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Pacific Southwest, Region 9: Superfund
Serving Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, the Pacific Islands, and Tribal Nations
San Gabriel Valley (area 2) Baldwin Park
State: California(CA)
County: Los Angeles
City: Azusa, Baldwin Park, Irwindale, West Covina, La Puente, Industry
Congressional District: 31
Other Names:
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A Jan 2014 progress report & Apr 2014 annual report are available.
More than 75 billion gallons of contaminated groundwater have been treated, 100,000 lbs. of contaminants removed from the soil and groundwater, and $200 million spent on the cleanup.
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Description and History
NPL Listing History
NPL Status: Final
Proposed Date: 09/08/83
Final Date: 05/08/84
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The San Gabriel Valley Area 2 Superfund Site is one of four Superfund sites addressing groundwater contamination in the San Gabriel Valley. The four sites address multiple areas of contamination in the San Gabriel Basin aquifer, a critical source of drinking water for water-scarce Southern California. The Superfund sites include areas of soil and groundwater contamination underlying portions of the cities of Alhambra, Arcadia, Azusa, Baldwin Park, Industry, Irwindale, El Monte, La Puente, Monrovia, Rosemead, South El Monte, and West Covina. The San Gabriel Valley covers approximately 170 square miles.
Groundwater contamination was first detected in the San Gabriel Valley in 1979. Following this discovery, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH, formerly the Department of Health Services) analyzed water samples collected from water supply wells throughout the Valley to assess the extent of contamination. By 1984, 59 wells were found to be contaminated with volatile organic compounds (VOCs). In the late 1990s, perchlorate, N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA), and 1,4-dioxane were also discovered in the groundwater.
Despite the widespread contamination, the San Gabriel Basin aquifer continues to provide the majority of the domestic water supply for the Valley's one and one-half million residents. Water utilities in the area have continued to provide their customers with clean water by obtaining water from unaffected portions of the basin and neighboring utilities, blending contaminated water with clean water to meet drinking water standards, and installing wellhead treatment systems. EPA's Superfund projects are providing additional water supplies, by providing treated groundwater to several water utilities for local use.
EPA's efforts at the sites began in the mid-1980s with studies needed to understand the sources, nature and extent of soil and groundwater contamination. In the 1980s and early 1990s, EPA also developed a basin-wide plan to set cleanup priorities, and led State and Federal efforts to develop the institutional framework necessary to address the contamination.
In the early 1990s, EPA divided the San Gabriel Valley into eight project areas, including the Baldwin Park area. In 1994, EPA adopted the cleanup plan for the Baldwin Park project. Between 1990 and 1997, EPA identified Potentially Responsible Parties (PRPs) at the site. In the late 1990s, PRPs engaged in negotiations with local water agencies and began initial design work on the project. After reaching a detailed agreement with seven local water agencies in March 2002, design work was completed and construction work began. Construction of the four planned groundwater extraction and treatment facilities was largely completed in 2006. As of October 2014, more than $200 million has been spent to construct and operate the groundwater cleanup facilities, more than 75 billion gallons of contaminated groundwater has been treated, more than 60,000 pounds of contamination removed from the ground water, and more than 40,000 pounds of contamination removed from the soil. Additional details are provided below.
EPA conducted its first "Five-Year review" of the project in 2007 and its second "Five-Year Review" in September 2012. Reports summarizing the findings of the 2007 and 2012 reviews are available in the "Technical Documents" section below. Comprehensive annual performance evaluation reports for 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013 are also available on-line (see Site Documents and Reports below). The most recent annual performance evaluation report (for the calendar 2013) was completed in April 2014.
Contaminants and Risks
Contaminated Media
- Groundwater
- Soil and Sludges
The Baldwin Park Operable Unit addresses multiple, commingled plumes of groundwater contamination that are over a mile in width and eight miles in length. The depth to the groundwater varies from about 150 to 350 feet, and the groundwater contamination extends from the water table to more than 1,000 feet below ground surface. The most prevalent contaminants in the groundwater are trichloroethene (TCE), perchloroethylene (PCE), carbon tetrachloride, perchlorate, and N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA). TCE, PCE, and carbon tetrachloride are solvents used for degreasing and cleaning; perchlorate is a component of solid-fuel rockets; and NDMA is associated with liquid-fuel rockets. Other contaminants are also present, including the chemical 1,4-dioxane, which has been used as a stabilizer in chlorinated solvents, and 1,2,3-trichloropropane. The peak contaminant concentration measured in groundwater in the Baldwin Park area is 38,000 ug/l PCE; more than 7500 times the maximum contaminant level (MCL) allowed by Federal and State laws.
Investigation and Cleanup Activities
The remedy at the site is large-scale groundwater extraction and treatment (i.e., "pump and treat"). Four pump and treat "sub-projects" have been built, having a combined treatment capacity of 26,000 gallons per minute (equivalent to 37 million gallons per day [MGD]). Each sub-project has two or more groundwater extraction wells and three or more water treatment processes (e.g., air stripping, granular activated carbon, ion exchange, advanced oxidation ) for removal of the contaminants from the groundwater.
Site Studies
In 1989, the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Los Angeles Region (RWQCB), working in accordance with an EPA-State Cooperative Agreement, began to identify the sources of the groundwater contamination in the Azusa/Baldwin Park area. The RWQCB inspected more than 1,400 commercial and industrial businesses in the area and required testing of soil and/or groundwater where contamination was observed or suspected. Using the test results, historical Federal, State and local records, responses to information requests, and other investigative techniques, EPA ultimately identified 21 parties as significant contributors to the groundwater contamination. The 21 companies have been named as PRPs. Hundreds of other companies have been sent "no further action" letters to inform them that EPA does not believe that they have contributed to the groundwater contamination.
From 1990 to 1993, EPA completed the Baldwin Park Operable Unit Remedial Investigation and Feasibility Study, which included an investigation of the nature and extent of contamination in the Azusa/Irwindale/Baldwin Park area and an evaluation of cleanup options. The investigation included the compilation and analysis of sampling results from existing water supply wells, temporary reactivation and sampling of inactive water supply wells, installation of a 1,500-foot deep monitoring well, installation and sampling of more than two dozen shallow groundwater monitoring wells, development of a groundwater flow model, and preliminary discussions with local water agencies over their role in the cleanup. In 1993, EPA issued its proposed cleanup plan.
Remedy Selected
In March 1994, after review of hundreds of public comments, EPA selected a cleanup plan for the Baldwin Park area. The selected remedy, now constructed, includes four groundwater pump and treat systems capable of extracting and treating more than 26,000 gallons per minute, or 37 million gallons per day (MGD), of contaminated groundwater. The remedial objectives are to remove contaminants from the aquifer and prevent future increases in, and begin to reduce, concentrations of groundwater contaminants in the Baldwin Park area by limiting further migration of contaminated groundwater into clean and less contaminated areas or depths. The Record of Decision (ROD) specifies extraction of contaminated groundwater at the downgradient end of two subareas of contamination, at locations and rates sufficient to hydraulically contain contaminated groundwater moving through each subarea during all anticipated groundwater flow conditions. The ROD was updated by the Explanation of Significant Differences in May 1999 (see link below).
