![]() SeQuential Pacific sells glycerin and the industrial oil referred to as boiler fuel oil to local distributors. Just as Schnitzer Steel can make new rebar out of old girders and Nike can make a sharp-looking football shirt out of spent plastic bottles, our biodiesel is primarily a second-use product: It gives used cooking oil new life and provides added value as a fuel and even down to further byproducts. Used cooking oil is a raw material (in energy production, we call it feedstock), but it’s not so-called virgin material. We do not want to be part of a different problem, mowing down forests for agriculture or laying claim to crops that could feed people. This sequence - food first, then fuel - is essential to our business model. ![]() Some are suppliers, some are customers, and some are both. SeQuential Pacific is fortunate to work with other Oregon businesses that share our passion for sustainability, including Burgerville, New Seasons Market, Nike, Safeway, Roth’s Fresh Market and McMenamins. In fact, some on our customers may be eligible for rebates for every gallon of oil we collect. There is no cost for restaurants to recycle their oil with us. We have more than 7,000 suppliers throughout the region including businesses, schools, restaurants and hospitals. Our biodiesel is made from used cooking oil in the Pacific Northwest. These jobs would not exist if the valuable resource of used cooking oil were getting buried away in the ground. Our nearly 100 employees in these markets pick up used cooking oil from local suppliers or refine the oil at our plant in Salem or distribute it to our customers throughout Washington, Idaho, Oregon and soon northern California. ![]() We have hubs in Seattle, Portland, Salem, and Spokane, and serve the surrounding areas to cover the entire region. We were squatting in a gas station on Highway 30 in Portland, but we could see a promising future ahead and were able to hire our first employee. We established the first commercial biodiesel production facility in Oregon, only the second commercial biodiesel production facility in the Pacific Northwest. By 2004 we were able to launch SeQuential Pacific Biodiesel LLC, a joint venture with of Maui, Hawaii. Like a growing number of people, I was interested in keeping pollution out of the air, waste out of the landfills, and energy dollars closer to home.Īs in high-tech and craft brewing, two other industries dear to Oregonian’s hearts, early adopters came out of the woodwork, and their support and enthusiasm helped us refine our product. Biodiesel made from used cooking oil is significantly cleaner than petroleum diesel, emitting up to 78 percent less carbon dioxide and other harmful gases. On the demand side, motorists and delivery fleets were paying the owners of petroleum wells in distant countries to send them fuel from thousands of miles away.Īs an Oregonian, I liked the way the numbers played out in the world around me. On the supply side, restaurant owners were paying to have cooking oil disposed of, as trash. Our first and primary refueling station is in Eugene, just a few miles down the road from the U of O campus.Īs a business major vetting a business model, I liked the way the numbers added up. The Riverfront Innovation Center provided me with the facility, resources and time needed to research how to take the concept of locally produced biodiesel to the reality of SeQuential Pacific Biodiesel as a viable, profitable business. ![]() ![]() When I was exploring the potential opportunities in the biodiesel industry, just over 10 years ago, I was lucky enough to be able to do so through the University of Oregon entrepreneurial incubator project. Recently we closed another loop, as we signed a contract to recycle cooking oil from the concession stands operated by the University of Oregon Athletics department. This year we celebrated our 20 millionth gallon of fuel produced and are approaching 100 employees. My partners and I wanted to provide Oregonians with an economically viable alternative to fossil fuels while also building a business that would grow over time and provide jobs in the region. Image Credit: Alexandru Nika/Shutterstock.įor those of us in the alternative fuel industry, what motivated us when we started is what motivates us today. ![]()
