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Q A's Guyon Espiner, Paul Holmes, former National Party President Michelle Boag and former Labour Party President Mike Williams discuss MPs' spending.
PAUL Phrases like slip ups, and red blooded robust dude, and day of shame, have all been used to try and explain the misuse of ministerial credit cards. High flyer Shane Jones looks likely to be demoted, while other former and even current ministers are in trouble for raiding the mini bar and buying mirrors, expensive wine, sporting equipment, new clothing, and the list is endless. Eight boxes, 7000 pages, all the details you've ever wanted to know or not know of what ministers in the last five years of the Clark government put on their work credit cards. We had a number of serious questions we wanted to ask the Labour Leader Phil Goff, neither was Labour's Deputy Leader, Annette King, neither was David Cunliffe, neither was Chris Carter or Shane Jones, and you'll see the names of some of the politicians we invited on along the bottom of your screen, all of them declined. National's Tim Groser and Murray McCully said no. Prime Minister John Key, his Deputy Bill English, ACT Leader Rodney Hide, and Progressive Leader Jim Anderton all said no, although to be fair the Prime Minister had family commitments this morning. We asked the major party whips Chris Tremain and Darren Hughes, no again, even Parliament Speaker Dr Lockwood Smith, no no would not come on to speak about this crisis of confidence in our parliamentary leaders.
So we're going to take a closer look at exactly what's been revealed this week, with our Political Editor Guyon Espiner, who's in our Wellington studio with some of the boxes and some of the 7000 pages. Guyon good morning. What do you make Guyon of these receipts in these boxes, is it evidence of profligacy or is it simply boxes of receipts?
GUYON ESPINER - Political Editor
Oh it is evidence of profligate spending, I mean this is just about a quarter of the actual material that was delivered to the press gallery last week. These ministerial statements tell a story of people who are being careless with public money frankly. I think it's important to say what this story is about and what it's not about.
What it's not about - we expect Trade Ministers, Foreign Ministers, Ministers of the Crown representing New Zealand overseas to spend money to keep well, to sleep well, to live well overseas, that is expected. What we don't expect is for them to spend public money on private business, and that is what's been happening.
PAUL Well what are the rules on that because Ministerial Services I understand, in those documents you've got there, Ministerial Services repeatedly writes to the secretaries of ministers saying a minister may not buy private goods or services on the ministerial card, even if he intends and does pay it back.
GUYON Well that's right, I mean every box that you open and read through it contains the same warning from Ministerial Services, it says be aware of Section 3.1 of the Ministerial Guidebook, and it outlines five very simple principles. Among them, expenditure must be for official ministerial purposes. They must be documented with receipts, able to withstand audit and public scrutiny. Now you would have thought that was pretty simple, and I'm not quite sure where a set of golf clubs or some CDs from the Warehouse fits into that sort of rule book.
PAUL There is one letter from Ministerial Services I saw, it says this is inarguable - exclamation mark - ministers may not pay for private goods or services on the ministerial card. Yet Guyon they continued to cock a snoot at Ministerial Services, at the same time Ministerial Services approved the spending.
GUYON They did, and I personally don't buy this argument that Ministerial Services were too lax and it's somehow their fault. I mean those rules as we laid out, are pretty clear. These are Ministers of the Crown, we have them in charge because they have good judgement. I mean how difficult is it? One of the most extraordinary comments I've heard in this whole thing was from Jim Anderton who said you can't expect people to carry around separate cards and put some spending on this and some spending on that. Well hullo - isn't that what anyone who travels with a corporate credit card does. If it's personal business it goes on your own card, if it's work business it goes on the company card. I would have thought that for some very intelligent ministers, would have been a pretty easy bright line to draw.
PAUL Yes there'd be very few people who travel around with one card you would have thought. But we've gotta make the point that no one's done anything illegal really, and no parliamentary rule apart from that Ministerial Services one has been broken, and the monies have been paid back. What were some of the more absurd spendings that you can see? I noticed the other day there was a zappy little cellphone cover bought in London or somewhere.
GUYON Well that's right, and it's often the little things that get you in these throes, the things that people can relate to. There are some extraordinary bills, your $22000 trip from Jim Anderson around Europe. I mean some of those numbers sort of get out of your league to actually understanding, but some of the smaller things are just, they're just silly and banal. I mean Shane Jones buying Jethro Tull CDs and Aretha Franklin CDs at The Warehouse on a ministerial credit card, buying petrol. Rodney Hide bought a mirror for his office. I mean some of these things which just really shouldn't be put on a ministerial card, and I can't get my head into the space of Mita Ririnui buying a bicycle on a ministerial card. I just don't understand how anyone could ever think that that was legitimate expenditure on a ministerial credit card.
PAUL Can you quantify the damage?
GUYON The damage is wide, this is big, this is the start of a new era. I can't see that any sane minister would ever break rules to this extent, now knowing that this sort of information will be made public.
PAUL Thank you Guyon Espiner, now we're also fortunate to have with us Mike Williams the former President of Labour and Michelle Boag, the former President of National, they know the MPs they know the culture, they know the pressure of work, they know the difficulties of recruiting people to parliament. They know the works commitments demanded of our ministers. Nevertheless both of you, New Zealanders seem to be angry with parliamentarians again. Are they right given the times we're in now? What do you think Mike?
MIKE WILLIAMS - Former Labour President
Yeah they're right to be angry. It's not a good look for either party and they're all doing it. What strikes me as a commonality in this, is that it seems to be widely accepted that you could spend and then pay it back. I mean Jim Anderton was quite categorical about that.
PAUL Yeah but the correspondence is there.
MIKE I know, it's just a question of whether that gets under the Minister's nose or not, and I was talking to Andrew Little about this the night before last, and I said they're clearly not reading these documents and therefore there's a role for the party for induction to actually get it through their heads that that's the way it should be done.
PAUL What do you think, I mean some of those items Michelle, golf clubs, $500 Chinese dinners, $20,000 round trip through Europe, zappy little cellphone covers, a bicycle as Guyon says?
MICHELLE BOAG - Former National President
Well those are clearly beyond the pail, and can I say those were all Labour Ministers who put that spending on the credit card, and I have to say I think John Key should be congratulated for bringing transparency to this, because he will not have known what his own ministers had done. But in my view it actually is a reflection of character, and in my experience people who are involved in politics, become MPs, become Ministers, they're either mean and claim everything, and push the envelope, or they're not. And these people who've been caught out will be doing this right through their lives.
PAUL In other words a person who does a little bit of cheating can do the big cheating?
MICHELLE Well a person who thinks there's nothing wrong with putting stuff on a corporate credit card, or a ministerial credit card, and even paying it back, perhaps we don't know whether they had to be asked to pay it back, or they did it of their own volition.
PAUL One MP had to be asked six times.
MICHELLE Well there you go. In my view what Shane Jones has done, is nowhere near as bad as what Mita Ririnui has done, so watched a few porn movies, well so what, I'll be he's not the only MP or Minister who's done that. But to go out and blatantly purchase things and to say, oh well I didn't have my personal credit card with me, I do not believe that. I couldn't believe Mayor Len Brown saying in the paper this morning, we have one credit card between us, my wife and I, and therefore I didn't have that card with me. Well what do you do? Wake up in the morning and say darling who's got the credit card today? Why don't you just go and get your own one?
