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All is not lost…
Despite dropping the finale of a series for the first time this year, we did get some good news after the game. Jason Schmidt's wife, Bethany, gave birth to the couple's third child today – son Madden. According to Jason, they have the same hair.
Enjoy the day away from baseball for those of you not coming tomorrow night to the FSN Premiere event.
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Hey Josh, do you have any more information on the condition of Scott Elbert?.. is it strictly a sore shoulder, or is it worse?… I hope and pray that it's nothing serious..
Red Sox just went BACK, to BACK, to BACK, to BACK in the 3rd inning of their game with the Yankees…
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Miller and Morgan haven't even mentioned the Dodgers same feat from last year yet…
Miller just mentioned it… finally. Joe Morgan's indifference with the Dodgers continues… he didn't even bite on Millers comment about the Dodgers doing it last year.
Have I mentioned lately how much I hate ESPN??
now, if Drew AND Lugo had been involved, I would have gone nuts. This I can live with, I guess. Dodgers hit two of them off of Trevor Hoffman, a lot more impressive than some rookie pitcher.
It was a bitter sweet day at Dodger Stadium for ol' 53 today. Although the Dodgers lost the game, it was yours truly who caught Olmedo Saenz's 6th inning home run ball. (Now I have to stay up late tonight and watch Sports Center). Several of my friends watching the game on TV phoned me shortly after my catch and said that I looked like a natural (although they didn't say a natural what).
I have caught many BP homerun balls over the years, but this was my first live game homerun ball, and it was the Killer Tomato's first jack of the season. As you might imagine, I am STOKED! (Although a Dodger win would have made it a perfect day). Oh, I also caught the 7th inning final out fly ball that Gonzo caught and threw into the stands. I gave that one to a kid sitting behind me. Man, I should have bought a lottery ticket today, huh?
It was also Autograph Day today and my 12-year old son got autographs from Randy Wolf, Rich Donnelly, and Sweet Lou Johnson.
Needless to say, it was a GREAT day at the Ravine for ol' Fansince53!
See y'all at the Blue Carpet Affair tomorrow night!
First of all, congratulations to the Schmidt family on their new addition.
Second, congratulations fansince53 on your lucky day. Sounds like it's a day that will be long remembered by you and your family.
And finally, I enjoy Jon Miller and Joe Morgan just fine… as long as they're not calling Dodgers games. With Miller as a Giants announcer and Morgan being… well, Joe Morgan of the Big Red Crushing Machine, it's understandable that they don't think too highly of the Boys of Summer. And they call an enjoyable game on the baseball game for PS3. But thanks to Gameday Audio, I never again have to put up with their left-handed complements when refering to the Dodgers.
Maybe as payback, ESPN should have Orel Hershiser and Dusty Baker call the Dodger games they televise. Then the M's can cover whatever Yankee or Red Sox game is going on that weekend.
Congrats to the Schmidt family that's cool he's gonna have quality time to spend with his new born son. on tomorrows FSN Event if you live in L.A. you might wanna head out to the premier atleast an hour early cause the 10FWY gets really busy.
Congrats to the Schmidts on the birth of their third child. I only wish Schmitty was healthy and pitching like he used to.
Hey fliegel i think it was you who said in the last post that you wonder how ned feels about his signing of Pierre now, well im thinkin he feels pretty good. The guy started out really struggling yet he still is on a pace to score 136 runs although he is on pace to make 20 errors…I do not think he will do either of those but more certainly not 20 errors, the guy has never made 10 in a season, and last year made 0 in all 162 games. I thought/think and still do think that Pierre is a great pick up. Ned could not get any power hitters so why not get run scorers. The addition of Pierre will do so much for the play of Nomar, Kent, Gonzo, and Martin in their RBI producing skills. I expect to see all 4 of them getting close to the 100 mark in RBIs and both Furcal and Pierre scoring over 110 runs. Even though he is not a very doog outfielder, Pierre will make up for this by getting 200 hits, stealing 50 bases, and most importantly scoring over 110 runs…All in all this is a great year to be a Dodger fan.
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Pierre's fielding really gets to me but I'm sure he isn't as bad as he has played recently.
Pierre's speed is the only reason he can be playing in the outfield. He has an awful arm and takes bad angles to balls and uses his speed to compensate for that.
Yesterday when he dropped the ball you can tell he was thinking about the throw already. The balll yesterday was so shallow anyone outfielder would have been able to catch that and not worry about getting ran on.
Hey fansince53.
I go back to Brooklyn, I guess you do to! I came west the same year as the Dodgers and rememeber taking the bus to the Collesium. Man there used to be guys with Bass fiddles, trumpets and what not on those buses. Now I keep track long distance. Those were the days!!!!
spanky, it's not that I hate Pierre as a player, it's just that his contract is 4 years too long. We should have been able to make a run at someone like Andrew Jones. With Pierre in center it kind of blocks that unless Pierre moves over to left. As for that we'd be probably be better served with Kemp in left,he has a better arm and can help us win a lot more than Pierre can.
I guess I just failed English. It should have read we'd probably be better served.
Hey paulg57 – I was born and raised here in So. Cal, but I welcomed the Brooklyn Dodgers with opened arms as a young boy.
I have very fond memories of those early games at the L.A. Coliseum and was grateful that my father took me there often, including the very first home game ever played there on April 18, 1958 against the hated Giants (we won 6-5).
Wally Moon was my favorite player in those early L.A. Dodger days with his famous "Moon Shots" over the tall (but very shallow) left field chain link fence.
You are oh so correct – those were the days.
Ron! I saw you on TV last night! Of course I didn't know that it was you at the time, but I remember saying to myself what an easy catch it was for "that guy in the bleachers!" Cool jersey you were wearing… what number do you have on it, and if I remember correctly, I think it was a different name on the back that I didn't recognize… the TV shot happened so quickly. But hey, what a catch! You looked better than Juan Pierre!
Im sure Ned doesn't think too much about the Pierre signing… in fact no one in baseball does, except the obsessed bloggers for what ever reason… Pierre is likely to do what he usually does…. be a decent leadoff hitter, score lots of runs, and play so-so defense. Keys to our year are MUCH more:
1. Schmidt returning (to form)
2. Development of Billingsly and kemp
4. Wolf pitching like his last outing more often!
5. the new Mr Henderson
Pierre 0.330 VS 0.350 OBP 77% VS 72% SB etc… doesn't matter. Seriously.
Come on Kevin, I had to reach WAAAAY over the railing which, at my age, made it a VERY difficult catch – LOL! (Seriously, because Killer T drilled it, it actually was an easy catch to make).
As far as my jersey goes, that's a no-brainer – It reads "FAN SINCE 53". My son's is "FAN SINCE 94" and my daughter's is "FAN SINCE 85". I get a lot of great complements on them for being original. My daughter wears hers all the time at her school (UCSD). She takes a lot of heat from Padre fans – but she NEVER backs down to them! She and my son are Die-Hard Dodger fans, just like their father. (Smart kids, huh?).
It's funny; you are about the 15th person that told me that I catch better than Juan Pierre does. Heck, at 53 I bet I even throw better than him, too! (Just kidding, of course). It was a special day, that's for sure. I can only imagine that tonight's Dodgers Insider gig will be equally special.
Are you serious? The kid has a goatee too?
how funny. i was sitting just behind you fan since 53. almost had a run on the laroche dinger but too late.
Hey gg – "almost had a run on the laroche dinger but too late".
Me too, but I picked that ball up too late and couldn't get around the railing in time. That really would have been something – The Saenz home run ball, the Gonzo 3rd out fly ball, AND the LaRoche home run ball. I'd have to stop going to games after that………NOT!
Next time you're sitting behind me, stop by and say hello and I'll buy you a (root)beer (Those are my season seats).