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![]() ![]() The introduction of the Maslach Burnout Inventory-General Survey (MBI-GS) has paved the way to expand the horizons of burnout research outside the human services, as its dimensions are defined more generally and do not refer to working with recipients. The virtual use of the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) at the budding stages of burnout research has led to the artefactual notion that burnout was exclusively found among the human services professionals. Yet, the most widely used definition is the three-dimensional concept of burnout that was described by Maslach, Jackson, and Leiter. However, defining burnout as a clinical entity has been a controversial issue throughout its course. In the context of ever increasing educational expectations and demands having negative repercussions on mental wellbeing of student populations, exploration of the problem of burnout has become a timely need across the globe. The Sinhala version of the 15-item MBI SS, due to its brevity, ease of administration, and sound psychometric properties, could be used as an effective screening tool to assess student burnout at the school level. The Sinhala version of the 15-item MBI-SS is a valid and a reliable instrument to assess the burnout status among collegiate cycle students in Sri Lanka. All three subscales show high internal consistency with Cronbach’s α coefficient values of 0.837, 0.869, and 0.881 and test-retest reliability was high ( p < 0.001). A modified version of the MBI-SS, with item 13 deleted, emerged as an acceptable fitting model with a combination of absolute, relative and parsimony fit indices reaching desired threshold values. Only one item (item 13) was identified as having poor psychometric properties. ResultsĬFA revealed that the three-factor model of the MBI-SS fitted the data better than the one-factor and the two-factor model. The construct validity of the MBI-SS was assessed using multi-trait scaling analysis and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), while reliability was assessed using internal consistency and test-retest reliability, which was assessed after an interval of two weeks. The pre-tested Sinhala version of the MBI-SS was administered to a sample of 194 grade thirteen students in the Kurunegala district, Sri Lanka. Hence, this study was aimed at assessing the factorial structure, validity, and reliability of the MBI-SS among collegiate cycle students in Sri Lanka. Even though the validity of the Maslach Burnout Inventory-Student Survey (MBI-SS) is widely assessed across the globe, there is a paucity of related literature in the South Asian settings. Moreover support among colleagues and leadership seems critical to prevent a negative process of burnout and help to manage relationally demanding jobs.With ever increasing educational expectations and demands, burnout has emerged as a major problem negatively affecting the wellbeing of different student populations. Conclusion: The results underscore the importance of an early response to employees who are beginning to struggle at work and the relevance of a true match between personal capacity and job demands. A match between personal capacity and demands, mutual support among colleagues and leadership support, and contextual factors are critical to prevent the negative process of burnout. The results also indicate that the nurses’ experiences of symptoms of burnout can be a result of demands that exceeded the nurses’ resources. Results: The lack of identification with the core aspect of the job, relational contact with patients and relatives, and external motivation were found as potential barriers for managing relationally demanding jobs. The interviews were analysed using an interpretative phenomenological analysis. Methods: In-depth interviews were carried out with six nurses, working in a medium-sized hospital in Norway. Based on experiences of hospital nurses, this paper aims to identify critical factors for nurses in managing relationally demanding situations in care for very ill and/or dying patients. Relationally Demanding Jobs, Symptoms of Burnout, Personal Capacity, Motivation, Interpretative Phenomenological AnalysisĪBSTRACT: Background: Workload, interpersonal relationships, professional conflict and the emotional cost of providing care are potential sources of stress and burnout among nurses. In: Evaluating Stress: A Book of Resources, 3rd Edition, Scarecrow Education, Lanham, 191-218.Ĭritical Factors in Managing Relationally Demanding Jobs, in Care for Very Ill and/or Dying Patients: A Phenomenological Study among Public Hospital NursesĪUTHORS: Asgerdur Bjarnadottir, Monica Lillefjell ![]() ![]() ![]()
