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Contact us today and let us help you finalize your choice and purchase furniture online or off.
Your house furniture should be more than just items of convenience. Though this is one of their primary applications, they should be a statement of style that will demonstrate your unique tastes and preferences.
They should make the entire house more pleasing to eye and inviting to all the guests. It means that you need to make careful considerations when choosing your home furniture, and here at Ana Furniture, we believe that we have the very best you will ever desire. Our business is to help you have a magnificent house by availing to you top range furniture for every room of your house.
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Craig Cackowski has been involved with the iO and iO West Theaters as a performer, coach, teacher and director since 1992. As a teacher, he is the three-time winner of the Del Close Award as Teacher of the Year. As a performer, he can be seen weekly at iO West improvising with Bob Dassie and Rich Talarico in Dasariski (celebrating 15 years together in 2014!). In Chicago, Craig performed with the Second City Mainstage and ETC, as well as with Baby Wants Candy, Carl and the Passions and the original cast of Close Quarters. Film and television appearances include Drunk History, Community, Veep, Newsreaders, Comedy Bang Bang, The Mindy Project, How I Met Your Mother, Trust Us With Your Life, Workaholics, The Kings Of Summer, 21 And Over and Year of The Dog. He may also be heard on the long-running podcast The Thrilling Adventure Hour, playing such characters as Colonel Tick Tock and millionaire hobo Banjo Bindlestuff.
- Sell it!
- Saturday, July. 18th – 10:00am-12:00pm
- 2 Hours
- $40 – Class is full – Registration is for the wait list only.
Energy, confidence and decisiveness are 90% of the battle in improv, i.e. it's not so much what you say as when you say it and how you say it. How comfortable you are on stage will have a huge impact on how you're perceived by the audience. Whether you're a veteran improvisor or new to the artform, this is the perfect workshop for the performer who needs to practice owning their impulses and delivering them with confidence right away.PREREQUISITE: Level 1 or Equivalent Experience
- Expanding Your Range: A Character Workshop
- Saturday, July 18th – 2:00pm-5:00pm
- 3 Hours
- $50 – Class is full with a large wait list
Character in sketch comedy might mean funny wigs and glasses, but how do we create character in improvised scenes? And how do we develop and heighten those characters over the course of a scene, while still working with our partner? Craig will share a number of character-developing exercises, from the subtle to "over the top", and you'll never be accused of "always playing yourself" again!PREREQUISITE: Level 1 or Equivalent Experience
- Dr. Cacky's Improv Cleansing
- Sunday, July 19th – 10am-1pm
- 3 Hours
- $60 – Class is full – Registration is closed.
Is your scene work tired and sluggish? Are you falling back on the same tired choices and characters you always make? Do you need to get back to basics and be playful and strong again? If so, Dr. Cacky's Improv Cleansing is for you. He'll give you the improv equivalent of a high colonic, flushing the toxins of insecurity and indecision out of your system. You'll also receive some personalized feedback via e-mail.
PREREQUISITE: Torch Alumni or Senior Performer
Craig is also appearing in a variety of performances on July 17th & 18th.
For Craig's Show Schedule – please visit here.
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The third day of the festival will be the day of the Urania d'argento prize to Sergio Martino.
The career award is given every year by the TS+FF to a leading personality of the fantastic world.
The role of Sergio Martino within the Italian cinema universe is accurately and methodically analysed by Ernesto Gastaldi in the preface to Martino' autobiography: «66 directions, 44 screenplays, 5 films as director of production. A record of work and success».
Who is Sergio Martino? He defines himself «an eminent trash director», always trying «to balance the insults from the critics at the release of my works in the 70s and 80s, with the praises from the new generations».
Above all, he gave post apocalyptic science-fiction two titles such as 2019: After the Fall of New York and Hands of Steel, two imaginative reconstructions of different worlds realised with makeshift means thanks to a rare imagination.
At 8 pm, at Teatro Miela, don't miss the screening of his 1983 film 2019: After the Fall of New York.
At 10pm loose yourself to dance at the Hypersonic Party at Round Midnight, with Double G & Glide – with a free entrance! A mix of black and electronic music, selected especially for the science-fiction event. A set that will propel you in hyperspace.
6.30 pm – Teatro Miela
The futurology meetings, which have been balancing science and science-fiction for years within the framework of the Trieste Science+Fiction Festival, are being restyled for this year's edition. The idea is to hold our traditional in-depth meetings, carried out in collaboration with all the research institutes in Trieste, with a focus on documentaries including both the environment-themed ones (in collaboration with ARPA FVG – LaREA) and others which are more unusual as they combine the art-science pair with the imagination of the most daring filmmakers.
The first one is scheduled on Thursday, November 2 at 6.30 pm: we will meet with Carlo Fonda (SciFabLab – ICTP) and the Association Science Industries after the screening of Amateurs in Space by Max Kestner – at 5 pm, Teatro Miela.
At 11am — at the Bar Libreria Knulp – science fiction cafe / short movies Nuovi autori italiani e futuro prossimo. The Italian authors of "Spazio Corto" will meet the students the TS+FF audience.
15.00 Il Rossetti
Kati Kati (Italian preview)
17.00 Teatro Miela
Amateurs in Space (Italian preview)
17.15 Il Rossetti
Cold Skin (Italian preview)
20.00 Il Rossetti
Alone [Seuls] (Italian preview)
20.00 Teatro Miela
2019: After the Fall of New York + Urania D'argento Awards
22.00 Il Rossetti
Hostile (Italian preview)
22.30 Teatro Miela
Plan 9 from Outer Space (Sci-Fi Classix)
00.15 Teatro Miela
Mayhem (Italian preview)
14.30 Teatro Miela
Lucid Dream
Davide Bastolla, Italia, 2017, 6, HD
Michele Bevilacqua, Italia, 2017, 3', HD
Tabula Rasa
Cristiana Baldini, Italia, 2016, 15', HD
Water Hunters
Massimo Ottoni, Italia, 2016, 7', DCP
Brando Bartoleschi, Italia, 2016, 5', DCP
La macchina umana
Adelmo Togliani, Italia, 2016, 20', DCP
Press Play
Luca Casartelli, Italia, 2017, 10', DCP
Federico Scargiali, Italia, 2017, 15', DCP
Luigi Pietrobono, Italia, 2017, 9', HD
Linea Oraria
Walter Rastelli, Italia, 2016, 25', HD


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I am eternally grateful to him for destroying our illusions and telling us the bitter truth.
we could calculate the atomic processes precisely. By 1951, we had triumphantly finished the atomic calculations and were looking for fresh fields to conquer. We decided to use the same techniques of calculation to explore the strong nuclear forces.
[Fermi said:]
"There are two ways of doing calculations in theoretical physics", he said. "One way, and this is the way I prefer, is to have a clear physical picture of the process that you are calculating. The other way is to have a precise and self-consistent mathematical formalism. You have neither...