Saw that "amazing" catch of your on Directv, also saw gonzo throw the ball into the stands after the third out but they didn't show where gonzo threw the ball….I also have to put up with the Pods fanbase here in SD like your daughter. Been a fan since 64 and been folowing them while stationed in the military (19yrs) all around the world (even get a subscription to Dodgers Dugout). I hope I get to take in a game this year but working 2 jobs makes it hard. Hope to see you again on TV….means more homeruns for our Dodgers…Go Blue
Voted for martin using all my e-mail accounts (25 x's each) Haven't used my daughters or wife's accounts yet.
Hey kevinmtaylor59 – I will extend my earlier offer to you as well. If you are heading up this way and you give me a few days advanced notice, I'll treat you to a game. Just remember to bring your glove!


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Cracking Prince jokes is like shooting fish in a barrel—even his most ardent admirers have to admit that the artist takes pains to maintain what is already an enigmatic aura. But Prince is in your corner, folks. Early last month, His Purpleness took steps to make it that much easier to make a funny at his expense when his legal team presented unofficial Prince websites with cease-and-desist letters demanding that they remove all photos, album covers, lyrics and Prince-related images.
It's hard to run a Prince fan site without access to anything Prince-related. And because we Americans are mightily fond of our First Amendment rights, three of the sites—Housequake.com, Prince.org and PrinceFams.com—have come together to form PrinceFansUnited.com. They hope to talk sense into Paisley Park or, if necessary, to "defend their position in the proper court of law, as well as fully prosecute any claims to which they are justly entitled."
This puts PrinceFansUnited.com in the curious position of attacking Prince in order to continue supporting him. If the devotion of Prince's fans means so little to him, why adore Prince in the first place? It's potentially crushing, a cruel slap of reality in a world constructed purely for escape. Will this bitter aftertaste irrevocably destroy fans' ability to get hot and funky with the music of their faraway Purple Highness? And why would Prince do such a thing in the first place?
Such a move may seem ridiculous, but—for better and for worse—"Prince" and "ridiculous" go hand-in-hand. He established his eccentricity decades ago: the aborted symbol name-change, the abrupt conversion to Jehovah's Witnesses, the ill-conceived and iller-executed vanity movie projects. (Purple Rain may have an immortal soundtrack, but the film itself is only watchable if you are drunk and on the precipice of passing out.) From the perspective our seats afford, the dude's crazy, and quite possibly totally sincere about it.
Let's try to think of this from Prince's angle. First of all, there's a chance that his grasp on reality is tenuous, a risk all those who dwell in glass bubbles run. It's hard to keep it real when you are constantly surrounded by (or surround yourself with) a gaggle of sycophantic hangers-on, or when your name rarely appears in print unaccompanied by the word "genius." Prince Fans United claims that the cease-and-desist orders may have been an attempt to stifle critical commentary. If that was a motivation, it backfired. Badly. What's more fun to write and read about than a pint-sized megalomaniac's unwarranted attacks on his devoted fans?
Comments on RollingStone.com have both defended and attacked Prince. "Instead of creating an innovative Internet model for his music, he is taking his frustration over his failed business model out on the very people who put him in business in the first place. . . . Prince gets no more $$$ from me and that will be what hurts him the most in all this," wrote one disgruntled Prince follower.
But not everyone feels this way: "Prince doesn't want us worshiping him like an idol, he wants us to respect him as a man and artist and let him do his thing," another Prince fan countered. "There's more to the world than just Prince and this is his point!"
If that is indeed Prince's point, he made it in a very bratty way. An artist does have a right to control how and where his output is represented—but at the same time, once art is out there, it's out. People grab on to it, and their passions can take a number of paths, from misinterpreting a song's intended meaning to sharing a bootlegged concert recording.
It's hard to empathize with the very rich and naturally cocky, which Metallica showed us in 2000 when they sued Napster after an unauthorized demo of their song "I Disappear" showed up on the file-sharing site. "We take our craft—whether it be the music, the lyrics, or the photos and artwork—very seriously, as do most artists," Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich stated in a press release at the time. "It is therefore sickening to know that our art is being traded like a commodity rather than the art that it is."
So even if Metallica vs. Napster did have less to do with money than asking fans to respect the band's boundaries for control of their craft, fans didn't sense artistic integrity rolling off Metallica in waves. In the media circus that sprang up around the trial, the band came across as a bunch of reactionary billionaire crybabies with no capacity to adapt to major shifts in the way consumers gather and listen to recorded music. Is it better to shut up and take it, or speak out and risk isolating a gigantic chunk of your fan base, the very people whose hard-earned cash bankrolls your Basquiat paintings and designer spike-heeled boots?
It must be utterly exhausting to mean so much to so many people, but there are those who manage to be gracious to their fan base. Radiohead recently released their pay-what-you-wish Internet-only album, squeezing more publicity from that action alone than anything surrounding their previous album, Hail to the Thief. What makes Prince exactly so hard to pin down are such dichotomies as his string of 21 London shows last summer with tickets uniformly priced at a mere £31.21 and his renegade giveaway of his lastest disc, Planet Earth, in the Sunday edition of London's Mail newspaper before it was formally released to fans.
Without fans, Prince is nothing. This is indisputable; it means the fans have the upper hand, but only to the degree that their appreciation gives Prince's oeuvre meaning outside of his own kingdom. A Nov. 17 statement on PrinceFansUnited.com speaks of negotiations with the Prince's lawyers, reading, "Everyone involved now wishes to move on towards a more harmonious future, where the protection of artists' rights and the freedoms of fan forums can happily co-exist."
But despite any possible outcome, the situation has no true resolution; Prince will never have full control of his image, and fans will never have unfettered access to Prince the Artist. The tension of this balancing act is called celebrity, and it is the motor of our entertainment industry—perhaps more than it should be.


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ESA PR 20-2004. On 19 and 20 April at ESA's establishment in Frascati, near Rome, the ESA Directorate of Earth Observation is holding an Earth Explorer User Consultation Meeting at which the findings of the scientific and technical evaluations of the six candidates for the next generation of Earth Explorer missions will be presented and discussed by leading scientists from the European Earth science community.
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EarthCARE – Earth Clouds Aerosols and Radiation Explorer – to improve the representation and understanding of the Earth's radiative balance in climate and numerical weather forecast models by acquiring vertical profiles of clouds and aerosols, as well as the radiances at the top of the atmosphere. From a single platform in a 450 km polar orbit a lidar (laser radar) will acquire data on aerosols and thin clouds and a high frequency radar will do the same for thick clouds. A multi-spectral imager will provide additional information on distribution of aerosol and cloud optical properties, and a broadband radiometer will measure radiances.
SPECTRA – Surface Processes and Ecosystem Changes Through Response Analysis - to describe, understand and model the role of terrestrial vegetation in the global carbon cycle and its response to climate variability under the increasing pressure of human activity. The mission will carry an imaging spectrometer to analyse radiance from vegetation. From a near-polar 670 km altitude orbit SPECTRA will collect data over a selection of regions representative of all the Earth's major biomes.
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We are all searching for answers. The moment we stop that search, we cease to be the leader of our own life.
No matter what we do for a living, we are all entrepreneurs of our own ideas. The generation of ideas and answers to life's questions is empowering. It helps us to identify and resolve issues that hold us back personally and professionally.
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Successful people understand that it is impossible to separate personal achievement from professional performance. For short periods of time, it's possible to fool all the people all the time; but an empty suit cannot sustain itself over the long haul.
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"I find it fascinating that most people plan their vacation with better care than they do their lives. Perhaps that is because is escape is easier than change." ~ Jim Rohn
People with goals succeed because they know where they're going. Mission creep happens when we lose focus and spend too much time on projects that don't get us any closer to our goals. We are attracted by all the choices that compete for our time and attention.
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"Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?"
"That depends a good deal on where you want to go," said the Cat.
"I don't much care where—" said Alice.
"Then it doesn't matter which way you go," said the Cat.
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Ask yourself these questions:
- What do you truly love?
- What are you good at?
- What brings you satisfaction?
- What is the road not taken?