Remedy Design
In 1995, a group of PRPs began to collect data needed to design the facilities called for in EPA's cleanup plan. The group, known as the Baldwin Park Operable Unit Steering Committee, installed and sampled a network of eight 700 to 1,000 foot deep multilevel groundwater monitoring wells and further developed a detailed groundwater flow model of the area. This work was completed in 1997.
At this time, negotiations also continued over the role of local water agencies in the cleanup.
Negotiations with the water agencies were initially focused on a proposal advocated by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California to export the treated groundwater produced by the cleanup to Metropolitan's customers elsewhere in Southern California. Despite many studies and hearings and much lobbying on behalf of the Metropolitan Plan (termed the "Consensus Plan" by one of its supporters), the plan was not implemented.
Instead, in 1998, local support shifted to an alternative plan proposed by the Main San Gabriel Basin Watermaster (a court-appointed entity responsible for administering the water rights agreement in the San Gabriel Basin). The Watermaster Plan proposed that the treated groundwater be used locally, and that local agencies play a major role in designing, building, and operating the cleanup facilities. The Watermaster Plan followed the June 1997 discovery of another contaminant in the groundwater at potentially unsafe levels. The contaminant was perchlorate, an inorganic constituent of solid rocket fuel. Two other chemicals, N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) and 1,4-dioxane, were also found in the groundwater in the Baldwin Park area after perchlorate was discovered. The originally planned treatment technologies (air stripping and/or granular activated carbon) are not capable of effectively removing perchlorate, NDMA, or 1,4-dioxane from water and, at the time, no proven perchlorate-removal technologies were available. The presence of perchlorate, NDMA, and 1,4-dioxane forced the closure of additional public water supply wells in the area, leading to renewed local interest in using the treated groundwater produced by the cleanup.
Also in 1997, EPA sent "Special Notice" letters to the 19 named PRPs to begin formal negotiations expected to result in a binding commitment by the PRPs, in the form of a Consent Decree, to design, construct, and operate the groundwater cleanup facilities. The negotiations were originally expected to conclude in late 1997, but were delayed following the discovery of perchlorate, NDMA, and 1,4-dioxane.
From 1997 to 1999, with EPA oversight, the Baldwin Park Operable Unit Steering Committee installed additional groundwater monitoring wells and carried out studies of perchlorate and NDMA removal technologies
In mid-1999, EPA resumed Consent Decree negotiations with the Potentially Responsible Parties and set a deadline for the PRPs to submit a "Good Faith Offer." In September, 11 of the 19 PRPs submitted an offer that met EPA's requirements for a "Good Faith Offer." EPA-PRP negotiations continued into early 2000, in an effort to translate the September 1999 offer into a binding commitment. EPA allowed negotiations to continue much longer than is typical because of strong local support for a negotiated settlement and because the PRPs kept their commitment to continue the design process during negotiations. The most difficult issues to resolve were the end-use of the treated groundwater, the role of the local Watermaster and water utilities in the cleanup, and repayment of EPA, State, and local funds spent on the cleanup. The California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) and the California Regional Water Quality Board (RWQCB) also participated in the negotiations.
Two other sets of negotiations occurred simultaneously. First, the PRPs negotiated among themselves to allocate liability for cleanup costs and responsibility for carrying out the cleanup work. Second, the PRPs and the Main San Gabriel Basin Watermaster continued their negotiations, with EPA as facilitator and with the help of an independent mediator, to resolve a number of issues, including the technology to be used for perchlorate removal, the number of treatment facilities to be constructed, local involvement in design, construction, and operation of the treatment facilities, and use of any public funds that may be available.
By June 2000, however, negotiations had not produced agreements between EPA and the PRPs, or between the PRPs and the Watermaster. EPA concluded that negotiations alone were unlikely to produce an agreement and, on June 30, 2000, issued a Unilateral Administrative Order ("the EPA Order") directing the 19 PRPs to complete the remedial design and make arrangements for the construction and operation of the groundwater extraction wells, treatment systems, and related cleanup facilities.
The PRPs complied with EPA's Order, but the design work required by the EPA Order was slowed by uncertainty over local involvement in the cleanup. Still unresolved in 2000 was the ultimate use of the treated groundwater, the selection of the perchlorate treatment technology, treatment facility locations, the extent to which existing water supply wells would be used as groundwater extraction locations, and the extent to which local water agencies would be involved in design and construction of the facilities. In January 2001 a 25-page preliminary agreement was reached between six water agencies and eight of the PRPs. Finally, in March 2002, after hundreds of hours of negotiations, active EPA mediation, assistance from professional third-party environmental mediators, multiple public hearings, and extensive media coverage, eight PRPs and seven water agencies signed a final comprehensive agreement. The 300-page Baldwin Park Project Agreement (available through a link below) commits the PRPs to fund the design, construction, and operation of the groundwater extraction, treatment, and conveyance facilities needed to satisfy EPA's cleanup goals and meet local water supply needs through 2017. The PRP-water agency agreement addresses funding and work responsibilities, and provides criteria for selection of water treatment technologies, establishes a cost consultant and risk manager, describes contracting requirements, requires payment of management and performance fees, requires efforts to obtain public funds, includes audit and insurance requirements, resolves certain lawsuits, and provides dispute resolution procedures.
Cleanup Ongoing
The remedy has been constructed as four sub-projects, as described above under "Cleanup Approach". The first of the four sub-projects, the La Puente Valley County Water District project, was completed in 2000 and is now supplying the treated groundwater for potable use.
The second of the four sub-projects, the San Gabriel Valley Water Company B6 project, was substantially completed in 2004; and, in June 2005, began supplying potable water to residents and businesses in the area.
Construction of the third sub-project, the Valley County Water District sub-project, was completed in 2005; and, in November 2005, began supplying water to residents and businesses in the area.
Construction of the fourth and last sub-project, the San Gabriel Valley Water Company B5 sub-project, was substantially completed in 2006 and began supplying water to residents and businesses in the area in July 2008.
|Design and Construction Cost (as of April 2011)
|Treatment Capacity (gallons per minute)
|La Puente Valley County Water District
|Operating since 2000
|$ 7 million
|SGVWC Plant B6
|Operating since 2005
|$36 million
|Valley County Water District
|Operating since 2006
|$58 million
|SGVWC Plant B5
|Operation began 2007
|$22 million
|$123 million
Remedial Action reports describing construction of each of the sub-projects are available by clicking on the links below under the heading "Site Documents and Reports, Technical Documents." Also available in the "Technical Documents" section are the 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013 Annual Performance Evaluation Reports, which include a discussion of the status of the cleanup and performance monitoring activities, a series of tables and figures summarizing technical information about the cleanup, and figures showing the extent of groundwater contamination.
Groundwater contamination at the site results from the cumulative impact of decades of improper chemical handling and disposal practices. Although many of the laws regulating the handling and disposal of hazardous chemicals went into effect after 1970, historical documents demonstrate that local officials were concerned about the potential for groundwater contamination by industrial activity in the San Gabriel Valley as early as the 1950s.