PAUL Well why don't we go and get an EFTPOS card and carry that around with the mayoral card, that'd be the simple way to do it I spose. I'm just going to go back to Guyon Espiner in Wellington. You've made a comparison Guyon between Shane Jones' ministerial credit card spending, and Michael Cullen's.
GUYON Well that's right. I think Michelle Boag makes that point very well, that this is the story of two very different types of ministers. Here's Shane Jones' credit card statements just over one year. That's one year of Shane Jones', and here's Michael Cullen, I mean that's one year of Michael Cullen, and I think you mentioned Helen Clark in your intro.
PAUL Nineteen dollars 95 for gumboots.
GUYON That's right. Disciplined ministers know what the rules are, and abide by them.
PAUL Good point, and that illustrates your point exactly Michelle. What else are we seeing? Are we seeing something of a cultural entitlement there though. We become Ministers of the Crown and somehow we cut ourselves off inside the beltway a bit, is that what we're seeing?
MIKE Well it's not what I've struck. Some of the ministers I know didn't seem to have credit cards at all, because I usually had to reach for mine with monotonous regularity.
PAUL Because they're tight?
MIKE Well tight or avoiding this kind of thing, I don't know, but I would say there's probably a lot more water to go under this bridge. Michelle, there's a $500 dinner going to appear next week by a National member, who paid it back instantly. Now it seems to me the nub of this is that many of them were of the opinion, if you paid it back straight away, no interest, that was okay.
PAUL Does that apply in business generally. You both run successful businesses. Would you let an employee use the company credit card like that. I'll have a $500 dinner tonight but I'll pay you back tomorrow.
MICHELLE No, most businesses now don't have corporate credit cards. There's been a bit shift away from them for this reason, and if it's a legitimate expenditure, if they're a senior executive you would expect them to have a credit card of their own, and if they came into the office the next day and asked for it to be reimbursed on the basis of a receipt, that's perfectly acceptable. What is not acceptable is saying, oh I didn't have my own credit card with me, number one because I think it's not credible, and number two, how on earth were you going to pay for all your personal expenditure. It shows an intent to misbehave.
PAUL On the other hand, you were mentioning this before Michael, you and Michelle have both gone round the country trying to recruit good people who can earn a lot of money in the private sector, bright clever people, into public service where there's never going to be the big divvies. Then we look at Mr Groser has incurred some controversy. I think 92 bottles each of those mini bar bottles in Copenhagen costed, on the Jim Beam. Now we forget don't we that ministers do work nearly every hour of the day and night, they travel around the country, lonely cold motel rooms, hotel rooms, eleven hour flights travelling to Europe and so forth.
MIKE Yeah I think that the initial point you make, there's a piece by John Roughan in the Herald yesterday, and it talks about how difficult it's getting to get people into public life, and one of the functions of a president, as Michelle will know, is to go out and recruit the best and brightest, and I feel a sense of responsibility. I was one of the people who talked Shane into running for parliament, and I have to tell you at the outset neither he nor his wife were at all keen on the idea, and I bet they're throwing daggers at me right now. It's getting ridiculous. We've got an article in the Herald on Sunday today, that outs Mayor John Banks for lying about his height for godsake. They are now living in fish bowls. How on earth are you going to get good quality people into parliament when they go into an outfit which actually doesn't pay that well.
PAUL But look Michael, if you were working for someone and you'd been asked six times to pay back what you'd spent privately on the corporate credit card, not only would you have to pay the money back, but there could be a Police investigation prosecution...
MIKE Absolutely.
PAUL What's good for the goose has gotta be good for the gander.
MIKE Oh yeah no you're absolutely dead right.
MICHELLE Absolutely. And in that respect I would like to see the credit card statements or the claims that some of these journalists who've been berating our politicians are making, how about they front up with their credit cards and their expenses. You know people either push the envelope and claim for every taxi fair or they don't (edited).
MICHELLE Either it's in their character, they either do it or they don't, and what I'd say to people, if there are MPs or ministers who have engaged in this sort of behaviour, and I don't have a problem with Tim Groser buying drinks for his colleagues or for people he's got to entertain, and I don't have a problem with Murray McCully's launder bill, absolutely. I don't have a problem with Rodney Hide's mirror. I tell you what I bet what Rodney Hide said, if I requisitioned this through Ministerial Services it'll take six weeks and cost $250. He went down the road, bought a $20 mirror on a credit card, stuck it on his wall, good on him.
PAUL Nevertheless we do see some deficits done we, we do see some downsides to an apparent confusion which as you say is not really a confusion, shouldn't be. Thank you both very much for coming on Q A.


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Bravo, on the otherhand, had settled down nicely as he first chanced his arms against Watson hitting over long on boundary and then pulled a short one from Hogg over mid-wicket region for another six. The 100 came up in the 12.5 overs and the 50 partnership off 35 balls.
The big-bodied Jamaican completed his third half century of the tournament of 29 deliveries when he hit a boundary off David Hussey.
Bravo lifted Cummins for his third six but perished immediately when he failed to get elevation of a fuller delivery from the bowler and was caught at the edge of the 30-yard circle.
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Generally, when a prescription drug becomes available over the counter (OTC), it's a good thing—it's less expensive and available more quickly. But as a recent report on MedPage Today explains, often, something gets lost in the translation from Rx to OTC. And that loss has the real potential to harm patients.
Advertising for the newly prescription-free drug is much less likely to warn about potential risks, according to research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
In the study, 7 in 10 ads for four prescription medications explained the drugs' potential harms; only 11 in 100 ads for the same four drugs did so once they became available without a prescription.
As the study authors wrote, "Pharmaceuticals do not lose their capacity for harm after moving from behind the pharmacist's counter to in front of it. Closer attention should be paid to how such drugs are promoted to consumers."
Regulatory oversight for prescription medicine, including advertising claims, is the responsibility of the FDA. When the same drugs move to over-the-counter status, that oversight shifts to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Those agencies have different standards when it comes to product promotion.
The FDA requires that ads contain a "fair balance" of risks and benefits; the FTC demands only for a "reasonable consumer" standard of truthfulness. That excuses manufacturers—and their advertising copywriters—from explicitly describing both harms and benefits. So guess what? The promo balance tilts noticeably to the benefits side of things.
The researchers studied at all print and broadcast ads from four commonly used drugs that moved from prescription to OTC status: the antihistamine loratadine (Claritin); the gastroesophageal reflux medicine omeprazole (Prilosec); the weight-loss medicine orlistat (Alli); and the antihistamine cetirizine (Zyrtec).
They analyzed advertising that ran two years before and six months after the drugs achieved OTC status. Once they were available over the counter, nearly 100 percent of the ads described the drugs' benefits, versus slightly more than 8 in 10 when they available only by prescription.