- Have you ever explored the road not taken?
- Is that untaken road still interesting to you?
- What stopped you from taking this road?
You will not find the answers to these questions in a book. If you are to be the leader of your own life, you must be willing to look inward to find them.
The Blue Flame
As a new counterintelligence agent in the FBI, I was often called a "blue flamer." You know the type—they have an insatiable combination of ambition and desire because they are doing something they truly enjoy. My blue flame lasted for about five years because I was working undercover cases and living my dream.
The flame started sputtering when I no longer felt the excitement and adrenaline rush of meeting Russian spies as an undercover agent.
The following is a simple exercise in self-awareness that worked for me:
- On one side of piece of paper, make a list of everything that brings you joy and pleasure. Include achievements, people, and hobbies.
- On the other side, make a list of goals.
- Draw lines to match #1 and #2. Look closely at which ones intersect—or don't. This may provide you with direction and purpose.
One of my goals was to recruit a Russian spy to work for the U.S. government. On the other side of the paper I had written that relating to people in a genuine and authentic manner gave me great joy. It became obvious to me that I couldn't continue the subterfuge of undercover work and develop the desire to be genuine and authentic.
My mission had not changed—I still wanted to be an FBI agent—but my goals were now different.
I knew I could not get satisfaction from my professional achievements and still hope to claim my personal values.
True leaders are empowered by generating ideas and seeking answers to life's questions. Leading our own life is the truest form of great leadership.
What do you want to accomplish in life? What obstacles are stopping you? Is your current path taking you toward your dream? I would love to hear your thoughts!
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There are lots of ways to borrow money, including some not very smart ones. Use these only as a last resort…
Payday loans
These companies let you borrow against your next paycheck, so you're basically paying someone to borrow from yourself. It's a simple process but you can quickly get into a hole since the repayment plus high interest rates and fees will take a big chunk out of your next check.
These are essentially loans where your personal items are held as collateral. You'll be hit with high interest rates and fees, and if you're unable to repay the loan, you'll lose the items. If you're thinking of pawning something but suspect you might not be able to re-pay the loan, you're much better off selling the item yourself to get the cash you need.
Cash advances on your credit card
It's not as expensive as payday loans and pawnshops, but borrowing with your credit card is still plenty pricy. Banks often charge interest rates of 20+% plus fees.
Direct deposit advances
If your paychecks are set up for direct deposit, your bank might advance you a portion and then take the money out of your next deposit. Again, fees and interest can really add up and take a big bite out of your next check.
Loans from family and friends
Let's see…alienating family members, losing friends…two very likely outcomes if the deal goes south.
Understandably, there are times when you feel you have no choice but to go these routes. Just be sure it's worth it and know the downsides.
It's one thing to use them in an emergency. But if you're borrowing in this say to meet regular expenses, see a financial advisor to talk about fundamental changes you should make in your financial life.


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Piper Picked a Perfect Press
Major aircraft manufacturers around the world have long relied on sheet-hydroforming presses—fluid-cell and rubber-pad styles—for economic production of low-volume parts. Rubber-pad forming in a hydraulic press took flight (so to speak) in the 1930s and '40s. In the 1950s and '60s came fluid-cell technology, which replaced the rubber-pad upper forming tool with a thin and flexible rubber fluid-filled diaphragm. Fluid-cell capabilities surpassed those of traditional rubber-pad forming, providing more consistent results with evenly applied pressure over every square inch of the part.
To learn how the fluid-cell hydroforming process has evolved since those early days, we spoke with Piper Aircraft, Inc., which operates a 754,000-sq.-ft. manufacturing plant in Vero Beach, FL. The plant—of which 280,000 sq. ft. is dedicated to fabrication and forming operations—has long operated a pair of huge and aging fluid-cell presses, an 800-ton Verson Wheelon and an Asea (now Avure) 1000-ton press. These presses have proved very versatile for fabricating a variety of airframe parts and skins of all shapes and sizes, primarily of Type 2024 aluminum sheet 0.020 to 0.125 in. thick. Aluminum alloy 2024 is an age-hardening alloy that contains 3.8-4.9 Cu, 1.21.8 Mg, 0.5 Si and 0.3-0.9 Mn, and boasts a tensile strength of 68,000 PSI, yield strength of 47,000 PSI and an elongation of 20 percent in 2 in.
As Piper's Asea press began to show its age, beginning around 2008, maintenance technicians were required to replace the bladder every 12 to 18 months—an expense engineers quickly found annoying and disruptive.
"That press uses two large trays, each 30 by 92 in., and has a large, expensive bladder that can take as long as a week to replace," says Piper manufacturing engineer Chris See. "In addition, the time to pressurize such a large press leads to forming-cycle times as high as 90 sec. We thought it would make sense (going back to late 2010) to investigate purchasing a smaller sheet-hydroforming press to run smaller parts, to extend the life of our larger presses and optimize cycle times."
A Familiar Tune
See's desire to reduce the workload of the company's larger bladder presses has been a familiar tune in the aerospace-fabrication world, says Cecil Sterne, vice president of sales for Pryer Technology Group. Pryer manufacturers exactly the type of presses See and his coworkers at Piper envisioned. Certain models from its line of 5000- and 10,000-psi Triform presses cycle in as little as 15 sec., as is the case with Piper's new Triform Model 16-5BD.
A Piper Aircraft technician fixtures a small, custom aluminum-alloy blank to be formed in the firm's new 500-ton small-footprint Triform sheet-hydroforming press. Fluid-cell forming proves particularly useful in forming parts with shallow flanges, illustrated here.
"While big presses such as the Verson Wheelon and Asea models at Piper allow you to form 15 or 20 parts in one cycle," says Sterne, "the lengthy setup and cycle times yield fewer parts/hr. than we typically see with the Triform presses. And, we also see other manufacturers experiencing similar issues to what Piper is experiencing regarding maintenance—aging bladder presses undergoing more frequent and costly maintenance procedures that interrupt production."
Piper installed its Triform press in November 2011. Since then, it has moved over some 500 part numbers to the press, about 20 percent of the total part numbers the company forms in its sheet-hydroforming area.
"We're running whatever we can fit inside that press," shares James Priest, lead press operator. The press boasts a maximum chamber pressure of 5000 psi, forming area of 16-in. dia., and 5.5 in. of daylight with 4.75 in. of form-tool clearance.
"We typically produce 10 to 30 parts per setup, then change tooling," says Priest. "We might change tools 15 times or more per shift. Tool changes literally take seconds. Conversely, changing tools on our larger hydroforming presses can take 30 min. or more."
Flexible die forming—characterized by the fluid-cell processes used at Piper and also by the rubber-pad process—proves particularly useful in forming parts with shallow flanges, as shown in the accompanying photos. Pre-cut blanks are positioned onto a die block that gets placed within the forming area directly, or via a loading tray which is then shuttled into the press. The fluid cell is inflated with high-pressure hydraulic fluid, expanding to force the blank around the die block and following its contour.
The Delta multiaxis motion controller synchronizes the operation of the press's intensifier and punch cylinders, achieving precise closed-loop control of the sheet-
hydroforming process.
"Compared to a rubber-pad process," says Sterne, "fluid-cell forming provides tighter radiuses and better results. This is especially true for intricate parts featuring complex geometries."
Better Control and Process Repeatability
Triform sheet-hydroforming presses are offered in two configurations. Triform Fluid Cell presses, such as the 16-5BD at Piper, use the downward action of the bladder to form sheetmetal around an unsecured form block. For applications that require controlled material flow, such as deep-drawn parts or those with certain curved geometries that might wrinkle during forming, deep-draw sheet-hydroforming presses provide superior results. Triform Deep Draw presses use the same principle as fluid-cell models, but with the added capability of an upward-acting punch cylinder to which the tooling is attached. The combination of the downward-acting bladder with the upward-acting punch tool allows for the successful deep drawing of parts otherwise unobtainable from a single machine cycle.
