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Here are select February 2014 rulings of the Supreme Court of the Philippines on tax law:
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National Internal Revenue Code; Doctrine of Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies. Taxpayer submits that the requirement to exhaust the 12-day period under Section 112 (c) of the National Internal Revenue Code prior to filing the judicial claim with the Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) is a doctrine of "exhaustion of administrative remedies" and that the non-observance of the same merely results in lack of cause of action which may be waived for failure to timely invoke the same. As the Court opined in San Roque, a petition for review that is filed with the CTA without waiting for the 120-day mandatory period renders the same void. A person committing a void act cannot claim or acquire any right from such void act. Accordingly, taxpayer's failure to comply with the 120-day mandatory period renders its petition for review with the CTA void. It is a mere scrap of paper from which taxpayer cannot derive or acquire any right notwithstanding the supposed failure on the part of the Commissioner to raise the issue of non-compliance with the 120-day period in the proceedings before the CTA First Division. Commissioner of Internal Revenue vs. Team Sual Corporation (Formerly Mirant Sual Corporation), G.R. No. 194105. February 5, 2014
National Internal Revenue Code; excise tax; pacta sunt servanda; Section 135. Under the basic international law principle of pacta sunt servanda, the state has the duty to fulfill its treaty obligations in good faith. This entails harmonization of national legislation with treaty provisions. Section 135 (a) of the National Internal Revenue Code embodies the country's compliance with its undertakings under the 1944 Chicago Convention on International Aviation (Chicago Convention), Article 24 (9) of which has been interpreted to prohibit taxation of aircraft fuel consumed for international transport, and various bilateral air service agreements not to impose excise tax on aviation fuel purchased by international carriers from domestic manufacturers or suppliers. In the previous decision of the Court in this case, the Court interpreted Section 135 (a) as prohibiting domestic manufacturer or producer to pass on to international carriers the excise tax it had paid on petroleum products upon their removal from the place of production. Thus, the Court found that there was no basis to refund the excise taxes paid on petroleum products sold to tax-exempt international carriers as "erroneously or illegally paid" tax. The Court maintains that Section 135 (a) prohibits the passing of the excise tax to international carriers who buys petroleum products from local manufacturers/sellers such as the respondent taxpayer. However, there is a need to reexamine the effect of denying the domestic manufactures/sellers' claim for refund of the excise taxes they already paid on petroleum products sold to international carriers, and its serious implications on the Government's commitment to the goals and objectives of the Chicago Convention. With the process of declining sales of aviation jet fuel sales to international carriers on account of major domestic oil companies' unwillingness to shoulder the burden of excise tax, or of petroleum products being sold to said carriers by local manufacturers or sellers at still high prices, the practice of "tankering" (i.e., carriers filling their aircraft as full as possible whenever they landed outside a jurisdiction that imposes tax on fuel to avoid paying tax) would not be discouraged. This does not augur well for the Philippines' growing economy and the booming tourism industry. Worse, the Government would be risking retaliatory action under several bilateral agreements with various countries. Evidently, construction of the tax exemption provision in question should give primary consideration to its broad implications on the country's commitment under international agreements. In view of the foregoing the Court held that respondent, as the statutory taxpayer who is directly liable to pay the excise tax on its petroleum products is entitled to a refund or credit of the excise taxes it paid for petroleum products sold to international carriers, the latter having been granted exemption from the payment of said excise tax under Section 135 (a) of the NIRC. Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation, G.R. No. 188497. February 19, 2014.
National Internal Revenue Code; value-added tax; refund of input value-added tax; prescriptive period for judicial and administrative claims. Section 112([C]) of the National Internal Revenue Code (NIRC) clearly provides that the Commissioner of Internal Revenue (CIR) has "120 days, from the date of the submission of the complete documents in support of the application [for tax refund/credit]," within which to grant or deny the claim. In case of full or partial denial by the CIR, the taxpayer's recourse is to file an appeal before the CTA within 30 days from receipt of the decision of the CIR. However, if after the 120–day period the CIR fails to act on the application for tax refund/credit, the remedy of the taxpayer is to appeal the inaction of the CIR to CTA within 30 days. In this case, the taxpayer filed an administrative claim for refund with the Bureau of Internal Revenue on March 11, 2002 and the petition for review with the CTA on April 1, 2002. As held by the Court in Commissioner of Internal Revenue v Aichi Forging Company of Asia, Inc., the phrase "within two years… apply for the issuance of a tax credit certificate or refund" refers to applications for refund or credit filed with the CIR and not to appeals made to the CTA.
Moreover, in Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. San Roque Power Corporation, the Court emphasized that the 120–day period that is given to the CIR within which to decide claims for refund/tax credit of unutilized input value-added tax is mandatory and jurisdictional. The Court categorically held that the taxpayer–claimant must wait for the 120–day period to lapse, should there be no decision fully or partially denying the claim, before a petition for review may be filed with the CTA. Otherwise, the petition would be rendered premature and without a cause of action. Consequently, the CTA does not have the jurisdiction to take cognizance of a petition for review filed by the taxpayer–claimant should there be no decision by the CIR on the claim for refund/tax credit or the 120–day period had not yet lapsed. Commissioner of Internal Revenue vs. Team Sual Corporation (Formerly Mirant Sual Corporation), G.R. No. 194105. February 5, 2014
Local Government Code; taxes vs. fees. Section 5, Article X of the 1987 Constitution provides that "[e]ach local government unit shall have the power to create its own sources of revenues and to levy taxes, fees, and charges subject to such guidelines and limitations as the Congress may provide, consistent with the basic policy of local autonomy. Such taxes, fees, and charges shall accrue exclusively to the local government." Consistent with this constitutional mandate, the Local Government Code (LGC) grants the taxing powers to each local government unit. Specifically, Section 142 of the LGC grants municipalities the power to levy taxes, fees, and charges not otherwise levied by provinces. Section 143 of the LGC provides for the scale of taxes on business that may be imposed by municipalities while Section 147 of the same law provides for the fees and charges that may be imposed by municipalities on business and occupation. The LGC defines the term "charges" as referring to pecuniary liability, as rents or fees against persons or property, while the term "fee" means "a charge fixed by law or ordinance for the regulation or inspection of a business or activity." In this case, the Municipality issued Ordinance No. 18, which is entitled "An Ordinance Regulating the Establishment of Special Projects," to regulate the "placing, stringing, attaching, installing, repair and construction of all gas mains, electric, telegraph and telephone wires, conduits, meters and other apparatus, and provide for the correction, condemnation or removal of the same when found to be dangerous, defective or otherwise hazardous to the welfare of the inhabitant[s]." It was also envisioned to address the foreseen "environmental depredation" to be brought about by these "special projects" to the Municipality. Pursuant to these objectives, the Municipality imposed fees on various structures, which included telecommunications towers. As clearly stated in its whereas clauses, the primary purpose of Ordinance No. 18 is to regulate the "placing, stringing, attaching, installing, repair and construction of all gas mains, electric, telegraph and telephone wires, conduits, meters and other apparatus" listed therein, which included petitioner's telecommunications tower. Clearly, the purpose of the assailed Ordinance is to regulate the enumerated activities particularly related to the construction and maintenance of various structures. The fees in Ordinance No. 18 are not impositions on the building or structure itself; rather, they are impositions on the activity subject of government regulation, such as the installation and construction of the structures. Since the main purpose of Ordinance No. 18 is to regulate certain construction activities of the identified special projects, which included "cell sites" or telecommunications towers, the fees imposed in Ordinance No. 18 are primarily regulatory in nature, and not primarily revenue–raising. While the fees may contribute to the revenues of the Municipality, this effect is merely incidental. Thus, the fees imposed in Ordinance No. 18 are not taxes. Considering that the fees in Ordinance No. 18 are not in the nature of local taxes, and petitioner is questioning the constitutionality of the same, the CTA correctly dismissed the petition for lack of jurisdiction. Smart Communications, Inc. v. Municipality of Malvar, Batangas, G.R. No. 20442. February 18, 2014