So the gap in mentioning potential harms—from 7 in 10 prescription drugs to 11 in 100 OTC—was huge. Except for print ads for orlistat, the researchers said, no OTC ads mentioned contraindications or adverse effects.
And if someone wanted to research drug effects, his or her ability to get complete information is complicated by the fact that the OTC drug information was less likely to mention the generic names. As the researchers wrote, those are "key tools for consumers seeking independent information on risks, benefits, and costs."
The small sample of only four products might not represent how all prescription-to-OTC drugs are described in their promotional efforts. The researchers note that even the FDA's direct-to-consumer advertising regulations "do not necessarily result in balanced presentations of risks and benefits, and these guidelines are known to be inconsistently enforced."
Couple that with the less-information-is-more-sales behavior of Big Pharma, and the researchers conclude that patients get "even less information for making an informed decision, at a time when [they] must have more knowledge of whether their medications' potential benefits are worth their risks and costs."
To learn more about the risks of drug treatment, whether by prescription or over-the-counter medicine, see our backgrounder about medication errors.
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Sun Hung Kai Properties expects rental income from its flagship mall in Kowloon to increase 20 per cent to HK$350 million this year as tenants have registered brisk sales since January.
Maureen Fung Sau-yim, SHKP leasing department general manager, said the apm shopping mall next to Kwun Tong MTR station would reach targeted sales of HK$1.38 billion set for the first two quarters.
The forecast would be 20 per cent higher than a year ago, while the number of visitor arrivals would reach 46 million, she said. Fung said sales for the whole year would be HK$3 billion. 'Sales revenue at our mall is within our expectations as local shoppers' spending mood was not adversely affected by the deteriorating global economic environment,' she said.
The city's low unemployment rate and soaring property prices have lead to an increase in wealth, and growth in the retail market should continue.
To sharpen its competitive edge, the developer planned a HK$100 million facelift for the six-year-old shopping mall in the wake of the government's announcement it would redevelop East Kowloon into the city's second core business district.
The renovation would be done in two phases and the whole project was slated for completion by 2013, she said.
Fung said the promotional budget for the apm shopping mall - where mainland shoppers accounted for 20 per cent of total sales - would be HK$60 million, up 10 per cent from a year ago. Of the total HK$60 million, 35 per cent would be directed at luring mainland shoppers to the mall, she said.
Average spending among mainlanders was HK$5,000 to HK$20,000, up 20 per cent from a year ago, Fung said. She expects the upcoming Father's Day could ring up sales of HK$28 million.


text: Little Person, Big World: The Great Dave Flood Experiment Is OverRick Chandler4/24/09 6:30pmFiled to: BaseballExperiment with 3-foot-2 minor league player comes up a little, um, shortYork Revolution32EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink We all watched breathlessly when the Independent York Revolution employed 3-foot-2 batter Dave Flood this season during spring training. Would this mark a glorious new era in tiny strike zones? Um, no. Advertisement The man who many thought would drive pitchers crazy and draw walks with the frequency of Barry Bonds ended the spring with the following numbers: 0-for-3 with three strikeouts and one walk.Like Flood, I blame the umpires. Advertisement "One of the pitches was definitely a strike, but none of the others were," said Flood, who felt like umpires could not correctly call his strike zone during the spring. "Obviously, someone needs to void their paychecks."Video of Flood's historic first at-bat here. The Lollipop Guild is appealing the decision.Rev's Experiment With 3-foot-2 Flood Ends [York Daily Record] Now Batting: A 3-Foot-2 Walk-Drawing Machine [Sports by Brooks] York Revolution [Official Site]Reply32 repliesLeave a reply


text: Full of movement and colour, this beautiful artwork by Liz Chaderton captures a wading bird reflected in the water. This delightful digital print comes presented in a black wood frame that draws the eye towards the charming image within. Based in Berkshire, Liz paints the animals and countryside around her, from the chickens in her garden to the animals which live on her imaginary smallholding. A pigs ear, the cats whiskers, a cows nose - Liz wants her paintings to gently make you smile and look again. If something makes her stop and smile, Liz wants to capture that and share it. Liz loves watercolour for its immediacy, vibrancy and the unpredicted routes it can take you down as the paint mixes on the paper. Colour and pattern, not details are her passions; how colours work together, mix, interact she loves to capture the texture and pattern in everyday objects and unexpected places.


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Voting has now ended! While watching the Championship Finale of Adam Richman's Best Sandwich in America, we asked viewers to tell us: Which sandwich do you want to eat right now? The 25 lucky winners will be revealed during the week of August 21, 2012. Get the complete Vote to Win contest rules.


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Right-Wing Rabbi Encourages Thomas Friedman to Make Aliyah
One of Israel's most right-wing politicians has published a bizarre offer to help New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman to establish his home near Hebron. Yaakov Katz of the National Union party writes that "when the day comes that Mr. Friedman joins us in our mutual homeland — and if he doesn't, perhaps his children will — I promise to welcome him with open arms, and to help him make his home in our ancestral land, near Hevron, Shechem, or Ramallah." The Ramallah reference is seemingly Katz asserting his belief that the whole area between the Mediterranean and Jordan is, by rights, Israeli.
Katz's offer comes at the end of a diatribe against Friedman, who "makes his home in the ghetto of a foreign land, lives as a Diaspora Jew, and perhaps would like to get us to join him" – but will, he hopes, come around to his way of thinking and make aliyah. Katz writes of Friedman: "Playing the role of the negative exemplars of the stereotypical Diaspora court Jew, he is filled with self-loathing, ashamed of his origins - and aims to ensure that this is common knowledge."
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Author Notes: The best cooking I ever did was when I was sleeping. You season this roast and then cook it low and slow. When you wake up you have a delicious roast that melts in your mouth. —Nestingproject
Serves 8
- 5 pounds Boston Butt Roast
- 2 tablespoons Olive Oil
- 3 tablespoons Fennel Powder
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 2 teaspoons Ground pepper
- Rub the olive oil into the Boston Butt
- Mix salt, pepper and fennel powder together and rub all over the roast
- Place Roast in a Roasting pan and into an oven heated to 225 degrees for about 8 hours.
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Bagdasarian Productions has signed on 12 new, U.S.-based licensees for a host of new products based on its animated series "Alvinnn!!! and the Chipmunks."
Maurizio Distefano Licensing has tapped Italy-based Citterio for three-in-one snacks featuring "ALVINNN!!! and the Chipmunks."
Bagdasarian Productions has tapped Mattel to serve as the master toy licensee for the CG-animated TV series "ALVINNN!!! and the Chipmunks."
Spacetoon, the free-to-air kids' channel that broadcasts in Arabic to 22 countries, has inked a number of major broadcast and licensing deals.
Bagdasarian Productions and PGS have appointed Wicked Cool Toys as the master toy licensee for the TV series "Alvinnn!!! and the Chipmunks" in the U.S. and Canada.
The first two seasons of Bagdasarian Productions' "Alvinnn!!! and The Chipmunks" have been picked up by Brazilian satellite company Globosat.
Germany's Super RTL and Spain's Atresmedia Televisión have pre-bought two seasons of the upcoming series "Alvinnn!!! and The Chipmunks."