A programmable motion controller is at the heart of both Triform models. For a closer look at the press's design and functionality, we received the following input from Richard Meyerhoefer, regional applications specialist at Delta Computer Systems, Battle Ground, WA.
Triform Deep Draw presses precisely control the punch position and bladder-fluid pressure. As fluid pressure in the bladder increases, the press clamps the material and begins to force it down around the form tool. Simultaneously, a hydraulic cylinder presses the punch into the bladder, wrapping the sheetmetal workpiece to conform to the punch.
"You need to balance how quickly the material is drawn," says Darrell Harrelson, technical director with the Beckwood Press Co., Fenton, MO, the contract manufacturer for all Triform sheet-hydroforming presses. "If you don't allow the material to flow correctly, you either tear or wrinkle the part."
Scott Pryer, president of Pryer Technology Group, adds: "Using older press technology when trying to form a difficult part, metalformers can experience differences in pressure from cycle to cycle, and the position of the punch can vary. The skill and experience of the machine operator needs to be very high in order to deal with the variability. What metal fabricators want is a machine to do the same thing every time, so that operators can focus on other areas of the operation."
For his Triform presses, Pryer opted for an RMC multiaxis programmable electro-hydraulic motion controller from Delta Computer Systems. The result is precise position control to ±0.002 in., and pressure control to one percent of full scale. On fluid-cell presses such as that used at Piper, the Delta RMC controls the cylinder that varies the bladder pressure. On deep-draw machines featuring hydraulic punch cylinders, the RMC controls two motion axes: the punch cylinder that pushes the tooling into the bladder (see figure), and the cylinder that varies the bladder pressure. On larger Triform models, the RMC pulls triple duty by also controlling movement of the containment clamps and the upper chamber that closes around the bladder and workpiece.
Programs developed for the motion controller allow operators to select production recipes that contain as many as 30 different steps in a press cycle, each step corresponding to a target bladder pressure and punch position (on deep-draw presses). Besides the target values, motion instructions specify how the machine is to get to the next target. At the beginning of a machine cycle, a quick-move instruction sends the punch cylinder axis to its initial position, while the bladder is precharged to a particular pressure. Then, during forming, the punch axis is given a position command with an acceleration and deceleration parameter for each process step. Meanwhile, the RMC sets bladder pressure and coordinates it with punch-axis movement. Bladder pressure is monitored and fed back to the motion controller by a pressure transducer typically capable of reading between 1 and 10,000 psi. To ensure precise punch operation, control outputs from the motion controller to the punch hydraulics connect to a servo-quality proportional valve.
"The trick is to avoid wrinkling the sheet as it bends around the corners of the tool," says Harrelson. "To accomplish this, most of the programmable motion steps in each press cycle occur within the first inch of punch travel.""Our customers can do more than they ever thought possible because they're controlling to a very precise level," adds Pryer. "In the past, depending on the complexity of the forming projects, a fabricator could experience scrap rates of 10 to 25 percent. Now, with a repeatable process we see scrap rates near zero." MF
See also: Beckwood Press Company, Delta Computer Systems, Inc., Triform Sheet Hydroforming
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Texas water supply for the future is uncertain
First in a series
DALLAS - Texas has a powerful thirst, one that won't be quenched any time soon given projections that the state's population will double to 46 million over the next half-century.
In the past, Texans - particularly those in the most populated areas - found water for all those extra showers, sprinklers and toilets by heading to where the water was and grabbing it. They did this with big reservoirs, deep wells and long pipelines. Whatever it took.
But the days of cheap and abundant water are coming to an end, and where the additional supply will come from is not clear.
The devastating drought of the 1950s, the marker for the worst-case dry spell in Texas history, prompted a massive investment in the state's water infrastructure designed to ensure there would be enough water to meet the demand in decades to come.
Sixty years later, with the state gripped once again by a record-setting drought, lawmakers are balking at the price tag of a plan designed to meet demand for the next 50 years - a staggering $53 billion for more reservoirs, desalination plants and pipelines, among other projects.
The Texas House failed to take action during its last session on two bills intended to create the first permanent funding source for the state's water plan. Instead, lawmakers placed two propositions on last week's ballot, with mixed results. Voters authorized a revolving $6 billion bond program to pay for water supply projects, but rejected another that would provide tax breaks for conservation on ranch lands.
The central dilemma - not enough water to meet competing demands - can be seen along the Trinity River, which runs for 715 miles from the Oklahoma line to Galveston Bay. The rain-fed stream carries the heavy burden of supplying water for Texas' two largest metropolitan areas, Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston, and the demands will only grow with an ever booming, increasingly urban population.
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Today: The mighty Trinity
Tuesday: Battle lines drawn
Wednesday: Possible solutions
But the Trinity, like many other Texas rivers, is tapped, with virtually every drop appropriated by farmers, industries and boundless cities.
Without room for new reservoirs in the Trinity basin, water managers will rely more on conservation and recycled water to close the gap between supply and demand, according to the state plan. They also will protect more aquatic ecosystems that hold storm waters and act as filters. And they will charge those who waste water even more.
All the while, they must leave some water in the river for the benefit of fish and wildlife.
"We're lucky to be on the water-rich side of the state," said Jim Lester, an ecology expert and vice president at the Houston Advanced Research Center in The Woodlands. "We're just not rich enough."
Texas' hydraulic heart
Texas is laced with fabled rivers, but the Trinity isn't one of them. It lacks the fame of the Rio Grande, the classic narrative of the Brazos, the mystery of the Neches, the rivalry of the Red or the good times of the Guadalupe.
Even through Dallas, where the Trinity runs along downtown, many see the river as nothing more than a muddy ditch, too polluted to swim or fish.
But the Trinity is the state's hydraulic heart, a life-giving force for millions of Texans. Water flows into the main stem through four major arteries and is pumped into the homes of Dallas and Fort Worth, flushed or poured down drains, then treated, discharged into the river and purified for reuse by those cities, as well as Huntsville and Houston. What water is left empties into one of the nation's most bountiful estuaries.
But much more is being asked of the river now than before the 1950s drought - after which the vast majority of the state's great dams and reservoirs were built. The Trinity basin alone has 32 reservoirs, with a storage capacity of more than 7 million acre-feet of water. One-acre foot, equal to about 326,000 gallons, is enough to serve two typical Texas families for a year.
Most of the Trinity's reservoirs, including Lavon Lake, Lewisville Lake and Lake Ray Roberts, are found north of Dallas and Fort Worth. In the middle basin, Lake Livingston is the primary water source for Houston.
"The best thing to do is build an upstream lake and let it flow to the users below," said Richard Browning, who served as chief of the Trinity River Authority's planning and environmental management division for 36 years until his retirement last December.
But there's no room left in the Trinity basin for another man-made lake. The completion of the Richland-Chambers Reservoir, about 70 miles south of Dallas, in 1987 started a new chapter for water managers. Since then they have had to look beyond the basin to find new supplies.
To meet the future demands of Dallas and Fort Worth, known as Region C in Texas water planning, they must add at least 1.6 million acre-feet by 2060. The state plan calls for as many as four new reservoirs in East Texas and a pipeline to import Oklahoma water, but there are many barriers in the way.
A federal court recently blocked plans to import Oklahoma water after the state argued that its law prevents nonresidents from purchasing water rights. The Choctaw and Chickasaw nations also have filed suit, saying the water belongs to them, not Oklahoma, because of a treaty with the United States.
And East Texas property owners are fighting plans to dam the Sulphur River for the proposed Marvin Nichols reservoir. If approved, the project, the largest proposed lake in the Region C plan, would flood more than 70,000 acres of mostly private property.
North Texas leaders say their economic viability depends on the ability to find new sources of water and increase the supply through reuse, or recycled water.
An inadequate water supply would harm the economy, reducing employment by 546,000 people and income by more than $61 billion in Region C during a severe drought, according to the state's draft plan.