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Rules of Court; Rule 65 and Rule 45. Petitioners availed of the wrong remedy when they filed the special civil action for certiorari under Rule 65 of the Rules of Court with the Court in assailing the resolutions of the Court of Appeals (CA) which dismissed their petition filed with the said court and their motion for reconsideration of such dismissal. There is no dispute that the assailed resolutions of the CA are in the nature of a final order as they disposed of the petition completely. It is settled that in cases where an assailed judgment or order is considered final, the remedy of the aggrieved part is appeal. Hence, in the instant case, petitioner should have filed a petition for review on certiorari under Rule 45, which is a continuation of the appellate process over the original case. A special civil action for certiorari under Rule 65 is an original or independent action based on grave abuse of discretion amounting to lack of excess of jurisdiction and it will lie only if there is no appeal or any other plain, speedy and adequate remedy in the ordinary course of law. It cannot be a substitute for a lost appeal. In accordance with the liberal spirit pervading the Rules of Court and in the interest of substantial justice, the Court has treated a petition for certiorari as a petition for review on certiorari, particularly (1) if the petition for certiorari was filed within the reglementary period within which to file a petition for review on certiorari, (2) when errors of judgment are averred, and (3) when there is sufficient reason to justify the relaxation of the rules. Considering that the present petition was filed within the 15-day reglementary period for filing a petition for review on certiorari under Rule 45, that an error of judgment is averred, and because of the significance of the issue on jurisdiction, the Court deemed it proper and justified to relax the rules and treat the petition for certiorari as a petition for review on certiorari. The City of Manila, etc. et al. v. Hon. Caridad H. Grecia-Cuerdo etc., et al, G.R. No. 175723. February 4, 2014
Republic Act No. 1125; Court of Tax Appeals; jurisdiction over petitions for certiorari. While it is clearly stated that the Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) has exclusive appellate jurisdiction over decisions, orders or resolutions of the Regional Trail Courts (RTCs) in local tax cases originally decided or resolved by them in the exercise of their original or appellate jurisdiction, there is no categorical statement under Republic Act No. (RA) 1125 as well as the amendatory RA 9282, which provides that the CTA has jurisdiction over petitions for certiorari assailing interlocutory orders issued by the RTC in local tax cases filed before it. The prevailing doctrine is that the authority to issue writs of certiorari involves the exercise of original jurisdiction which must be expressly conferred by the Constitution or by law and cannot be implied from the mere existence of appellate jurisdiction. Section 5 (1), Article VIII of the 1987 Constitution grants power to the Supreme Court, in the exercise of its original jurisdiction, to issue writs of certiorari, prohibition and mandamus. With respect to the Court of Appeals, Section 9 (1) of Batas Pambansa Blg. 129 (BP 129) gives the appellate court, also in the exercise of its original jurisdiction, the power to issue, among others, a writ of certiorari, whether or not in aid of its appellate jurisdiction. As to Regional Trial Courts, the power to issue a writ of certiorari, in the exercise of their original jurisdiction, is provided under Section 21 of BP 129. While there is no express grant of such power, with respect to the CTA, Section 1, Article VIII of the 1987 Constitution provides that judicial power shall be vested in one Supreme Court and in such lower courts as may be established by law and that judicial power includes the duty of the courts of justice to settle actual controversies involving rights which are legally demandable and enforceable, and to determine whether or not there has been a grave abuse of discretion amounting to lack or excess of jurisdiction on the part of any branch or instrumentality of the Government. On the strength of said constitutional provisions, it can be fairly interpreted that the power of the CTA includes that of determining whether or not there has been grave abuse of discretion amounting to lack or excess of jurisdiction on the part of the RTC in issuing an interlocutory order in cases falling within the exclusive appellate jurisdiction of the tax court. It, thus, follows that the CTA, by constitutional mandate, is vested with jurisdiction to issue writs of certiorari in these cases. The City of Manila, etc. et al. v. Hon. Caridad H. Grecia-Cuerdo etc., et al, G.R. No. 175723. February 4, 2014.
Republic Act No. 1125, as amended; Court of Tax Appeals; jurisdiction. Jurisdiction is conferred by law. Republic Act No. 1125, as amended by Republic Act No. 9282, created the Court of Tax Appeals (CTA). Section 7, paragraph (a), sub–paragraph (3) of the law vests the CTA with the exclusive appellate jurisdiction over "decisions, orders or resolutions of the Regional Trial Courts in local tax cases originally decided or resolved by them in the exercise of their original or appellate jurisdiction." The question now is whether the trial court resolved a local tax case in order to fall within the ambit of the CTA's appellate jurisdiction This question, in turn, depends ultimately on whether the fees imposed under Ordinance No. 18 are in fact taxes. Smart Communications, Inc. v. Municipality of Malvar, Batangas, G.R. No. 20442. February 18, 2014
(Caren thanks Carlos P. Garcia for assisting in the preparation of this post.)


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Surprising though it is to many people dazzled by the constant stream of new technology launches, good old radio (meaning that broadcast linear stream of predominantly live presenter-led audio content) is in absolutely AMAZING shape. Britain really does love radio!
The facts speak for themselves: record audiences of almost 47 million (90%) of adults listen to radio every week for an average of 22 hours, with 33 million tuning in to the commercial sector alone.
No surprise also that the IPA's Touchpoints 3 study demonstrates that radio is still the nation's second most-consumed medium after TV, accounting for over a quarter of the average adult's time spent with media across the day.
1. Radio offers efficient targeting
Radio targets audiences efficiently because different stations attract different listeners.
This allows advertisers to talk selectively to the groups they are most interested in. Added to this is radio's regional/local structure, which means that brands can focus their activity very effectively onto key market areas.
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Most radio listeners are engaged in another activity, and this means that advertisers can reach listeners at key "touchpoints" - when they are on the school run, surfing the internet, before going out on Friday nights, and so on.
And now that radio can be heard on mobiles, on the internet etc, these touchpoints are becoming even more widespread.
Research shows that advertising which is relevant to a listener's other activity is over 60% more likely to be recalled.
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Research shows that radio has the lowest level of advertising avoidance - people rarely switch stations, and are available to listen to any message that is relevant, creative, intriguing etc. This is a great opportunity for advertising who want to reach out to new customers, or to tell existing customers something they didn't know.
4. Radio has a "multiplier effect" on other media
Radio's way of multiplying the effect of other media is a feature of multi-media research studies. The original Millward Brown Awareness Multiplier Study showed how radio multiplies the effect of TV, and since then the finding has been re-echoed in the joint OAA/RAB study into radio & outdoor, and also the US RAEL study into radio vs print.
Radio's multiplier effect seems to originate in the fact that it is an audio-only medium, and therefore stimulates a different part of the brain.
5. Radio creates a large "share of mind" for a brand
In the same that radio stations create chart music success, they create a sense of ubiquity for a brand. This is for two main reasons - firstly, because radio ads are on frequently, and secondly because listeners tend to spend so long listening (on average 14 hours per week).
A brand which is big in radio can create a disproportionately large share of mind for itself.
6. Radio drives response, especially online
Radio has always been a strong "call-to-action" medium, and this is even more true in a world where consumers access brands via the internet. Recent IAB/RAB joint research revealed that at any given time a fifth of internet surfers are listening to radio – so they are a click away from interacting with a brand.
7. Radio is "a friend"
Listeners use radio for emotional reasons - to keep their spirits up, to stop themselves from feeling bored in a car or isolated while doing daily chores. This leads to them seeing radio as a kind of friend, and this is a valuable context for an advertiser to appear in.
It is even more powerful when advertising extends through into branded content - sponsorships & promotions. When a radio station presenter talks about "our friends at Company X", the listener is hearing about a friend of a friend - this has a strong effect on bringing a brand closer.
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machine controls - Search Results
Articles About machine controls
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1 If You Rebuild It, They Will Buy It (May 2013)
It's been said that the best ideas are often someone else's. But with rebuilt, retrofitted, re-controlled or remanufactured machine tools, buyer beware and hold onto your wallet. Sourcing re-work vendors and their services can require just as much homework, if not necessarily dollars, as with just-off-the-showroom-floor machines.
2 Human Machine Interface (HMI) in Gear Manufacturing (June 2018)
"Documentation is not a Substitute for an Intuitive Interface." The author explores the development of modern controls for a CNC gear grinding machine.
3 Gear Expo 2017 and ASM Heat Treat 2017 Booth Previews (September/October 2017)
The latest technology on display in Columbus, OH. October 24-26.
4 Making Music Via Marbles (June 2016)
According to his official biography, Martin Molin specializes in vibraphone and music box as the ringleader of the band Wintergatan (Swedish for The Milky Way).
News about the Latest Products
6 Industry News (January/February 2016)
Latest new from the Gear Industry
7 Thermal Behavior of a High-Speed Gear Unit (January/February 2016)
In this paper a thermal network model is developed to simulate the thermal behavior of a high-speed, one-stage gear unit which is jet-lubricated.
8 Industry News (September/October 2015)
News from the Gear Industry
9 IMTS 2014 Product Preview (August 2014)
An in-depth look at the major booths with the latest technology used in gear manufacturing.