....To reach your calculated results, you had to introduce arbitrary cut-off procedures that are not based either on solid physics or on solid mathematics....
....my friend Johnny von Neumann used to say, with four parameters I can fit an elephant, and with five I can make him wiggle his trunk."
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Getting the elephant's trunk to wiggle
The Nature essay, A meeting with Enrico Fermi, by Freeman Dyson is worth digesting. I quote below a few bits that stood out to me:
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Dhoom 3
In Dhoom 3, after his father Iqbal Khan went bankrupt and suicided, Sahir grew up with hatred that bank. Succees father, Sahir also becomes professional circus performer. But he still remembers the feud, Sahir constantly held many robberies at branches of other banks and extremely successful by his super circus skills. At the scene of the cases, the police only find a mask left.
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Actor: Aamir Khan, Katrina Kaif, Abhishek Bachchan
Director: Vijay Krishna Acharya
Country: India
Duration: 172 min
Quality: HD
Release: 2013
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Tonight, I conclude my investigation of backbone-relational by trying once more to avoid the need for global variables.
I am currently structuring my Backbone.js applications so that everything is encapsulated within a class constructor:
window.Cal = function(root_el) { var application = this; var Models = (function() { /* ... */ })(); var Collections = (function() { /* ... */ })(); var Views = (function() { /* ... */ })(); var Routes = Backbone.Router.extend({ /* ... */ }); var Helpers = (function() { /* ... */ })(); // Initialize the app // .... return { Models: Models, Collections: Collections, Views: Views, Helpers: Helpers, appointments: appointments }; };Inside the class, everything can refer to each other without using the global namespace. Externally, the only way to get direct access to things that live inside my application class is via an instance of that class.
Where this causes problems is when defining HasMany backbone-relational relations:
Here I try to specify the has-many collection class as
var Appointment = Backbone.RelationalModel.extend({
// ...
relations: [
type: Backbone.HasMany,
key: 'invitees',
relatedModel: 'Invitee',
collectionType: Collections.Invitees
// ...
Collections.Invitees (an appointment has many people invited). The problem is that, at compile time,
Collections.Invitees is not defined, giving me an uncaught type error in Chrome's Javascript console:
Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'Invitees' of undefined
Collections.Invitees is not defined because
Collections is not defined—I am defining an Appointment model here, but my collections are not defined until after my models.
No problem, you might think, because backbone-relational exposes the ability to defer evaluation of relations until run time by specifying the collectionType as a string:
Except I get the same darn error:
var Appointment = Backbone.RelationalModel.extend({
// ...
relations: [
type: Backbone.HasMany,
key: 'invitees',
relatedModel: 'Invitee',
collectionType: 'Collections.Invitees'
// ...
Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'Invitees' of undefinedUpon closer inspection, however, the error message might be the same, but the location is different. Earlier, the message had come directly on the collectionType line. Now, it is coming from deep within the bowels of backbone-relational.
Specifically, it comes from
This method splits
* Find a type on the global object by name. Splits name on dots.
* @param {string} name
getObjectByName: function( name ) {
var type = _.reduce( name.split( '.' ), function( memo, val ) {
return memo[ val ];
}, exports);
return type !== exports ? type: null;
collectionType string and then resolve resulting pieces as objects within the global namespace. It is the global namespace by virtue of the context set on the reduce. Specifically,
exports is initialized to the global
window variable.
In other words, for 'Collections.Invitees' to resolve to something, there needs to be a global variable named
Collections that represents an object with an
Invitees property. Something along the lines of:
window.Collections = { Invitees = Backbone.RelationalModel.extend({...}); }But the whole point of namespacing things like I do is so that I do not have to pollute the global namespace.
Sticking with the static definition and moving the Collections definition to before the Models definition does solve the has many problem, but then introduces a new error in that the collection tries to access a model that has not yet been defined:
Since Models would now be defined after Collections, the
var Appointments = Backbone.Collection.extend({
model: Models.Appointment,
model definition line would fail a compile time.
So it seems that either I cannot use backbone-relational or my namespacing scheme. Since I already have a much lighter weight relational solution that does not rely on global variables, I think I will stick with my namespacing scheme.
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What's new for 2015 model?
Luxury & Performance
Audi never had any problems with delivering superb levels of luxury in the cabin and the brand new A3 isn't exception either. Interior design is definitely sleek and modern, which is clear indication that Audi aims to please younger clientele. Introduction of new Audi Multi Media Interface controller with LCD screen that rises from the dashboard adds futuristic touch to interior design. There are no unnecessary buttons and everything is built around idea that car should be user friendly in every possible way. Seats are very comfortable even if you're taking longer trips. The great addition is the optional Bang & Olufsen Sound System. As for engines, buyers at the moment can choose between three different options. Two of them are known 1.8 and 2.0 TFSI petrol engines and the third is 2.0 TDI diesel engine. For those seeking more power and sporty performance there is Audi S3 with its 2.0 TFSI engine that delivers 292 horse powers. Previously mentioned Cabriolet version comes only with petrol engines, without TDI engine option at the moment.
We can only say that Audi made excellent vehicle. It looks great, it drives great it offers a lot of equipment for reasonable price. It's by all means executive car. However it's not dull or boring, it's executive car for new generation of drivers that are expecting nimble and agile vehicle, one that is reliable but at the same time fun to drive. Somehow Audi succeeded in delivering exactly that. And knowing come next summer you'll be able to choose between Cabriolet, Sedan and Sportback, options seem endless. We're saying, new A3 is excellent choice.
Latest Audi A3 News:
- UK Audi Dealers Facing Criticism Over Crash Rating Claims
- Audi Unleashes "Doberhuahua" to Promote A3 During Super Bowl
- ZF AutoShowMe App Guides Audi Fans at 2014 Detroit Auto Show
- What Does Audi Have Planned for CES 2014?
- 2015 Audi A3 and S3 Sedan: Small Car with Huge Promise


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snappypappy posted a topic in Resolved Malware Removal LogsHi, I am occasionally getting a Malwarebytes block on what appears to be an outbound Microsoft Edge CP redirect to "optimizedperformancebetter.com". I can not seem to find any information at all anywhere about this, and I apologize if this issue has already been dealt with. Every virus program and malware program I have tried comes up clean. The report lists the fraud domain as "jcibj.com". Does anyone out there know anything about this at all? Other than that, the computer runs perfectly. Thank you. Here is the report: Malwarebytes www.malwarebytes.com -Log Details- Protection Event Date: 4/29/18 Protection Event Time: 12:44 PM Log File: 8df83aec-4bcc-11e8-866b-30e171c685a4.json Administrator: Yes -Software Information- Version: 126.96.36.1997 Components Version: 1.0.342 Update Package Version: 1.0.4916 License: Premium -System Information- OS: Windows 10 (Build 16299.371) CPU: x64 File System: NTFS User: System -Blocked Website Details- Malicious Website: 1 , , Blocked, [-1], [-1],0.0.0 -Website Data- Category: Fraud Domain: jcibj.com IP Address: 188.8.131.52 Port: [53605] Type: Outbound File: C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe\MicrosoftEdgeCP.exe


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Your privacy is important to Ø Crypto Union so we've developed a privacy policy that covers how we collect, use, disclose, transfer, and store your personal information.
