Glass House Mountains

The Glass House Mountains are a group of eleven hills that rise abruptly from the coastal plain on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. The highest mountain is Mount Beerwah at 556 m above sea level, but the most identifiable of all the mountains is Mount Tibrogargan which appears like a giant ape sitting by the roadside staring out to sea. The mountains were named by explorer Captain James Cook on 17 May 1770.[1] The peaks reminded him of the glass furnaces in his home county of Yorkshire.[2] Matthew Flinders explored the area and climbed Mount Beerburrum after sailing along Pumicestone Passage in 1799. Geology The range was formed as molten lava cooled to form hard rock in the cores of volcanoes between 26-27 million years ago. The source of the lava was from the East Australia hotspot. The cores of the mountains contain columns of comendite from lava which cools quickly into a hard rock.[3] The surrounding softer rocks have been eroded in the subsequent time, forming the spectacular volcanic plugs that remain today.[2] The peaks location relative to each other exhibits an alignment that is believed to have occurred due to fracturing.[4] Peaks Each of the peaks is protected within the Glass House Mountains National Park. Some of the peaks display vertical columns, particularly Mount Coonowrin, Mount Ngungun and Mount Beerwah at the Organ Pipes.[4] These columns are the result of lava contraction. Scattered throughout the mountains are shallow caves which have been formed by wind erosion on rocks that were softened by groundwater.[4] The names of each mountain in the range are:

Mount Beerburrum, 278 m Mount Beerwah, 556 m Mount Coochin, 235 m Mount Coonowrin or Crookneck, 377 m Mount Elimbah or The Saddleback, 129 m

Mount Ngungun, 253 m Mount Tibberoowuccum, 220 m Mount Tibrogargan, 364 m Mount Tunbubudla or the Twins, 312 and 293 m Wild Horse Mountain or Round Mountain, 123 m

Mount Miketeebumulgrai: 199m

Glass House Mountains viewed from Mary Cairncross Reserve

The peaks are culturally significant to the traditional owners, the Gubbi Gubbi people. Under a native title claim, access to the peaks could be restricted as they are considered spiritual places.[2] To the south east of the Glass House Mountains township is an Aboriginal bora ring.[4] In the land between the peaks, pineapple and poultry farming, as well as commercial forestry and quarrying are the main land uses.[

Greenhouse
A greenhouse (also called a glasshouse) is a building in which plants are grown. These structures range in size from small sheds to industrial-sized buildings. A miniature greenhouse is known as a cold frame. A greenhouse is a structural building with different types of covering materials, such as a glass or plastic roof and frequently glass or plastic walls; it heats up because incoming visible solar radiation (for which the glass is transparent) from the sun is absorbed by plants, soil, and other things inside the building. Air warmed by the heat from hot interior surfaces is retained in the building by the roof and wall. In addition, the warmed structures and plants inside the greenhouse re-radiate some of their thermal energy in the infrared spectrum, to which glass is partly opaque, so some of this energy is also trapped inside the glasshouse. However, this latter process is a minor player compared with the former (convective) process. Thus, the primary heating mechanism of a greenhouse is convection. This can be demonstrated by opening a small window near the roof of a greenhouse: the temperature drops considerably. This principle is the basis of the autovent automatic cooling system. Thus, the glass used for a greenhouse works as a barrier to air flow, and its effect is to trap energy within the greenhouse. The air that is warmed near the ground is prevented from rising indefinitely and flowing away. Although heat loss due to thermal conduction through the glass and other building materials occurs, net energy (and therefore temperature) increases inside the greenhouse.

Types Greenhouses can be divided into glass greenhouses and plastic greenhouses. Plastics mostly used are polyethylene film and multiwall sheets of polycarbonate material, or PMMA acrylic glass. Commercial glass greenhouses are often hightech production facilities for vegetables or flowers. The glass greenhouses are filled with equipment such as screening installations, heating, cooling and lighting, and may be automatically controlled by a computer. Uses Greenhouses allow for greater control over the growing environment of plants. Depending upon the technical specification of a greenhouse, key factors which may be controlled include temperature, levels of light and shade, irrigation, fertilizer application, and atmospheric humidity. Greenhouses may be used to overcome shortcomings in the growing qualities of a piece of land, such as a short growing season or poor light levels, and they can thereby improve food production in marginal environments.