"It is not possible to get there through conservation and reuse," said Jim Parks, chairman of the Region C planning group and executive director of the fast-growing North Texas Municipal Water District, which provides water for 13 cities, including Frisco, McKinney and Plano.
"All these entities have looked at that question," he said. "But if you look at the population projections, you can't get there without a balanced approach" that includes new reservoirs and pipelines.
But Ken Kramer, director of the Sierra Club's Lone Star chapter, said the state plan is flawed because it's predicated on the idea that Texans will continue normal water use even in drought. It ignores the fact that cities are required to have drought contingency plans, he said.
"We're over-projecting supply and over-projecting demands without considering cutbacks in dry times," Kramer said. "So it's an effort to maximize infrastructure. The people who are responsible for our water supply don't want to be caught short. But we need to make a distinction between demands and needs."
Need to conserve
It's not new to hear folks grumble about plugging East Texas rivers for green lawns and swimming pools in Dallas and Fort Worth.
The cities and their suburbs have long-worn reputations as water hogs. Dallas residents use 213 gallons per person per day in their homes, compared with 134 for Houstonians. San Antonio, which relies on the Edwards Aquifer, an underground reservoir, uses 149 gallons per person per day, according to Texas Water Development Board's most recent data.
But Parks said the numbers are misleading because water use in Texas and throughout the United States varies widely, influenced by climate, the number of businesses and the age of infrastructure in a community, among other things.
The Trinity's northern basin, for example, receives 27 inches of rain each year, while the southern basin gets 51 inches a year, according to the Trinity River Authority. That's a lot of water that Houstonians, unlike Dallas residents, can use for lawns without tapping into the municipal supply.
The North Texas district has spent about $9 million over the past five years on programs to educate residents on conservation. Parks said he is seeing progress, but it will take time to take hold, like the "Don't Mess with Texas" anti-litter campaign launched a quarter-century ago.
Then again, getting by with less water is not only a goal now. It's required. The North Texas district has adopted Stage 3 restrictions in response to the ongoing drought - a move that will limit landscape watering to once every two weeks starting Nov. 1.
"This looks every bit as bad as the drought of record," said Parks, whose district also can't pump from Lake Texoma along the Oklahoma border because of an invasive mollusk.
Environmentalists said they want aggressive conservation to be the norm instead of something communities do during dry spells. They fault Dallas, Fort Worth and Houston, among other cities, for "weak" goals in reducing daily consumption over the next decade.
Kramer noted that San Antonio's water system does not pump more water today than 20 years ago, despite a population boom, because of its conservation efforts. The city has offered rebates for low-flow toilets and drought-resistant landscaping, among other programs.
The Environmental Defense Fund has concluded that Texas would save an additional 1 million acre-feet a year if every city reduced daily consumption to 140 gallons per person by 2060. (Houston is already there, but the city's 10-year goal is actually higher than its current daily usage.)
"Does Dallas really need as much water as they project?" said Mary Kelly, who runs the Austin environmental consulting firm Parula and contributed to the Environmental Defense Fund report. "They built all those reservoirs in the past, and it worked, so they'll do it again. They don't want water to be seen as a constraint on growth."
Push to reuse
Unfortunately for water managers, they never know when a drought will end. The current one - already the worst one-year dry spell in Texas since records started being kept in the 19th century - will last another year, and possibly for a decade, the state's climatologist says.
The drought's effects can be seen throughout the Trinity basin. Every major tributary went dry north of Dallas and Fort Worth this year, while reservoir levels dropped. Lavon Lake, for one, is at about half its capacity.
Still, the decades-long scramble by North Texas cities for water has put more in Trinity than it had. The U.S. Geological Service gauge near Oakwood, about 120 miles south of Dallas, shows the river's minimum flow this year remains higher than it was before 1988. A similar trend can be seen at Romayor, the last gauge before the river reaches Galveston Bay.
That's because the base flow in dry times comes from drains, kitchen sinks and toilets in and around Dallas and Fort Worth. The more water those cities store, then use, the more water is available for those downstream.
"Every drop of water in Houston this year has already gone through the wastewater treatment plants in Dallas and Fort Worth," said Andrew Sansom, executive director of the River Systems Institute at Texas State University.
The North Texas sewage is pumped to treatment plants throughout the region. The Trinity River Authority's central facility in Dallas, for one, handles an average of 162 million gallons a day, removing 99 percent of the pollutants before returning clear-looking, but undrinkable, water into the river.
At the same time, some of the recycled water is pumped directly to irrigate nearby golf courses and fill decorative lakes and canals in Las Colinas, a planned community in Irving. It's a practice that is growing in popularity among water managers across the state because recycled water is cheaper than potable, or drinking, water.
The Region C plan calls for a three-fold increase in reuse by 2060, accounting for 16 percent of its total water supply. That's possible in part because state law does not require water rights holders to return their share to the river.
The North Texas water suppliers, however, have agreed to leave at least 30 percent of their treated wastewater in the river for Houston's use. About 40 percent of what's reused will return to the river, and that should be enough to maintain Houston's supply in Lake Livingston, water managers said.
Still, it's a situation worth watching closely, the Sierra Club's Kramer said.
"It makes sense in many ways, but we have to be careful," he said. "There needs to be a balance because if it doesn't get discharged, it's not there for users downstream."
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It may sound too good to be true, but a mechanical engineer working out of the University of Delaware has come up with a way to produce hydrogen without any undesirable emissions such as carbon dioxide.
The totally clean fuel production is made possible due to a new solar reactor created by Erik Koepf that only relies on concentrated sunlight, zinc oxide, and water to produce hydrogen.
The reactor is capable of using sunlight to increase the heat inside its cylindrical structure above 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit. Zinc oxide powder is then gravity fed through 15 hoppers into the ceramic interior where it converts to a zinc vapor. At that point the vapor is reacted with water separately, which in turn produces hydrogen.
As well as a lack of emissions, the other good news is that the zinc oxide can apparently be reused, meaning the solar reactor is theoretically self sustaining as it only relies on materials and energy that are renewable.
The solar reactor isn't exactly large, measuring 2 x 3 feet, but it is certainly heavy weighing 1,750 pounds. The entire system is a custom built prototype that will be undergoing a 6 week test from tomorrow at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology located in Zurich.
The testing will prove how good (or bad) the reactor is when concentrated light equal to 10,000 suns is fed into it. The important things to prove include how reliable the reactor is, and whether the amount of hydrogen produced is significant enough to warrant taking the project beyond the prototype stage.
If the reactor proves to be a success it can apparently be scaled up relatively easily to produce hydrogen at an industrial level. Koepf's advisor, Ajay Prasad, believes we could see large versions of the reactor located in desert environments producing clean fuel in the future. Of course, that all depends on how well the prototype performs in the coming weeks.
Read more at the University of Delaware, via Physorg


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The Staub fry pan browns foods beautifully, be it chicken breasts, potatoes, or bacon. The enameled black matte interior imparts texture, promoting exceptional browning. Cast iron offers steady, even heat distribution, so the temperature of the pan won't drop as you cook. Low, curved sides make it easy to flip the food, which releases easily.
Staub enameled cast iron cookware is the choice of the world's best chefs. With exceptional durability, it is perfect for day-to-day use in both gourmet home kitchens and prestigious restaurants around the world. Each piece transitions beautifully from the kitchen to the table. Built to last a lifetime, these heirloom pieces can be passed from generation to generation.
- Made in France
- Oven safe up to 900F/482C
- Smooth enamel bottom works on all stovetops, including gas, electric, glass, ceramic, induction, and halogen
- Each piece is one of a kind
- Pouring spouts for easy fat removal
- Unique, interior matte texture results in exceptional browning
- Requires no seasoning
- Dishwasher safe, hand wash recommended
- Country of origin: France
- Substance: Cast iron
- Type of handle: Lid handle
- Handle fixing: screwed
- Net weight: 5.89 lbs
- Length of product: 18.98 in
- Width of product: 10.43 in
- Height of product: 2.01 in
- Bottom thickness: 0.16 in
- Upper diameter: 10.24 in
Staub Cast Iron 10-inch Fry Pan - Grenadine is rated out of 5 by 11.