Note that by visiting the present website, you are accepting the practices described in this privacy policy.
Ø brings together a society of members, all of whom share the same financial goals and values, pooling together their crypto assets through securitized tokens, and in doing so, becoming co-owners of the cooperative.
As the world's first crypto union, Ø utilizes blockchain technology to offer efficiency, security and transparency by way of its social structure. By extension, Ø ensures that all generated and surplus resources will be utilized in the financial interest of its members. Ø is eclipsing the traditional way of banking.
Ø Crypto Union undertakes to process personal data in compliance with applicable laws and regulations (including the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 ("GDPR")), this privacy policy and, where applicable, user's consent. This privacy policy explains to users how their personal data is used and protected by Ø Crypto Union. This privacy policy only applies to personal data communicated by users to Ø Crypto Union.
Ø Crypto Union reserves the right to modify the privacy policy. In case of substantial modification of the privacy policy, Ø Crypto Union will post a notice on the hosting page of the website at least thirty (30) days prior to the implementation of these modifications. By continuing to use the website following the implementation of these modifications, you agree with the modified privacy policy.
Ø Crypto Union encourages users to regularly read this privacy policy, in order to have a complete understanding of Ø Crypto Union's practices concerning personal data.
Now, in June 2018, the company have undergone a dramatic rebranding in order to appeal to a broader market audience and achieve bigger ambitions than originally set out. Following the gestation period, Ø aims to become the first of its kind, a true crypto union. With a team of over 20 dedicated men and women, from a host of varied backgrounds, the team have lofty aspirations for the future.
1/ What personal data do we collect and why do we collect it?
During our contractual relationship, we will collect and process personal data about you. This data may vary depending on the nature of the product or service subscribed. We collect and process your personal data only when strictly necessary for the purposes described below.
When entering into a relationship, and then subscribing to any new product or service (account, credit, ancillary services, etc.), we collect the data necessary for this operation directly from you.
These data are necessary:
→ to enable us to fulfil our legal and regulatory obligations, such as the obligation to know our client ("KYC"), our tax obligations or obligations relating to the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing ("AML");
→ to know you, advise you and offer you products and services that meet your needs;
→ for the subscription of the product or service concerned;
→ for its functioning.
As such, you provide us with personal data relating:
→ to your identity (your ID number, nationality, name, address, telephone number, email address, date of birth);
→ to your family situation;
→ to your professional life (socio-professional category, field of activity);
→ to your economic, tax, property and financial situation.
You also provide us with your contact details, in particular your e-mail address and mobile phone number, so that we can send you information as part of the service provision, to make notifications such as those relating to the management of your contracts and dematerialised documents, but also if you accept it for sending commercial requests (e-mail, SMS, MMS).
Some personal data may be collected for regulatory or contractual purposes, or as a condition for concluding a contract. If necessary, you will be informed of the consequences of a refusal to disclose. For instance, refusing to provide us with information relating to your financial situation would not allow us to review your credit application.
2/ How do we collect your personal data?
We may collect your personal information when you:
• Register for Ø Crypto Union products and services
• Provide us with information when entering into a relationship
• Sign up for alerts or newsletters
• Contact us with a question or request for help
• Visit the Ø Crypto Union website
• Download, use and update ØPay mobile applications
• Participate in any rewards and promotions or surveys
3/ Use of cookies
When you register for one of our services, Ø Crypto Union sets a cookie, a small bit of code stored on your computer's hard drive that enables you to manage your subscriptions and online profile. By setting this cookie, Ø Crypto Union will remember you the next time you visit and won't have to bother you by asking questions you have already answered (like address information).
You are always free to decline cookies if your browser permits, although in that case you may not be able to use certain features on the site and may be required to re-enter information more frequently to use certain services on the website.
4/ How we use your personal data?
We may use your information for:
→ Performing the agreement for the products and services subscribed
• Provide the products and services subscribed
• Process information for the execution of the contract, or for the execution of pre-contractual measures
• Process information for the management of our relationship in particular the maintenance of your accounts
→ Provisioning & administration of services
• Process your orders and activate or deactivate services
• Enable us to process bills and payments
• Respond to enquiries and requests from you or people you have authorized
• Inform you about service upgrades, updates, advice and/or recommendations
• Provision to you of services through ØPay application
→ Market research, network & service enhancement
• Conduct market research and customer satisfaction surveys to improve our customer service; develop new products, as well as personalise the services we offer you
• Perform market analysis
→ Sharing of rewards and benefits
• Offer rewards and promotions, and share promotional benefits and loyalty programs which you may qualify for
• Determining your eligibility for rewards and promotions
• Provide updates, offers, invitations to events and deliver relevant advertising, including through voice and SMS with your prior consent or if otherwise permitted under local laws and regulations
→ Security and risk management
• Inform you of service and security issues
• Prevent and detect fraud or other crimes and recover debts
• Conduct internal audits
• Ensure the safety and security of our properties and systems
• Conduct checks against money laundering, terrorism financing and related risks
→ Legal & regulatory requirements
• Meet legal, regulatory and other requirements including providing assistance to law enforcement, judicial and other government agencies
• Conduct anti-money laundering, suppression of terrorism financing and related checks
We will not use your personal data for purposes other than what we have informed you, or which are permitted under local laws and regulations.
We will not offer, publish or share your personal data with third parties for commercial purposes, without seeking your explicit permission.
5/ How long do we keep your personal data?
Once the purposes of data processing have been achieved, and taking into account any legal or regulatory obligations to retain certain data, we delete or anonymise your data.
Depending on the purpose, the services or contracts subscribed to, and legal obligations, your personal data will be kept for a variable period of time.
For example, those used in commercial prospecting are not processed beyond three years after the end of the contractual relationship or last contact.
6/ Who are the receivers of your personal data and their location?
We share your personal data in the following cases:
→ when provided for in this privacy policy;
→ when necessary to provide you with the products and services purchased;
→ when you consent to such sharing.
Your personal data are only transmitted for relevant purposes to natural or legal persons who have a legitimate right to process them:
→ Authorized employees within the limits of their duties and missions;
→ Business partners and vendors we work with to deliver services you have registered for (e. g. credit cards, wallets, etc.);
→ Industry regulators and other government organisations, as required by local laws and regulations;
→ Financial institutions for purposes related to your account linked to Ø Crypto Union products and services;
→ Research institutions for market analysis purposes.
We will ensure that overseas organisations we work with observe strict confidentiality and data protection obligations.
Depending on the purpose, the services or contracts subscribed to, and legal obligations, your personal data will be kept for a variable period of time.
For example, those used in commercial prospecting are not processed beyond three years after the end of the contractual relationship or last contact.