10 Machine Marks on Gear Flanks (May 2014)
What causes shaving cutter marks on gear flanks and can they be prevented?
11 Moving Parts (May 2014)
Machine tools boost speed and throughput with automation technology.
12 In Search of a Competitive Advantage (March/April 2014)
The grinding/abrasives market is rapidly changing, thanks to new technology, more flexibility and an attempt to lower customer costs. Productivity is at an all-time high in this market, and it's only going to improve with further R&D. By the time IMTS 2014 rolls around this September, the gear market will have lots of new toys and gadgets to offer potential customers. If you haven't upgraded any grinding/abrasives equipment in the last five years, now might be a good time to consider the investment.
13 Industry News (November/December 2013)
The complete Industry News section from the November/December 2013 issue of Gear Technology.
14 GT Extras (January/February 2014)
Video from C&B Machinery; Introducing the Gear Technology Blog, featuring technical editor Charles D. Schultz; plus an online-exclusive article on big gear inspection.
15 The Art of Versatility - Grinding at Gear Expo and EMO (October 2013)
Whether you spent time at Gear Expo in Indianapolis or EMO in Hannover, there was certainly new technology attracting attention. Machine tools are faster, more efficient and can integrate numerous functions in a single setup. Grinding technology is turning science upside down and inside out with high-speed removal rates and increased throughput.
16 Industry News (June/July 2013)
The complete Industry News section from the June/July 2013 issue of Gear Technology.
17 Liebherr LFG Grinding Machine (May 2013)
This machine concept facilitates highly productive profile grinding for large workpieces. The range for external and internal gears comprises models for manufacturing workpieces up to 2,000 millimeters – for industrial gear units, wind power, and marine propulsion applications
18 Balancing: Smoke and Mirrors No Longer (January/February 2013)
By virtue of collected anecdotal accounts, equations and problem solving, balancing is discussed as more math and common sense, and less smoke and mirrors.
19 Gear Shaving Basics - Part I (November/December 1997)
Gear shaving is a free-cutting gear finishing operation which removes small amounts of metal from the working surfaces of gear teeth. Its purpose is to correct errors in index, helix angle, tooth profile and eccentricity. The process also improves tooth surface finish and eliminates by means of crowned tooth forms the danger of tooth end load concentrations in service.
20 Industry News (November/December 2012)
The complete Industry News section from the November/December 2012 issue of Gear Technology.
21 Industry News (October 2012)
The complete Industry News section from the October 2012 issue of Gear Technology.
22 IMTS 2012 Product Preview (September 2012)
Previews of manufacturing technology related to gears that will be on display at IMTS 2012.
23 IMTS 2012 Product Preview (August 2012)
Booth previews from exhibitors showing products and services for the gear industry.
24 Back in the Good Old Days (September/October 1998)
Come with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear...Ok, this is not the Cisco Kid, but we do have a little game for you. Guess the year the following advertisements and excerpt were printed - they all appeared in a dingle issue of Machinery Magazine.
25 Innovating Against the Tide (September/October 2016)
During a year with a strong dollar, tanked oil prices and a number of soft markets that just aren't buying, one might expect spline manufacturers to be experiencing the same tumult everyone else is. But when I got a chance to speak with some of the suppliers to spline manufacturers at IMTS about how business is going, many of the manufacturing industry's recent woes never came up, and instead were replaced by a shrug and an "eh, business is doing pretty well."
26 Anatomy of a Rebuild (June 2017)
Nuttall Gear taps Machine Tool Builders for shop floor upgrades.
27 Industry News (March/April 2017)
Educational initiatives, company news, acquisitions and people in the industry are all featured this issue.
28 Measurement Management (July 2019)
The secret to meeting today's inspection demands is influenced by the technology and those in charge of operating it.
29 The SERCOS Interface Standard (January/February 1996)
Today motion control systems are migrating from analog to digital technology at an ever increasing rate because digital technology at an ever-increasing rate because digital drives provide performance equal to or exceeding that of analog drives, plus information to run your machine more effectively and manage your quality program and your business. Most of this data is simply not available from analog drives.
30 Industry News (July 2020)
The latest gear industry news from Machine Tool Builders, Global Gear, EMAG, Bourn & Koch, Klingelnberg and others.
31 Industry News (May 2020)
The complete Industry News section from the May 2020 issue of Gear Technology.
32 The All-in-One Application Advantage (May 2020)
A Look at Complex, High-Performance Five-Axis Machining Solutions.
33 Industry News (March/April 2020)
The complete Industry News section from the March/April issue of Gear Technology.
34 The Latest in Broaching (January/February 2020)
From standardization to automated, Industry 4.0 capable broachers, here's the latest in what's being developed in the field of broaching.
35 A Look at Mechanical Principles (November/December 2019)
Photographer/filmmaker Ralph Steiner made poetry out of a simple short film on machine components in the 1930s
36 A Tale of Two Gear Companies (August 2019)
Experiencing a Dickensian dilemma in its essence, a Los Angeles based manufacturing company was faced with the good fortune of ever increasing orders for steel gears from a good customer with a new recreational product in very high demand. Confronting the possibility of an untold number of lonely late nights tending to the whims of a 1950s era manual hobber was an unpalatable prospect no one desired.
37 Industry News (July 2019)
The complete Industry News section from the July 2019 issue of Gear Technology.
38 Identifying Equipment Failure (June 2019)
How machine tool maintenance has evolved in recent years in gear manufacturing.
39 Much Ado About Nothing (July 2017)
For over 50 years, the Do Nothing Machine has entertained the public eye with its complex machinery, a mountain of over 700 gears put together for the express purpose of doing nothing.
40 Industry News (May 2019)
The complete Industry News section from the May 2019 issue of Gear Technology.
41 Industry News (January/February 2019)
The complete Industry News section from the January/February 2019 issue of Gear Technology.
42 Chamfering-Deburring Still a Player - Now More than Ever (September/October 2018)
Chamfering and deburring have been described as "unloved," a "necessary evil" and, in fact - "dead." After all, manual deburring is still common in many shops.
43 Product News (September/October 2018)
See the latest gear industry products from Marposs, GWJ Technology, Norton|Saint Gobain, Mitutoyo, C&B Machinery, DMG Mori, Gear Motions and LK Metrology.
44 Liebherr - Barber Colman Hob Settings (September/October 2015)
I would like some instructions for setting the degrees and minutes on a Liebherr or Barber Colman hob. Our machines use a Vernier scale to match the lead angle of the cutter to the part to form straight teeth. There is a dispute on how to do this task, and I wanted insight from another professional.
45 Industry News (January/February 2018)
Fraunhofer CMI focuses on new U.S. gear and transmission technologies group, plus other news from around the industry.
46 Grinding It Out (January/February 2018)
C & B Machinery Meets Rigorous Demands with Installation of Manufacturing Cell.
47 Industry News (November/December 2017)
Gear Technology hosts dinner for technical contributors to the gear industry during this year's AGMA Fall Technical Meeting and Gear Expo in Columbus, OH. Plus other news from around the industry.
48 Industry News (August 2017)
Results from the 2017 Powder Metallurgy Design Excellence Awards, plus other news from around the industry.
49 Gear Expo Showstoppers (August 2017)
Special Advertising Section featuring Gear Expo exhibitors.
50 Dry Cutting of Bevel and Hypoid Gears (May/June 1998)
High-speed machining using carbide has been used for some decades for milling and turning operations. The intermittent character of the gear cutting process has delayed the use of carbide tools in gear manufacturing. Carbide was found at first to be too brittle for interrupted cutting actions. In the meantime, however, a number of different carbide grades were developed. The first successful studies in carbide hobbing of cylindrical gears were completed during the mid-80s, but still did not lead to a breakthrough in the use of carbide cutting tools for gear production. Since the carbide was quite expensive and the tool life was too short, a TiN-coated, high-speed steel hob was more economical than an uncoated carbide hob.
51 New Guideless CNC Shaper for Helical Gears (March/April 1998)
Product announcements so often trumpet minor, incremental advances with works like "revolutionary" and "unique" that even the best thesaurus can fail to offer a fresh alternative to alert the reader when something really innovative and important is introduced. In the case of Mitsubishi's new CNC gear shaper, the ST25CNC, both terms apply.
52 Special Machine Manufacturer Brings Gear Making In-House (September/October 1997)
When you have a multi-million-dollar transfer line sitting on the shop floor waiting for gears that might take up to two months to get, you have a costly bottleneck.