Polycarbonate
Polycarbonates (PC), known by the trademarked names Lexan, Makrolon, Makroclear and others, are a particular group of thermoplastic polymers. They are easily worked, molded, and thermoformed. Because of these properties, polycarbonates find many applications. Polycarbonates do not have a unique resin identification code and are identified as Other, 7.

Structure Polycarbonates received their name because they are polymers containing carbonate groups (O(C=O)O). Most polycarbonates of commercial interest are derived from rigid monomers. A balance of useful features including temperature resistance, impact resistance and optical properties position polycarbonates between commodity plastics and engineering plastics.

Production The main polycarbonate material is produced by the reaction of bisphenol A (BPA) and phosgene COCl 2. The overall reaction can be written as follows: The first step of the synthesis involves treatment of bisphenol A with sodium hydroxide, which deprotonates the hydroxyl groups of the bisphenol A.[4]
(HOC6H4)2CMe2 + 2 NaOH (NaOC6H4)2CMe2 + 2 H2O

The diphenoxide ((NaOC6H4)2CMe2) reacts with phosgene to give a chloroformate, which subsequently is attacked by another phenoxide. The net reaction from the diphenoxide is:
(NaOC6H4)2CMe2 + COCl2 1/n [OC(OC6H4)2CMe2]n + 2 NaCl

In this way, approximately one billion kilograms of polycarbonate is produced annually. Many other diols have been tested in place of bisphenol A, e.g. 1,1-bis(4hydroxyphenyl)cyclohexane and dihydroxybenzophenone. The cyclohexane is used as a comonomer to suppress crystallisation tendency of the BPA-derived product. Tetrabromobisphenol A is used to enhance fire resistance. Tetramethylcyclobutanediol has been developed as a replacement for BPA.[4] An alternative route to polycarbonates entails transesterification from BPA and diphenyl carbonate:
(HOC6H4)2CMe2 + (C6H5O)2CO 1/n [OC(OC6H4)2CMe2]n + 2 C6H5OH

The diphenyl carbonate was derived in part from carbon monoxide, this route being greener than the phosgene method.[4]

Polyacrylic acid
Poly(acrylic acid) (PAA or Carbomer) is generic name for synthetic high molecular weight polymers of acrylic acid. They may be homopolymers of acrylic acid, crosslinked with an allyl ether pentaerythritol, allyl ether of sucrose or allyl ether of propylene. In a water solution at neutral pH, PAA is an anionic polymer, i.e. many of the side chains of PAA will lose their protons and acquire a negative charge. This makes PAAs polyelectrolytes, with the ability to absorb and retain water and swell to many times their original volume. Dry PAAs are found in the market as

white and fluffy powders. Carbomer codes (910, 934, 940, 941 and 934P) are an indication of molecular weight and the specific components of the polymer. For many applications PAAs are used in form of alkali metal or amonium salts e.g. sodium polyacrylate.

Applications Poly acrylic acid and its derivatives are used in disposable diapers,[1] ion exchange resins and adhesives. They are also popular as a thickening, dispersing, suspending and emulsifying agents in pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and paints.[2] PAA inactivates the antiseptic chlorhexidine gluconate.[citation needed] The acrylic panels are very popular for retail areas or high quality greenhouses and nurseries. The greenhouse panels must be designed for snow loads on greenhouse. The greenhouse panels require special greenhouse accessories. Acrylic panel market is very large and diverse with such uses as commercial application of all types, such as skylights, partitions, roof panels, commercial awnings and windows. Acrylic life expectancy exceeds 20 years if properly maintained. Acrylic covered greenhouses promote maximum plant growth for generations. There is no finer, stronger or clearer structural sheet. Most polycarbonate aluminum glazing systems are suitable for use with acrylic. However, each system has its benefits.