- The cleanup plan requires, on average, pumping of approximately 22,000 gallons per minute of contaminated groundwater and treating it to remove contaminants. The long term cost to pump and treat this water is likely to exceed $350 million, making this groundwater cleanup project one of the largest and most expensive in the United States.
- The water treatment systems make use of a variety of processes to remove the contaminants from the groundwater: ion exchange (to remove perchlorate and nitrate); ultraviolet light and hydrogen peroxide (to remove NDMA, 1,4-dioxane, and VOCs); and air stripping and/or granular activated carbon (to remove VOCs).
An initial pilot-scale test of a biological treatment system for perchlorate removal was completed between November 1997 and May 1998. The testing demonstrated that the treatment system, which converts the perchlorate to chloride, a non-toxic form of chlorine, could reduce the concentration of perchlorate in the groundwater to non-detectable levels. The PRPs completed a second phase of testing in 2000 to determine whether the treatment system could reliably produce water of drinking water quality. Although the results of the phase 2 testing were positive, a decision was made to use an ion exchange system, rather than the biological treatment system, for perchlorate removal.
- A variety of proposals were made in the 1990s for use of the water pumped to the surface and treated as part of the cleanup. Earlier plans to export the treated groundwater out of the San Gabriel Valley were replaced by plans to use much of the water locally to replace supplies lost when contamination forced the closure of water supply wells.
- The Baldwin Park cleanup plan combines cleanup and regional water supply goals. The negotiations needed to work out arrangements for a joint cleanup and water supply project were ultimately successful, but did not occur quickly or cheaply. The negotiations were complex and contentious for a number of reasons, including the high cost of cleanup, the number of parties involved in the negotiations, divergent interests among the water agencies, divergent interests among the PRPs, the desire for a comprehensive agreement, and an initial lack of trust among the negotiating parties.
The Potentially Responsible Parties are ultimately responsible for funding the design, construction, and operation of the groundwater cleanup facilities, but they have benefitted from more than $38 million in Federal grants (as of April 2011). The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and the San Gabriel Basin Water Quality Authority are administering the Federal funds.
In November 2007, the cleanup was featured in a segment of the History Channel show "Modern Marvels."
The Baldwin Park project has been a multi-agency Federal, State, and local effort:
- US EPA completed the remedial investigation and feasibility study, developed and adopted the cleanup plan, identified the PRPs, ordered the PRPs to implement the remedy, and have overseen design, construction, and operation of the groundwater extraction and treatment facilities.
The California Regional Water Quality Control Board (Los Angeles) assisted EPA in identifying PRPs and has taken the lead in directing PRPs to clean up soil contamination.
The California Department of Public Health , approved the design and oversees the operation of the four Baldwin Park water treatment systems. Water from the treatment systems water is used as a source of drinking water.
The Potentially Responsible Parties (PRPs) include 21 companies identified by EPA as significant contributors to the groundwater contamination. Eight of the PRPs identified by EPA signed the Baldwin Park project agreement and have helped pay the costs of designing, constructing, and operating the cleanup facilities. EPA has negotiated "cash-out" settlements with the majority of the remaining PRPs to resolve their liability for the contamination.
The Main San Gabriel Basin Watermaster is a court-appointed entity responsible for administering the water rights agreement in the San Gabriel Basin. The Watermaster is responsible for a variety of coordination, budgeting, monitoring, and reporting tasks required by the BPOU project agreement. Local water utilities own and operate the cleanup facilities
The San Gabriel Basin Water Quality Authority (WQA) was created by the State of California in 1993 to help coordinate the plans and activities of EPA and other Federal and State agencies responsible for cleanup of the San Gabriel Basin. The WQA signed the Baldwin Park project agreement and administers Federal funds earmarked for cleanup in the San Gabriel Valley.
Potentially Responsible Parties
Potentially responsible parties (PRPs) refers to companies that are potentially responsible for generating, transporting, or disposing of the hazardous waste found at the site.
I. LARGEST CONTRIBUTORS TO THE GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION (in alphabetical order)
|Aerojet Rocketdyne Inc (formerly Aerojet General Corporation) and Gencorp Inc.
|1100 W. Hollyvale Street in Azusa, CA
|funding cleanup and EPA oversight costs
|Huffy Corporation
|1120 W. Foothill Blvd. in Azusa, CA
|funded cleanup and EPA oversight costs/ bankruptcy settlement
|Oil & Solvent Process Co.
|1704 W. First Street in Azusa, CA
|funding cleanup and EPA oversight costs
|Winco Enterprises Inc (formerly Wynn Oil Company)
|1151 W. 5th Street in Azusa, CA
|funding cleanup and EPA oversight costs
II. LESSER CONTRIBUTORS TO THE GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION (in alphabetical order)
|Azusa Gas Systems/Azusa Land Reclamation Co.
|1201 W. Gladstone Street in Azusa, CA
|funding cleanup and EPA oversight costs
|Azusa Pipe and Tube Bending
|766 N. Todd Ave in Azusa, CA
|cashout settlement
|Allegiance Healthcare Corporation (formerly Baxter Healthcare)
|4401 Foxdale Avenue in Irwindale, CA
|cashout settlement
|Fairchild Holding Corporation
|601 S. Vincent Avenue in Azusa, CA
|funded cleanup and EPA oversight costs/ bankruptcy
|The Hartwell Corporation
|701 W. Foothill Boulevard in Azusa, CA
|funding cleanup and EPA oversight costs
|J. H. Mitchell and Sons Distributors, Inc.
|14515 Joanbridge Street in Baldwin Park, CA
|cashout settlement
|Leach International
|717 North Coney Avenue in Azusa, CA
|cashout settlement
|Lockheed-Martin Corporation
|1004 W. 10th Street in Azusa, CA
|cashout settlement
|Mobil Oil Corporation
|1004 W. 10th Street in Azusa, CA
|cashout settlement
|Phaostron Instruments & Electronic Company
|717 North Coney Avenue in Azusa, CA
|cashout settlement
|Philip Morris USA Inc.
|717 North Coney Avenue in Azusa, CA
|cashout settlement
|Reichhold Inc. (formerly Reichhold Chemicals)
|237 Motor Ave in Azusa, CA
|funding cleanup and EPA oversight costs/bankruptcy
|Rubber/ Urethanes Inc.
|968 W. Foothill Blvd. in Azusa, CA
|Screwmatic Inc.
|925 W. First Street in Azusa, CA
|cashout settlement
|U.S. Department of Defense
|1100 W. Hollyvale Street in Azusa, CA
|past and future cost settlement
|Valspar Corporation
|1004 W. 10th Street in Azusa, CA
|cashout settlement
|White and White Properties
|145 S. Irwindale Ave and 204 S. Motor Avenue in Azusa, CA
|cashout settlement
Documents and Reports
|Unilateral Administrative Order
|Baldwin Park Operable Unit (BPOU) Third Party Agreement
Public Information Repositories
The public information repositories for the site are at the following locations:
West Covina Library
1601 West Covina Parkway
West Covina, CA 91790
(626) 962-3541
Rosemead Library
8800 Valley Boulevard
Rosemead, CA 91770
(626) 573-5220
The most complete collection of documents is the official EPA site file, maintained at the following location:
Superfund Records Center
Mail Stop SFD-7C
95 Hawthorne Street, Room 403
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 820-4700
Enter main lobby of 75 Hawthorne street, go to 4th floor of South Wing Annex.