Bagdasarian Productions is extending its relationship with PGS Entertainment to include licensing representation of the TV series "Alvinnn!!! and The Chipmunks."
PGS Entertainment has secured worldwide media rights to the new "ALVINNN!!! and The Chipmunks" TV series.


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EPCOTs 30th Anniversary HD
by admin on Oct.21, 2012, under Epcot, Parades and Fireworks, Walt Disney World
October 1 2012 in full. Arriving at Epcot at sunrise, see the lines outside the park and then rope drop. Sample the park atmosphere, see the crowds in World Showplace for the speeches, then see a part of the 3pm rededication "moment" at American Gardens Theatre. Go inside the Odyssey, and then watch the fall 2012 version of Reflections of Earth shot in multi angle HD with a new source music / live pyro mix. Following the regular show is a full multi angle edit of the special 30th anniversary tag, again with source music/ live pyro. Finally, as crowds leave cross an almost empty park for the end of an amazing day. 46 minutes long. Enjoy!


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I'm back after getting my butt kicked by DDP! Donegal Danny was a request and I had fun doing it, even though my family thought that it would be funny to try to throw me off by showing me pictures of Karen Gillan while I was recording.
Have fun with it and remember that all of the melody notes are in the first four frets.
Donegal Danny
I [G]remember the night when [C]he came [G]in from the [C]wintry cold and [G]damp
A giant of a man in an [Em]oilskin coat and a [Am]bundle which showed he was a [D7]tramp
He [G]stood at the bar and [C]called for a [G]pint and [C]turned to gaze into the [G]fire
On a night like this to be [Em]safe and warm Is my [Am]one and only [D7]desire
So [G]here's to those that are [C]dead and [G]gone The friends that I left [D7]here
And [G]here's to you then I'll [C]bid you [G]adieu
Since Donegal [D7]Danny's been [G]here me [Em]boys, [G]Donegal [D7]Danny's been [G]here
Then in a voice that was hushed and low he said: listen I'll tell you a tale
How a man of the sea became a man of the road and never more will set sail
I've fished out of Howth and Killybegs, Ardglass and Baltimore
But the cruel sea has beaten me and I'll end me days on the shore
One fateful night in the wind and the rain we set sail from Killybeys town,
There were five of us from sweet Donegal and one from County Down,
We were fishermen who worked the sea and never counted the cost
But I never thought'ere that night was done that my fine friends would all be lost
Then the storm it broke and drove the boat to the rocks about ten miles from shore,
As we fought the tide we hoped inside to see our homes once more
Than we struck a rock and holed the bow and all of us knew that she'd go down
So we jumped right into the icy sea and prayed to God we wouldn't drown
But the raging sea was rising still as we struck out for the land
And she fought with all her cruelty to claim that brilliant band
By St John's point in the early dawn I dragged myself to the shore
And I cursed the sea for what she'd done and vowed to sail her never more
Ever since that night I've been on the road travelling and trying to forget
That awful night I lost all my friends, I see their faces yet
And oft times at night when the sea is high and the rain is tearing at me skin
I hear the cries of drowning men floating on the wind


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By Nishad Pai Vaidya
The Kings XI Punjab have an exciting blend of youth and experience that is ready to take the Indian Premier League (IPL), 2013 by storm. Led by experienced Adam Gilchrist and rubbing shoulders with David Hussey, the highest run scorer in Twenty20 format, the side boasts of a host of promising Indian youngsters who present exciting possibilities for the future. As WV Raman, the Assistant coach of Punjab told this writer in a recent interview, "They (youngsters) have been watched very closely during the last two editions. This would be a good platform for them to garner immediate attention."
During the Indian Premier League (IPL), 2012, Mandeep Singh caught the eye with some sterling match-winning performances at the top of the order. His 75 against Chennai Super Kings exemplified his courage and class. Having played for the India Under-19s, he was earmarked for bigger things at an early age and the IPL gave him the limelight. That he won the Rising Star of the Tournament award is testimony of the promise he has. The Punjab management backed him to perform and he delivered opening the batting.
Mandeep has shown great application against the fast-bowlers and does not shy away from playing the horizontal bat strokes if they pitched it short. His knock against the Deccan Chargers last season highlighted his potential as he courageously pulled and ferociously cut against an attack featuring Dale Steyn and Ishant Sharma. His consistent performances at the domestic level were instrumental in Mandeep earning a berth in the India A team for the New Zealand tour last year where he performed commendably. His 180-ball 105 in the first unofficial Test and 281-ball 193 at Bert Sutcliffe Oval in the second Test showed his immense run hunger.
Mandeep would be on the selector's minds this season. And if he scores big runs, an India call might be around the corner for Mandeep. There are two other young batsmen in the Punjab side who have shown a lot of promise.
Manan Vohra's introduction into the IPL was grand as he showed no nerves against the Pune Warriors India. In the first eight balls he faced, he smashed five fours — each better than the previous boundary. His backfoot punch, with exquisite timing was eye-catching.
Vohra was part of the Unmukt Chand's India Under-19 setup, but did not feature in the World Cup due to an untimely finger injury. He shares a record with Chand, that of the fastest chase of a target over 100 at the Under-19 level. Chand and Vohra opened the batting against Australia U-19 in an encounter on September 27, 2011 and chased a small total of 164 in 12 overs. Vohra contributed with a breezy 79 off 35 balls. He has played only two First-Class games so far. Vohra would be eager to carry his rich vein of form even in the domestic season.
The third exciting batsman in the Punjab side is Gurkeerat Singh Mann. In the last season, he showed great temperament in situations where he had to attack from the very start of his ininngs. His most memorable moment came against the Deccan Chargers, where he contributed with a decisive 29 off 12 balls to see Punjab home. While the world expected a Hussey to take control and attack the bowlers, this youngster decided to take matters into his own hands and made a difference.
Gurkeerat did not get a bat in the first game of this season, but his fielding skills won laurels. His catch of Ross Taylor on the fine leg boundary is one of most astounding efforts seen on a cricket field. It is always great to see Indian youngsters taking fielding seriously and pulling off stunners which matters a lot in the final analysis of the game.
Punjab have been on the tenterhooks during the last two seasons as far as qualification to the knock-out stages is concerned, but haven't quite managed it. Their young brigade is their biggest strength and consistency is the key for them. It is a side that has gelled well during the last two seasons and a lot would depend on how their youngsters contribute. As Raman said, "The domestic players being in good form is a good sign as they form a vital part in the IPL. In the previous editions, you would have seen that the domestic players have played a big role for the teams that have done well."
Perhaps the youngsters will pave way for Punjab's maiden trophy triumph, this time.
(Nishad Pai Vaidya is a Correspondent with CricketCountry and an analyst, anchor and voice-over artist for the site's YouTube Channel. He shot to fame by spotting a wrong replay during IPL4 which resulted in Sachin Tendulkar's dismissal. His insights on the game have come in for high praise from cerebral former cricketers. He has also participated on live TV talk-shows on cricket. Nishad can be followed on Twitter at http://twitter.com/nishad_44)


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Hey guys I know things arent cheap for haunts but I also know alot of things get unused every year, I am trying to start a haunt up in central Indiana and anything at all would help if your haunt could donate anything to help a fellow haunter try to start up a business it would be greatly appreciated.
