do it manually with temperature controlled electric iron manually .
My observations with ground plane have been on rough side. registration on the copper clad and pitholes etc. Can any one comment on this.
I use craft foil transfer (after the toner transfer) to eliminate the ground plane fills/pours pitting. Silver sharpie marker for manual resist touchups as well.
EDIT: Are you able to get silicon sheet, where you are?
Why is it necessary to use foil after toner transfer?
The foiling can be used for silk screen colors and professional appearance PCB labelling.
It is also used to negate the effects of pitting caused by poor toner coverage in filled areas like ground planes as happens when your toner is getting low or you are using a non OEM Toner cartridge where the roller actaully has a micro grid pattern (reduces toner usage) rather than being smooth.
It isn't necessary for traces up to 24 mils or so, only thicker ones.
If you're making RF grade PCBs it is essential to maintain minimal pitting in all traces or you can get poor impedance results.
I've always had ground planes with voids, not related to non-oem cartridges either. I believe it's a common problem. I always went over the large areas with a permanent marker, then touched up any other defects with an ohp pen.
I'm new to toner transfer.
I only make small projects, so I will always buy OEM toner.
Old thread, but I figured I'd add my two cents for whatever that's worth. I don't know what everyone else thinks of it, but I've been just using PNP Blue toner transfer film. I got a bunch of it for a project a few years ago, and now I have enough that I've never bothered trying other things since.
I've used magazines, foil, PET film, and release liner from self-adhesive vinyl stock. The magazines worked okay, but I never had luck with the rest. The PNP Blue adds an extra bit of coating to the overall thickness of the transferred deposit. I get a lot less pitting of copper pours than with the magazines or any kind of toner-only transfer.
As far as cleaning, my old board stock tends to be dirty and tarnished. I use scouring powder on it until it has a uniform matte finish and passes a water break test after a thorough rinsing. I wear nitrile gloves throughout the process to keep from making fingerprints on the fresh board.
For the transfer, I used to have an old fuser assembly out of a laser printer, but it was really difficult to make it work uniformly. The success of the transfer is a function of heat, pressure, and time. Uneven movement in the fuser or the laminator I tried tends to result in transverse bands where it gets squished too much and isolation dimensions are reduced.
I since made a flat, temperature controlled platen for the hydraulic press. I just throw the board on a phone book or something compliant and insulative. I've found that a moderate temperature (105°C) and a high pressure for a moderate time (maybe 10s) tend to work best. Using a lower pressure means you'll need higher temperatures and/or longer press time. Excess time and temperature means the toner will tend to flow more, and you get a lot more distortion and isolation reduction.
Considering the amount of pressure I'm using, it's easy to see how using a clothes iron becomes impractical for anything but really small boards. To put this in perspective, if I put the platen in the drill press (as an arbor press), I'm limited to about 330-360 lbf (measured with a load cell). This is almost always insufficient total force to get reliable results.
cut the special transfer paper little over sized, stick it with coated sice upwards using 3M scotch sticker.
Set you p[rinter on 600DPI with dark print modew ith paper defined as thicker paper.
laminate it using domestic eletric iron carefully at its maximum temp.
ironing time depends, experience can improve quality.
Finally you need to peel the paper off while the copperclad is at half hot.
Obviouslt any discontinuitys or shorts could be attended to aND THE BOARD ETCHED.
I have looked wistfully at PNP Blue oftentimes in the past when I was still trying to figure out the best method for my circumstances. It looks great, but it's just so expensive! They also do a paper to make silkscreen layers, and another I think but can't remember what it is now.
EBAY Yellow paper and my laminator mod is 100% every tume...up to 1' square boards /double sided as req.
I chose the PNP Blue simply because I felt it had a good success-probability-to-cost ratio. By now, there are probably things on ebay at a sufficiently low price that they would've been worth a try. I'm not saying it's the best; just saying I have enough that I've no need to try anything else.
One thing I have noticed with the PNP Blue is that it sometimes has issues because of how thin and incompressible the carrier film is. If there is any dust on the platen or scratches on the board, it tends to make skips or tiny overpressed spots. It's all easily fixed by putting a sheet or two of paper between the platen and the board, but a paper-based transfer method would have such compliance built-in.
As a tangential benefit of negligible value, I used spent PNPB film to make a bunch of transparent legend slips for some illuminated pushbuttons. Regular transparency stock would work, but I didn't have any, and the stores only ever have that awful hazy stuff for inkjets. I just cleaned a used piece of PNPB with some xylene and washed it with detergent before printing.
Wow this is a rather long running thread.
Just wanted to say there are numerous sellers on ebay selling toner transfer paper for about 15 cents a sheet shipped. I have not made a PCB in a few years but I may get back into it to make carrier boards for connecting the various uC related modules.
Sorry for my inability to come on this platform frequently. Just today I etched out a PCB for LT1083CP based PSU using the "yellow ebay " transfer paper that came perfect. . I shall try to be here regularly.
Yes, that paper is excellent for small boards. I had problems with cracking doing large boards.
Curious about large. Could you be more specific?


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'Teen Mom' Maci Bookout's Weight Problem Is a Serious Concern
Maressa Brown September 25, 2012 at 3:36 PM
You gotta hand it to Maci Bookout. The Teen Mom star rarely seems to let the roughest moments in her life get to her. Or at least she doesn't let on that she's down in the dumps. After breaking up (again -- and likely, for good) with her on-and-off again love, Kyle King, she's been sounding pretty darn chipper on Twitter. Apparently, whilst taking questions from fans, she revealed that she has a weight problem ...
As in, she's trying to gain weight. She tweeted, "I'm on a gain weight workout and diet! I'm always doin stuff backwards lol." Oh man. Of course the typical response to a woman -- especially a mom! -- admitting that is, "OMG, cry me a river." Because, yeah, that is pretty much the opposite problem most of us have.
With women's magazines, ads, and all other forms of media perpetually sending the screwed-up message that "there's no such thing as too thin," the idea of having to gain weight is practically unfathomable! But that doesn't mean it's not a legit issue.
It would be interesting to hear why Maci has trouble gaining weight? Is she coping with something like hyperthyroidism? Could it be her doc really has raised concern about her being underweight and says she needs to put on a few, or is she just feeling like she'd like to gain some muscle and be more ripped than waif? Either way, it's a valid concern -- one that we shouldn't so easily brush aside, laugh off, or roll our eyes at, just because it's 180 degrees from the challenge a major percent of America are currently facing. There's no shame in wanting to be fit and at a "happy weight," whether you're coming at it from above or below.
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And no matter what her reasons are, there's no better way than going about it in a healthy, grounded, lifestyle-changing way. Hopefully that's the precisely the approach Maci's taking.
What do you think about Maci's weight concern?
Image via MTV
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