EPA Site Manager
Mail Code SFD
75 Hawthorne Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
EPA Community Involvement Coordinator
Mail Code SFD
75 Hawthorne Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
EPA Public Information Center
State Contact
8800 Cal Center Drive
Sacramento, CA 95826
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Former championship boxer Hector "Macho" Camacho died Saturday at the hospital in Puerto Rico where he has been unconscious since he was shot in the face in an attack in his hometown.
Camacho went into cardiac arrest in the pre-dawn hours and he was then taken off life support and died shortly thereafter, said Dr. Ernesto Torres, the director of the Centro Medico trauma center in San Juan.
Camacho's mother, Maria Matias, said Friday night that she had supported removing him from life support after his three sons had arrived from the U.S. mainland and had a chance to see their father for the last time. They managed to visit him before he died, said former pro boxer Victor "Luvi" Callejas, a longtime friend.
"The family is destroyed," Callejas said outside the hospital.
Doctors had declared Camacho brain dead on Thursday. Matias had said she decided it was time for doctors to disconnect life support over the objections of the boxer's eldest son, Hector Jr., because there was no chance of recovery.
"I lost my son three days ago. He's alive only because of a machine," she said Friday night. "My son is not alive. My son is only alive for the people who love him," she added.
Torres said that none of the boxer's organs could be donated because of the time between when he was declared brain dead and his death after going into cardiac arrest for the second time since the shooting.
Camacho was shot as he sat in a car with a friend, 49-year-old Adrian Mojica Moreno, who was killed in the attack. Police spokesman Alex Diaz said officers found nine small bags of cocaine in the friend's pocket and a 10th bag open inside the car.
Police reported no arrests and said investigators continued to look for potential witnesses.

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Ben Hayslip won his second consecutive Songwriter of the Year prize, and his "Honey Bee" — written with Rhett Akins and recorded by Blake Shelton — shared a Country Song of the Year award with "Barefoot Blue Jean Night" at the 50th Annual ASCAP Country Awards.
"Barefoot Blue Jean Night" was penned by ASCAP writers Eric Paslay and Terry Sawchuk and BMI's Dylan Altman. It was a chart-topper for Jake Owen.
"I keep talking about the 29th year of my life, and it's just been life-changing," Paslay said before the Monday-night awards ceremony at Gaylord Opryland Resort. "'Barefoot Blue Jean Night' started people off recording other songs I've written. It's pretty amazing how that song has catapulted other songs."
Shelton's "Honey Bee" also topped the "Billboard" Hot Country chart, and it earned Shelton a Grammy nomination for best country solo vocal performance.
ASCAP's Top Five Country Songs for the past year were announced Monday as "Barefoot Blue Jean Night," "Honey Bee," "God Gave Me You" (Dave Barnes, Ed Cash), "I Don't Want This Night To End" (Hayslip, Akins, Dallas Davidson and Luke Bryan) and "Don't You Wanna Stay" (Jason Sellers, Andy Gibson, Paul Jenkins).
Monday was a big evening as well for Brad Paisley, who notched his third ASCAP Country Songwriter/Artist of the Year win. Sony/ATV/EMI triumphed as ASCAP's Music Publisher of the Year, and Sirius/XM Radio received a Partners in Music award.
ASCAP President Paul Williams, himself a heavily awarded songwriter with credits including "Rainy Days and Mondays" and "We've Only Just Begun," presided over an evening that included numerous performances and career achievement honors for writers Bob McDill and Lyle Lovett.
Honored Monday with ASCAP's Golden Note award, McDill penned literate, carefully-crafted hits including Don Williams' "Good Ole Boys Like Me" and "Amanda," and Johnny Russell's "Catfish John." He's revered for his linguistic specificity and for his ability to write accessible yet surprising melodies.
"I know that it's an award for old fellas that thought ASCAP had forgotten all about them, and they find out they haven't forgotten about them," McDill said. "I've been retired for 12 years. This is like old home week. It's a lot of fun."
Josh Kelley, Ronnie Dunn, Chris Stapleton and 18 South performed in tribute to McDill, who penned 31 chart-topping country songs.
Lyle Lovett was a major label country artist for a time, but his mark has been more master songsmith than hit-maker. Lovett songs including "If I Were The Man You Wanted," "Closing Time," "The Waltzing Fool" and "Family Reserve" drew the respect of songwriting elders including Guy Clark, Eric Taylor and Townes Van Zandt, and Lovett's recordings served (and serve still) as a template for the now-burgeoning Americana movement. Clark, Robert Earl Keen, Sam Bush and Jon Randall performed in his honor as Lovett received the Creative Voice Award.
"I wouldn't be here tonight if it weren't for Guy Clark," Lovett said, noting that Clark pitched Lovett songs to producer/executive Tony Brown even before Clark and Lovett had met. "He's my songwriting hero, and my personal hero. To have him take part tonight means the world to me."
Reach Peter Cooper at 615-259-8220 or email@example.com. Tennessean reporter Cindy Watts contributed to this story.
The 50th Annual ASCAP Country Awards
Country Song of the Year: "Honey Bee," Ben Hayslip, Rhett Akins (Blake Shelton) & "Bare Foot Blue Jean Night," Eric Paslay, Terry Sawchuk (Jake Owen)
Songwriter of the Year: Ben Hayslip
Songwriter/Artist Of the Year: Brad Paisley
Music Publisher of the Year: SONY/ATV/EMI
Top Five Country Songs: "Honey Bee," "Bare Foot Blue Jean Night," "God Gave Me You," (Dave Barnes, Ed Cash) "I Don't Want This Night to End," (Peach Pickers) "Don't You Wanna Stay" (Jason Sellers, Andy Gibson, Paul Jenkins)
Golden Note honoree: Bob McDill. ASCAP's Golden Note Award is presented to songwriters, composers and artists who have achieved extraordinary career milestones. Past recipients include Don Williams, Garth Brooks, Lindsey Buckingham, Alan Jackson, Reba McEntire and JD Souther, among others. Throughout a career spanning more than three decades, Texas-born songwriter McDill has written an exceptional 31 number one songs, garnered four Grammy nominations, earned the ASCAP Songwriter of the Year Award in 1994, was named the NSAI Songwriter of the Year three times and was inducted into the NSAI's Hall of Fame in 1985.
Creative Voice Award: Lyle Lovett. The prestigious ASCAP Creative Voice Award is presented to ASCAP members whose significant career achievements are equally informed by their creative spirit and by their contributions to the role that a music creator can play in the greater community. Lovett joins a select group of ASCAP members who have previously received this award, including Wyclef Jean, Green Day and Metallica.
Source: ASCAP


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If you are the only one using it, or you are the one paying for it, then make it the height that feels right to you. I always make a simple mock up out of plywood or cardboard on projects like this. It is much easier to see in 3D than to guess at it with a tape measure only. If you work on projects that are all different sizes consider a table with two levels. This allows a lot more options for clamping and positioning your workpieces as well as yourself.