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The Newgate Calendar
The Newgate Calendar was one of those books, along with a
Bible, Foxe's Book of Martyrs and the
Pilgrim's Progress, most likely to be found in any English home between
1750 and 1850. Children were encouraged to read it because it was believed to
inculcate principles of right living -- by fear of punishment if not by the
dull and earnest morals appended to the stories of highwaymen and other felons.
The editors of one version even included as a frontispiece a picture of a devoted mother giving a copy to her son
(who seems to be about eight years of age) while pointing out the window at a
body hanging on a gibbet. They waxed lyrical on this theme, as follows:
The anxious Mother with a Parents Care,
Presents our Labours to her future Heir
"The Wise, the Brave, the temperate and the Just,
Who love their neighbour, and in God who trust
Safe through the Dang'rous paths of Life may Steer,
Nor dread those Evils we exhibit Here".
Thus most writers, like most literate people of any occupation, would
have read it as children. And whatever the moral effects, it certainly provided
them with plenty of material. Charles Dickens's Barnaby Rudge, Bulwer
Lytton's Eugene Aram, Henry Fielding's Jonathan Wild and Gerald
Griffin's The Collegians are only a few of the many novels directly
based on stories in the Newgate Calendar. Even the illiterate would have
seen stage versions of the stories, which were a staple of the popular drama of
the time. Many of Sam Weller's comments of the "as the -- said ven --" type are derived from such plays. Some of them
- e.g. Dick Turpin, Sawney Bean, Captain
Kidd -- are seen even today in pantomimes. There is, or any rate was in 1995, a
restaurant in Dumfries called Sawney Bean's(!!)
Although editions of the Newgate Calendar are still published from
time to time they tend to be very incomplete versions -- less than 10% of the
original (see Bibliographic Details) -- so this
ex-classics version will, we hope, be useful to students and scholars as well
as the general reading public.


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Toledo police are looking for information through the Crime Stopper program about the theft of a semi trailer filled with car tires that were largely missing when the trailer was recovered in Toledo.
The trailer was reported stolen Jan. 25 to the Shelby County Sheriff's Office in Sidney, Ohio. The trailer was recovered two days later in a parking lot in the 200 block of West Alexis Road in West Toledo.
At the time it was stolen, the trailer was loaded with 960 new tires, authorities said.
When the trailer was found, 135 tires were left inside and 41 were in another trailer parked beside it, police said.
The trailer is owned by the Garner Trucking firm of Findlay. Anyone with information is asked to call the Toledo Crime Stopper program. Callers may remain anonymous and could be eligible for a cash reward.


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Man drowns at Quincy Lakes
QUINCY — A 75-year-old Quincy man died this afternoon after apparently drowning in Quincy Lakes, Grant County Sheriff Tom Jones reported.
Bystanders said they heard the man yell for help around 1:30 p.m. today at the Evergreen Reservoir portion of Quincy Lakes, located about seven miles southwest of the city. But, they reported, by the time they arrived to help the man couldn't be seen. The man's body was recovered later by divers on the sheriff's search and rescue team.


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Elephants are said to never forget a thing so why should you? Eric the Memo Elephant helps you to remember all those little tasks that can easily slip your mind. Made of white ceramic Eric will fit in with every decor. He can be placed in the kitchen for a shopping list next to the phone for numbers or on your desk for office tasks. You decide! He can easily be wiped clean after you've completed your task to be ready for more memos. LB Features: Eric the Memo Elephant Lets you write memos Pen and cloth included Material: White ceramic Dimensions: H: 12cm x W: 18cm x D: 12cm
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From Edmunds "Inside Line":
Around the time the Volkswagen Passat Alltrack production car made its world debut in Tokyo, we asked you, "Would the VW Passat Alltrack Work in the U.S.?"
Now, Volkswagen itself is asking you the same question. A "concept" version of this Outback-style Passat wagon (it has slightly raised suspension like the Audi A4 Allroad, which is a go for the U.S.) is headed to the 2012 New York Auto Show. The concept Passat Alltrack wagon will feature the 2.0 TDI powerplant, a 6-speed, dual-clutch DSG automated manual transmission and all-wheel drive.
"Currently, there are no plans to bring this vehicle to market in the U.S., but the concept is set to gauge market reaction to a potential future model that is similarly sized and combines offroad ability with wagon versatility," says the VW press release.
This is kind of a big deal if you like wagons, we say, because there is no Passat wagon sold in the United States right now, as the Chattanooga, TN, plant only builds the North America-spec Passat sedan. Mind you, we could do without the off-road ability, but we'll take a Passat wagon however we can get it. You?
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I took the 'ol warhorse out today. It's the first time I'd shot it. I hung up a target at 50yds and shot standing and kneeling. I ended up with 6" groups roughly, using Bulgarian heavy ball ammo. Then the target hanger (a 9" diameter tree) came crashing down after 31 rounds. Worry not-- I was firing into a shale bluff that extended about 60 ft above the firing line. Don't worry, eco nuts, the tree was in ill health after last winter's ice storm. Anyway, it makes me smile. |
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That's quite the destruction. Where in Iowa are you?
Have a Tula Sniper on the way from InterOrdnance. Hope to have the same luck as you when it arrives.
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Ahh, nothing like a rifle that chops down trees!!! For the same kind a fun with a pistol, buy a CZ 52, the 7.62X25 will do the same.
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My grandson did that with my hakim with my son egging him on.
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i hung a target on an abandoned telephone pole and took 3 shots with a 45/70. when i examined the target there was a hole thru the pole big enuff to put my fist thru. i probably could have chopped it down with not too many more rounds but i left it standing.
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Ahhh, go on and give that tree a big ole hug!! LOL..
Nice pic.. Used to saw down small trees with an old SKS years ago.. Can't wait to try out the 91/30 on some!
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reminds me of when there was an old house we tore down on some land we bought. All that was left was the chimney. Well ,me an a buddy started at the top with an AR and a SKS. Ate the whole thing down in about 30 minutes.
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Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Renowned Water Witch Tells Maldives' President: Don't Worry About Global Warming
You might have seen the clip above on the news over the past couple of days. It shows the President of the Maldives and his cabinet holding a special session 20 feet under the Indian Ocean. They are attempting to highlight the threat of global warming, and the resultant increase in sea levels, to this low-lying island nation:
PRESIDENT MOHAMED NASHEED: If world temperatures rise over 1.5 degrees, we won't be around.
Well, in response, the Financial Post has wheeled out no less a personage than Nils-Axel Mörner to assuage President Nasheed's worries:
Let us, for Heaven's sake, lift the terrible psychological burden that you and your predecessor have placed upon the shoulders of all people in the Maldives, who are now living with the imagined threat that flooding will soon drive them from their homes, a wholly false notion that is nothing but an armchair fiction artificially constructed by mere computer modeling constantly proven wrong by meticulous real-world observations.