Rated 5 out of 5 by TheresaNY from This pan makes the BEST eggs EVER! I bought this pan to complement other Staub pieces I have and the first thing I made was some scrambled eggs on an induction burner. I eat eggs almost everyday and can say that my scrambles eggs came out way better using this fry pan vs a stainless steel pan from a leading brand on induction where the eggs come out a strange texture. With the staub, i just put a small bit of olive oil in the pan as it was heating up, then added my egg mixture, used a silicone spatula to lift the eggs as they were cooking and when the got to an almost done / wet stage i flipped them and then turned off the pan. Hands down, best eggs Ive ever had and i didn't do anything different than I normally do using other pans. Also the clean up was very easy. Just let pan cool off. fill pan with sudsy water and soak, then use a non abrasive (blue) stone and the pan came out like new.
Date published: 2019-04-15
Rated 5 out of 5 by chef mike from Easily the best cast iron i have even owned. Food browns perfectly and pretty even the pan.
Date published: 2018-11-04
Rated 5 out of 5 by MARKT97 from Another great Staub Pan Got as a gift for Christmas after dropping hints. Used for crab cakes and steaks on Christmas and it worked great just like my other Staub pieces. Solid and easy to clean.
Date published: 2019-12-27
Rated 5 out of 5 by DCOFF27 from My bad I ordered this piece after reading Mimi Thorisson's cookbooks. It looked like just the right piece for us. Sadly, it was to big for our cooktop so I returned it.
Date published: 2017-04-18
Rated 1 out of 5 by lilys from Inside black coating is gone Food is too easy to stick to pot. Only used for less than 10 times, the inside black coating is wear off now.
Date published: 2018-03-12
Rated 5 out of 5 by tracyc from Sturdy, good quality cast iron Sturdy, high quality pan. My boyfriend's mom loves hers - excited to see how well it works over time.
Date published: 2019-12-23
Rated 5 out of 5 by Reviewer from Great pan! Great pan very well made, a great tool for any home chef
Date published: 2019-12-27
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Can I use this on a charcoal or gas grill?
You can use this on a grill up to 500°F, though it is intended for use on the stove top and/or in the oven.
Date published: 2020-02-17
Is this product good for cooking eggs? Grill cheese? Is it difficult to clean?
This item is great for cooking anything, including eggs and grilled cheese. Just be sure to use a sufficient amount of cooking fat as this pan is not nonstick. Cast iron is porous by nature. The pan is easy to clean by following the maintenance guidelines included with your purchase or on http://www.staubusa.com under Use & Care on the bottom right hand side of the homepage.
Date published: 2018-08-05
Can I use this pan on a glass top stove?
Staub cast-iron products can be used on all cooktops, although we recommend care in placing them on and lifting them off the cooking surface.
Date published: 2017-11-17
Is there a lid available for this pan?
We do not offer lids for our fry pans at this time.
Date published: 2017-08-10
What has be used to pre-treat/season the pan? What type of oil?
All of our Staub cast-iron products come with enameled interiors, which do not require seasoning as raw cast iron would.
Date published: 2017-12-19
How do we clean the inside black surface of the skillet on regular basis? How can I remove the glassy looking surface around inner edges of skillet which I suspect resulted from using an inadequate bristle?
The surface can be cleaned with hot water and soap. If you have a stubborn stain, you can boil some water and add baking soda, or use a non-abrasive cleaner like Bar Keepers Friend. We do not recommend using a stiff or abrasive brush. Although the enamel is very durable, it is still glass based and can scratch. The enamel around the rim will remain rough. This is not raw cat iron, but is not as polished because of the way the pans are fired in the kiln. They are fired rim down, it is not uncommon for this to appear rough or for divots to appear where it sat on a rack.
Date published: 2017-08-06
I am confused watching videos on how to care for my Staub Cast Iron 10" Fry Pan – Cherry. Can we use soap for cleaning or not? Do we have to season after every use? Do we have to dry it on oven top after every wash? What type of brush can I use?
These pans are enameled and do not need to be treated like a raw cast iron pan. You can absolutely use soap (they are even dishwasher safe). Please do not attempt to season the pan, this will just create a layer of burnt oil on top of the enamel. The enamel completely seals the cast iron, no raw metal is exposed, and therefore no season is necessary. The Black Matte interior can sometimes resemble raw cast iron, though this is a specially formulated, textured enamel. Towel drying is absolutely fine, no need to dry the piece on the stove top or in the oven. Our enamel is very durable, however it is still glass-based and can scratch if mishandled. Therefore, we do not recommend using an abrasive brush. Soap, hot water, and a sponge should be sufficient. If there are very tough spots, water and baking soda, or a cleaner such as Bar Keepers Friend will work.
Date published: 2017-08-06
does it have a ceramic interior?
No, the interior is enameled. We use a specially formulated Matte Black enamel in all of our cast iron cookware, designed to promote browning. This surface is not non-stick. We do offer ceramic non-stick coatings on our Spirit line of cookware.
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Good morning, Jada with your beautiful blue eyes! My goodness, your days are busy -- playing with household items you consider toys , looking out the window and observing your territory, keeping the laundry basket in position on wash days, checking out boxes and bags that come into the house! Time to rest, snuggle with your person and enjoy a tummy rub! That is a very full day. Please have your people give you a gentle tum-rub for me *rub* Happy Cat of the Day to you, beloved Princess Jada!
p.s., my kitty prefers household objects to her kitty toys too!


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It's the wild musical tater-tossing game that is safe in the water! Squeeze the Hot Potato and the frantic family fun begins. Toss the tater back and forth, up high, down low, and around and around. Don't get caught holding the spud when the music stops. Take it the pool, lake or backyard with the sprinklers! Try it in the bath too. This spud is stuffed with foam for safe play and has an on/off switch. This is a great family game for ages 4 and up!
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Free School Meals
We encourage all eligible families to apply for free school meals (FSM). As well as the reassurance that an eligible student is receiving a healthy, nutritious meal every school day, FSM eligibility can also open up other avenues of financial support, including waiving of musical instrument tuition fees and consideration for grants under the 16-19 Bursary Scheme.
The eligibility criteria for FSM is set by the Government:-
If you are in receipt of one of the following support payments you are entitled to receive a Free School Meal for your Child:
- Income Support (IS)
- Income Based Job Seekers Allowance (IBJSA)
- Employment and Support Allowance Income Related (ESA-IR)
- Support under part V1 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
- Guaranteed Element of State Pension Credit
- Child Tax credit (CTC), providing you do not also receive Working Tax Credit and have an annual income as assessed by the Inland Revenue that does not exceed £16,190.
- Universal Credit (provided you have an annual net earned income of no more than £7,400 as assessed by earnings from up to three of your most recent assessment periods)
- Working tax credit run-on- paid for four weeks after you stop qualifying for working tax credit
If you are in receipt of any amount of Working Tax Credit this automatically disqualifies entitlement to Free School Meals.
No other benefits or allowances qualify parents/carers to receive Free School Meals for children.
Eligibility has to be verified and at The Blue we use Somerset County Council to do this on our behalf. You do not have to provide proof of receipt of benefits. SCC will run a check on receipt of your application and confirm to you and us at The Blue if you are eligible or not within 5-10 working days. As soon as you have been advised that you are eligible and that your application has been approved, please could you contact Mrs Mouelhi to ensure that there is no delay in setting your child up to receive FSM.
What is a Free School Meal and when can my child have it?
A free school meal can be flexible based on the plated hot or cold meal menu (main meal plus pudding) being served that day. Alternatively it can be based around a sandwich/baguette or other snack bought from any servery point and can be eaten at morning break or lunchtime. Bottled or canned drinks are not included, but free drinking water is available throughout the day to all students.