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There are alot of threads on this subject.
Basically, the height depends on what you are doing
and the person doing the work.
A mock up is a good idea.
Also, look at the height of your kitchen counters -- how do they
feel as you are doing stuff there? That would also be a good gauge.
One trick that I find useful is to make a bench somewhat lower
than I'd like -- which is good for working on bigger things -- and
then put risers on top so that it's easier to work on smaller things
that may require finer work.
Finally, the woodworking people have written a bazillion books about
woodworking workbenches, etc, etc. One of the key things they talk
about is (you guessed it!) height. You might want to get a couple of
those books and see what's in them.
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I don't have any pictures as my digital camera is broken. I left the waist height work surface as the largest as that is where I do most of my work. I built another smaller work surface at a height about the same as my knees when standing. It's actually like a big table with a smaller and shorter table welded to it's end. Your design looks good. Think about projects you might build on this table and things like clamping ect. It's easier to change now than once you've started. Everyone needs something different in a worksurface. I left off grinder hangers and the such as I would likely just clutter my table up.
05-26-2010, 11:32 AM #6Jack Olsen
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The legs of my welding table are made of 3" square tube, with a 1/2" hole at the bottom of the legs.
I then took 2.5" square tube and drilled 1/2" holes spaced 1" apart and inserted them inside the 3" legs so that the table height can be adjusted from 24" to 36" @ 1" increments by raising or lowering with a floor jack and a 1/2" hitch pin in the hole on each leg.
The casters are pinned on in the same manner so they can be removed when I don't want the table to be moved. It has been very helpful for me to be able to adjust the height of the table for different jobs to take some of the strain off my back when welding out of position for long periods of time.20 lb. Ford Tune Up Tool
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Asking what height a welding table should be is like asking what size shoes you should buy.
Buy a pair/build a table that's comfortable for you.Syncrowave 250 DX Tigrunner
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If you haven't built it yet, you might want to re-think the recessed area for the saw. I don't know that you want to weld and cut in the same location, since the heat/slag/grinder-spray might not be what you want for the plastic parts (and motor) on the saw. You can cut steel all day on a wood surface, and you could probably make a table that works for both a metal cold-cutting saw and a wood-cutting miter saw, if you do both kinds of work. (I'm a hobbyist, so I do everything in the same garage.) I think if my saw were that close to my welding table, I'd end up cutting up a welding blanket to make a hood to put over the saw to protect it.
If you're talking about an abrasive wheel chop saw, it might not matter. I guess they would have to deal with a lot of heat and dust since they generate so much. But I chucked my abrasive saw a long time ago.Jack Olsen
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Flatulence or gas can be annoying and embarrassing, but it is something that just about everyone has experienced to varying degrees. The good news is that you do not have to endure it. Well, at least not all the time.
What Causes Gas?
The first step toward lessening gas is learning what causes it. Most intestinal gas in healthy people results from bacterial fermentation in the colon. Complex carbohydrates are the cause of the rectal gas we pass. These include certain sugars, starch, and fiber.
A normal diet contains a lot of carbohydrates that aren't digested by enzymes in the small intestine. Instead, they are dumped into the colon. Carbohydrates end up in the colon everyday, where they're digested by bacteria. This fermentation by bacteria gives off gas.
The meanest gas-producing carbohydrates, raffinose and stachyose, are found in beans. These include kidney beans, lima beans, black beans, navy beans, and soybeans.
Lactose, which is found mostly in milk and dairy products, can also cause excess gas in some people. People who do not have enough of the enzyme lactase, which digests lactose, experience gas. This condition, known as lactose intolerance, is much more common among people of Asian, Native American, and African decent, than among people of European decent.
Other Sugars
The sugars fructose and sorbitol are also gas producers of the carbohydrate clan. Fructose is found in many fruits and vegetables. Sorbitol is found in fruits, including apples, peaches, and pears. Sorbitol is also an artificial sweetener commonly used in sugar-free food products and candy.
Starches and Fiber
Aside from sugars, starch and fiber camp out in the colon too. Starches include potatoes, pasta, and rice. (Rice does not lead to gas, though.) Soluble fiber found in oat bran, beans, peas, and most fruits can also give off gas.
Swallowing Air
You probably knew that eating food causes gas, but what about eating air? Air swallowing is one of the most common causes of gas, and it can be caused by eating quickly and taking in large amounts of air.
Swallowed air primarily escapes through belching, not through the rectum, but some can still get all the way through.
Air swallowing can also be completely unrelated to eating. Other causes of swallowed air, according to gastroenterologists and dietitians, include the following:
What Makes Gas Smell?
Of all the gas we pass, researchers estimate that a very small amount is actually odor producing. Odorless gas consists of nitrogen, oxygen, hydrogen, methane, and carbon dioxide. Researchers suspect that odorous gas consists of sulfur compounds.
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The average person passes gas 14 times a day. In fact, passing gas less than 25 times a day is considered normal.
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Take these five steps towards reducing flatulence:
- Avoid gas-producing foods at inconvenient times—Do not cut them from your diet completely. Most gas-producing foods are very healthy.
- Introduce fiber slowly— Gradually introduce fruits, vegetables, and whole grains to your diet. You may want to start off eating one or two fruits and vegetables a day for a week. You should then up your fiber intake to five servings of fruits and vegetables a day over the next week or so. Remember to drink at least eight glasses of water a day to help prevent constipation.
- Try taking a digestive aid like Beano—Beano is an enzyme that is available over-the-counter. This digestive aid may be able to break down certain starches, reducing flatulence.
- Keep a food diary—Write down what you eat and how it affects you. You may be able to determine what is causing you to have excess gas, then modify your diet accordingly.
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- New flatulence, especially if you are over the age of 40
- Severe gas pains or other symptoms, such as weight loss associated with the flatulence
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2014 Season: The only ETSU player to appear in all 52 contests (52 starts), Baird capped her playing career with a record-breaking senior campaign. Baird began the season on a torrid pace, belting 10 home runs in her first 47 at bats. Finishing with 20 home runs on the season, Baird captured the program's record for single-season and career home runs (33), batting 0.329 and helping ETSU to seven conference wins, the program's most since 2008. Her 0.776 slugging percentage and 50 RBI were also single-season records. For the second consecutive season, Baird was named to the Atlantic Sun All-Academic First Team.
2013 Season: One of just three players to appear in all 47 games for the Bucs (47 starts), Baird batted 0.271, driving in 25 runs, and hitting five home runs. Excelling both on and off the field, Baird was named to the Atlantic Sun All-Academic First Team.
2012 Season: Appeared in 45 games and made 43 starts, including 26 at catcher and 11 at third and six as designed player … recorded a 2-for-3 game at Liberty (3/6) with a pair of runs and RBIs, a double and a home run … registered a 3-for-4 afternoon vs. Wagner (3/10) with a double, a run and a pair of RBIs … belted a grand slam down the left field line in the 7-0 rout over Western Carolina (3/28) … tallied a perfect 3-for-3 game at USC Upstate with two RBIs … led the team with six multi-RBI games … registered seven multi-hit games.