The thing with Mr. Mörner is--he's a kook. According to professional magician and paranormal debunker James "the amazing" Randi, Mörner, in addition to being a [retired] geophysicist, is a "dowsing expert"" or a "water witch". And what is "dowsing" or "water witching"? These terms refer to:
...practices said to enable one to detect hidden water, metals, gemstones or other objects, usually obstructed by land or sometimes located on a map. Most commonly, detection is made through the movement or vibrations of an apparatus, such as a Y-shaped twig, an L-shaped rod, or a pendulum. Some practitioners claim to need no apparatus at all.
To top it off, Mörner has in the past teamed up amateur archaeoastronomist Bob Lind to prove that
"Greek boats came here [Ravlunda, Sweden] to get amber. This was sort of the Hong Kong of the Greeks."
Needless to say, nobody takes these claims seriously. Unfortunately, Mörner and Lind's excavations at this iron age cemetary caused a good deal of damage, and back in 2007 they were reprimanded by local archaelogists for, basically, trashing the place.
FP sure knows how to pick 'em.
21 comments:
- Ti-Guy said...
What's always the worst thing about these types of articles is the wingnut bukkake that takes place in the comments section. Wingnut after wingnut discharging his load onto some target, variously, Al Gore, the 'Left,' or in one instance here, the hapless Republic of the Maldives itself.
*bleah* - 1:51 PM
- Paul S said...
I watched the clip and you have the audacity to call Morner the kook BCL?
Considering sea level rise is currently less then 2mm per year by tidal gauge data and shows no sign whatsover of acceleration, residents of Maldive can likely rest easy. - 2:40 PM
- FrankD said...
The Maldivians are getting their oar in the water, so to speak, for some of the $100 billion/year that Brit warmer, and soon to be X-PM, Gordon Brown wants the worlds "rich" countries to pony up for the lesser rich countries (like China)to help them prepare for the coming apocalypse.
This was a clever stunt and certainly got the media attention, until bubble boy took over. - 2:50 PM
- Paul S said...
And speaking of Gordon Brown, we now have only 47 days left to save the world from global warming. Oh dear.
- Ti-Guy said...
Oh dear is right. You might be completely out of spunk by then, eh Paul Sunstrum?
- Paul S said...
Ti, you can call me Mr. Paul Sunstrum too if you like. Just please tell me you aren't beginning to cyberstalk me.
- lenny said...
"Considering sea level rise is currently less then 2mm per year by tidal gauge data and shows no sign whatsover of acceleration,"
Stop lying Paul Sunstrum. The rate of sea level rise since the early 90s is almost double the 20th century rate. - 3:58 PM
- Ti-Guy said...
Just please tell me you aren't beginning to cyberstalk me.
I doubt "Paul Sunstrum" is even your real name. - 4:07 PM
- Fred said...
Tens of thousands of tourists can now cancel their vacations to the Maldives this sparing the massive CO2 that would spew from the thousands of planes that would have been employed to fly them there.
That should stop the planet from warming and the oceans from rising.
Unless Obamasiah does it first - 5:13 PM
- Ti-Guy said...
I already saw the splooge you left over at the FP, Fred. No need to dribble some more of it over here.
- Paul S said...
The rate of sea level rise since the early 90s is almost double the 20th century rate. - Lenny
It ain't so Lenny. That is a misrepresentation warmers have been pushing on the public for awhile now.
Sea level has risen at 1.8mm per year for the last century using tidal gauge data and continues rising at that steady rate according to the most recent tidal gauge data.
Jason-1 satellite data from 1993 to present indicates a sea level rise of 2.8mm to 3.1mm per year but that is a completely different measurement system.
Jason-1 and tidal gauge do not reconcile at present but there is no solid evidence to indicate an acceleration in sea level rise in recent years. - 6:39 PM
- lenny said...
Let us know when you get that paper published, Professor. Until then we'll have to stick with what the actual science says.
http://ipcc-wg1.ucar.edu/wg1/Report/AR4WG1_Print_Ch05.pdf - 7:00 PM
- Ti-Guy said...
The quickest way to shut Paul up is to ask him on what evidence he bases his claims (which, you'll notice, are never accompanied by a source).
He's admitted himself that he has no scientific background, so in all likelihood, they're the undigested regurgitations from the usual wingnut sources. - 7:50 PM
- Paul S said...
I checked out your first link Lenny but all it is in an abstract without the actual article.
Referring to the IPCC report they state the following:
It is unknown whether the higher rate in 1993 to 2003 is due to decadal variability or an increase
in the longer-term trend.
As I stated previously, at present there is no solid evidence for an acceleration in sea level rise. Even the IPCC agrees with me.
Back to you Einstein. ;) - 9:07 PM
- Ti-Guy said...
See what he does? You give him evidence and he parses it. Meanwhile, he never provides any himself.
Let's all review this post dedicated to our Paul. - 10:06 PM
- lenny said...
"As I stated previously, at present there is no solid evidence for an acceleration in sea level rise. Even the IPCC agrees with me."
As anyone who can read can see, the IPCC directly contradicts what you're saying as does the Merrifield paper. Both conclude that sea level rise has accelerated from less than 2mm/yr to over 3.
I apologize for calling you a liar, I can see now that you're "special". - 11:21 PM
- Paul S said...
See what he does? You give him evidence and he parses it. Meanwhile, he never provides any himself. - Ti
According to you warmies, the IPCC is more authoritative then God himself. I quoted directly from God, oops, I mean the IPCC.
As anyone who can read can see, the IPCC directly contradicts what you're saying as does the Merrifield paper. - lenny
Well, I highly doubt you've read the Merrifield paper, you picked it up from Google and pasted it here simply because you liked the title.
Concerning the IPCC, they use the words "It is unknown", regarding sea level rise acceleration.
That sounds pretty clear to me. What is it about the words "It is unknown" that is confusing to you? - 3:58 AM
- John Cross said...
Paul S: well, the abstract of the Merrrifield article seems quite clear. The only thing that they don't say is what the cut off date is for their data, but since the paper is still in press, I would expect it to be within the last year or two.
John - 9:30 AM
- lenny said...
"Concerning the IPCC, they use the words "It is unknown", regarding sea level rise acceleration. "
Wrong. The IPCC documents an increase in the rate of sea level rise. Paul, do you know what the word is that describes an increase in rate? - 12:24 PM
- Paul S said...
Did you read the rest of the document? The IPCC states that the variation could simply be due to decadal variation.
And if it is decadal variation, then there is no acceleration.
On the answer to this issue (decadal variation vs acceleration), the IPCC said "It is unknown". - 1:47 PM
- lenny said...
"And if it is decadal variation, then there is no acceleration."
I'll try and go slowly for you, Paul.
Here is your original claim:
"Considering sea level rise is currently less then 2mm per year by tidal gauge data and shows no sign whatsover of acceleration..."
As we can see from the science I provided links to, this is completely false. Firstly, sea-level rise is currently approx 3mm per year, not less than 2mm. Secondly, this is a sharp increase from the 20th century average of approx. 1.7mm, which itself represents an increase from the relatively stable sea level in the preceeding 2000 to 3000 years. In common english parlance an increase in rate is known as an acceleration.
