Abstract: System and method for creating a database of user media and associated user comments wherein the user's comments are collected, collated, stored, and made available to users through a Commenting Theater that allows for the simultaneous representation of and access to the entirety of an archived complex group conversation without reliance upon text. The present invention provides a method for creating electronic collections of media with associated user comments contained and collated into a single entity “VoiceThread Media Player” that has an integral capacity to host a complex electronic conversation and allows content owners to manage a group conversation wherein all of the comments and referenced media remain separate and repurposable data entities and yet both the media content and the resulting conversation are presented in a unified, coherent and casually accessible manner.

Abstract: A method and composition for control of in-transit and residual dust, erosion, and wetting of coal or coke feeds is provided. The method involves spraying the coal or coke with a solution comprising a fluid, preferably water, containing a sufficient amount of an additive comprising (a) approximately 90-99 wt % of a binder, preferably a lignosulfonate, a polyether, a polyol, or a byproduct produced during the refining of a natural sugar, and (b) 1-10 wt % of a polyacrylate, a polyvinylalcohol, or a polyacrylamide. The additive also preferably contains a surfactant. The amount of solution/additive that is necessary will vary according to the desired result and the conditions to which the coke or coal will be subjected.