How is the FSM allowance given to my child?
All students at The Blue have their own personal catering account. For those in receipt of FSM the allowance at £2.55 per day is automatically credited to their account. If this amount is not used by the end of the school day then the balance will roll over to the next day. At the end of each month this balance is reset to £0. Parents/carers or students can top-up their catering account via Tucasi Online Payments or by using the Cash Payment Stations located in Kennion Vestibule or Milton Galleries. FSM eligible students have the same experience at the tills as all other students, using their thumb or pin number to purchase their items at the till.
How do I apply?
If you believe you may be eligible and would like to apply for a free school meal for your child please download and complete the latest application form. Alternatively, contact Mrs Mouelhi in our Finance Office on 01749 836262 who will be happy to help you and/or post a paper copy of the application form to you.
Completed application forms can either be returned to Mrs Mouelhi at The Finance Office, The Blue School, Kennion Road, Wells, Somerset BA5 2NR or alternatively be sent direct to the Entitlements Team, County Hall, Taunton, TA1 4DY (email to email@example.com).
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'N Sync joins Twitter one day before MTV VMAs
Just one day before the MTV Video Music awards, boy band 'N Sync has joined Twitter. Buzzing fans hope the perfectly timed first-and-only tweet is a sign of an imminent reunion.
"Mic check, mic check one.. two... is this thing on?!" the tweet from the @NSYNC account read. It had more than 7,300 retweets in less than three hours.
A few hours later 'N Sync-er Lance Bass tweeted: "Yes, @NSYNC is the official twitter Happy weekend everyone!"
'N Sync's Justin Timberlake, Lance Bass, Joey Fatone, J.C. Chasez and Chris Kirkpatrick broke up more than a decade ago, but all week rumors have been swirling about a possible reunion.
Bass addressed those rumors on his SiriusXm show, Dirty Pop with Lance Bass. He said that people assumed there would be a reunion after seeing the crew together again at a NYC club, but that didn't mean there will be one.
But Us Weekly entertainment director Ian Drew says the reunion is going down.
"It is in the works right now," he said to On Air with Ryan Seacrest. Though the performance "could fall apart at any minute," says Drew, the plan is for 'N Sync to take the stage as part of Justin Timberlake's performance.


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In these difficult economic times, the idea of putting extra money aside for investments might seem like a daunting task. Planning for the future is essential to financial security, and you don't have to earn a degree in economics or get a second job to come up with the extra cash to start an investment portfolio. Here are some of the best practices for getting into the market.
Develop a Plan
Before you invest a dime, it is imperative that you come up with a plan for your money. A written investment plan, known as an Investment Policy Statement (IPS), can be helpful in getting organized. An IPS should address the purpose of your investment, such as paying for a child's college education or funding your retirement. This information will determine the amount of return you want on your investment and how soon you'll need it. The IPS will also address your risk tolerance. Investors that need their money in the short term should shy away from volatile investments that tend to fluctuate up and down. If your goals are more long term, you can enjoy the rewards of riskier investments while having time to recover from the inevitable downturns in the market. There are several types of investment products available and each has its own set of benefits, risks and fees.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission operates the website Investor.gov, which provides an easy-to-read guide on everything from stocks and bonds to money market funds and commodities. Another benefit of creating a personal IPS is the opportunity to prepare for bad financial times before they happen. A strong IPS will alleviate the hasty decision-making that can become common during economic upheaval. It is likely that your financial goals will change over time. Review your IPS annually or as big life changes occur, such as getting married or divorced, having a child or purchasing a home, to ensure that your plan still matches your needs. You can even practice investing without using any real money. Pretend that you have a specified amount of money (say $15,000) and use it to track how different investments would do over the course of a year or more. This will allow you to learn about how different investment vehicles work and which ones best fit your needs.
Get Your Initial Investment
Investing will be less intimidating if you don't have to bet the farm to get in the game. It is possible to start a thriving portfolio with an initial investment of just $1,000 followed by monthly contributions of as little as $100. There are many ways to obtain an initial sum you plan to put toward investments. First, look at your personal budget and see if there are any areas you can cut back on, such as entertainment, shopping or dining out.
Take the money you would have used on these non-essential expenditures and put the funds into a separate interest-bearing savings account. Another idea is to live by the rule of paying yourself first. Determine an amount that you will take from each paycheck and devote it to savings before doing anything else. You can set up automatic transfers from your checking account to your savings account so that you aren't tempted to skip on saving. Finally, don't underestimate the power of simply saving your spare change.
Many credit unions and banks, such as Bank of America, offer programs that round up debit card purchases to the nearest dollar amount and transfer the difference from your checking account to your savings account. To get the most out of one of these programs, find a financial institution that will match some or all of your savings
Find Budget-Friendly Investment Products
There are a few different ways you can invest once you have at least $1,000. One such method is exchange traded funds (ETFs) which only require a minimum purchase of one share. You'll get the greatest returns with brokerages that offer low or no commissions on trades and no minimum balance. Another option is to find an all-in-one or pre-mixed fund that will let you in for $1,000 or eliminate the minimum investment requirement in exchange for monthly automatic contributions (usually at least $50 a month). The benefit of this type of fund is that it gives you an instant diversified portfolio of cash, bonds and stocks. In addition, for $250 plus annual fees of just below 1%, you can get an actively managed fund that comes with professionally picked stocks. While having experts manage your portfolio might sound appealing, many believe that the higher annual fees tied to actively managed funds are not justified when compared to the returns from passively managed funds that have lower fees. In 2012, Standard and Poor's revealed that passive index funds outperformed actively managed funds. They gave the example of the S&P Composite 1500 beating 89.94% of all actively managed domestic stock funds.
Protect Your Money
Once you finally have the money to start investing, the last thing you want to do is lose it all to a fraudulent deal. Although a professional financial advisor can be invaluable when it comes to navigating your investment portfolio, beware of scam-artists who are only pretending to have their investors' best interests in mind. There are several different types of fraud that can target both new and seasoned investors. Investors should never give their money to anyone without doing the proper research to verify the credibility of an advisor or broker. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's EDGAR filing system is an online resource for checking a company's financial statements and activities. You can also use SEC's database to research the disciplinary histories of securities salespersons, who should be licensed to sell securities in your state. Avoid working with companies and individuals who pressure you to invest quickly or promise "guaranteed returns." At best, a highly optimistic annual return is 10%. A promise of anything more than that is likely too good to be true. If you have any questions or concerns regarding investment fraud, contact the SEC, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) or the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA).
The Bottom Line
Even on a small budget, it is well within the realm of possibility to save up extra cash to put toward an investment portfolio. All it takes is some planning to figure out your investment goals, finding investment products that don't require large sums to get into and the proper research to ensure your funds are properly protected.


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Here's a rumor that gets me excited: according to Christopher Nolan's long-time cinematographer Wally Pfister, he really wants to shoot the entirety of the next Batman movie in IMAX. And he hates 3D.
Really, this is great news. 3D, in my opinion, is an annoying fad. But those scenes in The Dark Knight that were shot in IMAX, when seen on a real-deal IMAX screen, were absolutely stunning. An entire film shot that way, by Christopher Nolan? Yes please.
Here's the entire quote by Pfister:
"I can't say until I read the script, but it would certainly be my preferred, amazing goal to shoot the whole movie in IMAX. I must say I'm a huge IMAX fan. I like IMAX more than I like 3-D. Chris' films are so densely layered and have so much going on visually in every way that IMAX helps enhance that because of the scope and the scale of it - it becomes a much larger canvas to paint on. That's what we found on 'Dark Knight.' I'm not a big fan of 3-D. I liken it to my View-Master I had 40 years ago. Are you really getting more out of the story with 3-D? When you separate those different planes and you're creating artificial depth, it looks phony to me."