2011 Season: Received Atlantic Sun All-Academic honors … named to the Buccaneer Classic All-Tournament Team after going 10-for-21 (.476) with two doubles, three home runs, eight runs scored and 13 RBI in six games played at Betty Basler Field … played and started in all 48 games for the Bucs in her rookie season … was second on the team in doubles (8) and RBI (26), third in batting average (.273) and home runs (4), and fourth in hits (36) … recorded her first collegiate hit against the fourth-ranked Tennessee Lady Vols … belted her first home run in an ETSU uniform against Canisius on 2/20 in Charleston, S.C. … became the ninth player in Buccaneer history record a multi-homer game after registering a pair of round-trippers vs. North Carolina A&T on 3/13 … hit safely in nine consecutive game, including four 3-hit efforts … began her career with a six-game hitting streak, tying for the team lead … tallied seven multi-RBI games, including a 5-RBI performance against North Carolina A&T.
High School: Hails from the same high school as current third baseman Amy Campbell at Girls Preparatory School … is a multi-sport athlete as she excels in both softball and basketball … comes from a winning background as she helped guide the Bruisers to four straight state championship titles and has been named "Best of Preps" the last two seasons according to the Times Free Press … Baird's most productive season came in 2008 where she hit .475 with 10 home runs and 53 RBIs, and she hit an astounding .509 with 46 RBIs as junior.
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I spend some time each week shopping for good deals on welding gear. Much of my time is spent on Craigslist. Last year I started collecting my favorite ads. Here are some lines from a few of them:
This is a good welder I dont know anything about it
If you call and a man answers say you are calling about the baby stuff dont mention the welder
I need to sell this welder to get my brother out of jail
Was $550 new, will sell it for $1500 obo
I dont know how it got here but I need to get it out of my garage
Will consider a trade for a pick-up NO FORDS
I think it was made in China as the instructions are in French
Linkin welder almost new
Bring someone to help you load it. It weighs a million pounds
This is a great arch welder
There is no place to plug it in because they shut off my electrical
I cant weld worth a **** so Im selling it
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Haha those are great. Never ceases to amaze me what is posted on craigslist sometimes.MillerMatic 251
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"If you call and a man answers say you are calling about the baby stuff don't mention the welder"
"There is no place to plug it in because they shut off my electrical"
Thats just funny.
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If only I new :)
Heres one thats current which was good enough for a chuckle -
brand knew welder - $1500
I have a miller 140v millamatic welder with auto darken snap on helmet paid 600 for the helmet I have all the lens everything works perfect and comes with gas bottle and its full. I.paid over thousand for.my welded I have all the paper work on it.and warranty looking for 1600 no trades or bull**** thanks
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Those are some good ones. My favorite for an old, small engine drive welder:
"Great welding but ugly. missing doors and dented. Electronic ignition. Try before you buy. I can show you what I weld with this. My wife is making me get rid of everything ugly, soon I will be gone."Miller stuff:
Dialarc 250 (1974)
Syncrowave 250 (1992)
Spot welder (Dayton badged)
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Here is some stuff from a local ad that I saw today. Keep in mind the picture has a 130xp...
Next up is a Miller millermatic wire feed welder. this unit runs 110 or 220 also has a miller spool gun for aluminum welding. 2 shop tanks and a heavy duty cart to hold it all. I have over 5000.00 in the set up. I wont sell separate its for sale as a complete welding unit. Im asking 2500.00
I have a lot of tools from miter saws to nail guns. if there's something your looking for let me know, I probably have one or two. I will take off 400.00 from the welder or torch set without the tanks as I can sell them back to phoenix welding for 200 a piece.MillerMatic 251
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Jan. 28, 2011) -
With exactly three weeks till the season opener, the ETSU baseball team held its first full-squad Friday at Cardinal Park as the Bucs continue to prepare for the 2011 season.
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The Bucs open the season on Friday, February 18 at 3:05 p.m. as they play host to the Marist Red Foxes in a three-game series at Cardinal Park. ETSU returns 16 players including eight position starters from a 2010 squad that posted the most wins since 1982.
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well so far so good, cant wait to hear how she souns after she starts to open up a bit more, these things do get better over time but that only applys to all solid wood guitars. if you have a laminate guitar your pretty much stuck with what you got and cant expect any improvment in tone over the years.
if you know any thing about the D-28s you know they are considered the standard in dreadnaut guitars, and i can understand why, the sound is full and rich, it definately has that classic martin sound that i was after. you really cant go wrong with one of these IMO
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the thing is gerogious and the craftsmanship is pretty much top notch, the finish is super high gloss, you cant tell in the stock photo.
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Type 1 Diabetes + Food & Body Issues + Social Media + Creativity = VIAL Project
I'm 18 months into my doctoral program, and so far so good. It still feels like an eternity until I'll be done… hoping for 2015, but more likely, I'm guessing 2016. Either way, I'm trying to not focus too much on when I'll be done with the program, and looking more short-term at completing each assignment and project as they're due. The big project I will tackle beginning in the fall is my dissertation, but before that, I have to complete a smaller research project, a pilot study, which will be the foundation for my dissertation.
When I decided to return to school, I knew I wanted to study diabetes and art therapy, but was unclear about what direction to go until last spring when I committed to researching diabetes and eating disorders. As someone who is recovered, I have years of experience attesting to lack of knowledge, awareness and sensitivity, insufficient treatment options, and what I have often perceived as an utter disregard among too many healthcare providers for just how easy it is to get all screwed up over food and body image when you have diabetes. I now feel a moral, ethical, personal, and professional obligation to address those problems I experienced as a patient, problems that too many other people with diabetes have also experienced, problems that are preventing many people from overcoming the food and body issues that plague them.
That brings me to my pilot research project: VIAL Project.
VIAL is an acronym for Voice ~ Insulin ~ Art ~ Life, and VIAL Project combines some of the building blocks of my diabetes advocacy work – social media, creative self-expression, and food and body issues – into a social networking website for people with type 1 diabetes, and food and body issues to share original, arts-based work (art, photography, creative writing, video, etc.), and connect with each other online. Because this is a research project, I will be collecting and analyzing user-submitted content, including all creative expression, posts and comments, to identify themes that emerge. My objective is to increase understanding of website users' experience: having type 1 diabetes and food and body issues; creating and sharing arts-based work on the website; and using a social media platform to connect with others who have type 1 diabetes and food and body issues.
For the sake of this project, food and body issues cover a range of behaviors and experiences, including: overeating; stress eating; eating to avoid hypoglycemia; insulin omission or manipulation; restricting food; feelings of dissatisfaction, anxiety, anger or depression about one's body; anxiety about food; binging; purging; use of medications such as diuretics, laxatives or weight loss supplements (not approved by a healthcare provider). Food and body issues can be mild to severe, including: behaviors and feelings connected to food and body image, causing mild to moderate psychological distress, with minimal interference with one's daily functioning, possibly affecting diabetes management; disordered eating that is more significant, causing some disruption to daily functioning, affecting diabetes management, and posing some health risks; clinical eating disorders, diagnosed by a mental health professional.