53 Gear Finishing by Shaving, Rolling and Honing, Part II (May/June 1992)
Part I of this series focused on gear shaving, while Part II focuses on gear finishing by rolling and honing.
54 ...And from the Industry (October/November 1984)
Industry News from October/November 1984 Gear Technology.
55 Sicmat Releases Raso 200 Dynamic Shaving Machine (November/December 2011)
The Raso 200 Dynamic has been developed to offer all the characteristics of a gear shaving machine with a competitive price.
56 Liebherr's LDF350 Offers Complete Machining in New Dimension (November/December 2011)
The objective, according to Dr.- Ing. Hansjörg Geiser, head of development and design for gear machines at Liebherr, was to develop and design a combined turning and hobbing machine in which turning, drilling and hobbing work could be carried out in the same clamping arrangement as the hobbing of the gearings and the subsequent chamfering and deburring processes.
57 EMO Hannover - More than Machine Tools (October 2011)
Some gear-related highlights from the recent EMO show in Hannover, Germany.
58 Reliable and Efficient Skiving (September 2011)
Klingelnberg's new tool and machine concept allow for precise production.
59 State-of-the-Art Broaching (August 2011)
There are a number of companies working to change the way broaching is perceived, and over the past 10 years, they've incorporated significant technological changes to make the process more flexible, productive and accurate.
60 Gear Hobbing Technology Update (June/July 2011)
Q&A with Liebherr's Dr. Alois Mundt.
61 Grinding, Finishing and Software Upgrades Abound (March/April 2011)
Machine tool companies are expanding capabilities to better accommodate the changing face of manufacturing. Customers want smaller-sized equipment to take up less valuable floor space, multifunctional machines that can handle a variety of operations and easy set-up changes that offer simplified operation and maintenance.
62 Gear Shaving Basics, Part II (January/February 1998)
In our last issue, we covered the basic principles of gear shaving and preparation of parts for shaving. In this issue, we will cover shaving methods, design principles and cutter mounting techniques.
63 Gear Finishing by Shaving, Rolling and Honing, Part I (March/April 1992)
There are several methods available for improving the quality of spur and helical gears following the standard roughing operations of hobbing or shaping. Rotary gear shaving and roll-finishing are done in the green or soft state prior to heat treating.
64 Grinding of Spur and Helical Gears (July/August 1992)
Grinding is a technique of finish-machining, utilizing an abrasive wheel. The rotating abrasive wheel, which id generally of special shape or form, when made to bear against a cylindrical shaped workpiece, under a set of specific geometrical relationships, will produce a precision spur or helical gear. In most instances the workpiece will already have gear teeth cut on it by a primary process, such as hobbing or shaping. There are essentially two techniques for grinding gears: form and generation. The basic principles of these techniques, with their advantages and disadvantages, are presented in this section.
65 The Road Leads Straight to Hypoflex (March/April 2010)
A new method for cutting straight bevel gears.
66 New Developments in Gear Hobbing (March/April 2010)
Several innovations have been introduced to the gear manufacturing industry in recent years. In the case of gear hobbing—the dry cutting technology and the ability to do it with powder-metallurgical HSS—might be two of the most impressive ones. And the technology is still moving forward. The aim of this article is to present recent developments in the field of gear hobbing in conjunction with the latest improvements regarding tool materials, process technology and process integration.
67 Producing Profile and Lead Modifications in Threaded Wheel and Profile Grinding (January/February 2010)
Modern gearboxes are characterized by high torque load demands, low running noise and compact design. In order to fulfill these demands, profile and lead modifications are being applied more often than in the past. This paper will focus on how to produce profile and lead modifications by using the two most common grinding processes—threaded wheel and profile grinding. In addition, more difficult modifications—such as defined flank twist or topological flank corrections—will also be described in this paper.
68 All-in-One Broaching Capability (January/February 2010)
Faster, more efficient manufacturing offered with table-top design from American Broach & Machine.
69 HMC Lassos World's Largest Gear Grinder (June 2008)
Hofler Rapid 6000 Makes North American Debut at Highway Machine Company.
70 Reinvesting in New Equipment Pays Dividends (November/December 2007)
Recently, I was approached by a colleague who is a manufacturer outside the gear industry...
71 Application of Statistical Stability and Capability for Gear Cutting Machine Acceptance Criteria (November/December 2003)
Machine tool manufacturers supplying machines to the gearing world have been in existence for many years. The machines have changed, and so has the acceptance criteria for the machines.
72 Crossroads and Transitions - Part II (July 2009)
The auction has been held. The warehouse is bare. The computers and furniture are being packed, and Cadillac Machinery, the company started by my father in 1950, and of which I was president for more than 25 years, is close to being no more.
73 Product News (May 2009)
The complete Product News section from the May 2009 issue of Gear Technology.
74 Why do Customers Want to Reinvent OUR Wheel (June 2007)
Over many years of being in the machine tool business, it has been interesting to observe the way we suppliers are forced to quote and sell machine tools to many large companies.
75 SPC Acceptance of Hobbing & Shaping Machines (September/October 1991)
Today, as part of filling a typical gear hobbing or shaping machine order, engineers are required to perform an SPC acceptance test. This SPC test, while it is contractually necessary for machine acceptance, is not a machine acceptance test. It is a process capability test. It is an acceptance of the machine, cutting tool, workholding fixture, and workpiece as integrated on the cutting machine, using a gear measuring machine, with its work arbor and evaluation software, to measure the acceptance elements of the workpiece.
76 CNC Technology and the System-Independent Manufacture of Spiral Bevel Gears (September/October 1992)
CNC technology offers new opportunities for the manufacture of bevel gears. While traditionally the purchase of a specific machine at the same time determined a particular production system, CNC technology permits the processing of bevel gears using a wide variety of methods. The ideological dispute between "tapered tooth or parallel depth tooth" and "single indexing or continuous indexing" no longer leads to an irreversible fundamental decision. The systems have instead become penetrable, and with existing CNC machines, it is possible to select this or that system according to factual considerations at a later date.
77 Thermal Effects on CMMs (September/October 1997)
The trend toward moving coordinate measuring machines to the shop floor to become an integral part of the manufacturing operations brings real time process control within the reach of many companies. Putting measuring machines on the shop floor, however, subjects them to harsh environmental conditions. Like any measuring system, CMMs are sensitive to any ambient condition that deviates from the "perfect" conditions of the metrology lab.
78 Gear Grinding Comes of Age (July/August 1995)
In the quest for ever more exacting and compact commercial gears, precision abrasives are playing a key production role - a role that can shorten cycle time, reduce machining costs and meet growing market demand for such requirements as light weights, high loads, high speed and quiet operation. Used in conjunction with high-quality grinding machines, abrasives can deliver a level of accuracy unmatched by other manufacturing techniques, cost-effectively meeting AGMA gear quality levels in the 12 to 15 range. Thanks to advances in grinding and abrasive technology, machining has become one of the most viable means to grind fast, strong and quiet gears.
79 Basic Honing & Advanced Free-Form Honing (July/August 1997)
Rotary gear honing is a crossed-axis, fine, hard finishing process that uses pressure and abrasive honing tools to remove material along the tooth flanks in order to improve the surface finish (.1-.3 um or 4-12u"Ra), to remove nicks and burrs and to change or correct the tooth geometry. Ultimately, the end results are quieter, stronger and longer lasting gears.
80 The Broaching of Gears (March/April 1997)
Broaching is a process in which a cutting tool passes over or through a part piece to produce a desired form. A broach removes part material with a series of teeth, each one removing a specified amount of stock.
81 Chamfering and Deburring External Parallel Axis Gears (November/December 1996)
The chamfering and deburring operations on gear teeth have become more important as the automation of gear manufacturing lines in the automotive industry have steadily increased. Quieter gears require more accurate chamfers. This operation also translates into significant coast savings by avoiding costly rework operations. This article discusses the different types of chamfers on gear teeth and outlines manufacturing methods and guidelines to determine chamfer sizes and angles for the product and process engineer.
82 New Gear Developments at IMTS (November/December 1996)
The International Manufacturing Technology Show provided one of the biggest ever marketplaces for buying and selling gear-making equipment, with 121601 attenders, making it the largest IMTS ever. The show took place September 4-11 at McCormick Place in Chicago, IL.
83 Avoiding Interference In Shaper-Cut Gears (January/February 1996)
In the process of developing gear trains, it occasionally occurs that the tip of one gear will drag in the fillet of the mating gear. The first reaction may be to assume that the outside diameter of the gear is too large. This article is intended to show that although the gear dimensions follow AGMA guidelines, if the gear is cut with a shaper, the cutting process may not provide sufficient relief in the fillet area and be the cause of the interference.