Add to that the fact that Nolan himself has gone on record about his distaste for what 3D does to movies, and it's looking pretty clear that the next Batman won't be 3D:
"On a technical level, it's fascinating. But on an experiential level, I find the dimness of the image extremely alienating."
Thank goodness at least one Hollywood hitmaker isn't succumbing to the studio's love of $20 movie tickets. [MTV via io9]


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This industry sure kills a lot of trees.
While electronic applications are becoming more commonplace, paper applications still account for the vast majority of all apps submitted. A speaker at last week's iPipeline Connections 2013 in Las Vegas estimated there were probably around 14 million paper life insurance applications submitted last year. In contrast, e-app market share leader iPipeline is expecting to hit its one millionth total electronic application sometime later this year.
Clearly, paper is still the way the vast majority of life insurance applications are submitted today. But it would be foolhardy to doubt the potential of e-apps to make a huge dent in the percentage of paper apps in the coming years.
The carriers — typically with the assistance of a partner like iPipeline — have the capability to take applications electronically and would prefer to have a much higher percentage of their applications submitted this way. It saves time and money, and the apps submitted this way are almost all in good order — barely any NiGO (Not in Good Order). But producers — and particularly those in the independent channel — are not exactly adopting at light speed to newer technologies like e-signatures, e-applications and e-policy delivery.
See also: Tablets and e-signatures: The future of life insurance sales?
Some just don't see any reason to change their ways, even if doing so would save them time spent on paperwork and put more money in their pocket — money they would also receive a lot quicker. As iPipeline President Paul Melchiorre lamented numerous times during the recent conference in Las Vegas, independent producers cannot be forced to integrate these processes, unlike captive agents, who can be required to do so by their carriers. While some captive companies like Nationwide and Southern Farm Bureau Life have extremely high adoption rates, non-captive carriers still have a very low percentage of applications being submitted electronically.
The middle market is the sweet spot for electronic applications. It's where the biggest impact has been so far, and it has the most potential to become the norm instead of the exception. In fact, for low-face-amount term policies, some carriers are already at the point where if the policy is not submitted electronically, they don't even want to deal with it. On the other hand, expect to see little change in the near future in the high-net-worth market. With all the requirements associated with issuing more complex, high-value permanent products, electronic applications are just not seen as a viable alternative at this point.
But with the enormous cost savings potential, reduction in cycle time and extremely high rate of "in Good Order" applications, expect carriers to continue prodding along producers to adopt electronic applications. I'm not saying it's the answer for everything, but for simpler products at lower face amounts, submitting apps electronically has some huge advantages for you, your client and the carrier.
Try it. You might like it.
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The sales of recreational vehicles don't seem to have been slowed by the sluggish economy, according to a report by The Republican, Springfield, Mass.
So it would seem that there probably will be no dip in attendance at this year's Springfield RV, Camping and Outdoor Show, which opens Friday and continues through Monday at the Eastern States Exposition grounds in West Springfield. The event typically draws more than 35,000 attendees each year.
Suzanne White, who is serving as co-chair of this year's show, also said the steep price of gasoline doesn't seem to have slowed RV sales down.
"I believe the thinking is that if you can afford an RV, a few extra dollars in gas isn't going to stop you from buying one," she said.
Another series of seminars will be presented by RV industry professional Chris Dougherty, who has been around RVs most of his life. Chris is an RVDA/RVIA Certified RV Technician, an RV industry writer and freelance journalist. Dougherty will review all the different types of RVs, price ranges, types of floorplans, and the pros and cons of each. He will also discuss some features like sizes, options, equipment, tow and towed vehicles, seasonal or destination camping, and more.
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Bob Chinn's has been an institution since 1982 in Wheeling IL. For over 35 years we have served some of the Freshest Seafood from around the globe- Alaska, Hawaii, New Zealand- just to name a few. Specializing in seafood, we're also known for our wet-aged prime steaks that are comparable to some of the best steakhouses. Starting off as a restaurant that only seated 200, expanded to over 700 seats in just 5 years. Come inside and judge for yourself on the quality and freshness of the finest food you will ever taste, served by our friendly & enthusiastic staff.


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Question about Amaircare VOC Canister Filter 8 Inch For Amaircare 2500 Air Cleanersand the Safe Home Duo Air Purify Furnace Filter 20x25x4 In.
Questions: "What advantages are there in adding the Amaircare VOC canister filter to my Amaircare 2500? And why would I use a Safe Home Duo filter with Formaldezorb as my HVAC filter? We are very sensitive to chemicals. Thanks. Mary.
Answer: Both filters use formaldezorb with carbon to capture odors as well as formaldehyde.
Amaircare VOC Canister filters are available for all sizes of Amaircare portable air purifiers as well as many of the industrial ones and HVAC units .Amaircare's standard VOC Canisters capture approximately 20% aldehydes (including formaldehyde) in a single pass. Amaircare's Formaldezorb VOC Canister is a proprietary specialty activated solid carbon that is chemically modified on the surface with a compound specifically targeting formaldehyde and other aldehydes. Formaldehyde being the most reactive aldehyde, binds to the surface of the modified carbon in a highly effective manner. Based on this specially formulated process, Amaircare Formaldezorb VOC Canisters remove 60% to 75% of formaldehyde in a single pass. The high performance removal of the Formaldezorb VOC Canister is specified by healthcare professionals in the USA and Canada where exposure to formaldehyde is a current and growing health concern since recognition by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as a known carcinogen.
Safe Home Duo HVAC filters come in 1 inch and 4 inch sizes. The one inch sizes have an internal metal frame with self-sealing edges. The four inch ones use pleated filter media: the outside of the filter has sealing strips. Again the idea is to have no unfiltered air go around the filter.
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Baez homers for Triple-A Iowa to end slide
CHICAGO -- Top prospect Javier Baez ended his hitless streak at Triple-A Iowa in style on Sunday with a pinch-hit home run in the seventh inning.
Baez was hitless in his first nine at-bats at Iowa and was ejected from Saturday's game after arguing a checked-swing call on strike three.
"Javy probably should have gotten thrown out," Iowa manager Marty Pevey told the Des Moines Register after Saturday's game. "As soon as he throws his hands up in the air, you're gone."
Baez struck out six times in his first nine at-bats.
"He's frustrated," Pevey told the Register. "There's frustration there. Anybody that competes is going to react that way. He's got to understand that all his teammates have his back and we understand."
Cubs manager Rick Renteria saw Baez quite a bit this spring and agreed Sunday that the shortstop is probably frustrated.
"They're all young and trying to get through their growing pains," Renteria said Sunday. "I think it's part of the process. I think he'll overcome it and get better and learn from it and keep moving forward."


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A veteran college educator has been appointed interim president of Baltimore City Community College, the school's board of trustees announced Friday, after a string of controversies that led to the ouster of the school's president last month.
Carolyn Hull Anderson, who started her career at BCCC, where she served as a faculty member for 30 years, will lead the school as it looks to replace Carolane Williams.
"I am grateful to [the board] for their faith in my ability to work with faculty, staff and students to move the college forward," Anderson said in a statement announcing her appointment.
Williams led the school for six years, but the last two had been marked by declining enrollment and a series of missteps in the school's management. She received a vote of no confidence from faculty and staff in 2010. The next year, the school was placed on probation by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education because it failed to implement clear standards to measure student performance. The probationary status was removed in June.
According to a statement released by the college, Anderson most recently served as an associate professor at Morgan State University, though she began her career as a full-time professor at BCCC. During her tenure at BCCC, she also served as assistant to the associate dean of arts and science; chair of English, speech, foreign languages, art and music; and director of the academic development program.
"The board is pleased to appoint as interim president someone who knows the college so well and has already demonstrated remarkable dedication through years of service to BCCC students," said Rosemary Gillett-Karam, chair of the school's board of trustees.
Anderson has a bachelor's degree from Morgan; a master's from the Johns Hopkins University; and a doctorate in adult and community college education from North Carolina State University at Raleigh, according to the statement from the college.