7/ How we ensure the security of your personal data?
We take the necessary technical and organisational measures, given the nature of the personal data and the risks presented by the processing, to preserve the security of your data, and in particular to prevent it from being corrupted, damaged or accessed by unauthorised third parties or to prevent any misuse of it.
In accordance with our commitments, we choose our subcontractors and service providers carefully and impose them:
→ a level of protection of personal data equivalent to ours;
→ access to and use of personal data or information strictly necessary for the services they are required to provide;
→ strict compliance with applicable laws and regulations on confidentiality;
→ banking secrecy and personal data;
→ implementation of all appropriate measures to ensure the protection of personal data that they may be required to process:
• Safeguards to prevent security breaches in our network and database systems
• Limits on access to information in our systems and the systems of our business partners and vendors
• Strict verification processes to prevent unauthorised access to information
→ definition of the technical and organisational measures necessary to ensure data security.
8/ What are your rights and how to exercise them?
You have a number of rights in relation to the information that we hold about you.
These rights include:
→ the right to access information we hold about you and to obtain information about how we process it;
→ in some circumstances, the right to withdraw your consent to our processing of your information, which you can do at any time. We may continue to process your information if we have another legitimate reason for doing so;
→ the right to receive certain information you have provided to us in an electronic format and/or request that we transmit it to a third party;
→ the right to request that we rectify your information if it's inaccurate or incomplete;
→ in some circumstances, the right to request that we erase your information. We may continue to retain your information if we're entitled or required to retain it;
→ the right to object to, and to request that we restrict, our processing of your information in some circumstances;
→ the right to define general or specific guidelines for the storage, deletion and communication of your personal data after your death, which can be registered with a digital trusted third party. These directives may designate a person responsible for their execution, failing which your heirs will be designated.
You can exercise your rights by contacting us using the details set out below.
In accordance with our commitments, we choose our subcontractors and service providers carefully and impose them:
→ a level of protection of personal data equivalent to ours;
→ access to and use of personal data or information strictly necessary for the services they are required to provide;
→ strict compliance with applicable laws and regulations on confidentiality;
→ banking secrecy and personal data;
→ implementation of all appropriate measures to ensure the protection of personal data that they may be required to process:
• Safeguards to prevent security breaches in our network and database systems
• Limits on access to information in our systems and the systems of our business partners and vendors
• Strict verification processes to prevent unauthorised access to information
→ definition of the technical and organisational measures necessary to ensure data security.
You can exercise your rights and send any request for information concerning your personal data:
→ By letter: Ø Crypto Union – 150 State St #1, Salt Lake City, UT 84111, USA
→ By email: [email protected]


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An Open Invitation to anyone and everyone in the world
that has the word ANCIENT in their name.
I was thinking, as I have met a fairly large number of cool people that also have the word "ancient" hidden in their name, we could all get together and have an ancient gathering of ancient minds and maybe actually seek out REAL solutions to the VERY REAL problems that are being compounded by greedy stupidity.
We could have meetings every solstice(to make it easy to remember) gathered from the four corners of the earth and keep moving the location to help everyone get there.
We could gather together ancient's on every continent at once.
We could be the ancient people.


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Not too long ago I participated in my first group show called Red Carpet Kaiju, thanks to the Great Mark Nagata of Max Toy co who I met a few months earlier. Mark and I met through a chance exchange of emails. A few months before RCK show I emailed Mark telling him I was a fan of his work and that I wanted to do some work with him. I may have even added some samples of my work as well. Not thinking whether he would respond or be interested I continued to go about my regular work. A few days later I got a return email from him expressing a interest in working together and wanted to know what I had in mind. I let him know what it was that I do professionally and that I would love to combine my design and production experience with his art. After several weeks of back and forth discussions we came up with the Eyezon kaiju pin. Which debuted at Comic Con 2010 and resulted in a success which has gone on to two reorders in different color themes.
Red Carpet Kaiju Show was the first art show I ever attended and it was awesome. The show was held a the Toy Art Gallery in Los Angeles California. Below are the figures I painted for the show. To be honest this was my first time painting toys but not my first time using a airbrush. Man this was fun! Since this show I have been hooked on painting toys and have added it into my bag a tricks. In fact it was this show that got me a chance to do commissions for collectors.


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Being Bettina's Dad: Being a Dad
This post is about on being a Dad to Bettina and how it has helped me with my leadership skills and hopefully to become a better leader (and a better person).
Being Bettina's Dad: Finding your inner child and not forgetting to lose it
My life is not all about work (despite what some people might think) it is also about Castles, Magic, Dragons, Fantastic Beasts, slapstick comedy, love, romance, Pirates and Sinbad and happy endings. It's also about surprises, fun and laughter.
Be aware: Diabetes Awareness Month
Guest blog by Sarah Bolger. If my contribution to Diabetes Awareness Month is to get just one person to read this post and remember even some of it then I am happy with my little self.
Being Bettina's Dad – What Bettina taught me when supporting a person
A question I am often asked since leaving the Army to support people with learning disabilities has been, "I suppose getting involved in this work has helped you support your daughter, Bettina with her care?" I remember being asked this question by a fellow Area Manager when we met up for lunch some years ago. I found myself saying, "Actually it is the other way around."
Being Bettina's Mum & Dad: Discovery & Endurance
For Steve and me, it has been good to revisit some of the earlier days with Bettina, especially as time goes by so quickly you tend to forget some of the achievements and some of the forks in the road you have to take.


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On Monday, my friend, Eileen, messaged me via Facebook and on my cell to see if I had any canned pumpkin for an experimental cake she was making. (My friend is an awesome caketeer! More about that another time.) Anyways, I had to confess to her that I did have one can left but the label had come off of it and the other day, when I was making something for dinner that called for stewed tomatoes, I had opened the pumpkin by mistake… and then trashed it because I didn't anticipate needing it any time soon.
I was pretty sure it was my last can, but I wasn't entirely sure, so I decided this was the perfect excuse to clean out the pantry.
Cleaning out my pantry can be quite an ordeal… the pantry is the entire length of my back room and pretty much floor to ceiling (although I only keep food in the main section of the pantry). The above thumbnail was taken as I faced the food section of the pantry. With the doors closed, things look pretty ok. But once you open the doors…. well, not so ok. I tend to keep it fairly well stocked (blame that on my childhood – a lack of food then has created in me a need to stray a bit too close to the hoarding side of the line now) but not necessarily all that organized which doesn't help when I am in need of something fast or when a friend calls and asks for some canned pumpkin.