If the results of this pilot research are promising, it is my goal to develop my dissertation research based on the results, and continue using the website as a platform for conducting research. The research on diabetes and eating disorders has grown over the years, but there is so much room for new understanding, and a great need for investigation into how to help people.
It is also imperative that more is learned about how to reach and engage people with type 1 and food and body issues because the shame and distress they experience can lead them to isolate themselves, avoid healthcare providers, and be secretive about unhealthy food and diabetes management practices. This is actually one of the primary reasons I wanted to create a website for my research, as opposed to doing more traditional clinical research with participants in person. I hope those people who might be reluctant to participate in research in person, might be more willing to participate online. I hope my research will offer new insight into these areas of need, in addition to shedding light on the qualitative experience of individuals with type 1 who struggle to make peace with their body and food.
Since my data will consist of user-submitted content, without content, I have no data. Without data, I have no research, and without research, I will have to shift the direction of my doctoral work. I am very passionate and invested in studying this topic, and I believe there is great potential for this research to not only help people in the long term through development of interventions, but more immediately, I think a dynamic community that encourages and promotes the use of creativity to cope with the difficulties of having type 1 diabetes and food and body issues could potentially benefit users of the VIAL Project website.
The success of this project depends on people registering and participating on the website, so I'm looking for the DOC's support and help with their wildly effective viral power. First, if you have type 1, you are at least 13 years old, and you have any food and body issues, as described above, I hope you will register as a user, and participate on the website. If this doesn't describe you, but you know someone who might be qualified, I hope you will share the project information with them. Lastly, regardless of whether or not you feel like the site might be helpful for you, I hope you will share the information because maybe one of your FB friends, twitter followers, blog readers, or other DOC connections are struggling to some degree, and this is a resource they can use. In addition to the actual project website, VIAL Project also has a presence on Facebook and twitter, which isn't much to see yet, but in time, I hope they'll be a reflection of the activity on the website.
I have until late spring to collect my data, which isn't a generous time frame to build a social network, so I'm reaching out to anyone and everyone I know to put this on the fast track. The more people that register and use the site by late spring, the more data I will have to support my more in-depth dissertation research. The getting-started, getting-people-interacting, and getting-people-making-and-posting-creative-work parts of this project are going to take a big push, but I hope that if you join me in promoting this research, the website will come to life, my research will come to life, and in time, each person who is struggling with type 1 and food and body issues can create the healthful life they deserve.
Informed Consent
Like all research, the protection of participants is my priority. If you are interested in joining the site and participating in the project, you are strongly encouraged to carefully review the Terms of Service on the website, which include Informed Consent. By joining the site, you are agreeing to the Terms of Service and providing Informed Consent. By agreeing to the Terms of Service, participants understand that:
• I am volunteering to register and participate on a social media website with a focus on creative expression for people with type 1 diabetes who have disordered eating behavior.
• I will be submitting original, creative works that reflects my experience with diabetes and/or food and body-related issues.
• I am responsible for protecting my identity when submitting public content on the website, including, but not limited to profile photo and username, to the extent that I want to remain anonymous.
• User-submitted content, including posts, comments, profile information, visual artwork, creative writing, audiovisual materials will be used anonymously for purposes of supervision, presentation and/or publication.
• Participating on the website may bring up feelings, thoughts, memories, and physical sensations, either comforting or uncomfortable. I can participate on the website to whatever degree I am comfortable. If I experience significant emotional distress, I know that I can refrain from using the website. If my emotional distress is severe and I feel I am in danger, I have been advised to contact local emergency services in my community.
• This study may or may not benefit me. I may experience increased self-knowledge and personal insight that I may be able to use in my daily life. The results of the study may also help to increase public and professional awareness of the needs and experiences of people with type 1 diabetes who have disordered eating.
• All confidential information collected at registration that is not public will be kept on a password protected computer in the researcher's possession for possible future use. However, this information will not be used in any future study without communication from the researcher and my electronically submitted consent.
• The researcher/therapist is ethically bound to report, to the appropriate party, any criminal intent or potential harm to self.
• I may choose to withdraw from the study at any time with no negative consequences.


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That became apparent the day before the 111th NAMM Show, which was held on Jan. 24-27, opened. I was standing in the lobby of the Anaheim Convention Center (ACC), looking out at a gray sky. The ground was wet from the drizzling rain forecasted to continue throughout the next few days. This was an anomaly for perpetually sunny Anaheim, and on this particular day, clearly bad timing. Tomorrow, the ACC was set to cut the ribbon on its brand-new Grand Plaza — a beautifully landscaped, 100,000-square-foot outdoor event space — and kick off the NAMM Show with soul group Tower of Power and about 12,000 friends.
But Kevin Johnstone, NAMM's director of trade shows, didn't seem fazed. In fact, he seemed calm, even ebullient, about the days ahead as he took our group of journalists around NAMM's show floor. In between taking calls, dodging forklifts, and saying hello to longtime friends that he was seeing for the first time in a year, Johnstone told us which celebrities to watch out for (Randy Jackson and Eddie Van Halen) and replayed some of the craziest moments from the last 18 years that he has produced the NAMM Show. We'd been there five minutes, and we were already part of the NAMM family.
Music is big business, and the tight-knit, tattoo-emblazoned, band-ofbrothers vibe we sensed at the show's outset demonstrated that it's an industry rooted in relationships. The NAMM Show "is not just a place for people to come and write and take orders," Johnstone said. "It's a community reunion. Our members see the majority of these people once a year at the NAMM Show, so we try to enhance the experience with live music and after-hours events so they can not only do business together, but renew their friendships every year."
Such a huge production comes with its own special set of challenges, and chief among them is the issue of sound. As we walked through the show floor, we passed row after row of every kind of instrument imaginable, along with all of the accessories and amplifiers that can make them Jimi Hendrix-level loud. Add to this a roster of live-music performances that kick off and end the show every day, and it's easy to see why sound-control officers — "noise narcs," as Johnstone calls them — would be necessary. Not only do they patrol the show floor to make sure that exhibitors aren't exceeding 85 decibels when demonstrating their products, they keep an ear on the live-music performances scheduled throughout the day inside and outside the convention center, to ensure that they don't drown out important business deals.
"We're a music show," Johnstone said. "There should be live music and you should be greeted with live music. The challenge is making sure the live music isn't having a negative impact on the exhibit experience. Our exhibitors are trying to do business over the sound of a concert, which is not a desirable situation."
It's also one of the reasons why the addition of the ACC's new Grand Plaza drew such a warm welcome (despite the cold rain) at its debut on the first day of the NAMM Show, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony performed by "American Idol" judge Jackson and others. In years past, the show would construct its main performance stage in the center's lobby, which presented a number of challenges — including sound control, limited space, poor acoustics, and congestion issues. But this year and at future shows, the new Grand Plaza main stage gives performers a concertquality setup with enough space for a 12,000-guest audience.