84 Gear Grinding 1995 (July/August 1995)
Gear grinding is one of the most expensive and least understood aspects of gear manufacturing. But with pressures for reduced noise, higher quality and greater efficiency, gear grinding appears to be on the rise.
85 Dry Gear Hobbing (July/August 1995)
Question: We are contemplating purchasing a hobbing machine with dry hobbing capabilities. What do we need to know about the special system requirements for this technology?
86 A Basic Guide to Deburring and Chamfering Gears (July/August 1995)
In today's industrial marketplace, deburring and chamfering are no longer just a matter of cosmetics. The faster speeds at which transmissions run today demand that gear teeth mesh as smoothly and accurately as possible to prevent premature failure. The demand for quieter gears also requires tighter tolerances. New heat treating practices and other secondary gear operations have placed their own set of demands on manufacturers. Companies that can deburr or chamfer to these newer, more stringent specifications - and still keep costs in line - find themselves with a leg up on their competition.
87 New Concepts in CNC Gear Shaping (July/August 1995)
In today's economy, when purchasing a new state-of-the-art gear shaper means a significant capital investment, common sense alone dictates that you develop strategies to get the most for your money. One of the best ways to do this is to take advantage of the sophistication of the machine to make it more than just a single-purpose tool.
88 CNC Software Savvy (May/June 1995)
Question: When we purchase our first CNC gear hobbing machine, what questions should we ask about the software? What do we need to know to correctly specify the system requirements?
89 CNC Bevel Gear Generators and Flared Cup Gear Grinding (July/August 1993)
New freedom of motion available with CNC generators make possible improving tooth contact on bevel and hypoid gears. Mechanical machines by their nature are inflexible and require a special mechanism for every desired motion. These mechanisms are generally exotic and expensive. As a result, it was not until the introduction of CNC generators that engineers started exploring motion possibilities and their effect on tooth contact.
90 Addendum III - The Return (May/June 1995)
Gear Technology's bimonthly aberration - gear trivia, humor, weirdness and oddments for the edification and amusement of our readers. Contributions are welcome.
91 What to Look For Before You Leap (March/April 1995)
Question: We are interested in purchasing our first gear hobbing machine. What questions should we ask the manufacturer, and what do we need to know in order to correctly specify the CNC hardware and software system requirements?
92 The Second Edition... (March/April 1995)
Gearing for Munchkins Gene Kasten, president of Repair Parts, Inc., of Rockford, IL, is the proud owner of a miniature Barber-Colman hobber, the only one of its kind in the world. The machine, a replica of the old B-C "A" machine, was built between 1933 and 1941 by W. W. Dickover, who devoted 2, 640 hours of his spare time to the project.
93 CNC Basics (January/February 1995)
NC and CNC machines are at the heart of manufacturing today. They are the state-of-the-art equipment everybody has (or is soon going to get) that promise to lower costs, increase production and turn manufacturers into competitive powerhouses. Like many other high tech devices (such as microwaves and VCRs), lots of people have and use them - even successfully - without really knowing much about how they operate. But upgrading to CNC costs a lot of money, so it's crucial to separate the hype from the reality.
94 CNC Gear Manufacturing - Where Are We Now (January/February 1995)
These days it's hard to get through breakfast without reading or hearing another story about how the computer is changing the way we live, sleep, eat, breathe, make things and do business. The message is that everything is computerized now, or, if it isn't, it will be by next Tuesday at the latest, Well, maybe.
95 Computers and Automation Lead IMTS Innovations (November/December 1994)
Robots, computers and other signs of high technology abounded at IMTS 94, supporting the claim by many that this was one of the best shows ever. Many of the machines on display had so many robotic attachments and computer gizmos that they looked more like they belonged in some science fiction movie than on the floor of a machine shop.
96 Gear Hobbing Without Coolant (November/December 1994)
For environmental and economic reasons, the use of coolant in machining processes is increasingly being questioned. Rising coolant prices and disposal costs, as well as strains on workers and the environment, have fueled the debate. The use of coolant has given rise to a highly technical system for handling coolant in the machine (cooling, filtering) and protecting the environment (filter, oil-mist collector). In this area the latest cutting materials - used with or without coolant - have great potential for making the metal-removal process more economical. The natural progression to completely dry machining has decisive advantages for hobbing.
97 Innovative CNC Gear Shaping (January/February 1994)
The Shaping Process - A Quick Review of the Working Principle. In the shaping process, cutter and workpiece represent a drive with parallel axes rotating in mesh (generating motion) according to the number of teeth in both cutter and workpiece (Fig. 1), while the cutter reciprocates for the metal removal action (cutting motion).
98 The Gear Hobbing Process (January/February 1994)
Gear hobbing is a generating process. The term generating refers to the fact that the gear tooth form cut is not the conjugate form of the cutting tool, the hob. During hobbing both the hob and the workpiece rotate in a continuous rotational relationship. During this rotation, the hob is typically fed axially with all the teeth being gradually formed as the tool traverses the work face (see Fig. 1a).
99 Grinding Bevel Gears on Cylindrical Gear Grinding Machines (January/February 1994)
Power train designs which employ gears with cone angles of approximately 2 degrees to 5 degrees have become quite common. It is difficult, if not impossible, to grind these gears on conventional bevel gear grinding machines. Cylindrical gear grinding machines are better suited for this task. This article will provide an overview of this option and briefly introduce four grinding variation possibilities.
100 Sicmat Utilizes NUM CNC Systems (September 2012)
A high-performance, 11-axis CNC system from NUM has enabled machine tool manufacturer Sicmat to create a gear honing machine that sets a new industry standard for post-hardening fine finishing.


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As a child, Tina Fogall, BS ('11), disliked jelly so much that she scraped it off her peanut butter-and-jelly sandwich every day.
But at her first Bastyr University class, the weeklong Quillisascut Culinary Farm Experience in Eastern Washington, she realized what she'd been missing out on her whole life.
"The first jam I ever made was at Quillisascut," Fogall says of the educational farm that teaches students how to live a truly farm-to-table existence, sowing seeds, harvesting fresh greens for their salads and making cheese with fresh goat's milk.
"We went out and picked the apricots and they were still warm from the tree," she says. "It was such an enlightening experience."
Fogall suddenly understood that jam was supposed to taste like, well, the fruit on the label. She fell so hard for the jams, jellies, marmalades and other fruit spreads she had spent so long ignoring, she had no other choice than to spread the love.
And the idea for her company BigSpoon Jam was hatched.
After Fogall returned from Quillisascut Farm, she narrowed the focus of her nutrition degree to pursue Bastyr's Bachelor of Science in Nutrition and Culinary Arts, a natural fit that put to use her years of experience in the restaurant industry and her newfound passion for jam.
She also started making jam — loads of it. That first season, she made so many batches that she still has many of those jars stored away.
"You can only give away so much jam to friends and family," Fogall says.
During the two-year culinary program, she continued forming ideas for BigSpoon Jam, creating a formal business plan in Bastyr's Business of Cooking class. After graduating in June 2011, Fogall used that plan as a model and started professionally producing jams. By the end of the summer, she was selling them at area farmers markets.
It quickly became a full-time job and then some. Fogall gained a following not only for using local fruits and honey, but also for the unique flavor combinations she created by experimenting both at home and through Bastyr's culinary program.
BigSpoon flavors range from basic spreads with a twist, like Crabapple Jelly, Wild Huckleberry, and Strawberry Vanilla Bean and Lemon, to unique combinations that make your taste buds perk up in curiosity: Tea Smoked Pear Preserves, Raspberry and Rose, and Cardamom and Calvados Apple Butter.
"I feel like people have come to depend on me to provide them with jam," Fogall says. "It's very rewarding."
Because Fogall launched Big Spoon Jams right after graduating, she developed the business on a shoestring budget, doing all of the marketing, design and packaging herself, in addition to making all of the jams.
But her one-woman show already has plenty of reach, with BigSpoon Jam now available around the Puget Sound at area farmers markets as well as specialty stores, including Sugarpill, Savour Specialty Foods, the Mt. Townsend Creamery tasting room at Pike Place Market, Deru Marketing and Catering and even the Bastyr University Dining Commons.
Fogall also teaches classes on jam-making at Deru, the commercial kitchen in Kirkland where she makes her products. She recently guest lectured at Bastyr's Chef's Pantry 2 class, where she taught students in the University's whole-food nutrition kitchen how to make Citrus Marmalade with their choice of Cara Cara oranges, Meyer lemons or blood oranges.