Here are the before pictures (yes, the pictures are smallish – you don't need to see exactly what I stock in my pantry… trust me, if it was healthy, it probably wouldn't actually come in a can or need to be stored in a pantry but if you really must know what's in there, just click on the image to see a larger version):
And here are the after pictures:
Here is a picture of the entire food section of the pantry:
All in all, it took me about 30 to 45 minutes to go through the pantry. My pumpkin needing friend will be glad to know that I also looked at the expiration date of my pantry products and tossed out the ones that I felt were exceptionally old. [Confession: I am not a stickler for "best if used by" dates – again, blame it on my childhood. We were happy to eat food that came from a dumpster so the manufacturer's use by date isn't quite that alarming to me. Brownie mix should have been used by December 2009? Holy smokes how did we go this long without making these? Big whoop! Bring it on!! However, I do realize that for some people the thought of using something beyond it's "best if used by" date makes their skin crawl. I promise that when you visit me, any food and/or beverage I serve you will be as fresh as possible and will not exceed it's manufacturers "best if used by" date. I will even save the packaging for you just to calm any fears.]
With a new and cleaned out pantry, I was able to quickly identify what items I was low on and what items I had an over abundance of – which was clearly soup… we don't seem to be a soup eating family and yet I have cans and cans of the stuff. I quickly added grocery items to my phone app (OurGroceries) so that next time I am at Walmart or Aldi's I will have my list with me (woohoo no more paper lists which I would make but then leave on the kitchen counter). If I was still using my binder system, I'd have updated that to reflect the quantities I had on hand so that I could use the binder for meal planning in the upcoming weeks.
It was odd to see items with store brands on them from stores we don't even have in our little town (yes, THA'S how old some of these things were – we've lived in this town since 2004). The oldest item I tossed out was a jar of pickle slices that had a "best if used by date" of June 2006.
Next job to tackle: The Play Room
What about you? What does your pantry look like?
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HOUSTON -- September is national childhood cancer awareness month. It's a yearly designation intended to generate more attention to the disease that can affect a wide range of children, from babies to older teenagers.
Today, M D Anderson Children's Hospital turned one of their events into a celebration of survivors, and a fundraiser.
There was a flash mob in the hospital atrium performed by the medical professionals who attend to the young patients. They broke out in dance with a Justin Timberlake song providing the rhythm. "I practiced the steps with my daughter," said PA Donna Bell.
It wasn't just a diversion, but also a celebration of the kids and their families who make the journey through cancer treatment. Pulled into the flash mob was 10-year-old Elise Robinson who survived bone cancer.
Fitted with a prosthetic lower leg, she danced along in the group. "This was fun," she said with a smile. "I want to be a nurse here one day. If a kid is nervous about chemotherapy, I can tell them about it; not to be afraid, because there's something better ahead."
Her mother, Jennifer Robinson said Elise's spirit and courage helped her cope with her daughter's diagnosis. Elise completed treatment successfully, and now has routine scans.
Advances in children's cancer treatment has created an 80 per cent survival rate, said Dr Cindy L Schwartz, who the division head of M D Anderson's pediatric program. " The celebration here is that so many children are growing up and getting jobs and doing all the things they want in their lives " said. "But we have to work on the other 20 per cent."
The hospital has developed corporate sponsors to help with children's cancer programs that focus on treatment and also supporting the families.
Among them, Kendra Scott, a popular jewelry designer, whose moderately-priced pieces are wildly popular. In the hospital atrium, a pop-up Kendra Scott store appeared, creating long lines of customers.
"Twenty percent of the sales will go to the children's cancer program," Sheena Wilde, of the jewelry firm, said. "Kendra's step-father was diagnosed and treated for cancer at M D Anderson, and she was so impressed with the care and the people who provided it that she wants to give back."
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In this page...Book of 28 "elevator pitches" you can use with sceptical friends
Joanne Nova's Skeptics Handbook makes the "Burden of Proof" error, then homes in on four (actually five) points:
1. The Greenhouse signature is missing.
This is a reference to the "missing hotspot". The argument is based on a misunderstanding of a set of atmospheric temperature patterns predicted by climate models. (Details)
2. In the ice cores, temperature rises precede CO2 rises
That's because those ancient temperature rises had different initial causes. (Details)
3. No warming since 2001
Given the jitter in the measurements, a ten year period is too short to be meaningful. There have been other such brief plateaus in the last 100 years, yet the trajectory for the entire century is relentlessly up. (Details)
4a. Carbon dioxide is already doing most of the warming it can do
No, it can do a lot worse yet, and it is already causing more warming than is acceptable. Even if the CO2 levels magically stopped rising now the world would continue to warm for some time, and there is already more CO2 in the oceans than is good for some very important marine life.
The remark is probably a reference to the logarithmic relationship: each doubling of CO2 concentration increases the temperature by an equal amount. This is agreed, but it still means that another 30% increase will lead to dangerous warming.
4b. CO2 levels were 10 times as high in the past, yet we had Ice Ages
Yes, but not at the same time!
The Galileo Movement
This is an unusual denialist website in that it seems to be appealing to New Age sensibilities: "Reclaim Nature's clarity, beauty, harmony, order and inspiration..."
Let's look at their five topics in order:
1. Corruption
All they offer is a long list of opinion, mostly from well-known denialists. No evidence of corruption is given. Eight official inquiries into "Climategate" have all cleared the scientists of any malpractice. The worst criticism was that some statistical procedures were questionable, but the conclusions drawn were not affected.
Compare that with the money that flows to denialist organisations from the fossil fuel industry.
2. Science
"CO2 is 0.0385% of Earth's atmosphere. That's just under 0.04%"
Yes... so? That's 4kg of CO2 sitting over each square metre of the earth's surface. In 1750 it was only 0.028%, yet that was enough to stop the earth being a snowball. Now it's 0.039%, so it has increased 28%. As denialists are fond of pointing out, the effect is logarithmic, so it's the percentage increase that matters, not the absolute numbers.
"CO2 is a naturally occurring colourless, odourless, tasteless, invisible gas, non-toxic in concentrations many times levels in air, and essential for life"
All quite true and utterly irrelevant to the discussion.
"Earth's annual production of CO2 is almost entirely by Nature, 97%. Human activity including industry and transport produces just 3%."
This deliberately confuses two things. There is a vast natural cycle of CO2 in the biosphere. The problem is that we are adding to that cycle by burning carbon that was safely locked away underground. Over time, the amount in the cycle gets bigger. We've already increased the atmospheric CO2 by 28% since 1750. More.
"CO2 is a consequence of temperature-not a cause"
It's both. Raising the earth's temperature a little puts a little more CO2 in the atmosphere, which raises the temperature a tiny bit more, and so on. It's a diminishing effect so it settles down at some point - unless you keep adding CO2 in some other way. More.
"Seasonal and other intra-annual natural variation in CO2 levels within each year is far greater than inter-annual variation between years."
Yes, but the year-on-year change is relentlessly up. After five years it swamps the annual variation, as shown in their graph.
"... the human production of carbon dioxide (7.2 Gt C/year; IPCC, 2007) is more than four times less than the combined error (32 Gt) on the estimated carbon dioxide production from all other sources"
Almost all of that 32 Gt is part of the natural cycle; it is not 32 Gt being added to the cycle.
"CO2 does not warm the oceans."