So, we can see that sea-level rise accelerated in the 20th century and further accelerated late in that same century.
Now, as you point out, the IPCC says it is unclear if the latter acceleration is due to "decadal variation" (the former is obviously not). So while sea level rise has accelerated, the question is, is that accelerated long term rate now 1.7 or 3? The IPCC data is now 6 years old, and as we can see the 3+mm/yr now extends to 17 years - which is in excess of any definiton of "decadal" that I'm aware of. - 3:55 PM


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I'm attempting to arrange a ski trip for a mixed group of about 10 (skiers with 1 week experience through to seasons) towards the end of March.
We are looking at going for a long weekend, ideally Thursday - following Monday and looking to fly to Geneva as flights are short/cheap.
The question is, which ski resort do we go to in order to cater for all abilities, short transfer time (due to limited time in resort) and cost of accommodation/lift pass. Is it even likely to be possible to get Wednesday to Monday accommodation for a group of 10 for this time period, or is it only possible to book in one week blocks? Any suggestions?
Initial thoughts were Flaine or one of the surrounding resorts that accesses the Grand Massif as ideally we want somewhere reasonably high up that will handle late March skiing.
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Chamonix would be good (though the whole group would probably not want to ski in the same part of the valley) and more likely to find non-standard week accommodation. Easier access from Geneva than Flaine and a lot more lively.
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, Chamonix is a good option, but so is Morzine. You can ski the Avoriaz area which is nice and high. Flaine is great for skiing but aprés ski is a lot quieter than Morzine or Chamonix. It depends what you are after...
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Chatel is a great option. We are a group of 10 and have gone to Chatel four years in a row, we book 3 apartments for the whole week and stay for 4 days. Generally we get a room each and it works out at around £120 per head. Geneva flights arrive and depart all day every day so you can arrive and leave when you like. We hire cars and it is just over an hours drive. The Ski area is huge and the village is beautiful with good bars and restaurants. We have had a lads trip 4 years running and it has been great every time.
We are going to les carroz (flaine) this year just for a change but I expect we will be back at some stage.
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Designing tooling economically
Cutting costs in four areas
With the tooling trade in its current challenging economic situation, some tool companies are being forced out of business, losing money, or entering into highly competitive markets.
Manufacturers constantly are challenged to cut costs and reduce expenses through lower tooling costs while still providing a quality product to their customers. Many toolmakers are exploring existing tool modifications to reduce costs instead of building new tools.
Long-standing, well-known tool companies are restructuring and re-evaluating business practices to economize and compete in this global economy. This article discusses four areas in which a tool designer can economize without sacrificing quality.
Area 1: The Design Process
Years ago tool designers used drawing boards and paper to design tooling. Now all design is done with computers and electronic media. However, the same status given to what type of drawing board was used now applies to what software and hardware are being used during the design process.
When purchasing a tool design software package, look at what actually works to reduce design process time and has the smallest learning curve. Design time can account for 8 to 15 percent of the total cost of a tool. Many die design software packages cost from $1,000 to $10,000.
A software learning curve can cost a company a considerable amount of time, which is reflected in the bottom line. The ideal design software should be cost-effective, easy to learn, and productive from day one. Consider these three areas when you're researching design software.
- Help files should be included and contain information that contributes to the design process, as opposed to just telling you what button to press and what it does.
- Look at software utilities as opposed to full-blown tooling design packages. If you have a design concept in mind, you might not need or use a complete design package. For example, you may need assistance with only routine tasks, such as creating detail drawings and fasteners.
- Software shouldn't force you to work in an unnatural way. It should assist you and not change the way you developed the design concept.
The right software package can cut time off each design job. For example, if your design time accounts for 15 percent of a quoted job, with the right software package you can shave 30 percent off that design time, which yields a 4.5 percent overall savings. Therefore, the cost of a $125,000 tool could be reduced by the 4.5 percent, which is a total savings of $5,625 (see Figure 1a).
Area 2: Design Accuracy
Figure 1 a. Design time accounts for 15 percent of a quoted job. With the right software package, a designer can shave 30 percent of that figure. This $125,000 tooling example shows a $5,625 savings in design costs. b. Raw materials can be as much as 40 percent of the tooling cost. By cutting 15 percent of that figure as well, a company can save another $7,500, for a total savings of $13,125. c. Accurate and productive machining processes can diminish waste and scrap, which reduces tooling cost by as much as 10 percent in this example. Improving machining methods to reduce downtime to 3 or 4 percent results in a 6 percent savings overall, which reduces the tooling cost to about $104,375. |
All tool designers strive to reduce or eliminate errors in the design. Here is a common tooling scenario: You order a piece of steel and invest time in machining, grinding, electrical discharge machining (EDM), and mounting, only to find a hole was mislaid by 0.125 inch.
Another problem that plagues toolmakers is miscalculating how much press tonnage a tool requires to stamp or strip the part. Formulas for calculating tonnage exist and do work. Here are some common formulas to try.
- Stripping tonnage = Length of cut in inches xMaterial thickness in inches x1.5 factor. This yields the number of U.S. tons required to strip a normal blank of material with a pierce punch.
- Blanking tonnage = Length of cut in inches xMaterial thickness in inches xShear strength of material in U.S. tons. For example, 35 = 70,000 lbs., which yields the number of U.S. tons required to pierce a shape using standard piercing practices.
- Forming pressure = (Shear strength of material in lbs. xMaterial thickness² / (Material thickness +(Form radius on punch/2) +(Form radius on die/2)) xLength of form in inches. This formula yields form pressure in lbs.
Adding these amounts—the blanking, stripping, and forming tonnages—yields the press tonnage required for a tool. The stripping tonnage shows how much pressure will be required of springs or nitrogen cylinders for a particular stripper. It's a good idea to calculate only the cutting area of a particular stripper to find the pressure required for just that stripper pad.
Simply guessing required tonnage instead of calculating it can lead you to discover late in the process that the press needs twice as much tonnage to strip the part. Then you have to disassemble the tool and figure out where to add springs or nitrogen cylinders. The tonnage formulas can help you to avoid this costly scenario.
Area 3: Raw Materials
Another way to cut tooling costs is to consider raw materials. Try submitting a list of needed materials to different vendors. This can be an effective way of reducing costs. In many cases, as much as 15 percent of the raw materials for tooling can be cut by outsourcing materials to different vendors. Because raw materials reflect as much as 40 percent of the $125,000 tool cost example, cutting 15 percent of that 40 percent, which would yield 6 percent overall, could save you another $7,500, for a total savings, including the previous $5,625 design savings, of $13,125 (see Figure 1b).
Area 4: Machining Methods
Next consider the manufacturing processes used to make a tool. Some shops manufacture tooling the way they did 40 years ago. Toolmakers may argue that manufacturing processes have no bearing on tooling. However, if a tool is designed to be manufactured economically, the manufacturing processes can play a big role in reducing the cost of the finished product.