Inspired by some of the unique blends Fogall brought to class, the students followed in her footsteps by creating their own flavor combinations. Marmalades created and shared in class included Meyer lemon with lavender and rum; blood orange with bay leaf, thyme and rum; and Cara Cara orange brandy with cinnamon, bay leaf and star anise.
"You've been a really big inspiration to me," Randi Dodson, also in the culinary arts program, says to Fogall during a break in class. "I love seeing your jams at the farmers markets."
Likewise, Fogall is inspired by her fellow culinary graduates, and she has high hopes that students such as Dodson will have no problem similarly following their dreams.
"Find something you love and follow it," she says to students nearing graduation. "If you do that, somehow it'll work out."
Stephanie Michael, a registered dietician nutritionist, was hired as the county's Health Services Program manager, and is on the front lines of the COVID-19 response in Pacific County
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Edie Rowan is passionate about workers' rights, wanting her Sixties protester grandparents to be proud of her. But championing the little guy gets her in trouble with sexy CEO Everett Kirk. Kirk is Mr. Ultra-Executive with his expensive hand-tailored suits and his eyes the steel blue of a finely tempered sword—but for the intriguing contradictions of his neat ponytail and square workman's hands.
Edie's latest disaster, a teambuilding exercise gone facepalm wrong, leads to a knockdown drag-out with rival manager Bethany "The B"—or add the "Itch"—Blondelle. The incident is the last straw for Kirk. He sends Edie to management camp and to her shock, announces he will drive her there himself. She wonders why he would want eighteen hours of enforced intimacy with her, even as she's dazzled by his sparkling white smile and killer dimple.
Everett walks away from the confrontation with a headache. For years he has protected Edie from the fallout of her righteous crusading, but this may be the last time. A corporate backstabber is trying to eject Everett from his job. Even so, he's looking forward to spending time on the drive with Edie, attracted to her sunny red curls, fiery personality and fine dark eyes.
Then a snowstorm forces them to seek shelter in an empty mountain cabin. Edie thinks she will take the lead in wilderness survival but Kirk proves more durable than his Italian loafers and silk sweater would suggest. The extended stay rubs them together in all sorts of ways, kindling emotional and physical flames. But when their corporate shells burn away, what secrets will be revealed?
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Copyright © 2013 Mary Hughes All rights reserved — a Crimson Romance publicationEdie wants to make her 60s protester grandparents proud. But championing the little guy gets her in trouble with sexy CEO Everett Kirk. Someone's trying to force Everett out of his job, and Edie's latest escapade hasn't helped. A snowstorm and an empty cabin makes them confront their attraction.
Chapter One
Smack in the middle of the workday, because her brain was fried, Edith Ellen Rowan made her computer chirp Old MacDonald. Naturally that got her into trouble with The Bitch.
At first, Edie didn't even register the problem. Four sunny bars bee-booped before it hit her—her computer was playing a children's nursery song in an office full of conservative, nitpicky ears. Houghton Howell Enterprises was staid like an insurance company's gray suit (fun was something you had on the golf course, or once a year at the Christmas party, but never ever on the job).
"Suck it to shell." Edie hit the escape key. As ee-eye-ohhh died, she braced against the proverbial fan scattering the proverbial manure in the form of Bethany Blondelle, known to most of the company as The 'B' if they were feeling kindly, adding the 'itch' if they were not.
Shoulders hunched and breath held, Edie waited. She'd only been trying to motivate her people. Managing a team of programmers at HHE, a firm that sold innovative (read: expensive) solutions in accounting for large companies (read: deep pockets) wasn't easy. Her team members were getting as fried as she, and so she'd proposed the music-writing contest.
Nothing happened. Edie gradually relaxed.
The Star Spangled Banner burst lustily from Jack's cubicle next door. Edie groaned.
"What the HELL is that NOISE?" Bethany had her vocal caps lock on again. This would be bad. "Who's making all that racket? Edie? Edie!"
Edie face-palmed. The contest was supposed to be a bit of fun, not cause for Armageddon. She'd have preferred to ignore The B, but "Bethany" and "proactive" were so synonymous they were hyperlinked on Wikipedia.
Sure enough, a long leg popped through the opening of Edie's cubicle, followed by the lady herself in eye-bleeding red. Bethany's fashion sense was from the DoMeHard channel. Her snappy skirts were hemmed just below her panty line. Today's suit also featured a plunging sweetheart neckline, a chunky citrine necklace getting suffocated in her Wonder-enhanced cleavage. Her long, sleek hair was dyed crayon yellow #6.
Edie looked down at her own lacy teal tee, navy pants and wool blazer and wondered if she was underdressed.
"What is the meaning of this racket?" Bethany leaned on Edie's desk, looming over her. Invading personal space—"A" in the ABCs of corporate dominance.
"Project Pleiades. We had a month to deadline—until your good buddy Junior chopped that to a week."
"Respect, Edie. Mr. Howell, not 'Junior.'"
"I'll respect Mr. Pharaoh Howell when he respects the workers. That deadline is a nightmare. My team has been working twelve-hour days and more. I've tried to push back, but you know Junior. Only the Evil Overlord can buck him."
"Stop it." Bethany tossed her head, a fleeting remnant of the girl Edie once knew. "The issue is not our executives. The issue is that...racket." She waved her hand toward Jack's cubicle, where the anthem was on its final verse.
"Handling Stress 101, Bethany. Work on something else."
"Playing music on company time?" Bethany glared down her high-bridged nose.
"Stupidity 101. You should listen to me if you want to go anywhere in this company." She pointed to her cleavage, fingertip disappearing to the first knuckle. "After all, my team's twice the size of yours."
"Bigger isn't better. It's all about how you use it." Edie grinned. "How about you run your team and I'll run mine?"
"You don't run your team." Bethany sneered. "They run you."
"It's called empowerment." Edie took pride in her outspoken team. She wanted her grandparents, hard-core sixties protesters, to be proud of her. They'd raised her from a little girl when her parents had died, and she loved them to pieces. "It's a proven management style."
Jack's computer shifted to A Hundred Bottles of Beer.
"Management?" One corner of Bethany's perfect lips curled. "The only management I
see is mis-management."
"Ba-dum-bum." Edie was suddenly tired of the whole conversation.
And, as Jack's computer continued to tweet bottles down, doubt gnawed at her. It was quite a racket.
"Other people are trying to work." Bethany went for the kill. "Keep your hooligans under control or I'm going to have to tell Mr. Kirk."
Edie suppressed a moan. Of all the straight-laced overbearing big shots at HHE, Edward Everett Kirk, president and CEO, was the biggest, straight-laciest. Like laced corsets...naughty corsets in Kirk's competent hands—
"The way you two fight, it's only a matter of time before he gets fed up and fires you." Mme La B'itch drew a red-enameled nail across her slim throat.
Edie winced. "It's called 'corporate unfriending' now. And I couldn't help the janitor incident. Or the thing with the Super Soaker. Look, I'll talk to my people. Just cut us some slack, okay? We've been working ridiculous hours."
"Edie, you idiot. Has it ever occurred to you that your ridiculous hours are because of you?"
Them's fightin' words. Edie raised narrowed eyes. "I beg your pardon?"
Bethany leaned knuckles on the desk. "Only one kind of project manager confuses effort with efficiency: a bad one."
"Enough." Edie jumped to her feet, nearly head-butting Bethany. "Outside. Now."
"And freeze my butt off? Hardly." Bethany's nose was inches from Edie's. "You have absolutely no decorum, do you? That shouldn't surprise me, considering the hippies who raised you."
Edie lost it. "My grandparents were heroes! They fought for what they believed in, rallied at protest marches—"
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Saffron remarriage should offer potent govt
Now that 20 state ministers, 10 each from BJP and Shiv Sena, have been sworn in, the Devendra Fadnavis cabinet is set to deliver at a much quicker pace, or so is the hope
Now that 20 state ministers, 10 each from BJP and Shiv Sena, have been sworn in, the Devendra Fadnavis cabinet is set to deliver at a much quicker pace, or so is the hope.
Over the last month, Fadnavis and his cabinet of eight ministers were each carrying the burden of multiple ministries. Meanwhile, Sena ranks were displeased sitting in opposition, and a section of BJP was unhappy with the leadership's decision to take NCP's support. It was these political compulsions that brought the two together again.
During electioneering, BJP was Sena's main target. Party chief Uddhav Thackeray minced no words in attacking BJP, and even labelled some of its leaders campaigning in the state as forces of Afzal Khan, a lieutenant from Adil Shah's durbar who vowed to kill Chhatrapati Shivaji but was instead killed by the warrior king. But all that bitterness is water under the bridge. Now, people of the state are hoping that the government will deliver fast.