Everything not at absolute zero temperature radiates energy in all directions. The CO2 in the atmosphere is warmed by heat radiating from the earth and its oceans, and it radiates some of that energy back down. That is the greenhouse effect.
"Human production likely has no impact on atmospheric CO2 levels."
Levels are known to have risen 28% since 1750, the start of the industrial revolution.
"ice core data shows temperature increases lead increases of CO2 levels by 400-800 years"
No, they show that on most occasions it has led by up to 800 years. If the initial cause of the temperature rise on those occasions was something else - solar activity, a gigantic release of methane, shifts in ocean circulation as continents moved - this is what one would expect. The rising temperature drives some CO2 release, raising temperatures further. In several cases we have a good idea what that cause was, and if any of them were the trigger for the current warming we would know. But this time CO2 increased first, and we have no other credible explanation for the temperature rise. More.
"CO2 is not a 'pollutant'"
Anything is a pollutant if there's so much that it's harmful.
3. Economics
As with the Justice section, most of this consists of what might go wrong if poorly implemented. Some other points...
"If humanity had not replaced wood and whale oil for heating and lighting, what would now be the state of Earth's forests and whales?"
Quite so. This neatly illustrates how humanity can now so affect the environment that we can wreak serious damage if we are not careful. Now we need to take the next step and replace coal and oil.
[A 5% reduction below 2000 emission levels in 2050 is 26% below business-as-usual projection] (paraphrased)
Quite so, and no secret. This is why the government's target reduction is only 5%; it's still reasonably ambitious by their standards. Sadly, it's still well short of what the world needs.
"- Savagely increase the cost of living because energy is vital in every aspect of our lives-transport, lighting, heating, air-conditioning, entertainment, industry, information, …"
Energy costs will increase, but not by as much as they're already increasing in NSW for infrastructure, once underfunded, now overfunded. Even if we were to stick with coal-fired power, there are a lot of power stations that need replacing in the next 20 years, at a cost of billions. Coal and gas will steadily become more expensive too. Eventually renewables will be the only option. Since it will take a huge investment of energy to develop the infrastructure for that, better do it while we still have enough fossil fuels to do it with.
Meanwhile, the money the government collects from tax / ETS doesn't disappear into a black hole. It becomes available for extra services or reduced taxes elsewhere, whatever the electorate wants.
"- Reduce Australian jobs as overseas production using untaxed energy will be comparatively cheaper;"
As with households, it is perfectly possible to tax the energy but hand a lot of the money raised back to industry in other ways. This makes the cost to industry quite small, while preserving an incentive to switch to greener energy. It would also make sense to tax imports based on the carbon footprint and lack of carbon tax in the country of origin, though that will take some negotiation with the WTO.
In the energy industry itself, there are more jobs in renewables than in the equivalent fossil fuels. That is why they're more expensive.
4. Justice
Most of this page consists of scary projections of how schemes to cut carbon emissions might be badly implemented. Such fears can be conjoured up around anything new as an excuse to do nothing. They're not injustices which will arise as a matter of course from reducing emissions.
Here I'll just pick out some of the other statements.
"Carbon dioxide 'trading' schemes not market-based trading schemes"
Many human activities originally enjoyed what in economics is known as an "externality". Hunting and harvesting from common land is a classic one; environmental damage is another. When people don't pay for consuming a shared resource it is abused. Progressively, societies have solved this by making the user pay, bringing the externality into the market equation: licences, quotas, resource ownership, taxes, fines. We now understand that the biosphere's ability to hold CO2 without upsetting the climate is being exceeded, and the time has come to bring this resource into the market too.
"The injustice of being deprived of cheap, accessible, reliable and environmentally responsible energy"
Umm.. coal? Environmentally responsible? A US study showed that if the health costs borne by the taxpayer were sheeted home to the electricity generators it would triple their costs.
5. Freedom
This is Tea Party rhetoric, raising the spectre of communism. It's fruitless to deconstruct it - you're either taken in by it or you're not.
A creationist. Why does Maurice Newman pay him any heed?
May 2017: Spencer's warming rate estimates inch up, but still guilty of data fudging


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Another week and another Healthy Mom Challenge. Here's what I've got in store for this week:
For this challenge, I am looking to increase the number of steps I take every day. Did you know the recommended number of steps per day is 10,000? In my second week of this challenge, I strapped on a pedometer to gauge how close I was coming to this target. I've been wearing it ever since and while I usually reach that goal a couple days a week, the rest of the time I'm a few thousand steps off. On days when I'm busy at work (meaning no lunch and staying late – usually 2 days a week), I only reach about half of what I should. My goal is to take a walk each day – a walk at lunch, walk to pick the girls up at daycare or a walk around the block before dinner. I'm aiming for an extra 1,000 steps per day!
Last week I tried to limit the amount of treats I ate. My goal was one per day and I did well – on most days! I treated myself to a donut and iced cap while waiting for M one day after work and I had both a cookie and cupcake yesterday. I would still consider the week a success though! I even made my way through a 3 hour meeting without eating one of the fresh cookies that tempted me the whole time!
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Welding fasteners: Spot or projection?
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Welding fasteners: Spot or projection?
Both spotand projection weld fasteners have their place. Choosing which process touse—spot or projection welding—depends, like anything else, on the application.
Both spot and projection weld fasteners have their place. Spot welding fastenersresistance-weld directly to a sheet with either a rocker-arm or a press-typeresistance welding system . Projection fasteners, which have small protrusionson the surface that fuse to the base metal, require a press-type machine.Fasteners that provide a hermetic seal have ring projections that circle aroundthe flange of a weld screw, pin, or nut
Projection weld fasteners generally produce stronger, more precise welds than spot weldfasteners. The process uses two flat electrodes; the top one descends straightdownward to produce complete compression, and the fastener projections turn toliquid nuggets and initiate fusion. Spot welding fuses fasteners withoutprojections. The process shows its advantages when working in corners or otherareas where a projection fastener wouldn't fuse properly, or in areas difficultfor the electrodes on a press-type welder to reach.
Choosing which process to use—spot or projection welding—depends, like anything else, onthe application.
Fastener Welding Basics
Allresistance welding requires a balance of heat (current), time, and pressure.Current can be adjusted by a regulator, which changes the ratio of primary tosecondary voltage. The amount of heat generated increases with the square ofthe current, expressed as secondary amperes. The maximum rating shown on mostmachine nameplates, secondary amperes represent the current required to makethe weld. They range from 5,000 to 15,000 amps for small fasteners, 15,000 to25,000 for larger fasteners, and as high as 75,000 amps for large ringprojections.
Onlow-carbon material, pressure settings are from 300 to 1,000 PSI for smallfasteners, 1,000 to 2,000 PSI on larger sizes, and up to 4,000 PSI for largerring projections. Stainless steel requires from 1,500 to 5,000 PSI.