Developing accurate and productive machining processes can diminish waste, which reduces the tooling cost example by as much as 10 percent. In the past much manual labor was put into manufacturing, for example a 3-D punch. Models were built, assembled, tested and used as patterns to make punches with tracing mill equipment. Some shops still follow this practice.
With software and CNC equipment, you can produce a virtual 3-D model that can be assembled and tested on the computer, which eliminates wasted materials. After it's designed, the 3-D punch can be machined using programming software for the CNC machining center.
Improving the accuracy of CNC programming—instead of manually inputting data in the programming phase—and using geometry generated for each detail can save time. Software that recognizes geometry such as circles is more accurate for programming the CNC machine and reduces human error. One example of human error is choosing a 0.500-in. tool to machine a 0.375-in. hole. A computer, on the other hand, can accurately select the proper 0.375-in. tool for the job, thus improving accuracy and decreasing waste. Improving methods of machining rough steel blocks to simplify various operations also can help to reduce scrap and labor costs.
Toolmakers should strive to improve machining methods to reduce a loss of labor-hours to no more than 3 to 4 percent. In this example, a savings of 6 percent is possible, which reduces the example cost to about $104,375 (see Figure 1c).
By evaluating software programs, design accuracies, raw materials, and machining, you can design economically and improve quality at the same time. Improving all of the areas discussed costs money initially, but in the long run it can make money by putting your company back into a competitive position.
Robert W. Harper is owner of CADD Masters, 1134 Franklin Drive, Greenbrier, TN 37073, phone 615-347-3966, Web site www.caddmastersftw.com. CADD Masters is a contract die designer that develops die designing and CNC software. Harper also is a mechanical design engineer for TRANE, an American Standard Company, 2701 Wilma Rudolph Blvd., Clarksville, TN 37040, phone 931-221-3641, fax 931-648-5901, Web site www.trane.com. TRANE is a designer and manufacturer of air-conditioning and refrigeration units.
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OH and one more thing. In about a week from now, I will be visiting my girlfriend for a few days. And I'm gonna pull an Al Bundy, and tell that girl to go get me a beer!! And do the dishes!! And clean the toilet after I'm done!!
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'Oh my,' what a career
To this day, Magic Johnson facing off against Larry Bird in the 1979 NCAA Championship is television's highest-rated college basketball game of all time.
When John Elway orchestrated "The Drive" in the 1987 AFC Championship Game against Cleveland, Enberg was in living rooms across the country, narrating the improbable.
He broadcast John Wooden and UCLA's historic run of winning eight national titles in nine seasons. And he says the several Nolan Ryan no-hitters he called were some of the most exhilarating moments of his career.
It's fair to say Enberg, at age 78, has seen it all.
But to this day, there is one particular event that still brings the legendary broadcaster to tears:
Game 7 of the 2002 World Series. Anaheim Angels against the San Francisco Giants.
"I was on a flight back to San Diego after doing a Kansas City (Chiefs) game," Enberg recalled. "The pilot didn't seem to care about the World Series, but I'm trying to get the flight attendant to go up and keep me updated. There was very little communication.
"Finally, the pilot came on and said, 'Ladies and gentlemen, there's some interest in the World Series. I can report that the Angels have beaten the Giants and are World Series champions.' "
Enberg – retelling the moment recently to a reporter, via phone – paused. The man who has spent more than 50 years describing events for a living was at a loss for words. The memory of that day is enough to cut away his professional veneer – revealing the deep investment of a true sports fan.
With his voice quavering, Enberg continued.
"I just broke down," he said. "All the time spent caring about a franchise and the people who were there – Mr. (team owner Gene) Autry. … And here's this grown man weeping."
Enberg, currently broadcasting games for the San Diego Padres, spent 10 full seasons in the booth at Angel Stadium (1969-78) and called 40 games for the team in 1985. It springboarded what became a renowned career.
After earning a master's and doctorate in health science from Indiana University, Enberg interviewed for an assistant professor position at San Fernando Valley State College – now Cal State Northridge – in 1961. The school needed one person to fill two positions – assistant professor and assistant baseball coach – and for $4,200 a year, Enberg was the guy.
He worked at San Fernando Valley State for four years and thoroughly enjoyed his time on campus, he said. But there was still an itch to pursue a career in sports broadcasting.
While in Bloomington, Enberg had broadcast Hoosiers basketball and football games for the IU Sports Network.
His first opportunity in California came in 1965 when he began working for KTLA-TV. Enberg's initial play-by-play job was broadcasting Thursday night fights from the Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles. While he feared his career would be over even before it had started, "Thursday Nights From the Olympic" proved to be a huge success.
It paved the way for Enberg, making him the prime candidate to become the play-by-play broadcaster for UCLA basketball and Los Angeles Rams games for KTLA in 1966.
In 1969, Autry hand-picked Enberg to become the Angels' full-time broadcaster. To compete with Vin Scully and the Dodgers, KTLA had the notion of putting athletes alongside the everyday play-by-play announcer to add a different element to the broadcast. It was in 1973 when Hall of Famer Don Drysdale joined Enberg in the booth.
"There were a lot of really lean years when we were calling Angels games," Enberg said. "Even though the games were tough and they didn't win enough of them, there never was a bad day working with Don Drysdale. He just would not let me get down. I took the games very seriously, and I'd take them back to the hotel with me or back home. Drysdale would say, 'Come on, professor! Forget about it. If they don't care, then you don't need to care. I'll buy you a drink.' "
The duo became one of the great broadcast teams in Southern California history.
But as good as things were at work for Enberg, his personal life was in shambles.
"My only tough bumps in the road were at a time when I was doing the Angels and I went through a divorce," Enberg said. "There was a couple of years where I was feeling sorry for myself, and I wasn't concentrating the way I should."
Feeling he was merely going through the motions on air, Enberg went to see Autry in his office to apologize for his performance.
"I said, 'Mr. Autry, I'm going through this divorce and there are times I know you're not getting the best from me and I'm trying as hard as I can,' " Enberg remembered saying. "(Autry) heard me and he said, 'Dick, I've been listening to your broadcasts. I know what you're going through. I was going to call you in and tell you you're doing a hell of a job.' … He was like a second father to me, frankly."
It was in 1979 that Enberg was named NBC's lead play-by-play announcer for the NFL.
"It came to a point where I couldn't do everything," he said. "I was doing the UCLA games. I was doing the Angels. And I was doing the Rams. I was beating myself (up) on airplanes. I was barely home before I was taking off on another sport, going somewhere else."
So he ended the 10-year run with the Angels, but that was the start of what became a legendary national career. Enberg has won 14 Emmys, 15 Sportscaster of the Year awards, the Ronald Reagan Media Award and the Victor Award for the top sportscaster of the past 40 years.
Enberg, the father of six, now lives in La Jolla with his second wife, Barbara Hedbring, and is a short drive from his office in Petco Park. While he will broadcast 135-140 games this season for the Padres, Enberg says he always keeps up with the team just north of him.
The Angels "are an important part of my life," he said. "I root for them. I hope I live long enough to see an Angels-Padres World Series. That would be the time to walk away."
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