Both the parties had a separate manifesto for the assembly polls, after they had forgone their 25-year-long alliance to fight the election solo. And the electorate driven by the anti-incumbency wave against the previous NCP-Congress regime voted in favour of both the saffron parties, offering 123 seats to BJP and 63 to Sena.
However, BJP's decision to secretly ride on NCP's back did not sit well with the voters, as could be gauged by their reactions in online media.
It is thus time for BJP and Sena to act fearlessly, now that their coalition offers a strong government with 186 MLAs. They will have to unearth scams, offer corruption-free rule and fulfil their agenda of overall development of the state.
Some questions such as how Sena would reconcile itself to the BJP's view of a separate state for Vidarbha remain unanswered, since the party is strongly critical of splitting the state. Also, its manifesto promised virtual education and free laptops for the people.
It will be interesting to see if both the parties are able to implement their promises, and to what extent.
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Disclaimer: This article should not be treated as legal advice. It's recommended that readers still consult legal counsel and contact a lawyer should they have any concerns regarding this topic
The market is an extremely dynamic and flexible variable to consider in any business, which is why it's important to always be adaptable and flexible as a company in order to cope with the changes that happen to the market all the time. Unfortunately, not all businesses get to adapt to these trends fast enough, and some business may undergo changes that some would consider "the point of no return." If bankruptcy is becoming an option for your business, don't fret as here are some things on what to consider.
Do remember, however, that before you even sign your papers filing for business or personal bankruptcy that you should always review your case with your lawyer and your analysts. You might be looking at a temporary bump in your business, or a dive you can return from. While this guide can give you an idea on what to consider if you're planning on filing bankruptcy, filing and not filing can work depending on your particular set of circumstances.
Here are things you should consider:
Remember: Bankruptcy Can Affect Things Outside Business
One of the most important things to consider before filing bankruptcy for your business is the extent of its effects on you and things outside your business. When we say our businesses affect our lives, it does so beyond a psychological spectrum.
- For instance, perhaps it might be time to file for bankruptcy if your business is starting to affect your personal assets. Of course, this type of risk can depend on the business structure you possess. For instance, if your business is a sole proprietorship, you own the business and are therefore liable for all the problems and mistakes surrounding the business.
- Bankruptcy can help you in this matter as it can protect you on a personal level while your business closes. This helps add a degree of certainty that you may not lose all your valuables just because the business didn't work.
- Meanwhile, if you have an LLC or a limited liability corporation, then chances are you don't need to file for bankruptcy in the first place. This is because the liability in this situation is really on the company itself, and personal assets can't be touched by creditors.
Remember: Bankruptcy Has Different Forms
Perhaps one of the most essential things up for consideration when you're looking into bankruptcy for your business is the kind of bankruptcy you'll be filing for in the first place. One of the first things your lawyer may brief you in is the kind of bankruptcy available to take, especially depending on the kind of company you have.
For instance, there are generally three types of bankruptcy: Chapter 7, Chapter 11, or Chapter 13 bankruptcy.
- A Chapter 11 bankruptcy is typically filed by big corporations and businesses that are traded publicly. This can be extremely costly and may take a lot of time depending on the business in question. Some creditors wouldn't want to consider this option, though if you have a high personal net worth, this can be an option for you.
- A Chapter 7 bankruptcy meanwhile is a bit different. In this kind of bankruptcy, everything in your company is liquidated as your business slowly comes to an end. This is used by individuals and companies alike, as it is less time consuming and costly than the other types. Unfortunately, this will likely hit your credit, but this can be a much better option than being behind creditors. Sadly, this also means losing your business in its entirety. If you have high debt but low income and asset value, then this type might be a better choice.
- Lastly, a Chapter 13 bankruptcy may allow you to keep your business and have help sorting your finances. This allows you to undergo a repayment plan with some if not all of your creditors. A caveat of course is that you'll be spending a degree of money paying your profits as per the repayment plan you've filed. This can be a better option than simply closing the business for good, however.
Bankruptcy can become an option to consider and an option to prepare for. This isn't to say all businesses will go bankrupt, but it might be much better to be prepared for these kinds of situations instead of being caught off guard when the moment comes.
When considering bankruptcy for your business, it's important to consider what kind of business you have in order to determine the best kind of bankruptcy for you. Aside from this, it's important to help make sure you get the appropriate legal help and advice before ever proceeding with the option. This is why it's extremely crucial to get the advice of a lawyer or an analyst in the situation in order to help you make informed decisions about your business.
After all, not being careful with how you file your bankruptcy may even affect your other sources or income, or it may have a negative effect on your life as a whole.
Veronica Ferguson
Veronica Ferguson is equipped with more than 20 years of experience as a businesswoman. She is currently writing her next big project and hopes her pieces would impart vital knowledge to her readers. Veronica is a family woman, and is often with her family during her free time.


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A column dedicated to pointing out interesting tidbits of history, some of which would be cool to see in a fantasy novel or two.
Someone on facebook pointed me to this a while back.
Dispelling some myths about Medieval armour by Feadpool.
He's also got this album with more medieval armour, this one on the longbow, one on Sir William Marshall - a medieval fighter, and one on Gallowglass, professional soldiers in Ireland.
I haven't heard of some of these, so I'll have to read up on them myself. :D


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Israel's Ministry of Immigrant Absorption has launched an ad campaign that's offending Americans and the Israelis who settle down with them.
Designed to encourage the estimated 2 million Israelis living in the United States to return to Israel, the campaign includes billboards and television spots warning Israeli expats that they risk losing their identities if they date and marry Americans, the Jewish Channel reported.
According to the Jewish Channel, which broke the story, billboards have been spotted in Boston, Los Angeles, Palo Alto, Calif., New York City and Hollywood, Fla., featuring messages in Hebrew like, "Before 'Aba' is changed into 'Daddy,' the time has come to return to Israel."
A series of videos on the Ministry's website attempt to show the perils of dating Americans and raising a family in the United States, the Atlantic Magazine reported.
In one video, an English-speaking boyfriend can't figure out why his Israeli girlfriend seems sad on Yom HaZikaron, Israel's day of mourning for fallen soldiers. A narrates intones in Hebrew: "They will always remain Israelis. Their partners won't always understand what this means. Help them return to Israel." In another video, a child being raised in the US thinks lighting a menorah is part of celebrating Christmas.
Jeffery Goldberg, National Correspondent for the Atlantic, wrote in the magazine, "The message is, Dear American Jews, thank-you for lobbying for American defense aid (and what a great show you put on at the AIPAC convention every year!) but, please, stay away from our sons and daughters."


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Although Massachusetts has one of the lowest obesity rates in the country thanks to an influx of healthy eating and active living programs, local health officials say more work is needed to make Massachusetts healthier.
After climbing in the late 1990s and early 2000s, adult and childhood obesity rates have begun to level off and even slightly decline both nationally and across the state. A 2013 study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found 34.9 percent of Americans were obese in 2011-2012, down from 35.7 percent in 2009-2010.
The 2012 MetroWest Adolescent Health Survey found the middle school obesity rate in the�region is 19.2 percent, down from 19.9 percent in 2006. The high school rate is also between 19 and 20 percent.
Massachusetts is one of only six states to have an obesity rate between 20 and 25 percent and while local health officials are proud of the progress made in the fight against adult and childhood obesity, they are continuing to develop new programs to encourage healthy eating and an active lifestyle.
"It�s still high," said Lea Susan Ojamaa, director of the state Department of Health�s Division of Prevention and Wellness. "We are healthier than other states, but we still have work that needs to be done."
In 2009, the state launched the Mass in Motion initiative, a statewide campaign to promote opportunities for healthy eating and�exercise that has lowered�obesity rates at the state and local levels.
As part of the movement, the state has enacted several programs to enable Massachusetts residents to make healthy choices, such as the worksite wellness program which encourages employers to provide healthy food choices in cafeterias and�time for employees to exercise during the day, said Ojamaa.
The state is also working to upgrade local parks, create walking and biking lanes in local communities and keep schools open later to allow students to play in a safe environment, she�said.
State health officials are also promoting healthy eating and drinking�programs, such as a Rethink Your Drink campaign, which is aimed at encouraging residents to drink water and�avoid sugary soft drinks.
Through the Mass in Motion campaign, Hudson, Framingham and Marlborough banded together to form a collaborative a few years ago aimed to highlight�healthy dining choices�in local restaurants�and create more opportunities for citizens to get exercise. Northborough also joined the coalition recently.