Another challenge for NAMM — common among many trade shows — is ensuring that the bulk of attendees are qualified buyers. In almost all cases, registration is complimentary for NAMM members, and each of NAMM's 8,600 member companies is allocated a certain number of visitor badges, intended for significant others and family members. But as the show has evolved over the years to include more big-name rock-star attendees, those guest badges have been redirected to many other starry-eyed visitors. An influx of nonindustry visitors on the trade-show floor just isn't great for business.
"We're trying to get it back to the industry and their invited guests," Johnstone said. "We started a marketing campaign with exhibitors about eliminating the number of non-industry attendees on their lists that were coming. We also did a great deal to eliminate anyone under 18 who wasn't an artist or a storeowner's family member. We had a tremendous number of young people who weren't part of the industry and were there for the autographs and to be part of the NAMM experience."
The campaign seems to have paid off: The number of buyers this year jumped up 4 percent, and the number of non-industry guests decreased by 16 percent. "We're going to tighten the requirements further and address the allotment issues moving forward," Johnstone said. "It's an industry show, and it needs to stay an industry, business-to-business show."
With its packed trade-show floor, it's surprising to learn that NAMM steers clear of big-ticket sponsorships. There are no oversized banners hawking an exhibitors' latest product in the lobby, and exhibitors all pay the same rate for booth space — a model that show organizers adopted more than 25 years ago to level the playing field for everyone. "At the time, a lot of trade shows were [offering] add-on sponsorship opportunities, which drove costs up considerably for those who participated and put a burden on those who couldn't necessarily afford it," Johnstone said. At NAMM, "everyone pays the same amount for booth space at the show, and we don't hit them up with additional opportunities to spend money. [We decided] that that was the best and fairest way."
Only in the last few years has NAMM begun to offer a select number of advertising opportunities available to — and affordable enough for — any exhibitor. They include a mobile app for smartphones, with maps, schedules, and the like; a new product showcase (new for sponsorships this year); and recognition opportunities for companies that provide equipment for the show's live-music acts, which have been available for sponsorships since 2003.
Sponsorships aren't the only area where NAMM does things a little differently. With a celebrity-heavy crowd that often tops 90,000 during the course of four days, NAMM has unusual security requirements. Johnstone works with the Anaheim police and fire departments to plan and train for the show, and many off-duty police, paramedics, and firefighters join the security and sound-control teams during the show.
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Together with pupils of the host "Filip Filipović" primary school, as well as the primary schools of "Mihajlo Petrovic", "Svetislav Golubovic Mitraljeta", "Miroslav Antićc" and "Vasa Carapicc", Ana stimulated the work of a peer team.
They together defined the rules and discussed the importance of obeying and implementing the rules in order to reduce violent behavior and promote the values of friendship, solidarity, honesty, understanding in the classroom.
Ana spoke about the importance of obeying rules in order to achieve results. She shared with them her own experience about the rules that she had to respect regarding regular training, nutrition and rest in order to be among the world's top tennis players.
"It is not easy to be an athlete. There are really many rules we have to comply with in professional sports," said Ana.
"It is not hard to me; I know why I conform to them because it is important to me to achieve what I believe in. It's the same with violence. If we believe that friendship is most important, that we can agree on everything, that each one of is of worth, that there are other ways to prove ourselves instead of making fun of or harassing someone – it will not be difficult for us to obey the rules that promote non-violent behavior."
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Im also gonna try it straight polarity welding decking
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06-02-2012, 08:43 PM #11Senior Member
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Switching the polarity minimizes the penetration adjust your arc force to zero and I mean hot start. And it is perfect for welding on thin gauge steel I have repaired many things with it that way. Or just get some 6010 3/32 it is tiny and at 40 amps you can practically weld anything small 1/16 gauge steel no problem
06-02-2012, 09:59 PM #13Senior Member
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since we are talking about 6010, may I ask a question , i always stock 6011 and 7018, in my shop for the bread and butter jobs, i have had a problem running 6011x3/32", hobarts product, i run it on dc plus, when it gets used about 1/2 of the way, it welds awful, for the last 5" of rod left, it runs cold, the flux changes color, it sticks, where as the same rod in the larger sizes burns real nice right down to the stub, ac helps, but that is not the answer, my question is does 3/32" 6010 using dc plus run good all the way through the whole length of the rod. thanks boys. kevin
Yes it burns great I actually burn 6010 all the way down till it starts to burn Excalibur aka my stinger my 6010 stubs are usually two inches. .... It actually burns longer than any other rod I have used it burns nothing like 7018 ...... You know the orange glow on the last five inches.... That is if your running it correctly but that's for another thread .......
What do you use 3/32 6010 on cause unless your making art or back welding pipe or patching conex's or roofing I don't see much use for it ... Now 1/8 is my go to rod for lots of applications
06-02-2012, 10:46 PM #16Member
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...Isn't that what you use for a root pass on pipe? I'm pretty sure it is. Why don't they make sure people can use it if it's the most important part of welding pipe together?
It is allowed on most pipe procedures yes for the root pass and in some cases you are asked to completely weld out the pipe using it. Now structurally it is frowned upon because engineers Think its to brittle and will crack out under vibration and stress. 801o has replaced it but 8010 is the biggest piece o ****e rod ever invented go figure ???? That's why I say only listen to an engineer if your on a train
06-03-2012, 06:32 AM #18Senior Member
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pipe nurse exactly what my intention is. i dont want a lot of penetration as i dont wish to cot the joists in half. yet at the same time i want speed and lots of it. i had piece of decking and i tried it about 180 amps straight polarity and it seemed to do the job. if i get thinner decking ill cool it off some say 150 amps. but im gonna use it to fill gaps etc on jobs and cover with lo/hy, unless i can get my 232 at it
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As I may have mentioned, when I bought my maxs I bought some tiny rods thinking i might find smoothing to use them on but its really a waste for me to carry them around, I never seem to think to change the polarity, a job I do might have some thin work but not building continuous sheet metal with sticks. So,,, I don't bother reaching for anything other than what i would normally use.
1/8 10 or 11. It deposits more wire, I turn it down 5 amps or so if I got a lot to do, usually zot some tacks on, start beads in gaps and cracks and work toward tight steel with longer beads, pass over the tacks or blend in to them to clean up any mess, I can do it really fast so if a guwasn'tnt paying attn hwouldn'tnt realize I added in metal and little heat sinks where burn thru was going to give a problem.
Not only does 1/8 put out more wire but the electrode is often wider than the gap in the sheet, when you get a gap larger than the rod it plain judoesn'tsnt fill it, you got to change gears and gets more difficultIncreasesces tdiligencence, technique and yes those little rods seem to get hotter, you are trying to make longer weld with smaller rod, on sheet a 1/8 goes a long way and allows for some stop time.
The only 3/32 rod I do use is 7018, use it for a couple of reasons. Most of our work is lightover weldedelded anyway, the finish can be great if needed, easy out of position in difficult areas. A can goes a long ways, a lot of rods in there. Now even more useful with the advent of the inverter that runs from 120V.
With the 3/32 gives a guy a little time, especially when I am not a daily driver anymore, my brain forgets that and on some azzhole spot, thin with rusted hole, etc a guy stands a chance to drag or stringer up, someplace where its difficult to see or occasional mirror even.
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