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That tension is almost tangible on a cut like "Vai Toma No Cu", a song that sounds like SEPULTURA doing its best GODFLESH impersonation, replete with Max sounding like Justin Broadrick over a stabbing industrial metal onslaught that's as catchy as it is beefy. By Cavalera's own admission, his excessive alcohol intake irritated Newport during the recording. And like many marriages, it wasn't always pretty. "Point Blank"'s 13 songs were the marriage of Cavalera's penchant for raw hardcore punk in the vein of DISCHARGE along with Newport's inclination for samples and industrial sonic hell. The bulk of "Point Blank", however, sounds like the obvious fusion of both main figures. Cavalera's punk-fueled thrash metal attack clearly sits in the driver's seat on the pummeling opener "Wasting Away", while Newport's industrial background informs the entirety of the mechanical, marching beat on "Guerrillas". On certain songs, one or the other takes control. NAILBOMB was essentially a duo, the bastard child of Max Cavalera ( SEPULTURA, SOULFLY, etc.) and FUDGE TUNNEL's Alex Newport, who drafted notable musicians like Max's brother Igor on drums as well as SEPULTURA's Andreas Kisser and FEAR FACTORY's Dino Cazares on guitars to serve as session musicians. Nearly 30 years later, the two albums are being re-released and packaged together as "1000% Hate", the title that the band initially had in mind for "Point Blank". NAILBOMB weren't meant to last, but they sure as hell have made their mark. Between 19 they released one studio effort, 1994's "Point Blank", and had a warm-up gig the evening before their acclaimed European festival appearance, which was documented as the live album "Proud To Commit Commercial Suicide" (1995). 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Items like Chili Con Carne and Tamales were a surprise for me to see on the menu because, at the time, Mexican food in California was not at its height of popularity, especially in comparison to its popularity in California now. ![]() The menu has Italian, French, English, German, and Spanish influences, creating a whole array of items to be shared when ordering for a family. Not only the length and density of the menu were a surprise to me when looking at the menu for the first time, but the variety of food as well. The Pig ‘N Whistle served both lunch and dinner, which is why their menu seems to be lengthy providing a wide variety of meats, desserts, cheese, and more. What’s On Today’s Menu… From 90 Years Ago Out of all the locations, the Los Angeles location, or at least the name of the original location stayed the same transitioning from the restaurant scene to easy fast food to finally a bar stayed open till 2021, when the Covid-19 pandemic, unfortunately, shut down the Pig ‘N Whistle and silenced its name permanently. The two words together over time formed the term Pig ‘N Whistle, which is quite an ironic name for a restaurant/tea room that doesn’t serve any alcohol at first. In the late 1800s, British taverns commonly had an alcoholic mix called, “wassail” which was drunk from a bowl, normally called a “pig”. What also plays a role in the naming of the Pig ‘N Whistle would have to do with British Taverns and their customary lingo. 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Update: I updated the blogpost for PHP 7 instead of PHP 5. ![]() ![]() Wiley & sons (2005)īulk SrTiO3: a perovskite oxide that at high temperatures crystallizes in the simple cubic structure The theoretical lattice constant of SrTiO3 for this first example Simple cubic lattice + a basis of five atoms Sampling in k in the first Brillouin zone to achieve self-consistency Go to the directory where the exercise on the structure of Si is stored Inspect the input file, SrTiO3.fdf More information at the Siesta web page and follow the link Documentations, Manual Cubic SrTiO3 structure: Kittel, Introduction to Solid State Physics, Eighth Edition, J. Can be extrapolated at T =0 Definition of some fundamental quantitiesĪnd can be measured with great accuracy and extrapolated at T = 0 Ch. 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For example, in South America, heads of defeated enemies were often used as war trophies - the Arara people in the Brazilian Amazon used skulls of defeated enemies as musical instruments, the Inca turned skulls into drinking jars, and the Jivaro people of Ecuador shrunk heads to imprison the souls of foes. ![]() These 9,000-year-old bones may be evidence of the oldest known case of ritual beheading in the New World, raising new questions as to how this grisly practice began in the Americas, the researchers said in a new study.ĭecapitation was likely common in the New World, according to the scientists. Under limestone slabs in a cave in Brazil, scientists made a ghoulish new discovery: a decapitated skull covered in amputated hands. ![]() |
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