"They�re doing some great work," said Ojamaa.
Janie Hynson, co-program coordinator for MetroWest Moves, is most proud of the group�s healthy dining initiative, which partners local restaurants with dietitians�to help prepare healthy meals and highlight them on the restaurants'�menus. Nearly 25 restaurants are participating, said Hynson.
Hynson said the coalition is also working toward a Complete Streets campaign, which aims to make local roads more walkable and bikeable.
While the state is fighting obesity head-on, many local parents are taking matters into their own hands. After noticing�many�local schools only have physical education one day a week, Natick�s Kathleen Tullie created the Building Our Kids Success (BOKS) exercise program in 2009.
Since its inception in Natick, Tullie has partnered with Reebok to provide grant�funding to schools for playground equipment. The program has expanded to 1,000 schools worldwide.
"Most of our schools only have physical education one time a week," said Tullie. "It shows me the need is out there. We cannot sit still."
At the urging of parent Cindy Simon, Sudbury schools implemented a pilot BOKS program at Noyes School last year that was so popular students had to be turned away.
The district expanded BOKS this year to Nixon and Haynes School due to the success of the pilot program, which allows kids to play tag, run relay races and get exercise before school.
"(The kids) are excited about exercising which is every parent�s dream," said Simon.
While supervising the Noyes School BOKS program Tuesday morning, Mary Michael-Merhige called BOKS the perfect outlet for students to get exercise in the morning.
"I think the kids aren�t getting enough exercise in school during the day," she said. "It�s a great way to get them going and moving."
In between relay races, fifth-grader Matt Prosansky said�BOKS has encouraged him to get outside more after school.
"We drop our backpacks and ride our scooters for an hour," he said. "It�s just awesome."
Milford schools are also taking a proactive approach to combating obesity, as Judy Dagnese, director of nursing for the Milford Public Schools, said the district has also created a before-school exercise program for students and is working with the Hockomock YMCA�s Healthy Futures initiative to promote physical activity and healthy eating.
Dagnese said the district is encouraging exercise for the whole family by holding a free after school swim for students and family track nights.
"Our district is very concerned about childhood obesity and we have sponsored many programs to address this serious health issue," she said.
In Hudson, parent Liz Jackson started a weekly walk to school group a few years ago that began with just a few neighborhood kids and has grown to�20-to-25 kids each week.
"The catalyst for us is we just wanted to get the kids out with the neighborhood kids," said Jackson. "There wasn�t a lot of unstructured playtime."
Over 350 kids at Medway�s McGovern Elementary School hit the pavement�last week and walked a half-mile from the Medway VFW to school to celebrate International Walk To School Day.
The school celebrated International Walk to School Day last year and due to its popularity held a walk to school day last spring, which parents hope will become a more frequent tradition.
"It would be really awesome to have this more often," said Beth Shoucair, who walked with her daughter Elizabeth, a first grader.
Marty Cohen, president and CEO of the MetroWest Health Foundation, lauded the efforts of parents to combat obesity and said getting kids into a routine of exercise and healthy eating will help them throughout their lives.
"It's probably one of the most important health issues because it's preventable and leads to so many chronic diseases," he said. "We are shining a light on something people didn't think about."
Jeff Malachowski can be reached at 508-490-7466 or email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @JmalachowskiMW.
Progress made against obesity
Although Massachusetts has one of the lowest obesity rates in the country thanks to an influx of healthy eating and active living programs, local health officials say more work is needed to make Massachusetts healthier.


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we first made this stir fry in the spring, back before baby #2 was born. it quickly jumped to the top of jason's favorites list as well as mine - it's quick; combines a starch, veg, and protein in one bowl; and our toddler gobbled it up. most importantly, it's easy, so jason and i can hand off cooking - if the baby suddenly decides he's starving while i'm cooking dinner & we need to trade off so i can nurse him - without the other getting lost. leftovers reheat really well. this one makes it onto our table at least once a month.
we love our stir frys on the saucy side, so i doubled the sauce recipe. this way, the rice soaks up all the flavor and there's no chance of leftovers drying out before we eat them for lunch the next day. if you prefer yours a bit drier, halve the vinegar, soy, cornstarch, ketchup, sugar & water mixture in step 3.
sweet & sour pork stir fry
adapted from food network
30 minutes, serves 4
white rice, for serving
1 pound pork tenderloin, sliced and cut into 1/2 inch pieces
4 tablespoons + a splash balsamic vinegar, divided
4 teaspoons low sodium soy sauce
2 tablespoons cornstarch
6 tablespoons ketchup
6 tablespoons sugar
3 cloves garlic, minced
about 1/2 pound carrots, thinly sliced
3 scallions, cut into pieces
about 3 cups snow peas, cut in half or smaller
- cook your rice according to the package directions. while the rice is cooking, make the stir fry.
- toss the pork with a splash of vinegar and pinch of salt in a bowl and let marinate.
- mix the remaining vinegar, soy sauce, cornstarch, ketchup, sugar, 2/3 cup water, and 1 teaspoon salt in another bowl and set aside.
- coat the bottom of a large skillet or wok with vegetable oil and set over high heat. once hot, add the pork and stir fry until the pork is browned. (it's ok if it isn't cooked through.) remove the pork and transfer to a plate. discard any juice/oil that's in the pan and wipe it clean.
- coat the pan with vegetable oil and heat over medium-high heat. add the garlic and stir fry until fragrant, about 20 seconds. add the carrots and scallions and stir fry just until tender, 2-5 minutes. if the garlic starts to stick to the pan, add a couple tablespoons of water.
- add the pork, snow peas, and soy mixture. cook, stirring frequently, until the pork is cooked through and the sauce is thick, 3-5 minutes. serve over rice.


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I have some exciting news that I've been meaning to share. And now that I'm a few weeks away from a big change, it's time for an update!
Last spring, Conor sold his place and started looking at new ones right away, including me in the search for his new home with the thought that I'd move in with him eventually. He'd stay with me for 2-3 months until the new place was finished early this summer. It's September, he's still here, and we've loved living together.
Even if you're not a rocket scientist, you probably know where this is going.
A few months ago, we decided that the timing was right for us, and that his new place would be our new place. And in just a few short weeks, Conor and I will move into our new home! I'm excited for these herringbone floors, but more than anything, can't wait for us to take this next step together, and to make this new place our home. And I can finally share some design updates because we've been deciding on paint colors (white and grey, obviously), hardware, a new bed, and lighting among a million other design decisions.
Have you lived with a significant other? I'd love to know when/how you decided to move in and the biggest lesson learned!
PS If you're in Chicago and are looking for furniture and home decor, email me with the subject line "MOVING SALE"
Photo via Nicolas Schuybroek is not of our place (still so crazy saying "our place"), but we're going for that aesthetic


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Today's daily painting is a nocturne of the Rouge River and moon. I finished the last painting for my show last night and will deliver the final two painting today. The studio looks very empty and large.
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School and extracurricular activities provide fun, engaging ways for Walnut Grove students to be involved in their school and with their classmates. Take a look at the activities offered. You might find the perfect fit for your child. And check back for updates!
Athletics are a fun way for students to learn sportsmanship and get exercise. Girls and boys in fourth and fifth grades can participate in volleyball, basketball and track at Walnut Grove.
Safety patrol
Walnut Grove fifth-graders have an opportunity to show their responsibility and leadership as members of the school safety patrol. Working with adults, the safety patrol helps students and parents safely cross nearby streets before and after school.
Student leadership team
Walnut Grove fifth-graders can apply for the student leadership team. The team of motivated girls and boys is responsible for daily school announcements and school spirit activities. The team, which meets daily at lunch, rotates three times per year to give more students an opportunity to serve their school community.
Choir and violin
Walnut Grove offers fifth-grade choir from September to December and violin for fourth- and fifth-graders from September to April. Participation in these groups includes performances at school assemblies, activities and community events! Both groups are directed by Lori Ritchey. For more information, email firstname.lastname@example.com or call 360-313-3000.
Science Olympiad
At Walnut Grove, we are excited to learn about science! Fifth-graders may participate in Science Olympiad. After exploring science concepts in a multi-week after-school program held in the fall, 15 students are selected to attend a one-day competition at Clark College in November.
Science Olympiad is an international nonprofit organization devoted to improving the quality of science education. Chopper Challenge, Bamboozling Boxes and Barges are a few of the favorite Science Olympiad activities. For more information, contact Veena Girod at firstname.lastname@example.com or Carla Vahsholtz-Carlson at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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