Time inresistance welding—divided into squeeze time, weld time, and hold time—ismeasured in cycles, each of which represents 1/60 second. Weld time should bethree to 10 cycles for small fasteners and 10 to 20 cycles for larger fasteners.Welding force should continue long enough to include 20 to 30 cycles of holdtime to allow the weld to cool slightly.
When settingup a new job, start with pressure on the high side, use short weld cycle times,as well as low heat. As weld trials are made, increase the heat and weld cyclesprogressively until the machine produces good welds. This way, pressure can belowered or increased as required without burning up the work and damaging theelectrodes or equipment.
Withoutproper cooling, electrodes wear quickly. Flowmeters show how well fluid ismoving throughout the welding machine. Insufficient cooling can be a problemespecially with spot welding, because fasteners have no projections todissipate the heat during the weld. But you should monitor water flow even whenprojection welding. Certain projection electrodes have internal water coolingcoming to within ½ inch of the welding face. Hard-to-cool applications can useexternal water-cooling chambers, available in 5/8- and 1¼-in. diameters, to supplementinternal cooling. Ideally, any resistance welding electrode should feel cool tothe touch after welding.
Additionally,oil and dirt on the part can significantly reduce electrode life. Machinecontrols may have preweld options that burn off oil before performing the weld,but it's always better to start with the cleanest surface possible.
Dressingelectrodes regularly ensures proper contact and better welds. For this, youshould first remove electrodes per the machine manufacturer's instructions—neverwith a pipe wrench, which can damage the electrode surface. Most machines haveelectrodes with pin and rod assemblies inside the electrode holder; once youtap the tip of the rod in the holder, the electrode should kick out.
For spotwelding, dress electrodes at the end of the shift using an electrode sharpener(never a coarse file); sharpeners approved by the Resistance WeldingManufacturing Alliance (RWMA) give the best results. Otherwise, the electrodescan erode or mushroom. Although projection electrodes do not require suchfrequent dressing, they should be faced in a lathe frequently enough tomaintain good weld quality and appearance.
Be sure tokeep several sets of electrodes on hand to reduce downtime for electrodedressing. Also, the top and bottom electrode material should be the same toensure consistent quality.
Projection Welding
Projection electrodes carry more current and weld thicker material than spot weldingelectrodes. For this reason, the projection process begins to show itsadvantages at about 0.035 in. and thicker (though it certainly can weld thinnermetal). During the weld, the extra metal within each projection heats up into aliquid nugget, which in turn helps control and focus heat to initiate fusion.Proper fusion happens when both the weld fastener and the base metal reach thewelding temperature simultaneously.
Projectionwelds use two flat electrodes large enough to cover the entire face of thefastener, and the projections themselves help absorb heat, thereby producing aclean weld without discoloration. The result: The process produces strong weldsthat are close to being cosmetically perfect.
The largetooling has another benefit: The more bearing surface, the longer the electrodelife. Projection welding electrodes also can have a harder copper facing thatextends their life even more. And unlike spot welding electrodes, projectionelectrodes can weld a wide range of sheet thicknesses, reducing changeoutsbetween different runs.
The processrequires even contact and pressure between the base metal and projections onthe fastener. Excessive electrode pressure actually reduces the resistancebetween the fastener and material being welded, causing weak, incomplete weldsor no weld at all. Insufficient pressure can cause flashing, burning, and discoloration.
Thepositions of fastener projections can vary, and each has its pros and cons.Some fasteners have projections located at the center of the head or, for nutsor screws, the midpoint of the flange. This helps concentrate heat in thecenter of the fastener itself or its flange, preventing excessive heat at theedges and eliminating spatter. Other designs place projections near the edge ofthe fastener. For fasteners with external threads, projections near the edgeconcentrate heat farther away from those threads, reducing distortion. However,because those projections are near the flange edge, spatter can be an issue.
Forthrough-hole applications, insulated locating electrodes help protect threads.Locating electrodes have a hole in the center where the screw's threads areinserted. These electrodes come with an insulated sleeve designed to protectthreads from the weld current.
Weldingprojections require the fastener to be aligned perpendicular to the flatelectrodes, and to the centerline of the piston cylinder that sits directlyabove the top electrode holder. Even pressure and contact are paramount. If theelectrodes have more wear on one side, they probably are misaligned ornonparallel.
You canmeasure projection electrode alignment with a carbon-paper test. Insert carbonpaper between the electrodes, cycle the machine without current, and theelectrodes will produce an impression. A half-moon impression showsmisalignment, which means the electrode holders need to be adjusted.
Problemsarise when the fastener does not align parallel to the part surface, or if theweld is close to a corner or edge, where the welds can have excess spatter fromoverheating. For these and similar circumstances, spot welding may be a betteralternative.
Spot Welding
Spot weldingfasteners work well with material less than 0.035 in. thick. In fastenerapplications, a spot welding system applies heat and pressure directly on thesheet and fastener. The electrode tip diameters control the size of the weldarea.
Picture asheet and fastener inserted between two spot welding electrodes; the fastenercan be thinner or thicker than the base metal. Typically, the electrode with athicker diameter makes contact with the thinner material, while thesmaller-diameter electrode contacts the thicker material. The smaller electrodeemits a greater concentration of current, which better fuses the thicker metal.
Some spotweld nuts have electrode target areas, consisting of an indentation on theoffset tab of the fastener. These not only help locate the electrodes, theyalso create a more favorable balance of material thicknesses between thefastener and sheet metal. This is especially helpful if the fastener is beingwelded onto lighter stock.
When weldingnuts with through-hole alignment pilots, if the electrodes do not hit thefastener at a consistent position, pressure misalignment can cause an offsetnut to rock out of the hole. The more centered the electrode contacts are,using consistent pressure, the easier it will be to hold the nut in position.
Longerrocker-arm systems have a tendency to apply uneven pressure on the top andbottom electrodes, because of the long distance between the tips and the air pistoncylinders applying the pressure. In these cases, offset electrode tips, bentslightly so the two electrode faces are perpendicular at the contact point, canimprove alignment.
Spot weldinghas advantages for hard-to-reach areas. For instance, a spade screw, which hasa flat section jutting perpendicularly at the top, can be spot-welded in tightcorners and confined spaces (see Figure 4 and 11).
Spot weldinghas a few tendencies to consider. The process can discolor the material, mainlyfrom excessive heat. Backing off on amperage, voltage, or pressure can helpcontrol this. The process also tends to mar the material because the electrodesput pressure directly against the surface of the fastener and the materialitself. This is difficult to avoid. However, if a slightly marred surfacedoesn't affect overall part integrity and meets the application's qualitystandards, spot welding can be a cost-effective option.
Which toUse?
Choosingwhether to projection- or spot-weld fasteners often hinges on what equipment ashop has. Most have a rocker-arm spot welding system (usually less expensivethan a press-type welder), and if the rocker arm attaches fasteners with spotwelds of sufficient quality, then it may suffice.