To say that we're extremely happy even thrilled with the new CYRO ALLTOPTM greenhouse acrylic sheet would be an understatement," says John R. Newland, coowner at Newland's Flowers Limited of Leamington, Ontario. "After installing the sheeting on our latest greenhouse in September 1995, we're already seeing significant gains in terms of energy conservation, and improved plant performance." There's plenty of growing history behind John's statement. Founded by his grandfather H.B.Newland in the late 1920s, the company started out as a multiple operation producing a wide range of vegetables, fruit and flowers. "In the mid 1960s, we more than doubled our greenhouse capacity. Today there is 100,000 square feet, all of it used for growing roses." Even more remarkable, ALLTOP greenhouse acrylic sheet, a double-walled product, delivers up to 91% sunlight transmission in the visible range. No other double walled thermoplastic sheet matches this performance. They are so popular in greenhouses because most greenhouse crops need a lot of light. "I'm sure one reason is that ALLTOP sheet has wide cells and therefore fewer support ribs and that lets more light in. And ALLTOP sheet produced light is much more diffused, which means it reaches more of the plant particularly among mature growth whiter shadows can be an issue." ALLTOP sheet has another feature the Newlands are pleased about: more then 50% energy savings compared to single pane glass. "We have environmental computers constantly monitoring temperatures along with how long the steam valves are open to heat our greenhouses. Again, comparing greenhouses that are almost exactly the same size, you can look at the computer records and see that ALLTOP sheet conserves heat far better. And as an added bonus, the ALLTOP acrylic sheet greenhouse tends to be a bit cooler in the summer, since the direct sunlight is diffused." ALLTOP acrylic sheet's unique on line. Greenhouse NO DRIP coating also disperses droplets of rain water and condensation in to a film. The result is an acrylic sheet that is cleaned by rain, remains transparent in a drizzle and dries more quickly than glass with minimal spotting. Even condensation remains virtually

invisible. Research Greenhouses with Special Greenhouse Accessories ACRYLITE High Impact Acrylic Multi-Skinned and Wave Profile Sheets For decades Evonik, the makers of ACRYLITE High Impact Acrylic, has offered the highest quality acrylic products and services to the interior design and architectural construction industries. ACRYLITE Multi-Skinned and Wave Profile sheets are widely used in design and construction of commercial, institutional, industrial and residential buildings throughout the world.

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Mother terressa Mother Teresa was born in Yugoslavia on August 27th, 1910. Her original name was Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu. Her father owned a small farm. At the age of twelve she realized that what she wanted to do most of all, was to help the poor. She decided to train for missionary work and came to India at the age of nineteen to join the Sisters of Loretto, an Irish community of nuns with a mission in Kolkata. In 1928 she took her initial vows as a nun. From 1929 to 1948 Mother Teresa taught at St. Mary's High School in Kolkata but the suffering and poverty she glimpsed outside the convent walls disturbed her. In 1946 she left the convent school and devoted herself to working among the poor in the slums of Kolkata. She had no money so she started an open-air school for homeless children. Soon she was joined by many voluntary helpers. Various church organizations and the municipal authorities gave her monetary help. This made it possible for her to start her own order The Missionaries of Charity' to love and take care of those persons whom nobody was prepared to look after. Today the 'The Missionaries of Charity' has over one thousand sisters and brothers, many of whom have been trained as doctors, nurses and social workers. Various projects for rehabilitating slum-dwellers, children's homes, homes for the dying, clinics and a leper colony, etc., were started by Mother Teresa. The Missionaries of Charity' has also spread worldwide and undertakes relief work for a number of countries in Africa Asia and South America. Mother Teresa's work has been recognized throughout the world and she has received a number of awards, the most prestigious being the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize; in 1971 she received the Pope John XXIII Peace Prize; the Bharat Ratna and many more. The great soul left the world on 5th September, 1997.