Abstract: The surfboard disclosed is a structural assembly of a rigid component forming at least the deck and rails, and a pliant component forming at least some portion of the bottom surface, joined to enclose a hollow volume. By means of a user controlled pneumatic adjustment to the hollow volume, a plurality of bottom contour shapes is available to the surfboard.

Abstract: Select geopolymers are mixed, at high shear, with fluid fine tailings from an oil sand operation to increase the yield strength of deposits of the geopolymer-treated fluid fine tailings stream and to enhance the dewaterability of the deposits for meeting the regulated, minimum undrained shear strength of 5 kilopascals (kPa) in the fluid fine tailings deposited in the previous year.

Abstract: Select geopolymers are mixed, at high shear, with fluid fine tailings from an oil sand operation to increase the yield strength of deposits of the geopolymer-treated fluid fine tailings stream and to enhance the dewaterability of the deposits for meeting the regulated, minimum undrained shear strength of 5 kilopascals (kPa) in the fluid fine tailings deposited in the previous year.

Abstract: A software application that can be downloaded from a centralized server and execute within the web browser of an electronically linked computer is programmed to include a plurality of advanced editing tools to assist in the customized design of a printable office product, such as a binder, divider or the like. The software application also includes a panel selection tool that generates a graphical user interface (GUI) control for regulating on which printable surfaces of the office product a visual element in the active document is to be printed, the GUI control being in the form of a grid of uniquely patterned rows. The software application also includes an image size optimization tool for generating a warning indicator when the resolution of a resizable image element in the active document falls beneath a predefined resolution threshold of approximately 180 dpi.

Abstract: A software application that can be downloaded from a server and execute within the web browser of an electronically linked computer is programmed to include advanced editing tools that assist in the interactive design of a print file used to customize a printable office product. For example, the software application includes a text merge tool that enables each text element in the print file to be merged with a corresponding set of variable data using a series of highly intuitive graphical user interfaces. One graphical user interface includes a workspace for the print file and at least one data field button identifying a particular category of variable data that can be bound with a corresponding text element displayed on the workspace. Using the text merge tool, each printable office product produced in conjunction with a custom print order can be personalized with individual-specific data.