If a shophas both a spot and press-type welding system, other factors enter into theequation. If the fastener can be located perpendicular to the top and bottomelectrodes, projection welding usually will produce better results. But if youcannot locate the weld projections because of difficult geometries (such as aweld against an edge or corner), spot welding would be the better choice.
Also, ifyour operation involves welding with and without fasteners, spot welding may bethe way to go, if the application meets several criteria: First, spot weldingmust provide sufficient weld quality for the product; second, all materialsmust be of similar thickness to avoid electrode changeouts. If these criteriaare met, you can use the same electrode set for both fastener and nonfastenerjobs. If you were to projection-weld the fasteners, you would need to switchout electrodes between welds, extra setups that can add some serious time atthe end of the day.
TroubleshootingProjection and Spot Welding
For burning, discoloration of screw head, try one of the following:
- Increase pressure
- Shorten weld time
- Add hold time
- Reduce heat (secondary voltage)tap
For flashing of projections, or "spitting" of molten metal onthreads, try one of the following:
- Increase pressure
- Shorten weld time
- Increase squeeze time
- Reduce heat (secondary voltage) tap
- Check insulation in locating electrode
If the operation produces poor, weak, or no welds at all, try one of thefollowing:
- Increase welder capacity
- Increase weld time
- Increase heat (secondary voltage)tap
- Reduce electrode pressure
For electrode indentations, holes, or expulsion, try one of the following:
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Don't be afraid to take Mary into your home
We are Christians because we have encountered Jesus Christ and said yes to his will.
But who was the first Christian? Was it St. Peter, our first pope? Maybe it was St. John the Baptist who leaped in his mother's womb at the presence of Jesus at the Visitation?
The answer lies in the first Joyful Mystery of the rosary, the Annunciation.
The Blessed Virgin Mary was the first Christian because she was the first human being to encounter Jesus Christ and accept him as her Lord and Savior.
So total was this encounter that Jesus made himself present physically in her womb. Mary gave her "fiat," her yes, to be totally receptive to God's plan for her. His will was her will. This is why she responded: "Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord. May it be done to me according to your word" (Luke 1:38).
This "yes" is the answer to the question all God's children are asked when we encounter Jesus Christ. "Will you accept this gift of myself?" "Will you accept my will for you?" "Will you accept this gift of salvation, of life eternal?"
And the Christian emphatically responds: Yes!
Doing God's will
In our Gospel this weekend, we hear the story of St. Joseph and his encounter with the angel of the Lord in a dream: "Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary your wife into your home. For it is through the Holy Spirit that this child has been conceived in her" (Matthew 1:20).
Joseph, being a faithful and righteous man, immediately obeyed God's will for him and took Mary into his home.
Joseph then, is the first recipient of Mary's intercession, for it is through Mary that he received the Messiah into his home.
Sometimes people like to lightheartedly say that they feel sorry for Joseph since he was the only person in the Holy Family not to be immaculately conceived. But in truth, Joseph could not have had it any better! What better place could someone be than to live so close to the Savior himself and his own mother?
If the goal is holiness, then this is where we want to be, right next to Jesus and Mary.
So how can we live like St. Joseph in the presence of Jesus and Mary? Simple: by prayer.
We can simply call on the names of Jesus and Mary and know they are with us. We can be "in their presence" just by remembering their love for us and by sharing the desires of our hearts with them.
By inviting Mary into our daily lives, we, too, can experience the joy of St. Joseph when he realized that Mary brings with her the Messiah, Jesus Christ.
Let us then imitate St. Joseph who was so greatly blessed by living in the presence of Mary and Jesus. Let us, like St. Joseph, not be afraid to take Mary into our home.
Deacon Wagner is in formation for the priesthood at St. Paul Seminary for the Diocese of New Ulm. His home parish is St. Mary in Sleepy Eye, and his teaching parish is St. Bernard in St. Paul.
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Swindon-based car parts manufacturing plant increases throughput time and improves working conditions through robot automation
BMW Group's Swindon plant makes a high volume of parts for the iconic Mini. This creates over 200 tonnes of scrap steel each day to manage.
Previously, scrap steel bales weighing over 200kg were conveyed from the baling machine onto a rotational conveyor and dropped down a chute two metres into a scrap bin. Once full, the scrap bin was transported to the local metal recycling facility.
This process presented a few challenges. Firstly, it generated a lot of noise, posing a potential health risk for people in close proximity. Secondly, the lack of control over the two metre bale drop invariably resulted in a chaotic filling pattern and pile-ups which caused conveyor stoppages. Dropping the heavy bales also increased the risk of mechanical damage to the bins, which could result in downtime for repairs.
Lastly, it was a challenge to match the pace of the baling process with the distribution conveyor – any delays or faults in either stage could slow the entire process.
After conducting various trials to get a better understanding of whether the previous system could be retained with modifications to the process, BMW Group Swindon opted for a new concept utilising ABB's IRB 8700 to help minimise the impact of the bale drop and ensure more effective filling of the bin. The largest ABB robot on the market, the IRB 8700 has a payload of up to 1000kg and a reach of up to 4.20m.
Close collaboration between BMW Group's Press Engineering Department and ABB's Robotics business in the UK resulted in a new robotic handling solution. The bales are still pushed along a mechanical bale chute but now first enter a bale separation unit where each bale is separated from the bale queue, enabling the robot to take one bale at a time. Armed with a servo-driven gripper, the IRB 8700 picks the bales and places them via a pre-defined pattern into the scrap bin.
The advantage of the servo gripper is that it can be integrated as a seventh axis directly in to the robot controller. This eliminates the need for a separate control system, and is more efficient than a hydraulic system as well as maintenance friendly.
The increased speed of the robot system has resulted in an average reduction of five seconds cycle time for the bale stacking process. As previously, once the bin is filled it is collected by the HGV.
Furthermore, the speed of the IRB 8700 means that even with the introduction of an organised bin filling pattern, the processing time for bale stacking has been reduced by 16% to 25 seconds as opposed to 30 seconds.
The bale placing pattern means that the scrap metal bin reaches an optimum filling level of 60 bales over two levels. At a total of almost 13 tonnes, this remains within the maximum permitted load for transport on public roads. Optimising the available space also reduces the potential slippage of bales during bin pick up.
To ensure permanent and uninterrupted scrap disposal, the system consists of two bale stacking stations so that when one bin has been filled, the other can begin to be filled straight away.
The control over the process provided by the robot means that the drop is now only 50mm. This has significantly reduced the noise generated, leading to an improved working environment for employees as well as optimising the space available within the bins. In addition, the bales are not always a perfect cube and occasionally have shards of metal sticking out. Therefore, if the drop were any less there could be damage to the sides of the bins caused by knocks from displaced bales.
Pre-built and commissioned in a warehouse at BMW Group's Swindon plant, the robot cell was installed over the four day production free period over an Easter holiday. Robert Low, Account Manager, ABB Robotics explains, "Downtime on the factory floor is very disruptive for our customers. The fact that we could pre-build and commission this solution weeks beforehand in a different location was a great advantage for BMW."